EPISODE GUIDE

Todd McFarlane's Spawn - also referred to as Spawn: The Animated Series and Spawn - aired on HBO from 1997 through 1999. The show ran for three seasons, and won an Emmy Award in 1999 for Outstanding Animation Program. Continue below for the series' episode guide.

SEASON ONE | SEASON TWO | SEASON THREE

SEASON 1
Description: There is a war going on between heaven and hell. Earth is the battlefield. Human souls are the prize. On the front lines, where good and evil collide, is a soldier in search of his past and his future: Spawn. HBO presents this groundbreaking animated series based on the mega-successful comic-book series. Combining fantastic imagery with action, romance, and high-level espionage, Season 1 of the series introduces Spawn, formerly known as Al Simmons — a CIA hit man whose death causes him to seal a deal with the devil so that he can return to his wife Wanda. Instead, the devil transforms him into "hell-spawn," a dark warrior who battles the forces of evil on Earth—and in himself—to uncover the truth about his identity and fulfill his destiny.

Episode #01 - The Burning Vision
Original Airdate - May 16th, 1997 - Series Premiere
Al Simmons returns from his grave, lost, confused and bewildered at the world around him. While trying to figure out what has happened to him, Jason Wynn and Tony Twist are trying to figure out how to move out their illegal arms.

Episode #02 - Evil Intent
Original Airdate - May 23rd, 1997
Tormented by the thought that he can't be with his wife, Al Simmons is taunted by Clown and engages in a brawl with Clown's alter ego, Violator.

Episode #03 - No Rest, No Peace
Original Airdate - May 30th, 1997
When Tony Twist's hired hitman, Overkill, fails to kill Spawn after an all-out fight, Wynn sends in Jess Chapel to take over the case of this mysterious "alley killer."

Episode #04 - Dominoes
Original Airdate - June 6th, 1997
Tony Twist and Jason Wynn run into more problems with their partnership and the police detectives Sam Burke and Twitch Williams begin trailing the child killer known as Billy Kincaid. Wanda learns of some new evidence that will help her client be cleared of his charges.

Episode #05 - Souls in the Balance
Original Airdate - June 13th, 1997
A crazed priest is causing trouble for Spawn and the cities cops and Cyan is abducted by Billy Kincaid after Kincaid was tipped off about Cyan's location by Clown.

Episode #06 - Endgame
Original Airdate - June 20th, 1997 - First Season Finale
Everything comes to a head when Spawn learns of Cyan's kidnapping. Saving Cyan from Kincaid, Spawn returns Cyan to her parents with the wedding ring Al Simmons was buried with.

SEASON 2
Description: The war between heaven and hell goes on. Earth is the battlefield. Human souls are the prize. On the front lines, where good and evil collide, is a soldier in search of his past — and his future: Spawn. HBO presents Season 2 of this groundbreaking animated series based on the mega-successful comic-book series. Between violent altercations with human and hell-sent adversaries, Spawn continues to try to piece together his past while living in dark city alleys . . . and being tormented by his dreams.

Episode #07 - Home, Bitter Home
Original Airdate - May 15th, 1998 - Second Season Premiere
Chapel steps onto Al Simmon's territory and the two have an encounter that shakes the alleyways. At Wynn's office, Terry Fitzgerald is working late trying to figure out some shipping discrepancies.

Episode #08 - Access Denied
Original Airdate - May 22nd, 1998
After discovering out more than he should about the shipping discrepancies, Wynn orders a hit on Terry's life. Spawn intervenes, wanting to be the one to kill Terry. After learning that Terry didn't steal Wanda from him like he had originally thought, Spawn fought off Terry's killers, leaving only one alive.

Episode #09 - Colors of Blood
Original Airdate - May 29th, 1998
Wynn turns to Wanda after he's unable to find Terry after his hitmen failed. Spawn takes care of some local drug dealers that are killing the alley bums.

Episode #10 - Send in the KKKlowns
Original Airdate - June 5th, 1998
A man claiming to be doing "the Lord's work" is killing off African Americans, but finds that one he captured, Terry Fitzgerald, is more than he can handle. Spawn attempts to confront Wanda, but only scares her in the process.

Episode #11 - Deathblow
Original Airdate - June 12th, 1998
Lisa Wu begins looking into the recent Rat City alley murders and Spawn visits Wanda at home.

Episode #12 - Hellzapoppin
Original Airdate - June 19th, 1998 - Second Season Finale
Realizing that Wynn had sent people to kill both Cyan and Wanda, Spawn goes after Wynn and threatens to kill him if he doesn't back off of the Fitzgerald's.

SEASON 3
Description: The war between heaven and hell goes on. Earth is the battlefield. Human souls are the prize. On the front lines, where good and evil collide, is a soldier in search of his past — and his future: Spawn. HBO presents Season 3 of this groundbreaking animated series based on the mega-successful comic-book series. As the third and final season progresses, Spawn continues to uncover the details of his former human life as CIA hit man Al Simmons while battling both human and hell-sent adversaries. But can he find a way to avoid using his powers for evil?

Episode #13 - The Mind Killer
Original Airdate - May 23rd, 1999 - Third Season Premiere
Spawn begins feeling regret about abandoning his former mentor, Major Forsberg, as Cogliostro attempts to talk Spawn into giving up the shroud.

Episode #14 - Twitch is Down
Original Airdate - May 24th, 1999
Officer Twitch Williams investigates that alley murders and confronts Spawn. After Twitch learns too much about the alley murders and Jason Wynn, Wynn sends the dirty Police Chief Banks out to kill Twitch.

Episode #15 - Seed of the Hellspawn
Original Airdate - May 25th, 1999
Attempting to frame Spawn as the shooter of Twitch, Banks freaks when Twitch survives the shot to the head. Spawn learns to use his shroud to take on the forms of others. Knowing that returning as Al would worry Wanda too much, Spawn disguises himself as Terry and makes love to his wife one last time.

Episode #16 - Hunter's Moon
Original Airdate - May 26th, 1999
A vampire, Lilly, is sent to kill the Hellspawn. Though Spawn befriends her at first, once Lilly turns on Spawn and attempts to kill him, he wastes no time in frying her with sunlight. Lisa Wu, aka Jade,  now revealed to Spawn as a hunter sent by Heaven to kill Hellspawn, confronts Spawn but allows him to go re-heal himself after he was badly wounded in his fight with Lilly.

Episode #17 - Chasing the Serpent
Original Airdate - May 27th, 1999
Spawn frees Terry Fitzgerald and Major Forsberg from Jason Wynn's opium prison and Jade, arriving to kill the Hellspawn, aids Spawn in his mission.

Episode #18 - Prophecy
Original Airdate - May 28th, 1999 - Series Finale
Seeing that Spawn is not what she originally thought, Jade spares Spawn's life. Once Heaven catches wind of this they send more angels, this time for Jade. Knowing that she'll be disgraced if she's not killed in battle by the Hellspawn, she convinces Spawn to shove her own sword through her. Spawn later learns that his sleeping with Wanda left her impregnated with the Devil's child. Tired of being a pawn to Hell, Spawn turns to Cogliostro for help in turning away the shroud.

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