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Hyde School Reunion-TEASER
INT. Manor - Piper's Bedroom - Day
On a page of a Baker High School yearbook, featuring a photo of Phoebe, below her picture is a captioning, "Most Likely to ServeTime!" Sitting on the bed, Paige: "Interesting." A toilet flushes off screen and she calls out, "You okay in there?" The door opens to reveal Piperfour months pregnant and sicker than a dog. Piper: "I don't understand, I never had morning sickness with Wyatt - Chris must really hate me" Paige: "But what's that got to do with" Piper: "He's punishing me from the womb, that's what. He must have known in advance I was going to be a rotten mother." Paige: "Okay, number one? That's crazy. And, number two - I'm still trying to get caught up before the reunion, so if you don't mind? Back to teen Phoebe" Piper, seeing a photo, "Hmm, Todd Marks, I wonder if he's even still alive?" Paige: "ALIVE? What kind of school did she go to, anyway?" Piper: "Not a bad one, really, for a public school, although Phoebe tended to hang with the bad boy crowd - anything to piss off Grams." Paige looks back at the yearbook and sees the photo of Todd, "So, was Todd like her first love, or something?" Piper: "More like her first lust. You wanna talk crazy, though" she flips the page and points, "Rick Gittridge, the leader of their little gang." Paige: "Gang? Phoebe was in a gang?" Piper: "Well, not the drive-by kind, although he was certainly the type." Paige looks down to see the picture of Rick. Piper continues, "If he's at the reunionrun." Paige: "It's wild, it's like a whole different Phoebe, one I never even knew existed." Piper: "I think she missed mom in her life more than Prue or I did. And the more Grams tried to control her, the angrier she got."" Phoebe's off screen shriek draws them into the hall.
INT. Manor - Main Hall - Day
They emerge to find Phoebe holding a dress on a hanger. "Omigod, omigod, omigod." Paige, ready for action, "What's the matter, what happened?" Phoebe: "What happened? I'll tell you what happened." She shows them a stain on the garment, "The dry cleaners ruined my dress!" Piper: "Come on, Pheebs, don't you know better than to scream in this house unless it's a demon?" Phoebe: "Sorry, it's just - what am I going to wear to the reunion now? It's ruined!" Paige: "How about prison stripes?" Phoebe, glaring at Piper, "You told her about the shoplifting?" Paige: "Shoplifting? She didn't say anything about shoplifting. You stole??" Phoebe: "I acted out! Back to what I'm wearing tonight - what do you think, I wanna blow everyone away, let them see I'm not a screw up anymore." Paige: "How about your black suit, the one with the slit? Sexy, yet successful." Phoebe: "No, black could be construed as threatening. Maybe I should wear something more upbeat, something that screams 'Look at me now!' Then again my date's my sister, so I don't want them looking too hard. I got it" She disappears into her room, leaving Paige to turn to Piper, "Good thing I'm going, she's a wreck!" At that moment, Piper's eyes light up as she sees Chris orb in, "Chris, hi!" Chris: "Look, I need your help - I think I've got some Scabbars on my tail." Piper: "Oh-kay, well - I've got hydrogen peroxide in the bathroom" Chris: "Scabbar DEMONS. I went undercover to follow a lead on who turns Wyatt, but think they're on to me. I need a cloaking spell just in case. Is the Book in the attic?" Paige: "Last I saw." Piper: "Can I help, sweetie?" Chris mumbles no and heads upstairs. Piper: "See, he does hate me." Paige: "He does not." Paige follows her back into her room.
INT. Manor - Piper's Bedroom - Day (continuous)
Paige continues, "He's justdistracted, that's all. By imminent death." Piper: "That's no excuse. He's been avoiding me for weeks, he won't even look me in the eye. What could I have done in the future that's so bad?" Paige: "Maybe a father-son talk is in order." Piper: "No, I can't do that to Leo. He had a hard enough time letting go, becoming an Elder. He still doesn't even know I'm pregnant." Paige: "Still, boys need" Piper: "I know - that's why I called my father. I'm hoping maybe he can figure out why his surly new grandson hates meUh ohI think little Chris just head that. Make way!" She holds her stomach as Paige ushers her into the bathroom. Phoebe, entering with a dress, calls to them, "Hey, guys, what about this" The bathroom door slams shut before she can get her last word "one?" out. She lets out a frustrated sigh, then notices her high school picture. She stares at it for a beat before flipping to the inside front cover. Looking, she sees, "I remember this poem'Those who mock who I am, Let them always remember when'!" Suddenly, she flash morphs into teen Phoebe, but it only lasts a second, then she flash morphs back into her adult self. "Woah" She's unsure what just happened, but shakes it off and exits Piper's room.
END OF TEASER
ACT I
INT. Manor - Foyer/Living Room - Night
The doorbell rings an Piper goes to answer, setting the baby monitor down on a side table. Self-conscious, she tries to cover her pregnant belly, but the bell rings again and she gives up and opens the door. Victor: "Piper! Honey, it's good to see youall of you. You're pregnant!?" Piper: "Yep, bun in the oven. Bambino expecto. Hi, daddy." Victor: "When did this happen?" Piper: "Four months ago, give or take. Leo's the father." Victor: "Leo? I thought you two broke up?" Piper: "We did." Victor: "Then how" Piper: "He was dying, I was crying, it's all very complicated." Victor: "So Leohe moved on?" Piper: "Yeah, but I'm happy for him, he really wanted to go." Victor: "He wanted to die?" Piper: "No, Leo's not dead, he's Up Thereto be a full-time Elder." Victor: "And he doesn't know about this?" Piper: "No, not yet. Did I mention this is complicated? The point is, he's not around." Victor: "Was he ever?" Piper: "Were you? Sorry" Victor: "No, no, you're right. I wasn't around enough for you girls. And I'm gonna make all that up with Wyatt and his littlebrother?" Piper: "It's a boy - Chris." Victor: "Why'd you choose the name Chris?" Piper: "I don't know, and he won't tell me, he's very secretive about the future. Yeah, see, Chris is the reason I asked you here. He hates me, he won't talk to me, and I need YOU to find out why." Victor: "Well, I don't understand all your Wiccan waysbut I'll give it a try." He leans over and yells to Piper's belly, "Chris! Can you hear me?" Chris, off screen, yells back, "Is someone calling me?" Victor sits up suddenly, startled. Piper: "Uh, yeah, honey. Could you come here a sec?" Victor, standing, freaked, "He can come out?" Chris enters reluctantly, "Can you make it fast, because I'm still trying to" Then, he sees him"GRANDPA!!" To Piper and Victor's surprise, Chris rushes to Victor and embraces him with a loving hug.
