I know this show was from a different time and maybe wigs weren’t as good as they are now and I get that they were trying to recreate their looks from season 1, but I can’t help but laugh every time I rewatch this flashback episode

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When Glen finds the Book of Shadows and Paige tells him she's a witch, he thinks her sisters have brainwashed her. So Paige casts a spell to prove magic is real, which ends up giving Glen the ability to stretch his body.

But why didn't Paige just orb in front of him?

By this point Paige already knew how to orb, so wouldn't that have been a much easier way to prove she had powers? She could've literally disappeared and reappeared right in front of him without having to cast a spell on him.

It also would've avoided the whole situation with Glen getting carried away with his new powers and Piper getting upset.

What makes it even stranger is that Glen having the ability to stretch his body didn't really add anything to the storyline. His powers weren't necessary to defeat the demons or save anyone. The whole subplot could've played out pretty much the same way without him having powers.

I get that the episode needed some conflict between Paige and Piper over exposing their secret, but Paige simply orbing in front of Glen would've accomplished the same thing without the unnecessary spell.

One of the reasons I enjoy seasons 1 and 2 of Charmed the most is because Prue, Piper and Phoebe didn't have all these additional powers that I honestly don't think were necessary.

I actually think the sisters were at their strongest and closest as sisters and as the Power of Three when they each only possessed one of Melinda Warren's original powers: telekinesis, the power to freeze and premonitions.

Each sister had to find creative ways to use her ability because none of their powers automatically guaranteed they could defeat a demon. Their powers complemented one another, and they genuinely needed each other. I also think that dependence on one another made their sisterly bond feel stronger.

I think the problem started when the writers began introducing additional powers without really knowing what to do with them.

For example, Prue gained astral projection in season 2, but I never felt like the writers explored its full potential outside of Primrose Empath and Just Harried. The same goes for Phoebe's levitation in season 3. It looked impressive, but how often did she actually use it in a meaningful way?

I would've preferred seeing the sisters continue developing their original abilities and finding more creative ways to use them rather than constantly introducing new ones.

For me, what made the original Power of Three so interesting wasn't how many powers the sisters possessed, but how effectively they used the one power they already had.