Post by vandergraafk on Sept 20, 2006 10:43:03 GMT -5
A classic Charmed episode that uniquely mixes black and white footage with color film. The WB promoted this episode as Charmed Confidential.
We are introduced to Ms. Donovan, the Magic School librarian, who at the outset of the episode is involved in a pointed discussion with a professor. The professor, a gnome, wishes to remove many books from the library as a result of the Godiva conjuring spell gone bad. Ms. Donovan demurs and contends that none of the books should be removed. Paige, as the head of Magic School, must intervene and admonishes the professor for failing to at least have read some of the books he wishes removed.
The debate ends and the professor is left to ponder a book: Cross Double Cross by the Mullin Brothers, two former Magic School students. One of the brothers mysteriously died twenty years earlier, while his brother, suspected of the crime, has disappeared. As the professor reads the book, he discovers too late that the novel is unfinished. It is being written as he reads. The gnome is sucked into the book and expelled shortly thereafter. He has been murdered.
Suspicion immediately falls upon Ms. Donovan. To resolve her guilt or innocence, Paige decides to bring Agent Brody to Magic School, despite Phoebe's protest to the contrary. In the meantime, Paige has been asked to babysit Wyatt and Chris as Leo tries to woo back Piper, as Phoebe has recommended. Paige complains that apparently her life as has been reduced to nothing but babysitting. She babysits the students at Magic Schoo and the boys at home, where she has taken to changing Chris's diapers, etc.
Brody accompanies Paige to Magic School and is immediately impressed by the volume of books in the library. He inquires whether any of the tomes contain information on the Avatars. His request is superceded by the urgency of clearing Ms. Dononan, who remains trapped in a crystal cage. After being violently repulsed by the crystal cage as he attempts to administer a residue test, Brody determines that no gunpowder residue is present on her hands. Ms. Donovan is free and cleared.
Visiting the crime scene, Brody determines that the body has been moved. Indeed, the crime has been committed inside the book - or at least in the reality described by the book. Once murdered, the gnome was expelled from the book's reality to Magic School. Picking up Cross Double Cross, Brody begins reading. Like the professor before, he discovers that the book is incomplete. Paige realizes too late that he must close the book lest they be sucked inside. Unfortunately, they are. Thus begins Charmed Confidential: the quest for the Burmese falcon.
We are introduced to Ms. Donovan, the Magic School librarian, who at the outset of the episode is involved in a pointed discussion with a professor. The professor, a gnome, wishes to remove many books from the library as a result of the Godiva conjuring spell gone bad. Ms. Donovan demurs and contends that none of the books should be removed. Paige, as the head of Magic School, must intervene and admonishes the professor for failing to at least have read some of the books he wishes removed.
The debate ends and the professor is left to ponder a book: Cross Double Cross by the Mullin Brothers, two former Magic School students. One of the brothers mysteriously died twenty years earlier, while his brother, suspected of the crime, has disappeared. As the professor reads the book, he discovers too late that the novel is unfinished. It is being written as he reads. The gnome is sucked into the book and expelled shortly thereafter. He has been murdered.
Suspicion immediately falls upon Ms. Donovan. To resolve her guilt or innocence, Paige decides to bring Agent Brody to Magic School, despite Phoebe's protest to the contrary. In the meantime, Paige has been asked to babysit Wyatt and Chris as Leo tries to woo back Piper, as Phoebe has recommended. Paige complains that apparently her life as has been reduced to nothing but babysitting. She babysits the students at Magic Schoo and the boys at home, where she has taken to changing Chris's diapers, etc.
Brody accompanies Paige to Magic School and is immediately impressed by the volume of books in the library. He inquires whether any of the tomes contain information on the Avatars. His request is superceded by the urgency of clearing Ms. Dononan, who remains trapped in a crystal cage. After being violently repulsed by the crystal cage as he attempts to administer a residue test, Brody determines that no gunpowder residue is present on her hands. Ms. Donovan is free and cleared.
Visiting the crime scene, Brody determines that the body has been moved. Indeed, the crime has been committed inside the book - or at least in the reality described by the book. Once murdered, the gnome was expelled from the book's reality to Magic School. Picking up Cross Double Cross, Brody begins reading. Like the professor before, he discovers that the book is incomplete. Paige realizes too late that he must close the book lest they be sucked inside. Unfortunately, they are. Thus begins Charmed Confidential: the quest for the Burmese falcon.