EXT. Hotel - Night
Phoebe and Paige approach the hotel entrance, moving past a sing proclaiming "Welcome Back Baker High School Senior Class" Phoebe nervously grabs Paige and stops her. She pulls out a scrap of paper and looks it over. Paige: "What are you doing?" Phoebe: "Memorizing your glamour spell, case I need to, you know, turn into someone else and make a quick getaway." Paige: "Why would you need to make a getaway?" Phoebe: "A lot of people in there used to hate me." Paige: "They won't hate you. San Francisco reads you every morning and loves you." Phoebe: "I never dropped a smoke bomb on San Francisco. During pep ralliesI hated pep rallies." Paige: "Well, that was the old you. Tonight, you're a conquering hero. Before the evening's over, they're gonna rename the gym after you."
INT. Hotel - Corridor Outside Ballroom - Night
Phoebe and Paige enter, approaching a sign-in table near the entrance as a former classmate affixes her name tag and crosses to them. Stacy: "Phoebe, hi - wow, you look great!" Phoebe: "Yeah? Thanks" Stacy: "Well, see you inside!" Phoebe: "Okay, great." She moves off and Paige, "See? Not so bad - who was that?" Phoebe: "No idea" Their conversation is interrupted by Miss Hickock, butch gym teacher, who's manning the sign-in table. "Didn't expect to see you here, Miss Halliwellstill testing the boundaries of the criminal justice system, are we?" Phoebe: Hi Miss Hickock. No, actually, I'm a columnist now" Miss Hickock looks surprised. Phoebe continues: "I give advice" Miss Hickock nods with interest, trying to hold a straight face, which bugs Phoebe and she continues again, "On relationships" Miss Hickock finally lets out an involuntary laugh, then pulls it together, embarrassed. "I'm sorry, dear. Just never figured you for the advice-giving type. You certainly never took it." She hands a name tag to Paige, "Enjoy!" Paige pulls Pheebs aside and attempts to find a spot on Phoebe where she can apply the name tag. Not finding enough cloth, she sticks it on Phoebe's purse. "Nevermind her, she's just a jealous old gym teacher." Phoebe: "How'd you know she taught gym?" Paige, looking back at the woman, "Hellllooo!" Then, she turns back to Phoebe: "Come on, now let's get in there and show your sordid past a thing or two."
INT. Hotel - Ballroom - Night
A slow, sappy 90's ballad plays as they enter with high hopes and a bouncy steponly to slow to a stop, seeing - a funeral reunion. The lifeless crowd, peppered with receding hairlines, paunchy stomachs and big butts, stand around with punch glasses, making small talk. In a corner, a series of heads turn, as former classmates look over and whisper. Phoebe: "Everyone's staring." Paige: "You're a celebrity. And you look fabulous. They wanna be you." Phoebe: "Not according to my empath power. I feel a lot of hate in the room." At one group, a plump woman (Ramona Shaw) sees Phoebe and shrieks happily, running up and spilling her drink in the process. "Omigod! Phoebe Halliwell! I can't believe you showed up!" Paige: "No hate there." Phoebe: "Ramona?" Ramona: "You're so skinny! How'd you stay so skinny? I diet but the fat cells just hang on, like they know deprivation's ahead. Who's this?" Paige: "Paige Halliwell. Sister. Long Lost." Ramona: "Wow, you famous, too? You look famous." Then, back to Phoebe, "Okay, dweeb time, but since I knew you whencan I have your autograph?" Phoebe: "I charge twenty bucks." Ramona: "Think I got a twenty here somewhere" Phoebe: "Ramona, I'm joking." She laughs as Phoebe pulls out a business card and signs it. Ramona: "I always did whatever Phoebe said. Remember that night when you snuck me into the country club in the trunk of your car? Then you left me there so you could make out with Todd on the golf course?" Phoebe: "Yeah, sorry about that. In fact, I'm sorry about a lot of the tricks we used to play on you, Ramona." Ramona: "Tricks? You made me feel like part of the gang. Those were the best times of my life." Paige: "So you were in Phoebe's gang? What else did she do?" Todd, off screen, "She once broke into the principal's office" They all turn to see him as he continues, "just to make out on his desk with some guy." Paige: "Todd" Phoebe smiles at him, then adds, "The way I remember it, YOU broke into the principal's office. I just tagged along out of curiosity. Where's Paula?" Todd: "She's around. Somewhere." Ramona: "This is so awesome. It's like the gang's all here. Well, almost." Paige: "That's right, you had a ring leader." Phoebe: "Rick. Where is Rick?" Todd: "Heard he got picked up for a liquor store robbery." Phoebe: "Oh no, did he do it?" Todd: "I only know what I read in your paper. And I read everything you write." Phoebe, flattered, "So what are you up to these days?" Todd: "Personal injury lawyer." Phoebe: "That's interesting." Todd: "No, it's notbut it's legal, just barely, and it pays the mortgage. I miss the fun we used to have." Phoebe: "Me, too." Paula: "There you are, honey" They all turn to see Paula as she slides up next to Todd, then she sees Phoebe and barely disguises her disdain, "And there you are. I was wondering if you'd have the nerve to show up." Phoebe: "What do you mean nerve?" Paula: "You're the talk of the reunion. You can fool San Francisco with your pithy advice, but you can't fool us. We all know you, sweetie." Todd: "That's enough, Paula." Phoebe: "No, what are you trying to say?" Paula: "I'm saying you're a fake. The only thing you were ever known for was lying and ditching and stealing boyfriends." Paige: "Phoebe, don't listen to mall hair." Ramona: "God, Paula, just because Todd had a thing for Phoebe, you don't have to be so mean." Paula: "I'm not being mean. I'm doing her a favor. To the rest of the world you may be Ask Phoebe, but to us, you'll always beFREEBIE." Phoebe struggles to catch her breath. She feels something happening to her body. She clutches the side of her face and beats a hasty retreat. Paige chases after her.
