[Piper walks out, passing Agent Murphy who turns to watch Paige]
[Dex paces at the house, hearing muffled arguing of Phoebe and Billie upstairs]
[Piper enters]
Piper: Hi!
Dex: Hi.
Piper: Dex, right?
Dex: Right.
Piper: I'm Julie. Jamie.
Julie's cousin.
Dex: Ah.
Piper: Uh...where's
the lucky bride?
[Dex glances upstairs as muffled arguing
continues]
Piper: Excuse me. [She goes upstairs]
[Leo enters with Baby Chris]
Leo: Who are you?
Dex: Um...
Billie: I was just trying
to help!
Phoebe: How is this helping?
Billie: Well, I didn't mean
for you to get
married!
Phoebe: Well, you know what?
I did.
And I cannot believe
that you used magic
when we specifically
told you not to!
Billie: I thought you just
meant demon magic,
not
innocent magic.
Phoebe: Oh, really?
And this is innocent?
Billie: Well...you look
fabulous!
Phoebe: You know what?
Don't try to butter me up
with a compliment, Missy!
[Piper storms in]
Piper: Are you out of your mind?
What did you do now?
Billie: Do I have to start
from the beginning
again?
Piper: I can't believe
you did this,
with Agent Murphy
watching our every move!
Phoebe: Skip down. I already
went through that
with her.
Billie: You know, I still don't know
what I did
that was so bad.
Phoebe: This-- This is what's bad. [Holds up her hand with the new diamond
ring]
Piper: Whoa. Hey. Wow, that's huge.
Phoebe: Wha--
Billie: Look, you guys. I am so sorry, all right. I know, I
know I screwed up with the imps, and, which actually I really don't think that I
did. And then I felt bad, like I ruined your, your lives. I just wanted to
fix it. That's it!
Piper: By getting them married?
Billie: No, no, not exactly.. But she was supposed
to get married
anyways, right?
Phoebe: Yeah, but normally,
not magically.
Billie: How do you know?
How do you know
it wasn't supposed to
happen exactly
like this?
And she foresaw it, right?
She knew it was
gonna happen.
Piper: That is completely
besides the point!
Billie: I don't think so.
Piper: Well, I do, and I'm older,
so what I think counts more.
[Billie groans]
Phoebe: Maybe she's right.
I mean, maybe this is
how it was supposed
to happen.
How else would you
explain Dex and I
getting married so quickly?
Piper: I'm confused.
Are we mad at her
or not?
Phoebe: We're not.
Billie: Oh! Yes! Good. [Claps]
Now can I go back
to looking for
the imp demon?
Phoebe and Piper: [Together] No!
Billie: No? What about
the next innocent? What we have learned
about this specific demon
is if we don't get him,
he's gonna keep going
after these people!
Phoebe: Billie,
if we get exposed,
we may never be able
to help an innocent
again. Do you understand that?
Billie: Yeah, but don't--
Piper: Billie, she's right.
You gotta pick your battles,
and right now,
this is not one of them.
[Billie sighs]
Nurse: I'm a nurse.
Where is he?
Antosis: My son.
He's at the bottom
of the fire escape.
He's not moving!
Nurse: Call 911. [She runs down the alley]
[Antosis sends the imps after her]
Nurse: [Offscreen] Aah!
Aah! Aah!
Aah--
[The imps return and fly past Antosis to the Imp Master, who steps out from a
doorway]
Antosis: Where's your witch?
Imp Master: Maybe we scared her off
last time.
Antosis: If she came once,
she'll be back.
Witches can't help
but help other people.
It's their fatal flaw.
Piper: What are you gonna
say to him?
Phoebe: I don't know.
I'm just gonna wing it.
Piper: Wing it? He's married.
Don't you think he's gonna
want to know why?
Phoebe: Well, he doesn't have to
know it was magic.
Piper: Still, what is he
gonna think?
Phoebe: Maybe that he got
really drunk? I mean, the point is, it happened. So that's what I have to
focus him on--
for his sake and mine.
Piper: Wait, Phoebe, hold it.
Hang on a second.
Hang on.
You're really gonna
go through with
this thing?
Phoebe: I don't have a choice.
Piper: Yeah, but Phoebe--
Phoebe: I know that this is not
my Cinderella wedding,
okay. But I also know
that everything
happens for a reason.
So I have to just
go with it.
Piper: 'Till death do you part?
Leo and Dex: [From the other room] Whoo! Yes!
Man!
Oh, man!
Leo: [Watching football on TV] Did you
see that move?
