Charmed (TV Series)

Deconstructing Harry (2019)

Sarah Jeffery: Maggie Vera

Quotes 

• Jordan Chase : How did you and your sisters end up here?

  Maggie Vera : My-my parents... uh, both died. Not at the same time, but... my sisters and I needed a fresh start, and, uh... we decided to leave our home in, um, Pittsburgh. So...

  Jordan Chase : Mm-hmm?

  Maggie Vera : You finished college in three years, and you're now going to law school at night.

  Jordan Chase : Hm.

  Maggie Vera : You seem to really know who you are.

  Jordan Chase : Hmm. "Know thyself." Isn't that what Socrates said?

  Maggie Vera : Don't ask me. I dropped out of college.

  Jordan Chase : You'll get back to it.

  Maggie Vera : I hope so.

• Maggie Vera : So, the first qualification for the Good Karma Project is community connection.

  Jordan Chase : Mm. Well, I've got that down. The Chase family, mine, was one of the first black families to settle in these parts.

  Maggie Vera : So your family has a real... history here.

  Jordan Chase : Mm. Yeah.

  Maggie Vera : [touching his arm to test her powers, nothing happens]  S-Sorry, you just... you had a piece of lint.

• Maggie Vera : Anything in the Book of Elders about having your powers restored by a boxing instructor?

  Harry Greenwood : Take a look at this. I believe this symbol is the hieroglyphic for "Whitelighter."

  Maggie Vera : Hmm.

  Harry Greenwood : Let me ask you something. What letter do you think that is?

  Maggie Vera : Maybe an E?

  Harry Greenwood : Ah. Yeah, interesting. That would make it "Tessera."

  [a spider is conjured] 

  Harry Greenwood : Which is Latin for "password." Follow it.

  Maggie Vera : [following the spider]  Over here.

  Harry Greenwood : [moving a bookcase]  Help me.

  [seeing a magical doorway] 

  Harry Greenwood : Hello.

• Maggie Vera : I think I'm getting my powers back. Or a more advanced version of them.

  Mel Vera : How? How did you do it?

  Maggie Vera : I don't know. Something happened with Jordan. I shook his hand, and in my head, I had this... vision. I knew what he was thinking or feeling. He looked me right in the eyes and said "I love you." I think I need to go back and figure out a way to touch him again.

  Mel Vera : Margarita Emilia Vera.

  Maggie Vera : It's not what you think.

  Mel Vera : I think you like touching him.

  Maggie Vera : To get my powers back.

  Mel Vera : Maggie, you better not be falling for this guy.

  Maggie Vera : You always treat me like I'm some lovesick puppy.

  Mel Vera : One word: Parker.

  Maggie Vera : Another word: Niko.

  Mel Vera : Exactly. We need to keep our distance from everyone. Otherwise, we end up nearly killing the ones we love or they end up nearly killing us.

  Maggie Vera : You know, I'm getting my powers back, and I thought you would be happy.

  Mel Vera : I am. Powers are good. Powers are something we need.

  Maggie Vera : And if Jordan is the key to getting mine back, I have to figure that out.

• Maggie Vera : Got to assume the Elders left this here.

  Harry Greenwood : A fair assumption, given they put the passcode in the book.

  Maggie Vera : [as he picks up a New York driver's license, his image appears on it]  Magical driver's license. Sweet.

  Harry Greenwood : [picking up an envelope]  "Alpha."

  [taking out the contents, billing statements from Tulipe Institute] 

  Harry Greenwood : [seeing the crest on the back]  "Tulipe Institute."

  Maggie Vera : Why does that sound familiar?

  Maggie Vera : [cut to upstairs at SafeSpace]  Tulipe. Same name as the women's asylum that burned down here.

  Harry Greenwood : Most definitely not a coincidence. I'm so close to a breakthrough here. I can feel it.

  Maggie Vera : [seeing Jordan nearby]  Me, too. You pursue your breakthrough. I'm gonna pursue mine.

• Maggie Vera : So, you were in the army.

  Jordan Chase : Yeah. I was a medic.

  Maggie Vera : You came back home after?

  Jordan Chase : Yeah, I was forced back, really. I have a complicated family.

  Maggie Vera : Join the club.

  Jordan Chase : My grandmother, who raised me, uh, she got sick. So I came back to take care of her.

  Maggie Vera : [touching his arm again]  I'm so sorry.

