"Forever Charmed"

Forever Charmed is the 178th and final episode of The WB's Charmed.

Summary

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Piper enlists Coop's help to travel back in time and change the events that lead to the deaths of Phoebe and Paige.

Cast

Main Cast

• Alyssa Milano as Phoebe Halliwell
• Rose McGowan as Paige Matthews
• Holly Marie Combs as Piper Halliwell
• Kaley Cuoco as Billie Jenkins
• Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt

Guest Stars

• Marnette Patterson as Christy Jenkins
• Drew Fuller as Adult Chris Halliwell
• Finola Hughes as Patty Halliwell
• James Read as Victor Bennett
• Jennifer Rhodes as Penny Halliwell
• Wes Ramsey as Adult Wyatt Halliwell
• Anthony Cistaro as Dumain
• Leland Crooke as Candor
• Denise Dowse as Angel of Destiny
• Søren Oliver as Baliel
• Steven J. Oliver as Asmodeus
• Ellen Geer as Older Piper Halliwell
• Gordon Wells as Older Leo Wyatt
• Ivan Sergei as Henry Mitchell
• Victor Webster as Coop

Co-Stars

• Alexis Raich as Little Piper Halliwell
• Sierra Paris as P.J. Halliwell
• Julia Di Angelo as Granddaughter Prudence Halliwell
• Jason & Kristopher Simmons as Little Wyatt Halliwell

Uncredited

• Unknown actor as Little Chris Halliwell
• Unknown actress as Parker Halliwell
• Kathleen Teresa Scott as Melinda Halliwell
• Unknown actress as Tamora Mitchell
• Unknown actress as Kat Mitchell
• Unknown actor as Henry Mitchell Jr.
• Unknown actor as Matthew Halliwell
• Jordan Timsit as Piper and Leo's grandchild

Magical Notes

The Book of Shadows

The Final Entries

Phoebe's Entry

So much has happened over the last eight years. So much has been gained and lost. Still in some ways, I feel like my life is really just beginning. And it was. For though I had loved before, I'd never really known love until I met Coop. A man who I shared this special little girl… I had long ago foreseen, but feared I might never have. Along with two other special little girls I had not foreseen. I was suddenly so blessed to have a new family of my own. And old friends to share it with. And though I kept working and giving advice to those who asked, I was more interested in helping them find love, since finally having been loved...

Paige's Entry

Phoebe had become somewhat of an expert on the subject. As for me... life without demons opened up similar avenues. Henry of course continued to look after his parolees, even if they didn't want to be looked after. But still making time to help me with little Henry and the twins. Which allowed me time to finally embrace my inner Whitelighter. And to help the next generation of witches come into their own...

Piper's Entry

So that Paige could pass on all that she'd learned, not just to her own children or to mine, or to Phoebe's but to other future witches and Whitelighters as well. Which filled the time between when we were doing the fighting, and when our kids were old enough to take over. Allowing me time to get back to my roots and cook something other than potions for once. And open the restaurant I'd always dreamed of owning. As for Leo after we reclaimed Magic School, he went back to teaching. Which he continued to do, until it was time to retire. And although we certainly had our struggles and heartaches over the years, we're a family of survivors and we will always be. Which is why we've truly been Charmed.

Spells

To Banish the Hollow

To Banish the Hollow is a spell in the Book of Shadows specifically made to remove The Hollow from the ones it had possessed. At first, it was thought that Good and Evil both had to come together and return it back to its tomb, however the three generations of Halliwells, Penny, Patty and Piper Halliwell were able to send it back.

Iam Is Addo

Hic Is Addo

Malum Quod Bonus

Vox In Conssesus

Super Dico Nos

Potions

Triad Vanquishing Potion

The Triad Vanquishing Potion was made by Penny, Piper and Paige at Phoebe's condo. It was specifically created to vanquish The Triad and/or Christy Jenkins. The potion was included in the Book of Shadows, however it might have been numerous potions mixed together, which would make it strong enough to actually kill and vanquish The Triad or at least banish them for now.

Teleportation Potion

Present Billie took a Teleportation Potion with her to the past. After Patty, Penny and present Piper banished the Hollow back to its crypt, time caught up and present and past Billie became one. Billie then teleported Christy and herself out with the potion.

