Previously on Charmed...
HARRY: It's just my luck.
I finally get together
with the woman of my dreams, only for her
to become allergic to me.
And my sisters and every other
magical being on Earth.
MEL: Please tell me you're not avoiding him.
Last time we got close,
I got zapped across the room.
Tell me about it. I am having
a long-distance relationship
with Ruby from five feet away.
HARRY: We know
from the revelation spell that
these prehistoric symbols
on the stone tablet
have something to do with your allergy.
MACY: And they match the symbols left behind
by the Chupa-Alma and Omon.
Where the hell did these extinct
creatures even come from?
Well, that is the trillion-dollar question.
PRIMORDIAL DEMON: No need to lose your head over it.
You're lucky I don't wipe the floor
with your elitist Primordial ass.
ABIGAEL: Damn it!
Stop your incessant yammering, demons.
It's the oldest story in the book.
Girl meets girl, girl shags girl,
'cause she knows it'll piss off Daddy.
You have ten seconds to work this out.
This marriage happens over my dead body.
As you wish.
(wind whistling)
(both yelling)
(thudding, tires squealing)
(car horn honks)
(wind whistles)
Make sure someone disinfects the sidewalk.
I'm going to bed.
Yes, my Overlord.
(screaming)
(owl hooting in distance)
Elliot Larson here, hot on the trail
of our little green brothers from another mother.
(whooshing)
(explosive rumble)
I knew it!
Elliot Larson, AlienHunter.com.
Uh, I-I've spotted an alien, and I'm in pursuit now on foot.
Ow. Damn it!
MACY: This guy, again, with the alien conspiracies?
Who's watching this stuff?
Apparently, our sister.
Well, I have been keeping an eye on this nutbag
since our run-in with that Omon monster.
It's a good thing I did.
Take a look.
Another symbol, like the one
Omon and that other monster left behind.
And on that tablet Harry found.
MEL: First Omon, and now this.
Either he's some
crazy guy who got lucky
and stumbled onto two magical events.
Or he's magical himself.
He could be conjuring these creatures
and controlling them, like golems.
Which makes him very dangerous.
Time to pay our friend Elliot a visit
and find out who or what he is.
What? You're not coming? I have to meet
a dozen volunteers in, like, 20 minutes
for my movement therapy clinic.
I can't be late.
Ruby is waiting for me.
I'm trying to have
a relationship with no sex.
I have to at least show up for a coffee date.
Well, I'm the CEO of SafeSpace Seattle.
I have responsibilities, too.
Yes, and you're your own boss. You make your own schedule.
I can't cancel on Ruby. Again.
It's fine. I got this.
Thank you. It's okay.
(sighs)
(groans)
(back cracks) Oh! Oh.
Ah. Seriously.
If anyone makes another
crack about my age...
(back cracks) Oh!
I never really considered
the age difference between Macy and myself.
JORDAN: Whitelighters-- they don't age, right?
So, eventually,
she'll catch up to you.
She'll even surpass you.
Harry?
Everything all right?
Sorry, just frustrated with the lack of progress.
I didn't even hear you come in.
Oh, you were all wrapped up
in your Beautiful Mind world over there.
(chuckles)
Answer any burning questions?
No. No, not yet.
I thought you were CEOing up in SafeSpace.
I should be, except we have a magical allergy
we still haven't solved.
Ancient creatures popping up from who knows where.
And now, a mysterious new clue
that could be the key to all of it.
New clue?
Well, that sounds promising.
I could use a partner in crime.
Always. Where are we off to?
(upbeat music playing)
(pinging)
The land of tinfoil hats.
♪ ♪
So, how's the quest for the cure going?
To your mysterious allergy?
Slowly. Oh.
I miss... being able to...
You know.
Hello, Ruby Tuesday!
I was hoping you'd be here.
Hey, Bella. Hey.
Have you met Mel?
Oh, yeah. Hey.
Hey.
those maple pecan muffins?
I made you a special batch.
What?! Oh, thank you!
I put bourbon in them,
and they are a gazillion times better.
I got to go. I'm on shift. Bye, Mel.
(quietly): Bye.
Does a gazillion come before or after a bazillion?
