The Source Awakens

**The Source Awakens** is the final episode of the first season of *Charmed* and the twenty-second episode of the series overall. It premiered on May 19th, 2019.

## Synopsis

SEASON FINALE — Maggie (Sarah Jeffery), Mel (Melonie Diaz) and Harry (Rupert Evans) grow wary of Macy's (Madeleine Mantock) new-found power. Meanwhile, Macy keeps creating alternate realities, but they don't end up being the perfect versions she was hoping for. Meanwhile, Maggie and Mel still struggle with what will happen in their personal lives. Ser'Darius Blain, Nick Hargrove, and Ellen Tamaki also star.

## Plot

The episode ominously opens with Macy confidently approaching the Vera house and knocking on the door. A very-much-alive Marisol Vera opens the door, as Macy says, “It worked.”

In the present, a groggy and confused Galvin wakes up in Macy’s bed, surprised at having survived what seemed to be certain death as he performed the sacrificial ritual. Downstairs, a bewildered Maggie and Mel pepper Harry with questions regarding Macy’s new powers and what happens now that she’s taken on the Source. Unfortunately, despite the Whitelighter’s best efforts, this is entirely out of his wheelhouse. The three commiserate over their shared fear and worry for their sister as Macy eavesdrops from the other room.

Coming down the stairs, Galvin asks Macy if she’s alright, alerting Maggie, Harry, and Mel to both Macy’s presence and the fact that Galvin’s alive. Before they can say anything to Galvin about his resurrection, Macy interrupts, allowing Galvin to l*eave without knowing he didn’t actually survive his sacrificial ritual. Maggie also notices that Macy is no longer wearing her yin-yang necklace, which acts as a source of connection to her sisters.*

After Galvin leaves, the trio confronts Macy about Galvin’s resurrection. Citing it as against the laws of nature, Harry warns of repercussions in the form of a cosmic reckoning.

Maggie goes to find Parker, who is in the process of cleaning out his father’s office and leaving town. Maggie asks him how his father prepared him to take on the Source, trying to learn more about its effect on Macy. Parker reveals the Source preys on the host’s deepest insecurities, which definitely tracks where Macy’s concerned. It seems the page from the Book of Shadows, which Lucy stole with surprising ease in “Ambush,” is the key to saving Macy.

As Harry warned, the cosmic reckoning has begun: two of the patients Galvin cured of the Harbinger’s virus have died from sudden heart attacks. Mel catches up with the scientist and he tells her that he remembers sacrificing himself and doesn’t understand how he managed to survive, especially now that his patients are dying. He surmises that Macy brought him back to life, which Mel confirms. Galvin tells her he was at peace with dying but now that he’s been resurrected, he feels off. He tells Mel that she needs to do whatever she can to stop Macy from acting this way.

Harry goes to find Macy, but before he can knock, she senses him outside the door and summons him inside. She tells him that Mel and Maggie are scared of her and when Harry tries to persuade her otherwise, she adds that she can read thoughts now too. Harry warns her against using her powers so freely, telling her about the two Harbinger patients. Macy tells him she’ll just bring the patients back to life…which is the exact opposite of his plan.

*Maggie has recover*ed the missing Book of Shadows page, but it’s written in a ridiculously ancient text and before they’re able to work out how to use it, Macy appears. Mel confronts her about Galvin’s death and resurrection. While Macy maintains she’ll be able to fix it, Harry and Mel try to get her to understand that that’s not how destiny works. Desperate and losing her grip on her power, Macy tells them it’s okay that they’re scared and she plans to fix it by bringing their mom back to life.

This is where the opening scene comes back into play. In the rewritten timeline, Macy approaches the Vera house, but as the opening scene continues, it reveals dire consequences. Marisol tells Macy she can’t be at the house, before starting to choke and collapsing. As Marisol lays dying in Macy’s arms, Mel and Maggie enter the room, shocked and horrified by what they see. While Macy tries to explain she’s their sister, Mel and Maggie don’t believe her. Macy seeks out Knansie, the necromancer who brought her back to life and is working at a local grocery store where Harry is shopping for tea. Recognizing Macy, Harry tries to talk to her but she orbs away with Knansie, who explains that in order for the curse to be lifted, there needs to be a different sacrifice. This leads Macy to rewrite the timeline yet again, this time with Mel as the sacrifice.

In the new alternate reality, Mel is living in Seattle, driving for a rideshare company. She picks up Harry, who gives her the “I’m a women’s studies professor at Hilltowne University who has been retweeted by Roxane Gay” spiel. Mel, meanwhile, opens up about being raised by a single dad. Getting an intense feeling of deja vu, Mel and Harry’s noses begin to bleed and in a panic, Mel freezes time. Harry, in turn, reveals he’s a Whitelighter and surmises their timelines have been rewritten and their brains are overwhelmed by the memories. Harry orbs Mel to the Whitelighter power source and when they drink from it, they regain their memories.

