"Charmed" Witches in Tights (2002)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

David Straiton

Writers:

Constance M. Burge (creator) and
Mark Wilding (writer)

TV Series:

"Charmed" (1998)

Original Air Date:

13 October 2002 (Season 5, Episode 5)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

The Charmed Ones are turned into superheroes by a student who can bring his drawings to life. |

Plot Keywords:

Wiccan | Empath | Book | Good Versus Evil | White Magic

Cast

Alyssa Milano	...	Phoebe Halliwell
Rose McGowan	...	Paige Matthews
Holly Marie Combs	...	Piper Halliwell
Brian Krause	...	Leo Wyatt
Julian McMahon	...	Cole Turner
Andrew James Allen	...	Kevin
Gerry Becker	...	Ramus
Mark Sheppard	...	Arnon (as Mark A. Sheppard)
David Pressman	...	Ed Miller
Tinsley Grimes	...	Phoebe's Assistant
Craig Robert Young	...	Dave (as Craig Young)
Ernie Reyes Jr.	...	Kaz
Kasim Saul	...	Security Guard
Todd Tucker	...	Aggressor
Jeannie Epper	...	Elderly Woman

Runtime:

42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

Mexico:B | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

When Cole finds Phoebe holding Ed Miller off the ledge of the building he owns, Cole says he received a phone call from one of the building occupants saying Wonder Woman was terrorizing their landlord. Jeannie Epper, who plays the elderly woman Piper and Paige save from being carjacked, was Lynda Carter's stunt double on "Wonder Woman" (1976).

Quotes:

Paige Matthews: Head rush... Let's do it again!

Movie Connections:

References "Wonder Woman" (1976)

Drawn to power

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Fun and pretty harmless. Even those who don't particularly like comic books will enjoy it. The innocent of the day is interesting, as there haven't been too many teenagers involved recently. It's too bad we never see him again after this episode, as his power was really cool, and the series really lacks interesting secondary characters. Anyway, it is very nice to see the sisters as super-heroes, and as outfits go, I just love theirs. It's rather unclear why the teenager is sometimes able to alter reality instead of creating something out of the air, but let's skip that. The most interesting part is that, along with the typical outfits, the Halliwell sisters inherit a teenager's view of heroism and justice. Phoebe starts to deal justice in a very direct way, so that Cole (of all people!) has to ask her to cool down. How ironical that HE is trying to behave, and she isn't. I really like that the landlord, although unable to hear their conversation, immediately understands that they are (or have been) a couple.

Finally, just one thing. Throughout the first months of her pregnancy, Piper keeps getting hit or stabbed in the stomach, but nobody ever fears that she might lose her baby. If I were her, I would be more careful. Oh, and at 4 months or more, I would probably also be BIGGER.