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Phoebe: "Wait a minute. Is it just me or is he not after us?"
Paige: "No, I think he's after your cat."
Phoebe and Paige talking about the Familiar Hunter.

Cat House is the 18th episode of the fifth season and the 106th overall episode of Charmed.

Summary

For a complete plot of Cat House, go here.

Piper and Leo are having marital problems. Phoebe arranged an appointment with a marriage counselor. He wants to talk with them about their marriage, by talking about their memories. Piper casts a spell to 'relive' the memories, but the spell traps Phoebe, Paige and a warlock in their memories. Phoebe and Paige are trying to protect themselves and Kit against the warlock and to find out what happened to them.

Cast

Main Cast

Guest Stars

Appearing in Clip Footage

Uncredited

Magical Notes

Book of Shadows

Familiars

FamiliarsPage

Book of Shadows Entry.

Familiars are enchanted
creatures who follow and
guide new witches to protect
them while they learn the
Craft. While they are often
cats, other animals, like
dogs, rabbits, horses and
snakes can be familiars as
well. Familiars are naturally
attuned to the seasons
and phases of the moon and
can be helpful in teaching
the young witch a
heightened awareness
of her environment.

Spells

PiperMemorySpellBurn

Piper burning the Spell.

Piper Halliwell's Memory Spell

While talking to a marriage counselor, Piper cast this spell to be able to remember her memories very well. It caused Phoebe, Paige and a Warlock to be trapped inside the memories.

Let the Truth be Told,
Let our Lives Unfold
So we can Relive our Memories,
and Stop being Enemies.

Potions

Powers

  • Blinking: Type of Teleportation used by the Familiar Hunter.
  • Agility: Katrina, the human form of Kit, used this power to defend herself from the Familiar Hunter, demonstrated by her enhanced reflexes and a superhuman leap and spin through the air.
  • Molecular Combustion: Piper accidentally blew up the door to her room and parts of the walls around it.
  • Molecular Immobilization: Piper used it to freeze the marriage counselor (twice).
  • Molecular Inhibition (flashback): Piper froze Dantalian's hand and Leo.
  • Orbing: In a flashback, Paige tried to orb her and Phoebe, but it failed, since they were stuck in the memory of Piper and Leo. Later, they were able to do so. After Piper healed Leo, they orbed out of the attic (flashback). Leo also orbed out to go check with the Elders (flashback).
  • Astral Projection (flashback): In the flashback of Piper and Leo's wedding. Prue's astral form is seen riding on motorcycle.
  • Healing (flashback): Piper healed Leo.

Artifacts

  • Scrying Crystal - a magical pendant used for scrying. The Familiar Hunter used it to scry for Katrina.

