"I've Got You Under My Skin"

Description: "Piper has trouble dealing with her power and fears what might happen if she enters a church. Meanwhile, Phoebe meets a photographer who sucks the life out of young women to keep himself young, and Prue faces relationship complications with Andy when she gets a job at an auction house."

What I liked most about this episode was watching the sisters trying to cope with their new powers. Although all of us would like to sweep our problems under the rug a lot of the time and not deal with them, for the Halliwell sisters doing this with their powers is not that easy. The only sister who seems genuinely happy to have magical powers is Phoebe, and that probably has more to do with her love of taking risks than common sense. Phoebe strikes me as the most adventurous one, Piper the one who's always so careful and quiet, and Prue as the boss and the one who always takes the leads. Prue and Phoebe's personalities clash so badly no wonder they don't get along well all the time. I don't envy Piper one bit for having to be the mediator between her sisters, and I'm sure it sucks always being put in the middle. Prue and Piper were so afraid to use their powers at the beginning of the episode so they tried to supress them, but you can't hide who you really are. What I like most about this show, is how the writers wrote under the theme, "They're sisters who just happen to be witches, not witches who just happen to be sisters." The Halliwells feel like no matter what happens, who you'll always have at the end of the day is their sisters. I didn't quite understand why Piper thought she was an evil witch and not a good witch. Even before the sisters were witches they were good people, so you don't just turn evil now that you're a witch. I thought it was hilarious when Piper was afraid to go into the church because she thought she would be struck down by lightning. The sisters will soon learn that they can't follow the common witch stereotypes because they are all false, and listening to them would just make the Charmed Ones neurotic. My favorite quote in this episode is when Phoebe had just been saved from Javna by Prue and Piper and they were escaping his lair. When they got outside, Andy and his guys showed up to confront "Stefan" and found the Halliwells there. Having to come up with a cover story, Piper says that Phoebe called them with car trouble and called them to pick her up. Sensing something wasn't right with their story, Andy turns the ignition in the car (that works), and Piper says, "Hey, how 'bout that, you fixed it!" Too funny! This is just the start of Andy wondering about what Prue and her sisters are trying to hide, and he's not going to give up anytime soon. It's about to get a little more complicating with those two though, because Prue and Andy slept together. I know it's not technically their first date since they were highschool sweethearts, but quoting Piper, "That doesn't count, that was last decade." Andy and Prue are a cute couple and I hope they stay together and happy. I'm not going to give anything away, you guys will just have to wait and see! "May the power of three set you free!" Keep reading and watching!

Peace, Love, and Charmed!