We're Off to See the Wizard

Episode aired Apr 25, 2002
TV-PG
42m

IMDb RATING

8.2/10

795

YOUR RATING

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Piper and Paige team up with a magical Wizard to stop the coronation of a new Source, not realizing that the new head of the Underworld is Cole and Phoebe is his Evil Queen-to-be.Piper and Paige team up with a magical Wizard to stop the coronation of a new Source, not realizing that the new head of the Underworld is Cole and Phoebe is his Evil Queen-to-be.Piper and Paige team up with a magical Wizard to stop the coronation of a new Source, not realizing that the new head of the Underworld is Cole and Phoebe is his Evil Queen-to-be.

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IMDb RATING

8.2/10

795

YOUR RATING

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10claudio_carvalho

So Far, the Best Episode of the Fourth Season

In the underworld, Cole is preparing to oath in the presence of the evil book of shadows Grimoire in a coronation ceremony to become the new The Source and achieves full power. The last wizard unsuccessfully tries to steal the Grimoire and associates to Piper and Paige to avoid the ceremony. Paige tells Phoebe that Piper and she believe Cole is a demon, and the upset Phoebe has a premonition confirming that her sisters are right about her beloved husband. Meanwhile, The See poisons Phoebe, using her pregnancy and her love for Cole to convince her to be the Evil-Queen of The Source.

"We're Off to See the Wizard" is so far the best episode of the Fourth Season. The pleasant story has many plot points, and even Holly Marie Combs has a reasonable performance. The promising conclusion, with Phoebe turning evil and breaking The Power of Three lead the series to an unpredictable sequence. My vote is ten.

Title (Brazil): "O Mago" ("The Wizard")

10tom-kendall

I look them up so you don't have to.

If he looked familiar to you, the Wizard was played by Armin Shimerman, an actor who has appeared in just about everything.

Possibly his most memorable role was the Ferengi Quark, in Star Trek: Deep Space 9 (1993-1999). It was certainly his longest-running role: he appeared in 172 episodes.

He was also in 19 episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

So now you know . . .

Trivia
The title is from a song from the MGM version of The Wizard of Oz (1939).

Goofs
When Piper and Paige visit Phoebe at the apartment in the beginning of the episode, Phoebe is wearing white high-heeled boots. She's still wearing them when Cole arrives home, but when she walks to the elevator at the end of the scene, she's wearing brown lambskin boots.

Quotes
[Phoebe is trying to avoid telling Cole she's pregnant]
Cole Turner: Phoebe, what's wrong?
Phoebe Halliwell: Why? What makes you think there's something wrong?
Cole Turner: Because every time you lie, I can see your wisdom teeth?