CHARMED
1X09: THE WITCH IS BACK
PROD NO.: 4398008
ORIGINAL AIR DATE ON WB: 12/16/1998
TRANSCRIBED FROM WB/TNT
Written by: SHERYL J. ANDERSON
Directed by RICHARD DENAULT
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RATING: TV-PG-LSV
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SUMMARY: When Prue is tricked into freeing an ancient warlock trapped inside a
locket up for auction at Buckland, The Charmed Ones call upon their first
ancestor, Melinda Warren, to help them curse the warlock back into the locket.
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CHARMED
1X09: THE WITCH IS BACK
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FADE IN.
[EXT. TOWN SQUARE - PAST -- DAY]
LEGEND:
SALEM MASSACHUSETTS, 1692
(Establish. The townspeople mill about the town square.)
FADE IN.
[INT. LOCAL JAIL BUILDING - PAST -- DAY]
(From inside the darkened jail, the outer door opens and two men walk into the
establishment. They turn and walk into the room. The jailer takes out a key
from his leather pouch and unlocks the door.)
(He turns the key and pulls the heavy, wooden door open.)
[INT. JAIL CELL - PAST - DAY - CONTINUOUS]
(The door opens to the small jail cell. The cell is flooded with sunlight from
the barred windows. Standing in the far corner of the jail cell, Melinda Warren
turns around to see who it is. Matthew Tate steps into the small, well-lit
cell.)
MELINDA WARREN: Matthew.
MATTHEW TATE: Hello, Melinda.
(Matthew steps into the cell. The door closes behind him.)
MELINDA WARREN: Why? Why did you betray me?
MATTHEW TATE: You got what you deserve.
MELINDA WARREN: So, you never loved me? All the passion? All the heat?
MATTHEW TATE: I had to make you trust me. It was the only way to share your
powers.
MELINDA WARREN: And so now you have them. So why would you turn me in? You
know I'll burn.
(Matthew chuckles.)
MATTHEW TATE: I had to keep my secret.
MELINDA WARREN: Well, you can keep your trinkets, too.
(She tears the pewter locket off from around her neck and tosses it to him. He
catches it.)
MATTHEW TATE: (taunts) I'll find another witch to give it to.
(He opens the locket and looks inside. Melinda smiles in triumph.)
MELINDA WARREN: Maybe not.
(Matthew takes out the small piece of parchment. It flashes in his hand and
starts to burn.)
MATTHEW TATE: What magic is this?
MELINDA WARREN: I'm taking back the powers you stole from me.
(A magical whirlwind forms around Matthew, trapping him for the moment. Melinda
starts her spell.)
MELINDA WARREN: (chants)
Outside of time, outside of gain,
know only sorrow, know only pain!
MATTHEW TATE: Noooo!
(Matthew is sucked into the locket. The locket glows golden, sealing him inside
it. It slams shut.)
(Melinda smiles.)
DISSOLVE TO:
[EXT. BUCKLAND AUCTION HOUSE - DAY]
[INT. BUCKLAND'S AUCTION HOUSE -- PRUE'S OFFICE -- DAY]
(Open on the same locket. It's on a bed of black velvet along with other
jewelry pieces. Rex Buckland carries the tray of jewelry into Prue's office.
He places it on her desk alongside the other trays.)
(He grabs that particular locket and tries to get it open.)
(Prue walks into her office and sees him.)
PRUE: Rex.
(Rex quickly puts the locket down.)
REX BUCKLAND: Ah. Good morning, Prue. I've, uh, left a few things for you to
catalog -- a marvelous shipment from an estate back east.
PRUE: I'll get right on it.
REX BUCKLAND: Thanks.
(Rex turns and leaves the office.)
(Prue sighs. She looks down and picks up the locket off the tray. She looks at
it for a moment, then opens it easily.)
(A haze of smoke rises up from inside the locket. Prue's office door slams
shut. Prue looks up. The locket flashes gold.)
(The whirlwind comes out from the locket growing larger in front of Prue.
Matthew Tate, crying out in pain, appears in front of her.)
MATTHEW TATE: Aaah!
(The whirlwind leaves.)
MATTHEW TATE: At last! Freedom. The world has changed. What time is this?
PRUE: Excuse me?
MATTHEW TATE: Where am I?
PRUE: Who are you?
MATTHEW TATE: Matthew Tate. And if you freed me from that locket, you are a
descendant of Melinda Warren.
(With his hand outstretched, Matthew takes a few steps toward Prue. Close
enough to touch her, Prue squints and pushes Matthew Tate away from her. He
flies up backward and crashes against the far door.)
(He takes a moment, then looks at her, apparently not bothered by it at all.)
MATTHEW TATE: Thank you.
PRUE: For what?
(Matthew stands up.)
MATTHEW TATE: I tricked you into using your power on me. Now I have it.
CUE SOUND: MAGIC
(Using her powers against her, Matthew moves Prue's chair into her, pushing her
backward up against the wall.)
(Matthew chuckles. Suddenly, he vanishes. Prue looks around, then pushes the
chair away making a dash for the office door. Behind her, we see Matthew blink
back into the office.)
MATTHEW TATE: Behind you, witch.
(Prue stops running. She turns around. Matthew slowly advances toward her.)
PRUE: How did you do that?
MATTHEW TATE: I can share your powers, but you can't share mine.
PRUE: What do you want?
MATTHEW TATE: I want what Melinda took from me. I want all three powers back.
(Moving fast, he grabs Prue and twists her arm behind her back. She cries out
in pain.)
MATTHEW TATE: Defend yourself. Stop time.
PRUE: (whispers) I can't.
MATTHEW TATE: Ah, so you're not alone. There are others.
(He lets her go and blinks over to the desk where he picks up Prue's desk
plate.)
MATTHEW TATE: And the family name is now Halliwell.
REX BUCKLAND: (through door) Prue, are you okay in there?
(Prue and Matthew both look at the closed door. Matthew looks at Prue's plate
glass windows. He uses Prue's power and blasts the windows outward shattering
the glass into the sky.)
[EXT. BUCKLAND BUILDING - DAY - CONTINUOUS]
(Matthew runs and jumps out of the window.)
(He falls clear down twelve floors to the sidewalk below where people sit at
small tables.)
[EXT. SIDEWALK - DAY - CONTINUOUS]
(Matthew Tate lands on the sidewalk on his feet in front of a businessman
reading a newspaper. The Businessman's jaw drops as he stares at Matthew.)
(Matthew casually walks through the sidewalk tables.)
(The Businessman looks up at the building above wondering where Matthew came
from.)
(As he passes the various patrons at the tables, Matthew reaches out and takes
something off of someone's plate. He takes a bite of it and walks away.)
(The patrons watch in astonishment.)
[EXT. PRUE'S OFFICE WINDOW - DAY - CONTINUOUS]
(Up above, Prue looks down through the now broken window.)
(She turns and leaves.)
FADE TO
END OF TEASER
ROLL TITLE CREDITS
(COMMERCIAL SET)
FADE IN.
[EXT. VARIOUS SAN FRANCISCO CITY (STOCK) - DAY]
[Music: Holly McNarland, "In the Air Tonight"]
[EXT. BUCKLAND AUCTION HOUSE - SIDEWALK -- DAY]
(The area around the sidewalk tables has been taped off. Curious bystanders
hang around and watch as the police try to sort things out. Patron who
witnessed the bizarre event are talking excitedly with each other.)
(An officer car pulls up.)
(Darryl and Andy interview the Businessman Patron.)
