It is hard for me to call the episode where both Leo and Victor Bennett show up one of the weakest episodes of the season, though that may otherwise be true.
Leo would end up being one of the most important characters on Charmed, and it puts a smile on my face just seeing him in these early episodes before anyone knew who he was and what he was and what his ultimate role would be. Myself included, I think we were all a little green yet and unaware that if a man is consistently showing up at the manor, he is definitely NOT an ordinary guy who is what he seems.
It is clear that the original envisioning of Victor Halliwell was a lot different than what Victor Bennett would eventually be. In this episode the audience is supposed to not know if Victor is good or evil, and unfortunately, the actor did too good of a job of causing skepticism, coming off as a sleezy used car salesmen that the girls are lucky to not have in their lives. Though Victor would seem to have a plausible explanation for wanting the Book out of the lives of his daughters, it really doesn't make any sense on several levels if you think about it.
Obviously, since he lived with one, Victor should know that his daughters would not cease to be witches if the Book disappeared. He should also know that if he were to deliver the Book to the warlocks who want it, then they would immediately kill him and then likely kill his daughters. So, I call BS on all that. Wouldn't telling his daughters that the warlocks are after them be the wiser course of action in every regard?
The warlocks themselves are more stalker-ish creepy than scary and the morphing is ridiculous. One warlock even changes their finger into an inanimate object - a key. What? Could he then change his hand to a gun and shoot the sisters? Crazy.
Regardless, Dad being willing to die to protect his daughters is cool, though not sure that a spell meant to destroy warlocks would affect him.
Even after all that, the writers had to have Dad mysteriously take off again, just to prevent themselves from having to include him in more episodes.
Anyway, Victor Bennett would become a much better character and played perfectly by James Read. I look forward to that.
Leo would end up being one of the most important characters on Charmed, and it puts a smile on my face just seeing him in these early episodes before anyone knew who he was and what he was and what his ultimate role would be. Myself included, I think we were all a little green yet and unaware that if a man is consistently showing up at the manor, he is definitely NOT an ordinary guy who is what he seems.
It is clear that the original envisioning of Victor Halliwell was a lot different than what Victor Bennett would eventually be. In this episode the audience is supposed to not know if Victor is good or evil, and unfortunately, the actor did too good of a job of causing skepticism, coming off as a sleezy used car salesmen that the girls are lucky to not have in their lives. Though Victor would seem to have a plausible explanation for wanting the Book out of the lives of his daughters, it really doesn't make any sense on several levels if you think about it.
Obviously, since he lived with one, Victor should know that his daughters would not cease to be witches if the Book disappeared. He should also know that if he were to deliver the Book to the warlocks who want it, then they would immediately kill him and then likely kill his daughters. So, I call BS on all that. Wouldn't telling his daughters that the warlocks are after them be the wiser course of action in every regard?
The warlocks themselves are more stalker-ish creepy than scary and the morphing is ridiculous. One warlock even changes their finger into an inanimate object - a key. What? Could he then change his hand to a gun and shoot the sisters? Crazy.
Regardless, Dad being willing to die to protect his daughters is cool, though not sure that a spell meant to destroy warlocks would affect him.
Even after all that, the writers had to have Dad mysteriously take off again, just to prevent themselves from having to include him in more episodes.
Anyway, Victor Bennett would become a much better character and played perfectly by James Read. I look forward to that.