CHARMED
1X15: IS THERE A WOOGY IN THE HOUSE?
ORIGINAL AIR DATE ON WB: 02/24/1999
TRANSCRIBED FROM WB
Written by CHRIS LEVINSON & ZACK ESTRIN
Directed by JOHN T. KRETCHMER
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RATING: TV-PG-LSV
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SUMMARY: An earthquake unleashes Phoebe's childhood nightmare from the basement
confines, A Shadow Demon intent on capturing the house for evil and he begins by
possessing Phoebe.
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CHARMED
1X15: IS THERE A WOOGY IN THE HOUSE?
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FADE IN.
[EXT. HALLIWELL MANOR (STOCK) - DAY]
[INT. MANOR - MAIN HALL -- DAY]
(Open on the empty main hall. There's a low rumble. The house starts to shake.
The chandelier jingles, the vase falls off the table and smashes to the floor,
Gram's framed photo tilts askew as the earthquake hits the house.)
(Phoebe, Prue and Piper rush down the stairs. Of the three, Phoebe is the most
nervous.)
PHOEBE: Oh, god, not another aftershock.
PRUE: Yeah. Well, at least they're getting smaller. What was the main one,
4.3?
PIPER: The radio said 4.5.
(Prue and Piper start to straighten up. Phoebe stops in front of the wall.)
PHOEBE: There you go, Grams. (Phoebe adjusts the frame photo straight on the
wall.) Earthquakes give me the jeebies.
PRUE: Would that be the "Phoebe Jeebies"?
PHOEBE: Oh, you know, the comedy stylings of Prue Halliwell.
(Piper walks past them into the kitchen.)
PIPER: The only Halliwell that actually likes earthquakes.
PRUE: I don't like them, but I don't go running through the house naked
screaming, "run for your life," either.
(Prue and Phoebe walk through the dining room as they follow Piper.)
PHOEBE: Okay, that is such an exaggeration. I was wearing slippers.
(They walk into the kitchen.)
[INT. MANOR - KITCHEN - DAY - CONTINUOUS]
(Prue heads over to the shelves to help Piper.)
PRUE: Okay, okay, okay. Does anybody smell that?
PHOEBE: Yeah. Uh, I caught a whiff of it first thing this morning. I think
it's coming from the basement.
PRUE: Gas leak?
PIPER: I don't know. I called someone to come out and check. They should be
here any--
(The doorbell rings.)
PIPER: Now. I'll get it.
(Piper leaves the kitchen. Prue starts to panic.)
PRUE: We're never gonna pull this off.
(Phoebe turns to calm her down.)
PHOEBE: Everything's gonna be fine.
PRUE: Yeah, until the house blows up. Look, this Buckland's V.I.P.
specifically requested for the dinner party to be here. Now, Claire may have
prodded me into agreeing, but the point is, I did agree, and--and--
PHOEBE: Nothing has changed. Piper's gonna cook a feast I will serve with
grace, and Claire will kiss your ass ...
(Prue sees Piper enter with the Gas Man and clears her throat to warn Phoebe.
Phoebe turns around.)
PHOEBE: ... tronomical talents.
GAS MAN: Morning, ladies. Wow, that's the smell? (Phoebe nods.) Doesn't
really smell like gas.
(Prue starts to panic again.)
PRUE: Yeah, but if it is, we can't light the stove. No stove, no dinner.
(Piper walks over to her to calm her down.)
PIPER: Relax. If we have to, I can have it cooked at the restaurant and
brought here.
GAS MAN: Well, let me check it out, see what's up.
PIPER: Great. Thanks. The basement is thataway.
(Piper points.)
GAS MAN: Okay, thanks.
(The Gas Man opens the basement door, flips on the light switch and heads down
the basement.)
PIPER: Look, Phoebe. He's going into the basement alone.
PHOEBE: Don't even start.
PRUE: Yeah. What if -- dare I say it -- the boogeyman gets him?
PIPER: I believe Phoebe pronounced it Woo-oo-GY-man. Or was that just the
buckteeth?
PHOEBE: Ok, I was five years old, you guys.
PRUE: Oh, so, what, now you're over it? Which is I guess why you haven't been
down there in what, eighteen years?
PHOEBE: Ok, you guys were not there. It was real. It was this --
PIPER: A story. Grams told you she got rid of the Woogyman in the basement so
you could sleep better.
(Phoebe looks at them with disbelief.)
CUT TO:
[INT. MANOR - BASEMENT - DAY -- CONTINUOUS]
(The Gas Man reaches the bottom of the basement stairs and looks around. The
light bulb blows startling him. He takes out his flashlight and turns it on.
He looks around the basement.)
(The Gas Man takes a step and bumps into a crate. He drops the flashlight which
falls near a crack in the concrete floor.)
(The Gas Man kneels down to get a better look at the crack in the floor. He
takes out his screwdriver and wedges it into the crack trying to see if anything
is caught inside.)
(Suddenly white smoke shoots out from the crack in the floor. The Gas Man
scrambles to his feet.)
GAS MAN: What the--
(The white smoke is pushed out by a thick, black insidious-looking cloud of
smoke that rises up to the height of the Gas Man.)
(The Shadow Demon surrounds the Gas Man.)
SHADOW: Ahh! You have freed me, and now you will help take back the house.
(The Shadow Demon enters completely into the Gas Man.)
(The Gas Man stands there for a moment. Possessed.)
CUT TO:
[INT. MANOR - KITCHEN - DAY -- CONTINUOUS]
(Piper waits in the kitchen. She is going through the mail.)
PIPER: Who is "Shanda Lear"?
(Phoebe walks in and takes the package from Piper.)
PHOEBE: Oh, that's me. I ordered some CDs.
PIPER: Using a fake name to score some free CDs - (Prue walks into the
kitchen.) Isn't that a little dishonest?
PRUE: Phoebe's dark side rearing its ugly head?
(Piper hands Prue her mail as she sorts through it.)
PHOEBE: I do not have a dark side, thank you very much. And just because I
protect the innocent doesn't mean I have to be innocent all of the time.
PIPER: Oh, I don't know. Still believing in the Woogyman is pretty innocent.
And it's very cute, too.
PRUE: Yeah, well, you didn't think it was so cute when we were all sharing a
room and she kept you up all night.
PHOEBE: It was scary, and it was real.
(The Gas Man walks back into the kitchen from the basement.)
PIPER: So, what's the verdict?
GAS MAN: Bad.
PRUE: Bad as in destroy my entire dinner party or bad as in you can fix it
quickly, it'll just cost more than my entire education?
GAS MAN: By tonight, there will be no more problems.
(The Gas Man turns and heads back into the basement.)
PRUE: Ooh ... kay, I'm off.
(Prue turns and walks out of the kitchen. Piper finishes looking through the
mail. She hands the rest to Phoebe.)
PIPER: Yeah, uh, I gotta go, too. I'm going to the wine store. Here. For you.
PHOEBE: Thanks.
[INT. MANOR - BASEMENT - DAY - CONTINUOUS]
(The Gas Man reaches the bottom of the basement stairs. Through what little
light is coming from the door at the top of the stairs, the Shadow of the Gas
Man is cast clearly on the basement wall.)
(The Gas Man stops and turns to look at his Shadow on the wall. The Shadow
doesn't move. When the Gas Man looks at the wall, The Shadow turns and faces
the Gas Man.)
GAS MAN: Which one do you want?
(Phoebe stands at the top of the basement stairs and peers in through the open
door.)
PHOEBE: (calls out) Uh, I'll just be upstairs if you need me.
(After not receiving an answer, Phoebe turns and leaves.)
(The Shadow raises its hand and points up the stairs at the kitchen.)
SHADOW: Phoebe.
(The Gas Man nods.)
