The sisters' mother warns them about a demon from the underworld who comes around every 1300 years on Friday the 13th to literally scare witches to death and feed on their fear. Meanwhile, Phoebe has misgivings about her expected duties at her new job and Piper is frustrated by her superstition about relationships started on Friday the 13th.

A warlock repeatedly attempts to kill the Charmed Ones, with a help from demon Tempus turning back time after each failure so that he can try again. However, because of the endless time loop and her power of premonition, Phoebe experiences a number of strong cases of déjà vu and is able to figure out that there are evil forces after them.