INT. Hotel - Empty Corridor - Night
Phoebe enters, hyperventilating, losing control, as Paige catches up to her. "What's the matter with you? Why didn't you tell that chick just to go screw herself?" Paige stops as Phoebe shudders and flash morphs into her teen self. "I can do better than that." Paige, freaked out, stops her, "Phoebe?! Woah, wait" Confronted by Paige, teen Phoebe flash morphs back into herself, scared, "Uhwhat just happened?" Paige: "You tell me." Phoebe: "Idon't know. I just had thisreally weird high school flashback." Paige: "Yeah, you're whole body flashed back." Phoebe: "It did? All I felt was" Paige: "Pissed?" Phoebe: "Very." Paige: "Well, as someone who's seen 'Carrie', both versions, I think we'd better get you home. Come on, reunion's over." She pulls Phoebe out a side door.
INT. Manor - Kitchen - Night
Victor pours coffee for Chris, Piper watches in amazement as Chris talks to Victor in affectionate tones. Victor: "So, we're close?" Chris: "Oh, yeah. You're awesome, Grandpa." Victor: "Awesome, huh?" He turns proudly to Piper, "The boy said I'm awesome." Chris: "Yeah, after thethe event happened, we got really close." Piper: "What 'event'?" Chris: "Can't tell you." Piper: "Was 'the event' my fault? Is that why you're treating me like a nonperson?" Chris: "I can't talk about it. It'll mess with the future." Victor: "But you said I was awesome, right? You can talk about that." Chris: "Yeah, you're the best. I love to hang out with you." Victor: "Have to admit, I'm a bit surprised. It's no secret I wasn't the greatest dad. It'd mean a lot to me to know I can make up for that." Chris: "You do." Piper: "After 'the event'." Chris: "Right." Piper: "That you won't tell me." Chris: "ICAN'T talk about it, okay?" Victor: "Hey, hey, that's no way to talk to your mother." Chris: "Sorry, you're right." Paige calls from off screen, "Piper!" Piper gets up and exits, followed by Victor and Chris.
INT. Manor - Main Hall - Night (continuous)
Paige guides Phoebe, still shaky, toward the stairs. Piper: "What's going on?" Phoebe: "Daddy, hi!" Victor: "Hi, baby." Paige: "Sorrybut I think Phoebe's had enough reunions for tonight." She turns to her sister, "Go lie down and stay put until we figure out what's going on." Phoebe, still dazed, heads up. Chris: "What happened?" Paige: "You've heard of recapturing your youth? I think Phoebe's youth is trying to recapture her." Piper: "Explain." Paige: "I can't. One second, she was normal, the next, it's like Freaky Phoebe. And the attitude coming off that girl? Woah!" Chris: "Who else saw?" Paige: "No one. She Jekylled it back to normal before anything hit the fan." Victor: "I'm not sure if I'm keeping up here - are there demons after Phoebe?" Paige: "Inner demons, maybe - or, maybe a spell gone wrong." She turns to Piper: "Seemed to happen right after someone named Paula Marks called her 'Freebie'." Piper: "Ooh, that'll do it." Paige: "Can you help me check the Book, Piper? Come up with some theories here?" Chris: "You two go ahead, I need to get back with the Scabbar Demons before they notice I'm gone." Piper: "What? And leave your awesome grandpa alone? Grab a sandwich, get a beer" She then turns to Victor with"Get an answer." Piper and Paige head up the stairs and Victor pulls out two cellophane wrapped cigars, "Cubans?"
INT. Manor - Phoebe's Room - Night
Phoebe, pacing anxiously, talking to herself, "I'm not that person anymore. I'm not. So whatever you think you're doingI'M doingyou can just stop it." She passes the mirror, but her reflection is teen Phoebe. She catches it out of the corner of her eye and whirls to see herself.not a teen. "What's happening to me?" Her cell rings and she digs it out to answer, "This is PhoebeI think." On the intercut, we see Todd on the phone in the ballroom, "Hey, where'd you go? You okay?" Phoebe: "Yeah, yeah, I'm fine" Todd: "Listen, I'm sorry about Paula. It's always burned her up, you and me together." Phoebe: "It's okay. Listen, I" Todd: "You know, I only came to this thing because of you. Hoping I'd see you again. You there?" Phoebe: "Todd, was I adifferent person when you knew me?" Todd: "Different? What do you mean?" Phoebe: "I mean, all those things Paula said" Todd: "Phoebewe were kids. We were young and dumb and nothing stood in our way." Phoebe: "I remember." Todd: "I don't know about you, but I miss it. When's the last time you felt wild? I mean, really wild, the way we used to be?" Phoebe: "Actually, pretty recently." On Todd's end, Paula storms up, mad as heck, "Who is that? Who are you talking to?" She grabs the phone, "Is this Phoebe?" Just like that, Phoebe shudders and flash morphs into her teen self again, "You bet your ass. And I'm coming for you, bitch!" With that, she hangs up and Paula stares at the phone in shock, then the intercut ends, with Teen Pheebs in her room. She closes her phone and pitches it onto her dresser. She looks at the door, thinks better of it, then moves to the window, throws it open, and starts climbing out.
EXT. Manor - Side Exit - Night
Chris emerges from the manor, coughing uncontrollably, as Victor slaps him on the back. Against the wall behind them is a leafy trellis. Victor: "I'm sorry, bad idea." Chris, still hacking, "Noit's okayjust strong." Victor: "Thought maybe it's help us bond." Chris: "We don't need to bond. We're already close." Victor: "In the future, sure, but I haven't been there yet, so I'm feeling a little out of sync here. You hungry? Wanna grab a bite?" Chris: "Uh, yeah, that'd be great - lemme just change first." He starts back in the door, then, seeing the cigar still in Victor's hand, stops and offers, "Uh, listen, about those thingsyou might wanna take up another habit - to avoid any future problems if you know what I mean" Victor, realizing what he's telling him, looks down at his cigar, then, "Thanks for the tip." He stomps it out and they re-enter the manor just as teen Phoebe scrambles down the trellis.
