Beauty and the Beast (1987–1990): Season 1, Episode 18 - Fever - full transcript

This is where the wealthy
and the powerful rule.

It is her world,

a world apart from mine.

Her name... is Catherine.

From the moment I saw her,
she captured my heart.

With her beauty,

her warmth and her courage.

I knew then, as I know now,

she would change my life...

forever.

He comes from a secret place,
far below the city streets,



hiding his face from strangers,

safe from hate and harm.

He brought me there
to save my life.

And now, wherever I go,
he is with me in spirit.

For we have a bond stronger
than friendship or love.

And although
we cannot be together,

we will never, ever be apart.

Wood?

Down here?

Okay, good.

Okay, fine.

Cullen?

Cullen, uh, Father
needs to talk to you.

He said--



Hey, that's Vincent.

Yeah,

he's a chess man.

The queen's knight.

It's for a set
I'm going to give Father

at the mid-winter feast.

You like it?

It looks just like him.

It's lovely,
Cullen, really.

So, you're doing a whole
set of these things?

Yeah, I've already
done Winslow...

Uh-hmm.

and Pascal.

I made them bishops.

And Mouse is going
to be a rook.

And the white king
is going to be guess who?

Who?

Father.

You know, leaning
on his stick.
Uh-huh.

Books under his arm.

He'll fuss and fume, but
secretly, he's going to love it.

Oh, and this
is my surprise, okay?

So, not a word to anyone?

Oh, lips are sealed.

If...

If I can be a pawn.

Done.

You blackmailer.

Let's go see what Father wants.

Let's see, look at this.

Thank you, Catherine.

Just a few odds and ends
from around the house.

You should...

learn to remove the price tags
from your odds and ends.

My father bought this

when he took up skiing
and put it in a drawer

after one trip
on the slopes.

What do you think?

It's him. Father?

That is definitely you.
This sweater?

Yeah, well, it's uh...
just what I need for when I...

um, go skiing.

There is one more thing.

I brought something
for Mouse.

Where is he?

He's supposed to be here,

but Mouse isn't exactly
the most dependable

when it comes to...

As Winslow was saying...

Mouse hasn't entirely
grasped the concept of time.

Time? Easy.

Early? Come before Mouse.
Late? Come after.

Yes, I see.

Now, tell me, Mouse,
what have you been doing?

Working.

On something useful, I hope?

Catherine has brought you
a present, Mouse.

Tools. For me.

Look. New.

Expensive.

Just say thank you
and get it over with, Mouse.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

I guess I'd better
get going.

I'll guide you out.

I won't be long, Father.

Now, we've been getting
reports of erosion

on the upper levels
beneath Soho.

And I think, finally, we've got
our finger on the problem.

It appears that there is a leak

in one of the
city storm drains.

Now, Winslow here
thinks that we might

be able to divert

the flow-- look, Mouse.

Try to pay attention,
will you please?

It's vital we deal with
this as soon as possible.

Before the city
crews wake up

and come down here
and try to find
the problem.

Well, we should go out
and survey the area,

- take some measurements--
- Where the hell are you going?

- Out.
- Mouse, this is important.

When will you be back?

Later.

Catherine...

your, uh, gifts
brought much joy today.

I wish I could
do more.

There's so many things
I wish I could give you.

But you give of yourself.

Your generosity, friendship,
to all of us.

There is no more than that.

You know what I mean.

Well, with what
our friends bring
to us, and what

the world above casts aside,
we have everything we need.

Vincent. Catherine.

Glad I-- I'm glad
I caught you.

Is something wrong, Mouse?

For you.

A gift from me.

You give, I give.

Why, thank you, Mouse.

Not here.

Better at home.

Oh, okay.

I have to go now.

Help Father.

He's lost without Mouse.

Do you think he...

Stole it?

Mouse hasn't taken anything
for weeks.

Well, wherever he found it,

you can be sure it came
from his heart.

Oh, hi, Jan, it's me.

I'm running a little late.

Okay. Just give me time
to shower and change

and I'll meet you
at the bookstore.

Okay. Save a copy for me.

Okay.

