Recap / Charmed S6E20 A Wrong Days Journey Into Right

Wrong Days Journey Into Right

Paige unknowingly conjures up Mr Right's twin, Mr Wrong who uses a magical pheromone to trick her into killing her sisters to realise her true desires.

Paige has several boards with maps, newspaper clippings, bits of carpet and other small items and names of various demons, with many of them crossed out. A demon out there is killing other demons and Paige and Phoebe wonder what its agenda is.

In a church, two hooded demons smoke in behind a priest. Two blonde demon girls shimmer in and vanquish them with potions. They tell the priest to run. Paige and Phoebe orb in and the demons start throwing shurikens. Paige orbs a shuriken back into one of the demons and the other shimmers away. In her bedroom, Paige secretly conjures Mr. Right. Phoebe, lacking her empathy power, has trouble writing her column. She thinks that she was relying on her powers more than she had realized. Leo tells her that her advice comes from her heart, not her powers, and tries to encourage Phoebe. The sisters give a shuriken to Chris. He finds out that it came from a demon gang called Demonatrix, female demon assassins, and that they somehow have the Charmed Ones' knowledge of vanquishing potions. Mr. Right suggests that Paige take a vacation, just driving around in a Porsche convertible.

A dozen Demonatrix assassins stand at attention before a man strangely similar to Mr. Right. He scolds the assassin who escaped from the church, reminding her that he had said the Charmed Ones would figure out the smoker demons. He casts a spell and the assassin ages rapidly and crumbles to dust. He says he doesn't want the sisters to find him, especially Paige. His next target is not a demon, but a Porsche. One of the Demonatrix assassins goes with the man, who calls himself Vincent, to a Porsche dealer. She hurls the dealer a very long way, but Vincent orbs a convertible (crying "Rolls!" in a manner similar to Paige) to the right spot to catch him. Chris orbs in and Vincent recognizes him. Vincent drives off and Chris steals another Porsche in pursuit while the Demonatrix fades out. Vincent orbs away with the Porsche but the police arrest Chris.

Darryl covers for Chris who orbs to Phoebe. He scries for Vincent and finds him — in Paige's bedroom. Paige has been conjuring Mr. Right for about as long as the "demon" has been killing. Paige insists that Mr. Right is good, and that Vincent is an evil twin. In that moment, Darryl comes in and has Chris arrested. He won't cover for the sisters anymore because he almost died the last time (the Cleaners allowed him to remember this) and is worried about his family.

Vincent discusses his plans to get close to Paige. He wants to love her, not to kill her. He says he exists solely to please Paige. Leo and Piper talk of getting back together, but Piper isn't ready because Leo is still an Elder. Paige orbs in and tells them about Chris. Piper comes out of Magic School to help her sisters while Leo goes for Chris. Mr. Right urges Phoebe not to be angry with Paige, that she had felt overloaded and did not want to complain. Mr. Right and Paige both know what Vincent is thinking, that he'll go after a kimoto demon. They orb but find only Vincent. Phoebe throws a potion, but Vincent is unharmed. Vincent orbs Paige "home".

In his lair, Vincent promises Paige freedom and power, that demons would bow down before her and she could use magic openly. He tells her that her sisters are a burden to her and that she is sacrificing unfairly for them. Leo orbs into Chris's cell and convinces him to orb out with him. Phoebe has made a potion to turn Vincent real. She tests it on Mr. Right at his suggestion. He cuts his hand and feels pain. Paige orbs Piper into Vincent's lair, and immediately goes to Vincent's side.

She orbs a rope and ties Piper's hands, and then disappear behind a door with Vincent — but then one of the Demonatrixes in the back row attacks the others. She is not a demon at all; she is Phoebe, disguised. The two vanquish the rest of the Demonatrixes and then go after Vincent. Piper takes the chance that Vincent was made real also by the potion used on Mr. Right due to the fact that they are unable to contact either Leo or Chris. Piper proves to be right, and she vanquishes Vincent by blowing him up. Vanquishing Vincent breaks his hold on Paige and the three-return home. Leo gives the Porsche salesman a "sudden loss of memory" and the charges against Chris are dropped.

