CHARMED
1X00: PILOT [UNAIRED]
UNAIRED
TRANSCRIBED FROM MASTER DUB
Written by CONSTANCE M. BURGE
Directed by JOHN T. KRETCHMER
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SUMMARY: The Halliwell sisters discover new powers and their lost heritage as
The Charmed Ones, powerful sister witches. Prue meets up with an old boyfriend.
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CHARMED
1X00: PILOT [UNAIRED]
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[INFORMATION SCREEN]
SPELLING TV
CHARMED
PILOT
REVISED
COLOR TIMED MASTER
MAY 7, 1998
[BLACK SCREEN]
TITLE SCREEN: CHARMED
CUE SOUND: THUNDER RUMBLES
(A bolt of lightning flashes across the screen.)
FADE IN.
[EXT. SAN FRANCISCO BAY BRIDGE (STOCK) - EVENING]
(A full moon shines over the Golden Gate Bridge. It's night and pouring.)
FADE INTO:
[EXT. THE TALMADGE - FRONT DRIVE - EVENING]
(A young couple runs along the wet sidewalk as a yellow taxi cab turns into the
driveway of an apartment building.)
(Camera rises up to the exterior of the apartment building windows. Thunder
rumbles as rain falls. Lightning flashes.)
CUT TO:
SCENE #01:
[INT. SERENA FREDRICK'S APARTMENT -- NIGHT]
(In the kitchen, SERENA FREDRICK carefully carrying a tray of food for her cat,
steps into view through the kitchen doorway gently calling for her cat.)
SERENA FREDRICK: Here, baby.
(Kit, the Siamese cat, meows and makes her way toward the food. SERENA places
the tray of food down on the floor.)
SERENA FREDRICK: Come on, baby. Good girl.
(SERENA gives Kit a pat on the head, stands up and goes about her business as
Kit eats her dinner.)
(Walking through the dining room, SERENA carries her silver chalice into the
living room. She kneels before a small round table covered with a dark blue
cloth and sporting nine candles - three red, three green and three white candles
of different sizes -- a small bundle of dried plants, a small bowl of herbs and
a small ceremonial knife. She places the silver chalice in the center of her
altar.)
(With her index finger in an arc, she points to the white candle and it lights
up, the flame flickering strongly. One by one, she points to each candle on the
table and they magically light up.)
[EXT. BALCONY OUTSIDE SERENA FREDERICK'S APARTMENT - NIGHT - CONTINUOUS]
(Camera closes in on a person dressed in dark clothes making their way down the
fire escape ladder to SERENA FREDERICK'S balcony. Lightning flashes and thunder
rumbles as the person is soaked by the rain.)
(Camera rises and we find the raincoat-clad person looking into SERENA
FREDERICK'S apartment window as she lights the candles on her altar.)
[INT. SERENA FREDRICK'S APARTMENT - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT -- CONTINUOUS]
(SERENA FREDERICK continues to light the candles with the touch of her finger.)
(Outside, the raincoat figure moves away from the window through which we see
SERENA starting her ritual.)
(Inside, SERENA sits back, her palms together fingers pointed upward. Eyes wide
open, she begins chanting.)
SERENA FREDRICK: (chanting)
Auger de gomay. Auger de gomay.
(In the kitchen, Kit looks up from her food tray spooked by something. She
meows, turns and runs out of the kitchen toward the back door.)
(Camera holds for a beat, then the dark figure of the MAN that was outside on
her balcony crosses the kitchen toward the living room where SERENA meditates.)
(The stranger turns and sees SERENA kneeling in front of the altar in the living
room.)
SERENA FREDRICK: (chanting)
Ancient One of the Earth so deep,
Master of Moon and Sun,
(As she chants the spell, SERENA motions elaborately with her hands. She is so
engrossed by her spell, that she is unaware of the intruder in her apartment.)
SERENA FREDRICK: (chanting)
I shield you in my Wiccan way,
Here in my circle round,
(The dark figure walks up slowly to her.)
SERENA FREDRICK: (chanting)
Asking you, protect this space,
and offer your sun force down.
(After she finishes with the spell, SERENA puts places her palms back together,
fingers pointed upward. She closes her eyes and hums.)
SERENA FREDRICK: Mmmm--
(The dark figure is standing directly behind her. He takes a step closer to
her. Her eyes open, suddenly aware of him there. She turns around and gets to
her feet.)
(She sighs with relief upon recognizing her intruder.)
SERENA FREDRICK: Oh! What are you doing here?
(The dark intruder takes out an athame and stabs her in the abdomen. SERENA
screams, and then falls to the floor with a thud.)
(The dark figure steps back.)
CUT TO:
[EXT. VARIOUS BOLTS OF LIGHTNING (STOCK) - NIGHT]
[EXT. HALLIWELL MANOR - FRONT SIDEWALK - NIGHT]
(The rain beats relentlessly on her umbrella. PIPER HALLIWELL, arms full of
groceries, rushes across the rain-slick pavement and up the concrete front steps
leading up to the red and cream colored Victorian house.)
(She hurries to the front porch. Once under the protection of the eaves, she
closes her umbrella and reaches for the door knob.)
SCENE #02:
[INT. HALLIWELL MANOR - FOYER - NIGHT -- CONTINUOUS]
(The front door opens; PIPER walks into the foyer. She hangs her dripping
umbrella on the hallway hook and puts her backpack down by the hallway table.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: Prue?
PRUE HALLIWELL: (o.s.) In here, working on the chandelier.
(PIPER puts her grocery bag down and removes her rain-drenched coat. She
grimaces when she hears PRUE talk about the chandelier. She hangs that on the
hook over her umbrella, picks up her grocery bag and makes her way toward PRUE.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: Sorry I'm late.
PRUE HALLIWELL: (o.s.) Well, what else is new? Piper ...
[INT. HALLIWELL MANOR - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT - CONTINUOUS]
(PRUE turns around, a small aluminum ladder under the chandelier she's been
working on. She's wearing a gray work dress and an annoyed look at having to
once again be the responsible one.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: ... I would've been here to meet the electrician myself, but
you know I can't leave the museum until six.
(PIPER tilts her head apologetically.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: I guess I didn't realize how long I was in Chinatown. Has
Jeremy called?
PRUE HALLIWELL: (points) No, but he had a package and some roses delivered.
Over there on the table.
(PIPER heads toward the package and roses. She puts her things down and slides
the cover off the box. PRUE steps down from the ladder and follows her through
the main hall toward the dining room.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: What were you doing in Chinatown? I thought that you had an
interview at a restaurant in North Beach.
