Unaired Pilot 

The same as season one episode "Something Wicca This Way Comes" however with a different actress playing Phoebe & a different actor playing Inspector Andy Trudeau.

Writers:

Constance M. Burge, Julie Auerbach (as Julie Hess)

Stars:

Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs, Lori Rom

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Shannen Doherty	...	Prue Halliwell
Holly Marie Combs	...	Piper Halliwell
Lori Rom	...	Phoebe Halliwell
Chris Boyd	...	Inspector Andy Trudeau
Eric Scott Woods	...	Jeremy Burns
Matthew Ashford	...	Roger
Chris Flanders	...	Chef Moore
Lonnie Partridge	...	Woman

Storyline

Phoebe returns to San Francisco after losing her job to live with her older sisters, Prue and Piper. During their first night together in their grandmother's house, Phoebe finds a book of witchcraft and recites an incantation that leaves the sisters three with powers they were destined to have.

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Plot Keywords:

wiccan | 

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Mystery

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Did You Know?

Trivia

In the original pilot that was unaired, Phoebe was played by actress Lori Rom. After Lori left the project for personal reasons Alyssa Milano was recast as Phoebe, and all of the shots that starred Phoebe were reshot. Many of the shots from the pilot that did go to air were from the unaired pilot - these shots featured only Shannen Doherty and Holly Marie Combs. Shots with Alyssa or shots with all three actresses were reshot.

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Quotes

Piper Halliwell: Look, I know what happened last night was weird and unexplainable, but we're not witches, and we do not have special powers. Besides Grams wasn't a witch, and as far as we know, neither was mom. So take that, Nancy Drew.
Phoebe Halliwell: We're the protectors of the innocent. We're known as "The Charmed Ones".
Piper Halliwell: Hmmmm.
Phoebe Halliwell: And I beg to differ about Grams.

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Connections

Remade as Charmed: Something Wicca This Way Comes (1998)

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Soundtracks

Riders on the Storm
Written by Jim Morrison (uncredited), Ray Manzarek (uncredited), Robby Krieger (uncredited) and John Densmore (uncredited)
Performed by The Doors

User Reviews

Lori Rom and Phoebe Halliwell Don't Click

Lori Rom is no comparison to Alyssa Milano. Not saying that the unaired is terrible, but if they never replaced Lori with Alyssa, the show probably would have never took the triumph/success that it did. And not to mention the actor that plays Andy has nothing on T.W. King. Having Rom and the unaired actor of Andy would surely make you take a nap. Otherwise besides the casting for the unaired, the episode was the same as Something Wicca This Way Comes

Details

Release Date:

18 November 2008 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Ray-Art Studios - 6625 Variel Avenue, Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1