| “The Truth Is Out There...and It Hurts” | |||||||
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| Charmed episode | |||||||
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 8 |
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| Written by | Zack Estrin and Chris Levinson | ||||||
| Directed by | James Contner | ||||||
| Guest stars | Brad Greenquist (Gavin) Michelle Brookhurst (Tanya Parker) Brian Krause (Leo Wyatt) Leigh-Allyn Baker (Hannah Webster) Neil Roberts (Rex Buckland) Jason Stuart (Martin) Richard Gilbert-Hill (Dr. Oliver Mitchell) |
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| Production no. | 4398007 | ||||||
| Original airdate | November 25, 1998 | ||||||
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The Truth Is Out There...and It Hurts is an episode of The WB drama series, Charmed.
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Synopsis
Prue "stumbles" across a truth spell while searching the Book of Shadows for information about a demon Phoebe saw in a premonition and uses it intending to tell she is a witch to Andy. The spell binds all three sisters to hear and tell the truth for 24 hours. Piper uses it to get close to the handsome handyman and tell off her overbearing boss, while Phoebe tracks down the demon's next victim. Prue learns the demon is a warlock from the future who is killing those responsible for creating a vaccine against warlocks.
Book of Shadows
Enemies
- Gavin: A warlock from the future, Gavin comes back in time to stop the birth of a scientist who is destined to create a vaccine that destroys warlocks. He can shoot a laser-type ray from his third eye, which is in the middle of his forehead. He was vanquished once Prue and Piper impaled his third eye with a crowbar.
Spells
- Truth Spell: For those who want the truth revealed, opened hearts and secrets unsealed. From now until it's now again, after which the memory ends. Those who now are in this house, will hear the truth from other's mouths.
Episode Stars
- Shannen Doherty as Prue Halliwell
- Holly Marie Combs as Piper Halliwell
- Alyssa Milano as Phoebe Halliwell
- T.W. King as Andy Trudeau
Co-Stars
- Craig Thomas as Alex Pearson
Trivia
- The title of the episode is a play on the TV series The X-Files main tagline ,The Truth Is Out There, as well as the expresion "the truth hurts".
- In this episode, Piper and Leo share their first kiss.
- It is stated in this episode that if the Charmed Ones had kids, only the girls would inherit their powers, yet Piper has two sons in the future and they have powers, though it is found out in a later episode that they are the first males conceived in the Warren and Halliwell line for over three hundred years (and the first ones who don't have first names that start with "P").
- If the future where the Warlock Gavin came from comes to pass, according to this episode the Warlock race will become extinct in only a few short years.
International titles
- French: Menace du futur (Threat from the Future)
- German: Der Wahrheitszauber (The truth spell)
- Spanish: La verdad esta ahí fuera... y duele
| Preceded by: The Fourth Sister |
Charmed episodes | Followed by: The Witch Is Back |
| Charmed |
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| Main: Episode guide | Multimedia |
| Locations and Artifacts: Bay Area | Halliwell Manor | Magic School | The Nexus | Book of Shadows |
| Characters: Charmed Ones | Close friends | Family and friends | Magical beings |
