I recently had an incredible experience snorkeling at the Sands Beach. It was not just any ordinary snorkeling experience, but a truly magical one. The crystal clear turquoise waters, teeming with an array of vibrant marine life, made it a truly unforgettable experience. As I submerged myself in the water, I was greeted by an explosion of colors. The coral reefs, adorned with an assortment of beautiful fish and other creatures, created a mesmerizing underwater landscape. **The sheer beauty and diversity of the marine life transformed this snorkeling experience into something magical.

Something Wicca This Way Comes

Phoebe moves back in with her older sisters Piper and Prue and discovers an old book in the attic. The next day, the sisters find out they now have supernatural powers, and there's a threat out to get them.

A young witch, Serena, is preparing a ritual. She lights candles with her power of pyrokinesis and starts chanting. A suspicious man watches her from the fire escape, and later comes inside. Despite her cat being freaked out by the man, Serena herself recognizes the man, and seems pleasantly surprised to see him. until he suddenly stabs her.

Elsewhere, a young woman, Piper Halliwell, rushes home with bags of groceries. Her older sister, Prue, is trying to fix the chandelier in the living room without much success. Piper tells Prue about her job interview and asks whether her boyfriend Jeremy called. Prue points her to a bottle of port he sent, and Piper says she is going to use it for her audition recipe the next day. Prue has found an old Ouija board with a message from their late mother engraved on it. The message says something about a "Power of Three" setting them free, and Piper says they never figured out what it meant. Prue jokingly advises Piper to mail the board to their youngest sister Phoebe. When Piper puts the board down, and both she and Prue leave the room, the pointer on the board starts moving on its own.

Two detectives, Andy Trudeau and Darryl Morris, investigate Serena's murder. Andy is late to the scene, and when Darryl asks him where he has been, Andy says he has been to occult shops. He believes the killer is hunting witches, which amuses Darryl. Jeremy Burns, Piper's boyfriend, and a reporter, attempts to interview Andy, but Andy refuses the interview and walks away. Jeremy mentions that Serena was the third woman killed in three weeks, but Andy still dismisses him.

At the Manor, Prue is still struggling to get the chandelier to work, when Piper reminds her of an idea they had: to get a room-mate, who would help around the house in exchange for a cheaper rent. Piper reminds her that Phoebe is good with tools, to which Prue coldly replies that Phoebe lives in New York. Piper admits to having talked with Phoebe, and that she is on her way back to San Francisco. Prue is furious despite Piper trying her best to explain Phoebe's situation (indebted and jobless) to her, and is even more aggravated when Phoebe herself arrives mere minutes later. While Piper goes out to pay for Phoebe's cab, Phoebe attempts to have a conversation with Prue, but the latter accuses her of wanting them to sell the Manor and of having slept with her former fiancé Roger. When Piper comes back and offers to make a dinner to celebrate their reunion, her sisters both walk away in different directions. Piper nevertheless makes a meal that she brings Phoebe later in the evening. Phoebe asks Piper why she didn't tell Prue earlier, and Piper says she didn't want Prue to change the locks. Prue drops in to bring Phoebe some blankets, still cold and distant towards Phoebe.

Meanwhile, Andy and Darryl discover a triquetra tattooed on Serena's shoulder. Her cat walks by, Andy pets it and notices that it wears a collar with a medallion that also has a triquetra on it.

Piper and Phoebe are having fun with the Ouija board. Just as Piper walks away to get more popcorn, Phoebe suddenly sees the pointer move on its own and start spelling out a word. While Piper notices it too and calls Prue, Phoebe writes down the letters. The word is "Attic". Just as she tells her sisters this, the power in the house goes out.Piper is freaked out and is on her way out, but Prue stops her, and they both go to check the circuit box. Phoebe, meanwhile, goes to the attic. The door that noone has been able to open for years suddenly opens on its own. Phoebe walks in and finds a trunk, illuminated by moonlight. She opens it and finds the Book of Shadows, then reads the incantation on the first page. The chandelier starts illuminating, and an old picture of the three sisters on display in the living room is altered: they are brought closer together. Piper and Prue come to the attic and find Phoebe reading the Book of Shadows. Phoebe starts telling them about finding the book and reading the incantation. Piper is scared and Prue is sceptical and dismisses any notion of them being witches. As they walk down, still grilling Phoebe, Serena's murderer waits outside.

