Ms. Hellfire (episode)

Ms. Hellfire is the 9th episode of the second season and the 31st overall episode of Charmed.

Summary
It’s Friday 13th, when the Charmed Ones barely escape an attempt on their lives by a mysterious hit woman known only as Ms. Hellfire, Prue assumes the assassin’s identity in order to find out who hired her. While Phoebe and Darryl race against time to protect the next potential target on the hit list, Prue’s undercover work gets her entangled with a ruthless criminal Bane, who ultimately leads the Halliwell sisters to a confrontation with their old enemy, Barbas. Prue gains a new power, Astral Projection, and the Charmed Ones tell Darryl that they are witches.

Characters
Characters in bold appear for the first time in the series.
 * Prue Halliwell
 * Piper Halliwell
 * Phoebe Halliwell
 * Darryl Morris
 * Dan Gordon
 * Barbas
 * Jack Sheridan
 * Marcy Steadwell
 * Bane Jessup
 * Ms. Hellfire
 * D.J.

Marcy Steadwell's Protection Spell

 * You will need a sage stick.
 * Light the top of sage stick and let the smoke fill the room while chanting:
 * Favour us, Sister Moon with your protective beams.
 * Give all who dwell within this spell,
 * safe days and sweet dreams
 * for those who dwell underneath this roof.

Powers

 * Molecular Immobilization: Used by Piper to freeze bullets and a breaking vase with its water and flowers. She later froze D.J., two of Bane's minions, Marcy Steadwell, Barbas and Bane Jessup.
 * Telekinesis: Used by Prue to deviate Hellfire's bullets and to fling her sisters and Bane.
 * Astral Projection: Used by Prue to project her consciousness to Piper and Jack Sheridan.
 * Smoking: Type of Teleportation used by Barbas.
 * Fear Projection: Used by Barbas to read D.J.'s fear and to create an Illusion based on it. He later read a coroner's fear and brought it to life.
 * Suggestion: Used by Barbas to make Prue do his bidding.

Magical Beings

 * Barbas

Mortals

 * Marcy Steadwell
 * Bane Jessup
 * Ms. Hellfire
 * D.J.

Notes and Trivia
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 * Prue develops the power of Astral Projection in this episode.
 * Prue kills another human, Ms. Hellfire. She previously killed one in Dream Sorcerer, though she didn't know this at the time.
 * Darryl learns the sisters are witches in this episode.
 * It is mentioned in this episode that Jenny Gordon went to live with her parents.
 * This is the second appearance of the demon Barbas.
 * Barbas made a deal for a 24-hour window to be free. To make his freedom permanent, he needed to kill 13 witches before midnight on Friday the 13th.
 * Bane will appear again and for last time in "Give Me a Sign".
 * Prue is now afraid of someone killing her sisters.
 * Phoebe doesn't use her power in this episode.
 * In this episode, Piper has a power advancement; she learns to freeze and unfreeze one specific person (Bane Jessup).
 * This episode scored 5.1 million viewers.
 * In this episode it's stated that it was Phoebe who taught Prue how to french-kiss in high school.

References to other books, movies, mythology &c.

 * The title of the episode is a reference to the movie "Mrs. Doubtfire" (1993).
 * Darryl's references to not wanting to know what the Halliwell's own, including a dustbuster, may be reference to 'Sabrina the Teenage Witch'.
 * Antonio Sabàto Jr. (Bane) and Greg Vaughan (Dan) have both appeared on the daytime series General Hospital.
 * Antonio Sabàto Jr. and Alyssa Milano both appeared on the series Melrose Place, but in different seasons.

Glitches

 * When Ms. Hellfire shoots the Charmed Ones she fires four bullets, but after Prue deflects the bullets, only three bullets hit Hellfire.

Quotes

 * Phoebe: Hi. Do you recognize that person?
 * Prue: I don’t know, she looks vaguely familiar. Kind of like a sister we used to have. What was her name? Pi…P…
 * Phoebe: Pi…Pippie?
 * Prue: Pipper?
 * Phoebe: Whatever happened to her?
 * Prue: I don’t know. She fell in lust with the next door neighbor, started spending all her time there.
 * Piper: That’s because she could, for the first time in months, her life was nice and calm and normal. I don’t even care that it’s Friday…
 * Phoebe: Shh! Don’t even say it.
 * Piper: The 13th. See, I said it and nothing happened.
 * (Suddenly someone starts shooting through the windows of the house. They scream and run past the dining room, into the living room. Prue and Phoebe dive behind the couch and Piper stays on the other side of the room.)
 * Phoebe: I told you not to say it!
 * Piper: Oh, so this is my fault?


 * Darryl: ...and that’s why you’re standing here alive and she’s in here riddled with bullets.
 * Prue: It was self defense. You can check her gun if you don’t believe us. The only finger prints you’re gonna find on it are hers.
 * Darryl: Begs the same question. How come she’s got the bullets in her body if you didn’t fire the gun?
 * Phoebe: Do you really wanna know, Darryl?
 * Darryl: Tell me.
 * Phoebe: We’re witches. We have powers.
 * Piper: And we think that there’s a... how do I put this? A demon behind this.
 * Prue: The only way for us to find out who it is, is if you can keep all of this quiet for as long as possible.
 * Darryl: Let me see the book. (Piper hands him the planner.)


 * Prue: Any idea why she was on the list?
 * Phoebe: Could be because she's a witch. I mean, not a magical witch but a witch practitioner, none the less.
 * Piper: A hyperactive witch practitioner.
 * Prue: I wonder if all the names were witches? How many were on the list?
 * Piper: Eleven. Except 'P. Halliwell' was only down once, so if you count us individually, thirteen.
 * Prue: Thirteen dead witches by midnight on Friday the thirteenth. Ring any bells?
 * Piper: Barbas.
 * Prue: Gotta be.
 * Phoebe: It can't be. I mean, we eighty-sixed him already.
 * Prue: He must have found some kind of loophole. I gotta get back to Bane, try and flush Barbas out.


 * Prue: Why would a mortal want to kill us?
 * Phoebe: You were a little sharp to the mailman yesterday, we all know how testy they can be.


 * Prue: (turning a lipstick to reveal a blade instead) Not exactly Avon calling is it?

Featured Music
Earth To Andy - "Still After You"

International Titles

 * French: Usurpation d'Identité (Identity Theft)
 * Polish: Pani Salwa (Mrs. Volley)
 * Czech: Pekelnice (Hellborn)
 * Slovak: Slečna pekelná (Ms. Hellish)
 * Italian: La Signorina Hellfire (Ms. Hellfire)
 * Spanish: La señorita Hellfire (Ms. Hellfire)
 * Spanish (Latin America): Señorita Hellfire (Ms. Hellfire)
 * Hungarian: A Félelem Ura visszatér (The Lord of Fears Returns)
 * Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil): Senhorita Hellfire (Ms. Hellfire)
 * Russian: Miss Adskiĭ Ogonʹ (Ms. Hellfire)
 * Finnish: Neiti Helvetinkone (Ms. Hellfire)
 * Bulgarian: G-tsa Khelfaĭŭr (Ms. Hellfire)
 * German: Zwischen Himmel und Hölle (Between Heaven and Hell)
 * Serbian: Gospođica Hellfire (Ms. Hellfire)