INT. Hotel - Ballroom - Night
The double doors swing open and teen Phoebe enters. The bored former classmates turn and stare. She strides towards Todd and he reacts, "Woah, Phoebe - when you said you were feeling wild, you weren't kidding. Your clothes, hair - how'd you" But teen Phoebe grabs Todd and pulls him into a passionate kiss. Despite himself, Todd gives into it. Paula pushes her way through the crowd, "Get off him!" She yanks Phoebe off and she falls to the ground. Phoebe gets up and starts to rush Paula, but Ramona, showing she for one has grown up, angrily stands in her way. "This isn't high school, Phoebe! They're married now!" Then, she turns to Todd: "And what the hell are YOU thinking?" Paula: "Let her go! Todd's a personal injury attorney and I got 100 witnesses here. I'm sure Ask Phoebe has very deep pockets." Teen Pheebs narrows her eyes and moves close to Paula, who flinches, looking quite scared. "Well, at least being rich is better than being a bitch!" A whack of light and a crack of thunder, and Paula morphs into a mongrel dog. Todd and Ramona freak as dog Paula runs off in terror through the crowd. Ramona: "Wh - what the hell was that?" Teen Phoebe, equally surprised, "I don't know - but it's pretty cool!" Then, feeling empowered, she faces the crowd and raises her hands, eyes bright and fierce, "Past is future and future's past. Let's welcome back the Senior Class!" A magical wave blasts from her fingers. The DJ jumps back as a solid 90's rock hit blares forth and the crowd starts dancing, pulling off jackets, kicking off shoes, acting like wild teenagers themselves. Ramona gets down with three hot guys, as smoke and lights turn the place into a teen version of Club 54. Phoebe smiles, "Now THAT'S more like it." As Todd, hit by the magic, too, grabs Phoebe by the hands and spins her onto the dance floor
FADE OUT
END OF ACT I
ACT II
INT. Hotel - Ballroom - Night
Open on the reunion gone wild. Dancing, brawling, a woman writing "Senior Class Kicks Ass" on the wall in lipstickTodd and Phoebe are making out like horny teens under an isolated table in the corner. Todd: "I haven't' felt like this since" Phoebe: "Under the bleachers? Homecoming game?" Todd: "The crowd cheering.I thought it was for us. Or did you make them cheer? The way you made all this happen? How DID you make this happen?" Phoebe: "MagicI think I'm a witch." Todd: "A witch, huh? Hmmhow come I'm not scared?" Phoebe: "Because you're under my spell." Paige orbs in and steps out to observe the scene. Paige: "Oh noPhoebe? PHOEBE!?"
INT. Manor - Kitchen - Night
Piper, raiding the fridge for food, answers the phone, "Yeah?" On the intercut, Paige is still at the ballroom, "Found her. And I have good news and bad news." Piper: "Gimme the good." Paige: "I'm learning what Phoebe was like as a teenagerunfortunately, that's also the bad news." Piper, fearing the worst: "How bad is it?" Paige: "In a wordbad." Under the table, teen Pheebs and Todd break their kiss to see Paige making her way towards them. Teen Phoebe: "Let's get out of here!" Paige turns and sees them making their escape. She calls for Phoebe to wait, then runs after them once she realizes they're not about to stop. Unfortunately, she gets caught up in the mosh pit. She tries to fight her way out as Phoebe and Todd run past Ramona, making out with the DJ, and she spots them, "Wait for me!" She plants a hand in the DJ's face, pushes off of him for leverage and jumps off the platform. The three friends rush out a back exit.
EXT. Hotel - Night
Teen Phoebe leads them past a few scattered couples. Ramona: "Where are we going, guys?" Todd: "Anywhere. I don't care. I just don't want this night to end." Teen Phoebe: "This night's just getting started" Suddenly, three cop cars, lights on, though not the sirens, pull up as Phoebe continues, "or maybe not. Get down" The trio crouches behind a bush. Classmates run for it as the cops exit their cars and Phoebe whispers to her friends, "I can't get busted." Todd: "Don't worry, I'm gonna get us out of here." Once the cops enter the hotel, Todd grabs Phoebe's hand and leads her and Ramona toward one of the cars. Teen Phoebe stops, nervous for the first time, "You wanna steal a cop car?" Todd: "Not stealborrow." A distance away, Paige finally emerges and calls out to Phoebe. Teen Phoebe, seeing Paige, turns back to Todd, "Great idea. Come on!" The three scramble into the car and Todd gets behind the wheel. Paige hears an engine start up and turns to see a cop car tear out of the parking lot.
INT. French Restaurant - Night
Chris and Victor are at a table in a refined, upscale place. A snooty French waiter takes their order. Chris: "Uh, what's a gigot?" Waiter: "The gigot is your choice, leg of lamb or mutton." Off Chris' confusion, the waiter drops the accent and repeats, "Mutton." Chris: "Oh, what is thatmeat?" Waiter: "Yes, it's meat. Comes from a sheep. You knowbaa baa." Victor: "Look, why don't you just bring us a couple steaks, medium, all right?" The waiter takes the menus and leaves. Victor feels bad, "I'm sorry, Chris, I thought you might like a fancy dinner." Chris: "Why?" Victor: "Just trying to live up to my rep." Chris: "Cigars and mutton? That's not how you did it, Grandpa." Victor: "I take you to batting cages?" Chris: "No." Victor: "Strip clubs?" Chris: "God, no!" Victor: "How'd I do it then? You gotta tell me, cause I'm crashing here." Chris: "You justtalked to me." Victor: "Oh." Chris: "Look, why don't we just get back. I'm undercover with some demons who are gonna be looking for me soon." Victor: "No, wait. Let's talk. In fact, we need to talk." Chris: "Lemme guess, Piper asked you to find out what's wrong with me?" Victor: "She just wants to know why she's such a terrible mother." Chris, surprised, "Shewhat? That's notno, she was great." Victor: "Then why are you treating her like she doesn't exist? Chris? If talking's what we do, then talk to me." Chris: "She DOESN'T exist. Not in my future. She dies when I turn 14." That hits Victor hard, "That's 'the event'? How?" Chris: "I can't - I've said too much alreadythe point is, after I save Wyatt, I'll have to go back, to where mom ISN'T. I can't get close to her because I know I'm just going to lose her again." Victor: "Maybe that's all the more reason to get close to her." Chris looks at his grandfather, like he never thought of it that way, then he reacts to a magical jingle, which Victor notices, "What is it?" Chris: "Mom"
INT. Abandoned Pumping Station - Night
Todd peers through a dirty window pane, watching cop cars pass by, flashing lights fading across his face. He smiles and turns to Ramona and Teen Pheebs, "Proving once again that we are smarter than the cops." Ramona: "Can I play with the siren now?" Phoebe: "No. I just cleaned the prints. We gotta ditch the car here." Todd: "What's your rush? The coast is clear, the night's youngso are you. Time to get a little wild." Phoebe: "How wild you want it?" Ramona: "Guys, I'm not gonna crawl in the trunk again so you two can make out. We could tee pee Gabby Fernandez's house! What about that?" Todd: "What about 'lame'?" Teen Pheebs: "I'm afraid Todd's right. This is a special night. We needvision." Ramona: "Hey, Rick always said he had vision." Phoebe: "Just what I was thinking. Let's pay our old leader a visit." Todd: "Yeah, get the gang back together, this IS reunion night." Ramona: "Uh, guys, Rick's locked up in county." Todd: "So?" Ramona: "So, there's no visitors allowed." Phoebe: "Think of me as your get into jail free card." Ramona: "You want to break in?" Phoebe: "We're just gonna say hello. It's something to do, right?" Ramona considers it for a moment, then smiles and agrees.
