HBO's Birds of Prey

Birds of Prey is a HBO streaming series created by Gail Simone and Gary Ross. It currently has 3 seasons each with 10 episodes. It stars Kiera Allen and actor/musician Taylor Momsen, who performs the opening theme along with her band.
== Plot ==
=== Season 1 ===
The first season revolves around a mysterious rising crime lord known as Fenice who is muscling in on the Penguin's territory and seeks to unify Gotham's underworld and become the most powerful criminal organisation in the world. The first few episdoes have Oracle and Black Canary recruiting the Birds of Prey, consisting of Lady Blackhawk, Huntress, and Hawk and Dove to find out Fenice's identity and dismantle her organisation. Fenice is protected by Copperhead a metahuman who also serves as a hitman for Fenice's organisation. Other members of her organisation include Black Mask and Tobias Whale. Her right-hand man is Noah Kuttler, aka the Calculator, an expert hacker and information broker who is helping Fenice blackmail other Gotham mobsters into joining her organisation. The Birds of Prey frequently approach blackmailers Brian Durlin and Creote for information throughout the season. Meanwhile, Renee Montoya and her partner, Harvey Bullock are charged with investigating Fenice's operations and eventually ally themselves with the Birds of Prey, Renee has become the Question by the end of the series. In the penultimate episode, Huntress discovers that Fenice is her mother Maria Bertinelli, who she thought dead from a mob hit. Maria explains to her daughter that she faked her death and became a crime lord to take revenge on those who killed her family. This all culminates in a finale in which the Birds of Prey take on Copperhead while Oracle engages in a battle of wits with the Calculator. Several members of Fenice's organisation are arrested, including Maria herself, but Calculator gets away. Kuttler becomes obsessed with the Birds of Prey, and Oracle especially, whose identity he is determined to discover. 
=== Season 2: International ===
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#Episode 1
#Episode 2
#Silent Knight: Cassandra Cain goes out on her first night as a vigilante and is grievously injured, forcing Barbara to save her.
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# The Secret Six: As part of the war on Leviathan, The Birds of Prey are tasked with intercepting an auction of dangerous technology secretly run by Talia. Their plan goes awry when they meet auction-goer Vandal Savage, played by guest star Benicio Del Toro. Savage is protected by six supervillain bodyguards, his daughter Scandal Savage, Knockout, Bane, Ragdoll, Catman, and Deadshot. The episode acts as a backdoor pilot to a Secret Six spin-off show, also created by Gail Simone.
#Egg-Fu: The Birds of Prey travel to Oolong Island to track down a League agent named Otto Netz who is there to purchase a sample of Oroboro from a government-affiliated mad scientist. They have a run-in with the island's ruler Chang-Tzu. Otto Netz gives up the location of a League compound used as their base of operations in Hong Kong, which will be the location of a meeting.
#Belly of the Sea Serpent: The Birds of Prey discover a secret compound used by the League of Assassins and
#Gotham By Midnight: While the Birds of Prey are on their international adventures, the Question investigates a string of strange, gruesome murders. Meanwhile, we see flashbacks to her time with Crispus Allen as a partner before his murder at the hands of corrupt police officer Jim Corrigan. Montoya eventually traces these murders back to a hooded spirit of vengeance dedicated to delivering divine justice to the worst of humanity. A strictly Montoya-focused episode which deals with her past and relationship to Crispus Allen. Written by Greg Rucka
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#Episode 9
#Point Blank: A prequel episode taking place before episode 1 which focuses on Cassandra's journey to her episode 1 state. Massive revelations about Leviathan's plans.
#Leviathan Rising: 
=== Season 3: Fall ===
== Cast ==
=== Main Cast ===
* Taylor Momson as Dinah Drake/Black Canary
* Kiera Allen as Barbara Gordon/Oracle
* Francesca Ruscio as Helena Bertinelli/Huntress
* Yvonne Strahovski as Zinda Blake/Lady Blackhawk
* Alan Ritchson as Hank Hall/Hawk
* Minka Kelly as Dawn Granger/Dove
* Stephanie Beatriz as Renee Montoya/Question
*David Harbour as Harvey Bullock
*Rainn Wilson as Noah Kuttler/The Calculator
*Maria Grazia Cucinotta as Maria Bertinelli/Fenice
*Alfred Molina as Oswald Cobblepot/Penguin
*Momoda Tamada as Cassandra Cain/Orphan (season 2-present)
*Josh Brolin as David Cain (season 2 only)
*Ming Na Wen as Lady Shiva (season 2-present)
*Jessica Chastain as Kate Kane/Batwoman (season 3-present)
* Misha Collins as Basil Karlo/Clayface (season 3 only)
=== Reocurring Actors ===
* Wentworth Miller as Brian Durlin
* Dominic Purcell as Aleksandr Creote
*Bryan Cranston as Commissioner Gordon
*Keith David as Black Mask (season 1 only)
*Marvin Jones III as Tobias Whale (season 1 only)
*Marina Mazepa as Copperhead (seasons 1 and 2)
*Sylvester Stallone as Ted Grant/Wildcat
*Joanna Sotomura as Jade Nguyen/Cheshire (season 2 only)
=== Guest Stars ===
* Jamie Dornan as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow
*Rish Shah as Dick Grayson/Nightwing
*Kobna Holdbrook-Smith as Crispus Allen/The Spectre
*Michael C. Hall as Jim Corrigan
*Benicio Del Toro as Vandal Savage
*Ursula Corbero as Scandal Savage
*Amanda Nunes as Knockout
*Diego Luna as Floyd Lawton/Deadshot
*Troy James as Peter Merkel/Ragdoll
*Jon Bernthal as Thomas Blake/Catman
*Daniel Moncada (body) and Danny Trejo (voice) as Bane
*Benedict Wong as Chang Tzu
*Christopher Eccleston as Otto Netz/Doctor Dedalus
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