Forever Charmed
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| “Forever Charmed” | |
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| Charmed episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 8 Episode 22 |
| Guest stars | Marnette Patterson (Christy Jenkins) Drew Fuller |
| Written by | Brad Kern |
| Directed by | James L. Conway |
| Production no. | 62015-08-178 |
| Original airdate | May 21, 2006 |
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| "Kill Billie Vol. 2" | "series finale" |
Forever Charmed is the series finale episode of the series Charmed. It was originally aired on May 21, 2006.
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[edit] Synopsis
Piper and Leo go to Phoebe’s apartment where the Book of Shadows is. While she looks for some kind of solution, Billie returns to Magic School and confronts Dumain, revealing Christy is dead. Dumain suggests she project herself back into the past and save Christy.
Piper and Leo arrive at Victor’s and Piper breaks the news. Victor reveals he knows about Coop and Piper realizes he can help them. She summons Coop and asks to borrow his ring so she can go back in time. Coop agrees, but warns it doesn’t always work as desired. Leo goes with her and they go into the past, in 1975, where they meet a young Victor and Patty in bed, when Piper was 3 and Phoebe hasn’t been born yet. Later, they try to explain things, without giving away too much, and finally reveal Paige and Phoebe are dead and that they’re the Charmed Ones. Patty suggests they use their family magic to get Piper to where she needs to go. The three of them take the ring and go to Grams, but end up in a future where Piper and Leo are old and have been waiting for them.
The old Piper and Leo reveal it’s 50 years in the future and that Piper needs to focus on who she wants to get to with her heart, not her head, and they must work together to get rid of the Hollow. They try again and see Grams talking with a young Piper. After young Piper leaves, they introduce themselves and Grams faints. Piper reveals that Patty is dead at that time.
Dumain walks Billie through the process for her to travel back into the past. When he mentions she has to focus on the Triad, she suspects something is up and finally realizes she’s been manipulated. Dumain tells her go back and ask Christy, so she’ll understand.
While Patty tries to wake Grams, Leo points out that he could be taken away again. Grams wakes up, Piper makes introductions and tells her she must help save the Charmed Ones. Billie projects herself back into the past at the Manor, just as the past Billie and Christy arrive. She warns them, but past-Billie sends present-Billie flying and goes on to fight. The battle starts to play out as before, but then Piper, Grams, and Patty arrive to cast a spell which drives the Hollow out of all of them prematurely. The present-Billie and Piper merge with themselves in the past, and then Billie and Christy teleport out.
The Angel Of Destiny who brought Leo arrives to take him back again. Piper explains everything, but notes they’re back where they started. Then, the future Wyatt and Chris appear, to reveal someone has screwed up their future. Billie and Christy are walking and Christy doesn’t believe they’re being used and goes off on her own.
Chris and Wyatt explain that Wyatt lost his powers in the middle of a demon fight and came back to the present. Piper figures out Billie and Christy stole Wyatt’s power using the Hollow. Coop arrives and Wyatt recognizes him as “Uncle Coop,” and then Chris and Wyatt take Patty to see Victor. Victor is confused and finally Patty finds out they’re separated.
Christy tells Dumain that Billie has abandoned them, but there’s a way to revive the Triad without her. Grams is working on a potion, when Henry arrives to talk to Paige. Coop insists on confessing his love to Phoebe, but Phoebe can’t handle it and goes to talk to her sisters after giving him the ring back. Dumain teleports in to grab Coop and the ring, while Billie shows up and asks to talk to them.
They hear her out and she explains about the Triad, and future-Chris and Wyatt show up and reveal that Dumain is involved. Phoebe calls for Coop, who can’t respond, and Chris and Wyatt reveal that Coop was sent so Phoebe could fall in love with him, and it wasn’t a forbidden love. They explain that in the future they’re as one and all she has to do is think about him to summon him. She does so and he appears, in great pain. He reveals Dumain took his ring and they plan to go back in time.
Dumain is talking with the Triad in the past, when Dumain and Christy arrive, but the Charmed Ones and Billie arrive as well and destroy the Triad, then both Dumains. The Halliwells explain that Billie sent them back, and Paige takes the ring. Christy accuses Billie of betraying her and she throws a huge fireball. Billie deflects it back and destroys her.
All the Halliwells are reunited at the Manor and Wyatt has his powers back. They reveal Billie has gone her own way. The Angel of Destiny arrives with Leo and reveals that’s how the battle was supposed to end, and it’s all worked out. Victor and Patty arrive with the children and Coop reveals he can take everyone back and make sure they won’t remember what they’ve learned. Everyone has a happy moment, before going their ways.
