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The Best Episodes of Charmed Season 3

Every episode of Charmed Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Charmed Season 3!

Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose...
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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Honeymoon's Over" is the best rated episode of "Charmed" season 3. It scored 8.1/10 based on 908 votes. Directed by James L. Conway, Jim Conway and written by Brad Kern, it aired on 10/5/2000. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Magic Hour".

  • The Honeymoon's Over
    8.1/10908 votes

    #1 - The Honeymoon's Over

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/2000

    While Piper and Leo are away, Prue and Phoebe must face a series of demons known as Guardians, who protect mortal murderers in exchange for the souls of innocents. After saving Darryl from a Guardian, Prue and Phoebe must testify in court, where they stumble upon an evil conspiracy. Meanwhile, Phoebe falls in love with the new district attorney, Cole Turner.

    Director: James L. Conway, Jim Conway

    Writer: Brad Kern

  • Magic Hour
    7.7/10856 votes

    #2 - Magic Hour

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/2000

    The sisters must find a way to break a curse which turns a man into an Owl by day and his girlfriend into a Wolf by night. Meanwhile, Prue discovers a way to hold Piper and Leo's wedding without 'The Powers That Be' finding out.

    Director: John Behring

    Writer: Chris Levinson, Zack Estrin

  • Once Upon a Time
    7.4/10882 votes

    #3 - Once Upon a Time

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/2000

    With Piper growing more concerned that Leo will never return, Prue and Phoebe try to save a little girl and a fairy princess from evil Trolls. When Prue and Phoebe need Piper's help, her concern with Leo causes a spell to backfire, placing the girl in danger.

    Director: Joel J. Feigenbaum

    Writer: Krista Vernoff

  • All Halliwell's Eve
    8.3/101,028 votes

    #4 - All Halliwell's Eve

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/2000

    On Halloween, the sisters are pulled back in time to the 1600's to save a witch and her soon-to-be-born child from the hands of an evil witch who wants to raise the child evil. The sisters later discover that this situation may have more personal implications than they first imagined.

    Director: Anson Williams

    Writer: Sheryl J. Anderson

  • Sight Unseen
    8.0/10886 votes

    #5 - Sight Unseen

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/2000

    Prue becomes increasingly paranoid over attacks from the Triad, and the mysterious threat Belthazor poses. After the house is robbed, Prue is convinced the Triad is launching an attack, when the real culprit is more mortal than all three sisters realise.

    Director: Perry Lang

    Writer: William Schmidt

  • Primrose Empath
    8.1/10906 votes

    #6 - Primrose Empath

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/2000

    Prue begins experiencing the powers of an empath, thanks to a warlock, but she soons loses control. Meanwhile, Phoebe's relationship with Cole becomes turbulent when he tells her he doesn't want to see her anymore.

    Director: Mel Damski

    Writer: Daniel Cerone

  • Power Outage
    8.3/10884 votes

    #7 - Power Outage

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/2000

    In an attempt to destroy the Charmed Ones, Cole enlists the help of Andras, a demon who magnifies anger into rage. Meanwhile, when the sisters lose their magic after using their powers against each other, they are left defenseless against attacks from the Triad and Belthazor.

    Director: Craig Zisk

    Writer: Alison Schapker, Monica Owusu-Breen

  • Sleuthing with the Enemy
    8.5/10925 votes

    #8 - Sleuthing with the Enemy

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 12/14/2000

    When the sisters discover that Cole is Belthazor, Phoebe must make one of the toughest decisions of her life: either vanquish her boyfriend or keep one of the most dangerous demons known to exist alive.

    Director: Noel Nosseck

    Writer: Peter Hume

  • Coyote Piper
    8.2/10897 votes

    #9 - Coyote Piper

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 1/11/2001

    Prue & Phoebe have their hands full when Piper is possessed by the spirit of an evil witch, on the day of her high school reunion.

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: Krista Vernoff

  • We All Scream for Ice Cream
    7.5/10839 votes

    #10 - We All Scream for Ice Cream

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 1/18/2001

    The sisters trace a mysterious Ice Cream Van who abducts children, but the evil may not be who they initially suspect. Meanwhile, the girls' dad Victor comes for a visit.

    Director: Allan Kroeker

    Writer: Chris Levinson, Zack Estrin

  • Blinded by the Whitelighter
    8.0/10864 votes

    #11 - Blinded by the Whitelighter

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/25/2001

    The sisters must stop a warlock from executing his plan to steal specific powers from witches in his attempt to kill every whitelighter in the world.

