Episode 2: SOULDED OUT

Crow Rating: 3 1/2 Crows

Written By: Bryze Zabel

Directed By: Kari Skogland

Originally aired on WGN: 10/3/98

Music in this episode from: Cocoon Rush and Garbage

Story Line
Draven finds the man who ordered Shelly's and his murder, but as he uncovers the Truth, is he strong enough to battle an evil that seems to have the same supernatural powers he possesses as The Crow?

Draven's battle with the gang of contract killers has left his old club, The Blackout, in shambles. The badly beaten gang boss and club manager is in the hospital under psychiatric care, babbling incoherently about the dead returning from the grave. The rest of his gang of contract killers is also under arrest but Draven is no closer to knowing who ordered his death. While at The Blackout, Draven hears the song he sang for Shelly on the night that they died being played by his old band. Although never written down, the song is now owned by the band's new recording company, Reyes International, which also has an interest in the club. He thinks this is the key to the murders. While at the company's corporate offices he runs into Mace Reyes, who appears to be an invalid, and his wife India (Julie Dreyfus). Draven senses the woman is terrified of her husband and his menacing Head of Security, Marcus Voz, and helps her escape both of them. She's willing to expose her husband's murderous connections to the police, and while Detective Albrecht is still skeptical about Draven, he will do anything to discover who put out the contract on Shelly. He goes to meet the woman only to find she has been forced back to her husband. Draven goes to rescue India but finds himself face-to-face with an evil he has never encountered before, an evil that seems to have all the supernatural powers he himself possesses when he transforms into The Crow.

Personal Thoughts
Enjoyed the first ever look at the evil side of coming back from the dead. It made sense that the universal sign of evil, snakes, was used to represent evil in this episode. Absolutely loved the ending sequence between Draven and Shelly. On an emotion meter, a perfect 10.