Charmed · Season 2
Hello? Anybody home? Sister witches, guess what?
Oh, oh. Are you nuts?
What are you doing?
Hi.
Hi.
(Piper freezes Rob.)
Ooh!
Hi.
Sister witches? I can't believe you said that. What's the matter with you?
How was I supposed to know that you were gonna be here with anybody? Last I heard that you were meeting a banker friend about the loan. Is this the credit check?
Are you out of your mind?
What was I supposed to do? Say no? Look at that poor girl.
Jenny? Jenny, come on. Talk to me.
Whoa!
What have we got to lose, okay?
Well, apparently we've got our clothes to lose.
I see that. [drags Piper towards the rock and starts to undress]
No. Whoa, whoa, wait, what are you doing?
When in Rome...
No, no, no! We're not in Rome, Phoebe, we're in California, and it's illegal here!
Wow, what did you buy?
Doody.
We weren't out of that.
No. I stepped in it, again. That man has turned our frontwalk into a puppy minefield.
I can not believe that guy still lets his dog do his business right in front of our house.
Well, we've left notes.
Yes, and that left no where.
Yes, well, I've had it. Next time I catch him in the act I'm gonna get him a piece of my mind.
That couldn't be.
Oh, I hope it is.
That's them. That's the guy and his dog. I can't believe it.
That is so rude. He's just gonna walk away.
Then don't let him. Use your magic.
Uh?
Well, if you can't teach the dog new tricks, how about the owner? Just think on the money we'll save on carpet cleaning alone.
Phoebe, we can't use our magic just to teach him or anybody else a lesson.
Why not? It's for the greater good. I mean that's our job, right? Think of it as a community service. We will do a whole block a favor. Come on! Ok, Piper.
Hope he's not out of my range.
Prue?
Nice shot.
An eye for an eye, a shoe for shoe. Oh, oh.
Did he see you?
So what if he did? What's he gonna do? Cry a witch? [the girls turn away from the window] Well, we've done our good deed for the day. I think I deserve 15 minutes of channel surfing. [A report about baseball player Cal Greene appears on the TV as Phoebe flips through channels]
Who wants coffee?
I'll grind.
[gasps, as she gets a premonition about the future]
[she and Piper run back into the room] Phoebe, are you okay?
Take a deep breath, honey. It's all right.
No, it's not. I saw my future. I was being executed. Burned alive.
Why would a report about baseball player trigger a premonition like that?
I don't know. All I know is that I could feel it. I could feel the fire.
And we were just standing there? That can't be right.
That's what I saw.
There's no way that we would let that happen. Not in the past, present or future.
What did I do? Or, what is it that I'm going to do?
That's Leo, I'll get that. [she opens the door] Hey, stranger.
Is that what I am now?
Mhm. Playing hooky?
Well, they're making me work tonight, so I got the afternoon off.
Mmm, the old "gotta save the world" excuse again?
Oh, like you've never had to use it. [Piper hesitates] You're about to use it.
Well, there is just something I have to do. Maybe you could...
[jingling, Leo looks up] Now?
Leo?
That's okay, I...You go, there's actually something I have take care, so...
Well, we really need to talk about things, you know about... where we stand.
Yeah, we do. Rain check?
That's what we do best. [they kiss, but Leo orbs mid-kiss] I hate when he does that.
[going up to the attic] So, what did he want?
To cancel our date. He's working late, again.
You didn't ask him what we should do?
He had to fly, literally. The pages are doing that flipping thing on their own again.
It's a spell to take us to the future.
Two, actually. One to send us and one to bring us home. But, apparently we only get one shot. Once we use it, they disappear.
Wait a minute you guys. We almost died going back to the past, this is not something that you just do.
We're talking about your life, Phoebe.
And I'm talking about yours, Prue. I'm just saying, I think that we should think this over a little bit.
Look, you had that premonition today for a reason. It must mean we're supposed to do something about it. And, going in the future may be the only way to find out what you did to put you on that pyre.
How do you know it's something that I did? I mean, it might be a demon or a warlock that puts me there.
Do you really wanna wait to find out? Okay, pack your bags. We go, try and figure out what happened, and hopefully come back with enough information to stop it. We're gonna need a date, Phoebe.
Uh, February 12th, 2009. [she writes 2-12-2009 on a piece of paper] That's two weeks before the date I saw in my premonition.
All right, that should give to us more than enough time to figure out what put you there.
I wonder how I look.
Piper, you look great. This is hardly the time to...
Not now, in the future. When we were back to the seventies we saw ourselves as kids, and now we'll be seeing ourselves walking around ten years older? All the vanquishing? Think about the wear and tear.
Okay, well...
