Charmed: A Knight to Remember (4.6)

I'm so used to assuming that all of Charmed's 'fairy tale' episodes were the televisual equivilant of an Anthrax attack that I incorrectly assumed A Knight to Remember was a heinous disaster. While it is pretty stupid, there's at least a ridiculous charm to the whole Evil Enchantress story, with Rose McGowan doing her campy, vampy thing and 'Ben is Glory?' being reliably vacant.

The real fun occurs with the sisterly chemistry, like always. Piper and Phoebe want Paige to move into the Manor, something Paige is vehemently against, in order to maintain some banality in her life. The scenes where the sisters try and convince Paige are pretty funny, Holly Marie Combs' delivery genuinely on point this week, despite Piper still generally being written as a whiny hag.

There's not a whole lot 'new' this episode. Most of the ideas have been done before, and Paige's efforts to maintain her ordinary life are reminiscent of Charmed's first season, but everybody is acting with enough conviction to make the hour work. Great chemistry between the ladies, too. Dumb, but entertaining. C+

Crimes of Fashion Can we address that big ruffle mess of a blouse that Paige wears throughout the episode? Yeesh, is it hideous. And is that the Eilish Monster herself making a cameo in one of the photographs the Enchantress spies on the office wall? Shudder.

Credits
Guest stars Charlie Weber (The Prince); Joie Lenz (Lady Julia); Jesse Woodrow (Glenn Belland)
Writers Alison Schapker, Monica Breen Director David Straiton