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* "Murphy's Luck" introduces a breed of Darklighter known as spirit killers. Spirit killers drive future Whitelighters to suicide as doing so prevents them from becoming Whitelighters and aiding witches. They're essentially the personification of the voice that tells you to jump.
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** The episode introduces a breed of Darklighter known as spirit killers. Spirit killers drive future Whitelighters to suicide as doing so prevents them from becoming Whitelighters and aiding witches. They're essentially the personification of the voice that tells you tojump.jump.
** Leo getting his wings back. Yes, it allows for a BigDamnHeroes moment, but Piper had finally decided to start a relationship with him and now they witch/Whitelighter taboo is an issue again.
** The episode introduces a breed of Darklighter known as spirit killers. Spirit killers drive future Whitelighters to suicide as doing so prevents them from becoming Whitelighters and aiding witches. They're essentially the personification of the voice that tells you to
** Leo getting his wings back. Yes, it allows for a BigDamnHeroes moment, but Piper had finally decided to start a relationship with him and now they witch/Whitelighter taboo is an issue again.
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** Piper says goodbye to her children, telling Wyatt "Mommy loves you very much". Paige and Phoebe likewise play with their nephews, possibly thinking it's one last time.
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** Piper says goodbye to her children, telling Wyatt "Mommy loves you very much".will always be with you". Paige and Phoebe likewise play with their nephews, possibly thinking it's one last time.
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* While played for comedy, it is rather sad that Paige had so few mourners at her wake. She was headmistress of Magic School, and not a single teacher or student there that we're aware of. It doesn't even seem like her old co-workers from Season 4 paid her a visit. And it just goes to show how her witch duties eclipsed her personal life, since she had no visible contact with friends.
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* "Something Wicca This Way Goes?" has many that still manage to be sad even with the happy ending undoing most of them.
** Piper and Phoebe give Victor all their necessary paperwork, including bank accounts, deeds to their assets and even a schedule for Chris and Wyatt. They don't know if they'll make it out of the fight with Zankou alive, and say goodbye to their father with only a glimmer of hope that it'll be okay.
** Piper says goodbye to her children, telling Wyatt "Mommy loves you very much". Paige and Phoebe likewise play with their nephews, possibly thinking it's one last time.
** Leo isn't in on the plan, and sees the explosion, begging to be let through. He finds out the sisters faked their deaths minutes later, but goodness knows what was going through his head in that time.
** Obviously by Season 8, Victor knows his daughters are alive, but one has to wonder if he watched a news report before being filled in and had to assume the worst for a while.
** Piper and Phoebe give Victor all their necessary paperwork, including bank accounts, deeds to their assets and even a schedule for Chris and Wyatt. They don't know if they'll make it out of the fight with Zankou alive, and say goodbye to their father with only a glimmer of hope that it'll be okay.
** Piper says goodbye to her children, telling Wyatt "Mommy loves you very much". Paige and Phoebe likewise play with their nephews, possibly thinking it's one last time.
** Leo isn't in on the plan, and sees the explosion, begging to be let through. He finds out the sisters faked their deaths minutes later, but goodness knows what was going through his head in that time.
** Obviously by Season 8, Victor knows his daughters are alive, but one has to wonder if he watched a news report before being filled in and had to assume the worst for a while.
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* While played for comedy, it is rather sad that Paige had so few mourners at her wake.
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* The aftermath of the supposed final battle in the penultimate episode. Piper is the only survivor, and she finds Phoebe's body among the rubble. Sure, it's hardly the first time, but it doesn't make Piper's "come on, kid, wake up" any less sad. And they have to flee before finding Paige, meaning Piper likely spends a good chunk of the time between episodes worrying that maybe Paige was possibly alive in the rubble and just got left for dead.
** There's also the striking visual of the first thing we see being the Manor completely destroyed. It's been a part of the series for eight years, essentially a character just like the sisters. And it's very startling to see it in ruins.
* The way Patty is brought into the story in "Forever Charmed". Piper takes them back to Phoebe's conception, and Patty has to find out that she'll have two daughters that are going to die in the future. While somewhat played for comedy, Patty turns serious when she says Piper can't just turn up and say two of her daughters are dead and not expect her to help.
** And when they stop the battle for the Hollow, Patty looks around and asks where Prue is. Then later, Victor breaks the news to her offscreen. In spite of the thrill of saving the future, Patty says she's grateful she'll forget the experience so she won't know what's destined to happen to her eldest daughter.
** There's also the striking visual of the first thing we see being the Manor completely destroyed. It's been a part of the series for eight years, essentially a character just like the sisters. And it's very startling to see it in ruins.
* The way Patty is brought into the story in "Forever Charmed". Piper takes them back to Phoebe's conception, and Patty has to find out that she'll have two daughters that are going to die in the future. While somewhat played for comedy, Patty turns serious when she says Piper can't just turn up and say two of her daughters are dead and not expect her to help.
** And when they stop the battle for the Hollow, Patty looks around and asks where Prue is. Then later, Victor breaks the news to her offscreen. In spite of the thrill of saving the future, Patty says she's grateful she'll forget the experience so she won't know what's destined to happen to her eldest daughter.
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* The reason Prue and Phoebe haven't spoken in months by the time of the pilot. Prue's fiance claimed that Phoebe made a move on him, and she insists she never touched him. So Phoebe was basically sexually harassed by her future brother-in-law and then victim blamed for it. And of course Prue felt betrayed both by her fiance and her sister.
* Prue might come across as a smothering busybody in the first season, and cold to Phoebe, but she did literally "sacrifice her own childhood" to help raise her and Piper. Prue was only ''seven'' when their mother died, and Victor was in and out of the picture already. It's no wonder she was a bit of an AlphaBitch in high school or went through a rebellious phase.
* Phoebe had to deal with SlutShaming in high school after being caught making out with Todd Marks underneath the bleachers, and had a reputation as someone who stole boyfriends. The EmbarrassingNickname 'Freebie' still affects her years later.
* Prue might come across as a smothering busybody in the first season, and cold to Phoebe, but she did literally "sacrifice her own childhood" to help raise her and Piper. Prue was only ''seven'' when their mother died, and Victor was in and out of the picture already. It's no wonder she was a bit of an AlphaBitch in high school or went through a rebellious phase.
* Phoebe had to deal with SlutShaming in high school after being caught making out with Todd Marks underneath the bleachers, and had a reputation as someone who stole boyfriends. The EmbarrassingNickname 'Freebie' still affects her years later.
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** To say nothing of Andy's eventual death. Prue has to accept that it's a choice between letting him die or potentially risking all her sisters' lives in another time reset. And Prue and Piper are on the floor as the energy ball hits Andy. Phoebe has to watch it, and all she can do is call out his name.
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** Even before that, when Barbas has left him shaken on the hospital floor with visions of evil future Wyatt, Chris has been mortally wounded by Gideon and calls out for him. Leo can sense Chris's pain, and Barbas twists the knife even further by taunting him about how in trying to protect one son, he's going to lose ''both''. Leo's response to this is to scream with sheer agony that it's heartbreaking to listen to.
** Another part of the scene that will tug on the heartstrings. Chris instinctively calls out for Leo not by name, but calling "dad".
** Phoebe doesn't see Chris's death, but we see the aftermath of Paige breaking the news. She's holding onto hope that he didn't die, and maybe him fading away was just him returning to the future. Paige understands, but she just has to shake her head.
** Another part of the scene that will tug on the heartstrings. Chris instinctively calls out for Leo not by name, but calling "dad".
** Phoebe doesn't see Chris's death, but we see the aftermath of Paige breaking the news. She's holding onto hope that he didn't die, and maybe him fading away was just him returning to the future. Paige understands, but she just has to shake her head.
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** Harriet the innocent goes through a lot in that episode too. Her husband is killed by his cousin, and she obviously knows the cousin well enough to recognise him. She's also just found out she's pregnant, and the demon targets her for that because the unborn baby has to die for his plan to be complete.