INT. Manor - Attic - Night
Paige focuses, slowly moving the scrying stone over a map of the city. Piper sits looking at the Book, open to an illustration of the Scabbar Demons. Paige: "Damn, I thought I had her. She's moving again." Piper: "Well, we'd better find her because we're going to need her if these Scabbar Demons come after Chris. I can't believe I sent him out with dad, what was I thinking?" Paige: "You weren't thinking, you were feeling. That's allowed in this family." Chris orbs in with Victor. Piper, relieved, "Thank God you're okay." Victor: "Who says I'm okay?" Chris: "Don't' worry, you'll learn to like orbing in the future." Piper steps up to Chris with motherly concern, "I was afraid something happened to you." Chris, "Nah, we're fine, we justtalked. I'm fine, really" Paige: "Yeah, well, Phoebe's not - she's out there running with her old gang." Victor: "I thought she was upstairs." Piper: "Nopeout the window." Paige: "And she's under the influence." Chris: "Of alcohol?" Paige: "No, adolescence." Piper: "She even stole a cop car as a prank." Victor: "A prank!? That's not a prank, that's a felony!" Paige: "It gets worse - Teen Phoebe's kept her adult powers. She cast a spell on the whole reunion." Chris: "What!?" Piper: "Don't worry, Paige was able to reverse it all, but" She falters, grabs onto the back of the sofa for balance, Chris, more worried than anyone, "You okay?" Piper: "Yeah, just a little light-headed." Chris: "SorryI mean, you know, because of" he gestures to her belly and finishes with "me." Piper, turning to Victor, "Must've been a helluva talk." Victor: "Come on, honey, you shouldn't be on your feet." He helps Piper out and Chris turns to Paige. "We gotta find Phoebe before she gets into trouble she can't get out of." Paige: "She keeps moving around, I can't get.hold on, hold on" The crystal slams on the map"Got her!" Two Scabbar Demons materialize and attack Chris. They spit acid but he orbs out and the blasts hit a glass-fronted bookcase, shattering the glass and sizzling the books. Paige dives for cover as Chris orbs in beside her. Paige gestures t the shattered glass, "Glass!" A shard orbs into the chest of a Scabbar, but instead of vanquishing him, the glass just melts away, leaving him unharmed. Paige reacts as the second demon spits acid at her. Chris tackles her out of the way. The spray hits the scrying table, turning the map into swirling flame. Piper and Victor race back in from the hallway. The Scabbar turns - and Piper shoves Victor back, "Get down!" She gestures at the second Scabbar, who almost explodes, but doesn't. He spits acid at Piper this time, but Paige leaps up, "Icky stuff!" Paige sends the acid flying into the first Scabbar. He screams and explodes. The second Scabbar, realizing he's outnumbered, shimmers out. Chris: "Sorry about all this." Piper: "It's okay, kids make messes." Chris: "They'll be back." Piper: "We can handle it." Victor smiles at that, but Paige, noticing the burnt map and liquefied table, "Uhguys" Paige holds up the flaming, dripping, crystal on it's blackened chain. "And idea how we're going to find Phoebe now?"
INT. County Jail - Interrogation Room - Night
Three lawyers, seated on the far side of he table, all wearing suits as Rick enters. "you're not my lawyers." Male Lawyer: "Mr. Gittridge, we're here at the request of your Public Defender. May I call you Rick?" Rick: "No. You don't look like much of a defense team to me." A Male Sheriff tells him to sit down and shoves him into a chair then exits with a female sheriff, pulling the door closed and locking it behind them. Female Lawyer: "Mr. Gittridge, did you at one time provide Phoebe Halliwell with a smoke bomb during a school assembly?" Rick: "What is this?" The Male Lawyer and one of the female lawyers crack up. The female smiles and gestures, morphing into herselfTeen Phoebe. Rick jumps to his feet, scared. "Stay away from me!" Phoebe gestures again and the lawyers behind her morph back into themselvesTodd and Ramona. Todd: "Rickchill out, it's us." Phoebe: "We thought we'd come by and say hi." Ramona, waving, "Hi!" The door opens and the Male Sheriff enters, "What's the commotion in" Before he can finish, Rick, all amped up and confused, spins around with a metal chair in his hand and cracks it across the head of the sheriff - who crumples to the ground. Rick quickly shuts the door and turns to face his stunned gang, "What in the hell's going on? How'd you guys do that?" Teen Phoebe, pissed, "Are you crazy or just stupid?" Rick: "Tell me how you did it!" Todd takes a step back, afraid of Rick's intensity, "It's Phoebe, man. She can do things. Like magic things. For real." Rick bends to retrieve the handcuff keys from the unconscious sheriff. Rick: "We'll see how real." Ramona: "This isn't supposed to happen. It's a prank. We just came to say hi." Phoebe: "You think I'm gonna use my magic to get you out of here?" Rick, still kneeling over the sheriff, unlocks the cuffs, "Oh, I KNOW you are - only way you're getting out of here, too. In for a penny, in for a pound." He grabs Phoebe with "Come on." And yanks her out of frame.
