The Witches of Eastwick

Daryl specifically sought out Alex, Jane, and Sukie because they had already formed an unconscious coven through their weekly gatherings about ideal partners. Their shared dissatisfaction and unmet desires created a magical potential that Daryl could exploit. He manipulated them into awakening their powers so he could feed on their energy and use their witchcraft for his own purposes.

The women discovered their powers accidentally while playing tennis. When a ball flew over the fence, all three simultaneously willed it back, causing it to levitate and hover between them. This moment of shared intention proved they possessed genuine magical abilities and had unknowingly been forming a real coven.

Their weekly meetings to discuss ideal partners had been unknowingly channeling magical energy.

Felicia became obsessed with exposing what she perceived as the women's sinister intentions with Daryl. The three women, manipulated by Daryl, performed a dark spell against Felicia. The spell caused her husband Clyde to fly into an uncontrollable rage, leading him to beat Felicia to death. Her death was indirectly caused by the women's spell, though Clyde was the one who physically killed her.

Felicia had warned the town about the women's suspicious relationship with Daryl and actively campaigned against them.

Alex created a voodoo doll using Daryl's hair and wax while he was distracted. When the women stabbed, burned, and otherwise harmed the doll, Daryl experienced each attack in real time, at one point feeling the pain while in a church, where he regurgitated cherry pits just like Felicia did before her death. This proved the doll worked and gave them power over him.

When Daryl discovered the women were attacking him through the voodoo doll, he stormed back to the mansion in a rage. His fury was so intense that it triggered a physical transformation, he grew into a colossal, grotesque monster. The women's fear and the overwhelming magical energy caused this terrifying metamorphosis.

After Felicia's death, the women's magical powers became dangerously unstable and difficult to control. Their emotions were heightened, their powers were erratic, and being together amplified the chaos. They chose to separate hoping that distance would help them regain control over their abilities and their lives.

Their powers had already shown signs of becoming uncontrollable during the Felicia incident.

When Daryl was being attacked through the voodoo doll, he suddenly regurgitated cherry pits in the middle of a church. This connected him to Felicia Alden, who had also spit cherry pits just before her death, indicating that the spell the women had cast on Felicia had somehow linked Daryl to her fate or that he shared her magical essence.

Felicia had spit cherry pits during her violent episode, a detail that puzzled observers.

Eighteen months later, the women have rebuilt their lives in Daryl's mansion, each with a baby boy. When Daryl suddenly appears on multiple television screens asking them to 'give Daddy a kiss,' the women instantly recognize the threat and work together to shut off every screen immediately. This shows they remain united and powerful enough to prevent any return of his influence.

The women's reconciliation was necessary to combine their powers against Daryl.

Felicia was the only person in Eastwick who instinctively sensed Daryl's evil nature and actively worked against him. She mocked him publicly, spread rumors about the women to the townspeople, and refused to be charmed by him. Her persistence threatened Daryl's control over the town and his influence over the three women, making her a dangerous obstacle he needed removed.

Felicia refused to attend the recital where Daryl made his entrance and warned others about him.

After the women separated, Daryl visited each one individually to torment them using their deepest fears. Alex envisioned herself surrounded by deadly snakes. Jane experienced rapid aging, watching herself become elderly in moments. Sukie felt unbearable physical pain throughout her body. These psychological attacks were meant to break their will and bring them back to him.