Charmed fifth season

Charmed season 5

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The fifth season episode guide

A Witch's Tail (1) / season 5 - episode 1
Writer: Daniel Cerone
Director: James L. Conway
With the news of Piper's(Holly Marie Combs) baby at hand, and demon attacks at a low, Piper and Leo (Brian Krause) use their time to rebuild Piper's closet and turn it into a nursery for their "daughter", while Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) is ecstatic about her new bilboards that have gone up around town, but is still upset when her divorce from Cole is nulled after he returns. Paige (Rose McGowan), meanwhile, is promoted to social worker, which leaves her in a tight spot when a mermaid seeks out Phoebe for help. The mermaid, Mylie, is on the run from the Sea Hag who seeks her immortality as payment to a skeletal being, Necron. She had thirty days to find love or she had to give up her immortality, and she thought she had found it, but her beau has yet to tell her that he loves her.

A Witch's Tail (2) / season 5 - episode 2
Writer: Monica Breen and Alison Schapker
Director: Mel Damski
Piper (Holly Marie Combs), Paige (Rose McGowan) and Leo (Brian Krause) struggle to convince Phoebe (Alyssa Milano), now a mermaid, to come back to her life as a Charmed One, when she decides to "swim" away from her problems with Cole. Meanwhile, Piper casts a spell to stop her panic attacks but instead of facing her fear, she suppresses it, endangering herself and her baby, when a sea Demon comes after her mermaid sister, Phoebe. In order to help Phoebe, Paige takes drastic measures and enlists the aid of Cole, and his newfound demonic powers.

Happily Ever After / season 5 - episode 3
Writer: Curtis Kheel
Director: John Kretchmer
Soon after cursing a being named Osgood into a mirror, the evil witch who escaped the mirror asks who the most powerful witch is. When the mirror answers that the Charmed Ones are the most powerful, she becomes angry and sets out to destroy them using fairy tales as their demise. Paige (Rose McGowan) becomes Snow White and dies eating a poisoned apple, Phoebe (Alyssa Milano)becomes Cinderella, and immediately blames Cole, since he knows it's her favorite. She goes to a ball with Adam Prinze who has been cursed by the witch and eventually tries to have Phoebe killed.

Siren Song / season 5 - episode 4
Writer: Krista Vernoff
Director: Joel Feigenbaum
The Siren, who lures husbands to her and entrances wives to follow with the intent of killing them both, puts Cole under her spell and Piper (Holly Marie Combs) and Paige (Rose McGowan) must try figure out how to save Phoebe (Alyssa Milano). Piper, upset with Leo (Brian Krause) because he does not understand the challenges of being pregnant, and Leo, frustrated that Piper does not realize the demands of being a Whitelighter, have their personas switched magically by their unborn child.

Witches in Tights / season 5 - episode 5
Writer: Mark Wilding
Director: David Staiton
When a demon coerces a young boy into turning him into an evil comic book villain so he can steal an Elder's powers, the boy transforms The Charmed Ones into comic book heroes with superhuman strengths to prevent this from happening. Not wanting to give up on her career just yet, Piper (Holly Marie Combs) tries to restore the popularity of P3. Frustrated by her inability to help all her readers, Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) tries to assist some tenants being evicted by a corrupt slumlord. Paige (Rose McGowan) is troubled by her inability to be sexually intimate with her new boyfriend.

The Eyes Have It / season 5 - episode 6
Writer: Laurie Parres
Director: James Marshall
While seeking the advice of a fortune teller regarding her missing power of premonition, Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) discovers that there is a demon who has been stealing the eyes of Gypsies, attempting to reverse a Gypsy curse which blinded his demon father. When Phoebe touches a Gypsy pendant, her power returns to her stronger than ever and she vividly witnesses the death of the Charmed Ones by the Gypsy-killing demon. Also, Piper (Holly Marie Combs) wants to see an OB/GYN, but Leo (Brian Krause) is concerned about the threat of exposure.

Sympathy for the Demon / season 5 - episode 7
Writer: Henry Alonso Myers
Director: Stuart Gillard
When the Demon of Fear, Barbas returns to seek revenge on The Charmed Ones for vanquishing him years ago, he goes after Cole, who desperately wants to be good, so Paige (Rose McGowan) performs a spell to cast the evil out of him. The evil emerges and takes the form of a black shadow. The Demon of Fear reappears, absorbs the shadow, and goes to kill Cole so he can keep Cole's evil forever. When the Charmed Ones try to protect Cole, the Demon of Fear traps them in the manor and preys on their fears, so that the girls find themselves in a "psychologically" haunted house.

A Witch in Time / season 5 - episode 8
Writer: Daniel Cerone
Director: John Behring
After repeatedly saving her boyfriend, Miles, from a death which is meant to happen, Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) opens a portal in time which allows a warlock from six months in the future to get through. The warlock, who was sent by future Cole to warn present Cole about Phoebe's death in the future, is blown off by Cole, and so he sets off on his own to attack the Charmed Ones and steal the Book of Shadows, which would allow him to take over the underworld without hassle. After they steal the book, they put Phoebe and Paige (Rose McGowan) "out of commision", leaving Piper (Holly Marie Combs) alone to reverse all of the damage.

