A very unexpected face from Maggie and Mel’s past means big problems for their present. Jordan continues to dig into Maggie’s past. Macy’s meeting with a new SafeSpace investory brings complications.

Something about this episode feels a little disjointed, and not just because of the fact that it’s been a while since I checked in with the Charmed Ones. The whole way things were left in the pre-Christmas break, with Jordan having been injured by Parker, Parker ‘dead’ only not really, Harry’s kiss with Abigael and so on, feels like a distant memory that the show has no real interest in doing much about. Sure, there’s a cutting remark from Macy to Harry at one point, and there’s a brief mention of Parker, but that’s it – those seemingly important events get mainly glossed over.

Partly, that’s because the writers have another surprise in store for the girls, in the form of someone else who was supposed to be dead but actually isn’t (I wonder why it’s so difficult to feel any sense of stakes in this show) and their reappearance causes all sorts of issues for the girls, both on a psychological level as well as a practical one. I don’t recall all that much about this particular character having been mentioned before, but I’m fairly sure all the stuff we get about them here is brand new, freshly made up and boy does it feel it.

Meanwhile, Macy – through a minor bit of plot contrivance – ends up interacting with a new investor for SafeSpace in the worst possible way which of course ends up working out well because something something plot, and then just as she’s getting along rather well with him (apparently having forgotten she’s supposed to be in love/lust with Harry/possibly Harry’s evil twin) it turns out that he has plans for SafeSpace which might spell trouble for the sisters.

And there’s Jordan, sort of floating around in the background being all not into Maggie (nor she him) while they are both super obviously into one another. Given what happened last time, they both seem to have moved on super quickly (Jordan especially) and it’s difficult to see where the show actually seems to be going with the character. I’ll lay even money that he and Maggie get together but it ultimately doesn’t work and she swears off men until another cute one looks her way though…

Verdict: Actually more watchable than previous episodes because Macy doesn’t get dumped on by the script quite as much and the newly introduced character, though contrived, adds a little lightness to proceedings. Still quite dire overall though. 5/10

Greg D. Smith