Charmed (1998–2006): Season 7, Episode 13 - Charmageddon - full transcript

- Hey. Hey.
- Hey. Hey.

Look at them all, Leo.

Without knowing why,
things just seem better to them,

even though they don't yet realise
that everything is different.

Of course there will be
a transitional period.

But soon, they will begin
to understand

they no longer have to worry
about evil, security, conflict,

that this world is here to stay.

- Is it not what we spoke of, Leo?
- It's impressive.

And you know, the only threat to Utopia,

to all that we've created here
is conflict.



And that, Leo,
we simply cannot abide.

I don't know, it's just the way
the sisters reacted, especially Paige.

She grieves.

I know, but not the way
she's supposed to.

It's just... It doesn't seem right.

Well, things are different, Leo,
to be sure.

But look around you now.

Is not everyone better off?

Are not the sisters better off?

I don't know.

Then you must go to them, Leo.

They're the people who mean the most
to you. See for yourself. Understand.

It's all good, Leo. It's all genuine.

But once you're satisfied,
it is important that you return to us.



Important? Why?

After the death of one of our own,

the collective has been
drained of power.

- You feel it too, do you not?
- Yes.

So the sooner you're reassured,
satisfied,

the sooner you can join us

and help us maintain all of this.

We have much work to do, Leo.

What kind of work?

You'll see, when you're ready.

You'll sense where to find us.

Please calm down, sir.

Harold, get back in the car.

The light was yellow,
just like last time!

- What, do you guys have it out for me?
- Harold, please!

No! It's police harassment!

I want your name and badge number!

- It's ready.
- So is this.

Butter?

Hey, you're breaking the flow. Move it.

- Sorry.
- Where you been?

Making sure everything
went all right.

- Why wouldn't it be?
- How you guys doing?

Are you kidding? I feel great!

Better than I have in, God,
I don't even know how long.

Six and a half years,
but who's counting?

We haven't been out
in the real world yet.

- If it feels like it does in here...
- We have no complaints.

We're gonna celebrate,
have a little party.

- A party? Today?
- Yeah, why not?

Maybe you wanted to make sure
everything worked all right.

Leo, it works, better than we expected.

Besides, we have a lot
of catching up to do.

I'm not sure I know how
to socialise with normal people.

You'll be fine. Especially since
no demons will be attacking.

- They're still out there.
- They're all on the run.

Come on, just enjoy it.
We have you to thank for all this.

- How's Paige?
- Better, I think.

It's gonna take her some time.
Kyle meant a lot to her.

But it does help her to know
he's gone on to a better place.

- Is she upstairs?
- At Kyle's apartment getting stuff.

I think I'm gonna go to work
and check out the real world.

All right, well, I'm gonna go
check on Paige.

Okay, you two. But don't be late.

Hey, how you holding up?

Good, considering.

I'm not really sure what to do
with all of this stuff, though.

- That's not your responsibility, is it?
- No, but he doesn't have a family.

It's just so odd that he's gone.

I really miss him.

Good.

I mean, that's normal.

You don't want to go around
just having it all be glossed over.

No. But still, I am happy for him.

I mean, he is in a better place.

And the thing is,

he would really want me to enjoy
this new world.

Well, he died trying to stop it.

Well, that's why I owe it to him
to be happy.

Of course.

I have to go home and get ready
for the party. You gonna come?

I think so.

Great. I will see you there, sir.

You've been weakened, Avatar,

by the death of one of your own.

We both have the same problem,
you and I.

Neither of us trusts this new world.

We're both gonna have to do
something about it.

Phoebe, what are you doing here?

I just came by to see how things
were going. How are things going?

They aren't. And that's good.
Have you seen today's paper?

Thinnest one we've ever had.

There's no crime,
no corruption, no scandal.

It's like people have been taking
happy pills.

Thank God the obits are up.
Otherwise, we'd just have a one-sheet.

So things are just
getting better, huh?

