Forever Charmed

Infobox Television episode
Title = Forever Charmed
Series = Charmed


Caption = A triquetra, symbol of the "Power of Three", flashes over the screen in the final moments of the series.
Season = 8
Episode = 22
Airdate = Start date|2006|05|21
Production = 62015-08-178
Writer = Brad Kern
Director = James L. Conway
Photographer =
Guests =
Marnette Patterson
(Christy Jenkins)

Drew Fuller
(Chris Halliwell)

Finola Hughes
(Patty Halliwell)

James Read
(Victor Bennett)

Jennifer Rhodes
(Penny Halliwell)

Wes Ramsey
(Wyatt Halliwell)

Anthony Cistaro
(Dumain)

Leland Crooke
(Candor)

Denise Dowse
(Angel of Destiny)

Soren Oliver
(Asmodeus)

Steven J. Oliver
(Baliel)

Ellen Geer
(Old Piper)

Gordon Wells
(Old Leo)

Ivan Sergei
(Henry Mitchell)

Victor Webster
(Coop)
Episode list = List of Charmed episodes
Prev = Kill Billie Vol. 2
Next = Trickery Treat

Forever Charmed is the second part of the two-episode series finale of the WB's "Charmed". It originally aired on May 21, 2006.

Synopsis

Piper and Leo go to Phoebe’s apartment where the Book of Shadows is. While she looks for some kind of solution, Billie returns to Magic School and confronts Dumain, revealing Christy is dead. Dumain suggests she project herself back into the past and save Christy.

Piper and Leo arrive at Victor’s and Piper breaks the news. Victor reveals he knows about Coop and Piper realizes he can help them. She summons Coop and asks to borrow his ring so she can go back in time. Coop agrees, but warns it doesn’t always work as desired. Leo goes with her and they go into the past, in 1975, where they meet a young Victor and Patty in bed, when Piper was 3 and Phoebe hasn’t been born yet. Later, they try to explain things, without giving away too much, and finally reveal Paige and Phoebe are dead and that they’re the Charmed Ones. Patty suggests they use their family magic to get Piper to where she needs to go. The three of them take the ring and go to Grams, but end up in a future where Piper and Leo are old, and have been waiting for them.

The old Piper and Leo reveal it’s 50 years in the future and that Piper needs to focus on who she wants to get to with her heart, not her head, and they must work together to get rid of the Hollow. They try again and see Grams talking with a young Piper. After young Piper leaves, they introduce themselves and Grams faints. Piper reveals that Patty is dead at that time.

Dumain walks Billie through the process for her to travel back into the past. When he mentions she has to focus on the Triad, she suspects something is up and finally realizes she’s been manipulated. Dumain tells her go back and ask Christy, so she’ll understand.

While Patty tries to wake Grams, Leo points out that he could be taken away again. Grams wakes up, Piper makes introductions and tells her she must help save the Charmed Ones. Billie projects herself back into the past at the Manor, just as the past Billie and Christy arrive. She warns them, but past-Billie sends present-Billie flying and goes on to fight. The battle starts to play out as before, but then Piper, Grams, and Patty arrive to cast a spell which drives the Hollow out of all of them prematurely. The present-Billie and Piper merge with themselves in the past, and then Billie and Christy teleport out.

The Angel Of Destiny who brought Leo arrives to take him back again. Piper explains everything, but notes they’re back where they started. Then, the future Wyatt and Chris appear, to reveal someone has screwed up their future. Billie and Christy are walking and Christy doesn’t believe they’re being used and goes off on her own.

Chris and Wyatt explain that Wyatt lost his powers in the middle of a demon fight and cast a spell that brought them back to the present. Piper figures out Billie and Christy stole Wyatt’s power using the Hollow. Coop arrives and Wyatt recognizes him as “Uncle Coop,” and then Chris and Wyatt take Patty to see Victor. Victor is confused and finally Patty finds out they’re separated.

