I love how this episode teaches the audience, and the sisters, that every little bad deed bad can result in a bad chain reaction effect of bad sequences. Also they saw a glimpse of what they become, and decide to make changes just Prue with her working a lot.
14 Reviews
a diff take on the "time"
jtsjtssmokey-703-36697318 February 2014
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This is my thinking and also a continued thought I first touched on in another review of this series.
Piper steps in "duty" that an obnoxious neighbor deliberately stops his dog in front of their walk and/or driveway, I almost would say, train his dog to do his business there (prob at other neighbors too, illegal). So even though it was Phoebe who quite easily convinces esp Prue, she said something about it being wrong, and Piper to "get even". Phoebe decides to take a bit of a TV break, and gets slammed with a premonition which sets the girls to try and keep Phoebe from getting burned at the stake in 10yrs.
Instead of seeing themselves as children and interacting with them, they have essentially jumped 10yrs without knowing those 10yrs of their history. Prue, it seems doesn't spend much time with her sisters, guess with Phoebe in jail and Piper, well sounding like she is almost divorced with a daughter, and the book in Prues safe (kinda protecting her family and/or using for personal gain??) Phoebe in jail, a murder ? but how and why?
Powers much more powerful, Prue can really move things with a finger flick... Piper, a much larger freeze (my thinking, poss being able to freeze threw glass say like season 1s the epi the wendigo)...Phoebe, deff poss of a type of empathy she does get in series, that allowed her to channel enough to kill (was she caught on camera by the horrid Pratt/neighbor?)...2009 powers diff than the ones we see. (for this epi time line, had they lived the 10yrs leading up to 2009 without the time travel, then even this epi would have been diff, as even though they thought/planned to get Phoebe out; poss they may not have as it looks like they did not have a final destination to go/get to an be safe)
As for new powers or such, in 2009 don't think the "they" would give same as we saw in the series, why, they were using powers for their own gain, and the "they" wouldn't reward them by power "boosts" or such.
After Phoebe told them she had to die, even though she tech was innocent, they were sent back home to 1999. Realizing they are right where Phoebe had her vision, Prue an Piper (prob rem what Phoebe said the first time round about punishing the guilty),this time Phoebe said they were not to punish/get back at, (no matter whether a slime ball), then seeing it was Pratt who was with the dog.
Pre going to 2009, Piper would somehow be getting together with Leo, becoming pregnant a yr or so before we see her, as her daughter was a year or so older than Wyatt. Prue, other than the workaholic part, guessing that pulled away a bit at a time from family, maybe not saving the innocents the same way (Piper an Phoebe too). As for Phoebe, no Cole so none of that drama, school ? but going from what the comic part of charmed, Phoebe poss did get involved with the paper but not ask Phoebe, poss a type of reporter, got to know Elise, as in the comic, Elise almost died by Cal Green, the guy in her prem she killed. So because of all these changes and others that have no way of knowing, Prue didn't die in this time line.
Because they made a lot of changes, these changes were in most ways for the better, Prue lost her life trying to protect. So this epi "changed" the time line.
Also for those who keep saying that Prue should have at least come back in spirit form and poss other ways, SD did not want any thing that resembled her seen on the show (apt was asked to come, but said no), which is why not one picture is ever seen of Prue after she died, like most people and families, pictures are out, they had their mom an dad and grams plus who knows but not 1 that had Prue, Comics apt have a Prue, but looks nothing like her. Would the fans have put up with a diff Prue, one who couldn't look like SD in any way?? NO I wouldn't and don't think I am alone thinking NO
Er posting this, am over tired an when more awake an read this, if not quite what I was trying to say/type, will re do...gave this epi and 8.9
Piper steps in "duty" that an obnoxious neighbor deliberately stops his dog in front of their walk and/or driveway, I almost would say, train his dog to do his business there (prob at other neighbors too, illegal). So even though it was Phoebe who quite easily convinces esp Prue, she said something about it being wrong, and Piper to "get even". Phoebe decides to take a bit of a TV break, and gets slammed with a premonition which sets the girls to try and keep Phoebe from getting burned at the stake in 10yrs.