Orbing with Mel to Hilltowne, Harry reveals that in his timeline, he’s Macy and Maggie’s Whitelighter. While the sisters aren’t the Charmed Ones, Harry deduces that as they’re all still witches, Macy’s newfound powers can’t change destiny. Harry introduces Mel to Maggie, who without Mel as an older sister, has the personality of kappa president Lucy on steroids and is living her best life as a social media vlogger who says things like “flex, girl, flex” and promotes eyelash extensions on Instagram.

Harry gives Maggie the Whitelighter power source, restoring her memories of Mel. Maggie reveals Macy is hyper-possessive of their mom, desperate to keep her alive to the point that Maggie is estranged from them both. With their memories intact, Maggie, Mel, and Harry continue the work they started in the original timeline. However, just as Harry is able to retrieve Marisol’s prism, Macy arrives and melts it. As she turns on Mel, choking her, Harry is able to orb her and Maggie to safety. While Mel admits Macy is right that she needs to steer clear of Marisol, Harry warns that destiny will assert itself anyway…which it does at that exact moment.

Marisol is in the attic, cleaning up broken glass from their massive window when Macy orbs into the room. The overwhelming power of the Source knocks Marisol through the window and she dies, mirroring her death in the pilot episode. Harry and Maggie orb into the attic and the Whitelighter reminds Macy this was always going to happen. Macy admits she brought Marisol back to life for her sisters but after getting a glimpse at the life she missed, she rewrote the timeline so she could be with Marisol.

Now believing herself to be the problem, Macy rewrites the timeline again but this time, she doesn’t exist in this new, seemingly war-torn reality. Maggie and Mel explain their reality to Marisol, as Harry orbs in to help. Marisol translates the missing Book of Shadows page and encourages Mel and Maggie to return to the moment their sister bond with Macy was broken.

They’re able to return to that moment in their reality when Macy’s desire to fix everything begins to take hold. She brushes off their initial attempts to talk, but a forceful Mel captures her attention and Macy sends her flying across the room into the banister before sending the three away from her. Harry orbs Maggie and Mel to where Macy’s pain originated, the attic, where they find Macy spinning out of control and her powers growing.

Macy begs them to leave her but Maggie and Mel refuse, and the reassurance is everything Macy needs to regain control over her powers and cease the tornado-like winds sweeping through the attic.

Macy realizes she needs to move on without the power from the Source, even though it means Galvin will die. The sisters use the Power of Three to trap the power from the Source into Macy’s yin-yang necklace, breaking it into three parts. The sisters plan to hide the necklace fragments in hidden locations across the globe, leaving Harry to wipe their memories afterward.

Having saved their family and the world, the sisters go to Marisol’s grave and reflect on what she would have thought about seeing them come together. Afterward, Maggie goes off to see if things with Parker can work — demons and all — while Mel realizes that messing with Niko’s timeline was a devastating violation and she needs to let her go. Harry accompanies Macy home, sharing a moment that indicates Macy learned something about the Whitelighter when she had the power to read his mind…something he hilariously wishes to never speak of again.

Unfortunately, while Maggie was optimistic about finally having a real shot with Parker, he’s leaving town. He asks her to come with him but obviously, that’s not going to happen. He promises her he’ll come back to Hilltowne once he’s found a way to balance his demon side and they share a sad goodbye kiss before he disappears into smoke.

As the Vera sisters and Harry return from Galvin’s funeral, they’re greeted by a horde of magical creatures — including Chloe the pixie and Leon the satyr — who’ve come to thank them for defeating Alistair and saving magic. With the Elders gone, the magical creatures are in search of a new governing body to maintain magical order, believing the natural choice to be the Charmed Ones.

Having come a long way since being kidnapped and informed of magical existence by Harry, the sisters are finally united, in both their relationships with one another and their magic, embracing their new role as leaders in the magical community.

## Cast

* Madeleine Mantock as Macy Vaughn
* Sarah Jeffery as Maggie Vera
* Ser'Darius Blain as Galvin Burdette
* Ellen Tamaki as Niko Hamada
* Nick Hargrove as Parker Caine
* and Rupert Evans as Harry Greenwood

Guest Cast* Mackenzie Marsh as Knansie
* Emily Bader as Chloe
* Callard Harris as Leon

Co-Starring* Joyce Robbins as Nita
* Jacqueline Robbins as Rita
* Vanessa Prasad as Jayla
* Jodi Pongratz as Construction Flagger

## Magical Notes

### Book of Shadows

* *Balance Restoration*
	+ A spell used by Mel and Maggie to move back in time to the moment the Power of Three shattered and convince Macy to give up the Source's power.
* *The Sacred Flame Extraction Spell*
	+ Used by Macy, Mel, and Maggie, utilizing the Power of Three, to remove the Source and store the magic inside Macy's Yin Yang Pendant.

### Potions

* *Memory Potion*
	+ Used by Harry, Mel and Maggie to remember their erased memories after Macy altered reality.

