Witchblade

- Season 1

(2001)

Continuing from Witchblade (2000), Sara and partner are called to some shooting, where her stalker/helper, Ian, confronts 3 shooting bikers, remnants of a ceased military super soldier program.

The bones of a model are found in Central Park after a phone call to Sara at NYPD. Sara and Jake contact her employer and her roomie/model/Malin Akerman.

An artist is picked up at a gay nightclub and murdered. Sara meets Gabriel at the murder scene. He can tell her more about Witchblade. The killing continues.

Sara and Jake are called to a ritual murder scene of a woman. There's a Celtic sign, that Sara traces to an Irish band, a folksinger. The killing continues.

Father Bellamy is murdered in a church. He was trying to rid Edward, the murder suspect, of a demon possession. Sara arrests and saves Edward.

Sara has to rescue her boyfriend, Concobar, when an Irish gang kidnaps him. They're actually looking for his older brother Edward, a member of he Irish Republican Army who reputedly set off 20 car bombs in Belfast. Sara will stop at nothing to find him, but her late partner doesn't approve of her methods. When the kidnappers agree to release Conchobar for a hefty ransom, one of the gang also demands the Witchblade bracelet. When Kenneth Irons refuses to help her out, Sara seeks to get the money from the police evidence room.

Sara is grieving over the loss of Conchobar and her partner Jake is worried about her well-being. The time has come for Sara to undergo a test of worthiness, the Periculum. In a dream-like state she meets some of her predecessors who explain the power and origins of the Witchblade and her own role in the world. If she fails the test, she will die. Meanwhile, Captain Dante invites Jake to join a group within the police who ensure that justice is done - and don't hesitate to keep any of the financial proceeds that might come of it.

Captain Dante assigns all of his officers to track and hopefully arrest Armand Parsegian, a known arms dealer. He is assassinated before anything can be done however and Sara has a vision that indicates there is a connection between the murdered man and Kenneth Irons. She also sees Ian Nottingham as the assassin. Meanwhile, Gabriel asks for Sara's help when his best friend is found hanging from the rafters in his apartment building. He is convinced that his friend was murdered but again, Sara finds a connection to Irons. Jake decides to accept Dante's offer to join ...

Sara learns about the White Bulls from her late father who left her a video statement. She also knows who killed Prospero, a local pimp - Detective Orlinsky. She also learns of the long standing feud between Captain Dante and her father. She visits her old Captain, Joe Siri, who tells her of the role the White Bulls and Captain Dante played in her father's death. Kenneth Irons offers to help Sara but she is wary and it turns out that Dante also has powerful friends.

With her life is danger from the White Bulls, Sara's not sure who to she can trust. Even with partner Jake's revelation, she's not entirely sure she can trust him. Kenneth Irons desperately needs something from Sara or he will face dire consequences. He tries to get Captain Dante to call off his hunt for Sara, but the Captain is dead set on eliminating her. Sara and Jake set a trap for Dante but she is shocked when she learns who actually gives the White Bulls their orders. Sara learns of her extraordinary powers and how to use it to right many wrongs.

Kenneth Irons tries to get Captain Dante to call off his hunt for Sara, but the Captain is dead set on eliminating her. Meanwhile, Sara and Jake set a trap for Dante but she is shocked when she learns who actually gives the White Bulls their orders. Sara learns of her extraordinary powers and how to use it to right many wrongs. Sara's unlikely protector, Ian Nottingham, surfaces with a life-threatening passion to watch over her that leads to irrevocable consequences. Sara has no choice but to accept the destiny that comes with wielding the gauntlet and use it to ...