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*** A scene from ''Ex Libris'' in which Piper froze a fight between Dan and Leo, asked the latter to explain, and then made him return into position, is mirrored here with Carl and Leo. Except in this episode, the scene is played purely for comedy, especially with Leo receiving the hit instead of avoiding it.
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*** A The scene from ''Ex Libris'' in which where Piper froze a fight between Dan and Leo, asked the latter to explain, and then made him return into position, is mirrored here with Carl and Leo. Except in this episode, the scene is played purely for comedy, especially with Leo receiving the hit instead of avoiding it.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Nance is feeling pretty smug and confident when talking to "Maya" in jail, but Piper picks up on where this is going and realizes he committed the murder. Nance still maintains a confident face, until this exchange.
-->'''Nance:''' You don't have anything on me. You wouldn't have gotten caught, if you did\\
'''Piper:''' Are you sure about that?
-->'''Nance:''' You don't have anything on me. You wouldn't have gotten caught, if you did\\
'''Piper:''' Are you sure about that?
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Averted. Paige doubts that Nance will simply kill Maya since he bailed her out of jail and thus would be the first to be scrutinized, but Piper is certain he would've thought of that and has something in mind. She's right; Nance intended to push Maya off the balcony and claim it was a suicide.
* EurekaMoment: As Nance rants about how Maya's past rejection of him, Piper realizes he was the one that killed the photographer boyfriend.
* EurekaMoment: As Nance rants about how Maya's past rejection of him, Piper realizes he was the one that killed the photographer boyfriend.
* FrameUp: Nance wanted Maya for himself, but she chose another man. Nance killed that guy and used his connections to frame Maya for it.
* IAmTheNoun: Nance's underling urges him to just keep his distance and let the system take care of Maya, prompting a loud "I AM THE SYSTEM!" from Nance.
* NeverMyFault: In his one-on-one with Piper, Nance displays this attitude, insisting Maya rejecting him led to to everything else.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The others successfully detain Maya and pull off the switch to get Piper out of jail. Piper then says she had just learned that Maya is actually innocent. This gets magnified when Nance using his connections to get Maya out of jail because they can switch back.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: After Piper gets arrested, the others work towards finding the real Maya so they can pull off a switch. It never occurred to any of them that Maya was actually innocent, until Nance made a visit to Piper and started ranting about being rejected by the woman.
* NotGoodWithRejection: Nance wanted Maya and offered her whatever he could think of to close the deal. She instead chose a younger and poorer photographer. Nance reacted by killing the photographer and framing Maya for it.
* NotNowKiddo: Billie's suggestion they simply vanquish Nance prompts this reaction from the sisters. A frustrated Billie likens it to being back home.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The others successfully detain Maya and pull off the switch to get Piper out of jail. Piper then says she had just learned that Maya is actually innocent. This gets magnified when Nance using his connections to get Maya out of jail because they can switch back.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: After Piper gets arrested, the others work towards finding the real Maya so they can pull off a switch. It never occurred to any of them that Maya was actually innocent, until Nance made a visit to Piper and started ranting about being rejected by the woman.
* NotGoodWithRejection: Nance wanted Maya and offered her whatever he could think of to close the deal. She instead chose a younger and poorer photographer. Nance reacted by killing the photographer and framing Maya for it.
* NotNowKiddo: Billie's suggestion they simply vanquish Nance prompts this reaction from the sisters. A frustrated Billie likens it to being back home.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Nance's greatest fear is getting older. Billie's plan is to exploit that.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Nance's greatest fear is getting older. Billie's plan is to exploit that.that.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Nance is left troubled by his meeting with "Maya" and how she was completely confident the whole time, despite her circumstances. We know it's because Piper is an experienced witch in disguise, but Nance thinks the woman he framed for murder has hidden away evidence that can prove what really happened and is sitting on it until the trial.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Nance is left troubled by his meeting with "Maya" and how she was completely confident the whole time, despite her circumstances. We know it's because Piper is an experienced witch in disguise, but Nance thinks the woman he framed for murder has hidden away evidence that can prove what really happened and is sitting on it until the trial.