I'm all for that. But I've been working
here so long, I don't believe it.

- Something always happens.
- Maybe.

Or maybe it's a shame when we
don't trust when good things happen.

What a nice thought.

Now you should write
about that in your next column.

Best advice you
could give your readers.

Okay, but I gotta go home to do it.

Tell Oliver I'll e-mail it to him
around six-ish.

Oliver. That's the only bad thing
that happened today.

Well, not bad for him, of course,
just for us.

What happened?

I got a call from his family
about an hour ago. He's gone.

- It happened early this morning.
- Oh, my God.

He was such a troubled young man.
I hoped he could turn things around.

Yeah, me too.

Well, at least we can take heart
that he's in a much better place now.

Yeah. I guess so.

Mind telling me where we are?

An ancient tomb in an ancient pyramid

where no one, especially not
the Avatars, are gonna look for us.

- Why bring me here?
- To show you the truth,

why you never should have
turned your back on the Elders.

And to decide whether or not you're
willing to help me stop the Avatars.

Why would I help a demon?

It is by far the better of your options.

You could either work
to change things back,

or you can repeat
the mistakes of the past.

The Avatars were here before,
thousands of years ago,

when people believed
in magic and demons.

The Avatars promised to rid them
of evil on that level, same as now.

They were more or less successful.

They remade the world,

but they never told people
of the ultimate costs.

The dog-headed figure,
is that a demon?

Actually that's a jackal's head.

He is Anubis, the Egyptian guardian
and protector of the dead.

There's a price to pay for Utopia.

A price that you suspect
but don't yet know about.

They knew about it,
and they rose up against the Avatars

- and stopped them the first time.
- Maybe, but I...

Agent Brody realised the danger
that the Avatars pose too.

He was willing to help me
weaken them

so that I could bring you here,
so that you could help.

He was willing to sacrifice
everything to stop them.

- Brody was crazed.
- Brody was right.

You know, deep down,

that there is something very wrong
with this world, Leo.

Something you never foresaw
in your own myopic zeal

to try and make it all better.

People have no free will anymore.
At least not completely.

The Avatars now dictate their destinies.

And you let it happen.

The question is,
are you willing to fix it?

To do what, get back what we had before?
Fight your kind again?

Well, nobody said the system
was perfect, did they?

But it's better than this, isn't it?

Decide for yourself and decide soon.

If we are to work together,
we're gonna have to move quickly.

Leo. Welcome.

How are the sisters? Content, I trust?

They seemed okay.

What is this place?

This is where we maintain Utopia.

Come.

These are the others.

You've felt them
though you haven't yet met.

What are they doing?

Monitoring for conflict.

I don't understand.

In bringing this all about,

we've modified the way people think,
their belief systems,

so that they can more easily accept
a world without evil.

So that they wouldn't keep
looking for it.

So that the demons who remain
couldn't influence them into evil acts.

Unfortunately, however, some have
already been damaged beyond hope.

Their inner demons
sometimes surface,

causing... conflict.

And when that conflict passes a certain
threshold, we must deal with it.

To protect Utopia.

Wait. You killed them.

We removed them.
The one for the many.

We have an obligation to maintain
the world that we've created, Leo.

We can't let anything threaten it,
and we won't.

Wow!

Wow!

No, no! No! No touchie-touchie.

I just want to make sure
it's not poison.

No, I want everything to be perfect.
We've waited a long time.

Piper, everything is perfect.
It looks amazing.

I can't believe you did all of this.

When I'm not mixing
vanquishing potions all the time,

I tend to get a lot more done.
I forgot how much I like cooking.

We're all good.

Yeah, as long as Leo
makes it to the party.

- I thought he was going to Paige's?
- She came back without him.

She's upstairs getting ready.

Well, maybe he had
some Avatar stuff to do?

I hope the Avatars don't keep him
as busy as the Elders did.

I don't think he'd put up
with that, Piper.

