Cheaper by the Coven

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Grams, Patty and Victor attend Baby Chris' Wiccaning in Cheaper by the Coven

General information

• Episode of the popular U.S. television series, Charmed
• Episode Number: 3
• Season: 7
• First Aired: September 26, 2004 on The WB in the United States of America
• Production Code: 4301137
• Writer: Mark Wilding
• Director: Derek Johansen

Synopsis

Template:Spoiler Against Piper's wishes, Paige and Phoebe summon Grams for Chris's wiccaning. To put an end to the brother's sibling rivalry, Grams puts a spell on them, but in the process turns the sisters back to bickering teenagers. Meanwhile, Leo consults a demonic Seer to find out who attacked Wyatt and learns that he has a connection to Wyatt's attacker, and Phoebe attends an award ceremony with Les, only to end up acting like a love-struck teenager.

Book of Shadows

Enemies

• The Seer: See Seer (Charmed)

Spells

• To Summon A Spirit: place a series of candles in a circle and recite outside the circle: Hear these words, hear my cry, Spirit from the other side. Come to me, I summon thee. Cross now the great divide.
• To Resolve Sibling Rivalry: Pass your petty jealousies to darkest night. Let these feuding siblings no longer fight.
• To Reverse Sibling Rivalry Spell: Reverse the spell from the book, and please restore what was took.
• To Freeze Someone: Let this girl, quick as a sneeze, stop this snit and quickly freeze.
• To Summon the Halliwell Matriarchs: I call forth from space and time, Matriarchs from the Halliwell line. Mothers, daughters, sisters, friends. Our family spirit without end.

Guest stars

• Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt
• Jennifer Rhodes as Grams
• Finola Hughes as Patty Halliwell
• James Read as Victor Bennet
• Jason & Kristopher Simmons as Wyatt Halliwell
• Charisma Carpenter as Kira/Seer
• Nick Lachey as Leslie St. Claire
• Marc Wilson as Rex
• Tac Fitzgerald as Ben
• Peter Breitmayer as Emcee
• Mandy Freund as Female Fan
• Finley Donoho as Baby Chris

Trivia

• This episode is a play on words to the film Cheaper by the Dozen.
• Baby Chris receives his Wiccaning in this episode. His brother had one previous to him in the episode Necromancing the Stone.
• This is the first episode to show actress Charisma Carpenter as the new Seer. She played a similar role on the tv series Angel as clairvoyant Cordelia Chase.
• This is the first time all of the family has been together under one roof (minus Prue, of course).
• When Paige said the To Summon a Spirit spell, she left out the line Come to me, I summon thee.
• While originally a continuity error, the writers put in the "witch talk" Grams referred to, between Grams and young Piper in the series finale, Forever Charmed, referring to the special gifts she would one day inherit.
• The spell that Paige used to summon a spirit is not the same one used in previous episodes.

International titles

• French: Frères ennemis
• Spanish: La ceremonia

External links

• TV.com episode guide

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