[reciting the spell to take them to the future along with Piper and Phoebe] Hear these words, hear the rhyme,
We send to you this burning sign,
Then our future selves we'll find,
In another place and time.
Mommy, mommy, mommy!
Uh, you... I think you have the wrong house. Certainly the wrong mommy.
Stop fooling! Carpool!
[Piper sees the newscast about Phoebe]
Phoebe? Where's the volume?
Command recognized.
Mommy, I'm gonna be late!
Uh, okay! Um...TV, shut up! Mute! Somethin'. [she walks to the door]
Morning, Piper. You alright?
I guess.
Yeah, it's a... with your sister, it's rough, I know. So, don't worry about your little one. I'll get her to school like you asked but uh, you sure you want me to take her to your ex's?
Ex? As in husband? As in mine? Yes, if that is what I told you, then yes.
So, you and he are getting along better now?
Maybe. Prue? Prue?!
Okay, let's hit the road.
[She goes, but turns back, and whispers] Don't worry, mommy. I promise I'll do what you asked. I won't use my magic again, ever.
[Piper goes outside and watches them drive off. A limo pulls up. Prue (now with blonde hair) and her assistants get out of the limo. They fuss over her by brushing and touching her.]
Hey, hey, people. Okay, enough! People stop touching me! Stay, stay.
Prue, what's going on?
I don't know, but I could really get used to it. I mean, check me out. I don't just work at Bucklands, I own it. And three more. Paris, Tokyo and London.
And you're blonde.
Yeah, strange.
Wait, you had time to get to work already?
Well, actually, I woke up there but it was amazing. I had all these assistants and this huge office. And I have a chauffeur and he's so totally hot. Uh... How'd you do?
[Piper laughs ironically]
Is that a good thing or...?
[Piper and Prue get in the house]
Well, if you ignore my apparently failed marriage and the fact that I'm still living in the manor...
Wait, you are married?
Was. My daughter is on her way...
Wait. Stop right there. You have a daughter?
Yeah. And, and, and... she's... she's beautiful.
Oh, of course she is. What's her name?
Oh God! I don't know. But Prue, she... she has powers. But for some reason I told her not to use them. Why would I do that?
Uh, speaking of why... Why are we in our future bodies? I mean, I thought we were just supposed to come here and see them.
Well, apparently going to the past isn't the same as going to the future. I just wish that, since we are in our future bodies, we could have some memory of what's happened in the last ten years, like how I got a daughter!
Okay, wait a second. If I'm in my future body, and you are in your future body, then that means that Phoebe...
Oh, TV! Louder, louder!
Command recognized.
[in the middle of TV report about Phoebe]
Eight hours? We were supposed to be here two weeks before!
Shhhh!
Oh, surprise! Here we go, up the stairs, into the attic, grabbing the Book of Shadows. Please tell me we're still not gonna be doing this in ten years!
Apparently not.
What?
The Book is gone.
It's gotta be here. We need it to find a return spell.
Prue...
Piper, just help me look for it.
Okay, relax, we'll find it.
You don't know that! I mean, what if it's lost? What if we can't find it? Then we're stuck in our future bodies, with no way of getting out of them, and no way of saving Phoebe!
[Prue blows up things in the attic with her improved telekinesis.]
Uh... Been working out?
Well, I guess that's a little example of what ten years does to our powers.
And to our attic!
Hm. [Looks under a coat rack to find a key]
The key.
It's the key to my wall safe at Bucklands.
Do you think that means it's there? We've never taken the Book out of the house before.
Yeah, we haven't, but maybe our future selves have. The question is why.
We don't even know what we're like in this time for let alone what we think. But if the Book is at Bucklands maybe it will give us some answers.
Prue. All right, then we go there first, then to Phoebe, to see if she's alright. Sorry about the mess.
Mhm...
I can't believe you get a limo and a driver, and I still got my same old car.
You have a husband.
Had a husband, you mean. I'm getting divorced, remember? And how do you know you don't have a guy in this time? I mean, after all, I have a kid and an ex, you could have several.
Exes?
No, kids. I mean, we're in a future, but with no memory of the past ten years. I don't even know who my ex husband...
[A man holding a cup of coffee bumps into someone and Piper freezes him before it spills. They look around and notice everything is frozen.]
Okay, apparently my power isn't the only one that's grown. You just froze...
Everything! What a difference a decade makes.
What the hell are you doing?!
Leo, I'm so glad you're here. I have so many... [She goes to hug him but he backs away.] Uh...what's wrong?
You know, I knew you'd do something stupid like this. You used your magic in public. What's the matter with you? Are you insane?
Uh, Leo...
Remember, he thinks we know what's going on.
You wanna end up like your sister? Huh? We had an agreement. No using magic for Melinda's sake.
