Centennial Charmed is the 12th episode of the fifth season and the 100th overall episode of Charmed.

Summary

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Cole's twisted attempts to win Phoebe back destroy the Power of Three. The Charmed Ones must overcome the destruction he has caused and pull together to vanquish the desperate Cole.

Cast

Main Cast

• Alyssa Milano as Phoebe Halliwell
• Rose McGowan as Paige Matthews
• Holly Marie Combs as Piper Halliwell
• Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt
• Julian McMahon as Cole Turner
• Dorian Gregory as Darryl Morris

Guest Stars

• Joel Swetow as Alpha
• Steven Daniel as Lazarus Demon
• Deanna Russo as Eve
• Kristin Richardson as Darla
• Sandra Prosper as Sheila Morris
• Ricki Lopez as Homeless Man
• Debbi Morgan as The Seer

Special Musical Guest

• Michelle Branch

Co-Stars

• Sean Moran as Designer
• Michael Bergin as Handsome Demon
• Greg Provance as Demonic Guard

Magical Notes

Spells

To Turn into an Avatar

Avatar Alpha cast this Spell on Cole Turner, after he agreed that Cole could use his new powers to take care of one personal thing. The Spell successfully turned Cole into an Avatar. The spell itself is Latin and currently unknown. After he gained the unlimited powers of an Avatar, Cole used them to create an alternate reality in which Piper and Phoebe didn't meet Paige and thus didn't reconstitute the Power of Three, because Cole thought he and Phoebe were at their best before Paige.

Vibo essuero pachetuorom vichis daniarka

Convenio ospito fortis mondus.

To Create an Alternate Reality

After he gained Avatar powers, Cole cast a Spell to create an Alternate Reality in which Paige was dead and Piper and Phoebe thus never met her after Prue's death. He created this reality because he believed that his relationship with Phoebe was at its best before Paige. In this reality, Cole assumed his past life, thus he was Belthazor again there. Despite creating a reality where Paige had died, she accidentally orbed herself a way into it. The Spell itself is Latin and currently unknown.

Magna tampas dormi badrivas.

Potions

Invisibility Potion

Paige came up with another idea to vanquish Cole, which she tested on Leo. She drank a Potion that made her invisible long enough to sneak up on Cole. It also makes her some sort of Intangible, as she was able to enter Leo and Cole's bodies. There, she cast a Spell to blew them up from the inside. However, Cole wasn't vanquished; he just reconstituted after she blew him up.

Upper-Level Demon-Vanquishing Potion

In the Alternate Reality, Paige found out that she assumed the life of herself that she would've lived if she hadn't died in that reality, so she figured that Cole assumed his life in the Alternate Reality as well, and that he thus was Belthazor again, as he had not been vanquished and become indestructible because he contained The Source of All Evil which had replaced his demonic half. She was able to convince Piper and Leo that she was telling the truth and they helped her make this Vanquishing Potion for Cole.

Powers

• Orbing: Type of Teleportation used by Leo and Paige.
• Invisibility: (through Potion) Used by Paige to sneak up on Leo and Cole.
• Intangibility: (through Potion) Paige's Invisibility Potion also had somewhat of an Intangibility effect as she was able to enter Leo and Cole's bodies.
• Reconstitution: Used by Leo and Cole to reconstitute after Paige blew them up from the inside.
• Super Strength: Used by Cole mid-reconstituting to throw Paige out of the window and all the way to the bay.
• Power Granting: Used by Avatar Alpha to grant Cole Avatar powers.
• Fading: Type of Teleportation used by Avatar Alpha.
• Reality Warping: Used by Cole to create an alternate reality in which Piper and Phoebe haven't met Paige.
• Ash Teleportation: (Alternate Reality) Type of Teleportation used by the Lazarus Demon.
• Molecular Immobilization: (Alternate Reality) Used by Piper to freeze the Lazarus Demon. She unfroze his head later.
• Molecular Combustion: (Alternate Reality) Used by Piper to blow up the Lazarus Demon's arms and later the whole Demon (twice). She later used it to blast Cole.
• Resurrection: (Alternate Reality) Used by the Lazarus Demon to resurrect himself after Piper blew him up.
• Telekinesis: (Alternate Reality) Used by the Lazarus Demon to fling a pole to Piper. Cole used it to get the potion into his hand.
• Shimmering: (Alternate Reality) Type of Teleportation used by several Demons at Cole's party.
• Pyrokinesis: (Alternate Reality) Used by the Seer to vanquish the Demon who made Cole's birthday cake.
• Energy Ball: (Alternate Reality) Used by Cole to vanquish the Handsome Demon. He later used an energy ball to knock down Piper, Paige and Leo and to attack them.
• Telekinetic Orbing: (Alternate Reality) Used by Paige to orb the potion into her hands.

