"Charmed" Reckless Abandon (2000)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Craig Zisk

Writers:

Constance M. Burge (creator)
Javier Grillo-Marxuach (writer)

TV Series:

"Charmed" (1998)

Original Air Date:

27 January 2000 (Season 2, Episode 11)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

While in the police station with Darryl, Phoebe touches an abandoned baby called Matthew and she has...

Plot Keywords:

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

Cast

Shannen Doherty	...	Prue Halliwell
Holly Marie Combs	...	Piper Halliwell
Alyssa Milano	...	Phoebe Halliwell
Greg Vaughan	...	Dan Gordon
Dorian Gregory	...	Darryl Morris
Stephanie Beacham	...	Martha van Lewen
J. Kenneth Campbell	...	Elias Lundy
Hillary Danner	...	Alexandra van Lewen
Lochlyn Munro	...	Jack Sheridan
Rolando Molina	...	Hernandez
Albert Stroth	...	Uniform Cop
Ric Coy	...	Gilbert van Lewen
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ken Waters	...	Malek the Bartender

Runtime:

42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

Mexico:B | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: At one point the baby is crying and his mouth isn't open.

Quotes:

Dan Gordon: There's a good boy.
Prue: Yes he is.

Movie Connections:

References "MacGyver" (1985)

Soundtrack:

I love you

Dark Episode

While in the police station with Darryl, Phoebe touches an abandoned baby called Matthew and she has a premonition of a ghost killing the Matthew's father. She convinces Darryl to bring the baby home, where the inexperienced Halliweel sisters get into troubled situation. Meanwhile, Prue is preparing a presentation with Jack expecting to go to New York, and Dan helps Piper with Matthew. Prue discloses the father's name and sooner the sisters find that the ghost was the chauffeur of the family and he is killing all the men of the family as a revenge for his death.

"Reckless Abandon" is a very dark episode, with many deaths, but all of them simply forgotten because of the survival of the baby. The conclusion, with Alexandra van Lewen not grieving the loss of her husband and her mother-in-law, and happy with the baby in the police station, is at least ridiculous. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Abandonado" ("Abandoned")