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"They may be powerful but they are no different than any other woman when it comes to love."
The Siren to a Demonic Healer

Siren Song is the 4th episode of the fifth season and the 92nd overall episode of Charmed.

Summary[]

For a complete plot of Siren Song, go here.
To read the full script of Siren Song, go here.

Piper and Paige try to save Phoebe's life from the scandalous Siren while Piper and Leo's powers are switched by their unborn child.

Cast[]

Main Cast[]

Guest Stars[]

Co-Stars[]

Magical Notes[]

Book of Shadows[]

The Siren[]

As a mortal the Siren fell in
love with a married man, but
when they were caught, the man
was held blameless. The village
women cheered as they burned
her to death and her rage turned
her into a Siren; a vengeful demon
who seduces married men with her
song, then destroys the couples
with the very flames that consumed her.

Fixing Spell[]

5x04-21

Paige has fixed the front door.

Paige nonverbally cast a spell from the Book of Shadows to fix the front door. After casting it, she said "Abracadabra!" like that spell fixed the door. The spell she cast could've been the Vanishing Spell, as it is seen fixing things before, like the broken windows in Cole's penthouse in Womb Raider. However, the spell Paige cast wasn't seen, so it remains unsure whether it was the Vanishing Spell or another spell that was capable of fixing broken things.

Spells[]

To Summon a Siren[]

5x04-33

Leo reading the spell to Phoebe.

Leo wrote this spell to summon a Siren. He gave the spell to Phoebe, who made fun of it. However, they didn't need the spell, because Phoebe was lured to the Siren and Piper was then able to sense her.

Oh singing lady of the dusk,
Who preys on men, turns love to lust,
We hearken ye into presence,
To vanquish thee evil essence.

Powers[]

  • Enchanted Allure: Used by the Siren to lure her victims: David and Melissa, a Married Man, Leo and Piper and Cole and Phoebe.
  • Kiss of Death: Used by the Siren to kill David and to try and kill Leo and Cole.
  • Super Strength (through Telekinesis): The Siren used her power of Telekinesis to increase her strength to throw Melissa against a wall.
  • Pyrokinesis: Used by the Siren to set David and Melissa's apartment on fire. Cole uses this power to destroy the potion bottle with the Siren Vanquishing Potion.
  • Technopathy: Used by Cole to turn up the TV's volume.
  • Fading: Type of Teleportation used by Cole and a Demonic Healer.
  • Orbing: Type of Teleportation used by Leo, Paige and Piper (with Leo's Whitelighter powers).
  • Apportation: Used by the Darklighter to apport his crossbow and an arrow.
  • Pyrotechnics: Piper's baby turned her power of Molecular Combustion into this power, causing Piper to create fireworks around the Darklighter instead of blowing him up.
  • Projection: Used by unborn Wyatt to pacify Piper's power of Molecular Combustion.
  • Telekinetic Orbing: Used by Paige to orb the darklighter crossbow into her hands.
  • Smoking: Type of Teleportation used by the Siren.
  • Telekinesis: Used by the Siren to throw Piper out of a window and to fling Phoebe.
  • Healing: Used by Leo to heal Melissa and by Piper to heal Phoebe.
  • Molecular Immobilization: Used by Piper to freeze Melissa.
  • Power Swapping (through Projection): Piper and Leo's baby swapped their powers, using Projection from the womb. Later, their powers were swapped back.
  • Molecular Combustion: Used by Leo to blow up the glass of the front door and the glass of a cabinet in the kitchen. He also blew up several things in the Siren's lair, aiming for her, before he succeeded in blowing her up. Piper blew up a bagel to show her power was restored.
  • Enhanced Senses: The Demonic Healer was able to smell that the Siren was attacked by a Charmed One.
  • Omnilingualism: Used by Piper to speak French (and off-screen, Portuguese), like her charges.
  • Sensing: Piper sensed Phoebe.

Artifacts[]

  • Darklighter Arrows - An arrow, poisonous to Whitelighters, used by Darklighters to kill Whitelighters. The poison will slowly kill them, if not healed in time.
  • Darklighter Crossbow - Used to shoot Darklighter Arrows with.

Notes and Trivia[]

Cultural References[]

  • The Siren is based on the Sirens from Greek mythology, who were dangerous yet beautiful creatures who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island.