Tropes

• Actually Pretty Funny: Seeing Phoebe disguised as a Demonatrix, Piper just starts laughing.
• Aesop Amnesia: Phoebe lost her active powers due to using them for personal gain literally LAST EPISODE, and is still struggling with the consequences, but Paige still decides to use magic to create Mr. Right for her own pleasure.
• All Girls Want Bad Boys: Exploited. Mr. Right says that the reason Paige doesn't simply escape Vincent's lair is because a part of her wants a bad boy, such as a demon. Vincent knows that and uses it to tempt her.
• Armor-Piercing Question: While working, Piper and Leo discuss his problematic relationship with Chris, but then the conversation veers off in another direction.
  Piper: Well, that's our boy and, hopefully, you'll get a second chance with him.
  Leo: [beat] What about with you?
• Armor-Piercing Response: When Mr. Right apologizes to Phoebe about all this and tries to get her to mend fences with Paige.
  Mr. Right: Just don't stay mad at her too long. It hurts her, Phoebe. She looks up to you a lot more than you know.
• Become a Real Boy: Mr. Right admits to Phoebe that all the times he's been conjured up have made him feel this way. It turns out that Vincent also wants to continue existing, with Paige by his side. Phoebe even references Pinocchio in response to all this talk, but she ends up having to make a potion for this effect in the hopes of making Vincent vulnerable. The potion is successfully tested on Mr. Right, and it's later demonstrated that that means Vincent is now also real.
• Big Damn Heroes: Before the mooks can kill Piper, Phoebe kills the leader.
  Phoebe: [to the glaring mooks] Oops. I missed.
• Both Sides Have a Point: Phoebe lambasts Paige for using magic to create a Mr. Right for her own pleasure, to which Paige insists it's just harmless fun. Mr. Right weighs in on both sides of it, saying Paige recognizes deep down that it was reckless but that she was just really frustrated over how it seems like magic is always punishing her and the other sisters. Hearing that makes Phoebe more inclined to cut Paige a break.
• But Now I Must Go: Being real now, Mr. Right heads out into the world to see what awaits.
• Calling Parents by Their Name: Chris keeps doing this to Leo, much to Phoebe's own irritation. Leo busting him out of jail causes Chris to call him "Dad" for the first time.
• Car Chase: Between Vincent and Chris. Unfortunately, Chris impulsively taking a car to chase after Vincent's comes back to bite him when the authorities catch up.
• Chekhov's Gag: The climax makes mention that Paige secretly underestimated Phoebe's capabilities without her main powers. It's a minor moment here, being something Phoebe is comedically annoyed about, but it's a more serious matter in the next episode when Paige proves very overprotective out of genuine concern for her.
• Cool Big Sis: According to Mr. Right, Paige holds this view of Phoebe, even if she doesn't say it out loud.
• De-power: Phoebe is still dealing with losing her powers last episode.
• Didn't See That Coming: The plan was for Phoebe to infiltrate Vincent's headquarters by posing as a Demonatrix and simply call for Leo and Chris when the time was right. Piper calling for Leo and not getting a response demonstrates Vincent somehow shielded the place after Phoebe managed to sneak in, thus throwing the plan for a loop.
• Dressing as the Enemy: Phoebe dons a blonde wig and black dress in order to blend in among the Demonatrixes and wait for the right time to strike.
• Easily Forgiven: Piper has already forgiven Paige for kidnapping and endangering both her and the new baby. However, she has opted not to say so for a little while just to make Paige squirm.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Vincent genuinely loves Paige and wants to have her by his side for his future ambitions.
• Evil Twin: Vincent to Mr. Right.
• The Final Temptation: Vincent offers Paige everything she secretly desires deep down, such as being able to rule over others, getting to use her powers without fear of consequence, and not being bossed around by her older sisters.
• Friend on the Force: Averted. Darryl's near death experience in the previous episode makes him refuse to do the sisters any special favors from now on.
• Godzilla Threshold: With Darryl unwilling to help clean this mess up, Leo resorts to magic to get Chris out of the cell and to have the charges dropped.
• Good Parents: After hearing everything he did to get Chris out of jail, Piper calls Leo a good father. He hopes the same can be said when the present-day version of Chris grows up.
• "Hell, Yes!" Moment: Mr. Right after feeling pain from cutting his own hand because it means he's a real person.
• Innocuously Important Episode: Though Leo ensures he's out of jail and won't be charged for stealing the Porsche, Chris outright vanishing from his cell won't be forgotten by the authorities. Sheridan will later cite this as a reason to be suspicious of the sisters, and her efforts to learn the truth will make things even more personal.
• Loophole Abuse: Leo orbs Chris out of jail and works a little magic to ensure the car dealership salesman forgets a crime was committed in the first place. Such actions would be frowned upon by others, but Leo saves face by saying he was just upholding the masquerade.
