Favorite (or Preferred) opening five episodes of S4-S8?

[missjessica]

Many thanks to lunchking for the inspiration.

thecharmedcafe.proboards.com/thread/13844/favorite-preferred-final-episodes-s4

Like the that thread asking for your presences for the final five episodes, now the opposite question. What are your favorite (or preferred) opening five episodes from S4-S8?

For reference here's the list of first five episodes for S4-S8:

04x01 - Charmed Again, Part One
04x02 - Charmed Again, Part Two
04x03 - Hell Hath No Fury
04x04 - Enter the Demon
04x05 - Size Matters

05x01 - A Witch's Tail, Part One
05x02 - A Witch's Tail, Part Two
05x03 - Happily Ever After
05x04 - Siren's Song
05x05 - Witches In Tights

06x01 - Valhalley of the Dolls, Part 1
06x02 - Valhalley of the Dolls, Part 2
06x03 - Forget Me Not
06x04 - The Power of Three Blondes
06x05 - Love's A Witch

07x01 - A Call To Arms
07x02 - The Bare Witch Project
07x03 - Cheaper By The Coven
07x04 - Charrrmed!
07x05 - Styx Feet Under

08x01 - Still Charmed and Kicking
08x02 - Malice in Wonderland
08x03 - Run Piper, Run
08x04 - Desperate Housewitches
08x05 - Rewitched

[Aaeiyn]

Basing this off of power balance (including Phoebe's Martial Arts):

S4E1 "Charmed Again, Pt 1"
S4E2 "Charmed Again, Pt 2"
S4E3 "Hell Hath No Fury"
S4E4 "Enter the Demon" Not counting neither Phoebe nor Paige using their powers/abilities, in limbo because their abilities didn't function AUTHENTICALLY.
S4E5 "Size Matters"

S5E1 "A Witch's Tail, Pt 1"
S5E2 "A Witch's Tail, Pt 2"
S5E3 "Happily Ever After"
S5E4 "Siren Song"
S5E5 "Witches in Tights"

S6E1 "Valhalley of the Dolls, Pt 1" - Not counting Chipper Piper exploding things.
S6E2 "Valhalley of the Dolls, Pt 2" - Not counting Valkyrie Piper freezing things.
S6E3 "Forget Me...Not" - Not counting Phoebe using her abilities, since she only used them AFTER the Cleaners casted their spell.
S6E4 "The Power of Three Blondes" - Not counting them using their powers/abilities, during the time the Blondes stole their identity, since they're not AUTHENTICALLY themselves.
S6E5 "Love's a Witch"

S7E1 "A Call to Arms"
S7E2 "The Bare Witch Project"
S7E3 "Cheaper by the Coven"
S7E4 "Charrrmed!" - Not counting Phoebe's agility, during stealing the golden chalice, at the museum.
S7E5 "Styx Feet Under"

S8E1 "Still Charmed & Kicking" - Not counting Paige posing as Janice Dickinson, as it wasn't really Paige "glamouring".
S8E2 "Malice in Wonderland"
S8E3 "Run, Piper, Run"
S8E4 "Desperate Housewitches"
S8E5 "Rewitched"

S4 > S7 > S8 > S6 > S5

Voting for S6 > S8 due to S6 having more episodes showcasing some form of power balance, even if it's NOT their authentic selves. Changed my mind, after submitting LOL Anyway, I changed my mind from S6 to S8 because S8 showcases BOTH Phoebe AND Piper using their PRIMARY powers/abilities instead of just their secondaries.

