Charmed why was prue killed off

The offspring of their mother a witch and a "whitelighter" a witch's guardian angel , she was raised by adoptive parents. Rose McGowan was cast in the role of Charmed 's Paige.

An experienced movie actor, it was McGowan's first time as a series regular. She brought a feisty sexiness that the show needed after losing the edge that Doherty previously provided. Charmed went on for five more seasons with Paige as the third sister, pretty much attesting to the strength of the character.

Based on her character's popularity, it seems like killing off Prue was the right decision. By Kelso Jacks Published Apr 12, Share Share Tweet Email 0. Things eventually got so bad that it often seemed as though Phoebe existed solely to give the show an opportunity to dress Milano in skimpy outfits. Beyond the infamous Season 5 premiere that saw Phoebe become a mermaid sporting sparkly pasties, other problematic outfits included her turn as a mostly naked Lady Godiva, a pleather-clad superhero, a Valkyrie, and more.

This is the character we lost Prue for? Lacy Baugher Milas is a digital producer by day, but a television enthusiast pretty much all the time. Share Tweet Submit Pin. Vanquishing demons started to feel more like a sport later on in the show, and so often the demon-of-the-week stories were dragged out to fill an episode when Piper could have simply used her molecular acceleration power and often does.

With Prue, vanquishing demons was actually difficult. They had to put actual work into things, like creating spells and potions. Above all, what was lacking was the quality fight scenes with the girls and demons. One of the major downfalls with Paige was, at the beginning of Season 5, having her give up her promotion to social worker and become a full-time witch. We missed out on valuable opportunities to watch Paige explore her career, as we did with the other sisters.

And, instead of feeling like another Charmed One, she felt like she was off in her own magical world. Piper and Phoebe were both so focused on love and life, so all of the magical duties fell to Paige.

Instead of trying to rectify this, the writers excuse this mistake by saying Paige is just independent and too used to being an only child, needing to be independent from her sisters. Altogether, Charmed felt much more grounded with Prue than with Paige.

The Paige seasons are still enjoyable… in different ways. There is a reason the show went on for five seasons without Prue, even if the initial appeal of the series slowly disappeared. But things kind of went off of the rails there, particularly during Seasons Season 4 follows more of the path that the show took with Prue with some large exceptions before things were shaken up entirely.

The charm of the relationship between the sisters with Prue, how magic was utilized and intertwined within their lives, and feeling like a show set in the real world brought in viewers.

There was no real way to get past that long-lost sister trope.