Show Ghouls

"Cabaret Fantome, deadly fire. Maybe Darryl's friend isn't so crazy after all. The Count's club was the biggest, most corrupt in the city. Right until it burned down, killing everyone inside."

- Phoebe to Paige

Show Ghouls is the 15th episode of the seventh season and the 149th overall episode of Charmed.

Summary
When Darryl's friend is possessed by the spirit of an innocent killed in a fire in 1899, Phoebe and Drake transport themselves back in time to the cabaret where it happened. However, things go from bad to worse, when they find they cannot travel back to their own time. Meanwhile, Piper convinces Leo they need to take a family vacation.

Main Cast

 * Alyssa Milano as Phoebe Halliwell
 * Rose McGowan as Paige Matthews
 * Holly Marie Combs as Piper Halliwell
 * Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt
 * Dorian Gregory as Darryl Morris

Guest Stars

 * David Anders as Count Roget
 * Rebecca Balding as Elise Rothman
 * Charlie Robinson as Mike
 * Lisa Arturo as Cameron
 * Billy Zane as Drake dè Mon

Co-Stars

 * Jim Cody Williams as Toulouse
 * Kristen Ariza as Marie
 * Todd Mason Covert as Father
 * Anna Bikales as April
 * Vanessa Vander Pluym as Inez
 * Eric Cohen as Piano Player
 * Muttalib J. Ibrahim as George

Uncredited

 * Jason & Kristopher Simmons as Wyatt Halliwell
 * Unknown actor as Chris Halliwell

Tips For Future Whitelighters

 * To my sons, Wyatt and Chris,
 * Here is some information to assist and guide you
 * in the discovery of your new found powers.
 * The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, so
 * you'll possess all the powers I have, and more.
 * Good luck...
 * When you're ready, you'll receive a call from the Elders.
 * Emotions are tied to your powers, use them to become stronger.
 * Don't worry, whitelighters can speak the language of their charges,
 * whatever it is.
 * Orbing: Concentrate, focus and relax, it'll happen.
 * Always remember your family is just as important as your calling.
 * If you feel out of balance, try meditating, it will help.
 * Know that love is the key to your healing hands.
 * Understand that whatever happens in the future, there is good
 * inside of you.
 * Love,
 * Dad

Sargon
''One of the few diabolical Traders of Souls who thrives off of the prolonged suffering of Spirits. He preys on the afterlife, especially those paying Wages of Sin. He may be found in bordellos, bars, nightclubs and the like... and is most susceptible by the Light of Day.''

Lost Souls

 * Lost Souls are spirits of the dead, unable to move on because of spiritual confusion. These
 * spirits haunt the locations of their own death where they are suspended between Above
 * and Below. Invisible to humans, they hold each other back, and both good and bad souls are
 * unable to move on such as dying a violent death together. The souls remain trapped in a time
 * loop, reliving the day of their death over and over again. They are lost, stuck, in their respective
 * afterlives, unaware of their tragic fate. Although there are spells to allow a witch to see the
 * moment when souls became lost, it is very rare that the Lost Souls can be saved.

Escape From the Ordinary

 * The Five Card Spread
 * — useful in determining a course of action —
 * Instructions: Place the five cards,
 * face up in the shape of a box.
 * Card 1: The Magician
 * Card 2: The Chariot
 * Card 3: Two of Wands
 * Card 4: Eight of Pentacle
 * Card 5: Death
 * This spread works best if while playing the
 * cards, you concentrate on your potential
 * course of action within the situation, card
 * 5 shows the desired results—in this case, a
 * change from one world to another. When the
 * cards are placed, speak the following: "Vita
 * Brevis Abraxis!"

Dispossession Potion
After he possessed Drake's body, count Roget fled from the Manor. When Phoebe returned to her body, she, Piper and Leo tracked down count Roget and hit him with the dispossession potion. Drake's spirit returned to his own body, and count Roget's soul was taken to the Afterlife by other souls.

Powers

 * Orbing: Type of Teleportation used by Leo and Paige
 * Possession: Used by George to possess Mike. Count Roget also used it when his soul possessed Drake's body.
 * Conjuration: Used by Drake to conjure a paper with the spell to send them back to the year 1899.
 * Pyrokinesis: Probably used by Sargon to start the fire in the cabaret.
 * Psychokinesis: Probably used by Sargon to seal the cabaret's exits.
 * Glamouring: Used by Paige to glamour into Phoebe.
 * Voice Manipulation: Used by count Roget to make himself sound like George.
 * Molecular Combustion: Used by Piper trying to blow up count Roget in Drake's body.
 * Shimmering: Type of Teleportation used by count Roget (in Drake's body).

