CHARMED 7X14: CARPE DEMON ORIGINAL AIR DATE ON WB: 02/13/2005 TRANSCRIBED FROM WB Written by: CURTIS KHEEL Directed by: STUART GILLARD Transcript by Intrepid Courtesy of http://www.webphilia.com/~anthology/wnp.html Do not archive this transcript without permission from the Transcriptionist. RATING: TV-PG-LV HDTV ========================== DISCLAIMER: ========================== "CHARMED", "The Charmed Ones" and other related entities are owned, (TM) and (c) by CONSTANCE M. BURGE, AARON SPELLING Television Inc (A Paramount / Viacom Co.) and WB (AOL Time Warner Company). All Rights Reserved. This transcript was made without their permission, approval, authorization or endorsement. For Fair Use, for Entertainment and for Educational Purposes Only. Any reproduction, duplication or distribution of this material in any form is expressly prohibited. It is absolutely forbidden to use it for commercial gain. CONDITIONS OF USE: (1) Do not alter the content of this file. (2) Leave the headers/disclaimers intact because it lists all those who have made this transcript possible for your enjoyment. (3) Provide a link back to the site where this file originated: http://www.webphilia.com/~anthology/wnp.html Contact the Transcriptionist at (intrepidly002@yahoo.com) ========================== SUMMARY: Enter Drake, the new applicant for the vacant Literary Professor position at Magic School and also an ex-demon. He brings with him a flare for life and a passion to experience new things. However, the Sorcerer wanting his demonic power complicates things by casting a spell gone awry that changes Drake into Robin Hood. Meanwhile, Leo meets with the Elders to find out what the consequences of his betrayal are. ========================== CHARMED 7X14: CARPE DEMON ========================== FADE IN: [TRIQUETRA FLASH] [Scenes from 7X04: Charrrmed!] [INT. MANOR - FOYER -- DAY] (Piper and Leo stand in the main hall.) PIPER: Apparently, Sheridan wants us real bad. (Paige appears surprised.) HOLLY MARIE COMBS (NARRATOR): (v.o.) Previously, on Charmed ... [INT. POLICE DEPARTMENT - OFFICE - DAY] (Sheridan is on the phone.) INSPECTOR SHERIDAN: I'm calling the Feds. (Someone hangs up.) KYLE BRODY: You want the Feds? You got 'em. (Kyle shows them his badge.) [Scene from 7X10: Witchness Protection] [INT. HAWKBROOK MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY - SHERIDAN'S ROOM -- DAY] (Darryl pushes the door open and finds Inspector Sheridan on the bed.) DARRYL MORRIS: It's Sheridan. I told you Brody did somethin' to her. (Darryl touches her forehead.) TRIQUETRA FLASH TO: [Scene from 7X12: Extreme Makeover: World Edition] [INT. BRODY'S APARTMENT -- DAY] (Paige kneels down and turns Kyle over.) PAIGE: Please don't go. [Scenes from 7X13: Charmageddon] [INT. AVATAR'S COMMAND CENTER -- DAY] (Leo looks at Alpha and Gamma, surprised by what he's just seen.) LEO: You killed him. ALPHA: We have an obligation to maintain the world that we've created, Leo. We can't let anything threaten it. TRIQUETRA FLASH TO: [INT. EGYPTIAN TOMB -- DAY] (Zankou faces The Charmed Ones.) ZANKOU: You need me. That's why Leo sent you. You realize the combined force of good and evil is our only chance of stopping the Avatars. [INT. AVATAR'S COMMAND CENTER -- DAY] (The Charmed Ones and Zankou face the Avatars.) ALPHA: We gave you the world you asked for. PIPER: Except for the fact that you were killing people. PHOEBE: Put the world back. TRIQUETRA FLASH TO: [INT. BRODY'S APARTMENT -- DAY] (After the world has been changed back, Kyle Brody stands in his apartment talking with a grieving Paige.) PAIGE: Are you a whitelighter? KYLE BRODY: I understand now that my life was supposed to end the way that it did. It was my destiny. (Kyle orbs out.) FADE TO END OF PREVIOUSLY ON FADE IN. [INT. MANOR - KITCHEN -- DAY] (Piper is on the phone with her manager. She's carrying Baby Chris while Wyatt sits at the table in his high chair drinking from his sippy cup.) PIPER: (to phone) Yeah, I get that, Rex, but I need you at the club. You're supposed to be there. Valentine's day is going to be a very busy night. Can't you ask her to marry you on another night? (Phoebe walks in reading the newspaper.) PHOEBE: Get off that phone. PIPER: (to phone) You know what? I'll handle it. Good luck. (Piper hangs up and mutters.) I hope she says no. (She puts the phone down. Phoebe puts the newspaper down on the table.) PHOEBE: Take a look at this. This is the new face of evil. (She points to the article with the headline, "Normand Admits to Gouging Customers".) PHOEBE: His name is John Normand, and he owns the phone company, and he's been stealing from us for months. PIPER: Uh-huh. PHOEBE: Doesn't that just make you angry? PIPER: Not really. (Piper takes Baby Chris and heads over to the changing table.) PHOEBE: Wait, he's been stealing from us, and he's probably gonna get away with it due to some loophole or something. PIPER: Phoebe, I'm a little more worried about the actual demons in the world. You know, the ones that we almost got rid of? PHOEBE: Yeah, well, there's nothing we could do about them. We tried to save the world, it didn't work, the demons are gonna attack when they're gonna attack. PIPER: And when they do, we're just gonna be right back to the same old -- (Piper turns and looks at Baby Chris' diaper.) -- wow! (She turns her head from the smell.) PHOEBE: Whoa, you're not kidding. Wow! (Piper shudders and throws the diaper in the trash.) PIPER: Okey-dokey. (She sighs and picks Baby Chris up again.) PIPER: Speaking of which, could you do me a favor and watch the boys tonight? (She puts Baby Chris in the bassinet.) I need Leo to help me set up at P-3 and apparently, my manager is busy proposing. PHOEBE: Yeah, sure, of course. I mean, it's not like anyone's proposing to me or like anyone's sending me flowers or reciting me poetry. So much for the little girl I saw in my vision. PIPER: Well, Phoebe, just because the Avatars are gone doesn't mean that you won't still find love. PHOEBE: Easy for you to say. You have Leo. PIPER: Yeah, but do I really? It's only a matter of time before the Elders try to punish him for becoming an Avatar, which they practically drove him to anyway with Gideon and everything. PHOEBE: Well, they made Kyle a whitelighter, and that's good, right? PIPER: Yeah, but it took him away from Paige, and, believe me, they got their cosmic jollies off that one. PHOEBE: Where is Paige? PIPER: At magic school. Where else? Why? PHOEBE: Just worried about her. That's all. (Phoebe turns and walks out of the kitchen leaving Piper with that thought.) CUT TO: [INT. MAGIC SCHOOL - GREAT HALL - DAY] (Paige walks into the Great Hall looking at an application.) PAIGE: It really is another great application. (Miss Donovan joins her.) MISS DONOVAN: A muse? No, no, no, no, no. You can't hire her as a literature professor. She'd inspire them to write novels instead of reading them. PAIGE: Ohh, that's a good point. I hadn't thought of that. MISS DONOVAN: Well, I did, and that's why you should hire me. PAIGE: What? You want to be a teacher? MISS DONOVAN: Well, isn't it time I moved up? Besides, I had a great rapport with the last literature professor. PAIGE: You hated that little gnome. You were arguing with him five minutes before he was killed. MISS DONOVAN: (wistfully) Well, that was our way. Besides, if the truth were told, he'd want me to have the job. I'm very well-read. PAIGE: It takes more than that, though. It takes being able to really connect with the students. MISS DONOVAN: I can do that. In fact, I've got some tricks you don't even know about. (Miss Donovan crawls out from behind the chair in the corner of the room.) (With a great flourish and a wave of her hand, the Miss Donovan standing and talking with Paige ... disappears.) (Miss Donovan groans.) (Paige turns around and sees her standing up.) PAIGE: Did you astral project? MISS DONOVAN: Mrs. Winterbourne taught me before she went on sabbatical. Don't worry. I'll get used to it. Trust me. I am the best candidate for this job. CUE SOUND: MOTORCYCLE ENGINE REVVING PAIGE: What the hell is - (Paige turns and sees a motorcycle appear in the hallway, breaking through some kind of barrier and magically appearing heading straight toward them in the Great Hall.) (The rider tries to stop, swerves the bike and crashes into the large table at the end of the Great Hall.) (The rider stops.) DRAKE: That's gonna leave a mark. (Paige and Miss Donovan run up to him.) DRAKE: (mutters) Ooh. Sorry about the table. (Drake cuts the engine.) PAIGE: Are you okay? (Drake groans as he lifts his leg up and over the bike.) MISS DONOVAN: Who are you? (Drake takes his riding mask and goggles off. He smoothes down his ruffled hair.) DRAKE: I'm the new teacher. (He smiles at them.) FADE TO END OF TEASER ROLL TITLE CREDITS (COMMERCIAL SET) FADE IN. [INT. MAGIC SCHOOL - GREAT HALL -- DAY] (Paige and Miss Donovan are surprised by Drake.) MISS DONOVAN: You ride in here, nearly kill us, and now you want to teach here? DRAKE: Well, if I wanted to teach parallel parking, you might have a point, but I'm here for the literature