Mel and Maggie mourn their sister in Charmed season 4 premiere synopsis

The fourth season of The CW’s Charmed reboot won’t premiere until March 11, 2022, but The CW has just released the synopsis for the highly anticipated first episode.

Titled “Not That Girl,” the synopsis reads:

"Mel (Melonie Diaz) and Maggie (Sarah Jeffery) are learning to navigate life without their sister Macy – Mel distracts herself with new flings at magical hotspot, the Blue Camellia bar, while Maggie is taking on more than her share of demon hunting. Meanwhile, Harry (Rupert Evans) is struggling, mourning his lost love, and Jordan (Jordan Donica) has teamed up with Maggie while navigating his newfound magical powers. Across the country in Philadelphia, an unsuspecting young woman (Lucy Barrett) is living her life… mechanic by day, muralist by night… when she’s suddenly thrust into a new world, coming face to face with the women she’s inexplicably seen in her dreams. Just as Mel, Maggie, and Harry are uncovering information about this mysterious new person, Josefina (guest star Mareya Salazar) goes missing on her way to a pixie-pledging ceremony, and Mel and Maggie must rely on their “new third” to help their cousin… and find out if she is indeed the other Charmed One that they were told was “out there somewhere.”"

There is so much to unpack from this massive synopsis:

Mel exploring new flings at a new bar seems to suggest that she and Ruby broke up at some point between the end of season 3 and the beginning of season 4. I’ve had my issues with Mel and Ruby as a couple, but I’m sad to see their relationship potentially end off-screen.

As for Maggie, demon-hunting through her grief sounds more angry and self-destructive than we’re used to from the sweetest Charmed One, but I’m extremely interested to see how this new version of Maggie plays out on screen. In addition, Maggie helping Jordan with his newfound powers feels like the perfect gateway to the two of them finally getting together, something Charmed fans have been waiting for since season 2.

I’m also thrilled to see Josefina in this synopsis, as well as the mentioning of pixies, a magical creature we haven’t seen on the show since the first season.

The Charmed Ones finding their missing third sounds almost too good to be true, and I can’t wait for the payoff of all the secrecy that has surrounded Lucy Barrett’s mystery character. It’ll be fun to have another member of the Charmed crew be new to magic, especially now that Jordan has officially become magical himself.

Charmed season 4 will premiere on The CW in March of this year, with the premiere episode being written by Aziza Ada Butain and Jeffrey Lieber, directed by Kevin Dowling.