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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 1x01 - ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ORIGINAL AIRDATE: 25th September 1987 WRITTEN BY RON KOSLOW DIRECTED BY RICHARD FRANKLIN
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========================== A cab stops in front of a building. A woman (Catherine) steps off and pays. She walks up to the building. CATHERINE: Morning. Secretary: Not anymore. CATHERINE: Pecky, pecky. Office chatter all around. Catherine walks along, pulling off her coat, passing a woman. Woman: Great look. CATHERINE: Thanks. A man comes out of a room and closes up to Catherine. Man: Cathy, please don't forget the Saddleman conference at three? CATHERINE (unnerved): I'll be there. She enters a room. CATHERINE: Hi, Joan. Secretary (smiling): Hi. Catherine enters the next room. A man (Mr Chandler) is on the phone. CHANDLER: Catherine! CATHERINE: Hi Dad. CHANDLER: Hal, let me call you back. He sets down the phone. CHANDLER: Hal Sherwood's coming up from Atlanta tonight. Will you have dinner with us? CATHERINE: I can't. Tom's having a party for the architects of the new project. Another excuse to wine and dine the planning commission. CHANDLER: I used to be invited to all these functions. I should have thought twice before I handed you over to our best client. CATHERINE (smiling): You make it sound like a horse trade. CHANDLER: You could do a lot worse than Tom Gunther. CATHERINE: And half! CHANDLER: Well, how about dinner tomorrow night? CATHERINE: Well, let me get to my desk, check my calendar. CHANDLER: You're just getting in? CATHERINE: I had a late night. I had some errands to run today. (smiling) Sue me. CHANDLER: Well, it's a little late for that. I should have sued you when you were five. He sits on his desk. CHANDLER: What's up with you? You don't enjoy the work? You don't find it stimulating? CATHERINE: When I think of corporate law, stimulating is not a word that immediately pops in the mind. CHANDLER: But when you put your mind to it you're a fine corporate lawyer. CATHERINE: No, Dad. I'm the daughter of a fine corporate lawyer. She kisses him on the cheek and leaves. --- At the party. Tom Gunther stands in front of a tower's sculpture. He speaks to two other men. GUNTHER: Well, they can't get it quite right at the sculpture but it gives you a pretty good idea of the way it's going to be. ... very pleased. I'm sure you'll find that ... your money well spent. The men are very pleased. Catherine sits at a table besides another woman (Eve). EVE: He told me he'd just pretend that like he was dead. CATHERINE: I'm sorry, Eve. Things will turn around. GUNTHER: How are you doing? You're alright? CATHERINE: Fine. Eve and I haven't seen each other since college. EVE: We were just catching up. GUNTHER: Good. (to Catherine) I need to talk to you. CATHERINE: (to Eve) Would you excuse us for a minute? She gets up. The two of them walk away several steps. GUNTHER: What's with you? CATHERINE: What do you mean? GUNTHER: Well, you've been sitting over there and listening to her blubber half the night. CATHERINE: Well, she's going through a rough time. She and I used to be good friends. GUNTHER: I know her. She is a lush. She was married to a lush, she's a complete looser. CATHERINE: You're very compassionate. GUNTHER: Come on, you stick with me. There's someone I want you to meet. CATHERINE: Oh, Tom, I'm just not in to it tonight, I'm sorry. GUNTHER: I thought I could count on you. CATHERINE: You can! GUNTHER: Maybe I expect too much. CATHERINE: This is a party, it's not brain surgery. GUNTHER: Baby, we don't have time for this now. CATHERINE: Frankly I don't like being told to whom I can talk to. GUNTHER: Then show better judgement. CATHERINE: Fine. I think I call it a night. GUNTHER: That's not an option. CATHERINE: Oh, it's not? She returns to the table and takes her coat. CATHERINE: Eve, I'm sorry, I'm gonna have to call you tomorrow. She leaves. --- Catherine comes out of the building. A cab passes by. She runs after it and shouts. CATHERINE: Taxi! The cab drives on. Catherine sighs, unnerved. A man pulls up behind her. Man: Say, you're not having very much luck. I'm getting one for you. I'm an expert. He walks onto the middle of the