Charmed (Season 1)

Charmed

Seasoned One (1998)

The famous Charmed ones. I decided to finally do a TV show as I did promise to review TV shows. First off I'm sure most people have seen at least a few episodes of Charmed. I admit I would watch it every now and then when it's on but as a person who really never watched TV made difficult to figure out when it was on. So here I go I will be the first to admit that this is my personal opinion of this famous and popular show and that if you're one of the die hard serious fans who can't take an differing opinion or critique sorry to offend you it's a my review and personally I'm not a harsh critic.

Okay first off we get these three girl who live in this nice homely house that any witch would love to own, charming, cute, big. Okay enough about my property obsession. You get three sisters who are not the closest of friends but do deeply care for each other. This is one of the most enduring and favorite aspect of this show. Okay you got the eldest Prue Halliwell (Shannen Doherty) who's the most reserve of the three sisters. Who has a nice gig as an antique authenticator. She also has a detective who also an old childhood friend and past love interest who watches out for her. Andy Trudeau (T.W. King). The middle child Piper Halliwell (Holly Marie Combs) who manages a restaurant called Quake. She's also quite a chef. Piper is the most down to earth and maybe a bit more motherly of the three. The youngest of the three Phoebe Halliwell (Alyssa Milano) who's the rebellious one and can't seem to keep a job. Phoebe is the most optimistic and probably tries the hardest to keep them together of the three.

Okay you get the picture these sisters live in a big house and soon discover their mother was a witch and their grandmother as well. The charmed ones come from a line of famous witches. So the premesis of the plot isn't origional now days as it first came out so what okay, moving on. These sisters soon discover or awaken their powers. Prue with telkenesis, Piper with freezing items/beings in time, and Phoebe who can see into the future. Coolness who doesn't want powers like that well it's a tv show after all and thus the premis of the show is truely revealed. These women have to battle and protect innocents (exactly what you think it means, witches, muggles, I mean normal folks, anyone who's getting bothered by anything evil and didn't deserve it.) It blows being an innocent or any other witch in this series it seems. Well so far they battle warlocks hell bent on taking the charmed ones powers no matter who they have to kill to get to them. Demons who of course just likes killing in general, werewolves and other mythical creatures, that most are in their book of shadows. Well here comes the nit picking of the show. First off I think honestly 90% of this season if not more are male oriented villains. I mean seriously where are all the normal male witches out there, or not so evil warlocks. Even the demons are mostly male. Okay well the villain list isn't the best thought of.

The story line flow of the show is pretty decent. Long a bit repetitive at times but good. Each episode

is interesting and fresh enough to keep me watching it till the end. Which is come on kudos considering television now days. You see how the relationship grows with each sister, their flaws and personalties start to shine and expand. Now I love the magic feel through out the show it's not everywhere or used sporadically, it's seen on every episode and in common sense type of scenarios and moments. And it's not all powers, there's some chanting, and potion work in there too. Oooh variety. I do have a bit of beef about the religion aspect. They're suppose to be Wiccan but I don't see how as the show doesn't show anything much of Wiccan religion. I think it's merely excuse to be witches in acceptable manner so that Christian religious people won't boycott the show off the air. Okay I can accept that it's a television show after all and too much religious views is one easy way to turn off and offend viewers. Over all the show is about good vs evil and these sisters believe and try use their powers for good. So in the end Charmed Season one took me quite a while to see as I'm a busy person but sometimes felt a bit iffy or slow on some episodes. It's a very Hollywood take on three witches who use magic to defeat evil. Over all the show is entertaining and I can see how their fans enjoy the show. Will I'll be popping out a review for other seasons of Charmed any time soon? Probably not as I as a person have a short attention span. I may watch a season or two and write a review on it later but I'm not making any promises here.

Title: Charmed

Length: 42 Mins 

Ratings: TV 14

Year: 1998

Creator: Constance M. Burge

Starring: Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano, Shannen Doherty, Ted King

Over All Score: B +

Entertaining: A- Every episode is something different every episode there's a magical feeling even though it's very Hollywood.

Cinematography: B+  Nice views of San Fransisco special effects are mediocre some of the times or quite the opposite. 

Storyline: B - Not too original now days but has a lot of interesting ideas when it comes to spell work and villainy.

Acting: B + All the main characters and villains did an outstanding jobs. 

Music: A every episode there is a fresh new song. Also the special effects and mood music isn't overdone.