The Charmed Reboot is a Mess (Season One) 

Julia gives him demon suppressant. Alistair gives him human suppressant. Both are horrified when his guitar side emerges victoriously.

"Stop trying to make Megan Markle happen. It's not going to happen!" - a fired intern, probably

"Parker is a Half Demon, Half Human, Half Guitar," Oh come on, that was a suckerpunch of a joke.

"He might act stiff and British, but he is interested in all forms of tea" I feel seen for the first time

reboot season 1 is a mess (affectionate). seasons 2-4 are a mess (derogatory).

The dialogue confuses me. It's like it was written by somebody who learned what Tumblr was maybe a week ago, and it became their life all of a sudden, until some other thing comes along to occupy their mind like true crime podcasts or TikTok dances.

"If it sounds like a good idea, Charmed will find a way to make it stupid" ahhh, that takes me back. I'm so psyched for this series.

Masie was an average witch, but she was a BRILLIANT scientist! Charmed Vegeta I guess

I love the tradition of every video being longer.

Hearing Kamehamehooha the day after toriyama's passing was announced is such amazing whiplash

The true legacy of the Charmed Reboot is the Carman song that came from your episode reviews.

Wh-what? Allison, no. You were free....

Side note: you can tell that every CW show is written the same way because they did the same thing with Supergirl in breaking up the lesbian couple and then spent the rest of the series making the lesbian main character a living disaster, because obviously the writers think that all lesbians have unstable, unhealthy love lives. It's fake progressivism. They want to get points but then they want to avoid getting attacked by bigots so they decide to only portray lgbtq relationships as being messes. It's very tiring.

Gotta say, I've been watching your Charmed coverage for years, so I knew full well how much you were blown away by Maggie's vagina light, but I was NOT ready for you referring to it in rapid succession as "a literal flesh-light," "vagina illuminata" and "Maggie's Kamehame hoo-ha." Truly, in the end, I was the one who was blown away. Bravo.

I honestly kept thinking this was about the entirety of the show because of how much happened in 1 season.

Harry is very Buffy Giles-coded

God this show was such a mess. The highs, the lows, the soap opera insanity and dead moms all around. Truly nothing surrounding Charmed will ever be fated to make sense. Amazing job managing to make this show somehow understandable.

I think the Nico storyline really showed how ill prepared the people behind Charmed were to make Charmed. Cause like this should be a slam dunk storyline. "Love interest who doesn't know the secret" is like the trope these kinds of shows are based on!

''She creeps up on Mel like a gargoyle.'' At least she didn't do it like a Margoyle.

50:13 🤣I laughed so hard. "Leo, I'm calling you with purpose and intent to blow your ass up. Get down here." cracked me up.

Charmed should have been called “Jinxed” or “Cursed” because that’s what every version of it is.

One thing that I like about the Charmed reviews is that Allison is still able to point out things she genuinely likes, even if the show itself is majorly flawed and anger-inducing.

Blows me away you’ve been producing content here for almost a decade. New fan, loving the stuff!

"I know it's a low bar to have the heroes act like heroes... but here we are." Having watched all of Allison's other Charmed reviews she is on poiiiiiiiiiint!

Lucy is with Neighboor Dan in Aftereffects Heaven now. RIP, Botches!

Oh, I was so pissed when Macey got no gift from their mom, just an empty closet. Which I guess means that worked because I at least felt something about this stupid, stupid show.

Allison has a new Charmed video: YES Said Video is nearly 3 hours long: HELL YES! I'M GETTING SOME POPCORN!!!

Phelan has the Galaxy Hole, Allison has the Charmed Hole.

I feel like if they focused more on all the goofy characters having a magical soap opera and not trying to load a million convoluted plots into one season this show could have been fun?

Being siblings and family despite having different fathers would be a pretty good message, I think.

