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This is a wonderful TV show with great episodes that, in serial fashion, depict a constant battle between good and evil. Evil, as in the Source, is very clever and wears many disguises. This is what's great about this show. Evil is never fully defeated, although the lackeys are destroyed quickly, the greater evil persists. This presents a constant challenge to the Power of Three and they must always be on their guard. Other WB shows allow the hero or heroine to win very easily and the hero or heroine is too sarcastic. Charmed, however, has the right mix of all elements and the writers appreciate that evil forces that are truly dangerous and formidable create a more rich, tense atmosphere. The fourth season was very good, and I liked Rose as Paige very much. The chemistry between the sisters also carries the show and their personalities seem real and three-dimensional, while other shows of this genre fail in that regard. This is one of the best written shows on television. It really deserves more critical recognition and respect, but if that doesn't happen, I'll still enjoy it.

The first 4 series are good, entertaining, funny on occasion, but half way through series 5 it goes downhill...fast. The stories become ridiculous, the acting is unconvincing and wooden, and the special effects are less than special.

I don't get attached to TV shows, nor collect them on DVD..... except for Charmed. The supernatural aspects of the show are fun and do not seem to be taken too seriously.

The core group of actors have a fantastic chemistry and the relationships are so well developed. I like it just as much, if not more, to see how the sisters get through situations together, both magical and non-magical.

I would dare compare the character development and interpersonal relationships as well done as in a Jane Austin novel. You see their strengths and faults.

All the actors get a round of applause. Both Holly Marie and Alyssa get a standing ovation for becoming producers of the show. Well done ladies.

The TV show is beyond amazing. The storylines are great up until the final season, the character development is shown greatly, and the way they handled Shannon exit was great. The show featured empowered women way before feminism was so popular, and it showed how women could save the day as much as men!

Three sisters share a house in San Francisco. Being descended from witches they have special powers. They use these powers to fight crime and evil.

Entertaining. A tad formulaic but the plots are reasonably interesting. The three main characters are given depth and this contributes positively to the sub-plots and the engagement level.

Engagement does diminish from Season 4 onwards though. Rose McGowan / Paige is irritating and is not in the same league as Shannen Doherty / Prue.

I loved this show as a kid, and rewatched it with my wife. The first season is good and has promise; however everything that follows is empty and suffers from poor. Prue, Piper, and Paige are good, but Phoebe absolutely dreadful. Plus, Leo is the hero of the show. I don't know why the writers didn't take show serious. Instead, they constantly resorted to slapstick, which didn't align with often serious circumstances.

Very pleased to see Season One out on DVD, we've been waiting awhile for it. The quality of the shows on the DVDs is fantastic...however there are no "bonus materials" whatsoever. As I don't usually buy a DVD for the extras, I'm not that concerned over it...however I am accustomed to them being there typically.

Also, be aware the packaging is on the unusual side...thinline cases, one per disk (6-disk set for Season One), rather than the usual bulky foldout packs. I actually enjoyed this factor...I'm always struggling with the foldout packs.

If you like the show, you'll be pleased with the DVD quality...but keep in mind with the box set currently released, that's all you're getting...just the show.

Okay, I just watched one episode a few week ago, and that was it for me. I AM HOOKED! I admit that this show is very addicting! Now, my Sunday's night are booked.

Performances of such talented actors truly ignites the screen. Piper, Phoebe, Paige, Leo, and Cole are such great, and very talented performers. I hope this show will run for a very, very long time. I will truly recommend this show to all my friends. Thumbs up to the creator, writers and all the crew. This show rocks!!!!

Charmed is an American television series that originally aired from 1998 until 2006, when its network, The WB, ceased operation.The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M. Burge and was produced by Aaron Spelling and his Spelling Television company, with the show runner being writer-director Brad Kern. The series narrative follows the four Halliwell sisters, Prue, Piper, Phoebe and, later, Paige, the culmination of the long Warren line of powerful, good witches. The sisters, despite being perceived as normal by the non-supernatural community, are known as The Charmed Ones, whose prophesied destiny is to battle against evil beings, such as demons and warlocks, in order to protect innocent lives from being endangered. Each sister possesses unique magical powers that grow and evolve, whilst they also attempt to hold normal working lives in San Francisco. Keeping their paranormal identities separate and secret from their ordinary lives forms part of the series' tension and challenges, with the exposure of magic having far-reaching consequences on relationships and has resulted in a number of police and FBI investigations throughout the series.This is my favorite show of all time.i loved it from my heart.i can't pick my favorite episode all were good. but i actually prefer these episodes where Prue was i loved her more than Paige.But Paige so damn cool too she was so perky and funny and sexier,but Prues acting was better And Of Course i loved Cole and baltazar too.Chris was interesting person. Miss this show so much.8 years a pure classic.