FADE OUT TO
END OF TEASER
ROLL TITLE CREDITS
(COMMERCIAL SET)
FADE IN.
[EXT. VARIOUS SAN FRANCISCO CITY SCENES (STOCK) - DAY]
[EXT. BUCKLAND AUCTION HOUSE (STOCK) - DAY]
[INT. BUCKLAND AUCTION HOUSE - PRUE'S OFFICE -- DAY]
(Prue sets the lamp upright on her desk. She sets the statues back up on her
table.)
(Prue walks over to the center of the room and picks up a stack of magazines.
She turns around and looks at the mess her office was left in after the
earthquake.)
(She uses her powers and straightens the skewed picture on her wall.)
(Claire Pryce walks into the office behind her.)
CLAIRE PRYCE: Little down on the left.
(Prue turns around and sees Claire.)
PRUE: Thanks.
(Prue walks over to the picture and straightens it by hand.)
PRUE: Uh ... so, was this your first Quake?
CLAIRE PRYCE: And hopefully my last. I prefer my ceilings above me. All
right, this is the final guest list for tonight - (She hands Prue the sheet of
paper.) All important clients to me, to Buckland's, and therefore, to you. And
at the top of the list ...
PRUE: Professor Whittlesey. Didn't she just buy the Calder?
CLAIRE PRYCE: Well, her family did, and they can afford to buy much, much more.
And for whatever reason, she's fascinated with your house, so your job is to
keep her happy.
(Beth Whittlesey knocks lightly on the door before entering.)
BETH WHITTLESEY: (to Claire) Excuse me. Claire, I'll be bringing a guest, if
that's all right.
CLAIRE PRYCE: Of course. Prue, tonight's going to be five plus one.
BETH WHITTLESEY: (to Prue) It's your home, then.
PRUE: Yeah.
CLAIRE PRYCE: Oh, oh. Prue Halliwell, Professor Whittlesey.
(They shake hands.)
BETH WHITTLESEY: Beth. I can't tell you how excited I am to be spending the
evening in a house with such history.
PRUE: I understand you know a lot about the Halliwell history.
BETH WHITTLESEY: Well, I'm better versed on the house's structure than its
inhabitants.
CLAIRE PRYCE: The professor's tenured at Berkeley.
BETH WHITTLESEY: Architectural history. As a matter of fact, I use your house
as an example in one of my lectures.
PRUE: Really? Well, do you mention the leaky roof and limited hot water?
BETH WHITTLESEY: Oh, the original house that stood on that spot was a
masterpiece, but it had to be rebuilt after the earthquake of 1906 when it was
completely destroyed.
PRUE: That's right around the time my great-grandparents moved in.
BETH WHITTLESEY: Metaphysicists believe the land to be what they call a
Spiritual Nexus.
CLAIRE PRYCE: (interrupts lightly) But it's still standing after this
morning's rumble. So, okay, gotta go. Gotta go. (She urges Beth Whittlesey
toward the office door.) See you at seven. (She turns to look pointedly back
at Prue.) Plus one.
(They leave the office.)
(After a moment, Prue grabs the phone to call Piper.)
FADE OUT.
(COMMERCIAL SET)
FADE IN.
[EXT. WINE STORE (STOCK) - DAY]
(The phone rings.)
PIPER: (v.o.) Hello.
PRUE: (v.o. from phone) Hey, how's my favorite sister?
[INT. WINE STORE -- DAY]
(Piper is shopping for wine for Prue's dinner. She makes her way through the
aisle and heads straight for the wine she wants.)
PIPER: (to phone) You want something. I know you want something.
PRUE: (from phone) Look, my boss just told me it's plus one. I'm so sorry.
(Piper glances at the wine bottle on the shelf.)
PIPER: (not happy) (to phone) Plus one? But I-I've already bought -- oh,
whatever. You owe me.
(Piper hangs up. As she takes out her list, a very male arm reaches out from
behind her and grabs the bottle of wine off the shelf. Piper absently looks at
her list and reaches out to grab the bottle of wine off the shelf only to find
that it's not there.)
(She turns around and walks up to the blonde-haired man holding the wine
bottle.)
PIPER: Excuse me. That's- -
JOSH: Calera Jensen, '93. Last bottle.
PIPER: Mine. Look, um, why don't you try this? (She grabs a wine bottle off
the shelf and offers it to him.) It's got a robust flavor, good nose, great
vintage. It's probably better than the Calera.
JOSEH: I'm impressed, but why do you want it so bad?
PIPER: Because it's got a great body. Look, I'm making coq au vin, and I need
that bottle more than you do.
JOSH: Look, I'm sorry, but I've already been to three wine stores, lunch break
is long over, and I was told that this was the bottle to get.
(Piper chuckles humorlessly and puts the bottle she's holding aside on the
counter.)
PIPER: "Told"?
JOSH: The woman who recommended this grew up on a vineyard ... and, uh, she
does know how to choose wine.
(He smirks at her.)
PIPER: Yeah, well, I grew up in a house with two sisters, and I know how to do
this -
(Piper waves her hands and freezes Josh and the entire store. She immediately
has second thoughts.)
PIPER: Oh, wait. I can't do that. I can't use my powers for personal gain.
But it's not really personal gain exactly. Ugh! Damn! (Frustrated, Piper
walks away from him.) (mutters) You can keep the wine.
(Time resumes. Josh unfreezes. He looks around and finds Piper gone.)
CUT TO:
[INT. MANOR - STAIRS / MAIN HALL -- DAY]
(Phoebe walks down the stairs. She reaches the bottom and heads down the main
hall. She stops, turns back and looks at the framed photo of Grams - tilted
askew.)
(Puzzled, Phoebe straightens the photo.)
GAS MAN: (o.s.) Help me!
(Phoebe hears the Gas Man. She turns and heads for the kitchen.)
[INT. MANOR - KITCHEN - DAY - CONTINUOUS]
(Phoebe rushes into the kitchen looking for the Gas Man.)
GAS MAN: (o.s.) Help me!
(Phoebe stops in the middle of the kitchen.)
PHOEBE: Where are you?
GAS MAN: (o.s.) Please, help me!
(Phoebe turns and looks at the basement door. She takes a breath to control her
fear. She walks over to the basement door and calls down.)
PHOEBE: Uh, what's wrong?
GAS MAN: I-I-I-I fell. I think I might've sprained something, my ankle. I
could really use a hand down here.
(Looking down into the basement, there's some light coming from deep inside, but
no sign of the Gas Man.)
PHOEBE: Great. A hand. Okay. I'm okay. Uh ... (louder) I'm coming!
(Trying to get control over her fear of the basement, Phoebe puts a hand on the
door frame. She accidentally comes in contact with a framed photo and
immediately has a premonition.)
(Quick premonition of: [INT. BASEMENT - PAST] Grams is standing in the
basement, her right hand held out palm outward as if warding off something.)
LITTLE PHOEBE: (o.s.) Grams.
(Grams turns around.)
PENNY (GRAMS) Phoebe, go on back to bed, honey. Go on.
(Grams turns her attention back to whatever is in front of her.)
(End of premonition. Resume to present.)
(Phoebe looks at the photo on the wall of the three sisters when they were
young.)
PHOEBE: Grams. (Phoebe looks down at the basement.) The Woogyman.
PHOEBE: (louder) Uh, you know, I think I'm just gonna call somebody for some
help.
GAS MAN: (o.s.) No, please. I need your help.
PHOEBE: Okay.
(Bracing herself, Phoebe slowly walks into the basement.)
[INT. MANOR - BASEMENT - DAY - CONTINUOUS]
(Phoebe cautiously steps down the stairs heading deeper into the basement.)
PHOEBE: Hello?
(Phoebe reaches the bottom of the basement stairs. She sees the crack in the
floor, a bright light coming from inside the basement, but no sign of the Gas
Man.)
