• Air date: 16 Jun '02 12 episodes
      Witchblade is an American television series that aired on TNT from 2001 to 2002. The series is based on the Witchblade comic book series, and followed a pilot film which debuted in August 2000. Some of the episodes were written by Ralph Hemecker, Marc Silvestri and J.D. Zeik. Yancy Butler starred as Sara Pezzini, Anthony Cistaro as Kenneth Irons, David Chokachi as Jake McCartey, Eric Etebari as Ian Nottingham, Will Yun Lee as Danny Woo, Conrad Dunn as Tommy Gallo, Kenneth Welsh as Joe Siri, and John Hensley as Gabriel Bowman, among others. Although critically acclaimed and popular with audiences, the show was canceled in September 2002; there was speculation that the cancellation was connected to Butler's entering rehab for alcoholism. The series ran for two seasons on TNT, for a total of 24 episodes. The first episode aired June 12, 2001; the last episode aired August 26, 2002. In spite of its cancellation, Witchblade was ranked seventh in the Top 10 Basic Cable Dramas for 2002. According to...
  • List of Episodes (12)
    • 1. Emergence

      16 Jun '02
      Sara Pezzini and her partner Danny Woo are once again in pursuit of the allusive mobster Tommy Gallo. As before, Tommy's henchman lures Sara into the museum where she encounters the Witchblade and it claims her as its chosen wielder. This time, however, things are different. Though it's a case of deja vu as she retraces her steps to the Rialto Theater, an older and wiser Sara declines the opportunity to confront Gallo inside. Although the past may be altered, Kenneth Irons has plans for the futu
    • 2. Destiny

      16 Jun '02
      Using the powers of the Witchblade, Sara saves the life of her partner, Danny Woo. But when Irons procures an ancient weapon, can she save herself as the battle for the Witchblade turns into a fight to the death?
    • 3. Agape

      17 Jun '02
      As Sara and Danny investigate a series of bizarre drug-related murders, rookie detective Jake is pulled into a sting with a questionable cop. Now Sara must learn to use the Witchblade to solve the crime and save Jake before it's too late.
    • 4. Consectatio

      24 Jun '02
      Obsessed with his feelings for Sara Pezzini and driven by the spirt of Kenneth Irons, Ian Nottingham contracts with a group of deadly assassins, The Black Dragons, to murder Sara.
    • 5. Static

      01 Jul '02
      When a rock star meets his untimely demise, Sara and Danny are called in on a series of strange homicides. But when Sara discovers that the killer is using a trail of mayhem to lure her into a trap, her investigation turns into a fight for the Witchblade.
    • 6. Nailed

      08 Jul '02
      A psychotic serial killer of young girls - who has a fetish for their fingernails - becomes obsessed with Danny's niece. Sara must rely on the Witchblade's visions to find the girl before she becomes the killer's next victim.
    • 7. Lagrimas

      15 Jul '02
      Sara experiences love at first sight when she meets a man who is perfect for her. But the affair goes awry when Irons returns from the grave with knowledge of the man's true identity. Sara is faced with an impossible dilemma: Can she kill the man she loves?
    • 8. Hierophant

      22 Jul '02
      A killer known only as V tries to take over New York's organized crime syndicates, causing mayhem. But when the evidence gathered at the crime scenes includes the fingerprints of Sara's long-dead father, Sara must trust the Witchblade's powers to overcome her emotions and wage war with the greatest evil she has ever faced.
    • 9. Veritas

      05 Aug '02
      A man named Bittner is on the run from two mysterious men who kill him after he sends a message to Gabriel. It turns out Bittner had a tape with evidence convicting the mysterious men and their organization of some major murder. Gabriel and Sara recover the tape, are forced to shoot two of the men who are government types, and go on the run while Sara has visions of a mysterious Boston-accented talking to her about politics and evil. Sara ends up captured by the conspiracy, who are a mysterious
    • 10. Parabolic

      12 Aug '02
      A link to unusual circumstances and the mysterious tatoos on the murder victims lead Sara and Jake to investigate other hate crimes that have been interrupted but are occurring across the city. It becomes apparent that a vigilante is trying to thwart the efforts of the hate crime perps. Sara goes undercover to find out more about the tatoos that are traced to the Lupo organization and its mysterious leader, but when her disguise is blown, she must use the Witchblade to escape
    • 11. Palindrome

      19 Aug '02
      Jake and Danny go undercover posing as hot-headed fighters to investigate the murder of a young man who was in an underground fight club. But the deadly game becomes complicated when Sara's long-lost love, Conchobar (Kim De Lury), steps into the ring. In a bizarre twist of fate, Sara finds herself risking everything - including the Witchblade - to save her lover and bring the killer to justice.
    • 12. Ubique

      26 Aug '02
      Sara awakens from a nightmare to discover the Witchblade gone and New York City in chaos after a bizarre homicidal spree. When she finds that the killers recently accessed Cyberfaust.net, a Web site run by someone who knows about the Witchblade, Sara suspects Irons. Risking her sanity, she peruses the site and becomes helpless due to Cyberfaust's spell. She is forced to battle against the Witchblade and its diabolical new wielder.