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The Lost Picture Show is the seventh episode of the eighth season of Charmed, and the one hundred sixty-third episode overall.

Guest Stars: Tiley Chao (Business Woman), Dan Finnigan (Businessman), Alanna Boatright (Nurse), Mandy June Turpin (Wendy), John Brandon (Elderly Father), Bert Rosario (Soothsayer), Will Snow (Vaklav), Jay Kenneth Johnson (J.D. Williams), Scott Jaeck (Sam), Brandon Quinn (Agent Murphy)

Contents 1 Plot Overview 2 Notes 3 Arc Advancement 3.1 Happenings 3.2 Characters 3.3 Referbacks 4 Trivia 4.1 The Show 4.2 Behind the Scenes 4.3 Allusions and References 4.4 Memorable Moments 5 Quotes 6 Reviews

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After the passing of his victim's last immediate relative, the demon Valkav releases a young man named J.D. from a portrait to finally kill him. However, J.D. escapes with his life and remains alive long enough to pop back up on Sam's radar after fifty long years. Sam approaches Paige for her assistance and tries to form a bond with his daughter, who is opposed to the idea.

Phoebe goes to a clinic for a consultation for a possible sperm donation. Piper and Leo switch bodies, thanks to a magical marriage counselor.

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• Sam has appeared on this show in three-year intervals, first appearing in season two's "P3 H2O" and was last seen meeting Paige in season five's "Sam I Am."
• Piper and Leo's most recent marriage issues arose in the previous episode, "Kill Billie, Vol. 1."
• Piper and Leo last went through a "walk in each other's shoes" plot in season five's "Siren Song" when Wyatt switched their powers in utero.
• Paige quit her job at South Bay Social Services in "A Witch's Tail, Part Two."

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• Although this is a chronological error, this is the third (and final) episode of the series that takes place on the same day as the day the episode originally aired. This also happened in "Pardon My Past" and "Kill Billie, Vol. 1." The reason for this chronological error is because the events of "Death Becomes Them" and "Something Wicca This Way Goes" takes place in late October or early November 2005.

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• Overall Grade: F after 1 review.
• Review Breakdown: A+: 0 A: 0 A-: 0 B+: 0 B: 0 B-: 0 C+: 0 C: 0 C-: 0 D: 0 F: 1
• This episode failed to meet its potential and had some pointless filler subplots such as Piper and Leo's body-switching hijinks, which was completely unnecessary and contributed absolutely nothing to the episode. Additionally, Paige's issues with Sam, while understandable given that he didn't attend her funeral at the beginning of this season, have also been dealt in the past, though it's not specifically addressed in the episode. More focus should have been placed on Valkav and his plot, as it was somewhat interesting and had innocents, which this show has been sorely lacking in for the better part of three or four years. Billie had no purpose in this episode and should have been on the backburner, especially since I do not like the character and she basically contributed nothing to the plot other than to suck more air out of this dying show. Grade: F --Contrivance 23:55, 19 August 2006 (EDT)