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Give Me a Sign

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Phoebe, Piper and Darryl watching the News about Bane.

Give Me A Sign is the 37th episode of Charmed.

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[edit] Episode Information

Season 2
Episode No. 15
Written By Sheryl J. Anderson
Directed By James A. Contner
Production No. 4399036
Original Airdate February 24, 2000

[edit] Summary

When criminal mastermind (and Prue’s former flame) Bane Jessup is attacked by a powerful demon named Litvack, he manages to escape, but kidnaps Prue to force her to use her powers to save him from certain death. The mutual attraction between Prue and Bane is even stronger upon their second meeting, and after Piper and Phoebe “rescue” Prue from a compromising situation, she convinces her reluctant sisters to trust Bane enough to follow his plan to destroy the demon. Meanwhile, the spell Phoebe casts to help Piper decide between Leo and Dan only adds to her confusion.

[edit] Plot

Two deputy sheriffs come to Bane Jessup's cell and tell him that his evidentiary hearing has been moved up. They put the cuffs on him and take him to a van. Bane says, "Litvack sent you, didn't he?" and attacks. One attacks with a ray weapon, but misses and hits the other instead. Bane hits the survivins "deputy sheriff" and his weapon falls under an SUV. Bane jumps into the van, driving away and breaking through the gate. The "deputy sheriff" looks for his weapon, but a real one comes out and he has to leave.

Prue has bought a lot of fancy photography equipment and wants to become a photographer, as her past life had been ("Pardon My Past"). She takes her own picture in a mirror and titles it "Portrait of a Dreamer". Phoebe casts a spell to help Piper decide between Dan and Leo:

I beseech all powers above
send a sign to free my sister's heart
one that will lead her to her love.

Bane appears and abducts Prue.

Darryl comes to the manor and tells Phoebe and Piper that Bane had escaped. The two sisters tell him that Prue is missing. They hand him a cloth they found, and he identifies it as soaked with chloroform. He also hands them the weapon that the fake deputy sheriff dropped.

As Darryl leaves, a deliveryman appears with a small package from "Leonardo's Boutique" in "Bodega Bay". Piper connects Leonardo to Leo and Bodega Bay to Dan, as that is where he is from. Piper takes the weapon and has a vision of Prue being bound and gagged in an unfinished house. The house was to be Bane's before he went to jail.

Bane removes the gag and blindfold from Prue. Bane wants the sisters' help against the demon Litvack. Prue refuses to put her sisters in danger and flings Bane into a wall; he blindfolds her again, and with her hands and eyes both bound, she cannot use telekinesis.

The fake deputy sheriff goes to his boss, Litvack's assistant, and admits that Bane got away, and that his partner is dead. Litvack comes and orders the fake deputy sheriff to his knees. Litvack places his head on the fake deputy sheriff's head and sees how Bane escapes. Litvack then raises his hand and blasts the fake deputy sheriff. He orders the assistant to find Bane and the lost weapon.

Leo recognizes the weapon; it is issued by a specific upper level demon. He doesn't know which one, so Piper and Phoebe go to the Book of Shadows.

Bane tells Prue that with her sisters' help, she can defeat Litvack, but she doesn't have a chance alone. Prue, suspecting a trap, astral-projects.

The Book offers several possible demons that might issue the weapon. It then flips to the page on "Mariners", sea fairies. Piper connects this to Dan, a former Seattle Mariner. Prue appears and tells the sisters not to come for her.

Bane tries to gain Prue's trust by unbinding her. He tells her there's a market a mile nearby and she is free to go. The assistant attacks, though, and Prue fights him off. Bane is wounded.

Darryl brings Bane's D.A. file, or what he could copy. The sisters get a wrong number phone call for a "Leonora Watkins".

Prue tries to clean Bane's wound. He must take his pants off for her to complete this, and he is embarrassed. She says he can do it by himself, or she can do it by force.

Piper and Prue go through the D.A. file. Phoebe finds a brochure for a housing development: Mariner's Bluff. It is in Bodega Bay. Piper realizes that she has been reading the signs wrong and that they are leading her to Prue. The TV turns on and a news reader announces that the Mariners lost to the Angels, 8 to 7. Piper realizes this means "lot 827" and she and Phoebe drive out.