I still don't understand
what it is you think we need.

Gizmo. I know it's
here someplace.

Well, find it; we've
got work to do.

Okay, good. Okay, fine.

Hi, Arthur.

Look at this.

Look at this, Arthur.

Mouse?

Where did you get this?

Found it.

Looks like gold.

It is gold.

It makes good wire
once you melt it down.

Gold? What are you
talking about?

Check this out.

Silver.

Uh, Mouse, where did
this come from?

That's Arthur's!

You spilled his water.

Found it. Didn't take it.

Found it.
Up top or down here?

Below. Secret place.

Is there any more
of this stuff?

Don't remember.

Are you sure you
didn't steal it?

No, Winslow, he couldn't have.

Look, look at the condition
it's in.

Grime, mold.

A man who owns
a solid gold plate,

he cleans it once in a while.

Mouse, show us where
you found this stuff.

It's only gold.

Mouse, just show us.

Okay, good. Okay, fine, but...

you have to keep it a secret.

Winslow.

Here.

A sword.

This is a cutlass.

This is a saber.

Look at this.

This is a sunken ship.

A ship?

How would a ship
get down here?

Like Father says,
old New York.

Could have been water
here a long time ago.

Hey, hey.

Open it up.

Got it, got it?

I can't get it.

Wait here. Oh.

It's stuck shut.

I can open it.

Hmm? How are you
going to do that?

Back away.

Ahoy!

Mouse?

It's dark down here.

You're going to get
yourself killed one day.

You can't just--

Oh, my God.

Found it.

Told you.

Let's see. Let's see
what we got here.

Let's see.

Oh, look at this.

Just look
at that-- holy...

Oh, I see it.

I don't believe it,
but I sure see it.

More down there.

- We should bring it up.
- Yeah.

We should bring it
all up here.

I'll get my chest.
Carry lots.

Good, good, good.

We found good stuff, right?

Better than good, Mouse.

Better than good.

Not bad, not bad.

Mouse!

Don't tell anyone, you hear?

Mouse!

This is our secret. Mouse!

I don't think he heard me.

Don't worry about it.

He ain't going to nobody
but his damn raccoon.

Yeah... yeah.

He doesn't understand
what we found, does he?

It's just so much
shiny metal to him.

Oh, yeah.

Maybe he's the smart one
at that.

So how do you think it's going?

Seems to be going great.
Really?

Oh, I was so nervous.

Alain Viso is
a fascinating character.

You're going to sell
a lot of books.

And, even if it
were a disaster,

I'd still be your friend.

Would you like to meet him?

Yeah.
Okay, I'll be
right back.

Excuse me?

Are you with
the publishing house?

No.

Are you a collector?

No, not really.

Jonathan Thorpe.

I am he without whom this book
could never have been written.

Catherine Chandler. Hello.

Pleasure.

Something wrong?

I was merely admiring
your... necklace.

It's beautiful.
Thank you.

Alain, I'd like you to meet
a very good friend of mine

Catherine Chandler.

- Excuse me...
- Jonathan.

Have you seen this?
Gerstner's new book on Egypt?

I tell you, Jonathan,
Gerstner...

Later.

Look at this.

Mouse?

You...

Hey, is that where
the treasure is?

Now, you stay away from there.

You kids shouldn't even
be here-- it's dangerous.

The walls are rotting,
the floor is busting out.

And you sure know how
to keep a secret.

I only told Jamie.

Needed help with the trunk,
kids saw, followed.

"Don't worry.

He won't talk to
anybody but his raccoon."

Well, it doesn't matter, Cullen.

The gold belongs to all of us.

Load up the treasure.

I want you kids to stay
back where it's safe.

Catherine Chandler.

Yes, I'll talk
to Jonathan Thorpe.

Hi.

Yes, of course I remember.

Sure. Where?

I know the decor's
not much, but...

you have my word-- these
are the best cheeseburgers

east of St. Louis.

Great, I'm hungry.

Have you worked with Viso
for a long time?

Officially, I've never
worked with him at all.

Truth is, a man like Viso
needs a man like me.

What kind of a man is that?

