charmed_autistic

Rating: 4 out of 5

Plot: “Mel is on the hunt for Jada; a changeling demon puts one of the sisters in danger; Maggie signs up for a job helping to market a new dating app which could land her a summer internship; Macy decides to go outside her comfort zone.”

The plot flowed pretty easily though the scenes with/about the demons of the week were quite boring. Though at least the series plot got moved along quite a bit this episode.

Positives: The character development and the overarching plot are what saved this episode, honestly. We learned quite a bit more about the magic system in this series. As y'all may know from my previous reviews, I love world building. It’s my favorite part of any non-mundane series. We get some development from almost every character. While I don’t necessarily ship them, Charity and Harry being exes brings depth to both characters and give interesting backstories to both characters. The racism and fetishization of minorities in dating, in general but especially on dating apps, is an important topic to discuss. I like that they brought it up here. I also like that Charity made clear that the main focus should be paranormal and not mortal crimes. It makes sense and makes more focus on what is needed.

Negatives: Bug demons using humans to reproduce is something we’ve seen a lot of and it’s honestly never been enjoyable. We saw it twice in BtVS alone and those are some of the worst episodes. Galvin continues to get more annoying each episode and it’s not just because I can’t stand the horrid actor. He started out as potentially interesting but each episode has me more and more frustrated at how pointless and annoying he is and how much time is wasted on this character. Why won’t this series keep Asian characters around. They few Asian characters that have been introduced have been either dropped from the series or killed/vanquished.

References to the original (This section contains spoilers for the original series.): Jada being a witch-whitelighter hybrid is obviously a call back to Paige and potentially Wyatt and Chris too. I like how this reboot is tackling how simple-minded the elders could be. In the original, Patty was said to be terrified of how the elders would react to her having a half-whitelighter child but the series never gave any attention to that. Honestly, Harry is what Leo should have been. If Leo had been more like Harry, I might have been able to tolerate him. Also, the P3 nod. I see what the writers did there.

Theories/What I’d Like To See: So, I think we are gonna learn more about the grey morality of the elders and how they aren’t as purely good as they like to believe. Canonically, both Marisol and Fiona saw the Sarcana as a better option to the Elders. Charity and Fiona were sisters on opposing sides. I’d like to see more about how that came about. Also, Charity keeps refusing to say what they did but insists they are terrible. If they are as terrible as she says, why won’t she dicuss why they are and what they did? Probably because the elders are actually the ones who are in the wrong. So Fiona is back. I think we will learn that her backstory isn’t quite what we were led to believe. I don’t think Harry has the true story either. I think the only ones who truly know are Charity, Fiona and Possibly Marisol.

Favorite Character This Episode: Jada brought a lot of intriguing points to an otherwise mediocre episode.

Favorite Quote/Interaction: I loved the bonding between Mel and Harry this episode.

Tidbits: Mel is the fashion icon of this series. Every outfit she wore this episode was gorgeous and iconic. Can someone explain what is it exactly that Alistair is wanting? One minute he seems to hate Parker with s passion and the next he seems to actually like he’s doing this to save Parker. But then it seems like there may be something else going on. I’m very confused. Slight spoiler for the original series but I long had this headcanon that Melinda Halliwell, often called Mel, from the original series is a lesbian. The reboot also has a witch named Mel who is a lesbian. I find that interesting.

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