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Charmed
Season 3
File:Charmed S3.jpg
DVD cover
Starring
No. of episodes22
Release
Original networkThe WB
Original releaseOctober 5, 2000 (2000-10-05) –
May 17, 2001 (2001-05-17)
Season chronology
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Season 2
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Season 4
List of episodes

The third season of Charmed, an American supernatural drama television series created by Constance M. Burge, began airing on October 5, 2000 on The WB and concluded on May 17, 2001. The series follows the adventures of Prue (Shannen Doherty), Piper (Holly Marie Combs) and Phoebe Halliwell (Alyssa Milano), three sisters who discover they are the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time who use their combined Power of Three to protect innocents from evil beings. Other regular cast members include Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt and Dorian Gregory as Darryl Morris, both of whom return from the previous season as well as Julian McMahon as Cole Turner who's introduced in the premiere.

It is the last season to feature original cast member Shannen Doherty, as she left the series at the end of the season. Paramount Home Entertainment released the complete third season in a six-disc box set on November 15, 2005.

The season was praised by critics, often being singled out as one of the series' best. Praise went to the introduction of longer story-arcs and the introduction of Cole Turner, the Triad and the Elders for expanding the mythology and world of Charmed.

Cast and characters

Main article: List of Charmed characters

Main

Special Guest

Recurring

Episode list

See also: List of Charmed episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		US viewers
(millions)
451"The Honeymoon's Over"Jim ConwayBrad KernOctober 5, 2000 (2000-10-05)43000457.7[1]
462"Magic Hour"John BehringZack Estrin & Chris LevinsonOctober 12, 2000 (2000-10-12)43000465.1[2]
473"Once Upon a Time"Joel J. FeigenbaumKrista VernoffOctober 19, 2000 (2000-10-19)43000475.4[3]
484"All Halliwell's Eve"Anson WilliamsSheryl J. AndersonOctober 26, 2000 (2000-10-26)43000486.5[4]
495"Sight Unseen"Perry LangWilliam SchmidtNovember 2, 2000 (2000-11-02)43000495.7[5]
506"Primrose Empath"Mel DamskiDaniel CeroneNovember 9, 2000 (2000-11-09)43000516.1[6]
517"Power Outage"Craig ZiskMonica Breen & Alison SchapkerNovember 16, 2000 (2000-11-16)43000505.7[7]
528"Sleuthing with the Enemy"Noel NosseckPeter HumeDecember 14, 2000 (2000-12-14)43000525.5[8]
539"Coyote Piper"Chris LongKrista VernoffJanuary 11, 2001 (2001-01-11)43000535.1[9]
5410"We All Scream for Ice Cream"Allan KroekerChris Levinson & Zack EstrinJanuary 18, 2001 (2001-01-18)43000545.4[10]
5511"Blinded by the Whitelighter"David StraitonNell ScovellJanuary 25, 2001 (2001-01-25)43000555.4[11]
5612"Wrestling with Demons"Joel J. FeigenbaumSheryl J. AndersonFebruary 1, 2001 (2001-02-01)43000565.9[12]
5713"Bride and Gloom"Chris LongWilliam SchmidtFebruary 8, 2001 (2001-02-08)43000575.4[13]
5814"The Good, the Bad and the Cursed"Shannen DohertyMonica Breen & Alison SchapkerFebruary 15, 2001 (2001-02-15)43000585.1[14]
5915"Just Harried"Mel DamskiDaniel CeroneFebruary 22, 2001 (2001-02-22)43000595.8[15]
6016"Death Takes a Halliwell"Jon PareKrista VernoffMarch 15, 2001 (2001-03-15)43000605.4[16]
6117"Pre-Witched"David StraitonChris Levinson & Zack EstrinMarch 22, 2001 (2001-03-22)43000615.1[17]
6218"Sin Francisco"Joel J. FeigenbaumNell ScovellApril 19, 2001 (2001-04-19)43000624.0[18]
6319"The Demon Who Came in from the Cold"Anson WilliamsSheryl J. AndersonApril 26, 2001 (2001-04-26)43000633.6[19]
6420"Exit Strategy"Joel J. FeigenbaumPeter Hume & Daniel CeroneMay 3, 2001 (2001-05-03)43000644.1[20]
6521"Look Who's Barking"John BehringTeleplay by: Curtis Kheel & Monica Breen & Alison Schapker
Story by: Curtis Kheel		May 10, 2001 (2001-05-10)43000654.7[21]
6622"All Hell Breaks Loose"Shannen DohertyBrad KernMay 17, 2001 (2001-05-17)43000665.3[22]