Powers

• Molecular Combustion: Used by Piper to blow open Phoebe's condo's door and past and present Dumain.
• Beaming: Type of Teleportation used by Coop.
• Time Travel: Piper, Leo, Patty and Grams traveled to several points in time through Coop's Ring. Billie projected herself and the Charmed Ones to the past. Dumain and Christy used Coop's Ring as well to go to the past. The Charmed Ones later used it to return to the present.
• Molecular Immobilization: Used by Patty to freeze Leo.
• Telekinesis: Used by past Billie to fling present Billie. Present Billie used it to deviate Christy's fireball. Prudence Halliwell, Piper and Leo's granddaughter, used it to close the Manor's front door).
• Orbing: Type of Teleportation used by Paige, adult Chris and adult Wyatt.
• Fire Throwing: Used by past Billie and Christy to attack past Piper, Phoebe and Paige.
• Advanced Electrokinesis: Used by the past Charmed Ones to attack the past Jenkins sisters.
• Sparkling: Type of Teleportation used by the Angel of Destiny.
• Shimmering: Type of Teleportation used by Dumain.
• Remote Beaming (through Channeling): Used by Phoebe to beam Coop to her.
• Manifestation: In the past, the Triad manifestated in Magic School.
• Telekinetic Orbing: Used by present Paige to orb Coop's Ring into her hand. Future Paige used it to deviate a Darklighter Arrow. Matthew Halliwell used it to orb a book into his hand.
• Pyrokinesis: Used by Christy to create a fireball to attack Billie and the Charmed Ones.

Artifacts

• The Book of Shadows - The Halliwell Family's magical tome, which contains different spells and potions.
• The Hollow - The Hollow is an ancient vapor and the most powerful magical force ever. Both sets of sisters used it to destroy each other.
• Coop's Ring - Coop's ring enabled Piper and Leo to travel into the past and the future to change it and overall stop her sisters from dying and saving the manor from destruction.

Notes and Trivia

• This is the eleventh and last title with the word "Charmed" on it.
• The title for this episode was originally going to be "A Farewell to Charmed".
• The series finale earned 4.5 million viewers on original airing, the highest ratings for the season.
• This episode was filmed before "Kill Billie: Vol. 2" due to the manor being destroyed in that episode.
• Ellen Geer had to wear eye contacts to match Holly Marie Combs' eye color and they also shaped her eyebrow to match Holly's scar. Her long hair also played a big part in choosing her to play elderly Piper Halliwell.
• This is the second time Piper meets her future self. Although only a few hours older in "A Witch in Time". Phoebe did so in "The Three Faces of Phoebe"  and "Hulkus Pocus". Phoebe, Piper and Prue got to be their future selves in "Morality Bites" and Paige was actually turned into an elderly version of herself in "Charrrmed!".
• The producers chose to cast two elderly actors that look like Brian and Holly instead of using wigs and prosthetic on them, so that it would look real. Holly Marie Combs also demanded that no prosthetic's were used on her due to her pregnancy.
• This is Phoebe's third and final marriage in the series, her first was to Cole Turner in "Marry-Go-Round" and her second was to Dex Lawson in "Rewitched". In flash-forwards, she marries Coop in Magic School.
• Holly Marie Combs is noticeably beginning to show her second pregnancy in this episode.
• Piper is the last sister to be seen (and heard) on the series. She was also the first in "Something Wicca This Way Comes".
• Piper is featured considerably more than either Phoebe or Paige in this episode, largely due to the fact that both Phoebe and Paige died at the end of "Kill Billie: Vol. 2". This is also because Alyssa needed time to visit family during filming and Rose was flying back and forth filming "Planet Terror". Holly filled in the time since Alyssa and Rose took on more screen time while she was heavily pregnant in late Season 6.

• In the first episode, we see a picture of Piper, Prue and Phoebe in this order. In this final episode, we now see a picture of Piper, Paige and Phoebe, with Paige taking the spot of Prue. This can be seen as a tribute to the original picture from the first episode.
• Brad Kern stated in an interview that the reason why he never bothered asking Shannen Doherty to reprise her role as Prue for the finale because he felt the episode would have become too focused on Prue instead of the rest of the family. According to the commentary on the DVD, he did not ask Shannen to return due to "various reasons". However, during Oz Comic Con 2013 Shannen revealed she was asked to be in the finale but she didn't like what they wanted to do with Prue as she didn't feel it was true to the character.
• The final homage features various pictures of the characters, however, characters such as Prue Halliwell, Cole Turner and Darryl Morris were not included. This is due to the budget not allowing them to feature any photographs of actors that didn't play a part in the final episode, as this meant paying them their episode fee.
• Piper's granddaughter closes the Halliwell Manor front door in keeping with tradition.
• The ending shot of the Halliwell manor door closing and the camera zooming out onto the Halliwell Manor was a re-used shot from "Witch Way Now?", this was due to the limited budget.
• The end of the episode featured a triquetra glowing on the screen similar which was used for the "Previously on Charmed shots" in the beginning of the episodes.