• Maggie Vera : I've never had my own office before.

  Swan : Oh, we don't say "office."

  Maggie Vera : Oh, we... we don't?

  Swan : It's a microaggression against people who worked corporate jobs. We prefer "creative cocoon."

  Maggie Vera : Note taken.

• Maggie Vera : You're still here.

  Jordan Chase : Yeah. I... I still have a few days left on the lease. I told Zach he'll get my keys back at the end of the week.

  Maggie Vera : Okay, what if you didn't have to? Leave. Twice a year, SafeSpace Seattle funds a Good Karma project to support surrounding communities, and I've been charged with generating fresh ideas. So I thought, why not a wellness program? You know? For people wo can't afford it. I read that boxing is good for physical and mental health, and increases confidence.

  Jordan Chase : You've been reading about boxing?

  Maggie Vera : Yes. I read about a lot of things.

  Maggie Vera : You don't have to feel guilty about getting the job, Maggie. I'm all right.

  Maggie Vera : It's not guilt. Part of my job as an assistant manager is looking out for other visionaries.

  Jordan Chase : Is that so?

  Maggie Vera : Yes. Look, all we would have to do is put together a proposal and pitch it at the managers' meeting. What do you say?

  Jordan Chase : I say I'm in.

  [shaking hands, a chime rings in her head] 

  Jordan Chase : I love you.

  Maggie Vera : What... uh, what did you say?

  Jordan Chase : You saved my life.

  [the vision ends] 

  Jordan Chase : Everything all right?

• Jordan Chase : So, do you have everything you need?

  Maggie Vera : Quarterly projections...

  Jordan Chase : Yeah.

  Maggie Vera : ...personal statement, resume. That should do it.

  Jordan Chase : Great.

  [she pats his shoulder, again trying to see if her powers work] 

  Jordan Chase : Uh, Maggie, you seem... you seem weird. And you keep tapping me, which... which is also weird.

  Maggie Vera : Yeah, sorry. I'm... I'm j... I'm trying to figure some things out. You know, know thyself. It's... it's a long story.

• Mel Vera : This will point the way to the Kyon queen.

  Abigael Jameson-Caine : [waiting for something to happen]  Well, this is exciting.

  Mel Vera : I followed the directions exactly as I remember from the Book of Shadows.

  Macy Vaughn : Maybe you're missing an ingredient.

  Abigael Jameson-Caine : Or maybe you just suck at this.

  Mel Vera : Or maybe the antler doesn't have enough life force. The Kyon is dead, and the potion requires a living agent.

  Macy Vaughn : A host.

  Maggie Vera : Meaning?

  Abigael Jameson-Caine : Someone has to drink it.

  Mel Vera : Suck this, Abby.

  Macy Vaughn : Mel.

  Maggie Vera : Mel!

  Macy Vaughn : Don't!

  Maggie Vera : No!

  Maggie Vera : [as Mel drinks it, she begins to feel its effects]  Oh, my god, what's happening to her?

  Abigael Jameson-Caine : It's working. She's connected to them.

• Abigael Jameson-Caine : [as the Kyon queen advances on them]  Guys, cuff. Cuff. It'd be ideal if I don't have this on.

  Maggie Vera : Macy, no.

  Macy Vaughn : [taking the cuff off]  I'll distract her.

  [moving a few feet away] 

  Macy Vaughn : Here! Over here!

  [as Abigael forms a fireball and prepares to throw it, Mel knocks her arm away and kneels down] 

  Maggie Vera : What's she doing?

  Abigael Jameson-Caine : Communicating.

• Maggie Vera : Wait, she's Parker's half-sister? Does she know where he is?

  Mel Vera : I don't know what she knows, and frankly, I don't care. We need Harry's compass for the potion.

  Maggie Vera : He was my boyfriend, Mel. I-I'm entitled to ask her questions.

  Mel Vera : Stay away from her, Mags. She is the devil. I would have vanquished her seven times over by now if I had any powers.

  Maggie Vera : Mel...

  Mel Vera : Don't "Mel" me. I had to put up with her treating me like I'm a piece of crap all day.

  Maggie Vera : Well, ignore her, then.

  Mel Vera : I can't.

  Maggie Vera : Why?

  Mel Vera : Because I think she's right. I went from being one of the most powerful witches in the world to this... Fanny Pack Franny.

  [finding the compass] 

  Mel Vera : Here it is. All right. Let's do this.

