*TOUCHING PATTY/PIPER SCENE* *spoiler*

[Dianna]

Finally, the spoilers for "A Witch's Tail, Part Two"

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"A Witch's Tail, Part Two"
Season 5 - Episode 2
Production #62015-05-90
Written by Monica Breen & Alison Schapker
Directed by Mel Damski
Script Draft: Revised Blue
Script Date: 07/24/02 (Rev. Blue)
Page Length: 54 pages
Special Guest Stars: Finola Hughes, Nancy O'Dell


CAST LIST

Series Regulars
Phoebe Halliwell........................................ALYSSA MILANO
Piper Halliwell............................................HOLLY MARIE COMBS
Paige Matthews........................................ROSE McGOWAN
Darryl Morris..............................................DORIAN GREGORY
Leo............................................................BRIAN KRAUSE
Cole...........................................................JULIAN McMAHON

Guest Cast
Patty
Bob Cowan
Necron
Captain
Intern
Adoption Agent
Fisherman #1
Fisherman #2

Special Guest Cast
Nancy O'Dell


SET LIST

Interiors
Halliwell Manor
*Living Room
*Nursery
*Hallway
*Kitchen
*Attic
*Attic Stairs

Sea Hag Grotto

The Clinic
*Copyroom

Cole's Penthouse


Exteriors
Underwater

Ocean Surface

Beach

Fishing Dock

Empty Fishery


SCRIPT PIECES

Script Piece #1
TEASER

FADE IN:

1 INT. MANOR - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 1

ON THE FADE, PAIGE and PIPER ORB in, holding hands. Paige angrily looks down at Piper's hand in hers.

PAIGE
At least you held on this time.

Piper brusquely pulls her hand away.

PIPER
I told you, I had a panic atytack. Can
we move past it?

PAIGE
I don't think so. Your panic attacks
are killing us. The first one almost
cost us an innocent.

PIPER
I know, I was there.

PAIGE
And this one cost our sister, or maybe
I should say half-sister, considering
the other half no qualifies as marine
life.

PIPER
I said, I know.

PAIGE
Well if you know so much, then maybe
you can tell me what the hell's going
on with you.

Piper, fed up, loses it.

PIPER
What do you want to hear? That I'm a
coward who hides during battle? That
it's my fault Phoebe's a mermaid? And
when I had a chance to make it right,
I was a gutless witch who bailed when
you needed me most?

Paige didn't expect that response.

PAIGE
Okay, maybe you're being a bit harsh.

PIPER
I'm saying it because it's true.

PAIGE
(easing up)
Okay but if it's because you're
afraid of hurting your baby --

PIPER
(quickly)
That's not an excuse.
(then, searching)
I'm not even sure that's the reason...

Piper's anger gives way to sympathy.

PAIGE
Well, it's not a total loss. At least
Mylie and Craig got their happily ever
after.

LEO ORBS IN, driping water from head to toe, completely
out of breath. Piper points at his feet.

PIPER
Leo. The Persian.

Leo sees he's standing on an antique rug and steps aside.

LEO
I found Phoebe.

PIPER
Why didn't you bring her?

Leo wrings water out of his flannel shirt.

LEO
Too fast... slippery. Really knows
how to use that Gulf Stream to her
advantage.

PAIGE
It's official then. She's on the run.

LEO
On the swim, technically.

PIPER
What's she swimming from? Between her
billboards and TV interview, Phoebe
loves life. I would think now more
than ever since she got her divorce

[Dianna]

PAIGE
(realizing)
Oh, that's right, you don't know.

PIPER
What don't I know?

PAIGE
Don't get mad. It's just that you
were so panicky and all.

PIPER
Yes I was a spineless coward in the
face of evil, we've established that.
Now what don't I know?

PAIGE
Cole's back.

A wave of panic washes over Piper -- but it goes unnoticed
as Leo angrily pushes forward and gets in Paige's face.

LEO
What? Why didn't I know about this?

PAIGE
Phoebe told me in confidence.

Behind them, Piper starts huyperventilating in a panic
attack. She tries to signal for attention to no avail.

LEO
I'm your Whitelighter. You have a
duty as a witch to tell me these
things.

PAIGE
I have a greater duty to my sister.

Piper fumbles around for something to lean on.

LEO
We're talking about the former Source
of all Evil here. You don't just
sweep his return under the rug.

Leo and Paige hear a THUD and turn to see Piper on the
ground, gasping for air. The stop arguing to help.