The next morning, Piper finds Phoebe outside, sitting on the front porch. Phoebe, who has spent the night reading the Book of Shadows, tells her all about their magical lineage, and about the prophecy of three sisters being the most powerful witches in all existence, protectors of the innocent known as the Charmed Ones, and that they might be them. Piper doesn't believe her and drives away.

At the Museum of Natural History, Roger, Prue's ex-fiancé and her boss, tells her that the exhibit she has worked hard to collect was taken away from her, and that he is now the curator. Prue, furious, storms off, and inadvertently uses her new powers that cause the pen in Roger's pocket to leak.

At a restaurant called Quake, Piper is not yet done with her audition recipe when the chef tells her that her time is out. Just as Piper panics over not having had the time to add the port to her sauce, she accidentally freezes the chef with her new power. After panicking for a few seconds, she uses this opportunity to quickly fix her mistake. The chef unfreezes, tastes her food and is impressed.

Prue comes to Roger's office, just as she hears him telling his bosses on the phone that all the work she did was actually his doing. She announces Roger she is quitting her job. As she leaves, Roger tells her to make sure she didn't keep any office supplies in her purse, which angers her, and she accidentally uses her new powers to fasten his tie, which almost strangles him.

Piper is calling Phoebe to no avail, and runs into Jeremy. They agree to see each other tonight.

While riding her bike, Phoebe suddenly gets a vision of two teenagers getting hit by a car. As she wonders what that was, she sees the teenagers, and then sees the car. She swerves in front of the car, saving the teenagers, but hurting herself. Serena's cat watches her.

Prue comes to the hospital to get Phoebe and runs into Andy, who is revealed to be a childhood friend and a former boyfriend of hers. After they catch up, Prue gets Phoebe out and they both go to a restaurant where Phoebe tells Prue about their new powers. Prue is sceptical at first, but then she accidentally uses her power to get cream for her coffee and realizes that in this Phoebe is right for once. Phoebe explains that they are good witches, and that there is a menace out to get them, such as warlocks and demonic creatures. They used to be safe when they were unaware of their powers, but they are not anymore.

Piper and Jeremy drive home in a cab. Jeremy suggests to make a detour, there is something he wants to show Piper.

Prue has a headache, and she and Phoebe stop at a drugstore on their way home to get some aspirin. Phoebe keeps suggesting tea instead, which angers Prue, and causes her to accidentally bump goods off shelves with her power. Phoebe realizes Prue's power is triggered by anger, and keeps angering her, mentioning Roger, and then their father. With the mention of their father, Prue completely empties two entire shelves. She notices her headache is gone, and Phoebe says their powers are going to grow, making both of them laugh.

Piper and Jeremy stop at an old building and take an elevator. Jeremy says that the view from the roof is amazing, and worth telling Prue and Phoebe about. Just as Piper realizes that Jeremy shouldn't know about Phoebe's return, Jeremy produces an athame and reveals himself to be the warlock that has been killing witches and stealing their powers. Piper freezes him, knocks him out and runs away.

Back at home, Prue and Phoebe find Serena's cat. Piper rushes in and tells them about Jeremy being a warlock. The sisters go to the attic and cast a spell on Jeremy, with the intention of vanquishing him. However, Phoebe has a vision: the spell disfigured Jeremy, but he is still alive and on his way to the Manor. Just as the sisters rush out of the Manor, they find themselves face-to-face with Jeremy, who managed to get there in time. Prue sends him flying against the wall, briefly knocking him out, and she and her sisters barricade themselves in the attic. Jeremy however uses the power of telekinesis to unblock the door and makes his way into the attic. He uses the power of pyrokinesis he stole from Serena to surround the sisters with a circle of fire. The sisters remember the writing on the Ouija board: "The Power of Three will set you free", and start chanting it. Jeremy warns the sisters about even more foes they will have now that they have become the Charmed Ones and explodes.

The next morning, Prue goes outside to pick up a newspaper and sees Andy. Andy asks her out, and Prue is not sure whether she should say yes. Piper and Phoebe come over to say hi to Andy. As he walks away, he notices that Phoebe is holding Serena's cat. The three sisters walk back inside, with Prue nervous about how different their lives will be now that they are witches. Prue uses her new power to close the front door.

