I have watched other reactions to this episode, and when Robert Englund was revealed, some hadn't even recognized him...the disrespect lol. I got the chills from your excitement. You are correct. Seeing Robert certainly made the episode so sinister. It was just so good to see him a part of the Charmed Cast family. New to the craft and all, I just love how Paige has stepped up even from episode 1. As Phoebe said at the end of episode 3 of this season, Paige is handling it better than most would have
Prudence
2023-05-24 18:58:15 +0000 UTC
Yeah, admittedly I found that odd that he can just essentially mend a sign (then again, handyman soooo xD)
Liam Catterson
2023-05-17 08:56:06 +0000 UTC
He can't heal animals but he can heal the sign 😅
Samuel Fernandez
2023-05-17 02:01:08 +0000 UTC
I've read somewhere that this episode was originally written to be aired before episode 4. Which does kind of make sense in that Piper is still having trouble accepting Paige as a Charmed One here, but testing her on witchcraft in the one before. Also the lighter body swap episode coming after this episode which touches more keenly than 4 on the theme of still processing grief, would make sense.
Also, the Writers Cannot Do Math trope is alive and well in this episode. The show already established in Season 1 that Phoebe was born in late 1975. Here it's late 2001 and they're putting in a line saying Phoebe was 27 when she graduated from college at the end of Season 3.