A man with an ulterior motive

when he asks a beautiful woman
out to lunch.

Is that a compliment

or should I be getting nervous?

Maybe a little bit of both.

I'm interested in the necklace
you were wearing last night.

Ah, well, that's blunt enough.

The necklace.

Would you consider
selling it to me?

No.

It was a gift.

There are gifts
and there are gifts.

That necklace is quite
old and quite valuable.

I didn't know that.

Maybe there's something
else you didn't know.

Whoever gave you that necklace
probably obtained it by...

shall we say,
less-than-legal means?

I don't think so.

There's one thing
I'm an expert on,

it's the laws regarding

private ownership
of antiquities.

If you won't sell
me the necklace,

will you at least tell me
where you got it?

It was from a secret admirer.

Well, Jonathan,
I really

should be going.

If you change your mind
and decide to sell...

"Discretion" is my middle name.

I'll remember that.

Oh, Vincent.

How's the work progressing?

It isn't.

I just came from the site;
no one is there.

No one? Not even Winslow?

Well, maybe they've
just taken a break.

Then their tools are
taking a break as well.

Well, they're all aware
of the urgency.

Mouse has vanished, too.

None of the children
seem to be around.

They couldn't have just
disappeared.

It's Catherine.

Vincent...

if you meet anyone along the way

you might remind them
there is work to be done.

The gift that
Mouse gave me--

What is it?

It's a necklace.

I thought at first
it was just an old piece

of costume jewelry,

but I've been
to the jeweler.

It's solid gold.

He wouldn't even begin
to appraise it.

He says it dates
to the 17th century.

Mouse sometimes
takes things

from the world
above, but...

only the things
he needs.

Tools, machine
parts, but..

a golden necklace?

Just think of
how old this is.

It's so lovely.

Cullen says the frame
is solid gold.

I'm going to hang it
up in my chamber.

I know a woman who
would love this.

One of our helpers--
she's given us so
much over the years...

- But I wanted it.
- Coming out!

Phew.

It looks like the sun.

This is heavy.

Gold gets that way, you know?

Wow, look at this ring.

It's amazing!
Look at these gold coins.

I think they call them
doubloons.

That's right.

Hey, mine.
Let go.

Hey, hey, cut that out. Now.

Hey, hey,
what are you doing? Here.

Hey, they're just looking.

Well, keep your
hands off it.

Just put it back.

Cullen, this belongs
to all of us,

the whole community.

Sure, we do all the work,

and now you're going to tell us
who it belongs to.

Come on, Cullen, we share
down here.

You know that.
Fine!

You share your third.

That's not how it works!

Don't tell me
how it works.

Cullen, you've been here long
enough to know that.

Cullen, I want to keep this.

Stop this!

So this is where
you've all been.

Where did this come from?

From me. I found it down there.

We found it--
Mouse and Winslow and me.

Oh, come on, Cullen.

Wait a minute, I...
I helped.

You didn't do anything--
we found it...

It doesn't matter who does it...

Enough!

This is completely unlike us.

Now, we will have
a counsel meeting,

and we will discuss this
calmly...

quietly... like friends.

Saul, where's Edie?

Oh, she's off this week.

Her aunt's having an operation,
something about her ear.

I needed a favor.

So, what am I, chopped liver?

I taught the girl

everything she knows.
What do you need?

I need a background check
on a man named Jonathan Thorpe.

You got a residence on him?

I have the impression
he moves around a lot.

I had to ask.

I'll see what I can dig up.
Thanks.

You're a sweetheart.

Astonishing.

These things are
centuries old.

Dutch, Spanish...

and I think, yes...

I do believe
this is Mayan.

And you say there's more?

A whole chestful.

You wouldn't believe it.

Gold, silver, jewels.

We had to leave most of it
down in Mouse's chamber.

Damn thing was too heavy.

It seems impossible.

A ship? Buried beneath the city?

The island shoreline has changed
dramatically over the centuries.

It's possible.

A sunken ship lost and
forgotten beneath the river,

covered over in landfill
until now.

Now, we, as a community,

would have to decide
what we will do

with this extraordinary
treasure.

