"Charmed"
Thank You for Not Morphing (1998)

Director:

Ellen S. Pressman

Writers:

Constance M. Burge (creator)
Zack Estrin (writer) ...

TV Series:

"Charmed" (1998)

Original Air Date:

21 October 1998 (Season 1, Episode 3)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

When reunited with their long-lost father, the sisters are a little suspicious of his sudden reappearance and motives. The Halliwell's neighbors aren't all that they seem either.

Plot Keywords:

Wiccan | Martial Arts | Book Of Shadows | Empath | Good Versus Evil

Cast

Shannen Doherty	...	Prue Halliwell
Holly Marie Combs	...	Piper Halliwell
Ted King	...	Inspector Andy Trudeau (as T.W. King)
Alyssa Milano	...	Phoebe Halliwell
Markus Flanagan	...	Marshall
Eric Matheny	...	Fritz
Mariah O'Brien	...	Cynda
Jimmy Dineen	...	Mailman (as James Dineen)
Brian Krause	...	Leo Wyatt
Anthony John Denison	...	Victor Bennett (as Tony Denison)

Runtime:

42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

USA:PG | Mexico:B | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Anthony John Denison (as Tony Denison) played the girls' father in this episode but was later replaced by James Reed. In the video that Victor sent the girls, another woman is playing their mother, a role which was later taken over by Finola Hughes.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When the mailman forms a key with his finger, he forms a Schlage brand key, but the deadbolt from the inside of the door is a Kwikset brand deadbolt.

Quotes:

Phoebe Halliwell: I just read from the book, and wham - I am Tabitha.

Soundtrack:

Prophecy

Missing Dad

After many years of absence, Victor Halliwell (Tony Denison), the father of the Halliwell sisters, returns to San Francisco to visit them. Prue does not trust him, while Phoebe and Piper miss their dad and want to have dinner with him in a restaurant. Meanwhile, the nice neighbors of the Halliwell sisters are mutants that want to steal Book of Shadows.

"Thank You for Not Morphing" is a weak episode of "Charmed". The story about a group of mutants that want to get the Book of Shadows is intriguing regarding Victor, since only in the end it is disclosed the real intention of this character (is he the real father trying to protect his daughters or a mutant pretending to be their father?). My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Mutação" ("Mutation")