** Phoebe's helplessness throughout the episode. She has to watch both her sisters die, and sit by being treated as the weak one because she has no powers. And she finds out she's on Death's list, and can only stoically face her fate to avoid the demon killing Harriet.
* The death of Kyra the Seer in "Witchness Protection". She had come so close to achieving her dream of becoming human, and Zankou cruelly murders her. He had nothing to gain from it. Just wanted to KickTheDog even further.
** Phoebe's helplessness throughout the episode. She has to watch both her sisters die, and sit by being treated as the weak one because she has no powers. And she finds out she's on Death's list, and can only stoically face her fate to avoid the demon killing Harriet.
* The death of Kyra the Seer in "Witchness Protection". She had come so close to achieving her dream of becoming human, and Zankou cruelly murders her. He had nothing to gain from it. Just wanted to KickTheDog even further.
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* Billie has to deal with losing her first innocent in "The Lost Picture Show". Take the magic out of the equation and it's the equivalent to a rookie cop or soldier dealing with loss for the first time. Phoebe has to gently explain that she can't save everyone. A lesson she's had to learn the hard way over the years.
** JD also discovers that his father spent his whole life searching for him, dying alone in a nursing home. He begs Billie not to go the same way looking for her sister.
* Phoebe's frustration at Billie possibly not being curable in "Hulkus Pocus". She has to watch this young woman she's come to view as a surrogate sister succumb to an illness that robs her of her strength, and there's no chance of curing it. There's a point where she goes to get some ice, the machine doesn't work, and she can only throw the dish across the kitchen in anguish.
* Leo being taken away in "Vaya Con Leos", because he's destined to die in the battle with the Ultimate Power. And after meeting Christie, you know that killing Leo is something she'd do just to KickTheDog. As the Angel of Death appears before Leo, the latter talks about the unfairness of how he gave up his powers and became a human all for his family, and now it's going to be taken away from them so soon.
** The end of the episode is a montage of the sisters grieving in their own way. Paige goes to Henry in tears, her disagreement with him earlier completely forgotten. Phoebe is playing with the children, and you know she hasn't broke the news yet, and probably can't bring herself to. Piper is in the garage, tearfully looking at the second-hand truck [[CerebusCallBack Leo had purchased at the beginning]]. Eventually she turns off the light.
** JD also discovers that his father spent his whole life searching for him, dying alone in a nursing home. He begs Billie not to go the same way looking for her sister.
* Phoebe's frustration at Billie possibly not being curable in "Hulkus Pocus". She has to watch this young woman she's come to view as a surrogate sister succumb to an illness that robs her of her strength, and there's no chance of curing it. There's a point where she goes to get some ice, the machine doesn't work, and she can only throw the dish across the kitchen in anguish.
* Leo being taken away in "Vaya Con Leos", because he's destined to die in the battle with the Ultimate Power. And after meeting Christie, you know that killing Leo is something she'd do just to KickTheDog. As the Angel of Death appears before Leo, the latter talks about the unfairness of how he gave up his powers and became a human all for his family, and now it's going to be taken away from them so soon.
** The end of the episode is a montage of the sisters grieving in their own way. Paige goes to Henry in tears, her disagreement with him earlier completely forgotten. Phoebe is playing with the children, and you know she hasn't broke the news yet, and probably can't bring herself to. Piper is in the garage, tearfully looking at the second-hand truck [[CerebusCallBack Leo had purchased at the beginning]]. Eventually she turns off the light.
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* As the years have gone by, Christie's treatment of Billie starts to look very much like emotional abuse and manipulation. The way she isolates her from the Halliwells and turns them against each other, all to achieve her own ends, can hit home for people who have been on the receiving end of abusive siblings or family members. And the twisted thing is that she loves Billie in her own way but, as the below moment shows, only as long as she's able to use her.
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** Leo sacrifices himself to force the sisters to realise the affect the Avatars' spell has had on them. Piper barely reacts and just keeps saying that he's "gone to a better place", the same way Paige has been reacting to Kyle's death. Wyatt and baby Chris on the other hand, being too young to be changed by the spell, start crying constantly and nothing the sisters do can comfort them.
--->'''Phoebe:''' This is what Leo was trying to show us. Leo allowed the Avatars to kill him so that we could understand what's going on here.\\
'''Piper:''' I don't wanna hear this.\\
'''Phoebe:''' I know you don't wanna hear this, but listen to your boys. That's pain, and it's real.\\
'''Piper:''' Phoebe, stop.\\
'''Phoebe:''' Piper, how can you not see it? The only reason you're okay with all this was because you wanted to be with Leo. And now they've taken him away? \\
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'''Piper:''' Why? Why would they do that?
--->'''Phoebe:''' This is what Leo was trying to show us. Leo allowed the Avatars to kill him so that we could understand what's going on here.\\
'''Piper:''' I don't wanna hear this.\\
'''Phoebe:''' I know you don't wanna hear this, but listen to your boys. That's pain, and it's real.\\
'''Piper:''' Phoebe, stop.\\
'''Phoebe:''' Piper, how can you not see it? The only reason you're okay with all this was because you wanted to be with Leo. And now they've taken him away? \\
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'''Piper:''' Why? Why would they do that?
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* In "Deja Vu All Over Again", the end of the second timeline has both Phoebe and Piper getting killed by Rodriguez. Prue helplessly runs from Phoebe to Piper, realising both her sisters are dead. The sheer ''panic'' in her voice when she calls Piper's name. Before Tempus resets time, Prue can only cradle Piper's body in the ultimate PyrrhicVictory.
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* In "Morality Bites" when is probably one of the most heart-wrenching episodes.
** Piper discovers that she and Leo are bitterly divorced in the future. Given what a paragon of goodness Leo normally is, it has to wonder just what Piper's future self had to be like to make him be that hostile to her.
** Phoeberealises gets a premonition where she sees herself cruelly murdering Cal Greene in cold blood. She cannot comprehend that she would kill anyone.
** Piper prepares to bind her daughter's powers as her mother and grandmother did for them, but she can't bring herself to do it. In the same scene, Prue sits sadly in the car remarking that she has no one to say goodbye to because her future self is a CorruptCorporateExecutive with no husband or children. Hell, her assistant didn't even know she had another sister (and only knew about Phoebe from the news).
** Phoebe decides that she must diefor in order to save all the witches of the future. It's clear she doesn't want to, but she believes it's the best thing. One could easily interpret this as Phoebe being so stricken with guilt at what her crimes future self has become, that it's a form of SuicideByCop. Piper has to unfreeze the room, knowing that when she does, her younger sister will die. She and Prue and Piper then have to stand back and watch her burn as Phoebe is burned alive. It's not a quick death either; Phoebe screams in pain the whole time. And when she returns to death.the present, she's still reeling from the flames.
** Piper discovers that she and Leo are bitterly divorced in the future. Given what a paragon of goodness Leo normally is, it has to wonder just what Piper's future self had to be like to make him be that hostile to her.
** Phoebe
** Piper prepares to bind her daughter's powers as her mother and grandmother did for them, but she can't bring herself to do it. In the same scene, Prue sits sadly in the car remarking that she has no one to say goodbye to because her future self is a CorruptCorporateExecutive with no husband or children. Hell, her assistant didn't even know she had another sister (and only knew about Phoebe from the news).
** Phoebe decides that she must die
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** Right before the funeral, she has a real attack of survivor's guilt and tells Leo that he should have healed Prue instead.
--> "You saved me because I'm your damn wife! And you should have saved her because she was the best!"
** Piper also doesn't want to go downstairs to the service, because that will make it true that Prue really isn't coming back.
** After Phoebe gets the premonition of Paige, Piper essentially goes on strike and declares that she's done risking her life for the Elders.
--> "You can tell them we buried their precious Charmed Ones when we buried our sister!"
--> "You saved me because I'm your damn wife! And you should have saved her because she was the best!"
