Charmed 162

Battle of the Hexes
Season 8 Episode 8

Leo agrees to get his friend Smitty to get a band for P3. Paige comes into the kitchen explaining that the Elders gave her a charge. Phoebe tells Piper that Agent Murphy wants them to look over cold cases.

Phoebe and Piper are going through boxes when Piper gets a call from Smitty and has to leave. Zira, a female demon, is looking for more power. Tai shimmers into magic school looking for the potion Zira is suppose to be making him. Zira tells her assistant that its time for female’s to rule. Billie’s professor explains that each sex balance each other out. He calls on Billie who says that if women were to dominate the world would be better. Phoebe calls Billie for help. At P3 Smitty explains to Piper who she could book a band. Smitty throws out that Liz Phair is in town and is may place. Leo, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige discuss their plans. Paige discusses her new charge; she intervenes between her charge, Speed, and a criminal. He runs off when another guy starts chasing him. The guy turns out to be a parole officer named, Henry. Billie is playing dress up with the evidence as Phoebe talks to a potential date on the phone. Billie constantly complains about males when she tries on a belt it transforms here into a skimpy dressed superhero.

Billie and Phoebe walk the street as Billie gets catcalls for her outfit. They hail a cab and Billie rips the door off. Zira and her assistant use they knowledge in Magic School to find out “the Golden Belt of Gaea” has been activated, the belt has transcendent powers. The also learn that the belt will compel the wearer to use its power and eventually drive the user insane. Paige confronts Henry and checks out Speed. Henry releases Speed and takes him home. Piper and Leo agree on Smitty’s involvement. Billie pulls the manor door off its hinge, when her and Phoebe arrive; Phoebe explains what happen and Leo figures out the belt and its history. It belonged to Hippolyte’s belt she wanted to make the sexes equal until Hercules killed, now anyone who wears it wants to destroy males. In frustration, Billie makes Leo invisible. When Piper tries to explode the belt off Billie gets very aggressive about the belt. Leo explains that the belt will drive the wear insane. Zira explain that Tai must torture an innocence to draw out the power. Phoebe and Piper try to handle Billie and it is starting to calm Billie. Then Billie gets a call for help and she super runs to the aid of the girl being tortured by Tai. Billie easily vanquishes Tai’s soldier and Tai shimmers before Billie can vanquish him.

Billie comes back home knocking the door on Leo again. She recaps to the sister her killings. The belt starts to affect Piper and Phoebe. Piper makes Billie make Leo visible again; Billie leaves to take her mid-term. Zira and her assistant discuss finding Billie and controlling her. Paige waits for Speed in his apartment as Henry breaks in. They discuss Speed and him robbing a liquor store. They make a bet about his involvement in the robbery. Billie arrives with 20 minutes left in class and the belt effects the other women in the class and a brawl breaks out. Billie realizing that it not right leaves and is met by Zira, who persuades her to come with her to make things right.

Phoebe and Piper come back to manor from Billie’s class. Leo tells them of Hippolyte’s history with the belt. They formulate a plan and Piper tells Leo to go play golf because he is endangered. At Magic school, Zira gives Billie women dominance propaganda. At the Liquor Store Henry and Paige stake it out and Henry runs away as the robbery takes place. Back at the manor, Piper and Phoebe are having trouble-locating Billie. They use the lost witch spell to bring her to them. They capture Billie in a crystal field that she breaks out and returns to Zira with full commitment.

Leo comes back from golfing, and explains that only the spell at Magic School will get the belt off Billie now. At Speed’s apartment, Henry arrest Speed who is cut. Paige pleads Speed case to Henry. Billie kills all the male demons at Magic School. An invisible Leo finds the spell and the sister cast it. Once the belt is off Paige orbs it on Zira who is instantly consumed by the belt. At the station, Speed is exonerated when Donnie’s knife has his blood on it. Henry releases Speed and in the middle of the night calls Paige to set a meeting to pay her. Billie and the sisters discuss their adventure as Liz Phair plays “Somebody’s Miracle” at p3.