Paige:  OK, why would a demon take him out of 1955, only to try to kill him now?

Sam:  [Sighs] He must've gotten something out of keeping J.D. alive all these years.

Paige:  Yeah, but...what? And why hasn't he aged? That's...creepy, even by our standards.

Sam:  Now you know why I came to you.

Paige:  Well...just heal him. Maybe he'll know something.

Sam:  No. I don't want him awake.

Paige:  Why not?

Sam:  Because he'll wake up 50 years in the future, that's why. I don't want him to freak out. He'll take off. I know him.  Barely got him to trust me before he disappeared.

Paige:  Well, I thought you said he was a future whitelighter.

Sam:  Yeah, if I can keep him out of trouble, which ... I obviously haven't done a very good job of.

Paige: Well, I surrounded this room with crystals, so he's safe here. It'll gives some time to figure out who this demon is.

Sam:  But how? We didn't get a good look at him, and if there's nothing in the Book of Shadows...

Paige:  Agent Murphy might have some leads. He told me this wasn't the first case he'd heard of where someone just vanished into in air.

Sam:  What part of the government does he work for, exactly?

Paige:  Uhhh.. the supercreepy part.   [Sighs] Look, he's helped us out some magical problems. OK, we trust him, he trusts us.  I'm gonna go talk to him, see what he knows, and, uh... I'll call you. Ok?

Sam:  The whitelighter way?

Paige:  No, Sam, the regular way. Answer the phone if it rings.

 Soothsayer:  Their wings old and tired, the 2 butterflies clung to a broken branch. And together, they floated down the river, each breathing life into the other as they made their final journey... home.

Piper:  Yoo hoo. Anybody home? Earth calling.

Leo:  Come on, give him a chance.

Piper:  I have, for the last 52 minutes and 23 seconds.

Leo:  So...what, that's it, time's up?

Piper:  You think?

Soothsayer:  You've stopped listening to each other. It's common.

Piper:  Look, I didn't want to come here in the first place. Ok? Our problems are not magical, Leo. They're normal.

Leo:  They were caused by magic. That's why we're here.

Piper:  No. We are here because you didn't care what I wanted. You just cared what you wanted. 

Soothsayer:  How many times a day do you have sex?

Piper:  A day? What, are you crazy? No wonder you wanted to see him. Are you kidding me?  [Cell phone rings] Really. Hang on. Ahh, shucks, look. Family emergency. Gotta go.

Soothsayer:  Just remember... it is always darkest before the dawn.

Leo (as Piper):  [Grunts] What the Hell? Leo?

Piper (as Leo):  Piper?

Both:  Aaahh! Aaahh! Aaahh

Phoebe:  mmm...yep. Nope. Nope. This one's not right, either.

Wendy:  But we've been through over 50 donor candidates so far.

Phoebe:  Yeah, I know. Uh... maybe I'm just not being specific. What I need is a little girl with brown eyes, sandy-blond hair, cute little button nose that likes to save innocents, you know, kicks butt, works well in groups of three. [Chuckles] I mean, that's all.

Wendy:  [Chuckles] That's all?

Phoebe:  Yeah.

Wendy:  Ms. Halliwell...

Phoebe:  oh. You know what? Call me Phoebe. Uh, please. I mean, we're talkin' sperm here, right?

Wendy:  [Chuckles] Phoebe. I don't think specifics are the problem here. I mean... Let's face it, you have an incredibly specific image of who you want your little girl to be.  Too specific, actually.

Phoebe:  Oh, to be honest... uh, she doesn't have to have the little button nose.  Ok.

Wendy:  We specialize in helping to create families here. And we're dedicated to promoting an open approach to helping anybody who wants to start a family but can't.

Phoebe:  And I totally respect that. I mean, that's why I'm here.

Wendy:  But...we're not a substitute for love. I've been doing this a long time, Phoebe. And I know from experience that when someone can't find a match.. they don't really want to. What they want... is outside these walls, not inside.

Sam:  Paige... Where are you?