street. Man: He, taxi! Another cab passes by and drives on. The man turns to Catherine and shrugs. Catherine smiles, tired. A van starts its engine in the street behind her. The man walks over to her. Catherine turns and sees the van pulling up. The man takes her arm. Man: Hey, Carol, you're going home alone tonight? The van turns around the corner and stops in front of Catherine and the man. She is thrown onto the van's floor. The man turns her around. She cries frightened. Man: Sh, sh, sh. Yeah, that's a girl. That's a girl. He sweeps a strand away from her forehead. Man: Sh, that's a girl. He, you don't have this little girl's big mouth? Man2: You're gonna find out. Man: He, Carol, you've got to remember to keep your mouth shut. CATHERINE: My name isn't Carol. Man: Shut up! - You're gonna remember. He snaps out a knife. Man: Every time you look in a mirror. Catherine screams. The van turns around a corner in the park. Catherine's thrown out. A hooded figure (Vincent) bends over her. The figure shoulders her and carries her through tunnels and down a spiral stair. --- Catherine lays on a bed. Her head is almost completely bandaged. Only her mouth is free. She tosses her head to and fro, dreaming heavily. CATHERINE: No. No. No. Vincent bends over her. VINCENT: You're safe. You're safe now. CATHERINE: Where am I? VINCENT: No one will hurt you. You're safe here. CATHERINE: Hospital? VINCENT: No. But you're going to be alright. CATHERINE: Why am I not in a hospital? VINCENT: There was no time. You were bleeding. CATHERINE: ... it take to - my eyes! She touches the bandages around her head. VINCENT: Your eyes were not hurt. We're ... sure. Rest now. --- Catherine sleeps. Another hooded figure stands besides Vincent. Man: Keep a close watch. If her fever rises, let me know at once. VINCENT: I will. The second man leaves. --- Catherine wakes. She senses Vincent's presence. CATHERINE: Who's here? Who are you? VINCENT: Vincent. CATHERINE: Vincent. VINCENT: My father and I treated your injuries. Catherine tries to get up. VINCENT: You have broken ribs. You need to be still. CATHERINE: Where am I? VINCENT: Where no one can hurt you. CATHERINE: My face hurts. VINCENT: Tell me your name. CATHERINE: Catherine. VINCENT: Catherine. Try to rest. If you need anything, I'll be close by. He gets up. VINCENT: Don't be afraid. Please, don't be afraid. CATHERINE: I'll try. He leaves. --- Vincent comes into another chamber. The second man (Father) turns around. He's in his fifties. FATHER: Is she awake? VINCENT: Yes. She's very frightened. FATHER: How could you bring a stranger down here? To where we live? - You ignored our most important rule. VINCENT: I know that. But there was no other way. FATHER: Do you know what they'll do if they'd caught you up there or found you down here? They'll kill you. Or put you behind bars and make you wish you were dead. - How could you? VINCENT: How could I've turned my back on her and left her there? FATHER: Well, make sure she takes these to prevent infection. He takes a pill DOSE from a bag. VINCENT: I'll make sure. FATHER: Now, I was saving them for an emergency. In case anything happened to either of us. VINCENT: Father, try to understand. This was an emergency, she would have died. Father nods. FATHER: Right. We'll help her regain her strength, but the moment she's ready to leave, get her out. And, Vincent, don't tell her anything. VINCENT: Don't worry. It won't be very long. She's already beginning to heal. Father smiles. FATHER: No, you have the soul of a doctor. When I studied medicine, they wouldn't admit minorities. - I wonder what they would have done with you. Let's not even think about it. He kisses Vincent on the cheek. --- Vincent feeds Catherine with a spoon. VINCENT: Do you like it? CATHERINE: It's good soup. - Vincent, tell me, where are we? Somewhere there's an elevator ... Brooklyn? Queens? VINCENT: No, not Brooklyn or Queens. CATHERINE: Am I still in New York? Vincent, please tell me. Where are we? VINCENT: I have to keep it as a secret. CATHERINE: Why? VINCENT: Because a lot of good people depend on this place for safety. CATHERINE: I'll keep your secret. And that tapping, it never stops. VINCENT: It's people, talking to each others. Tapping on the master pipes. CATHERINE: You mean - messages? VINCENT: Hmmhm. CATHERINE: Vincent, please, tell me. VINCENT: We are below the city, below the subways. There's a whole world of tunnels and chambers that most people don't even know exists. There are no maps to where we are. It's a forgotten place. But it's warm and it's safe. And we have all the room we need. So we live here. And we try to live as well as we can. And we try to take care of each other. It's our city down here. CATHERINE: What are they doing down here? Why are you here? VINCENT: I was a baby, abandoned, left to die. Someone found me, brought me here to the man who became my father. He took me. He raised me. He taught me everything. He named me Vincent. That's where I was found, near the hospital St. Vincent's. CATHERINE: I don't know what to believe. VINCENT: It's all true. He FÜHRT another spoonful to her mouth. His hand is covered with hair. Catherine takes his hand and feels the FELL. She ERSCHRICKT and pulls her hand back. --- In Mr Chandler's office. A newspaper is thrown down on the desk. The headline reads "Gunther's girl friend missing. Eastside deb vanishes." CHANDLER: I'd like to know who leaked the story to the papers. Man: Well, it's hard to keep something like this quiet. ... GUNTHER: We don't need these kinds of headlines. CHANDLER: Have your men come up with anything? Man: No. - Not yet. Chandler sits down, sighing. Man: Mr Chandler, Mr Gunther, I'll do anything I can to find her. That's a promise. --- Catherine gets up. Her head is still bandaged. She slowly feels her way around the chamber. Vincent watches her from the tunnel above her. CATHERINE: I know you are there. You can come in. VINCENT: I'll read to you. CATHERINE: It won't help. VINCENT: It might. We can finish "Great expectations". Do you remember how it ends? CATHERINE: Vincent. I'm frightened. I'm worried. VINCENT: I know. I can feel it. You're getting your strength back. I'll get you some tea. The herb tea you liked. CATHERINE: Okay. He leaves. She starts removing the bandages. --- Vincent talks to a boy (Kipper). VINCENT: You take this one three platforms down, right up the next tunnel to the first ladder, then start climbing. KIPPER: And that'll be Chinatown? VINCENT: Not unless you take the wrong tunnel. You could end up in China. KIPPER: No way, Vincent. VINCENT: Well, wherever you end up, hurry back with the tea. KIPPER: This one is gonna cost you. He leaves. --- Catherine finishes removing the bandages. She searches for a mirror. She finds a shiny metallic bowl and looks inside. Her face is badly scarred. She's horrified. Vincent comes up from behind her. His face looks like a lion's one, a cat's nose, hair on the cheeks. VINCENT: Catherine. Catherine sees him mirrored in the bowl. She screams and throws the bowl unintendedly towards him. He backs off and roars, showing his lion-like set of teeth. Catherine is frightened. He turns and leaves. She sits down and starts crying. --- Vincent slowly comes back. VINCENT: I've never regretted what I am - until now. Catherine looks up to him. CATHERINE: How? How did this happen to you? VINCENT: I don't know how. I have ideas. But I'll never know. I was born and I survived. He walks up to her. VINCENT: It's time for you to go back. CATHERINE: Tell me it's a nightmare, that it didn't happen. Tell me. VINCENT: It's not a nighmare. It happened. And you're alive. She snorts. VINCENT: Catherine, you survived. And what you endured will make you stronger. ... CATHERINE: I don't have your strength. I don't know how to do it. VINCENT: You have the strength, Catherine. You do. I know you. She looks at him with a little hope. She reaches over and pulls down his hood. She smiles at him. He gets up and gives her her coat. VINCENT: It's time. --- They walk through the tunnels. People are sitting around, talking, working, playing. They reach a gap. Vincent jumps over it. CATHERINE: Wait. VINCENT: You can do it. Give me your hand. She takes his hand and jumps over the gap. They go on through the tunnels, climb a ladder and finally reach a hole in the wall, leading to a corridor. VINCENT: This is where you go out. CATHERINE: Where are we? VINCENT: In the basement of your appartement building. CATHERINE: We are? Vincent sighs and turns away. CATHERINE: Vincent, your secret is safe with me. I would never betray your