He created this better world so that
you guys could be together as a family.

Still, I worry.

And next to cooking,
that's the second thing you do best.

Hey.

Hey, how you doing?

Better. Thanks.

Yeah. I am really looking forward
to this party.

You know, take my mind off stuff.

I just need to remind myself
Kyle's in a better place.

Yeah, that's what I have
to remind myself.

This guy at work, he just went away.

It was really unexpected.

Well, I'm sure it must all be
for the best, you know.

- Otherwise, it wouldn't have happened.
- Right.

You go help the kids get dressed,

and you can help me in the kitchen.

Come on, chop-chop,
we have a party to throw.

I'm concentrating.

- Yes, I'm sorry. This is important.
- So is this.

Somewhere in these drawings
is the key to the potion

Brody used against the Avatars.

Well, I'm glad to see that
you're using your energy wisely.

But the others are restless. They don't
wanna sit around and die like dogs,

while we wait around
for the help of someone good.

- Are you questioning my plan?
- No. Not at all.

Zankou, we're demons!

We need to stand up and fight them on
our own, not just sit around and wait.

That's just the point.

We can't fight on our own.
We don't have the power.

Like it or not, our fate rests with Leo.

Yeah? Then we'd rather die than leave
our trust in the hands of an Elder.

Then we will surely die.

You tell the others that they do
as I say, when I say it,

or the Avatars will be the least of
their problems. You understand me?

Yes.

Now leave. He's coming.

Welcome back, partner.

We're not partners.

Oh, no?
Then what are you doing here?

- I'm still not so sure.
- Ah, yes, you are.

That doesn't change the fact

everything I told you about
your precious Avatars is true.

You want to stop them as much as I do.

I'm not so eager to bring demons
back into the world.

Ah, but there's the rub.
Which world is worse?

Which is the greater evil,
mine or theirs?

I know taking destiny
out of people's hands is not right.

I couldn't agree more.

Let's make something clear.

If we succeed, we'll still be enemies,
and I can make you a promise

it will only be a matter of time
before good defeats evil.

Well, we'll have to see about that,
won't we?

Now if you're finished with
the macho posturing, let's get to work.

The problem is,
even if I decipher these,

we'll still need the Charmed Ones
to prepare the potion.

They won't go against the Avatars.
They wanted this.

Not if they discover the catch.

Not if they realise that the Avatars
alone decide who lives or dies.

You know the sisters better than I do,

but I doubt even they want that.

Which means you're gonna
have to get them to see

what the Avatars don't want them to see.

Even if it will take you shocking them
with another terrible loss.

Okay, you wait there.

We are gonna have so much fun today!

You're gonna meet so many
new friends at the party.

But you can't orb, okay?
You have to promise me.

We don't want to scare
the guests away, got it?

Like that.

Phoebe, we need to talk.

Yeah, you need to get ready for
the party before your wife kills you.

Figuratively speaking, of course.

- That's what I'm talking about.
- What are you saying?

What you said,
you felt you had to qualify it.

Qualify what?

The Avatars and what
they've done to everybody.

Everything's better.
You made everything better.

That was a mistake. I realise that now.
I need you to realise that,

before what happens to Brody
happens to again.

- Leo, you're scaring me.
- Good, you need to be scared.

It's the only way you're gonna
understand the truth and feel it.

You can help Piper and Paige understand,
use your powers to feel the loss,

to see what the Avatars
are doing is wrong.

Leo, this is what we all wanted.
What's going on?

- You'll see.
- What... what are you doing?

Leo, you can't just...

- What are we doing here?
- I need you to get a vision.

I need you to see what really
happened to Agent Brody.

I know what happened.
He's moved on to a better place.

Maybe so, but it doesn't change
the fact that somebody killed him.

Oh, my God. She killed him.

Yes. The Avatars
don't want you to know that.

They don't want you to know
why people disappear.

- Why are you doing this?
- Because it's the truth.

They changed you so you couldn't
feel the true pain of death.