• Meaningful Name: Vincent actually took his name from Paige's first serious boyfriend.
  Vincent: A boy who promised you the world. Now, you've got him.
• More Expendable Than You: Cornered by the four remaining Demonatrixes, Phoebe is willing to take them all on rather than risk the pregnant Piper taking a deadly hit. Piper, however, won't hear of it.
• My God, What Have I Done?: After she's back in the right state of mind, Paige questions what she was doing throughout this whole affair.
• Nice Guy: Mr. Right, naturally. He's unfailingly polite, to the point of seeing both sides of the argument over his creation and trying to play peacemaker.
• No-Sell: Mr. Right can be cut, but he feels no pain, as the terms of the spell called for him to exist for 24 hours. Being an off-shoot of Mr. Right, Vincent gets the same benefit, and he's only too happy to demonstrate that no magic or attack can take him out. The potion to turn Mr. Right into a real person naturally negates this issue.
• "Not So Different" Remark: Leo tries to appeal to Darryl by saying they're both fathers that try to look out for their sons. Darryl interrupts him so he doesn't have to hear all of it.
• "Oh, Crap!" Smile: Phoebe's response to being told that the plan is for her to sneak into Vincent's lair. She continues to do this when asking how she's supposed to do that.
• Out of Focus: As in the last episode, Piper only has a few scenes due to Holly Marie Combs's real-life pregnancy.
• Psychic Link: Since Paige created Mr. Right, he knows what she knows. This means that the same applies to Vincent, who uses the sisters' own spells for his benefit and baits Paige into a trap. However, Mr. Right and Vincent do not know what the other knows, forcing both sides to try to outthink the other.
• Pun: Demonatrixes. Demon dominatrixes. Get it?
• Rebuilt Pedestal: Chris mends fences with his father for helping him out of this mess.
• Sexbot: Paige seems to have intended Mr. Right to be this, mostly.
• Skewed Priorities: Chris scrying for Vincent leads him and Phoebe to instead walk in on Paige with Mr. Right. Phoebe chastises Paige for conjuring up "a sex toy" for her own amusement, all the while ignoring Chris trying to get her to focus on the earlier scrying and the demon-related matter at hand.
• Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Chris stealing a car from the dealership so he can pursue Vincent in a Car Chase leads to him being arrested. Fictional characters in chase scenes usually get away with that sort of thing.
• Tempting Fate: Between Chris getting arrested and Darryl promising to no longer help the sisters out, Phoebe asks if things could get any worse. Cut to Vincent working out the next part of his plan.
• Thicker Than Water: Vincent wants Piper and Phoebe out of the way, and he appeals to Paige's desire to be free of such restrictions. However, he notes to his mooks that Paige being tempted by his offer doesn't mean the three stop being sisters. He can get Paige to incapacitate Piper, but he knows how she would react if she knew Piper's life was in actual danger.
• This Is Reality: On the prospect of making Mr. Right a real person, a frustrated Phoebe exclaims, "This is not Pinocchio!" She ends up having no choice but to follow through, though.
• Underestimating Badassery: Upon seeing that Phoebe got into his lair and took out the mooks, Vincent freely admits he was doing this and that he was wrong to do so. Phoebe takes offense to this since, due to the shared knowledge issue, that means Paige was also underestimating her.
• Villain Respect: Vincent is genuinely impressed that Phoebe got into his lair and took out his mooks.
• Will They or Won't They?: Phoebe asks Leo what's going to happen between him and Piper after the new baby is born. Leo insists it's complicated to figure out right now, to which Phoebe says a new baby being around won't make it any less complicated. Piper just doesn't see anything happening since Leo is still an Elder, though Paige interrupts the conversation at that point. In the end, both of them are wondering where they'll be by the time the baby has grown up.
• You Are Better Than You Think You Are: A running theme for Phoebe this week. Having lost her empath power, Phoebe finds herself unable to write up any advice columns, leaving her wondering if she can still hack it. Leo points out she was writing advice columns well-before she became an empath. Later, after the potion makes Mr. Right real, Phoebe wonders if he tricked her into this. He insists he didn't do that, but he does say that he did show her that she is still an effective witch, despite being without her main powers. Piper is also quick to praise Phoebe for handily taking down demons without any fancy levitation tricks.
• You Keep Telling Yourself That: Phoebe and Chris berate Paige for all this Mr. Right business, which she naturally balks at and insists is no big deal. Mr. Right chimes in to point out the Aesop Amnesia going on here, much to Paige's irritation. He says that by virtue of her making him, he knows the same things she does, which includes how she knows deep down that Phoebe and Chris are right to criticize her no matter what she's saying right now.