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* IAmTheNoun: Walter declares "I am the system!"
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* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Nance pulls some dubious strings to frame Maya for the murder. He declares [[IAmTheNoun "I am the system!"]]
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Piper does this once again when she asks Leo: "Who writes your stuff?"
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* IAmTheNoun: Walter declares "I am the system!"
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* ContinuityNod: Two in particular to the season 2 episode ''[[Recap/CharmedS2E19ExLibris Ex Libris]]'':
** Billie's idea of dealing with Nance is in part based on how Prue made Gibbs confess with the help of Charlene.
** The scene where Piper freezes Carl about to punch Leo, asks him for an explanation, then tells him to get back in position mirrors the one where she freezes Dan and Leo in that episode, except here the scene is played purely for comedy and Leo receives the hit instead of avoiding it.
** Billie's idea of dealing with Nance is in part based on how Prue made Gibbs confess with the help of Charlene.
** The scene where Piper freezes Carl about to punch Leo, asks him for an explanation, then tells him to get back in position mirrors the one where she freezes Dan and Leo in that episode, except here the scene is played purely for comedy and Leo receives the hit instead of avoiding it.
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* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
** Two in particular to the season 2 episode ''[[Recap/CharmedS2E19ExLibris Ex Libris]]'':
** *** Billie's idea of dealing with Nance is in part based on how Prue made Gibbs confess with the help of Charlene.
** TheCharlene's help.
*** A scenewhere from ''Ex Libris'' in which Piper freezes Carl about to punch Leo, asks him for an explanation, then tells him to get back in position mirrors the one where she freezes froze a fight between Dan and Leo Leo, asked the latter to explain, and then made him return into position, is mirrored here with Carl and Leo. Except in that this episode, except here the scene is played purely for comedy and comedy, especially with Leo receives receiving the hit instead of avoiding it.
** Two in particular to the season 2 episode ''[[Recap/CharmedS2E19ExLibris Ex Libris]]'':
** The
*** A scene
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* LatinoIsBrown: Subverted. Maya is implied to be Latina (and is a fluent Spanish speaker) despite having blonde hair.
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* TheUnfairSex: Eve's wife Carl angrily comes round to punch Leo out - when Eve was the one who hit on him. Paige is also not willing to give Leo the benefit of the doubt; Piper's even content to let Leo get punched out.
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* TheUnfairSex: Eve's wife husband Carl angrily comes round to punch Leo out - when Eve was the one who hit on him. Paige is also not willing to give Leo the benefit of the doubt; Piper's even content to let Leo get punched out.
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* ChekhovsClassroom: Billie is repeatedly told to focus on studying instead of chanting spells or anything else pro-active. It's through her reading that she learns about Charlene and Barbas.
* CuttingTheKnot: Billie suggests simply vanquishing Nance to fix this problem. The sisters tell her to get back to studying.
* DeusExitMachina: Downplayed. Darryl's no longer in town, so the sisters have no FriendOnTheForce to turn to when this legal mess erupts.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Nance wants to murder Maya when he thinks she can prove what he's done.
* PutOnABus: Darryl is said to have relocated to the East Coast.
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* TheUnfairSex: Eve's wife Carl angrily comes round to punch Leo out - when Eve was the one who hit on him.
* WasntThatFun: Billie's reaction to accidentally blowing something up in the attic.
* WasntThatFun: Billie's reaction to accidentally blowing something up in the attic.
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* TheUnfairSex: Eve's wife Carl angrily comes round to punch Leo out - when Eve was the one who hit on him.
him. Paige is also not willing to give Leo the benefit of the doubt; Piper's even content to let Leo get punched out.
* WasntThatFun: Billie's reaction to accidentally blowing something up in theattic.attic.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Nance's greatest fear is getting older. Billie's plan is to exploit that.
* WasntThatFun: Billie's reaction to accidentally blowing something up in the
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Nance's greatest fear is getting older. Billie's plan is to exploit that.
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* ChekhovsGunman: Piper's alias had been used in the previous two episodes, played by the same actress.