Instead of seeing themselves as children and interacting with them, they have essentially jumped 10yrs without knowing those 10yrs of their history. Prue, it seems doesn't spend much time with her sisters, guess with Phoebe in jail and Piper, well sounding like she is almost divorced with a daughter, and the book in Prues safe (kinda protecting her family and/or using for personal gain??) Phoebe in jail, a murder ? but how and why?
Powers much more powerful, Prue can really move things with a finger flick... Piper, a much larger freeze (my thinking, poss being able to freeze threw glass say like season 1s the epi the wendigo)...Phoebe, deff poss of a type of empathy she does get in series, that allowed her to channel enough to kill (was she caught on camera by the horrid Pratt/neighbor?)...2009 powers diff than the ones we see. (for this epi time line, had they lived the 10yrs leading up to 2009 without the time travel, then even this epi would have been diff, as even though they thought/planned to get Phoebe out; poss they may not have as it looks like they did not have a final destination to go/get to an be safe)
As for new powers or such, in 2009 don't think the "they" would give same as we saw in the series, why, they were using powers for their own gain, and the "they" wouldn't reward them by power "boosts" or such.
After Phoebe told them she had to die, even though she tech was innocent, they were sent back home to 1999. Realizing they are right where Phoebe had her vision, Prue an Piper (prob rem what Phoebe said the first time round about punishing the guilty),this time Phoebe said they were not to punish/get back at, (no matter whether a slime ball), then seeing it was Pratt who was with the dog.
Pre going to 2009, Piper would somehow be getting together with Leo, becoming pregnant a yr or so before we see her, as her daughter was a year or so older than Wyatt. Prue, other than the workaholic part, guessing that pulled away a bit at a time from family, maybe not saving the innocents the same way (Piper an Phoebe too). As for Phoebe, no Cole so none of that drama, school ? but going from what the comic part of charmed, Phoebe poss did get involved with the paper but not ask Phoebe, poss a type of reporter, got to know Elise, as in the comic, Elise almost died by Cal Green, the guy in her prem she killed. So because of all these changes and others that have no way of knowing, Prue didn't die in this time line.
Because they made a lot of changes, these changes were in most ways for the better, Prue lost her life trying to protect. So this epi "changed" the time line.
Also for those who keep saying that Prue should have at least come back in spirit form and poss other ways, SD did not want any thing that resembled her seen on the show (apt was asked to come, but said no), which is why not one picture is ever seen of Prue after she died, like most people and families, pictures are out, they had their mom an dad and grams plus who knows but not 1 that had Prue, Comics apt have a Prue, but looks nothing like her. Would the fans have put up with a diff Prue, one who couldn't look like SD in any way?? NO I wouldn't and don't think I am alone thinking NO
Er posting this, am over tired an when more awake an read this, if not quite what I was trying to say/type, will re do...gave this epi and 8.9
The girls get a glimpse of the future.
maruma-1117517 June 2022
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I like this episode. I just wish they would have taken the storyline a little further. At the end of the episode, the sisters realize that their careless dog walking neighbor is Pratt, the witch hunting DA from the future, and vow to keep an eye on him. There was a lot they could have done with that yet that storyline was abandoned and Pratt is never even mentioned again.
Missing the point?
doubtmenow73198613 October 2019
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I feel like entirely too many of the reviews for this episode don't understand the whole time travel thing. When they go to the past, they obviously have to be careful because they can change things, so if they see the future, of course they can change it. I mean, wasn't the whole point of the episode for them to see where they were going and to avoid it?
Prue dies, yes, we know. And obviously she changes her course before she dies. She is obviously not happy with how her future appears while she's there, so why wouldn't she change it?
This episode is by far one of my favorites. I like seeing how people in 1999 thought life would be like in 2009 (I'm looking at you, voice controlled TVs) and I love seeing what Piper and Prue and Phoebe grew to be. Their future selves are much more accepting of personal gain than they seemed to be in the future that actually occurs, and it's interesting to see how little it takes for them to change from one belief (protecting innocents) to another (murdering a human for revenge because they murdered someone else).