FADE OUT
END OF ACT II
ACT III
INT. Abandoned Pumping Station - Night
A male sheriff enters with a shotgun, looking around for trouble. Finding none, he shouts over his shoulder, "All clear!" Phoebe, Todd and Ramona enter, fearing what they've gotten themselves into. Phoebe locks eyes with him and gestures with her hand. He morphs back into Rick - still wearing the sheriff's clothes, checking himself out. "Sweet - what is that, a spell or something?" Phoebe: "Or something." Rick: "I gotta say Pheebs, I never believed in much of anything before, but I'm a believer now." Phoebe: "Happy to make a convert. Have a nice life. Come on guys." Phoebe, Ramona and Todd turn to go. But Rick, switching on the charm, steps in their path, "Ho, wait - don't get all attitudinal on me. It's not like we did anything wrong here, guys." Todd: "Rick, you hit a cop." Rick: "That was an accident! You three had me so freaked out with that magic trick, I didn't know what was going on." Todd and Ramona stop and exchange guilty looks. Ramona: "He's got a point there, Phoebe." Teen Pheebs: "Don't buy into his crap. He forced us to break him out of jail." Rick: "THAT was justice. I never hit no liquor store. I was in the wrong place at the wrong time." Todd: "You expect us to believe that?" Rick: "I'm being straight with you. You guys know meI'm a trouble maker, not an armed robber." Phoebe eyes the shotgun with "Could've fooled me." Rick: "I grabbed the shotgun to scare you, okay? I was desperate to get outand be with you guys. I'm one of you." He's got Todd and Ramona half-won over and Ramona turns to Phoebe, "What do you think, Phoebe? Should we let him hang with us?" Phoebe: "I think he's capable of hurting somebody, that's what I think." Todd: "You mean the way you turned Paula into a dog?" Todd: "I vote we let Rick stay with us." Ramona: "Doesn't feel right to leave him out." Rick, to Phoebe, "That's two out of three, babe. Guess we're all back together again, huh?"
INT. Manor - Attic - Night
Piper places crystals in the window sills as Chris looks on, not liking it. Piper: "They crystals will shield you, they won't be able to find you as long as you stay in the attic." Chris: "Are you sure?" Piper: "Well, pretty sure." Chris: "Then you and Wyatt need to get out of here, go someplace safe. I'll go get him." He starts out, but Piper stops him with, "No! You are not leaving this room, do you understand?" Victor enters with a tray of tea for Piper and looks on with interest. Chris: "What about you?" Piper: "I can't go anywhere, I need to stay and help summon Phoebe." Chris: "I'm half-witch, remember? I can help Paige do that." Piper: "But you can't help her vanquish the demons if they attack again, not without the power of three." Chris: "I can try." Piper: "No, I'm not going anywhere until Phoebe's safe, and you're not going anywhere until you are, either." Victor: "Listen to you mother, Chris." Chris: "But what if something happens to her?" Piper: "Nothing's gonna happen to meunless you know something I don't?" Victor and Chris exchange a quick look. Victor: "Nothing's going to happen to you, Sweetie, not now" Piper: "Okay, but whenChrisis that what you've been living with all this time? Knowing something happens to me?" Off his silence, she knows, and can only add "I seedoes it happen soon?" Chris: "Ican't tell you. Anything I say could change the future in even worse ways." Piper: "Rightbut isn't that why you came here in the first place, to change the future for the better? Who's to say you haven't changed mine already, too?" Victor: "She's got a point" Piper: "All I know is, whatever happens, nothing's happening until me until I bring you not the world so you can save it, got it?" Chris: "Got itmom." Piper: "Mom, huh? I like the sound of that." Off Chris, liking it, too, Paige enters with an armful of candles, the surveys the room full of smiles with disappointment, "Aw, did I miss something good?"
INT. Abandoned Pumping Station - Night
Ramona: "And while I keep Miss Hickock busy on the telephone, you three creep up to her house and egg her car!" Todd: "I haven't egged a car in years. I get first shot." Rick: "Yo, pull it together, you're acting like you're still in high school." Phoebe: "They are - I put 'em under a spell." Rick: "That explains a lot. Listen, I picked up a tip today in lockup, and I got a better idea what we can do tonight." Phoebe: "Knock over another liquor store?" Rick: "Noan armored car." Ramona, face falling, "You're joking, right?" Phoebe: "He's not joking, he's insane, can't you tell?" Rick: "You're wrong. I mean, I never would have considered it before, but we got magic now, right? We can pull it off." Todd: "An armored car, huh? That's kind of big league, isn't it?" Rick: "That's right. We're not kids anymore, we gotta plan for our futures. What about it, Ramona, you in?" Ramona: "I don't know. I don't want to go to jail." Rick: "We're not gonna get caught. We got Phoebe, all right? We need a majority vote here, so what do you say?" Ramona: "No. I want to go home." Rick: "You're not going anywhere. In for a penny, in for a pound, remember?" Phoebe: "Hey, Rick, back off. That worked when we were in jail, but we're out nowand the only person the cops are looking for is you." Todd: "If Ramona and Phoebe vote no it's a deadlock." Phoebe: "Come on, guys, let's get outta here." Todd: "Sorry, Rickit's over." Rick whacks Todd across the face with the barrel of the gun. Ramona screams as Todd hits the floor, unconscious. Rick: "Nothing's over until I say it is." Ramona drops to Todd's side to tend to him. Phoebe, horrified, looks down at him, then back up to Rick, then she flash morphs back into her adult self. Rick, paranoid: "Woah, what's this? What are you doing?" Phoebe, realizing it, "Remembering who I really am." She starts to walk toward Rick, but he raises the shotgun and aims it at her. "Stay right there." But Phoebe keeps walking. "You think I'm scared of you? I'm a witch. I vanquish demons. I can handle a common thug like" A sudden swirl of light surrounds her and she vanishes before she can finish.
INT. Manor - Attic - Night
She reappears, mid-stride, in the circle of candles. She stops, realizing where she is, and faces Piper, Paige, Chris, and Victor. Victor: "Honey, are you okay?" Phoebe: "No - send me back! Right now!" Paige: "Hey, you're not a teenager anymore." Phoebe: "Yeah, now could you send me back? I've got an emergency to deal with." Piper: "But we need the Power of Three to vanquish the demons after Chris." Phoebe: "It's gotta wait, there's innocents in danger." Piper: "What if you revert again?" Phoebe: "I won't. I'm very happy being me." Paige; "I don't know, you looked pretty happy making out under that table." Phoebe: "Oh, no, PaulaI turned her into a dog." Piper: "Don't worry, Paige reversed the spell." Phoebe: "Great, but now there's just the small matter of a lunatic with a shotgun to deal with. Pleasesend me back."
