Title: Convergence (Go to glossary for definition)

Original Airdate: August 14, 2001
Season: 1
Episode: 10

Writer: Richard C. Okie
Director: James Whitmore, Jr.

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Snake's Pass - Ape 56K
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Guest Stars:
Nestor Serrano as Captain Bruno Dante
John Hensley as Gabriel Bowman
Keir Dullea as Dr. Immo
Eden Roundtree as Charleyne

A young lady with short brown hair, wearing a simple white blouse, is reading a poem alone in an empty library. Someone hiding behind a bookshelf doesn't see the real her. He sees her dressed in a black skimpy outfit with heavy makeup and red hair. He walks up to her. The young lady recognizes him and smiles. He walks closer. She screams.

Dante, Jake, Orlinski, Burges and other members are in a Bulls meeting in an autoshop or garage. Dante is angry that they lost Sara at the VCN newsroom. Dante also discusses a new item: the disappearance of Kate Havilland, the daughter of Congressman Roland Havilland, who was last seen in the study lounge at UNY. He passes out fliers with Kate Havilland's description (sex: female; race: Caucasian; age: 22; height: 5' 8 1/2"; weight: 115lbs; build: thin; complexion: fair; hair: brown; eyes: brown). When Dante says he'll assign the Havilland case to a new member, Burges thinks he'll get the case, but Dante gives it to Jake.

Irons turns his wheel chair around to talk to his doctor. He's aged even more. He brushes his hand over his head and hair falls out. The doctor points out that his birth certificate says he's 96 years old. He has brought some growth hormone, but Irons calls it snake oil. The doctor reminds Irons that his specialty is genetics. Ian takes a scalpel out from the doctor's bag. Irons insisted that the doctor be an expert in longevity. Irons insists on the other and wants to use a larger piece. Elizabeth Bronte's preserved body is posed on a couch. She's wearing a pink dress with long lace-trimmed sleeves that cover her hand. An electric saw is on a nearby stool. The doctor thinks her cells may be unraveling. Irons may be developing a tolerance or immunity to it.

Jake opens the shower door and reaches for his towel, which isn't there. Sara points a gun at Jake and whistles to get his attention. Jake turns around, sees her and quickly empties a bowl to use to cover himself. Sara wants to know Dante's next move. Jake tells her that they have two priorities: Sara and the senator's daughter. Jake asks Sara for help in finding the senator's daughter. He gives her his personal cell, so they can keep in touch. She tosses his towel over his face.

Charleyne is walking on the street. Sara walks up to her. Sara has a cap and a pair of sunglasses on. She's wearing a black jacket with the hood over her head. She wants to put Charleyne on the witness stand to testify, but Charleyne refuses. Charleyne gave Sara a place to stay for a while and is afraid to do anymore. She walks off. Danny appears and tells Sara that Charleyne won't help her and Sara won't help Jake. In her universe, parallel lines always meet. Danny looks across the street to an alley where a group of people have gathered. Sara looks that way and sees the Witchblade glowing. She finds a young lady in a black skimpy outfit and long curly red hair lying in the alley. She can't find a pulse. She has a Witchblade flash that shows someone making her up into a hooker. Sara sees her necklace with a sorority pendant (omega alpha epsilon?), and knows it's the senator's daughter. Sara disappears when the cops arrive.

Jake's in his office. He gets a call from Sara that a dead hooker in the morgue is the congressman's daughter. Dante walks by. He and Jake leave together.

Sara goes to Gabriel and shows him a standard Smith and Wesson soft tip White Bulls bullet. Sara asks him to find who could've tattooed a bullet that way. Sara's trying to build a case and connecting the bullet to certain people might just be the key.

At the morgue. Jake and Dante are looking at Kate Havilland's body. Dante says the killer's problem is terminal, suggesting the Bulls will kill whoever killed Kate Havilland.