The scene where Phoebe burns at the stake always makes me tear up, and it's good to see that they learned the lesson they needed to, even though Phoebe needed to remind them before they ended up back on the same path again.
This is one episode that holds my attention every time I decide to rewatch it.
Prue dies, yes, we know. And obviously she changes her course before she dies. She is obviously not happy with how her future appears while she's there, so why wouldn't she change it?
This episode is by far one of my favorites. I like seeing how people in 1999 thought life would be like in 2009 (I'm looking at you, voice controlled TVs) and I love seeing what Piper and Prue and Phoebe grew to be. Their future selves are much more accepting of personal gain than they seemed to be in the future that actually occurs, and it's interesting to see how little it takes for them to change from one belief (protecting innocents) to another (murdering a human for revenge because they murdered someone else).
The scene where Phoebe burns at the stake always makes me tear up, and it's good to see that they learned the lesson they needed to, even though Phoebe needed to remind them before they ended up back on the same path again.
This is one episode that holds my attention every time I decide to rewatch it.
The One Where They Go Into The Future...
taylorkingston8 October 2014
Warning: Spoilers
I love this episode. It is one of my all time favorite Charmed episodes. It's just so good.
In this episode, Phoebe has a premonition that she is burned at the stake. And they wonder why a news broadcast talking about a baseball player, triggered it. They need to find a way to stop this from happening. They find a spell in the Book Of Shadows, that will take them to the future. But they must be careful, as they can only use the spell once. Once they do, it will disappear. What I don't get is, why can't they just write the spell down on another piece of paper, so they can use it multiple times. Anyway, I'm over thinking it. They cast the spell that takes the to the year 2009. Ten years into the future. Wow, a lot of things have changed. What I like about this episode is the fact that they don't make the future to futuristic. The cars just look newer. It's really the only difference. I get sad when I watch something like Back To The Future Part II, where by the year 2015, we're meant to have flying cars and accurate weather. Once again, off topic. Instead of being able to observe their future selves, they are actually in the their bodies. This is different from the Season 1 episode where they go back in time to the year 1975. So many things have changed. Prue is blonde, and owns four Buckland's Auction Houses. Piper is divorced and has a daughter, Melinda. Turns out that her husband is Leo. And Phoebe is in jail and about to be burned at the stake. Unfortunately, the spell was meant to take them two weeks before Phoebe was supposed to die, instead, it took them to that day. Prue and Piper try and find a way to break Phoebe out of prison. Their powers have also changed. Prue can move so much stuff at once. Like destroy an entire attack with the wave of her hand. Piper can freeze so much more, like an entire city block. And Phoebe also has the power of what I think is, electrocution and levitation. They don't really explain what her newer powers are. It turns out that Phoebe had killed a man, because that man killed her friend, but was released from prison. Prue and Piper arrive just in time. Phoebe is literally on the pyre, and the fire is about to start flaming. Phoebe makes Piper and Prue understand why she must die. So, she gets burned. And then they wake up, back in 1999, and Phoebe is all okay. They arrive a few minutes before they left, because what they did then, which was flicking dog poop on the dog owners shoe, because he never picked up after it, was the wrong thing. That man turned out to be the man who has Phoebe burned. And the reason that Phoebe got her premonition when the news story about a baseball player was on, was because, that is the man she killed.
Overall, I give this episode a 10 out of 10.
