Power Outage

Power Outage is the 7th episode of the third season and the 51th overall episode of Charmed.

Summary
Cole invokes an anger demon to turn the sisters against each other, rendering them powerless and vulnerable to demonic attacks so that he can finally kill the sisters, but there are a few other emotional obstacles in his way...such as his love for Phoebe.

Characters
Characters in bold appear for the first time in the series.
 * Prue Halliwell
 * Piper Halliwell
 * Phoebe Halliwell
 * Leo Wyatt
 * Cole Turner
 * Triad
 * Andras
 * Mrs. Snyder
 * Janice
 * Claire
 * Allen

Andras
Andras, the Spirit of Rage, uses anger as a portal to enrage his ictims until they commit a grievous act of violence. Although the rage leaves the victim after the act is committed, the violence usually serves a greater purpose, making Andras a powerful foe. The Spirit of Rage has used his abilities to incite wars that lasted for decades and redefined continents.

In addition, due to the insidious nature of his work, Andras can be extremely difficult to detect. But because he has not yetscended to full demonhood, this low-level spirit is vulnerable to the powers of greater supernatural beings.

Spells
Unknown Athame Spell

This unknown spell was used by Cole Turner in order to presumably make his weapon of choice, being a Athame stronger, in order to kill Phoebe Halliwell. He was chanting it over the knife, until Phoebe comes into his apartment. While talking to her, about the recent fight with Prue and Piper. He confronts her and takes the athame out of his pocket, however he realizes he can't kill her, mainly because he's falling in love with Phoebe. He puts the knife back, and tells her to leave so she can re-bond with her sisters in order to regain their powers. He also chanted this spell in his demonic form, Belthazor which probably made the spell stronger.

Artifacts

 * Book of Shadows: is 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.
 * Athame: is a double edged ceremonial knife. Witches often use athames in their daily practice and rituals in order to direct energies.
 * Altar: An altar room is where witches keep and use their Book of Shadows.
 * Triquetra is an ancient Indo-European three-pointed symbol representing three-way unity. Sometimes it has a circle running through it and other times it does not.

Featured Music
Fastball - "You're An Ocean"

Notes and Trivia

 * Darryl Morris does not appear in this episode.
 * Phoebe doesn't use her Premonition power in this episode.
 * The fact of the Charmed sisters use their powers against each other in anger resulting in the Power of Three being severed and their magic being stripped is explored and exploited again in the Season 6 episode The Power of Three Blondes.
 * This episode marks the first time that Cole is on the run from The Source and his minions.
 * Prue loses her powers for the seventh time in this episode.
 * Piper and Phoebe lose their powers for sixth time in this episode.
 * Phoebe tells Cole that when she was 15 years old, she had a job passing out balloons to children dressed in a penguin suit.
 * After their cat fight, the sisters stand in positions similar to the triquetra on the Book. Phoebe walks out of the formation just before the triquetra on the Book separates.
 * Cole drives a BMW with a license plate number of 4QAP168
 * Cole lives in apartment number 7
 * This episode features the return of Energy Balls, which were introduced in the season 1 finale and not used again until this episode. After this episode, it becomes a commonly seen power.
 * Despite what is believed after this episode, its shown in season 8 that The Triad did, in fact, survive. It was eventually explained that its extremely difficult to truly kill them. If their physical forms are destroyed they return first in spirit form and then in physical form. This would a part of the main plot for the final season.  As witnessed in the season 8 episode, Forever Charmed</ref
 * The Triad reincarnates into different demons in season 8 and are finally vanquished by the Charmed Ones in Forever Charmed.
 * In season 8, it's revealed that the Triad have the same weakness as the Charmed Ones and the Avatars--if one is killed, the other two are weakened. This is likely why Cole managed to kill them: he caught one by surprise and vanquished him, weakening the other two. The Charmed Ones take inspiration from his method of vanquish when they face the Triad in season 8.

References to other movies, books, mythology, etc.

 * Prue refers to the flesh of Belthazar as "the other white meat", which is a reference to the popular pork industry commercials that use that slogan.
 * Power Outage is a common phrase to describe a blackout of electricity.
 * Phoebe mentions Brad Pitt, who is a famous actor who is best known for his role in the Ocean 11, 12 and 13 and for being married to Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie
 * Upon her arrival from Cole’s apartment, Phoebe asks her sisters, “Has the tribal council spoken? Am I booted off the island?” Her questions allude directly to the CBS reality-competition series Survivor, which was just beginning to come to be a national phenomenon when this episode aired. On Survivor, 16 castaways begin an adventure on an island to win $1 million. Each week, the losing “tribe” goes to tribal council to vote one of their members out.
 * Prue tells Piper and Phoebe, "Who needs Oprah when we can do it ourselves?" She is referring to Oprah Winfrey and the syndicated talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, where family members often go to resolve issues with each other.

Glitches

 * The sisters use their powers against each other and sever the Power of Three. The Power of Three is only as strong as the sisters' bond. If their bond is broken, the power ceases to exist. While this is the reason given for the loss of their powers, Prue was the only one to use her power in an aggressive manner, when she deflected the camera back at Phoebe. Phoebe levitated to avoid the camera, and Piper froze it so that it wouldn't hit her. The same thing happens in the Season 6 episode Power Of Three Blondes when the Stillman Sisters turn against each other.
 * When two of The Triad members are killed they don't disappear, but in the Season 2 episode Ex Libris Leo said that demons disappear when they are vanquished. Then again, they weren't actually vanquished - as it is later revealed, only their physical forms were destroyed.
 * The triquetra on the front of the Book of Shadows changes in regards to the bond between the Charmed Ones. However in the Season 4 Premiere Charmed Again the Book shows the symbol as if Prue's death wouldn't affect The Power of Three. The same thing happens in the Season 6 episode Power Of Three Blondes when Chris provokes the Stillman Sisters into turning against each other. The triquetra not changing in Charmed Again might be due to the fact that, even though her powers weren't active, there was a third sister (well, fourth).
 * When the triquetra on the Book splits, it's obvious that a piece of leather was placed on top of it.
 * Prue used telekinetically enhanced Agility while in astral form. It was stated in previous episodes that Prue couldnt use her other powers while astral projecting.

Quotes
         Piper : I'm sorry, the world doesn't revolve around Phoebe!



        Andras : So the rumors are true. You've fallen for a witch.

        Cole : What are you doing here? Get out!

       Andras : The great Belthazor. Who would've ever thought. I can hardly wait to see what the Triad will do when I tell them you failed.

      Cole : I will kill you before you ever get the chance.  

      Andras : Then you really are a traitor, aren't you?



      Cole : They are sisters first and foremost, and that, I believe, is their Achilles' heel. Break that bond, and we break the very foundation of their powers.



      Phoebe : What's the matter, Prue, jealous? All work and no play making you even more boring?



     Phoebe : I am so sick of the two of you ganging up on me and judging me.

     Prue : I am so sick of saving your asses.

     Piper : I'm sick of being taken for granted and those are mine.

      ( Piper rips off Phoebe's earrings.)

     Phoebe : Ouch! Bitch!



     Leo  (to Piper): Ever planning on unfreezing the neighbours?

Gif Gallery

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Videos
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International Titles

 * Spanish (Spain): Poderes rotos (Broken Powers)
 * Spanish (Latin America): Dígalo con furia (Say it with Fury)
 * Russian: RazZatcharovanniye (DisCharmed)
 * Italian: Punizione Esemplare (Exemplary Punishment)
 * German: Alle oder keine (All or None)