I can't remember, Ruby Tuesday.
Mel. We are just friends.
Friends with muffin benefits?
Okay, uh, she did ask me out last week,
but, obviously, I said "no."
Why obviously?
I'm with you.
But you can't, you know, be with me.
We've been doing okay.
"Okay" is no way to live.
Are you sure you don't want to...?
I'm sure.
Oh, uh...
And plus, this allergy won't last forever.
(phone buzzing)
Hello?
ABIGAEL: Did you miss me?
Abby. Where are you?
Turn around.
We need to talk.
♪ Listen up ♪
♪ Attention please ♪
♪ Face the front ♪
♪ All eyes on me ♪
♪ Attention please, face the front... ♪
♪ ♪
Maggie?
Oh.
Hey, Jordan.
Hey. It's been a minute.
Yeah. Yeah. It's, um...
I've been so busy with school.
Mm-hmm. How's your fancy
law firm internship?
It's good. I'm working with one of the managing partners
on a big case for ShopToad.
Wow. Jordan, that's a huge client.
If I impress the top brass, hopefully,
they'll offer me a job when I graduate.
A few years at Dunhill & Moore...
I can write my own ticket after that.
Yeah.
What about you?
Mel told me you're up for a prestigious research
internship. Congrats.
Oh. Yeah, don't pop the champagne
just yet.
My volunteers-- all 12 of them-- just stood me up.
It was just a proof of concept,
but I was really excited to work with people, you know?
Um, have you looked at the names on this sheet closely?
"Anita Bath."
"Lucy Bowels." "Phillip McCrack."
"Hugh Jass."
I've been sabotaged.
Can you think of anyone who'd want to do this to you?
You got your internship topic yet?
Antonio.
Just when I was beginning to...
Desire me?
you go off and reclaim
the "Demon Overlord" title.
Respect is overrated.
I prefer to be feared.
So I've heard. Apparently, you're more vicious than ever.
Oh, relax. No witches were harmed
in the making of this overlord.
I'm just keeping my underlings in line.
I don't have time for this. What do you want?
Well, since I helped you on your little visit
to your mother's grave, I figured a favor
for a favor.
Someone or something is trying to kill me.
It's not surprising,
considering your leadership style.
This is different.
An evil spirit is stalking me.
It waits for me to fall asleep, and then, it comes for me.
I've tried to ward it off.
(whimpers)
I've tried to catch it or kill it.
(thudding)
Unsuccessfully.
(growling)
The last attack was particularly violent.
That sounds frightening.
But what do you want from me, Abby?
I can't trust anyone...
except you.
You may loathe me, but you've never betrayed me.
Look, Abby, your affairs
are your own.
Who's kept demons off your lawn for the last few months?
Kept the peace between our warring factions?
Plus,
I've heard about the monsters you are now encountering.
Perhaps the one pursuing me is one of them,
and our interests are once again aligned.
You may not like me, but you need me.
Alive.
(sighs)
(crow cawing in distance)
MACY: First I'll shake his hand.
That'll confirm or rule out our hypothesis
that he is in fact a magical creature.
It could also prove quite painful for you.
Touching a magical creature.
That's a price I'm willing to pay for answers.
Elliot, I'm Macy.
We spoke on the phone.
Are you sure you weren't followed?
Most definitely.
This is Harry. He's with me.
Elliott.
(quietly): Nothing? Are you sure?
Positive. He's definitely not magical.
ELLIOT: So...
what did it smell like
when the aliens portalled you
through that beam of light?
Well, um,
it was kind of like, uh, burnt...
uh, marshmallow.
And you don't remember anything after the, um...
(clears throat) ...probing?
Probing.
Thankfully, no.
similar reports from other survivors.
You just happen to be the first married couple
I've met who were abducted
at the same time. Oh, no, Oh, no,
We're not married.
Oh. That makes sense.
You are a little old for her,
after all.
So, uh, Elliott,
we watched your latest video, the one
with the big light in the sky...
that got away?
I knew I should have worn different shoes.
Yes. Tell me, why that spot?
How did you know you might see something there?
Call it intuition.
And, Elliott,
what, uh, what-what's this?