In this episode, Phoebe has a premonition that she is burned at the stake. And they wonder why a news broadcast talking about a baseball player, triggered it. They need to find a way to stop this from happening. They find a spell in the Book Of Shadows, that will take them to the future. But they must be careful, as they can only use the spell once. Once they do, it will disappear. What I don't get is, why can't they just write the spell down on another piece of paper, so they can use it multiple times. Anyway, I'm over thinking it. They cast the spell that takes the to the year 2009. Ten years into the future. Wow, a lot of things have changed. What I like about this episode is the fact that they don't make the future to futuristic. The cars just look newer. It's really the only difference. I get sad when I watch something like Back To The Future Part II, where by the year 2015, we're meant to have flying cars and accurate weather. Once again, off topic. Instead of being able to observe their future selves, they are actually in the their bodies. This is different from the Season 1 episode where they go back in time to the year 1975. So many things have changed. Prue is blonde, and owns four Buckland's Auction Houses. Piper is divorced and has a daughter, Melinda. Turns out that her husband is Leo. And Phoebe is in jail and about to be burned at the stake. Unfortunately, the spell was meant to take them two weeks before Phoebe was supposed to die, instead, it took them to that day. Prue and Piper try and find a way to break Phoebe out of prison. Their powers have also changed. Prue can move so much stuff at once. Like destroy an entire attack with the wave of her hand. Piper can freeze so much more, like an entire city block. And Phoebe also has the power of what I think is, electrocution and levitation. They don't really explain what her newer powers are. It turns out that Phoebe had killed a man, because that man killed her friend, but was released from prison. Prue and Piper arrive just in time. Phoebe is literally on the pyre, and the fire is about to start flaming. Phoebe makes Piper and Prue understand why she must die. So, she gets burned. And then they wake up, back in 1999, and Phoebe is all okay. They arrive a few minutes before they left, because what they did then, which was flicking dog poop on the dog owners shoe, because he never picked up after it, was the wrong thing. That man turned out to be the man who has Phoebe burned. And the reason that Phoebe got her premonition when the news story about a baseball player was on, was because, that is the man she killed.
Overall, I give this episode a 10 out of 10.
Absolutely solid
princetont15 August 2021
Crying... 😢
crazyeidness3 February 2019
The wrong things done for the right reasons is still the wrong thing
Realrockerhalloween6 September 2016
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When the sisters get revenge on a neighbor they are transported to a future where magic is exposed and witches are burned at the stake. They get to witness where their future lead with Prue an owner of Bucklands, Piper still lives at home with her daughter and Phoebe to be executed for the murder of Cal Green after he took the life of someone she loved.
While interesting to note all the events on display here will never come to pass as Prue will become a photographer before she dies, Piper will have two boys and Phoebe becomes a respectable columnist. Magic will be exposed, but time reverses before the day finished out.
The sisters plan a jail break when Phoebe realizes misusing magic to right a wrong is still a bad thing and can lead down a slippery slope towards the dark side. Once the lesson is learned, they are granted a second chance to changed and whirled to the past to stop this horrible future from ever happening.
Its an absolutely wonderful ep following in line of personal gain and why its needed in the first place. Its a shame though the sisters will keep abusing magic later on instead of growing and keeping the moral close to their heart. Still it was interesting to see where they all could end up eventually and looking back on it what Prue would be doing if she lived past season four.
I give it a perfect ten for a beautiful and powerfully emotional episode.
While interesting to note all the events on display here will never come to pass as Prue will become a photographer before she dies, Piper will have two boys and Phoebe becomes a respectable columnist. Magic will be exposed, but time reverses before the day finished out.
The sisters plan a jail break when Phoebe realizes misusing magic to right a wrong is still a bad thing and can lead down a slippery slope towards the dark side. Once the lesson is learned, they are granted a second chance to changed and whirled to the past to stop this horrible future from ever happening.
Its an absolutely wonderful ep following in line of personal gain and why its needed in the first place. Its a shame though the sisters will keep abusing magic later on instead of growing and keeping the moral close to their heart. Still it was interesting to see where they all could end up eventually and looking back on it what Prue would be doing if she lived past season four.
I give it a perfect ten for a beautiful and powerfully emotional episode.
Changing Futures
tressian1 December 2006
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I love this show. The three sisters travel to the future where Phoebe is to be burned at the stake. The 3 sister go back to the present to change Phoebe's (and all of their) future. Though Prue does eventually die (before 2009- the year they go to). They do change the future in the past so the new "future" they created leaves Prue dying sooner rather than later.
