LOVE HURTS

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THE PLOT

Leo is protecting Daisy, a future white lighter, from a dark lighter named Alec.  Leo has made her invisible to Alec, but Alec wants her back and shoots him with a crossbow.

Prue and Phoebe are discussing their weekend vacation and Piper's track record in men when they hear her alarmed call from the attic, where they find Leo with the bolt in his shoulder.  Prue uses her power to force it through him because it is poisoned.

Andy meets Prue at Quake and tells her about the IA investigation.  He might have been followed so they have to make it look as if they're still friends.  Prue asks him to help find Daisy.

Leo's wound is bad and he cannot use his power on himself.  The dark lighter's poison cannot be reserved and as his power ebbs, so does his cloaking of Daisy.

Piper cannot find anything in the Book of Shadows.  Phoebe tells her that maybe they're not supposed to save Leo, only Daisy.  Piper tells her that they have to save him, whether they're supposed to or not.

Alec orbs into Daisy's motel room and tells her that nothing can stop them being together.  The manager hears the row and unlocks the door, only for Alec to kill him.  Daisy escapes through the window just as Prue and Andy enter.  Prue flings Alec against the wall, after which he orbs out.

Piper wants to switch powers with Leo, and Prue and Phoebe reluctantly agree to her casting it.  She tests out her power by trying to freeze Kit, which she can't - except that Prue has a premonition of the cat jumping onto a table and a lamp shattering.  When Kit does jump onto the table, Phoebe attempts to use her new power to get her off it, only to smash the lamp into the wall.  Piper tries to heal Leo, but it doesn't work.

Rodriguez interrogates Andy about how he phoned in the manager's murder.  Andy claims it was "a tip".  Rodriguez and Anderson want to know who he's covering for, so Andy hands in his gun and shield.

Andy has tipped off Phoebe that Daisy is about to catch a bus out of town.  Prue has a premonition of where she is.  Before they arrive, Alec orbs in - he wants Daisy to come willingly, then the killing will stop.  Prue and Phoebe arrive, and Phoebe attempts to use her powers, only succeeding in turning on the taps.  Prue succeeds in winding her sister up so that she can fling Alec out of the way.  Prue picks up his crossbow but he orbs out.

In the attic, Piper is trying to heal Leo, who tells her that he loves her.  Prue and Phoebe arrive with Daisy, who thinks that Alec has sent the flowers they find there, but they've actually been sent to Prue by Andy.

Leo is dead.  Daisy wants to leave, but Piper won't let her because then Leo's death would mean nothing.

Prue and Andy meet in a park.  He tells her to watch her back, that they can't be seen together and that what the sisters are doing is the reason he became a cop.

Piper is angry that Leo didn't show her how to use his power, but she finds the trigger - love - and heals Leo, who tells her that she had to find it out for herself.

Alec orbs into the Manor and grabs Piper, offering Leo an exchange.  Prue returns, allowing Alec to shove Piper out of the way, grab Daisy and orb out.

Leo is still too weak, so Piper must use his powers to find Daisy, which she does.  The Power of Three spell will destroy a dark lighter, but Phoebe has a better idea and so she and Prue head for Golden Gate Park where Alec is about to kill Daisy.  Phoebe flings him out of the way, Prue casts the Exchange Spell, Phoebe brings him towards her and Prue uses Alec's power to kill him before reversing their powers.

Leo reveals to Piper that he used to be human and that after he was killed in World War II he was offered immortality and a chance to help special people like her.  He can become human again, but Piper says that then he couldn't save the next Daisy.

Rodriguez and Anderson watch Andy meet Morris.  Anderson can't hear what they're saying but Rodriguez can - Andy is covering for Prue who's connecting to all their unsolved cases.  As Anderson asks how he can hear this, Rodriguez turns to him.  His eyes are glowing red...

NOTES

The Exchange Spell is: "What's mine is yours, what's yours is mine/Let our powers cross the line/I offer up my gift to share/Switch the powers through the air."

Prue once dented Grams' (unless she's referring to Victor's mother) car fender, which Phoebe got blamed for.

Phoebe earned the nickname "Freebie" at High School.

THE POWER OF THREE

Prue forces the poisoned crossbow bolt through Leo's shoulder.  She also flings Alec aside in Daisy's hotel room.

After Piper casts the Exchange Spell, she sees the lamp shattering after Kit jumps onto the table.  She also has a premonition of Daisy.

Piper tests out the Exchange Spell by trying to freeze Kit.

Phoebe uses her new-found active power by smashing the lamp into the wall (she's trying to get Kit off the table).  After Prue winds her up at the bus station, she spins the magazine rack around and they fly everywhere.

Trying to attack Alec, she turns all the taps on before Prue causes her to fling him aside.  When Alec orbs into the Manor, she only manages to shatter the lights, but manages to pull him towards Prue in the park.

COMMENTS

After being mostly absent in The Power of Two and playing second fiddle to her sisters in the episodes immediately before that, Piper at last gets a major role in an episode.

The Exchange Spell could have been used for a comedy episode, but we've already had fun with a spell going run in Which Prue is it Anyway?  It's mostly played seriously here, but there are a few funny scenes - Phoebe smashing the lamp and Prue calling her "Freebie".

A couple of on-going plots move along nicely - Piper finally finding out about Leo and Andy getting suspended, plus the revelation about Rodriguez that's setting things up for the finale.

Piper's feelings for Leo aside, there's also some nice development for the other two sisters, especially Prue rethinking her opinion about Phoebe, and realising that it takes a lot of strength to see premonitions - a change for her previous view that Phoebe has no vision.

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