post. MISS DONOVAN: And what do you know about literature? DRAKE: Plenty. My resume. (He snaps his fingers. A typed-single sheet of paper appears. He offers it to Paige.) (Paige looks at it.) PAIGE: Drake. Huh. Well, maybe you should have sent this in so you didn't, uh, waste your time. DRAKE: Oh, I never waste my time. For "life is but a walking shadow, a poor player who struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. It is -- a ... (Miss Donovan interrupts.) DRAKE & MISS DONOVAN: ... tale told ... DRAKE: Take it, sister. MISS DONOVAN: "...By an idiot. Full of sound and fury, signifying ... DRAKE: ... nothing." PAIGE: (smiles) You two are not gonna make this easy for me. (Paige smiles at them. She chuckles.) DRAKE: Come on, what are you talking about? It's no contest. It's all right there in the resume. I studied at Julliard, performed on Broadway, and I was penning a memoir that I intend to finish on my deathbed. MISS DONOVAN: Oh, I look forward to reading that. DRAKE: Well, thank you very much. PAIGE: Why aren't any of these credits more than a year long? DRAKE: Simple, really. Before that I was a demon. MISS DONOVAN: What?! A demon! (She brandishes the candlestick in her hand, pointing it fruitlessly at him.) DRAKE: Was a demon. Now human. PAIGE: Okay, and how exactly did that happen? DRAKE: Personally, I hate exposition, but if you-(Paige shrugs, he caves.) -- all right. Fifty weeks ago, I made a deal with a sorcerer, and he made me human. PAIGE: Just like that? DRAKE: Well, there were a few minor stipulations. Oh, you know, (Paige motions for him to continue.) -- first of all, I get to keep my powers, and if I use them in any offensive manner, he gets them, and I burn for all eternity. (He ends his exposition muttering under his breath. Miss Donovan turns to Paige expectantly.) MISS DONOVAN: What are you waiting for? Vanquish him! DRAKE: Vanq -- Lady! Vanquish? Look, I just want a chance to make up for my demon days. If you don't believe me, then research me. Look into my history. I've got almost nothing to hide. MISS DONOVAN: (promises) We'll see about that. (Miss Donovan turns and starts walking out of the Great Hall. Paige rolls her eyes.) PAIGE: Miss Donovan, where are you going? MISS DONOVAN: To prove that he's dangerous. DRAKE: If that is safety, then I am dangerous. Boy, is she gonna be sorry when I get the job, right? PAIGE: Not so fast, Mr. Pompadour motorcycle guy. I don't know what to make of you. DRAKE: Why don't we consult the Book of Shadows? (He holds out his riding helmet.) DRAKE: Want a ride? (Paige looks down at the riding helmet.) CUT TO: [INT. P-3 - DAY] (Piper slaps a big, red paper heart crookedly on the wall and makes sure it sticks. There's a big ole rip down the right of the heart. The heart sticks. She steps back.) PIPER: Okay, next. LEO: That one's ripped. PIPER: So? The crowd will be, too. Actually, this is taking far too long. Where's my staple gun? (Piper steps away leaving Leo holding the other paper hearts and the tape. Piper opens the tool box to get the staple gun.) LEO: Staple gun? Since when do you staple decorations? Don't you want everything to be perfect? PIPER: What's the point? It's all gonna be torn down tomorrow anyway. LEO: Well, the point is -- is not worry about what's gonna happen tomorrow. The point is to stop and enjoy Valentine's Day. PIPER: Well, some people can't forget. Some people would rather see the rips and the flaws, so that they're not totally devastated when they're all torn down suddenly tomorrow. LEO: We're not talking about decorations anymore, are we? (Leo puts the paper hearts he's carrying down on the counter.) PIPER: Look, Leo, I'm sorry, but I can't just stand here and pretend like everything's not falling apart. Again. We both know that the Elders are not gonna be easy on you. LEO: Well, when you change the world, you got to expect consequences. PIPER: Says who? The Elders brought this on themselves. It's just as much their fault as it is ours. Maybe even more so. LEO: Well, I'm the one that chose to become an Avatar. I betrayed them. PIPER: Because they drove you to it with Gideon, what he did to Chris and what he tried to do to Wyatt. LEO: Yeah, I don't think they're going to see it that way. PIPER: Well, you need to make them see it that way, or else this may be the last Valentine's Day we spend together. (And that's what's got Piper worrying. She grabs the paper heart and heads over to the wall. Leo turns around and watches her.) FLASH TO: [INT. UNDERWORLD -- SORCERER'S CAVE] (The sorcerer is angry. He whirls around on the Bounty Hunter sharpening his knife on the stone.) SORCERER: Your leads are worthless, bounty hunter! RATHBONE: I'm not the one who lost Drake in the first place. That was you, Sorcerer. SORCERER: Well, I never dreamt I'd need to keep tabs on him. By now, I thought he would have used his powers for sure. RATHBONE: And yet he hasn't. SORCERER: He is stronger than I thought, which is why you must find him, so I can force him to give in to temptation. RATHBONE: But we are running out of time. SORCERER: In more ways than one, Mr. Rathbone. Zankou is moving in to take over the underworld. If I expect to stop him and to seize the throne for myself, I must have Drake's powers! I'll double the bounty, but find him! (They are interrupted.) FLYNN: Sir! Excuse me, sir. We have a new lead. (Flynn is in the doorway, a couple of his minions with him holding on to a struggling woman.) (Rathbone stands up.) RATHBONE: A woman? You call that a lead? FLYNN: We caught her in the underworld asking questions about Drake. She may know where he is. SORCERER: Ah, is that so? (The two minions drag Miss Donovan into the cave.) MISS DONOVAN: I don't know anything. Let me go. (The sorcerer pulls out his knife.) SORCERER: Think harder, my dear. (He holds the knife up against her neck.) FLASH TO: [EXT. HALLIWELL MANOR (STOCK) - DAY] [INT. MANOR - CONSERVATORY - DAY] (Phoebe is watching the children in the conservatory. She's on the phone arguing with someone from the phone company.) PHOEBE: (to phone) No, you cannot put me on hold again. Now, when are you going to send me a refund for my phone bill? (She grabs the phone bill from off the table.) What do you mean, "never"? Look, this is -- you know what? Forget it. I have call waiting anyway, which you're probably overcharging me for, right? (Phoebe switches lines.) PHOEBE: (to phone) Hello? INTERCUT WITH: [INT. POLICE DEPARTMENT - DAY] (Darryl is in his office.) DARRYL MORRIS: (to phone) Hey, Phoebe, it's Darryl. PHOEBE: (to phone) Darryl, shouldn't you be out arresting that thief John Normand? Did you read the paper today? It says - DARRYL MORRIS: (to phone) (interrupts) Look, Phoebe, we got bigger things to worry about. Sheridan's back. (Darryl turns around and looks over at Inspector Sheridan being greeted by the other workers.) (Phoebe sits down.) PHOEBE: (to phone) What? Oh, no! Any more good news? DARRYL MORRIS: (to phone) Your friend Brody came to visit me last night and told me that he brought her out of the coma. Didn't you say he died? PHOEBE: (to phone) Yeah, well, I never said it stuck. He became a whitelighter. DARRYL MORRIS: (to phone) Point is he did some mumbo jumbo on her where she doesn't remember anything that happened. PHOEBE: (to phone) Well, does she remember us? DARRYL MORRIS: (to phone) I don't know yet. He told me to tell her that they went on some undercover mission and that he died and she wound up in a coma. Now, just how long do you expect her to buy that? PHOEBE: I don't know, but as long as we don't trigger her memory, we should be fine. DARRYL MORRIS: (to phone) Trigger? What do you mean trigger? PHOEBE: (to phone) Her memory could come back if she's reminded of it. That's why you have to keep her away from us. PAIGE: (o.s.) Phoebe, I need you upstairs! PHOEBE: (to Paige) Okay! Coming! (to Darryl) Darryl, I'm sorry, I gotta go. You're just gonna have to deal with this like the rest of us. (Phoebe hangs up.) DARRYL MORRIS: Phoebe - (Darryl whirls around and finds himself face-to-face with Sheridan.) SHERIDAN: Phoebe ... do I know her? (Darryl hangs up.) DARRYL MORRIS: I don't know. Do you? (Sheridan looks away, thinking about it.) [INT. MANOR - ATTIC - DAY] (Paige flips through the Book of Shadows and stops at the page on MERCURY DEMONS.) DRAKE: There. See? Right there. You got nothing to fear. PAIGE: What are you talking about? This says that you have the power to fire thermal blasts that can knock out ten demons at a time. DRAKE: Yeah, but I told you, if I use them, then the sorcerer gets them and that would be bad. But it also says that I can be vanquished by the Power of Three. Hello. See? Right there. (Drake reaches out and points to the place on the page that says that, the paper crinkling under his fingers.) (Paige looks at him, shocked.) DRAKE: What? PAIGE: You touched it. DRAKE: What? PAIGE: You touched the book. DRAKE: (gasps) Oh, my god. So I did. I guess that means I'm good. (He teasingly touches the book with his fingers, hands, arms, elbows. Paige bats him away.) PAIGE: Stop it. Maybe it does. Maybe it