House Call



House Call is the 101st episode of Charmed.

Episode Information

 * Season          5
 * Episode No.     13
 * Original Airdate February 02, 2003

Episode Guide
Paige is chatting on the phone with her old friend, Glen, when something levitates the phone. Piper and Leo also notice strange happenings. Just the same, they don't appreciate Phoebe loudly chanting and waving incense at two in the morning. Leo claims the spirits are harmless and will dissipate, but then the doors close and a large white spirit grabs Phoebe. Paige orbs some electricity from a light fixture and the poltergeist drops Phoebe.

The sisters, over Leo's objections, summon a witch doctor. He senses evil energies from all the demons that have been vanquished in the manor. Leo resolves to keep an eye on the witch doctor. The witch doctor roams the manor, drawing poltergeists into a skull-topped talisman.

Paige meets with Glen, and is disappointed when he introduces her to his fiancee, a cute blonde named Jessica. On her return, while Paige rants about Glen, the witch doctor draws a photo of the sisters into his talisman. Shortly afterwards, there is a large explosion and the witch doctor draws the last of the poltergeists into the talisman. He then declares his work to be done.

The witch doctor meets with others of his kind and says the Charmed Ones are magnets for evil. The witch doctors resolve to eliminate them. He has taken some personal effects of the sisters: a toothbrush, a stick of lipstick, and some keys. Leo notices the missing picture.

The witch doctor cast a spell on the sisters to heighten their obsessions. Paige is obsessed with Glen, who is about to get married, and grievously insults Jessica. Piper obsesses over the cleanliness of the house, to the point of blowing out a window because of water spots. Phoebe's obsession is her rivalry with a sexist male advice columnist, Spencer Ricks, and she takes off her dress during a photo shoot.

Paige orbs Jessica to the edge of a lava pit, and then assumes Jessica's appearance and takes her place in the wedding. Phoebe tracks down Spencer Ricks and throws a potion, turning him into a turkey. Piper is replacing shingles because they're dirty.

Leo realizes what Paige has done, rescues Jessica and stops the wedding. Paige feels sorry and resumes her normal appearance. Her hex is broken. She and Leo return to the manor -- or the site of it, as Piper has made it disappear to "start over from scratch". Leo reminds Piper that Phoebe was inside the house, and that breaks her hex. She reverses the vanishing spell.

Paige and Piper go visit the witch doctor and convince him to lift the hex on Phoebe. Phoebe turns the turkey back.