Artifacts

 * Tarot Cards

Notes and Trivia
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 * This episode is the first time that Piper and Leo wear their wedding rings since the end of season 5.
 * This is the third time that Paige glamours into someone else on the show - this time it's Phoebe. From this point onwards Paige glamours through witch orbs.
 * When Darryl is talking to Phoebe and Paige at the beginning, while Paige is saying "back up to the 'possessed' thing please", she gives very slight looks at the camera, and then a very obvious one when finishing her sentence.
 * When Phoebe - Paige is doing the interview the woman that is suppose to be taking notes is only listening.
 * It is odd that Phoebe was asking questions about time loops. She knows all about time loops, the Charmed Ones have encountered time loops on at least two occasions. One in "Deja Vu All Over Again" and the other in "The Good, The Bad, And The Cursed"
 * Piper says that she, Prue, and Phoebe vanquished the demon Sargon five years ago, though this was never shown on screen.
 * Piper quizzes Leo whether or not he has left room in their suitcases for her "pattini". She says that this word means "shoes" in Italian, when in fact it means "skates". This is odd considering that she is reading her pocket translator. Shoes in Italian are "scarpe".

Glitches

 * At the beginning, Drake says the troll has come to help with the magical composition class, and although not seen, it is implied the troll is very large, considering the room shakes when it walks and it is able to pick up several students. Yet when trolls were first introduced in the series they were very small. There may be multiple varieties of trolls.
 * Drake talks about visiting the 1890s, but he wasn't in the room to hear Phoebe when she explained about how they determined that Mike was possessed by someone from the 1890s, and she never told him once he came in.
 * When Piper and Leo orb in, they are holding Wyatt's hand. In the next shot, Wyatt is holding a bag of goodies before Piper and Leo go into the Conservatory.
 * When Phoebe and Drake go to see Mike, it is clear that it is night but when paige goes to do the interview with Cosmo it is day again. Also the interview was only pushed back a couple of hours so it would not be night when they went to see Mike.
 * Phoebe and Drake are surprised when Count Roget tells them that Sargon is not trapped in the time loop, but if the sisters vanquished Sargon five years ago then they should know that he couldn't have been there.
 * Unless they thought it was a different but similar demon that somehow managed to not be in The Book of Shadows.


 * When Piper quizzes Leo on Italian words he cannot answer her. However, in the Season 5 episode Siren Song he tells her that whitelighters can speak whatever languages their charges speak.

References to other movies, books, etc.
Reference to the play A Midsummer Night's Dream, written by William Shakespeare somewhere in the 1590s and turned into a few film versions.
 * Drake: But with eager minds, and the power of magic, it is Midsummer Madness all the time.

A subtle reference to the classic Jules Verne novel "Around the World in Eighty Days"
 * Piper: Is that why you didn't want to go around the world in eighty orbs?


 * The title is is a reference to the movie "Show Girls" starring Elizabeth Berkley.
 * In this episode Billy Zane sang the song "Everything's Kind of Good", co-written by his sister, actress Lisa Zane and Andrew T. Tuckerman.

Quotes

 * Leo: It's not the shopping. It's this whole world vacation thing. I just think we should stay here and wait for the Elders' decision on me.
 * Piper: Absolutely not. That's precisely why we should be going. Look, we're all together, we deserve a vacation. And we're not gonna sit around and wait for the other pattini to drop, so that's that. We're going.
 * Leo: But what about the travel and the cost? (Leo grins from ear to ear)
 * Piper: Oh, for god sakes, Leo. We're orbing.
 * Leo: Okay, well, what about Phoebe and Paige?
 * Piper: What about them?
 * Leo: Well, they made us this big send-off dinner last night.
 * Piper: Oh, please. They ordered pizza.
 * Leo: Right. And we're not helping with the clean up.
 * Piper: Wow, if that's the best you got, you really do need a vacation.
 * Leo: But...
 * Piper: Arresto! Look, Phoebe and Paige just remade the world. I think they can handle the kitchen. Now, unless you have any more objections... (they pick up Wyatt and Chris and their bags) Leaning Tower of Pisa, here we come.
 * (Leo orbs them all out of the room.)




 * Drake: Listen, odds are, the Count, he's possessed my body right? And until he's evicted, I got no where to go. Only you can get out... into your body. Even though I'm into your body, I still can't get out.
 * Phoebe: I'll come back for you.
 * Drake: And listen, if he puts up to big of a fight, all right, you just vanquish my sorry ass! I don't care.
 * Phoebe: Okay.
 * Drake: But only as a last resort.
 * Phoebe (raising both hands to stop Drake from continuing): Okay!

International Titles

 * French: Les Âmes Perdues (The Lost Souls)
 * French (France & BeNeLux): Tout feu, tout flamme (All Fire, All Flame)
 * Czech: Démon z kabaretu (Demon from the Cabaret)
 * Slovak: Kabaret (The Cabaret)
 * Spanish (Spain): Demonios del espectáculo (Show Demons)
 * Spanish (Latin America): Ladrón de almas (Soul Thief)
 * Italian: Il cabaret incantato (The ~ Enchanted)
 * German: Feuer und Flamme (Fire and Flame)
 * Hungarian: A fantom kabaré (The phantom cabaret)