Christy tells Dumain that Billie has abandoned them, but there’s a way to revive the Triad without her. Grams is working on a potion, when Henry arrives to talk to Paige. Coop insists on confessing his love to Phoebe, but Phoebe can’t handle it and goes to talk to her sisters after giving him the ring back. Dumain teleports in to grab Coop and the ring, while Billie shows up and asks to talk to them.

They hear her out and she explains about the Triad, and future-Chris and Wyatt show up and reveal that Dumain is involved. Phoebe calls for Coop, who can’t respond, and Chris and Wyatt reveal that Coop was sent so Phoebe could fall in love with him, and it wasn’t a forbidden love. They explain that in the future they’re as one and all she has to do is think about him to summon him. She does so and he appears, in great pain. He reveals Dumain took his ring and they plan to go back in time.

Dumain is talking with the Triad in the past, when Dumain and Christy arrive, but the Charmed Ones and Billie arrive as well and the Charmed Ones destroy the Triad with vanquishing potions, and Piper then blows up both Dumains with her blasting power. The Halliwells explain that Billie sent them back, and Paige takes the ring. Christy accuses Billie of betraying her and she throws a huge fireball. Billie deflects it back and destroys her. Realizing her entire family is gone, Billie immediately breaks down while the sisters comfort her.

All the Halliwells are reunited at the Manor and Wyatt has his powers back. They reveal Billie has gotten back her own way and needs some time alone. The Angel of Destiny arrives with Leo and reveals that’s how the battle was supposed to end, and it’s all worked out. Leo pulls Piper into an embrace where they passionately kiss and begin making out. Victor and Patty arrive with the children and Coop reveals he can take everyone back and Chris says if they arrive just before they left, they won’t remember what they’ve learned. A family reunion takes place in the sun room of the Halliwell manor, with the young Wyatt and Chris (played by Combs' son, Finley Donoho), the two boys as young men, Victor Bennet, Grams and Patty.

Later, Piper comes down and says they should write everything down in the Book of Shadows. Each writes down what they’ve experienced and we see what will happen in the future. Coop and Phoebe marry and have three daughters, and Phoebe publishes a best-selling book. Billie is shown babysitting two of Phoebe's children. Henry continues to look after his parolees and has a son (Henry Jr.) and twin daughters with Paige, who continues to help the next generation of witches. Piper and Leo have a third child, a daughter, the assumed foreseen girl, Melinda (seen in the last minutes of the show). Piper also opens a restaurant and Leo goes back to teaching at Magic School, until his retirement. It ends with an elderly Piper reading their saga to her granddaughter, then going upstairs with an elderly Leo past the pictures of all their family, past and present, on the walls. The other grandchildren come into the manor and Piper's granddaughter uses her powers to swing the doors closed one final time, thus showing she has inherited Prue's powers of telekinesis, as she uses the same hand motion as Prue and the familiar chime sound is heard for the last time.

Book of Shadows

pells

*To banish the Hollow::Iam is ado, hic is ado,:malum quad bonus:vox inconsesses:super dico nos

Artifacts

*The Hollow: An ancient vapor of unknown origin which absorbs all forms of magic it comes in contact with, whether they are good or evil. It appears in a swarm of vapor-like particles floating in mid-air, but can also reside inside a living being, thus possessing their corporeal form. It is eternal and cannot be destroyed by any known means, rather it can only be contained when powerful representatives from both sides of good and evil join forces. It actually possesses no mind or personality but rather acts like a virus, mindlessly consuming all magic it touches, thus was always referred to as the "void" by the Seer and the Avatars. It is kept in an ancient burial ground as a pact agreed upon by both sides and is heavily guarded by powerful beings. It has been said that it is the "ultimate power" that will be the end of good and evil, thus creating a void as a reality.

Enemies

*Christy Jenkins - killed by a deflected fireball
*Dumain - both his future and past selves are blown up by Piper
*The Triad - vanquished by the Charmed Ones using potions

Allies

*The Angels of Destiny - The grand overseers of destiny.
*Penny Halliwell (Grams) -A witch and grandmother of the Charmed Ones
*Patty Halliwell - A witch and mother of the Charmed Ones
*Coop -A Cupid, Pheobe's true love, and final husband.
*Wyatt Halliwell-Piper and Leo's first son, most powerful witch/whitelighter. All the demons wanted to turn him evil in fear of his power.
*Chris Halliwell-The second son of Piper and Leo, not as powerful as his brother.
*Billie Jenkins -A witch and a student of the Charmed Ones. Also the sister of Christy Jenkins.

