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Charmed Reboot Season 1 Episode 2
Rating: 3 out of 5

Plot: “The sisters are warned to not trust Harry, so they concoct a plan to see if he is telling the truth; Harry soon realizes that the sisters are up to no good and tries to help before it’s too late; the sisters struggle with their new roles.”

This episode felt like a step back from last week’s episode. The plot dragged. Things were highly predictable. They played their hands too soon on many aspects. The sisterly Bond felt less believable than in the pilot, which doesn’t make sense to me how that happened because the actresses should have gotten more used to each other and more familiar with their characters and relationships with each other. Considering it’s premise is being a show about sisterhood, the sisterly moments shouldn’t be the least believable or interesting part of the episode. The show is dating itself already by having these very 2018 moments. It won’t have much relatablity for people who watch it later. The oroginal was great about maintaining a timeless feeling. The episode was mediocre at best and that’s me being very generous.

Positives: I only have one. The scenes with Nico were well acted and interesting, if at points poor as hell. I do ship Mel and Nico and the chemistry between them still felt believable. Though I want to see the Lesbian Love Tringle that was talked about. That seems more interesting than anything else that happened this episode.

Negatives: Brace yourself. I have a lot this episode. For a show centering around three witches, there was very little magic. The show is trying to convince us Harry is 100% good now but it’s hard to believe that when the character was set up as a creepy asshole from the begining. It wasn’t the demon possessed ouija board that made me hate and distrust Harry. It was Harry himself. His first interactions with the sisters included him talking about his genitals, condescendingly explaining how he is qualified to take a job that should only belong to a woman, kidnapping them, insulting and talking down to them, mansplaining things they already knew, and manipulating them. Also, this episode was far more cringe inducing than the pilot. Are we supposed to hate the mom? Cause I do. So far what we know about her is that she abandoned her oldest child, lied to the other two about multiple things for their entire lives, and apparently did drugs in the house with her young children and left her eight year old unattended long enough for her to find and begin playing with her bong. Then doesn’t explain it to her daughter and let’s her eight year old make a ceramic bong at school and seems proud about that. And we’re supposed to believe she’s a great mother? I don’t. Next, a sign of increased demonic activity is dogs have more sex than usually….. Apparently demons make dogs horny. I didn’t want to know that. Also, Harry suggested the sisters monitor that but how!? Are the sisters supposed to run around town with binoculars to see if they can see some dogs having sex? Lastly, the so-called feminism wasn’t present this episode at all. The stereotype that women who join sororities are all ignorant and Shallow needs to be done away with yet this episode insists on validating a sexist idea.

References to the original (This section contains spoilers for the original series.): I really didn’t see any this episode and that was disappointing. Once again, If anybody noticed any reference that I didn’t feel free to let me know.

Theories/What I’d Like To See: I honestly feel like this evil Harry plot point hasn’t been properly closed out. Either they need to explore it further or provide undeniable proof that Harry is s on the sisters’ side. I want to see more expansion on the magic system in this universe and how it differs and/or compares to the original.

Favorite Character This Episode: Niko with no competition.

Favorite Quote/Interaction: Niko and Mel outside the police station.

Please join me for next week’s episode. Fingers crossed it improves.