Episode 20: BROTHERS KEEPER

Crow Rating: 4 Crows

Written By: Chad Hayes & Carey W. Hayes

Directed By: Peter Dashkewytch

Originally aired on WGN: 5/2/99

Music in this episode from: Leona Ness.

Story Line
Draven's long-lost brother Chris is back in town and, as always, up to his neck in trouble. Draven reluctantly goes to the rescue and finds out that blood is always thicker and that the bond between brothers can't be broken.

A nightmare about his childhood and the appearance of a "ghost soldier" is the first in a series of strange things happening to Draven. When unseen blows fell him and he temporarily goes blind he struggles to get to the root of what is going on, only to realize that what he has been feeling has been really happening to his younger stepbrother Chris (Corey Feldman). Chris, with a lifelong chip on his shoulder, has always been trouble, and Draven has always been picking up the pieces. The brothers go back to Draven's loft but Chris refuses to come clean about just what kind of trouble he is in and instead rehashes the past, and his belief that both boys were abandoned by their soldier father after the evacuation from Vietnam. They argue, but Draven finally gets the truth out of Chris - that he knows where half a million dollars in stolen money is stashed. The problem is that the money belongs to a mobster, Cardosa (Colin Cunningham) who will stop at nothing to get it back. Draven goes to Albrecht for police protection but Chris takes off to get the money for himself and falls into Cardosa's trap. The Crow intervenes and safely back at the loft Draven uses his empathetic powers to get through to Chris and finally get to the truth about their past.

Personal Thoughts
We get to learn even more about Draven's past. Corey Feldman is excellent. It is a shame he was not introduced in an earlier episode and made a regular.