LEO (cont'd)
Take a breath. Deep breath.

They ease her onto the sofa. Piper regains control.

PIPER
Does he want my baby?

PAIGE
(surprised by that)
What? No, honey... of course not.
He's in love. He wants Phoebe back.

A hopeful idea dawns on Leo.

LEO
That's it. If Cole and Phoebe declare
their love, Phoebe will get her legs
back. It worked for Mylie and Craig.

PAIGE
No way. Cole's love is the problem,
not the solution.

PIPER
Paige, I know you hate Cole --

PAIGE
I loathe and despise Cole, but that's
not the point.
(explaining)
Mylie said mermaids are cold-hearted,
right? Well maybe that's why my spell
turned Phoebe into a mermaid in the
first place.

PIPER
You think her heart was cold to love?

PAIGE
And Cole put it in deep freeze when he
came back.

LEO
So, where do we go next?

PAIGE
Book of Shadows, internet, Library of
Congress -- wherever we can find a way
to get rid of Phoebe's tail.

SMASH CUT TO:

2 UNDERWATED - DAY 2

A glistening TAIL, swaying. REVEAL A MERMAID, gracefully
swimming through the clear blue sea. She glides over to a
coral reef, her hands shifting through shells that have
settled on the sandy floor. She picks up a shiny pearl
shell and rises OUT OF FRAME.

3 EXT. OCEAN SURFACE - DAY 3

REVEAL the face of MERPHOEBE< as she breaks through the
water's surface. She carefully examines the shell in the
sunlight. ANother perfect little treasure offered up by
the sea. Satisfied, MerPhoebe turns and dives back down.

4 INT. SEA HAG GROTTO - DAY 4

[Dianna]

The place is wrecked -- evidence of the battle with the Sea Hag. With a CLAP OF THUNDER, ELECTRIC BOLTS start DANCING
VIOLENTLY on the surface of the floor. From them emerge
NECRON, a demon who exists halfway between life and death.

NECRON
Hag! I want my eternal life...

Necron icily moves through the grotto, pulls down a hanging
silk, throws back a wooden chest, searching every crevice.

NECRON (cont'd)
...or your life. Your choice.

He spots what remains of the Sea Hag -- her body reduced to
salt inside empty clothes, topped by a shell NECK PIECE.
Necron angrily waves his hand and a BLAST OF WIND scatters
her remains -- and uncovers the AUGER SHELL. He picks it
up. Then Necron hears a splash and turns to see MerPhoebe
surface in the small natural pool, unaware of his presence.

ANGLE - MERPHOEBE

She dumps her armful of shells into an existing pile of
trinkets and treasures from the sea (baubles, shells,
coral, etc.). Suddenly, a FOOT steps INTO FRAME. She
looks up. Necron looms over her. A chilling grin spreads
across his face, revealing his decayed teeth.

MERPHOEBE
Who are you?

Necron steps closer, raising his skeletal hand.

NECRON
You have something I want.

MERPHOEBE
They're all yours.

MerPhoebe throws a handful of shells at Necron's face and
flips into her dive. Necron fires a BOLT OF LIGHTNING, but
the flying shells obscure his vision, and the BOLT strikes
MerPhoebe's tail, opening a deep GASH.

When MerPhoebe disappears beneath the surface, a furious
Necron extends his skeletal hand and ELECTRICAL CURRENTS
shoot from his fingers into the water. After a beat, STEAM
rises from the surface. Suddenly, TWO ELECTRIC EELS
appear, their jaws snapping menacingly.

NECRON
Find her...

As the Eels disappear underwater, eager to do his bidding:

FADE OUT.

END OF TEASER


Script Piece #2 (Last Scene)

40 INT. MANOR - NURSERY - NIGHT 40

Piper sits working on the baby book she's making for her
baby. SHe rifles through the box of her own childhood
mementos and takes out the baby book her Mom made for her.
She opens it up to the photo of her at five with her Mom --
the one right before the book went blank.

Leo comes up behind her, leans down and kisses her gently
on her neck. They share a loving moment. Leo goes back to
securing the new window in the nursery.

Piper carefully removes the photograph of her and her Mom
from her baby book and glues it into her baby's book.
While Piper contemplates this new chapter in the Halliwell
family history, HANDWRITTEN WORS BEGIN TO MAGICALLY APPEAR
under the photo that spell out: "Mommy and Grandma."

Off Piper, smiling through tears, as daughter and mother-to-
be, we:

FADE OUT.