J.D.:  Sam? Sam.

Sam:  Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh. It's ok, J.D. You just go back to sleep. You rest.

J.D.:  But what... ohh! What happened? Uhh! [Groans] God.  [Exhales sharply]

Sam:  Close your eyes. Go on. Trust me.

J.D.:  I feel better. How? What's goin' on?

Sam:  It's a long story. But you still need to rest. Ok? It's important. You've been through a lot. 

J.D.:  Ok, but... what happened? Where am I? How'd I get here?

Sam:  What do you remember?

J.D.:  Well, I remember gettin' nailed by a car.

Sam:  Before that.

J.D.:  I...I don't know. I... I was at the drive-in.  It was the middle of the flick "Rebel Without a Cause".  I went to get a soda.  And...

Sam:  And what?

J.C.:  I don't know. Some...creep scared the hell out of me. Took a flash photo. Blinded me. Next thing I know, I'm inside somewhere and he's...

Sam:  He's what? What did he do?

J.D.:  [Snickers]  yeah, I must've bashed my head in pretty good. [Chuckles]

Sam:  Stay put.

[Door open]

Leo (as Piper):  Piper, the soothsayer must have done this for a reason.

Piper (as Leo):  I'm not gonna spend the rest of my life tinkling standing up.

Leo:  Uhh! Actually, guys don't tinkle. We--

Billie:  Hey! You guys! Will you knock it off? You're driving me crazy.

Piper (as Leo):  Look, either you find a spell to reverse this, or you find a magical divorce attorney.

Leo (as Piper):  Hey, Sam, how's it goin'?

Sam:  Wow! That's... quite a handshake, Piper.

Piper (as Leo):  That's because I'm Piper and that's Leo.

Leo (as Piper):  Uh, yeah. It's a long story. Don't ask.  We'll be upstairs. We got a few things to work out.

Piper (as Leo)  Gee, you think?

Leo (as Piper):  Uh, and Paige thought Billie could help you. She's really good--

Piper (as Leo):  Upstairs, mister.

Leo (as Piper):  [Chuckles]

Billie:  So, I'm pretty much caught up here, but I charge 10 bucks an hour to baby-sit.

Sam:  Baby-sit.

Billie: Yeah. That's what I'm doing here, right? Not exactly a demon hunt, but in for a penny, in for a pound, huh?

Sam:  Ok. Look, I need to find Paige.  I need you to look after J.D. Do not let him out of the house. If he finds out what year it is, he'll go crazy.

Billie: Ok, fine. I'll just cast a spell on him.

Sam:  No. No spells. He doesn't know anything about magic, and he can't, either. He's had more than enough magic used on him already.

Billie: Fine. 12 bucks an hour. But when you find Paige, you tell her I have a midterm to study for and a sister to find. She owes me big time for this. This is so rid--

J.D.:  Hey, baby. What's shakin'?

Billie: No charge.

Sam:  What the Hell is taking so long?

Agent Murphy:  Where'd you come from?

Paige:  I just got here.

Sam:  Yeah, well, you wouldn't have if you'd orbed.

Paige:  I didn't want to orb.

Sam:  Which is why I had to. J.D.'s awake.

Paige:  Who's with him?

Sam:  Billie. I don't know how long she's gonna be able to keep him from figuring out where he is.

Agent Murphy:  Did he say anything about what happened?

Sam:  Not much. Just that somebody took a flash photograph of him, nearly blinded him.

Agent Murphy:  Flash photo, huh?

Paige:  Wasn't one of the last victims seen with a photographer?

J.D.:  Wow. Cool.  A television.  Where are the ears?

Billie:  The ears?

J.D.:  Yeah, you know... antennas.

Billie:  Oh, oh the antennas, right.  Um...it doesn't ha-- this thing's been broken for ages.  Why don't we sit down and chat?

J.D.:  Boss.

Billie:  [Chuckles] Did you just say "boss"?

J.D.:  [Chuckles] Are you from a different country or somethin'?