[INT. HALLIWELL MANOR - DINING ROOM - NIGHT - CONTINUOUS]
(PIPER looks at the item inside the box.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: I did, but I went to Yong Lee Market after my interview to get
ingredients for my audition recipe tomorrow.
(She picks up the bottle from the box and looks at the label.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: So that Wolfgang Puck knock-off didn't hire you today?
(She hold up the bottle, showing it to Prue.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: (sighs) No, but this just may get me the job tomorrow.
(PRUE looks at the bottle.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: Jeremy sent you port?
PIPER HALLIWELL: It's the ultimate ingredient for my recipe.
PRUE HALLIWELL: (smiles) What a nice boyfriend.
PIPER HALLIWELL: (agrees) mm-hmm.
(PIPER smiles and looks off to the side. Something on the table catches her
eyes and her face lights up with pleasant memories.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: I don't believe it. Tell me that's not our old spirit board.
(PIPER puts the bottle of port down on the dining room table. PIPER picks up
the antique Spirit Board. In the center of the Spirit Board is the triquetra
symbol - a circle with three interlocking arcs in the center. PIPER picks up
the Spirit Board and flips it over.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: Yeah. I found it in the basement when I was looking for the
circuit tester.
(PRUE moves to stand behind her, looking over her shoulder as PIPER reads the
inscription.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: (reading)
"To my three beautiful girls.
May this give you the
light to find the Shadows.
The power of three will
set you free.
Love, mom."
We never did figure out what this inscription meant.
(PRUE turns and walks away tossing over her shoulder as she walks out into the
main hall.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: No. We should send it to Phoebe. That girl is so in the dark,
maybe a little bit of light would help.
(PIPER puts the Spirit Board back where she got it.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: You're always so hard on her.
(PIPER picks up her bags and puts them aside.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: Piper, she has no vision, no sense of the future.
PIPER HALLIWELL: I really think Phoebe's coming around.
PRUE HALLIWELL: Well, as long as she doesn't come around here, I guess it's
good news.
(PRUE turns around and leaves to get back to work. PIPER is suddenly very, very
quiet and looking very, very guilty about something.)
(Off PIPER, we see lightning flashing. Thunder continues to rumble outside.)
CUE SOUND: TELEPHONE RINGS.
(Piper turns and answers the phone.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: (to phone) Hello? Jeremy? How are you? Where are you?
INTERCUT WITH:
[INT. SERENA FREDRICK'S APARTMENT -- NIGHT]
(News people with cameras walk by. Jeremy is on the phone with Piper.)
JEREMY BURNS: (to phone) I'm sorry about the bad connection, Piper. I'm in
North Beach covering a story. I wanted to see if you got your package. (He
smiles.) Well, anything to help.
(As he listens, he turns and sees an officer car pull up the front.)
JEREMY BURNS: (to phone) Well, hey, look this detective I've been waiting for
has finally arrived so I'll call you later, okay?
(He hangs up and heads over to talk with the detective. The door opens and
DETECTIVE ANDREW "ANDY" TRUDEAU steps out of the car.)
JEREMY BURNS: Detective Trudeau, is it the same M.O. as the other victims?
(Detective Trudeau ignores Jeremy Burns, passes the crowd of curious onlookers
and heads for the Officer standing nearby.)
ANDY TRUDEAU: What have you got for me?
OFFICER: Another dead female. Mid to late twenties.
ANDY TRUDEAU: It's the third one in three weeks. Same murder weapon?
OFFICER: Double edged steel knife.
ANDY TRUDEAU: Some sort of ceremonial tool that isn't supposed to be used for
cutting purposes.
LIGHTNING BOLT FLASH CUT TO:
SCENE #03:
[INT. HALLIWELL MANOR - LIVING ROOM -- NIGHT]
(PIPER stands near the large windows holding the curtain aside as she peers at
something outside. Time's run out. PRUE is standing on the small ladder
looking at the chandelier.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: I don't get it. I have checked everything. There's no reason
why the chandelier shouldn't be working.
(Piper turns and quickly heads over toward Prue.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: Uh -- You know how we've been talking about what to do with
that spare room? I think you're right. We do need a roommate.
(PRUE steps off the small ladder.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: Well, we could rent out the room at a reduced rate in exchange
for help around the house.
PIPER HALLIWELL: Phoebe's good with a wrench.
(PRUE closes the tool kit, turns and heads toward the kitchen.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: Phoebe lives in New York.
PIPER HALLIWELL: Not anymore.
(PRUE stops and turns around.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: What?
PIPER HALLIWELL: She left New York. She's moving back in with us.
(PRUE sighs and heads out of the kitchen.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: You've got to be kidding.
PIPER HALLIWELL: Well, I could hardly say no.
[INT. HALLIWELL MANOR - KITCHEN - NIGHT - CONTINUOUS]
(PIPER follows PRUE in through the dining room.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: It's her house, too. It was willed to all of us.
PRUE HALLIWELL: Yeah, months ago, and we haven't seen or spoken to her since.
(PRUE washes her hands.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: Well, you haven't spoken to her.
PRUE HALLIWELL: No, Switzerland, I haven't. Maybe you've forgotten why I'm so
mad at her.
PIPER HALLIWELL: Of course not, but she had nowhere else to go. She lost her
job, she's in debt.
PRUE HALLIWELL: And this is news? (Piper sighs.) How long have you known
about this anyway?
PIPER HALLIWELL: A couple of days. Maybe a week ... or two.
PRUE HALLIWELL: Great. Thanks for sharing. When does she arrive?
(As if on cue, PHOEBE HALLIWELL pops into the hall.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: Now. Surprise!
(They turn around. She waves the key at them.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: Found the hide-a-key.
(Piper smiles and walks over to Phoebe.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: Phoebe, welcome home! It's so good to see you.
(PIPER and PHOEBE hug. PRUE takes a couple of steps, arms crossed in front of
her.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: Isn't it, Prue?
PRUE HALLIWELL: I'm speechless.
(Off screen, they're interrupted by the cab outside beeping its horn.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: Oh, oh. I forgot about the cab.
PIPER HALLIWELL: I'll get it.
(PIPER turns and smoothly lifts a black purse off the hallway side table. She
heads for the front door.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: Hey, that's my purse!
(PIPER waves to her and rushes toward the door. The door closes behind her.
PHOEBE turns to PRUE.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: Thanks. I'll pay you back.
PRUE HALLIWELL: That's okay. Save your pennies.
(PRUE looks at the backpack on PHOEBE'S shoulder.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: Is that all that you brought?
