ORBzine - "Charmed" April 2000

Rose McGowan as Paige Matthews [ 4-8 ]

Charmed [Season 4, Episode 1] Charmed Again (1)
US Air Date: 4 Oct 01
Shown June 2005

Phoebe [ Alyssa Milano ] and Piper [ Holly Marie Combs ] are getting over the death of their sister Pru [ Shannen Doherty ].

Apparently their mother was a sexually needy woman. After her husband [James Read] left her, she got pregnant by her Whitelighter. The result was Paige [ Rose McGowan ]. Yes, the Power of 3 has a 4th wheel. Or whatever.

Charmed [Season 4, Episode 2] Charmed Again (2)
US Air Date: 4 Oct 01
Shown June 2005

Paige resists her path as a witch.

The Source [aided by a seer, Krista Allen ] possesses Paige's boyfriend, and anyone else nearby, to corrupt her before she teams up with her sisters.

Charmed [Season 4, Episode 3] Hell Hath No Fury
US Air Date: 11 Oct 01

Piper becomes a vengeance demon of sorts. A bloodthirsty banshee.

Charmed [Season 4, Episode 4] Enter The Demon
US Air Date: 18 Oct 01

Cole trains Phoebe to defend herself from the source. Rose McGowan doesn't wear a bra! Then, while trying to make a potion, she causes a bodyswop.

They are hired to save a Zen Master [James Hong - ], and assume automatically that Daniel Dae Kim [ Crusade, B5 ] is evil.

Charmed [Season 4, Episode 5] Size Matters
US Air Date: 25 Oct 01

Charmed [Season 4, Episode 6] A Knight To Remember
US Air Date: 1 Nov 01

Paige is still the new sis. She has trouble with her BF. Naturally she summons a fairytale knight [Wm Greg lee?].

Paige is now in danger from her evil lookalike.

Charmed [Season 4, Episode 7] Brain Drain
US Air Date: 8 Nov 01

Piper still hasn't got over Pru's death. She wants to retire from Witchhood.

The Source and the Seer kidnap Piper. In a coma, they give her the illusion that she's really in a loony-bin.

Unlike the similar ep in Buffy, Season 6 , this ep suffers from being an Aaron Spelling production. His shows have a rule that you must be able to tell exactly what the plotis, no matter what point of the ep you start watching at. In other words, there is no depth or complexity of story, and every character is exactly what they look like.

Charmed [Season 4, Episode 8] Black As Cole
US Air Date: 15 Nov 01

Cole is still part-Latino, I mean Demon, on his mother's side. The KKK sisters want to excise his racially impure heritage. Of course, Cole is the only decent character in the show.

A rival demon is killing off witches. He's copying Cole's MO, and wants to replace Cole in the demon hierarchy.

Charmed [Season 4, Episode 9]Muse To My Ears
US Air Date: 13 Dec 01
Shown 22nd October 2005 [Saturday]

The warlocks are getting tired of being dominated by the Demons. One of them has decided to start a rebellion - the Underworld is ripe for civil war. He captures Muses in his magic ring.

Meanwhile, Cole has problems of his own. He's trying to adapt to being human, but Phoebe won't agree to marry him yet. They took away his superpowers, and won't let him carry a gun. Even Buffy has sharp sticks!

The Sisters get help from Melody the Muse. Meanwhile, Cole and Leo snoop around the Underworld, and meet Cole's old buddies.

Charmed [Season 4, Episode 10]A Paige From The Past
US Air Date: 17 Jan 02
Shown 28th August 2005 [Saturday]

Paige goes back in time to when she was a teenager. Exotic time-travel, back into the mists of history ... to 1994? Wow, that's so last year!

Charmed [Season 4, Episode 11] Trial By Magic
US Air Date: 24 Jan 02

Charmed [Season 4, Episode 12] Lost and Bound
US Air Date: 31 Jan 02

Charmed [Season 4, Episode 13] Charmed and Dangerous
US Air Date: 7 Feb 02

Cole proposes to Phoebe. Will she accept?

Charmed [Season 4, Episode 14] The Three Faces of Phoebe
US Air Date: 14 Feb 02

Phoebe doesn't know if she wants to accept Cole's proposition. She summons 2 versions of herself - one from childhood, one from old age.

A demon's on the rampage. With the Source out of the way, he wants to take over the Underworld. To do it, he must kill the Charmed Ones ...

Charmed [Season 4, Episode 15] Marry-Go-Round
US Air Date: 14 Mar 02

Cole plots with the Seer. The Priest of Eeevil [Tony Amendola - Stargate SG-1 ] lends a hand.

Paige gets framed.

Coolio guest-stars as a Lazarus demon.

Charmed [Season 4, Episode 16] The Fifth Halliwheel
US Air Date: 21 Mar 02

Paige feels the odd one out. Leo and Piper are happy together, and with Cole and Phoebe together ...

Paige has suspicions about Cole. He secretly does his best to drive her insane.

Charmed [Season 4, Episode 17] Saving Private Leo
US Air Date: 11 Apr 02
Shown 22nd October 2005 [Saturday]

A couple of US Army ghosts [Costas Mandylor and his brother Louis] are in town - after Wyatt!

Leo is avoiding attending the Guadalcanal reunion. The fact he died there might have something to do with it.

Meanwhile, Cole is plotting to win Phoebe's heart back. He hires a manipulative blonde demoness as his office assistant, and plays childish pranks on the Halliwell household in the hope of driving Phoebe back into his arms.

Charmed [Season 4, Episode 18] Bite Me
US Air Date: 18 Apr 02

The Vamp Queen [ Elizabeth Gracen ] makes her play for the Source's throne. This involves turning Paige into a Vamp.

A leading demon [Jay Acovone - SG-1 ] sets himself up as a rival to Cole.

Charmed [Season 4, Episode 19] We're Off To See The Wizards
US Air Date: 25 Apr 02

Phoebe is pregnant by Cole.

Paige and Piper team up with a wizard [Armin Shimmerman - DS9, Buffy, SG-1 ] to stop the new Source.

Charmed [Season 4, Episode 20] Long Live the Queen
US Air Date: 2 May 02

Phoebe is Queen of the Underworld. But she still wants to save losers - I mean, innocents.

Jeff Meeks [ Mortal Kombat: Conquest ] undermines Cole's authority.

Everything boils down to a confrontation between Cole and the 3 sisters.

Charmed [Season 4, Episode 21] Womb Raider
US Air Date: 9 May 02

Phoebe's unborn baby is on a rampage.

The Seer wants to use the baby to make herself the new Source.

Charmed [Season 4, Episode 22] Witch Way Now?
US Air Date: 16 May 02
Shown 31st December 2005

The Angel of Destiny appears, and gives the sisters the choice. They can quit magic and have a destiny as Mortals instead. Paige wants to keep fighting, but Piper and Phoebe are tired of it all.

Cole is trying to get in touch from the Other Side. Phoebe's assistant [ Leslie Grossman ] sees more than she should. And it looks like Limbo won't hold Cole for all Eternity ...

FBI Agent Bruce Campbell [ Evil Dead ] has the sisters under surveillance. He wants them to help find a witch-hunting serial killer ...