Dex: Can you believe
he held on
to that thing?
Piper:
Hi. How's it going?
Leo: It's good.
We're watching the game. Hey, did you know Dex here
used to play?
Phoebe: No. I didn't know
that.
Dex: Just a little
college ball.
Nothing, really.
Leo: Oh, come on. Nothing, really.
Piper: Uh, honey, I gotta
get back to the club.
Leo: Okay. Well, I'll see you
tonight.
Piper:
Don't you wanna...
walk me to the door?
Leo: Oh, uh, sure.
Um. It was nice
meeting you. Congratulations. [Leo and Piper go to the door]
Dex: Thanks.
[In the hallway]
Piper: Aren't you even
remotely surprised
that they're married?
Leo: Not at all. She had
that premonition.
Piper: Yeah, okay. Forget it.
Listen, just try and give
them a little space, okay?
I have to go.
I've got an interview.
Leo: An interview? Really,
about what?
Piper: About P3 and me...
or, you know, the me
they think I am.
Leo: It's still
the same you.
At least
on the inside.
You should be excited.
Piper: I am.
Bye.
[Kisses Leo] Bye, baby. [Kisses Chris and leaves]
Dex: You changed.
Phoebe: Those things
aren't very comfortable.
Dex: Do you even remember
how you got it?
Phoebe: No.
Dex: Yeah, me neither. Look, Julie, I don't
know what's going on
here, but...
if you want to go down
to city hall and get
this fixed, uh...
Phoebe: To get it annulled?
Dex: Well, yeah.
Phoebe: Is that what you want?
Dex: Look, I don't
know what I want.
It's just really weird.
I
mean, one minute we're off
to Napa, and the next
minute we're like...
Phoebe: Yeah. I know.
I mean, it's weird
for me, too.
Dex: Yeah?
Phoebe: Yeah.
Dex: Somehow you seem
like...
okay with it.
I mean, the fact
that we just got
married.
Phoebe: No. I mean,
I'm not okay with it.
It's just...
things happened to me
in my life,
and I've learned
to accept them, you know?
I've had to.
Dex: Uh, yeah. This sort of thing
happens to you
all the time?
Phoebe: Well, no.
[Smiles] Not exactly this, but...
you know,
other things have.
And it always
turns out okay.
And I guess I've just
learned to trust that.
Dex: Even though
we have no idea
how we got married.
Phoebe: Well, I kind of feel like
that part's irrelevant.
I mean, really,
whether we remember it
or not, it happened.
And I believe that everything
happens for a reason.
So, uh... I don't know.
Maybe we should just
see this through.
It's not like we don't
care about each other.
Dex: True.
Phoebe: And I guess if things
don't work out,
we can...just have it
annulled in the future, right?
Dex: True.
It's crazy, you know.
Phoebe: Yeah.
I know. [She puts her head on his shoulder]
[Paige giggles as they enter the room kissing]
Paige: Okay, wait. I think
maybe we should...
slow this down
a little.
Whit: Whew. You're right.
I'm sorry.
Paige:
[Chuckles]
No, I'm--I'm sorry.
Whit: Whew. Uh...
why don't you tell me
a little more about
yourself?
Paige: Well, I, uh...
screw it. [She grabs him and they start kissing again]
Whit: God, you're beautiful, Jo.
[Paige stops] What's the matter?
Paige:
[She sees herself as Jo in the mirror] I can't do this.
Whit: Okay. Okay. Um...
was it something I said?
Paige: No. Absolutely
not.
It's not you.
I'm sorry. [She leaves]
[Knocking]
Billie: Phoebe!
Are you in there?
Phoebe, phoebe.
Phoebe: [Sleepily opens the door] What?
Billie: So I think I found out who the imp master
is working for.
Phoebe: Shhh! [She comes into the hall]
Billie: No, no, you don't understand. I cross-referenced all the demons
that go after good Samaritans and then the ones that typically recruit others. I
came up with
a high level demon
.
Phoebe: Billie--
Billie: Then I narrowed it down
to one demon.
His name is Antosis,
but unfortunately, we
need the Power of Three
to vanquish him.
So I have a plan.
Phoebe: Forget it.
Billie: What do you mean,
forget it?
Phoebe: I mean forget it.
We are not doing this.
Billie: But that was before
I found the demon!
Phoebe: A Power of Three demon.
Billie: So?
Phoebe: So? We can't take that risk!
Billie: But what about
the greater good
and
everything
you taught me that you
guys were about?