Some timestamps: 2:12 Production/Behind the Scenes 10:03 New Show Vs. Old Show 20:09 Season One: In a Nutshell 24:42 The Characters 1:02:47 Notable Episodes 1:09:30 Season One: A Deep Dive 2:01:27 MAGGIE’S. MAGIC. VAGINA LIGHT. 2:42:08 Capping it Off

The "Charmed One DNA" running joke made me laugh every single time. I'm very happy see you tackle the Charmed reboot.

Realizing the reboot started in 2018 made me age into dust. Great video! Time for a charmed hard rewatch

His name is literally Harry, why not just call him Prince Harry or His Highness or something? Megan Markle isn't even English. Or are they calling him by a girl's name to mock him? What happened to women supporting women??

You ever watch a show/movie or read a story/comic from the sixties that features hippies and it's clear that the creators had no idea how hippies actually talked? The dialogue in the Charmed reboot is the modern day equivalent of that.

Allison talking about a season of Charmed… just like old times, let the nostalgia come rushing back

Your podcast series covering this reboot was a delight. Now we get to experience the Macy one, and especially the Abigail one, all over again

Their biggest miss was actually having a magical cousin (Josephine) and she wasn’t chosen to be a new Charmed one…. Instead they made up some screwy plot where Macy gave up stem Cells and Michaela got those stem cells due to cancer treatment…. Enabling her to be a Charmed one…..Really???? - They had an actual magical blood relative that could’ve reconstituted the Charmed ones. PLUS Josephine was Trans. She could’ve been the first Wiccan trans super heroine. 🙄 - Like how are you a TV show writer and miss this HUGE opportunity???

After listening to the podcasts, it's so nice finally being able to put a face to Parker Guitar.

The rapid fire jokes about the vag light were brilliant, but "kamehamehooha" was the one that completely broke me.

Marisol saw the future this show was going to take and was desperately trying to end the world to protect the innocent viewers. But you can rely on Charmed to not care about the suffering of innocents.

That bit about casually defeating the 3 major baddies is the true essence of Charmed. Too many of the original shows had the sisters fight, make up at the end, say "wait, wasn't there a demon?". They'd make a quick potion and chuck it as the demon busts through their door.

Fun fact: Welsh rarebit is literally just cheese and mustard on toast 😂

1:07:45 if there’s one even mildly nice thing you can say about Netflix and HBO Max constantly canceling shows, you don’t have to worry about seasonal rot

Bonkers that all happened in ONE SEASON. Talk about blowing your wad. Great video, really untangled those threads.

As a fan of the original Charmed in its first 4 seasons, I love your reviews of the reboot and watched your whole podcast. I was waiting for this!

Me at the same time as Allison " Elders are dicks!" 🤣🤣🤣

There were sooo many good ideas in this show, especially with regards to their powers, demons not being genetically evil, Macy's battle with her demonic side, Harry's chemistry with the girls, but somehow (studio meddling?) the story was stirred together with a clumsy, clunky stick and packed into far too short arun time. This needed so much room to breathe!

You don't *KNOW* how long I've waited for a Charmed Reboot review from you, Allison! I revist your OG Charmrd review vids time and again for a good laugh. You and Phellan are always on my notifications when a Charmed Rewind comes out. Thank you for all that you do! 😂 ❤

Queer woman here, speaking only on my own behalf, not the entire community but I feel that it's perfectly OK to have straight actors play queer roles (as long as they are careful not to be offensive in their portrayal). Kit Connor's forced outing is a good example of how this well meant sentiment can really harm queer people: he wasn't a straight person "stealing" a queer role, he just wasn't out (yet). But also, if you think it through would that mean that queer people can *only* play queer roles? (That would severely limit their careers) Or would they get to play a different orientation while straight people aren't allowed to do so? I personally long for a society where nobody has to declare their orientation at all if they don't feel like it...

