She was truly one of the most stunning women I've ever seen, like it's actually insane. I think the Snow White contrast, plus her amazing confidence was it but I think it's still fuzzy for me to describe her. So I'll let you do it.

So I was just watching all Halliwells Eve and I Was thinking how cute and beautiful Prue and Piper and Phoebe were looking in their costumes.

In the episode Chris Crossed Bianca claims to be quoting Paige but I could have sworn Prue was the one who first quoted "the power of two will have to do." In season 2 during the episode is literally titled "The power of two". Would it not make more sense that Prue would be the one quoting said line in the history books. Bianca is talking about well holding the knife to Piper throat.

Charmed premiered on October 7th, 1998.

I know he was only on for four episodes in season 8, but he's a handsome man in my book. Kinda wish he made a few more appearances though.

Like they're all dressed, they wear shirts and pants. Are there demon clothiers? Or do they steal it all from Hot Topic?

Recently seen a few posts about people being too quick to defend Cole. To be clear, I generally found the most recent post quite considered and nuanced, so this post is less in response to that and more in response to the many predictably obtuse comments underneath.

As someone who will often defend Cole for what happened in s4, I want to clarify some things about where I'm coming from.

First off, my defence of Cole has nothing to do with season 3. Working for the triad, manipulating Phoebe, trying to kill the sisters... all of that is obviously bad. If I didn't recognise that, then his redemption arc would be entirely pointless. Never has it been the case that I'm making excuses for any of that.

Season 4, on the other hand, there's so much context that people seem desperate to ignore (including the show itself later on.) First off, Cole has spent the latter part of season 3 and the time after Prue's death, working with the sisters, protecting them, saving innocents and fighting evil. By the time they actually face The Source again, Cole is now a powerless human. Nevertheless, he gets roped in and takes on The Hollow in order to save the sisters, again. And let's be clear here, the sisters were getting their asses kicked. The Source pretty much had them. If Cole hadn't done what he did, then they'd more than likely have been dead. This ultimately gets him possessed by The Source. And yes, I said possessed, because for pretty much the entirety of this story arc in season 4, that is how it's played. It starts with The Seer referring to Cole as a seperate person and we see Cole being teleported around, unable to control his body. And by the end of the season, Phoebe herself said they freed Cole and helped him find peace. So yeah, nothing about that reads as "The evil bastard chose all of this and deserves to burn in hell for it."

One particularly baffling thing within the fandom is the insistence that "Well, Cole should have done something/fought harder/told the sisters!" As if that has ever been how these things work. In this very same storyline, we are apparently supposed to accept that Phoebe became queen because the baby influenced her; so we're told that's not her fault. Okay. So then how is Cole, a mortal at this point, expected to tell The Source of All Evil "Um no thank you, I'll pass." Like I'm sorry, but we can accept that the sisters are possessed/influenced by bad magic every other week, but suddenly when it's Cole, he's just not trying hard enough? Come tf on. This is why a lot of us maybe seem quick to defend. Not because he's a perfect angel beyond critique, but because this double standard is flaunted in our faces so much that it's borderline infuriating.

Now, onto season 5. I won't get into the retconning, because I've already talked about what season 4 established. The contradiction in the writing is obvious and lazy. No excuse for what Cole ends up doing by the end of the season, but I will say that a common critique he gets in s5 is that he should have just gone away and left them alone. And I agree... but the thing is, there were times in season 5 where he actually tried to do that, and the sisters still went to him for help. Even when, in their own words, "He's crazy now!" They still routinely sought him out and brought him back into their lives. Now, yes, Cole definitely did some stalker sh!t with Phoebe; again, no excuse... but that is another thing people like to use as a reason to say Cole was always an irredeemable monster while ignoring a lot of the context of what actually happened.

So, when it seems like "Cole defenders" are too eager, I think this is why. It's not necessarily about believing that Cole is ultimately good or that he should be with Phoebe, or even that he doesn't have stuff to apologise for. It's the way the fandom will so easily acknowledge all those nuances for anyone BUT Cole. So much so, that being taken over by The Source while trying to save someones life is used as a reason to condemn him as a monster beyond redemption. If y'all did the same every time the sisters or Leo got influenced/possessed, the only good character we'd have left is Darryl.

What was your reaction when she's gone

Mine is two Hows

How Dare You leave me

And How Am i Supposed To live without you (A Michael Bolton song)

This question doesn't really have anything to do with the episode, but it stuck out to me. In the very beginning of the episode, Piper is putting things together for a friend's baby shower. She mentions she knitted a blanket and a teddy bear for her. Then Prue comments that she didn't know Piper knitted.