Its a really good episode, as the sisters are supposed to learn a lesson about not getting personal gain. There are inconsistencies in the series due to the actress who played Prue leaving the show, but its still a great show.
Its a really good episode, as the sisters are supposed to learn a lesson about not getting personal gain. There are inconsistencies in the series due to the actress who played Prue leaving the show, but its still a great show.
Well, That Escalated Quickly
seneuser8 November 2023
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This is one of the more famous episodes of Charmed. Even though it has two of the all time great scenes in the series, I still will only give it a 9 due to how illogical it is and how flawed its moral is.
Many of the best Charmed episodes deal with time travel, and this is a rare trip into the future. Except I've never taken this future nearly as serious as many of the other reviewers here. For me, the future here is too unrealistic to be anything but satire, and Prue's future self isn't even close to being consistent with her character. The future Piper is believable, but Leo would leave his daughter behind and divorce Piper? How does that even work between a whitelighter and a witch? Anyway, their interplay is actually my favorite part of the episode.
The two all time great scenes here is first when Piper is tasked with binding the powers of her daughter and Leo shows up. She can't do it, and the acting from Brian and Holly is just heart-wrenching. Holly also looks gorgeous in this.
The other great scene is when Phoebe is executed. Absolutely pulse pounding scene with amazing acting from Alyssa. Bravo!
Much of this episode just feels different than other Charmed episodes. It feels darker and more earnest. The tone, acting, and the great scenes I mentioned make this a fan favorite. However, even though I enjoyed watching this a little more the second time, I still had some serious questions.
How does Prue using her power to pay back a jerk lead to Phoebe killing someone ten years later? The sisters have used their powers for personal gain and pay back many times already. Piper freezes people whenever she gets annoyed with them or if she just needs a little more time to think. Prue has also used her power when annoyed and for petty revenges on several people. I don't see causing the neighbor to fall victim to his own dog poop as a much greater crime than things they've done already. So, why did this push the Elders over the edge?
And if Phoebe had a premonition and KNOWS someone is a murderer, then I'm not sure her dispensing magical justice is such a moral wrong. It seems similar to me to protecting innocents from demons, with the only difference being that it is a mortal. Except, sometimes mortals can be worse than demons.
This all works better if the writers had the guts to have the sisters do a more serious immoral use of their powers. As it is, this seems like abusive overkill by the Elders.
Many of the best Charmed episodes deal with time travel, and this is a rare trip into the future. Except I've never taken this future nearly as serious as many of the other reviewers here. For me, the future here is too unrealistic to be anything but satire, and Prue's future self isn't even close to being consistent with her character. The future Piper is believable, but Leo would leave his daughter behind and divorce Piper? How does that even work between a whitelighter and a witch? Anyway, their interplay is actually my favorite part of the episode.
The two all time great scenes here is first when Piper is tasked with binding the powers of her daughter and Leo shows up. She can't do it, and the acting from Brian and Holly is just heart-wrenching. Holly also looks gorgeous in this.
The other great scene is when Phoebe is executed. Absolutely pulse pounding scene with amazing acting from Alyssa. Bravo!
Much of this episode just feels different than other Charmed episodes. It feels darker and more earnest. The tone, acting, and the great scenes I mentioned make this a fan favorite. However, even though I enjoyed watching this a little more the second time, I still had some serious questions.
How does Prue using her power to pay back a jerk lead to Phoebe killing someone ten years later? The sisters have used their powers for personal gain and pay back many times already. Piper freezes people whenever she gets annoyed with them or if she just needs a little more time to think. Prue has also used her power when annoyed and for petty revenges on several people. I don't see causing the neighbor to fall victim to his own dog poop as a much greater crime than things they've done already. So, why did this push the Elders over the edge?
And if Phoebe had a premonition and KNOWS someone is a murderer, then I'm not sure her dispensing magical justice is such a moral wrong. It seems similar to me to protecting innocents from demons, with the only difference being that it is a mortal. Except, sometimes mortals can be worse than demons.
