Brain Drain (Charmed episode)
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[edit] General information
- Episode of the popular U.S. television series, Charmed
- Episode Number: 7
- Season: 4
- Production Code: 4301073
- Airdate: November 8, 2001
- Writer: Curtis Kheel
- Director: John Behring
[edit] Synopsis
Piper is chosen by the Source to give-up the Charmed Ones' powers by sending her dream self to an imaginary mental institution. Piper believes she is awake and tries to escape from the asylum but always fails as the Source is controlling her mind. Seeing that Leo is a doctor in the institution and that Phoebe and Paige are insane patients (not her sisters) in the mental hospital as well, Piper finally raises her white flag from fighting what she believes to be dementia. Her sisters in the real world must then try to find a way to wake Piper before she unknowingly gives in to the Source and relinquishes all of their powers.
[edit] Book of Shadows
[edit] Enemies
- The Source: see The Source of all evil
- The Oracle: magical beings, that can be either good or evil, who can see into the future via premonition or through scrying pools
- Chameleon Demon: a shape-shifting demon who uses his skills as either a bounty hunter or to serve higher level demons
[edit] Spells
- To Vanquish the Chameleon Demon: Evil hiding in plain sight, I use this spell with all my might, to stop your changing form and shape, this vanquish seals your fate
- To Find A Lost Witch: Power of the witches rise, course unseen across the skies. Come to us who call you near. Come to us and settle here. Blood to blood I summon thee. Blood to blood return to me.
- To Create A Mind-Link: Life to life and mind to mind, our spirits now will intertwine. We meld our souls and journey to, the one whose thoughts we wish we knew
- To Break A Mind-Link: Life from life and mind from mind, our spirits now will disintwine. We part our souls and journey home, to let our thoughts be on their own
- To Relinquish One's Powers: From whence they came, return them now. Vanish the words, banish our powers
[edit] Guest stars
- Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt
- Julian McMahon as Cole Turner
- Dorian Gregory as Darryl Morris
- Bennet Guillory as The Source
- Krista Allen as The Oracle
- Alastair Duncan as Alaster
- Whitney Dylan as Wendy
- Rachel Wilson as Becca
- Tom Billett as Chameleon Demon
- Sheila Cavanaugh as Patient #1
- Angela Oh as Patient #2
- Eric Ware as Orderly
[edit] Trivia
- This episode closely resembles the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Normal Again" where Buffy discovers her life has been lived in an asylum. This Charmed episode predated it by four months, and is sometimes misattributed as a "rip-off."
- The episode title is a reference to talented and educated people from one country leaving to go to another country for better conditions.
- The Oracle working for the Source is vanquished.
- The To Relinquish One's Powers spell was first used in the episode "Wicca Envy".
[edit] International titles
- French: Le point faible
- German: Hirngespinste
- Spanish: Lavado de cerebro
| Preceded by: A Knight to Remember |
Charmed episodes | Followed by: Black As Cole |
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