Billie:  Um, no. Why do you ask?

J.D.:  Because you don't seem to know much about ours. Plus the way you're dressed.

Billie:  Yeah. Ok, let's talk about something else. So, um...where you from, J.D?

J.D.:  Where's Sam?

Billie:  Sam? He went out on an errand. He'll be right back. Hey! What are you doing?

J.D.:  Oh, you want one?

Billie:  No! I-- hello! Cancer.

J.D.:  What are you talkin' about?

[Cell phone rings]

Billie:  Oh, jeez.

J.D.:  What is that?

Billie:  This is, uh...nothing. This is just a-- it's a new musical device. My dad's an inventor. [Giggles]

[Smoke alarm goes off]

J.D.:  [Breathing uneasily] What's goin' on around here?

Billie:  Wait. I, uh-- J.D., I can explain.

J.D.:  Yeah? I'm listenin'

Billie:  OK, well, maybe I can't explain.  Or at least, I'm not allowed to.  But...look, all I can promise you is that you're safe here.

J.D.:  Safe...from what?

[Smoke alarm goes off]

Billie:  Oh, jeez.

J.D.:  Uhh! 

[Band begins hard rock piece]

J.D.:  Where am I?

[Music playing]

Billie:  Wait. Come back. Where-- 

[Loud singing]

Billie:  Piper!  Leo! I can't believe this.

[Music continues]

Man:  So beautiful. She was an angel. I've wracked my brain trying to understand what happened. 30 years. It all feels like yesterday. I just hope and pray... that she'll come back to me again.

Agent Murphy:  You mentioned in the police report that you saw a flash of light. Any idea what that was or where it came from?

Man:  The camera, I assume. She was having her picture taken for her mother's birthday.

Paige:  At a photography studio?

Man:  Yes.

Agent Murphy:  Do you remember where that was?

Man:  It was somewhere over on Nob Hill, but it's not there anymore.

Paige:  And that's the last you saw of her.

Man:  Yeah.

Sam:  What about the photographer? Anyone ever track him down?

Man:  They tried, I tried. But...it's as if he disappeared, too!

Agent Murphy:  Your demon, maybe?

Paige:  You think you can find that studio?

Agent Murphy:  Yeah. Excuse me.

Man:  [Sighs] She wanted to be a teacher. She had such a good heart, always helping others.

Sam:  She sounds like a wonderful girl.

Man:  I still miss her.  A father never stops loving his daughter.

Agent Murphy:  All right. I gotta go. Bye. So, it, uh, turns out that studio used to be a few blocks away from where your friend was hit by that car.

Paige:  Which means the demon might reopen for business.

Agent Murphy:  What, taking pictures?

Paige:  Stealing lives.  [Sighs] I think, uh...we should handle this.

Agent Murphy:  What? Why?

Paige:  Well, in case you don't remember, firearms and fireballs don't mix.

Sam:  Maybe we should call your sisters, just in case.

Paige:  I think I can handle one lousy demon alone, thank you.

Sam:  Well, what if you can't?

Paige:  Oh, what, are you worried about me?

Sam:  We should get going.

Agent Murphy:  What am I supposed to do?

J.D.:  Am I dead?

Billie:  No, but you're gonna be if we don't get outta here.

J.D.:  Unreal!

Billie:  J.D., I'm telling you, ok? We have to go.  We--

J.D.:  Did--did you see that?! It didn't make a sound, like right out of Buck Rogers!

Billie:  Yeah. It's a hybrid. Runs on battery.

J.D.:  Battery? Why?

Billie:  Are you kidding? With gas 3 bucks a gallon?

J.D.:  3 bucks? No way! It's, like, 25 cents.

Billie:  Hey, hey. It's ok. It's all right.  They're not gonna hurt you.  It's just a cop.

J.D.:  A cop? I--I don't understand.

Billie:  I know. I know. I'm sorry.

J.D.:  November 6, 2005? But that's not possible! Is it?