PHOEBE: Where are you?
(The Gas Man steps out from the dark behind Phoebe blocking her exit to the
stairs. Phoebe turns around startled.)
PHOEBE: I thought you said that you were--
(The Gas Man says nothing.)
SHADOW: (o.s.) Phoebe.
(The Gas Man smiles. The voice comes from behind Phoebe. She turns around and
sees the black smoke rising out from the crack in the concrete. She shakes her
head in denial as she recognizes that the Woogyman is real.)
PHOEBE: No.
SHADOW: Your nightmares are true. I exist.
(The black smoke continues to rise out from the crack in the floor.)
PHOEBE: I'm a good witch. You can't take me.
SHADOW: You'll fight me at first ... but in the end ... you'll do everything I
ask.
(The Shadow Demon enters Phoebe, possessing her.)
(Phoebe stops fighting it and accepts it. She smiles.)
CUT TO:
[INT. MANOR - FOYER - DAY -- CONTINUOUS]
(The front door slowly opens. Piper struggles to get the door open and carry in
all her grocery bags at the same time.)
PIPER: Don't worry. I can handle it all myself. It's me, the culinary
pachyderm.
(Piper crosses the threshold and is shocked by the door.)
PIPER: Phoebe, maybe we should call someone to check the electricity, too.
(Piper tries to get her bag onto the hallway table. Kit meows and dashes
straight for the door. She runs out of the house. Piper watches, puzzled by
their cat's behavior.)
PIPER: Kit. Hey!
(Piper calls out to the silent house.)
PIPER: Phoebs?
[INT. MANOR - KITCHEN - DAY - CONTINUOUS]
(Piper walks into the kitchen with her packages of groceries. She puts the
packages on the counter.)
(The Gas Man walks up behind Piper. She turns around and gasps when she sees
him.)
PIPER: Oh! God. Ohh, god. You scared me. Uh, is everything ok with the
house?
(The Gas Man takes a step forward.)
GAS MAN: It will be.
PIPER: Good. Could I get an ETA? (The Gas Man continues to advance on Piper.)
'Cause I'm going to have one very stressed-out sister -- have you seen my
sister?
(The Gas Man grabs Piper's arm and twists it behind her back.)
PIPER: Ow! Hey.
(He pushes her down forward into the counter.)
PIPER: (screams) Phoebe!
(The Gas Man holds both Piper's wrists in one hand while he tries to reach for
the large metal meat fork on the counter with his other hand.)
PIPER: Phoebe!
(Phoebe runs out from the basement. She pauses in the kitchen and sees Piper
struggling against the Gas Man. Suddenly a bat poofs into her right hand.)
(Phoebe swings the bat and knocks the Gas Man out.)
PIPER: Phoebe, he just -
PHOEBE: It's okay. It's okay.
PIPER: I thought he was going to kill me. I didn't even have a chance to
freeze him - (Piper sees the bat Phoebe's holding.)
Where'd you get the bat?
PHOEBE: Uh ... I don't know. It just sort of appeared.
PIPER: What do you mean it appeared? Like you opened the closet and found it,
or appeared like you thought bat, and there it was?
PHOEBE: Yeah. Door number two. I can't explain it, but something weird
happened to me down in the --
(Phoebe stops.)
PIPER: What? Phoebe, spill. How'd you make the bat materialize?
(The Gas Man groans.)
PHOEBE: Safety first, witchcraft later. We got to call 9-1-1.
DISSOLVE TO:
[EXT. HALLIWELL MANOR - STREET OUT FRONT -- DAY]
(Andy and Darryl walk down the sidewalk as Andy fills Darryl in on information
he's learned.)
ANDY: This doesn't track.
DARRYL MORRIS: What's that?
ANDY: I just got background on the Gas Man. He doesn't have a record, not even
a parking ticket. He's a family man, a church volunteer, little league coach--
DARRYL MORRIS: When good coaches go bad, next week on Fox.
(Prue walks up tot hem.)
PRUE: Andy, what's going on?
ANDY: Everything's fine. There was an incident involving the Gas Man who was
checking your house. He got a little rough with Piper.
(Prue turns and heads for the house.)
ANDY: Prue ...
(She doesn't stop. Andy watches her go.)
[INT. MANOR - FOYER - DAY - CONTINUOUS]
(The front door opens and Prue walks in. As she crosses the threshold, she,
too, is shocked by a jolt of electricity.)
PRUE: Ow.
(She doesn't think anything of it. She shuts the door and looks for Piper.)
[INT. MANOR - SITTING ROOM - DAY - CONTINUOUS]
(Prue finds Piper on the couch sitting next to Phoebe.)
PRUE: Hey, Piper, are you okay? Are you hurt?
PIPER: No. Yeah. I'm--I'm fine. He attacked me, and then Phoebe stopped him.
(She turns to look at Phoebe who is barely interested.) Go on. Show her.
PHOEBE: I told you, I can't do it now.
PRUE: Do what?
PIPER: Phoebe has a new power. (Piper stands up and walks over next to Prue.)
She thinks of something, and poof, it appears.
PHOEBE: I just did it once.
PIPER: And it saved my life. I would think that you would be thrilled. You've
always wanted an active power.
PHOEBE: Whatever.
PRUE: Wait a second. Time out. Our powers are supposed to progress, not grow
at random, and if it did grow, I would think that it would at least be
premonition-esque. I smell Book of Shadows. Did you do something?
PHOEBE: Ok, I just saved Piper's ass. Where were you?
PIPER: Phoebe.
PHOEBE: Prue's just pissy because this time, she didn't get to play Wonder
Woman. (Phoebe stands up.) I'm not in the mood to soothe your ego.
(Phoebe walks away.)
(As she passes the hallway, the camera lingers on Gram's framed photo on the
wall. It's hanging upside-down.)
PRUE: Well, tonight's going to be fun.
PIPER: She'll be fine. Um, everything will be fine.
CUT TO:
[INT. MANOR - BASEMENT - DAY -- CONTINUOUS]
(Phoebe walks down the basement stairs and stops at the bottom. We hear the
whirling noises of the Shadow Demon.)
(Phoebe holds out her hand and a nail file appears in a puff of black smoke.
She turns and addresses her Shadow on the wall.)
PHOEBE: Thanks for my new power.
SHADOW: You must not fail me again. You must use your powers against your
sisters.
(Phoebe takes a couple of hesitant steps toward the stairs. The Shadow remains
on the wall.)
PHOEBE: (pleads) Please don't make me do this. I don't want to hurt them.
SHADOW: Phoebe. You're not strong enough to fight me.
(Phoebe smiles.)
FADE OUT.
(COMMERCIAL SET)
FADE IN.
[EXT. HALLIWELL MANOR (STOCK) - EVENING]
[INT. MANOR - BASEMENT -- EVENING]
(Phoebe sits on a chair in the center of the basement filing her nails. She's
dressed for the evening.)
(The Shadow rises up in the background. Electricity sparks.)
SHADOW: It's almost time, Phoebe.
(Phoebe looks at her nails. They're polished green. With a wave of her hand,
the color changes to red.)
SHADOW: Use the powers.
(Phoebe smiles, pleased with the new color.)
CUT TO:
[INT. MANOR - KITCHEN - EVENING -- CONTINUOUS]
(Piper is in the kitchen cooking. Or trying to. She reaches out to turn the
blender on. It sparks and jolts her fingertips. She pulls back in pain.)
PIPER: F -- flour.
(Prue walks into the kitchen. She's wearing a white robe and still not ready.)
PRUE: All right there is lava water spewing from the showerheads. Did you turn
up the water heater again?
PIPER: No. Uh, no. I -
(Piper walks over to the food processor. She turns it on and it, too, sparks.)