INT Abandoned Pumping Station - Night
A swirl of light and Phoebe materializes. Rick and Ramona are gone. Todd, still unconscious, has been bound with some old rope. Phoebe kneels over him, "Todd? Todd" Rick, off screen, "You go to the cops?" Phoebe: "No, I swear, where's Ramona?" Rick: "Somewhere safe." Phoebe: "What's that mean?" Rick: "I got nervous when you took off, didn't know where you went, so I decided I needed a little leverage." Phoebe: "Where is she?" Rick: "Don't take that tone with me, Phoebe. Not if you want to see your friend again. She's locked up tight and running out of air" He doesn't get another word out before Phoebe spin kicks him. He falls to the ground, then climbs up, wiping blood from his lip, but able to talk, "you go ahead, do what you want to me. I'm a wanted man, like you said. But if you want Ramona to keep breathing, you're gonna do what I say. Don't you just love reunions?"
FADE OUT
END OF ACT III
ACT IV
INT. Cop Car - Dawn
Parked in an alley, Phoebe's behind the wheel, Rick, next to her, holds the shotgun and checks the mirror. "It should be passing by any minute - start the car." Phoebe: "You don't have to do this. You have a choice." Rick: "Choice? Here's my choicefreedom with money to burn, or life in prison." Phoebe: "You won't get life." Rick: "Maybe not, but I'll get 30 or 40 years. That robbery was my third strike." Phoebe: "So you did hit the liquor store." Rick: "Yeah, but you knew that, didn't you? Even before you got all grown up." Phoebe: "Don't do this, Rick, don't make things worse than they already are. Tell me where to find Ramona." Rick: "When I've got what I want, she'll go free." Phoebe: "People like you never get what they want." Rick: "Not for lack of trying, that's for damn sure. This time I got a feeling it's gonna be different. I got magic on my side." Phoebe: "What happened to you, you're the one that changed. Got all different." Phoebe: "Yeah, I did, didn't I?" An armored car turns the corner behind them and approaches. Hearing it, the both turn. Rick: "Okay, we'll be doing this just like I said, then you give me a new face - and not one of them lawyer faces you used. Something new. Or Ramona dies. Are we clear? Start the car." Phoebe does so, then pulls out in front of the armored car. Rick's eyes are glued to the mirror. Phoebe: "I can't guarantee a perfect spell you know." Rick: "What do you mean? I saw you do magic." Phoebe: "You saw a hormonal teenage witch with no fear of consequences do it." Rick: "Leave the consequences to me." The red light turns green and Rick tells her to go. Phoebe presses the gas pedal, the cop car accelerates and the armored car follows. Then, Rick reaches across and stomps on the brake, causing the cop car to screech to a halt and forcing the armored car to slam into them. Rick, with the shotgun, tells Phoebe, "Now!" Phoebe reluctantly turns and gestures toward the armored car out the window and recites a spell. The armed driver and his partner react to flames leaping out from under the dashboard. Rick climbs from the cop car, shotgun in hand, as the driver bails out of the armored car, one arm on fire, screaming and beating at himself. Phoebe: "Oh, God, they're on fire!" Rick: "Wasn't that the idea?" Phoebe; It was supposed to be an illusion!" She watches as Rick runs up and clips the driver on the head with his shotgun. Phoebe grabs a jacket from the police car and runs to the fallen driver, trying to smother the flames on his sleeve. Th sounds of a fight draw Phoebe's attention to Rick and the Partner, slugging it out, wrestling over Rick's weapon. Rick knocks him to the ground, unconscious, and chambers a shell in the gun, aiming for the man's chest. Phoebe races over and kicks, sending the shotgun flying. She scrambles for the gun, but Rick beats her to it and turns it on her. "It wouldn't be the first time I killed someone." Phoebe stares him down, not sure whether he's going to pull the trigger or not, then, "Let's get the money." He moves to the car, climbing into the cab, attempting to get through the locked door into the back. "Find the key. On their belts. Find it!" But Phoebe's eyes are closed, as she murmurs "Make him hear what isn't there, his deepest worry come to bear." The sound of a distant siren rises, faint, but growing louder. Panicked, he leans out, hearing the noise. "Where'd they come from?" Phoebe: "I think you're out of time." Rick: "Damnit! Come on!" He climbs out and pulls Phoebe away.
INT. Manor - Wyatt's Bedroom - Dawn
Piper checks on Wyatt, who's fast asleep. Victor is with her as she tucks a blanket around her son, "I wish I was asleep right now." Victor tells her she should go to sleep. Piper: "No, not until Phoebe's back. And Chris's demons are vanquished. And I accept the fact that I'm apparently gonna die young." He avoids Piper's eyes, but Piper continues, "You knowdon't you? When it happens?" Victor: "Like you said, the future could have changed. I know that Chris loves you." Piper: "Yeah?" Victor: "And I love you, too." Piper, smiling at that, hears a crash from downstairs and a door slamming closed and tells victor to stay put since Wyatt's forcefield will protect him. Before she can exit, Paige pokes her head in, "You stay put, too, close to Chris - both of them." She hurries off, leaving Piper staying put, but not liking it.
INT. Manor - Main Hall - Dawn
Phoebe picks herself up off the floor beside an overturned coffee table as Rick stands over her, shotgun in hand. Rick: "Okay, no more stalling, do it!" Phoebe asks him where Ramona is. Rick: "Think I'm stupid? I tell you where she is and I lose my leverage." Paige: "What's going on?" He whirls, aiming the gun at Paige, now at the bottom of the stairs, "Who are you?" Phoebe: "Don't! She's my sister." Rick: "yeah? She a witch, too?" Paige: "Runs in the family." Rick: "Goodthen maybe she can give me a new face." Phoebe, to Paige, "No - not until he tells me where he's got Ramona." Rick: "What the hellyou're my leverage now anyway. Ramona's locked in a tank under the pumping station." Phoebe: "How do I know you're telling the truth?" Rick: "You don't." Then, he turns to Paige, "Nowmy face. Make it different. Heartbreaking. Charming. YOUNG." Phoebe: "Paigewhy don't you use our nephew as a source of inspiration." Paige, eyeing her, "You sure?" Phoebe: "It'll solve all of our problems." Rick: "Hurry up already!" Paige looks at Rick, and chants, "Who you were, you're now another. Take the face of Wyatt's brother." He morphs into Chris, still in the sheriff's uniform, still holding the shotgun, and looks into a mirror. "Hey, I like this. This'll work." Paige: "Uh, Pheebsyou might wanna duck. These guys are messy." Rick: "What guys?" Three Scabbar demons suddenly materialize in a circle around him. Rick, horrified, fires at them, but the bullets have no effect. They spit acid, consuming Rick in a flurry of fire. Avoiding the details of Rick's gruesome death, we see Phoebe's reaction as Rick's flaming demise plays out in the mirror behind her. He finally disappears and the Scabbars vanish. Phoebe rises up from behind the couch as Paige asks if she's all right. Phoebe: "Yeah." Paige: "You didn't have a choice, you know." Phoebe: "I know."