PATRON (WITNESS): I was just sitting there, you know -- reading sports, having
a cup of joe -- and Bam! -- this guy comes flying out of nowhere, you know.
Weird clothes, bad manners -- he nearly fell right on top of me.
DARRYL MORRIS: When you say fell --
PATRON (WITNESS): I mean fell, you know, like from way up there, I guess. I
don't know.
(The Patron points up. They look up and sees the open window. Somehow, Andy
isn't surprised.)
DARRYL MORRIS: That's a ten-story drop, sir.
ANDY TRUDEAU: (corrects) Twelve.
DARRYL MORRIS: And you're telling us that he just got up and walked away
without a scratch? That's what you're saying?
ANDY TRUDEAU: Got a better explanation?
DARRYL MORRIS: Excuse us.
(Darryl pulls Andy aside.)
DARRYL MORRIS: All right, Trudeau. (Andy looks up at the broken window above.)
Pull out your secret ghost-hunter decoder ring, and let's hear it.
(Andy chuckles at Darryl.)
ANDY TRUDEAU: Morris, I don't know, okay? All I know is, whatever happened
started up there at that office.
DARRYL MORRIS: Mm-hmm. So let's find out whose office it is.
ANDY TRUDEAU: (nods) I already know. (beat) It's Prue's.
(Andy heads for the building. After a beat, Darryl follows.)
CUT TO:
[EXT. HALLIWELL MANOR (STOCK) - DAY]
[INT. MANOR - KITCHEN -- DAY]
(Piper walks across the kitchen talking. Leo is under the sink fixing the
pipes.)
PIPER: (rambling) So I suggested we add crab sauté to the, um, lunch menu, and
it was great. Sold out. Do you like crab, Leo?
LEO: (smiling) You know what I'd love, Piper?
PIPER: What's that?
LEO: Is the, uh, ratchet extension. Could you hand that to me?
PIPER: Sure.
(Piper kneels down in front of Leo's tool box and looks at his tools.)
PIPER: Um...
(Piper hesitates. Leo holds out his hand for the part. She has no clue what
she's looking for. Phoebe reaches into the kit and takes out the ratchet
extension. She holds it up. Piper grabs it from her.)
PIPER: (whispering) I knew that. (louder, to LEO) Here you go.
(She hands it to Leo.)
LEO: Thanks.
(Phoebe nudges Piper.)
PIPER: Stop it. (Piper pulls Phoebe to her feet and pushes Phoebe's hands
away.) Go away. (Phoebe makes kissy faces at Leo.) (loudly to Leo) Be right
back, Leo.
(Piper turns Phoebe toward the door and pushes her out of the kitchen.)
LEO: Heh heh. No problem.
[INT. MANOR - DINING ROOM - DAY - CONTINUOUS]
(Phoebe and Piper step out into the dining room.)
PIPER: (whispers) Stop it.
PHOEBE: My sentiments exactly. Stop hinting around and ask him out, already.
Give him some of your crab.
PIPER: Don't be disgusting.
PHOEBE: Don't be so shy.
PIPER: What if he says no?
PHOEBE: Yeah, like that'll happen.
PIPER: No, I'm serious.
PHOEBE: So am I.
PIPER: I'm very serious. I've never ... you know ...
PHOEBE: (chuckles) You're kidding, right?
PIPER: No.
PHOEBE: (laughs) You've never asked a guy out before?
PIPER: Not on a real date, no.
PHOEBE: I don't understand. Am I the only person in this family who's
inherited the "take a chance" gene?
PIPER: Probably, 'cause if I remember my biology correctly, it's attached to
the "Can't Mind My Own Business" gene.
PHOEBE: Ooh. Go.
(Phoebe turns Piper toward the kitchen and pushes her back inside the door.)
[INT. MANOR - KITCHEN - DAY - CONTINUOUS]
(Piper walks back into the kitchen and heads toward Leo and the sink. Leo sits
up and grabs a wrench.)
LEO: Well, part of the pipe is stuck, but I'm almost finished here.
PIPER: Terrific. Can I get you some tea?
LEO: (smiles softly) Yeah. That'd be great.
PIPER: Ok.
(Piper heads for the fridge to the get the tea. Phoebe walks into the kitchen.
She leans back against the sink.)
PHOEBE: What would be great?
(Piper takes out the pitcher of tea and puts it on the counter near Phoebe and
just above Leo.)
PIPER: Nothing.
(Phoebe pushes herself up to sit on the counter and accidentally knocks over the
entire pitcher of tea -- . Piper gasps.)
PIPER: Leo!
(Piper instinctively raises her hands and freezes both the pitcher of tea and
Leo. She rushes up to him to check on him.)
PIPER: Leo?
(He doesn't answer her.)
PHOEBE: Frozen. Quick, have your way with him.
(Piper picks up the bucket and stands over Leo as she positions it below the
spilled pitcher of tea.)
PIPER: Do you never stop?
PHOEBE: (chuckles) Looks like a Kodak moment to me.
(Phoebe snaps a pretend camera at Piper and Leo.)
PIPER: Phoebe, you're such a help.
PHOEBE: Smile.
(Piper glares at Phoebe. Time resumes and the pitcher of tea lands perfectly in
the bucket. Leo continues to pound the pipes without noticing a thing.)
(Prue walks into the kitchen.)
PRUE: You guys, we are in serious trouble.
(Phoebe and Piper both motion to Prue that Leo is under the sink.)
PRUE: Uh, hi, Leo.
LEO: Hey, Prue.
PRUE: Hey. Um, sisters, upstairs now.
(Prue turns around and heads out of the kitchen. Phoebe jumps down from the
counter and rushes to follow. Piper puts the bucket on the counter and leaves
as well.)
FADE OUT.
(COMMERCIAL SET)
FADE IN.
[EXT. BUCKLAND'S AUCTION HOUSE BUILDING (STOCK) - DAY]
[INT. BUCKLAND'S AUCTION HOUSE - PRUE'S OFFICE -- DAY]
(A photographer snaps a photo of the broken window. Andy and Darryl interview
Hannah Webster and Rex Buckland.)
HANNAH WEBSTER: Um, Webster. Hannah Webster.
ANDY TRUDEAU: You said you heard some noises in here. What kind?
(Hannah glances at Rex.)
HANNAH WEBSTER: Uh, it's hard to say.
REX BUCKLAND: Well--it almost sounded like a--a struggle ... of some sort, a
fight, perhaps.
HANNAH WEBSTER: Yeah, and then we heard a crash and-- I--I assumed that was the
window breaking -- and we came in to check on Prue, and then she just went
running out.
DARRYL MORRIS: What did she say? What happened?
HANNAH WEBSTER: Nothing, actually. She just ... left.
REX BUCKLAND: And she was quite agitated, too.
ANDY TRUDEAU: She didn't say where she was going, by any chance, did she?
REX BUCKLAND: No, sorry.
DARRYL MORRIS: Ok, uh, thanks, Mr. Buckland. C.S.I. will be done with the
windows in a couple hours, and you can have 'em fixed.
REX BUCKLAND: Believe me, Inspector, I really don't care about the window. I
only care about Prue.
(Rex and Hannah turn and leave the office. Darryl turns and joins Andy.)
DARRYL MORRIS: Look, maybe you ought to ask the captain to assign somebody
else.
ANDY TRUDEAU: Prue and I aren't dating anymore. There's no conflict, okay?
I'm fine with this.
(Andy walks past Darryl and heads out of the office.)