PIPER: Ow! All right, the earthquake must've messed up the wiring or
something. Try cooking a feast when your own kitchen is attacking you.
PRUE: Ok, just relax. We still have an hour before --
(The doorbell rings.)
(Piper checks her watch.)
PIPER: It's seven o'clock. How can that be? (She glances back at the
microwave clock. It reads: 6:08.) Th-th-the clock on the microwave says--
(The clock on the microwave is flashing. It shorts and goes out.)
PRUE: Something weird is going on.
(Phoebe walks out of the basement.)
PHOEBE: Is anyone going to answer that?
(Prue and Piper turn and both look surprised at seeing her.)
PIPER: Phoebe?
PRUE: Wait. A-am I seeing things, or did you just come from the basement?
What about the Woogyman?
PHOEBE: That was just a story, remember?
(The doorbell rings. Phoebe walks by Prue.)
PHOEBE: You should probably finish getting ready.
(Phoebe leaves the kitchen. Prue turns and looks at Piper.)
[INT. MANOR - FOYER - EVENING -- CONTINUOUS]
(Phoebe opens the front door. Beth Wittlesey and Claire smile at her.)
PHOEBE: Welcome to Halliwell Manor. My name is Phoebe. I'll be your Cruise
Director this evening.
(Phoebe turns and walks into the house. Beth and Claire look at each other.
Josh walks up behind them.)
(They enter the house.)
[INT. MANOR - KITCHEN - EVENING -- CONTINUOUS]
(Piper mutters to herself.)
PIPER: Everything is fine. This is fine.
(She picks up the bag of flour and a measuring cup to pour it into. The flour
spills all over herself and the counter. She puts both items down, frustrated
that things aren't going smoothly as planned.)
PIPER: This is utter disaster. I am a good person. What did I do to deserve
this?
(Piper puts her head in her hands.)
(Josh walks into the kitchen.)
JOSH: (o.s.) Prue told me to give this to the chef.
(Piper looks up and finds herself face-to-face with the wine stealer from the
wine store. He also looks shocked when he recognizes her. In his hand, he has
the bottle of wine.)
PIPER: You.
JOSH: Most people call me Josh. I, uh, well, I--I work for Professor
Whittlesey.
PIPER: You're the "plus one".
JOSH: And, uh, I stole your wine.
(He takes out the wine bottle from the bag.)
JOSH: Truce?
PIPER: Calera Jensen. What a surprise.
(Piper lifts her chin and puts the bottle on the counter behind her.)
JOSH: Last bottle. (He points to her face.) Uh, you have, um, flour on your,
uh, right - y--um, um ...
(Piper brushes the flour from her face as he points to it. She exhales and
stops brushing at the flour.)
JOSH: Perfect.
(Josh turns and leaves. Phoebe walks into the kitchen.)
PHOEBE: Are you planning on feeding the people in the living room?
PIPER: Of course, um, I've got - (Piper looks around the counter.) What have I
got?
(Phoebe points to the tray on the side.)
PHOEBE: Um ... what's in there?
PIPER: Duck medallions, but -
(Phoebe grabs the tray. Piper tries to stop her.)
PIPER: No, no, no. That's supposed to be part of dinner. Okay, now I guess
it's an appetizer. Okay, go, go, go. Mingle, mingle, mingle.
[INT. MANOR - SITTING ROOM - EVENING -- CONTINUOUS]
(Beth Whittlesey and Claire sit on the sofa. Beth Whittlesey is impressed by
the house.)
BETH WHITTLESEY: The manor's been beautifully restored, really quite
magnificent.
(Prue walks into the sitting room.)
CLAIRE PRYCE: Prue, there you are.
(Phoebe walks in carrying the covered serving tray.)
PHOEBE: Anyone hungry?
(Phoebe puts the serving tray down on the coffee table in front of them.)
CLAIRE PRYCE: Well, what do we have here?
PHOEBE: Duck medallions ...
(She uncovers the tray to reveal a live white duck.)
DUCK: Quack Quack.
(Beth Whittlesey and Claire both gasp. Prue doesn't bat an eye. She looks at
Phoebe.)
PHOEBE: Sans medallions.
(Surprised herself, Prue smiles. Beth Whittlesey starts to laugh.)
PRUE: That's my sister the magician. Usually it's a dove or a rabbit.
(Phoebe covers the serving tray. Prue glares at her as Phoebe turns and leaves
the room.)
[INT. MANOR - KITCHEN - EVENING -- CONTINUOUS]
(Piper is adjusting the temperature on the gas stove.)
PIPER: Lightly simmering...
(The heat flames up to engulf the pan. Piper gasps and steps back from the
stove.)
PIPER: Okay, okay, okay. (She turns the stove off.) Sabotage. I am being
sabotaged.
PHOEBE: What seems to be the problem?
(Phoebe appears in the kitchen.)
PIPER: (sighs) There is something terribly wrong with the house.
(The sink gives a loud gurgle and dirty water spews out from the disposal
splashing on the counters and on the floor. Piper whirls around.)
PIPER: Oh, my god.
(A large dagger appears in Phoebe's hand.)
PIPER: Oh, my god.
(Piper rushes over to the sink to clean up the mess. Phoebe slowly advances on
Piper from behind. She raises the dagger as she gets closer to her.)
PIPER: Call a plumber. Oh. This is a complete and total disaster. Somebody
just kill me now and spare me the agony of cleanup.
PHOEBE: Ask and you shall receive.
JOSH: (o.s.) Everything all right in here?
(The dagger disappears from Phoebe's grip in a puff of black gas. Piper and
Phoebe both turn around at the sound of Josh's voice.)
(Josh walks into the kitchen. Phoebe glances at her empty hand. Josh looks
around the kitchen.)
JOSH: And people pay you to do this?
PIPER: Phoebe, could you please escort Mr. Congeniality out of here, please,
now? (Phoebe turns to leave.) And get Prue. Tell her it's an emergency.
[INT. MANOR - CONSERVATORY - EVENING -- CONTINUOUS]
(Prue shows Beth Whittlesey around the house.)
BETH WHITTLESEY: There's no other house in the city quite like yours.
PRUE: Because of its architecture?
BETH WHITTLESEY: Because of its location.
PRUE: Right. You mentioned that. Something about some sort of a spiritual ...
BETH WHITTLESEY: ... Nexus. It's mythology, really, but it's believed that
when a geographical point is equidistant from the five spiritual elements, it's
a place of great power.
(The electric lights spark and turn themselves on. In the background, we see
Phoebe and Josh enter the sitting room. Phoebe makes her way toward Prue.)
PRUE: Power failure. Um ... look, I don't know what's going on, but I
apologize for any inconvenience.
PHOEBE: (interrupts) Prue, Piper needs you in the kitchen. Oh, don't worry.
I'll take very good care of your guest.
(Prue smiles at Beth Whittlesey and turns to go to the kitchen. Phoebe walks up
to Beth.)
PHOEBE: You came to see the house. Would you like the grand tour?
BETH WHITTLESEY: (nods) Mm-hmm.
PHOEBE: (smiles) Hmm.
(Phoebe turns to lead Beth Whittlesey through the house.)
[INT. MANOR - KITCHEN - NIGHT -- CONTINUOUS]
(Prue turns the corner and stops when she walks into the kitchen. Piper is on
the floor, legs and arms flailing in frustration.)
PIPER: Aah!
(The place is a mess.)
(Prue walks over to her and helps her to her feet.)
PRUE: Okay, aren't you the same girl who said, and I quote, "Everything will be
fine"?
PIPER: Yep.
PRUE: And?
PIPER: It's not. I don't know what it is, but it's like the house is
possessed.
PRUE: No, no, no. It is Phoebe and her new powers.
