The Crow: Stairway to Heaven

Season 1

Eric Draven, a musician, and his girlfriend are killed. Draven returns to life as an undead mime, with psychic powers and a spirit guide (a crow). He first avenges his and his girlfriend's deaths, but finds that he must remain on Earth, separate from her, until he restores the balance between good and evil.

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22 Episodes

The Soul Can't Rest
E1
The Soul Can't RestA year after being murdered by a gang, Eric Draven comes back from the grave. He can't figure out if he's alive, or dead, and doesn't know why he has returned. Meanwhile, he is haunted by the memories of his murdered fiance, Shelly.
Souled Out
E2
Souled OutTop Dollar is behind bars, but Eric still in the land of the living and Albrecht is still gunning for him. Meanwhile Eric's familiar, the crow is leading him to an abused wife and her husband who is hiding an evil secret.
Get a Life
E3
Get a LifeEric's dead girlfriend Shelly is now a restless spirit. She's able to communicate with Eric as their old loft serves as a link between them. She asks him to help an innocent man convicted of murder. Albrecht makes a deal with Eric.
Like It's 1999
E4
Like It's 1999Sarah goes missing when she finds out her best friend Kyle has joined a cult led by Shane Gant, a false prophet of the new millennium. Albrecht and Draven help. Also, Eric starts hanging out at a local club called Blackout.
Voices
E5
VoicesA day at the carnival with Sarah brings Draven closer to Shelly when he meets a teenage trance-medium who may be unwittingly involved in murder. A day at the Carnival brings back painful memories for Draven of one of his first dates with Shelley. At the fair, he and Sarah stumble across a young trance-medium whose handlers claim he can channel dead spirits. Jesse (Brendan Fletcher), a sad, exploited teenager, actually has the powers he claims. He connects with Shelly who has a message for Draven -- that he must continue to ""set things right"" as a way of finally clearing the slate to allow the two of them to be together. Draven thinks he has found the means of reaching Shelly always, but the contact is short lived. Jesse is being exploited by his handler Doc (Gerard Plunkett), who uses him as a meal ticket to identify ""marks"" in the audience for robberies. When one of those robberies results in murder, Detective Albrecht turns his attention to Jesse, who seems to have predicted the kill
Solitude's Revenge
E6
Solitude's RevengeA murderous psychopath Drew Kessler is released from prison. He kidnaps Albrecht, the man who put him behind bars, takes him to an abandoned island and releases him there to hunt him like a prey. Eric intervenes.
Double Take
E7
Double TakeDraven is furious when he discovers that a young woman has assumed Shelly's identity. He tracks her down but during their confrontation realizes that she has taken the alias to escape from the Mob, which has already killed her husband. Draven's intervention unwittingly exposes her to her pursuers, forcing him to save her from becoming their latest victim. Along the way, both Draven and the woman, Antonia Scanlin, are able to find that rare friend of the opposite sex who can understand how deeply in love they were with their dead partners. Draven cannot yet move on to re-unite with Shelly, but he can help Antonia to her heart's desire.
Give Me Death
E8
Give Me DeathTop Dollar escapes the asylum and starts brutalizing people close to Eric. His misguided plan is to force Eric to kill him, so he can get Eric's powers. Shelly enters another woman's body. Eric's spirit guide, Skull Cowboy, appears.
Before I Wake
E9
Before I WakeEric, now powerless, tries to contact Shelly through hypnosis. Instead, he recalls his past life as Blackfeather, a Haida tribe brave who fell in love with Shelly in her past life. Albrecht's new partner Jessica Capshaw asks about Eric.
Death Wish
E10
Death WishEric befriends Jake Thompson, a daredevil motorcyclist, since his dead son Casey is worried about him. Jake's shady boss Royal Boyd pushes him into doing a possibly fatal stunt. Eric offers to take his place.
Through a Dark Circle
E11
Through a Dark CircleEric tries to force open the loft portal that lets him contact Shelly. He succeeds, but a shapeshifting demonic spirit of Richard Ellis Wilbanks, an executed serial killer, jumps through and goes after the people who convicted him.
Disclosure
E12
DisclosureShady Frank Moran takes over the Blackout club. Eric becomes his henchman to find evidence that'll help Albrecht take him down. However, Internal Affairs investigate Albrecht for vigilantism and force him to turn on Eric.
The People vs. Eric Draven
E13
The People vs. Eric DravenEric has hit rock bottom. After four months caged in jail he is finally on trial for the murder of Shelly but is helpless to defend himself against the charges. His court-appointed lawyer, James Pearl (Jaimz Woolvett), won't believe the truth and is only sticking with the case because he believes it will jumpstart his career. Sarah is desperate to help but her mother refuses to let her take the stand. Even when Darla does relent, Sarah's testimony, far from helping, further damns Eric. Albrecht has his own problems. He is still under suspension, Cordelia has moved out and won't even speak with him and his ambivalence about what really is the truth makes it hard for him to defend Eric on the stand. As the evidence mounts, Eric is painted as a jealous lover who had his girlfriend brutally murdered then staged his own death. When Funboy takes the stand, claiming that Draven hired him then tried to blackmail him for the murder, Eric can't stand the lies and lunges for the thug, further dam
It's a Wonderful Death
E14
It's a Wonderful DeathThe Skull Cowboy sends Eric Draven back to the night of Shelly's murder so he can rewrite the events of that ill-fated Halloween and save her. When Draven fails, he sends him back again and again but can Eric really rewrite history?
Birds Of A Feather
E15
Birds Of A FeatherEric meets a kindred soul in Hannah, a fellow crow whose tragic past is similar to his, and who is out for vengeance. He tries to convince her to seek redemption instead. Albrecht's demoted to a beat cop. He and Capshaw become involved.
Never Say Die
E16
Never Say DieShady character, Alexander Sokolov, wants to resurrect Rasputin through a deadly ritual and gain his powers, but he needs Eric's loft portal for that. Meanwhile, Albrecht and Capshaw regret their decision to become involved.
Lazarus Rising
E17
Lazarus RisingDr. Dorset, the man who previously helped Eric remember his past life, asks him to help the Lazarus Group, a shady influential ancient secret society that's looking for a way to achieve immortality. In return, he gets to see Shelly.
Closing Time
E18
Closing TimeEric and his old band "Hangman's Joke" start playing again. Eric begins hearing a strange melody in his head, that starts driving him insane. Funboy, who killed Eric and Shelly for Top Dollar, start hearing it as well. Is Top Dollar playing them? Albrecht's reinstated as detective again. He tries to reconnect with his ex, Cordellia, the Port Columbia's District Attorney.
The Road Not Taken
E19
The Road Not TakenEric helps fellow crow Hannah Foster save a baby from human traffickers. However, Hannah, who's still suffering over the tragic loss of her own baby, won't give the baby up. Meanwhile, Funboy gets Sarah's mom to start drinking again.
Brother's Keeper
E20
Brother's KeeperThe ghost of the father of Eric's half-brother Chris summons him to help his sibling, when Chris gets kidnapped and tortured by men who are after money Chris' dead friend stole. But Chris hates both his dad and Eric.
Dead to Rights
E21
Dead to RightsA serial killer is targeting cops. Albrecht's lieutenant, Vincennes, becomes the latest target, when he challenges the killer in front of news cameras. The killer kidnaps his wife and sets him a trap. Eric intervenes.
A Gathering Storm
E22
A Gathering StormFrederick Balsam, the evil leader of the Lazarus Group, who's soul is now in a new young body, splits Eric into two people - his good mortal self and his enraged evil self, the Crow. Shelly must pay a terrible price to help Eric.