Later, Piper comes down and says they should write everything down in the Book of Shadows. Each writes down what they’ve experienced and we see what will happen in the future. Coop and Phoebe marry and have three daughters, and Phoebe publishes a best-selling book. Henry continues to look after his parolees and has a son (Henry Jr.) and twins daughters with Paige, who continues to help the next generation of witches. Piper and Leo have a third child, a daughter (seen in the last minutes of the show). She opens a restaurant and Leo goes back to teaching at magic school, until his retirement. It ends with an elderly Piper reading their saga to her granddaughter, then going upstairs with an elderly Leo past the pictures of all their family, past and present, on the walls. The other grandchildren come into the manor and Piper's granddaughter uses her powers to swing the doors closed one final time, thus showing she has inherited Prue's powers of telekinesis, as she uses the same hand motion as Prue and the familiar chime sound is heard.
[edit] Book of Shadows
[edit] Enemies
- Christy Jenkins
- Darklighter
- Dumain: Billie and Christy's sinister childhood imaginary friend
- The Triad
[edit] Allies
- Angel of Destiny: The grand overseer of destiny.
- Penelope Halliwell
- Patty Halliwell
- Coop
- Wyatt Halliwell
- Chris Halliwell
- Billie Jenkins
[edit] Artifacts
- The Hollow: An ancient vapor and the most powerful force of unknown origin which absorbs all forms of magic it comes in contact with, whether it be good or evil. It appears in a swarm of vapor-like particles floating in mid-air, but can also reside inside a living being, thus possessing their corporeal form. It is eternal and cannot be destroyed by any known means, rather it can only be contained when powerful representatives from both sides of good and evil join forces. It actually possesses no mind or personality but rather acts like a virus, mindlessly consuming all magic it touches, thus was always referred to as the "void" by the Seer and the Avatars. It is kept in an ancient burial ground as a pact agreed upon by both sides and is heavily guarded by powerful beings. It has been said that this is the "ultimate power" that will be the end of good and evil, thus creating a void as a reality.
[edit] Episode stars
- Alyssa Milano as Phoebe Halliwell
- Rose McGowan as Paige Matthews
- Holly Marie Combs as Piper Halliwell
- Kaley Cuoco as Billie Jenkins
- Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt
[edit] Co-Stars
- Jason & Kristopher Simmons as Wyatt Halliwell
- Tanner Fox as 10-year old Wyatt
- Sierra Paris as Phoebe's unnamed daughter 1
- Alexis Raich as Phoebe's unnamed daughter 2
- Julia Di Angelo as Piper's granddaughter
[edit] Trivia
- The Angel of Destiny, upon seeing the deaths of Phoebe and Paige, said it was not how she foresaw the final battle ending. In this episode, she explains this was her design all along. This represents a predestination paradox.
- Piper travels back to the same year that her self of 1998 did in the episode That 70's Episode. She arrives at the time of Phoebe's conception, mere weeks before her self of 1998 would arrive, meaning Victor and Patty break up during those few weeks between both her arrivals, getting back together because of Patty's pregnancy for Christmas but separating again when Patty discovers she is pregnant with Paige.
- The Charmed Ones fulfill their new destiny of bringing forth a new generation of good magic, when the three sisters each deliver 3 children and many grandchildren after them. This was the new destiny bestowed upon them by a male Angel of Destiny after the sisters defeated the Source of All Evil near the end of season 4, which was their original destiny.
- The final shot of the show (the camera panning away from the manor) is actually recycled from the fourth season finale "Witch Way Now?." However, the CG Angel of Destiny has been removed and the shot's lighting has been edited. Due to extensive budget cuts the crew had to film everything in studio, making an exterior shot impossible.
- Piper is the first and last one of the Charmed Ones to be seen in the series.
- Piper and Phoebe are the only two characters to appear in every episode of Charmed, aired and unaired. However, the actress Alyssa Milano did not portray Phoebe in the unaired pilot in 1998, instead Lori Rom played the role. This means that Holly Marie Combs is the only actor to appear in every aired and unaired episode of Charmed.
- Both Penny (Grams) and Patty seem unsurprised that their future great grand child and grandchild (respectively) are males despite the fact that Grams was initially upset that Piper had a male child (Wyatt) stating that the family only produced girls.
- The writers made a huge error in this episode: Grams was unaware that the girls were destined to become the Charmed ones, yet this is the very reason she bound their powers. She knew they were the Charmed ones from the 1970s when the sisters time travled back and told her so.
[edit] Internationals Titles
- Spanish:Embrujadas para siempre
- French: Forever Charmed
- German: Das Vermächtnis der Halliwells
- Italian: Streghe per sempre
[edit] External links
- TV.com episode guide
- Forever Charmed at the Internet Movie Database
- Forever Charmed website
- The Forever Charmed website
| Preceded by: Kill Billie Vol. 2 |
Charmed episodes | Followed by: Series end |
| Charmed |
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| Main: Season summaries | Episode guide | Multimedia | Terms | Trivia |
| Locations and Artifacts: Bay Area | Halliwell Manor | Magic School | The Nexus | Book of Shadows |
| Good beings: Charmed Ones | Close friends | Ancestors | Family and friends | Whitelighters | Elders |
| Evil beings: Darklighters | Warlocks |
| Neutral: Avatars | The Hollow | Firestarters |
