"Charmed" Cat House (2003)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

James L. Conway

Writers:

Constance M. Burge (creator) and
Brad Kern (writer)

TV Series:

"Charmed" (1998)

Original Air Date:

13 April 2003 (Season 5, Episode 18)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

While visiting a marriage counselor, Piper casts a spell to allow Leo and her to literally see their past together...

Plot Keywords:

Wiccan | Demon | Witchcraft | Power Of Three | Hocus Pocus

Cast

Alyssa Milano	...	Phoebe Halliwell
Rose McGowan	...	Paige Matthews
Holly Marie Combs	...	Piper Halliwell
Brian Krause	...	Leo Wyatt
John Rubinstein	...	Dr. Berenson
Marita Geraghty	...	Katrina
Dorian Gregory	...	Darryl Morris (archive footage)
Julian McMahon	...	Cole Turner (archive footage)
Jennifer Rhodes	...	Penny 'Grams' Halliwell (archive footage)
James Read	...	Victor Bennett (archive footage)
Finola Hughes	...	Patty Halliwell (archive footage)
Una Damon	...	Dantalian (archive footage)

Runtime:

42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

Mexico:B | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Quotes:

Paige Matthews: Eww. You hit on Leo?
[in the past]

The cat's out of the bag !

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Finally ! There were two little things that bugged me this last season : 1) where did the Halliwells' cat go ? 2) Why hadn't anyone tried to learn a bit more about it, especially in a house filled with witches that supposedly know their own myths ? While I feel that Kit the cat ought to have been involved in more episodes, especially as it features in ALL the beginning credits, this one settles the question once and for all.

Apart from that, this is an average episode. All the parts involving Paige and Phoebe revisiting the past are rather nicely done, although the quality of the picture is clearly inferior in earlier seasons. Anyway, it is really cool to see everybody looking so young and behaving slightly differently. Besides, the editing manages to leave Prue out of every shot without being too obvious about it. It is too bad they couldn't get Paige to really see, maybe even meet Prue. On the other hand, the pretext leading to Paige and Phoebe's little trip down memory lane feels very contrived. Piper and Leo may have had a few spats, but nothing ever suggested that their couple was on the verge of imploding. As for their session with the shrink, it is a bare shell of a pretext, since the poor guy barely says three sentences while they alternatively reminisce and freeze him. It is even less interesting since it never gets any proper resolution. So the basic idea for this episode was good and had potential, but its realization spoils it.