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Birds of Prey

Action, Adventure, Science-Fiction · 2002 · Rated 7.7/10

Last aired: S1 E13, Devil's Eyes · 2003-02-19

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.

Cast

Season 1

E1 Pilot 2002-10-09 · 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.
E2 Slick 2002-10-16 · 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.
E3 Prey for the Hunter 2002-10-23 · 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.
E4 Three Birds and a Baby 2002-10-30 · 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.
E5 Sins of the Mother 2002-11-06 · 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.
E6 Primal Scream 2002-11-13 · 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.
E7 Split 2002-11-20 · 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.
E8 Lady Shiva 2002-11-27 · 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.
E9 Nature of the Beast 2002-12-18 · 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 2003-01-08 · 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 2003-01-08 · 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 2003-02-19 · 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 2003-02-19 · 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.

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