Post by vandergraafk on May 3, 2007 16:04:58 GMT -5
Finally, a role for Jenny! Well almost: it's hard to imagine Jenny, an annoying teenager, as a groupie. I suppose it's possible, but it seems really stretched. I guess the writers sat around and mused: "well, now that we've got her, what do we do?" Not much apparently other than to annoy us even more with her presence. At least, Brian Krause reappears on the scene as he attempts to kill two birds with one stone: first, to put the Charmed Ones on the track of a band manager who Faustian pact has led to the disappearance of several young women and, second, to help Piper's struggling new club, P3, by steering a really hot band in her direction. Leo ends up with egg on his face, but deep down inside we know that Piper is touched.
After the Charmed Ones vanquish the demon Masselin, who has swallowed his victims, but kept them alive, trapped inside his doughy stomach which allows the outlines of his victims to protrude in ways reminiscent of the rebel leader on Mars in Total Recall, Leo applies memory dust to make the pain go away. None of the victims will remember being swallowed by Masselin, let alone lured to their altered states by Dishwalla's manager Jeff Carlton. Keith Topping wonders how the District Attorney is ever going to prosecute Carlton if the victims can't remember any of the details, especially since Inspector Morris plays a high profile in this episode. But that's neither here nor there.
Charmed will address in Season 3's wonderful premier episode, The Honeymoon's Over, how difficult it will be for the DA's office to ever prosecute demons, warlocks and their willing co-conspirators. If the Charmed Ones cannot reveal all that they know, how can Magic allow itself to be exposed if innocent victims can relate tales of abduction by demons, of time spent trapped inside a demon, or of run of the mill run-ins with demons and warlocks? It can't, so the question is, from the Charmed perspective, moot. Carlton has learnt his lesson. His reputation, of course, is ruined. Never again will he be in a position to lure young women into the dastardly clutches of demons. From the perspective of Charmedverse, that's punishment enough. Of course, it does leave yet another unsolved case that an enterprising inspector (Sheridan or Davidson) or an FBI agent (Jackman) will try to use to bring down the Charmed Ones.
After the Charmed Ones vanquish the demon Masselin, who has swallowed his victims, but kept them alive, trapped inside his doughy stomach which allows the outlines of his victims to protrude in ways reminiscent of the rebel leader on Mars in Total Recall, Leo applies memory dust to make the pain go away. None of the victims will remember being swallowed by Masselin, let alone lured to their altered states by Dishwalla's manager Jeff Carlton. Keith Topping wonders how the District Attorney is ever going to prosecute Carlton if the victims can't remember any of the details, especially since Inspector Morris plays a high profile in this episode. But that's neither here nor there.
Charmed will address in Season 3's wonderful premier episode, The Honeymoon's Over, how difficult it will be for the DA's office to ever prosecute demons, warlocks and their willing co-conspirators. If the Charmed Ones cannot reveal all that they know, how can Magic allow itself to be exposed if innocent victims can relate tales of abduction by demons, of time spent trapped inside a demon, or of run of the mill run-ins with demons and warlocks? It can't, so the question is, from the Charmed perspective, moot. Carlton has learnt his lesson. His reputation, of course, is ruined. Never again will he be in a position to lure young women into the dastardly clutches of demons. From the perspective of Charmedverse, that's punishment enough. Of course, it does leave yet another unsolved case that an enterprising inspector (Sheridan or Davidson) or an FBI agent (Jackman) will try to use to bring down the Charmed Ones.