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This is why Darly prefers not having Piper on a case with him.


Ever notice that whenever Daryl called the sisters for help and needed one of them it was usually Prue, Phoebe or Paige that ended up going out on the cases with him. Usually not Piper, unless more than one of the sisters tagged along or Piper was the only one available. Piper is usually pushy with him

Y Tu Mummy Tambien

(The phone rings. Paige answers it.)
Paige: Hello?
Darryl: Guess what? The mummy's missing.
Paige: What? Hold on, I'm gonna put you on speaker phone. Say that again.
(She turns on speaker phone.)
Darryl: The mummy's missing, the coroner's dead and I am screwed.
Piper: Why is the mummy missing?
Paige: How are you screwed?
Darryl: Because they're blaming me for losing him in the first place, which means if I don't find him...
Paige: Bye-bye promotion.
Darryl: It pales in comparison to a killer demon being on the loose, I know. But, you know, it still matters to me and my family.
Piper: Yes, well, speaking of family, we've got a few problems of our own here.
Darryl: What's wrong?
Piper: Uh, I'll catch you up later.
(Piper hangs up the phone.)
Paige: Uh, Piper.
Piper: I'm sorry but we need to concentrate on Phoebe.
Paige: Okay, well, we can't leave Darryl high and dry after everything he's done for this family. There's gotta be something we can do.
Piper: Well, short of helping him arrest the demon, I'm not sure what we can really do.

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Most of the time he rang the house so any of the sisters could pick up.


Babies kill TV shows!

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Correct.
Personally, I find it absurd to think Piper didn't want to help Darryl or that he wouldn't ask her for it.

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I hardly saw Piper go out with Daryl to work on a case together. Unless the other sisters weren't available. And I never said that Piper wouldn't do it but it was always either Prue, Phoebe or Paige actively helping him with a case. Unless I'm wrong. I'm trying to remember the episode where Darly called for them and Piper showed up at the precinct and he was all surprised asking where Phoebe or Paige was and Piper said "We'll you got me"

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Siren's Song and Witchstock are examples of Piper working with Darryl and not the only ones.

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I don't remember seeing Daryl in Sirene Song. In Witchstock yes Piper and chris helped Daryl with a demon at a crime scene. But remember Phoebe and Paige had moved out so it was just Piper and Chris to help him.

I'm not saying that Piper won't work with Darryl but all I'm saying is the majority of the time it seems Daryl would prefer to have Prue, phoebe or paige instead of piper out with him on an active crime case when he needs to work with just one of them. Due to the fact that piper is usually very pushy and stubborn with him when he's worked with her alone, and Piper has often used magic to speed things along and the D word in public with him. He had always asked that they not use the D word (demon) openly with him especially in public and around other cops and Piper often has forgotten his rule a couple of times and blurted it out . Watch "A Paige from the Past" as a classic example. She kind of drove him crazy. Also watch "Chick Flick" to name a few. Just my perception of what I think Darryl thinks about taking piper out on cases.


CHICK FLICK

Prue: How much do you want?
Morris: Only what I need.
Prue: It's not someone imitating what happens on the screen. It's someone from the screen doing what comes naturally.
Phoebe: Killing without scripts. So we, um... so let's just say we rewrote them.
Morris: So is it over?
Piper: Not even close. We don't know how many more are out there and we have no way of stopping the demon from tampering with the audiences, so...
Morris: You used the 'd' word again.
Piper: Sorry
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A PAIGE FROM THE PAST

[Scene: Present day. Police station. Piper walks in, holding her jaw. She goes over to Darryl.]
Piper: Did you find anything?
Darryl: Yeah, there was a Lulu and Frankie in the database. Some crazy young couple. They robbed a series of jewelry stores in the fifties. They killed three people before they were gunned down.
Piper: Uhh, I knew they were criminals.
Darryl: Who?
Piper: The ghosts that possessed Phoebe and Cole.
(Some cops look at her. Darryl takes her across the room.)
Darryl: Shh. Please, do not use the G word around here.
Piper: Okay, fine, but we need to find them before they finish their job.
Darryl: What job?
Piper: They must have some sort of unfinished business here on earth and they either can't or won't move on until it's done.
Darryl: You know this?
Piper: Well, they didn't take me aside and share their plan with me but it's how most ghosts work, Darryl.
(Two cops look at her. Darryl drags her into a room.)
Darryl: Oh, no creepy talk in the precinct. Will you just keep down the creepy talk.
Piper: Darryl, I'm sorry, but what do you want me to say? My sister was just possessed with a supernaturally born killer and my husband is in 1994, and I do not mean in the fashion sense. He time traveled back with my other sister so the only one left to help me is you.
Darryl: Gee, thanks.