Don't touch that!
No.
No, no,
no.
This is my house. You don't just come
in here and start groping another man's collectibles!
It's not right!
When it rains, it pours.
Stay here and do not touch anything!
Mother always said houseguests were a lot of work.
(whispers): Go.
(deep whoosh)
ELLIOTT: Listen, I'm sorry
I snapped, it's just...
What in the hell?
Oh, what have you done?
What have you done!?
Harry? I think I got something.
A symbol-- like the ones from the creatures and the tablet.
It-it's embedded in this orb.
This orb is obviously linked to our monster mystery.
Must be how Elliott was able to locate them.
We need to figure out how this thing works.
And what this terribly complicated system
of symbols means.
Hey, maybe there are some kind of
identifi...
(chuckles): What?
We're just good together.
We are.
What's wrong?
(phone buzzes)
You-you should get that.
(phone chiming, buzzing)
Oh, no. There's an issue with the new tenant.
I-I've been trying to get the board to approve
this pro bono legal clinic,
and they want to meet right now.
(phone chiming, buzzing)
And so does an inspector about the café capacity.
(phone chiming, buzzing)
And the sanitation department to discuss our...
trash violations.
Can you, um,
can you handle this orb situation,
and, I don't know,
investigate how it works?
Yeah, of course, I'll take care of it. Don't worry.
I don't worry when you're around.
You always manage
to solve the problem.
(Macy ascending stairs)
(door creaks open)
(door closes)
I wish I had all the answers.
What the...?
(gasps softly)
What's happening?
(breath trembles)
♪ Oh... ♪
JORDAN: You're sure it was him?
Of course it was him. Who else would stoop so low?
He knows I'm his competition, so he's out to destroy me.
Antonio Garcia-- anyone seen him?
Who?
who thinks it's cute to undermine women,
but don't worry, ladies, I will get him.
Um, Maggie, sorry,
I got to run to the firm.
If this guy really pulled a stunt like this...
you should report him.
Well, I'm gonna do more than that-- I'm gonna crush him.
Well, as a future lawyer,
I'm all about crushing the competition.
Last year, life kicked our butts.
This year, we're gonna kick its ass back.
Hell yeah, we are.
♪ Build a wall on the border ♪
♪ Do your job, you soldier... ♪
I think I know just how I'm gonna do it.
♪ This is the new world order... ♪
Change it here,
change it there, change the posters everywhere.
♪ And I know you want to see ♪
♪ And I know you want to breathe ♪
♪ Oh, oh... ♪
(footsteps approaching)
Harry. What... what did you figure out?
Shh. You mustn't shout.
Can't you see I'm working here?
Uh, I'm sorry.
I've had a breakthrough.
I have the answers.
All of them.
(Harry mumbling)
Articulation points.
Ah.
Two degrees.
(laughs quietly)
Uh, two degrees.
Two degrees, two degrees. I couldn't see it.
(laughs) I couldn't see it. Here.
(laughing)
I couldn't see it.
Harry?
Are you okay?
I'm better than okay.
Thanks to this orb, I'm finally connecting the dots
and seeing patterns.
It's as if the universe is all coming into focus at once.
I was able to translate
symbols...
into numbers.
How did you...?
I compared and quantified
the ascending and descending strokes on each character
and then related that to the vertices
between the terminals on each stroke.
Then I compared those values
to Sanskrit, Egyptian,
Tamil, Hebrew, Greek...
I think the numbers are more than just identifiers.
Shh.
They contain location information.
Like the Dewey decimal system,
which not only tells you what kind of book it is,
but where it's located in the library.
(rustling papers)
Uh...
Harry?
That orb is just... is doing something to you.
You need to put it down.
No. No, we're so close to solving all our problems.
(gasps softly)
It's such a beautiful kaleidoscope.
Ah...
All the colors.
Mm-hmm. Very beautiful. Can I see it?
No! No, no, don't touch it. It's mine.
You can't just walk in here and take a man's orb.
Okay.
Well, then, um, how about some rest?
Please.
Promise me you'll rest until I can figure out
what's happening to you.
Okay.
(panting softly)
(whispers): I'll rest.
