"Charmed" The Good, the Bad and the Cursed (2001)

Director:

Shannen Doherty

Writers:

Monica Breen (writer) &
Alison Schapker (writer)

TV Series:

"Charmed" (1998)

Original Air Date:

15 February 2001 (Season 3, Episode 14)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

Phoebe somehow becomes psychically and physically linked with the violent past of an Old West ghost town complete with horses, petticoats, cowboys and six-shooters and Prue must go back in time to save her sister from a horrifying fate.

Plot Keywords:

Wiccan | Wild West | Sisters | Demon | Witchcraft

Cast

Shannen Doherty	...	Prue Halliwell
Holly Marie Combs	...	Piper Halliwell
Alyssa Milano	...	Phoebe Halliwell
Brian Krause	...	Leo Wyatt
Julian McMahon	...	Cole Turner
James Read	...	Victor Bennett
Michael Greyeyes	...	Bo Lightfeather
Kimberly Guerrero	...	Isabel Lightfeather (as Kimberly Norris)
Ed Lauter	...	Sutter
Blake Gibbons	...	Gil
Alan Davidson	...	Buck
Steve Larson	...	Slade
Scott Beehner	...	Cal
James Lashly	...	Bartender
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
J. Hunter Ackerman	...	Man in the Crowd

Runtime:

42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

Mexico:B | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The title refers to the western Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Piper finds the Newspaper Sutter had printed about Bo dying at sundown and takes it back to the Manor. Newsprint, 128 years old, as it is according to storyline, would be too fragile to handle even if well protected much less exposed to the elements. (This is assuming it would still be readable.)

Quotes:

Cole: I'm not gonna use my powers against you anyway. In fact, I'm never gonna use them again.
[laughs]
Cole: Ever. It keeps me from being evil.
Prue: No you will always be evil, you're a demon.
Cole: Half-demon! My human half can suppress it if you...

Movie Connections:

References Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966)

So Far, the Best Episode of the Third Season

Victor Bennett brings Phoebe to a ghost town and asks her if it could be a good investment. Phoebe sees two ghosts and she gets physically linked to one of them, the Indian Bo. When Bo is shot by the mean Sutter, Phoebe is also hurt. Leo is unable to heal her, so Cole travels with Prue to a parallel world, trying to stop the looped curse in the town and save Phoebe.

Congratulation to Ms. Shannen Doherty, since "The Good, the Bad and the Cursed" is so far, the best episode of the Third Season of "Charmed": great story, with many funny moments, action, romance and drama. The reaction of Victor, seeing one daughter engaged with a whitelighter and the other one in love of a demon is hilarious. Prue and Cole working together in the Old West is also fantastic. I really loved this episode! My vote is ten.

Title (Brazil): "A Cidade Amaldiçoada" ("The Cursed City")