At Irons' mansion. Ian is holding Irons' head still while the doctor carefully injects the serum near his eye. The doctor begins to talk about the drug losing its effects after a few doses. Ian grabs a scalpel and holds it to the doctors' throat. The doctor tells him that it isn't the way to talk to the man who helped usher him into existence. Irons' treatment fails. He remains old and frail. He breaks a vase with his cane in frustration. He pulls a loose molar out of his mouth and says he needs fresh blood. Ian nods and leaves.

Sara calls Jake at the station and tells him to call ViCAP for a serial murderer. Jake tell her to meet him at midnight.

Gabriel goes to visit Benkstrom, a master engraver. Gabriel shows him the engraved bullet. Benkstrom thinks it presents a high level of craftsmanship, but doesn't take the credit. Gabriel tells him not to mention this to anyone and leaves. Benkstrom picks up the phone and calls Dante.

Sara enters Jake's apartment. She sees Jake's pictures on the mantle and recalls Jake helping her in the past. The Witchblade flashes and shows Jake offering info to her, but also links him to the White Bulls. She checks his drawer and finds a Bulls bullet. Burges and Orlinski are waiting outside Jake's apartment. Jake sees them and talks to them in a raised voice to warn Sara about the unexpected company. Sara is on the second floor. When she sees the door opening, she runs into a room. Orlinski and Burges look around for her. Jake finds the bullet on the counter and knows that Sara was there.

Jake enters Dante's office angry that he sent Orlinski and Burges to his place last night. Dante is on the phone with the congressman and tells him that he'll be at the funeral. He tells Jake that they were there to protect him. Jake says Sara was there, but he had to talk louder to protect Orlinski and Burges.

Sara goes to Kate's funeral. She puts her hand on Kate's. Kate awakes. Danny appears and puts his hand on Kate's. Sara asks her who the killer is. Kate looks over to her right. Sara looks where Kate was looking and sees a red haired man dressed in a light blue suit. The man introduces himself to her as Lee, Kate's departmental advisor at UNY. They shake hands. The Witchblade shows flashes of Kate's murder. Sara looks accusingly at him. Lee takes off. Sara tries to go after him, but sees Dante and turns around and runs. Dante calls for backup. Sara exits the building from a side door and sees Ian. Ian pleads to Sara to go with him because Irons needs her, but she's more concerned about finding Lee. Ian takes a scalpel out and cuts Sara's palm. He says he did it to save her life. He puts a handkerchief on the bleeding palm and uses his hands to hold hers. Sara manages to pull away from Ian after several tries. Dante comes out of the same door. Sara and Ian run off in different directions. Dante loses them.

Sara runs around a corner and slows down. She puts her cap on and calls Jake to meet in person. Jake tells her Dante gave him the bullet to use on her. Sara wants Jake to meet her at the corner of George and Jones.

At George and Jones. Sara spots Jake and tells him to pretend that he's waiting for a bus. Sara and Jake are on opposite sides of a fence. Sara wants to know why he didn't tell her about the bullet. Jake didn't want to frighten her even more. Sara checks the Witchblade, which remains dormant. Jake says he's in with the White Bulls. They recruited him to get to her. Sara tells him about Lee. The report from ViCAP that a killer with a dead hooker MO hit four colleges in the tri-states in the past two years. He always strikes three times before he moves on, always within a ten day window. Profile says he goes for the innocent, virtuous types. He then rapes and kills and dresses them up as whores. He makes them into something dirty, something they're not. No doubt trying to justify his own sins.

Ian offers the bloody handkerchief to Irons.

Orlinski and Burges are at Gabriel's door. Gabriel opens the door, sees them and tries to close it and run. Burges tackles him and in the process breaks one of the display cases. Orlinski breaks an urn and tosses a vase to Burges. Burges lets go of Gabriel momentarily to catch the vase. Gabriel makes a run for the door, but Burges grabs him. Gabriel's head bangs into the door. Orlinski punches Gabriel a few times, but can't get Gabriel to tell them where Sara is. Orlinski reaches into Gabriel's pocket and finds a White Bulls bullet. They leave with Gabriel.