A PAIGE FROM THE PAST

(In the Jewelry Store)
Piper: Okay, we've gotta find them before they kill somebody. But, uh, first, is there a surveillance tape?
(Darryl looks around and sees a man ready to eject a tape out of a VCR.)
Darryl: Yeah, it's over there.
(Piper gasps and freezes the room. She unfreezes Darryl.)
Darryl:Piper...
Piper: Uh-huh.
Darryl: You froze the crime scene.
Piper: Uh-huh.
Darryl: You can not freeze a crime scene.
Piper: Well, I did. Okay, we got to protect Phoebe and Cole, so start wiping fingerprints.
Darryl: No, no, no! Look, I am sick of you and your entire dysfunctional family unit. I will not falsify evidence, I am a cop.
Piper: Okay, cop, do I need to remind you that you bailed Cole out of jail last night.
Darryl: So?
Piper: So I was wondering what you were gonna tell your captain when he sees Cole on the surveillance tape.
Darryl: What are you waiting for? Go get the damn tape! (Piper goes and ejects the tape. Darryl wipes the fingerprints.) I can not believe I am doing this.
Piper: Shh, it's for a good cause. Check his pockets. (Darryl looks in the detective's pockets and pulls something out. Piper hands Darryl the tape.) Okay, back in position. (They go back over to where they were standing. Darryl tucks the tape into his pants.) You good?
Darryl: Yeah.




CHARRRMED

(Piper walks up to the car outside carrying a breakfast tray.)
Darryl (to Sheridan): You might want to put on a happy face.
Piper: Good morning, Inspector. You must be hungry. Breakfast? Most important meal of the day.
Sheridan: Look, if you think that this is going to...
Piper: Yeah. Okay. (She freezes Inspector Sheridan.) Wow. That's better.
Darryl: Are you out of your mind? Will you unfreeze her right now?
Piper: Sorry. Can't. We need to talk.
Darryl: Listen, I've got nothing to say. I've already made that clear.
Piper: Yeah, so I've heard. (Phoebe sneaks out of the house.) About the string of missing women that you're not telling the press about.
Darryl: How'd you find out about that?
Piper: Because they're witches and we need to find them. So have any been reported missing in the last twenty-four hours?
Darryl: Piper, listen, you know I can't help you.
Piper: Look, Darryl, if you want to help Sheridan hang us out to dry, that's your business. But this is not about that. This is about people who are in trouble. So are you gonna help us or not?
Darryl: Listen, there was one on the missing report this morning. Brenda Castillo, twenty-two. She lives in The Heights. Roommate said she never came home last night, but until she's missing twenty-four...
Piper: We'll find her in twelve. Thanks.
Darryl: You're welcome. Now will you hurry up and unfreeze her? (Piper unfreezes Inspector Sheridan.)
Sheridan: Get me off your tail...
Piper: Now, Inspector, why would I want to do that? (Phoebe drives past them and covers her face with her hand.)
Sheridan: Nice try. (Sheridan pushes the breakfast tray out the way. It falls to the ground.)




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A Paige from the Past, Piper helps him catch Cole and Phoebe. It's an interesting subject, Piper sure does seem to be the least enthusiastic to help, well, anyone. It seemsto be the other sisters have to talk her round.

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Not too surprising. She was always the one the least-interested in magic and innocents - the one who wanted her infamous "normal" life. That's why her being the one who married someone who was dead and who had two magical sons whose powers she didn't bind so *they* could have a "normal" childhood (especially if she bound them the way Grams bound theirs, with a spell that kept them off of Evil's radar) made the least-amount of sense.

Of course the reason she did was simple - it gave her something to whine about. The woman just didn't know how to be happy.

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Because he hardly knew them until season 3 and after that they were horrible people

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