(Piper hands her a pen.) (Yama appears in the distance. And tell her what? His spirits floats out his body and stands aside. I wanted to get you a really great birthday present to make up for all those cards, so I got a job at the hotel as their lounge psychic. Mark: (in Chinese) Hello. Mark: (mumbles) Of all the days to be a dead man. Mark: If the gatekeeper, Yama, catches my soul before my body's properly buried, hell take my to hell forever. Mark: My after life's in the hands of a cop named Andy. Mark: Yama! Maybe he used you to fake his own death. Mrs. Chao: (in Chinese) You speak Chinese? Never mind. Piper walks out of the station and over to Mark, who is standing beside her car.] Piper: All we have to do is get Mark's family to give him a proper burial and then he can move on to wherever it is he moves onto. Piper: Leave me alone or I'll call the police. Prue, Piper, Phoebe and Mark run down an alley and Tony follows. Prue: You guys aren't trying to plan another surprise party for me, are you? Say cheese. She may not know it but she needs to celebrate her birthday, we all do. Sister? Somebody help! That you're a witch in touch with the ghost of her dead son? The car hits him. The premonition ends.) When? Why did you kill Mark? Why else would we be able to see him? [Cut to Piper at the manor.] [SCENE_BREAK]
[Scene: A hotel.
Plan: A: romantic feelings; Q: What does Piper develop for the ghost of Mark Chao? A: a recently murdered Chinese-American man; Q: Who is Mark Chao? A: Mark Chao; Q: Who is the ghost of the Chinese-American man that Piper falls for? A: John Cho; Q: Who played Mark Chao? A: her help; Q: What does Mark Chao need to be properly buried? A: Yama; Q: Who is the ancient Chinese spirit that Mark Chao needs to be buried before? A: his soul; Q: What does Yama want to harvest from Mark Chao? A: the score; Q: What does Mark want to settle with the Chinese gangster who killed him? A: his own death; Q: What did the Chinese gangster fake to evade the police? A: Phoebe; Q: Who takes a job as a hotel psychic to pay for Prue's birthday present? A: a car; Q: What does Phoebe try to keep a hotel guest from being hit by? A: Andy; Q: Who kills the criminal in self-defense? A: the criminal's soul; Q: What does Mark throw to Yama? A: Hell; Q: Where does Yama send the criminal? A: a tearful goodbye; Q: What does Yama say to Mark after he is buried? A: her mind; Q: What did Prue change about celebrating her birthday? A: her sisters; Q: Who throws Prue a surprise birthday party? A: the Manor; Q: Where does Prue's family throw her a surprise birthday party? Summary: Piper encounters and eventually develops romantic feelings for the amiable ghost of a recently murdered Chinese-American man named Mark Chao ( John Cho ), who needs her help to be properly buried before an ancient Chinese spirit, Yama, can harvest his soul, and to settle the score with the Chinese gangster who had killed Mark in order to fake his own death to evade the police. Phoebe takes a job as a hotel psychic to pay for Prue's birthday present, and when foreseeing the death of a hotel guest, she has to try to keep him from being hit by a car. In the end, Piper exposes the criminal who is killed by Andy in self-defense. The being Yama appears and Mark throws the criminal's soul to him, sending him to Hell. Piper is able to convince Yama to leave Mark alone and after his burial, he moves on after saying a tearful goodbye. The encounter with Mark causes Prue to change her mind about celebrating her birthday and her sisters throw her a surprise party back at the Manor.