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* CallBack: Paige had previously managed to summon something faraway just by thinking about it very strongly in "Muse to My Ears". This time she's able to call for Sam and summon him and the others from their prison.


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* EatingTheEyeCandy: Billie assumes she's babysitting a teenager or young boy and starts charging Sam for the time. Then she sees JD and immediately says "no charge".
* FailedASpotCheck: The demon gives himself away by having dirty boots while posing as a doctor.
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* HasTwoMommies: At the end of the episode, Paige says there's certainly enough room in her life for the memory of her adopted father and the presence of her biological father.
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* WhatTheHellHero: A back-and-forth example in the photo shop. Paige calls out Sam for acting like her father despite never being around and lecturing her about her life. Sam snaps at Paige for trying to fight what she is and their connection to each other.

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* WhatTheHellHero: A back-and-forth example in the photo shop. Paige [[CallingTheOldManOut calls out Sam Sam]] for acting like her father despite never being around and lecturing her about her life. Sam snaps at Paige for trying to fight what she is and their connection to each other.

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* ContinuityNod: Phoebe recalls how Piper and Leo have [[Recap/CharmedS5E4SirensSong switched before]] (albeit that time was just their powers).

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Phoebe recalls how Piper and Leo have [[Recap/CharmedS5E4SirensSong switched before]] (albeit that time was just their powers).powers).
** Paige refers to her adoptive father being a firefighter, a detail she had shared in "A Paige From the Past".

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* AdultFear: Any fear and discomfort JD might feel from waking up in the future quickly disappear when he realizes his family might be dead after the 50 years he spent imprisoned. He finds out soon enough that they did die.
** Paige, Sam, and Murphy visit an old man, the father of one of the demon's last victims. He spent 30 years devastated by the disappearance of his daughter and hoping she would return.



* TheFutureIsShocking: For a brief moment, JD is shocked by how the world changed, before having an even worse epiphany (see AdultFear above) .

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* TheFutureIsShocking: For a brief moment, JD is shocked by how the world changed, before having an even worse epiphany (see AdultFear above) .epiphany.


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* MissingChild: Paige, Sam, and Murphy visit an old man, the father of one of the demon's last victims. He spent 30 years devastated by the disappearance of his daughter and hoping she would return.

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* BittersweetEnding: Everything works out for everyone, though JD dies. Sam notes, though, that his sacrifice fulfilled his destiny.

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* BittersweetEnding: Everything works out for everyone, though JD dies. Sam notes, though, that his sacrifice fulfilled his destiny. The sound effect for orbing can be heard as the credits roll, suggesting JD might have become a whitelighter after all.



* ShadowArchetype: The old man represents what both Paige and Sam could become if they don't mend their relationship: alone and lamenting losing a close relative.

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The old man represents what both Paige and Sam could become if they don't mend their relationship: alone and lamenting losing a close relative.


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** JD warns Billie not to end up like his father; who spent fifty years trying to find him in vain, dying alone. The beginning of the episode shows Billie staying up all night trying to scry for her lost sister.
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* AdultFear: Any fear and discomfort JD might feel from waking up in the future quickly disappear when he realizes his family might be dead after the 50 years he spent imprisoned. he finds out soon enough that they did die.

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* AdultFear: Any fear and discomfort JD might feel from waking up in the future quickly disappear when he realizes his family might be dead after the 50 years he spent imprisoned. he He finds out soon enough that they did die.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: This is one of the fears of the old man that Paige and Sam visit, though it turns out his daughter is still alive. Also, JD anguishes how his own dad outlived his mother and brother, thus dying alone.


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* YankTheDogsChain: JD went to go visit his father's rest home. He learns the old man has only just passed away after making it to 93.

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** Paige, Sam, and Murphy visit an old man, the father of one of the demon's last victims. He spent 30 years devastated by the disappearance of his daughter and hoping she would return.



* GenreSavvy: Seeing the way Paige snipes at Sam, Agent Murphy immediately suspects they're related.


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* IOweYouMyLife: JD agrees to help because Sam helped him turn his life around.
* KarmicJackpot: Sam suspects that JD's sacrifice guaranteed his destiny as a Whitelighter.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Billie says she found out "a week ago" what happened to her sister.
* OddballInTheSeries: At least as far as Sam's appearances go. His first two had him largely avoiding or unable to use any powers and wallowing in self-pity. This time, he's consistently a Whitelighter and full of self-confidence.


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* PassiveAggressiveKombat: Paige and Sam have a good bit of this until she finally explodes at him.


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* ProperlyParanoid: Seeing the way Paige snipes at Sam, Agent Murphy immediately suspects they're related.


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* ShadowArchetype: The old man represents what both Paige and Sam could become if they don't mend their relationship: alone and lamenting losing a close relative.
-->"A father never stops loving his daughter."

