The Jung and the Restless

Season 8, Episode 19, Aired
EDIT

Episode Summary

Piper and Phoebe devise a plan to recover Leo. Meanwhile, Paige rescues her new charge from a Darklighter; Billie is forced to make an important decision.
8.1
out of 10
EPISODE RATING: Great
330 votes
  • Your Rating: 10
    "Perfect"
  • Your Rating: 9.5
    "Superb"
  • Your Rating: 9
    "Superb"
  • Your Rating: 8.5
    "Great"
  • Your Rating: 8
    "Great"
  • Your Rating: 7.5
    "Good"
  • Your Rating: 7
    "Good"
  • Your Rating: 6.5
    "Fair"
  • Your Rating: 6
    "Fair"
  • Your Rating: 5.5
    "Mediocre"
  • Your Rating: 5
    "Mediocre"
  • Your Rating: 4.5
    "Poor"
  • Your Rating: 4
    "Poor"
  • Your Rating: 3.5
    "Bad"
  • Your Rating: 3
    "Bad"
  • Your Rating: 2.5
    "Terrible"
  • Your Rating: 2
    "Terrible"
  • Your Rating: 1.5
    "Abysmal"
  • Your Rating: 1
    "Abysmal"
Rate It

Watch Online

TNT
Subscription
Netflix
Subscription

Cast & Crew

See All EDIT

Fan Episode Reviews (37)

See All

  • One more show to add to my series finale list. I have enjoyed Charmed since the beginning.

    9.3
    "Superb"
    By rachelboutros, Dec 15, 2011 Report Abuse
    Charmed has been on my favorite list since it aired. I have enjoyed their characters and will truely miss it. After all these years I can\'t believe it\'s finished. It reminds me of Buffy and Angel. I\'m still adjusting to the fact that they are gone.

    Hopefully Charmed will give us a reunion or 2 in the near future. I will miss Page the most. I like her style and humour. I\'m looking forward to seeing her in a new series.

    So what will be the replacement for the Charmed series, I\'m hoping for another witch series or vampire series. I guess we just have to wait and see.moreless

    DO YOU AGREE?

    1 1

  • I DREAM OF LEO

    9.0
    "Superb"
    By Blinksterboy, Dec 06, 2011 Report Abuse
    I dream of Leo

    Dream sequence or alternate reality? I can't decide. Don't think the writers can either. The result is somewhere between 'Dream Sorcerer' and 'My Three Witches'.

    It's a good story. Rather than have Billie turn against the Charmed Ones without question, the writers take the harder route and use Christy's cunning and conniving to convince her. At the same time, we see Piper gradually turning her sisters against Billie. It's the darkest episode in a while and the sense of foreboding is terrific.

    The trip to dreamland is a nice idea but is kind of spoilt by having the sisters work it out straightaway. Surely the point of a dream is that you don't know you're in it? Still, there are some good individual scenes: the Bay Mirror being run by children; Leo appearing as an old man. I also liked the way Billie was always hanging around in the doorway. I guess my biggest question is what do the dreams prove? Piper wants her husband back, Phoebe wants children and Paige wants to know her place in the world. Don't see how this makes them evil or even selfish.

    The subplot with the darklighter had potential and should have been given more airtime. As it was I found it hard to care whether the whitelighter lived or died. Good guest actress though.

    Scene of the week has to be where Piper and Christy confront each other at Phoebe's flat. It's not often Charmed gets this tense so top marks to cast and director. I was actually quite shocked when Piper threw that vanquishing potion.

    Whatever you may think of this arc, you have to applaud the writers for sticking with it and avoiding the temptation of filler episodes. Can't wait for next week.

    Score: 9.1moreless

    DO YOU AGREE?

    5 1

  • Billie goes into the sisters' dreams, and the sisters all end up agreeing that they must kill Billie and Christy. The show is getting there;I actually felt suspense...but things are still too rushed and it's still showing.moreless

    7.8
    "Good"
    By Edward_Nigma, Nov 29, 2011 Report Abuse
    This episode was better than the last few, I guess because there's less time until the finale, but it still could have been done quite a bit better, as there were some major flaws.