The first theee season are genuinely good television and improve every year. But unfortunately, the show was never able to get to those Same high's again. Only getting worse and worse every subsequent season.

I still to this day am watching "Charmed" episodes as they even after all these years continue to air weekday mornings on "TNT", proving the popularity is ever lasting as the series became a pop culture magnet. Set in the city by the bay San Francisco you have three Halliwell sisters that being Piper(Holly Marie Combs) Phoebe(the sexy Alyssa Milano) and Prue(Shannen Doherty) who live together and they are special they have powers plus they are modern day witches! They have the special abilities to stop time, move objects, and see into the future. And along the way each episode and each season they battle the forces of supernatural evil from ghosts, demons, warlocks, and monsters. Many episodes are interesting and entertaining involving stories that involve the past of old enchanted fairy tales and it's always nice to see the girls cast up powerful spells and potions from their book of shadows as black magic and wicca is well on display in this series. Also at the end of the third season after Prue is no longer Paige(Rose McGowan) a half sister is introduced. These witches were sexy and modern day as several eye candy scenes were memorable as each had some intimate between the sheets scenes with their boyfriends, and to spice the series up I remember some episodes in which the girls wore sexy colored bras(I remember Alyssa sporting one very silk sexy multi colored bra in one episode late in one season of the series!) Really not everyone's cup of tea, yet if you like beautiful sexy women and a series that involves witches and good and evil with spells and magic then cast your eyes on this.

The occult got very hip on television with the arrival of Charmed. The show centered on three sisters played by Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano and Shannen Doherty. As the show opened these three sisters who are their own BFFs discover they're the descendants of witches. But witches like Glinda the good witch. That doesn't mean that someone usually not of flesh and blood wouldn't want to drop a house on them as all kinds of evil things are tried against one or all of them every week.

What made this show work was that these girls were quite modern. the ultimate 90s women. Young girls identified with him and men certainly would have chosen any one of them for adventure and romance.

Unfortunately Shannen Doherty as she did on 90210 was quite the behavioral problem and she left the show. Another sister played by Rose McGowan was rather clumsily introduced as we could not alter what the writers called The Power of Three from the show. When the women put their powers together, just like the Power Rangers they were unstoppable.

Reruns of Charmed are still proving popular today. My two nieces loved the show when it was in first run and still like the reruns.

Grew up with this show and loved it, the effects are very out dated but if your a true fan you can stick with it and watch for the characters, acting, humour

Having read a lot of the reviews on here, I can't help but notice a lot of the issues people have with this show are that it isn't Buffy. I think that is rather unfair, sure there is undoubtedly similarities between the two shows and in the end Buffy does it better. But these are two entirely different and seperate tv shows, it isn't a spin-off like Angel.

The only real criticism I have of the show is that it has a very clear formula and 99% of the time it will religiously stick to that, it makes a lot of the episodes predictable and it means that the villains do come off as very one dimensional. Although to be fair to Charmed the villains are very much the same because their goal is the same and evil in the show is connected by one thing, the source. It also makes any twists in the story an actual surprise. They also have some creative ways of telling a similar story, the outcome can be the same but they did try to get there a different route each time.

I also don't agree that the cast was chosen and simply there because they're attractive women. I mean try and name a show in general were the main cast aren't attractive, beyond that they are very strong characters and they don't play a damsel in distress. They don't really need help from the men in the show, Leo is the most prominent male character and despite healing them many times he's seen as rather helpless and needs protected as much as anyone.

The main characters are also what really makes the show, they all bring something slightly different to the table and despite notoriously disliking each other in real life you could watch this and honestly believe they were close. The ongoing story is the reason this show gets better, if you watch only an episode or two in no real order you will only get the impression that it's a paint by numbers show.

when Shannen left the show the show went down to me .in the first seasons of charmed 1,2,3 it was three witches who had to fight evil and were kinda having love in their lives. when they killed off the star they messed the show up for life.rose McGowan is okay but not right in charmed. she was kinda funny but not.when Prue died Phoebe didn't really care but piper is the real one she cared.and what the hell is with these strange characters,Billie,Chris,Wyatt,Snake,Christie,they don't belong on the show.it went from Buffy and charmed to 7th heaven,Gilmore girls,and sex and the city.they are concerned about everything but witchcraft.at the end of the last episode their mom mentions Prue and Phoebe and piper just say so.its like they didn't even care that their sis was dead.they didn't have any picks of Prue.and their acting like Prue never existed