trust. VINCENT: I know. I knew that from the beginning, when you trusted me. He doesn't look at her. She takes his arm and leans against his shoulder. He breathes heavily. CATHERINE: What can I say to you? There are somes voices from above. Vincent steps aside to hide. Catherine looks into the corridor. Vincent hurries away. CATHERINE: Vincent! His shadow disappears behind the corner. She sighs, puts her hood on and walks through the corridor. --- Catherine lays on a hospital bed. Two doctors and a nurse are standing around her. They talk indistinctly. Nurse: Yes, doctor. Doctor: Shall we begin? He puts a needle into a canula on Catherine's hand and pushes. Doctor: Now, I want you to start counting from ten backwards. CATHERINE: 10 - 9 - 8 - 7 ... She starts dreaming. CHANDLER: Catherine. We're all guessing where you went. Was it Jamaica? Nassau? Huh? I have to run, I'm in a ... meeting. Buy yourself a new dress. He gives her some money. CHANDLER: Is that enough? Here, take some more. See you later. He leaves. She turns and walks through the office. Distant whisper from several people can be heard. Man: Cathy! You had a nice vacation? You look, ahm, you look wonderful. Woman (ironically): We missed you. Woman2 (angry): ... , Chandler, now you've done it. She walks through a dark street. A car starts following her. She runs. A van's door is closed behind her and she falls down. She lies on the floor in a party room. A lot of people are standing around her, laughing at her. GUNTHER: I feel sorry for her, but what can I do? Life goes on. She was an interesting girl, I thought she showed a great deal of promise but she turned out to be a big looser. People are laughing. She looks around and suddenly sees Vincent. The laughing fades. Vincent nods at her. She smiles. --- Catherine lays in a hospital room, again with bandages around her head. She wakes up. CATHERINE: Vincent. Doctor: Cathy, it's Doctor Sanderby. It's all over. CATHERINE: I'm in the hospital. Doctor: Yes, and you're going to be fine. You must have been through something terrible, but whatever it was is behind you. Is there anything you want to tell me or talk about? Anything I can do? Just let me know. He caresses her shortly and leaves. CATHERINE: You could read me the last chapter of "Great expectations". --- Vincent climbs on top of an elevator cabin which is carrying him up. He sits down on the edge of a high building and looks down on New York's night lights. --- "Eight Months Later ..." The D.A.'s office. Deputy D.A. Joe Maxwell sits on the desk of D.A. Moreno. MORENO: ... terrific ... Columbia law school. Sure, she wants ...? JOE: Ah, she says so, who knows. Look, she's some rich guy's daughter looking for something meaningful. You remember the one who disappeared for ten days? Gunther's girlfriend? MORENO: Look, a pair of hands. Brain. We need the extra help, right? JOE: What do you want her for? MORENO: Put her out in the field. ... research, investigation. Leg work, you know. Find out if she's any good. JOE: Right. He opens the office's door and looks over to Catherine who's waiting on the corridor. JOE: Excuse me, Miss Chandler? D.A. Morone will see you now. Come on in. A cab pulls up at a building besides the river. Catherine enters the building. CATHERINE: Hello? - Mr Stubbs? She walks around through a gym hall. CATHERINE: Anybody here? STUBBS: We know you're here. He switches on a hanging lamp. She's turns around, startled. STUBBS: You should always know what's coming up behind you. This time it's good news. I'm Isaac. Isaac Stubbs. He extends his hand. She takes it. CATHERINE: Catherine Chandler. STUBBS: So, you wanna learn to take care of yourself. CATHERINE: That's right. STUBBS: Because something bad happened to you. Catherine nods. STUBBS: And you don't want anything like that to ever happen again. CATHERINE: (firmly) Never. STUBBS: Ok. Now, I don't ... that oriental stuff. No Kung Fu, no ... Fu ... This is New York City, so what I teach is New York City street fighting, mean and dirty. The only philosophy that counts around here is "doing whatever it takes to come out alive". You use what you got. Let me see your shoe. She removes a high-heel and gives it to him. Without looking back he hits the heel into the "head" of a stuffed hanging figure behind him. The