    Director: David Straiton

    Writer: Nell Scovell

  • Wrestling With Demons
    7.0/10855 votes

    #12 - Wrestling With Demons

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 2/2/2001

    When Prue discovers that her ex-boyfriend is being led down the path to becoming a demon, the sisters must risk their lives in an underworld wrestling ring to save his soul.

    Director: Joel J. Feigenbaum

    Writer: Sheryl J. Anderson

  • Bride and Gloom
    8.1/10839 votes

    #13 - Bride and Gloom

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 2/8/2001

    When a shapeshifting warlock tricks Prue into a shot-gun wedding in order to steal the Book of Shadows, Phoebe and Piper are lured to the dark side and begin to enjoy their new evil powers.

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: William Schmidt

  • The Good, the Bad, and the Cursed
    8.2/10939 votes

    #14 - The Good, the Bad, and the Cursed

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/15/2001

    When Phoebe feels the pain of an injured American-Indian ghost she sees in a deserted town, Prue travels back in time to the mid-1800s to save the man, and Phoebe, from death at the hands of a local thug.

    Director: Shannen Doherty

    Writer: Alison Schapker, Monica Owusu-Breen

  • Just Harried
    8.2/10887 votes

    #15 - Just Harried

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/22/2001

    On the day of Piper's marriage to Leo, Prue's Astrally Projected-self adopts an uninhibited, wild personality that threatens to ruin the wedding and place Prue in jail for Murder.

    Director: Mel Damski

    Writer: Daniel Cerone

  • Death Takes a Halliwell
    8.0/10845 votes

    #16 - Death Takes a Halliwell

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 3/15/2001

    Prue, growing weary of her battles to save innocents and in fighting off the Angel of Death, is forced to turn her back on a dying soul, and must come to grips with her feelings towards fate and the death of her mother.

    Director: Jon Paré

    Writer: Krista Vernoff

  • Pre-Witched
    8.0/10847 votes

    #17 - Pre-Witched

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 3/22/2001

    While the sisters must deal with the possibility of being separated as the newlyweds plan to move out on their own, they recall a time before they knew they were the Charmed Ones, when the girls were coming to grips with the death of Grams and Phoebe's departure to New York.

    Director: David Straiton

    Writer: Chris Levinson, Zack Estrin

  • Sin Francisco
    8.3/10909 votes

    #18 - Sin Francisco

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 4/19/2001

    A demon turns people into the embodiment of each of the deadly sins, including the Charmed Ones and Leo.

    Director: Joel J. Feigenbaum

    Writer: Nell Scovell

  • The Demon Who Came in from the Cold
    7.7/10776 votes

    #19 - The Demon Who Came in from the Cold

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 4/26/2001

    Cole poses as Belthazar to infiltrate an internet organization run by evil, that plans on controlling the world's information flow on the internet. Meanwhile, the sisters must vanquish the warlock posing as the company's manager without exposing Cole's role in the situation.

    Director: Anson Williams

    Writer: Sheryl J. Anderson

  • Exit Strategy
    8.0/10793 votes

    #20 - Exit Strategy

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 5/3/2001

    The evil Brotherhood plots to sabotage Cole's relationship with Phoebe in an attempt to turn him back to evil. Meanwhile, Piper's power develops with some explosive results.

    Director: Joel J. Feigenbaum

    Writer: Peter Hume

  • Look Who's Barking
    8.2/10867 votes

    #21 - Look Who's Barking

    Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/10/2001

    Phoebe has a premonition of a murderous banshee while adding on to the Belthazar section of the Book of Shadows, thus causing her to think Cole is responsible. But when the sisters cast a spell it backfires and turns Prue into a dog, and when Prue gets hit by a car, Phoebe's remorse causes the banshee to attack her, turning her into a banshee.

    Director: John Behring

    Writer: Monica Owusu-Breen, Alison Schapker, Curtis Kheel

  • All Hell Breaks Loose
    9.0/101,435 votes

    #22 - All Hell Breaks Loose

    Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/2001

    When the Halliwell sisters are exposed as witches on nation-wide television, they form a pact with The Source to reverse time and undo the damage. However, in the process, one of the sisters makes the ultimate sacrifice, placing the Power of Three in mortal danger.

    Director: Shannen Doherty

    Writer: Brad Kern