"Charmed" A Witch in Time (TV Episode 2002) Poster

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The One Where Phoebe's Boyfriend Is Going To Die...
taylorkingston28 March 2015
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I love this episode. It's so good. I really enjoy it, every time I watch it. It's just so interesting. And I love Cole in it, he's just awesome.

In this episode, Phoebe has a premonition of her new boyfriend dying in a police shootout. So obviously, she and Piper save him from being shot and all is well. Until she has another premonition. It turns out that this man is destined to die. Cole gets a visit from a man from the future, who is his adviser, when he is once again, The Source. Cole tells Phoebe that if she continues to save her boyfriend, that she will eventually die. But she still continues to save him. And when the future adviser warlock goes and finds his younger self, and they steal the book of shadows and kill Phoebe and Paige, things get serious. But don't worry, Piper and Leo fix it like they always do. Piper finds the time portal that the warlock used, and she goes back to the day where Miles, the boyfriend, was originally meant to die. Piper tells her past-self that she must let him die, or things will just continue to get worse. In the end, past-Piper lets Miles die and everything is alright again. And future-Piper disappears, because she wasn't real anymore, because her present was erased. If that makes any sense to you.

Overall, I give this episode a 10 out of 10.
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A confusing time loop
Realrockerhalloween21 September 2016
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A witch in time deals with Phoebe trying to save her boyfriend Mike's life only to watch him die repeated. AlMeanwhile a warlock named Baccara travels back in time to stop Cole from ruling the underworld and take the thrown for himself. This is a favorite time travel story since the warlock had creative powerful spells, taught his younger self the tricks of the trade to take the book of shadows and destroy the Charmed ones. Instead of being vanquished or the charmed ones coming up with a plan to stop him Piper actually has to stop the portal from opening by letting Miles die since he was in death's list.

Yes Miles was always meant to die, but Phoebe kept saving him until she perished herself. A distraught resources Cole sent his loyal subject back to save her. Its sets up an incomplete loop as Piper goes back anyway and always worked that way leaving the audience confused. Still it was a powerful episode ending in an anticlimax ending as Phoebe moves in after a few days. A few rewrites could've saved the episode from so many plot holes while making Phoebe heartless and becoming a jumbled mess.
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