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Episode 15: BIRDS OF A FEATHER

Crow Rating: 4 1/2 Crows

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Written By: Bryce Zabel

Directed By: Alan Simmonds

Originally aired on WGN: 2/21/99

Music in this episode from: Oleader, Transister, Mudgirl, and The Painkillers

Story Line
In shocking turn of events Draven is set free by Judge Morrison but life on the outside is still bleak. Albrecht has been demoted to a beat cop and Draven feels terribly alone without Shelly until he meets another Spirit Crow.

Citing that the jury ignored his instructions, Judge Morrison overturns Dravens conviction and sets him free in a dramatic reversal of fortune. But a cloud of suspicion still hangs over Draven, and, because of his association with Albrecht, over Albrecht as well. Their friendship is strained, and Albrecht1s girlfriend Cordelia, leaves him too. Adding insult to injury, Albrecht is demoted to beat cop and Capshaw assumes his desk in the detective division. Treated as a pariah by the public at the Blackout, Draven goes outside where he sees a woman demolish two strong attackers in an alley fight. To his shock, Draven discovers that, she, too, is a Crow. He befriends the angry, confused woman and helps her learn the truth about her former life. She was a happily married, successful doctor, Hannah Foster (Bobbie Phillips), who along with her young daughter, was kidnapped by a colleague and left to die a horrible death. She has come back as Talon, a female Crow, but doesn1t understand that her newly found powers cannot be used for revenge without unleashing something more terrible. Evenly matched in strength and force, Draven cannot stop her from killing her murder, Slaughter (Mackenzie Grey), turning him into evil incarnate as a supernatural snake. The Crow saves Talon from destruction at the hands of the snake, but Talon learns that there is no escaping the terrible sadness that brought her back to earth.

Personal Thoughts
This episode is tied with "Give Me Death" as my favorite episode. Finally we get a female Crow! Bobbie Phillips is great as Hannah Foster. She and Dacascos have great chemistry.

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