doesn't. The Book has been tricked before. So have we. Just recently as a matter of fact. DRAKE: All righty then, that explains it. So, what did this mistake cost you? A colleague? A friend? A lover? PAIGE: Actually, all of the above. DRAKE: Hmm. No wonder you're so indecisive. PAIGE: I'm not indecisive. You think I'm indecisive? DRAKE: Paige, making mistakes is what makes us human. (Phoebe walks into the attic, the baby monitor in her hand.) PHOEBE: Hey, sorry. Put the boys down for a nap. (She sees Drake.) Who are you? DRAKE: Hi. PHOEBE: Hi. PAIGE: Drake, Phoebe. Phoebe, Drake. Uh, yeah. He's an ex-demon. PHOEBE: What?! Excuse me? DRAKE ROBIN: I thought you guys had lots of experience with demons who were human. You married one, didn't you? PHOEBE: Yes, and divorced. How did you know that? DRAKE: You know, gossip. Around the office cauldron. Anyway, point is, girls, you don't know what it's like to be judged simply by the way you were born. (Drake snaps his fingers. He immediately changes into Cyrano de Bergerac, complete with frilly French costume and bad French accent.) DRAKE: (French accent) Look well at me and tell me, with what hope this vile protuberance can inspire my heart! (Phoebe chuckles.) PAIGE: (mutters) He's very dramatic. PHOEBE: I see that. Look, I don't know why Cyrano is here, but he should probably leave because we have our own problems. (Phoebe whispers the last part to Paige.) DRAKE: But, my dear Roxanne, feel'st thou my soul, here? (Drake clutches his heart dramatically.) PHOEBE: You know, then again, I don't have a date for valentine's day and he is kind of hot. PAIGE: He's hot until you figure out how many people he's killed. DRAKE: (English accent) (offended) Whoa, hey, wait a minute. I never killed anyone. (He snaps his fingers and changes back into his leather jacket and motorcycle riding gear.) DRAKE: Except demons. Killed plenty of them. PHOEBE: Join the club. Sucks, doesn't it? PAIGE: You're telling me in your whole demonic career you have not killed one innocent? DRAKE: That's because since the day I was hatched I've been reading books, and they taught me about feelings. Human feelings. Love, sadness, death. Since then, I could never harm an innocent. I always found a way around doing that. (Paige shrugs.) PAIGE: What do you think? PHOEBE: I kind of believe him. You? PAIGE: (indecisive) I don't know. I'm gonna ask Piper. DRAKE: Oh, come on, Paige, tell her I'm the right man for the job. PHOEBE: Job? What job? PAIGE: (to Drake) Fill her in. (to Phoebe) I'll be back. (Paige orbs out.) DRAKE: So, you, uh, you like Gene Kelly movies? PHOEBE: Love 'em. Why? (Drake smiles at her.) CUT TO: [EXT. GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE - TALLEST TOWER - DAY] (Leo stands alone atop the tower, his arms spread and eyes closed.) (The Elders, Kheel and Sandra, orb in.) LEO: Thanks for coming. SANDRA: Of course. After all that's happened, it's the least we could do. KHEEL: Oh, please. Don't apologize. If anything, we've been far too lenient with him. LEO: Lenient? You tried to kill me. KHEEL: You left us no choice. LEO: Funny. I feel the same way. SANDRA: Gentlemen ... neither side is without blame. Perhaps we could put the past behind us. KHEEL: And we will. Once he's done the penance for his betrayal. LEO: That's why I brought you here. I should be able to defend myself before you issue judgment on me. KHEEL: Oh, really? And what would you say? LEO: That what I did was for my family. I was trying to create a better world for them. For all of us. KHEEL: Too bad you failed. SANDRA: (to Kheel) Perhaps it would be best if Leo and I spoke alone. If you don't mind. (Kheel orbs out.) SANDRA: It hasn't been easy arguing on your behalf. LEO: Thanks for trying. SANDRA: One word of advice, Leo ... stay out of magical affairs or you just might make things even worse for yourself. CUT TO: [INT. MANOR - MAIN HALL - DAY] (Phoebe walks down the stairs. She's smiling. Down in the main hall, Drake is dressed like Gene Kelly from "Singing in the Rain" - tight shirt, pants and hair slicked back. He whirls around and stops in front of Phoebe.) PHOEBE: Wow. Let me get this straight, you do musical theater as well? DRAKE: Oh, I'm full of surprises. (Drake snaps his fingers and Phoebe changes into a white dress and black vest.) PHOEBE: What's this? DRAKE: Another surprise. (Music starts to play and the two begin to dance in the Main Hall.) DRAKE: Happy Valentine's Day. PHOEBE: And to you. (They lean forward to kiss each other, but before they do, ... ) PIPER: (o.s.) Get your paws off of her! (Phoebe and Drake turn to find Paige with Piper.) DRAKE: (mutters) So much for romance. PHOEBE: Piper! Ha ha! We were just having fun. You know ... fun. PIPER: With the demon? Phoebe, how many times have I told you not to play dress-up with the demons? PAIGE: I'm sure it's harmless. DRAKE: Incidentally, Piper, I am an ex-demon. PIPER: Look, buddy, we're not gonna let a demon or an ex-demon teach at Magic School. It's ridiculous. PAIGE: Maybe you're right. Drake, I'm really sorry. It's just not a real feasible thing for you to do this. It could cause too many problems. DRAKE: (1950's Gene Kelly dramatically) No, you're making a terrible mistake. As an ex-demon, I can get through to these kids. I can keep them from going down the path of evil. Phoebe, talk to them. Make them see reason. PHOEBE: I can't. Look, I appreciate what you're trying to do, but it's just -- it's not really practical. I'm sorry. DRAKE: No, this is all wrong. The problem here isn't me, it's you three. You've been shaken to the core by what's happened with the avatars. (to Paige) You, you just lost faith in yourself, and (to Phoebe) you, you've been disheartened by the fight, and (to Piper) you, sweetheart, you are just plain mean. (Piper laughs lustily, amused by the comment.) PIPER: Watch it. (Behind her, Paige puts a hand over her mouth to hide her smile. She laughs anyway.) (Piper glances back at her.) DRAKE: You're mean because you closed down your heart. You're petrified it's gonna get broken again, aren't you? You know, there's only one man I know who can solve all of these problems. (He snaps his fingers and suddenly, they all change into costume. Paige and Piper are dressed in leather as merry men; Phoebe is dressed in a pearl-white gown with long, flowing red hair as Maid Marian; and Drake himself is dressed in leather, bow and quiver of arrows across his back.) DRAKE: Oh, come on! Robin Hood! PAIGE: Oh, you! I'm gonna hire you just so I can fire you. PIPER: Do we look merry to you? DRAKE: Well, perhaps you should see the world as Robin Hood would have. He believed in himself, and he also loved the thrill of the fight. (He looks at Phoebe who smiles back at him, thoroughly enjoying herself.) And despite the threat of imminent death, he found love with his dear Maid Marian. (He steps forward and kisses the back of Phoebe's hand.) PHOEBE: (charmed) Ohh, that's very sweet. Isn't that - (Phoebe looks over at Paige and Piper, less than thrilled at being dressed as merry men.) PHOEBE: You should probably change us back. DRAKE: (sighs) Very well. (He snaps his fingers and changes the girls back.) PIPER: Kitchen. Now. Let's go. (Piper turns and heads into the kitchen. Paige and Phoebe follow.) PHOEBE: (to Drake) You just give me one second. (Behind Drake, the Sorcerer de-cloaks.) SORCERER: (mutters) I thought they'd never leave. (He steps to the side. Surprised, Drake turns and sees him.) [INT. MANOR - KITCHEN - DAY - CONTINUOUS] (Paige, Piper and Phoebe quietly confer in the kitchen. The glance back at the doorway to the main hall where Drake is waiting.) PAIGE: Vanquish him? Are you sure? PIPER: Well, if he doesn't leave, we don't really have a choice. PHOEBE: But his heart is in the right place. [INT. MANOR - MAIN HALL - DAY - CONTINUOUS] (The Sorcerer looks at Drake.) SORCERER: Now, let's see those powers, demon. [INT. MANOR - KITCHEN - DAY - CONTINUOUS] (In the kitchen, they continue to confer.) PAIGE: But on the other hand, he still has his demonic powers. PIPER: Hi. Waffle much? (There's a loud crash in the main hall. They all turn to look.) [INT. MANOR - MAIN HALL - DAY - CONTINUOUS] (Drake is leaning against the wall. The Sorcerer stands above him as he starts to cast a spell.) SORCERER: (chants) The darkness within cannot be undone. (A soft glow pulses through Drake as she spell starts.) SORCERER: (chants) Embrace your true self! (Phoebe, Piper and Paige step out into the Dining room and see the Sorcerer casting the spell. Piper is less than thrilled.) PIPER: Oh! Here we go again! (Piper waves her hands and the Sorcerer is thrown across the hallway. He falls to the floor with a thud. He looks up and sees the girls there.) SORCERER: Damn it! (He vanishes.) PHOEBE: Drake! (Phoebe rushes over to Drake and kneels down next to him.) PHOEBE: Are you okay? DRAKE: (panting) Drake? Who's Drake? I'm Robin. Of Locksley. PAIGE: Of course you are. (Paige turns and looks at Piper who stares at Drake.) FADE OUT. (COMMERCIAL SET) FADE IN. [INT. MANOR - MAIN HALL -- DAY] (CU: A red apple on a stack of