DARRYL MORRIS: Okay. (softer) Okay.
CUT TO:
[INT. BUCKLAND'S AUCTION HOUSE - REX'S OFFICE - DAY -- CONTINUOUS]
(Rex closes the office door.)
REX BUCKLAND: (pleased) I thought that went exceedingly well. Didn't you?
(Rex sits next to Hannah and rubs the back of her neck familiarly.)
HANNAH WEBSTER: You may have proven the legend of the locket true and that the
little witch is Charmed, but now we have a 17th century warlock running around.
I think he'll stick out.
REX BUCKLAND: Yep. But then again, if the legend does hold true, Matthew's got
a one-track mind. Just like we do. He won't be difficult to find. Stop
worrying, Hannah. Gonna get wrinkles on your horns.
(He rubs the spot on her forehead where her horns would be. They share a laugh.
She snuggles close to him and he holds her.)
CUT TO:
[INT. MANOR - ATTIC -- DAY]
(Prue discusses this latest warlock with Piper and Phoebe.)
PIPER: What did he say his name was?
PRUE: Matthew Tate. And somehow, he knows that we're related to Melinda
Warren.
PHOEBE: (surprised) The Book of Shadows Melinda? Our ancestor?
PIPER: The one who burned at the stake and started this whole mess.
PRUE: Uh, he came out of the locket, and he has strong powers, stronger than
mine. I mean, he ... did the weirdest thing. One minute he was in front of me,
the next he was behind me, and then ... twelve stories down -- landed right on
his feet.
PHOEBE: If it walks like a warlock and talks like a warlock ...
PRUE: Yeah, well, he's powerful, and he means business, and he wants all three
of our powers.
PHOEBE: Can I see the locket?
(Prue gives Phoebe the locket.)
PRUE: We have to figure out who he is before he finds the two of you.
(Phoebe opens the locket and has a vision of the past. She sees Melinda casting
Matthew into the locket.)
(End of vision. Resume to present.)
PHOEBE: You said Matthew came out of the locket? I think I just saw Melinda
put him in.
PRUE: You saw the past?
PIPER: But you only see the future.
PHOEBE: Not anymore.
PRUE: We always knew that our powers would grow.
PHOEBE: (tongue in cheek) Yes, but somehow I thought I was gonna get to fly.
(Piper chuckles as Phoebe puts a hand to her forehead. Prue smiles.)
CUT TO:
[EXT. HALLIWELL OFFICE BUILDING (STOCK) -- DAY]
[INT. HALLIWELL, ROSSEN & HAAS OFFICE -- DAY]
(Open on the sign on the outer office door:
HALLIWELL ROSSEN & HAAS
ATTORNEYS AT LAW )
(Inside the office, Arnold Halliwell sits behind his desk talking on the phone.)
ARNOLD HALLIWELL: (chuckles) They want to counter-sue? Fine. Bring it on.
I'll eat 'em alive. Plus we can double bill and get away with it.
(The office doors magically opens, holds, then shuts.)
(Matthew Tate blinks into the room in front of Arnold Halliwell's desk.)
ARNOLD HALLIWELL: (to phone) Excuse me.
(Arnold hangs up the phone.)
MATTHEW TATE: Are you, uh, Arnold Halliwell?
(Matthew holds a ripped page from a phone book in his hand.)
ARNOLD HALLIWELL: Yeah. And who are you, Robin Hood?
(Matthew magically pushes Arnold's chair back against the wall lifting him high
up into the air. Arnold gasps as the chair hits the wall hard. He squirms in
his seat.)
MATTHEW TATE: Tell me where your sisters are.
ARNOLD HALLIWELL: (loosens his collar) What sisters? I'm an only child. Let
me go, or I'll sue you --
(Matthew grabs the air in front of him with his fist in one quick motion,
breaking Arnold Halliwell's neck at the same time. Arnold and the chair slump
to the floor.)
MATTHEW TATE: Lawyers ... have not changed.
(Matthew blinks out. The office door slams shut off screen.)
CUT TO:
[INT. MANOR - ATTIC -- DAY]
(Open on the Book of Shadows. Phoebe looks at a very old portfolio with colored
drawings on old paper.)
PHOEBE: I was right. It was Melinda in my vision. Isn't she beautiful?
(Phoebe hands the portfolio to Prue.)
PRUE: Hmm. She kind of looks like mom.
PIPER: Listen to this. (reading) "And because the warlock had stolen her
love, she cursed him into the pewter heart, where he could spend eternity
knowing the sting of betrayal."
PHOEBE: That must be what I saw.
PRUE: And I let him out early. Great.
PIPER: You're not kidding. The legend says that the warlock must never be
freed, or he will destroy the Warren line. That'd be us.
PHOEBE: Yeah, well, he'll have to take a number and get in line behind the
other warlocks.
PRUE: We have never been up against anyone like him before.
PHOEBE: So what do we do?
PIPER: I say we hide.
PRUE: No. We have to find out exactly what we're up against, and we start with
the locket and how it wound up in my desk.
(They stand up.)
SHORT TIME CUT TO:
[INT. MANOR - CONSERVATORY -- DAY]
(Leo sits in front of the television holding a small plate with his sandwich on
it. The girls enter the room.)
LEO: Hey, Prue, your work's on the news. (He points to the set.) Check it
out.
REPORTER: (from tv) ... Just this morning. Witnesses claim they saw a man
fall twelve stories. The twist? He apparently got up and walked away unharmed.
PRUE: We gotta find him before he hurts somebody else, especially an innocent.
PHOEBE: There's that "I" word again.
PIPER: Look. Andy's on tv.
PATRON (WITNESS): (from tv) This has been the most unbelievable ...
(The door bell rings.)
PHOEBE: He's here, too.
PATRON (WITNESS): (from tv) This-this-this guy, he just landed out of nowhere.
TV REPORTER: (from tv) Thank you for that report from Buckland ...
(Phoebe rushes to the door to get it.)
CUT TO:
[EXT. MANOR - FRONT PORCH - DAY -- CONTINUOUS]
(Andy is on the front porch when Phoebe opens the front door.)
PHOEBE: (cheerfully) Andy, what a surprise.
(She steps out onto the porch and closes the front door behind her. A
deliberate move to keep Andy out of the house.)
PHOEBE: How you been?
ANDY TRUDEAU: I need to talk with Prue, Phoebe.
PHOEBE: (exaggerated) Prue? Wow. How out of the loop am I? And here I
thought you guys broke up.
ANDY TRUDEAU: It's not about that. It's police business.
PHOEBE: Oh. Well, um ... she's not home. She's at work.
ANDY TRUDEAU: No. She's not.
PHOEBE: (cheerfully) Well, then, I don't know where she is, but I'll tell her
that you stopped by, okay? Ciao.
(Phoebe turns to go back inside the house, but Andy grabs her arm and turns her
back around to face him.)
ANDY TRUDEAU: A man fell out of Prue's office window, which is suspicious
enough. But then a man matching the same description went and killed a lawyer
down the street, a lawyer named Halliwell. Now, I know she knows who he is.
One more time, Phoebe. Where's your sister?
PHOEBE: (coldly) Where's your warrant?
(Knowing he doesn't have one, Phoebe smiles, turns and heads back into the
house. She closes the door behind her. No other choice, Andy turns and
leaves.)
CUT TO:
[INT. MANOR - SITTING ROOM - DAY -- CONTINUOUS]
(Prue paces.)
PRUE: Great. So now I'm being hunted by a warlock and the San Francisco P.D.
