8.22 -- Prue Not Forgotten

As a lover of the Prudence character, I have to say that showrunners have gotten me upset. I do not feel like Charmed and Brad gave us the amount of Prue that we deserved. The experience from the last episode had not given me any feeling of rememberance or sadness and I was surprised that Brad had the nerve to bring up Prue's death with no comment other than that "when one door closes, another one opens." If you can't make it good, then you should make no comment at all. Am I right, Thumber?

I completely understand if everyone feels differently, but I thought that I should express my opinion. Now that I have, let's move on to the little that Prue was mentioned.

1975: Here in this year, Prue is five and Piper is three. Even though that is as much information that we get concerning Prue, I liked that we get to see how Prue's parents -- Patty and Victor -- lived and how they were. It reveals to us an innocence that we never really got to see with Prue. Her being apart of a standard family, being loved by both of her parents at the same time in the same place. This scene would have been a whole lot better, though, if viewers would have gotten to see the tyke. But my concern for this scene doesn't end there. As I think on it now, a few errors pop up. Where is Grams living? I don't think that she would have give the Manor over to Patty while she was living with a mere mortal, do you? And as I recall from a previous episode (though I don't know which), Piper told Phoebe that she was concieved in the back seat of a car. So the deed that Patty and Victor were on, couldn't have been the deed that conjured Phoebe. Thus, Patty must be at least a few weeks along.

1982: Even though this scene is of Grams consoling a little Piper, I thought it was worth mentioning. Little Piper, the middle child, felt the pain of her position at a very young age, and it was great that she thinks both of her sisters are special. It goes to show how Piper has always been on Charmed. She always felt left out, always felt inferior, always felt that she wasn't as good as her sisters. But what this scene establishes is that present Piper is just like her sister. She is more emotional, yes. But she now, now that Paige has been found and Prue has died, has become Prue -- in a way that is. And I thing that this very scene shows us that. This very scene shows that Piper, now the big sister, represents her lost sibling. Piper herself is an icon for Prue. She has become the protector, the strength, the sacrafical lamb that Prue is remembered for. And before I more on, I'd like to say something that would have made this scene more emotional, more better. It would have been better if Brad would have gotten little Prue to come and consol little Piper. To tell little Piper that she is just as special. That would have been a great way to add Prue's memory in without making it so much about her, because after all Prue has always seen after her, protected her.

Present: When Patty says that it would be great to not remember things "like Prue," my heart melted. I dropped a couple of tears. But I went from sad to mad in a matter of second when Patty tells the sisters that she knows everything happens for a reason and that when one door closes, another one opens and looks at Paige. Man, oh, man was I hot. Prue's death didn't conjure Paige. Her death didn't do anything other than give way for the Power of Three to be reconstituted. Brad should have left well enough alone and not even thought to bring Prue in during this time. It would have satisfied me more.

I thoroughly enjoyed all except the last mentions of Prue. I felt that it was a solid shout to Prue not forgotten, even if it was poorly established. Okay. On to your opinions. What did you like of each scene Prue was mentioned in? Would you have liked something more on Prue's character? How did you feel about having no visual image of Prue at all?

Oh, yeah. The Nod To Prue: In the last scene with the granddaugther of Piper (some say it is Chris's child, but who knows), I thought it was a great way to end the show with the little girl doing what Prue had done some many seasons ago -- using her power to shut the door as an end to a season. I felt that Brad was giving a nod to Prue. Some might disagree, some might not. But I thought that it was just great to end the series like it had begun. That's it. That's all I'm going to say.

P.S. More to come later on. I'm still recovering from the lost, as well as Alias's end. Please be patient and bare with me.