Reception

In 2016, Gavin Hetherington of SpoilerTV ran a series of Charmed articles in the run-up to the 10th anniversary of the series finale. The third was a complete season review of season three, in which Gavin comments that the season was the most iconic in the show's history. He wrote it was due in part to Doherty's departure at the end of the season, but said that "this season continued the upward trend of rising quality that began with the season before", saying season 2 was better than season 1, and season 3 is better than season 2. He concluded that there is "no denying how iconic this season is".[23]

Jeffrey Robinson of DVD Talk described the third season as an improvement over the first two due to the fact that it deviated from the show's "generic format". He specifically praised the introduction of Cole Turner and the Triad for adding a bigger picture of "the battle between good and evil" as well as featuring stronger and more interesting story arcs.[24]

Caroline Preece of Den of Geek stated that season three – along with season four – was one of the show's best and praised the introduction of long-running story arcs and the fact that weekly threats contributed to character development and had lasting effects; in a similar statement to Robinson, she praised the introduction of the Triad and the Elders for allowing the series to become more defined "beyond the parade of faceless warlocks".[25]

Notes

  1. ^ Gregory is only credited for the episodes he appears in.
  2. ^ McMahon is only credited for the episodes he appears in.

References

  1. ^ "TV Listings for - October 5, 2000". TV Tango. Archived from the original on August 31, 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Tv Ratings: Thursday October 12, 2000". TvTango.
  3. ^ "Tv Ratings: Thursday October 19, 2000". TvTango.
  4. ^ "Tv Ratings: Thursday October 26, 2000". TvTango.
  5. ^ "Tv Ratings: Thursday November 2, 2000". TvTango.
  6. ^ "Tv Ratings: Thursday November 9, 2000". TvTango.
  7. ^ "Tv Ratings: Thursday November 16, 2000". TvTango.
  8. ^ "Tv Ratings: Thursday December 14, 2000". TvTango.
  9. ^ "Tv Ratings: Thursday January 11, 2001". TvTango.
  10. ^ "Tv Ratings: Thursday January 18, 2001". TvTango.
  11. ^ "Tv Ratings: Thursday January 25, 2001". TvTango.
  12. ^ "Tv Ratings: Thursday February 1, 2001". TvTango.
  13. ^ "Tv Ratings: Thursday February 8, 2001". TvTango.
  14. ^ "Tv Ratings: Thursday February 15, 2001". TvTango.
  15. ^ "Tv Ratings: Thursday February 22, 2001". TvTango.
  16. ^ "Tv Ratings: Thursday March 15, 2001". TvTango.
  17. ^ "Tv Ratings: Thursday March 22, 2001". TvTango.
  18. ^ "Tv Ratings: Thursday April 19, 2001". TvTango.
  19. ^ "Tv Ratings: Thursday April 26, 2001". TvTango.
  20. ^ "Tv Ratings: Thursday April 03, 2001". TvTango.
  21. ^ "Tv Ratings: Thursday May 5, 2001". TvTango.
  22. ^ "Tv Ratings: Thursday May 17, 2002". TvTango.
  23. ^ Hetherington, Gavin (April 16, 2016). "Charmed – 10th Anniversary Special – Season 3 Review: "We Are Blessed as Witches, and We Are Cursed as Women."". SpoilerTV. Archived from the original on March 21, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  24. ^ Robinson, Jeffrey (November 15, 2005). "Charmed - The Complete Third Season". DVD Talk. Archived from the original on September 13, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  25. ^ Preece, Caroline (January 13, 2017). "Why Charmed deserves to be celebrated". Den of Geek. Archived from the original on January 15, 2017. Retrieved October 13, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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