PHOEBE: Nobody ever said you led a boring life, Prue.
(Phoebe and Piper sit side-by-side on the sofa.)
PIPER: Maybe Andy can help.
PRUE: Oh, yeah. You want to have that conversation with him? "Hey, Andy, I
hate to bother you, but this 17th century warlock is trying to kill me and my
sisters. Any thoughts?"
(Prue sits down.)
PIPER: Ok, it was a bad idea, but the point is we need help.
PHOEBE: Yeah, well, unfortunately, more than Andy can give. What we need is
someone who's done this before, someone like Melinda Warren.
PRUE: Ok, so what are we supposed to do, reach back in time, grab her, and tell
her that we need her help?
PHOEBE: (leans forward) Yes. (glances at both her sisters) And I know exactly
how to do it, as long as you both don't mind losing a little blood.
CUT TO:
[INT. MANOR - ATTIC -- DAY]
(The girls are in the attic sitting around the round table. They have candles
lit and the necessary items on the table. The athame is in front of Phoebe.)
PIPER: Am I the only one having second thoughts?
PHOEBE: Yes.
PRUE: We don't really have any other options.
PIPER: But aren't we, like, raising the dead? What if she's all ...
PHOEBE: I read the Book of Shadows very carefully. She will come back as a
real, live person -- flesh and blood. She will have her powers, too ... our
powers.
(Phoebe picks up the knife.)
PIPER: What's that for?
PHOEBE: Well, the spell works by blood calling blood, so ... it shouldn't hurt
... much.
(She pricks her finger.)
PHOEBE: I lied! I lied!
(Phoebe's finger starts to bleed. Piper shudders and pulls away.)
PHOEBE: Ok, come on, you guys. It'll be just like the summer by the lake.
Remember, we made a blood oath to be friends forever, not just sisters?
PIPER: I remember my finger got infected.
(Prue takes the knife and cuts her finger.)
PRUE: Ow. Yeah, but the oath worked.
(Prue hands the knife to Piper. Piper doesn't take it.)
PIPER: And I couldn't go in the water for three weeks. Don't hand me that
knife.
PRUE: How are you gonna cut yourself?
PIPER: I'm not.
PHOEBE: Piper.
PIPER: I can't stand the sight of blood.
PRUE: Evil beings have blown up in our attic.
PHOEBE: Disintegrated to dust right before our very eyes.
PRUE: And you're afraid of a little drop of blood?
(Piper holds out her hand to Phoebe.)
PIPER: Okay. Just cut my finger.
PRUE: You do it.
(Prue hands the knife to Phoebe. Piper turns her head and covers her eyes.
Phoebe pokes Piper's finger with the knife.)
PIPER: Ow!
PRUE: Okay. Here.
(Prue holds out the open locket. Each of them puts a drop of their blood into
the center of it.)
(Phoebe closes the locket and puts it in the bowl in the center of the table.
The bowl smokes and bubbles.)
PHOEBE: Melinda Warren, blood of our blood,
ALL: Our great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother,
PHOEBE: We summon thee.
(White orb lights magically appear in the attic and swirl around in a
concentrated area. Melinda Warren appears.)
(Piper stares at her wide-eyed. Prue looks at her sisters and smiles. Phoebe
smiles.)
(Melinda Warren takes a deep, refreshing breath of air and smiles.
MELINDA WARREN: Oh, Blessed Be.
(They all look at each other.)
FADE OUT.
(COMMERCIAL)
FADE IN.
[EXT. HALLIWELL MANOR (STOCK) - DAY]
[INT. MANOR - PHOEBE'S BEDROOM -- DAY]
(Various clothing items are scattered on Phoebe's bed. Phoebe unzips the green,
sleeveless dress.)
MELINDA WARREN: No! Don't -- don't rip the dress to make it fit me.
PHOEBE: No, I'm not ripping it. It's called a zipper, see?
(Phoebe shows Melinda how a zipper works. Melinda takes the dress and plays
with the zipper, smiling as she does.)
MELINDA WARREN: Ohh ... okay. A wise witch made this.
PHOEBE: Yeah, and wise witches in this century keep a low profile. You slip
this dress on, you'll blend right in.
(Melinda puts the dress on.)
MELINDA WARREN: It's so odd to be here again -- to breathe and feel ... what
sheep has wool so soft?
PHOEBE: A synthetic one.
(Phoebe zips the dress up.)
MELINDA WARREN: Oh. So, did it take you long to make the dress?
PHOEBE: Make it? No-no. I bought it.
MELINDA WARREN: Oh, you must be rich.
PRUE: (o.s.) No. She's got credit cards.
(Prue and Piper step into the room.)
PIPER: Oh, wow, Melinda. You look great.
MELINDA WARREN: Oh, thank you. But, uh, how do you keep your legs warm?
PRUE: We drink coffee.
(Leo walks past the doorway.)
LEO: Oh, sorry. I let myself in, and it didn't occur to me --
PIPER: Leo, it's ok. This is, uh ...
PHOEBE: Our Cousin Melinda.
LEO: Nice to meet you.
PIPER: Leo's fixing our plumbing.
MELINDA WARREN: What's that?
(Startled by the unexpected answer, they try to cover.)
PRUE: Uh, we've got to go now.
(Phoebe tries to get Melinda out, but she lingers and looks at Leo.)
MELINDA WARREN: (to Leo) "To work with One's hands is a great gift."
(As they verbally parry, the sisters watch. Piper can't help but smile.)
LEO: Well ... "I am a true laborer. I earn that I eat, get that I wear ... "
MELINDA WARREN: ... "owe no man hate, envy no man's happiness..."
MELINDA / LEO: (both) Shakespeare.
(They laugh.)
[Note: Quote from: "As You Like It", Act III, Scene II., Wm. Shakespeare.]
PRUE: Wasn't that fun? Okay, let's go now.
(Phoebe guides Melinda out of the room past Leo. Leo enters the room to get to
work.)
(As he leaves, Melinda looks a Piper.)
MELINDA WARREN: He is a treasure, Piper.
PIPER: Why are you telling me?
(Melinda smiles. She leaves the room. Piper follows.)
CUT TO:
[INT. HALLIWELL HARDWARD AND APPLIANCE -- DAY]
(Matthew Tate leaves the store. As he walks by, we see a man hung up against
the wall by his own hardware tools and appliances. He's dead.)
(Rex and Hannah step into the store.)
REX BUCKLAND: Hello, Matthew.
HANNAH WEBSTER: We have got to do something about his clothes.
REX BUCKLAND: (agrees) Hmm.
MATTHEW TATE: Who are you? How do you know me?
REX BUCKLAND: The short answer is, we're the ones that gave the witch the
locket that had you freed. I suppose you could say that we're, uh, partners.
MATTHEW TATE: (shakes his head) I work alone.
REX BUCKLAND: Not in this century you don't. You're new in town. New in
time. You need our help. (Rex looks at the body hanging on the wall.) Hmm, I
see you've been shopping. Find what you're looking for?
MATTHEW TATE: I want Melinda Warren's children.
HANNAH WEBSTER: Ooh, talk about your coincidences.
REX BUCKLAND: You see, we have the means to find them for you, and you have the
ability to take their powers. Come. (Rex and Hannah start for the door and
notice that Matthew doesn't move.) What?
MATTHEW TATE: How'd you find me?
REX BUCKLAND: Prue Halliwell, a Halliwell Attorney, and now here. You are
leaving a trail, my friend ... and that has got to stop.