Melinda?
Our daughter. What's wrong with you?
Our daughter?
Wait a second, you're Piper's ex?
Prue? Piper?
They haven't been to visit you before. Why would they come now? No... They're going to be as happy to get rid of you as I am.
Who are you?
[laughs] I'm sorry, it's been so long since my last visit. Executions are a bitch to plan: logistics, alerting the media, gathering the kindling.
Uh... you know, I've had a lot of time to do some thinking about... why I'm here.
Well... no amount of thinking will change the outcome. Justice will be served for your crime.
But it wasn't really a big crime, was it?
You are truly evil. What bigger crime is there than taking a man's life?
[seems shocked] I killed someone?
[laughs] Phoebe, what is this? An attempt to stay your execution? Plead insanity? Won't work. You have five hours to live - tick tock.
What? Five hours? But that's not possible.
Well... I'm happy to see the seriousness of your crime has finally hit you. See... you represent everything I abhor. You're a threat. A danger to everything that is good and pure in our world.
You're talking out of fear. Just because you don't understand something doesn't make it evil.
No, it's you who doesn't understand! You killed the man using your power, and now you're gonna die because of it! I only wish that I can burn all of your kind with you! But don't worry... in time I will. This is only the beginning.
Nobody's gonna rescue you.
If that is some kind of Whitelighter humor, let me be the first to tell you, you are not a very funny race of people.
I wish you remembered what you'd done. It'd make this so much easier. Your future self used witchcraft for vengeance, Phoebe. Pratt is using that as a platform.
Why does everyone think I killed someone? I wouldn't. I mean, I couldn't. What did I do? Premonition the man to death? My power is passive.
Not in the future. It's grown. It's changed. As have you. Which means unfortunately you have to suffer to consequences.
I don't believe it.
What is it? What's wrong?
I have no one to say goodbye to. My life...they didn't even know who you were at the office, my own sister. If we die tonight, my tombstone will read "Here lies Prue, she worked hard."
We're not gonna die. We're gonna find a way back to the present and we'll create a new future.
What if we can't? What if we can never get home? According to Phoebe's premonition we fail.
Our future selves fail. We still got a shot.
You're right, you're right. Let's go get Phoebe.
Let today be a lesson to all those who would seek to defy human nature with their way of life. Let today serve notice that black magic will not be tolerated in our society, and let today be remembered as the day we burned the witch!
Piper, freeze him!
Prue! Piper!
Come on, we're getting you out of here.
No, wait. You can't. Prue, I'm serious.
What are you talking about?
You guys have to leave. I...deserve to be here. Or, my future self does.
But, you killed a killer. Don't be ridiculous.
Look, this is Pratt's personal crusade. This isn't about us, this is about him. Wherever we go, he will follow us. He will hunt us. He will hunt our families. If anybody should be punished, it should be him. (she stops, and raises her hand to move Pratt onto the pyre)
Prue, what are you doing?!
[she stares at her hand, and back at Pratt] Saving the future for good witches, and our future.
[grabs Prue's arm] Prue, wait! [Prue looks at her] Don't. Don't become a murderer too. It has to end with me. [Prue lowers her hand]
Phoebe, he was evil. He deserved what you—
[starting to cry] Wrong thing done for the right reason...still the wrong thing. Our job is to protect the innocent...not punish the guilty, and...I crossed that line, and I know that. And now you guys have to know that too.
We are not leaving here without you.
Prue, we were sent here for a reason. Maybe not to stop this, like what we thought, but maybe to understand why this has to happen. Why you have to let this happen. (openly crying now) I don't wanna die, but I don't want you to die because of me. [they hug, and Phoebe begins sobbing] I love you. [she goes back to the pyre, and nods for Piper to unfreeze Pratt, which Piper does. She screams in pain as she burns].
What?
We were talking?
I know. About a man in a painting. Listen to this one. "Hallway near club entrance too narrow"?
I thought that we had discussed your code violations.
Well, I keep finding more. The plumbing, the electrical, the heating, it...none of it is up code.
Stop. You’re obsessing.
Well, it runs in the family.
I don't obsess. I think... intensely... anyway, I can't really help it. I mean, we've seen so many bizarre things, why not a man in a painting.
Ok, then, um, I'll tell you what I can do. I'll check out the code violations. See how serious they really are. If you'll help me with the promise I made Jenny.
Deal. Wait... Uh, what's the promise?
She needs help with a paper. It's for a bio class, something with the human reproductive system.
You mean sex?
It's just way too awkward for me to talk with my niece about.
Yeah, huh...Sure, not to worry! I have plenty of experience.
Really! With sex.
No! I mean.. talking about it. Yeah!
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