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Oh dear! Here's another instance of somebody charging in with a negative review without doing adequate research. "City of Windsor" roses, aka Rosa Korimach, were bred in Germany, by the Kordes nursery in the 1990s. The name has nothing to do with any geographical location in England. They are a beautiful flower, and could have been grown anywhere in England or (more likely) Scotland. The episode itself I felt was OK. The arrival of adult Christy was a shock - I think that could have been handled better - but overall it went right. I look forward to seeing how she blends in with the future storyline.

A good episode. I liked the introduction of the East Asian cultural mix, and the preview of where Paige's relationship with Henry may be heading. I feel that Lo Pan is a particularly sympathetic (and useful) character - it's a shame we probably won't be seeing him again. It's too late now, but I wish the writers had cut back on these scenes on the top of the Golden Gate Bridge. I have a physical revulsion every time. My father had bad experiences as an officer in the RAMC, stretchering wounded soldiers down cliffs in the Italian campaign, and passed his subsequent fear of falling on to me. "Younger me" was one of the auditors of the Forth Road Bridge project, and I was given the opportunity to stand on top of the suspension towers, exactly as in these scenes, (to count the rivets, of course!) ...mmm - I declined.

This is a curious mix, consisting mainly (as you might expect from the title) of a lot of content relating to the sisters' lives before and leading up to their Grandmother's death. It explains the arrival of the cat in the household. It also includes discussion of the sisters' earlier living arrangements, including Phoebe's departure to New York. That ties in tightly with Piper and Leo's current discussions as to where they should live in their new circumstances. The rest of the script is an interesting puzzle, involving a cat turned into a demon, which is eventually solved by a variant of the Fox, Goose and Grain Problem. Didn't see that coming, although I probably should have! Overall, it fills out the background story nicely, and gives us a good amount of character development.