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Why Were Season One Episodes Aired Out of Order


Why were the season one episodes "The Wedding From Hell" and "Thank You for Not Morphing" aired out of order? It's obvious that they aired in each other's place.

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How so? I never really noticed

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There are a couple of things that make it apparent that these two episodes were aired out of order. One is that Leo first appears in "Thank You for Not Morphing" and is not seen again until four episodes later. Also, Piper is worried about being pregnant from Jeremy in "The Wedding from Hell" which wouldn't make sense being that it was episode six and Jeremy hadn't been mentioned since the third episode. Hairstyles, particularly Phoebe's also seem to indicate that "WFH" should have aired earlier than it did. I also remember upon the show's initial airing reading the synopsis for the third episode in TV Guide and it was the description for "WFH."

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I have read your explanation a few times since you first posted and I honestly have no idea what you mean. I am not trying to be rude it just does not make sense to me.
I have just started re-watching the series and have seen both episodes and still have no idea what you mean.

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lol so its not just me then. Although I must agree that the timing seems off with Piper realizing she might be pregnant that late after Jeremy is done. Wouldn't she pick that up sooner?

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Piper thinking she might be pregnant say 5-6 weeks after him being vanquished isn't that uncommon.

The only thing that looks out of place that you speak about is the hair. So it may have been filmed earlier, but I think the script still is fine. I'd have to re watch to confirm but I remember having that thought about the hair before.



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Exactly Stab-El.....being a mother of 4 I can say it is pretty common. Denial is not just a river.
As far as the Leo question, he rarely appears the first 2 seasons.

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Why would Leo be introduced in one episode and not even mentioned again until three episodes later from which point he is featured in a sequence of episodes? Also, Piper would have gotten pregnant before the pilot, so it would make much more sense for her to be worried about it shortly after vanquishing Jeremy rather than several episodes later.

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Also Piper's boss, Chef Moore, had left for France and contradicted later on as still being here

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Good point. It is mentioned in the second episode how he left Piper to manage Quake, which is again reference by Piper in "The Wedding from Hell" when she complains that he agreed to cater the wedding before he quit the restaurant. After this, he is no longer mentioned.

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Why would Leo be introduced in one episode and not even mentioned again until three episodes later from which point he is featured in a sequence of episodes?

As i recall Brian Krause once mentioning, then Leo was originally only meant to be a one time deal.
But some one at CBS liked the character so much, that they decided to bring Leo back and turn him in to Piper's love interest.

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That was after his first season arc, not one episode. The first season his character was planned to be in a number of episodes for his specific arc.

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