Blade: Sacrifice

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"Sacrifice"
Series Blade: The SeriesSeason 1, Episode 7
Air date	August 9th, 2006
Writers	Chris Ruppenthal
Director	David Straiton
Producers	Avi Arad; David S. Goyer; Jon Kroll; Jim Rosenthal; David Simkins; Gordon Mark; Lori Huck; Daniel Truly
Starring	Kirk "Sticky" Jones; Jill Wagner; Nelson Lee; Jessica Gower; Neil Jackson
Episode guide
Previous "Delivery"	Next "Turn of the Screw"

"Sacrifice" is the seventh episode of season one of the television program Blade: The Series. It was directed by David Straiton and written by Chris Ruppenthal. It first aired on Spike TV on Wednesday, August 9th, 2006 at 10:00 pm. While investigating the virus that had been implanted in Vanessa, Blade learns about the murder of Flannigan, a cop who helped care for him when he was a child.

Cast

Starring

Actor	Role
Kirk "Sticky" Jones	Blade
Jill Wagner	Krista Starr
Nelson Lee	Shen
Jessica Gower	Chase
Neil Jackson	Marcus Van Sciver

Guest Starring

Actor	Role
Larry Poindexter	Agent Ray Collins
Bokeem Woodbine	Steppin' Razor
Jon Kent Ethridge	Young Blade
Emily Hirst	Charlotte
P. Lynn Johnson	Lisa Starr
Don Thompson	Uncle Pat McCallum
Jody Thompson	Glynnis
Colin Lawrence	Young Robert Brooks
Robinne Fanfaire	Young Viola Watkins
Hiro Kanagawa	Taka
Richard Roundtree	Robert Brooks
John De Santis	Thorne
Benita Ha	Doctor Chang
Elias Toufexis	Young Donny Flannigan

Co-Starring

Actor	Role
Peter Hall	Donny Flannigan
B.J. Harrison	Viola Watkins
Adrian Mcmorran	Young Whistler
Todd Thompson	Chthon Doctor
Brett Delaney	Detective #1
Michael-Ann Connor	Receptionist
Rhonda Dent	Hospice nurse
Dexter Bell	Robber #1
Sean Whale	Robber #2

Notes & Trivia

• Blade: The Series was created by David S. Goyer.

• The character of Blade was created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Gene Colan. He first appeared in Tomb of Dracula, Volume 1 #10 in July, 1973.

• This episode is included on disc three of the Blade: The Complete Series DVD collection.

• This episode is rated TV-14.

• "Sacrifice" is also the title episode 4x20 of the WB Network television series Angel.

• This is the only episode of the series directed by David Straiton. He also directed two episodes of the TV show FreakyLinks which was created by Blade executive producer David S. Goyer.

• The flashback sequences from this episode take place in the year 1977.

• Earliest chronological appearance of Abraham Whistler.

• Adrian Mcmorran, who plays Whistler, also appeared in "The Looks of Love" episode of a TV series called Whistler. He played a character named Dillon.

• Actor Jon Kent Ethridge, who plays young Blade in this episode, is from Detroit, Michigan, which is also where the series takes place and is the hometown of Blade.

Crew

Avi Arad - Executive producer David S. Goyer - Executive producer Jon Kroll - Executive producer Jim Rosenthal - Executive producer David Simkins - Executive producer Gordon Mark - Producer

Lori Huck - Co-producer Daniel Truly - Supervising producer Matthew Chipera - Associate producer Aaron Miller - Associate producer Geoff Johns - Consulting producer Ramin Djawadi - Composer

See also

Blade Blade characters Blade cast & crew

Blade image gallery Blade image category Blade miscellaneous

External Links

"Sacrifice" at IMDB "Sacrifice" at the TV IV "Sacrifice" at ShareTV.org

"Sacrifice" at TV.com guide "Sacrifice" at TV Rage.com "Sacrifice" at Themoviedb.org

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