**The sheer beauty and diversity of the marine life transformed this snorkeling experience into something magical.** Swimming alongside schools of tropical fish was a sight to behold. Their vibrant hues, ranging from electric blues to fiery oranges, added a burst of color to the underwater scenery.

Tropes

• Agent Mulder and Agent Scully: Andy Trudeau and Darryl Morris.
• Artistic License: It's very unusual that Piper would go for a demonstration at a restaurant job with her hair not tied up, and wearing nail polish. Indeed, future episodes showing her working at Quake would have her hair tied up.
• Artistic License – Law: Darryl mentions that Kit has been clawing people all night. Given that the cat was found in a murder investigation, she would actually have been contained and examined for evidence; not allowed to roam free at a crime scene.
• Bad Boss: Roger. He takes over the exhibit Prue had worked hard to secure and attributes her merits to himself while speaking to his own bosses. He then presents this to Prue as a favor he did to her, and threatens her when she quits her job.
• Berserk Button: Phoebe mentioning their father triggers Prue's powers (which are triggered by anger) so much that boxes fly off shelves.
• Dark Is Not Evil: Phoebe has to specify that they are good witches twice. Of course, the show goes by the Wiccan definition of the word 'witch,' and Wiccan philosophy centres around doing no harm, so their power actually comes from light, not darkness.
• Disappeared Dad: Piper calls their father "invisible". He is in fact missing after having left their mother.
• Downer Beginning: A witch is killed in the middle of a ritual.
• Early-Installment Weirdness:
  • The Book of Shadows says that the powers are tied to phases of the moon. This trait never shows up, and the powers are always tied to the sisters' emotions. Although a Season 7 episode does suggest the sisters turn into beasts when a physically blue moon rises.
  • Prue is able to teleport the cream into her coffee, a power she never demonstrates again in the series. In Season 4 Prue's inability to use her power this way was used to distinguish between her and Paige.
  • Prue controls some telekinesis with her hands, something she doesn't learn to do until near the end of the season.
  • Phoebe receives a premonition in parts, with cuts back to her on the bike in between clips of what she's seeing. From the next episode on, all her premonitions finish before cutting back to her.
  • Prue alludes to her and Piper giving up their apartment to move back into the Manor, suggesting they only moved back after their grandmother died. The episode "Pre Witched" would show flashbacks showing that both of them were already living in the Manor at the time of her death, and Prue was planning to move in with Roger. One could hand wave it to say that they'd moved back in to help Grams in her failing health.
  • Piper's description of meeting Jeremy at the hospital "the day Grams was admitted" suggests that Grams died in the hospital, and that Phoebe had already moved away at that point. Again, "Pre Witched" would show her dying suddenly in the Manor and Phoebe moving out after her funeral. This could also be hand waved with Piper either meaning a different day Grams was brought in and survived (and she just didn't tell her sisters) or that Grams was brought to hospital after collapsing in the Manor.
  • Prue and Roger's break-up was spurred on by him saying Phoebe made a pass at him when it was the other way round. Again, the "Pre Witched" flashbacks show Phoebe moving out abruptly after the funeral and in the middle of the night, with Prue still making dinner plans with Roger; giving them very little time to have that interaction.
  "Not only do they date, but they usually get the best guys."

  Piper: I asked if Prue would have sex with someone other than herself this year.
  Phoebe: That's disgusting! (quietly to the board) Please say "Yes".

  TV Show Review – Charmed: 1×01 “Something Wicca This Way Comes”

  Charmed was not a show I fell for right away, but over time it became one of my absolute favorites. With the news of the reboot coming soon, I decided to rewatch this wonderful show from the beginning and post reviews of each episode. These won’t be full blown reviews, but more like my random thoughts throughout the episode, with a summery at the end. I’ll also be rating each episode using a five star rating system.

  [Oh, I should mention that if you haven’t seen Charmed, for whatever reason, then you shouldn’t read these articles because there will be so many spoilers for the episode I’m talking about and future plotlines. You’ve been warned.]