** Piper also doesn't want to go downstairs to the service, because that will make it true that Prue really isn't coming back.
** After Phoebe gets the premonition of Paige, Piper essentially goes on strike and declares that she's done risking her life for the Elders.
--> "You can tell them we buried their precious Charmed Ones when we buried our sister!"
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** Phoebe holds it together for most of the first episode, but halfway through Part 2, Piper finds her in Prue's room. She can't stop thinking about a time she borrowed Prue's clothes, her boyfriend's cat ruined them and Piper took the fall. Phoebe bursts into tears realising that Prue never found out it was her.
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** Paige's statements are to help Piper but they give us an insight into just how horrible it was for her to lose her parents at sixteen.
--> "When my parents died, I hated them. I was alone, and I hated them!"
** Phoebe also thinks that Piper's unexpressed fury is actually directed at her; believing that Piper blames her for Prue getting killed, suggesting that Phoebe herself feels plenty of guilt for not being able to save both of them.
--> "When my parents died, I hated them. I was alone, and I hated them!"
** Phoebe also thinks that Piper's unexpressed fury is actually directed at her; believing that Piper blames her for Prue getting killed, suggesting that Phoebe herself feels plenty of guilt for not being able to save both of them.
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* Piper has a rough deal in "Brain Drain". She can't even attend a friend's baby shower without demon duty interrupting it. Her friend Becca notes that they've barely seen her in the last three years, and Piper comprehends just how much she's missed out on since becoming a witch.
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* The death of Paige's charge Joanna in "Death Becomes Them". A poor, innocent woman who was trapped in an abusive relationship with Zankou; who'd been plotting to kill her just to hurt Paige. The way Paige drops to her knees when she finds her and whispers "I'm so sorry" over and over.
** Likewise the murder of Tim, Phoebe's college friend in the opening scene. They open the episode just flirting cutely, and then suddenly the demons attack. The poor guy was likely only in the wrong place at the wrong time.
** Likewise the murder of Tim, Phoebe's college friend in the opening scene. They open the episode just flirting cutely, and then suddenly the demons attack. The poor guy was likely only in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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* The end of "A Witch's Tail - Part 2" may be Heartwarming for the scenes of Piper and Leo with unborn Wyatt, but it's very much a BittersweetEnding. Paige finally has her dream job of being promoted to social worker...and realises she won't be able to juggle both it and her Charmed duty. Her last scene is packing up her desk after hours. Mr Cowen approaches her and admits that he may have been stern with her, but "I don't want you to quit". Paige obviously can't tell him the real reason she's quitting, but thanks him for everything and hugs him goodbye. She also looks at the plaque that reads "Paige Matthews - Social Worker", trying to accept that just because it's the right decision, it doesn't make it any easier.
** This then fades into Phoebe signing her divorce papers. She has a framed photo of herself with Cole, looking at it and admitting to herself she still loves him in some way. But she signs the papers anyway, doing her best to move on.
** This then fades into Phoebe signing her divorce papers. She has a framed photo of herself with Cole, looking at it and admitting to herself she still loves him in some way. But she signs the papers anyway, doing her best to move on.
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* Phoebe and Paige's conversation when Cole first returns in "A Witch's Tail," Phoebe looks so exhausted and terrified and Paige is so concerned about her sister. It's also great foreshadowing for Phoebe's response to Cole later in the episode, because you can see how afraid she is of going back to him at the same time.
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* "Power Outage", where Andras's influence causes the sisters to get angry with each other and say all sorts of horrible things. Prue and Piper destroy each other's things, Prue slut shames Phoebe and Piper taunts her by saying their grandmother said she'd never amount to anything. Phoebe fires back that the reason their father left was because of how insufferable the other two are. Piper even rips the earrings Phoebe took right out of her ears! Then they get violent with each other, culminating in the famous scene where they use their powers, severing the bond of the Power of Three. The magic wears off then, and all three sisters are left silently standing there, confused and hurt before Phoebe walks out.
** Poor Piper has a rough deal in the whole episode. Prue rudely books a shoot for her club without telling her, Phoebe makes her host a homeowner's meeting and then leaves her to go on an impromptu date with Cole. Although Piper grudgingly accepts the latter (and Phoebe does outright admit it's not fair and she'll make it up later), she sees Phoebe leaving the house wearing her earrings almost as a final KickTheDog. And then Leo gets called away, forcing Piper to have to deal with a crew of arguing neighbours. Before Andras infects her, the poor woman looks so worn down.
** Phoebe at Cole's later. She looks so sad, and collapses crying into his arms. Not just about the fight itself; she's so ashamed of the things ''she'' said, and she can't believe she would ever be that cruel to her own sisters. She's also going to Cole for comfort, not knowing he's producing a dagger to kill her. And although that scene results in a TearDryer where Cole can't bring himself to hurt her, when he tells her she should go home, you can see her looking worried at first - possibly fearing that Cole's about to properly reject her.
** Poor Piper has a rough deal in the whole episode. Prue rudely books a shoot for her club without telling her, Phoebe makes her host a homeowner's meeting and then leaves her to go on an impromptu date with Cole. Although Piper grudgingly accepts the latter (and Phoebe does outright admit it's not fair and she'll make it up later), she sees Phoebe leaving the house wearing her earrings almost as a final KickTheDog. And then Leo gets called away, forcing Piper to have to deal with a crew of arguing neighbours. Before Andras infects her, the poor woman looks so worn down.
** Phoebe at Cole's later. She looks so sad, and collapses crying into his arms. Not just about the fight itself; she's so ashamed of the things ''she'' said, and she can't believe she would ever be that cruel to her own sisters. She's also going to Cole for comfort, not knowing he's producing a dagger to kill her. And although that scene results in a TearDryer where Cole can't bring himself to hurt her, when he tells her she should go home, you can see her looking worried at first - possibly fearing that Cole's about to properly reject her.
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** Immediately after Chris' death, Leo is so caught up in his grief that he doesn't notice that Chris' body disappears. He clings to the sheets until he looks up and realizes Chris isn't there anymore and his rage causes him to completely wreck the attic. Really, what makes this season finale so moving is the fact that it's a series of [[AdultFear adult fears]] manifested in one plot, between Leo trying not to make a choice of which son to save, finding out that [[BrokenPedestal someone he trusted so much was trying to kill his son]], as well as the knowledge in the back of his mind that his wife is going through a risky delivery process in a completely screwed up world. It's only further enhanced by the fact that Brian Krause dishes out the best acting he has in him in these episodes.
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** Immediately after Chris' death, Leo is so caught up in his grief that he doesn't notice that Chris' body disappears. He clings to the sheets until he looks up and realizes Chris isn't there anymore and his rage causes him to completely wreck the attic. Really, what makes this season finale so moving is the fact that it's a series of [[AdultFear adult fears]] manifested in one plot, between Leo trying not to make a choice of which son to save, finding out that [[BrokenPedestal someone he trusted so much was trying to kill his son]], as well as the knowledge in the back of his mind that his wife is going through a risky delivery process in a completely screwed up world. It's only further enhanced by the fact that Brian Krause Creator/BrianKrause dishes out the best acting he has in him in these episodes.
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* Throughout the series, the sisters each die a few times. They're reversible, '''almost''' all of the time. While they mostly don't last, even the cheap deaths can be devastating when they're played well.
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* Throughout [[Series/Charmed1998 the series, series]], the sisters each die a few times. They're reversible, '''almost''' all of the time. While they mostly don't last, even the cheap deaths can be devastating when they're played well.
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* While "That 70s Episode" is heartwarming in the sense that Phoebe gets to meet Patty at last, there is the bittersweet tinge that she nearly tries to stop Patty's eventual death but has to accept that she shouldn't change things.
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** A low-key one is Piper's HeelRealization that shirking her Charmed One duties because she was angry at the Elders put Kate in danger. She accepts that she understands why her and Leo's relationship could create a conflict of interest and, when her sisters try to argue in her favour, she fires back "not at the expense of a little girl."
