Birds of Prey
Season 1, Episode 1 (9 Oct. 2002): “Pilot”
by Laeta Kalogridis, Brian Robbins

Birds of Prey - Season 1, Episode 1

Title: “Pilot”

Medium: television series episode

Original airdate: 9 Oct. 2002

Publisher:
Written by: Laeta Kalogridis
Directed by: Brian Robbins

28 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Black Canary (Dinah Lance)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Birds of Prey; The Justice League...  The Network		1,406
Alfred Pennyworth	Anglican	[butler]		3,048
Huntress (Helena Wayne)		Batman family; Infinity, Inc....  The Justice Society of America		122
Oracle (Barbara Gordon)		Batman family; Birds of Prey...  Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Justice League; The Network; The Suicide Squad		921
Harley Quinn (Dr. Harleen Quinzel)	Jewish Catholic	Justice League of Anarchy; Secret Six...  Secret Society of Super Villains		206
Jesse Reese	religious/ethical	black; GCPD		14
Wade Brixton		[high school guidance counselor; dated Oracle]		8
Larry Ketterlly	manifestly non-religious	[telepathic version of the Scarecrow]		2
Detective McNally	skeptical	GCPD [skeptical of all things strange and unexplainable]		5
Crowley	indeterminate	[afraid of mice]		2
Jerry	manifestly non-religious	[befriended, then tried to assault young Dinah Lance]		2
Batman (Bruce Wayne) (cameo)	Episcopalian / Catholic (lapsed); atheist	Batman family; Quinntets...  Super Friends; The Justice League; The Mystery Analysts of Gotham City; The Outsiders (leader)		11,112
The Joker (cameo)	anarchist; obsessed with being Batman's arch-enemy	Injustice League; The Injustice Gang...  The Joker League of Anarchy (leader)		1,679
Catwoman (Selina Kyle) (cameo)  identified in credits as "Mother"	Catholic	Batman family; Injustice League...  Secret Society of Super Villains; The Network		911
Black Canary (Dinah Drake Lance) (cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	The Justice Society of America ["Earth-2 Black Canary"; mother of modern Black Canary]		80
unnamed newscaster (cameo)	indeterminate	[TV reporter]		2
unnamed student (cameo)	indeterminate	[student]		1
William Shakespeare (photo/picture/video)	Catholic/Anglican	[actor; poet...]		83
Charles Bukowski (name seen in illustration (or on screen))  name seen on classroom blackboard	Catholic; atheist	[poet; writer]		16
Walt Whitman (name seen in illustration (or on screen))  name seen on classroom blackboard	Quaker; Transcendentalist; mystic; skeptic; humanist	[journalist; poet...]		20
Ralph Ellison (name seen in illustration (or on screen))  name seen on classroom blackboard	Existentialism	black [wrote novel "Invisible Man"]		2
Emily Bronte (name seen in illustration (or on screen))  name seen on classroom blackboard	Anglican	[wrote novel "Wuthering Heights"]		11
John Steinbeck (name seen in illustration (or on screen))	Episcopalian	[Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist]	Granada Television	4
Kate Chopin (name seen in illustration (or on screen))  name seen on classroom blackboard	Catholic	[writer]	PBS	1
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (mentioned)  Helena Wayne (to Oracle): "Is your spider-sense tingling?"	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Hamlet (mentioned)	Lutheran	[prince]		188
Romeo (mentioned)	Protestant	[Juliet's beloved]		105
Juliet (mentioned)	Catholic	[famed star-crossed lover]		86

An alternative form of this story's title is: “Premiere”. Webpage for Birds of Prey - Season 1, Episode 1 (9 Oct. 2002) created 14 January 2010. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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