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: That's all that I own. That and my bike. (An awkward
silence falls between them.) Look, I know that you don't want me here --
PRUE HALLIWELL: (interrupts) We're not selling Grams' house.
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: Is that why you think I came back?
PRUE HALLIWELL: The only reason Piper and I gave up our apartment and moved
back here is because this house has been in our family for generations.
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: No history lesson needed. I grew up here, too. So can we
talk about what's really bothering you?
PRUE HALLIWELL: No, I'm still furious with you.
(PHOEBE cuts to the chase.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: I never touched Roger.
PRUE HALLIWELL: Whoa.
(The front door closes.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: And I know you think otherwise, because that's what that
Armani-wearing, Chardonnay-slugging trust-funder told you.
(PIPER suddenly appears.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: (interrupts) Hey! I got a great idea. Why don't I make a
fabulous reunion dinner?
PRUE HALLIWELL: I'm not hungry.
(PRUE walks away in one direction. PHOEBE picks up her backpack and heads in
the other.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: I ate on the bus.
PIPER HALLIWELL: We'll try the group hug later.
(Thunder rumbles and lightning flashes in the background.
SHORT TIME CUT TO:
SCENE #04:
[INT. HALLIWELL MANOR - DINING ROOM - NIGHT -- LATER]
(Phoebe and Piper sit at the table in the dining room. Phoebe and Piper are
playing with the Spirit Board.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: You shouldn't have called Roger those names. That was cruel.
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: So was Roger. And the more Prue hears that, the sooner
she'll get over that jerk.
(Piper takes a sip from her glass.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: I'm glad to hear that you and Jeremy are still together.
Where did you meet him anyway.
PIPER HALLIWELL: We met at the hospital cafeteria the day Grams was admitted.
He was covering a story, and I was bawling over a bagel, so he handed me a
napkin.
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: How romantic.
PIPER HALLIWELL: As a matter of fact, it was. The napkin had his phone number
on it.
(Phoebe laughs as the pointer continues to move around the board.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: Now, stop-stop pushing the pointer.
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: I'm not even touching it.
PIPER HALLIWELL: You used to always push the pointer.
(Piper picks up her glass and stands up. She picks up Phoebe's glass as well
and heads off for the kitchen.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: Take my turn will you?
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: I forgot your question.
PIPER HALLIWELL: (over her shoulder) I asked if Prue would have sex with
someone other than herself this year.
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: (chuckles) That's disgusting! (to the board) Please say
yes.
(Phoebe looks at the Spirit Board. Suddenly the pointer moves to the letter
"A".)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: (gasps) Piper?
(The pointer suddenly moves and stops on the letter "T".)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: Piper, get in here!
(Phoebe pulls her hands away from the pointer. Piper hurries back to the dining
room. Prue also walks into the room.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: What?
(Phoebe pulls her hands away from the pointer. Prue also walks into the room.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: What did you guys do now?
PIPER HALLIWELL: Me? I didn't do anything.
(Phoebe is freaking out.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: The pointer on the spirit board, it moved on its own. (Piper
smiles; Prue gives Phoebe a look.) I am serious. It spelled A - T.
PIPER HALLIWELL: Well, did you push it?
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: No!
PRUE HALLIWELL: You always used to push the pointer.
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: I was barely even touching it. Look.
(She puts her fingers back on the pointer. It doesn't move. Prue turns and
walks away. Piper starts to move when suddenly, the pointer moves away and back
to the "T".)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: There! It did it again. It moved!
(Prue and Piper turn back to Phoebe. Prue walks up to the table and looks at
the Board.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: It's still on the letter "T."
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: I swear it moved.
(Prue's had enough. She turns and leaves the room completely. Piper watches
her go. Suddenly, the pointer moves. It stops on the letter "I".)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: There. Look! (Piper turns around.) Did you see that?
(The pointer starts moving again It stops on the letter "C". Piper jumps.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: Prue! Can you come in here a sec?
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: I think it's trying to tell us something.
(PHOEBE picks up a pen and paper.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: A-T-T ...
(Prue returns.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: Now what?
(Phoebe flips the envelope over: ATTIC.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: "Attic."
(Lightning flashes and thunder rumbles outside. The chandelier lights go out.)
CUT TO:
SCENE #05:
[INT. MANOR - MAIN HALL / DINING ROOM - NIGHT -- CONTINUOUS]
(We hear them heading toward the main hall. Piper heads for the front door as
Prue follows her.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: I don't care what you think. I'm leaving.
PRUE HALLIWELL: Look. Don't you think you're overreacting? We are perfectly
safe here.
(Piper grabs her coat and puts it on.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: Don't say that. In horror movies, the person who says that is
always the next to die.
PRUE HALLIWELL: It's pouring rain, there's a psycho on the loose, Jeremy's not
even home.
PIPER HALLIWELL: So I'll wait in the cab till he gets home from work.
PRUE HALLIWELL: Oh, that'll be cheap.
PIPER HALLIWELL: Prue, I saw that pointer move.
PRUE HALLIWELL: No. Look, what you saw was Phoebe's fingers pushing the
pointer. She's playing a joke on us. There's nothing in that attic.
PIPER HALLIWELL: We don't know that. We've lived in this house for months now,
and we've never been able to get that attic door open.
(Piper grabs the phone and turns it on. It's dead.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: Great! Now the phone doesn't work.
PRUE HALLIWELL: Of course it doesn't work. The power's out. Look, just go
with me to the basement.
PIPER HALLIWELL: What?!
PRUE HALLIWELL: I need you to hold the flashlight while I check out the main
circuit box.
(Phoebe walks out of the kitchen carrying a flashlight. She heads for the main
stairs.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: Phoebe will go with you to the basement, won't you, Phoebe?
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: No, I'm going to the attic.
PRUE HALLIWELL: No, you're not. We already agreed.
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: I am not waiting for some handyman to check out the attic,
and I'm certainly not waiting until tomorrow. I am going now.
(Phoebe heads upstairs. Prue turns and heads for the basement leaving Piper
alone in the foyer. Piper takes off after Prue.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: Prue, wait!
CUT TO:
SCENE #06:
[INT. MANOR - STAIRS TO ATTIC - NIGHT]
(Phoebe slowly climbs the attic stairs. She sees the closed door and walks up
to it. She grabs the door knob and tries to open it. It doesn't budge. She
tries again and again. Finally, giving up, she sighs, turns and heads back down
the stairs.)
(The attic door creaks opens.)