fabric rips and the filling starts to ripple. STUBBS: You can kill a man with a shoe. He kneels down to put her shoe back on. STUBBS: Now, any ..., it ain't pretty, but it works - if you've got the stomach for it. CATHERINE: When do we start? --- CATHERINE: Edie, do you have those addresses for me? EDIE: Yeah, I've got them. Here, take them. CATHERINE: Thanks, I appreciate it. EDIE: Yeah, you should appreciate it. I'm doing all your work. CATHERINE: Oh, I'm sorry, the D.A.'s really got me running. He's testing me. EDIE: You're kidding. I know the way you uptown girls operate. You shed a few tears for humanity and then you go shopping. Catherine smiles. CATHERINE: That's not true. EDIE: It's not, huh? Ok, Catherine Chandler. Let's check you out. She starts taping on her computer. CATHERINE: Most people call me Cathy. Edie gets a result on her screen: "Aggravated assault. Victim account Catherine looks at the screen and grits her teeth. Then she watches Edie who lets out a breath. On the screen appears a photograph of Cathy's scarred face. EDIE: Oh, my God. I'm sorry, Cathy. CATHERINE: Don't be. It's an old picture. She leaves. --- On the streets. Catherine walks over a street and slows down at a subway's funnel. She smiles and goes on. --- In the tunnels. FATHER: She can only bring you unhappiness. VINCENT: I dont' feel unhappy. - But I can't forget her. We are still connected. I can feel what she's feeling, I know what she's thinking. When she's frightened. When she's happy - or sad. FATHER: Vincent, your senses, your empathic powers are quite extraordinary. It's your gift. And these powers have been hightened by the concern, the love that you feel. - But don't let your act of kindness destroy you. VINCENT: Maybe I have no choice. Catherine and Edie are chatting and laughing in the computer room. They're alone. CATHERINE: Listen, I need some help and it's a little tricky. A woman was attacked by mistake by three men and I want to find out if these men ever went after their intended victim. EDIE: You got the date of this ... attack? CATHERINE: Last April 12th. EDIE: Aggravated assault? CATHERINE: Aggravated assault. Edie starts tapping. Several results appear on the screen. EDIE: Huh. A lot of guys hitting a lot of women out there. Can we narrow this down? Ahm, the make of the car? Catherine remembers. Flashback: the van pulls up behind Catherine. CATHERINE: Some kind of van, I don't know. EDIE: How about the intended victim's name? Flashback: The man takes her arm. Man: Hey, Carol, you're going home alone tonight? CATHERINE: Try Carol. EDIE: Ok, here are the Carols. Ahm, let's punch into the files. The first victim's dates appear on the screen. Her photo comes up. CATHERINE: Ahah. Let's try the next one. Edie taps on the keyboard. The next dates appear and the photo comes up. Catherine looks at it. Edie looks up to her. CATHERINE: This could be it. Let's pull the file. Edie works. --- Catherine walks down a floor. She looks down on a paper in her hand and walks on. She knocks on a door. Carol: Who is it? CATHERINE: Carol? CAROL: What do you want? CATHERINE: My name is Cathy Chandler. I'd like to talk to you. Carol opens the door just a little bit. Her face seems beaten up. The left eyelid hangs down. CAROL: What's this about? You're a cop? Catherine shakes her head. CATHERINE: I'm with the District Attorney's office. CAROL: Look, I told you people to leave me alone. You've caused me enough trouble. She tries to shut the door. Catherine stops it from closing. CATHERINE: Carol? You are not the only one they hurt. CAROL: What are you talking about? CATHERINE: They got you and me mixed up. She turns her head to the right and pulls back her hair. There's a scar on her jaw. Carol backs off. CATHERINE: I think this was meant for you, Carol. CAROL: Go away! She shuts the door and starts sobbing. Catherine hesitates. Then she pulls a business card out of her pocket. CATHERINE: If you'd like to talk to someone who understands how you feel - call me. She pushes the card beneath the door. --- In the gym. Stubbs holds Carol from behind. He wears protective clothing. STUBBS: Can't do nothing, can you? Catherine kicks hardly on his foot. He groans. STUBBS: That's good ... You ... CATHERINE: Really? She bites him in the arm, struggles hard, kicks