CUT TO:
[INT. MANOR - DINING ROOM -- DAY]
(Melinda sits at the head of the dining room table. Prue puts the locket back
around her neck.)
MELINDA WARREN: Once Matthew had what he wanted, he told the town council I was
a witch ... and they arrested me. Then they burned me at the stake.
(Prue sits down.)
PIPER: Why didn't you save yourself?
PHOEBE: Yeah. Why didn't you use your powers to escape?
MELINDA WARREN: I had a daughter. Her name was Prudence. She meant everything
to me. If I'd used my powers, I would've proven Matthew's charge, and Prudence
would've burned, too. So I thought ... I'll accept this ... and pray some kind
soul will take pity on my daughter and raise her in a safe home. Only then can
the Warren line continue. And it must've worked, because here you are.
PHOEBE: Why do Warren witches lose their moms so early?
MELINDA WARREN: Phoebe, I can't change the past, but I think I can protect the
future.
PRUE: How? Matthew is so strong, and he has this wild power -- he can be at
one place and then another.
MELINDA WARREN: In the "blink of an eye"?
PRUE: Exactly.
MELINDA WARREN: It's called blinking. He must have copied it from another
witch. I stripped him of all the powers he copied from me, but who knows what
other powers he still has?
PHOEBE: What do you mean, "copied from you"?
MELINDA WARREN: Matthew's gift is to copy the power of a good witch when it's
used against him.
PRUE: Then he definitely has mine.
MELINDA WARREN: Once he's copied a power, it has no effect on him. (warns)
Should he gain all three powers, he will be impossible to vanquish.
PRUE: So what do we do?
MELINDA WARREN: We curse him back into the locket.
PIPER: And if we can't?
(Melinda says nothing. They all look at Melinda.)
CUT TO:
[INT. BUCKLAND'S AUCTION HOUSE - HANNAH'S OFFICE -- DAY]
(Amidst the shopping bags, Matthew puts on a pair of jeans. Hannah sits in the
chair with her back to him.)
MATTHEW TATE: Are these pants meant to be so tight?
HANNAH WEBSTER: Absolutely.
MATTHEW TATE: No wonder your men frown all the time. It's a wonder they can
even walk. So, is this right?
(Hannah doesn't look, although she really wants to.)
HANNAH WEBSTER: Oh, yeah. Mm-hmm.
MATTHEW TATE: If it pleases you to look, look.
HANNAH WEBSTER: Well, uh ... I wasn't looking. ... Much.
MATTHEW TATE: Why... the false modesty? I ... I don't understand.
(Matthew walks over to Hannah and slowly leans toward her.)
HANNAH WEBSTER: Well ... it's a very complex issue these days. I mean, there's
political correctness, sexual harassment, um ... don't get me started.
MATTHEW TATE: Hmm ... what a strange time this is -- so open, yet so closed ...
where even a warlock feels shame.
(Rex walks into the office.)
REX BUCKLAND: Hannah, I -
(He stops when he sees Matthew so close to Hannah. He doesn't like what he
sees.)
REX BUCKLAND: What the devil?
HANNAH WEBSTER: Rex, I told you I'd get him dressed.
REX BUCKLAND: Yeah. Ten minutes ago.
(Rex closes the door behind him.)
MATTHEW TATE: Oh, we've tried on many things. She says it is difficult to
choose.
REX BUCKLAND: Playtime's over, big boy. You have a job to do. (whispers to
Hannah) Remember, he goes back from whence he came once his task is completed.
CUT TO:
[INT. MANOR - ATTIC -- DAY]
(The attic door opens. Melinda, Prue, Phoebe and Piper step into the room.
Prue is carrying a pencil and a piece of paper. They head for the Book of
Shadows.)
MELINDA WARREN: I can't believe I don't remember all the ingredients.
PRUE: It's been a while since you cursed Matthew.
PHOEBE: Yeah, like three hundred years.
PIPER: Whatever you don't remember should be in the book.
(They place the Book of Shadows on the bookstand.)
MELINDA WARREN: The Book of Shadows. Oh, my, it's gotten so thick.
PRUE: It wasn't always?
MELINDA WARREN: No, no. But obviously each generation of Warren witches has
added to it over the years and has made it so. Have you added anything?
PHOEBE: Us? Are you kidding? We're new at this. We can't just make up our
own spell -wait -- can we?
MELINDA WARREN: All things in time, Phoebe. The book will grow as you grow,
and sometimes you add to it, sometimes it teaches you. Oh, here's the curse.
(Prue hands Melinda the piece of paper and pencil. Not having seen a pencil
before she looks at it in puzzlement.)
PRUE: Just start writing.
MELINDA WARREN: No ink?
PRUE: No.
(Melinda starts writing and gasps with delight. Prue and Phoebe chuckle as they
watch her.)
PIPER: (looking at the book) Grams must've added this one.
MELINDA WARREN: "To increase patience."
PHOEBE: I bet she used that spell a lot raising us, huh?
PRUE: We weren't all troublemakers, Phoebe.
PHOEBE: I was not a troublemaker. I was just --
PIPER: A pain.
PHOEBE: A free spirit.
PRUE: A handful.
MELINDA WARREN: A Warren. (Prue and Phoebe continue to make faces at each
other.) It's a family trait. So are the short tempers, the great cheekbones,
the strong wills, and, of course, the powers. All blessings, all signs of where
you came from. This book is your connection, and it began with me.
PRUE: Well, let's make sure it doesn't end with us. We need to get going.
(They all leave the attic.)
CUT TO:
[INT. BUCKLAND AUCTION HOUSE - REX'S OFFICE -- DAY]
(Rex shows Matthew Tate photos of the Halliwell sisters. The first photo is of
Prue at a mailbox. It's obvious that she's unaware of being photographed.)
REX BUCKLAND: Now, this is Prue. You've already met. (He pulls out the other
photos.) This is Piper, and this is Phoebe.
MATTHEW TATE: Such marvelous paintings. You cannot feel the brush strokes.
HANNAH WEBSTER: Yeah. Remind us to take you to the movies when this is all
over.
(Rex picks up a slip of paper.)
REX BUCKLAND: This is the address of Quake. Piper works there. May I suggest
that, um, you go there next and take her power? Hannah will drive you.
(Rex gives Hannah the address.)
CUT TO:
[EXT. HALLIWELL MANOR (STOCK) - DAY]
[INT. MANOR - KITCHEN -- DAY]
(Melinda gives Piper the list of ingredients.)
MELINDA WARREN: The curse is really simple as long as you have the ingredients
I need.
PIPER: Phoebe can do the spices, and I'll chop the scallions.
PHOEBE: This is so cool. We've never done a curse before.
MELINDA WARREN: Oh, I'm glad. They're not to be taken lightly.
PHOEBE: I just feel like there's so much we could be learning, or doing, if we
had the right teacher.
MELINDA WARREN: Oh, I'd savor my first gift before I move on to the next one.
PHOEBE: I see pictures. What's to savor?
MELINDA WARREN: But you see visions of the future and the past that'll allow
you to protect and to heal.
PHOEBE: Huh. (loudly) Did you hear that, Prue?
(Prue is in the living room looking out of the window.)
PIPER: Prue, stop looking for Andy. He should be long gone by now.
PRUE: Yeah, he'll be back, probably with a warrant.
(Phoebe gets the spices.)
PHOEBE: Yeah, like Andy would ever arrest you.
(Prue steps away from the window.)
PRUE: So ... do we have everything?