I as a woman of colour am sick of the idea that because a program doesn't tick all the representation boxes I won't enjoy it. Also the assumption that by ticking all the boxes a program will instantly be worthy of praise. Stories are a way for people to see the world through someone else's eyes (fictional characters included) I love anime and Korean ghost stories and yet have never felt disgusted because I am not represented in some of my favourite shows. What is more important is opening the industry up to different producers and creating new stories with different ideas and viewpoints. Stop rebooting other peoples shit and create something new if you are offended by the 'whiteness of it. As more diverse film makers and their work is seen, the realisation that people of colour and LGBTQIA can also make duds shouldn't have people screaming oppression. At the end of the day we are all human and make good and poor choices. This program is just MEH at best and that comes down to the writing.

Lucy is the president of my heart and the best character in the entirety of the reboot

I love that not only did Alastor give himself a demon name, but his organization, Morningstar, is also just plain what "Lucifer" means. Congratulations on this incredible video! You were the true Car Man and Charmed itself was the true Margoyle all along.

The line "Kame-hame hoo ha" took me OUT. I have been crying laughing for like 10 minutes over it. Thanks for another great Charmed vid Allison. They are such a comfort watch for me Lol

1:40:51 "WHO FORGOT TO GET THE ALMOND MILK?" God, I missed the Evil Charmed Ones voiceovers lmao

Oh poor Allison, thinking they ever had good intentions. 🤣 The whole thing reeked of performative morality.

there are parts of this season i genuinely liked - the manic pixie dream girl episode and the silly glee episode especially - but i think my favorite was the medusa episode, which i think was their strongest (monster of the week) episode of the season (and therefore the show on the whole, probably lol). something you didn't explicitly mention that i also really liked was that macy was a virgin. you really don't see a ton of older people who haven't had sex on tv so i thought it was interesting and added to macy's character (and also was a fun resolution to the issue of obtaining "virgin blood"). this is of course pretty quickly done away with and doesn't get mentioned again, but, you know. i liked what we had with it. lovely video! unfortunete we have season two to look forward to!

Centring your show around a prophecy involving your leads, then having to scramble when one of them leaves the show. Charmed, or Sleepy Hollow?

The Return Of The Queen!!!!!!! Seriously your original reviews are some of my absolute favorite internet comfort reruns and I have actually been hoping for this since the reboot was announced.

So, in defense of the show, Stoplight parties are an actual thing. The people in red are mostly there to serve drinks, make sure no one is getting drugged, get rides for people who can't drive, DJs/drag queens/performers of some kind who are just there to work, ace/aro people or anyone else who just wants to dance and hang out with people. It's actually a pretty nice way to make sure you're only hitting on people actually open to being hit on and not being a creep by accident. Granted, I'm in my 30's and have only done this with other queer people who have kind of grown out of being a horndog college student so this kind of party being successful likely has something to do with that.

so many concepts sound SO incredibly interesting, but then I remember the words that come out of these characters' mouths and I go "hm maybe not" anyway 10/10 video, took me all of yesterday to finish, will take all of another day to watch again

Welcome back my fellow Charmanders.

30:35 I keep hearing "skinny marks" and I half-expected the OSW guys to come in say "Yooooou skinny MARKS!" 😆

The show gives the impression that it was ordered rather than crafted. Essentially, the network ordered the show, quickly assembled a writing team to create it, even though there was no plan for the storyline or mythos for something that was quickly ordered. This is probably why there is such a lack of direction in the narrative and writing, with no clear sense of purpose or destination. But that’s my take.

"A Lesbian and an Activist, an Officer and a Gentlement." Gods, if I was a lesbian I would NEED this on a shirt or something.

I love the absolutely bizarre conglomeration of ideas that is Lucy. *absolutely deadpan and in absolutely the wrong tone for the vibe* "toot toot"

I'm dreading the moment when you'll explain how insane Abigail's character is...

The Charmed reboot did give us that wonderful podcast with you and Phelous. I'm sure the CW keep the show going just for that alone.

Finally, it's A Good Day to Charm Hard.

