THE POWER OF THREE . . . UH, FOUR
The core of Charmed is the sisterhood of the Halliwell women, but what takes that sisterhood beyond those mushy “very special moments”—please, somebody, put stakes through the hearts of Grams and Dead Mom so they will stay dead—is the beautifully developed arcs the characters experience and the equally well-developed arc their sisterhood has achieved over the past seven seasons. Their sacrifices for the greater good and for each other are heart-wrenching and real, and the maturity they find is hard-earned.