Customer Reviews
Seacon Three 
2008-05-31
Well,
Season three is probably my favorite mostly because of Cole and also because Prue Dies(hehe. Also Phoebe begins to be more of a main character instead of a secondary character like she was in the first two seasons. Piper and Leo get married, finally!!
Cole part was very simple he was another Demon plant that went wrong for the Source when he fell in love, Phoebe denied the relation after finding out he was a demon but eventually found out that he was good at heart and they came back together. Near the end he killed a witch and Phoebe turns away only to find out he tricked in to doing it and they come back to together only to be hit with Piper's death which later ends up being Prue's death.
Great series 
2008-05-21
Lots' of scifi/far-fetched storylines and not for little eyes, but the stories and characters are very good. If you like scifi, you'll like this series.
After this season, everything changes 2008-05-19
This first second and third seasons were amazing. They created somewhat of a trilogy that ended with Prue's death in the third season. This season is very good, I love every episode. The only problem I have with this season is the season finale. It's amazing in its sad way, seeing how the pivotal character dies. However, "All Hell Breaks Loose" originally had two parts. The second part tells what actually happened after the first part, naturally. Yet, the second part is not shown on tv and not to my knowledge on the dvd. I remember seeing this episode when it originally aired, and I haven't seen it since. I cannot find it anywhere. This season "ends" with Prue and Piper both close to death, and the next season begins with the funeral. There's no connection and the viewers have no idea how they got from two sisters being dead, to one sister alive and the other dead.
All in all, it's a terrific season with fantastic plot lines (example: my two favorite characters falling in love, Phoebe and Cole). I would definitely suggest you buy it, but remember that the season does end in a conclusive manner; you'll just never get to see it.
Confused..... 2008-05-03
Someone help me out here....in the TV version of the season finale, Prue was killed. But in the DVD version of the finale, Prue survived and Phoebe was traded off to evil. Why are there two different finales?
Sad 2008-04-08
In this the third season of "Charmed" was just about the best thus far, it is with a note of sadness that I watched the drama unfold. Pru's death took more than a character away from the show. The very essence of the show was lost as well. Pru was the leader, the eldest, the one who held the three sisters together. As far as I am concerned removing Pru was a big mistake. Sure the show lasted 5 more seasons, but just barely.
Pru was replaced with Paige, but too bad the series lost it's original flavor. At that it seemed the producers did not try to recreate that cohesion, the story line kind of just missed out on any kind of explaination. Everyone else who had passed away made a reappearence but no Pru. Big gapping hole in the story line.
Season 3: An end, but a beginning as well. A pivotal season 2008-06-15
The third season was the end of the series in one sense, but the beginning in another. Due to offscreen 'issues' between Alyssa Milano and Shannen Doherty (a running tradition with her and her television series, 90210 anyone?) one or the other would have to go.
The season started off a month after the season two finale, with Piper still 'up there' with Leo (unknowing that she'd been gone this long, time moves differently 'up there'). It explored many things: sibling rivalry (a running theme throughout the series both before and after Prue's death), the wisdom of youth, dangerous relationships (which is more prevalent in the fourth season), father-daughter relationships, difficulties of newly weds, and more. In one episode they learn about the true ways of natural magic. Another deals with the inevitablity of death. There is an episode that shows the relationship of the three sisters before the pilot.
Cole is introduced this season, in the first episode and plays out an eight episode arch where he is a demon working to destroy the charmed ones from within, but falls in love with Phoebe instead and going rogue. Cole and Phoebe share a doomed love unlike the 'star-crossed lovers' storyline given to Piper and Leo. Through out the season Prue demonstrates a distrust of Cole (although that seems to subside near the end when she sticks up for him) and never truly accepts him as her sister's love.
The final episode of the season 'ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE' I feel is one of the best episodes of the series. It truly introduces 'The Source' to the audience, giving us our first actual glimpse of the underworld and its heirarchy (a theme that plays an extremely large part in the fourth season and the four seasons that follow that). It also shows that the extreme ignorance and fear that the general public, as a whole, have of all things different and unknown. How the hint of such power can be revered, coveted, feared and hated all at the same time. The most emotional point in the episode is near the end when Piper is shot in front of Prue and Leo is in the underworld and cannot hear her calls for him. In order to get her sister to the hospital Prue uses her powers against the people and press because they won't move for her car, immediately showing how truly dangerous she can be. When they get to the hospital Piper dies and Prue become unconsolable and dangerous in her grief and commands Leo to accept the terms The Source gave for the use of Tempest. That Phoebe must stay in the underworld with Cole and join the demons and evil.
Time resets to the beginning of the episode and the first demon attack. But instead of Phoebe coming downstairs to call for Leo to heal her sisters she is not there and the audience is left wondering if one or all of the sisters will die, if the show has been cancelled.
The show was renewed but it was a while before they announced who they had let go. Phoebe had been kept in the underword, at the mercy of The Source and all the demons with only Cole to protect her. Prue and Piper were left bleeding to death from wounds sustained during a demon attack. It was possible to write in a death for every single character on the show, Cole and Leo included.
This season ended the 'Prue seasons' and even though the show was funny at points, it also ended a theme of darkness in the show. After season three the show got steadily lighter and slightly more comedic without losing its original story of three sisters who happened to be witches with magical powers who fought evil on pretty much a weekly/daily basis.
Charmed was also a show that began in the WB's heyday. I have always lumped it together with ROSWELL, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, DAWSONS CREEK, FELICITY and a couple others in my mind. Their entertainment was, somehow, of the same caliber, no matter how different they were. It was the last of these shows to end and I believe it ended an era of television.
I recommend the third season as a neccessary purchase for any and all fans of the show, and anyone who loved the WB's old shows.
charmed 2008-06-14
hi i watched the series off and on when it was originally on TV but i must say now that i am older and watching the show in order. i can honestly say i love the show the special effects rock. the cast has great chemistry and the stars pack a punch with Witty dialog and a very sexy show for TV since the bra-less nipple alert in a lot of episodes would not make it on the main networks thanks wb for all the mammaries you are missed Duane
Completely Satisfied 2008-06-12
Gave this product as a gift and bought it for a great price! Shipping took slightly longer than expected but was free so I can't complain!
Finally on DVD 2008-06-11
I am a charmed fan who has been waiting to get this show on dvd since season two aired. I am going to be getting the entire series, and if you are a fan of show i recommend the purchase. The dvd is great, arrived as expected no complaints.
Best season of Charmed 2008-06-11
This is by far and away the best season of Charmed. Snappy, funny dialogue and great acting. It is bittersweet to watch this season as it was Prue's last. She made the show.
