Charmed: The Day the Magic Died (2003)
Season 5, Episode 15
When three planets burn as one, over a sky of dancing light, magic will rest on a holy day to welcome the birth of the twice blessed
29 September 2016
Warning: Spoilers
The day the magic died deals with Piper's baby being the source of a prophecy. Meanwhile magic is down with no caution to why it's happening leaving the sisters vulnerable to those after the baby. Its a creative concept as its nice to see the sisters come up with ways to deal with evil like using home made bombs or handcuffs to kill demons instead of their powers & potions and spells. I like that the Elders had plans in place to warn them of the power outage by trying to summon Leo, but can't and send a unicorn immune to any shifts in power.

My problems however with the episode is the writers are making every mystical creature or fairy tale character real and using them as deluxe mechanism to never be seen again after their first airing. It feels like they only through them in to advance the plot without a long term plan for them or explaining how they pass unnoticed by the mortal world. Also Victor takes a wife, turns out to be a demon, without any build up or emotional ties to the relationship and he never brings her up again. My last problem with it is baby Wyatt is the twice blessed which were told nothing about why he's chosen and what it entitles leaving much to the imagination without answers. The writers are capable of more in past episodes 61st at this point seem to be phoning it in to meet a quota instead of great story telling for the fans.
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