Notes and Trivia

File:Charmed 5x18 episode

Cat House WB Trailer

  • The UK title for this episode is "Flashbacks".
  • Although Prue's appearances are from archive footage of earlier episodes, and only her back was shown, this was the only episode to feature all four sisters.
    • Although Prue's back is shown in the wedding flashback, this is not Shannen Doherty. A stuntwoman filmed the original scene and the flashback was able to be used in this episode, because it did not violate Shannen's contract over using her likeness.
  • The disappearance of the bride and groom wedding cake topper foreshadows the break up of Piper and Leo in the next season.
  • The house that Katrina lives in, in this episode was used in Beverly Hills, 90210, a 90's teen soap show that Shannen Doherty starred in.
  • It is mentioned in this episode that Piper was engaged to the warlock Jeremy. Previously it was only known that they dated.
  • This episode scored 4.2 million viewers.
  • The warlock in this episode is portrayed by Zachary Quinto, best known for his role on Heroes as the main villain Sylar. In the show, Sylar kills other evolved humans in order to obtain their powers, similar to how the warlocks in Charmed kill witches to steal their active powers.
  • The flashbacks are from the following episodes;
    • The Fourth Sister - Paige and Phoebe see how Piper and Phoebe are fighting over Leo. Paige notices Phoebe had a crush on him, finding this gross.
    • Bride and Gloom - Paige and Phoebe see how past evil Phoebe and Piper threaten Dantalian. When Leo orbs in, they see how Dantalian escapes and how Piper orders Phoebe to smash Leo. Paige says something about Phoebe being a blonde.
    • Just Harried - Paige and Phoebe see Prue destroying Piper's wedding by joining TJ on his motorbike and riding away. The cake is destroyed and the wedding cake topper falls off. The warlock blinks in and steps on the wedding cake topper, changing history.
    • Love Hurts - Paige and Phoebe see how past Piper heals past Leo. After past Piper and Leo orb out, Phoebe and Paige figure out that the warlock is after Kit and that Kit was their Familiar.
    • The Truth is Out There... and It Hurts - Paige and Phoebe see Piper and Leo's first kiss.
    • Once Upon a Time - Paige and Phoebe see Piper yelling at the Elders outside of P3 in a spotlight.
    • Look Who's Barking - Paige and Phoebe see dog Prue run after Kit.
    • A Knight to Remember - Paige and Phoebe witness Leo's fight with a medieval guard, whilst past Piper and Phoebe are chained to a wall.
    • Pre-Witched - Phoebe runs into the bathroom, just like past Phoebe did. Piper orders her to leave and Phoebe bumps into the wall, just like past Phoebe did as well. Piper also notes that Phoebe might've changed her hair (Phoebe had slightly longer blonde in the episode).
    • Coyote Piper - Paige and Phoebe see Piper table dancing at P3, just before past Prue and Phoebe arrive.
    • The Honeymoon's Over - Paige and Phoebe hear Leo practice his proposal when he gets caught by Piper.
    • Katrina ask's Piper to call her when Wyatt comes into his powers but she has never been seen again on the show.

Cultural References

  • The title of the episode comes from the Russian fairy tale "Koshkin dom" ("Cat House").

Glitches

Continuity Errors

  • Various flashbacks are appear to be different than the scenes in the original episodes.
    • In Just Harried after Prue's astral projection self ruined the wedding, Phoebe went and tried to calm Piper. When Phoebe was heading toward Piper, she stepped over Prue's body. Here, the same thing happened, except Phoebe didn't step over Prue's body.
    • In The Fourth Sister , Leo never calls Piper "Ms. Halliwell", and his line sounds significantly different than what is heard in this episode. 
    • In Just Harried, the guy on the motorcycle said something different than the guy on the motorcycle in this episode. His voice is also deeper.
    • The bathroom scene when Phoebe appears in  Pre-Witched, in the past when Piper and Leo are in the shower looks different.
    • The scene from Look Who's Barking, Piper says the line "I wish everybody would stop telling me to relax" differently to the original scene.
    • In Coyote Piper the music is different than in the original episode.
    • Cole appears in a flashback during the memory of Piper and Leo's wedding, although he has a line which wasn't in the original version of the episode Just Harried.
    • In the flashback to "Love Hurts", Piper and Leo orb out, though this never happened in the original episode.
  • Kit is revealed to be female in this episode. Her gender was unclear, as she had been referred to male and female in various earlier episodes.
  • In the memory in which Phoebe and Piper track Dantalian down, Paige is surprised that Phoebe was blonde. However, Phoebe was blonde when Paige first met her.
  • Phoebe claims to be unaware that Kit was their familiar, though it was heavily implied to be the case in "Pre-Witched". After encoutering Shadow, Phoebe noted she could never look at Kit the same way again.
  • In They're Everywhere, it is said that warlocks don't bleed. However, Katrina draws blood when she scratches the warlock's face in this episode.
  • Paige seems shocked upon discovering Phoebe used to be blonde, even though she was blonde when they first met.

Gallery

Screen Caps

International Titles

  • Italian: Crisi Matrimoniale (Marriage Crisis)
  • French: Au cœur des souvenirs (In the Middle of the Memories)
  • Czech: Kočičí dům (Cat House)
  • Slovak: Mačací palác (Cat Palace)
  • Russian: Тайна талисмана [Tajna talismana] ( )
  • Spanish (Spain): Casa gatera (Cat House)
  • Spanish (Latin America): La casa de los gatos (The Cats' House)
  • Serbian: Macja Kuca
  • German: Katzenjammer (The Blues, verbatim: Cat Lament)
  • Hungarian: A macskák háza (The Cats' House)
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