Charmed

Hello, anybody home?

Sister witches, guess what.

- Oh, are you nuts? - What are you doing?

- Hi. - Hi.

"Sister witches"? I can't believe you said that.

- What's the matter with you? - How was I to know

you'd be here with anybody?

Last I heard you were meeting a banker friend about the loan.

- Is this the credit check? - It's not what you think.

We were just... We were just kissing, that's all.

You don't have to justify it. You're single, you're responsible,

you're way overdue in the sex department, I say go for it.

I'm not way overdue.

All right, maybe a little, but that's besides the point.

I would never just sleep with a guy to get something, you know that.

Give yourself a break. You're going through a lot.

No job, straining to buy the club, you haven't heard from Leo in weeks.

All right, well, the preview is at 5 and the auction's Sunday at 11.

Oh, no, Prue, go back outside. Go on, hurry.

Okay.

- So you must be Prue. - No, actually.

All right, great. Yeah, I'll see you then.

She's Prue. I'm Phoebe.

Rob, can we take a rain check on the rest of the evening?

It's getting kind of crowded in here.

- Okay, sure. - Yeah, okay.

So I'll meet you tomorrow at the club at noon.

Great. Thanks for dinner.

- Okay. All right. Bye. - Bye. See you.

- So did you get the loan? - Hopefully. I'll find out tomorrow.

Well, my fingers are crossed.

Wait. You guys, where are you going?

Oh, I have an auction coming up, I have clients to call.

Wait, you guys, don't you even know what tomorrow is?

It's our one-year anniversary of becoming witches. Hello.

- Tomorrow is, really? - So...

"So"? "So"? It's a day to celebrate.

Not just because it's our anniversary.

But because it falls on one of the most powerful Wiccan days of the year,

the autumnal equinox.

Now, according to this witch that I met today at the bookstore...

Hold it, a witch?

You didn't tell her about us, did you?

Well, yeah, sure I did. Why not?

I mean, I didn't tell her that we're magical witches, obviously.

Look, I'm sorry, but I think after everything we've been through,

it's important to learn as much as we can about who we are.

Forewarned is forearmed.

And I think that we should leave well enough alone.

I mean we've been demon-free for over a month now.

- I'd like to keep it that way. - Amen to that.

Prue! Piper!

- What's going on? - I don't know.

Why does the book do that? How does the book do that?

"Rite of passage, fight it with the power of one or else. "

What the hell was that?

The Book of Shadows. Where's the Book of Shadows?

So much for being demon-free.

- Did you find anything? - Nothing.

Whatever it was came out of nowhere and disappeared into nowhere.

Well, it took the Book of Shadows somewhere.

And he's powerful too. No other demon's been able to steal the book.

Oh, but if he's so powerful, then why didn't he kill us?

He probably didn't want to go up against you.

Me? What do you mean?

That's what the Book of Shadows says.

"Fight it with the power of one. " That's gotta mean your power,

- it's the strongest. - Says who?

Says every demon or warlock we've ever gone up against.

She's right, Prue, the power of one's gotta mean you,

otherwise it would have said the power of three.

The only question is, how are we gonna find this demon?

We don't know anything about him.

Well, we better think of something fast,

because without the Book of Shadows, we're not the Charmed Ones anymore.

Coming!

- Hi. - Can I use your phone, please?

- Well, actually we're... - Please, it's an emergency. Please?

Okay, come on in. It's right around that corner.

- Are you out of your mind? - What was I supposed to do, say no?

- Look at that poor girl. - Jenny?

Jenny, come on, talk to me.

International operator, please. Saudi Arabia.

- Saudi Arabia? - I'm sorry.

We're moving in next door,

or at least we're trying to. The phone's not hooked up yet.

- So you're our new neighbours? - Name's Dan. Dan Gordon.

I don't care if the circuits are busy. I have to talk to my mom.

And that's my niece, Jenny, who is obviously not talking to me.

Jenny? Sweetie, come on.

- I'm sorry. It was nice meeting you. - You too.

I saw him first.

Demons now, drooling later.

I have to meet my client before the preview.

Oh, wait a minute.

