Sight Unseen

Sight Unseen is the 49th episode of Charmed.

Episode Information

 * Season          3
 * Episode No.     05
 * Written By      William Schmidt
 * Directed By     Perry Lang
 * Production No.  4300049
 * Original Airdate November 2, 2000

Co-Starring

 * Michael Bailey Smith as Belthazor
 * Nick Meaney as Snake Hunter
 * Karen Stapelton as Rachel

Guest Starring

 * Boti Ann Bliss as Abbey
 * Rick Hearst as Troxa
 * Eddie Cahill as Sean
 * Amir Aboulela as Triad Member #1
 * Shaun Toub as Triad Member #3
 * Rick Overton as Triad Member #2

Special Musical Guest

 * Marvelous 3

Summary
Piper and Phoebe are worried that Prue has become too obsessed with The Evil Triad since returning from the past and learning that someone was sent back to destroy their family line. So when Prue comes home to discover someone has broken into the Manor, she immediately believes its something supernatural sent by The Triad, while her sisters believe that it may be an evil of a human nature from the clues discovered by Darryl. Cole is upset to learn that the triad has sent another agent to destroy the Halliwells. Piper feels that her inability to have a romantic evening with Leo is the result of interference from Leo’s bosses.

Plot
Phoebe is at P3 with Piper. Prue has been obsessively chasing the Triad's agent while her date, Sean, waits forlornly at P3. Piper complains that she can't get close to Leo because she feels that "they" are watching. Finally, Piper tells Sean that Prue is hung up at work and sends him on his way.

Prue goes to the manor and finds the front door open and every mirror broken. An unseen figure attacks and she flings it through a window. After the others arrive, Darryl checks the house and finds nothing missing. He dusts some fingerprints and asks the sisters for lists of any enemies they might have.

The Triad summons Cole and tell them of their impatience. They have sent another demon, Troxa, after the Charmed Ones -- as "assistance", rather than to replace Cole. Back at the manor, Prue has fallen asleep in the attic; an unseen figure raises a pillow, but Prue flings the pillow and the figure away. Cole checks up on the sisters and offers to have a patrol car watch the house. Outside the front door, Troxa becomes visible and Cole confronts him.

Prue notices her favorite shirt and Grams's necklace missing. Leo orbs in and reports that "they" know little about the Triad, except that they are close to the highest level of evil. Darryl reports that the fingerprints have no match in the FBI database. On hearing about the necklace and the shirt, Darryl suspects a stalker and thinks Sean is his prime suspect.

Troxa sneaks into Cole's office and picks up a letter opener. Cole picks up a fire extinguisher and sprays Troxa with it; cold makes him visible.

Prue does a photo session with a wildlife expert clearly based on Steve Irwin. Unseen to her, someone is taking pictures of Prue.

Phoebe enters a back room at P3, looking for Piper, and finds her making out with Leo. This does not help Piper's anxiety about being watched. Back at the bar, the two sisters meet Prue; she has set a demon trap with the Book of Shadows as bait and is carrying a crystal that will glow when the trap is sprung. Sean comes to P3 and Prue leaves to spend time with him. Meanwhile, Cole enters the manor and, finding nobody home, opens all the windows and turns on the air conditioner. He shimmers to the attic and tries to steal the Book of Shadows. The trap springs, he briefly turns into Belthazor and Prue's crystal glows. The sisters hurry away, leaving Sean slack-jawed.

The sisters enter the attic and find Cole in the trap. Prue suspects that Cole is a demon. Cole claims that he thought the house was broken into and leaves angrily. Phoebe finds a box of flowers on the porch, and the flowers turn out to be dead and worm-infested.

Cole meets Troxa outside and tells him that he is welcome to go after the Charmed Ones. Troxa enters the manor unseen as the sisters and Leo close the windows. In the Attic, Prue notices Troxa's reflection in a broken mirror. She flings him into the trap and makes him talk. He names Belthazor as another agent of the Triad just before he disappears in flames.

Prue is developing pictures in her dark room when someone hits her from behind, shoves her face in one of the chemicals and drags her off. Phoebe thinks that their stalker is still out there even though Troxa is gone, and calls Prue's cell phone. The stalker proves to be Abbey, a bartender from P3; she has tied Prue up in the manor basement. Prue uses her powers to untie the ropes binding her hands. Abbey dresses in Prue's clothes. Prue flings Abbey across the basement and escapes, still having trouble seeing.

Darryl calls Piper at P3 and says he has a match for the fingerprints: Abbey. Piper and Phoebe open Abbey's locker at P3 and find pictures of Prue, Prue's favorite perfume and notes on Prue's movements. Phoebe has a premonition of Abbey shooting Prue and the two depart for the manor.

Prue astral-projects and Abbey shoots at her image. When her gun is empty, Prue tackles Abbey and tries to escape. Abbey reloads and fires, but the bullet freezes in flight: Piper has come to the rescue.

Marvelous 3 plays at P3 that night. Prue finally gets an evening with Sean. Leo and Piper go to bed and she yells to "them", "I hope you enjoyed the show!"

Power Usage

 * Prue / TK / Abbey / Manor
 * Leo / Orbs / Himself / Manor Attic
 * Cole Shimmers and Flames into the Triad's Lair. Turns out The Triad summoned him.
 * Troxa / Invisibility / Himself / Outside Manor
 * Leo / Orbs / Himself / Piper's Room
 * Prue / TK / Pillow / Manor Attic
 * Troxa / Visibility / Himself / Outside Manor
 * Troxa / Invisibility / Himself / Outside Manor
 * Cole / Shimmer / Himself / Outside Manor
 * Leo / Orbs / Himself / Manor Kitchen
 * Troxa / Invisibility / Himself / Cole's Office
 * Leo / Orbs / Himself / P3 Office
 * Cole / Shimmers / Himself / Manor
 * Cole / Shimmers / Himself / Manor Attic
 * Troxa / Visibility / Himself / Outside
 * Troxa / Invisibility / Himself / Outside
 * Leo / Orbs / Himself / Manor
 * Prue / Tk / Troxa / Manor Attic
 * Leo / Orbs / Himself / Manor Attic
 * Prue / Tk / Ropes / Manor Basement
 * Prue / Tk / Abbey / Manor Basement
 * Prue / TK / Ropes / Manor Basement
 * Prue / TK / Bookcase / Manor Basement
 * Prue / TK / ?? / Manor Basement
 * Phoebe / Premonition / Pictures / P3
 * Prue / Astral Projects / Herself / Manor
 * Prue / Astral Projects / Herself / Manor
 * Piper / Freeze / Manor Kitchen / Manor Kitchen
 * Prue / TK / Abbey / Manor Kitchen

Book of Shadows

 * 1) To Erase a Memory is before the page on Troxa.
 * 2) Belthazor is before the Hand of Fatima.

Spells

 * 1) Prue casts a spell using cydarite crystals around the Book of Shadows.  (The original crystal cage). (unseen)

Evil Beings

 * 1) Abbey: bartender at P3, Prue's stalker,
 * 2) Troxa: invisible demon, weakness is cold it turns him visible, he cannot feel so he doesn't know when it's cold,
 * 3) Triad: highest level of evil,
 * 4) Cole / Belthazor: