Series8

Season 8

updated 05-May-2006
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Episode	Title
8.01	Still Charmed & Kicking: The episode opens with a wake at the manor. Victor greets the mourners. The sisters are still morphing in order not to be uncovered. Victor is overwhelmed by all of this but the sisters remind him they are alive and free. Paul Haas, a darkly handsome man in his late 20’s, is at the manor and starts chatting with Victor asking if there was ever an official cause of death, if the police found Leo, etc. He seems to be interested in the manor as well… In the Underworld, a new generation of demons (in their 20s with rock star looks), rejoices when they learn the sisters are dead as no one, except other demons, will be able to stop them now. They want to establish a foothold in the mortal world and what better foothold then the manor? Agent Keyes is ready to go back to D.C. even though he admits the case isn’t really closed. He has Agent Murphy stay behind to keep an eye on things. An Elder visits Victor to talk about Wyatt and Chris. Victor is in charge of P3 but it seems Piper is somehow working there too. Paige realizes that she spent too much time in the magic world, yet soon figures out that she can't escape her Whitelighter instincts and answers a call of a new charge - a young witch named Billie (Kaley Cuoco).
8.02	Malice in Wonderland: This episode will feature Phoebe narrating à la Sex and the City. Per Piper's suggestion, Phoebe pursues Dex. She also ponders on her future child (which she saw in her vision quest). Haas and his gang, including a female demon named Black Heart, take possesion of the remains of Magic School. Haas still isn't sure the Charmed Ones are dead, which is why he has Black Heart lure teenagers to him by using the "Alice in Wonderland" tale in the hope it will force the sisters out of hiding if they are indeed alive. Billie is pursuing demons and missing teens. Paige gets arrested by a cop and while talking with the officer, she discovers that maybe becoming a cop could be an option for her... There are electricity problems at P3. The sisters are still posing as Julie, Jenny and Jo Bennet.
8.03	Run, Piper, Run: The sisters are still living undercover. Someone looking exactly like Piper’s alias Jenny is wanted by the police for murder. This “double” is named Maya Holmes. She meets with a corporate recruiter in order to get a full-time job. The recruiter offers her a job if she passes the background check… He takes a picture of her (as Jenny Bennet). It doesn’t take long for the company’s security to link her to Maya’s mug shot… Piper soon gets in trouble. Paige and Billie try to find Maya in order to help free Piper. But there is more to this case than meets the eye. Phoebe and Dex get closer. When they kiss, Phoebe gets a premonition of what will happen at Dex’s gallery opening… it’s chaotic to say the least. Leo hosts a playgroup for Wyatt and other toddlers at the manor. He must deal with the moms.
8.04	Desperate Housewitches: The sisters are still undercover. There is a sort of pageant about Cinderella at Wyatt’s pre-school. Piper must sow him a costume from pieces another mom made but she isn’t good at it… even Wyatt is ashamed of the costume. At the pre-school, Piper meets the other moms, which could all easily be characters from “Desperate Housewives,” and has to suffer from the looks, comments, and whisperings from them all. Piper gets angry due to the unhealthy competition between the mothers. Paige has a date with a guy named Bob, whom she met through a dating service. While on that date, Paige sees Dex do things that will not please Phoebe… She will investigate this matter. Demons still have possession of Magic School. They are planning to bring a very powerful demon back from the Wasteland and need Wyatt’s powers to do so. The sisters, Bilie and Leo will have to go to Magic School in order to set things right.
