"Charmed" Extreme Makeover World Edition (2005)

Director:

LeVar Burton

Writers:

Constance M. Burge (creator)
Cameron Litvack (writer)

TV Series:

"Charmed" (1998)

Original Air Date:

23 January 2005 (Season 7, Episode 12)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

The Charmed Ones join their powers to the Avatars to bring the world they have promised, where there will be no good nor evil, hoping they won't have to fight demons anymore. |

Plot Keywords:

Wiccan | Sisters | Demon | Witchcraft | Power Of Three

Cast

Alyssa Milano	...	Phoebe Halliwell
Rose McGowan	...	Paige Matthews
Holly Marie Combs	...	Piper Halliwell
Brian Krause	...	Leo Wyatt
Oded Fehr	...	Zankou
Max Perlich	...	Laygan
Joel Swetow	...	Avatar Alpha
Patrice Fisher	...	Avatar Beta
Ian Anthony Dale	...	Avatar Gamma
Rebecca Balding	...	Elise Rothman
Kerr Smith	...	Kyle Brody
Lorin McCraley	...	Kazl
Michael Maize	...	Zyke
John Hillard	...	Celerity Demon #3
Gino Montesinos	...	Van Driver

Runtime:

42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

Mexico:B | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Title is based upon the television series "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (2003).

Goofs:

Continuity: Early on, the Avatars are in the library with Paige, before Piper and Phoebe enter with Leo, covered in slime. Avatar Gamma walks by Paige who's wearing a zipped, light pink hoodie. The camera shifts, and when we see Paige again, she's in the red cami she was wearing earlier.

Quotes:

Leo Wyatt: Alright, let's split up. We'll find more demons that way. Piper-Paige, Phoebe and me. Any sign of trouble, orb back to the manor, got it?
Paige Matthews: Got it.
Piper Halliwell: Why do you think he didn't want to go with me? Do you think he's seeing someone else?
Paige Matthews: Come on.
Piper Halliwell: What?

Movie Connections:

References "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (2003)

Soundtrack:

Bring It On

It's a wonderful, wonderful world

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

I must say that I really don't get most titles this season, but this one is a really good find. As it indicates, the episode builds up towards the major change that the Avatars want to bring about. The sisters are now more or less convinced, even though Paige is still held back by her loyalty to Kyle, who won't hear about it.

The most interesting part about this episode is how it maintains some confusion about who's right and who's wrong. The Avatars seem just too good to be true, and knowing that they had previously enlisted Cole is not to their credit either. But throughout the episode, they seem honest and open, while the Elders seem bent on being as hateful as possible, for all that they have a valid argument. As for Kyle, his decision to side with Zankou looks like sheer bad will, and even the final scene during which he is killed does not really make us pity him. By the end of the episode, the change is complete, and for now everything seems as perfect as advertised. The long scenes in which we see the whole world go to sleep, then wake up in a cheerful, peaceful mood is really well done, especially since it will have its counterpart in the sequel of the episode. Obviously, this makes it worth a re-watch *after* we know what follows.

My main disappointment in this episode is that we basically spend most of it waiting for the world change to take place, so everything that happens for most of the episode feels like a time-filler.