Post by vandergraafk on Nov 20, 2006 4:21:16 GMT -5
A smashing follow up to We're Off to See the Wizard, this episode highlights the dividing line between good and evil. Though Phoebe would like to blur this line by protecting both innocents and demons, neither Piper nor Cole can accept her position. For Piper (and Paige), protecting an innocent in the way Phoebe does - by allowing the demon Malek to survive - merely ensures that Piper and Paige must now work extra hard to protect this self-same innocent. Cole, too, disavows his demon Queen's position. Protecting innocents endangers his position - and hers - as head of the Underworld. Factions will form to challenge a Source who appears to be playing both sides.
Factions do form and Cole is forced to shapeshift into Phoebe in order to gain access to the innocent, now protected by Leo and the remaining sisters. Liquidation of the innocent defends his status but costs him Phoebe. In the end, she joins her sisters in vanquishing Cole as the Source. All that remains is the demonic spawn that she and Cole have produced.
Factions do form and Cole is forced to shapeshift into Phoebe in order to gain access to the innocent, now protected by Leo and the remaining sisters. Liquidation of the innocent defends his status but costs him Phoebe. In the end, she joins her sisters in vanquishing Cole as the Source. All that remains is the demonic spawn that she and Cole have produced.