Charmed: The Final Season

While I love Charmed, Season 8 wasn't exactly a highlight of the show for me.By the time Season 8 comes around, the Halliwell sisters have outright abandoned their identities and their magical role. As far as Piper, Phoebe and Paige are concerned, they've done their time policing the magical world and that hasn't changed, even as they come to realize that their old lives weren't all that bad and take back their identities. Enter Billie Jenkins, an overeager young witch who conveniently offers to handle the demons and give the sisters the "me-time" they wanted in exchange for tutoring. But when Billie finally recovers her long-lost sister, held captive by demons for fifteen years, events are set in motion that willThere are some good moments. I actually liked Paige's romance with parole officer Henry Mitchell, even if I think the show rushed it and didn't do much more than a surface job. An over-the-top obsessive magical suitor for Paige nonetheless cracked me up. Piper's competition with another pre-school mom in Desperate Housewitches was hilarious. I enjoyed the episode Vaya Con Leos and Wyatt's subsequent reaction. I did love seeing some beloved characters again--older Wyatt, older Chris, Grams, Patty, Victor, the Angel of Death, just to name a few. There are some fun call-backs to prior seasons.I also had my quibbles. I was sad that Leo was cut out of a large chunk of the season. Whatever bad blood may have led to Shannon Doherty's separation from the show, surely everyone involved could have buried the hatchet enough to give a satisfactory acknowledgment to the role of Prue in the show. Many of the episodes or situations had been done before, even multiple times, so the lead actresses (and particularly the writers) often didn't seem as engaged as they might have been. Plot holes and inconsistencies with prior cannon were rampant. (Piper freezing Billie, time-travel shenanigans, Power of Three potions, etc.) The Phoebe-finding-love plot line was highly unsatisfactory. Coop never engaged me in the least as a character or potential love interest for Phoebe, and their interaction didn't have a smidgen of depth from what I could see. Not to mention that I was sick and tired of Phoebe going through guys right and left and was pretty exasperated when the show blamed that all on her Charmed responsibilities instead of acknowledging the considerable role her attitudes and behavior played. Maybe her marriage would have been meaningful to me if I'd been able to see Phoebe learning and growing beyond her old patterns and if her groom had been a more interesting character. And the less said about Phoebe's baby craze and the sisters' feelings of entitlement to whatever life they want, the better. Further, while it is understandable for the sisters to want out and the issue of selfishness and duty had potential and has been part of the show from the start, the 8th season really dropped the ball at the end. It never forced the sisters to, once-and-for all, face up to whether they're willing to make peace with their legacy and the sacrifices and hardships it imposes or whether they're going to continue to neglect their responsibilities and pawn them off on others and reap the results of that approach. I was very much disturbed by the coldness of the sisters in their later dealings with Billie and Christy; whether the Halliwell sisters like it or not, Billie and Christy are human and you'd think the "good guys" wouldn't be quite so gung ho about killing them when they know Billie is deluded and Christy has been manipulated and brainwashed by demons for years. Most of all, the Billie and Christy stuff grated on my nerves. Ultimate Power my foot; I was tempted to excuse vanquishing them just on the grounds that that much credulity and naivete combined with magic is just a nuclear disaster waiting to happen. If you can stomach the idea that a pair of vacuous, foolish novice witches can go up against the Charmed Ones and win to begin with, of course. (After some reflection, I've concluded that Billie may not be as dumb as I initially considered her, but that doesn't necessarily mean she uses the brains she was born with.) The characters were flat; Christie less so, but still utterly shallow in the end, and the conflict between the Jenkins sisters and the Halliwell sisters was (literally) utterly contrived and senseless.Still, there's a reason this show survived this long. I just wished its final season had been more satisfying.

Season 8 of Charmed on Blu-ray unfortunately comes with the new soundtrack just like the DVDs. I was really hoping it would come with all of the original music. The first 7 seasons of Charmed on Blu-ray comes with all the original music so i'm not really going to complain much here. The discs themselves work perfectly fine on my region A PS4. I haven't tested them on anything else. Picture quality looks great. Packaging is nice. Only problem is the soundtrack for this final season. Again, first 7 seasons have all the original music except this final season. All 8 seasons were ordered off of amazon on December of 2021.