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* StockFootage: The background footage used when Maya and later Nance fall down is reused from ''[[Recap/CharmedS1E5DreamSorcerer Dream Sorcerer]]'', but without the red filter.
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** Billie also suggests emulating Barbas's method of fear manipulation to unhinge Nance.
* TheDandy: Nance is obsessed with staying young, and murdered Maya's boyfriend because he was younger than him.
* {{Fanservice}}: The episode gets Leo into a vest when a toddler spills ice cream on his shirt.
* LatinoIsBrown: Subverted. Maya is implied to be Latina (and is a fluent Spanish speaker) despite having blonde hair.
* StockFootage: The background footage used when Maya and later Nance fall down is reused from ''[[Recap/CharmedS1E5DreamSorcerer Dream Sorcerer]]'', but without the redfilter.filter.
* TheUnfairSex: Eve's wife Carl angrily comes round to punch Leo out - when Eve was the one who hit on him.
* WasntThatFun: Billie's reaction to accidentally blowing something up in the attic.
* TheDandy: Nance is obsessed with staying young, and murdered Maya's boyfriend because he was younger than him.
* {{Fanservice}}: The episode gets Leo into a vest when a toddler spills ice cream on his shirt.
* LatinoIsBrown: Subverted. Maya is implied to be Latina (and is a fluent Spanish speaker) despite having blonde hair.
* StockFootage: The background footage used when Maya and later Nance fall down is reused from ''[[Recap/CharmedS1E5DreamSorcerer Dream Sorcerer]]'', but without the red
* TheUnfairSex: Eve's wife Carl angrily comes round to punch Leo out - when Eve was the one who hit on him.
* WasntThatFun: Billie's reaction to accidentally blowing something up in the attic.
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Dex is planning an art show. Phoebe gets a premonition from him, of the two of them at the art show when an earthquake begins.
Piper interviews for a job. The interview seems to go well, but the interviewer sends "Jenny Bennet's" picture for a routine background check. Afterwards, the sisters are eating lunch when police surround them, and arrest Piper for murder; they think she's Maya Holmes, a fugitive. The sisters realize that Piper must have seen her new face somewhere, and Phoebe and Paige decide to check magazines around the house and newspaper archives. Paige finds Maya's picture in a magazine. She scries and finds the real Maya.
Piper meets with the prosecutor, Walter Nance. He turns out to be a former lover of Maya's, and a controlling and obsessive man. She had left him for a photographer, who turned up dead two weeks later.
Paige and Billie orb into a motel room where Maya is staying. Paige orbs a lamp to Maya's head and knock her out. Paige orbs Piper out of jail and orbs Maya into the cell in her place. Piper, however, tells the others that Maya is innocent.
Phoebe meets Dex at his studio. She tries to stash Dex's art, when she feels the first tremors.
On account of "Maya's" defiant attitude, Walter thinks she has proof against him. He bails Maya out of jail and brings her to his high-rise apartment. He demands to know what she has on him. Piper and Paige orb in. Walter pushes Maya off a balcony, but Paige and Piper orb down the apartment just in time, freeze Maya and then orb a mattress under her.
Billie suggests scaring Walter into confession. Taking inspiration from Barbas, they play on Walter's fear of getting older. Billie substitutes for Walter's manicurist and mentions his age, angering him. He sees his hands rapidly wrinkle and then sees "Maya" (really Piper). He sees himself in the mirror aging rapidly. He turns and sees three more Mayas (Phoebe, Paige and Billie). Piper, still looking like Maya, pushes him off the balcony. Paige orbs Piper and she freezes Walter just above the ground and unfreezes his head so he can confess with Piper recording his confession.
Phoebe meets Dex at his art show; he has moved all his sculptures back where they were. A moment later, the earthquake happens. They are embracing when it stops.
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Dex is planning an art show. Phoebe gets a premonition from him, of the two of them at the art show when an earthquake begins.