  Thoughts While Watching the Episode

  • It may seem ridiculous, but I’ve always hated Holly Marie Combs with bangs. It just doesn’t flatter her in my opinion so I hate that for all of season one and most of season two she has bangs. Thankfully she fixes that and as far as I can remember she doesn’t have bangs again for the rest of the series.
  • It’s interesting to me that in the opening credits, Alyssa Milano is the last name in the credits. I guess my brain just remembers more clearly the later seasons when she’s the first name, but I thought she was at least after Shannen Doherty and Holly Marie Combs, not T.W. King and Dorian Gregory.
  • I never understood why they covered Alyssa’s back tattoo in the first couple seasons. Also, if they always planned to cover her tattoo’s they should have gotten better makeup because it’s so obvious that Alyssa has makeup covering her tattoo.
  • Okay, what? When Phoebe’s inspecting the attic, the box holding the Book of Shadows glows…….What?! Also, why isn’t Phoebe not freaked out that a previously locked attic door just opens behind her when she’s about to walk away? If that had been me that would have freaked me out.
  • I love how after Phoebe reads the spell, the picture of the three of them changes so that they’re standing closer together. Also, as far as I can remember none of them mention that the picture has changed. I mean, how did none of them notice that?
  • Roger is such a scumbag. I don’t understand what Prue ever saw in him to not only agree to marry him, but to date him in the first place.
  • Piper being confused by Chief Moore not moving and then deciding to take advantage of this random weirdness by adding the last ingredient to her dish always makes me laugh.
  • Okay…..Prue why don’t you just speak a little louder about the fact your a witch? I don’t think everyone in the store could hear you.
  • I can’t remember, but did Andy ever question them about the fact that they have the same cat as the blonde victim from the beginning of the episode?

  Final Thoughts

  What the series premiere does so well is it shows the dynamic of the Halliwell sisters, them as individuals, their powers, and the evil that will come after them. Not only are the sisters introduced well, but so are the side characters like Andy and Darryl. While there were some hiccups throughout the episode, I think the writers and cast did a great job of bringing this world to life. It’s a strong first episode that makes you curious about not only the rest of the season, but the series as a whole.

  I hope you guys enjoyed this review and my review of the next episode should be up soon.

  Charmed something wicca this way comes

  My name is Kymm. I watch stuff.

  Jan 6

  It almost felt like I had entered a different world altogether, away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Amongst the marine life, I even spotted a majestic sea turtle gracefully gliding through the water. Its graceful movements and serene presence left me in awe. It was an honor to witness such a magnificent creature up close in its natural habitat. **The feeling of weightlessness and the tranquility of the underwater world made this snorkeling experience truly magical.** It was as if time stood still as I explored the hidden treasures beneath the surface. As I reluctantly resurfaced, I couldn't help but feel grateful for the opportunity to witness such natural beauty. The experience left me with a deep appreciation for the wonders of the ocean and a renewed commitment to protect and preserve our precious marine ecosystems. **Overall, my magical snorkeling experience at the Sands Beach was an enchanting journey into the underwater world.** The vibrant coral reefs, diverse marine life, and sense of tranquility made it a truly unforgettable adventure. I would highly recommend anyone visiting the area to partake in this mesmerizing experience and discover the magic that lies beneath the surface..

  Reviews for "Embark on a Magical Snorkeling Expedition at Sands Beach"

  1. John - 1 out of 5 stars: I was really disappointed with my snorkeling experience at the sands beach. The water visibility was poor and there were very few fish to see. On top of that, the equipment provided was old and in poor condition. It was very uncomfortable and made it difficult to enjoy the experience. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this snorkeling tour to anyone looking for a magical underwater adventure.

  2. Lisa - 2 out of 5 stars: I had high hopes for the magical snorkeling experience at the sands beach, but unfortunately, it fell short of my expectations. The tour guides were unprofessional and lacked knowledge about the marine life in the area. They also rushed us through the experience, not allowing us enough time to fully explore and enjoy the underwater beauty. The overall organization of the tour was also lacking, with long delays and disorganized equipment. I left feeling underwhelmed and wishing I had chosen a different snorkeling tour.

  3. Mark - 2 out of 5 stars: I had heard great things about the magical snorkeling experience at the sands beach, but I was left disappointed. The beach was overcrowded with fellow snorkelers, making it difficult to have a peaceful and enjoyable experience. The water conditions were also rough and the waves were quite strong, making it challenging to snorkel comfortably. Additionally, the snorkeling gear provided was ill-fitting and uncomfortable. Overall, I didn't have the magical experience I was expecting and would suggest considering other snorkeling options.

  Unearth the Hidden Gems: Snorkeling at Sands Beach