Season 7 Episode 11

Ordinary Witches

Aired Sunday 8:00 PM Jan 16, 2005 on The WB

Episode Fan Reviews (11)

out of 10
339 votes
  • I still believe being ordanary is very over rated..











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    Score: 9.1

  • worst episode of the series

    this episode seems like a bunch of fat just preparing for the next episode. i hate to say this, but it sucked. it seemed like it had no plotline, and i hope for more between the fued of paige, and the other sisters. i though they would fight more, and stuff, but nothing happend. also the whole going to the past thing was boring, and not neccissary. i did like the idea that other people would get thier powers, but they could have done more with it. leo and the elders confict was good, but it was only for 5 percent of the episode. it was good, but it stunck compared to the other ones.
  • Zankou!!!!

    Paige and Kyle went back to the past, in order to find out who killed Kyle's parents. Piper and Phoebe agree to swap their powers so that Piper can see Phoebe's vision about the demon-free world. Unfortunately, Zankou appears when they are swapping their power, causing their power to enter a mortal's body. This episode is much better than the previous episode "Once in a Blue Moon", "There's Something About Leo" and of course, "A Call to Arms". Kyle finds out his parents murderer are actually demons, not avatars. Great, but you can clearly see he still have a grudge of Leo. A fine example to this series, although I don't really like it. But still great after watching those disappointing episode.
  • This episode was average but good...

    Phoebe wants to swap powers with Piper to show Piper the utopian world, but things dont work out so good because when Phoebe and Piper swap powers, zankou interupts them causing them to lose their powers. while this is happening their powers fly through the air and into the nearest bodys around. meanwhile paige and Brody take a trip back to the past to see who killed his parents was it the avatars or something else ???
  • Paige tells Brody to find out who tried to kill his parents. Meanwhile, Piper and Phoebe switch there powers. Then later on, Leo makes Paige and Brody go back to the future to see who killed Brody's parents' the Avatar or someone else.

    Brody finds out that Leo is an Avatar maybe someone must of told him. Kyle tried to kill Leo. So Paige tells Kyle to go in the past and find out who killed his parents or find out the truth behind Kyle's parent's death. Meanwhile, Piper and Phoebe swtch there powers so Piper could get visions of the utopian world.But later Phoebe lost her powers and Densies got them. When Phoebe found out about that she told him that she's is a witch, that was pretty loud but no one heard it. Densies thought it maybe nice to have powers and fight demons.
  • What would it be like if mortals suddenly gained the powers of the Charmed Ones? Not very interesting, as it turns out.

    This was a wasted opportunity. Mortals unwittingly absorbed Piper and Phoebe's powers and did something predictable - went to a casino and used Phoebe's power of premonition to win at the craps table. Their behavior was completely selfish, so why would Phoebe's sharing her premonition of Utopia convince them to give the sisters their powers back? This device fell short of believability.

    The other elements of the episode were more meaningful, but still lacked the impact typical of the series. When Paige and Kyle traveled back in time to learn who really killed his parents, the emotion was palpable but the action limited. Kyle and Paige hid out, waiting for the attack, while Jack and Ruth Brody identified Egyptian artifacts at a warehouse. The appearance of Aku and the other Celerity demons was a nice twist; but the fact that it was demons who had killed the Brodys was no surprise.

    Zankou was the most interesting part of the episode. Instead of relying on his impressive powers, Zankou showed himself to be a smart and patient demon who chose the perfect time to strike. When Leo got in his way, Zankou turned the other Elders against Leo. Very clever. But the attempt fell short; all the powers of the Elders were insufficient to defeat an Avatar. Was it high drama when the Elders tried to vanquish Leo? Somehow, no. They're almost as crazed about the Avatars as Kyle is.

    Overall, while the acting was strong as usual, the writing was mediocre. The episode moved the story along but should have been better.
  • Pretty Ordinary Episode

    We're back into "seen it all before" territory with Ordinary Witches, which has Piper and Phoebe's powers being transferred to two normal people who cause havoc through the city and travel to Las Vegas to do some magical gambling.

    The episode also has Paige and Brody traveling back to the 1980's so Paige can prove to Brody that the Avatars didn't kill his parents but in fact, some random, unnamed demons did it instead.

    I was very disappointed by Paige and Brody's story. It felt like a massive cop-out to show that the Avatars weren't the ones who killed Mr and Mrs Brody. It would have been nice if the demons who did murder them actually had a decent agenda, but all they turned out to be were just normal, boring demons. The main plot of the episode is also boring. We've seen the "powers transferred to mortals" storyline being done repeatedly on this show and I personally couldn't wait till the sisters got their powers back.

    I have a suspicion that Rose doesn't get along very well with Alyssa or Holly. She hasn't had many scenes with her two co-stars this season and it seems that almost every episode has her on a separate mission with Brody. It's cool to see her with Brody, as they have great chemistry together, but it almost feels like they're not sisters anymore, only coming together right at the end for the big vanquish. It's a shame, this Avatar storyline is seriously dragging down the show. Zankou is also slightly disappointing. He showed promise in Witchness Protection, but this episode just sees him as a dull demon only there to cause a bit of mischief. Disappointing, as usual.
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