Piper interviews for a job. The interview seems to go well, but the interviewer sends "Jenny Bennet's" picture for a routine background check. Afterwards, the sisters are eating lunch when police surround them, and arrest Piper for murder; they think she's Maya Holmes, a fugitive. The sisters realize that Piper must have seen her new face somewhere, and Phoebe and Paige decide to check magazines around the house and newspaper archives. Paige finds Maya's picture in a magazine. She scries and finds the real Maya.
Piper meets with the prosecutor, Walter Nance. He turns out to be a former lover of Maya's, and a controlling and obsessive man. She had left him for a photographer, who turned up dead two weeks later.
Paige and Billie orb into a motel room where Maya is staying. Paige orbs a lamp to Maya's head and knock her out. Paige orbs Piper out of jail and orbs Maya into the cell in her place. Piper, however, tells the others that Maya is innocent.
Phoebe meets Dex at his studio. She tries to stash Dex's art, when she feels the first tremors.
On account of "Maya's" defiant attitude, Walter thinks she has proof against him. He bails Maya out of jail and brings her to his high-rise apartment. He demands to know what she has on him. Piper and Paige orb in. Walter pushes Maya off a balcony, but Paige and Piper orb down the apartment just in time, freeze Maya and then orb a mattress under her.
Billie suggests scaring Walter into confession. Taking inspiration from Barbas, they play on Walter's fear of getting older. Billie substitutes for Walter's manicurist and mentions his age, angering him. He sees his hands rapidly wrinkle and then sees "Maya" (really Piper). He sees himself in the mirror aging rapidly. He turns and sees three more Mayas (Phoebe, Paige and Billie). Piper, still looking like Maya, pushes him off the balcony. Paige orbs Piper and she freezes Walter just above the ground and unfreezes his head so he can confess with Piper recording his confession.
Phoebe meets Dex at his art show; he has moved all his sculptures back where they were. A moment later, the earthquake happens. They are embracing when it stops.
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** The scene where Piper freezes Carl about to punch Leo, asks him for an explanation, then tells him to get back in position mirrors the one where the she freezes Dan and Leo in that episode, except here the scene is played purely for comedy and Leo receives the hit instead of avoiding it.
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** The scene where Piper freezes Carl about to punch Leo, asks him for an explanation, then tells him to get back in position mirrors the one where the freezes Dan and Leo in that episode, except here the scene it is played purely for comedy and Leo receives the hit instead of avoiding it.
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Phoebe has a premonition where an earthquake ruins Dex's art show. Leo gets hit on by a flirtatious neighbor. Paige starts training Billie. Piper applies for a job, but a background check reveals that the appearance she chose matches Maya Holmes, a fugitive wanted for murder. Piper is arrested, and while Paige and Billie look for the real Maya, Piper learns she was framed.
!! Tropes
* ContinuityNod: Two in particular to the season 2 episode ''[[Recap/CharmedS2E19ExLibris Ex Libris]]'':
** Billie's idea of dealing with Nance is in part based on how Prue made Gibbs confess with the help of Charlene.
** The scene where Piper freezes Carl about to punch Leo, asks him for an explanation, then tells him to get back in position mirrors the one where the freezes Dan and Leo in that episode, except here the scene it played purely for comedy and Leo receives the hit instead of avoiding it.
* StockFootage: The background footage used when Maya and later Nance fall down is reused from ''[[Recap/CharmedS1E5DreamSorcerer Dream Sorcerer]]'', but without the red filter.
!! Tropes
* ContinuityNod: Two in particular to the season 2 episode ''[[Recap/CharmedS2E19ExLibris Ex Libris]]'':
** Billie's idea of dealing with Nance is in part based on how Prue made Gibbs confess with the help of Charlene.
** The scene where Piper freezes Carl about to punch Leo, asks him for an explanation, then tells him to get back in position mirrors the one where the freezes Dan and Leo in that episode, except here the scene it played purely for comedy and Leo receives the hit instead of avoiding it.
* StockFootage: The background footage used when Maya and later Nance fall down is reused from ''[[Recap/CharmedS1E5DreamSorcerer Dream Sorcerer]]'', but without the red filter.