books. Drake suddenly steps out into the main hall, the arrow on his bow.) DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): Stand and deliver! (He shoots. And misses the apple completely impaling a throw pillow on the couch instead.) DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): Excellent. (He smiles and reaches back to draw another arrow from the quiver on his back. He reaches and reaches and reaches, but can't grab the arrow because his arms are too short and the quiver is too low.) (Piper steps out into the dining room.) DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): John will be no match for me. (Finally, Drake pulls out an arrow ... or two, the other arrows falling messily to the floor.) (Piper quickly steps up to Drake.) PIPER: Uh, Robin? You missed. And if you put a hole in my wall, you'll have me to answer to, not some prince. DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): My apologies, my good woman, but my aim must be true if I am to right John's wrong. (He accidentally releases the arrow and it hits what looks like a hat hanging on the far wall.) DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): (considers it) Hmm. PIPER: Right. Just be careful. (Piper turns and heads into the conservatory.) [INT. MANOR - LIVING ROOM - DAY - CONTINUOUS] (Piper joins Phoebe and Paige at the conservatory table. Phoebe is looking through the Book of Shadows.) PIPER: Please tell me you found a way to fix Robin in there. (Piper sits down.) PHOEBE: Not yet. Can't you just freeze him? PIPER: Nope, not freezin'. PAIGE: Sorry, you guys. Another big mistake bringing him here. (We hear another arrow release, glass break and it hit into the lamp shade.) PHOEBE: No, it's just our lives. DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): I can fix that! (Piper turns to look back at the room where Drake is.) PHOEBE: Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. PAIGE: Yeah, but I don't understand why it went wrong. Why does the Sorcerer want to turn Drake into Robin Hood of all things? PIPER: I don't think he meant to. I think he meant to bring out Drake's inner demon so he could use his powers. But then I blasted him mid-spell, so, instead, we got his inner Robin Hood. (Drake turns the corner, the bow and arrow behind his back. He pretends he spots something.) DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): (shouts) Royal hound! (He releases the arrow and it hits the glass vase full of flowers, breaking it into pieces.) DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): Sorry! My fault! PAIGE: Well, another mistake for The Charmed Ones. PIPER: It wasn't a mistake. It was an accident. PAIGE: Either way we messed up. PHOEBE: O-o-okay ... I found a vanquishing potion for the Sorcerer, but, of course, there's no way to find him. PAIGE: Well, how is finding the Sorcerer even gonna fix Drake anyway? PIPER: Actually, I think it will, because if we vanquish the Sorcerer, then it should reverse his magic. (Drake crouches behind the dining room table. He quickly stands up with his bow and arrow, pretending to spot something in front of him.) DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): Saxon dog! (He releases the arrow and hits the red apple on the stack of books square in its middle. Bullseye.) (He nods, pleased.) PAIGE: Okay, well, I'll go to the magic school and I'll ask Miss Donovan to look through things and see if she can find something that helps us find the Sorcerer. (Paige stands up.) PHOEBE: Or you could just do it yourself. PAIGE: Yeah, well, I don't know the archives that well, and knowing me, I'd probably mess up. (Paige orbs out.) PHOEBE: What are we gonna do with her? PIPER: We'll fix her later. Right now we need to deal with him. (Suddenly, there's a loud crash from the other room. Behind Piper, we see Drake sliding on the dining room table top, the papers on the table are strewn around.) (Something catches Drake's eyes and he picks up Phoebe's phone bill, suddenly fascinated by what he sees.) PHOEBE: What is he doing with my phone bill? (Piper and Phoebe get up and head over there to find out.) [INT. MANOR - DINING ROOM / MAIN HALL - DAY - CONTINUOUS] (Drake examines Phoebe's phone bill.) DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): Marian, these taxes are outrageous! (He whirls around to look at Phoebe. She automatically ducks as the arrows in the quiver on his back swings dangerously past her.) PHOEBE: Aah! (He looks at them.) DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): Prince John has gone too far. PHOEBE: Ok, I'm not Marian, I'm Phoebe, remember? And give me that! (Phoebe grabs her phone bill from Drake's hands.) PIPER: Prince John has been dead for centuries. He's not taxing anyone anymore. PHOEBE: Yeah. The phone company is owned by a different John and he's ... well, a really swell guy. DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): Nonsense! The evidence of his misdeeds is right there on the parchment. (He motions to the open newspaper article on the table.) PIPER: (whispers) You left that out? PHOEBE: (mutters back) Well, who knew? DRAKE: I think it's high time I paid John a visit. (Drake whirls around to look at the empty main hall. Piper and Phoebe automatically pull back as the arrows in the quiver on Drake's back swings dangerously past them.) PIPER/PHOEBE: Aah! DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): My steed! (He snaps his fingers. His motorcycle appears in the Main Hall. He nods, approvingly at the sight.) DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): Horsepower. (Drake heads for the bike.) PIPER: Wh-what--what kind of Robin Hood rides a motorcycle? (Drake stands in front of his bike for a beat, then gets on.) PHOEBE: Forget that! What are we gonna do? We can't just let him go out there. Especially not with Sheridan back. PIPER: Sheridan's back? PHOEBE: Did I forget to mention that? (Off screen, we hear the bike's engine revving. Piper motions toward Drake.) PIPER: Go with him. PHOEBE: What? (Piper motions for her to go.) PIPER: You're the Marian person. Go with him! (Phoebe hands Piper her phone bill. Piper takes the phone bill and puts it on the dining room table. Phoebe heads over to the bike.) PHOEBE: Robin! Wait ... (Phoebe climbs on the back of the bike behind Drake.) PHOEBE: Okay ... here we go. (Drake hands Phoebe his bow.) PHOEBE: Oh! Okay. (She takes it from him.) PIPER: Helmets, please, people! (Drake snaps his fingers and a helmet appears on Phoebe's head along with a pair of sunglasses. A metal knight's helmet appears on Drake's head.) PIPER: (dryly) ah-Ha. DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): Hold on, milady. (Drake pushes down the knight's hood over his face.) (Drake motions with his hands and the front double doors open. He rides out of the Main Hall. On her way out, Phoebe grabs her sweater.) (Once they're gone, Piper puts a hand to her forehead and groans.) PIPER: (groans) Ooh! [Whimpers] CUT TO: [EXT. SAN FRANCISCO (STOCK) - DAY] [EXT. NCC (PHONE COMPANY) BRANCH -- FRONT WALK - DAY] (The driver of the SF Armored Vehicle steps out of the van and shuts the door. He heads to the back of the vehicle. Along side the building there's a long line coming out of the front door.) (Off screen, we hear Drake's motorcycle engine revving. A few beats later and we see them turn the corner as they head to the Phone Company.) (Drake cuts the engine and parks the motorcycle. He gets up.) PHOEBE: Okay, well, no Prince John here. We should probably go home, huh? (Drake grabs his bow.) DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): What, and give up without a fight? I think not. (Drake looks at the building, but then the armored vehicle being loaded with bags of money catches his eyes.) DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): (to Phoebe) Those riches belong to the people of Sherwood Forest. We must see that they're returned. (They head for the vehicle.) PHOEBE: I know. But we can't just steal from the rich and give to the poor. There's laws against that. (Drake stops at the building entrance and turns to Phoebe.) DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): Marian, have you forgotten what it is to do good? (Phoebe sighs as Drake heads into the building.) WOMAN: (v.o.) Next in line! [INT. NCC (PHONE COMPANY) BRANCH - LOBBY - DAY - CONTINUOUS] (Ignoring the line of people waiting their turn, Drake heads for the front of the line. A man standing in line stops Drake.) OLDER MAN: Hey, that guy's cutting! BIG MAN: Hey, hey, hey, Pocahontas. There's a line. (Drake grabs his arm and greets him enthusiastically.) DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): Little John! You came to join our merry band. Excellent. (The man lets go of Drake.) BIG MAN: Who you callin' little? DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): Must we settle this with a quarterstaff duel? (The Manager steps behind the counter.) MANAGER: Excuse me. BIG MAN: You wanna fight me? Is that it? MANAGER: Excuse me, gentlemen. (Phoebe walks in and breaks it up between the two guys. The Big