The eighth and final season of Charmed, an American supernatural drama television series,
began airing on September 25, 2005 on The WB.
Airing on Sundays at 8 P.M., the season consisted of 22 episodes and concluded its airing on
May 21, 2006, only four months before The WB shut down to merge with UPN to form The
CW.
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released the complete final season in a six-disc box
set on September 11, 2007.
Synopsis The last season of the series Charmed opens
with the sisters living under false identities following the events of the seventh-season
finale.
They look forward to starting their new lives free of demons, but Paige is having trouble
ignoring the call of her charges and goes to help a young witch, Billie.
After deciding to vanquish the demon after her, Billie discovers the sisters' true identities
and promises to keep their secret if they will train her in witchcraft, to which they
agree.
The first few episodes show how unhappy each sister is becoming leading to their decision
to go back to their Charmed lives, and they enlist the help of Agent Murphy to do so.
As the season continues Billie learns to control and expand her powers with the help of the
sisters.
Billie soon discovers that her older sister, Christy, had been kidnapped by a demon when
they were children and focuses on finding her again.
Eventually, Billie finds Christy by using her power of Projection and begins to teach
her how to control her powers and live in the real world.
Piper is visited by the Angel of Death who informs her that Leo was on his list and was
planning on taking him.
Piper then summons the Angel of Destiny who explains to the sisters that the death of
Leo would cause enough pain and motivation to take on the "Ultimate Power" in a final
battle.
To prevent this, Piper makes a deal with the Angel of Destiny to freeze Leo until the battle
is fought.
While Piper obsesses over returning Leo, Paige begins to date a parole officer named Henry.
As Paige's and Henry's relationship intensifies, they confess their love for each other and
become engaged before marrying at what originally was meant to be their engagement party.
Phoebe gains independence and buys a condo before the Elders send a cupid named Coop
to help her find love again and end up falling in love with each other.
As all of this occurs, a brainwashed Christy works with demons who had taken over Magic
School while the Charmed Ones were under their false identities to help fulfill the wishes
of the Triad, the group responsible for the abduction of Christy who are vanquished in
the final battle.
Christy convinces Billie that the Halliwell sisters are evil and they use their powers
for selfish purposes and that they are the only ones who can destroy them.
After the two sisters vanquish a supposed unvanquishable demon Piper realizes that Billie
and Christy are the "Ultimate Power."
In the final battle, each set of sisters absorbs the Hollow causing an explosion that only
leaves Billie and Piper alive who go back in time to save their sisters.
After the Charmed Ones are restored, Billie realizes Christy is corrupted and refuses
to help her kill the sisters which results in Christy sending a fireball at her that
she sends back, killing Christy.
At the end of the final episode of the series, the Halliwell sisters write their stories
in the Book of Shadows.
Phoebe marries Coop and are seen going to the hospital in labor with their third daughter
while Billie watches the other two.
Paige embraces her whitelighter side and has a son named Henry Jr. and twin daughters.
Piper and Leo are reunited and are seen with their sons Wyatt and Chris and their young
daughter.
Leo continues to teach at the reclaimed Magic School and Piper finally has the restaurant
of her dreams.
The final scene is an older Piper reading their stories to one of her many grandchildren
and then she exits with Leo, passing by photos of all of their loved ones as they walk up
the stairs.
Cast and characters Main cast
Holly Marie Combs as Piper Halliwell Alyssa Milano as Phoebe Halliwell
Rose McGowan as Paige Matthews Kaley Cuoco as Billie Jenkins
Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt Recurring cast
Episode list
References
External links List of Charmed episodes at the Internet Movie
Database List of Charmed season 8 episodes at TV.com
Charmed at epguides.com