charmed_autistic

Rating: 4 out of 5

Plot: “While waiting for The Elders to arrive, the sisters’ patience grows thin as they keep a watchful eye on their new charge; Charity arrives and gives specific instructions on how to handle the situation; Mel does not agree with the solution.”

The plot was fairly solid. It had a good bit of character moments, which I love though I know not everyone does.The scenes flowed well and were well written for the most part. However, some portions feel forced. Nico’s partner being suspicious of the sisters didn’t make any sense. It was clearly forced simply so the writers can get him there to kill him. We get to see quite a bit of mythology building in this episode, which I hoped for.

Positives: We get to see quite a bit of mythology building in this episode, which I hoped for. We also get more hints towards Harry’s past, which seems to involve Charity. That seem to have some history together. Also, a decent amount of magic was used this episode so that was great, even if a huge portion of that was used by Charity instead of The Charmed Ones.

Negatives: Nico’s partner being suspicious of the sisters didn’t make any sense. It was clearly forced simply so the writers can get him there to kill him. This better lead to some majorly interesting storylines because otherwise it was just pointless. We still don’t know why Macy was given up so that needs to be explained posthaste.

References to the original (This section contains spoilers for the original series.): There are the obvious Mel/Nico and Prue/Andy comparisons. Though I hope Nico fairs better than Andy did. I can’t go through that again. What is it with The Charmed Ones and their attraction to law enforcement? Also, The comparations between Macy/Marisol and Paige/Patty.

Theories/What I’d Like To See: We know Charity tried to make the partner’s death look like a suicide but did she truly frame him or was that the work of the elevator demon to cause distrust between The Charmed Ones and The Elders. However, if Charity did do that then we can expect The Elders will be just as horrid as their original series counter points. Since they changed how Elders work in this reboot it also changes whitelighters and how they operate. Witches have control over the dead apparently because how would whitelighters get made otherwise now. Marisol was an Elder. Hopefully that leads to something.

Favorite Character This Episode: Macy is my favorite this episode. The best emotional beats were from her.

Favorite Quote/Interaction: Macy and Charity talking about Marisol.

Tidbits: I would love for Macy to be canonically labeled autistic. Macy has so many autistic traits. Plus it would help make amends for their shitty insistence on keeping that ableist piece of shit Ser'Darius Blain onboard instead of recasting the bastard. Ableism isn’t cute or acceptable. Sincerely, Your Local Pissed Off Autistic

Please join me again for next week’s episode.