"All Hell Breaks Loose" is the twenty-second episode and season finale of the third season of the American supernatural-drama television series Charmed, and the 66th overall. The episode was originally broadcast in the United States on May 17, 2001 on The WB. It was written by Brad Kern and directed by Shannen Doherty. As well as being Doherty's last episode as director, it was also the last appearance on the show of character Prue, although the character would return in the . In the episode, The Charmed Ones deal with their secret of being witches going global and all of the news reporters swarming them.