Conundrum is the second episode of the first season and the second episode overall of the TNT television series Witchblade.
Synopsis[]
Sara and her new partner, Jake McCartey, investigate when skeletal remains are found carefully posed in a downtown park.
Plot[]
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Yancy Butler as Det. Sara Pezzini
- David Chokachi as Det. Jake McCartey
- Anthony Cistaro as Kenneth Irons
- Will Yun Lee as Det. Danny Woo
- John Hensley as Gabriel Bowman
- Eric Etebari as Ian Nottingham
Recurring Cast[]
- Lazar Rockwood as Lazar
Trivia[]
- Nottingham says, "cherchez le femme". This phrase originated in the 1864 Alexandre Dumas novel 'The Mohicans of Paris'. The implication of the line is that whenever there is trouble, a woman is behind it; to solve any problem, look for that woman.
- Karen is saved from the python and Jake sees the large plastic barrels of chemicals with the clear 'caustic hazard' symbol. However, the symbol is the Canadian one, not what you would see in the USA.
- In the morgue, the M.E. says the bones looked compressed and then drinks from a blue paper cup. That cup is a New York City icon. The 'Anthora', or 'We Are Happy To Serve You', paper cup was designed in 1963 to appeal to the ubiquitous Greek coffee shops of NYC at that time. In the 70s, 80s, and 90s it was the coffee cup of Manhattan.
- In this episode, the Witchblade is referred to as "Digitabulum", which means "Digital" in Latin.
- Irons reveals that pretenders, people not chosen by the Witchblade, are not meant to possess it and are often mistreated by it in return.
- Dominique Boucher was one such pretender. Another pretender was John Samsmain, who lost his hand.
- Irons reveals that he wore the Witchblade once in the second half of the 20th Century.