The Courtship of Wyatt's Father

The Courtship of Wyatt's Father is 16th episode of the sixth season and the 127th overall episode of Charmed.

Summary
Gideon wants to get Leo out of his way, and hires a Darklighter to kill him. Gideon creates a Portal to the Ghostly Plane for Damien, the hired Darklighter, so he can kill Leo there. However, Piper is accidentally sent through the Portal as well. While Phoebe and Paige try to save them, Chris is running out of time: he needs to be conceived soon, or he'll cease to exist.

Characters
Characters in bold appear for the first time in the series.

To Contact a Sister's Spirit

 * Sister spirit, we call to thee.
 * Cross on over so we may see.

Potions

 * Darklighter Potion: A potion was used throughout the episode to vanquish a Darklighter.

Powers

 * Orbing: Type of Teleportation used by Chris, Leo, Paige and Gideon.
 * Molecular Combustion: Used by Piper, trying to blow up the Darklighter, but she blew up pieces of the stairs instead. She later blew up several Darklighters.
 * Black Orbing: Type of Teleportation used by Darklighters.
 * Telekinetic Orbing: Used by Paige to deviate Damien's Darklighter arrow.
 * Telekinesis: Used by Sara to telekinetically put books back into the bookcase at Magic School.
 * Invisibility: Used by Gideon to make himself invisible.
 * Portal Creation: Gideon created a portal to send Leo and Damien to the Ghostly Plane.
 * Empathy: In combination with their sisterly bond, Phoebe was able to feel Piper's presence.
 * Intangibility: Chris became intangible as he ceased to exist.
 * Dark Wisping: Type of Teleportation used by Clarence.

Artifacts

 * Book of Shadows - The Halliwell Family's magical tome. In addition to spells and potion recipes, the Book of Shadows contains information on warlocks, demons, and other supernatural beings. It was created by their ancestor, Melinda Warren, and was passed down every generation.
 * Darklighter Arrows - An arrow, poisonous to Whitelighters, used by Darklighter to kill Whitelighter. The poison will slowly kill them, if not healed in time.
 * Everything You Wanted to Know About Portals But Were Afraid to Ask - A page in a magic school book that help Phoebe and Paige open a portal in order to retrieve Leo and Piper.

Notes and Trivia

 * The title refers to the television series and movie entitled "The Courtship of Eddie's Father".
 * Due to scheduling conflicts, Simon Templeman was unavailable to reprise his role of the Angel of Death, resulting in Lou Beatty Jr. portraying the part. However, there is only one Angel of Death.
 * The WB used the promo title "Midnight Rendezvous".
 * Paige returns to being a brunette for the first time since Witch Way Now?
 * This is the first time since season four's finale Witch Way Now?, that all three Charmed sisters are brunettes and will share this hair color until Forever Charmed.
 * Gideon orbs blue in this episode, other times he has orbed purple.
 * In this episode, Piper finds out that Chris is her son.
 * Piper and Leo celebrate Wyatt's first birthday in this episode.
 * Leo mentions that elders aren't allowed to drink, however, he shared a beer with Chris in the episode, Soul Survivor. Although this could be because Leo has been shown to break the rules on occasion.
 * Chris is conceived in this episode.
 * In this episode, it is revealed that Gideon is the future threat that turns Wyatt evil (not his intention), not a demon, as Chris has always thought.
 * Paige and Phoebe mention highly successful talk show hosts, Jerry Springer and Oprah.
 * Holly Marie Combs was actually pregnant during most of season 6. When she is handing out party favors to the departing guests, she has the bag in front of her stomach and when she moves it to the side, it's obvious she is very pregnant.
 * The Magic School entry that Gideon shows Phoebe and Paige has the title "Everything You Wanted to Know About Portals But Were Afraid to Ask" which is a reference to the 1972 Woody Allen's film "Every Thing You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask"
 * This episode scored 5.0 million viewers.
 * Piper loses her powers for the fifteenth time in this episode.

Glitches

 * Although, Chris was transparent, his shadow still appeared on the wall.
 * When Paige is talking to both Piper and Leo, her hair is curly at the back, however, when she walks into the kitchen with Phoebe, her hair is extremely straight.
 * After the Dark Lighter attacks, Phoebe uses a dropper to get a sample of his blood to scry with. When she sits down, the blood is still in the dropper, but the next frame we see her in, she's still sitting, yet the dropper is empty.

International Titles

 * French: L'enfant de minuit (The midnight child)
 * Czech: Námluvy Wyattova otce (The Courtship of Wyatt's Father)
 * Slovak: Vábenie Wyattovho otca (Seduction of Wyatt's father)
 * Russian: Na yedine s otsom Wyatta (Alone With Wyatt's Father)
 * Spanish (Spain): El noviazgo del padre de Wyatt
 * Spanish (Latin America): El cortejo del padre de Wyatt
 * German: Piper und Leo (Piper and Leo)