"Charmed" Coyote Piper (2001)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Chris Long

Writers:

Constance M. Burge (creator)
Krista Vernoff (writer)

TV Series:

"Charmed" (1998)

Original Air Date:

11 January 2001 (Season 3, Episode 9)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

Piper is consumed with insecurities over her impending 10-year high school reunion, but when a she-demon unexpectedly takes possession, Piper becomes very "Coyote Ugly" and it is up to Prue and Phoebe to bring her back.

Plot Keywords:

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

Cast

Shannen Doherty	...	Prue Halliwell
Holly Marie Combs	...	Piper Halliwell
Alyssa Milano	...	Phoebe Halliwell
Brian Krause	...	Leo Wyatt
Chad Willett	...	Justin Harper
Rainn Wilson	...	Kierkan
Paige Rowland	...	Terra
Andrew Bowen	...	Male Victim
Sabine Singh	...	Missy Campbell
Philip Boyd	...	Dennis, the Drunk Guy
Jessica Randle	...	Concerned Woman
Adrianne Alvarez	...	Historical Society File Clerk
Rick Warren	...	Hot Guy
Debra Mayer	...	Mother
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Julian McMahon	...	Cole Turner (credit only)

Runtime:

42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

Mexico:B | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Shannen Doherty choreographed Piper's table dance moves.

Quotes:

Leo: [Prue stabs Piper with a knife in a plan to get a possesed soul out of her] Prue! I can't heal the dead!
[Leo takes the knife out of Piper to heal her, but instead the possessed soul enters him]
Leo: Well that I didn't expect. A little sister rivalry I failed to take into account.

Movie Connections:

References "The Brady Bunch" (1969)

Soundtrack:

New sensation

Seduction Is Subtler Than Possession

The alchemist demon Kierkan tries to capture the essence of life of his creation, the she-demon Terra, and trap her in a bottle. However the evil spirit escapes, possesses a human and tries to find and possess one of the Charmed sisters to become powerful and vanquish Kierkan. Meanwhile, Piper is nervous, preparing for the celebration of her 10-year high school graduation, with the reunion of her schoolmates in P3. Phoebe is missing Cole, and researching his family. Terra possesses Piper, and when Prue discloses, she plots a mortal plan to save the life of Piper and vanquish the fiend.

"Coyote Piper" is a good episode of "Charmed", with humorous and dramatic moments. The picture of Piper with sixteen years old is very funny, and the modification of her behavior after her possession is great, dancing in the counter of P3 like a striper. Phoebe has also a minor but important participation, feeling ashamed because she was easily seduced by Belthazor, while Piper resisted the possession of her body by Terra. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Terra" ("Earth")