Ripples

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Ripples
Season 4
Episode 4
Air date	April 1, 2022
Production
Prod. code	404
Writer(s)	Tommy Cook and Carolyn Townsend
Director	Joe Gallagher
Episode Guide
Previous	Unlucky Charmed
Next	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Sandwich

Ripples is the fourth episode of the fourth season of Charmed and the sixty-third episode of the series overall. It aired on April 1, 2022.

Synopsis

HOME ALONE – When Maggie's (Sarah Jeffery) demon-hunting leads her down a dangerous path, Mel (Melonie Diaz) decides it's time for them to take a break – and books the sisters for a weekend getaway. Meanwhile the new Charmed One (Lucy Barrett) is left in charge of the Command Center for the first time... which doesn't go as well as anyone hopes.

Plot

TBA

Cast

Main Cast Melonie Diaz as Mel Vera Sarah Jeffery as Maggie Vera Lucy Barrett as Kaela Danso Jordan Donica (credit only) and Rupert Evans (credit only) Recurring Cast Kapil Talwalkar as Dev

Guest Cast Jed Rees as The Tallyman J.P. Manoux as Arnold Jessica Hayles as Sunny Ryan Beil as Donnie Co-Starring Jason Simpson as Duncan Chrisina Meredith Lewall as Encantado Shrey Vyas as Robert the Towel Man Lachlan Quarmby as Older Brother Clayton Finnigan as Younger Brother Myrasol Martinez as Bonnie Kareem Malcolm as Clyde Jina Anika as Spa Guest #1 Skyler Mowatt as Spa Guest #2

Magical Notes

Spells

• Purification Incantation
  • Used by Maggie and Kaela to purify a poisoned water lily.

Potions

• Reconfiguration Potion
  • Used by Kaela to repair the witchboard.

Powers

• Enhanced Breath: Used by Duncan to blow out Kaela's candle and send her back to the Command Center, along with Dev.
• Manifestation: Kaela accidentally manifests a little ball of light out of her doodles. She later uses this power to manifest a bunch of martinis and later bath bombs.
• Memory Viewing: Used through the aromatherapy room's enchanted scents to bring memories to life. Maggie reviews her life from before she became a witch, and later Mel sees into the Tallyman's childhood memory.
• Portal Creation: Kaela uses the board to transport herself to Merrow's Spring to help Maggie and Mel.
• Shapeshifting: Used by Arnold to turn his merman tail into a pair of human legs.
• Smoking: Used by Kaela and Dev via Blue Camellia matches to transport to the bar.
• Technopathy: Used by an older gremlin to stop a wood chipper before it could mangle his hand.
• Temporal Displacement: Mel uses this power accidentally, while practicing on her temporal stasis and sends a clock into the future, many hours later within the day.
• Vocal Charisma: Used by Dev to make a broken summoning conch react to his singing.

Artifacts

• Blue Camellia Candles: Enchanted candles inside the Blue Camelia. When Duncan blows out a visitor's candle, that visitor disappears from the club in a cloud of smoke.
• Blue Camellia Matches: Used by Kaela to get into the club.
• Book of Shadows: Dev sees the book while in the Command Center.
• Enchanted Water Lily: The flower was corrupted by one of the Tallyman's gears and spat thorns everywhere.
• GemCast: Mel gave one to Kaela to observe the magical community. The Tallyman later used one to broadcast the Charmed Ones' "misdoings" to turn the magical world against them.
• Patient Spider: Used by the Tallyman to spy on the Charmed Ones.
• Summoning Conch and Necklace: Mel gave Kaela the conch in order to alert her if Kaela needed help, and took the necklace herself to recieve Kaela's call.

Trivia

• The episode is named after the magical spa.
• J.P. Manoux guest starred as the merman, Arnold. He once appeared on the original series where he played the demon apprentice, Stanley.
• Kaela learns to successfully cast spells and use potions for the first time.
• Mel finds out that the Tallyman is a gremlin and in the past he had an older brother and a mother. At the age of 18, the Tallyman was mentally and physically traumatized by his brother's fault due to his limited abilities for technopathy, the natural power of gremlins.
• Robert had a pair of horns on his head. The satyr from season 1 had no horns.
• Duncan returns in this episode. He was last seen in Not That Girl.
• Jordan Chase, Harry Greenwood, Roxie and Unnamed Lamia were mentioned. They were last seen in Unlucky Charmed.
• Brynn is mentioned. She was last seen in You Can't Go Home Again.
• Joséfina Reyes is mentioned. She was last seen in Not That Girl.

Answered Questions from Previous Episode(s)

• Why does Mel see strange visions of the past with Ruby?
  • It is a result of her temporal powers returning in a different form.
• Will Mel be able to regain her temporal powers?
  • Mel has managed to unlock her temporal powers, and managed to unintentionally send a clock several hours into the future.
• Who is the Tallyman?
  • A mentally unstable gremlin with a grudge against the Charmed Ones for some reason.

Unanswered Questions

• Who is the 'she' the Tallyman mentioned?
• Why does the Tallyman want to defame the Charmed Ones?
• Will the Charmed Ones be able to restore their reputation with the magical community?
• Will Kaela be able to find out about her origins?
• What does the Tallyman want with Maggie's hair?
• How did the younger gremlin become the current Tallyman?
• How did the Tallyman repair his hand damaged in his youth?
• What will the court decide for Maggie's crime?

References to the Original Charmed

• A merman appears in this episode. In the original series, while there was no merman, there was in fact a mermaid.
• The Charmed Ones find out the Tallyman is a gremlin. In the original show, gremlins first appeared in season 6.
• Arnold's comedic afraidness of being vanquished is a reference to how the Charmed Ones would frequently vanquish their enemies. It could also be a reference to how his character, Stanley, from the original show was comedically vanquished.
• Maggie said "What in The Little Shop of Horrors". In the original, her counterpart, Phoebe, said "Welcome, to our Little Shop of Horrors".
• The Tallyman secretly monitors the Charmed Ones, in their home. In the original series, the sisters were secretly recorded in the manor, for a demonic reality show.
• Duncan ripping Kaela's drawing to stop the multiplication effect references to Kevin's power, which reversed all effects when his drawing is destroyed.
• After the Enchanted Water Lily was corrupted by the Tallyman, it began spitting thorns. Thorn Spitting was a power possessed by Thorn Demons in the original series.
• The magical community turning against the Charmed Ones is similar to how they turned against them at the end of season 8 of the original.

Production Notes

• The episode was watched by 0.36 million U.S. viewers.
• Despite being credited, Jordan Donica and Rupert Evans do not appear in this episode.

Quotes

Kaela: "I'm the queen of the world!"

Gallery

• Promotional Images
• Screencaps
• Behind the Scenes

Videos

• Videos

Charmed 4x04 Promo "Ripples" (HD)