PIPER: Look, I know she's been acting really weird lately, but she wouldn't -
(The kitchen sink gurgles loudly interrupting Piper's train of thought.)
PIPER: I would argue if I could think of another option.
(Piper sighs.)
(Claire Pryce walks into the kitchen.)
CLAIRE PRYCE: Uh, Prue?
(The Duck quacks as it walks past Claire into the kitchen. She jumps.)
CLAIRE PRYCE: Aah! (Prue gives Claire a smile.) May I speak to you for a
second?
PRUE: Yes. I'll be out in one second, Claire.
(Clarie leaves. Prue whirls around to Piper.)
PRUE: What do we do?
PIPER: I--I don't know, but I can't cook this meal, not in this kitchen, and
it's too late to get it from Quake.
PRUE: Okay, um, let's just end it now before it gets any worse. Be my wingman?
(Piper takes off her apron.)
PIPER: Mm-hmm.
(Prue turns and they both leave the kitchen.)
[INT. MANOR - DINING ROOM - NIGHT -- CONTINUOUS]
(Prue and Piper walk out of the kitchen to find Claire.)
(Beth Whittlesey and Phoebe enter the kitchen.)
[INT. MANOR - KITCHEN - NIGHT - CONTINUOUS]
(Phoebe leads her to the basement.)
BETH WHITTLESEY: (nervously) Really, I--I don't need to see the basement.
PHOEBE: Are you kidding? It's the best part of the house. After you.
(Beth walks through the door leading to the basement.)
[INT. MANOR - MAIN HALL - NIGHT -- CONTINUOUS]
(Prue and Piper walk up to Josh and Claire.)
CLAIRE PRYCE: Well, as hostess, it's sometimes helpful to be present at the
party.
PRUE: Uh, Claire, I am so sorry, but I'm going to have to cut this evening
short.
PIPER: We're experiencing some technical difficulties.
CLAIRE PRYCE: What? Do you realize what you're doing?
PRUE: Yes, and I think I'm doing it just in time.
PIPER: There is a table waiting for all of you at Quake, on the house.
PRUE: There is?
PIPER: (mumbles) There will be.
(Claire looks at Josh. She turns and leaves.)
PIPER: (mumbles to Prue) Where's Phoebe?
JOSH: I think she's giving the professor a, um -
BETH WHITTLESEY: (o.s.) ... Tour.
(They turn around to find Beth Whittlesey walking calmly toward them.)
BETH WHITTLESEY: She showed me the bedrooms, the solarium. I found the
basement particularly intriguing.
PRUE: Beth, are you okay?
BETH WHITTLESEY: Fine.
PRUE: Okay, uh, dinner has been changed. Uh, we're having it somewhere else,
okay?
(Claire rushes up to Beth.)
CLAIRE PRYCE: Oh, professor, I'm only sorry you didn't get to spend more time
in the house.
BETH WHITTLESEY: My time was well spent.
(They all head out the front door.)
[EXT. MANOR - FRONT WALK - NIGHT - CONTINUOUS]
(Beth walks out first. Claire and Prue step out of the house.)
CLAIRE PRYCE: (to Prue) I'm looking forward to hearing your explanation of
tonight's events. Need a ride?
PRUE: I just have to tie up a few loose ends here. I'll try and make it.
CLAIRE PRYCE: Try hard.
(Claire walks past Prue toward the car.)
(Piper and Josh follow.)
(Josh follows Claire. Piper stops next to Prue.)
PIPER: Now what?
PRUE: Interrogation.
(The front door opens and Phoebe lingers in the doorway.)
PHOEBE: Are you looking for me?
PRUE: Why are you doing this?
PHOEBE: Because he asked me to.
PIPER: Who asked you to?
(Phoebe doesn't answer her. Steamed, Prue rushes back up the front stairs
toward the house.)
PRUE: Okay. That is it. We need to --
(Prue reaches the front door and automatically runs into an electric force field
that zaps her, sending her flying backward. She hits the front lawn with a
thud.)
PRUE: Unh.
(Piper rushes to help Prue.)
PIPER: Oh, Prue. Prue, are you okay? Phoebe, what's wrong with you?! Why
won't you let us in?
PHOEBE: No, you can't. You shouldn't.
(Piper and Prue watch speechless as Phoebe struggles with herself. Suddenly
Phoebe shouts to them.)
SHADOW PHOEBE: You don't live here anymore.
(Phoebe's voice changes.)
SHADOW PHOEBE: (demonic voice) He does.
(Piper and Prue watch as Phoebe looks at the door. She waves her hand and the
door telekinetically closes.)
(Hold on Piper and Prue.)
FADE OUT.
(COMMERCIAL SET)
FADE IN.
[INT. MANOR - FRONT STEP - MORNING]
(Prue and Piper are sitting out on the front steps. Piper looks at the morning
paper.)
PRUE: Okay, we have been up all night. We have tried everything. If our
powers can't get us into the house, what can?
(Piper sighs. She puts the newspaper down, pushes her coat aside and trods up
the front walk. She picks up a brick and throws it at the window. The electric
force shield is still in tact and the brick bounces off the window.)
PIPER: That helped.
PRUE: You know, yesterday, I got shocked when I walked through the front door.
PIPER: Me, too. Do you think that's when this all started?
PRUE: Define "this." Our house has turned against us and so has our sister.
(Prue stands up. Piper puts her jacket back on.)
PIPER: This is more than just Phoebe. She said that he told he to do this. So
who is he, and what does he want with Phoebe?
PRUE: Maybe that's the problem. We've been focusing on Phoebe. Maybe that's
not the point.
PIPER: Then what is?
PRUE: Location. Whatever has the house has her, too, and it's not letting us
in for a reason.
PIPER: And we can't get to the Book of Shadows to find out what it is, so we
know nothing.
PRUE: Yes, we do. There's someone who knows the house better than we do. Come
on.
(Prue and Piper leave.)
CUT TO:
[INT. MANOR - DINING ROOM / MAIN HALL -- DAY]
(Phoebe walks into the dining room from the kitchen. She's dialing the phone.
As she walks by, the lights flicker and buzz and the wallpaper starts to peel
off its surface.)
(She walks through the dining room. The glass in the Conservatory sliding doors
crack and fall off their frames as she walks by.)
PHOEBE: (to phone) Yes, I would like a pizza delivered to my home. (Outside,
thunder rumbles.) Well, whenever you do open, then. I don't care what you put
on the thing. Just make sure somebody delivers it. (Thunder rumbles.) 1329
Prescott Street. I'll be waiting.
(Phoebe walks past the main hall. As she walks by the framed photo of Grams,
she waves her hand. The picture starts to burn from the center outward,
catching on fire and burning Grams' face.)
CUT TO:
[EXT. UNIVERSITY CAMPUS (STOCK) - DAY]
(It's pouring.)
[EXT. UNIVERSITY CAMPUS - FRONT STEPS - DAY]
(Officers escort Professor Beth Whittlesey down the front steps. She's in
handcuffs.)
(Piper and Prue catch up with Josh.)
PIPER: Hey! What happened?
JOSH: Uh, I don't know. Professor Whittlesey had just begun her seminar when
she turned and suddenly started choking me. If one of her students hadn't
pulled her off--
PIPER: Oh, my god. Are you okay?
JOSH: Yeah. I just, uh ... I don't know why she snapped like that.
PRUE: Okay, Josh, do you know anything about what she said to Caire, something
about a Spiritual Nexus?
JOSH: She brought that up? Wow. The professor doesn't usually go in for that
sort of metaphysical mythology.
PRUE: Yeah, well, you know Claire. Once she gets her claws into something, she
can't seem to forget about it.
JOSH: You know, I've met people like that. A Spiritual Nexus is a, uh, point
of incredible energy.
PRUE: Equidistant from the five spiritual elements.