END OF EPISODE


Script Piece #3

6 INT. MANOR - ATTIC - DAY 6

CLOSE on the far wall. Every inceh has been filled with
random scribbles and spell fragments in English and Latin.
A crazed Piper bends close to the wall with chalk, writing
intensely and very small, muttering softly as she works.

PIPER
Sink down Atlantis, rise up man. Shed
your scales -- no...

Leo enters to see Piper furiously rub out the chalk with
her fist and start her obsessive writing again. He wraps
an arm around her, while gently bringing down the chalk.

LEO
Honey... it's okay.

PIPER
Let go, I've almost got it...

LEO
You need to take a break.

PIPER
Just one more verse.

Leo tenderly turns Piper to face him.

LEO
Piper, this isn't helping Phoebe.

Piper reads the seriousness in Leo's eyes. She glances at
the wall, seeing it for the first time -- it frightens her.

PIPER
I'm scared, Leo.

LEO
I know.

PIPER
No, you don't. I'm scared... all the
time.

LEO
You're pregnant. Your adrenaline and
hornome levels are high. It's okay to
be afraid.

PIPER
Oh yeah? Look what my fear did to
Phoebe. Now that I'm pregnant, I need
to be stronger than ever. For my
sisters... and our daughter. It's my
job to take care of this family.

LEO
Sometimes it's this familyi's job to
take care of you... sometimes it's my
job.

Piper's defenses start to crumble. It's so hard for her to
show weakness right now. She fights back the tears.

PIPER
What do I do?

LEO
Figure out what's behind your fear.

PIPER
Therapy takes years. Phoebe needs me
now.

LEO
The only way to help her is to remove
your fear, and you can't do that --

Piper straightens up suddenly.

PIPER
What did you just say?

LEO
I said you've got ot remove your fear.
I can help you do that.

[Dianna]

PIPER
I think you already did.
(mind racing)
WHat I need right now is some time to
sort this out... alone.

Leo kisses her gently on the forehead and exits. When he's
gone, Piper wipes away the tears and eagerly moves to the
wall. She erases a spot in the middle, then writes
"FEARLESS SPELL" in bold letters. Off her determination:


Script Piece #4 - Touching Patty/Piper Scene

34 EXT. UNDERWATER - DAY 34

The chain on her leg holds Piper down on the ocean floor.
Blood seeps from the wound in her stomach. Her eyes are
wide in terror and panic. She's losing air fast. Just as
she's ready to give up, Piper hears a familiar, calming
VOICE.

VOICE (O.S.)
Piper...

Piper blinks and sees a GLOWING ANGELIC FIGURE floating
over her. It's PATTY -- her mother. The MAGICAL AURA that
surrounds Patty slowly ENVELOPS Piper, too, enabling her to
breath.

PATTY
I know why you've been afraid. You
don't want to leave your baby... the
way I left you.

Piper looks up at her mother, longingly.

PATTY (cont'd)
But spells won't make your fear go
away, only faity will. Faith that
your destiny is different than mine,
and that your baby's is different than
yours.

As Piper tries to understand, Patty reaches out to her:

PATTY (cont'd)
Take my hand, sweetie...

Piper slowly reaches upward toward Patty. CLOSE ON Piper's
hand, as it clutches a hand that yanks PIper upward and OUT
OF FRAME.


More to come -This is all copyright to Biba at cbs.

[Pruesdaughter]

that was sooooooooooooooo coool of a story i started to tear up

[cleavage]

Thank you Di,

Love me new av ;-)

[Angel4Charmed3]

I really liked that story. It was cool.




Ciao,

:-*Leah

[Pruesdaughter]

noooo it was soooooooooooooooooooo cooooooooooooooool

[Angel4Charmed3]

If only that were a real eppy.




Ciao,

:-*Leah

[Pruesdaughter]

i hope thy do make this one into an eppy. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D that would be soooooooooooooooooo cooooooooooooooool

[Angel4Charmed3]

Totally.




Ciao,

:-*Leah

[Pruesdaughter]

this is going 2 be a real eppy member di told me its the next eppy after the first one on season five ;D

[Angel4Charmed3]

[glow=beige,2,300]Are you serious?!?!?!?! COOL!



Ciao,

:-*Leah [/glow]

[Pruesdaughter]

yep thats a real eppy di told me about it before her com. broke down ;D

[Angel4Charmed3]

That would be sooo cool. But that was kind an eppy back in S1. With the Friday the 13th demon.




Ciao,

:-*Leah