Having been cruelly disappointed by some endings, I was really anxious about everything that could go wrong for this one, and... it is everything I could wish for. Emotional, both in a sad and in a happy way, crammed with all the characters we have come to know and love over the years, filled with small reminders of past events and events yet to come. Just... wonderful.
As Piper and Leo travel back and forth in time to save Paige and Phoebe, collecting their relatives along the way, I can't stop grinning. How wonderful is it to see the whole family reunited and working together? Not to mention everybody blissfully blurting out things that they shouldn't (yay Wyatt and "Uncle Coop"!) It's all very sweet, even though I feel sad for Patty who missed so much. But what a treat to see Wyatt and Chris so close, when you know what could have been.
Then to the main plot. It is particularly ironical that the last evil the sisters vanquish is a human witch, whom they once treated as a sister. Billie's gradual realisation that her beloved sister is lost, and her final decision to kill her, is heart-breaking. Faced with the big family reunion, the main plot could have been a mere pretext, but it works because it remains coherent, and there is this clever mirror effect, with Billie's powers and Coop's ring being used by each side alternately. And the Angel of Destiny popping back in every 5mn, and Leo just watching Piper in a way that expresses his complete belief in her...
So we finally have our "happily ever after", wonderfully illustrated by the intertwined narratives the sisters and the really, really beautiful shot of old Piper and Leo, the ultimate couple, slowly walking up those familiar stairs, past a series of photographs that sum up everything the family stood for and symbolised. Thus does the door close for the last time on the Charmed Ones, and as I can find nothing more to ask for, I'll let it close and be content.
As Piper and Leo travel back and forth in time to save Paige and Phoebe, collecting their relatives along the way, I can't stop grinning. How wonderful is it to see the whole family reunited and working together? Not to mention everybody blissfully blurting out things that they shouldn't (yay Wyatt and "Uncle Coop"!) It's all very sweet, even though I feel sad for Patty who missed so much. But what a treat to see Wyatt and Chris so close, when you know what could have been.
Then to the main plot. It is particularly ironical that the last evil the sisters vanquish is a human witch, whom they once treated as a sister. Billie's gradual realisation that her beloved sister is lost, and her final decision to kill her, is heart-breaking. Faced with the big family reunion, the main plot could have been a mere pretext, but it works because it remains coherent, and there is this clever mirror effect, with Billie's powers and Coop's ring being used by each side alternately. And the Angel of Destiny popping back in every 5mn, and Leo just watching Piper in a way that expresses his complete belief in her...
So we finally have our "happily ever after", wonderfully illustrated by the intertwined narratives the sisters and the really, really beautiful shot of old Piper and Leo, the ultimate couple, slowly walking up those familiar stairs, past a series of photographs that sum up everything the family stood for and symbolised. Thus does the door close for the last time on the Charmed Ones, and as I can find nothing more to ask for, I'll let it close and be content.