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Charmed: Season 3

22 episodes Premiered Oct 5, 2000 Updated Sep 21, 2026

Charmed Season 3 continues the overarching saga across twenty-two episodes. The original series follows the Halliwell sisters, named Prue, Piper, and Phoebe, who discover they are powerful witches destined to protect the world from evil. As the narrative progresses within the scope of the sources provided, the three sisters reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, who are recognized as the most pow

Previously on Charmed

Season 3 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • Three sisters named Prue, Piper, and Phoebe reunite and unlock their powers.
  • The sisters become known as the Charmed Ones, identified as the most powerful witches.
  • The Halliwell sisters discover they are powerful witches destined to protect the world from evil.
  • The overarching saga is part of the original 1998 to 2006 television series.

Season overview

Charmed Season 3 continues the overarching saga across twenty-two episodes. The original series follows the Halliwell sisters, named Prue, Piper, and Phoebe, who discover they are powerful witches destined to protect the world from evil. As the narrative progresses within the scope of the sources provided, the three sisters reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, who are recognized as the most powerful witches. The series is classified under comedy, drama, mystery, and sci-fi and fantasy genres, and ran from 1998 through 2006 on television. Viewers follow the ongoing magical duties and challenges faced by the family of sisters as they navigate their destiny as protectors against various forces of evil, continuing the established supernatural premise from the earlier seasons of the program.

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Season 3 Episodes

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S3·E1 Mytharc

The Honeymoon's Over

Oct 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 Dar

S3·E2 Core

Magic Hour

Oct 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 w

S3·E3 Core

Once Upon a Time

Oct 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 hel

S3·E4 Core

All Halliwell's Eve

Oct 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

S3·E5 Core

Sight Unseen

Nov 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 at

S3·E6 Core

Primrose Empath

Nov 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 h

S3·E7 Core

Power Outage

Nov 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 po

S3·E8 Core

Sleuthing with the Enemy

Dec 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

S3·E9 Core

Coyote Piper

Jan 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.

S3·E10 Core

We All Scream for Ice Cream

Jan 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.

S3·E11 Core

Blinded by the Whitelighter

Jan 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.

S3·E12 Core

Wrestling with Demons

Feb 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.

S3·E13 Core

Bride and Gloom

Feb 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 evi

S3·E14 Core

The Good, the Bad, and the Cursed

Feb 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 th

S3·E15 Core

Just Harried

Feb 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.

S3·E16 Core

Death Takes a Halliwell

Mar 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 to

S3·E17 Core

Pre-Witched

Mar 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,

S3·E18 Core

Sin Francisco

Apr 19, 2001

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

S3·E19 Core

The Demon Who Came in from the Cold

Apr 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 vanq

S3·E20 Core

Exit Strategy

May 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.

S3·E21 Mytharc

Look Who's Barking

May 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

S3·E22 Mytharc

All Hell Breaks Loose

May 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 t