(Phoebe stops and turns around. The attic door is wide open. She heads into
the attic.)
[INT. MANOR - ATTIC - NIGHT -- CONTINUOUS]
(Phoebe looks around the large, spacious room at the various pieces of furniture
stored away in this room she's never been in before. At the far end of the
attic room, light from the ceiling above shines down on the trunk. It catches
her attention and she walks over to it.)
(Phoebe approaches the trunk. She puts her flashlight aside and opens it.
Inside is a large, green-colored antique book with the triquetra symbol etched
into its cover.)
(She reaches in and picks up the large book. She lifts up the book and blows
the thick layer of dust off of the cover. She opens the cover to the title
page: The Book of Shadows, 1693.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: The Book of Shadows.
(She flips the page over and sees an etching.)
(She turns the page and hesitantly reads the writing inside.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: (reading)
"Hear now the words of the witches,
the secrets we hid in the night.
The oldest of spells are invoked here.
Great work of magic is sought.
[INT. MANOR - MAIN HALL - NIGHT - CONTINUOUS]
(PRUE and PIPER stand in the main hall.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: Phoebe!
(There's no answer.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: (sighs) She should be back by now.
PIPER HALLIWELL: You go first.
(Prue starts up the stairs; Piper follows.)
[INT. MANOR - ATTIC - NIGHT -- CONTINUOUS]
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: (reading)
In this night and in this hour,
I call upon the ancient power.
Bring your powers to we sisters three.
We want the power.
Give us the power."
[INT. MANOR - MAIN HALL - NIGHT - CONTINUOUS]
(The chandelier hanging from the foyer ceiling starts to jingle and bounce, the
crystals clinking against each other. Unnatural blue light from above the
ceiling shines down on the chandelier causing it to shimmer, glimmer and shine
allowing it to illuminate the entire room. This is no ordinary light.)
FRAMED PHOTO ON TABLE TOP
(Camera slowly pushes in on a small photo of Piper, Prue and Phoebe standing in
front of the house. They are also standing about a foot apart from each other
in the photo.)
(The images on the photo glimmer and the figures of Piper and Phoebe magically
move closer in to Prue till they're standing next to each other.)
(The images in the photo stop moving. The jingling stops.)
[INT. MANOR - ATTIC - NIGHT - CONTINUOUS]
(Prue and Piper walk into the attic surprising Phoebe.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: What are you doing?
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: Uh, reading ... an incantation. It was in this Book of
Shadows. I found it in that trunk.
(Prue kneels down to look at the Book.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: Let me see that.
(Prue looks through it.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: How did you get in here?
(Phoebe stands up and grins at Piper.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: The door opened.
(Piper raises her eyebrows at this.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: Wait a minute. An incantation? What kind of incantation?
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: Well, it said something about there being three essentials of
magic -- feeling, timing and the phases of the moon. If we were ever going to
do this, now, midnight on a full moon -- was the most powerful time.
PIPER HALLIWELL: "This"? Do what, "this"?
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: Receive our powers.
(Prue glances up at them, but doesn't say anything.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: Our powers? Wait. Our powers? You included me in this?
PRUE HALLIWELL: No, she included all of us. "Bring your powers to we sisters
three." It's a book of witchcraft.
PIPER HALLIWELL: Let me see that.
(Prue stands up and hands the Book to Piper.)
(Camera holds on the triquetra symbol on the cover.)
CUT TO:
SCENE #07:
(Close on the triquetra tattoo on the woman's right shoulder near her shoulder
blade. A camera snaps.)
[INT. SERENA FREDRICK'S APARTMENT -- NIGHT]
(ANDY puts the sheet back down over the body.)
OFFICER: What is it?
ANDY TRUDEAU: I don't know. It's the same tattoo that we found on the other
three victims.
OFFICER: So, the murderer is killing women who belong to cults.
ANDY TRUDEAU: No, these women didn't belong to a cult, they-they practiced
their craft alone. These women are witches.
OFFICER: The murderer is killing witches?
ANDY TRUDEAU: He's just not killing them, he's hunting them.
(Kit meows.)
(Andy looks down and sees Kit. He kneels down and checks the tag around her
collar. He finds that it's the same symbol as SERENA FREDERICK'S tattoo.)
CUT TO:
SCENE #08:
[INT. MANOR - STAIRS TO FIRST FLOOR / MAIN HALL -- NIGHT]
(The girls head down stairs.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: Spirit boards, books of witchcraft. It figures all this freaky
stuff started when you arrived.
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: Hey, I wasn't the one that found the spirit board.
(They argue as they walk down the stairs.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: It wasn't my fingers sliding around on the pointer.
PIPER HALLIWELL: It doesn't matter because nothing happened, right, Phoebe,
when you did the incantation?
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: Well, my head spun around, and I vomited split pea soup. How
should I know?
PIPER HALLIWELL: Well, everything looks the same.
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: Yeah, you're right.
PRUE HALLIWELL: Yeah. The house still needs work.
(Prue heads for the kitchen. Phoebe follows her. Piper lingers, looking around
the house.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: Everything feels the same, so nothing's changed. ,Right?
(Cut to: The framed photo of the three sisters -changed-- now standing close to
each other.)
(Camera lingers on the photo.)
CUT TO:
SCENE #09:
[EXT. HALLIWELL MANOR - SIDEWALK -- NIGHT]
(A hooded figure stands in front of the house. He turns and walks down the wet
sidewalk in the pouring rain.)
(Lightning flashes and thunder rumbles.)
DISSOLVE TO:
SCENE #10:
[EXT. MANOR - FRONT DRIVE -- DAY]
(Piper is out in the yard cutting some fresh herbs off the bushes. She sees
Phoebe in her robe and carrying a cup walking toward her.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: You're up early.
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: I never went to sleep.
PIPER HALLIWELL: Don't tell me you put on a black conical hat and spent the
night flying around the neighborhood on a broomstick.
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: (chuckles) The only broom I've ever had was kept in a closet
beside a mop.
PIPER HALLIWELL: So what were you doing?
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: Reading. Is Prue around?
PIPER HALLIWELL: She went to work early. Reading ... aloud?
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: (excited) No, but ... according to the Book of Shadows, one
of our ancestors was a witch named Melinda Warren.
PIPER HALLIWELL: And we have a cousin who's a drunk, an aunt who's manic, and a
father who's invisible.
(Piper turns and heads for the house. Phoebe follows her.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: I'm serious. She practiced powers. Three powers. She could
move objects with her mind, see the future, and stop time. But before Melinda
was burned at the stake, she vowed that each generation of Warren witches would
become stronger and stronger, culminating in the arrival of three sisters.