Phoebe: Okay, you know what, Billie,
you have to understand
this is hard for us, also. We are not doing this,
and we'll talk more about it
in the morning, okay?
Billie: No. It's not okay. [She walks away]
Phoebe: [Sighs]
Dex: [Opens the door behind Phoebe and looks out] Is everything
all right?
Phoebe: No. It's not all right.
[Phoebe sits downstairs in front of the fireplace]
[Paige comes home]
Paige:
Hey.
Phoebe: Hey.
Paige: What are you doin'?
Phoebe: Oh, just sittin' here
thinkin'.
Paige: Yeah? Mind if I
join you?
Phoebe: No, of course not.
Pull up a pillow.
Paige: Whooo. [Sighs]
Phoebe: What's the matter?
Paige: Oh, it's just been
a very
interesting day.
Phoebe: Tell me about it.
Paige: What? I take it Dex
didn't like
not being able
to go away?
Phoebe: Boy, are you behind
in the news.
Paige: Oh, my gosh.
He asked you
to marry him?
Phoebe: No. We're actually
already married.
Paige: Huh?
Phoebe: It's not what you think.
Billie cast a spell.
Paige: She did what?
Phoebe: I know, I know,
and we already
yelled at her.
Besides... I
actually don't
think she did anything wrong.
In fact, I think
she's the only one
doing anything right
around here.
Paige: Uh... Okay. If you're trying
to confuse me, you're
doing a bang-up job.
Phoebe: You ever wonder that...
maybe we made a mistake
faking our own death?
Paige: Funny you should ask.
I met this guy today
and...
I kinda could have...
liked him.
Phoebe: That's great, Paige.
Paige: No, actually, it's not.
How am I ever supposed
to be with someone
when they're not with
the real me?
Phoebe: Yeah.
I keep asking myself
the same exact question.
Only, it's not
just about guys.
It's everything.
I mean, you know,
who we used to be,
the whole greater good
thing.
Paige: Right.
Phoebe: And I'm just worried
that the more we ignore it,
the more we're just not
gonna be able to.
Paige: What are we gonna do?
Phoebe: Thanks to Billie,
we're gonna have to come up
with a plan pretty soon.
Paige: I--I'm sorry.
What do you
mean, thanks to Billie?
Phoebe: She made me feel pretty guilty
about not helping her
with this demon.
And she was right.
Paige: Well, where is she?
Phoebe: I don't know.
She stormed outta here. Maybe she went
to her dorm.
Paige: No. She's probably
after the demon.
[Pictures are thrown on the desk in front of Piper]
Piper: Uh...
I'd really like to
help you, Agent...
Murphy: Murphy.
Piper: Murphy.
But I have an interview.
Murphy: You know, if
I showed these photos
to most people,
more than likely they'd be shocked and repulsed, but not you.
Piper: I internalize a lot.
Murphy: Or, you're more used to seeing these kind of victims than you're
letting on.
Piper: Agent Murphy, I just run a night club, that's all.
Murphy: Just like Piper used to, right? You know, I've been
watching you ever since she and her sisters disappeared.
Piper: Don't you mean since they died?
Murphy: You tell me. Look, I'm not the hard-ass Agent Keyes was,
all right? He left me behind because he didn't believe the Halliwells
were really dead. Even though we both think you know exactly what
really happened, the difference is I don't want to bust you or them. I
just want help. I need it. For the past month, people been showing up
dead for reasons no one
can really explain,
but I think you
and your cousins know
exactly who or what
is responsible.
Piper: By "what" you mean...
Murphy:
You know exactly
what I mean.
Things beyond normal.
Powerful things
like yourself.
Of course,
like everything else,
there are good things
and bad things.
But if you're not doing
anything to stop this,
then...as far as
I'm concerned, you're
on the wrong side. And I don't know
how you could live
with yourselves.
[Cell phone rings]
Piper: I'm sorry, but I really
need to get this.
Murphy: Billie has my number. [He leaves]
[Piper looks down at a text that reads: 911-- Call home. Billie in trouble]
[Billie helps an injured man walk out of an alley]
Billie: Taxi! Taxi.
Here. Get him to
a hospital fast, okay?
Hurry up. Go. [She goes back to the alley]
[The Imp Master watches her go as Antosis materializes next to him]
Antosis: Like a moth to a flame. [They follow her]
[Paige scries over a map]
Piper: Any sign of Billie?
Paige: Well, just that she's in the area.
Piper: What do you mean, she's in the area?