PIPER: Actually, there's a few herbs we don't have, but I can get them at the
restaurant. The only problem is the feather from a spotted owl.
MELINDA WARREN: Is that a problem?
PRUE: Well, they're an endangered species. Um, certain animals from your time
aren't really around anymore.
MELINDA WARREN: Why?
PHOEBE: Deforestation, pollution ... it's a long story.
PIPER: Do you think they have one at the zoo?
MELINDA WARREN: What's ... a-a zoo?
PHOEBE: In theory, it's this big garden kind of place where all the animals are
caged, and it's --
PRUE: You know what? I'll work on the feather. Piper, can you handle the
herbs?
PIPER: Yeah. After I get to Quake, though, I might have a problem getting out
because I'm supposed to work the night shift tonight.
PHOEBE: I'll come with you and bring back the stuff if you get hung up.
MELINDA WARREN: No. You can't leave the house. You are the two Matthew needs.
PIPER: We'll be fine. How could Matthew even know about Quake?
CUT TO:
[EXT. QUAKE (STOCK) - DAY]
[INT. HANNAH'S CAR (PARKED) -- DAY]
(Parked across the street from Quake's entrance, Hannah and Matthew sit in her
car and wait for Piper to show up.)
MATTHEW TATE: I've waited over three hundred years for my revenge. As soon as
Piper gets here, I shall have it.
CUT TO:
[INT. QUAKE - DINING ROOM -- DAY]
(Phoebe and Piper head for the kitchen through the dining room.)
PIPER: You go ahead into the kitchen, I'm gonna cough over Martin and tell him
I'm highly contagious so I can go home.
PHOEBE: Love the plan.
(Phoebe heads for the kitchen. A waitress stops Piper.)
WAITRESS: Hey, Piper, did your sweetie find you?
PIPER: My what?
WAITRESS: That guy with the English accent? He called earlier to see if you
were working today.
CUT TO:
[INT. QUAKE - KITCHEN - DAY -- CONTINUOUS]
(Matthew Tate is in the kitchen advancing on Phoebe who holds a rolling pin in
front of her with both hands as if holding a bat.)
(Phoebe swings at Matthew. He catches the rolling pin and tosses it aside. He
grabs Phoebe and she immediately gets a vision.)
(Quick flash of: [INT. MANOR - LIVING ROOM] Matthew and Melinda are talking.
Suddenly Matthew grabs Melinda by her neck. End of flash. Resume to present.)
MATTHEW TATE: Now I have your power. And I see Melinda's here. Good. She
will die at my hand.
(He tosses Phoebe to the ground. Piper enters the kitchen. Matthew blinks out.
Piper finds Phoebe on the floor.)
PIPER: Are you okay?
(She kneels down next to Phoebe.)
PHOEBE: Yeah. It was Matthew. He' gone, but he copied my power.
(She helps Phoebe up.)
CUT TO:
[EXT. HALLIWELL MANOR (STOCK) - DAY]
(Andy sits in his car and watches the manor.)
[INT. MANOR - STAIRS / MAIN HALL -- DAY]
(Prue and Melinda head down the stairs.)
PRUE: All right, I found a spotted owl in the museum where I used to work --
stuffed.
MELINDA WARREN: But we only need one feather.
PRUE: Good. Maybe that'll keep it down to a misdemeanor. Look, I'll be back
as soon as I can.
(Prue gives Melinda a hug.)
MELINDA: Okay.
(Melinda watches as Prue leaves.)
CUT TO:
[EXT. STREET - DAY]
(Prue backs her car out of the driveway. She drives down the street. Andy
starts his car and follows.)
CUT TO:
[INT. MANOR - KITCHEN - DAY]
(Melinda walks into the kitchen. She looks around and stops when she sees the
blender on the counter. As with everything else, it's something she's never
seen before. She reaches out a hand and presses one of its buttons. The empty
blender starts. She gasps, a little startled by the whirling noise. She
presses another button and shuts it off.)
(The phone rings.)
INTERCUT WITH:
[INT. QUAKE - BAR - DAY]
(Phoebe's on the phone, nervously tapping the bar counter with her hand trying
to rush things along.)
PHOEBE: Come on, answer.
(Back at the manor, Melinda looks around wondering where the phone beeps are
coming from. Suddenly, it stops and the answering machine picks up. When she
hears it, she rushes to the machine.)
ANSWERING MACHINE: Hi. We're not home. You know the drill.
PHOEBE: Prue, pick up.
MELINDA WARREN: Phoebe?
PHOEBE: Are you guys there?
MELINDA WARREN: Phoebe, I-I'm here.
PHOEBE: You guys need to be really careful.
MELINDA WARREN: Phoebe!
PHOEBE: Matthew is here. He could be on his way --
(Melinda presses the button on the answering machine, shutting it off.)
ELECTRONIC VOICE: The machine is off.
PHOEBE: The line went dead.
(Phoebe hangs up. She grabs her bag and runs. Piper follows.)
CUT TO:
[INT. MANOR - MAIN HALL/ FOYER - DAY -CONTINUOUS]
(Melinda stares at the answering machine. From somewhere behind her, she hears
the front door bang open.. She turns out to the main hall and stops.)
MELINDA WARREN: Matthew.
MATTHEW TATE: We meet again.
MELINDA WARREN: Yes. And the sight of you still makes me ill.
(Melinda walks slowly toward Matthew. Matthew walks toward Melinda.)
MATTHEW TATE: Funny. The fact that I can now destroy your line forever makes
you so much more appealing.
MELINDA WARREN: You think I won't stop you.
MATTHEW TATE: How? You made your curse before, and you still burned.
MELINDA WARREN: And yet I'm here now, aren't I?
MATTHEW TATE: You're nothing more than a dead witch, watching over stupid girls
who are about to die themselves.
MELINDA WARREN: You won't touch them.
MATTHEW TATE: Too late. I already have two of their powers. I just need the
third. I believe her name is Piper.
(Matthew steps forward backing Melinda up against the door frame.)
MATTHEW TATE: Unless ... (He grabs her neck.) ... you want to freeze me.
MELINDA WARREN: Go to hell, where you belong.
(Melinda tightens his hold around her neck. Melinda gasps.)
(Matthew closes his eyes and suddenly has a premonition.)
(Quick flash of: [KITCHEN] Close-up of the owl feather. Melinda puts the
feather in the pouch. She puts the pouch in the cauldron. End of premonition.
Resume to present.)
(Matthew opens his eyes.)
MATTHEW TATE: Ah ... so that's why they brought you back ... isn't it? You
think you can curse me again. Well, I might just ... kill you now.
MELINDA WARREN: Go ahead. I've already given them the curse.
MATTHEW TATE: You're lying.
MELINDA WARREN: Am I?
MATTHEW TATE: The one with the feather -- where is she now? Where is Prue?
Tell me!
MELINDA WARREN: She's at ...
MATTHEW TATE: Yes?
MELINDA WARREN: The zoo.
MATTHEW TATE: Then that's where I'll kill her ... and then I'll come back for
the other two. That way, you can watch them die ... and I can watch you suffer.
(He leans forward and kisses her. Tears run down Melinda's cheeks.)
MATTHEW TATE: And then ... you'll be next.
(Matthew pulls away. Melinda whimpers as Matthew turns and walks away. He
blinks out mid-steps. Melinda shudders.)
CUT TO:
[EXT. BUCKLAND AUCTION HOUSE - DAY]
[INT. BUCKLAND AUCTION HOUSE - REX'S OFFICE -- DAY]
(Hannah steps into the room and shuts the office door behind her. Rex is
lounging on the couch, his fingers pressed against the bridge of his nose.)