INT. Manor - Phoebe's Room - Day
On Phoebe's yearbook once again, she stares at the picture of her lost, teen self. Paige knocks and enters, "Hey" Phoebe: "Hey" Paige: "How's Ramona?" Phoebe: "Shaken, but okay. Like Todd." Paige: "They remember anything?" Phoebe: "Once I turned them back into adults the past was" Paige: "Forgotten?" Phoebe: "Some things are best forgotten, I suppose." Paige: "Like Freaky Phoebe?" Phoebe: "I'd forgotten how angry I was, how much pain I was really in" Paige: "Good thing you didn't have your powers back then." Phoebe: "Tell me about it. I'm glad I'm past all that. I'm glad I'm not that girl anymore." Paige: "Still, I kinda enjoyed seeing a few chinks in your armor. As an older sister, you're a very tough act to live up to." Phoebe: "I never knew that." Paige: "Now you do."
INT. Manor - Foyer/Main Hall - Day
Piper is at the open front door with Victor, "I promise, the next time I ask you to drop by, I'll keep the histrionics and demonic drama to a minimum." Victor; "Now you know why I don't come around more often." Piper: "Dad." Victor; "I'm kidding.sort of. Take care of yourself, honey. You've got a good kid growing inside that tummy. I'm looking forward to getting to know him one day." Piper: "I can't believe you like orbing in the future. Do I live to see that?" Victor smiles, "Nice trydon't spend all your time worrying about the future. Enjoy him while you've got him, talk to him." Piper: "Every moment counts, is that it?" Victor: "Something like that. And Piperbe careful, okay?" Piper gives Victor a kiss, he steps out the door, and she closes it behind him. She turns and walks into
INT. Manor - Conservatory - Day (continuous)
Chris is on the floor, playing with Wyatt with a pile of colored blocks and stuffed animals. Piper watches themher sonsa small smile on her face. Then, she reactsto her unborn son's gentle kick, her smile grows bigger.
FADE OUT
END OF EPISODE
Spin City-TEASER
INT. Medical Building - Corridor - Day
Paige and a very pregnant Piper are standing in front of an elevator waiting for it to arrive. In Piper's hand is an ultrasound of her baby. Paige, a little agitated, asks Piper, "what, is it hormones, or are you just plain crazy?" Piper apologizes, "A woman can only take so much..." Paige gestures to the group of people, doctors, patients and nurses, who are frozen in mid-motion, even a woman frozen leaning forward with her hand outstretched. Paige lightly scolds Piper about the freeze stating anyone can come in and see them. Piper: "Well, they're not gonna see anybody touching my belly anymore, that's for sure, because I've had it with that." Paige tells her that's not a goon enough reason for freezing people, but Piper replies it is for her. The elevator dings and the door opens, Piper heads inside while giving a quick gesture and unfreezing those in the room. The woman with the outstretched arm stumbles forward with no Piper there to offer resistance, but Paige catches her and keeps her from falling. Piper calls out to Paige, "Coming?" Paige enters, "No wonder Chris grows up to be so neurotic." Piper shoots her a look as the doors close.
INT. Medical Building - Elevator- Day
They are alone in the elevator as it descends. Paige asks Piper if she's excited and Piper asks about what. Paige replies, "about what the doctor said, that the baby's perfectly healthy." Piper: "Paige, I know he's perfectly healthy --He's 22, I've seen him walking around." Paige responds that it doesn't mean something could have happened or still could happen. Piper: "Jeez, would you quit being such a worrywart? You're getting to be worse than --" Chris orbs in with urgency. Piper: " --him." Paige tells him that if it's regarding a demon, he can forget it, she's still on a lunch break. Chris: "No, no demons --I was just, you know, wondering how it went...with the doctor?" Piper: "Well, you'll be glad to know that -- (holds up the ultra-sound) --you're a boy!" Chris tells her that's not what he meant. Paige: (squinting at the ultra-sound) "I still don't see it to tell you the truth..." Piper points, "See that little thing right there...?" Chris, embarrassed, snatches the ultra-sound away. Chris: "Do you mind?"
INT. Underground Parking Garage - Day
The elevator doors open and Piper, Paige and Chris emerge into a dark empty garage. Piper asks why he's on edge and he should relax. Chris tells his mom, it's not him he's thinking about it's her. Piper: "Isn't he sweet?" Paige: "This is where he asks for twenty bucks to go to the movies." As they continue on, they are completely unaware that they are being watched...stalked. Chris: "Very funny. Actually, you're the one I ask for money in the future." Paige is surprised at that and asks if she's rich, Chris replies that he can't tell her. Piper: "why don't you ask me for money? I'm your mother." Chris: "Because I won't want to bother you, you'll have enough to deal with." Paige asks what about his dad and Chris says he's not much a factor. Paige: "What does that mean?" Chris tells her he really doesn't wan to get into it , but Piper asks, "why, future consequences?" Chris says its more like future issues. Paige continues to ask, "father-son stuff?" They reach Paige's car. Chris asks to have the subject changed. Paige: "Sure, to what?" Chris: (sees it first) "Demons..."
Angle - Ceiling
To where a female demon in a vamped out vision in black silk with sharp teeth drops down on them from an oversized web, her wicked black nails poised to strike. Chris calls out to his mom and pushes her out of harm's way, but gets his neck slashed from the spider demon's nails. Paige calls out and gestures for the extinguisher and orbs it back in at the demon's head. The spider demons avoids it by dropping onto all fours, it's eyes are dead set on Piper. Piper gestures to blast it, but it morphs into a tarantula and the blast hits the pillar behind it. The tarantula crawls into an air duct and escapes. Paige asks Chris if he's ok. Chris in pain looks to Piper, "Am I...?" Piper: (off belly, confused about something) "I don't know..."
END OF TEASER
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