[Emmett]

04x01 - Charmed Again, Part One
04x02 - Charmed Again, Part Two
04x03 - Hell Hath No Fury
04x04 - Enter the Demon
04x05 - Size Matters

05x01 - A Witch's Tail, Part One
05x02 - A Witch's Tail, Part Two
05x03 - Happily Ever After
05x04 - Siren's Song
05x05 - Witches In Tights

06x01 - Valhalley of the Dolls, Part 1
06x02 - Valhalley of the Dolls, Part 2
06x03 - Forget Me Not
06x04 - The Power of Three Blondes
06x05 - Love's A Witch

07x01 - A Call To Arms
07x02 - The Bare Witch Project
07x03 - Cheaper By The Coven
07x04 - Charrrmed!
07x05 - Styx Feet Under

08x01 - Still Charmed and Kicking
08x02 - Malice in Wonderland
08x03 - Run Piper, Run
08x04 - Desperate Housewitches
08x05 - Rewitched

Season 4 > Season 7 > Season 5 > Season 6 > Season 8

[Sandra]

04x01 - Charmed Again, Part One
04x02 - Charmed Again, Part Two
04x03 - Hell Hath No Fury
04x04 - Enter the Demon
04x05 - Size Matters

05x01 - A Witch's Tail, Part One
05x02 - A Witch's Tail, Part Two
05x03 - Happily Ever After
05x04 - Siren's Song
05x05 - Witches In Tights

06x01 - Valhalley of the Dolls, Part 1
06x02 - Valhalley of the Dolls, Part 2
06x03 - Forget Me Not
06x04 - The Power of Three Blondes
06x05 - Love's A Witch

07x01 - A Call To Arms
07x02 - The Bare Witch Project
07x03 - Cheaper By The Coven
07x04 - Charrrmed!
07x05 - Styx Feet Under

08x01 - Still Charmed and Kicking
08x02 - Malice in Wonderland
08x03 - Run Piper, Run
08x04 - Desperate Housewitches
08x05 - Rewitched

Went with 4 and 5.

[Esmeralda]

As usual, I'll check them out using this key:

BOLD = LOVE = +2
TEXT = Like = +1
STRIKE = Dislike/Tolerate = -1
BOLDED STRIKE = HATE/Skip = -2

04x01 - Charmed Again, Part One (+1)
04x02 - Charmed Again, Part Two = -2
04x03 - Hell Hath No Fury = -2
04x04 - Enter the Demon = +1
04x05 - Size Matters = +1

TOTAL = -1

05x01 - A Witch's Tail, Part One = -2
05x02 - A Witch's Tail, Part Two = -2
05x03 - Happily Ever After =-1
05x04 - Siren's Song = -1
05x05 - Witches In Tights = -2

TOTAL = -4

06x01 - Valhalley of the Dolls, Part 1 = -2
06x02 - Valhalley of the Dolls, Part 2 = -2
06x03 - Forget Me Not = -2
06x04 - The Power of Three Blondes = +1
06x05 - Love's A Witch = -1

Total = -6

07x01- A Call To Arms = -2

(Darn it. ProBoards won't let me format the rest of this the way I want it.  So for S7 and S8, I'm going to just BOLD the bolded strikes, but still make it a -2. I've tried to make it format the way I want, but I've tried for 15 minutes and enough is enough!)

07x02- The Bare Witch Project = -2
07x03 - Cheaper By The Coven = +1
07x04 - Charrrmed! = -1
07x05 - Styx Feet Under = +1

Total = -3

08x01- Still Charmed and Kicking = -2
08x02- Malice in Wonderland = -2
08x03 - Run Piper, Run = +1
08x04 - Desperate Housewitches = -2
08x05 - Rewitched = +1

TOTAL = -4

I'm shocked that S4 wins, since it's one of my two least-favorite seasons (along with S6), but that's what I'll vote for.

I'll admit that a lot of these I haven't re-watched in ages, so maybe if I did, I'd change my grades, but I really don't want to re-watch any of them, even the ones I like.

But the next time I have a vacation week, maybe I'll do an S4-S8 re-watch and see what my reaction is...

[greta]

S4 > S7 > S5

[Julian]

S4 and S5.

[zack]

S4 and S7.

[West]

S4 and S7.

[summerreading]

S4 > S5 > S7

[lunchking]

S4, S5, S7.