Writer:	Monica Breen, Alison Schapker
Director:	Craig Zisk
Star:	Shannen Doherty (Prudence 'Prue' Halliwell (Season 1-3)),  Holly Marie Combs (Piper Halliwell),  Alyssa Milano (Phoebe Halliwell),  Brian Krause (Leo Wyatt (Season 2+)),  Julian McMahon (Cole Turner (Season 3-5))
Recurring Role:	Michael Bailey Smith (Belthazor)
Guest Star:	Shaun Toub (Evil Triad Member #3),  Selma Archerd (Mrs. Snyder),  Desiree Walter (Claire),  Jason Carter (Andras, The Demon Of Rage),  Rick Overton (Evil Triad Member #2),  Ron Marasco (Allen),  Pamela Dunlap (Janice),  Amir Aboulela (Evil Triad Member #1),  Fastball (Themselves)

This episode reunites Shannen Doherty and Jason Carter from the TV series Beverly Hills 90210, where he was a guest-star several times & she was a star of the series. (edit)

Andras: So the rumors are true. You've fallen for a witch.
Cole: What are you doing here? Get out!
Andras: The great Belthazor. Who would've ever thought. I can hardly wait to see what the Triad will do when I tell them you failed.
Cole: I will kill you before you ever get the chance.
Andras: Then you really are a traitor, aren't you? (edit) Andras: Don't you need me to enrage all three of the sisters for your plan to work?
Cole: You infect Piper and Prue, I'll bring Phoebe back home. They'll blame her for everything.
Andras: Your legend is well deserved, Belthazor. You know, for someone about to score one of the biggest victories in centuries, you don't seem very happy about it.
Cole: Just do your job. (edit) Cole: They are sisters first and foremost, and that, I believe, is their
Achilles’ heel. Break that bond, and we break the very foundation of their powers. (edit) Phoebe: What's the matter, Prue, jealous? All work and no play making you even more boring? (edit) Phoebe: Hey guys what's going on?
Prue & Piper (under Andras's spell): Shut up! (edit)

TRIVIA: Leo displays glamouring or at least the ability to magically disguise himself during the "earthquake drill" when he appears as Belthazor. However, while he may have the ability to appear as Belthezor, he does not have Belthezor's powers. So why was he able to throw energy balls and immune to Piper's freezing power? (edit) When Piper and Phoebe are arguing, Phoebe says that Piper is jealous that she didn't have the courage to go away to college (which is implying what we've always believed that Phoebe had gone away to school in New York). However, in the episode Pre-witched, it is said that Phoebe dropped out of college and moved to New York after Grams died. (edit) When the homeowner's meeting is first shown, the four neighbors are arguing about the fence, but there are also other people in the background. Piper also makes enough appetizers for more than 4 people, yet when she gets angry and yells at them, she only kicks out the 4 neighbors and no one else is there anymore. (edit) TRIVIA: This is the third time that the Charmed Ones lost their powers. (edit) Why would Prue need permission from Piper to do a photo shoot at the club? If it wasn't for Prue and Phoebe she wouldn't have been able to buy the club and they agreed to be partners. (edit)

Prue refers to the flesh of Balthazar as "the other white meat", which is a reference to the popular pork industry commercials that use that slogan. (edit) Title: Power Outage

This is a reference to the common phrase to describe a blackout of electricity. (edit) Upon her arrival from Cole’s apartment, Phoebe asks her sisters, “Has the tribal council spoken? Am I booted off the island?”

Her questions allude directly to the CBS reality-competition series Survivor, which was just beginning to come to be a national phenomenon when this episode aired. On Survivor, 16 castaways begin an adventure on an island to win $1 million. Each week, the losing “tribe” goes to tribal council to vote one of their members out. (edit) Prue tells Piper and Phoebe, "Who needs Oprah when we can do it ourselves?"

She is referring to Oprah Winfrey and the syndicated talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, where family members often go to resolve issues with each other. (edit)