[INT. MANOR - FOYER/ MAIN HALL - DAY - CONTINUOUS]
(Piper walks into the house; Phoebe follows her. They stop in the foyer. Piper
grabs her bag and her clothes.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: (continues) Now, these sisters would be the most powerful
witches the world has ever known. I think we're those sisters.
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.
(Piper kisses Phoebe on her cheek.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: So take that, Nancy Drew.
(Piper steps out of the house with her bag and things.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: We're the protectors of the innocent.
(Piper walks down the front steps.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: We're known as "The Charmed Ones".
PIPER HALLIWELL: Mm-hmm.
(Phoebe watches as Piper continues to head for her car. She turns and heads
back into the house.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: (gruffly) And I beg to differ about Grams.
(She closes the front door.)
CUT TO:
[EXT. MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (STOCK) - DAY]
ROGER: (v.o.) There's been a change of plans.
SCENE #11:
[INT. MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY -- DAY]
(Roger and Prue walk into the room.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: Change of plans? Regarding the Beals Exhibition?
ROGER: The extra money that you helped raise through private donations has
sparked significant corporate interest. The Beals artifacts will now become
part of our permanent collection.
PRUE HALLIWELL: Well, that's terrific.
ROGER: Which is why the board wants someone a little more ... qualified to
handle the collection from now on. You look surprised.
PRUE HALLIWELL: I don't know why. I'm furious. Not only have I been on this
project since its inception, but I'm the curator who secured the entire
exhibition. (realizes) You're the person a little more qualified, aren't you?
ROGER: I could hardly say no to the entire Board of Directors, could I? But I
know you'll be happy for me. After all, what's good for me is definitely good
for you. Right, Miss Halliwell?
(He slips his pen into his shirt pocket.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: Miss Halliwell? Since when did we stop being on a first-name
basis? When we stopped sleeping together or when I returned your engagement
ring, Roger?
ROGER: I didn't realize the two were mutually exclusive, although I certainly
enjoyed one more than the other.
PRUE HALLIWELL: Bastard.
(Prue glares at him, turns and walks away.)
ROGER: Uh, Prue, wait!
(Prue stops and turns around.)
ROGER: I feel like I should say something, if only to avoid a lawsuit.
CUE SOUND: MAGIC
(The pen in his shirt pocket leaks ink. He looks down and notices. He removes
the pen from his pocket and looks at it. He removes the cover to look inside
and the blue ink sprays him in the face.)
ROGER: Oh.
CUT TO:
[EXT. CABLE CAR (STOCK) - DAY]
[EXT. RISTORANTE - DAY]
SCENE #12:
[INT. RISTORANTE - KITCHEN -- DAY]
(Piper stirs the sauce in the pot. She scoops it up and smells it. She walks
over to the counter and picks up the port and measuring cup. She pours the port
into the measuring cup.)
CHEF SHERIDAN MOORE: (french accent) Your time ...
(Piper's eyes widen. Chef Moore steps into the kitchen and claps his hands
loudly.)
CHEF SHERIDAN MOORE: (French accent) ... ees up.
(Piper turns around. She's not done yet. Chef Moore picks up the cards and
starts reading her planned menu.)
CHEF SHERIDAN MOORE: Let's see, uh ... "Roast Pork with Gratin of Florence
Fennel and Penne with a Port Giblet Sauce."
PIPER HALLIWELL: Uh, Chef Moore.
CHEF SHERIDAN MOORE: What?
PIPER HALLIWELL: Uh, the port ...
(She glances behind her. He picks up a fork and takes a sample of the pasta.)
CHEF SHERIDAN MOORE: Yes, without eet, the sauce ees nothing more than a salty
marinara, a recipe from a woman's magazine. Pfft!
PIPER HALLIWELL: I didn't have time for--
(He doesn't want to hear it.)
CHEF SHERIDAN MOORE: (interrupts) ah--ah--ah!
PIPER HALLIWELL: But - but ...
(Chef Moore raises the fork to his mouth. In a panic, Piper waves her hands and
freezes him. Chef Moore is frozen in mid-pose, the fork mere inches from his
open mouth.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: Chef Moore? Ha ha.
(She waves her hand in front of his face. He doesn't move.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: Chef Moore? Ha ha.
(Piper steps aside and waves at him again.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: Hello?
(She tries again. He doesn't move.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: Hello?!
(She waves to him. Still, he doesn't move.)
(The port.)
(Piper glances at the port and walks over to get it. She picks up the baster
and a sample of the port. She adds a few drops to the pasta on Chef Moore's
fork.)
(Time resumes.)
(Chef Moore tastes the food, his eyes close in pleasure.)
CHEF SHERIDAN MOORE: Mmm! Zat ees very good. C'est magnifique, eh?
(Piper nods nervously.)
CUT TO:
SCENE #13:
[EXT. SIDEWALK -- DAY]
(Piper's on the phone in the nearby sidewalk phone booth. We hear the phone
ringing. She impatiently waits for Phoebe to answer.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: (to phone) Come on, Phoebe. You've got to be there. Phoebe,
answer the phone. Answer the phone.
(The phone rings. Piper can't wait anymore. She hangs up. She turns around
and exits the phone booth. Piper quickly turns around and finds Jeremy standing
in front of her.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: (gasps) Aah! Oh god, Jeremy! You scared me.
JEREMY BURNS: I--I can see. I'm sorry. You okay?
PIPER HALLIWELL: Yeah, now I am. I really am. Um ... what are you doing here?
JEREMY BURNS: Well, I wanted to be the first one to congratulate you on your
new job.
PIPER HALLIWELL: You're always surprising me. How did you know?
JEREMY BURNS: We prepared your specialty, and anyone who's ever sampled your
work can truly see how talented you are.
PIPER HALLIWELL: I get so turned on when you talk about food.
JEREMY BURNS: (smiles) Hot dogs ... hamburgers ... (He pulls her closer to
him.) ... pizza.
(They kiss.)
CUT TO:
SCENE #14:
[EXT. ROAD -- DAY]
(Phoebe zooms past the camera on her bicycle. She rides down the street when
she's hit with a premonition.)
(Quick premonition of: Phoebe sees two boys on skateboards riding down the
street.)
(Cut back to: Phoebe continues to ride her bicycle.)
(Back to Premonition: A car drives down the street. Phoebe sees the two kids
skateboarding, unaware of the oncoming car. The car beeps its horn. The two
kids roll into the car and get hit.)
(End of premonition. Resume to present.)