Man starts unbuttoning his shirt sleeves.) PHOEBE: No, no, no, no, no. No, Robin, calm down. MANAGER: Excuse me. I'm the office manager here. Is there a problem? BIG MAN: This nut job's trying to butt in line. PHOEBE: He just doesn't know any better. (Drake turns and heads over to the Manager. He grabs the Manager by his tie and tugs him down forward closer toward him.) DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): You will tell me where Prince John is. MANAGER: Who? DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): Prince John. PHOEBE: Ok, look. We don't wanna kill the peasants. That's not what we do. DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): Well, he is no peasant. He's an accomplice to the prince's thievery. MANAGER: What? I didn't steal anything. MAN (LITTLE JOHN): The hell you didn't. I read the paper. I know you've been screwin' us. Thanks to you, I can't afford to take my wife out for valentine's day. WOMAN: Oh, that's nothing. They cut off my phone service for no reason and now they wanna charge me to reconnect it. MAN: What about their lousy technicians? I wasted a day of work waitin' on 'em. MAN (LITTLE JOHN): See? You're makin' all our lives miserable. Kick his ass, Robin! PHOEBE: No, no, no. Just tell him where John Normand is. That's all he wants to know. MANAGER: Corporate Headqarters. Financial district. PHOEBE: Great. We'll find it. Come on. (Phoebe turns and heads out the front door. She doesn't look back thinking that Drake is following her ... ) OFFICE MANAGER: Just don't tell 'em I sent you. ( ... But he isn't. Drake sits on the counter and addresses the people in line.) DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): Good people of Sherwood, the prince has abused his power for far too long. He lives in riches while you live in squalor. BIG MAN: Yeah! DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): It is high time we take back that which was stolen from you. CROWD: Damn right! DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): All those wishing to join my fight, you follow me! (The crowd cheers. Drake slides down from the counter and heads out the door. The crowd follows him out.) CROWD: Follow him! Yeah! CROWD: Let's go! (The Office Manager puts a hand to his forehead and sighs.) CUT TO: [EXT. NCC PHONE COMPANY - FINANCIAL DISTRICT - DAY] (The Security Guard holds a gun in his hand as he stands in front of the open back door to the armored vehicle. An arrow comes out of nowhere and knocks the gun out of his hand.) (Startled, he turns and finds Drake coming down the front steps, another arrow in his bow.) DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): Stand down if you know what's good for you. (One of the men picks up the gun the security guard dropped.) (Drake steps up to the back of the open vehicle. Phoebe gets alarmed.) PHOEBE: Hey! What are you doing? DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): Marian. You're just in time. To the end of Prince John's tyranny! (Drake grabs a hand full of money and tosses the bills to the people in line. The crowd goes wild trying to catch the bills as they flutter to the ground.) ALL: Oh! PHOEBE: You can't do this! DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): But you heard what the prince has done to these people. (Drake throws another handful of bills.) DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): How can you turn a blind eye to that? (He takes a step toward Phoebe.) Or has your heart really grown that cold? (Drake throws another handful of bills. In the background we hear the approaching police sirens get louder. Nervous, Phoebe slips on her sunglasses.) DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): Fill your hearts and fill your bellies! (Phoebe motions for Drake to come with her.) PHOEBE: Okay, the police are comin'. We gotta go. Let's go. DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): Thank you. PHOEBE: Excuse me. DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): Pardon me. (The two leave the scene and the mob of people grabbing at the loose bills on the street.) (The camera rises and we see the Sorcerer standing just inside the open building's front doors.) WHITE FLASH TO: [INT. UNDERWORLD - SORCERER'S CAVE] (Astral Miss Donovan is trying to break through the chains on Real Miss Donovan's wrists by pounding it with something.) MISS DONOVAN: Come on. Come on. Oh. Oh, please. Please. SORCERER: So ... (Astral Miss Donovan turns around and finds the Sorcerer standing there.) SORCERER: You can astral project. That could come in very handy later. (He pushes his finger at her, breaking her astral projection. Astral Miss Donovan glows and disappears.) (The Real Miss Donovan stirs.) SORCERER: Morning, sunshine. (She wakes up.) MISS DONOVAN: What do you want with me? SORCERER: Well, I'm afraid I couldn't bring the demon out of Drake as I'd planned. I was interrupted by The Charmed Ones. MISS DONOVAN: Then they'll probably come for you. SORCERER: Which is why I'll need you to serve as a distraction when the time is right. MISS DONOVAN: (mutters loudly) Oh, why did I ever come down here? I should have stayed in the library! (The Sorcerer turns around.) SORCERER: The library? Well, then, you are indeed a prize. MISS DONOVAN: Why? What do you mean? SORCERER: The witches' interference made my spell go awry. Drake is unstable now, and I need to use this to my advantage. So. Tell me ... what do you know about Robin Hood? (Puzzled by the request, Miss Donovan looks at The Sorcerer.) CUT TO: [INT. MANOR - KITCHEN - DAY] (Piper is standing over an open cauldron, boiling on the stove. She's talking on the phone.) PIPER: (to phone) No, Phoebe, you can't take him to John Norman's office. That is a very bad idea. You have to bring him back here. (louder) I said, you have to bring him back here! Phoebe? Phoebe! (She looks at the phone.) Damn it. (Leo walks into the kitchen.) Do I really need this today, or ever? LEO: Relax. You can handle it. PIPER: This, coming from the man who refuses to help. LEO: Well, I told you I'm afraid that I'm gonna piss off the Elders and they can recycle me, Piper. You don't want that, do you? PIPER: No, of course not. But it's just we were this close to a life without Elders, without demons, without freakin' Robin Hood running through the streets threatening to expose us. (Leo walks over to her and rubs her shoulders, trying to get Piper to relax.) LEO: I know. But this is the life that we have now, and we have to make the best out of it, okay? So relax. You can handle it just like you've done before. PIPER: Thank you. Don't remind me. (Paige orbs in.) PAIGE: Have you guys seen the news? PIPER: No. Weren't you at magic school? PAIGE: Yeah. We have satellite. (Paige turns around and grabs the television remote. She turns the tv on mid news report. It's a LIVE report from the NCC BRANCH OFFICE in Richmond.) REPORTER: (from tv) He apparently threw the stolen cash into the crowd, inciting a near riot. Police have launched a search for the man who bystanders describe as a modern day Robin Hood. (Paige turns the tv off.) PIPER: Mm. Still think I can handle this one? LEO: Just like the good old days. PIPER: Bite your tongue. PAIGE: Okay, you know what? I should go warn Darryl. Because the cops have no idea what they're up against. PIPER: No, no, no, wait. I need you to write a vanquishing spell. PAIGE: Why? You have the potion. PIPER: Not for the sorcerer. For Drake. PAIGE: For Drake? Really? PIPER: We need to be able to stop him, and this may be the only way. Leo, can you warn Darryl? LEO: Uh, what about the Elders? PIPER: Oh, for god sakes. I don't think they're gonna strike you down for making a phone call. LEO: Right. PAIGE: You know what? I found a spell at magic school and it should be able to summon the Sorcerer. That way, we don't have to vanquish Drake. PIPER: You mean, Miss Donovan found it? PAIGE: No. I found it. (thinks) Come to think of it, I haven't actually seen Miss Donovan in a little while. Look, anyway, the point is with my spell, we can summon the Sorcerer. With your potion, we can vanquish him, and that kinda fixes the whole Drake thing, yeah? PIPER: Maybe. But if that doesn't work, we need a plan "B." We've gotta stop Drake somehow. PAIGE: Well, I guess it can't hurt. PIPER: Exactly. The last thing we need is another news report like that one. CUT TO: [INT. POLICE DEPARTMENT - DAY] (The bullpen is bustling. Darryl is on the phone with Leo.) DARRYL MORRIS: He's a what? LEO: (from phone) A ex-demon. INTERCUT WITH: [INT. MANOR - MAIN HALL - DAY] (Leo is on the phone with Darryl.) LEO: (to phone) But he still has powers. So be careful. You don't want the cops to provoke him too much. He could take out half the force. DARRYL MORRIS: If Sheridan finds out, that could be a trigger, man. A trigger. LEO: I'm sorry? DARRYL MORRIS: For her memory. If she remembers she was after them, then she will be all over us again. LEO: Well, then, you can't let her find out. DARRYL MORRIS: Thanks for the tip, Leo. (Leo hangs up.) (Darryl hangs up and grabs his jacket. Sheridan walks