Writer:	Cameron Litvack
Director:	Jon Paré
Star:	Holly Marie Combs (Piper Halliwell),  Alyssa Milano (Phoebe Halliwell),  Brian Krause (Leo Wyatt (Season 2+)),  Rose McGowan (Paige Matthews (Season 4+))
Recurring Role:	Elizabeth Dennehy (Sandra)
Guest Star:	Kevin R. Kelly (Father),  Sammi Hanratty (Wendy),  Greg Lindsay (Trey),  Steve Bean (Roger),  Don Swayze (Lucius),  Shani Pride (Darcy),  Hayley DuMond (Nina),  Stacy Barnhisel (Linda),  Michelle Hurd (Katya),  Brooke Nevin (Hope)

According to Greek mythology, when Pandora opened the box all the ills of the world came out, all humans weaknesses emerged and roamed the earth. But among them there was hope, the basic human weakness, and it was hope that gave humans the strength to deal with all the other ills that had been released. Ironically, the new owner of the box is named Hope. (edit) The WB used the promo title "Pandora's Box" for this episode. (edit) This episode aired April 23, 2005 in Canada. (edit)

Elder Sandra: You're a natural, Paige. Everything you've been and done in your life has been preparing you to be a Whitelighter. Everything you needed to help those people has been inside you all along. (edit) Hope (looking at Phoebe and Piper, and what's left of her dorm room): You blew up my dorm...with your hands!
Piper: Yes, and I am very sorry about that.
Hope: And now you're both calm — like this stuff happens every day!
Piper: Well, it kinda does. (edit) Hope: Oh, I am not going anywhere with you people. You burst in here talking about Pandora's box and guardians and witches and God knows what else. And now you expect me to leave with you? (edit) Leo: I think you better orb upstairs before Mommy turns you into a toad. (edit) Phoebe: Magical boys will be magical boys.
Leo: Yeah, well, try telling that to his magical mama. (edit)

Why did Katya have to morph into Nina to trick the Charmed Ones? Couldn't she have just been herself? The witches have never met a Guardian, so they wouldn't know what she would look like anyway. (edit) TRIVIA: Wyatt is now going through a magical "Terrible Twos" where he begins orbing himself & his toys all around the manor. (edit) TRIVIA: This is the fourth time Paige morphs into someone - this time it's Hope, the new guardian of Pandora's Box. (edit) Why does there even need to be a guardian for Pandora's Box if the only one who can open the box is the guardian? The demons that could ever steal the box wouldn't be able to do anything with it anyways. (edit) In the episode "Sin Francisco", Leo said that the sin box was probably how the Pandora's Box myth got started, but in this episode he seems to know and have always known that Pandora's Box is, in fact, real. (edit)

Nina: We're chosen beings...one in which every generation a girl is born...

An obvious nod to and parody of the famous line from the TV series Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, where she is the chosen one - into every generation a slayer is born... (edit) Piper: Well, we'll see how Mr. Mom deals with it...

This is a reference to the 1983 film Mr. Mom starring Michael Keaton and Teri Garr. In the film, Jack (Keaton) stays home and takes care of the kids, while his wife Caroline (Garr) goes to work. (edit) Title: Little Box of Horrors
Reference to the musical, later developed into a movie "Little Shop of Horrors". (edit) re: Pandora's Box

In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman, created by Zeus as part of his punishment upon mankind for Prometheus giving them the gift of fire. Pandora was made as a poisoned gift for mankind by the Gods and given a box filled with all the woes of the world, then placed before Epimetheus', Prometheus' brother. Epimetheus ignored his brother's warning and took Pandora as his wife, and later she opened the box, unleashing the woes upon then-perfect mankind. (edit)