Streghe Necromancing the Stone (1998–2006) Online
- Original Title :
- Necromancing the Stone
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Drama / Fantasy / Mystery
- Year :
- 1998–2006
- Directror :
- Jon Paré
- Cast :
- Alyssa Milano,Rose McGowan,Holly Marie Combs
- Writer :
- Constance M. Burge,Henry Alonso Myers
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 42min
- Rating :
- 7.8/10
It's time for baby Wyatt to get a wiccaning, the ceremony to make him join the side of good. The Charmed sisters hope to be prepared by eliminating several types of 'risk demons', then summon granny Penny who will summon the ancestral line and perform the rite, but she points out they overlooked one: the Necromancer, a 'demonic Dracula' turned into a ghost years ago, who has a lower demon as assistant to capture weak spirits whose essence he consumes to exist, but has the ambition to return to life at the expense of a powerful magic being, ideally Wyatt. The sisters go vanquish the Necromancer, but soon realize he's Penny's former forbidden lover, Armand, alas only after he manages to capture granny, tries to rekindle their romance and puts a spell on her... Meanwhile Paige uses a truth spell to find out if her understanding lover Nate is the right mate, only to find he has a wife and kids; Jason asks Phoebe to move with him to Hong Kong.
Episode complete credited cast: | |||
Alyssa Milano | - | Phoebe Halliwell | |
Rose McGowan | - | Paige Matthews | |
Holly Marie Combs | - | Piper Halliwell | |
Brian Krause | - | Leo Wyatt | |
Dorian Gregory | - | Darryl Morris | |
Norman Reedus | - | Nate Parks | |
Jennifer Rhodes | - | Penny 'Grams' Halliwell | |
Sam Pancake | - | Lacky Demon | |
Chris Sarandon | - | Necromancer / Armand | |
Eric Dane | - | Jason Dean | |
Lisa Renee Pitts | - | Co-Pilot (as Lisa Reneé Pitts) | |
Scout Taylor-Compton | - | Fairy |
This is the first time Jason and his brother, Kristopher Simmons play Wyatt Mathew Halliwell, as a baby aging "normally" till the end of the series, with Wes Ramsey appearing as the adult version.
The actress who plays the Fairy Queen in this episode is the same fairy who played Thistle in the episode "Once Upon A Time".
The episode's title refers to the movie Auf der Jagd nach dem grünen Diamanten (1984).
When the Necromancer is describing his encounter with Penny, he says that "...she can still feel the passion; the heat." In the season one episode "The Witch is back", Melinda Warren used the same phrasing to describe her romance with the Warlock that betrayed her and led her to her death. (Sort of an unofficial way on the show to describe a Halliwell being seduced by evil)
The Necromancers entry in The Book of Shadows reads, "The Necromancer is not a demon but the ghost of a demon who was vanquished. Mostly dwelling in the spirit realm he has dominion over the dead, although he has been known to escape to the land of the living. He no longer possesses powers of his own but feeding on the souls of the magical dead imbues him with temporary life. The length of his empowerment depends on the strength of the Spirit.". Penny added notes to his entry and they include: "favorite dinner: lamb chops with mint jelly", "Enjoys Clark Gable pictures", "Enjoys Luxuries of LIFE!", "Willing to do anything to live!!", and "A user and a liar".
Penny summons the matriarchs of the Halliwell line. As Patty died when the girls were young and did not outlive Penny, she would not be considered a matriarch and not be present at the wiccening.