(Phoebe's riding her bike. She sees the car coming down the street toward her.)
(She clears the street and sees two boys on skate boards head straight in the
path of the car.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: No! Wait! Stop! Watch out!
(Phoebe rides her bike toward the two kids. She rides past the two kids. The
car horn beeps. Phoebe crashes her bike into the parked car in the driveway,
stopping the two boys from riding onto the road.)
(She falls on the road. The car swerves to avoid her and misses the two boys
completely.)
(The boys see the car and stop to help Phoebe up.)
[KIT THE CAT]
(The cat turns and watches the scene.)
(The two boys and a third person runs out to the road to help Phoebe.)
DISSOLVE TO:
[EXT. HOSPITAL (STOCK) - NIGHT]
SCENE #15:
[INT. HOSPITAL -- NIGHT]
(Prue walks into the hospital and stops and the reception desk. The nurse there
is already helping a man.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: Hi, um, I'm looking for my sister, Phoebe Halliwell.
ADMITTING NURSE: One second, please. (The nurse walks over to the other man at
the counter.) What's the name again?
ANDY TRUDEAU: Detective Andy Trudeau. Homicide. (Prue recognizes the name.)
Dr. Gordon's expecting me.
(The nurse turns and leaves for a moment.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: Detective Andy Trudeau?
(He turns and looks at her, recognizes her and smiles.)
ANDY TRUDEAU: Prue? (Prue smiles.) I haven't see you since ...
PRUE HALLIWELL: High sch-
ANDY TRUDEAU: ... we broke up.
PRUE HALLIWELL: Yeah, talk about full circle. I'm even living back at my
Grams' house now. So, what are you doing here?
ANDY TRUDEAU: Uh ... I'm investigating a murder. Uh, the victim was a nurse
here.
PRUE HALLIWELL: I think I read about that in the paper. It's pretty creepy.
ANDY TRUDEAU: Yeah. So, what are you doing here?
PRUE HALLIWELL: Oh, just picking up Phoebe. She had some sort of accident.
(The nurse returns.)
ADMITTING NURSE: (to Prue) Your sister is to the right and down the hall. (to
Andy) Dr. Gordon is to the left and down the hall.
PRUE HALLIWELL: Thank you.
ANDY TRUDEAU: Thank you.
(The nurse leaves. Prue and Andy smile at each other.)
ANDY TRUDEAU: It's great seeing you, Prue.
PRUE HALLIWELL: Yeah, you, too.
ANDY TRUDEAU: Bye.
PRUE HALLIWELL: Bye.
(Andy turns and leaves. He glances back at her as he goes.)
(Prue turns and Phoebe walks up to her. She smiles.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: Hey.
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: We need to talk ... and not about Roger.
PRUE HALLIWELL: Okay.
CUT TO:
SCENE #16:
[INT. BAR (STOCK) -- NIGHT]
(Prue and Phoebe sit at the bar.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: The Chosen Ones, The Charmed Ones. Phoebe, this is insane.
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: (sighs) Are you telling me that nothing strange happened to
you today? You didn't freeze time or move anything?
PRUE HALLIWELL: Roger took an exhibit away from me. Look, Phoebe, you may
think that you can see the future, which is pretty ironic --
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: Since you don't think I have one? Th-that my vision of life
is cloudy, compared to your perfect hell? Even if you don't want to believe me,
just once can't you trust me?
PRUE HALLIWELL: I do not have special powers.
(The small container of cream slides across the bar toward Prue.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: Really?
CUE SOUND: MAGIC
(The cream magically drains out of the container and appears in Prue's cup. As
she watches the cup fills, heats up and boils.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: Looks pretty special to me.
PRUE HALLIWELL: (shakes head) Oh, my God. It just--So, um ... I can move
things with my mind?
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: With how much you hold inside, you should be a lethal weapon
by now.
PRUE HALLIWELL: I don't believe it, but it's true.
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: This must mean that Piper can freeze time.
(Prue reaches over, grabs Phoebe's drink and drains the entire glass in one
gulp.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: Are you okay?
PRUE HALLIWELL: No, I'm not okay! You've turned me into a witch!
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: You were born one. We all were. And I think we better start
learning to deal with that.
CUT TO:
[EXT. STREET (STOCK) - NIGHT]
(A taxi drives by.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: (v.o.) Has anything weird ...
SCENE #17:
[INT. TAXI (MOVING) -- NIGHT]
(Piper and Jeremy ride home from their dinner. Piper holds a container of left-
over Chinese food in her hand.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: ... or unexplainable ever happened to you?
JEREMY BURNS: Sure. It's called luck or fate. Some call it miracles. Why?
What happened?
PIPER HALLIWELL: Forget it. Even if I could tell you, you'd swear I was crazy.
(She opens the container and hands Jeremy a fortune cookie.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: Open your fortune cookie.
(He takes it and opens it.)
JEREMY BURNS: Okay. (reads) "Soon you will be on top."
PIPER HALLIWELL: It doesn't say that.
JEREMY BURNS: Yes, it does.
PIPER HALLIWELL: Let me see.
(She looks at it.)
JEREMY BURNS: Is that a bad thing?
PIPER HALLIWELL: (reads) "Of the world. Soon you will be on top of the
world."
JEREMY BURNS: (to driver) Oh. Can you make a left on seventh, please?
PIPER HALLIWELL: Seventh? I thought we were going to your place.
JEREMY BURNS: We are, but you reminded me of something. I want to show you the
old Bowing building. The view of the Bay Bridge -- it's amazing.
CUT TO:
SCENE #18:
[EXT. BAR (STOCK) -- NIGHT]
(Phoebe and Prue step out onto the sidewalk.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: When I was looking at the Book of Shadows, I saw these wood
carvings. They looked like something out of a Bosch painting. All these
terrifying images of these three women battling different incarnations of evil.
PRUE HALLIWELL: Evil fighting evil, that's a twist.
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: Actually, a witch can be either good or evil. A good witch
follows a wiccan rede: "An it harm none, do what ye will." If a witch violates
this oath, they become known as a warlock, regardless of their gender. A
warlock has but one goal: To kill witches and obtain their powers.
Unfortunately, they look like regular people. It could be anyone anywhere.
PRUE HALLIWELL: Okay, wait a second. And this has what to do with us?
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: The women in the first wood carving, they were in slumber,
but in the second one, they were battling some sort of warlock. I think as long
as we were in the dark about our powers, we were safe. But not anymore.
(Phoebe looks around.)
(Camera holds on Prue's concerned look.)