Excited to see if the reboot is also weirdly antagonistic towards leprechauns

Not clicked a notification so quickly before. Time to stop what I’m doing and get a cuppa tea and enjoy this! Thanks Allison =]

Justice for Fun Galvin Fun Galvin > Cardboard Galvin

I really thought you'd do all of the show in one long video but seeing we are getting season by season. thank you so much Allison

Not gonna lie I kind of hate the new white lighter orbing effect.

Congratulations Allison, you probably just gained hundreds of die hard Charmed OG Fans as subscribers! 🤣🤣🤣

Love that you gave the reboot sisters their own version of “and the day was saved 😆” And noticeably less sinister

I commend you for rebooting and updating the iconic line: "AND THE DAY WAS SAVED nehehehe" lol

Your TV retrospectives are some of the best on RU-vid, i can't wait to see how bananas this show gets

WE’RE BACK BABY. SKINNY MARGS FOR ALL!

After a hard day at work, seeing the notification for Allison’s Charmed Reboot Retrospective made me smile. Thank you!

This upload came right on time because I literally finished rewatching your original Charmed videos a few days ago! 😂

Yuuuuus! You have no idea how long I’ve waited for this, lmao. I haven’t even watched the new Charmed, I just know your reaction/review/analysis will be superb and thoroughly amusing. What a nice way to end the evening! 😄 By the way, thank you for all of the time and effort you put in. It’s very much appreciated! I’m sure that the Charmed is a Mess series has taken up far more time and energy than you would’ve initially liked to allocate to Charmed, hahah.

Your series on the original Charmed show is still one of my favorite and funniest things ever, I am excited to jump back in!

Allison, thank you. Your videos are so funny, and the effort is spectacular. I’ve been watching your videos all throughout my 6 years of college, and it’s gotten me through a lot. Big fan here! - Scott

I remember binging your old charmed reviews. Happy to be around for this one!

Oh *hell yes* I've watched your Charmed reviews yearly so seeing this was a joy to find!

Oooh. I was waiting for this ! ^^ Good job on this one and the original series. Thank you for uploading it

OMG YAS! Thank you thank you thank you! You are the queen of the charmed podcasts!

This is amazing. Please bring season 2. Lot's of love from Brazil ❤

i'm not going to be able to sit through this whole video, but I dropped by to upvote it for your effort making it. Keep doing what you're doing.

The trustfund babies with crossobows having anti-magic ring that gets destroyed by magic could have been easily explained with: "Where did you get this shit? This is fake!"

This is exciting! I've watched your original Charmed retrospective multiple times over the years, and I'm very interested to hear what you say about the reboot!

I’ve watched all of your charm season recaps and it’s cool to see how your narration has grown. Love your videos and look forward to you hopefully covering the other seasons of the reboot

The "super secret garden where people go to hide" is actually a pretty cool place to walk around in person!

That last episode should have been a whole season. That could have been really cool to have Source!Macy constantly making bad reboots and then trying to fix things over and over... But with actual time to breathe for each instance (ala 1~2 episodes)... And have her arc be basically just one big mental/emotional breakdown that is the whole season that gets "fixed" in the finale via family... It could have been something.

Allison I've been following you since C****** A****** and it makes me very happy to still see you popping up on my youtube with new and improved videos. Honestly so impressive and inspiring

A 2+ hour breakdown of the Charmed-boot season 1? Time to get the skinny margs and Doritos, batches!

I love your videos and retrospective on Charmed! I hope you make more in the future for different series like True Blood, Vampire Diaries or Xena Warrior Princess?? Keep it up!

I have to let you know you format of commentary is entertaining it has kept my attention. Dude, when you got to the part with Macy as the source of evil and you said " People are avoiding me for pilates" I fing died!

Ive been a fan for ages, and remember watching the OG Charmed reviews back when you first put them out. Its so fun, and wild youre still going strong. Thanks for being a constant and comfort