8.05	Rewitched: The girls are still in hiding but, as the title say it, it's the episode where they will embrace their witch selves again... so in a sense they will "rewitch" themselves. Paige takes potions away from Billie probably to tone down Billie's involvement in chasing demons. Near the hospital, a man, Antosis, screams for help as he crashed his car and his pregnant wife is trapped inside. He convinces a man to help him. But as that man runs to the car, Antosis stays behind and instead summons the Imps (a buzzing swarm of tiny green lights) which will go after the man. Billie gets on the scene and uses her telekinesis power to have the Imps leave the man alone. Later, Agent Murphy from Homeland Security drops by the manor and has a chat with Billie... Antosis is staying at Magic School, which still seems to be demon central. The Imps and their master are there too. Antosis wants to kill good Samaritans and destroy neighbourhoods in order to claim territory. Phoebe is angry at Billie because it seems that the young witch used a memory spell and Dex has forgotten something. Paige is taking part in a speed dating event held at P3. When Paige is talking with a guy named Whit that interests her, Piper budges in saying that there is a family emergency (aka what Billie did to Phoebe and Dex). Paige says that she will stay at the speed dating event. Later, she and Whit will hit it off... but what will Paige do when she sees that he's interested in Jo and not Paige? Billie studies the Book of Shadows to get more information on the Imps and whom they are working for. Antosis and the Imp master come to her ... in the manor! Only the Charmed Ones can vanquish Antosis. The sisters learn that Agent Murphy is closer in his search to know if the Charmed Ones are still alive.
8.06	Kill Billie: Vol 1: This episode takes place at Halloween and is focused on Billie. The Charmed Ones are helping Homeland Security and the reporters want details. Homeland Security told the press that the government faked the sisters deaths. Reporters, including a reporter from the Bay Mirror, are outside the manor trying to get info. Later in the episode, Paige meets with the Bay Mirror reporter and tries, with Piper's help, to have him back off the story. Billie offers to take care of demons since the press doesn't know her. The new demon in town (and at Magic School, since it's still Demon-central) is The Dogon. He vanquishes other demons in order to get more powers to eventually rule the underworld. Demons know the Charmed Ones are not dead. This demon is similar to one Billie saw as a child and whom took her sister back then. Billie has a hard time facing the demon since it brings up memories and fears. Dex and Phoebe are now married and he knows she is a witch. Leo appears in the episode.
8.07	The Lost Picture Show: Paige wants Billie to concentrate on school as it will help her focus on something other than demon hunting. The demon of the episode is named Vaklav, who specializes in pain. We first see him in a photo studio where it seems he trapped people inside pictures for years and years. Vaklav frees JD, one of the "prisoners", from his picture in order to make room to entrap someone else. JD was trapped in a picture in the 1950s. Before being killed by Vaklav, JD escapes... Vaklav tracks down JD. Eventually, the sisters learn about JD and try to help him escape the demon. Billie will have to "babysit" JD for a while, so expect a clash of the generations. Leo and Piper have couple troubles. Leo calls on a Soothsayer and a magical gardener to help them work on their problems. In order to help the couple better understand one another, Soothsayer has Leo and Piper switch bodies. Phoebe goes to a Sperm Bank to find a donor...
8.08	Battle of the Hexes: The Charmed Ones help Agent Murphy on paranormal cases. The demon of the week who will be erecting her headquarters at Magic School is a sorceress named Zira and her female subordinates. The sorceress wants more power in order to take down her boss, a tattooed Demoralizer Demon named Tai, so female followers, led by her, can rule over the underworld. At school, Billie is in a class where the battle of the sexes is discussed. Her opinions on the subject don't go unnoticed. Billie will require the sisters' protection after she put on the Golden Belt of Gaea, which gives women a lot of power but also seduces the person wearing it to a point of becoming insane. Zira wants to use the belt to destroy Tai but the belt cannot be removed that easily and evil powers cannot wear it. Piper has difficulties booking a band at P3 for a concert to raise money for the hurricane victims. Paige gets a new charge named Speed, a teen who doesn't have a shiny track record. She first meets him as he is about to be involved in something shady. His parole officer, Mitch , soon arrives on the scene. Somehow Leo will become invisible for part of the episode.
8.09	Hulkus Pocus: Phoebe has decided to take a break from men. Piper seems to think Murphy and the government is hiding something from the sisters. At Magic School, two demons are circling a dying Krychek demon. One is a scratched demon named Emrick; the other is an evil soothsayer. Emrick wants to finish off the Krychek demon but he is told he can't as "Margoyle wants him alive" to learn how he became that powerful. Of course, Margoyle wants to gather as much powers as he can in order to rule the Underworld. It seems that a lot of demons have been dying in the Underworld lately and it's not from being vanquished. Billie is still trying to get information on the demon that took her sister fifteen years ago. Henry enlists Paige's help to baby-sit the baby of a woman who's been sent to prison.
