S7-2 THE BARE WITCH PROJECT

[vandergraafk]

Duncan is back and this time he conjures Lady Godiva. A mess ensues as an evil land baron from the time of Lady Godiva comes aboard and feeds on the anger. He finds plenty of it in Piper, still angry at Leo for becoming an Elder, and the rest of San Francisco, a typical city full of urban rage.

[Scott]

Season 7 saw the introduction of many "discrepancies" within Charmedverse. It as if the historical memory of the Charmed franchise had been misplaced, forgotten or even lost. In this episode, as Paige makes her valiant atttempt to save Magic School before Odin and the other assembled Elders, she asks where the students would learn to master their magical abilitites if Magic School were closed. Odin puts the onus on Paige and wonders where she learned to master her powers. Put on the spot, Paige - correctly - retorts that she learned to master her abilities with the help of her sisters. However, Paige blunders when she continues with the unjustified assertion that her sisters at least had their mother and grandmother to teach them magic.

As anyone who had seen the first three seasons would have known, nothing could be further from the truth. Grams deliberately withheld all knowledge about witchcraft from the future Charmed Ones and even contemplated stripping them of their powers for all time (Pre-Witched). Mom hardly encouraged the practice of witchcraft among her children during her short life, although an argument can be made that as long as she was alive the children (Piper and Prue) did practice their powers (That 70s Episode). Only after the birth of Phoebe did Grams bind the sisters' powers. Upon the death of Grams, the sisters acquired their powers when Phoebe encants the recitation from the Book of Shadows. Neither Prue nor Piper had any memory of their early childhood practice with magic. Collectively, the sisters had to learn on the fly. Neither Grams nor Mom was around to teach the girls about magic.