(pinging)
Hey, Maggie.
I'm looking for the coward
who vandalized my flyers.
I think I know who it is.
Oh, so you can dish it out but you can't take it, huh?
What?
with this golden boy act, but I see right through you.
I know you filled
my signup sheet with fake names.
What are you talking about?
I never touched your signup sheet.
(faintly): What?
(sighs) You got Sigma-slammed, too.
I got what?
have been messing with the psych department students.
It's part of a rush prank.
ANTONIO: I can't believe
you thought I would do that.
I don't know who's worse, you or the Sigmas.
(crumpling flyer)
(Maggie smacks lips)
OLIVER: Jordan.
I read your research memo.
This is some, uh, A-plus work here.
Thank you, sir.
It will definitely scare opposing counsel into settling.
Who's that?
That is the plaintiff.
$25,000? My client is paralyzed
from the waist down
because of the backbreaking work she did for ShopToad.
Unfortunately, your client turned off
the safety mechanism for her sorting machine.
to meet ShopToad's
unrealistic productivity guidelines.
Otherwise, she would have been fired.
Well, you have absolutely no evidence to support that.
You really think a jury's gonna buy that?
I don't think a jury will have to.
Jordan?
I'm sure you're familiar with the concept
of contributory negligence.
In 13 cases where the plaintiff sustained injuries
as a result of defying company policy,
juries ruled in favor of the defendant.
MACY: Elliot?
Oh, my God.
Elliot?
What the...?
Where's my orb?!
(both grunt)
(gasps, screams)
(screams)
Who are you?
Really?
And what are you?
Elliot Larson.
Alien hunter. And that thing, it...
it-it took my eyes.
I'm blind!
(whimpering)
(phone buzzing)
Yes?
if you were in the room with me while I slept.
Don't push it, Abby.
I can see you perfectly well through the scry glass.
Well, if you see it,
don't kill it. Capture it.
I want to watch its face when I torture it...
...slowly.
Good night.
("Hell" by Jordan Max playing)
♪ Sending countries to war ♪
♪ Just killing themselves... ♪
Last call, Maggie.
♪ Whilst living in hell... ♪
JORDAN: Maggie?
Hey.
How did crushing
the competition go?
I, uh, crushed it, all right.
Wasn't him. It was
some stupid frat prank.
I changed all his flyers to get revenge.
I'm such an idiot.
Let my own insecurities get the best of me.
I mean, how could I stoop so low?
sometimes, when we want things badly,
we put blinders on.
Not you. (chuckles softly)
You always seem to find a way to do the right thing.
Don't be so sure.
The plan was to land a job at a top firm.
Make some good money, pay off student loans,
then go after the real dream.
Public interest law.
Now, I'm
at this big firm, on this big case,
and suddenly... (sighs)
I'm saying and doing things that don't...
feel like me.
♪ Having trouble with the Lord... ♪
Ambition is as scary a monster as I've encountered.
I guess we just have to figure out
a way to get what we want
without compromising who we are.
First we have to figure out what we actually want.
♪ While the devil sings ♪
What do you want, Maggie?
♪ Throughout the valley of the blind... ♪
We gonna talk about what happened
or didn't happen between us?
♪ You might be asking the Lord... ♪
You mean...
when we got close, and...
You got zapped.
'Cause of my curse or something.
I don't want
things to be weird between us.
Look, Jordan, this allergy thing is...
really hard.
I've been
watching Harry and Macy and Mel and Ruby
stumble their way through it.
♪ Are you brave enough... ♪
Look, I know there are feelings here between us.
♪ Strong enough to put the pains... ♪
But I can't do anything with that right now.
♪ In a world of liars... ♪
I just... I need this to be the Year of Me.
Focus on my goals and my dreams.
And you should.
You're a bright, shining star.
Yeah, when I'm not busy sabotaging myself.
(chuckles softly)
We all have a little monster in us.
Freud called it the id.
I call it the idiot. (chuckles softly)
(chuckles)
Well, I'd better hit the books.
I got an exam tomorrow.
See you around, Mags.
See you, Jordan.
♪ Disappear ♪
♪ Today, not tomorrow... ♪
Seriously,
who waters their houseplants in a bikini?
