TEXT: [Scene: Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. A turnkey opens a cell in a jail. Matthew walks in.] Melinda: Matthew. Matthew: Hello, Melinda. Melinda: Why? Why did you betray me? Matthew: You got what you deserved. Melinda: So you've never loved me? All the passion, all the heat? Matthew: I had to make you trust me. It was the only way to share your powers. Melinda: And so now you have them. So why would you turn me in? You know I'll burn. Matthew: I had to keep my secret. Melinda: Well, you can keep your trinkets too. (She pulls off a locket that was around her neck and throws it at him.) Matthew: I'll find another witch to give it to. (He opens the locket.) Melinda: Maybe not. (He takes out a little piece of paper and it catches on fire. He throws it on the ground.) Matthew: What magic is this? Melinda: I'm taking back the powers you stole from me. "Outside of time, outside of gain, no only sorrow, no only pain." (It gets really windy and Matthew gets sucked into the locket.) [Scene: Bucklands. Prue's office. Rex puts some jewellery on Prue's desk. He picks up the locket and tries to open it. Prue walks in.] Prue: Rex? Rex: Ah, good morning, Prue. I've, uh, left a few things for you to catalogue. A marvelous shipment from an estate back east. Prue: I'll get right on it. Rex: Thanks. (Rex leaves. Prue sees the locket and picks it up. She opens it. The door slams shut and Matthew comes out of it.) Matthew: At last, freedom. The world has changed. What time is this? Prue: Excuse me? Matthew: Where am I? Prue: Who are you? Matthew: Matthew Tate, and if you freed me from that locket you
SUMMARY:
After Prue accidentally releases a warlock that was trapped inside an old curse, she ultimately gets attacked by him. She, Piper, and Phoebe then have to call upon the witch who bound him in the curse that held him for centuries: their ancestor Melinda Warren, before he can attack them for their powers, especially after he gains a pair of unlikely allies. Meanwhile, Piper works up the courage to ask Leo out, and Andy gets frustrated by Prue always showing up at the crime scenes where bizarre occurrences take place.