* In"Pre-Witched", "The Good, the Bad and the Cursed", Phoebe accidentally forms a psychic link with a young Native man called Bo Lightfeather from 1873. Bo, trapped in a time loop, is forced to die over and over again. Prue and Cole enter the time loop and are forced to bear witness as the lawless leader of Bo's town repeatedly whips him. As a result of the psychic link, all of Bo's injuries are shared with Phoebe and everyone in the present have to helplessly watch as Phoebe whimpers with pain everytime every time Sutter whips Bo.Bo. Plenty of fans call Creator/AlyssaMilano's screams of pain as this happens her finest hour in the show.
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** There's also the death of poor Mrs Owens in the prologue. Phoebe utters a LittleNo when she hears about it.
** The Angel of Death confronting Prue at the end of the episode. In contrast to her confident super-witch persona, Prue is left solemn and crying.
* "Death Takes a Halliwell" - Prue has to accept that she can't prevent the Angel of Death from taking Inspector Davidson. She in fact has to watch as the seeker demons drain his blood.
** There's also the death of poor Mrs Owens in the prologue. Phoebe utters a LittleNo when she hears about it.
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** Prue's distress at her getting shot leads to her going mad and using her powers to move the crowds out of the way. It's the first and last time she uses her powers offensively on innocents and, while most of them did have it coming, it's sad to see Prue completely lose it in desperation.
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** Paige saying to her boyfriend Shane "don't hurt me okay" - after all the trauma she's already suffered in being adopted, losing her parents in a car crash, years of alcoholism and drug abuse and just finding out one of her potential sisters has died.
** Likewise it's revealed that the man Paige thought was an abuser was covering for his wife. This probably means he was [[TheWoobie abused in some way too]], and Paige nearly killed him senselessly.
--> "I'm not covering for you anymore, Carol. You keep your hands off our son."
** Likewise it's revealed that the man Paige thought was an abuser was covering for his wife. This probably means he was [[TheWoobie abused in some way too]], and Paige nearly killed him senselessly.
--> "I'm not covering for you anymore, Carol. You keep your hands off our son."
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* "A Paige From the Past" - where Paige desperately tries to stop her parents from dying in the car crash, only to learn YouCantFightFate.
** She's so happy to be reunited with them in the past at first...and gets reminded of how horrible she was to them. They even remind her that their previous conversation had her calling them "not really her parents".
** She also ends up getting expelled from school, which didn't appear to happen in the original timeline. She begs her parents "I don't turn out like this", wishing they could know she does become a better person.
** Her mother's speech is pure AdultFear that can sometimes be scarier than any demon.
--> "We know you're good. We've always known. But we also know that you're lost and that scares us. And there's nothing in the world we want more than to help you find your way home. We just don't know how."
** She's so happy to be reunited with them in the past at first...and gets reminded of how horrible she was to them. They even remind her that their previous conversation had her calling them "not really her parents".
** She also ends up getting expelled from school, which didn't appear to happen in the original timeline. She begs her parents "I don't turn out like this", wishing they could know she does become a better person.
** Her mother's speech is pure AdultFear that can sometimes be scarier than any demon.
--> "We know you're good. We've always known. But we also know that you're lost and that scares us. And there's nothing in the world we want more than to help you find your way home. We just don't know how."
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* Leo becoming an Elder and Piper realising her family is going to be torn apart.
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* Phoebe in "Charmageddon" has to touch the Book of Shadows to relive all the losses she's suffered in her life. For added heartstrings, we're shown the flashback of Penny dying in "Pre-Witched". Phoebe only found her at the bottom of the stairs when it happened, but now she has to actually see it.
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* Then there's the murder of the parents in "Generation Hex". Two innocent people who were only killed because the Triad wanted to complete Christie's HeelFaceDoorSlam. It's also clear that Christie's vanquish of the last member brings her no satisfaction.
** Even before that, Christie has refused to see her parents at all. It's implied they've flown out more than once and she hasn't seen them. Helen is even begging just to talk to her on the phone. The sad thing is that Christie only sees them to prevent Billie from helping Piper.
* Phoebe moving out for good, and Piper's tearful acceptance of the fact that they'll never live together again. It calls back to the "forever isn't today" scene from "Pre-Witched" - and you remember that without Leo, Piper is left alone in the house again.
** Even before that, Christie has refused to see her parents at all. It's implied they've flown out more than once and she hasn't seen them. Helen is even begging just to talk to her on the phone. The sad thing is that Christie only sees them to prevent Billie from helping Piper.
* Phoebe moving out for good, and Piper's tearful acceptance of the fact that they'll never live together again. It calls back to the "forever isn't today" scene from "Pre-Witched" - and you remember that without Leo, Piper is left alone in the house again.
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** Before that, she begs Christie to "just come home".
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* ''Charmed'' is notorious for being full of {{Narm}}, the 4th-season's "Hell Hath No Fury" as fury-Piper screams at the top of her lungs '''"How dare you ''leave me''?!"''' to [[McLeaned Prue's]] [[ItWasHisSled grave]] is sad. Considering how [[DeathIsCheap cheap death usually is]] for the Halliwell sisters, this kind of permanence in the show isn't taken lightly.
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* ''Charmed'' is notorious for being full of {{Narm}}, the 4th-season's "Hell Hath No Fury" as fury-Piper screams Fury-Piper screaming at the top of her lungs '''"How dare you ''leave me''?!"''' to [[McLeaned Prue's]] [[ItWasHisSled grave]] is sad.in "Hell Hath No Fury". Considering how [[DeathIsCheap cheap death usually is]] for the Halliwell sisters, this kind of permanence in the show isn't taken lightly.
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* As she struggled to break free of the Woogyman's control, Phoebe reverts back to her fearful childhood self.
-->'''Phoebe''': I can't! Don't make me...I don't like the basement."
-->'''Phoebe''': I can't! Don't make me...I don't like the basement."
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* The fact that she's alive again by the next episode doesn't make Piper's "[[ImColdSoCold ...Prue? I'm cold...]]" in ''All Hell Breaks Loose'' any less soul-crushing.
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* The fact that she's alive again by In "Pre-Witched", Phoebe accidentally forms a psychic link with a young Native man called Bo Lightfeather from 1873. Bo, trapped in a time loop, is forced to die over and over again. Prue and Cole enter the next episode doesn't make Piper's "[[ImColdSoCold ...Prue? I'm cold...]]" time loop and are forced to bear witness as the lawless leader of Bo's town repeatedly whips him. As a result of the psychic link, all of Bo's injuries are shared with Phoebe and everyone in ''All Hell Breaks Loose'' any less soul-crushing.the present have to helplessly watch as Phoebe whimpers with pain everytime Sutter whips Bo.
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-->'''Piper''': (''softly'') Stop it... (''screaming'') stop it, stop it, '''STOP IT DAMMIT!''' This is Prue's ''funeral'' for God's sakes. Can we at least bury her in peace? Is that too mcuh to ask?
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-->'''Piper''': (''softly'') Stop it... (''screaming'') stop it, stop it, '''STOP IT DAMMIT!''' This is Prue's ''funeral'' for God's sakes. Can we at least bury her in peace? Is that too mcuh much to ask?
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* Throughout the series, sisters each die a few times. They're reversible, '''almost''' all of the time. While they mostly don't last, even the cheap deaths can be devastating when they're played well.
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* In "Once Upon a Time", after having Leo snatched away from her the previous episode, during their wedding no less, Piper has a RageAgainstTheHeavens moment where she angrily laments on all that the Elders have put her through. It's a great way of setting of up the effect of the Elder's uncompromising nature has on the sisters that continues up until the end of the series.