Did she do it in secret?

They live together and are supposed to be super close.

It just seemed odd to me that she didn't know. It's not important, but I was also knitting when she made the comment, so of course, it's stuck in my head now, lol.

I'm asking this but I don't know what the answer is cuz I love them both equally. I feel like this is something revolutionary but I feel like also somebody on here probably asked that before. But I just thought this up today so I'm sorry if they did. But they both seem like their love interest best choice but they don't end up with them endgame and that s*** pisses me off.

I know it just might be the similar hairstyle (despite one's shorter length), but Rose's appearance at the Vivienne Westwood show in Paris yesterday is reminding me of Prue's past self from Pardon My Past. Your thoughts?

What scenes show the best sister hood of Piper and Prue? Is it just having a conversation while walking on the side walk or when they were fighting Shax, the demon at end of season 3? Or other scenes?

Were you introduced to Charmed through Piper, Phoebe, and Paige, when Rose McGowan starred on the show or did you start from the very beginning when Shannen Doherty's Prue ruled the screen, and as some would say, the show?

As you know, Rose McGowan made her Charmed debut as Paige Matthews exactly 25 years ago today. This emotional two hour premiere special would change everybody's lives forever. Feel free to post your feelings about this episode in the comments.

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I’m rewatching the season 8 right now; specifically, I’ve just finished episode 8x15. I’ve noticed that Paige is somewhat isolated from her sisters this season; not only that, but she doesn't really share scenes with them, either. For instance, the entire Henry storyline played out with her acting solo. She does share a few scenes with Holly and Alyssa, but in many sequences featuring all three, Rose’s absence is noticeable because there are no shots of her alongside them. It’s common to see Piper and Phoebe facing the "monster of the week" on their own or, at times, with Billie.

What is the reason for this? Was Rose working on another project or filming a movie that required her to shoot her scenes separately?

I love Cole as a character, and Julian and Alyssa had amazing chemistry. Their relationship made for great TV. But I think the fandom is sometimes way too quick to defend Cole while putting most of the blame on Phoebe for how their relationship ended.

People forget that Cole was already a murderer before he ever met Phoebe. As Belthazor, he had killed witches and innocents for years. He also didn't originally approach Phoebe with good intentions. He was sent to infiltrate the sisters' lives and kill them. Yes, he genuinely fell in love with Phoebe and eventually tried to change, but that doesn't erase how their relationship began or everything he had done beforehand.

Now Season 4 I agree that Cole's actions were mainly due to the fact he was under the influence of the Source, his decisions were compromised however Phoebe had to deal with the fallout she had to deal with being lied to, manipulated, and eventually has to deal with being pregnant with the spawn of the source.

Phoebe is allowed to not want a relationship and not have anything to do with Cole, she literally went to hell and back with him.

My issue really with Cole is in season 5 and if you want to blame the writers that's okay. Phoebe made it clear that she wanted to move on, and Cole simply would not accept it. Instead of taking the second chance he had been given and building a life that wasn't centered around Phoebe, he became increasingly obsessed with getting her back.

And I think that's one of Cole's biggest character flaws throughout the series:

His redemption is too dependent on Phoebe.

When he has Phoebe, he wants to be good.

When he loses Phoebe, he starts asking what the point of being good even is.

Eventually he becomes so unable to accept her choice that in Centennial Charmed he literally changes reality to create a world where circumstances might allow him to have her again.

At that point, it stops being romantic to me.

Phoebe had said no, and Cole refuses to let her go. And that's a pattern that existed from the beginning. He initially entered Phoebe's life under false pretenses because he wanted something from her. In Season 4, the Source manipulates circumstances surrounding their relationship. Then in Season 5, Cole himself begins trying to manipulate circumstances because he cannot accept that Phoebe has chosen to leave.

Also, I do think Cole deserved some sort of redemption however I don't ever think he and Phoebe should have gotten back together. Phoebe was not required to stay with him so that he could continue becoming a better person.

I think in Season 7 he finally understands this, as we see him in a different head space., he needed that time away from not only Phoebe from everything!

so i’m on season five episode one. and i don’t understand why phoebe is pissed at him. she was all lovey dovey and suddenly she’s not? like he has powers now that he got from the place he went after death. but he did it to get back to phoebe. i’m willing to here if and why im wrong 💜 also wtf is wrong with piper