8.10	Vaya Con Leos: Leo wants to buy a vintage 1941 Ford truck but Piper isn't sold on the idea. Piper sees the Angel of Death (last seen in "Styx Feet Under") which makes her think someone close to her is about to die. And she should be since he is here for Leo... Paige and Piper will try to save Leo. At Magic School, Billie and Phoebe are fighting demons, including one who looks like the demon Billie saw in her nightmare in episode 8.06. Will Billie finally get answers about her sister? One demon, Burke, in the episode puts his victims in cryogenic tubes and keeps them as trophies. Phoebe and Billie focus on Burke. Paige and Henry spend time together. Later in the episode, Piper summons an Elder and an Avatar in the hope to save Leo. Will the sisters be able to save Leo? Are they ready for the sacrifices it may require?
8.11	Mr and Mrs Witch: This episode centre's around Billie and her parents (aka Mr. & Mrs. Witch). The episode will have a storyline that resembles the movie "Mr. & Mrs. Smith." Billie sees a man named Dalvos who is running a company with his cousin. Billie seems to hope he has information about kidnap victims. After Billie leaves, Dalvos gets a visit from Nanta, a female demon, who warns him that he is has problems and that he shouldn't have met with Billie. Nanta expects Dalvos to run the company and helps him take care of his cousin and the witch problem. Her parents are in town and have supper with their daughter and the Halliwells. She wants to get answers from her parents about what happened to her sister and why they tried to have Billie forget about it. We discover that there are more to Billie's parents then meets the eye... could they have a secret life? Dalvos and Nanta will use Billie's parents in order to achieve their goals. Using a video camera, Piper films the everyday life at the manor for Leo to watch when he is back. Because of a letter received for her column, Phoebe wonders if she needs to move out in order to finally move on with her life. She gets a new assistant named Ginny. Henry and Paige plan a date at P3. Wyatt also appears in the episode.
8.12	Payback's a Witch: Billie is still trying to learn the identity of the demon who kidnapped her sister. She even tortures a Possessor Demon named Rohtul to get information. Rohtul eventually escapes and makes his way to Demon Central (aka Magic School) where he meets with other demons, who are all getting fed up of Billie killing demons after demons to get answers. Demons agree that it's time to kill Billie. Rohtul comes forward as the one who'll do the killing. One demon does know who kidnapped Billie's sister... will he give her the name she's been hunting for? Later, Billie goes to the bank where Paige is with Henry and a parolee. There will be a hostage situation at the bank. Paige and Billie cannot use their powers as there are cops and reporters in the bank. The demons hope to use this situation to take care of Billie but it will be tricky for them as they can't use their powers in the bank either. Phoebe helps Piper throw a birthday party for Wyatt.
8.13	Repo Manor: At Magic School , three wicked women named Phoenix , Patra and Pilar morph into the Charmed Ones and train to become them under the watchful eye of tactical demon, Savard. They have been training to master the sisters' powers and style for years but they are still missing their collective power, the Power of Three. Until they get it, they will never be able to replace the Charmed Ones. Savard and the female demons have been slaves working for the Slave King. They have escaped in order to gain enough powers to come back and destroy the King. They decide to trap the sisters in the dollhouse (toy manor replica) in the hope they will be able to channel the Power of Three into them, power that is needed to defeat the King. Billie has plastered Phoebe's room with newspaper clippings of Christy's abduction. With a little cunning and Billie's help the girls turn the tables!!
