Episode 1: Emergence

New York Police Department detective Sara Pezzini (series star YANCY BUTLER) brandishes the Witchblade, an intelligent, symbiotic weapon of incredible power that has existed since prehistoric times. She has turned back time and resurrected her murdered partners, Danny Woo (series star WILL YUN LEE) and rookie Jake McCartey (series star DAVID CHOKACHI). But her nemesis, Ian Nottingham (series star ERIC ETEBARI), continues to pursue the source of Sara's strength. Sara relies on young historian Gabriel Bowman (series star JOHN HENSLEY) for help in understanding the Witchblade. Sara and Danny Woo are once again in pursuit of the elusive mobster Tommy Gallo (recurring guest star CONRAD DUNN). As before, Gallo's henchman lures Sara into the museum where she first encounters the Witchblade, and it claims her as its chosen wielder. This time, however, things are different. As she retraces her steps to the Rialto Theater, where Danny was killed, the wiser Sara declines the opportunity to confront Gallo inside. Although the past is altered, Nottingham's patriarchal mentor, Kenneth Irons (series star ANTHONY CISTARO), plans for the future and vows to take the Witchblade from Sara--even if it means having her killed. A conflicted Nottingham finds his loyalties split between guarding the chosen Witchblade wielder and carrying out Irons' wishes. Irons lures Sara into a showdown with an ambitious and ruthless woman named Cristina (recurring guest star MARIKA DOMINCZYK), to whom he promises the Witchblade if she eliminates Sara. Cristina buries Danny alive, leaving him to die a horrible, slow death. In a Witchblade frenzy, Sara kills Cristina before she can find out what Cristina did with Danny. As her partner runs out of air in an unmarked grave, Sara desperately searches for him before it is too late.