"Someone to Witch Over Me"

Someone to Witch Over Me

Season 7

Episode 7

Sarpedon tries to steal a Guardian Angel.

Episode Information

Airdate

October 31, 2004

Written by

Rob Wright

Directed by

Jon Paré

Production code

4301141

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"Guess I never knew how much my guardian angel actually helped me. Even with the little stuff."

—Paige to Kyle Brody

Someone to Witch Over Me is the 7th episode of the seventh season and the 141st overall episode of Charmed.

Summary[]

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Paige's decision to help Agent Brody brings the sisters face-to-face with an evil demon, Sarpedon, who captures innocents' Guardian Angels for his own protection. Piper and Phoebe die at the hands of Sarpedon but Leo can save them - but only if he turns over his free will.

Cast[]

Main Cast[]

Guest Stars[]

Drew Fuller as Adult Chris Halliwell (manifestation)
Neil Hopkins as Sarpedon
Peter Woodward as Aku
Joel Swetow as Alpha
Ian Anthony Dale as Gamma
Kerr Smith as Kyle Brody

Special Musical Guest[]

The Donnas

Co-Stars[]

Uncredited[]

Jason & Kristopher Simmons as Wyatt Halliwell
Unknown actor as Chris Halliwell

Magical Notes[]

Book of Shadows[]

Celerity Demons[]

Celerity Demons are powerful beings

who can move at the speed of light

and feed off of lesser demons.

Proud, solitary, aggressive and

with quickness faster than human

sight they are very difficult to both

find and fight.

However, destroying one is

possible...Boil mandrake root,

hummingbird wings, eye of newt and

Sagan's Strings.

Spells[]

To See Guardian Angels[]

Paige casts the spell so she could see the guardian angels.

Show me what the evil sees,

Even if at lightning speeds.

Potions[]

Vision Quest Potion[]

The potion you need to drink to take a vision quest. Phoebe learned to make it from Enola, a graduated student from Magic School. Phoebe made it for Leo, on Piper's request. Piper wanted him to take a vision quest, so he'd have something to look forward to.

Powers[]

Hyper Speed: Used by guardian angels to move as fast as light, so they could use their suggestion power to protect their charges, and by Sarpedon to see the guardian angels.
Suggestion: Used by guardian angels to protect their charges by whispering to them.
Smoking: Type of Teleportation used by Sarpedon and Aku.
Summoning: Used by Sarpedon to summon Aku.
Energy Ball: Used by Aku to attack Sarpedon. Sarpedon used it to vanquish Aku.
Orbing: Type of Teleportation used by Paige and Leo.
Illusion Casting: Used by the Avatars to make Leo see the Floating Heads.
Molecular Combustion: Used by Piper to blow up Sarpedon.
Power Granting: Used by Alpha to grant Leo Avatar powers.
Resurrection: Used by Leo to resurrect Piper and Phoebe.

Artifacts[]

Bladed Gloves - A type of weapon used by the Celerity Demons.
Sarpedon's Amulet - An amulet that was used by Sarpedon to capture guardian angels.
Crystals - Used by Piper to protect Leo, Phoebe and herself while he was taking his vision quest.
Scrying Crystal - A magical pendant used for scrying. Paige scried for Agent Brody after Sarpedon took him.

Notes and Trivia[]

This is the sixteenth episode to have the word 'witch' in the title.
Piper mentions Enola, the student who helped Phoebe in "The Legend of Sleepy Halliwell". She gave Phoebe (and recipe) the potion for the vision quest, in which Phoebe saw the future. Leo is vision questing in this episode.
Peter Woodward portrayed the demon Aku in this episode. He previously appeared in "Charmed and Dangerous" as The Source, a role he reprises in "Desperate Housewitches".
Flashbacks from "The Courtship of Wyatt's Father", "The Day the Magic Died" and "It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World, Part 2" are used in this episode.
Phoebe dies for a seventh time in this episode.
Piper dies for an eighth time in this episode.
Piper does not use her Molecular Immobilization power, Phoebe does not use her Premonition power and Paige does not use her Telekinetic Orbing power.
The story plot is similar to the season 4 episode, "Muse to My Ears".

Cultural References[]

The title is a reference to the jazz song "Someone to Watch Over Me", which was originally composed in 1926 and has been covered by many artists.
Phoebe says "We're not Brody's Angels", a reference to the TV series "Charlie's Angels", which has also been made into two movies with the same name. Piper previously made a similar comment about Leo in the episode "The Devil's Music".

Continuity Errors[]

Piper knows Sarpedon's name when discussing him kidnapping Kyle. However, he didn't mention his name in front of the sisters and he only features in the Book of Shadows on the Celerity Demons page, with no mention of any of their names.
On the tombstone that Alpha shows Leo, Paige's name is listed under "Halliwell" instead of Matthews.
As Piper lies dead near the end of the episode, her arms are above her head and set apart from each other. However, Leo revives her, her arms are placed together supporting her head.
When Piper and Phoebe are being brought back to life by Leo, Piper has the weapon that killed her stuck in her stomach, then the next shot, it's gone.
In Centennial Charmed, the combination of a power and a spell was required for Alpha to turn Cole into an Avatar, however in this episode he achieved so solely through power granting, without the use of the spell.