8.14	Angry Zen: Six Chinese men known as the Zodiacs use their powers to protect a mystical wooden staff. Each year on Chinese New Year, a demon named Novak and a group of dark monks try to grab that staff. The monks are vanquished and Novak is warned to stop trying before he shimmers out. Over the year, new dark monks have gathered and brought Novak, who was hibernating in a crypt, at Magic School so they can plan their taking of the staff. The staff is located in San Francisco 's Chinatown . Piper and Billie are enrolled to help protect the staff from Novak. Phoebe is now living in a loft and is overjoyed by it. Billie learns about her powers and potential. She also comes face to face with her sister, who has been kept in the state and age she was when she was kidnapped. She also comes face to face with who is keeping Christy captive. Paige reveals to Henry that she is a witch.
8.15	The Last Temptation Of Christy: The sisters prepare to take care of low-level demons that have telepathic powers. Phoebe is in a super hurry to deal with them as she wants to enjoy time in her new condo. Paige wonders if the demons that took Christy are the Big Bad the Charmed Ones are set to fight. Sir Simon Marks, a gorgeous male with descendant of a noble and powerful line of witches, orbs in the manor and claims he is set to marry Paige according to many Oracles and Soothsayers. Simon knows a lot about the Halliwell's from the past and present. Will Paige marry him even if she is dating Henry? Simon tries to get Piper's help to convince Paige. He also meets with Henry. In the Underworld, Scatcher Demons lurk around with their robes on and a clear asterisk mark on them. The leader, Dreylock, tortures a guard to know "who took the girl." Dreylock is not happy with the lack of answers as the people who hired his clan to watch over Christy will not be happy and could decimate them all. He gathers his clan to find out who took her before their bosses learn about the disappearance. When Dreylock learns that the Charmed Ones have Christy, whose powers are starting to show, he knows he will have to contact his bosses for help as he and his clan are not powerful enough to battle the Charmed ones. Dreylock and his clan summon the people who hired them... demons from the past... The Triad!
8.16	Engaged and Confused: Piper organizes an engagement party for Paige and Henry, but the wedding is put in jeopardy when the couple begins to get cold feet. Phoebe notices a strange man following her, and soon discovers that he is Cupid. Meanwhile, a demon kidnaps Christy in order to lure The Charmed Ones into attacking the Triad and prevent them from taking over the Underworld.
8.17	Generation Hex: At Magic School, two Noxon demons named Pator and Rondok torture a young male witch named Ryan who, it turns out, supposedly tortured those demons for a year. They are stopped by one of the Triad, Candor, who is with Christy. Candor tells the demons to let Ryan go as Magic School is not the place they will get their revenge. The Triad are trying to change the world and Ryan is nothing in that plan. The Noxons must let Ryan escape and now want to also seek revenge on Candor who prevented them from taking care of the teen. Billie tries to explain to her parents why Christy doesn't want to see them. Later, Billie asks Christy what is going on with her. During the Jenkins sisters have this chat, Jen, another Magic School student, and Ryan come to the manor in search of Leo since he is the one who had trapped the demons in Magic School and enchanted them so they could be used in Advanced Combat classes. Christy can see Ryan and becomes agitated as he can ID her. The students explain to Piper that the demons got out last week and are now after all students who were in that class; Jen and Ryan are the remaining two. Since Leo is not there, Piper agrees to help the students. Candor asks the Noxons for help so to push the balance between good and evil, and while doing so, they will hurt the Charmed Ones, Leo, and everyone they hold dear. Coop (aka Cupid) travels in time with Phoebe. Paige and Henry spend some quality time together.
8.18	The Torn Identity: Christy wants Billie to rest while she, Christy, will take care of demons... At Magic School, Creo ("Payback's a Witch") orders four powerful demons to find Pator (from the previous episode). Creo wants the demon alive to use him in order to separate Billie from the Charmed Ones. Christy is still working with the dark side of the force and wants to show Billie that the Charmed Ones are bad and are using her. The Charmed Ones also try to find Pator since he is the only one who knows where the Ultimate Power is. Coop tells Phoebe that he found the perfect man for her but she isn't enthusiastic when hearing the news. Coop wants to match Phoebe with Michael, someone who works at the Bay Mirror. Paige asks Coop for help as she has some issues with Henry.
