Charmed Episode Guides: Season 2
Episode 1 - Witch Trial
Abraxas steals the Book of Shadows and begins to undo the spells, releasing old vanquished foes of the Charmed Ones. When Phoebe realizes if Abraxas undoes the spell that granted them their powers, they will no longer be witches, Prue thinks it might be for the best because she blames herself and her powers for Andy's death. Still out of work, Piper tries to secure a loan to buy a nightclub.
Episode 2 - Morality Bites
When Phoebe has a vision of herself being burnt to death, the sisters travel ten years into the future to learn what happened. Once there they discover Phoebe used her powers to kill someone, which caused a local DA to begin modern day witch trials as a platform for political office. As Prue and Piper try to save Phoebe, they both are surprised and somewhat disappointed to learn how their lives turn out.
Episode 3 -The Painted World
While appraising a painting, Prue discovers a man trapped inside asking for help. Believing he's an innocent she's suppose to help, Prue attempts to set him free but instead becomes trapped inside the painting's world herself. Meanwhile, Phoebe casts a spell to increase her intelligence in order get a job and Piper asks Dan for help to bring her club up to code.
Episode 4 - Devil's Music
Business at the nightclub is taking off. And so are some patrons. After Piper books the band Dishwalla, female fans start disappearing during their performance, and the sisters suspect the band's manager (Larry Holden) may have struck a deal with a demon to gain fame and fortune in exchange for female sacrifices.
Piper's club suffers from sluggish business, causing Prue and Phoebe to seek a private loan from a local businessman. Leo solves the club's financial problems by suggesting that Dishwalla's manager have the band play at Piper club. Leo, however is operating on orders, so that sisters can put an end to the manager's pack with a demon that is consuming female fans of the band and feeding off their tormented souls in exchange for fame and fortune.
Episode 5 - She's a Man, Baby, A Man!
As a heat wave descends on San Francisco, Phoebe begins to have exotic dreams that end in her killing her lovers. After Morris asks Prue for help solving the killing of four men, Phoebe fears she may be a Succubus. Prue suggests that she cast the spell to attract and destroy the Succubus by fire and have Piper's power ready to stop time in case Phoebe is correct. Fortunately for Phoebe she was mistaken, but unfortunately for Prue the spell turns her into a man.
Episode 6 - That Old Black Magic
The sisters are forced to turn to a reluctant teen-ager (guest star Jay Michael Ferguson) when an evil witch (guest star Brigid Brannagh) escapes the confines of her 200-year-old prison.
Episode 7 - They're Everywhere
The sisters rally to protect a young man (guest star Greg Mehlman) who has cracked an ancient code from a band of warlocks bent on draining the contents of his brain. Lochlyn Munro as Jack (and Jeff) Sheridan.
Episode 8 - P3 H2O
While visiting the camp where her mother died, Prue witnesses a man drowning at the hands of something lurking beneath the surface of the lake and encounters a man telling her to leave not to return. After telling her sisters about the deadly event, the sisters head to the camp to learn that the man, Sam, was their mother's white lighter, who has been living near the lake for the past twenty years to prevent history from repeating itself, fearing Prue would return and die while fighting the water demon in the lake like her mother did. Meanwhile, Piper discovers love letters written by her mother to Sam and is forced to reevaluate her relationship with Leo, while Dan continues to court her.
Episode 9 - Ms. Hellfire
The sisters (Holly Marie Combs, Shannen Doherty, Alyssa Milano) are targeted by a hit woman known as Ms. Hellfire, and Prue goes under cover to find out who hired her, flirting with a cold-blooded criminal (guest star Antonio Sabato Jr.).
Episode 10 - Heartbreak City
A demon of hate steals Cupid's powerful ring and asks Phoebe and her sisters for help. Cupid says Phoebe has a closed heart and that he brought Piper and Dan together and Prue and Jack together. Prue and Piper is under the hate spell and the sisters brings Cupid back his ring.
Episode 11 - Reckless Abandon
Phoebe protects an abandoned baby boy from a vengeful spirit that has methodically killed all of the men in the child's family. With Holly Marie Combs and Shannen Doherty.
Episode 12 - Awakened
Prue and Phoebe break a code of conduct to cure Piper when she is hospitalized with a deadly disease, but the illness is spread to other patients.
Episode 13 - Animal Pragmatism
Phoebe attempts to reverse the spell that turned animals into good-looking dates for her study group, creating a virtual zoo at the club. With Shannen Doherty and Holly Marie Combs.
Guest star: Janice Robinson.
Episode 14 - Pardon My Past
Phoebe risks her life to destroy an evil warlock (guest star Tyler Christopher) who seduced her in a past life, while Piper discovers a romantic conundrum in her past life.
Episode 15 - Give Me A Sign
Prue cannot resist the attraction she feels for her kidnapper (Antonio Sabato Jr.) when she is abducted by a former flame who is fleeing a powerful demon.
Episode 16 - Murphy's Luck
After Prue rescues an unlucky woman (Amy Adams) who is being tormented by a Darklighter (Arnold Vosloo), she is beset by telepathic messages telling her to commit suicide.
Episode 17 - How To Make A Quilt Out Of Americans
An old family friend (Anne Haney) appeals to Piper, Phoebe and Prue to stop a demon (Cameron Bancroft) who peels the skin from corpses; Piper doesn't want to be a witch anymore.
Episode 18 - Chick Flick
A demon emancipates celluloid monsters from the confines of the silver screen to kill Phoebe, Piper and Prue. Guest star: Chris Payne Gilbert.
Episode 19 - Ex Libris
Phoebe helps the ghost of a student (Rebecca Cross) who was killed to prevent the publication of her thesis on evil; the Goo Goo Dolls perform at Piper's nightclub. Phoebe helps the ghost of Charlene (Rebecca Cross), a student killed by Libris (Scott Lincoln).
Episode 20 - Astral Monkey
Piper's newly powerful doctor (Matthew Glave) pays grisly house calls to harvest healthy organs for his dying sister; Prue is tied to a handsome actor (Jim Davidson) in the tabloids. A doctor acquires the witches' powers during a blood transfusion, then seeks to save his dying sister.
Episode 21 - Apocalypse, Not
When Prue is sucked into a vortex with an apocalypse horseman, Phoebe and Piper are forced to choose between saving their sister and saving the world.
Guest star: Paula Cole.
Episode 22 - Be Careful What You Witch For
A genie (Freanch Stewart) grant Prue's wish for love by turning her into a teenager, while giving Phoebe the ability to fly and turning Piper's former flame Dan into an old man.
Note: Shannen Doherty directed this last episode for season 2!