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* In "Once Upon a Time", after having Leo snatched away from her in the previous episode, during their wedding no less, Piper has a RageAgainstTheHeavens moment where she angrily laments on all that the Elders have put her through. It's a great way of setting of up the effect of that the Elder's uncompromising nature has on the sisters that continues up until the end of the series.
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** Then comes the moment Miles actually does die. As he's shot, Phoebe runs over to Miles and cradles his body as both Pipers, present close to tears and future in solemn acceptance, watch. Future!Piper then fades away.
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* A warlock from the future teams up with his present self and together they're able to kill both Paige and Phoebe. The devastated Piper kneels slumped against a wall and weeps while Leo tries to convince her that her sisters can be saved, to which Piper disagrees.
-->'''Piper''': You can't heal ashes!
* In their conversation, Future!Piper tells Present!Piper that Miles must die. Future!Piper tells Present!Piper that when Phoebe asks which direction she should say right. When the time comes and Phoebe does ask, Present!Piper clearly struggles between allowing an innocent to die and saving her sister.
-->'''Present!Piper''': God forgive me...
-->'''Piper''': You can't heal ashes!
* In their conversation, Future!Piper tells Present!Piper that Miles must die. Future!Piper tells Present!Piper that when Phoebe asks which direction she should say right. When the time comes and Phoebe does ask, Present!Piper clearly struggles between allowing an innocent to die and saving her sister.
-->'''Present!Piper''': God forgive me...
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* Seizing the eclipse as a time when the Elders won't be able to watch over them, the sisters attempt to marry Piper and Leo. All appears to be going well unitl Leo suddenly begins to convulse and is, seeminly painfully, forcibly orbed away. Piper falling to the floor and breaking down is what really cinched the whole thing.
* In "Once Upon a Time", after having Leo snatched away from her the previous episode, during their wedding no less, Piper has a RageAgainstTheHeavens moment where she angrily laments on all that the Elders have put her through. It's a great way of setting of up the effect of the Elder's uncompromising nature has on the sisters that continues up until the end of the series.
-->'''Piper''': I bet you guys think this is real funny, don't ya? Haven't you taken enough from me? You have to send trolls to kick me while I'm down? I had a nice normal life, once. And you took that from me. You took my boyfriend, you took my life, the least you could do is leave me my freaking car keys. I am a good person. I'm a good witch, and damnit, I woulda made a great wife. And how dare you take that from me? I deserve... no, you know what? I demand that you send him back to me. You hear me? Right now. I'm going to stand in this very spot until you send Leo back to me.
* In "Once Upon a Time", after having Leo snatched away from her the previous episode, during their wedding no less, Piper has a RageAgainstTheHeavens moment where she angrily laments on all that the Elders have put her through. It's a great way of setting of up the effect of the Elder's uncompromising nature has on the sisters that continues up until the end of the series.
-->'''Piper''': I bet you guys think this is real funny, don't ya? Haven't you taken enough from me? You have to send trolls to kick me while I'm down? I had a nice normal life, once. And you took that from me. You took my boyfriend, you took my life, the least you could do is leave me my freaking car keys. I am a good person. I'm a good witch, and damnit, I woulda made a great wife. And how dare you take that from me? I deserve... no, you know what? I demand that you send him back to me. You hear me? Right now. I'm going to stand in this very spot until you send Leo back to me.
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* "Murphy's Luck" introduces a breed of Darklighter known as spirit killers. Spirit killers drive future Whitelighters to suicide as doing so prevents them from becoming Whitelighters and aiding witches. They're essentially the personification of the voice that tells you to jump.
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* ''Charmed'' is notorious for being full of {{Narm}}, the 4th-season's "Hell Hath No Fury" as fury-Piper screams at the top of her lungs '''"How dare you ''leave me''?!"''' to [[McLeaned Prue's]] [[ItWasHisSled grave]] is sad. Considering how [[DeathIsCheap cheap death usually is]] for the Halliwell sisters, this kind of permanence in the show isn't taken lightly.
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*''Charmed'' is notorious for being full of {{Narm}}, Throughout the 4th-season's "Hell Hath No Fury" as fury-Piper screams at series, sisters each die a few times. They're reversible, '''almost''' all of the top of her lungs '''"How dare you ''leave me''?!"''' to [[McLeaned Prue's]] [[ItWasHisSled grave]] is sad. Considering how [[DeathIsCheap time. While they mostly don't last, even the cheap death usually is]] for deaths can be devastating when they're played well.
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* "Dead Man Dating" Piper falling in love with Mark, a handsome Chinese guy... who's already dead and needs her help to recover his corpse so he can pass on. The scene where she tries to hold him but can't because he goes right through her could come across as silly but it's incredibly moving.
** The end of theHalliwell sisters, episode, where Mark is reunited with his father [[TogetherInDeath as they leave to the afterlife]]. The sisters watch over this kind of permanence in the show isn't taken lightly.and are understandably saddened.
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* "Dead Man Dating" Piper falling in love with Mark, a handsome Chinese guy... who's already dead and needs her help to recover his corpse so he can pass on. The scene where she tries to hold him but can't because he goes right through her could come across as silly but it's incredibly moving.
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* Even the cheap deaths can be devastating when they're played well. The fact that she's alive again by the next episode doesn't make Piper's "[[ImColdSoCold ...Prue? I'm cold...]]" in ''All Hell Breaks Loose'' any less soul-crushing.
* In "Morality Bites" when Phoebe realises [[spoiler: that she must die for her crimes and Prue and Piper have to stand back and watch her burn to death.]]
* [[spoiler: Prue's]] funeral at the start of season 4. The music adds to it as well, Creator/HollyMarieCombs is brilliant as usual in that scene and Darryl the DeadpanSnarker was tearing up.
* In "Morality Bites" when Phoebe realises [[spoiler: that she must die for her crimes and Prue and Piper have to stand back and watch her burn to death.]]
* [[spoiler: Prue's]] funeral at the start of season 4. The music adds to it as well, Creator/HollyMarieCombs is brilliant as usual in that scene and Darryl the DeadpanSnarker was tearing up.
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* Even the cheap deaths can be devastating In "Morality Bites" when they're played well. Phoebe realises that she must die for her crimes and Prue and Piper have to stand back and watch her burn to death.
* "[=P3 H20=]" in which the sisters deal with the same demon that killed their mother. Poor Phoebe, who must use her power to see what their mother did wrong when she attempted to vanquish it, ends up not only seeing how Patty dies in her premonition, but actually relives it.
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* The fact that she's alive again by the next episode doesn't make Piper's "[[ImColdSoCold ...Prue? I'm cold...]]" in ''All Hell Breaks Loose'' any less soul-crushing.
*In "Morality Bites" when The flashback episode "Pre-Witched" after Penny has just died from a heart attack. A scene after the funeral has all sisters in the living room together. Piper tries to keep things optimistic and offers to make everyone dinner but Prue rebuffs her to meet her fiance while Phoebe realises [[spoiler: informs the two of them that she must die she's moving out, saying there's nothing there for her crimes and anymore. Both Prue and Phoebe walk out of the room leaving Piper have alone trying to stand hold back and watch her burn tears. Contrasted with a Heartwarming Moment at the end of the episode in the present when Piper decides not to death.]]
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--> '''Piper:''' "But it feels good that forever isn't today".
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*[[spoiler: Prue's]] Prue's funeral at the start of season 4. The music adds to it as well, Creator/HollyMarieCombs is brilliant as usual in that scene and Darryl the DeadpanSnarker was tearing up.up.
** Particularly Piper's furious scream when a demonic bounty hunter comes after Cole. You can really feel her frustration that even on ''today of all days'', they can't catch a break.
* "[=P3 H20=]" in which the sisters deal with the same demon that killed their mother. Poor Phoebe, who must use her power to see what their mother did wrong when she attempted to vanquish it, ends up not only seeing how Patty dies in her premonition, but actually relives it.
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* The fact that she's alive again by the next episode doesn't make Piper's "[[ImColdSoCold ...Prue? I'm cold...]]" in ''All Hell Breaks Loose'' any less soul-crushing.