JOSH: That's right. It's a place or thing that could be swayed either way.
PIPER: Either way?
JOSH: Yeah, either to be a source of undeniable good or undeniable evil.
(Prue and Piper look at each other. Josh glances over at the officers who are
putting Professor Whittlesey into the back of their car.)
JOSH: Uh, look, ladies. I'm gonna follow her, make sure she's okay. You know,
feel free to browse around in our office if you think it'll help.
(Prue nods.)
CUT TO:
[INT. UNIVERSITY - JOSH'S OFFICE -- DAY]
(Prue and Piper are looking through the maps of the area.)
PRUE: Okay. To find a way back in, we have to know what we're up against.
(Piper finds the map with their house on it. She carries it over to the center
table.)
PRUE: The professor said that a true Spiritual Nexus sits equidistant from the
five basal elements, so that's, uh, earth, fire, water, wood, and metal.
(Piper takes a piece of string.)
PIPER: Okey-dokey. Equidistant. Here is the manor.
PRUE: All right.
(Prue puts a green sticker dot on the map representing the house. Piper
measures out from the house looking for the elements.)
PRUE: Uh, let's see. The Bay. Water.
(Prue puts a dot on the Bay.)
PIPER: Natural hot springs?
(Prue puts a third dot on the map.)
PRUE: Um, fire. What about wood? That, uh, park that mom used to take us to,
Kenwood.
PIPER: Named after the type of tree that grew there when it was still a forest.
(Piper swings the string around and Prue puts another green sticker dot on the
map.)
PRUE: Okay. Uh, three out of five. Earth.
(Piper swings the string around on the map.)
PIPER: Twin peaks. Highest point in the city.
(Prue puts a sticker on it.)
PRUE: And last but not least, metal.
PIPER: Tiffany's.
PRUE: Cute. Natural metal. Um, okay, uh, fourth grade field trip. We panned
for gold. Where was that?
(Piper finds the Mountain Lake Park. Prue puts the last green sticker on it.)
PRUE: Okay.
(Prue takes a ruler and connects the green dots. She winds up with a star with
their house in the center.)
PIPER: Our house was built in the center of a pentagram.
PRUE: Looks like it's not just on a Spiritual Nexus, but a Wiccan one as well,
which means it's a battleground for good and evil.
PIPER: And what happens once evil has the house?
PRUE: It spreads. We'd have to check the Book of Shadows to be sure, but I'd
bet that there is a reason why our family built the house there -- to reclaim
the spot for good.
PIPER: And now I'm thinking evil wants it back.
PRUE: Yeah, and it's taking Phoebe with it.
CUT TO:
[EXT. MANOR - FRONT WALK -- DAY]
(Andy and Darryl drive up to the house. Andy parks the car and they get out.)
DARRYL MORRIS: Why does it feel like we live here?
(There's a loud crash. Across the street, one neighbor has thrown the metal
trash can at the other neighbor.)
NEIGHBOR JOE: Paul!
PAUL: Keep out of my yard!
(Paul grabs a second metal trash can and lifts it up over his head to throw it
at the neighbor.)
NEIGHBOR JOE: Put it down, Paul. Put it down!
(Andy and Darryl watch and decide to split up.)
ANDY: (chuckles) Which one do you want?
DARRYL MORRIS: I'll take that one. I could use the change of scenery.
ANDY: Meet you back here.
(Andy heads for the house; Darryl goes to stop the neighbors from fighting.)
[INT. MANOR - FRONT PORCH - DAY - CONTINUOUS]
(Before Andy can knock on the door, Phoebe opens it.)
PHOEBE: Hello, Inspector.
ANDY: Phoebe. H-hey, I -- I stopped by to --
PHOEBE: Just in time. I think there might be a gas leak, and I'm home all
alone. Do you think you could look it over?
ANDY: Sure.
(Phoebe lets him into the house. Andy walks in; Phoebe follows him.)
PHOEBE: It's down in the basement.
(The door magically closes behind her.)
CUT TO:
[EXT. MANOR - FRONT DRIVE - DAY -- CONTINUOUS]
(Piper and Prue exit their car. Darryl is on the other side of the street
talking with the neighbor.)
DARRYL MORRIS: So he came out of his house, walked over here, and started
throwing things?
(Prue and Piper head over toward Darryl.)
NEIGHBOR JOE: No, not out of his house, out of the Halliwells'.
DARRYL MORRIS: Really.
PIPER: Hey, Morris. Neighborhood watch?
DARRYL MORRIS: Had a woman brought into the station house today. Wasn't
feeling too well. Spent last night at your house. Professor Beth Whittlesey.
PRUE: Is she okay?
DARRYL MORRIS: Not at the moment. She's under observation.
(Paul pushes the Neighbor.)
NEIGHBOR JOE: Paul, what the hell's the matter with you?
PAUL: Nothing.
DARRYL MORRIS: I'm occupied right now. Andy would like to ask you a few
questions. He's inside.
PAUL: I told you to keep your trash cans off my drive way ...
(Darryl turns his attention back to the two neighbors.)
[EXT. MANOR - FRONT WALK - DAY - CONTINUOUS]
(Piper and Prue walk up the front steps.)
PIPER: Wait. If Andy is in the house, and Paul was in the house, there must be
a way for us to get in.
PRUE: We better hope so. Otherwise there's no way to get to the Book of
Shadows.
(The front door opens. Piper and Prue both gasp and scramble to get out of
sight. They duck to the side of the stairs. Andy is in the foyer.)
PRUE: Freeze him.
PIPER: No. Wait.
PRUE: What are you doing?
PIPER: Shhh!
(Andy steps into the open doorway. Piper freezes him.)
PRUE: What was that?
PIPER: The house is letting him out, right? This is the only second that its
guard is down.
PRUE: You're brilliant.
PIPER: Thank you.
(Prue and Piper head for the door. They squeeze past Andy and past Phoebe, too,
both frozen.)
(Prue sees Phoebe and stops.)
PRUE: Oh, my. She's frozen.
PIPER: Good.
PRUE: No, no, no. Remember? Our powers don't work on good witches.
PIPER: Oh, that means she's--
PRUE: We've lost her. Okay. Let's go get her back.
(Prue grabs Piper's hand and they both head for the stairs.)
PRUE: Run.
(Prue and Piper run up the stairs.)
(Time resumes. Phoebe shuts the door closed behind Andy.)
CUT TO:
[EXT. MANOR - STREET - DAY -- CONTINUOUS]
(Darryl is literally holding the two neighbors apart. Behind him, Andy rapidly
crosses the street to join them.)
NEIGHBOR JOE: I never liked living next-door--
PAUL: Don't do it again, or I'll -
(The two neighbors continue to argue loudly. Andy kicks the metal trash can as
he draws out his weapon.)
DARRYL MORRIS: Want to give me a hand here, partner?
(Darryl glances behind him and sees Andy with the gun. Andy points.)
DARRYL MORRIS: Whoa, whoa, whoa, Andy!
(Darryl turns around and knocks Andy to the ground, grabbing the gun out of his
stiff hand.)
DARRYL MORRIS: What the hell was that?
(Andy's comes to. He finds himself on his back on the grass.)
ANDY: (confused) Huh? I have no idea.
FADE OUT.
(COMMERCIAL SET)
FADE IN.
[INT. MANOR - ATTIC - DAY]
(Prue flips through the Book of Shadows. Piper paces circles around Prue and
the Book.)
PIPER: Faster would be good.
PRUE: There is nothing here. We don't even know what we're fighting.
PIPER: Our sister.
PRUE: No, it's more than that. All right. (Prue closes the Book.) When in
doubt, start at the beginning. (Prue grabs Piper to stop her from pacing.)
Hey. What happened first?
PIPER: Gas Man attacked me.
