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What it's about

Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose prophesied destiny is to protect innocent lives from evil beings such as demons and warlocks. Each sister possesses unique magical powers that grow and evolve, while they attempt to maintain normal lives in modern day San Francisco.

Why 14

• The official rating, firstRated TV-14 in the US (parents strongly cautioned, may be unsuitable for children under 14). zinema never goes below the country's rating: it explains it.
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• A handful of much harder scenesThe show is light most of the time, but a few scenes stand well apart: a demon's face covered in open wounds, shot close up, a knife in hand. It is brief, it is rare, and it is what sets the age, because a child opening the series can land on that episode as easily as any other.
• Threats in every episodeThe premise is that someone wants the three sisters dead, and they are told so. Death threats recur across most episodes, with weapons drawn and faces screaming in fear.
• Language and innuendoSwearing and cutting remarks are frequent, and sexual innuendo turns up in nearly every episode. This was written for teenagers and young adults, not for children.
• Plenty of drinking and smokingAlcohol is named or shown in most episodes, cigarettes too, and drugs come up regularly in dialogue. These are late-nineties television habits, shown without comment.
• Online harassment, at lengthOne episode turns entirely on being exposed online and the harassment that follows, with the subject named around thirty times. That is the kind of stretch that can land close to home for a teenager going through it.

What the series brings

• It puts three very different sisters under the same burden and shows they only hold up together.
• It is about a family inheritance nobody chose and everybody has to carry anyway.
• It gives heroines who do the work, at a time when fantasy television offered few.

Watching it together

Season by season

the reading per season, episode by episode · expand

Season 1 · 22 episodes, 44 min on average · zinema reading 10, 9 with a parent · France 9 · the gentlest

no episode at the top of the series. What's in each episode, without telling the story:

Episode	What's in it
1 · Something Wicca This Way Comes	Deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; drugs mentioned; and a lot of laughs, 53% of the episode.
2 · I've Got You Under My Skin	Deaths told; frightening images; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 67% of the episode.
3 · Thank You for Not Morphing	Deaths told; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 50% of the episode.
4 · Dead Man Dating	Deaths shown; frightening images; fights; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 37% of the episode.
5 · Dream Sorcerer	Deaths told; frightening images; a lot of swearing; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 55% of the episode.
6 · The Wedding from Hell	Deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; drugs mentioned; and a lot of laughs, 63% of the episode.
7 · The Fourth Sister	Frightening images; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 52% of the episode.
8 · The Truth Is Out There... and It Hurts	Deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; drugs mentioned; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 53% of the episode.
9 · The Witch Is Back	Deaths told; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 34% of the episode.
10 · Wicca Envy	Deaths told; the monster in plain sight; some swearing; drugs mentioned; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 47% of the episode.
11 · Feats of Clay	Deaths told; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 50% of the episode.
12 · The Wendigo	Deaths told; the monster in plain sight; some swearing; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 43% of the episode.
13 · From Fear to Eternity	Deaths told; frightening images; and a lot of laughs, 73% of the episode.
14 · Secrets and Guys	Deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 43% of the episode.
15 · Is There a Woogy in the House?	Deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 73% of the episode.
16 · Which Prue Is It, Anyway?	Deaths told; frightening images; lots of weapons; some swearing; ends on a tense note; and a lot of laughs, 50% of the episode.
17 · That '70s Episode	Deaths told; frightening images; and a lot of laughs, 43% of the episode.
18 · When Bad Warlocks Go Good	Deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; drugs mentioned; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 37% of the episode.
19 · Out of Sight	Deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; drugs mentioned; and a lot of laughs, 50% of the episode.
20 · The Power of Two	Deaths told; frightening images; drugs mentioned; and a lot of laughs, 47% of the episode.
21 · Love Hurts	Deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 27% of the episode.
22 · Déjà Vu All Over Again	Deaths shown; frightening images; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 43% of the episode.

Season 2 · 22 episodes, 43 min on average · zinema reading 14, 13 with a parent · France 15 · the hardest

1 episode out of 22 at the top of the series. What's in each episode, without telling the story:

Episode	What's in it
1 · Witch Trial	Many dark scenes; blood, for a long time on screen; deaths shown; frightening images; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 55% of the episode.
2 · Morality Bites	Many dark scenes; deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 50% of the episode.
3 · The Painted World	Many dark scenes; frightening images; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 62% of the episode.
4 · The Devil's Music	Many dark scenes; deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; drugs mentioned; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 52% of the episode.
5 · She's a Man, Baby, a Man!	Many dark scenes; deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 59% of the episode.
6 · That Old Black Magic	Many dark scenes; deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 47% of the episode.
7 · They're Everywhere	Deaths told; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 55% of the episode.
8 · P3 H2O	Deaths told; frightening images; scary music; some swearing; drugs mentioned; and a lot of laughs, 27% of the episode.
9 · Ms. Hellfire	Deaths told; frightening images; lots of weapons; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 43% of the episode.
10 · Heartbreak City	Deaths told; some swearing; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 52% of the episode.
11 · Reckless Abandon	Deaths told; frightening images; drugs mentioned; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 47% of the episode.
12 · Awakened	Deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; drugs mentioned; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 41% of the episode.
13 · Animal Pragmatism	Many dark scenes; deaths told; frightening images; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 70% of the episode.
14 · Pardon My Past	Deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 37% of the episode.
15 · Give Me a Sign	Deaths told; frightening images; lots of weapons; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 48% of the episode.
16 · Murphy's Luck	Deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 21% of the episode.
17 · How to Make a Quilt Out of Americans	Deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 34% of the episode.
18 · Chick Flick	Many dark scenes; deaths told; frightening images; scary music; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 50% of the episode.
19 · Ex Libris	Deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 37% of the episode.
20 · Astral Monkey	Blood, for a long time on screen; deaths told; frightening images; lots of weapons; drugs mentioned; and a lot of laughs, 37% of the episode.
21 · Apocalypse Not	Many dark scenes; deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; drugs mentioned; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 31% of the episode.
22 · Be Careful What You Witch For	Many dark scenes; deaths told; frightening images; scary music; a lot of swearing; and a lot of laughs, 43% of the episode.

Season 3 · 22 episodes, 43 min on average · zinema reading 14, 13 with a parent · France 15

1 episode out of 22 at the top of the series. What's in each episode, without telling the story:

Episode	What's in it
1 · The Honeymoon's Over	More than half the episode in the dark; deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 48% of the episode.
2 · Magic Hour	Deaths told; frightening images; ends on a tense note; and a lot of laughs, 57% of the episode.
3 · Once Upon a Time	More than half the episode in the dark; deaths told; frightening images; scary music; some swearing; alcohol; ends on a tense note; and a lot of laughs, 43% of the episode.
4 · All Halliwell's Eve	Many dark scenes; blood on screen; deaths told; frightening images; scary music; some swearing; drugs mentioned; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 55% of the episode.
5 · Sight Unseen	More than half the episode in the dark; deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 57% of the episode.
6 · Primrose Empath	Deaths told; frightening images; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 33% of the episode.
7 · Power Outage	Nearly half in the dark; deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; ends on a tense note; and a lot of laughs, 55% of the episode.
8 · Sleuthing with the Enemy	Many dark scenes; blood, for a long time on screen; deaths shown; frightening images; drugs mentioned; and a lot of laughs, 37% of the episode.
9 · Coyote Piper	Many dark scenes; deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 69% of the episode.
10 · We All Scream for Ice Cream	Many dark scenes; deaths told; frightening images; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 48% of the episode.
11 · Blinded by the Whitelighter	Many dark scenes; deaths told; frightening images; and a lot of laughs, 38% of the episode.
12 · Wrestling with Demons	Many dark scenes; deaths told; frightening images; fights; lots of weapons; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 37% of the episode.
13 · Bride and Gloom	More than half the episode in the dark; deaths told; a lot of swearing; alcohol; ends on a tense note; and a lot of laughs, 53% of the episode.
14 · The Good, the Bad, and the Cursed	Blood, for a long time on screen; deaths told; frightening images; scary music; lots of weapons; some swearing; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 38% of the episode.
15 · Just Harried	Many dark scenes; deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 38% of the episode.
16 · Death Takes a Halliwell	Many dark scenes; deaths shown; frightening images; scary music; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 24% of the episode.
17 · Pre-Witched	Many dark scenes; deaths told; frightening images; and a lot of laughs, 63% of the episode.
18 · Sin Francisco	Deaths told; frightening images; scary music; some swearing; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 59% of the episode.
19 · The Demon Who Came in from the Cold	More than half the episode in the dark; deaths told; some swearing; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 24% of the episode.
20 · Exit Strategy	More than half the episode in the dark; deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; ends on a tense note; and a lot of laughs, 34% of the episode.
21 · Look Who's Barking	More than half the episode in the dark; deaths told; the monster in plain sight; scary music; some swearing; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 76% of the episode.
22 · All Hell Breaks Loose	Blood on screen; deaths told; frightening images; scary music; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 41% of the episode.