They want it to seem like a good thing,
so you don't even question it.

- No.
- And it's gonna happen again, Phoebe,

as soon as they decide somebody in
the world is creating too much conflict.

Leo, we're not going back
to the way it was.

We tried it for seven years,
and it just didn't work.

- Phoebe...
- No, Leo, listen to me, okay?

We made the world a better place,

and we're gonna live in it
just the way it is now.

Do you understand?

We just need to give him
more time to understand.

We're running out of time.

If he turns them,
everything could be lost.

I think it's time we face the facts.

Would you just stop fussing
and enjoy yourself already?

- I can't. I'm worried.
- About what?

Look, everybody seems
to be having a great time.

I didn't even know
we knew this many people.

I'm worried about Leo.
He should have been here by now.

Where the heck is Phoebe?

She got the boys ready,
and then she just took off.

Maybe they're together. Maybe you don't
know how to have a good time anymore.

Is that a challenge?

If it works.

There. You happy?

- I need a drink.
- Hey, what's the matter?

I don't want to talk about it.
I just want to have a good time.

- What's going on?
- Nothing.

Hey.

All right, then, I'll go mingle.

Leo, come on, what's wrong?

- It's complicated.
- It's the Avatars, isn't it?

If working for them is gonna be as
complicated as working for the Elders...

It's not that.

Then what is it?

Okay, you know what?
I don't want to know.

We're here to celebrate our new life
with no magic and no demons,

so why don't we just enjoy it?

Leo, did you hear what I said?

Are you listening to me?
What is the matter with you?

Forgive me, Piper. If there was
another way to do this, I would.

What are you talking about?

I have to fix a mistake.

I love you.

- Leo!
- Everyone, get down!

Oh, no.

Paige, the children!

Die, Elder, die!

Don't let them make you
forget why I'm doing this.

It's supposed to hurt.
Go to the Book.

Remember all the losses.
Then go to Zankou.

Wait, Zankou?

Piper, you all right?

I don't know. I guess so.

I'm really sorry about Leo.

Yeah, me too.

But at least he's gone on
to a better place.

I'm so sorry things
got out of hand, guys.

Don't you think that was all
a little weird?

It was kinda touch-and-go for a second,
when the demon attacked.

But it all worked out okay.

Still, it seemed a little,
I don't know, off.

I certainly wasn't expecting
any more attacks,

but thank God Leo was there
to take care of it.

It would have been nice if Leo
didn't have to go to a better place

- in the process, you know.
- I know, but...

What he did, he did for his family,
and for that I will always love him.

Paige, can you make sure
the boys are okay?

It's really impressive that you can stay
so calm after such a shock.

I'd be freaking out if I thought
there were more demons.

I'd like to think
those days are behind us.

I can't make them stop.
They're so upset.

We're all upset about demons
being in the house.

Do you really think
that's why they're crying?

- What else would it be?
- Okay, Mommy's coming!

- You okay?
- I don't know.

It's like Kyle, you know.
It's really a big deal.

We're never gonna forget him.

Don't let them make you forget why
I'm doing this. It's supposed to hurt.

Never forget.

I have to check the Book of Shadows
for something.

Come on, Phoebe.

Remember all the losses.

No!

No, no!

Oh, my God.

It's okay. Oh, my gosh, I can't get 'em
to calm down. Even Piper couldn't.

I can. Where's Piper?

She's in the kitchen.

Piper, I really need to talk to you.

The Avatars didn't tell us
everything up front.

- What?
- Pain, grief, mourning.

These are all things
we're supposed to be feeling

when we lose someone
we love, like Leo.

Leo?

Phoebe, he's moved on
to a better place,

and if you don't mind, I'd rather not
dwell on such a painful memory.

Okay, but if he's in a better place,
then why are the boys crying right now?

It's not because of demons. They
were practically raised around them.

- Yes, well, but...
- Piper, listen to me.