PRUE: Before that.
PIPER: The earthquake, which is why the Gas Man was here. To check the leak in
the basement.
PRUE: All right, and before Professor Whittlesey freaked out, she took a tour
of the house, including the basement.
(She sees the connection.)
PIPER: Ooh.
PRUE: Noises don't help.
PIPER: The, um, the Gas Man said that's where Phoebe was, and we know she's
been down there.
PRUE: (shakes her head) No. Piper, it was just a story.
PIPER: Are you so sure? We've seen monsters and demons from the past and the
future. How can you be so certain that Phoebe's childhood monster isn't real?
PRUE: The Woogyman in the basement?
PIPER: Phoebe swore she saw something down there, and that's when Grams started
telling us the story -
PRUE: ... of how to destroy it.
PIPER: And there was an earthquake that night, too, remember? Maybe that's how
it gets out.
PRUE: We've been looking in the wrong place. How to vanquish the Demon isn't in
the Book of Shadows. It's in Grams' story.
PIPER: So it wasn't a story, it was a spell?
PRUE: All right, the Woogyman is a real demon, so Phoebe was right. Now, how
did it go?
PIPER: Uh, something about ... a Woogyman and Grams fought it.
PRUE: That's it? That's all that you remember?
PIPER: Well, don't you remember anything?
PRUE: I-I-I remember that it was sort of like a -- a rhyme, sounded like a
children's song.
(Piper walks over to the attic door.)
PIPER: Well, we better figure it out fast, or we're gonna have a whole lot of -
-
(Piper opens the attic door. Phoebe's standing on the other side. She grabs
Piper and pulls her out of the attic. Piper screams in surprise.)
PIPER: Whaah!
(Phoebe steps into the attic and locks the door. She turns and looks at Prue.
She tosses the key aside.)
(Just outside the attic, Piper starts pounding on the door.)
PIPER: Prue!
(Inside the attic, Phoebe holds up her hand. A large machete-like sword appears
in her grip. Piper continues to pound and yell through the door.)
PIPER: (through door) Prue! Phoebe!
PHOEBE: Any fantasies about how you want to die?
PRUE: Phoebe, listen to me. This isn't you.
PHOEBE: Give the girl a prize.
(Phoebe starts to walk in closer to Prue.)
(Piper rattles the doorknob and pounds on the door.)
PIPER: (through door) Prue!
PRUE: Look, whatever is doing this hasn't completely beaten you. Otherwise, we
would be dead by now.
PHOEBE: Really?
PIPER: (through door) Phoebe!
PRUE: Phoebe, you are stronger than him.
PIPER: (through door) I mean it!
PHOEBE: No, I wasn't. That's why he chose me. (demonic voice) But now I'm
stronger than you.
(Phoebe raises the machete.)
PIPER: (through door) Prue! Phoebe!
(Not having a choice, Prue uses her power against Phoebe. She throws Phoebe up
into the air. Phoebe lands on the floor with a thud.)
PIPER: (through door) Prue!
(Prue looks at the door and forces it open.)
PRUE: Go!
(Piper and Prue run out of the attic. The door sparks as they pass it. Phoebe
is still on the floor out cold.)
[INT. MANOR - MAIN HALL STAIRS - DAY - CONTINUOUS]
(Prue and Piper run down the main stairs. Piper continues to run through the
main hall to get out of the house. Prue stops.)
PRUE: Piper, where are you going?
(Piper opens the front door.)
PIPER: It's not just Phoebe we're fighting. It's the house. It's everything.
(Piper turns to leave the house, but the house won't let her.)
PRUE: Piper, don't!
(She runs into the electric force shield and falls backward.)
PRUE: Oh, god. Uhh! Are you okay?
(Prue helps her to her feet.)
PIPER: No, I'm not, and neither are you. We're locked in this house, and our
sister's trying to kill us.
(The front door magically closes shut trapping them inside.)
FADE OUT.
FADE IN.
[EXT. HALLIWELL MANOR (STOCK) - DAY]
[INT. MANOR - CONSERVATORY -- DAY]
(Prue and Piper try to figure out how to beat the Demon.)
PRUE: All right, the answer must be in Grams' Woogyman story.
PIPER: Which neither one of us remembers.
PRUE: Yeah, but we have to keep trying.
[INT. MANOR - ATTIC - DAY -- CONTINUOUS]
(Phoebe comes to. She gets to her feet and heads out of the attic.)
[INT. MANOR - STAIRS / MAIN HALL - DAY - CONTINUOUS]
(Phoebe walks down the stairs and overhears Piper and Prue.)
PIPER: (o.s.) There has to be a way out of here.
PRUE: (o.s.) We've tried everything, Piper. Besides, the only way to help
Phoebe is from inside.
(Phoebe smiles and heads into the kitchen.)
PIPER: (o.s.) Help her kill us, maybe.
[INT. MANOR - CONSERVATORY - DAY - CONTINUOUS]
(Prue and Piper continue to talk.)
PRUE: Yeah, well, we have to keep trying.
PHOEBE: (o.s.) Prue! Piper! Help me!
PRUE: Do you think...
PHOEBE: (o.s.) Please! You gotta help me! Down in the basement!
PIPER: Trap.
PRUE: Yeah. Well, what else can we do?
PIPER: We could not go to the basement. I'd vote for that.
PRUE: Grams must have thought that this evil might come back, and that's why
she told us the story.
PIPER: Well, how do we remember the words? I never even believed in the
Woogyman.
PRUE: No, but Phoebe did. She knows the story by heart.
PIPER: Something tells me she's not in the mood to share.
PRUE: All right. We know that the source of his power is in the basement, so
if we can weaken him, then maybe we can weaken his hold on Phoebe, at least long
enough for her to tell us the spell.
PIPER: How do we do that? We don't even know what it is or how to fight it.
PHOEBE: (o.s.) Help! Please, I need you!
[INT. MANOR - KITCHEN - DAY - CONTINUOUS]
(Prue and Piper cautiously head out of the Dining Room and into the kitchen.)
(They stop in front of the door to the basement. It's very dark inside.)
PRUE: Okay. Um ... we have no choice, so we're gonna need a, uh ...
PIPER: Light.
(Prue walks over to the utility drawer and takes out a flashlight.)
PIPER: No. The Light. Grams' story, remember? She said something about using
it to guide you through The Shadow. Or was it to The Shadow?
PRUE: But that doesn't make sense, using a light to find a Shadow. Shadows
retreat from the light. And they thrive in the darkness, kind of like this.
PIPER: Or in the basement. Maybe that's what we're fighting, Prue, a Shadow.
PRUE: (nods) Okay. Let's fight it.
(Prue and Piper turn toward the basement.)
[INT. MANOR - BASEMENT - DAY - CONTINUOUS]
(Prue turns the flashlight on. They slowly descend the stairway.)
PIPER: Phoebe?
(They reach the bottom and find the Shadow swirling in the basement.)
PRUE: Okay, there, see that?
(The Shadow swirls over the crack in the floor.)
(Phoebe appears behind them standing at the top of the stairs near the door.)
PHOEBE: What took you so long?
(Prue uses her powers and shuts the door on Phoebe. She bangs on the door.
Prue turns to Piper.)
PRUE: One evil at a time. Okay, uh, freeze it!
(Piper tries, but it doesn't work.)
PIPER: It's not working. Can't you, uh ...
(Piper motions with her hands. Prue tries her powers, but they don't work.)
PRUE: No, my powers aren't working on it either.
(Phoebe uses her shoulder on the door and rams it open. Prue turns to look at
her.)
PRUE: Phoebe, you've got to listen to us.
CUE SOUND: DARK MAGIC
PHOEBE: You're in no position to tell me what to do.
(Phoebe holds up the dagger in the hand.)
