Birds of Prey

Birds of Prey

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The WB Ended Action • Adventure • Science-Fiction

1 Season · 13 Episodes · Premiered October 9, 2002 · Ended February 19, 2003

Who will stand up to villains now that a heartbroken Dark Knight has mysteriously vanished? Never fear, New Gothamites, a trio of champions is ready to take wing – and Helena, the daughter of Batman and Catwoman, is among them. She calls herself Huntress and crime is her prey. Teenaged Dinah is the youngest of the group, learning as she goes and gifted in clairvoyance. And overseeing the awesome threesome's high-tech nerve center is Batgirl. Left wheelchair-bound by The Joker, she has reinvented herself as Oracle, the team's cyber expert. Huntress, Dinah, Oracle: They are the Birds of Prey. Fighting together. Living together.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

13 episodes
E01
Pilot
Thu, Oct 10 2002 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Batman has vanished from New Gotham, but the next generation of the criminals he fought still prowls the city. Now confined to a wheelchair after being attacked by Batman's archenemy, The Joker, Batgirl redefines herself with a complicated double life.
E02
Slick
Thu, Oct 17 2002 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Harley hires Slick, an evil metahuman who can turn from solid to liquid, to kill cops who thwart her evil schemes. When Reese becomes the next intended victim, Helena protects him, and their mutual attraction continues to grow. Meanwhile, even though Barbara believes Dinah's story, Helena remains suspicious.
E03
Prey for the Hunter
Thu, Oct 24 2002 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Helena and Reese clash when they both try to track down a serial killer who is killing metahumans. Meanwhile, Dinah skips school when she learns from Helena that there is a metahumans-only bar. Barbara meets Wade's parents.
E04
Three Birds and a Baby
Thu, Oct 31 2002 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
When Helena rescues an abandoned baby boy and brings him back to the clock tower, Barbara and Dinah try to help. However, to everyone's surprise, the baby is only happy when Helena is holding him. Even more astounding is the fact that the baby wakes from his nap as a walking, talking 5-year-old and continues to rapidly age.
E05
Sins of the Mother
Thu, Nov 7 2002 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Along with Barbara and Helena, Dinah learns the truth about her past when her mother comes to New Gotham in search of the daughter she abandoned years before. Dinah is shocked to learn that her mother and Batman's protégé, Black Canary, are the same person. Meanwhile, Helena finds out that Reese has family problems of his own when he becomes secretive about a ruthless gangster.
E06
Primal Scream
Thu, Nov 14 2002 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
At Reese's request, Helena goes undercover to help thwart a gang of thieves terrorizing New Gotham and quickly discovers that the group is part of a larger criminal infrastructure. Helena pursues the top boss until she is exposed, putting her in grave danger. Meanwhile, Barbara must cope with her fear of intimacy when her relationship with Wade becomes serious.
E07
Split
Thu, Nov 21 2002 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Frustrated by her relationship with Reese, Helena becomes intrigued when she meets Darkstrike, a metahuman who has come to New Gotham on the trail of a serial killer.
E08
Lady Shiva
Thu, Nov 28 2002 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Helena is thrilled when her best friend from high school, Sandra, returns to New Gotham, but the crimefighters are troubled by a series of murders with the unmistakable mark of Barbara's nemesis, Lady Shiva.
E09
Nature of the Beast
Thu, Dec 19 2002 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
When a legendary mob boss, Al Hawke, receives a death threat, the only person he trusts to protect him is his son -- Reese. Reese asks Helena for help, but when she learns that Reese's father is the same man who killed Dinah's mother, Helena questions his loyalty.
E10
Gladiatrix
Thu, Jan 9 2003 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Helena is captured when she investigates a fight club that pits metahuman women against each other. While Dinah and Reese infiltrate the operation, Malcolm catches Dinah, forcing her to fight Helena.
E11
Reunion
Thu, Jan 9 2003 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Helena refuses to attend her high school reunion, not wishing to relive the past. But when visiting former classmates are murdered one by one, Barbara persuades her to get involved when it seems like flirting with her is what connects the victims. Meanwhile, Helena copes with her romantic attraction to Jack and continues hiding her true identity from Reese.
E12
Feat of Clay
Thu, Feb 20 2003 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Barbara cancels her vacation with her boyfriend after a robber, Chris Cassius, breaks into a chemical factory and drinks a mixture that gives him the power to turn people to stone. Helena goes to Arkham Asylum and interrogates Clayface, a villain who possesses the same abilities as Chris, and learns a shocking fact about her past.
E13
Devil's Eyes
Thu, Feb 20 2003 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Having discovered that Helena is Huntress, Harley uses a machine to transfer hypnotic powers to herself and uses them on Helena to take control of the clock tower. Barbara, having neutralized the trance, works with Alfred, Dinah, Reese, and Helena to infiltrate the clock tower and battle Harley and her cohorts before they gain control of the entire city.

Cast

Ashley Scott
Ashley Scott as Helena Kyle / Huntress
Dina Meyer
Dina Meyer as Barbara Gordon / Batgirl / Oracle
Rachel Skarsten
Rachel Skarsten as Dinah Redmond (née Lance)
Shemar Moore
Shemar Moore as Jesse Reese
Ian Abercrombie
Ian Abercrombie as Alfred Pennyworth
Mia Sara
Mia Sara as Dr. Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn

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