Season 4 · 22 episodes, 48 min on average · zinema reading 12, 11 with a parent · France 12

no episode at the top of the series. What's in each episode, without telling the story:

Episode	What's in it
1 · Charmed Again (1)	Many dark scenes; deaths told; frightening images; scary music; some swearing; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 26% of the episode.
2 · Charmed Again (2)	Many dark scenes; deaths told; frightening images; scary music; some swearing; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 24% of the episode.
3 · Hell Hath No Fury	Deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 52% of the episode.
4 · Enter the Demon	Deaths told; some swearing; drugs mentioned.
5 · Size Matters	A quiet episode.
6 · A Knight to Remember	Many dark scenes; deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 55% of the episode.
7 · Brain Drain	Blood, for a long time on screen; deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; drugs mentioned; and a lot of laughs, 40% of the episode.
8 · Black as Cole	Many dark scenes; deaths told; frightening images; and a lot of laughs, 38% of the episode.
9 · Muse to My Ears	Many dark scenes; deaths told; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 55% of the episode.
10 · A Paige from the Past	Deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 40% of the episode.
11 · Trial by Magic	Many dark scenes; deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 53% of the episode.
12 · Lost and Bound	Deaths told; frightening images; and a lot of laughs, 48% of the episode.
13 · Charmed and Dangerous	Many dark scenes; deaths told; frightening images; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 27% of the episode.
14 · The Three Faces of Phoebe	Many dark scenes; deaths told; frightening images; ends on a tense note; and a lot of laughs, 37% of the episode.
15 · Marry-Go-Round	Many dark scenes; deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; ends on a tense note; and a lot of laughs, 60% of the episode.
16 · The Fifth Halliwell	Deaths told; some swearing; drugs mentioned; alcohol.
17 · Saving Private Leo	Deaths told; frightening images; lots of weapons; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 37% of the episode.
18 · Bite Me	More than half the episode in the dark; deaths told; frightening images; lots of weapons; some swearing; alcohol; ends on a tense note; and a lot of laughs, 45% of the episode.
19 · We're Off to See the Wizard	Many dark scenes; deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; ends on a tense note; and a lot of laughs, 37% of the episode.
20 · Long Live the Queen	Deaths told; some swearing; alcohol.
21 · Womb Raider	Many dark scenes; deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; drugs mentioned; and a lot of laughs, 41% of the episode.
22 · Witch Way Now?	Many dark scenes; blood on screen; deaths told; frightening images; scary music; and a lot of laughs, 40% of the episode.

Season 5 · 23 episodes, 50 min on average · zinema reading 10, 9 with a parent · France 9

no episode at the top of the series. What's in each episode, without telling the story:

Episode	What's in it
1 · A Witch's Tail (1)	Deaths told; frightening images; lots of weapons; some swearing; drugs mentioned; and a lot of laughs, 39% of the episode.
2 · A Witch's Tail (2)	Deaths told; frightening images; lots of weapons; some swearing; drugs mentioned; and a lot of laughs, 46% of the episode.
3 · Happily Ever After	Many dark scenes; deaths told; frightening images; a lot of swearing; and a lot of laughs, 47% of the episode.
4 · Siren Song	Deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 45% of the episode.
5 · Witches in Tights	Many dark scenes; deaths shown; the monster in plain sight; some swearing; ends on a tense note; and a lot of laughs, 66% of the episode.
6 · The Eyes Have It	Deaths told.
7 · Sympathy for the Demon	Deaths told; some swearing; drugs mentioned.
8 · A Witch in Time	Deaths told; some swearing; drugs mentioned.
9 · Sam I Am	Deaths told; some swearing.
10 · Y Tu Mummy Tambien	Deaths told; some swearing.
11 · The Importance of Being Phoebe	Deaths told; some swearing; alcohol.
12 · Centennial Charmed	Deaths told; a lot of swearing.
13 · House Call	Deaths told; some swearing; drugs mentioned.
14 · Sand Francisco Dreamin'	Deaths told; some swearing; drugs mentioned.
15 · The Day the Magic Died	Deaths told; some swearing.
16 · Baby's First Demon	Deaths told; some swearing.
17 · Lucky Charmed	Deaths told; some swearing; alcohol.
18 · Cat House	Deaths told; some swearing.
19 · Nymphs Just Wanna Have Fun	Deaths told; some swearing; alcohol.
20 · Sense and Sense Ability	Deaths told.
21 · Necromancing the Stone	Deaths told; some swearing.
22 · Oh My Goddess (1)	Deaths told; some swearing; drugs mentioned.
23 · Oh My Goddess (2)	Deaths told; some swearing; drugs mentioned.