And our decision

will be a great test
of our good sense

and our loyalty to each other.

Think of all the good
this can accomplish

for all of us, for
the whole community.

We could buy food, medicine,
new toys for the kids.

Machines, parts and stuff.

Our helpers deserve
part of this wealth.

Some of them have so
little, but they're always

there whenever
we've needed them.

A moment, please.

There's a danger here
that we all seem to be ignoring.

The man buying goods
with antique gold

would surely be noticed.

The world above
will want to know

where he came upon
such treasures.

To use any of this would pose
a threat to our security.

But this is
not just gold.

This is history, art.

The archeological

significance of these findings
could be quite staggering.

I mean, these things...
have to be catalogued, studied.

Tell me about archeology

the next time we
run out of penicillin.

- You can't just...
- Hold it.

Winslow and Mouse...

they can do what they want
with their shares.

But a third of
this is mine.

Are you saying the community
has no stake in this?

What's mine is mine;
that's what I'm saying.

Everyone helped.

Everyone came
around to watch,

you mean?

Hey, I did more than watch.

I don't care who did what.

You're talking
about my gold.

Cullen.

You've always had
such a generous soul.

Because I used to make carvings
and give them out to people?

That's no call for
stealing what's mine.

Don't look at me
like that.

All I'm saying...

What's fair is fair.

This is a dream come true.

Dreams can turn
into nightmares.

I know the difference between
dreams and nightmares.

When I was selling
door to door,

I'd see these houses--

beautiful houses
with swimming pools,

trees all around.

And inside... all
this nice furniture.

And in my whole life,

I had one piece
of nice furniture.

But always, I'd
say to my wife...

"Patty, someday

"our ship will come in.

Someday, we'll have
nice things, too."

I'll have time
to spend on my carving.

Maybe... sculpt in marble.

The day she died,
I looked around

and what did I have to show?

A 10-year-old car
with a bad transmission.

I couldn't even pay
the hospital bill.

That was above, Cullen.

You have never wanted
for anything

since you have been with us.

We all know about the hardships
that you have suffered.

Vincent, you don't know
anything.

All I'm saying is I want
what I found.

- Mouse found it.
- Found it, yes.

Winslow and Cullen said dig.

We wouldn't have had any of this
if it wasn't for me!

I want my fair share.

Listen!

Listen! Will you listen?

All of you!

Just... just listen
to what is happening.

Now, if we are unable to
deal with this matter

rationally, humanely,

then I think the best
alternative,

the only alternative is to bury

this treasure again
in a place

which is safe
from all of us.

- Who says? You?
- Who elected you king?

You're as bad as he is.

But the treasure belongs
to the whole community.

You divide up ten,
20 different ways...

Order! Order, please.

I say we
take a vote!

Our helpers deserve
some of this wealth.

Will you shut up about
the helpers!

Thieves!

That's what you are;
a bunch of thieves.

Thieves.

We're you're friends, Cullen.

Listen to Father.

What are you going to do
if I don't?

Kill me?

That bad?

I had a feeling.

Tell me.

Well, Thorpe hasn't found a way
to smuggle the pyramids

out of Egypt yet,
but I figure he's working on it.

Try bribery, try theft
of national antiquities,

try smuggling.

He's wanted in India, Egypt,
and half of South America.

Father?

Don't lose heart.

The selfishness...

the insensitivity...

shocking.

I'm so sad.

Well... they'll come
to their senses.

They're all good people.

Oh, did you, um,
talk with Cullen?

He's gone.

Gone? Gone where?

No one knows.

He's not in his chamber.

No one has seen him since
he walked out.

Jamie says he took some gold
back by the ship.

And the others?
What are they doing?

Seven have gone back to the ship

to see if they can find
more treasure.

Don't they understand
what they're doing to us?

Everything we've worked for.

Everything we tried
to build down here.

All they see is
the spectre of wealth.

The ship sank, and now,

hundreds of years later...

it threatens everything we have.

How much?

17th century Dutch.

It's fascinating.

Do you mind if I ask
where you got this?

Do you want it or not?

