Love's a Witch

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Paige consoles Richard in Love's a Witch

General information

• Episode of the popular U.S. television series, Charmed
• Episode Number: 5
• Season: 6
• Production Code: 4301116
• Airdate: October 19, 2003
• Writer: Jeannine Renshaw
• Director: Stuart Gillard

Synopsis

Template:Spoiler When Paige's latest temp job puts her in the middle of an ongoing feud between two magical families, the Montanas and the Callaways, she falls for Richard Montana and urges both families to consider a truce. Paige, Phoebe and Piper hold a séance with both families and everyone is stunned to learn that Richard's first love, Olivia Callaway, is now a ghost and has been escalating the feud to avenge her death. Paige becomes possessed by Olivia's spirit, and Phoebe and Piper must banish Olivia in order to save Paige and the two families. Meanwhile, Leo is suspicious when Chris travels to the Underworld in search of a potion.

Book of Shadows

Enemies

• Ghosts: Neutral beings who return to the world of the living for their own various reasons.

Spells

• To Summon the Dead: Unknown spirit, we call to thee. Those who wish to set you free. Cross on over, so that we may help. Come to us. Reveal yourself.
• To Locate a Sister: Lead me back from whence this came. Help me help my sister's pain.
• To Banish a Spirit: Pour this mixture over the departed bones: a palmful of pomegranate seeds, ground into a fine paste, a pinch of comfry root, a pinch of blood meal, a pinch of clematis seed, a pinch of dried rhubarb leaf. Mix well, add a chalice of twice blessed water and boil.
• To Block a Power: In the name of the Halliwell line, bar my sisters from this power of mine.
• To Call A Lost Witch: Mix the following in a silver mortar: a pinch of rosemary, a sprig of cypress, and a yarrow root. Grind with a pestle while chanting: Power of the witches rise, Course unseen across the skies. Come to us who call you near, Come to us and settle here Spill the spell caster's own blood into the mortar and continue chanting: Blood to blood, I summon thee. Blood to blood, return to me.

Guest stars

• Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt
• Drew Fuller as Chris Perry
• Balthazar Getty as Richard Montana
• Rachelle Lefevre as Olivia Callaway
• J. Michael Flynn as Benjamin Montana
• David Greene as Steve Montana
• Marjorie Lovett as Rosaline Montana
• Christine Healy as Grandma Callaway
• Carl Anthony Nespoli as Burt Callaway
• James Sutorius as James Callaway
• Michael Muhney as Seth
• Daniel Hagen as Carl
• Mako as Sorcerer

Trivia

• The episode title is a play on words to the phrase Love's a bitch.
• This is the first appearance of actor Balthazar Getty as Richard Montana.
• Annoyed at Phoebe constantly reading their emotions with her new empathic power, Piper, Paige and Chris swallowed a potion that blocked their emotions from Phoebe in this episode.
• Richard said that you can't curse someone who doesn't practice magic, but there have been many times where an innocents have been cursed.
• The restaurant "Anthony's" is the same building used earlier in the series for the "Quake" restaurant, which is where Piper worked as a chef before buying P3.
• This is the first time we see witches creating Energy Balls. Previous to this episode only demons could create them, although the two families do not necessarily practice good magic or the Wiccan reed all the time because of the feud, and they have concocted several war potions.
• The To Banish a Spirit potion was first mentioned in the episode Reckless Abandon.
• The idea of the witch family feud between the Montanas and the Callaways was based on the famous Hatfield-McCoy feud, as well as the tragedy Romeo and Juliette, in which the feuding families have similar names to the families in this episode.

External links

• TV.com episode guide