out of the hallway and into the office.) SHERIDAN: Good news, Lieutenant. Captain wants us to work together. So where are we going, partner? DARRYL MORRIS: Uh. (Darryl heads out. Sheridan follows.) CUT TO: [EXT. NCC PHONE COMPANY - CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS - FINANCIAL DISTRICT - DAY] (A taxi driving by suddenly brakes.) TAXI DRIVER: Hey! What's the matter with you, moron?! (The taxi drives on. Phoebe and Drake cross the road.) PHOEBE: So we're just gonna talk to the guy, right? We're not actually gonna kill him. DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): No, of course not. As long as he promises to give back every last penny. (Drake and Phoebe reach the front of the Corporate Headquarters.) PHOEBE: Wait, what do you mean, every last penny? Look, I don't think this is a good idea. DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): (sighs) Marian, you've come so far. You must be strong enough to finish the fight for those who cannot fight for themselves. Do not let all we've done be for naught. (A police siren bleeps. Phoebe turns around and sees Darryl pull up along the street. He parks.) (Drake also notices Darryl.) PHOEBE: Darryl. DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): The Sheriff of Nottingham. It's about time he arrived. (Darryl gets out of the car. Sheridan also gets out of the car, her gun pointed at Drake and Phoebe.) SHERIDAN: Freeze! (Drake quickly pulls out an arrow and fires it at Sheridan.) PHOEBE: What? No! Unh! (The arrow grazes Sheridan's shoulder. She falls to the ground. Darryl runs to check on Sheridan. Phoebe also runs to check on Sheridan.) PHOEBE: Sheridan. DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): Marian! Marian! (Phoebe reaches Sheridan.) PHOEBE: Oh, my god. Are you okay? (Drake runs into the building.) SHERIDAN: Yeah, I'm fine. (Sheridan grabs Phoebe and starts to cuff her.) PHOEBE: Ooh. Ooh! SHERIDAN: But you're under arrest. Where's the other one? DARRYL MORRIS: He got away. (Sheridan glances at her bleeding shoulder.) CUT TO: [INT. NCC PHONE COMPANY - JOHN NORMAN'S OFFICE - DAY] (Drake kicks the office door open.) DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): Prince John? (John Norman looks up from the papers he's reading in time to see the door swing shut.) (Drake tries again. He opens the door and steps boldly into the office.) DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): We meet at last. JOHN NORMAN: What the hell is this? (Drake pulls back the arrow on his bow and points it directly at John Norman.) DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): The end of your reign. (Camera holds on Drake.) FADE OUT. (COMMERCIAL SET) FADE IN. [EXT. NCC PHONE COMPANY BUILDING (STOCK) - DAY] [INT. NCC PHONE COMPANY - JOHN NORMAN'S OFFICE -- DAY] (John Norman puts the folder on the desk and starts unbuttoning his suit jacket. He sits down.) JOHN NORMAN: You'll never make it outta here. You know that. I mean, the cops'll have you inside of two minutes. DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): You need not worry about me, sire. JOHN NORMAN: Wh--what--what exactly do you mean? Did my ex-wife send you? DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): I'm here to rob you. JOHN NORMAN: Of course. Well, uh, in that case, we'd better get right to it, and you can be on your merry way. Now who should I make this out to? (John Norman takes out his corporate check book.) DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): You will return all that you have stolen to every last person in your domain. JOHN NORMAN: But I have millions of customers. DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): Then I suggest that you get started. (John Norman scoffs at Drake.) (Drake lets the arrow go. It barely misses John Norman and embeds hard in the wall behind him.) (Drake takes out another arrow and points it at John Norman.) CUT TO: [EXT. NCC PHONE COMPANY - CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS - FINANCIAL DISTRICT - DAY] (A police helicopter flies overhead.) (Down on the street below, Darryl is on the phone. The front street is blocked off. A small crowd of observers have gathered beyond the crime scene tape.) DARRYL MORRIS: (to phone) Hold your position. But nobody make a move unless I say so. (Darryl hangs up and walks over to Sheridan holding a cloth to her shoulder wound.) DARRYL MORRIS: You should really get that wound checked. (Darryl walks around Sheridan and stands next to Phoebe.) SHERIDAN: No, thanks. I've missed enough. And Ms. Halliwell here was just telling me a very interesting story. PHOEBE: Wait. You don't believe me? SHERIDAN: (chuckles) I think it's a little far-fetched, don't you think? You get kidnapped by Robin Hood, forced to go on a crime spree, only to be saved in the end by us. That's a nice touch. DARRYL MORRIS: Let her go, Sheridan. I told you, she's a friend. PHOEBE: Okay, you know what? Sheridan, I'm a good person, and I really think that I can help you out in this situation if you'll just let me. DARRYL MORRIS: Do you really think you can? PHOEBE: Yeah, I do. He and I have a connection, and he's a little messed up right now. But I really think that I could break through to him. But I gotta talk to him. SHERIDAN: That's completely out of the question. It's dangerous, and it breaks procedure. PHOEBE: You know what? He's dangerous, and you have no idea what he's capable of. VOICE: (from radio) Lieutenant, we're in position. We've got a clear shot. DARRYL MORRIS: (to radio) Hold your fire. (to Sheridan) She's goin' in. SHERIDAN: What? Morris. DARRYL MORRIS: That's an order, Inspector. (Sheridan uncuffs Phoebe.) PHOEBE: Thank you, Darryl. (Phoebe turns and runs to the front of the building. Sheridan turns and looks at Darryl.) SHERIDAN: You know, there's something oddly familiar about all this. (Ignoring her comment, Darryl points to Sheridan's wounded shoulder as he walks past her.) DARRYL MORRIS: Let's get that wound checked. (Camera pans over to the building and we see Phoebe running in through the front doors.) CUT TO: [INT. MANOR - ATTIC - DAY] (Piper and Paige are sitting down at the circular table in the center of the attic. There are five lit candles placed around the edges of the table.) PAIGE: (reads) Sorcerer of darkness, demon of fright, I call you now into my sight. (They wait. Nothing happens.) PAIGE: Maybe I can just try it again. PIPER: No, Paige. You've tried three times. It's not working. He must be protecting himself somehow. PAIGE: I could have copied it down wrong. PIPER: Paige, it's not your first day as a witch, you know? It's just, we're running out of options. (Piper stands up.) You saw the news. I think it's time we go to plan "B." PAIGE: I think getting rid of him would be a big mistake. PIPER: So would letting an innocent die. Look, if you're not gonna trust yourself, at least trust me. Because it's certainly not my first day. (At the end of the attic, Astral Miss Donovan appears.) MISS DONOVAN: (loud whisper) Paige! (Paige stands up.) PAIGE: Miss Donovan. Why are you astral projecting? MISS DONOVAN: Please, I don't have time. The Sorcerer took me prisoner. PIPER: What? MISS DONOVAN: I swear, I was just tryin' to check out Drake, and, you know, it turns out he's not so bad. It was the Sorcerer that I should have been worried about. PAIGE: It's okay. We know all about it. Don't panic. Because now that we know where you are, we could scry for you, and get you out of there, and just vanquish him. MISS DONOVAN: Oh, thank you. Now I gotta go. PIPER: Looks like Drake just got a reprieve. (Piper turns and heads out of the attic.) RIPPLE TO: [INT. UNDERWORLD - SORCERER'S CAVE] (CRYSTAL BALL VIEW: Piper turns and heads out of the attic.) PIPER: (echo-y) ... reprieve ... reprieve ... reprieve ... (Camera pulls back and we see the Sorcerer looking through his crystal ball. He turns around and looks at the Real Miss Donovan.) SORCERER: Well-played, my dear. MISS DONOVAN: I wish I could have told them what you were planning. SORCERER: If you had, you'd be dead by now. At least now, you'll live a touch longer than The Charmed Ones will. You see, thanks to your message, they're now focused on saving you. Too bad my lair is protected against summoning and scrying. MISS DONOVAN: It won't take them long to figure it out. (He takes a sip from his cup.) SORCERER: Oh, but by then, I'll have Drake's powers. MISS DONOVAN: How can you be so sure? SORCERER: Well, you see, once a demon, always a demon. I just need to remind drake of that by casting a spell on Prince John. (He holds out his cup enticingly to Miss Donovan who looks at it with need. He pulls the cup away from her and takes another drink from it.) CUT TO: [INT. NCC PHONE COMPANY CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS - JOHN NORMAN'S OFFICE - DAY] (John Norman has a pile of checks on his desk. He looks at Drake. ) JOHN NORMAN: Come on. You cannot expect me to write all these checks. (Phoebe rushes into the office and ducks when Drake whirls around the bow and arrow in his hands.) PHOEBE: Oh, oh, Robin! Don't