    Of course Piper would be the one to trust Billie and Christy the least, and she has a point...but then she also might be acting a little too quickly, especially when she threw that potion and them in Phoebe's apartment. What I don't get is why Phoebe talked to Billie instead of Paige - I mean, Billie was Paige's charge, not Phoebe's. But still a good effort I guess. I think the most horrible, disgusting part of the episode was when Christy mentioned to Billie that she was working with the Triad. Hello - the freaking TRIAD! How the heck did Billie not even flinch at that??? She had no reaction at all. Billie definitely knows the Triad is EVIL, so why did she not suspect Christy of some foul play after hearing that. There's really no answer to that other than the series has to end in less than 4 weeks now and the writers feel they have to make moves like that. That was really stupid though in my opinion. We're supposed to think Billie is okay with Christy working with the Triad but not okay with the Charmed ones wanting normal lives. Yeah, okay. Whatever. We're not retarded, sorry.

    The other big thing was Billie's decision that the wants of the Charmed Ones were something that made it okay for her and Christy to try to kill them. ????? That is retarded. Okay, first of all, Paige did absolutely NOTHING wrong - she tried to save a charge. That's doing just what she's supposed to be doing as a witch. And Piper wanting her husband back is really not that bad. Phoebe's dream was selfish yes, but still, wanting a daughter isn't something that makes her evil. The Charmed Ones are people too, they have wants...sort of like how Billie wanted stupid freaking Christy back for half the season, and put everything else aside just so she could get her back. Why doesn't someone bring that little bit of information up? Oh yeah, I guess there's no time now that only 3 episodes are left. Ugh, again, whatever.

    Also...why was Piper once again being randomly dumb? Billie pretty much told Piper how to wake up from her dream, but then Piper had to ask Phoebe what to do when they met up in the manor. At least they added in something about Phoebe's psychology background...but still the scene was pretty lame.

    The suspense was there though, which is good. Minimal time was wasted on Phoebe's stupid useless subplot, which is a major plus. And I think the biggest plus, which is really amazing and something we haven't seen lately, is the sisters being together throughout most of the episode. They worked together in their dream, tried to help each other out, and had a talk on the couches in the living room at the end of the epsisode. Nice, very nice. That is what this show should be about - the sisters being sisters, and it's nice that we got to see that in this episode. Also, way to go Paige for getting a charge, that's something we haven't seen in awhile. Now all we need is for Phoebe to have a premonition...


    moreless

    DO YOU AGREE?

    5 0

  • Once again Billy and Christie justify their actions with stupidity.

    7.0
    "Good"
    By darkwolfette, Oct 14, 2011 Report Abuse
    Are they serious?? the Charmed Ones have been doing this job for seven and a half years, and they come along and dare say that they arent doing it right. This is absolutely ridiculous. As if the eighth season hasnt been painful enough, they put this mess in here. I mean, c'mon, the whole concept of the eighth season was just pitiful. We love the charmed ones, and we all wanted to see them happy with lovers and hubby's, but not at the expense of good plotlines. No one is happier than me to see Phoebe with a man that's not mortal or a demon, but with this season being the last, they cut it awful close. This forced them to butcher the relationships and force things together. And as I said before, Billy and Christy are so stupid. At least Christy has a good reason for being an evil idiot, but Billy knows what the sisters do, and have done for the world. It was just all so ridiculous. the only thing that even kept me watching was the actors, because they tried their best to work with what was given to them.moreless

    DO YOU AGREE?

    2 0

  • Piper and Christie are ready to throw down, but the rest of the sisters aren't... until the end of this episode.

    8.5
    "Great"
    By iltarion, Oct 14, 2011 Report Abuse
    So, Christie sends Billie into the sisters' dreams to see that they no longer care about the greater good. Meanwhile, Piper convinces her sisters that Billie and Christie must be stopped. For us, the audience, on the other hand, we aren't so convinced.

    Outside of the dream sequence this is a great episode in most aspects. The tension is really building to an exploding point as Piper, who is correct in her assumptions I might add, and Christie are ready to do battle. I loved it when Piper threw the potion at Christie. Who asked that byotch to show up at Phoebe's flat in the first place? Might as well dispense with the formalities and have at it. Of course, that only puts Billie more on the defensive, but her seduction to the darkside is pretty much inevitable anyway since her sister is a lot smarter than her. Doesn't it ever strike Billie as strange that Christie is suddenly such an expert on everything Charmed Ones related? And Christie even goes so far to mention the Triad this episode. That is kind of bizarre considering it is the mere mentioning of the Triad by Dumain in Forever Charmed that turns Billie back around again. I don't see how she can be so surprised considering her very sister told her she had direction from the Triad just this very episode.