• Abigael Jameson-Caine : Well, well done. Whatever our friend is up to, at least he doesn't have creatures to do it with. Thanks to you, Mel. I underestimated you.

  Mel Vera : Yes, you did. Alligatum est.

  Abigael Jameson-Caine : [getting magic dust blown in her face]  You've got to be kidding me.

  Maggie Vera : [leaving with Mel as Abigael pounds on the restraining barrier]  She doesn't kid.

• Abigael Jameson-Caine : [in a roomful of suspended-animation tubes]  That's the banshee empress. She went missing a few weeks back. Top of the banshee food chain. You don't want to mess around with that one.

  Macy Vaughn : Look.

  [at a set of computer screens] 

  Macy Vaughn : There's a basilisk, a griffin, a Kyon.

  Abigael Jameson-Caine : It's like a zoo.

  Macy Vaughn : The empress of the banshees, the queen of the Kyons. The assassin is a hunter, collecting the most powerful of magical creatures.

  Maggie Vera : Like the Charmed Ones.

  Abigael Jameson-Caine : And me.

  Macy Vaughn : And he's holding them alive. The mist being pumped into those tubes. He's keeping them sedated.

  Maggie Vera : We have to find Mel and get out of here.

• Maggie Vera : I can see the future. It's not my old powers coming back, it's a new one, foresight.

  [seeing Abigael] 

  Maggie Vera : Wait, she's in the house now?

  Abigael Jameson-Caine : Shouldn't you have really seen that coming?

• Jordan Chase : I love you.

  Maggie Vera : What did you say?

  Jordan Chase : You saved my life. I was looking all over for those damn keys. Where were they?

  Lola : In the bathroom, wrapped in a towel with your AirPods.

  Jordan Chase : [kissing]  Mmm.

  Maggie Vera : [realizing her powers do work]  Foresight.

  Lola : What?

  Jordan Chase : Oh, uh, sorry. Maggie, this is Lola, my, uh...

  Lola : Law school classmate.

• Abigael Jameson-Caine : It's the Kyon queen. Nobody move. Or make a sound.

  [Maggie's cell phone rings] 

  Abigael Jameson-Caine : Seriously?

  Swan : [at SafeSpace]  You and Maggie ready? Can't wait to hear the pitch.

  Jordan Chase : Yep. She'll be here any minute.

  Maggie Vera : [dialing his phone again, he gets her outgoing voicemail message]  Hey, it's Maggie.

  Jordan Chase : Maggie, it's Jordan. I can't reach you, and you're 20 minutes late. Are you all right? Did something come up?

• Macy Vaughn : Mel, can you hear us? Mel.

  Maggie Vera : [to Abigael]  You did this to her. Pushed her to it.

  Macy Vaughn : [Mel fumbles for the tracking ball]  Hang on. I think she's trying to track the Kyon queen.

  Maggie Vera : [a portal opens]  Mel! Mel, wait!

  Abigael Jameson-Caine : Find the Kyon queen, find the assassin.

  Macy Vaughn : [following them]  Let's go.

• Maggie Vera : Hey. Jordan, can we... can we talk?

  Jordan Chase : She appears. Like magic.

  Maggie Vera : I'm... so, so sorry. I... an emergency popped up.

  Jordan Chase : You seem to have a lot of those, don't you?

  Maggie Vera : There's no excuse. I'll reschedule the meeting.

  Jordan Chase : No. No need to. I pitched anyway, and... they loved it.

  Maggie Vera : They did? That's amazing. Can I... buy you a drink or something? To apologize.

  Jordan Chase : Maybe some other time. I'm gonna head out, but, um... thank you. The program was your idea, after all, so...

• Mel Vera : Harry?

  [seeing him in the parlor] 

  Maggie Vera : I'm so glad you're okay. Where's Macy?

  Harry Greenwood : What do you mean? She's not with you?

  Maggie Vera : What? We... we saw her leave with you. Unless...

  Mel Vera : Oh, my god.

  Harry Greenwood : It wasn't me. It was him. My Darklighter.

• Maggie Vera : That was crazy.

  Mel Vera : What?

  Maggie Vera : The tracking potion? Drinking it without knowing what it would do. You could have gotten yourself killed, Mel.

  Mel Vera : I'm sorry. It was... stupid.

  Maggie Vera : But it was also incredibly brave.