Bane says he wasn't always a criminal. He had dreams once. He thinks it's too late for him, but not for Prue. Prue thinks that dreams are just dreams, but Bane doesn't believe that. They kiss, briefly hurting Bane's wound.

Litvack lays his hand on the assistant's head and sees that he was up against a powerful witch. Litvack wants to go to the unfinished house.

Prue offers to help Bane with Litvack, provided he turns himself in afterwards. They kiss, and suddenly Bane freezes. Phoebe and Piper can't quite believe what they see. All three sisters know about Litvack, Phoebe and Piper having identified him as the owner of the weapon, and the four go to the manor.

At the manor, Bane looks for some peroxide for his wound. Prue thinks that Litvack needs to be vanquished, whether Bane is with them or against them, and the three go to the Book of Shadows. Litvack taunts Bane in a bathroom window. He offers Bane his life in exchange for those of the sisters and the return of his weapon.

Phoebe found Litvack in the Book, but it offers no way to vanquish him. Bane tells the sisters that Litvack knows about Prue at least, because she had used her power when the assistant attacked. He doesn't know what all of Litvack's powers are. Finally, Prue says she trusts Bane and asks her sisters to trust her. The sisters fetch the weapon; Litvack briefly appears to Bane, who tells him that they're coming.

The sisters give the weapon to Bane. He enters a large crypt and the sisters follow. Bane presents the weapon to Litvack. The sisters take position behind him. The sisters freeze the room, and try to turn Litvack and his assistant on each other -- but Litvack has only pretended to freeze. Litvack raises a fireball, saying this will please "the Source", but Prue tells Piper to unfreeze Bane. Bane squeezes the assistant's hand to activate his weapon and shoot Litvack with it. Litvack cries "Traitor!" and shoots back, hitting the assistant. Bane explains that Litvack was telepathic and would have known of the witches' plan if Bane told them everything.

Prue and Bane say goodbye. If Bane turns himself in, he does not do so on camera.

Phoebe and Piper wonder what the "Source" was.

[edit] The signs

  • Package from Leonardo's Boutique in Bodega Bay (Leonardo for Leo, Dan is from Bodega Bay)
  • Page on Mariners in the Book of Shadows (Dan is a former Seattle Mariner)
  • Wrong number for Leonora Watkins (Leonora for Leo)
  • Mariners lost to Angels, 8 to 7 ("827") (Dan is a former Mariner, Leo a former angel, his wings clipped in this episode)

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[edit] Featured Music

"Making It Up As I Go Along" by Marie Wilson
"Just A Little Hole" by Beth Hart

[edit] Notes

  • Dan does not appear in this episode.
  • Steve Railsback who played Litvack is the first actor credited as a "Special Appearance".
  • The Source is mentioned for the first time in the Series.
  • This is the second and last time Bane Jessup appears on the show.
  • This is the first time the Source is properly mentioned and referenced, having only been hinted at in earlier episodes.

[edit] Quotes

(Phoebe looks at her watch.)
Phoebe: 28 minutes, 33 seconds.
(Piper looks at her.)
Piper: Really? We ran that long?
Phoebe: No. I’ve been timing how long you’ve been comparing Leo and Dan.
Piper: I haven’t been comparing —I’ve just been... talking.
Phoebe: Nonstop.
Piper: Okay. We have to keep trying until you do get a premonition. We have to figure out what happened to Prue.
Phoebe: Piper, that crack that I made about her becoming a photographer—I don’t want that to be the last thing I ever say to her.
Piper: Phoebe, you’re overreacting. That is my department. All you have to do is relax and concentrate. (The doorbell rings.) Here. Try the rag again.
Darryl: So much for keeping things quiet. This is a nightmare.
Piper: Welcome to our world.
Phoebe: You want some aspirin?
Darryl: What I want is Prue safe, Bane put in jail, and nobody hurt by any... (He sees the weapon on the table. He walks forward.) Do you know what that is yet?
Piper: I don’t believe this! We’ve been frantic, worried sick about you thinking you’ve been kidnapped...
Prue: Yeah, I was...
Piper: (points to the side of the bed) Panties.
Prue: Oh, oh! (She rushes to the bedside and picks them up.) Huh, thanks. Look, uh, you guys have really got this all uh—(looks at her underwear in her hand) wrong. (hides it behind her back)
Piper: Yeah, we know. It’s a trap. (frowns)
Phoebe: A tall, dark, and naked trap.

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