Joanna (Lindsay Price) has been depressed since she lost Will (Johann Urb) and her job, remaining permanently on her couch eating ice cream. Kat (Jaime Ray Newman) and Roxie (Rebecca Romijn) convince her to get up and get out, and go ask Will for another chance. Kat is especially invested in the notion. So Joanna goes through with it, and apologizes to Will, who says he forgives her. But he is not interested in trying to see her again, he's moved on. Joanna uses her powers to force Will to tell her to whom he has moved on, and he tells her he likes Kat.
Of course, Joanna is not only devastated, she also feels betrayed. She meets Kat at the hospital and tells her off. Kat feels guilty, and is annoyed with Will when he shows up to ask her out. She tells him she's not interested and that Joanna comes first. Will tries to convince her that she's wrong and that she should give it a chance.
And this is where I have a major problem. Does this mean that Will was never interested in Joanna in the first place? That she made him think he was, but he wasn't. Regardless of the spark with Kat, he moved on fairly quickly and now has no regard for Joanna's feelings in all of this. I had not previously had the impression that Will was that kind of jerk. Apparently, he wants what he wants - Kat - but he doesn't care about who he might be hurting or that he's putting her in such an awkward position.
Meanwhile, Roxie is running around trying to prevent the funeral she saw from taking place. She still has no idea who is in the coffin, but she does discover that Bun (Veronica Cartwright) knows what she is seeing. That Bun has her own magical powers and can share her visions. Bun tells her that she knows that someone will die because of a statue, and Roxie runs to Darryl (Paul Gross) just in time to save him from being crushed by the statue of himself. Darryl is furious that the statue fell, and blames Chad (Matt Dallas) for not securing it properly. Chad gets fired and Darryl moves the statue downtown.
Chad is so angry that he got fired and Roxie stood there and did nothing. What did he expect her to do? Please don't fire my boyfriend even though he sucks at his job and it nearly killed you? Talk about a temperamental boy-child. He leaves her shop in a fury, probably to go get drunk.
If things weren't bad enough, Pastor Dunn shows up and kidnaps Joanna, blaming her for his disgrace. He plans to kill her because he knows that she is a witch. And though she uses a new power, the ability to move objects with her eyes, she is still not able to evade him.
Kat goes to Penny (Sarah Rue) to get help with Joanna. Penny is quite angry with Kat, pointing out that she is a far better friend to Joanna. Now, past episodes that revealed Penny's relationship with Jamie (Jack Huston) made me doubt her friendship, but she was furious with him, blaming him for ruining Joanna's life. So she is a good friend. And when she can't get a hold of Joanna, the two go to search for her.
Penny takes her photo to the streets, while Kat asks Roxie to have a vision. While Joana and Roxie have both accepted the reality of their powers, Kat does not really believe in the magic. She doesn't seem to realize that she is capable of anything either. Bun is the one who helps them out, when she says that Joanna's keys are on fire. They realize that Joanna is likely in one of the symbolic coffins which will burn to symbolize getting rid of past bad memories.
Again, this is where it gets really sketchy. You want me to believe that no one is checking what is inside of these coffins being piled up to burn? That no one might have used the annual tradition to get rid of something they ought not...or to make sure that there are no chemicals in the coffins that would be dangerous? Apparently Pastor Dunn was able to drop a coffin on the top of the pile without anyone noticing. Yeah, right.
Then, when Roxie and Kat try to get the firemen's help, well let's just say that I would find better firemen . They don't listen to Roxie, and when Kat tries to climb the pile of coffins to get to Joanna, Will pulls her away and doesn't let go despite her screaming that Joanna is in one of them. Will was in full fireman gear, and they could have and should have been able to extinguish that fire quickly if it was properly supervised.
Luckily for Joanna, Kat brings rain when she begins to cry. She still hasn't figured out exactly that she has power, let alone how to wield it, but I think she is beginning to believe. She and Joanna apologize and forgive each other, but it is unclear where things will go in regards to Will. Frankly, he can just exit and not come back for all I care. He causes complications I don't like and don't want to put up with.
Roxie is glad Joanna is safe. She thinks that she has stopped her vision from happening. Bun tells her otherwise. It's not possible to stop fate. And so we see Chad, drunk and angry, beating on the statue of Darryl near the town centre. He just happened to find a crowbar lying about nearby (Sure, that could happen.) After a couple hits to the knees, Chad goes to walk about and the Statue lands on his head, killing him.
And that was the conclusion to this oh so happy episode.
The best parts were when Penny compared Jamie to a crumpet and he compared her to a blueberry scone. They are definitely adorable, and I'm glad that Penny is not involved in whatever evil Jamie has going on that will eventually find him burying Roxie alive.
What did you think?
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