Charmed
A Witch's Tail, Part 1
TV Flash files “A Witch's Tail, Part 1” as a desk essential hour — Charmed (1998–2006) on The WB, season 5, episode 1, aired 2002-09-22, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E01: listed hour 89 of 178 in the Charmed guide, first listed hour of season 5. It aired 2002-09-22 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Witch Way Now?” (S04E22). Next is “A Witch's Tail, Part 2” (S05E02).
Essential hour: “A Witch's Tail, Part 1”. A Witch's Tail, Part 1: later-run mermaid title as soapy binge bait, sisterhood still the actual spell.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After Mylie, a mermaid turned human makes a deal with a sea-hag, she turns to Piper, Phoebe, and Paige after their pact turns out bad. As a result of the sisters' helping her out, Phoebe gets turned into a mermaid. Meanwhile, as this is playing out, Phoebe's divorce of Cole gets put on hold when he returns, begging her to take him back. Cole then decides to help Daryl out in an attempt to get back on Phoebe's good side. As Paige struggles to find a balance between her work as a Charmed One and a Social Worker, Piper struggles to face her fears of a water demon.
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Witch's Tail, Part 1 sit in the Charmed guide?
S05E01 is listed hour 89 of 178 — first listed hour of season 5, season 5 episode 1.
When did Charmed S05E01 air?
A Witch's Tail, Part 1 aired 2002-09-22 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Prue seasons or Paige seasons?
Doherty's Prue exits after season three; McGowan's Paige is the recast that still starts fights. Sisterhood is the constant; the lineup is the argument.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Three sister witches, a Halliwell manor, and a demon-of-the-week engine dressed as WB soap. Female-led genre television learning serialization: spells, sisterhood, and the Prue-to-Paige recast that still starts fights. Supernatural comfort with glossy darkness — long enough to become a brand, soapy enough to binge, girl power as a family business.
Window: **1998–2006**, The WB. Three sister witches, a Halliwell manor, a demon-of-the-week engine dressed as soap. Rex can keep the old-network hex; this is a syndication forever brand with a recast that still moves the chart. Constance M. Burge built female-led genre television that learned serialization on the job. The Halliwell sisters discover their destiny as the Charmed Ones, battling demons while keeping jobs and love lives intact — witchcraft as sisterhood drama in a manor that becomes a brand. The…
Filed against
- Alyssa Milano as Phoebe Halliwell
Alyssa Milano’s Samantha Micelli minted a star in Who’s the Boss? real time — 1980s catalog gender-flip multi-cam, then Charmed recasting the kid as a Halliwell witch in WB soap darkness. TV Flash files her as the daughter who grew a…
- Holly Marie Combs as Piper Halliwell
Holly Marie Combs’s Kimberly Brock grew up on Picket Fences’ postcard-gone-sideways — 1990s catalog Kelley small-town fever, then Charmed recasting the kid as a Halliwell sister in WB demon-of-the-week soap. TV Flash files her as the…
- Shannen Doherty as Prue Halliwell
Shannen Doherty’s Brenda Walsh dropped Minnesota twins into Beverly Hills, 90210 and taught Fox that teens would show up weekly — peach-pit romance, Luke Perry mythology, Very Special Topics — then spelled sisterhood as Prue on Charmed.…
- Rose McGowan as Paige Matthews
Rose McGowan's Paige Matthews recast Charmed mid-flight — three sister witches, a Halliwell manor, demon-of-the-week engine dressed as WB soap, the Prue-to-Paige swap that still starts fights. Spells, sisterhood, glossy darkness. TV Flash…
- Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt
Brian Krause played Leo Wyatt on Charmed — the Whitelighter in a Halliwell-manor engine of sister witches, demons of the week, and WB soap. Spells, sisterhood, and a recast that still starts fights. TV Flash files him as 1990s…
- Julian McMahon as Cole Turner
Julian McMahon’s Cole Turner made Charmed a demon with a romance problem — 1990s catalog WB sister-witch soap, then Nip/Tuck stretching the jawline into Miami surgical freefall. TV Flash files him as the half-demon who became a plastic…