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Marking Shannen Doherty's last season, the third season of Charmed had critical transitions for the Halliwell sisters. The 22 episode series (2000-2001) continued the WB sci-fi show about three sisters learning about their destiny as all-powerful witches who save innocents. <
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>In preparation for Doherty's departure, many of the storylines begin focusing on Piper's life. Piper and Leo are desperately in love and want to get married regardless of what their religion says, it is supposedly taboo for White Lighters and Witches to marry each other. In "Once upon a time" Piper rebels against these very same rules by going on strike and refusing to save innocents until she can marry Leo. The strike obviously works because subsequent stories have the wedding continue---albeit with dramatic bumps. <
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>Leo finally meets his prospective father in law, Victor Halliwell (James Read) during "The good, the bad, and the cursed" but does not yet tell him that he is a White Lighter. Leo is aware the disclosure could dredge up personal memories about the late ex-wife and why their own marriage had failed. In earlier seasons we learned the Charmed Ones's mother had fallen in love with her own White Lighter, Sam Wilder (Scott Jaeck). Yet, because Piper is his own daughter and was not already married to another person when she fell in love with Leo, dad ultimately accepts Leo into the family. <
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>Phoebe does not learn Cole's true identity until "Sleuthing with the enemy" when she drops in on him uninvited. Cole is ambivalent about his own secret identity; he wants to be with Phoebe as the mortal Cole, but the demon Balthazar clearly enjoys having his powers AND wants to destroy the Charmed Ones. Cole uses Balthazar for good in "The demon who came in from the cold", going undercover in the demon world to help the sisters solve a case. <
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>Despite this episode, Cole purposefully remains an ambiguous character throughout the season. While Phoebe embarks on a quest to find a cure for Baltzar("All hell breaks loose"), Cole embarks on a parallel odyssey to reduce the HUMAN side of hi("Look who's barking") and also tries to convince the underworld that he is still `one of them' by stealing an amulet from another witch ("Exit strategy"). This coupled with his awesome looks provides romantic tension throughout the season. <
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>This season also has some interesting stand-alone episodes without anything to do with either of those two story arcs."We scream for ice cream" plays upon the enduring `ice cream man-as child molester' urban legend. The sisters investigate why children disappear whenever ice cream truck bells are heard. It appears that the driver of one particular ice-cream truck in the area IS abducting children. <
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>Another good stand-alone is "Death takes a Halliwell" because Prue receives a warning she is destined to die in the near future. Audiences knew about the `premonition' because trade magazines were talking up Doherty's impending departure, but the plot development also meant that Prue would not be brought back under a `different actress/same character' arrangement. Prue Haliwell the character was also leaving the series. <
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>Finally, "All hell breaks loose" is the episode itself where Prue dies in the line of duty;it also has a newscast inadvertently expose the sister's secret while they are vanquishing a demon. Now the rest of San Francisco-and possibly the world knows about the Halliwell sisters and could exploit their powers for dangerous means. We would have to wait until the next season to see how the Power of Three would be resurrected---and how the surviving Halliwell sisters cope. <
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>Becoming close and also coming to think of themselves as `superheroes', Prue's death especially jars to the surviving Halliwells-they are reminded of their own mortality and also presume that the Power of Three is gone. <
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>Frankly, I consider this the last purchase-worthy season of Charmed, specifically because Doherty still was in the cast. Series Creator Constance M. Burge also departed (over creative differences). This season confirms that both who is in front of and behind the cameras ultimately makes a VERY BIG difference in the overall series quality. Season three is the last entire season of Charmed which I really love. <
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>I think that this season especially should have had extras. I don't believe the addition would have cost signifigantly extra. Especially given this season's signifigance in the overall series cannon, extras (at least one!) would have been worth it.

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Charmed Rocks
I love this show. When it first came out I thought it would be okay, I had no idea it was going to be so awesome. I am addicted now though. I never saw the episode where Prue dies. I always thought they just kicked her off the show and said she died. I can't wait to see that episode, I hear its good :)

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This is a really a good season.
I like this season. It's the last one with Shannon and I like the new types of powers and creatures they came up with. They went a bit more into folk-lore and mythology. Now, I wouldn't say it's my favorite season. My favorite Charmed season is the fourth one. People might get upset with me saying this ( Why? I don't know.), but what people need to know is, sometimes actors don't get along. It could be money or other things. Although I can't say for sure that's why Shannon left. <
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>"On with the Show". I'm kinda bumbed though that there aren't any extras. <
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>However, I think it's worth buying it. But see if it's cheaper at a store before you decide to on line.