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Charmed Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
23 Episodes 2002 - 2003
Episode 1
A Witch's Tail: Part 1
Sun, Sep 22, 200242 mins
Mylie, a mermaid, is prepared to sacrifice her immortality to the sea hag, an evil witch who must deliver eternal life to the skeleton demon Necron, in order to share life with her human lover Craig Wilson, a hunky businessman, and needs him to explicitly express his true love for her, which seems utterly pointless fussing to him, so Mylie turns to hearts column writer Phoebe, who is resuming her career, like Paige who even gets a promotion to social worker. Phoebe had thoroughly prepared her divorce on account of Cole's disappearance, but at the very moment the judge was about to sign, his presence completely undoes her plan. Cole has resumed his job as lawyer, and is determined to help Darryl too, whether his impressive magical powers are wanted or not. While the sisters help Mylie, Phoebe gets transformed into a mermaid herself, increasingly subject to the call of the ocean...
Episode 2
A Witch's Tail: Part 2
Sun, Sep 22, 200242 mins
Leo must first reassure his pregnant wife Piper, then rescue Phoebe, who has remained a mermaid subject to the call of the sea after Mylie's delivery, weakened enough to be caught by fishermen and gets tracked by the skeleton demon Necron, who is tired of waiting for the immortality the Sea Hag promised him, and next goes after Piper as leverage. Cole is still determined to prove he is good, this time by helping social worker Paige, even against her will, but that changes everything
Episode 3
Happily Ever After
Sun, Sep 29, 200242 mins
The trio assumed fairy tales are just fiction, but an evil witch knew like Leo they recall magical events and she banishes their keeper to a magic mirror so she can subject them to her black magic to attack the charmed ones, imposing modernized versions of the plots on unsuspecting people in their lives. Thus Adam, the charming paper owner Cole presented socially to employee Phoebe is forced to capture her in the pumpkin carriage using the crystal slippers. Pregnant Piper seeks help form grandma Penny 'Grams' Halliwell, who is turned into a wolf, requiring Leo's help. Paige is poisoned with snow white's apple by Huntsman, enter the dwarfs to preserve her body.
Episode 4
Siren Song
Sun, Oct 6, 200242 mins
Trouble comes to San Fransico in the guise of a Siren: first killing the husband of Leo's charge, a future Whitelighter, then centering on Cole, hurting Phoebe in the process. After Paige quits her job as a social worker, bringing on Wicca full-time, she realizes the good she did as social worker, and the good in her as part Whitelighter. Piper's pregnancy symptoms grow more strange and the unborn baby switch's Leo and Piper's persona's.
Episode 5
Witches in Tights
Sun, Oct 13, 200242 mins
A young boy (Andrew James) whose drawings magically come to life is forced to create a drawing that transforms a demon into a super villain. To help the Charmed Ones stop the demon, the boy creates a new drawing that turns Piper (Holly Marie Combs), Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) and Paige (Rose McGowan) into comic book super heroines.
Episode 6
The Eyes Have It
Sun, Oct 20, 200242 mins
The blind demon Orin and his son Cree kill Shuvani -Rumanian gypsies- and steal their eyes in the hope to make Orin see again and get the evil eye. Phoebe gets on to it trough gypsy fortune teller Madame Theresa, who got a vision meant for her but tells only Lydia, who warns her niece Ava Nicolae, a surgeon, who turned her back on gypsy magic after her mother's death: the demonic murder means they're all targets. Paige is still frustrated without a job, Piper still impossible to live with because of her abnormal pregnancy. Phoebe's next vision at Teresa's funeral makes the Charmed sisters and Leo protect Lydia, who has her own human gypsy magic to contribute, and Ava -still incredulous- against the demonic pair...
Episode 7
Sympathy for the Demon
Sun, Nov 3, 200242 mins
Barbas, the upper level Demon of Fear who is in purgatory, manages with measly Stimple to use projection in order to steal magical powers, starting with Cole, then Paige who never before faced him. Once back in life, his powers soon suffice to make his bid for the throne as Source, but he rather vanquishes any demon who stands between him and revenge on the Charmed sisters: the champions of good will need to face their worst fears, which his demonic gift makes them experience coming true...
Episode 8
A Witch in Time
Sun, Nov 10, 200242 mins
Pregnant Piper is irritated by everything, especially her sisters having 'unsuitable' hot lovers, in Paige's case Max. Alas Phoebe gets a premonition that her Miles, a divorced computer programmer, will be shot in the chest in a police shootout. After the sisters save Miles, Phoebe immediately gets a vision of him getting stabbed. Meanwhile warlock Bacarra passes a time-portal and proves to Cole to be a messenger from and councilor at the throne of the future Cole, then the greatest Source ever, sent to prevent Phoebe getting killed after continuing for six months to save Miles, who is inevitably destined for the Angel of Death. When Cole refuses to kill Miles and thus incur Phoebe's hatred, Bacarra says he'll do it himself, but has his own evil agenda: he teams up with his own present, still measly persona, making their own bid for power at the Sisters' expense...