This all works better if the writers had the guts to have the sisters do a more serious immoral use of their powers. As it is, this seems like abusive overkill by the Elders.
The Importance of Ethics
claudio_carvalho4 February 2007
The Halliwell sisters play a prank with their neighbor Nathanial Pratt because his dog always defecates in their sidewalk. Phoebe has a premonition of her death in 2009 executed by burning at stake and the sisters cast a spell to travel to the future. They see the destiny of each one: Prue is a wealthy workaholic businesswoman without a mate; Piper is divorced with a daughter; and Phoebe will be executed for killing a man. This incident with Phoebe provoked a witch hunting leaded by Nathanial Pratt. In the end, the sisters acknowledge the importance of ethics.
In spite of giving an important message about ethics and morality, since the sisters are not allowed to use their powers for personal advantage, this episode is only reasonable. The story is absolutely inconsistent with the fate of Prue. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Questão de Ética" ("Matter of Ethics")
In spite of giving an important message about ethics and morality, since the sisters are not allowed to use their powers for personal advantage, this episode is only reasonable. The story is absolutely inconsistent with the fate of Prue. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Questão de Ética" ("Matter of Ethics")
The Wrong Thing Done for the Right Reason...
rossmatthew-854283 August 2023
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I feel like this episode should be rated much higher than it already is. It is a phenomenal episode that showcases the splendor and everything wonderful about Charmed. This episode strays from the show's somewhat formulaic premise of the show by focusing more on the characters and their attributes rather than their powers and battles. A peeved Piper explains that she stepped in her neighbor's dog poop despite she and her sisters informing their neighbor about this issue. Phoebe then persuades Prue to use her powers to fling the dog's feces on the neighbor's shoes. This is an abuse of their powers, but it's just a small misdemeanor, they reasoned, it didn't matter, or at least so they thought. Convinced that she committed a good deed, Phoebe rewards herself by watching television. When flipping through channels, she stops at Cal Greene, a fictitious baseball player, and then she gets a horrifying premonition of herself being executed, modern Salem Witch Trials style, ten years into the future. Then, the sisters hatch a plan to travel to the future to learn why Phoebe was ordered to be executed. However, the spell goes awry: firstly, they were meant to travel two weeks prior to the execution; they travelled about eight hours before it. Secondly, time travel into the future doesn't work like it does into the past, for instead of spectating events of the future, they assume the corporeal forms of their future selves. Prue becomes a wildly successful and rich workaholic, plus she's blonde. Piper is a divorced mother. And Phoebe is about to die. After a few mishaps and learning about what they had missed for ten years and Prue blowing up half the attic with a small hand gesture, Prue and Piper devise a plan to bust Phoebe out of prison, and run into Leo, catching him up on the events that transpired. A confused Phoebe then learns of what she had done to warrant her execution when Leo orbs in to inform her of what happened the last ten years, even with the help of the Elders giving her a premonition of what she did. She murdered Cal Greene, the baseball player, with her powers because he killed someone she loved. Oh, by the way, each of the sister's powers greatly augmented in the ten years: Prue, through a small gesticulation, effortlessly blew up half the attic. Piper's freezing ability now affected people and objects in a far greater radius. Phoebe could levitate and used some unnamed ability to "electrocute" or overload Greene's brain with feelings or memories, which is how she killed him. After some events, the sisters arrive in the nick of time to save their sister. However, Phoebe convinced them to let her be executed, because this is how things were meant to be. After Phoebe dies, she and her sisters return to their time and learn about the consequences of using their powers for their own interests.
In addition to the captivating and refreshing plot, this episode was superb for a number of other reasons.
1) Prue blowing up the attic was so much fun to watch. Just wow.
2) The tangents of each sister serve as a reflection of their personalities and traits- Prue becoming a workaholic based on her industriousness and borderline obsession with her line of work; Phoebe being a executed for murdering Cal Greene being tied to her impulsiveness and willingness to take action, Piper's failed marriage and child being based on her romance with Leo and her being the most grounded out of the three sisters.