CUT TO:
SCENE #19:
[INT. WAREHOUSE -- NIGHT]
(Jeremy pushes the door open.)
JEREMY BURNS: Well, here we are.
(Piper peers into the dark, empty warehouse.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: I don't care how amazing the view is, I'm not going in there.
(Jeremy grabs her hand and urges her inside.)
JEREMY BURNS: Come on, come on. I have a surprise inside.
(Jeremy leads her into the building.)
SCENE #20:
[INT. FREIGHT ELEVATOR - NIGHT -- CONTINUOUS]
(They step inside the freight elevator. He closes the wooden doors and presses
the button that would take them to the top of the building.)
JEREMY BURNS: You are going to love this. I bet you tell Phoebe and Prue the
moment you see them.
PIPER HALLIWELL: I never mentioned Phoebe came home.
JEREMY BURNS: Oops.
(Jeremy takes out an athame and points it at her. Piper takes a step back.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: What is that?
JEREMY BURNS: It's your surprise.
PIPER HALLIWELL: Jeremy, stop it. You're scaring me. Damn it, I'm serious!
JEREMY BURNS: So am I! See, I've waited six months for this. Ever since Grams
went to the hospital. You see, I've known for quite some time that the moment
the old witch croaked that all your powers would be released, powers that would
reveal themselves as soon as the three of you got together again. All that was
needed was for Phoebe to return.
PIPER HALLIWELL: It's you, isn't you? You killed all those women.
JEREMY BURNS: Not women. Witches.
PIPER HALLIWELL: Why?
(He holds out his right hand. Like matches, his fingertips light up.)
JEREMY BURNS: It was the only way to get their power.
(He puts his hand down.)
JEREMY BURNS: (demon voice) And now I want yours.
(Piper screams.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: Aah!
(He raises his athame to strike her. Piper panics and motions with her hands.
Jeremy freezes. The elevator stops moving. Time stops. Piper opens her eyes
and gasps.)
(She steps out of his grip and looks around.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: Okay, think, stay calm, think, think, think. You gotta get
out of here. Okay, okay.
(Piper climbs out of the freight elevator. Before she can get out fully, Jeremy
unfreezes and grabs her ankle.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: Aah!
(Piper grabs onto the pieces of wood in front of her to stop him from pulling
her back into the elevator. She reaches out and latches onto a two-by-four.
She turns and swings clipping him in the face.)
JEREMY BURNS: Unh.
(He lets her go and falls against the elevator wall.)
(Piper scrambles to her feet and runs out of the warehouse.)
CUT TO:
SCENE #21:
[INT. MANOR - MAIN HALL -- NIGHT]
(Phoebe is going through the mail. The answering machine beeps.)
ROGER: (answering machine) Prue, it's Roger. Look, I'm sorry about what
happened, today. Call okay? No matter how late.
(Prue walks in carrying Kit. As she walks by, she turns the answering machine
off. It beeps.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: Well, Piper's definitely not home unless she's turned into a
cat.
(Prue opens the front door to let the cat out.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: How did the cat get in?
PRUE HALLIWELL: I don't know. You must have left a window open. Uh, did Piper
leave a message?
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: No. She's probably out with Jeremy. Roger called.
PRUE HALLIWELL: Yeah, that's why I pressed the delete button.
(Phoebe and Prue share a disgusted look; off screen, the back door slams shut.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: (o.s.) Prue! Phoebe!
(Piper runs into the house and closes the door behind her. She's in a panic.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: In here.
(Having secured the front door, Piper heads for them.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: Piper? Oh, my god, what happened to you?
PIPER HALLIWELL: Quick! Lock the doors, check the windows. We don't have a lot
of time. In the Book of Shadows, did it say how to get rid of a --
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: A warlock?
SHORT TIME CUT TO:
SCENE #22:
[INT. HALLIWELL MANOR - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT]
(Piper and Prue push a large counter across the front doors. Prue runs for the
phone and picks it up.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: I'm calling the cops.
(Piper grabs the phone from her.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: And tell them what? That we're witches? That some freak with
powers beyond comprehension is trying to kill us? Besides, even if the cops did
come, they'd be no match for Jeremy. And we'd be next.
(Phoebe rushes down the stairs and stops near the top. She's holding the Book
of Shadows in her arms.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: I found the answer. It's our only hope. Come on!
(Phoebe heads back up the stairs; Piper and Prue follow.)
CUT TO:
SCENE #23:
[EXT. SIDEWALK - NIGHT]
(Jeremy runs down the sidewalk and heads for the manor.)
CUT TO:
SCENE #24:
[INT. HALLIWELL MANOR - ATTIC - NIGHT]
TOP VIEW DOWN:
(Prue, Piper and Phoebe sit on the attic floor. Between them is a circle of
nine lit candles.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: Okay, we've placed the nine candles anointed with the oils and
herbs in a circle.
PRUE HALLIWELL: Where are the roses that Jeremy gave you?
PIPER HALLIWELL: Right here.
(Piper holds up a red rose.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: Okay. Then all we need is the poppet.
(Piper produces the poppet. She takes the red rose and places it in the
poppet.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: Okay, I'm ready.
PIPER HALLIWELL: (recites)
Your love will wither and depart
from my life and my heart.
(She adds more roses, making sure the thorns pierce the poppet.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: (recites)
Let me be, Jeremy,
and go away forever.
(They look at each other.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: The spell is complete.
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: Okay. Let's hope it works.
(Piper holds the poppet for a little while longer. She looks around, then
quickly puts the poppet and the roses inside the dish in the center of the
circle of candles.)
(Immediately, the poppet and roses flare taking the girls by surprise.)
CUT TO:
SCENE #25:
[EXT. STREET - SIDEWALK -- NIGHT]
(As he runs along the sidewalk, Jeremy suddenly doubles over in pain. He cries
out in agony.)
(Rose thorns burse out from his back, neck, face and from all over his body.)
CUT TO:
SCENE #26:
[INT. MANOR - STAIRS / MAIN HALL - NIGHT -- CONTINUOUS]
PRUE HALLIWELL: Do you think it worked?
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: Let's hope so.
PIPER HALLIWELL: I still can't believe it was Jeremy.
(They reach the main hall. Phoebe turns and gasps.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: What is it?
PIPER HALLIWELL: What's wrong?
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: The incantation. It didn't work.
PIPER HALLIWELL: What?
PRUE HALLIWELL: How do you know?
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: Because I just saw Jeremy. He ...
(Jeremy bursts through the front door.)
JEREMY BURNS: Hello, ladies.