The scariest demon we've ever run across

opens up some portal in our attic

and steals the Book of Shadows, and you want to go into the office?

What's the matter with her?

It's the first demon she's faced since Andy died.

Maybe it's bringing up some bad memories.

- What are we doing here? - Celebrating the equinox.

Can't you just feel it? The energy in this place?

- It's a convergence. - It's a crock.

I thought we were supposed to meet your witch friend.

We are. This is where she told us to meet her.

- Now, please, just relax. - Relax.

My life was a mess before our little wake-up call this morning, remember?

Oh, Stevie.

Hey, Phoebe. I'm so glad you could make it.

Actually we're not here for this. We needed to talk to you about something.

This is my sister Piper.

- Hi. - Hey, Piper. It's very nice to meet you.

Are you a witch too?

Sort of. Maybe. I don't know.

Is everybody here one also?

Oh, no. No, no, no. It's just a group of believers.

Women who know of this special place and have come to celebrate.

By the way, happy anniversary.

That's what we wanted to talk to you about.

Why did you say that today was gonna be a powerful day for us?

Because your anniversary falls on the equinox,

which is a powerful day in and of itself.

For you, this convergence of powers is even stronger,

the potential greater.

All you have to do is connect.

- You wanna try it? - Try it? How?

Let us begin.

- I don't wanna connect. - We have to connect.

I don't wanna try it.

- Okay, but we have to because... - Why?

What have we got to lose, okay?

Well, apparently we've got our clothes to lose.

- I see that. - No.

Whoa! Whoa, wait! What are you doing?

When in Rome.

No, no. We're not in Rome, Phoebe. We're in California, and it's illegal here.

It's totally natural, okay? Go for it. Come on.

God. This is ridiculous.

- Can I keep my shoes on? - Yeah, but that's it.

- We have absolutely zero information. - Everybody's naked, not just you.

- And now we're naked. - Okay?

The power of three.

- Did you just hear that? - Hear what?

The power of three.

That.

- Grams. - Grams? What? Where?

I don't hear anything.

Mrs Milton?

- Hi. - Hi. I'm sorry to keep you waiting.

Oh, no problem. I was just looking around.

I think that we'll have a great turnout for the preview.

We've gotten an excellent response to your husband's collection.

I'm not surprised.

Now, the opening bid prices may look a little low, but don't worry.

It should attract a lot of buyers, which should result in a bidding war.

It's the best way to sell inventory like this at top dollar.

Is that all right with you?

I guess I'm having a little more trouble letting go

of John's things than I thought.

That's only natural. It's not easy.

I suppose that you deal with death

quite a bit in your line of work, don't you?

I mean, like this, auctioning off some poor widow's inheritance.

This. Unfortunately, yes.

L... I just keep going over and over in my mind

the last time I saw him before the accident.

And I keep thinking if only

I'd done something or said something

to stop him from getting in the car, maybe he'd still be alive.

Oh, God. Rob, I'm so sorry I'm late.

I got stuck at this thing, and then my sister needed a ride, and I'm...

So I'm totally screwed on the loan now, aren't I?

Don't be ridiculous. I'm just looking around, checking things out.

It needs a lot of work, I know that. But that's not a problem.

Just because the last two owners went bankrupt doesn't mean it can't work.

I've done three separate marketing studies

and found a 68-percent interest in the target clientele.

- Piper... - Running a restaurant

is very similar to running a club.

You've already shown me all this. I've got it, I've got everything...

...except for an understanding

of why you want to put yourself in a position to fail like this.

Clubs are an extremely high-risk business.

Piper, you could lose your shirt.

Well, it wouldn't be the first time today.

Look, I know what I'm getting myself into. I know the risks.

Actually it's a lot less risk

and a lot less expensive than starting my own restaurant,

which is what I really wanted to do.

The point is, I'm tired of working for somebody else

and helping them realize their dreams.

I want to run my own place. This place.

And I can do it too, but not without your help.

Well, at the risk of your never wanting to go out with me again...

...congratulations.

- I got it? - You got it.

Yay.

Were you vanquished by the Charmed Ones?

Yeah. Why?