(The Shadow slowly rises out from the crack in the floor.)
PRUE: Remember Grams' story, the one about the Woogyman, about the light?
(Phoebe hesitates.)
PIPER: Come on, Phoebe, try.
PHOEBE: (shies away) I can't. (She steps back.) Don't make me. Don't like
the basement.
SHADOW: It's no use. Your sister's evil now!
(The Shadow rises higher and higher behind them. Prue looks at Phoebe again.)
PRUE: Come on, Phoebe. You've got to fight it. You're good.
(Phoebe puts her hand up against the wall and touches the framed photo hanging
nearby. She instantly has a premonition.)
(Quick premonition to:
[INT. MANOR - BASEMENT - NIGHT - PAST]
(Grams is fighting the Shadow.)
YOUNG PHOEBE: (o.s.) Grams.
(Grams looks back.)
PENNY (GRAMS): Phoebe, go on back to bed, honey. Go on.
(The Shadow laughs. Grams turns her attention back to the Shadow.)
(End of premonition. Resume to present.)
(The Shadow laughs as it slowly engulfs both Prue and Piper.)
PRUE: Phoebe, please, remember the story? What did Grams say?
PIPER: Hurry, Phoebe, please!
(Phoebe starts to descend the stairs.)
PHOEBE:
I am ... light.
(One ... then two bright, white orb lights swirl into the basement.)
(cc) SHADOW: Phoebe! Kill them! Now!
PHOEBE:
I am one too strong to fight.
Return to dark where shadows dwell.
You cannot have this Halliwell.
(More orb lights appear and swirl around the Shadow. The Shadow retreats its
hold around Prue and Piper.)
PRUE: Keep it going, Phoebe.
PHOEBE:
Go away and leave my sight -
SHADOW: What are you doing? You can't fight me -- !
PHOEBE:
And take with you this endless night.
SHADOW: Phoebe! No! No! Phoebe! No!
(The bright, white orb lights swirl around the Shadow and chases it back into
the crack in the floor.)
[INT. MANOR - DINING ROOM - CONTINUOUS]
(The peeling wall paper reattached back to the walls.)
[INT. MANOR - BASEMENT - CONTINUOUS]
(As Phoebe watches, the concrete crack in the floor reseals itself trapping The
Shadow back in the ground.)
SHADOW: Nooo!
[INT. MANOR - CONSERVATORY - CONTINUOUS]
(The shattered glass from the Conservatory sliding doors fixes itself.)
[INT. MANOR - BASEMENT - CONTINUOUS]
(Prue and Piper both peak at the bright light coming from the floor as it
finally seals the Shadow into the ground.)
SHADOW: Noooo!
(It is done.)
[INT. MANOR - MAIN HALL - CONTINUOUS]
(The hanging framed photo of Grams reverses and the burn vanishes from her
image.)
(The darkened main hall once again fills with light.)
[INT. MANOR - BASEMENT - CONTINUOUS]
(Exhausted, Phoebe sits down on the stair steps.)
(Prue and Piper rush forward to her and hold her.)
FADE TO:
[EXT. UNIVERSITY CAMPUS (STOCK) - DAY]
[INT. UNIVERSITY - JOSH'S OFFICE -- DAY]
(Piper knocks lightly on the door.)
PIPER: Anybody home?
(Josh works at his desk. He doesn't look up.)
JOSH: Office hours aren't until five -
(He looks up and stops when he sees Piper. She waves at him.)
JOSH: Piper ... what are you doing here?
PIPER: Oh, I just came by to see how you -- Professor Whittlesey was doing.
JOSH: She seems better, you know, hasn't choked anybody lately.
PIPER: Good. So you'd say she's back to normal?
JOSH: Yeah. Yeah, although she's being censured for her behavior, has to sit
before the University Board. And for now ... looks like I'm covering her
classes.
PIPER: Well, that's too bad -- I mean... I don't mean you. I mean --
JOSH: I know what you mean. Yeah. Oh, by the way, I have something for you.
(Josh walks over to his things. He turns back and presents Piper with a bottle
of wine. The Bottle of Wine. She takes the bottle.)
JOSH: Calera Jensen, '93.
PIPER: Hmm.
JOSH: Battle's been waged over this wine.
PIPER: Not today. I'm too tired. That's actually very nice.
JOSH: Don't sound so surprised. I am capable of a kind act or two.
PIPER: Hmm. It's good to know.
(Piper turns and leaves. Josh smiles as he watches her go.)
DISSOLVE TO:
[EXT. HALLIWELL MANOR (STOCK) -- NIGHT]
PRUE: (v.o.) So Morris said it was only a two-week suspension.
[INT. MANOR - ATTIC - NIGHT]
(The girls are cleaning up the attic.)
PIPER: It doesn't seem fair. It wasn't really Andy's fault.
PRUE: What is he to do, plead Shadowed?
PIPER: Anyway, everybody seems to be back to normal, but that doesn't erase
their actions.
PRUE: Yeah, well, I wish it did. Get me off of Claire's bad side -- as if she
had a good one.
PHOEBE: (sighs) I'm beginning to wonder if I have a good one.
(Both Prue and Piper stop.)
PHOEBE: Well, I am. I mean, up until now I didn't even think I had a dark
side. I mean, not any more so than anyone else.
PRUE: Yeah, well, the important thing is that the good side won out.
PHOEBE: Yeah, but I must have been more susceptible than either one of you.
Otherwise he wouldn't have chosen me, right?
(Both Piper and Prue don't know what to say about that.)
PHOEBE: Right.
PIPER: You were the only one that was born in the house. That makes you more
connected to it. It's that Spiritual Nexus thing.
PHOEBE: That's exactly my point. I could go either way -- good or evil. It's
kind of freaky. I do have to tell you I am going to miss that new power,
though. It was so fun.
PIPER: Um, if Grams put away the Shadow and it came back ...
PRUE: It means he can come back again.
PRUE: Okay, it's time. Every witch before us has added to the Book of Shadows.
We need to warn who comes next. It's our turn.
PHOEBE: Who should do it?
(Prue glances back at Piper. As if in agreement, Prue picks up the pen and
hands it to Phoebe.)
(Phoebe smiles. She rolls her eyes, takes the pen and walks over to stand in
front of the Book of Shadows. Prue opens the Book to find a page.)
PHOEBE: Ok ...
(As Phoebe starts to write, we ...
FADE TO BLACK.
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TITLE/OPENING CREDITS
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CHARMED
1X15: IS THERE A WOOGY IN THE HOUSE?
ORIGINAL AIR DATE ON WB: 02/24/1999
TRANSCRIBED FROM WB/TNT
Starring:
SHANNEN DOHERTY as PRUE ("PRUDENCE") HALLIWELL
HOLLY MARIE COMBS as Piper
and
ALYSSA MILANO as PHOEBE HALLIWELL
T.W. KING as Andy Trudeau
DORIAN GREGORY as Darryl Morris
Created by CONSTANCE M. BURGE
Starring
SHAWN CHRISTIAN as Josh
NANCY MOONVES as Beth Whittlesey
RICHARD McGONAGLE as Woogyman
MICHAEL MANTELL as Gas Man
JENNIFER RHODES as Penny "Grams"
and
CRISTINE ROSE as Claire Pryce
Consulting Producer: JONATHAN LEVIN
Consulting Producer: TONY BLAKE
Consulting Producer: PAUL JACKSON
Producer: SHERYL J. ANDERSON
Coordinating Producer: BETTY REARDON
Supervising Producer: LES SHELDON
Executive Producer: BRAD KERN
Executive Producer: CONSTANCE M. BURGE
Written by CHRIS LEVINSON & ZACK ESTRIN
Directed by JOHN T. KRETCHMER
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END CREDITS
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Co-Starring
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Music by: TIM TRUMAN
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