Sam I Am / season 5 - episode 9
Writer: Alison Schapker & Monica Breen
Director: Joel Feigenbaum
When Paige (Rose McGowan) gets her first charge, no one realized that it would be her biological father. Sam, who was made a whitelighter again by the Elders, has once again failed, and is in need of some guidance. Paige, who doesn't know that her new charge is her father, tries to get him to talk, but he refuses, since he doesn't even know that Paige is his daughter. When a Tracker, a higher level darklighter, tries to kill Sam, Piper (Holly Marie Combs) and Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) recognize him as Paige's father, and attempt to get him to talk as well. He orbs away, leaving the helpless Charmed Ones to fight off Cole, who wants the Charmed Ones to kill him and put him out of his misery, and the Tracker, who shoots Paige, Sam, and Piper with his poisoned arrows.

Y Tu Mummy Tambien / season 5 - episode 10
Writer: Curtis Kheel
Director: Chris Long
Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) falls prey to Jeric, a demon in search of the perfect body to hold the spirit of Isis, his dead lover. To trap the spirit, Jeric mummifies Phoebe’s body. Meanwhile, Cole tries to save Phoebe by making a deal with the demon.

The Importance of Being Phoebe / season 5 - episode 11
Writer: Krista Vernoff
Director: Derek Johansen
The Charmed Ones have troubles, Paige (Rose McGowan) is arrested for hit-and-run, Piper's (Holly Marie Combs) club fails health inspections and Phoebe (Alyssa Milano)and the newspaper are sued by a woman who claims that Phoebe is destroying her marriage Phoebe is then kidnapped, and Cole sends a Shape-shifter to assume Phoebes identity to help him manipulate Piper and Paige into giving him ownership of the Manor. Ultimately allowing Cole access to the powerful Nexus located beneath the Manor.

Centennial Charmed / season 5 - episode 12
Writer: Brad Kern
Director: Jim Conway
The Halliwells celebrate Darryl's promotion to Lieutenant and the sisters finally get to meet his wife. Paige (Rose McGowan) begins to experience glitches in her powers by a little sneezing problem cause by her experiment gone awry to vanquish Cole. In her orbing problem, she encounters a strange alternate universe where Piper (Holly Marie Combs) and Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) don't recognize her, and the likes of Belthazor and Shax are still alive. Paige finally convinces Piper to trust her, and together they help Phoebe vanquish Cole forever.

House Call / season 5 - episode 13
Writer: Henry Alonso Myers
Director: Jon Pare
The sisters call on the help of a local Witch Doctor in disposing of lingering evil energies that are plaguing the house from all the vanquishes over the years. Meanwhile, Paige's (Rose McGowan) ex-boyfriend Glen turns up at the Manor with a surprise, and Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) takes an apposing columnists comments to heart and Piper (Holly Marie Combs) becomes extremely obsessed with cleaning. Leo (Brian Krause) suspicions about the Witch Doctor comes true and learns that the doctor means to get rid of the Charmed Ones.

Sand Francisco Dreamin' / season 5 - episode 14
Writer: Monica Breen and Alison Schapker
Director: John Kretchmer
Dreams takes on new meaning as the Halliwells find out that "dreams really can come true". A demon attacks The Charmed Ones with dream dust, causing their nightmares to come to life. Paige (Rose McGowan) is harassed by an evil clown at a baby shower, Piper (Holly Marie Combs) has an affair and Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) is chased by a maniac with a chainsaw. The sisters must use magic to put themselves to sleep to re-enter their nightmares and unmask the symbolic meaning of their dreams.

The Day The Magic Died / season 5 - episode 15
Writer: Daniel Cerone
Director: Stuart Gillard
Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) and Paige (Rose McGowan) go to a summit meeting with the leaders of evil and discover that all magic, both good and bad, has disappeared enabling the leaders to steal Piper's (Holly Marie Combs) about-to-be-born baby and welcome the twice-blessed child into the kingdom of evil. Meanwhile, Piper goes into labor, while Phoebe and Paige must find a way to save the baby without magic.

Baby's First Demon / season 5 - episode 16
Writer: Krista Vernoff
Director: John Kretchmer
When Piper's (Holly Marie Combs) baby is nearly kidnapped by demons, Paige (Rose McGowan) tracks down the culprits to a demonic black market but is captured before she can vanquish them. The demons, using Paige as bait to lure Piper and Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) away from the Manor, launch an attack on Leo (Brian Krause) and the baby. Phoebe must learn to juggle her new role as an aunt with her added responsibilities at work. Piper and Leo struggle to come up with a male name for their new baby.

