CHARMED RE-IMAGINED
(Based on Charmed, Created by Constance M. Burge)

Season 1, Episode 1: "Something Wicca This Way Comes"

Written by Summer Reading

Based on Charmed Episode 1x1: "Something Wicca This Way Comes", written by Constance M. Burge, Charmed Season 3, Episode 17: "Pre-Witched", written by Chris Levinson and Zach Estrin and "The Power of Three", a novelization written by Eliza Willard, based on the screenplay by Constance M. Burge

TEASER

A Jail Cell - Near Noon

(Superimposed on the bottom of the screen: SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS (1692))

Melinda Warren [Tyler Layton] sits in her jail cell, fully aware that this is the day she will be hanged for practicing witchcraft. A woman [TBC] enters the cell. Melinda wonders why she betrayed her and the other witches in their coven. The woman smirks. "He can be very persuasive." Melinda smirks back. "I've already taken care of him. And like him, you'll pay for your crimes." But the woman laughs. "That's why being a warlock is so much fun. I don't have to worry about the consequences. And I know you don't have the guts to go through vanquishing a member of your own coven. If you did, you already would've." Melinda glares. "If I kill you then I'll truly be what they've accused me of doing. That's not guts; that's morality." The woman laughs as she walks away. No sooner does she than two men with black hoods over their heads [TBC] enter the cell. They tie Melinda up and lead her to the town square where she is to be hung.

The Town Square

Just as the executioner who is wearing a red hood over his head [TBC] puts the noose around Melinda's throat, she is hit with a premonition of the future – three young women standing beside a much-thicker Book of Shadows, the Book she herself began and which she has already given to her daughter, Prudence, to hide and protect and hand down to her own daughter. Because she has seen these three women in other premonitions, Melinda knows who they are, and she knows what she must do. When the executioner asks her if she has any last words, she announces in a firm, strong voice: "You may kill me, but you cannot kill my kind. With each generation, the Warren witches will grow stronger and stronger until at last three sisters will arrive. Together these three sisters will be the most powerful witches the world has ever known. They will stand against evil and protect the innocent. They will be known as the Charmed Ones."

Even as the townspeople boo, the executioner kicks open the trapdoor beneath her feet. Even as she drops, we cut to black and then cut to the Golden Gate Bridge in the midst of a stormy night, showing that we are now in modern-day San Francisco.

Serena Fredrick's Apartment

Serena Fredrick [Lonnie Partridge] is alone in her apartment with her Siamese cat. She lights candles with her finger as she chants an incantation. Outside, a man whose face we do not see [TBC] watches. We see Serena smile as the man must walk in and we realize that she knows him, that he's a friend. This changes when he stabs her in the stomach. She screams and falls to the floor as the screen goes black leading to the rolling of the opening credits of Charmed Re-Imagined.

ACT ONE

Halliwell Manor

After seeing stock footage of present-day San Francisco as a song plays and the guest credits roll, we get our first view of Halliwell Manor. It's pouring rain. We follow Piper Halliwell [Holly Marie Combs] as she rushes in from the rain. As she takes off her jacket and puts it and her umbrella in the closet she calls out, "I'm home." A voice calls out "I'm in the kitchen."

Piper hurries to the kitchen to see Penny "Grams" Halliwell [Jennifer Rhodes] brewing a liquid. When Piper wants to know what she's doing, Grams says, "Just keeping my hands busy." Piper puts a finger in it and tastes. "Needs salt." She picks up the salt shaker and adds some. "You do that so well," Grams comments. "You should truly follow your dreams rather than stay stuck at the bank." Piper rolls her eyes. "We need someone to pay the bills, especially your hospital bills." "Prue can do that," Grams retorts. "Where is Prue?" Piper wonders. "She's still out, working late at the museum." Both women roll their eyes, wondering why Prue hasn't stood up to her boss Roger yet. Grams starts coughing, and Piper hurries over to her, asking if she's okay. Grams insists that she's fine. Piper wonders if she'll still be fine when she tells her that she has been on the phone and Phoebe is finally returning home. Grams sighs. "Prue is going to be none too pleased to hear this."

Just then Prudence "Prue" Halliwell [Shannen Doherty] returns home late from work and Piper hurries into the foyer to greet her, trying to put her into a good mood before Phoebe arrives. "I'll be there in a minute," Grams calls after her. She uses a turkey baster to suck up some of the liquid she's made and pour it into a vial. "If this homecoming is as dreadful as I think it will be, I'll have to use this", and she places the vial in her pocket.

Grams enters the foyer where Piper is begging, "Please, Prue, do not let Roger do this to you." "After all," Grams adds. "You've not engaged anymore." Prue rolls her eyes, "I'm too tired to get into this." She starts to head upstairs when Phoebe Halliwell [Alyssa Milano] walks in the door. Piper and Grams greet Phoebe warmly while Prue just stares in shock, not knowing what to think.

Piper suggests making a reunion dinner, but Phoebe says she ate on the flight, and Prue is still too tired. They both walk off in opposite directions. Grams consoles Piper. "Just give it time, my darling. I have faith something will bring those two together." She feels the vial in her pocket and quietly, fervently adds, "I hope."

Serena's Apartment

Inspectors Andrew "Andy" Trudeau [T. W. King] and Darryl Morris [Dorian Gregory] arrive on the scene to investigate Serena's murder. Andy thinks it could have something to do with witchcraft; Darryl refuses to listen. Later, a reporter, Jeremy Burns [Eric Scott Woods], interviews them, asking about the murder. He wants to know if the tattoo has been found on her neck, the same one found on previous victims, who all practiced witchcraft. The inspectors refuse to answer him.

Halliwell Manor

Phoebe is settling back into the room she's always shared with Piper. Phoebe wonders why Piper and Grams didn't let Prue know sooner that she was coming home. "I was afraid Prue would change the locks." Prue comes in and offers Phoebe an extra blanket. Piper has a small black-and-white TV in the room and when Jeremy does an on-scene report on the murder, Piper tells Phoebe that he's her boyfriend.

Grams walks past the room, but she sees the Jeremy's report and gasps in horror. The sisters ask if she knows her. Grams shrugs. "Oh, from around. I'm really tired. I'll see you girls in the morning." and she starts to go towards her room, but actually goes up into the attic.

Serena's Apartment

While still investigating, Andy and Darryl spot the triquetra tattoo on Serena's neck. Her cat makes friends with Darryl while spitting at Andy. Andy notices the triquetra charm attached to the cat's collar.

Halliwell Manon

Grams opens the door to the attic and walks towards the Book of Shadows but when she passes the table where the spirit board is resting, the pointer on the spirit board starts moving. Grams grabs the pad of paper and pencil on the table and transcribes the letters: "HEISCOMINGAFTERTHEM". Grams closes her eyes in despair. "Yes, my darling, I know he is going to try to come after them. If I'm going to do this, I have to do it soon. But which choice should I make?"