Having watched this show from the very first episode, I was very disappointed in the final season. I know I am repeating everyone else, but having to watch Billie and Kristy just made me not want to watch my favorite show. The "ultimate power"? I thought that the "Power of Three" was the ultimate power - not 2 teenage blondes. Budget cuts ousted Darryl and Leo from the show, but they found money to pay these 2 girls (not to mention FBI agent whatever his name was, the Triade and Dumain). The fans did not need Billie to draw them to the show the same way they used Chris in season 6. Was this done to keep younger people interested in the show as the 3 sisters were aging themselves? OK, so maybe they were going for the possible spin-off idea with a show about Billie. But still.....the whole 8th season? All the fans ever wanted was the 3 sisters. Billie could have been added at the start to get the sisters back into their destiny after the end of season 7. But the whole season did not have to be devoted to these 2 new sisters. The best part about season 8 was the final show - showing the lives of Piper, Phoebe and Paige going on. That was done rather nicely. I never was a fan of Prue as so many were BUT I did feel that on that wall of pictures there should have been that one photo of the original 3 sisters that Grams took in the yard that magicaly pushed the sisters together. Buying this boxed set means I will have all 8 of them. I am buying this set for that reason. Other than that I would not purchase this season as I have the last 2 episodes already recorded on a DVD. My ranking of the seasons is: 4,5,6,2,1,7,3 and then 8.

*** Warning ... unlike what you've read on a few online message boards, the Season 8 Blu Ray does not have the "How Soon Is Now" theme song restored. Just like the original DVDs for S8, this set has the generic theme. That's my only complaint ... however, all the other music has been restored. Just like the other Charmed Blu Rays, the picture and sound restoration is fantastic.By the way it's finally nice to have the whole series on Blu Ray, after a very long wait after Season 1 was released.

I received my copy of season 8 today, and have to say I was very dissapointed with whom ever put this together. They should have left the theme song for which it was highly a point of the show, that is what the Halliwell sisters were looking for, I am human and, I need to be loved just like everybody else. To put in a new theme as the final season made no sense at all. Also, it is to bad Shannen Dohery (Prudence) could not have come back to help wrap up things with her sisters, this would have given all of us avid, loyal fans who have watched the show since day one a sense of real closure, this would have made a little more sense then bringing on a total new character. I am not saying the character of Bille was not good, for in the end that is how the sisters were able to lead normal lives and live happily ever after. I, too wish the show would have gone on, but all good things must come to an end. They did a fine job, and went out still on top, which is the way to go. My only hope is one day we can have a Charmed family reunion show, that would be great for the fans. In magic anything is possible right? Again, buyers should have been warned the theme song they were used to hearing would no longer be there. As always as very good show, and series, one that will be missed by all Charmed fans all around the globe. A charmed one forever.

If you have a multi-region DVD player, buy this version of the 8th season, it includes more special features than the UK version. It includes audio commentaries with Brad Kern, Kaley Cuoco and Brian Krause for the episodes 'Still Charmed and Kicking', 'Vaya Con Leos' and 'Forever Charmed'. There are also three easter eggs which you can find hidden on the main menu, the episodes menu and the special features menu. These include: A short look at the Book of Shadows, introduction to Tape Ball and a filming of the 150th episode celebration. This will not work on region 2 players, but if you have a multi-regional, get this version.

great item thanks.

Excelente presentación en discos y en imagen en alta definición, le pongo 4 estrellas al producto, proque no puedo creerlo con la tecnología que hay hoy en día, no pusieron ni siquiera poner subtítulos en español, ni que fuera los años ochentas, se me hace muy autero y mediocre sus pensamientos en otros idiomas, peor bueno, ya lo compre

Es una versión buena porque esta en Español, Inglés y otro idioma, viene subtitulada, la cancion de la intro es cambiada, supongo por derechos de autor o algo similar, tiene material adicional.Lo que no me gusto es que los discos no vienen con diseño como en otras temporadas y de la importada, incluso la versión para latino america o por lo menos la que salio en venta aqui en México venia con diseños en los discos.Lo adquiri porque la que compre aqui en México un disco venia dañado y la tienda era un puesto en un centro comercial que no estuvo por mucho tiempo.anexo fotos de lo que recibi y de la versión que ya tenia

All disc's worked well