First half of season 5 was mostly a re-reading of old seasons storylines, fitting the current charmed ones lives. Episodes 8 to 11, were decent fillers, in which one brought old characters and the episode's musical guest, that's been missing lately. The Cole/Phoebe love story was character's assassination to both parties involved. It turned Phoebe into the biggest phony, when she was acting all high and mighty, after bringing a demon into her family's lives, turned out to be exactly how her siblings said it would. And she became a famous advice columnist, when she was incapable of taking into accounts her own loved ones warnings... As far as Cole is concerned « Centennial Charmed » was good at putting an end to this madness, bringing back the seer and next season's big vilain, the Avatars. As well as getting Michelle Branch to perform at P3. Putting him out of his misery, was a blessing to both the character, and viewers alike... « House Call » is the show back to its most appealing trait. I was getting sick of the Alyssa Milano show, so it was a nice way to have the storyline focus on the sisters again, and how they react to the « spell of the moment ». It's funny, entertaining and can be interpreted in different degrees, which the show stopped doing since the beginning of season 5. It's the first genuinely good episode of the season, and brought back the « old » Charmed magic again.
Review of House Call