Leo is dead. The Avatars killed him.

The boys are just too young
to feel it the way we do,

the way we were programmed to.

Programmed? Phoebe,
what's gotten into you?

This is what Leo was trying to show us.
Leo allowed the Avatars to kill him

so that we could understand
what's going on here.

- I don't wanna hear this.
- I know you don't,

but listen to your boys.

That's pain, and it's real.

- Phoebe, stop.
- Piper, how can you not see it?

You're okay with all this
because you wanted to be with Leo.

And now they've taken him away?

Why? Why would they do that?

Because Leo caused conflict.

And this is the only way
they could keep Utopia going.

You better have a good reason
for bringing me here.

- I don't want to be here.
- And that's exactly why we are here.

Paige, Kyle died,
and now it's time that you feel it.

I felt it! And it
would have felt a lot worse,

if I didn't know he'd gone on
to a better place.

Well, that's the thing.
It should have felt a lot worse.

The Avatars made our pain
go away after they killed Kyle.

I had a vision of him dying

when I touched this.

He attacked one of the Avatars
with his potion,

and she killed him.

Do you remember that, Paige?

Why are you doing this to me?

He died right here, in your arms.

I saw it, I felt it, and now
you have to feel it too.

It's the only way we can stop them.

- I don't want to.
- You have to.

Just like I did.

I don't want to.

It's okay.

Why did they do this?

To give us what we wanted.

What we thought we wanted.

What do we do now?

We're gonna do what Leo said...

...and go find ourselves a demon.

Sorry to interrupt but...

What is it?

Well, the others sent me
to find out what we're gonna do.

- Do?
- I just mean...

Well, the Elder is dead.
The plan has failed.

Shouldn't we... retreat?

Not yet.

You said if the Elder
couldn't turn the sisters,

- there is no...
- I know what I said.

I also know that Leo wasn't stupid.

He wouldn't have given his life unless
he knew something would come of it.

Unless it was merely the act
of a desperate man.

I'm just saying,

the Avatars could move on us
at any time.

If we are gonna run,
we should go soon.

Perhaps you're right.

We should retreat.

I'll let the others know.

What's the matter, Zankou?
Chicken?

Good thing you girls got here
when you did. I was about to leave.

- To go where?
- To live to fight another day.

You won't if you don't tell us
what we want to hear.

Save it. You need me.
That's why Leo sent you.

Glad to see he
didn't die in vain after all.

- Get to the point.
- The point is

Leo was working with me,
same as Agent Brody before,

- to undo what has been done.
- Kyle was working with you?

How do you think he
was able to kill an Avatar?

He realised then that
the combined force of good and evil

is our only chance
to stop the Avatars.

You have a greater reason for wanting
to do that than we do, survival.

True, but you obviously want it too.

Otherwise, we wouldn't even
be having this conversation.

Now you go ahead and talk amongst
yourselves. I'm not going anywhere.

I'm not so sure about this.

I don't think we have a choice.
We're running out of allies.

- We can't work with a demon.
- Leo did.

- Yeah, look where it got him.
- That was the Avatars, not Zankou.

So how do we know he's not picking us
off one by one? What if this is a setup?

Well, he helped Kyle get rid
of an Avatar.

They're who he's really after,
and so are we.

Okay, fine. So, what if this works?

Where does that leave us,
fighting demons again?

- Is that what we really want?
- Is this?

Just because we wanted it
doesn't make it right.

Kyle knew it was wrong. He knew
the Avatars couldn't be trusted.

- I just didn't believe him.
- Neither did we.

Still, we can believe
in him now. Leo too.

We can finish what they started,
so they didn't die in vain.

So, what's the plan?

The plan...

...is for you to make
a very special potion.

- What's the matter?
- I can't find the sisters.

- None of them?
- I don't understand. I just had them.

They'll have to surface
sooner or later.

You got that right.

- I wouldn't do that if I were you.
- What are those?

- You know what they are.
- And you know what he is.

