Charmed Season 1 Episode 1

When Piper and Phoebe are playing with the Spirit Board and Piper asks "If Prue will have sex with someone other then herself this year" The board spells AT which is obviously the first 2 letters of ATTIC, but it is also the initials of the person that Prue does end up having sex with. Andrew Trudeau.

When the door to the attic opens for Phoebe the shot within shows her sweeping her flashlight across it. Yet in the next shot she still has it lowered by her hip and she raises it again.

Prue uses her powers to tighten the tie around her boss' neck as she walks down the hall, but in future episodes Prue must be looking at the object she moves with her power.

In this episode the sisters "adopt" Kit a stray who unknowing to them belonged to the first witch shown that Jeremy killed. However this will be contradicted in the season 3 episode Pre-witched, when in flashbacks it's shown that Kit had been hanging around since Grams died.

While having coffee with Phoebe,Prue is able to transfer the milk into her mug from the saucer. However, this is not actually how her power works throughout the show. What should have happened was for the saucer to pour her milk into the coffee, that would have been telekenetic, what she did was switch the milk from the saucer into the mug which is not how her power will ever work again for the rest of the show.

TRIVIA: Prue is the first sister to use her magic on the show, she makes Roger's pen explode in his pocket.

When Prue got to the hospital she said she was looking for her sister Phoebe Halliwell. Why didn't Andy react to this since he should have recognized the name because they grew up together.

When Phoebe walked in the house when she arrived, she said that she found the key. Piper didn't lock the door when she got home so why would Phoebe have needed a key?

TRIVIA: Charmed is based in San Fransico and the manor is apparently 1329 Prescott Street. The address of the house used for the exterior of the Charmed Ones' manor is actually 1329 Carroll Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90026.

TRIVIA: Holly Marie Combs was originally going to play Prue and Shannen Doherty was going to be Piper.

In the cafe scene, when Prue asks Phoebe where the milk is, it magically disappears from the jug and reappears in her cup. Shouldn't the milk have moved through the air instead? Prue's power is to move things with her mind, not make them disappear and reappear.

The night the sisters receive their powers, Jeremy walks under a bare-leafed tree, yet the next morning when Phoebe and Piper are talking by Piper's car the tree is in full bloom.

TRIVIA: This is the first time Nancy Drew's name is mentioned in the show. The second time it was used was in the season 4 episode Trial By Magic and the third time in the season 7 episode Charmed Noir.

TRIVIA: Phoebe is the first of the Charmed Ones to cast a spell, and that is the spell of Invocation, which gives them their powers completely.

TRIVIA: While filming the first few episodes, Shannen Doherty was very sick. This explains why in the first few episodes, Prue looked quite pale and tired. It is especially very visible in the episodes "Something Wicca This Way Comes", "Dream Sorcerer", and "Thank You For Not Morphing", which were the first 3 episodes filmed (the first 6 episodes of the series did not air in production order).

TRIVIA: The name "Jeremy" was used more then once in the series. It was used as the warlock's name in this episode and for a barkeeper in Piper's club (P3) in a season 6 episode. This rarely happened on the series.

The umbrella that Piper walks into the Manor carrying is different from the one she then hangs up.

TRIVIA: In this episode, in addition to beginning their magical discovery, the girls learn about Melinda Warren. Melinda was a powerful witch who was the beginner of their magical line and posessed the powers of the Charmed ones now have (telekinesis, freezing time, and premonitions).

TRIVIA: In this episode, the girls' first vanquish is the warlock Jeremy Burns, Piper's boyfriend. This begins the long tradition of the girls being romantically involved with shady/evil men.

TRIVIA: This is the only episode where the sisters say a spell to vanquish a demon with him not actually being right there with them.

TRIVIA: Featured music in this episode -
How Soon Is Now? by Love Spit Love

The witch that died in this episode knew the warlock, but it's later shown that warlocks usually just kill witches for their powers not spend time getting to know them.

TRIVIA: The first line ever spoken on the series was by a witch to her cat saying "here baby, come on baby."

TRIVIA: In the beginning of this episode, The Talmadge building is shown. This is named after 1910's-1920's silent film legend Norma Talmadge and her family and is located in Hollywood.

TRIVIA: In this episode it is revealed that the order of birth for the sisters is Prue(Shannen Doherty), Piper(Holly Marie Combs), and then Phoebe(Alyssa Milano). Yet in real life Alyssa is older than Holly.

TRIVIA: This is the second Aaron Spelling TV show that actors Dorian Gregory and Shannon Doherty have been on - the first was Beverly Hills 90210.