3) The sisters leading separate lives depicts how they lost their connection not only with their destiny but their bond with each other as years carried on was a nice touch to the story. It deepened the underlying story and reinforced the sense of each of the sisters changing not necessarily for the better.
4) This episode teaches only the sisters that abusing powers can be a very slippery slope. This episode also teaches the audience of the dangers of falling down a rabbit hole and losing yourself and how one seemingly harmless thing could eventually lead to calamitous consequences if you are not careful.
Overall, if I could, I'd rate this episode 1000/10!
In addition to the captivating and refreshing plot, this episode was superb for a number of other reasons.
1) Prue blowing up the attic was so much fun to watch. Just wow.
2) The tangents of each sister serve as a reflection of their personalities and traits- Prue becoming a workaholic based on her industriousness and borderline obsession with her line of work; Phoebe being a executed for murdering Cal Greene being tied to her impulsiveness and willingness to take action, Piper's failed marriage and child being based on her romance with Leo and her being the most grounded out of the three sisters.
3) The sisters leading separate lives depicts how they lost their connection not only with their destiny but their bond with each other as years carried on was a nice touch to the story. It deepened the underlying story and reinforced the sense of each of the sisters changing not necessarily for the better.
4) This episode teaches only the sisters that abusing powers can be a very slippery slope. This episode also teaches the audience of the dangers of falling down a rabbit hole and losing yourself and how one seemingly harmless thing could eventually lead to calamitous consequences if you are not careful.
Overall, if I could, I'd rate this episode 1000/10!
How Can This Be?
simplyy_charmedd19 July 2006
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When Prue,Piper,and Phoebe go in the future, Prue was in the future but how can Prue be in the future,2009, if she dies in 2001? That does not make any sense..But anyways I STILL LOVE THIS SHOW ITS MY FAVORITE EVER! ever since I saw the first episode I couldn't stop watching it! I only have seasons One,Two,Three,Four,and Five because seasons Six,Seven,and Eight didn't come out in stores yet..I love this show its just so cool and interesting..I would most likely want to Have Pipers power because its would be so fun if you can just freeze someone if there annoying you lol! E-Mail me at angelpuss924@yahoo.com if you know when seasons Six,Seven,and eight are coming out thanks!
A weak episode in an otherwise great 2nd season.
Maedhros3511 March 2008
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First of all, I would like to comment that Season Two may probably be the best season of Charmed - the story lines are better developed than in the first series, and it has all the fantasy I love about Charmed.
Having said that, this episode is one of the weaker of this season. My main objection against it is that it is inconsistent: * Prue, apparently being filthy rich lets her younger sister stay in a death cell, while all her money could probably get her a much lower sentence in a crime where there is absolutely no murder weapon present. The least she could do, is stall the execution indefinitely.
* The same apparently rich Prue does nothing to help her middle sister who lives in their ancestral home which is slowly falling apart at the seams.
* The sisters had the escape planned long in advance, but only execute it at the very last minute (in the most literal sense of the word).
* Phoebe is in season two the most unlikely sister to gain an active power, and a very deadly power at that.
* I didn't get the sequence from punishing an antisocial by playing a small prank on him (giving him his own back) to murder.
But: the next ones are way better....
Having said that, this episode is one of the weaker of this season. My main objection against it is that it is inconsistent: * Prue, apparently being filthy rich lets her younger sister stay in a death cell, while all her money could probably get her a much lower sentence in a crime where there is absolutely no murder weapon present. The least she could do, is stall the execution indefinitely.
* The same apparently rich Prue does nothing to help her middle sister who lives in their ancestral home which is slowly falling apart at the seams.
* The sisters had the escape planned long in advance, but only execute it at the very last minute (in the most literal sense of the word).
* Phoebe is in season two the most unlikely sister to gain an active power, and a very deadly power at that.
* I didn't get the sequence from punishing an antisocial by playing a small prank on him (giving him his own back) to murder.
But: the next ones are way better....
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