Season 3
The Triad (portrayed by Rick Overton, Amir Aboulela and Shaun Taub) and Belthazor (portrayed in his demonic form by Michael Bailey-Smith and in his human form - Cole Turner - by Julian McMahon). Posing as an ADA, Cole Turner quickly earns the Halliwells' trust, hiding the fact that he is really a demon sent to kill them. He has an assistant who is his shadow with a mind of its own, whom Cole frequently orders to report what he learns to the Triad, remaining shadowless in the meantime. After Prue and Phoebe find a red-faced demon attempting to steal the Book of Shadows, they research him and discover he is Belthazor, a legendary and powerful demon, more than a century old. After constantly attacking the Charmed Ones and even trying to wipe out their family line in an attempt to destroy them, Cole eventually falls in love with Phoebe and switches to the Halliwells' side, especially after being sold out to the Triad by a fellow demon. When they attempt to kill him, Cole destroys the Triad by himself. When the Halliwells discover that Cole was Belthazor, Phoebe, who had also fallen in love with him, fakes a vanquishment and Cole escapes. Cole eventually returns as a good guy, even helping save Phoebe. He also attends Piper and Leo's wedding. However, when he goes back to his demon brotherhood, undercover for the Halliwells, the Brotherhood forces him to kill a witch the Halliwells were protecting, in exchange for his father's soul. Phoebe sees this and pushes Cole away. Blinded with grief, Cole turns evil again. Phoebe later switches him back to good with a potion.
Read more about this topic: Major Villains In Charmed
Famous quotes containing the word season:
“When I read a story, I relive the moment from which it sprang. A scene burned itself into me, a building magnetized me, a mood or season of Nature’s penetrated me, history suddenly appeared to me in some tiny act, or a face had begun to haunt me before I glanced at it.”
—Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)