I'll give you $2,000.

Do I look that stupid?

You can't blame

a man for trying to make
a profit, can you?

How does $10,000 sound?

I'll write you the check,
here and now.

I want cash.

Cash, of course.

I've got more
of this stuff.

A lot more.

Are you interested?

I can't move too much of this.

But I have an
acquaintance

who specializes in these
kinds of transactions.

I could arrange a meeting.

Okay.

The money?

Of course. Excuse me.

I've arranged a
meeting for you here.

Tonight at 8:30.

If that fits into your schedule.

That'll be just fine.

How is Father?

Devastated.

He sees his
dream crumbling.

And how are you?

Catherine, our world
has never known

such turmoil
and dissention.

It's being torn apart.

There's another threat,
Vincent,

maybe just as dangerous.

A man was interested in
the necklace Mouse gave me.

His name is Thorpe.

I ran a check on him and found
out he smuggles antiquities.

He's quite persistent.

Let's go talk to Mouse.

Cullen, everybody's
looking for you.

Take a walk.

Cullen!

They're looking for me, huh?
I'll bet they are.

I came for what's mine.

Not yours.
Father said...

Father said?! I don't care
what Father said.

You can do what you want
with your third.

I'm taking mine.

Stealing!

Not stealing, Mouse.
Taking, remember?

Cullen, it's not worth it.

I'll show you what it's worth.

$10,000

for half a dozen pieces.

That's what it's worth.

Only paper.

Not as pretty as
what you took.

Stop it, Cullen.
My stuff.

Leave it alone!
Mouse, get out of there!

Get out of my way, Mouse.

My stuff. Can't take.

Uh-uh.

Won't let you.

I'm warning you, boy.

I'm warning you.

Joke, right?

Uh-uh.

You won't cut me.

Not you.

If I have to.

Cullen, leave it.

Cullen.

Mouse?

Mouse?

Mouse!

We must get him to Father.

Vincent.

Save your strength.

Cullen... took
stuff up top.

For paper, Vincent.

Just for paper.

Where, Mouse.
Where was he going?

Hello?

Mr. Cullen.

Yeah.

Are those the pieces?

Yeah.

Where's Edmonton?

Occupied.
We don't need him.

Wait a minute.

He said he would be here.

I don't know you.

Now, take it easy,
Mr. Cullen.

I'm the man with the money.

That's all you need to know.

Amazing.

All I want is $50,000.

It's worth a lot more than that.

Is this all of it?

Yeah.

"Yeah."

Then there is more?

Look, please, we don't
have to do it this way.

Just give me the money.

You'll never hear from me again.

Please.

I never pay for anything.

Carry it.

You're going to take me
to the rest of it.

If Cullen ever shows his
face down here again,

I'll kill him.

And what would
that accomplish?

It'll make me feel better.

Catherine's right.

There's been
enough bloodshed.

I don't understand.

They were friends.

Jamie, he was sick.

He couldn't see
us or hear us.

There was no
one, nothing,

just himself.

It's a disease
that comes from my world.

It's called greed.

Is he going to be all right?

He lost a great
deal of blood.

However, he is young and strong.

Yes, I think he's going
to be all right.

Pascal is back
in the pipe chamber.

What's he saying?

Cullen is back.

He's seen him.

With an intruder.

A man with a gun.

Our tunnels.

Toward the abyss.

Where the hell are we?

You said it.

Hell. Where both of us belong.

Vincent!

There's one more piece.

Are we certain
what we're about to do

is the course of action
we all wish to take?

The only course.
It's caused enough grief.

We don't need it;
It shouldn't be here.

We have to get rid of it.
We almost lost everything.

It's time.

We can't do this.

By throwing this treasure
into the abyss, we admit defeat.

Then it has beaten us.

It's the only way.

I think it's the best thing
for all of us.

There may be no place
for it in our world,

but there are others
in the world above

who go hungry and homeless.

And although we live
apart from them,

we can never deny that we are
all a part

of each other and this city.

We cannot turn
our backs

while there is a chance to help.

We cannot turn our backs.

I wonder what they must think.

That it was a miracle.