Forever Charmed

Forever Charmed is the 178th and final episode of Charmed.

Episode Information

 * Season 8
 * Episode No. 22
 * Written By Brad Kern
 * Directed By James L. Conway
 * Original Airdate May 21, 2006

Summary
After the deaths of their respective sisters, Piper and Billie go their separate ways, each determined to get their family back together.

Plot


Piper and Leo go to Phoebe’s apartment, where Phoebe took the Book of Shadows for safekeeping during the battle. 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; he used his ring to show Phoebe her past loves. 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, because love is emotional, not practical. Leo goes with her. Piper tries to focus on Phoebe, and the two of them go into the past--but end up in 1975, where they meet a young Victor and Patty in bed. At that time, Piper was 3 and Phoebe hasn’t been born yet. Piper and Leo explain things to Patty without giving away too much, and finally reveal that Paige and Phoebe are dead and that they have grown up to become the Charmed Ones. Patty suggests they use their family magic to get Piper to where she needs to go. She believes that if they can get Grams to travel with them, they can recreate the Power of Three and send away the Hollow. The three of them take the ring and try to go to Grams--but end up in a future where an elderly couple are playing Scrabble. Suddenly, the man asks Leo how to spell Zankou. The woman thinks it's cheating, but the man says he isn't asking her--he's asking himself. It turns out that the elderly couple is the future Piper and Leo--they'd been expecting their younger selves.

The old Piper and Leo reveal that it's 50 years in the future, and that Piper is "Grams" now. They also tell Piper 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. Piper and Leo are somewhat relieved that they eventually succeeded. They then focus properly, and end up in 1982 where Piper sees Grams, talking to her younger self. After young Piper leaves, they introduce themselves and Grams faints at the sight of Patty, because she had been dead for four years at the time.

Dumain talks Billie through the process for her to travel back into the past. But when he mentions she has to focus on the Triad she 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, because the final battle won't have been fought. Grams wakes up and Piper makes introductions and tells her she must help save the Charmed Ones. Grams is skeptical at first, but when Piper tells her she is the grandmother of the Charmed Ones, Grams is gratified and readily agrees to help. 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 into the wall with her telekinesis 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 the five girls. This results in the present-Billie and Piper merging with themselves in the past, and then Billie and Christy teleport out.

The Angel Of Destiny arrives to take Leo back, because the final battle has not been fought. Piper explains everything but notes they’re back where they started. Suddenly Wyatt and Chris appear from the future to reveal someone has screwed up their future by stealing Wyatt's powers. Billie tries to tell Christy that the Triad has been using them all along. Christy doesn’t believe her, even when Billie tells her that Dumain tried to get her to go to the Triad first. She heads off to Magic School on her own. A disillusioned Billie realizes that her sister has become a killer.

Back at the manor, Chris and Wyatt explain that Wyatt lost his powers in the middle of a demon fight and they came back to the present to find out how. Billie tells them that she and Christy stole Wyatt’s powers using the Hollow. Coop arrives and Wyatt recognizes him as “Uncle Coop,” leaving Phoebe confused. Chris, Wyatt and Patty orb to Victor's apartment.

Christy tells Dumain Billie has abandoned them but there’s a way to revive the Triad without her. Meanwhile, 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 shimmers in to grab Coop and the ring.

Billie arrives and asks to talk to the sisters. They have vanquishing potions at the ready, but hear her out. She tells them that the Triad and Christy have been using her all along. Future-Chris and Wyatt show up and reveal that Dumain is involved. Piper realizes they have to go back in time--but to before they summoned the Hollow, so they can get Wyatt's powers back. Phoebe calls for Coop, but he doesn't respond. Chris and Wyatt reveal that the Elders sent Coop to Phoebe so she could fall in love with him. They wanted to make up for all she'd sacrificed over the years, as well as for all Piper and Leo had to endure, so it won't be 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 to warn the Triad. Billie thinks they've already gone back--but she can go back in time as well.



Dumain and Christy find past-Dumain talking with the Triad. They try to warn the Triad that they have to get the Hollow before the Charmed Ones do. Just then, the Charmed Ones and Billie arrive as well. The Charmed Ones vanquish the Triad with potions, then Piper blows up present-Dumain. Past-Dumain starts to shimmer away, but Piper blows him up as well. The Halliwells explain that Billie used her projection power to send them back, and Paige orbs the ring from Christy's finger. Christy accuses Billie of betraying her. Billie begs Christy one last time to give up evil. Instead, an enraged Christy launches a huge fireball at them. Billie telekinetically deflects it back, vaporizing Christy; realizing she has just killed her sister and that her entire family is gone, she breaks down in tears as the Charmed Ones comfort her.

All the Halliwells are reunited at the Manor and Wyatt has his powers back; he happily orbs to his mother's side. They reveal Billie has gotten back her own way and needs to be alone for a bit. The Angel of Destiny arrives with Leo and reveals this was how the battle was supposed to end. Victor and Patty arrive with the children and Coop reveals he can take everyone back and make sure they won’t remember what they’ve learned. Everyone has a happy moment before going their ways.



Later, Piper comes down and says they should write everything down in the Book of Shadows. Each write down what they’ve experienced and we see what will happen in the future. Coop and Phoebe marry (the Angel of Destiny presides) and have three daughters while Phoebe publishes a New York best-selling book called Finding Love. It also shows Billie and the sisters remain very close friends. She is seen babysitting Phoebe's two eldest daughters. Until then Phoebe may have regained her powers of levitation and empathy.

Henry continues to look after his parolees and has a son and twin daughters with Paige, who continues to guide the next generation of witches after embracing her whitelighter side.

Piper and Leo have a daughter, named Prudence Melinda. Piper also follows her own dreams of opening a restaurant, while Leo once again becomes headmaster of the reclaimed Magic School and helps to train the next generation of witches until he retires. It ends with an elderly Piper reading their saga to her granddaughter, Prudence, before going upstairs with an elderly Leo as they pass the pictures of all their family, past and present, on the walls. The couple's other grandchildren come into the manor and Prudence telekinetically swings the doors closed for a final time, using her namesake's distinctive flick of the hand. As they do, we see a final flash of the triquetra, symbolizing the Power of Three.

Guest Stars

 * Marnette Patterson as Christy Jenkins
 * Drew Fuller as Chris Halliwell
 * Finola Hughes as Patty Halliwell
 * James Read as Victor Bennett
 * Jennifer Rhodes as Penny 'Grams' Halliwell
 * Wes Ramsey as Wyatt Halliwell
 * Anthony Cistaro as Dumain
 * Denise Dowse as Angel of Destiny
 * Ellen Geer as Elderly Piper
 * Gordon Wells as Elderly Leo
 * Ivan Sergei as Henry Mitchell
 * Victor Webster as Coop

Quotes

 * Wyatt: Uncle Coop!
 * (Wyatt gasps and covers his mouth, Chris hits him)
 * Phoebe: UNCLE Coop?!?




 * Grams: I can't get over how big this book has gotten. I'm so proud of you girls.
 * Piper: Then why don't you let me stir?
 * (Someone knocks at the door)
 * Grams: Piper, why don't you get that?
 * Piper: Paige, why don't you get that?
 * Paige: Okay, I'll get that. (gives a look)




 * Grams: Don't tell me she marries a Whitelighter, too?
 * Piper: Worse. A mortal. (smiles)
 * Grams: Oh, good God. Didn't I teach you girls anything?
 * Piper: Hey, what can I say? There's always Uncle Coop.

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