Season 6 · 23 episodes, 50 min on average · zinema reading 11, 10 with a parent · France 11

no episode at the top of the series. What's in each episode, without telling the story:

Episode	What's in it
1 · Valhalley of the Dolls (1)	Deaths told.
2 · Valhalley of the Dolls (2)	Deaths told.
3 · Forget Me...Not	Some swearing; drugs mentioned; alcohol.
4 · The Power of Three Blondes	Deaths told; alcohol.
5 · Love's a Witch	Deaths told; some swearing.
6 · My Three Witches	Deaths told; drugs mentioned.
7 · Soul Survivor	Deaths told; some swearing.
8 · Sword and the City	Deaths told.
9 · Little Monsters	Many dark scenes; deaths told; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 52% of the episode.
10 · Chris-Crossed	Deaths told; some swearing.
11 · Witchstock	Deaths told; some swearing; drugs mentioned.
12 · Prince Charmed	Some swearing.
13 · Used Karma	Deaths told; some swearing.
14 · The Legend of Sleepy Halliwell	Deaths told; some swearing; drugs mentioned.
15 · I Dream of Phoebe	Deaths told; some swearing.
16 · The Courtship of Wyatt's Father	Deaths told.
17 · Hyde School Reunion	Deaths told; a lot of swearing; alcohol.
18 · Spin City	Deaths told; some swearing.
19 · Crimes and Witch Demeanors	Deaths told; some swearing.
20 · A Wrong Day's Journey into Right	Deaths told; some swearing.
21 · Witch Wars	Many dark scenes; deaths told; frightening images; drugs mentioned; and a lot of laughs, 41% of the episode.
22 · It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World (1)	Blood, for a long time on screen; deaths told; frightening images; scary music; lots of weapons; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 29% of the episode.
23 · It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World (2)	Deaths told; some swearing.

Season 7 · 22 episodes, 43 min on average · zinema reading 10, 9 with a parent · France 9

no episode at the top of the series. What's in each episode, without telling the story:

Episode	What's in it
1 · A Call to Arms	Deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; ends on a tense note; and a lot of laughs, 52% of the episode.
2 · The Bare Witch Project	Deaths told; some swearing.
3 · Cheaper by the Coven	Deaths told; some swearing; alcohol.
4 · Charrrmed!	Many dark scenes; deaths told; frightening images; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 45% of the episode.
5 · Styx Feet Under	Deaths told; some swearing.
6 · Once in a Blue Moon	Deaths told; some swearing.
7 · Someone to Witch Over Me	Deaths told.
8 · Charmed Noir	Many dark scenes; deaths told; lots of weapons; some swearing; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 43% of the episode.
9 · There's Something About Leo	Deaths told; some swearing.
10 · Witchness Protection	Deaths told; some swearing; drugs mentioned.
11 · Ordinary Witches	Deaths told; some swearing.
12 · Extreme Makeover: World Edition	Deaths told; some swearing; drugs mentioned.
13 · Charmageddon	Deaths told; drugs mentioned.
14 · Carpe Demon	Deaths told; a lot of swearing.
15 · Show Ghouls	Deaths told; some swearing.
16 · The Seven Year Witch	Deaths told; some swearing.
17 · Scry Hard	Deaths told; some swearing; drugs mentioned; alcohol.
18 · Little Box of Horrors	Deaths told; some swearing.
19 · Freaky Phoebe	Deaths told; some swearing.
20 · Imaginary Fiends	Deaths told; some swearing.
21 · Death Becomes Them	Deaths told; some swearing.
22 · Something Wicca This Way Goes	Deaths told; a lot of swearing; drugs mentioned.

Season 8 · 22 episodes, 42 min on average · zinema reading 10, 9 with a parent · France 9

no episode at the top of the series. What's in each episode, without telling the story:

Episode	What's in it
1 · Still Charmed and Kicking	Deaths told; alcohol; and a lot of laughs, 69% of the episode.
2 · Malice in Wonderland	Deaths told; some swearing; drugs mentioned; alcohol.
3 · Run, Piper, Run	Deaths told; some swearing.
4 · Desperate Housewitches	Deaths told; some swearing.
5 · Rewitched	Deaths told; some swearing; alcohol.
6 · Kill Billie: Vol. 1	Deaths told; some swearing.
7 · The Lost Picture Show	Deaths told; some swearing.
8 · Battle of the Hexes	Deaths told; some swearing.
9 · Hulkus Pocus	Deaths told; some swearing; and a lot of laughs, 50% of the episode.
10 · Vaya Con Leos	Deaths told; frightening images; drugs mentioned; and a lot of laughs, 62% of the episode.
11 · Mr. & Mrs. Witch	Deaths told; alcohol.
12 · Payback's a Witch	Deaths told; some swearing; drugs mentioned.
13 · Repo Manor	Deaths told; some swearing.
14 · 12 Angry Zen	Deaths told.
15 · The Last Temptation of Christy	Deaths told; some swearing.
16 · Engaged and Confused	Deaths told; drugs mentioned.
17 · Generation Hex	Deaths told.
18 · The Torn Identity	Deaths told; drugs mentioned.
19 · The Jung and the Restless	Deaths told; some swearing.
20 · Gone with the Witches	Deaths told.
21 · Kill Billie: Vol. 2	Deaths told; some swearing.
22 · Forever Charmed	Deaths told.

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