Episode 9
Sam I Am
Sun, Nov 17, 200242 mins
Paige keeps dumping perfectly good boy friends, even funny, charming, gorgeous hunk [Eric Winter!] Trevor; Leo announces the elders finally give her a charge: a lost good soul named Samuel, who she must find on her own, and soon they do- he's an unappetizing drunk. After Cole vanquishes two violent robbers who shoot at him in a bar, Phoebe tells him coldly she'll vanquish him if he kills another human, the Avatars of Force and Power tell him it's only a matter of time till he joins their rare kind, which is both good and evil, in establishing an inedited rule over earth. Piper auditions magical nannies, not easy during demonic attacks, such as a black lighter's arrow shooting Samuel. Piper and Phoebe recognize Sam: their mom's forbidden lover and Paige's father, white lighter Sam Wilder, who has however given up magic and is unwilling to have anything to do with the girls, still fearing he is bad news. The attacker, tracker demon Ronan, reports to Cole, who regenerates his arm and more, looking for a confrontation with Phoebe and be vanquished if that is possible...
Episode 10
Y Tu Mummy También
Sun, Jan 5, 200342 mins
The demon Jeric frequently needs to find a fresh witch so his lover, the Egyptian goddess Isis, can inhabit her body, which always dies and is mummified. This time he picks as victim Phoebe. Darryl, who has a unique SFDP promotion opportunity, is on the trail of five mummy-murders in the US. Paige steals Isis's crystal but the scribing is just too late to prevent Jeric seizing Phoebe to a tomb in Egypt. When Piper and Page seek help from Cole, whose suicide attempts still all fail, he is well-informed and decides to propose Jeric a deal, exchanging Phoebe for Paige...
Episode 11
The Importance of Being Phoebe
Sun, Jan 12, 200342 mins
Cole, who is getting a grip on the underworld, sees to it that Phoebe is sued, likely to get her fired; further he makes demon Dex cause Paige to have a car accident and be arrested for hit and run, while he wants only demonic stripper Kaya (a 'Kiran') as entertainment, because she can change her appearance into Phoebe's. A health inspector is to shut P3 down; a rat means the best deal is closing down for weeks. When the real Phoebe caches Cole kissing transformed Kaia, she's locked up and replaced by Kaia, who convinces Piper to take (the real) Phoebe's powers away "while she's under Cole's influence". Cole explains to Phoebe his plan is to get to the Shadow in the nexus under the Halliwell manor, as security for Paige's bond...
Episode 12
Centennial Charmed
Sun, Jan 19, 200342 mins
In his twisted attempt to win Phoebe back, Cole casts a spell that alters reality, which eliminates Paige as a Halliwell and destroys the Power of Three. Meanwhile, Paige suddenly finds that her sisters have no knowledge of her existence and that past villains are still alive, meaning all the innocents they saved are dead. Paige recreates the Power of Three and regains her powers. Using them, she retrieves the vanquishing potion she made to kill the vulnerable Cole and prepares to finally kill him, but is stopped by Phoebe. Cole does not try to escape, thinking Phoebe loves him too much to kill him, but Phoebe throws the potion herself, finally killing Cole. Cole's death reverts the world to normal and only Paige remembers what happened.
Episode 13
House Call
Sun, Feb 2, 200342 mins
After the sisters have some remnant evil spirits removed from Halliwell Manor, the witch doctor puts an obsession curse on the sisters. Paige is determined not to allow her friend Glen to marry, Piper become obsessed with cleaning and Phoebe begins a vendetta against a rival chauvinistic newspaper columnist.
Episode 14
Sand Francisco Dreamin'
Sun, Feb 9, 200342 mins
After a demon kills the sandman and uses his sleep dust to cause the Charmed Ones' nightmares to come to life, the sisters must each face their own nightmares asleep and alone. Piper is imaging a dream lover, Phoebe is being chased by a maniac with a chainsaw and Paige is being tormented by clown from her own childhood.
Episode 15
The Day the Magic Died
Sun, Feb 16, 200342 mins
The sorcerer Cronyn has waited for the rare natural phenomenon aurora borealis and other signs spelling a prophesied cancellation of all magical powers, good and evil, to set in motion a devious plan to eliminate the Charmed Sisters and especially Piper's baby, which is now about to be born premature. Meanwhile grandpa-to-be Victor presents his bride from a dating cruise, nurse Doris, who insists on assisting Piper, whose doctor ordered strict bed-rest, so it's mainly Leo's task to prevent her finding out as long as possible. Cronyn convinces Phoebe and Paige to attend a summit between good and evil to study how magic can be resurrected, but suspecting foul play is in evil's nature the Charmed sisters prepare a non-magic armory to be on the safe side...
