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Post by spiritkas on Oct 25, 2006 14:54:34 GMT -5
Just thought I'll start a trivial pursuit-like thread. Here's the question. Can you name the season, episode, method, and who was the perpetrator of all the times Piper was either killed, mortally wounded, or other wise near death, and how was she saved?
Example: Season 3, Wrestling with Demons, mortally wounded by a flying ball with sharp implements, healed by Leo.
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Post by vandergraafk on Oct 25, 2006 17:28:14 GMT -5
Let's go back to Season 2's Awakened where Piper gets bitten by a Brazilian insect after she opens fruit that has escaped inspection by agricultural officials. In fact, she does die. Leo meets her in limbo and breaks direct orders from the Elders and saves Piper. Leo has his wings (briefly) clipped and Dr. Williamson has his curiosity piqued. Dan is just piqued!
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Post by vandergraafk on Oct 25, 2006 17:30:12 GMT -5
Let's go forward to Season 7's "Seven Year Witch" when Piper is struck by a thorn demon. As we learn in this episode, the method of attack was deliberate. Cole chose this in order to help Leo find his way back to Piper. Piper wants to hang on to life, but realizes that she must let go and abandon herself to fate (Leo) if Leo is to make the correct choice (fall from grace).
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Post by Xenith on Oct 26, 2006 12:11:11 GMT -5
I've done this so many times that I can recite each time and how a sister died in under 2 minutes (though it takes longer to type  ) Season 1 - Deja Vu All Over Again - Killed by Rodriguez's energy ball. Season 3 - Coyote Piper - Stabbed by Prue to make Terra leave her body. Season 3 - All Hell Breaks Loose - Killed by crazy ass Alice defying all laws of physics and somehow shooting her in the attic while she (Alice) was standing on a car outside. (Which none of the dozen police officers noticed...) Season 4 - Saving Private Leo - Stabbed by Nathan (Or was it Rick?) in order to get to Leo Season 6 - I Dream of Phoebe - The ex-genie wished for Richard the Genie for the Charmed Ones to die. Season 7 - Styx Feet Under - The Angel Of Death made her drop dead. Season 7 - Someone To Witch Over Me - Killed by Sarpedon's claws after she blows him up as he was speeding towards her. |
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Post by vandergraafk on Oct 26, 2006 16:14:39 GMT -5
Now now, Xenith, don't get too excited. In All Hell Breaks Loose, she was mortally wounded while in the sun room. Of course, Alice did not attend the Richard Cheney school of shooting. Thus, she was able to climb atop a VW bus - unnoticed by the SFPD - take aim and shoot through the bay window and somehow avoiding piercing Prue who had strategically positioned herself in such a way that Piper would get shot, but not she!
The trivial pursuit also included near death experiences. Thus, Seven Year Witch and Awakened do apply. But, don't you have to admit that Piper had a flair for dying? Familiarity with death also brought with it a sort of contempt. I believe the line from Seven Year Witch is "Oh no, am I dead again?". Classic Piper, classic Charmed!
Perhaps we should ask why no attempt was truly made on Piper's life during Season 5? Was this one of the consequences of too many fairies, dwarves, leprechauns? Or was it simply too much to expect an expectant mother to die or come close to death?
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Post by Xenith on Oct 27, 2006 8:49:21 GMT -5
Well A Witch's Tale Pt 2 was a close to near death experience, she was badly wounded and almost drown to the point where she saw her dead mother and a bright light. But that's also the episode where we found out about Wyatt's ability to heal her which led to the invincible Piper that not even Uber Cole could kill...
Which is probably the main reason Piper had no other real near death experiences this season as from S5 episode 1 to episode 15 (except Centennial) she was invincible. After that there was:
5x16 - The Parasites - not interested in Charmed Ones
5x17 - Demon whose name I can't bother to remember from Sucky Charmed - Puh-lease....
5x18 - Cat House she was in counseling whole ep
5x19 - Tull & Xavier - Again puh-lease....
5x20 - Crone & Kazis - Only interested in Wyatt
5x21 - Necromancer - Only interested in Grams & Dead Halliwells
5x22 & 5x23 - Titans would have been a threat but Piper wasn't around them long prior to being made Earth goddess.
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Post by vandergraafk on Oct 27, 2006 17:43:22 GMT -5
Yes, I forgot about a Witch's Tale Part 2. We had just learned that she was going to have a baby at the end of Season 4, and then they try to electric eel her to death. Of course, casting the no fear spell might have had something to do with Piper going out to the edge of the fence in the first place. Bottom line: Witch's Tale Part 2 is in. Piper, of course, was visited by the ghost of Patty who helped calm Piper down as she struggled to free her legs from the shackles as the cage slipped ever deeper into the ocean. Now calm, Piper easily frees her leg and is able to rise to the surface.
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