Episode 11

[Piper Halliwell]

Feats of Clay

In Cairo, three thieves break into a mansion, looking for a valuable urn. One picks the urn up and a symbol on it glows. Clay, one of the thieves, takes possession of the urn and the three plan to meet in San Francisco. The Guardian of the Urn appears to another of the thieves, Wesley, and places a spider on his chest. The spider delivers a fatal bite as Clay and Palmer escape. Clay appears at the manor; he turns out to be an ex-boyfriend of Phoebe.

The sisters are talking at Quake when a waiter, Doug, spills some glasses. Piper freezes him and saves the glasses. Doug's girlfriend, Shelley, also works at Quake. She has dumped him, he's a wreck and he's constantly dropping dishes.

Clay tells Phoebe about the urn and he wants Prue to sell it via Buckland's. Rex Buckland and Hannah Webster had skimmed off so much in auction proceeds that a bank forced Buckland's into bankruptcy and sent Claire Pryce to run it. Claire wants to move $1.2 million of merchandise the next day, or she will close Buckland's. Clay brings the urn in, but Prue suspects the urn might be stolen. Clay bumps into Palmer, who mentions the urn in front of Phoebe.

At the auction, Claire comes to Prue and tells her that the urn is stolen. Prue uses her power to switch the tags on the urn and a picture, and takes the urn away. She meets Palmer, who tells her of the curse on the urn. Prue uses telekinesis to move the urn, making Palmer believe that the curse is real, and he runs out.

Piper has cast a spell to boost Doug's confidence. She and Phoebe walk into Quake and find Doug shaking a cocktail and with a half dozen girls fawning over him. Shelley looks on, jealous.

The Guardian catches Wesley as he is about to skip town. She places a scorpion on his neck, which gives him a fatal sting.

The Guardian of The Urn

Prue tells Phoebe that the urn is stolen and cursed. Phoebe is reconnecting with Clay, though, and has a hard time believing Prue.
Buckland's has raised $1.28 million and Claire agrees to leave it open. Andy walks into Prue's office and tells her about Palmer. He had found Prue's business card on Palmer's body.

Phoebe confronts Clay about the urn and he admits that he stole it. He knows that Wesley and Palmer are dead, but had not known about the curse. Phoebe believes that Clay had brought the curse among the sisters. Later, Clay meets Phoebe at the manor and offers to take the urn and turn himself in to the police. Phoebe gets a vision and sees Clay confronting a giant cobra. At Buckland's, the Guardian appears to Clay, Phoebe and Prue. Clay flees, Prue's telekinesis barely affects the Guardian, and the two sisters also run.

The three sisters consult the Book of Shadows, and find nothing about the urn--but that a curse for greed can be reversed by a selfless act. They come back down and find Clay gone. Clay has returned to Buckland's and offers himself to the Guardian. The Guardian throws down a glowing cord, which turns into a huge cobra. The sisters run in and Clay blocks the cobra from Phoebe. This selfless act redeems him. The Guardian disappears, and then so does the urn.

Piper has reversed the confidence spell and Doug is back to dropping dishes. He spills a tray in front of Shelley. Piper freezes him and pulls an engagement ring out of his apron. Shelly finds the ring and Doug asks Shelely to marry him. She had given up on waiting for him to ask, but now they are reconciled. Clay walks in and asks if there is any chance Phoebe will return with him to New York. She tells him San Francisco is her home now.

[RexAndHannah1]

This is the episode that inspired Matt to write his excellent Blessed stories.