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** Particularly Piper's furious scream when a demonic bounty hunter comes after Cole. You can really feel her frustration that even on ''today of all days'', they can't catch a break.
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** Particularly Piper's furious scream when a demonic bounty hunter comes after Cole. You can really feel her frustration that even on ''today of all days'', they can't catch a break.
* In "A Paige From the Past" when Paige goes back in time to see her parents' deaths. That remains Creator/RoseMcGowan's strongest performance of the series.
* In "A Paige From the Past" when Paige goes back in time to see her parents' deaths. That remains Creator/RoseMcGowan's strongest performance of the series.
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* The final line of "Centennial Charmed", when Paige has returned reality to normal but with [[spoiler:Cole still dead]]. Rather than delivering the last line as another one of Paige's quips (which could've made Paige sound mean-spirited), Creator/RoseMcGowan makes Paige sound almost [[AlasPoorVillain pitying]].
--> '''Paige''': Happy birthday, Cole.
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* The final line of "Centennial Charmed", when Paige has returned reality to normal but with [[spoiler:Cole still dead]]. Rather than delivering the last line as another one of Paige's quips (which could've made Paige sound mean-spirited), Creator/RoseMcGowan makes Paige sound almost [[AlasPoorVillain pitying]].
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* "Styx Feet Under" features one between Paige and Piper. Piper as the Angel of Death has to lead her sister to the afterlife, and Paige's futile attempts at stalling by tearfully admitting things such as her taking Piper's earrings and borrowing a jacket without asking then letting Phoebe take the blame is heartbreaking. Of course her death is averted but still.
--> '''Paige:''' You can't blame a girl for trying.
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* "Styx Feet Under" features one between Paige and Piper. Piper as the Angel of Death has to lead her sister to the afterlife, and Paige's futile attempts at stalling by tearfully admitting things such as her taking Piper's earrings and borrowing a jacket without asking then letting Phoebe take the blame is heartbreaking. Of course her death is averted but still.
--> '''Paige:''' You can't blame a girl for trying.
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* "Dead Man Dating" Piper falling in love with Mark, a handsome Chinese guy... who's already dead and needs her help to recover his corpse so he can pass on. The scene where she tries to hold him but can't because he goes right through her could come across as silly but it's incredibly moving.
** The end of the episode, where Mark is reunited with his father [[TogetherInDeath as they leave to the afterlife]]. The sisters watch over this and are understandably saddened.
* The beginning of "A Knight To Remember" where Piper is sitting in Prue's room, going through all her things before sadly putting on her jacket and leaving. Turns into a CMOH at the end [[spoiler: when Paige moves in with them]].
* Billie's crying in the season finale? She sounded like a seal. Her crying in front of her parents in "Mr and Mrs Witch" to try and get them to remember who she is? Genuine TearJerker.
* The flashback episode "Pre-Witched" after Penny has just died from a heart attack. A scene after the funeral has all sisters in the living room together. Piper tries to keep things optimistic and offers to make everyone dinner but Prue rebuffs her to meet her fiance while Phoebe informs the two of them that she's moving out, saying there's nothing there for her anymore. Both Prue and Phoebe walk out of the room leaving Piper alone trying to hold back her tears. Contrasted with a Heartwarming Moment at the end of the episode in the present when [[spoiler: Piper decides not to move out of the house]].
--> '''Piper:''' "But it feels good that forever isn't today".
* "Styx Feet Under" features one between Paige and Piper. Piper as the Angel of Death has to lead her sister to the afterlife, and Paige's futile attempts at stalling by tearfully admitting things such as her taking Piper's earrings and borrowing a jacket without asking then letting Phoebe take the blame is heartbreaking. Of course her death is averted but still.
--> '''Paige:''' You can't blame a girl for trying?
* The final line of "Centennial Charmed", when Paige has returned reality to normal but with [[spoiler:Cole still dead]]. Rather than delivering the last line as another one of Paige's quips (which could've made Paige sound mean-spirited), Creator/RoseMcGowan makes Paige sound almost [[AlasPoorVillain pitying]].
--> '''Paige:''' [[spoiler:Happy birthday, Cole.]]
* "P-20" in which the sisters deal with the same demon that killed their mother. Poor Phoebe, who must use her power to see what their mother did wrong when she attempted to vanquish it, ends up not only seeing how Patty dies in her premonition, but actually relives it.
** The end of the episode, where Mark is reunited with his father [[TogetherInDeath as they leave to the afterlife]]. The sisters watch over this and are understandably saddened.
* The beginning of "A Knight To Remember" where Piper is sitting in Prue's room, going through all her things before sadly putting on her jacket and leaving. Turns into a CMOH at the end [[spoiler: when Paige moves in with them]].
* Billie's crying in the season finale? She sounded like a seal. Her crying in front of her parents in "Mr and Mrs Witch" to try and get them to remember who she is? Genuine TearJerker.
* The flashback episode "Pre-Witched" after Penny has just died from a heart attack. A scene after the funeral has all sisters in the living room together. Piper tries to keep things optimistic and offers to make everyone dinner but Prue rebuffs her to meet her fiance while Phoebe informs the two of them that she's moving out, saying there's nothing there for her anymore. Both Prue and Phoebe walk out of the room leaving Piper alone trying to hold back her tears. Contrasted with a Heartwarming Moment at the end of the episode in the present when [[spoiler: Piper decides not to move out of the house]].
--> '''Piper:''' "But it feels good that forever isn't today".
* "Styx Feet Under" features one between Paige and Piper. Piper as the Angel of Death has to lead her sister to the afterlife, and Paige's futile attempts at stalling by tearfully admitting things such as her taking Piper's earrings and borrowing a jacket without asking then letting Phoebe take the blame is heartbreaking. Of course her death is averted but still.
--> '''Paige:''' You can't blame a girl for trying?
* The final line of "Centennial Charmed", when Paige has returned reality to normal but with [[spoiler:Cole still dead]]. Rather than delivering the last line as another one of Paige's quips (which could've made Paige sound mean-spirited), Creator/RoseMcGowan makes Paige sound almost [[AlasPoorVillain pitying]].
--> '''Paige:''' [[spoiler:Happy birthday, Cole.]]
* "P-20" in which the sisters deal with the same demon that killed their mother. Poor Phoebe, who must use her power to see what their mother did wrong when she attempted to vanquish it, ends up not only seeing how Patty dies in her premonition, but actually relives it.
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* "Dead Man Dating" Piper falling in love with Mark, a handsome Chinese guy... who's already dead and needs her help to recover his corpse so he can pass on. The scene where she tries to hold him but can't because he goes right through her could come across as silly but it's incredibly moving.
** The end of the episode, where Mark is reunited with his father [[TogetherInDeath as they leave to the afterlife]]. The sisters watch over this and are understandably saddened.
* The beginning of "A Knight To Remember" where Piper is sitting in Prue's room, going through all her things before sadly putting on her jacket and leaving. Turns into a CMOH at the end [[spoiler: when Paige moves in with them]].
* Billie's crying in the season finale? She sounded like a seal. HerBillie crying in front of her parents in "Mr and Mrs Witch" to try and get them to remember who she is? Genuine TearJerker.
* The flashback episode "Pre-Witched" after Penny has just died from a heart attack. A scene after the funeral has all sisters in the living room together. Piper tries to keep things optimistic and offers to make everyone dinner but Prue rebuffs her to meet her fiance while Phoebe informs the two of them that she's moving out, saying there's nothing there for her anymore. Both Prue and Phoebe walk out of the room leaving Piper alone trying to hold back her tears. Contrasted with a Heartwarming Moment at the end of the episode in the present when [[spoiler: Piper decides not to move out of the house]].
--> '''Piper:''' "But it feels good that forever isn't today".
