That particular episode really sucked. Shannen Doherty is famous for being an absolute bitch when the cameras aren't rolling. It's one reason she's gotten so little work in the past 30 years. I think she directed her character's last episode because she wanted to do it right. It's a really shitty story about why Pru Halliwell died.
See, she and Piper fought a wind demon, but a mortal caught it on tape and sold it to the press, so then humans became aware that witches existed, since there was now proof. Basically, the Halliwell house got mobbed, with everyone wanting a piece of the magic, and demanding that the sisters solve all their problems: basically, their worst nightmares come true. One of the unwelcome visitors was a crazy woman who demanded the sisters solve some problem of hers, and when they told her to go away, she did...and came back later with a sniper rifle, and shot Piper in the stomach, killing her.
I think Phoebe either went to her boyfriend, Cole (who she didn't know was a demon at the time) to find a way to turn back time and fix this, or she had Leo, the girls' Whiteliner do it. Either way, a price had to be paid for that. So when time was rewound back to when Pru and Piper were fighting the wind demon, in the new timeline, it blasted the two sisters out the front door and got away. Piper was knocked out, but Pru had a serious head injury (there was blood coming out of her ear) and she died. So the secret of witches was preserved, but a sister was still lost in the end.
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TMC-4 (19655)
4 years ago
https://www.datalounge.com/thread/12954075-original-cast-of-charmed-break-their-silence-working-together
Shannon then felt her contractual agreements weren't being honored and her courtship between Spelling had waned. She felt the the three actresses should work towards a less "soapy" alternative. Earlier episodes show this transition into a crime/supernatural drama, into a camp soapfest. Shannon felt that her time on the series was at an end, and requested to be let go from her contract. She did feel the show wasn't as good as it could have been.
Alyssa and Holly were at odds over what they should do. Alyssa felt the show was fair at giving storylines and wanted to keep the trajectory of the viewership. Holly felt obligated and a sense of friendship with Shannon and wanted to ban together to work towards a mutual ground with production. Because of this tension, there were some hard feelings around, mostly between Holly and Alyssa.
Alyssa's contract of course had been renegotiated as well as Holly's and that is why the two stayed longer. Rose came in around this time, and the show survived the shake up with all cast feeling happy about that.
Shannon left with her rights intact to receive royalties and percentages from the show, and she didn't care if they let her go. She had money still coming in from the series run, and the DVD sales. So in all, she made a lot of money. Also, her reputation remained intact as well, she felt that her time on Charmed showed that she could be professional.
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Costumer (1803)
3 years ago
I think you may need to rewatch a bit. The crazy lady didn't have a problem, she wanted to be part of the Halliwell coven. When they sent her away she got a gun and shot Piper.
All the sisters knew Cole was a demon at this point. A scheme was hatched to ask the Source to have Tempus turn back time since Tempus was the only one who had the power to do it.
Cole took the proposal to the Source since all magic was under threat if mortals knew about it. The Source agreed, but after Cole left ordered Phoebe's death as soon as time turned back. (as I recall, nothing ever came of that order. )
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