Billie:  What else could it be? Look, I know this is a lot to handle. Ok? I don't know what to tell you. All I can say is Sam can explain this to you in a much safer place, so we should go.

J.D.:  My dad. I-- I gotta see my dad.

Piper (as Leo): Hey.  Watch the face, will you, Leo? I just got a peel.

Leo (as Piper):  Would you please just try to find a spell to change us back?  I know what I'm doing, Piper.

Piper (as Leo): People who know what they're doing don't cause explosions.

Leo (as Piper):  You know, it's one thing to have my wife constantly criticize everything do. It's another thing when you do it from my own body!

Piper (as Leo): Well, since I figure you'd never listen to me, you might listen to yourself.

Phoebe:  No romantic dinners. No walks on the beach. There is no way I can be inseminated. I tried. I just couldn't do it. It didn't feel right.

Leo (as Piper):  That's...gross.

Phoebe:  No. What's gross is me pushing the issue because of some stupid premonitions. You know? I want love first.  I want what you guys have.

Leo (as Piper):  Not today, you don't. Trust me.

Phoebe:  Why? What's goin' on?

Leo (as Piper): Talk to your sister.

Piper (as Leo):  Yeah.

Phoebe:  Oh, my God. Did Wyatt switch you guys again?

Leo (as Piper): No. It was a marriage counselor.

Piper (as Leo):  Actually... it was a gardener... and it was Leo's fault.

[Sighs] Ok, that's too weird.

Piper (as Leo):  Never mind. We'll figure it out. How's, uh, Billie doing downstairs with J.D?

Phoebe:  There's nobody downstairs.

Piper (as Leo):  What?!

Billie:  Hey. Are you all right?

J.D.:  They said that... my dad... [Tearfully] Just died.

Billie:  Oh, God, J.D., I'm so sorry.

J.D.:  They said he was 93 years old. 93! How could that be? He had nobody left. Not my mom, my brother. They said he buried me 50 years ago, even though he never stopped lookin' for me. I mean, how could he bury me! I'm still alive!

Billie:  I know. I know. We are gonna figure this whole thing out. Listen. Look at me. J.D., listen. You can trust me. Right?  You know you can trust me. I'm gonna tell you something you're not gonna believe, but you're gonna have to. It's the only way this whole thing is gonna make any sense to you.

J.D.:  Ok.

Billie:  What happened 50 years ago. To you... whatever's going on, Sam is--is figuring that out. All I know is whatever it is, it has something.. to do with magic.

J.D.:  [snickers] You're crazy.

Billie:  No, I'm not. It's real. Ok? Just like what the demon did to you? That's real and that he's trying to kill you, this is all very real.  [Sighs] Look, I know is hard to handle. Ok? Believe me, I'm new at this myself.  I just found out a week ago that a demon kidnapped my sister. Believe me, I know at you're going through.  Or at least, I kinda know what you're going through. Just don't run away from me. I can protect you from this. I promise.

[J.D. Sighs]

Paige:  Anything?

Sam:  No.  Maybe we should take something back to try and scry for.

Paige:  Everything all right?

Sam:  Can you feel that?

Paige:  Feel what?

Sam:  [Exhales sharply] The pain... innocents. I can sense them. They were here. Future whitelighters. That's what he's after. This could be a trap. You've gotta get out of here.

Paige:  No. I'm not a future whitelighter. I am a whitelighter.

Sam:  But you're not embracing it. Otherwise, you'd sense it, too. That makes you vulnerable.

Paige:  No, that makes me sane.

Sam:  Look, you've got to stop fighting this, Paige. Gotta stop fighting yourself. Whether you like it or not, you are my daughter, which makes you a whitelighter, and it's about damn time you accepted it is.

Paige:  The Hell it is.  Look, for your information, my father--my real father-- the one who raised me, loved me, and took care of me till the day he died was a firefighter, not a whitelighter, so how dare you show up here and act like you're my dad? 'Cause I have news for you-- you're not.

[Shop bell jingles]

[Sam sighs]

[Bell jingles]

Sam:  Paige?