TRIVIA: The sisters' classic "Power of Three" spell is used again in this episode - "The Power of Three will set us free".

TRIVIA: This is the first spell the sisters use together to get rid of a warlock - "Your love will wither and depart, from my life and my heart, let me be, Jeremy, and go away forever".

TRIVIA: This evoking spell is a little different then in the (unaired) pilot. It is performed by Phoebe - "Hear now the words of the witches, the secrets we hid in the night, the oldest of Gods are invoked here, the great work of magic is sought. In this night and in this hour, I'll call upon the ancient power, bring your powers to we sisters three, we want the power, give us the power".

TRIVIA: The first spell on the series is performed by an unknown witch - "Ancient one of the earth so deep, master of moon and sun. I shield you in my wiccan way, here in my circle round, asking you to protect this space, and offer your sun force down".

TRIVIA: Phoebe was the first Charmed One to save an innocent. She had a premonition of 2 boys getting hit by a car, and she stopped that from happening.

TRIVIA: In the original (unaired) pilot, Phoebe was played by Lori Rom. For personal reasons she left the show and was replaced with Alyssa Milano.

When Roger tells Prue about the promotion he got, his green pen changes to a black pen.

When Phoebe looks into the mirror, her tattoo is visible, though usually there is makeup that covers it.

At the end, when Prue was talking to Andy, she had picked up the paper, and was holding the paper with Gazzette outwards, but in the next shot she was holding it with "The Daily" outwards. It then went back to the Gazzette side in the next shot.

TRIVIA: When the sisters receive their powers, and the chandelier lights up, it reveals a section of the sitting room: a doorway by a fire place caddy-cornered to the wall, and then a double-paned window very close by. This is the actual sitting room of the Innes House, located in downtown Los Angeles, not the set used for the show.

When Phoebe goes up to the attic and takes the Book of Shadows out of the chest, she reads the incantation and closes the book, but when she is talking to Prue and Piper it seemed like she had read half the book instead of only one page.

TRIVIA: The opening credits are different for this episode. Alyssa Milano is credited with the "and" credit after T.W. King and Dorian Gregory. From the episode "Thank You for Not Morphing" onward, she is credited after Shannen Doherty and Holly Marie Combs. She continues in that spot in the credits for the following two seasons.

Phoebe tells of three essential elements of magic: timing, feeling and the phases of the moon.

An actual historical reference: a common misconception is that when the witches were executed in Salem they were burned at the stake. They were not, they were hanged. This confusion generally occurs because in Europe witchcraft was considered a heresy and was punished by burning, but in the Colonies, it was a felony, punished by hanging.

When Phoebe was explaining about witchcraft to Prue when they are leaving the hospital or the restaurant, she believed in her. So how come at the end, when they are saying the power of three spell to vanquish Jeremy, Phoebe said to Prue you have to trust me?

Piper rips the fortune cookiepaper out of Jeremy's hands and throws it at him, but still has the carton. Two seconds later the carton is gone and she still has the piece of paper in her hand which she had just thrown away.

Piper pushes the rose in the doll before the sisters are saying the spell, but shortly after, WHILE saying the spell she presses the rose in it again.

When Jeremy comes in he shatters the door and when he was vanquished the door is on the right again!

When Piper opens the carton of fortune cookies and closes it the camera switches to Jeremy and it is open again.

When Prue uses telekinesis to put milk in her coffee you can clearly see bubbles that indicate a pump.

Right after the power goes out, Piper wants to take a taxi to Jeremy's house. The next morning, however, we see she has a car.

At the end of the episode, when Prue shuts the door magically it shows the inside of the house, revealing that there is no door leading into the sitting room. During the show the layout of the house is such that it has a foyer that leads into the parlor and a sitting room, there should be a doorway parallel to the front door.

Look at the headline of the newspaper Prue is holding at the end. I think it's the San Francisco Gazette, and it says, "Police Doubt Fire Was Accidental". This is a prop from the movie "Mrs. Doubtfire". That movie also takes place in San Francisco, and Robin Williams' character uses the second and third word of the headline to come up with a name at the last second.

When Piper is preparing her audition recipe, she smells the sauce and it looks like a white sauce. When Chef Moore comes in to sample it, he says that without port it would be nothing more than a salty marinara, which is red. The pasta is also not red when he eats it, as a marinara would do.

As a professional chef, Piper should have known she shouldn't be wearing nail polish during her cooking audition; at the very least, she should have been wearing plastic gloves for sanitary reasons. Piper should also have had her hair tied back...not flicking it everywhere.