Continuity Errors[]

  • On the DVD's French audio track, Piper and the charge are speaking Spanish, even though the scene is still in France. This is an example of a common procees in French versions of foreign programs. They also show that the program contains different languages, even though they don't always choose wisely the other languages in the process.
  • Piper mentions that Paige's father is half-Whitelighter instead of a pure Whitelighter.
  • After the Siren sets the house on fire, Melissa is heard coughing even though her mouth is not moving.
  • Piper refers to her Molecular Combustion as her "best offensive power", despite it being her only offensive power.

Gallery[]

Episode Stills[]

Screen Caps[]

Quotes[]

Piper: Fine. Go.
Leo: Oh, not the "crying" thing.
Piper: Leo, I have growing powers inside of me, powers that I do not understand. And the only person who does understand them never has time to talk. Add that to raging hormones, and I guarantee you I am absolutely entitled to do the crying thing.

Leo: I'm sure that it's just all this arguing that's got the baby upset.
Piper: Leo, the baby is an inch long. All this arguing is upsetting the mommy!

Piper: Okay, vanquish demon first, kill husband later.

(Piper and Leo are arguing, when Paige enters with the Book of Shadows)
Paige: I think I found the demon. (pauses) Am I interrupting something?
Piper: Yes. What does the book say?
Paige: Well, "As a mortal, the siren fell in love with a married man, but when they were caught, the man was held blameless."
Piper: Typical.

Paige: Abracadabra!
(The manor doors magically repair)
Phoebe: Nice job!
Piper: You did all that with 'abracadabra'?
Paige: Nah. I used a spell. I just always wanted to say that.

Leo: Uh, shouldn't we concentrate on swapping our powers back?
Paige: Come on now, Leo, you know how that works. You two are only going to get your powers back once you've learned your lessons.
Piper: Ugh. I hate that. It's just so very after-school special.

Piper: You know, Paige, there is another part of you. Your birth father was half whitelighter.
Paige: Yeah. He also had blue eyes. Doesn't mean that I do!

(Leo tries to write a spell to summon the Siren)
Leo: Oh singing lady of the dusk, who preys on men, turns love to lust, we hearken ye...
Phoebe: "We hearken ye"? What, are we trying to summon a leprechaun here?

(Leo has an emotional outburst)
Leo: I don't know what's wrong with me.
Paige:: Dude, it's the crying thing.
Phoebe: It's the hormones.
Leo: Really? I just thought that was an excuse.
Phoebe: Welcome to our world.

Leo: (after their powers/pregnancy switch back) Hey. I'm not nauseous.
Piper: Hey I am! Wait that's not good news.

Cole: So, uh, did you get my flowers?
Phoebe: Yep. (quoting the card) "Sorry I tried to strangle you"? Probably not a card that the florist gets to write everyday huh?

Phoebe: Most men don't try to kill their wives when they're under the Siren's spell. Most men just kiss and die. But because you're a demon…
Cole: I'm not…
Phoebe: Okay. Well, because you have demonic powers and a lot of them, you became a bigger threat… than the Siren. And that's only one way out of a thousand that your powers can turn against me.
(Cole pauses)
Cole: I guess I didn't want you to be right.
Phoebe: (sadly) Neither did I.

International Titles[]

  • French: Embrasse moi! (Kiss Me!)
  • Czech: Zpěv Sirény (Singing of the Siren)
  • Slovak: Pieseň Sirény (Siren's Song)
  • Russian: Песнь сирены [Pjesn′ Sirjeny] (Siren's Song)
  • Spanish (Spain): Cantos de sirena (Songs/Singing of Siren)
  • Spanish (Syfy): Canción de sirena (Song of Siren)
  • Spanish (Latin America): El canto de la sirena (The Song of the Siren)
  • Serbian: Sirenina Pesma (Mermaid Song)
  • Hebrew: shirath ha-sirena (Siren Song)
  • German: Sirenengesang (Siren Song)
  • Italian: Il canto della sirena (The Siren Song)
  • Hungarian: Szirénének (Siren's Song)
Previous Episode:
Happily Ever After
Next Episode:
Witches in Tights
Episodes: Season 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8
Comics: 9 - 10
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