him again and struggles harder. Finally she frees herself from his grip and throws him over her shoulder. She starts beating him wildly and pushes him over a small table. He falls down again. When she grabs a baseball bat and swings it back, he raises his arm to stop her. STUBBS: Hold it! Catherine stops and stares at him. STUBBS: Was that you? Huh? Is that you? CATHERINE: Yeah. They both laugh, proud and relieved. --- Catherine and Tom Gunther exit a limousine and start climbing the stairs. GUNTHER: I'll walk you up. CATHERINE: No, that's alright. GUNTHER: No, no, no, I'll walk you up. CATHERINE: You haven't heard anything I've said tonight. GUNTHER: What? That your work is important to you? I understand that, my work's important to me. But that doesn't mean we can't see each other. CATHERINE: Good night, Tom. She kisses him on his forehead and turns. He holds her back. GUNTHER: I'm not gonna let you ... away. I'm not gonna let that happen. He kisses her. She soon backs off. CATHERINE: Good night, Tom. He leaves. She smiles sadly. --- In her appartement Catherine, in her nightgown, sits on her bed and starts looking through some papers. A thump outside on the balcony. She looks up and listens. Then she turns back to work. A second noise. Now she's really concerned. She takes a gun out of her drawer and walks slowly to the balcony door. Cautiously she opens the door. There lies a book on the floor. She takes it. It says "CD" on the cover. She looks around. In a dark corner stands Vincent. CATHERINE: Vincent? She runs over to him. They hug. VINCENT: I didn't mean to frighten you. I'm sorry. CATHERINE: No. I'm so glad to see you. Vincent looks at her, astonished, maybe disappointed. VINCENT: Your face. CATHERINE: They fixed it. VINCENT: Yes. CATHERINE: Come inside. She tries to pull him towards the door. VINCENT: No. I have to go now. CATHERINE: No, not yet. VINCENT: I should never have come here. He turns to leave. She holds him back. CATHERINE: Vincent. I'm glad you did. Come here. Sit down. They sit down on a parapet. VINCENT: I wanted to see you. There are so many things I wanted to tell you. CATHERINE: I have so many things to tell you. VINCENT: I know. She sighs. CATHERINE: It's been hard, Vincent. VINCENT: Yes. CATHERINE: I'm learning to be strong. VINCENT: I know, Catherine. I feel the things you're feeling when you do. CATHERINE: How do you mean? VINCENT: Just know that it's true. I bet your pain is my pain. Sometimes almost as if we are one. I came here, because I wanted to see that you are well. And because I wanted to see you - one last time. CATHERINE: I'll never see you again? VINCENT: I've seen your world. There is no place for me in it. I know what I am. Your world is filled with frightened people. And I remined them of what they're most afraid of. CATHERINE: Their own ignorance. VINCENT: Their aloneness. CATHERINE: Yes. VINCENT: So, now I have to begin to forget. CATHERINE: Forget me? VINCENT: No. I'll never forget you. But I must forget the dream of being part of you. Find someone, Catherine, to be proud of. Be happy. Goodbye. He gets up. CATHERINE: No, not yet. There's still time, it's still dark. Don't leave. He takes her hands. --- Catherine reads the book to Vincent. It's the last chapter of "Great expectations". CATHERINE: "... and as the morning mists had risen long ago when I first left the forge, so the evening mists were rising now. And in all the broad expanse of tranquil light they showed to me I saw no shadow of another parting from her." --- Catherine enters the D.A.'s office. Man: Someone's waiting for you. She looks over to her desk, through a window. A woman stands there. CATHERINE: Carol. She walks around the corner. CATHERINE: Hi. - I didn't expect to see you here. CAROL: Yeah, well - I didn't expect to be here either. They both smile sadly. CATHERINE: I'm so sorry what they did to you. CAROL: I couldn't stop thinking about it. - Maybe I can help you out. CATHERINE: You want to tell me what happened? CAROL: I was working for this "escort service", it's called "Mayfair". They were pretty good clientele, you know, business men from out of town, that sort of thing. CATHERINE: And you'd go out with them? CAROL: Yeah, more or less. But it's run by this man, Marty Belmont. A real bad character. He was using