The arc that featured heavily during season fours later episodes almost has two climaxes. The first is the emotional one, which we saw in ‘Long Live The Queen’, the second, here, is the magical one when the Seer’s plan comes to fruition.
Synopsis: The seer attempts to kidnap phoebe’s unborn child in order to take control of the Underworld for herself. Darryl asks Phoebe to come in for questioning about Cole’s recent disappearance.
While the previous episode packs more of a punch considering all the drama surrounding it, ‘Womb Raider’ is actually quite an explosive one, and brings the season long story to a close. The Seer was always one of my favourite villains and Debbi Morgan’s over pronunciation may be a little much but it never bothered me really. This is one of the few demonic ploys that were hinted to earlier on in the series, with her plan to take the underworld for herself showing up as early as ‘The Three Faces Of Phoebe’.
The idea that Phoebe’s baby will defend its father’s honour is a lot of fun, and added some dark humour into the mix. Though why Phoebe could be so annoyed with Paige is strange, she was the one who figured out he was evil.
Piper continues to hit more problems with her discovery of a hard pregnancy. Again, I feel so much for her. Her sister Phoebe is running around wanting to get rid of her child (I know it’s a demonic one, but still) and she can’t even conceive; yet another thing that magic has taken from her.
The final confrontation between the Charmed Ones and the Seer is a fantastic one. It’s the kind of climax that Charmed never really reaches again, or at least not in the same way. The idea that all the major demonic leaders present were killed should mean that life for the Charmed Ones will be remarkable easier, at least for a while, feeds into my thought that season 4 could easily act as the perfect ending to the show.
Adding in an un-vanquishable (and huge!) demon into the mix provides even more excitement into an already major threat being faced. ‘The Tall Man,’ as simple and silly an idea that he was, worked fantastically.
Some people may view this episode as one that was created out of necessity to clean up all the loose ends left from the season long arc, I personally felt it allowed for the previous episode’s emotional themes to be dealt with in the best way, and this episodes magical ones in the same manner. While it doesn't pack quite as much of a punch as 'Long Live The Queen', it is still quite deserving of a place in one of Charmed's best story arcs.
8.5/10
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