EPISODE

12. Centennial Charmed

After acquiring new powers from a celestial being, Cole decides to use them to attempt to destroy the Charmed Ones one last time by altering reality. As a result, Paige is erased from existence of her sisters, Phoebe is living the high life as Cole's wife even though she doesn't love him, and Piper is on a demon hunting frenzy to avenge Prue's death and is no longer married to Leo. When Paige tries to reconstruct the Power of Three in order to vanquish Cole, Phoebe is the one who actually vanquishes him, and as a result, all of Cole's spell on the Charmed Ones is undone with one drawback: Paige is the only one who remembers what happened.

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In his twisted attempt to win Phoebe back, Cole casts a spell that alters reality, which eliminates Paige as a Halliwell and destroys the Power of Three. Paige suddenly finds that her sisters have no knowledge of her existence and that past villains are still alive, meaning all the innocents they saved are dead. Paige recreates the Power of Three and regains her powers. Using them, she retrieves the vanquishing potion she made to kill the vulnerable Cole and prepares to finally kill him, but is stopped by Phoebe. Cole does not try to escape, thinking Phoebe loves him too much to kill him, but Phoebe throws the potion herself, finally killing Cole. Cole's death reverts the world to normal and only Paige remembers what happened.

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