P3

From Charmed

P3 (typeset P³) is the name of the successful nightclub started by Piper Halliwell in season 2 and sustained throughout the entire remaining course of the series. P3 made its first appearance in The Painted World, after Piper quit her job at Quake, though its location debuted in Witch Trial when it was known as "The Industrial Zone" before Piper started the club. Together with her sisters Prue and Phoebe, Piper set up the club. Through the course of Charmed, there have been numerous demonic happenings there, but the majority of P3's significance is as the location where the family discusses happenings around them before/while/after listening to a musician or band Piper booked to perform, usually at or near the end of many episodes.

[edit] The Big Break

P3's big break came when the band Dishwalla played at P3 in The Devil's Music. Leo was responsibile for this as he put the manager, Jeff Carlton, under a spell. There was a problem, though - Carlton had made a pact with the demon Masselin, who offered to make him a succesful manager if he would deliver him souls of fan girls from whatever club the band was playing. At the end of the day, the Charmed Ones vanquished Masselin and P3 was officially "on the map", as Piper said it would be.

[edit] The Spot

In Size Matters, P3 had a make-over and was totally changed, even the name changed into "The Spot". After Prue's death, the club was not doing so well and in an attempt to make it better, a manager was called in to change it. But at the end of the episode, Piper turned "The Spot" back into P3, after she finally fully accepted Paige, as well as the existence of the new Power of Three. Piper had mentioned that P3 stands for Prue, Piper and Phoebe to her new manager, and it can be assumed that it now stands for Piper, Phoebe and Paige.

[edit] P3's Future

• P3's fate is never shown or revealed on-screen. In the script for the series finale, Piper mentions that she sold P3 to pursue her dream of opening her own restaurant, but on the final cut of the episode, P3 is not acknowledged, and Piper only mentions opening her own restaurant.