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The Best of Charmed: The First 4 Seasons!!!, May 12, 2007
Charmed is a great supernatural series about 3 sisters who discover they're witches and have to protect the innocents every week from the darkest of evils as the Charmed Ones. During the course of it's 8 year run, Charmed had lots of ups and downs, most of them behind the scenes!! But whatever the case, Charmed was at it's strongest the first half of the series with the writing being well-plotted, the acting top notch, the action well-choregraphed, and the sisterly bonding always consistant!! Not to take anything from the second half of the series (Season 5-8), but the show just dropped the ball as the show took a bizarre turn with the story telling and it's overall theme. But with Season 1-4, Charmed's storylines were surreal and viewers could idenitify with the show eveen with it's supernatural twist.
Season 1(1998-1999)-We are introduced to the terrific trio, Prue, Piper, and Phoebe Haliwell!!! 3 ordinary, everyday sisters who each take their lives in a different lite. Prue is the oldest, the born leader, always looking out for her 2 young sisters. She may be bossy, even sometimes bitchy, but she always means well in the depths of her heart. Piper, the middle has the toughest role, always keepng both her sisters from killing each other, she loves cooking, she's sweet, but can be sarcastic and funny!! Phoebe, the youngest, which automatically means she gets the most fun out of the sisters. She's care-free, light-hearted, and sassy if not a bit of a trouble maker!! When Phoebe moves back in with her sisters, the sisters' destiny begins as they become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful witches ever!! Now, Prue has telekinesis, Piper can freeze time, and Phoebe has premontions of the future!! With the help of Inspector Andy Trudo and Darryl Morris, the sisters battle for the first time a variety of warlocks and demons.
Demons to Look Out For: Jeremy, Rex, Hannah, The Wendigo, The woogyman, Nicholas, Barbas, The grimlocks, Alan the darklighter, Inspector Rodrigez, and Tempus.
Episodes to Look Out For: Something Wicca This Way Comes, Dead Man Dating, From Fear To Eternity, The Wendigo, Secrets and Guys, Wicca Envy, Is There Woogy In The House?, That 70's Episode, Love Hurts, Power of Two, and Déjà vu All Over Again.
A charming start to the series. 8/10!!
Season 2(1999-2000)-A year since they've been witches and the sisters' personal lives as well as they're supernatural ones continue to become a problem. Prue grows through a career changing experience as well as a gender changing one in one episode, while gaining a power of astral projection. Piper fights inner battles in a form of a deadly disease, but more inmportantly is forced to make decision between the 2 men she loves, Leo, the Charmed One's whitelighter and Dan, her handsome next door neighbor. Phoebe goes back to college, while dealing with her past life literally!! This season is more light-hearted than the first, but the drama remains as their are few episodes that tests the bonds of the sisters. Then there's the continous swarm of warlocks and demons that stop by to kill the sisters, even a 200 year-old evil witch is put in the mix this time!!
Demons to Look Out For: Abraxas, Tawatha, The Succubus, The 4 horsemen of the Apocalyse, Collector warlocks and Antone the warlock.
Episodes to Look Out For: Witch Trial, Morality Bites, She's A Man, Baby, A Man, That Old Black Magic, P3 H20, Ms. Hellfire, Awakened, Pardon My Past, Chick Flick, Astral Monkey, Apocalypse Not and Be Careful What You Witch For.
Another season that keeps the message of the show strong as well as the storylines. 8/10!!
Season 3(2000-2001)-The beginning of a truly dark turn for Charmed. It's the third year as witches for the Charmed Ones and they're taking their magical duties more seriously than ever as well as their personal lives. With introduction of Cole Turner, a district attorney who begins a romance with youngest sister, Phoebe is when the Charmed Ones are in for the fight of their lives. Prue is more dedicated to being a witch, but also struggles to find anything else in her life. Piper and Leo finally get married, with a lot of bumpy roads before hand. Not to mention, Piper gets a new power that is literally explosive! Phoebe starts the year off with a power boost as well in the form of levitation. But soon her relationship with Cole turns to lies and betrayal at the revelation of his demonic half, Belthazar! She's even forced to make a decision that causes friction with her sisters, but Cole is not only the only major threat. The Triad forge a plan against the Charmed Ones, as well as the Source himself begins his war with the sisters. With stronger demons and the Source, can the Charmed Ones survive these arsenals of attacks? Or will one of the sisters finally be taken down...for good? These questions are lead to the unforgettable and shocking season finale where the one of the sisters will be sacrificed!
Demons to Look Out for: The guardians, Belthazar, Eames, The Brotherhood, Ranor, The Triad, The demon of rage, Kellman, The Seekers and Shax.
Episodes to Look Out for: The Honeymoon's Over, All Haliwell's Eve, Sight Unseen, Primrose Empath, Coyote Piper, Bride and Gloom, Just Harried, We All Scream for Ice Cream, Sin Francisco, Exit Strategy, and All Hell Breaks Loose.
An intense, action-packed, and well-acted season that takes Charmed to a whole nother level. 9/10!!
Season 4(2001-2002)-Well if you thought things couldn't get worse for the Charmed Ones, you were terribly mistaken!! Prue, the eldest of the sisters has fallen, leaving Piper and Phoebe alone as well as the Charmed Ones defeated...or so they thought! Turns out that Piper and Phoebe have another sister in the form of Paige Matthews. Paige is a normal everyday woman who now must embrace her destiny with her long lost sisters to revive the Charmed Ones once again to continue their destiny. Phoebe is more than welcome to bring Paige into the family, while Piper's grief over Prue won't let her. It's a tough year where all 3 women must learn to work together as the Source's war with the sisters is at it's strongest and they're lives are changed forever. It's Charmed's darkest year where each sister goes through some intense drama at some point throughout the season. The worse one being Phoebe, whose relationship with the ever struggling Cole takes the most demonic turn as both of them became the underworld's new king and queen!!
Demons to look out for: The Furies, Vampires, an evil wizard, Ludlow, Yan-lo, The evil enchantress, The Seer, the Oracle, Power brokers, Shocker Demon, Agent Jackman the witch hunter and The Source.
Episodes to Look Out For: Charmed Again Part 1 and 2, Hell Hath No Fury, Enter The Demon, Size Matters, Brain Drain, Black As Cole, Charmed and Dangerous, The Three Faces of Phoebe, Marry-Go-Round, The Fifth Haliweel, We're Off To See The Wizard, Long Live The Queen, Womb Raider, and Witch Way Now?
An overwhelming season where Charmed hit its pick and which ultimately was the last great season of the series. 10/10!!
While Season 5-8 had their share of good to great episodes, the seasons as a whole felt flat, and the show lost it's dynamic with the sisterly bonding. The show was had basically jumped ship, mostly thanks to producer's Brad Kern taking charge of the show. Damn those fairytale creatures!! These are the only seasons you really need, and what Charmed is all about.
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