Paige and Prue

The relationship between Paige Matthews and her late sister Prue Halliwell is both unique and tragic in its own way. While they never officially met in the show, Page met Prue when she inhabited the body of a comatose with Patience.

## Early History

When Patty had recently divorced Victor, she had an affair with her Whitelighter Sam Wilder that resulted in her pregnancy with her fourth daughter. Because of her children's young age, Patty simply told Prue and Piper that she had "gotten a little fat. Because a romance between a Witch and a Whitelighter was forbidden, Patty made Penny never tell Prue, Phoebe, or Piper about Paige.

Although Paige never personally met Prue due to her death at the hands of Shax, Paige still felt some form of connection toward the Halliwell family by attending the parties at P3.

## Season Four

Piper had cast a "Call a Lost Sister" spell in hopes of bringing Prue back. While Paige was at work, Prue's obituary appeared. This made her attend Prue's memorial service and first meet her half-sister, Phoebe, instead. In the end, the Charmed Ones were reconstituted, and the Power of Three was restored, enough for the three sisters to vanquish Shax and avenging their sister in the process. Paige inherited the power of telekinetic orbiting similar to her sister's power. However, Paige was initially fearful of magic due to her encounter with demons such as Shax and the source trying to mess with her head during the "window of opportunity." Ultimately, Phoebe and Piper suaded their sister to they side and foiled the Source's plans, and Prue's sacrifice was not in vain. Paige says, although she never met her eldest sister, she still feels a part of her lost Prue to, hence why she attended Prue's memorial service.

While Paige  was somewhat similar to both Phoebe and Prue, she was more similar to the latter in many ways. She is stubborn, strong-willed, and has issues with her (biological) father. Paige also found herself clashing with Piper, similar to how Phoebe and Prue one did. Additionally, like Prue, Paige had her sister's dislike and judgment of Cole after learning his demonic half.

## Season Five

She also felt somewhat inferior to her older sister. At least a year after becoming a witch, Paige revealed in sympathy for the demon that she was jealous of Prue.  Unlike her sister, Paige was not a witch with a full-time job, and she told Leo about her inability to successfully carry out Prue's conjuring spell. Due to this, Paige tried to desperately fill in her sister's shoes and actively take on Prue's role as the lead witch. Barbas realized Paige was not just jealous of her sister, but she was also afraid of never being able to live up to Prue's name. Barbas was nearly successful in his revenge against the Charmed when he diverted the vanquishing potion, and it smashed down to the floor. Paige was encouraged by her sisters to orb the portion on to Barbas like Prue did with telekinesis. After Paige successfully vanquished the demon, she was able to move past her inferiority to Prue. Later that night, Paige successfully mastered her sister's spell by conjuring a dove.

Like Piper and Phoebe, Paige believed that Prue was living happily in the afterlife with their mother, grandmother, and Andy Trudeau. However, Penny later revealed to the sisters that Prue had finished completely.  Paige officially met in the Charmed comic, "Family Shatters." Paige came to a Salem Witch Museum where she met Prue. She was initially skeptical of the idea of "Patience" being her half-sister until Phoebe and Piper recognize their sister's soul anywhere.  Later, when Prue was presented with the opportunity to regain her connection to the power of three. However, Prue ultimately stripped herself of her status as a Charmed One so Paige could maintain it. Prue admitted to Paige that she didn't want her sister to make the same mistakes she did.

It was ultimately Prue's love for all three of her sisters that led to her redemption. Prue willingly gave Piper an opportunity to kill her by keeping Herm

## Trivia

* Shannon Doherty and Rose McGowan Don't share anything together during the show's run due to Paige not being introduced until season 4 and Shannon leaving the show after season 3

## See Also

* Paige's relationship with Piper
* Paige's relationship with Phoebe