(Jeremy reaches up and pulls off some excess skin from his face.)
(Prue turns around and puts herself in front of her sisters, her arms out to the
side to protect them.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: (warning) Piper ... Phoebe ... Get out of here now!
(Piper and Phoebe run upstairs.)
(Prue squints and uses her power to push Jeremy back into the door frame.)
(Jeremy laughs.)
JEREMY BURNS: Cool parlor trick, bitch. You were always the tough one, weren't
you, Prue? Huh? (Jeremy gets to his feet.) You didn't even cry at your
Mommy's funeral.
PRUE HALLIWELL: And I won't be crying at yours.
(Prue jerks her head again, using her power to slam Jeremy back against the
wall. He slides slowly to the floor.)
(Prue turns and heads upstairs to the attic.)
CUT TO:
SCENE #27:
[INT. MANOR - ATTIC - NIGHT -- CONTINUOUS]
(They push the dresser drawers up against the door.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: Phoebe, I'm sorry.
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: For what?
(They stack a chair on top of the drawers.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: Not trusting you.
(Jeremy chuckles. The door starts to glow red.)
(Prue, Phoebe and Piper back up.)
[JEREMY]
(Jeremy is still sitting on the floor on the ground floor. He laughs evilly.)
[ATTIC]
(A circle of fire bursts around them trapping the sisters inside.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: What do we do?
PIPER HALLIWELL: We're trapped.
(The circle of fire around their feet disappears. In its place, a large snake
circles them. The girls turn, see the snake and scream.)
(The snake has Jeremy's face on it. Jeremy chuckles.)
(He circles and strikes at them.)
(Suddenly, he vanishes and a vortex of wind whirls powerfully around them. The
girls cling to the beam in the center of the attic.)
(Jeremy's laughter is heard through the attic door. The sides of the door glow
red, then explode. They scream. Jeremy steps into the attic.)
(The girls scream. Jeremy laughs at them.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: Come on! We'll face him together! You remember the spirit
board?
PIPER HALLIWELL: The inscription on the back!
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: "The power of three will set us free."
(Phoebe and Piper start chanting.)
PHOEBE AND PIPER:
The power of three will set us free. /
The power of three will set us free. /
(Phoebe turns to look at Prue.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: Prue! We cannot do this without you. Say it!
(Jeremy laughs.)
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: You have got to trust me!
(Prue looks at Phoebe. Phoebe nods encouraging to her. Prue nods. They all
start chanting together.)
ALL:
The power of three will set us free. /
The power of three will set us free. /
The power of three will set us free. /
(Prue takes up position in the center of Phoebe and Piper; all three girls
holding each other's hands.)
ALL:
The power of three will set us free. /
The power of three will set us free. /
JEREMY: No-o-o!
ALL:
The power of three will set us free.
(They continue to chant. Outside the vortex, Jeremy steps closer to them,
gloating at them.)
ALL:
The power of three will set us free.
JEREMY: I am not the only one!
ALL:
The power of three will set us free.
(The chanting continues.)
JEREMY: I'm one of millions ... in places you can't even imagine, in forms you
would never believe. We are all around you! You won't be the last! You will
never be safe! And you will never be ... free!
(Jeremy raises his fists and lets out a roar. Suddenly, he explodes. The girls
turn their heads away.)
(The vortex disappears.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: The Power of Three.
(They sigh with relief.)
FADE TO:
[EXT. HALLIWELL MANOR (STOCK) - MORNING]
SCENE #28:
[EXT. HALLIWELL MANOR - FRONT WALKWAY - DAY]
(Prue steps out of the house and picks up the newspaper. She turns to go
inside.)
ANDY TRUDEAU: (o.s.) Good morning.
(Prue turns around and sees Andy standing next to his car.)
PRUE HALLIWELL: Hey. This is a surprise.
(He chuckles and meets her halfway up the stairs.)
ANDY TRUDEAU: Yeah. I heard a neighbor complain about a noise last night. I
was just wondering, is everything okay? Or did you throw a party you didn't
invite me to?
PRUE HALLIWELL: No, I'm fine and believe me, there was no party here last
night. I don't know why anyone complained.
ANDY TRUDEAU: Some people are strange.
(Piper and Phoebe exit the house. Phoebe's holding Kit in her arms.)
PIPER HALLIWELL: (to Phoebe) I told you I heard a man's voice.
ANDY TRUDEAU: Hey Piper. Phoebe.
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: Hi.
PIPER HALLIWELL: Hey Stranger.
(Kit meows. Andy takes notice of the cat.)
ANDY TRUDEAU: Is that your cat?
PHOEBE HALLIWELL: It is now.
ANDY TRUDEAU: It looks familiar. Well, I'll see you later then.
(Andy turns to leave. He walks down a couple of steps, stops and turns around.
He looks as if he's got something he wants top say.)
PRUE, PHOEBE, PIPER: Yes?
ANDY TRUDEAU: (shrugs) Some other time.
(Kit meows.)
(Andy leaves.)
(They watch as Andy heads back to his car.)
PRUE: Do you think Andy knows about?
PIPER: No.
(Prue looks at the cat in Phoebe's arms. We note the triquetra on her collar.
Prue smirks at the cat.)
PRUE: I think he knows about us.
PHOEBE: Who would ever believe him anyway?
PIPER: That's true. (They turn and head back into the house.) So, what are we
going to do now?
PRUE: Same thing that we've always done. Borrow each other's clothes, hog the
phone. But no matter what, we'll always be sisters, right?
PHOEBE: Yeah. Sister witches.
(Phoebe and Piper disappear into the house. Prue steps across the threshold and
looks at the open door. With a smile and a look, she points to the door,
telekinetically shutting it.)
(The door closes behind her.)
FADE TO BLACK.
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TITLE/OPENING CREDITS
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CHARMED
1X00: PILOT [UNAIRED]
UNAIRED
TRANSCRIBED FROM MASTER DUB
Starring:
SHANNEN DOHERTY as Prudence ("Prue") Halliwell
HOLLY MARIE COMBS as Piper Halliwell
LORI ROM as Phoebe Halliwell
CHRIS BOYD as Detective Andy Trudeau
Produced by LES SHELDON
Executive Producer: CONSTANCE M. BURGE
Written by: CONSTANCE M. BURGE
Directed by: BRUCE SETH GREEN
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END CREDITS
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Executive Producer: AARON SPELLING
Executive Producer: E. DUKE VINCENT
Spelling Television (a subsidiary of Spelling Entertainment Group, Inc.
Dated:04/22/2005~lky
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