    Anyway, the beginning and the ending of the episode are tremendous. It was pretty shocking to see Paige get ambushed by the darklighter at the end. He had to know he was dead once the sisters showed up. It was also a surprise that they had the innocent die, though it ended up being crucial since that allowed her to heal Paige. Anyway, very good subplot though it didn't get much airtime. So, that was all good. I think at least a secondary purpose for the dream sequence was to reacquaint us with what each sister is hoping for at this point. It sets us up for the ending of the series. In that regard, it works perfectly. In the regard of proving something to Billie, it doesn't work at all. I don't get it. Didn't Billie ask the sisters to train her so that she could take over the demon duties and they could lead normal lives? Weren't the sisters actually incognito and avoiding their demonic duties altogether when she met them? So, the fact that the sisters are more concerned with their own lives than the greater good is not news for Billie. But how is that a reason to kill them? Christie and Billie keep talking about "stopping them," or "they must be stopped." Stopped from what? Can someone answer that one? Stopped from having any more kids? What are the Charmed Ones doing exactly that needs to be stopped? There was nothing in those dreams that justified their deaths or even the removal of their powers. To have ones own dreams and desires is to be human, nothing else.

    Other than the character development benefit of the dream sequence, I think the writers could have come up with something more extravagant and sinister to convince Billie. How about a dream sequence where the Triad manages to omit or distort parts of the dream to make the sisters actually appear evil? Something like that may have taken more work, but it would have been more convincing to the audience. Instead, the writers basically chose to go with Billie being stupid and just listening to whatever her sister tells her.

    Phoebe at least being determined in the end to fight is a positive development. And Marnette Patterson continues to shine as the evil hottie bent on taking down the Charmed Ones. We are almost there.moreless

    DO YOU AGREE?

    2 0
 

Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions

See All

  • Trivia

    ADD TRIVIA
    • Christy said that the Charmed Ones wanted to train Billie so they can make her do all the work, but in the episode Malice in Wonderland Billie offered to help them out if they taught her everything they know. So Billie shouldn't act like they used her. Edit
    • From one shot to another, Phoebe's fingernails either have red polish on them or don't. It is especially obvious when Phoebe's nails are red when she talks to Piper, hears something and storms to the kitchen, and aren't when Phoebe enters the kitchen and finds the little girl. Edit
    • All the children seen in various clips of Phoebe's dreams and as Piper's grandchildren, they are actually children of most of the crew working on 'Charmed' Edit

  • Notes

    ADD NOTES
    • On it's original airdate this episode got 3.3 million viewers. Edit

  • Quotes

    ADD QUOTES
    • Phoebe: Ok. What did Billie say to you at the club? Piper: She said something about... I kept blowing her up, and... you know... right about now that seems like a pretty fabulous idea! Edit
    • Phoebe (talking about Billie and Christy): What are we going to do about them? Piper: We're going to stop them before they stop us. Edit
    • Phoebe (hears a litte girl's voice calling out to her): Did you hear that? Piper: Your tall exotic lover? Edit

  • Allusions

    ADD ALLUSIONS
    • Paige: Why can't I dream about someone cool like...I don't know... Quentin Tarantino?
      A reference to the famous director Quentin Tarantino, known for such films as "Pulp Fiction", "Reservoir Dogs", "Kill Bill, Vol. 1" & "Kill Bill, Vol. 2". Edit
    • Title: The Jung and the Restless
      This is a reference to the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless. Plus Carl Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology; widely known for introducing the concepts of archetype, and the collective unconscious. Edit

Show Forums

See All
Last Activity
Replies

Watch Charmed Full Episodes

See All

Related Shows

Season 8 Episodes

See All
Ep 22
Forever Charmed
Ep 21
Kill Billie: Vol. 2
Ep 20
Gone With The Witches
Ep 19
The Jung and the Restless
Ep 18
The Torn Identity
Ep 17
Generation Hex
Ep 16
Engaged and Confused
Ep 15
The Last Temptation of Chr...
Ep 14
12 Angry Zen
Ep 13
Repo Manor
Ep 12
Payback's A Witch
Ep 11
Mr. & Mrs. Witch
Ep 10
Vaya Con Leos
Ep 9
Hulkus Pocus
Ep 8
Battle of the Hexes
Ep 7
The Lost Picture Show
Ep 6
Kill Billie: Vol. 1
Ep 5
Rewitched
Ep 4
Desperate Housewitches
Ep 3
Run, Piper, Run
Ep 2
Malice in Wonderland
Ep 1
Still Charmed & Kicking

Contributors

Become a contributor
More
Less

TV Listings

Full Listings
BROWSE | Shows | Videos | News | Listings | Forums | People | Photos | TV.com Blog

CBS Entertainment | About TV.com | About CBS Interactive | Jobs | Advertise

© 2012 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. | Privacy Policy | Ad Choice | Terms of Use