(phone chimes)
(sniffing)
Oh, crap!
(gasps) Abby, wake up!
Abby, please. Wake up. Abby, wake up!
MEL: Abby, wake up! Abby!
(whimpers)
(panting)
Did you see it?
Elliot, please.
Would you tell me what happened? How did you
get that orb?
What did it do to you?
Not until you give it back to me.
We have gone round and round on this.
I can't do that.
My friend Harry,
the man you met,
he's acting very, very strangely.
And I...
I love him very much,
and if he's in trouble,
I need to know.
I got a call from a guy in Oregon
who watches my channel.
He told me he had seen
some...
strange lights
in the sky, like a stargate.
So, I drove out there with all my equipment,
and that's when I saw it.
The orb, just lying there. Clearly,
some piece of alien technology
left behind.
But when I looked at it...
...I saw the most beautiful eye
filled with wondrous colors.
Colors.
Like a kaleidoscope?
Exactly. And then I started
seeing patterns like never before.
It was like the whole universe
was coming into focus at all once.
But then my eyes...
Things started to go blurry.
It gives you the power
to see things that you
could never see without it.
Little did I realize
it was taking my sight.
An eye for an eye, right?
Elliot,
what about all these... uh,
matrix drawings?
(sighs)
I don't remember.
It's like it all
faded away.
The orb.
The more you use it,
the more you need it.
It's like a drug.
If you love your friend the way you say that you do,
you must
get that thing away from him.
(groans) Before it's too late.
Uh...
(groans)
Elliot?
El-Elliot. Elliot!
ABIGAEL: Thanks for letting me crash here.
This is the only place I feel safe.
Don't get too comfy.
This is a temporary solution.
What would your sisters think of me bunking here,
albeit briefly?
However they react, I'll take care of it.
Admit it, you care about me.
Don't push it, Abby.
(doorbell rings)
1:00 a.m.
Expecting anyone?
Ruby.
Thank God you're alive.
What?
M-My text. You-you never responded, Mel.
I thought something happened to you.
ABIGAEL: Mel, who's there?
RUBY: Okay.
Uh, yeah, clearly, I've interrupted something.
So,
call me, Mel, when you're free.
Clearly, I interrupted something
with you and muffin girl. You're all over
her Instagram.
Wow. Okay, for the hundredth time,
there is nothing between me and Bella.
But seems like you're looking for an out here, Mel,
so I'll make it easy for you.
I'm out.
Ruby.
(sighs)
No, how can this be? I've plotted
every permutation. I expected
some sort of discernible pattern,
but none of the coordinates make sense!
Harry.
That orb is a drug.
The more you use it, the more addicted you get,
the worse the withdrawal.
We're so close to something. I can feel it.
This is the key to finding a tomb or a... or a prison.
Tomb? Harry, what are you talking about? Please, stop.
You have to get rid of that thing. Quickly.
Otherwise, you're gonna die.
No. You are.
What?
MEL: Why would you do that?
You're blaming me?
You did that on purpose.
Tried to make Ruby think that there was
something going on here.
I'm not the one who forgot
to answer my girlfriend's text.
Isn't it time you face your issues, Mel?
What are you talking about?
is just a scared little witch
hoping the people she loves won't abandon her.
So she abandons them first.
Or better yet, pushes them
to the point where they have no choice.
One night on the couch,
Abby, and then, you're on your own.
You're going to have
to deal with your monsters all by your lonesome.
Wait. You're not gonna stay with me?
(door closes)
MACY: What do you mean I'm gonna die?
T-Talk to me, Harry. Wh...
I'm immortal, Macy, but you're not.
I'll never get older.
What kind of future can we really have?
I don't think
that's something we can solve today.
You'll grow old, so old...
...and then I'll lose you.
I wish I had all the answers, Harry.
I-I wish I could solve all of it-- the-the allergy,
the monsters, us, but I can't.
Not yet, anyway.
No.
(gasps) No.
You know what "solve" is?
An anagram for "loves."
"Loves."
Love each other.
Right now, in this moment, 'cause that's all we have.
Let's worry about tomorrow, tomorrow.
