Charmed (1998)

6 revealing mistakes in season 5 - chronological order

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Starring: Rose McGowan, Alyssa Milano, Shannen Doherty, Julian McMahon, Brian Krause, Holly Marie Combs

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance

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A Witch's Tail (2) - S5-E2

Revealing mistake: When Piper blows up the painting you can see the hole used to put the charge into to blow it up. (00:57:40)

Michael Piscitelli

A Witch's Tail (2) - S5-E2

Revealing mistake: When Phoebe goes to sign her papers at the end, she spells her name as Pheobe. (01:22:45)

Siren Song - S5-E4

Revealing mistake: When the Siren is being healed, you can see that she's just holding the pole next to her, when it's supposed to be going straight through her. (00:19:50)

Witches in Tights - S5-E5

Revealing mistake: The character Ramus (the elder) changes actor when Leo jumps and orbs to get him away from the attack of the Aggressor. The actor's stand-in is visible instead. (00:18:52)

The Importance of Being Phoebe - S5-E11

Revealing mistake: When Kaya throws the knife at Phoebe watch in freeze-frame and you can see that for the shot from behind her there's no knife in her hands. (00:36:10)

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House Call - S5-E13

Revealing mistake: When Piper made the house vanish, and she, Paige and Leo ran up to where it was, the background was obviously fake. (00:35:35)

Plot hole: When teenage Prue has run away with the demon, and Phoebe and Piper find her in the park, teenage Prue is 'killed'. Her sisters drive her home to get Leo to heal her, but shouldn't they have just been able to call to Leo to orb to them when Prue was first hurt, and heal her in the park, and save driving back to the Manor, risking Prue dying?

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Suggested correction: I see orbing to the park but he didn't heal her, she was already dead and he can't heal the dead, that's why the genie brought her back - that's what Phoebe wished for.

But if they would have called for him right away - he would have been able to heal her before she died. However at this point in time I don't think they knew how to call for him.

Yes, they did know how to call him. At least Phoebe did, because when Piper got sick in the hospital from the disease she inherited from the illegal fruit, Prue and Phoebe screamed out Leo's name until he appeared in the attic.

They did, they first tried it in the episode when Piper was sick with an exotic disease and dying in the hospital.

It bothers me that they never used it again until Season 4. When Prue was held by Abby, Leo could have helped if she called, and so many other times... so annoying.

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Quotes

Something Wicca This Way Comes - S1-E1

Piper: [Seeing Jeremy on the news.] Hey, that's my boyfriend Jeremy. What happened?
Phoebe: Oh, some woman got whacked.
Piper: "Whacked"? Phoebe, you've been in New York way too long.

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Trivia

Season 6 generally

Trivia: Holly Marie Combs's real life pregnancy with her son Finley Arthur Donoho was mirrored by Piper's pregnancy with Chris in this season.

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Questions

Show generally

Question: In the opening credits, Holly Combs is credited with "and Holly Marie Combs as 'Piper'". Why was she credited with her character's name, when none of the other three lead actresses were?

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Chosen answer: Her agent/manager negotiated a special billing as part of her contract. It distinguishes her from the rest of the cast, probably when she became a producer on the show.

JC Fernandez

Answer: She became a producer.

Incorrect. Her billing changed in season 4 but she didn't become a producer until season 5.

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