Lucky Charmed / season 5 - episode 17
Writer: Curtis Kheel
Director: Roxann Dawson
The Charmed Ones join forces with a Leprechaun when they go after a demon who is killing Leprechauns and stealing their magic. To reward them for their efforts, the Leprechaun grants each sister good luck, enabling Paige (Rose McGowan) to gain wealth, Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) to meet a new man and Piper (Holly Marie Combs) to book a major rock star for P3. When the spell wears off, the demon casts a bad luck spell on the sisters and kidnaps Piper. In the meantime, Phoebe and Paige must rally the Leprechauns to reverse their bad luck and rescue Piper.

Cat House / season 5 - episode 18
Writer: Brad Kern
Director: Jim Conway
Piper (Holly Marie Combs) and Leo (Brian Krause) see a marriage counselor to work out their recent marital problems. Wanting to avoid a he-said, she-said rehashing of their past, Piper casts a spell to allow them to literally see the key moments in their relationship. However, the spell goes awry when Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) and Paige (Rose McGowan) are sent back in time to relive Piper's memories. Unbeknownst to Phoebe and Paige, a warlock, accidentally caught up in Piper's spell as well, is using the opportunity to kill the Charmed Ones cat, their familiar, altering the future.

Nymphs Just Wanna Have Fun / season 5 - episode 19
Writer: Andrea Stevens and Doug E. Jones
Director: Mel Damski
When a demon kills the satyr of the Spring of Life, the satyr's underlings, a trio of wood nymphs, escape to San Francisco to find a new leader. After the nymphs magically transform Paige (Rose McGowan) into one of them, they are all captured by the demon, Tull who forces them to lead him to the Spring. Piper (Holly Marie Combs) and Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) must rescue Paige before the demon destroys the forest with his newfound powers.

Sense and Sense Ability / season 5 - episode 20
Teleplay by Daniel Cerone with story by Brian Krause and Ed Bokinskie
Director: Stewart Schill
The Crone, a demon who can see the future, has sensed something amazing in Wyatt, and she wants to find out more. She's formed an alliance with the King of the Kazi demons, she'll disable the Charmed Ones so his minions can attack them. While they're distracted, she'll get to examine Wyatt to her evil heart's content. To disable the Charmed Ones, the Crone uses evil monkey magic. You know that "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil". The monkey jumps on each sister at Wyatt's first street fair, taking Piper's (Holly Marie Combs) sight, Phoebe's (Alyssa Milano) hearing and Paige's (Rose McGowan) voice. Each sister will lose the sense in question when they need it most.

Necromancing the Stone / season 5 - episode 21
Writer: Henry Alonso Myers and Alison Schapker & Monica Breen
Director: Jon Pare
The sisters are preparing for Wyatt's Wiccanning, a sort of witchy christening, by vanquishing anything they can get their hands on. Grams shows up to perform the ceremony and warns them about The Necromancer, a ghostly demon who sucks up power from the spirits of the dead. The last time he attacked was at mama Halliwell's Wiccanning. He's likely to try again so he can prey on the spirits of the Halliwell matriarchs to gain eternal life. Piper (Holly Marie Combs) is horrified to discover that Grams doesn't want anything to do with her great-grandson, simply because he's a boy. Grams isn't displaying much love for the males of the species, she tells Piper that she won't officiate the Wiccanning because Wyatt is a boy. What's more, she implies that Piper must have seriously screwed up to have a boy-child in the first place.

Oh My Goddess (1) / season 5 - episode 22
Writer: Krista Vernoff and Curtis Kheel
Director: Jonathan West
The Titans, ancient monsters entombed in cliffs thousands of years ago, are released by a demon who thinks he can get a share of their power for setting them free. He gets smote for his troubles. Titan-boy and Titan-babe free their leader, Chronos, who wants to exact his revenge of the people who imprisoned him, the Elders. As a side effect of the Titans gaining their freedom, weather all over the world turns wacky, San Francisco, for example, is gripped by a nasty heat wave. Paige (Rose McGowan) is distracted by these apocalyptic dreams she keeps having. She fears something nasty is coming, and she wants to figure out what it is. Her sisters think she needs a break. Piper (Holly Marie Combs) is, uncharacteristically, relaxed, even serene.

Oh My Goddess (2) / season 5 - episode 23
Writer: Daniel Cerone
Director: Joel Feigenbaum
Paige (Rose McGowan) becomes the goddess of war, Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) of love, and Piper (Holly Marie Combs) of earth. Chris (Drew Fuller) cautions them against letting the power go to their heads. That warning doesn't take Phoebe goes off to the bachelor auction and turns some heads, while Paige recruits some demon minions. Piper is the only one left with a brain. She gets them back under control, then goes off to defend an elder under attack. They rescue him, but find the Titans' powers too much to handle. Piper stews over her missing husband. She's pissed as all hell that Leo (Brian Krause) has gone AWOL. The other sisters are missing Leo too, they need his advice. Chris orbs back in to check on the situation. Paige and Phoebe prove helpless without Leo, and Piper is on modified strike until she can talk to her husband again.

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