Please, Harry, I...
I need you to give me that orb
before I lose you.
Please.
Yeah? Yeah. Okay.
That-that... that's it.
No.
(whimpers)
(gasps)
(sighs)
(floorboards creaking)
(low growling)
What the hell?
(low growling)
Maggie, I thought I heard you come in.
MAGGIE: Mel, look out!
(growls)
MAGGIE: Macy.
Quick. Power of Three.
Abby?
(low growling)
What?!
Abby, wake up!
(low growling)
Abby, wake up!
(low growl)
Wake up!
(pants softly)
Did you see it? Did you see the monster?
Abby, the monster is you.
MEL: So, you've been trying to kill yourself.
In your sleep.
That's when my demon form seems to take over.
Some people sleepwalk. I sleep-harm, apparently.
And that totem... is responsible?
As part of her
crusade to rid me of my demonic persuasions,
my mother stripped me of my demon form
when I was a little girl.
She sealed it
away in this totem
that was lost to me until a few months ago
when Jordan helped me find it,
along with my sister.
Sister?
Who wants nothing to do with me.
So your
mad grab for power in the demon world
is the result of your abandonment issues.
Every time I go to sleep,
I'm in danger of never waking up.
And I don't know how to make it stop.
your subconscious is trying to tell you something.
Maybe it's time you listen.
I'm really sorry.
A beer was the least I could do.
So, what made you think it was me?
It wasn't a very big leap, you being my nemesis and all.
I'm your nemesis?
No, you're my nemesis.
Me?
I mean, you're so
confident and smart.
You have this...
natural way of connecting with people.
It's pretty intimidating.
But you always talk over me.
I do.
I come from a family of three boys, where
if you didn't talk the loudest...
you weren't heard.
I guess sometimes we can be our own worst enemies.
Yeah.
But... let's not be each other's.
We all have enough negative voices in our own heads.
Whoever gets that internship deserves it.
To a clean slate.
Cheers.
(magical chime)
Maggie?
Um...
yeah, cheers.
Yeah. (laughs)
It's coffee?
I thought we could have a do-over.
Ruby, I'm sorry.
I acted like a jealous idiot.
I'm just afraid.
Of what? That you're gonna get bored
of this arm's-length relationship.
I guess just seeing you hug instant muffin girl
made me feel...
Insecure.
And seeing you
with that demon spawn
Abigael made me feel...
...the same.
I don't want Abby.
I want you.
And I don't want muffin girl.
But... I do like her muffins.
And that is not a euphemism.
♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh... ♪
Okay, they're good.
Mm-hmm.
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh... ♪
(crackling)
I should have known better than to wish for something
with an ancient orb at my fingertips.
MACY: So that's
what activated it for you?
I wished I could solve...
well, everything.
Why didn't you tell me what was on your mind?
Well, you've got your hands full trying to solve the allergy,
managing your responsibilities at SafeSpace.
I...
don't want to be...
another problem for you to solve.
Harry, you could never.
Most couples don't have to worry about one person living forever.
Since when have we been like most couples?
I've been working with your data.
Come, look at this.
Oh, come on. That got us nowhere.
Just a bunch of nonsense.
I don't think it is nonsense.
I was looking at your drawings.
They reminded me of the Kaluza-Klein theory.
It postulates the existence of a fifth dimension.
Fifth dimension. Okay.
It exists, but it's invisible to us.
I, uh... I took the numbers and entered them into
a genetics modeling program I used to use.
What if
these creatures and objects are coming
from another dimension, and the light in the sky
that Elliot saw was a rift
between those dimensions?
But what is it?
all hopped up on the orb, you said something
about a tomb, a prison.
Prison.
This is the key to finding
tomb or a... or a prison.
Tomb? Harry, what are you talking about?
We're dealing with powerful creatures
that haven't been seen in millions of years.
And they're not exactly bunnies or kittens.
Where do you put a bunch of baddies
so they don't wreak havoc on everyone?
A magical Alcatraz.
Those monsters are fugitives.
When we put the Source in the tree,
we blew the doors off the prison.
That means there could be...
thousands of fugitives out there.
Harry, what have we done?
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