* "Styx Feet Under" features one between Paige and Piper. Piper as the Angel of Death has to lead her sister to the afterlife, and Paige's futile attempts at stalling by tearfully admitting things such as her taking Piper's earrings and borrowing a jacket without asking then letting Phoebe take the blame is heartbreaking. Of course her death is averted but still.
--> '''Paige:''' You can't blame a girl for trying?
* The final line of "Centennial Charmed", when Paige has returned reality to normal but with [[spoiler:Cole still dead]]. Rather than delivering the last line as another one of Paige's quips (which could've made Paige sound mean-spirited), Creator/RoseMcGowan makes Paige sound almost [[AlasPoorVillain pitying]].
--> '''Paige:''' [[spoiler:Happy birthday, Cole.]]
* "P-20" in which the sisters deal with the same demon that killed their mother. Poor Phoebe, who must use her power to see what their mother did wrong when she attempted to vanquish it, ends up not only seeing how Patty dies in her premonition, but actually relives it.[[/folder]]
** The end of the episode, where Mark is reunited with his father [[TogetherInDeath as they leave to the afterlife]]. The sisters watch over this and are understandably saddened.
* The beginning of "A Knight To Remember" where Piper is sitting in Prue's room, going through all her things before sadly putting on her jacket and leaving. Turns into a CMOH at the end [[spoiler: when Paige moves in with them]].
* Billie's crying in the season finale? She sounded like a seal. Her
--> '''Piper:''' "But it feels good that forever isn't today".
* "Styx Feet Under" features one between Paige and Piper. Piper as the Angel of Death has to lead her sister to the afterlife, and Paige's futile attempts at stalling by tearfully admitting things such as her taking Piper's earrings and borrowing a jacket without asking then letting Phoebe take the blame is heartbreaking. Of course her death is averted but still.
--> '''Paige:''' You can't blame a girl for trying?
* The final line of "Centennial Charmed", when Paige has returned reality to normal but with [[spoiler:Cole still dead]]. Rather than delivering the last line as another one of Paige's quips (which could've made Paige sound mean-spirited), Creator/RoseMcGowan makes Paige sound almost [[AlasPoorVillain pitying]].
--> '''Paige:''' [[spoiler:Happy birthday, Cole.]]
* "P-20" in which the sisters deal with the same demon that killed their mother. Poor Phoebe, who must use her power to see what their mother did wrong when she attempted to vanquish it, ends up not only seeing how Patty dies in her premonition, but actually relives it.
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-->'''Piper''': (''softly'') Stop it... (''screaming'') stop it, stop it, '''STOP IT DAMMIT!'''. This is Prue's ''funeral'' for God's sakes. Can we at least bury her in peace? Is that too mcuh to ask?
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-->'''Piper''': (''softly'') Stop it... (''screaming'') stop it, stop it, '''STOP IT DAMMIT!'''. DAMMIT!''' This is Prue's ''funeral'' for God's sakes. Can we at least bury her in peace? Is that too mcuh to ask?
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* Andy's death left Prue in denial and simply shut in the house for about a month. Prue was obviously trying to avoid facing it but the way she later reveals her sorrow is not only heartbreaking, but it ups the seriousness of the show. For the first time in the show, a major character is shown dead for good and forever gone from their lives.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"How dare you leave me! How could you go and die and leave me here all alone? Please come back. I need you. Please come back!"]]
* ''Charmed'' is notorious for being full of {{Narm}}, the 4th-season's "Hell Hath No Fury" as fury-Piper screams at the top of her lungs '''"How dare you ''leave me''?!"''' to [[McLeaned Prue's]] [[ItWasHisSled grave]] is sad. Considering how [[DeathIsCheap cheap death usually is]] for the Halliwell sisters, this kind of permanence in the show isn't taken lightly.
* Even the cheap deaths can be devastating when they're played well. The fact that she's alive again by the next episode doesn't make Piper's "[[ImColdSoCold ...Prue? I'm cold...]]" in ''All Hell Breaks Loose'' any less soul-crushing.
* In "Morality Bites" when Phoebe realises [[spoiler: that she must die for her crimes and Prue and Piper have to stand back and watch her burn to death.]]
* [[spoiler: Prue's]] funeral at the start of season 4. The music adds to it as well, Creator/HollyMarieCombs is brilliant as usual in that scene and Darryl the DeadpanSnarker was tearing up.
** Particularly Piper's furious scream when a demonic bounty hunter comes after Cole. You can really feel her frustration that even on ''today of all days'', they can't catch a break.
* In "A Paige From the Past" when Paige goes back in time to see her parents' deaths. That remains Creator/RoseMcGowan's strongest performance of the series.
* Source-possessed Cole being vanquished in "Long Live the Queen." Made worse by little moments such as Cole genuinely saying he doesn't want to have to kill Piper, Phoebe's "I'm sorry," as she chooses saving her sisters and Leo over Cole, and what Cole intended to be a DyingDeclarationOfLove.
* The sixth season finale where Chris dies and Leo just loses it. Very sad and tear-inducing.
** This whole episode is borderline Leo torture: Leo has finally managed to mend fences with his son from the future who hates him, and the cast has managed to protect Wyatt when everything goes to hell. Gideon escapes, the world is now out of balance, Piper is in the hospital in labor with complications, and Barbas the Demon of Fear is on the loose and now working with Gideon. The two sisters who ''haven't'' been warped by the change in the balance of the world are put under a spell leaving Leo and Chris as the only ones unaffected and trying to put everything right. Leo is then taunted/tortured by Barbas with visions of Evil!Wyatt and gets back home just in time to find his mentor and friend kidnapping his infant older son, and his adult younger son lying on the floor with a stab wound he got trying to protect his brother. This wound, of course, is magical in nature and can't be healed with any magic but the one who did the stabbing. Chris repeatedly insists Leo stop trying to heal him and go rescue Wyatt, finally convincing Leo with the words "Find Gideon, and you'll save us both." After retrieving one of the sisters to watch over Chris, he leaves to find a way to locate Gideon, and when he finally finds a lead, he hears Paige shouting for him, and gets back to Chris just in time to beg him not to die.
--> '''Leo:''' Hey, I'm here now you can hold on okay? Hold on, hold on... I'm here, you can hold on. Don't give up, okay?
--> '''Chris:''' You either...
--> '''Leo:''' No, no, no. Please, no, no, please no...
** Immediately after Chris' death, Leo is so caught up in his grief that he doesn't notice that Chris' body disappears. He clings to the sheets until he looks up and realizes Chris isn't there anymore and his rage causes him to completely wreck the attic. Really, what makes this season finale so moving is the fact that it's a series of [[AdultFear adult fears]] manifested in one plot, between Leo trying not to make a choice of which son to save, finding out that [[BrokenPedestal someone he trusted so much was trying to kill his son]], as well as the knowledge in the back of his mind that his wife is going through a risky delivery process in a completely screwed up world. It's only further enhanced by the fact that Brian Krause dishes out the best acting he has in him in these episodes.
* In "Payback's A Witch," during his birthday party, Wyatt brings his action figures to life to search for the PutOnABus Leo. Wyatt doesn't know what happened, but he feels Leo broke a promise to always be there. That is sad enough, but it turns out that Wyatt blames himself for Leo going away.
* "Dead Man Dating" Piper falling in love with Mark, a handsome Chinese guy... who's already dead and needs her help to recover his corpse so he can pass on. The scene where she tries to hold him but can't because he goes right through her could come across as silly but it's incredibly moving.
** The end of the episode, where Mark is reunited with his father [[TogetherInDeath as they leave to the afterlife]]. The sisters watch over this and are understandably saddened.
* The beginning of "A Knight To Remember" where Piper is sitting in Prue's room, going through all her things before sadly putting on her jacket and leaving. Turns into a CMOH at the end [[spoiler: when Paige moves in with them]].
* Billie's crying in the season finale? She sounded like a seal. Her crying in front of her parents in "Mr and Mrs Witch" to try and get them to remember who she is? Genuine TearJerker.
