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Cheaper by the Coven

Episode Number: 137    Season Num: 7    First Aired: Sunday September 26, 2004    Prod Code: 4301137
When Paige and Phoebe summon Grams for Chris' Wiccaning, Grams puts a spell on the children to try to end their sibling rivalry, but instead it reverts the sisters back to bickering teenagers. Meanwhile Phoebe, still acting like a teenager, attends an award ceremony with Les, and Leo consults a demonic seer to find out who is behind the attack on Wyatt.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Mark Wilding
Director: Derek Johansen
Star: Rose McGowan (Paige Matthews (Season 4+)),  Brian Krause (Leo Wyatt (Season 2+)),  Alyssa Milano (Phoebe Halliwell),  Holly Marie Combs (Piper Halliwell)
Recurring Role: Jason Simmons (Wyatt),  Nick Lachey (Leslie St. Claire),  James Read (Victor Bennett),  Jennifer Rhodes (Penny 'Grams' Halliwell),  Finola Hughes (Patty Halliwell),  Kristopher Simmons (Wyatt)
Guest Star: Mandy Freund (Female Fan),  Peter Breitmayer (Emcee),  Tac Fitzgerald (Ben),  Charisma Carpenter (The Seer),  Marc Wilson (Rex)

Notes

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Charisma Carpenter also plays a seer on the show Angel. (edit)
This episode scored 5.4 million viewers. (edit)
Series star Holly Marie Combs and guest star, Charisma Carpenter, have prevoiusly worked together in the film "See Jane Date". (edit)

Quotes

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(As he watches Phoebe through his office glass window as she walks across the bullpen to leave)
Leslie (to himself): If she turns around, that means she likes me. Come on, Phoebe, don’t let me down. You can do it. Turn around. (Phoebe stops at the door, then turns around to look at him, before she walks away) That-a-girl. (edit)
Patty (reciting a spell): Reverse the spell from the book, and please restore what was...took.
(Victor gives her a look)
Patty: I made it up when I was nine. (edit)
Victor: We're talking about my daughter here. So I get a say in this.
Grams: No, with birthdays and holidays, you get a say. With magic and demons, what I say goes. (edit)
Phoebe: Well, well, I-I hugged you because I was just...you know...grateful for what you did.
Leslie: I don't know. You squeezed me pretty tight.
Phoebe (exasperated): Yeah, I was pretty grateful! (edit)
(After Patty asked the girls, who are acting very immature, due to a spell, to stand up)
Piper: She said now, Phoebe.
Phoebe: I heard her, Piper!
Piper: Today Phoebe!
Phoebe: Geez you're so bossy. (edit)

Trivia

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When Wyatt is taken by Leo/Demon Piper and the real Leo fight in a cave to take him back. Before the fight starts Leo/Demon goes away from Wyatt to the right side of the cave, but after the fight is over he appears from the left side. (edit)
When Grams is casting the spell, Wyatt changes positions between shots. In one shot he is near his brother looking at him and in the other he is away from his brother. (edit)
Paige and Piper panick when Wyatt orbs his little brother to some unknown destination, so why didn't either think of having Paige call for Chris, like she did with Wyatt when he was a baby? (edit)
During a scene in the attic with Victor and Penny, as they speak they change positions. After Grams throws the crystal in the chair, they are next to the wall. Yet in the next shot they are far away from the wall. Then the shot changes again and they are back near the wall. (edit)
Is it not obvious that the spell that they use on Wyatt and Chris is a personal gain spell? That is why the spell backfired. Grams would know about that, and the girls too. So why did they cast it anyway? (edit)

Allusions

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Title: Cheaper By The Coven

This is a reference to the film "Cheaper By the Dozen" about a married couple with a large family; it's also a common saying. (edit)
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Community Reviews (13)

 
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Superb
Cheaper by the Coven
"Average"
Leo is evil?
Continue » Posted Mar 19, 2008 7:35 am PST
10.0
Perfect
Cheaper by the Coven
"Fine example"
of what the Charmed ones were like as kids!
Continue » Posted Aug 21, 2007 7:25 pm PST
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Cheaper by the Coven
"A very special episode"
Despite the weird beginning, the episode gets better with the moment! And finish with a perfect story and bringing a calid family feeling. Cool off-screen job aswell
Continue » Posted Jul 25, 2007 7:59 am PST
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Cheaper by the Coven
"Fine example"
Yay the family reunited!
Continue » Posted Apr 6, 2007 4:09 am PST
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Perfect
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"Character development"
Great acting !!
Continue » Posted Mar 28, 2007 12:15 pm PST
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