Production Details

Main Cast

*Holly Marie Combs as Piper Halliwell
*Alyssa Milano as Phoebe Halliwell
*Rose McGowan as Paige Matthews
*Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt
*Kaley Cuoco as Billie Jenkins

Guest Stars

*Victor Webster as Coop
*Jason & Kristopher Simmons as Wyatt Halliwell
*Tanner Fox as 10-year old Wyatt
*Kathleen Teresa Scott as Melinda Halliwell
*Sierra Paris as Phoebe's unnamed daughter 1
*Adair Tishler as Phoebe's unnamed daughter 2
*Julia Di Angelo as Piper's granddaughter Prudence
*Jordan Timsit as Piper's grandson Matthew Halliwell
*Alexis Raich as Younger Piper

Continuity

*This is the eleventh episode to feature the word Charmed in the title. The other episodes are "Charmed Again 1 & 2", "Charmed and Dangerous", "Centennial Charmed", "Lucky Charmed", "Prince Charmed", "Charrrmed!", "Charmed Noir", "Charmegeddon" and "Still Charmed and Kicking".
*This is the second time that Piper has traveled back in time to save her sisters from death. The first time was in the season 5 episode "A Witch in Time".
*This is the 112 episode without the original elder sister Prue who was killed at the end of season 3

Notes

Of the previous main characters in the show, Prue Halliwell, Cole Turner and Darryl Morris did not appear in the episode. As executive producer Brad Kern explained, Darryl could not be fitted into the plot, while bringing back Prue would have centered the episode on her instead of the main cast. [Charmed Magazine #12, p. 60.] While acknowledging criticism for not using photographs of Shannen Doherty in the episode, Kern pointed out a Screen Actors Guild rule that the use of an actor's photograph in a television episode in which the actor does not appear still entitles the actor to a full episodic fee, thus showing one photograph of Doherty would have resulted in one of the returning previous main characters not being able to be afforded. [Charmed Magazine #18, p. 49.] As for Cole's absence, Kern explained that the budget cuts along with Julian McMahon's busy schedule did not allow for a reprisal of Cole.
*Holly Marie Combs & Shannen Doherty are the only actresses to appear on the unaired Pilot of the Charmed episode. If counting the unaired pilot, Holly is the only actress to appear in every episode of series, as Lori Rom left the show and was replaced with Alyssa Milano. Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano, Brian Krause and Jennifer Rhodes are the only actors to appear in every season of the series.
*The actress who played the elderly Piper, Ellen Geer, appeared in the movie Something Wicked This Way Comes, the title of which was also played upon for "Charmed" episode Something Wicca This Way Comes though the "Charmed" episode is a nod to the Shakespeare play "Macbeth", not the Ray Bradbury novel.

International Titles

* Spanish: Embrujadas para siempre (Witched Forever)
* Latinamerican Spanish:Por siempre Hechiceras (Sorceresses)
* French: Forever Charmed
* German: Das Vermächtnis der Halliwells (The Halliwells' Legacy)
* Italian: Streghe per sempre (Witches Forever)
* Russian: Зачарованные навсегда
* Danish: Heksene fra Warren Manor (The witches of Warren Manor)
* Finnish: Siskoni on noita (My sister is a witch)
* Hebrew: מכושפות לנצח
* Hungarian: Bűbájosok Mindörökké! (Spell Eternal)
* Serbian: Заувек Вештице (Witches Forever)
* Croatian: Čarobnice (Sorceresses)
* Polish: Czarodziejki na zawsze (Witches Forever)
* Swedish: Förhäxad ( Bewitched)
* Greek: Οι Μάγισσες (The Witches)

External links

*imdb title|id=0763134
* [http://www.tv.com/charmed/forever-charmed/episode/673310/summary.html TV.com episode guide]

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