Episode 1.08 Bug a Boo Discussion Thread

[Jean]

"Bug A Boo" - (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET) (Content Rating TBD) (HDTV)



A STICKY SITUATION - While on the hunt for Jada (guest star Aleyse Shannon), Mel (Melonie Diaz) scours The Book of Shadows as Harry (Rupert Evans) and Charity (guest star Virginia Williams) cross-reference them to find any clues that might lead them to this new demon. As if that isn't enough, they discover that there is a Changeling Demon on the loose that puts one of the sisters in danger.

Elsewhere, Maggie (Sarah Jeffery) signs up for a job helping to market a new dating app which could land her a summer internship. Macy (Madeleine Mantock) decides to go outside her comfort zone after a little encouragement from Maggie.

Meanwhile, Mel is given a task by The Elders that she was not expecting. Harry’s past catches up with him.

Ser'Darius Blain (Galvin) and Nick Hargrove (Parker) also star.

Vanessa Parise directed the episode written by Zoe Marshall (#108). Original airdate 12/2/2018.


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[Tim]

they discover that there is a Changeling Demon on the loose that puts one of the sisters in danger.

No doubt the son of neo-Rex.

Harry’s past catches up with him.

This sounds interesting.  I wonder if we'll find out a bit about his human background. 

[BettyNewbie]

Well, this was an intense episode.

Looks like Lightning Girl is this show's version of a witchlighter. And, she's part of a group of rogue witches working against the Elders. What happened between them and Fiona? Are they involved in Marisol's death? Who was the imprisoned witch Lightning Girl released? Why do the Elders want Mel to join them?

It also appears that Parker's demon half is slowly killing him. And, who hit Galvin with their car?

[Tim]

These rogue witches are an interesting idea.  I hope they do this well, and give them a legitimate reason for being that way.   Clearly they are not working for neo-Rex.

And what was it that was said at the end, that Mel "almost saw Fiona".  Fiona's still alive?  Was her death faked?  And, if so, why?

So, Harry and Charity used to be a couple.  Clearly they still have feelings for each other.

So Parker's being half-human is killing him?  Well, that's a change from Cole, who had no such issue.  Well, I guess the only cure is for Parker to become fully human.  If that should happen, he stays that way!  No flip-flopping back and forth, like Cole did.

Once again the sisters managed to save all the Innocents in this episode.  The Halliwell sisters really kept dropping the ball on this.

Who hit Galvin with that car?  Is he dead?  Of course, if he was a more interesting character, I might actually care.

[BettyNewbie]

Anybody catch the small nod to the original show? The level where the insect demon's nest was located was called P3.

On the flipside, the line about teleporting people around depleting Harry's energy felt like a Take That to the old show. Looks like Veras aren't going to be able to use him as a magical taxi cab the same way that the Halliwells used Leo and Paige.

[Melinda Halliwell]

Well, he's in the Xmas episode so Galvin's alright then.

Don't really care for him or Parker still like Nico who I preferred but thought the fact Parker getting sick was slightly interesting and different than Cole originally.

Was confused when Parker said to Neo Rex that Maggie was an Empath when she reads minds unless that was writers or his own misunderstanding I don't know obviously.

Nice Harry's presence with the girls continues. I like him strangely.

The Vigilante group don't like how Elders work because they like to break the rules, for instance, helping humans using their powers when Charity said witches only intervene in supernatural cases so I did understand her feelings and what Charity said that human cases should be police sorted otherwise you wouldn't have any coppers then but me I would do both if I was Maggie and like Jada did erase said humans memory if they suspect anything.

So are the vigilante group good, evil or neutral then because I couldn't make that out quite rightly obviously?

[Tim]

Anybody catch the small nod to the original show? The level where the insect demon's nest was located was called P3.

Alas, I missed it!

On the flipside, the line about teleporting people around depleting Harry's energy felt like a Take That to the old show. Looks like Veras aren't going to be able to use him as a magical taxi cab the same way that the Halliwells used Leo and Paige.

Thank the dead gods of Krypton that they're fixing another mistake from the original series.  Looks like the Vera sisters will only use Harry's teleportation power for emergencies.

If one of them wants to go to Mickey D's for Big Mac, they'll drive there.

So are the vigilante group good, evil or neutral then because I couldn't make that out quite rightly obviously?

Looks like they're deliberately keeping it vague for the time being.

I wonder if we'll get a "the enemy of my enemy" thing, the two sides being forced to work together to battle the Big Bad that neo-Rex is working for.