Episode 16
Baby's First Demon
Sun, Mar 30, 200342 mins
While the Sisters and Leo are still pondering P-names for the newborn, he proves to have an effective protective force shield during a first demonic attack. The Elders refuse to take care of him, although there's clearly a Hawker Demon at work, to sell him to order placed by a Crone on an evil magic market. At the newspaper, Phoebe was just showing baby pictures when the surprisingly young new owner arrives, Jason Dean, who clearly digs Phoebe both personally and professionally, but objects to her recent baby-centric columns. Paige masquerades as a hawker to set a trap at the evil market, alas on her own, and gets caught by two hawkers, who steal her powers and during Phoebe and Piper's rescue mission attack in the mansion, with a surprise outcome...
Episode 17
Lucky Charmed
Sun, Apr 6, 200342 mins
When Paige uses a spell to counter a series of bad luck, she unknowingly answers the call for help from the leprechauns, bringers of good and bad luck to mortals, who are systematically targeted by upper demon Saleel who hopes, with his cahoots, to seize the evil throne by killing them and stealing all their magical rainbow-gold. Shamus and his leprechaun colleagues now throw their luck at the sisters, even in such private matters as gambling and Phoebe's budding romance with newspaper owner Jason. The battle is up between given and stolen luck mixed with each side's magic, but soon makes victims, causing doubts while a trap is set...
Episode 18
Cat House
Sun, Apr 13, 200342 mins
While visiting a marriage counselor, Piper casts a spell to allow Leo and her to literally see their past together. The spell drags Phoebe and Paige back in time to relive Piper's memories along with a warlock that wants to kill their cat Kit who has returned to Halliwell Manor.
Episode 19
Nymphs Just Wanna Have Fun
Sun, Apr 20, 200342 mins
Jason offers columnist of the year Phoebe a luxury suite for the night; they kiss. The demon brothers Tull and Xavier try to force the wood nymphs to show them the Eternal Spring of new life -drinking of it renders immortal- by killing their protecting satyrs, so they flee to a Frisco city fountain, where they become a TV subject. The Charmed sisters take the two who escaped the first demon attack -wounding one demon- there in for protection, but nymphs need to mix with nature or both will wilt. Paige was taking the lead already, to Piper's initial dismay, then a kiss makes her turn into a nymph, suppressing her witch-nature. The nympho trio rushes off, looking for satyrs, so the demon's can lure them by playing the satyr's pan-flute. Phoebe and Piper come to the rescue ...
Episode 20
Sense and Sense Ability
Sun, Apr 27, 200342 mins
While at the fair, the Crone turns a monkey totem of Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil into a real monkey. This monkey takes Paige's voice, Phoebe's hearing, and Piper's eyesight; leaving the girls vulnerable to attack so the Crone can capture Wyatt. While Piper bonds with baby Wyatt, Phoebe falls for her new boss, Jason.
Episode 21
Necromancing the Stone
Sun, May 4, 200342 mins
It's time for baby Wyatt to get a wiccaning, the ceremony to make him join the side of good. The Charmed sisters hope to be prepared by eliminating several types of 'risk demons', then summon granny Penny who will summon the ancestral line and perform the rite, but she points out they overlooked one: the Necromancer, a 'demonic Dracula' turned into a ghost years ago, who has a lower demon as assistant to capture weak spirits whose essence he consumes to exist, but has the ambition to return to life at the expense of a powerful magic being, ideally Wyatt. The sisters go vanquish the Necromancer, but soon realize he's Penny's former forbidden lover, Armand, alas only after he manages to capture granny, tries to rekindle their romance and puts a spell on her... Meanwhile Paige uses a truth spell to find out if her understanding lover Nate is the right mate, only to find he has a wife and kids; Jason asks Phoebe to move with him to Hong Kong.
Episode 22
Oh My Goddess!: Part 1
Sun, May 11, 200342 mins
Demetrius and Meta, two Titans, are freed from an arctic permafrost cave by someone whose payment is- vanquishing. Demetrius decides to free their leader, Cronus, who goes for the ultimate revenge. The sisters and most of the world already felt rising heat, then Paige takes Phoebe to the Titan warming spot, and Leo consults the Elders about the ominous situation when earthquakes kick in. Then Paige is frozen by Meta, but the other sisters saved by a white lighter from the future, youngster Chris, who came to revert a disastrous future after a total Titan take-over, and his scenario is as shocking for Leo as the Titans' spectacular move against good...
Episode 23
Oh My Goddess!: Part 2
Sun, May 11, 200342 mins
Now most Elders are vanquished and Leo has made the sisters into Ancient goddesses (Paige of war, Phoebe of love, Piper of the natural elements) according to Chris's plan, Chris tries to coach them; Piper still mistrusts him but obviously must stop Paige from gathering demonic warrior followers and Phoebe literally adoring lovers. Leo must first dodge the Titans, who are looking to vanquish the surviving Elders, and then give the Charmed Sisters the necessary confidence to fight with ultimate divine power without being perverted by it, and as Chris points out Leo must consider a vocation as Elder himself, which would mean leaving his white lighter charges to...