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* BerserkButton: Sam never being around for Paige. When making up with him, she admits she never realized how much it truly bothered her until now.
* BittersweetEnding: Everything works out for everyone, though JD dies. Sam notes, though, that his sacrifice fulfilled his destiny.



* ContinuityNod: Phoebe recalls how Piper and Leo have [[Recap/CharmedS5E4SirensSong switched before]] (albeit that time was just their powers).
* DisappearedDad: Paige's argument against Sam.



* RelationshipReboot: Despite Paige and Sam having gotten closer in ''[[Recap/CharmedS5E9SamIAm Sam, I Am]]'', in this episode Paige becomes cold and distant towards her biological father once again.

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* GenreSavvy: Seeing the way Paige snipes at Sam, Agent Murphy immediately suspects they're related.
* HasTwoMommies: At the end of the episode, Paige says there's certainly enough room in her life for the memory of her adopted father and the presence of her biological father.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Paige takes down the demon by using his own camera on him.
* HonorBeforeReason: Sam says he stayed away for the last three years because he thought doing otherwise would be disrespectful to Paige's adopted father.
* OhCrap: Piper and Leo when they realize they've switched bodies.
* ThePowerOfLove: Paige is able to free Sam by calling out to him as her father instead of just a fellow Whitelighter. As it happens, this ends up freeing all the other victims, too.
-->'''Paige:''' I guess my Whitelighter side is stronger than I thought.
* RelationshipReboot: Despite Paige and Sam having gotten closer in ''[[Recap/CharmedS5E9SamIAm "[[Recap/CharmedS5E9SamIAm Sam, I Am]]'', Am]]", in this episode Paige becomes cold and distant towards her biological father once again.again. Justified because they haven't spoken to each other since that episode.
* SealedGoodInACan: The featured demon targets good people (like future Whitelighters) and uses his camera to trap them inside photos. Some have been trapped only a short time; others for many years.
* WhatTheHellHero: A back-and-forth example in the photo shop. Paige calls out Sam for acting like her father despite never being around and lecturing her about her life. Sam snaps at Paige for trying to fight what she is and their connection to each other.
* YoureNotMyFather:
-->'''Paige:''' ''[to Sam]'' For your information, my father--my ''real'' father, the one who ''raised'' me, loved me, and took care of me until the day he died--was a firefighter, not a Whitelighter. So, how dare you show up here and act like you're my dad? Because I have news for you: you're not. ''[storms out]''

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* AdultFear: Any fear and discomfort JD might feel from waking up in the future quickly disappear when he realizes his family might be dead after the 50 years he spent imprisoned. he finds out soon enough that his dad, who was his role model, did die.

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* AdultFear: Any fear and discomfort JD might feel from waking up in the future quickly disappear when he realizes his family might be dead after the 50 years he spent imprisoned. he finds out soon enough that his dad, who was his role model, they did die.



* TheFutureIsShocking: For a brief moment, JD is shocked by how the world changed, before having an even worse epiphany (see AdultFear above) .

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* TheFutureIsShocking: For a brief moment, JD is shocked by how the world changed, before having an even worse epiphany (see AdultFear above) .above) .
* RelationshipReboot: Despite Paige and Sam having gotten closer in ''[[Recap/CharmedS5E9SamIAm Sam, I Am]]'', in this episode Paige becomes cold and distant towards her biological father once again.
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* FreakyFridayFlip: Between Piper and Leo.
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* AdultFear: Any fear and discomfort JD might feel from waking up in the future quickly disappear when he realizes his family might be dead after the 50 years he spent imprisoned. he finds out soon enough that his dad, who was his role model, did die.
* BreakTheCutie: Billie loses her first innocent.



** RuleOfThree: He appears three times over the course of the show, and he appears [[Recap/CharmedS2E8P3H2O once every]] [[Recap/CharmedS5E9SamIAm three years]].

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** RuleOfThree: He appears three times over the course of the show, and he appears [[Recap/CharmedS2E8P3H2O once every]] [[Recap/CharmedS5E9SamIAm three years]].years]].
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: JD went in what he perceived as a flash from TheFifties to the TurnOfTheMillennium.
* TheFutureIsShocking: For a brief moment, JD is shocked by how the world changed, before having an even worse epiphany (see AdultFear above) .
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* TheBusCameBack: Sam, Paige's father, makes an appearance.
** RuleOfThree: He appears three times over the course of the show, and he appears [[Recap/CharmedS2E8P3H2O once every]] [[Recap/CharmedS5E9SamIAm three years]].
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When Piper and Leo see a soothsayer to help solve their marital problems, he switches their bodies. Still desperate to get a child, Phoebe goes to a sperm bank. A demon who traps people in photographs and feeds off their friends and family's grief releases JD, a future Whitelighter, that he had imprisoned fifty years ago. Sam Wilder, who happens to be his Whitelighter, reaches out to his daughter Paige for help.

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