REX BUCKLAND: You lost him.
HANNAH WEBSTER: We've had this conversation before, Rex. Please, stay out of
my mind.
REX BUCKLAND: Well, did he copy Piper's power?
HANNAH WEBSTER: I have no idea. Something happened in that restaurant, though,
because he just took off, and so did they.
REX BUCKLAND: Then why didn't you follow him?
HANNAH WEBSTER: I tried. Why don't you just follow them right now?
REX BUCKLAND: Because I -- haven't mastered that ability yet, unfortunately.
HANNAH WEBSTER: Oh.
REX BUCKLAND: We need Matthew to provide us with the sisters' powers, otherwise
we don't stand a chance in hell. Find him.
(Hannah glares at Rex. She turns and leaves the office. Rex sighs.)
CUT TO:
[INT. MANOR - FOYER / SITTING ROOM -- DAY]
(Piper and Phoebe step through the open front door.)
PIPER: (loudly) Prue? Melinda?
MELINDA WARREN: In here.
(They find her sitting on the couch hugging a pillow.)
PHOEBE: Are you ok? It was Matthew, wasn't it?
MELINDA WARREN: Yes. But don't worry. He's gone.
PHOEBE: He found us at the restaurant and he copied my power. He said he was
gonna kill you, and I was so --
MELINDA WARREN: It's all right, Phoebe, but we've got to hurry before Matthew
gets back. Did you get all the herbs?
PIPER: Yeah. All we need now is the feather.
MELINDA WARREN: Good. Prue's taken care of that.
PHOEBE: How?
(Phoebe's surprised by this.)
FADE TO:
[EXT. SAN FRANCISCO CITY LIGHTS (STOCK) - EVENING]
[EXT. MUSEUM -- NIGHT]
(The security guard walks by. The building's side door opens and Prue steps
out. She holds the feather in her hand. She walks down the steps, turns and
finds Andy walking up the steps toward her.)
PRUE: Oh, Andy. What are you doing here?
ANDY TRUDEAU: You're gonna have to come with me, Prue.
(He grabs her and leads her away.)
FADE OUT.
FADE IN.
[INT. BUCKLAND AUCTION HOUSE - REX'S OFFICE -- NIGHT]
(Hannah is thrown back into the office. She hits the floor in front of Rex's
desk. Rex is sitting behind his desk reading a paper. He doesn't move. Hannah
stands up.)
HANNAH WEBSTER: I found Matthew.
REX BUCKLAND: I can see.
(Matthew steps forward.)
MATTHEW TATE: I need to find Prue and stop her.
REX BUCKLAND: You're supposed to be after Piper and Phoebe. I--I don't under--
MATTHEW TATE: I got the power of premonition. With it I saw the eldest working
on the curse. Help me find her.
REX BUCKLAND: No. No, this is no time to be distracted. You must stay on
track. You must obtain the last power.
MATTHEW TATE: But the curse will end me. They brought Melinda Warren back from
the dead to do it.
HANNAH WARREN: They did what?
MATTHEW TATE: I will not go back to oblivion.
REX BUCKLAND: Listen. Just listen to me. If they're planning to send you
back, they'll have to cast the spell at their home.
MATTHEW TATE: So?
HANNAH WEBSTER: So, Prue will have to return there to do it.
REX BUCKLAND: Which is where you can thwart her ... and then gain the power to
freeze.
MATTHEW TATE: I've already tried. They'd rather die than give me that.
(Hannah sighs.)
(Rex calmly reaches into his desk drawer and takes out a gun. He gives the gun
to Matthew.)
REX BUCKLAND: Try again.
(Matthew looks at the gun and smiles.)
CUT TO:
[INT. CAR (PARKED) OUTSIDE MUSEUM -- NIGHT]
(Prue is in Andy's car as he questions her about the feather.)
ANDY TRUDEAU: Now, for the last time, Prue, why the feather?
PRUE: I told you. I already had it from before.
ANDY TRUDEAU: Before what? No, go ahead, you can say it. Before breaking and
entering the museum, which of course you did after you obstructed justice.
PRUE: How did I obstruct justice?
ANDY TRUDEAU: Oh, come on, Prue, don't play dumb with me. I know you too well.
You're in a lot of trouble here. Trouble which I can't help you out of unless
you help me.
PRUE: Maybe I should talk to a lawyer.
ANDY TRUDEAU: You really want to go there? You really want me to arrest you?
Is that it? What's the matter with you, Prue? This isn't a game. This is very
serious.
PRUE: Andy, please, you have to let me go.
ANDY TRUDEAU: No. I can't look the other way anymore, Prue.
PRUE: This isn't just me. It's Piper and Phoebe.
ANDY TRUDEAU: Just tell me what's going on. For once in your life, will you
just trust me? It's your only choice, Prue.
PRUE: Andy, I'm sorry, but I really have to go.
ANDY TRUDEAU: No, Prue, you can't.
(Prue grabs the feather out of Andy's hand, she turns and grabs the door. Andy
reaches out to grab Prue.)
ANDY TRUDEAU: Stop -
(Prue uses her powers and inflates Andy's air bag which effectively traps him in
his seat.)
ANDY TRUDEAU: What the hell -
(Prue gets out of the car and slams the door shut.)
ANDY TRUDEAU: (shouts) Prue, get back here! You don't know what you're doing!
(Andy hits the air bag in frustration.)
FADE TO:
[EXT. HALLIWELL MANOR (STOCK) - NIGHT]
[INT. MANOR - KITCHEN -- NIGHT]
(Melinda spoons the mixed herbs into the pouch.)
MELINDA WARREN: We're ready now. All we need is the feather.
PIPER: And Prue. What's keeping her? You don't think --
PHOEBE: No. She should be fine. Matthew already copied her power.
MELINDA WARREN: Besides, I sent him to the zoo.
PHOEBE: She's probably stuck in traffic.
MELINDA WARREN: When she returns, we'll add the feather and seek out Matthew.
PHOEBE: Do you think he's going to be hard to find?
(Matthew stands at the kitchen doorway.)
MATTHEW TATE: Not at all.
(Everyone turns to look at him.)
MATTHEW TATE: I have waited too long for this moment to hide.
MELINDA WARREN: This is our battle, Matthew. Leave them alone.
MATTHEW TATE: I will have what I came for.
(He uses Prue's power and pulls Piper toward him. He grabs her.)
MATTHEW TATE: Your powers and your death.
PHOEBE: Piper!
MATTHEW TATE: Freeze me, witch.
PIPER: In your dreams.
(He takes out the gun and holds it against Piper.)
MATTHEW TATE: I said freeze me. Save yourself.
(Piper doesn't move.)
MATTHEW TATE: No?
(He turns and points the gun at Phoebe.)
MATTHEW TATE: Then save your sister.
PIPER: Phoebe!
(Prue steps into the kitchen.)
PRUE: Save yourself.
(Matthew points the gun at Prue. He lets Piper go. She runs over to Phoebe.)
MATTHEW TATE: Give me that feather.
(Piper uses her powers. She knocks the gun out of Matthew's grip. She tosses
the kitchen chair at Matthew knocking him over.)
(Prue hands the feather to Melinda. Melinda adds the feather to the pouch and
puts the pouch into the cauldron.)
MELINDA WARREN: Piper, now!
(Matthew reaches out to stop her.)
