Title: Diplopia (Go to glossary for definition)

Original Airdate: June 26, 2001
Season: 1
Episode: 3

Writer: David Michaelson
Director: Vern Gillum

Music:
Six Piece Mcrotica - Kathie Talbot 56K
Shambala - Three Dog Night [Lyrics] 56K
Thing - Meg Lee Chin [Lyrics] 56K
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Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum [Lyrics] 56K
Kitten Moon - Fluke 56K
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Only Human - Kathie Talbot
Atom Bomb - Fluke 56K
(Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult [Lyrics] 56K

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Guest Stars:
John Hensley as Gabriel Bowman
Laila Robins as Dominique Boucher
Anthony Lemke as Isaac Sullivan

Someone (later identified as Isaac Sullivan) walks up and hits on a man sitting in a chair (later identified as Robert Foster) at Badlands, a gay bar/club. Isaac goes to Robert's apartment to paint a canvas of him. Jamie Pollack, Robert's lover, walks in and see Isaac's electric saw. Isaac knocks Jamie out and kills Robert with the saw.

Sara and Jake are at the crime scene. Jamie describes Isaac as "stunning, but in a frightening way." Isaac has mismatched eyes, one is dark brown and the other is ice blue. Gabriel Bowman walks in with a shrunken head that the now deceased Robert Foster had ordered.

Jamie identifies Isaac Sullivan in a police lineup, but Isaac is released when he directs Sara to the newspaper The Voice, which has a picture of him and the president at the time of the murder. Sara tells Jake to arrest Jamie.

Sara searches for information about the Witchblade over the Internet and finds a website called Talismaniac.com. She goes to Talismaniac and sees a dimly lit room with idols, icons and talismans on display. She's looking at an old drum set when Gabriel Bowman, the owner, walks in. Gabriel tells her that the drums were the last set played by Keith Moon before he died and were bought by John Bono before he died. Sara replies that they must be cursed. Gabriel says that she can have the fifty thousand dollar drums on layaway with her bracelet as a deposit. Sara (trying to gauge Gabriel's knowledge of the blade) offers a straight up swap, and Gabriel agrees with no hesitation. Sara tells Gabriel that he can have the blade for ten thousand dollars if she ever decides to really sell it if he tells her everything he knows and everything he can find out about the Witchblade.

Sara goes to Isaac Sullivan's place. Isaac Sullivan, an artist, explains to Sara about the work displayed in the room. The work is entitled The Huntsmen of Anya, a folk tale about a band of nine Welsh brothers who rode the woods and slaughtered everything in their path. If one brother is killed the other eight absorbs his power. The Isaac at Badlands calls and asks the Isaac with Sara to come out and join him. The Isaac with Sara declines. Then the Isaac at Badlands hits on a girl (his next victim).

Sara and Jake are on the rooftop of a building investigating the murder . Sara sees Danny standing on the rooftop some distance away and then disappears. She walks over to where he was standing and finds a Badlands matchbox and evidence that the killer took pictures. Their main suspect, Jamie Pollack, was in lockup and Sara was with Isaac when the murder occurred. With two murders connected to Badlands, Sara tells Jake that they're going to the gay club. They get into an argument when Jake doesn't want to go, so Sara says she'd go on her own.

Ian goes to Talismaniac and offers to pay thirty thousand Swiss Francs, which is more than the asking price, for the shrunken head that Robert Foster had ordered. The only catch is to stop talking to Sara about the Witchblade. Gabriel wants to decline the offer, but Ian threatens him and so he reluctantly agrees.

Sara is undercover as a guy at Badlands. Sara is surprised to see that Jake has decided to come. She sees Isaac walking toward them and tells Jake to kiss her. Sara is able to hide her face from Isaac and then sneak off.

Jamie Pollack is packing his belongings in his apartment. Isaac is hiding in the apartment and makes a disturbing phone call to Jamie. Isaac then kills him with a blow torch.

Sara is walking around the club and sees one of Isaac's paintings hanging on the wall. The Witchblade glows and the figure (a spooky head growing out of another) is moving in the painting. She receives a call that Jamie is dead. She notifies Jake, and they go back to the apartment to investigate. Sara can hear voices from the murders that occurred in the apartment.

Gabriel goes to Sara about the death threat he got, and Sara immediately knows it's Ian. Gabriel, defying Ian, tells Sara everything he's found out about the Witchblade. The Latin name for the Witchblade is Digitabulum Magae. The blade pops up in different cultures, and only women can wear it. The blade gives certain powers to the wielders including, strength, agility and clairvoyance. It also punishes pretenders.

Sara visits Dominique in her jail cell. Sara warns Dominique that if she can't learn about the blade from her, then she might have to go to Kenneth Irons. Sara convinces Dominique to tell her about the blade. Dominique tells her that the answer is right in front of her and that everything is connected and nothing happens by chance. Her case is connected to Irons. Dominique mentions the words "brood mare." Irons is involved in genetic research and is interested in evolution and reproduction.

Sara wakes up from a dream with images of people connected to her. She cracks an egg into a frying pan and sees two yolks. After doing that a second time, she realizes that the answer is right in front of her.

Sara finds out that Dr. Peter D'Angelo, a fertility expert and attending physician during Isaac's birth, is the "Angel of Birth." D'Angelo impregnated women with his own sperm when the women wanted their husbands'.

Sara goes to Rahway State Prison where D'Angelo is serving a twenty year sentence. The research was funded by Vorschlag Industries. D'Angelo harvested a single egg and split it. The result was offspring that were identical to each other. D'Angelo takes his sunglasses off to reveal his mismatched eyes (one dark brown; the other ice blue).

Sara goes to arrest Isaac. She points her gun at him. A twin Isaac shows and points his gun at her. Jake shows and points his gun at the second Isaac. The second Isaac puts his gun down. The third Isaac shows up and points his gun at Jake. The third Isaac takes Jake's gun and orders Sara to drop hers. He shoves Jake over to Sara and ties them up. While the Isaacs are taunting and pushing Jake around in his chair, Sara uses the Witchblade to break out of her bindings. She pushes Jake to the side with his back to the room and battles the Isaacs. The Isaacs attack her with power tools and guns, but they were no match for the Witchblade. Sara kills the three Isaacs and unties Jake.

Sara goes to Dominique to thank her, but finds her dead. Her aging has reversed itself.

Sara goes home to her apartment and notices that the door is open. She finds Gabriel setting up the set of drums she saw at Talismaniac. Gabriel tells her that he's securing his investment.

Someone in a hooded jacket is spray painting Sara with the Witchblade on a fence. The person turns around. It's another Isaac Sullivan.

• Latin name for Witchblade is Digitabulum Magae.
• The blade appears in different cultures, including Babylonian friezes and Celtic runes.
• The blade gives its wielder strength, agility and clairvoyance.
• Dominique tells Sara that the Witchblade is orchestrating her life now. There are no coincidences, nothing happens by chance and everything is connected.
• Dominique calls Sara a "brood mare"
• Irons is involved in genetic research and funded Dr. Peter D'Angelo's research that created the Isaac Sullivans.