Paige: She's moving around so much, I'm having a hard time getting a lock
on her. You know, we should upgrade to her GPS scrying system.
Phoebe: Well, if she survives this, we'll ask her how.
At least we know
what we're up against. She left the book open
to the demon.
Problem is,
only the Power of Three spell
is going to vanquish him.
Piper: I don't understand
why she would go up
against a demon
she can't vanquish.
Paige: Well, I'll make sure
to ask her that
if she's still alive. I can't believe
we're doing this again.
Piper:
Well, Agent Murphy thinks
we never should have
stopped.
Phoebe: Wait. Does he know who we really are?
Piper: No, but he's getting
warmer.
[Paige's crystal stops on a location]
Paige: Guess who?
[Billie enters the house and Antosis materializes behind her]
Antosis: Looking for me,
are you?
Billie: Antosis.
Antosis: I'm flattered.
And of course,
you've already
met my friend.
[The Imp Master materializes beside him] Or rather,
his friends.
Billie: What do you want?
Antosis: You. Alone.
And out of my way.
[He walks toward her and the Imp Master brings on the imps]
[The sisters watch the scene from the stairs and Piper starts to use magic]
Phoebe: No! Wait.
Piper: Are you kidding me?
There's demons
in the house.
Phoebe: But she said she has a plan.
Antosis: I am curious.
What made you think
you could take me out
all by yourself?
Billie: Oh...I know
I can't take you out.
But I can take them out. [She holds up a potion and throws it at the Imp Master]
[High-pitched screams as the imps and Imp Master go up in flames]
Billie: Only the Charmed Ones
can vanquish you.
Antosis: Too bad they're dead.
Billie: Are they?
Phoebe, Paige, Piper: [Together on the stairs] Hear us now,
the witches call,
he who makes Samaritans fall,
we speak as one,
the sisters three,
and banish you
to
eternity.
Antosis: No! No! Nooooo! [He goes up in flames]
Billie: I wanna learn
how to do that.
Piper: You know what? Are you crazy? Really,
you could have been
killed.
Billie: Well, yeah, I would have been
if you guys would have
gotten home earlier.
I've been walking around
outside for like an hour!
Paige: You took a huge risk.
Piper: For all of us.
Phoebe: Thank you.
[Phoebe sits on her bed looking at her ring then looks at herself as Julie in
the mirror]
[Paige is in the bathroom and closes the medicine cabinet mirror to look at
herself as Jo]
[Leo comes up behind Piper at her dressing table and they both see their altered
images in the mirror, then they look at each other and she touches his face]
[Phoebe and Paige mope at the breakfast table]
[Leo and Piper enter]
Leo: Morning.
Phoebe: Morning.
Paige: Morning.
Piper: What's the matter?
Phoebe: Oh, I don't know.
I guess the same
thing that's been bothering you guys.
Leo: What makes you think
something's
bothering us?
Paige: Thin walls.
Piper: You've been
eavesdropping?
Phoebe: Only from the bathroom.
Paige: Yeah, and the hallway. Don't worry.
I haven't been listening
to any...
you know, funny stuff.
Piper: How long has this
been going on?
Phoebe: Since like
the fourth
or fifth grade.
[Piper looks at Leo]
Leo: I'll fix it.
Paige: Basically, I don't think
this
whole thing
is working for any of us
anymore.
Phoebe: Well, I don't think
it ever worked.
Leo: It helped you find
a new life outside
of fighting demons.
Piper: Which is something
we need to keep
trying to do.
Paige: Well, we've got Billie,
so that's gonna
make it easier.
Phoebe: Yeah, but it doesn't solve
our bigger problem,
which is how we're gonna
get outta this mess.
I am so tired of pretending
to be someone else.
I miss me.
Paige: Well, maybe that's what your premonition was for. Maybe you wouldn't have
realized that if you
hadn't married Dex.
Phoebe: Yeah, but I didn't
marry Dex.
Julie married Dex.
Leo: I think
that's her point.
I think that's
everyone's point. You want your old
identities back.
Piper: Are we sure we really
wanna do this?
Paige: Positive.
Phoebe: Absolutely.
Piper: All right then. [They all stand together in front of the
mirror] Are you sure you can
rework the spell?
Phoebe: Oh, I already have.
I
call upon the ancient powers to unmask us now and in future hours show us well
and thoroughly reveal ourselves so the world can see. [There's a flash in the
mirror]
Paige: Whoo. That's more
like it.
Phoebe: It's good to be back. Although Dex
is gonna freak out.