* The flashback episode "Pre-Witched" after Penny has just died from a heart attack. A scene after the funeral has all sisters in the living room together. Piper tries to keep things optimistic and offers to make everyone dinner but Prue rebuffs her to meet her fiance while Phoebe informs the two of them that she's moving out, saying there's nothing there for her anymore. Both Prue and Phoebe walk out of the room leaving Piper alone trying to hold back her tears. Contrasted with a Heartwarming Moment at the end of the episode in the present when [[spoiler: Piper decides not to move out of the house]].
--> '''Piper:''' "But it feels good that forever isn't today".
* "Styx Feet Under" features one between Paige and Piper. Piper as the Angel of Death has to lead her sister to the afterlife, and Paige's futile attempts at stalling by tearfully admitting things such as her taking Piper's earrings and borrowing a jacket without asking then letting Phoebe take the blame is heartbreaking. Of course her death is averted but still.
--> '''Paige:''' You can't blame a girl for trying?
* The final line of "Centennial Charmed", when Paige has returned reality to normal but with [[spoiler:Cole still dead]]. Rather than delivering the last line as another one of Paige's quips (which could've made Paige sound mean-spirited), Creator/RoseMcGowan makes Paige sound almost [[AlasPoorVillain pitying]].
--> '''Paige:''' [[spoiler:Happy birthday, Cole.]]
* "P-20" in which the sisters deal with the same demon that killed their mother. Poor Phoebe, who must use her power to see what their mother did wrong when she attempted to vanquish it, ends up not only seeing how Patty dies in her premonition, but actually relives it.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"How dare you leave me! How could you go and die and leave me here all alone? Please come back. I need you. Please come back!"]]
* ''Charmed'' is notorious for being full of {{Narm}}, the 4th-season's "Hell Hath No Fury" as fury-Piper screams at the top of her lungs '''"How dare you ''leave me''?!"''' to [[McLeaned Prue's]] [[ItWasHisSled grave]] is sad. Considering how [[DeathIsCheap cheap death usually is]] for the Halliwell sisters, this kind of permanence in the show isn't taken lightly.
* Even the cheap deaths can be devastating when they're played well. The fact that she's alive again by the next episode doesn't make Piper's "[[ImColdSoCold ...Prue? I'm cold...]]" in ''All Hell Breaks Loose'' any less soul-crushing.
* In "Morality Bites" when Phoebe realises [[spoiler: that she must die for her crimes and Prue and Piper have to stand back and watch her burn to death.]]
* [[spoiler: Prue's]] funeral at the start of season 4. The music adds to it as well, Creator/HollyMarieCombs is brilliant as usual in that scene and Darryl the DeadpanSnarker was tearing up.
** Particularly Piper's furious scream when a demonic bounty hunter comes after Cole. You can really feel her frustration that even on ''today of all days'', they can't catch a break.
* In "A Paige From the Past" when Paige goes back in time to see her parents' deaths. That remains Creator/RoseMcGowan's strongest performance of the series.
* Source-possessed Cole being vanquished in "Long Live the Queen." Made worse by little moments such as Cole genuinely saying he doesn't want to have to kill Piper, Phoebe's "I'm sorry," as she chooses saving her sisters and Leo over Cole, and what Cole intended to be a DyingDeclarationOfLove.
* The sixth season finale where Chris dies and Leo just loses it. Very sad and tear-inducing.
** This whole episode is borderline Leo torture: Leo has finally managed to mend fences with his son from the future who hates him, and the cast has managed to protect Wyatt when everything goes to hell. Gideon escapes, the world is now out of balance, Piper is in the hospital in labor with complications, and Barbas the Demon of Fear is on the loose and now working with Gideon. The two sisters who ''haven't'' been warped by the change in the balance of the world are put under a spell leaving Leo and Chris as the only ones unaffected and trying to put everything right. Leo is then taunted/tortured by Barbas with visions of Evil!Wyatt and gets back home just in time to find his mentor and friend kidnapping his infant older son, and his adult younger son lying on the floor with a stab wound he got trying to protect his brother. This wound, of course, is magical in nature and can't be healed with any magic but the one who did the stabbing. Chris repeatedly insists Leo stop trying to heal him and go rescue Wyatt, finally convincing Leo with the words "Find Gideon, and you'll save us both." After retrieving one of the sisters to watch over Chris, he leaves to find a way to locate Gideon, and when he finally finds a lead, he hears Paige shouting for him, and gets back to Chris just in time to beg him not to die.
--> '''Leo:''' Hey, I'm here now you can hold on okay? Hold on, hold on... I'm here, you can hold on. Don't give up, okay?
--> '''Chris:''' You either...
--> '''Leo:''' No, no, no. Please, no, no, please no...
** Immediately after Chris' death, Leo is so caught up in his grief that he doesn't notice that Chris' body disappears. He clings to the sheets until he looks up and realizes Chris isn't there anymore and his rage causes him to completely wreck the attic. Really, what makes this season finale so moving is the fact that it's a series of [[AdultFear adult fears]] manifested in one plot, between Leo trying not to make a choice of which son to save, finding out that [[BrokenPedestal someone he trusted so much was trying to kill his son]], as well as the knowledge in the back of his mind that his wife is going through a risky delivery process in a completely screwed up world. It's only further enhanced by the fact that Brian Krause dishes out the best acting he has in him in these episodes.
* In "Payback's A Witch," during his birthday party, Wyatt brings his action figures to life to search for the PutOnABus Leo. Wyatt doesn't know what happened, but he feels Leo broke a promise to always be there. That is sad enough, but it turns out that Wyatt blames himself for Leo going away.
* "Dead Man Dating" Piper falling in love with Mark, a handsome Chinese guy... who's already dead and needs her help to recover his corpse so he can pass on. The scene where she tries to hold him but can't because he goes right through her could come across as silly but it's incredibly moving.
** The end of the episode, where Mark is reunited with his father [[TogetherInDeath as they leave to the afterlife]]. The sisters watch over this and are understandably saddened.
* The beginning of "A Knight To Remember" where Piper is sitting in Prue's room, going through all her things before sadly putting on her jacket and leaving. Turns into a CMOH at the end [[spoiler: when Paige moves in with them]].
* Billie's crying in the season finale? She sounded like a seal. Her crying in front of her parents in "Mr and Mrs Witch" to try and get them to remember who she is? Genuine TearJerker.
* The flashback episode "Pre-Witched" after Penny has just died from a heart attack. A scene after the funeral has all sisters in the living room together. Piper tries to keep things optimistic and offers to make everyone dinner but Prue rebuffs her to meet her fiance while Phoebe informs the two of them that she's moving out, saying there's nothing there for her anymore. Both Prue and Phoebe walk out of the room leaving Piper alone trying to hold back her tears. Contrasted with a Heartwarming Moment at the end of the episode in the present when [[spoiler: Piper decides not to move out of the house]].
--> '''Piper:''' "But it feels good that forever isn't today".
* "Styx Feet Under" features one between Paige and Piper. Piper as the Angel of Death has to lead her sister to the afterlife, and Paige's futile attempts at stalling by tearfully admitting things such as her taking Piper's earrings and borrowing a jacket without asking then letting Phoebe take the blame is heartbreaking. Of course her death is averted but still.
--> '''Paige:''' You can't blame a girl for trying?
* The final line of "Centennial Charmed", when Paige has returned reality to normal but with [[spoiler:Cole still dead]]. Rather than delivering the last line as another one of Paige's quips (which could've made Paige sound mean-spirited), Creator/RoseMcGowan makes Paige sound almost [[AlasPoorVillain pitying]].
--> '''Paige:''' [[spoiler:Happy birthday, Cole.]]
* "P-20" in which the sisters deal with the same demon that killed their mother. Poor Phoebe, who must use her power to see what their mother did wrong when she attempted to vanquish it, ends up not only seeing how Patty dies in her premonition, but actually relives it.
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