the service to shake down his customers. Sometimes he would have the girls carry taperecorders. Sometimes they'd, ah, get it on film. CATHERINE: And how did you get into trouble? CAROL: When I wouldn't go along with it Belmont got it into his head that I was gonna spill everything to the cops. So he sent his men out to get me. CATHERINE: So the men that attacked you - and me - they were Belmont's men? CAROL: They had to be. CATHERINE: Would you be willing to testify against them with me? CAROL: Yeah. I'll testify. Catherine gets on the phone. CATHERINE: I want to set wheels in motion for an arrest and search warrant to be issued tomorrow morning. - Martin Belmont, Mayfair escort service. - 232 West 52nd. - Fraud, extortion, aggravated assault, for starters. - I have the evidence of a witness. - Thanks, Joe. She puts the phone down. --- Catherine walks down the office's corridor. CATHERINE: Okay, we're all set. You're not going back to your appartement. CAROL: Where am I going? CATHERINE: A friend of mine is renovating a ... in the village. There's not much in it, but it'll be a lot safer. Someone will meet you there with a key. CAROL: (smiling) Okay. CATHERINE: Larry'll give you a ride over. I want you to call me as soon as you get there. CAROL: There's no turning back, huh? CATHERINE: Carol, you sure you understand the risks? - Don't do this for me. I don't want you to do anything that doesn't feel right. CAROL: I'm doing this for me. Catherine nods. CATHERINE: Okay. Carol laughs a little nervous, but relieved. --- Carol and Larry leave the elevator and walk out of the building. A man starts following them. --- A cab pulls up. Catherine steps off with a shopping bag in her arm. She enters a building with a key. Inside the house it's silent. CATHERINE: Carol? No answer. Catherine sets down the shopping bag. She climbs up the stairs. CATHERINE: Carol? Still no answer. CATHERINE: Carol? She enters a room. Carol lies on the floor. Catherine kneels beside her. Man: Don't bother. She's dead. Man 2: And so are you. Catherine takes the floor lamp besides her and throws it at the men. They fall down and she runs out of the room. The men follow her. Man: Get her! Catherine turns and runs away from the stairs. Man: Where did she go? Man2: ... Man: She's got to be in one of these. Man2: ... Catherine looks for something to use as a weapon. Man: There's nothing in here. Man2: Go check the other door. Catherine walks backwards holding a chair before her. She jolts something that crashes on the floor. Man: There she is. A man blocks the staircase. Catherine puhes him back. He rolls down the stairs. She runs down and passes him. He grabs onto her leg and she falls down the last steps. She struggles to get free but he doesn't let go of her feet. She reaches for a bottle in the shopping bag besides her. The other two men come down the stairs. Man2: Ah, ah, ah. Catherine stops and looks up to them. The first man holds a gun, the other one takes out his knife again. They come down the stairs and the gunned man kneels over Catherine. Man2: Say goodnight. He starts pulling the trigger. Suddenly a huge lion's roar. Vincent breaks through the next door. He is furious, roars loudly and kills the men one after another. Catherine watches frightened. CATHERINE: We can't stay here. They leave through the basement. --- Several policemen run up and down, securing evidence. Reporter: So you got any ideas? Chief: No. It looks like they were ... - by a lion. The chief and two police officers walk down into the cellar. The chief steps through the hole in the wall and flashes in the tunnel. Chief: Some pretty strange things are going on in this city. And ... even stranger things are going on underneath it. He backs off into the cellar. The policemen look at him. Chief: I don't know what happened here. But I'm gonna find out. --- In the tunnels Catherine turns around to Vincent. CATHERINE: I owe you everything. Everything. VINCENT: You owe me nothing. I'm part of you, Catherine, just as you're part of me. Wherever you go, wherever I am, I'm with you. She looks at him, moved. He sighs and starts turning around. VINCENT: Goodbye. She suddenly hugs him. Vincent is overwhelmed by her touch. CATHERINE: For now. They depart.
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