Paige: Everyone's
gonna freak out,
because technically,
we're still dead.
How, exactly, are we
gonna explain this?
Piper:
Well, it's nice to know they can't overhear everything.
[The sisters walk into the Homeland Security office with people staring after
them]
Piper: Hi. How's it going?
Uh, by any chance,
is Agent Murphy in?
Secretary: Who...who should I say
is asking?
Paige: I don't know, girls.
Maybe we should
just...surprise him.
[Door opens]
Murphy: What the Hell?
Phoebe: What's the matter,
Agent Murphy?
You look like
you just saw a ghost.
Murphy: Leave us. Ahem.
Keyes was right.
Piper: So were you.
Did you mean it
when you said you just
wanted our
help,
that you weren't here
to bust us?
Murphy: Wait--how'd you know
I said that?
Piper: Because you weren't
talking to Jamie Bennet.
You were talking to me.
Paige: We were all
magically disguised.
Piper: Come on. Don't look
so surprised.
You yourself said we were
these powerful things.
Phoebe: Powerful witches,
to be exact.
Paige: Who did exactly
what you wanted--
getting rid of that
bad, bad demon
who was hurting those
good,
good Samaritans.
Murphy: Demons.
Phoebe: You know, he seems
awfully shocked
for a guy that
claims to know about
the supernatural.
Piper: You're right.
Maybe we should go.
Murphy: Wait, no, no, don't. Please.
Look, it's just...
it's one thing
to believe in the stuff
but another to actually...
see it.
Paige: Fair enough.
Piper: Okay, here's the deal.
You wanna know more about
who we are and what we do,
we'll tell you.
Phoebe: And, help you out
with a few cases along the way. If...you help us.
Piper: And you don't get
too greedy.
Paige: And if you
protect our secret.
Murphy: Or else what?
What, is that some
sort of threat?
Phoebe: Mmm. You don't
want to know.
Murphy: Okay.
What do you
want me to do?
[Murphy stands surrounded by the press]
Murphy: I can't talk about
the specifics of the case
the sisters
were involved in, okay?
All I can say is it involved
a
threat to national security
and that our agency got
involved to protect them.
That's it.
Reporters:
[Overlapping questions]
What kind of threat,
sir?
Murphy: I already said they were
a witness to a crime,
an attempt was made
on their lives.
We only falsified
their deaths
in order to flush out
the perpetrators.
All right?
No more questions.
News anchor: And more
late-breaking news...
[Dex watches Agent Murphy on the news]
[Knock at door]
Dex: Phoebe!
Phoebe: Hi.
Dex: Hi!
Phoebe: Can I come in?
Dex: Uh, yeah. Sure.
I was, uh...just--
I mean, I can't believe
you're actually, uh...
Phoebe: Alive?
Dex: Yeah!
Phoebe: It's crazy, huh?
Dex:
[Laughs] Yeah. Oh, if you're
looking for Julie,
she's not here.
Phoebe: Well, that's not entirely true.
Dex: Sorry?
Phoebe:
[Exhales] Look, Dex,
I...wish that there
was an easier way
to explain this to you,
to lessen the blow.
But...there isn't.
So I'm just gonna
have to show you...
Dex: Show me what?
Phoebe: Forgive me.
[She turns herself back into Julie]
[Dex passes out]
Phoebe: Ouch.
Piper: How do I look?
Paige: Not bad, considering
you've been dead.
Piper: Well, I just hope
this blows over sooner
rather than later.
Paige: Don't count on it.
We're not that lucky.
All right.
We can do this.
We are back
and better than ever.
Piper: Mm-hmm. I'll hold you
to that.
[They exit the P3 office and enter the club to applause, cheers and flashbulbs]
Paige: We're back.
Back to The TV MegaSite's Main Charmed Page
change that.
Billie: I can help you guys
fight the demons
so you don't have
to do it all the time.
what you're up against?
or
are you just afraid of letting go?
We'll go from there.
what's gonna
happen if we lose our only
source of income.
gonna be helping with the
speed dating?
Paige: Work? What
happened to love?
The witch surprised them.
They--they weren't
prepared.
and your toothy
friends
another shot at helping me
get that territory?
for a while now.
and what you know about
the Halliwell sisters.
to the hospital?
somehow.
Otherwise, he wouldn't
be following you, right? You shouldn't have
sent her out.
with
Dex.
This is not
going to tank.
to do a
piece
on failing clubs,
but apparently,
I'm in the wrong
place.
Uh-yeah. Sure.
Piper: Listen, Jo--
