Birds of Prey: Lady Shiva
Episode score
9.2
Superb
Lady Shiva
- 8.
- Season: 1
- Episode: 9
- First Aired: 11/27/2002
- Prod Code: 175457
Helena is thrilled when her best friend from high school, Sandra, returns to New Gotham, but the Birds are troubled by a series of murders with the unmistakable mark of Batgirl's nemesis, Lady Shiva. Determined to fight Lady Shiva as an equal, Barbara dusts off her Batgirl costume and experiments with technology that allows her to leave the wheelchair. (TV-14,V) Read full recap »
- Director:
- John T. Kretchmer
- Stars:
- Ian Abercrombie (Alfred Pennyworth)
- Ashley Scott (Helena Kyle/ Huntress)
- Rachel Skarsten (Dinah Lance)
- Shemar Moore (Jesse Reese)
- Dina Meyer (Barbara Gordon/ Oracle)
- Guest Star:
- Ethan Browne (Matt Kendall)
- Michael Don Adams (Armed Guard)
- Sung Hi Lee (Sandra Woosan/Lady Shiva)
- Callie de Fabry (Gabby)
- As the building explodes at the start of the episode, you can clearly see Batgirl's cowl slip off as she lands. In the next shot she is still wearing it. edit »
- When the building explodes in the flashback, you can clearly see the landing pad and the camouflage cover on top of it move when Batgirl lands on it. edit »
- When Reese and Helena talk about the murder, Reese says they found the star embedded in the skull between the eyes. However, there is no blood on the star and police wouldn't have cleaned it off. edit »
- Shiva lands on a car windshield and you hear a breaking glass noise, but a little later in the fight we see the same car and there's no sign of broken glass. edit »
- In the flashback, Batgirl's batarang has the Birds of Prey "logo" on it. This was before she was was crippled, became Oracle, "adopted" Helena and formed the Birds of Prey organization. edit »
- German title: "Batgirl" edit »
- Despite being billed as a regular, Mia Sara doesn't appear in this episode. edit »
- Note the street signs for O'Neil and Adams - a homage to Neal Adams and Denny O'Neil, the artist/writer respectively who are credited with reviving Batman as the somber "Darknight Detective" in 1970 with "The Secret of the Waiting Graves" (Detective #395). edit »
- Barbara: I made Shiva into a monster. What does that make me? edit »
- Shiva: Happy to see me?
Barbara: Surprised. I thought you died that night.
Shiva: Part of me did.
Barbara: Who was she?
Shiva: My sister. She was fifteen years old. Brightest eyes you'd ever seen. So full of promise. It was all over before she even knew what happened.
Barbara: Shiva...
Shiva: This debt can only be repaid in blood.
Barbara: I didn't come here to fight you. I came to apologize. If I could undo what I did, I would. But what happened was an accident. And I am sorry.
Shiva: Apology not accepted. edit » - Barbara: How do you always know the right thing to say?
Alfred: Years of practice. edit » - Shiva: You're Batgirl?
Barbara: No, not anymore. edit » - Barbara: Sorry my mortal enemy turned out to be your best friend.
Helena: Hey, that's the life of a crimefighter. edit »
- There is currently no allusions. Add allusions!
- There are currently no reviews. Add a review!
Show Score
8.3
superb
- Show Statistics
-
1,551 of 17,768 Rating Rank
-
60 Reviews
-
853 Tracked by
-
1,132 Votes
top contributors
episode list »
top episodes
score
updated daily
- 1
Devil's Eyes
9.4 - 2
Lady Shiva
9.2 - 4
Feat of Clay
9.0 - 5
Split
9.0 - 6
Reunion
9.0 - 7
- 9
Slick
8.7 - 10
Gladiatrix
8.7