shoot. It's me, your Marian. DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): Milady. How did you lose the sheriff? PHOEBE: Oh, me and the sheriff go way back. Now listen. Ooh! (Phoebe ducks to avoid Drake's quiver as he swings around to once again face John Norman.) PHOEBE: Uh, don't you think it's time we let the Prince go? I'm sure he's learned his lesson by now. Haven't you, John? (John catches the hint and stands up.) JOHN NORMAN: Oh, oh, yeah, oh. Oh, I'm--I'm-- I'm heartbroken here, man. I didn't realize what I was doing to those poor people. I mean, thank you, Robin. You have really shown me the error of my ways. I swear, I am going to change. PHOEBE: See? That's great. That's great. I know you don't wanna hurt him. DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): What about the money? He can't be trusted. PHOEBE: Well, if you can't trust him, then trust me. Look, today you reminded me what it's like to do good. To make a difference and to help people. Now let me help you. Come with me before you do something you'll regret. (Outside, the sirens get louder.) (After thinking about it, Drake lowers his bow and arrow.) DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): Sorry. (Drake and Phoebe turn their backs on John Norman as they head for the office door.) (A red glow comes over John Norman.) JOHN NORMAN (AS PRINCE JOHN): (sarcastic) Oh, I cannot believe that you actually fell for that. (Drake turns around.) DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): Pardon? JOHN NORMAN (AS PRINCE JOHN): I mean, really. You think I give a rat's ass about some poor schmo who's too stupid to know he's being suckered? There's no way in hell I'm giving this money back. (John Norman picks up the checks he's written from the desk and starts tearing them into shreads.) (Drake scowls as he raises his bow and arrow at John Norman.) PHOEBE: Oh, no. The Sorcerer. CUT TO: [EXT. HALLIWELL MANOR (STOCK) - DAY] [INT. MANOR - CONSERVATORY - DAY] (Piper is scrying in the conservatory.) LEO: Well, I don't think Darryl can hold off the cops any longer. You're running out of time. PIPER: What would you like me to do about that? The crystal's not dropping. (Paige stands nearby.) PAIGE: This isn't right, you guys. We're being played. PIPER: Come on, Paige. You're not gonna do any of us any good by waffling now. PAIGE: I'm not waffling. Look. Fine. (Paige sits down.) I admit, okay, I've been out of it since the whole thing with the Avatars and with Kyle. But I can't keep beating myself up over the mistakes that we've made. I have to move on. I think we all do. PIPER: I'm not sure it's that easy. PAIGE: Maybe it's not. But I have to try, right? I mean, Drake said that I have to start trusting my instincts again. Otherwise, I'm not gonna be able to help him or Miss Donovan or anybody. LEO: So what are your instincts telling you now? PAIGE: That Miss Donovan's just a distraction. Otherwise, we would have found her by now. PIPER: Okay. Say you're right. So you think the sorcerer is after Drake? PAIGE: He wants his powers, doesn't he? Drake's bound to use those at some point or another. (Piper thinks about it.) CUT TO: [INT. NCC PHONE COMPANY CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS - JOHN NORMAN'S OFFICE - DAY] (Drake raises his bow and arrow at John Norman.) DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): You will give the money back. JOHN NORMAN (AS PRINCE JOHN): Or what, you gonna shoot me with an arrow? Come on. (John takes a step to the side. He stands in front of the glass window.) JOHN NORMAN (AS PRINCE JOHN): I'm evil. You can do better than that. PHOEBE: Don't listen to him. He's under a spell. JOHN NORMAN (AS PRINCE JOHN): You've gotta punish me. Destroy me or I'll keep doing evil and I don't give a damn who gets hurt. Single moms, old people, kids, even your little maid here. (Outside, the sounds form the helicopter get louder. Drake throws the bow and arrow aside.) DRAKE (AS ROBIN HOOD): She's not my maid! (He waves his arms and two fireballs appear in his hands. He throws them at John Norman.) [EXT. NCC PHONE COMPANY - CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS - FINANCIAL DISTRICT - DAY -- CONTINUOUS] (The people from the street below scream as the office window explodes outward. John Norman falls out and clings to the ledge with his hands.) (Glass shards fall to the ground below.) (Darryl and Sheridan duck at the sound of the explosion. They look up and see John Norman hanging off the window ledge.) DARRYL MORRIS: Oh, my god. [INT. NCC PHONE COMPANY CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS - JOHN NORMAN'S OFFICE - DAY -- CONTINUOUS] (John Norman pulls himself up enough to look in through the window.) JOHN NORMAN: (gasps) Help me. Please. (He slips back down.) [EXT. NCC PHONE COMPANY - CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS - FINANCIAL DISTRICT - DAY -- CONTINUOUS] (Phoebe grabs John Norman and helps him back into the office.) PHOEBE: I gotcha. Oh! (Down below, the people scramble around the ground.) [INT. NCC PHONE COMPANY CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS - JOHN NORMAN'S OFFICE - DAY -- CONTINUOUS] (In the office, Drake looks at his hands.) PHOEBE: I gotcha. (A bright light changes Drake from his Robin Hood costume-wearing personae and back into Drake the ex-demon. He looks at his hands at around the office. Lost.) PHOEBE: Come on. (The Sorcerer shimmers into the chair behind the desk. He's holding a knife in his hands.) SORCERER: Hello. (Drake turns and looks at the Sorcerer. The Sorcerer stands up and sheathes his knife.) [INT. MANOR - CONSERVATORY - DAY - CONTINUOUS] LEO: Looks like your instincts were right. (Leo sees the live news report on the television where they show the glass exploding outward and John Norman falling out of the window hanging on to the ledge by his fingertips.) (Paige and Piper both stand up to watch the report.) NEWS REPORTER (MAN): (from tv) We believe that's Billionaire John Norman being hurled out of the window by some -- PAIGE: Just wish I'd trusted them sooner. [INT. PHONE COMPANY CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS - JOHN NORMAN'S OFFICE - DAY -- CONTINUOUS] (The Sorcerer looks at Drake.) SORCERER: A deal is a deal. (The Sorcerer raises his hands and sucks Drake's power from out of him. A red light comes out of Drake and into the Sorcerer's hands. The glow is absorbed by the Sorcerer.) PHOEBE: I got ya! Whoa. (Phoebe struggles to help John Norman back into the office.) SORCERER: You, off to purgatory, my boy. (The Sorcerer waves his hands and hits Drake with a wave of power.) (At the same moment, Piper and Paige orb into the office. They're just in time to see Drake being sucked into purgatory by the flames of hell.) PHOEBE: (o.s.) I got ya! (The Sorcerer looks at Piper and Paige.) SORCERER: Well ... what are you waiting for? Come and get me. (The Sorcerer shimmers out.) FADE OUT. (COMMERCIAL SET) FADE IN. [INT. MANOR - CONSERVATORY -- DAY] (Open on the television news report.) REPORTER (WOMAN): (from tv) This was the scene of chaos just minutes ago when the man known as Robin Hood detonated what appears to have been a homemade bomb. (Leo is watching the children. He turns his attention to the news report.) REPORTER (WOMAN): (from tv) Fortunately, billionaire John Norman escaped injury with the aid of local advice columnist Phoebe Halliwell. As you can see behind me ... (Paige, Piper and Phoebe orb into the conservatory.) PHOEBE: Piper, we don't have a choice. We have to go after the sorcerer. PIPER: I realize that. But he knows we're coming. He'll set a trap for us. (Piper takes Baby Chris from Leo and heads over to the couch.) LEO: What happened? You said Drake was missing. (Paige walks past Leo and heads over to the couch.) PAIGE: No, actually. We lost him. (Phoebe heads over to the couch.) PHOEBE: But if we vanquish the Sorcerer, then we should be able to reverse the magic and get Drake out of purgatory. (Paige takes the scrying crystal.) PAIGE: Well, if we can use the vanquishing spell I wrote to get rid of Drake, then it should work on getting rid of the Sorcerer. PIPER: How can you be sure that it's gonna work? PAIGE: Because I trust my gut. It helped us find the Sorcerer, right? PHOEBE: And it was right about Drake. He is an innocent. We have to save him. Otherwise, everything he's done will have been for naught. PIPER: For naught? PHOEBE: The point is is we have to save Drake. PIPER: I don't know. I think Drake's caused enough trouble for one day. LEO: I'll say. We'll be lucky if he doesn't trigger Sheridan's memory. PIPER: Not to mention Prince John and all the magic he saw. PHOEBE: Okay, John won't remember a thing and we can worry about Sheridan tomorrow. PIPER: You worry tomorrow. I'll worry today. (The scrying crystal hits the map.) PAIGE: Found Miss Donovan. Probably the Sorcerer, too. PIPER: See? Wasn't that a little too easy? I'm telling you, it's a trap. PHOEBE: (cunningly) Maybe we should start thinking more like Robin Hood. PIPER: Excuse me? CUT TO: [INT. UNDERWORLD -- SORCERER'S CAVE] (The