After the tragic death of their mother, Mel and Maggie learn of a secret sibling, Macy, and discover they exhibit new abilities.
Tropes in this episode:
- Bait-and-Switch: Maggie is dramatically kidnapped by... Kappa House for her Sorority pledge.
- Creepy Crows: Surround Marisol's death.
- Dramatic Thunder: A bolt of lightning signifies the sisters have re-gained their powers.
- Driving Question: Who killed Marisol?
- An Ice Person: Taydeus' powers are ice based.
- Info Dump: Harry kidnaps the trio in order to do this with them as his Captive Audience.
- Jumped at the Call: Mel is keen to jump into the magical world.
- Kidnapped by an Ally / Kidnapped by the Call: Harry kidnaps and ties up the trio in order to get them to listen about magic.
- Kill It with Ice: Taydeus' MO.
- Large Ham: Harry's revelation of being a Whitelighter is... dramatic.
- Long-Lost Relative: Macy shows up looking for her mother. Shortly after her mother's death.
- Make It Look Like an Accident: Marisol's death is deemed an accident. Mel isn't so sure.
- Mundane Made Awesome: A spell in the Book of Shadows can get rid of the demon that attacked Maggie. Or, just baking soda.
- Parental Abandonment: Maggie and Mel's father is stated to be absent.
- Plot-Triggering Death: Marisol's murder and unbinding of the trio's powers kicks off the plot.
- Powers in the First Episode: The trio's powers are unbound by Marisol in this episode.
- Sufficiently Analyzed Magic: Macy tries this, only for Harry to make fun of her for it.
- Troll: Harry has some fun when explaining magic to the Charmed Ones