Vaklav:  Daughters. They tend to outlive their fathers... grieve longer.

Sam:  Wait. Don't.

Vaklav:  Smile.

Phoebe:  Any luck finding J.D. and Billie?

Piper (as Leo):  Uh, no, because Leo won't let me try.

Leo (as Piper):  Because Piper's powers are still in her body.

Piper (as Leo):  But the knowledge of how to use them isn't.

Leo (as Piper):  [Sighs] Oh, yeah? Wanna see me freeze you?

Piper (as Leo):  Ha! Like you even know how!

Phoebe:  Ok, ok, ok! What the Hell is goin' on here?

Piper (as Leo):  Well, first of all, we're in each other's bodies.

Phoebe:  Well, yes. Obviously. But the question is, why?

Piper (as Leo):  Stupid gardener.

Leo (as Piper):  He's a soothsayer.

Piper (as Leo):  He's a quack!

Phoebe:  Ok. Well, whatever it is, I think he knows exactly what he's doing.   Come on, every shrink wants couples to walk a mile in each other's shoes. Right? This guy just did it literally.

Piper (as Leo):  Well, it's not working.

Phoebe: Isn't it?  Look, you've only been in Piper's body a few hours, and already you see what she has to juggle-- you know, being the breadwinner, a mom, a Charmed One?

Piper (as Leo):  See?

Phoebe:  And you, you finally get a good understanding what it feels like to be Leo and not have any powers and to be married to a witch. He has to do all the legwork around here, pick up all the slack. It's a thankless job. You guys have forgotten how great you are together. Everybody wants what you have.  Trust me.  I want what you have.  Don't take it for granted.

Piper (as Leo):  [Sighs] She's right.

Leo (as Piper):  I know. We need to find more time to spend together, Piper, just the two of us.

Piper (as Leo):  So we can talk.

Leo (as Piper):  And listen.

Leo:  We're back.

Piper:  Whoo. Thank God.

Phoebe:  Thank the shrink. Now, hurry up and find Billie.

Billie:  Um, there's no need for that. J.D. needs to talk to Sam.

[Shop bell jingles]

Paige:  What do you mean, he knows everything? I thought Billie was supposed to wrangle him.  [Sighs] Yeah, I'm here, but I'm not seeing Sam.  Well...just have J.D. call him. He's his charge.  All right, all right, already. Criminy. [Sighs]  Sam?

[Shop bell jingles]

Vaklav:  Looking for someone?

Paige:  Who are you?

Vaklav:  Well, not to be defined by my work, but let's just say... I like taking pictures.

Paige:  Tripod! Tell me where Sam is.

Vaklav:  Oh, you love your father more than you think. Which means you'll miss him terribly. You see, I'm an expert in pain. It's my bread and butter, really. I feed off it.

Paige:  Unhh! What do you want?!

Vaklav:  To keep my collage complete. When J.D. escaped, I was forced to take Sam. If you want to see your father alive again... bring me J.D.

Piper:  We don't swap innocents. The demon must know that.

Paige:  Well...he wasn't after J.D. He's just a-- a loose end, someone that got away.

Phoebe:  Someone that he wants to finish off.

Piper:  Well, he's got what he really wants--Sam.

Paige:  Yeah, thanks to me. I should've listened to him.

Phoebe:  Mmm, maybe you didn't want to.

J.D.:  Hey, what's the problem? If he wants me, let him have me.

Phoebe:  Well, the problem is, he's gonna kill you.

J.D.:  I got away from him before, didn't I?

Piper:  Yeah.   How did you do that?

J.D.:  It was somethin' I learned from my dad. And it works every time.

Billie:  No. Not this time. It's too dangerous

J.D.:  Well, it doesn't matter. I owe him. He turned my life around. I--I don't know what I would've done without him.

Piper:  Um...why don't we take this up to the attic and see what Leo's come up with.

Phoebe:  We'll be back.

J.D.:  Well...what about Sam?

Billie:  Oh, they'll figure something out. J.D., wait. Where do you think you're going?