Sorcerer is carrying a book. He looks over at Miss Donovan.) SORCERER: It won't be long now. I've lowered the cave's protections. Which means The Charmed Ones are on their way. MISS DONOVAN 1 (REAL): To vanquish you, I'm sure. SORCERER: Oh, I'm sure they'll try. But we're on my turf now. And they'll be no match for my new powers. MISS DONOVAN 2: I'm not so sure about that. (The Sorcerer turns around and sees Miss Donovan 1 sitting behind his desk.) SORCERER: Well, well, well. I'll give you this much. You're getting better at that. You don't even need to be asleep anymore. (The Real Miss Donovan appears surprised.) MISS DONOVAN 1 (REAL): (plays along) I'm a fast learner. MISS DONOVAN 2: Me, too. SORCERER: Well, that's wonderful. (He takes out his knife.) But I don't think I have time for this right now. (The Sorcerer walks over toward the desk. Miss Donovan 2 stands up.) MISS DONOVAN 3: (o.s.) You should make time. (He turns ... ) SORCERER: What the hell? (... and finds a third Miss Donovan looking at an open scroll. She puts the scroll aside.) MISS DONOVAN 3: 'Cause you never know. MISS DONOVAN 4: (o.s.) It's true. (The Sorcerer whirls around and sees yet another Miss Donovan near his files.) MISS DONOVAN 4: You never know when your time is up. (The three Miss Donovans stand near one another. The Sorcerer realizes who they are.) SORCERER: The Charmed Ones. (But it's too late. They start chanting.) "MISS DONOVAN" (PAIGE): Evil blasts we cannot use; (The Miss Donovans change back into The Charmed Ones.) PIPER, PHOEBE & PAIGE: The Power of Three now lights their fuse. (Fire and flames engulf the Sorcerer. He explodes.) PIPER: Nicely done. PAIGE: What about Drake? (No sooner said, when Drake appears in the Sorcerer's lair, his jacket on fire. He bats the flames away.) DRAKE: Ow! That's hot! That's not gonna ... (He turns and sees them standing in the room. Phoebe smiles and heads over to him.) PHOEBE: Drake. DRAKE: (smiles) You saved me? PHOEBE: Of course. What would you expect from Maid Marian? PAIGE: And your Merry Men. PIPER: (corrects) Women. (Miss Donovan, still in chains, calls their attention to her.) MISS DONOVAN: Excuse me. Do you mind? (Paige goes over to release her, but doesn't have a key or anything so she just examines the shackles that binds her wrists.) PHOEBE: That was interesting, huh? PIPER: I guess. I just can't believe we're back in the underworld -- back vanquishing demons again. (Drake walks over to Miss Donovan.) DRAKE: Oh, I don't know. After all, it is pretty romantic, isn't it? PIPER: You've gotta be kidding. DRAKE: No, not at all. (He snaps his fingers and Miss Donovan is released from the shackles. She falls to the ground with a soft thud.) DRAKE: (teaching mode) Most of the world's greatest lovers were brought together during a time of epic conflict. Admittedly, most of them were doomed. But they did find the romance in it. So why can't you? (Phoebe turns and looks at Piper. Piper gives Drake a small smile.) (Camera holds on Drake.) CUT TO: [EXT. POLICE STATION (STOCK) - NIGHT] [INT. POLICE DEPARTMENT - NIGHT] (Sheridan looks at the Bay Mirror's column headline, "Ask Phoebe" A Hero. She shows the paper to Darryl.) SHERIDAN: Hey. I thought you might wanna see this. DARRYL MORRIS: "A hero." Now aren't you glad you didn't arrest her? SHERIDAN: Well, I don't know. She didn't help us get the guy. DARRYL MORRIS: She didn't promise to. She promised to help. SHERIDAN: Yeah, but still, don't you think it's just a little weird? I mean, she goes inside. The perp gets away. But yet, there's no trail to follow, no leads. I mean, it's almost as though he just disappeared. DARRYL MORRIS: We'll get him. Good night, Sheridan. (Darryl turns and walks out leaving Sheridan to ponder that thought.) CUT TO: [INT. MAGIC SCHOOL - STUDY - NIGHT] (Paige walks into the Great Hall. She sees Drake removing his Black robes.) PAIGE: Oh. You look great in all your, uh, teacher-ness. DRAKE: Oh, that little old thing? PAIGE: Okay, well, I brought you your class schedule and your student roster, and I, uh, have assigned you a T.A ... Miss Donovan. DRAKE: She's not sore for being passed over? PAIGE: Well, I think she was a little freaked out by what happened. She did wanna run back to the peace and quiet of the library. But I've talked her into helping you out in class. DRAKE: Mm. Well, I guess it's all for the best. Someone's gotta take over. PAIGE: Why, are you planning on being absent a lot? DRAKE: No, I mean, in case it doesn't work out. We agreed it would just be temporary at first. I mean, you may change your mind in a couple weeks. I may need to move on. PAIGE: I will not change my mind. Trust me. Anybody - anybody who can get through the thick skulls of my lovely sisters and I can definitely get through to those kids. DRAKE: Even though I'm a little crazy? PAIGE: Because you are a lot crazy. No, look, magic school's protected. It's okay. Give it your best shot. (Phoebe walks into the room.) PHOEBE: (smiles) Hey. DRAKE: Hey. PHOEBE: Just came by to see the new professor. PAIGE: All right. Well, um, I promised Piper and Leo that I'd baby-sit for them tonight. They're going out celebrating Valentine's Day. DRAKE: Mm-mmm. Finding a little romance, are they? PAIGE: Thanks to you, yeah. (He smiles at Phoebe.) DRAKE: Oh, I'm not done yet. PHOEBE: (looks down) Really? PAIGE: (mutters) Ok, well, great awkward moment for me. (louder) So I'll be going, and there's a night class in five minutes. Don't forget. (Paige turns and leaves. Phoebe's carrying the Bay Mirror and shows it to Drake.) PHOEBE: So I thought you'd like to see tomorrow's newspaper. Looks like Prince John is gonna give back everything he stole. Guess he just needed to be reminded of his mortality. DRAKE: Works every time. Phoebe ... there's something I have to tell you. You know the deal I made that made me human ... well, that only lasts a year. At the end of it, I gotta die. (Thinking it's another one of Drake's weird jokes, Phoebe laughs. She sees he's not laughing.) PHOEBE: Wh--are you kidding? DRAKE: No. Uh-uh. But listen, it was well worth the sacrifice. Now all I wanna do is I wanna pass on what I've learned about literature, about life, and about love. PHOEBE: How long do you have? DRAKE: Two weeks. PHOEBE: Oh. Wh -- I mean--I mean, can we try to fix it? DRAKE: Mm, you can't. (The school bell rings.) DRAKE: And you know what? It's all good. (Drake quickly picks up his schedule, roster and other papers.) DRAKE: See ya. (He leaves the Great Hall.) (Phoebe watches him go.) FADE TO BLACK ========================== THE END ========================== [Captioning made possible by Spelling Entertainment, Inc. Captioned by the National Captioning Institute www.Ncicap.Org] Courtesy of http://www.webphilia.com/~anthology/wnp.html Contact the Transcriptionist at (intrepidly002@yahoo.com) Do not archive this transcript without permission from the Transcriptionist. ========================== TITLE/OPENING CREDITS ========================== CHARMED 7X14: CARPE DEMON ORIGINAL AIR DATE ON WB: 02/13/2005 TRANSCRIBED FROM WB Starring: ALYSSA MILANO as Phoebe Halliwell ROSE McGOWAN as Paige Matthews and HOLLY MARIE COMBS as Piper BRIAN KRAUSE as Leo Wyatt DORIAN GREGORY as Darryl Morris Created by CONSTANCE M. BURGE Guest Starring SEBASTIAN ROCHE ANN CUSACK as Miss Donovan JENYA LANO KURT FULLER ELIZABETH DENNEHY BRUCE GRAY and BILLY ZANE as Drake Consulting Producer: JONATHAN LEVIN Co-Producer: DEBRA J. FISHER Co-Producer: ERICA MESSER Co-Producer: JEANNINE RENSHAW Producer: HENRY ALONSO MYERS Producer: CURTIS KHEEL Producer: PETER CHOMSKY Producer: HOLLY MARIE COMBS Producer: ALYSSA MILANO Supervising Producer: ROB WRIGHT Supervising Producer: MARK WILDING Co-Executive Producer: JAMES L. CONWAY Produced By: JON PARE Written by: CURTIS KHEEL Directed by: STUART GILLARD ========================== END CREDITS ========================== Executive Producer: BRAD KERN Executive Producer: AARON SPELLING Executive Producer: E. DUKE VINCENT Spelling Television Inc., A Paramount / Viacom Company Story Editor: CAMERON LITVACK Music By: JAY GRUSKA Casting by: LESLEE DENNIS, C.S.A. Original Casting by VICTORIA HUFF, C.S.A. Director of Photography: JONATHAN WEST, ASC Production Designer: PAUL STAHELL Editor: DON KELLY Unit Production Manager: JON PARE Film and Electronic Laboratory (tm) by LASERPACIFIC MEDIA Lenses and Panaflex(R) Camera by PANAVISION(R) Digital Sound Editing and Mixing by LASERPACIFIC MEDIA Digital Visual Effects by ENCORE VIDEO Executive in Charge of Production: GAIL M. PATTERSON Executive in Charge of Post-Production: KENNETH MILLER This motion picture is protected under the laws of the United States and other countries. Any unauthorized duplication, copying, distribution, exhibition or use may result in civil liability and or criminal prosecution. The places and characters depicted herein are entirely fictitious, and any similarity to any real places or people is purely coincidental. (c) 2005 by Spelling Television Inc., A Paramount / Viacom company. All rights reserved. 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