Bride and Gloom (Charmed)

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Prue and hubby Zile in Bride and Gloom

General Information

• Episode of the popular U.S. television series, Charmed
• Episode Number: 13
• Season: 3
• Production Code: 4300057
• Airdate: February 8, 2001
• Writer: William Schmidt
• Director: Chris Long

Synopsis

Template:Spoiler Phoebe and Piper are lured to the dark side (much to the worry of Leo) and relish their new evil powers when a shape-shifting warlock and demonic priestess tricks Prue into a shot-gun wedding in an effort to steal the Book of Shadows.

Book of Shadows

Enemies

• Zile: A shape-shifting warlock who tricks Prue into marrying him.
• Dantalian: A dark priestess who marries Prue to a warlock in a dark ceremony.

Spells

• Dark Priestess Curse: Must possess a Book of Shadows or Dark Grimoire to channel the spell through. Through this book weave this spell. Create the pain of heaven to hell. May she suffer, Excemo dempress anama tomb.
• To Vanquish A Dark Priestess: Powers of Light, Magic of Right, Cast this Blight into Forever's Night.
• Hemlock Killing Spell: Boil a Hemlock root and serve its contents to your chosen victim after reciting this spell: Branch of Hemlock do Your Deed. Blood of Life will you Impede. Poisoned Fork will stop the Breath, and in the End will bring Death.
• To Kill A Female Warlock: Must possess a Book of Shadows or Dark Grimoire to channel the spell through. Through the book, cast the spell. Bring the death, of evil and hell. May she suffer, until she cries. Her tears will run, and then she dies.

Guest Stars

• Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt
• Julian McMahon as Cole Turner
• Michael Bailey Smith as Belthazor
• Tom O'Brien as Zile
• Una Damon as Dantalian
• Tracey Costello as Marie
• D.C. Douglas as Craig
• Chad Willett as Justin Harper
• Jason Tomlins as Waiter

Trivia

• This episode's title is a play on words to the wedding phrase bride and groom
• The movie that Phoebe is watching at the beginning of this episode is the fictional Kill It Before It Dies from the season two episode Chick Flick.
• In the scene where the High Priestess steals the Book of Shadows, she falls on the floor right before Piper and Phoebe torture her. If you look at the soles of her footwear, at first they are those of black workboots, then when the camera changes angles, they change to pointy toed boots.
• Piper's freezing power is expanded for this episode. Not only can she stop an object in place, but she can literally freeze it into a figure of ice.
• All three sisters, once they become evil, develop additional powers such as: transmogrification, conjuration, and the power to blink.

External Links

TV.com episode guide