- What is the meaning of this?
- We don't have anything to explain.

We're not the ones
going around killing people.

We only did what was
necessary to maintain Utopia.

- A loophole you forgot to tell us?
- It was never our intention to deceive.

We merely gave you the world
you asked for.

Except for the fact
you were killing people.

Their fates are regrettable.

But I guarantee you that fewer people
by far will be lost under our rule

than under the chaos of good and evil.

With good and evil people
knew what they were dying for.

And given the choice of what we had
and what you're offering...

Now we know what "it" is.

- We'll take our free will back any day.
- Hear, hear.

You'd seriously be willing

to give up peace of mind,

the normal life you so covet,

to go back to the way things were?

To fighting the likes of him again?

Warts and all.

They're not ready for us.

Perhaps not.

But they will be someday.

What we want for the world
is worth waiting for.

Very well. We will use
what remains of our power

to rewind time to when Utopia began.

Does that mean Leo will be alive again?

- Of course.
- And Kyle?

That, unfortunately,
is beyond our powers.

Are you kidding me?

You can bring everyone
that you have killed back to life,

but Kyle is beyond your powers?

The further something
recedes into the past,

the more power it takes to reverse it.

We can either bring back
Agent Brody

or return the world to the way it was,

but I'm afraid we cannot do both.

Put the world back.

I'm sorry this didn't work out,
for your sakes as well as ours.

Touching.

I'm gonna miss you guys.

What the hell? Did you just
dump your coffee on me?

What are you talking about?
You spilled yours on me!

Why, you moron,
you dumped your coffee on me!

- This is totally your fault.
- My fault? You hit me!

Yeah? All I'm saying is you better
have some good insurance!

I'm gonna call the cops on your ass!

Oh, please, give me your ID.
Where's your insurance?

- Where's your insurance?
- Where's yours? Mine is right here!

I'm gonna call my lawyer, okay?
I'm gonna sue this whole city.

Wow, I've never been so excited
to hear the sounds of people arguing.

Tell me about it.

It's good to be back...

...warts and all.

- Leo?
- I'm in here.

Oh, thank God.

It's okay. I'm all right.

Wow, you kinda really scared me
this time.

That was the plan.
I was banking on you saving me.

Okay, well, next time come up
with a different plan.

Next time.

So wait, you remember everything,
even though you technically died,

but then you didn't,
because time rewound, so...

- Am I making any sense?
- Yeah.

I remember everything
because I was unaffected by the spell.

You remember everything
because you broke it. Time rewound,

- but we still experienced it.
- Headache forming.

All that matters is that we fixed it,
regardless of the consequences.

Consequences? You mean Kyle?

No, I mean the Elders.

I went against them
and sided with the Avatars.

- I can't go unpunished.
- Yeah, but everything you did,

you did to make the world a safer place
for everyone, including us.

I don't think they're gonna see it
that way. No matter what I did...

What we did.

Whether it was well-intentioned or not,
it's gonna cost me.

At least it didn't cost you your life,

which at this moment is
the only thing I'm concerned with.

I don't want to lose you ever again.

Bye.

Hello, Paige.

Kyle?

Careful. That used to mean
a lot to me.

Is this really you?

In the flesh, more or less.

- I saw you die.
- That's right. You did.

But as you know,
sometimes it doesn't end there.

Are you a Whitelighter?

Feels kind of weird.

But at least I can still feel.

How?

I guess the Elders decided I must have
done something good with my life,

which is a relief,
considering the mess I made of it.

You didn't make such a mess.

Come on. I got a little crazy there
at the end, didn't I?

A little crazy.
But you did save the world.

Hence the reward.

- I just wish I could...
- Paige, it's not your fault.

I understand now my life was
supposed to end the way it did.

How it did. It was my destiny.

Just like it was our destiny to meet.

To fall for each other.

To lose each other?

Who says we're not gonna
meet again?

Take care of that for me, will you?