### Powers

* **Reality Warping:** Used by Macy to create multiple new realities.
* **Telekinesis:** Used by Macy to flicker lights, attack Mel, strangle Mel, and close the manor door.
	+ **Advanced Telekinesis:** Used by Macy, as the Source, to make lights flicker, and knock multiple objects down all at once.
		- **Energy Blasts:** Used by Macy to fend off Mel and Maggie.
* **Empathic Telepathy:** Used by Maggie to project her thoughts into Parker.
* **Aerokinesis:** Used by Macy to conjure up a storm in the attic.
* **Telepathy:** Used by Macy to read Harry's thoughts.
* **Temporal Stasis:** Used by Mel to stop time at a road, and later at a cafe to see Niko one last time.
* **Fading:** Used by Macy to teleport multiple times.
* **Remote Fading:** Used by Macy to relocate Harry, Mel, and Maggie to New York, and later to teleport Mel's bracelet and Maggie's staff back to them.
* **Voice Manipulation:** Used by Macy to speak with power.
* **Disintegration:** Used by Macy to destroy the Prism of Souls.
* **Sensing:** Used by Knansie to recognise Macy's soul. Used by Macy to sense that Harry was going to knock on her door.
* **Orbing:** Used by Harry to teleport to the Charmed Ones.
* **Bibliomancy:** Used by the Book of Shadows to find the Balance Restoration page.
* **Limited Shapeshifting:** Used by Chloe to transform from her pixie form.
* **Flight:** Used by Chloe to appear in front of the Charmed Ones.
* **Conjuration:** Used by Leon to conjure up a bottle of wine.
* **Smoking:** Used by Parker to leave Hilltowne.
* **Fusionism:** Used by Rita and Nita.

### Artifacts

* **Book of Shadows:** The Veras' tome of knowledge and magic.
* **Prism of Souls:** Harry, Maggie, and Mel wanted to use it to steal the Source's power, but Macy disintegrated it.
* **Memory Vault:** Harry brought Mel to the vault where they drank from a potion to restore their rightful memories. He then took some of the potion to be given to Maggie.
* **Time Bracelet:** Mel's bracelet that allowed her to control time. Mel used it to open the Memory Vault's potion and later for the Balance Restoration spell.
* **Empathic Staff:** Maggie's weapon to project her empathy into raw power.
* **Yin Yang Necklace:** Macy's necklace of balance. They ultimately used it to trap the Source and hide the split pieces in three different corners of the world.

## Trivia

* The episode was named after the seventh installment of the Skywalker Saga of *Star Wars*, *The Force Awakens*.﻿
* Joey Falco confirmed via twitter that Macy’s demon side is still a part of her after the events of this episode.
* Macy officially meets her mother in this episode, albeit in an alternate reality.

## Answered Questions from Previous Episode(s)

* What does Macy have in plan?
	+ She brings Galvin back to life.
* What will happen now that Macy is the Source?
	+ Macy uses the power of the Source to recreate realities, but causes more collateral damage as she goes.
* Will Parker be able to come back?
	+ Parker leaves town to find ways to control his demon side.

## Unanswered Questions

* Will Parker come back?
* How will the magical community be managed by the Charmed Ones?
* What will happen to the Source?
* What is Harry's secret?

## References to the Original Charmed

* Although the Source debuted in the previous episode, this is the first time that we get to see the full power of The Source in the reboot. The Source in the original show was the major antagonist for the first four seasons of the series. Cole (Parker's original Charmed counterpart) became The Source while Phoebe (Maggie's original Charmed counterpart) was his Queen for a short time which turned her against her sisters.
* Macy closing the door at the end of the episode telekinetically is a reference to the infamous door closing scenes at the end of each season of the original series.
* Macy initially seeing Mel as the reason why her realities aren’t the perfect versions that she’s looking for, and rewriting history to make it so that Mel never met her sisters or grew up in Hilltowne is similar to Cole rewriting reality to erase Paige from history so that he could be with Phoebe in his own perfect world.
* When Mel froze time to see Niko, a delivery van named "Lady of the Lake Café" was backing out. A nod toward Piper being the Lady of the Lake meant to pass down Excalibur to her son.
* By the end of the episode, the magical community turn to Charmed Ones, as a new governing body, following the demise of the Elders. In the Season 10 comics, Piper forms a Witch Council, to help witches take control over their own destiny, after the Tribunal were killed.

## Production Notes

* The episode was watched by 0.59 million U.S. viewers.
* This is the first season finale.
* This is the last episode to air on Sundays until the beginning of Season 3.
* This episode marks the final appearance of Ellen Tamaki (Niko Hamada), Ser'Darius Blain (Galvin Burdette), and Nick Hargrove (Parker Caine) as series regulars.

## Quotes

**Macy:** *"You're scared of me. I'm scared of me. Why wouldn't you leave?"*
**Maggie:** *"Because we're your sisters and we love you!"*
**Macy:** *"I don't believe you."*
**Maggie :** *"It's time to let it all go. All the hurt. We're with you."*
**Harry:** *"Always."*

**Macy:** *"Maggie, you were always the one who welcomed me and accepted me. But how much more should you be expected to take? Sooner or later you'll realize you're better off without me. I'm the problem that needs to be fixed."*
**Maggie:** *"Macy-"*
**Macy:** *"Don't worry."*
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