MATTHEW TATE: No!
(Piper freezes Matthew.)
(Melinda starts the spell and takes out the open pewter locket, holding it in
her hands.)
MELINDA WARREN:
Outside of time, outside of gain,
Know only sorrow, know only pain.
(Matthew unfreezes.)
MATTHEW TATE: Oh, no!
MELINDA WARREN: It's what you deserve!
MATTHEW TATE: This is not the end!
(Matthew is sucked back into the locket. The locket snaps shut.)
MELINDA WARREN: Yes, it is. This is for eternity.
(She looks at the girls and smiles.)
CUT TO:
[EXT. BUCKLAND AUCTION HOUSE (STOCK) - NIGHT]
HANNAH WEBSTER: (v.o.) I followed him. He failed.
[INT. BUCKLAND AUCTION HOUSE - REX'S OFFICE -- NIGHT]
(Hannah reports back to Rex who paces the office floor.)
REX BUCKLAND: Bloody hell.
HANNAH WEBSTER: What do we do now?
REX BUCKLAND: I don't know. We're going to have to think of something fast,
though. He's going to be none too pleased to learn that we have failed.
HANNAH WEBSTER: It wasn't a complete failure. Right? I mean ... we outed
them. We proved they're The Charmed Ones. I mean, that has to count.
REX BUCKLAND: It'll buy us a little bit of time, but precious little.
HANNAH WEBSTER: You should've listened to me, Rex. We should've taken care of
them ourselves.
(He walks around the desk and stops in front of her.)
REX BUCKLAND: You're right, Hannah. We should have done.
(He reaches out and grabs the back of her head.)
CUT TO:
[EXT. POLICE STATION (STOCK) - NIGHT]
[INT. POLICE DEPARTMENT - BULLPEN -- NIGHT]
(Darryl tries to stop Andy.)
DARRYL MORRIS: You're gonna wake a judge up at this hour? Are you nuts?
ANDY TRUDEAU: I'm getting an arrest warrant, Morris. End of discussion.
DARRYL MORRIS: Based on what?
(Andy walks past Darryl toward the door. Darryl grabs Andy and stops him.)
DARRYL MORRIS: Whoa, whoa. Stealing a feather? He will bust your rank.
You'll be cleaning out parking meters for a living.
ANDY TRUDEAU: So I should just let it go, is that it? What about Prue's
evading arrest? Am I supposed to let that go, too?
DARRYL MORRIS: You're damn right, unless you want to tell the judge exactly how
that little lady got away from you. By the way, exactly how did she get away
from you?
ANDY TRUDEAU: I don't want to talk about it.
(Andy turns and heads for the door again.)
DARRYL MORRIS: Trudeau! (Andy stops.) Take my advice. Let it go. Don't
embarrass yourself.
(Camera holds on Andy as he looks away and sighs.)
CUT TO:
[EXT. HALLIWELL MANOR - DAY]
[INT. MANOR - MAIN STAIRS - DAY]
(Piper runs down the stairs. She finds Leo standing at the base of the steps
ready to work.)
PIPER: (surprised) Leo! You're here. Why are you here?
LEO: I ... thought I'd work on the plumbing in the downstairs bathroom?
PIPER: Oh, now's not really a good time. We're getting our cousin Melinda
ready to go away. Can you come back later? Like tomorrow?
LEO: Sure. No problem.
(Leo turns to leave.)
PIPER: Uh, Leo?
(He stops and turns around, a smile on his face.)
LEO: Yeah?
PIPER: Would you like to go out sometime? With me, that is?
LEO: I'd love to. Give me a call.
PIPER: (smiles) Okay.
(Piper runs back up the stairs. Leo turns and heads for the front door.)
CUT TO:
[INT. MANOR - ATTIC - DAY -- CONTINUOUS]
(The attic door opens. Piper steps inside and shuts the door behind her.)
PHOEBE: (o.s.) Who was it?
PIPER: It was Leo.
PRUE: Is he gone?
PIPER: We're perfectly safe.
MELINDA WARREN: Then let's begin.
(Melinda hands the folded clothes back to Phoebe.)
PHOEBE: Oh ... we can't take those back.
MELINDA WARREN: Why not?
PHOEBE: Because that means you're leaving.
MELINDA WARREN: But I have to go.
PHOEBE: Why? Why can't you stay here and have the life that you should have
had?
MELINDA WARREN: Because this isn't my time. It's your time. And Prue's and
Piper's.
PIPER: We don't mind sharing.
MELINDA WARREN: You three give me great joy. I've seen The Charmed Ones. Good
witches. Women of strength and grace.
(Phoebe looks at Melinda. She takes her hand and holds it flat against her
heart.)
PHOEBE: Tell me what you see.
(Melinda closes her eyes and gasps.)
MELINDA WARREN: I see the future. Many more generations of my ... beautiful
daughters. I see my dreams fulfilled. Oh, thank you for that.
(Melinda reaches into the cauldron and removes the locket. She puts it back
around her neck.)
(They reluctantly hold each other's hands.)
PRUE: Melinda Warren, blood of our blood, we release you.
(A light wind stirs in the attic around Melinda.)
MELINDA WARREN: Blessed be, my daughters. I love you.
(White orb lights appear and swirls around her brighter and brighter until she's
gone.)
(There's a moment of silence.)
PHOEBE: I'm gonna miss her.
PIPER: (whispers) Me, too.
PRUE: We can always bring her back.
(Piper smiles. After a moment, Phoebe chuckles.)
FADE TO BLACK.
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TITLE/OPENING CREDITS
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CHARMED
1X09: THE WITCH IS BACK
PROD NO.: 4398008
ORIGINAL AIR DATE ON WB: 12/16/1998
TRANSCRIBED FROM WB/TNT
Starring:
SHANNEN DOHERTY as Prudence ("Prue") Halliwell
HOLLY MARIE COMBS as Piper Halliwell
and
ALYSSA MILANO as Phoebe Halliwell
T.W. KING as Andy Trudeau
DORIAN GREGORY as Darryl Morris
Created by CONSTANCE M. BURGE
Starring
BILLY WIRTH as Matthew Tate
TYLER LAYTON as Melinda Warren
BRIAN KRAUSE as Leo Wyatt
NEIL ROBERTS as Rex Buckland
LEIGH-ALLYN BAKER as Hannah Webster
TERRY BOZEMAN as Arnold Halliwell
MICHAEL MITZ as Restaurant Patron
Consulting Producer: JONATHAN LEVIN
Producer: SHERYL J. ANDERSON
Coordinating Producer: BETTY REARDON
Supervising Producer: LES SHELDON
Executive Producer: BRAD KERN
Executive Producer: CONSTANCE M. BURGE
Written by: SHERYL J. ANDERSON
Directed by RICHARD DENAULT
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END CREDITS
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Executive Producer: AARON SPELLING
Executive Producer: E. DUKE VINCENT
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Executive Story Editor: GREG ELLIOT
Story Editor: CHRIS LEVINSON
Story Editor: ZACK ESTRIN
Associate Producer: PETER CHOMSKY
Co-Starring
CATHERINE KWONG as Waitress
JODI FUNG as TV Reporter
Music By: TIM TRUMAN
Casting by: VICTORIA HUFF, C.S.A.
Directors of Photography: TOM DEL RUTH, A.S.C.
Production Designer: DEAN MITZNER
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Casting Associate: JEFFREY ROTH
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Assistant Editor: DINO C.C. DELORENZO
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Supervising Sound Editor: MARK PETERSEN
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