Sara pushes Gabriel's door open with gun in hand. She sees flashes of Orlinski and Burges with Gabriel. Danny appears. He tells her that Gabriel isn't dead, but she should hurry. Sara calls Jake at the station. Jake says the guy's name is Leeman Bostwick, a pseudo grad student at UNY tutoring Kate Havilland in English Lit. He met her at Starbucks the night of the murder, prior to her going to study. Sara asks Jake if Gabriel is held at the station. Jake passed by holding earlier, but didn't see him. Jake sees Dante, Burges and Orlinski having a powwow in Dante's office. Sara asks for Leeman's number and tells Jake to find Gabriel. Leeman's number is (212)555-0198.

Burges drives into an alley.

Leeman is walking up a flight of stairs to an upper floor of the library toward someone holding a book up. The person is Sara. Leeman walks up to her and asks if she's the one who called to arrange a tutoring session. Sara puts the book down. Lee recognizes her from the funeral and runs. Sara runs after him.

Burges tells Gabriel to get out of the trunk. Bostwick and Sara run out of the Library of Arts and Sciences Studies and crosses a busy street to a park. Lazar sees them run across the street and walks away.

Burges has a gun to Gabriel's back. They walk into the alley.

Sara's chasing Lee in the park.

Burges and Gabriel enter Benkstrom's shop. Burges shoots and kills Benkstrom after he confirms that Gabriel was there the other day.

Sara's gaining ground on Lee. She jumps off a picnic table and knocks Lee down. They get into a fight.

Burges kills Benkstrom because the Bulls think if Gabriel can find him, so can others. Burges tells Gabriel to get on his knees.

Lee is lying on the ground. Sara's Witchblade has transformed into a gauntlet with a blade. Lee pleads for his life. Sara stabs the blade into the ground between Lee's legs.

Gabriel's pleading for his life. Jake shoots Burges in the back and saves Gabriel.

McGrath and another uniform cop arrive at the park. Sara tells McGrath that Lee has just admitted to murdering the Congressman's daughter and walks off. McGrath recognizes Sara and tells her he has to bring her in. Sara tells him he'll have to shoot her in the back and walks away. McGrath doesn't go after her.

At Irons' mansion. The doctor injects Sara's blood into Irons. Irons takes a deep breath. His age reverses. He rises from his chair in triumph. The doctor is amazed at the transformation. Irons walks over to Ian, who's sitting on the steps with an agonizing look on his face. Irons tells Ian he knows what Ian tried to do. If the experiment failed, they could have saved Sara, but since it succeeded, Ian knows what he needs to do. Irons' life is in his hands.

Sara is sitting on a sidewalk sipping her coffee. Jake walks up to her and tells her Lars Benkstrom's dead. He can't find Charleyne and the Bulls kept Gabriel's bullet. Just when Sara thinks she's worst off than where she started, Jake shows her his FBI badge. Jake's a field agent for the FBI, Department of Justice task force. He posed as her partner to bring down the Bulls. Sara sees Danny from a distance. Jake puts his sunglasses on and walks off with Sara.

• Irons birth certificate says he's 96 years old (born in 1905?)
• Irons has preserved Elizabeth Bronte. He's been using her cells to extend his lifespan, but may be developing a tolerance or immunity to it. It loses its effects after a few doses.
• Irons needs fresh blood. Ian cuts Sara's palm and offers the handkerchief with Sara's blood to Irons. The infusion with Sara's blood is a success.
• Ian tried to save Sara's life. Instead of taking Sara, he took some of her blood to test if it'll work on Irons. Had it failed, they could have saved Sara.
• Jake is an undercover FBI agent working to bring down the Bulls
• Irons has set up an altar for Elizabeth Bronte's body. She's in a pink dress and posed on a couch with mist rising from the floor.
• Dr. Immo helped usher Ian into existence. The doctor's specialty was in genetics until Irons told him to specialize in longevity.
• Lars Benkstrom engraved bullets for the White Bulls