Notes and Trivia

• This is the 100th episode of Charmed aired.
• Cole is vanquished for the second and final time on his 118th birthday.
• This episode is Julian McMahon's final episode appearing as a series regular. He reappears as a guest star in "The Seven Year Witch". Cole returns in the comics starting in "The All or Nothing".
• This episode features a plot device commonly known as the "bad dream" phenomenon, which depicts the way things might have been if a key event had not taken place, altering things for the worse for one or more main characters.
• In this episode Piper is hunting a Lazarus Demon, a demon that first appeared in "Marry-Go-Round".
• Debbi Morgan reprises her role as The Seer a final time, as she was never vanquished in the alternate reality.
• This is the first time Sheila Morris appears.
• Michelle Branch performs Goodbye To You at P3. She also performed the same song in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode Tabula Rasa. It is presumably a tribute to Julian.
• The Phoebe of the real reality never saw Cole's final vanquish until Coop took her to see it in "Generation Hex".
• In the beginning of this episode Phoebe is wearing the same outfit Paige wore when they switched bodies in "Enter the Demon".
• This is one of nine episodes with the series title in it.
• Paige's death in the alternate timeline marks Paige's fourth death.
• Paige loses her powers for the fourth time in this episode.
• Phoebe does not use either of her powers.
• Symbolism and differences in the alternate reality;
  • Piper has become a vengeful and bitter demon hunter, looking to avenge Prue by vanquishing Shax. This also led to a divorce between her and Leo.
  • Phoebe is trapped in a loveless marriage to Cole and cheats on him with his demons. She is also a lot colder and distant, presumably due to losing her sisters.
  • Cole is Belthazor once more and is together with Phoebe, though it is clear she does not love him.
  • Leo has divorced Piper and seems more rough than before.
  • Darryl is forced to work for Cole and his demons.
  • P3 has been abandoned. The club symbolized the three sisters and the Power of Three, so its state reflects the state of the sisters.
  • Various demons, such as Shax, the Source and the Seer, are still alive.

Cultural References

• Paige tells Piper she is no "La Femme Nikita", which is a reference to a spy fiction tv series from the 90s that ran for five seasons from 1997 to 2001.

Continuity Errors

• Paige's headstone says "1975-2001," though she was actually born in 1977. It is Phoebe that was born in 1975.
• When Paige follows Phoebe into the kitchen, Phoebe's right earring is present in the shots showing both sisters, but it is missing in close-ups of Phoebe.
• The Belthazor vanquishing potion that Paige makes in this episode is bright red. The other times it was made, it was a light purple. Also there is a power of 3 spell that is needed to be chanted for the potion to work.
• Leo explains to Paige that she is living the life of her alternate self and Paige concludes that because she never met her sisters, the Power of Three was never reconstituted and she never received her powers. However, it was shown in "A Paige from the Past" and "Charmed Again, Part 1" that Paige had always unconsciously possessed orbing due to her Whitelighter heritage which was separate from her Charmed powers.
• When Piper and Paige enter the office at P3, the door opens on the right and into the office. When Paige orbs into the alternate reality, the door opens out and on the left.

Gallery

Episode Stills

100th Episode's Party

Screencaps

Quotes

(the morning after)

Paige: Fine. I tried to vanquish Cole last night.

Piper: What?

Paige: I know, don't do the big sister guilt thing, okay. I knew what I was doing and it almost worked until I got all wet.

Leo: I tried to talk her out of it.

Phoebe: Paige, you could've been killed.

Paige: So what else is knew? I just wanted to give you a little peace.

Phoebe: That's very sweet, but I don't need Cole to be vanquished to find peace. I'm okay, really, I am free of him emotionally.

International Titles

• French: Centenaire (Centenarian)
• Russian: Если бы не было Пейдж… [Esli by ne bylo Pejdž…] (If it were not for Paige…)
• Czech: Sté narozeniny (Hundredth Birthday)
• Slovak: Čarodejnice po Stýkrát (Charmed by Hundred-time)
• Spanish (Spain): Centenario de Embrujadas (Centennial of 'Charmed')
• Spanish (Syfy): El Centenario de Embrujadas (The Centennial of 'Charmed')
• Spanish (Latin America): Centésimo cumpleaños (Hundredth Birthday)
• German: Alles Gute zum Geburtstag Cole (Happy Birthday, Cole)
• Serbian: Stoti rodjendan (Hundredth Birthday)
• Italian: Cento volte Streghe (Hundred Times 'Charmed' – literally Hundred Times Witches, with Streghe being the Italian title of the show.)
• Hungarian: Centenáriumi varázslat (Centennial Magic)

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