8.19	The Jung and the Restless: Mikelle, a 20-year-old future Whitelighter, faces off a Darklighter named Sid. Paige arrives on the scene and orbs out with her new charge. Sid escapes and orbs into a Darklighter lair where Salek, the one in charge, is highly disappointed that Sid failed to kill Mikelle and that he didn't kill Paige in the process. Now that he knows Mikelle is protected by the Charmed Ones, Salek is more eager to kill her as it will give him a chance to take on the sisters. Paige brings Mikelle to the manor. Phoebe and Piper keep arguing. Paige tries to settle things down. Later on, Piper summons an Elder, Sandra, in order to confirm her suspicions as to whom they will have to fight to get Leo back. Later, Billie and Christy find a way to have the Halliwell's together in the manor. Christy sends the sisters in Dreamland, a place where everything has meaning, so she can gather information about the Halliwells. Christy sends Billie in Dreamland too but as a player, meaning she'll have to make the sisters believe she is part of the dreams and not real. Phoebe's dream takes place at The Bay Mirror and involves her daughter and Coop. Paige dreams of Henry and her. Piper's dream takes place at P3 where a band doesn't show up because she has been neglecting the club. She also dreams of her future with an 80-year-old Leo and a house filled with grandchildren. Their trip to Dreamland helps the sisters face how they've been acting lately. Christy tries to convince Billie that the Halliwells must be stopped as they are selfish and are using their powers for personal gain.
8.20	Gone With The Witches: Paige finds a Demon Goon who has been working for Creo to ask questions about the Triad and the work the Goon has been doing for them. A magical community meeting is held to slander Paige, Piper and Phoebe. A Wood Nymph tries to defend the Charmed Ones during the meeting. Will she change her mind when she asks for Phoebe's help during an attack and is being ignored by the Halliwell sister? During a demon attack, a good ogre throws a Charmed One in the air believing the sisters have betrayed them. Convinced that The Charmed Ones are too self-obsessed to protect the “Greater Good,” Billie and Christy team up to destroy their reputations in the magical community. Calling upon her intimate knowledge of the sisters, Billie uses her spells to make the girls seem like only care about themselves. Christy, with the urging of an immortal demon, amps each spell up to dangerous levels. Phoebe obsessively lusts after Coop , Paige is unable to hear her charges’ calls for help, while Piper turns into a perfect 1950s housewife. When their approval rating hits rock bottom, The Charmed Ones are forced into hiding in the Underworld.
8.21	Kill Billie Vol 2: The Charmed Ones kill a few Young Turks. Two of them, Nomed and Zohar, watch the scene with great interest; they keep sending him other demons to battle the sisters in order to know why the Halliwell's are hiding in the Underworld. Nomed and Zohar know they must find a way to gain power over the Triad, who keeps resurrecting, if they eventually want to rule the Underworld. They will need help, Charmed help. The demons think they can get the sisters to help defeat the Triad as they know the Halliwell's want their old life back (writing Ask Phoebe, raising Wyatt and Chris, starting life with Henry). The sisters will have to go to a "dark place" in order to battle the Jenkins and whoever is helping them, and will need to summon The Hollow. Victor takes care of his grandchildren. A ghostly Leo appears to Piper. Elise and Coop also appear. This episode is part of the Finale and the story will run into the final episode.
8.22	Forever Charmed: The Charmed ones have officially cast their last spell. Multiple sources confirm that execs behind the new CW network have decided to pull the plug on the eight-year drama. Executive producer Brad Kern [...] says he always intended to write this season's last episode as a series finale. "It's been a hell of a run," he says, "but all good things must come to an end." Details of the final episode are being kept under wraps, but, in addition to Leo (Brian Krause), we'll probably see future Wyatt (Wes Ramsey), future Chris (Drew Fuller) and Grams (Jennifer Rhodes). Piper and Leo will go to the future in order to fix the present. There, they will meet their 70-year-old selves who will provide them the needed guidance to fix everything. And what about Shannen Doherty? Says my Charmed mole: "I wouldn't count on it, Prue's memory will be kept alive and be honored, but we didn't ask Shannen to come back." Source: The Ausiello

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