J.D.:  Where do you think?

Billie:  Look, I can't let y-- hey, you know I can stop you this time.

J.D.:  [Sighs] Billie... I have to go. And besides, this isn't my time anymore.

Billie:  What are you talking about?

J.D.:  Everyone I've ever loved, ever known, is gone now. I'm not supposed to be here.

Billie:  But you are here.

J.D.:  Yeah, by some strange twist of fate. [Sighs]  Time has passed. But Sam's still got family. He's still got friends. He can still help people.

Billie:  But you're here for a reason. I believe that.

J.D.:  Well, maybe it was to do this. To do good. Or maybe it was just to meet you.

Billie:  J.D...

J.D.:  Promise me somethin'. You won't waste your whole life lookin' for your sister like my dad wasted his lookin' for me.

Billie:  I don't understand. I don't--

J.D.:  I was lucky to know you, Billie.

J.D.:  Sam? Sam! You let Sam go. You've got me now.

Vaklav:  Still, I need Sam to complete my collage. Just like I needed you. But not anymore.

J.D.:  If you don't free him, the sisters--

Vaklav:  Will never find me... once I've taken care of my last... loose end.

J.D.:  Uhh!

Billie... it's not your fault.

Billie:  Yes, it is. I should've stopped him.

Phoebe:  If you could have, you would have. He didn't want you to.

Billie:  It's just so unfair. How-- why would J.D. come back after all this time just to die like this?

Phoebe:  We can't save every innocent. We're witches... not...gods.

Billie:  But I promised to protect him.

Phoebe:  [Chuckles] Promises can be tricky. Sometimes you just have to let things happen... in their own time... in their own way. Everything happens for a reason.

Piper:  [Sighs] Paige, you're not gonna find Sam that way.

Paige:  Oh, yeah? Watch me.

Leo:  Well, how do you know he's even in the city? You don't know who the demon is.

Paige:  You're right. You...make a vanquishing potion, the strongest one we've got.

Piper:  Uh...you know, there is another way to find Sam.

Paige:  Yeah? How?

Leo:  Call him?

Paige:  I already tried that. Thanks.

Piper:  You...called for Sam. I think you need to call for your father.

Paige:  He's not...my father.

He's not your only father, but he is still, in fact, your father. You're connected.

Leo:  At least as a whitelighter.

Paige:  Dad?

Sam:  Paige.

Piper:  Uh... ok, everybody, let's back up. We're gonna have some company.

Vaklav: I don't understand. How did you free them?!

Piper:  Ooh. I didn't. She did.

Paige:  I guess my whitelighter side is stronger than I thought.

Vaklav: Uhh.  Uhh.  Ohhh.

Paige:  Smile.

Vaklav:  No!

Paige:  I think I'll have this one framed.

Leo:  What about them?

Paige:  Hmm.

Paige:  You may as well show up. I know you're lurkin' around here somewhere.

Sam:  Nothin' wrong with those whitelighter instincts of yours.  Figured you'd want to talk.

Paige:  Uh, actually I... wanted to apologize.

Sam:  For...?

Paige:  For being so hard on you.

Sam:  Paige, look, you don't have to, uh--

Paige:  Actually... I do. Guess I hadn't realized how much... you know, it hurt me-- the whole... not-showing-up thing.

Sam:  I don't blame you. I should've come by long ago. But... out of deference to your...real father's memory, I... I'm not exactly sure how I fit in.

Paige:  Well...I think there's room for both of you in my life.

Sam:  Agent Murphy managed to track down all the innocents' families?

Paige:  Yes, he did. I think it's safe to say Mr. Sawyer got the shock of his life. It'll be a tough adjustment.

Sam:  Better late than never.

Paige:  Yeah. Unfortunately, not for J.D.

Sam:  Oh, I wouldn't be so sure about that. It might've taken him an extra 50 years, but I think he finally managed to prove himself a future whitelighter... by saving another. You.   See you around?

Paige:  Definitely.

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