• Over the course of the series, a total of 610 evil beings are vanquished. The vast majority (466) are demons. 26 warlocks, 39 Vampires, 18 Darklighters, 11 mortals, 8 evil witches and 46 various others make up the rest. The Charmed Ones themselves have vanquished 374 beings. Of the remainder, 23 are vanquished by Cole, 25 by Leo, 27 by Billie and Christy, 34 by other good guys, and 127 by other bad guys.
• Telekinetic Orbing was the last power used by a Charmed One in the series, as Paige uses it to send back a Darklighter Arrow into a Darklighter, who was also the series' final vanquish.
• In the trailer for this episode, Shannen Doherty as Prue Halliwell was featured in some parts. It also features scenes from various earlier episodes;
  • Styx Feet Under
  • Imaginary Fiends
  • Charmed Noir
  • I've Got You Under My Skin
  • Extreme Makeover: World Edition
  • Charmageddon
  • Freaky Phoebe
  • The Torn Identity
  • There's Something About Leo
  • Once in a Blue Moon
  • Kill Billie: Vol. 2
• When playing their own "Demon Scrabble", future Piper and Leo spell out following names of demons: Javna, Vicus, Crone, Necron, Troxa, Triad, Imara, Sargon, Andras, Libris, Bosk, Zankou, Kurzon, Tracer, Daleek and Furies.
  • Piper tries to spell Zankou as Xankou.
• It can be assumed that within a month after this Piper got pregnant with Melinda Halliwell.
• After this episode was aired Charmed became the longest running American show featuring all female leads with 178 episodes. It held the record until 2012 when Desperate Housewives concluded with 180 episodes.
• During Piper's cooking flash-forward, we see her trying some sauce and concluding that it needs more wine added to it. Some fans believe this to be a throwback to the pilot episode, in which Piper's power awakens when she doesn't have time to add wine to her sauce in her audition for Quake.
  • Ironically in the issue Piper's Place a clone Piper is seen tasting food in a similar manner.
• Finola Hughes makes an allusion and reference to her TV Show, How Do I Look when she sees Present-Day Victor and says, "How Do I Look?".
• Piper does not use her Molecular Immobilization power and Phoebe does not use her Premonition power.

Continuity Errors

• The potions used to vanquish the Triad were added with special effects. This is noticeable since Holly Marie Combs' thumb is not covering the vial. This mistake is also common with the energy- and fireballs effects.
• After Wyatt gets his powers, he orbs to Piper's side to prove that he has gotten them back. A portion of the stained windows' frame in the sun room moves, behind Piper and Wyatt as Wyatt orbed.
• When Piper is writing her entry, is can be seen that the Book is actually open on the "Love Spell".
• When Piper vanquished past Dumain, the screen cut to him writhing in pain as he exploded in front of the Triad's altar, then the screen cut back to show the rest of the room and the explosion happened on the spot where present Dumain was vanquished.
• The last time the Hollow was used, all powers were restored once it had been dispelled, yet Wyatt still loses his powers after the Hollow has been cast out of Billie and Christy.
• In "Charmed and Dangerous", a representative aligned with evil and another aligned with good were needed to read the spell banish the Hollow. However, the only Piper, Grams, and Patty read the spell.
• Penny reacts as though she is unaware that her granddaughters are the Charmed Ones, despite the fact that she learned this in "That '70s Episode", so she should've already had this knowledge. Also, Grams fainting after seeing Patty is at least a bit surprising, since she is a witch and should know that even ghosts can become corporeal under certain circumstances, as shown several times in the show.

Gallery

Screencaps

Episode Stills

Behind the Scenes

Quotes

Wyatt: Uncle Coop!

Chris: (Hits him)

Phoebe: UNCLE Coop?!

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Penny: I can't believe how big this book has gotten. (a knock sounds) Why don't you get that?

Piper: Paige, why don't you get that?

Paige: Okay, I'll get that.

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Henry: What am I doing here? I'm looking for my wife. She didn't come home last night. Are you okay?

Paige: Yes, I'm okay. Of course I'm okay. I mean, weren't okay, okay. But now we're okay…and I think in the future we're gonna be… I think we're gonna be more than okay.

Henry: Okay.

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Grams: Don't tell me she marries a Whitelighter, too?

Piper: Worse. A mortal.

Grams: Oh, good God. Didn't I teach you girls anything?

Piper: Hey, what can I say? There's always Uncle Coop.

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Dumain: No!

Piper: Oh, yes. (blows up Present and Past Dumain)

Christy: I don't understand, how could this happen?

Phoebe: Billie projected us here.

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Christy: How could you?!

Billie: Christy, please, it's over, just come home. (Christy blasts a fireball at them, but Billie telekineticaly sends it back at her, incinerating Christy)

International Titles

• French: Forever Charmed
• Czech: Čarodějky navždy (Charmed Forever)
• Slovak: Čarodejnicami naveky (Charmed Forever)
• Serbian: Zauvek Začarane (Forever Charmed)
• Spanish (Spain): Embrujadas para siempre ('Charmed' for Always)
• Spanish (Latin America): Por siempre Hechiceras (For Always Sorceresses)
• Russian: Зачарованные навсегда [Začarovannye navsegda] (Forever Charmed)
• Polish: Zaczarowane na zawsze (Forever Charmed)
• Italian: Streghe per sempre (Charmed forever)
• German: Das Vermächtnis der Halliwells (The Legacy of the Halliwells)
• Hungarian: Bűbájosok mindörökké! (Forever Charmed)

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