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I knew only a few of the quoted series
I voted Friends, Senfield and X File, I watched also Ally Mcbeal, I like only the first two seasons, Twin Peaks, which should have been shorter and less chaotic, but I appreciate the grey atmosphere, ER first season, a newness in rhythms and characters, but I don't like medical stories
I watched Buffy also, but I am not, I never was, a big fan of teenagers stories, it was a kind of Dawson Creek (of which I saw three episodes, more than enough) with vampires and I love only Anne Rice style vampires

Never seen Hercules or Xena, I don't like the series related to myths, generally misused

I don't watch a lot of TV, but I like the after 2001 series better

I truly love only the openings of the season one and four and, unlike all, I like Valhalley of the Dolls which leads Charmed in shades of the light comedy, the episode is full of funny lines and I don't reckon the sisters dressed as centurions neither scandalous nor sexy


The three years of the Charmed Ones have night openings, the transition year, with the beautiful opening with Piper calling for Prue, begins almost at dawn, the years of the new Power of Three, with a less powerful witch provided with Whitelighter's powers, they start in the daylight, I had never noticed, nice remark

They were not even dressed as Amazons: according to Pausania, the Amazons wore untanned leather leggings, untanned leather short capes and carded wool padding to protect the breast from the shoulder strap, the legend that they cut off their left breast to better hold the arch was part of their propaganda to scare the enemies,always according to Pausania

I don't pretend that a costume designer knew the ancient writers but I think she'll be gone to a movie theatre, she'ld have seen the Gladiator: how could she never notice to have dressed the Valkyries as centurions?

I liked a lot the monsters of the first two seasons
I love Greek mythology and its complexity of thought, related to the birth of philosophy and I hate the way it has been trivialized, but that it's not a Charmed mistake only, too many Tv show writers confuse Olympus with Disneyland

I voted Witch Way Now

The introduction of Angels of Destiny was one of the worst inventions of Charmed
Charmed by birth and inheritance law, the three sisters were perfectly capable of "suspend" their powers if they wished it, without any need for rewards
Moreover, the Angels of Destiny have a strange logic: the sisters stopped the Apocalypse but no one seems to notice it, then they vanquish a boss of evil and everyone claps, obviously they are more interested in their games of power that in the fate of the world

I voted taking into account Grannycharmed's hints so I chose Charmed again - never be forgotten Grams that curtly asks Phoebe to improvise a spell - and Witchstock - equally unforgettable Grams who takes command of the situation, sends her granddaughters in the past and straightens Chris up

Although I understand that the end had to take into account the wishes of many fans, I agree with much of your points

They are above all two things I can not stand

Cupid's ring: detestable solution, apart from the correct observation that Piper'ld not use it, Piper'ld be able to invent a spell, a potion, a spell plus a potion, to go back
Patty’s idea of being her and her mother able to tap the Power of Three: they were witches, powerful witches but not Charmed Ones
Piper'ld have to summon Prue (to hell with the whims of the actress, Prue'ld have taken a different aspect to cheat the Elders) and maybe to use her first born's power to go back

The others are venial inconsistencies, Wyatt and Chris's cameo made no sense, but the fans were hoping to see them for the last time, Leo able to handle magical children, well, he'll have to learn it as father of two powerful sons

Maybe we saw only Old Leo and Old Piper Because Phoebe and Paige are dead or because they only are living in the Manor and all those children are Wyatt and Chris'

Instead I loved the scene where they begin to write about their past and then talk about their lives, as voices from the future, even if I'ld have rather to see a series of images from the past, or better still if they closed the circle: Phpebe starts writing and appears the imagine of her who returns from New York under the rain

I told it in other threads: I like a lot this episode
There are often stories that have troubled life due to external reasons but are able to fascinate, maybe precisely because of their flaws

About AHBL, I like something that bother many fans, it begins with the story already begun, we are thrown into the action, it is an episode that fills with questions we can answer with all the hypotheses that we wish
I especially like it because it reminds me of The Enemy Within, Star Trek
Let me explain: Kirk is split into two, at the time I was 11, I was struck by the discovery that the bad Kirk was fundamental to Captain Kirk's personality

In AHBL the theme is similar: Prue is the older sister, Grams set she had to take on the responsibility of her younger sisters, she had to develop a strong personality, perfect for making decisions, she was a woman destined to stand out
But the events of the third season break the balance inside her and her reckless side (see Piper's wedding)takes power: the confidence that was one of her best features will lead her to a recklessness that unleashed the events that will provoke her death

Piper is my favorite sister, I'ld like to have a sister like her, Patty said that she was the heart of the family and it was true but her ability to mediate between Prue and Phoebe's opposing personalities, trying to please both is a beautiful quality in real life, but she's also a witch, a witch who has to face difficult trials and her lack of the required badness (it'll come only after pregnancy) will lead her to an indulgence (she'ld have to tell Prue to wait at home and Phoebe to stay at home) that unleashed the events that will provoke Prue's death

Phoebe is an enthusiastic witch, that admirable generosity, a beautiful quality, which leads her to take care of the innocent, it'll lead her to Underwold, having to save at all costs the love of her life: a cooler, less impulsive temperament, would think about the enormous risks involved going for a walk among the demons

In AHBL, the best side of the sisters personality is the one causing the disaste

I was a teen, and as a teenager I was fascinated by the magic that affect the lives of ordinary women and their sisterhood

Three years ago, during sleepless nights because of my twins, I was trying to relax by watching TV and I rewatched Charmed
I found that, after all these years, after the new beautiful series that I'm passionate about, Charmed preserved intact its charm for me and above all, I realized how many themes, many interesting and original ideas as a young girl I had overlooked