Beauty and the Beast (1987–1990): Season 2, Episode 6 - Sticks and Stones - 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.

- Hey, lady, excuse me.
- Bobby, over here.

All I want's
a paper.

Miss, can I have
some change, please?

Excuse me,
could I have some change?

Please, could I have
some change now?

No, I need some change right...!

All I want's a paper.



Could I get a
Sports Illustrated?

You got The Post?

Sports Illustrated?

I asked for a damn
Sport Illustrated.

What's the matter
with you?

Are you deaf?

Answer me!

Are you deaf?!

No!

Laura!

It's all right, guys,
it's all right!

She's with me.
It's all right.
It's all right.

Laura... Laura, what
happened back there?

You must have patience,
Laura.

No, they don't know
any better.

You do know.
Come on.

I know it is hard.

All right, come on.
Back to work, huh?

Okay?

Okay now?

Laura! Laura!

Laura!

Come back, Laura!

Come back!

Laura!

Everybody, clear out.

This is where
you go out.

You can still
change your mind.

Try not to worry.

You'll be safe.

I'll be near.

The woman I told you about
is waiting.

Yes,

Catherine.

This last year...

I felt in you

a need to see beyond
these tunnels and chambers.

You've known inside yourself
that it was time.

I will miss you as well.

I love you, too.

This one is Miguel.

We don't know
his last name,

but we do know he's
their lieutenant.

His name
is Rinaldo Guttierez.

He call himself "Lincoln"

because he wears
a penny in each ear.

So he's the
head poncho.

You think we can do
without that kind of stuff?

You know,
just for one day?

Hear, hear.

Parker, why are you getting

bent out of shape
over some punk

who whacked a security guard?

It's not the point,
McQueeney.

Are you sure

this Lincoln guy's
the one?

According
to Detective D'Nelly.

We still don't have enough
on this Lincoln guy

for an arrest.

Not unless rumors
are suddenly admissible.

How come they're not making

a move, Chandler?

Last week, you said
there'd be...

I know what I said.

All right, look.

Maybe McQueenie's right
for once.

Maybe we should just leave this
to Social Services.

To do what?

Put the minors into foster care.

See what happens.

Joe, this deaf gang
is like a family.

There's no way
they'll give up Lincoln.

They're animals
like all the rest.

They are kids nobody wanted.

Most of them were abused.

All they know is anger,
and Lincoln is using that.

If we don't get rid
of him first,

you can
forget about

Social Services.

One more week.

What? No!
Just give me
one more week

to do it my way.

No!
Make it an
even month

before you write it off.

Can you live with that?

Do I have a choice?

Mommy, could you
comb my hair?

Definite make
on Blanca Esteban.

The other chick
I don't know.

Number four...

He's coming your way.

See if you can get an ID
on the one in the cap.

You got it.

Joe...

They're here.

They're moving.

Okay, here we go, people.

Oh, come on...

come on...

No good!

Everybody, stand down.

Hold your positions.

Damn!

Cathy, look.

Laura?!

It's been difficult
for her above.

We've known that for some time.

Little by little, she began to
shed her duties as a helper.

Until last week, when...

she disappeared.

Why didn't you tell
me, Vincent?

I might have helped.

Somehow, I still think of
the tunnels as her home.

I felt certain that
if she needed sanctuary--
for whatever reasons--

that she would
seek it among us.

Well, she's
found it, Vincent...

but in a dangerous place, among
people who live by violence.

One of them, we think,
killed a security guard.

And this is her new home?

I'm sorry...

I know.

Vincent...

Laura herself may
have broken the law.

I'm not sure,

but you should prepare yourself
for that possibility.

We have our own laws,
Catherine, and...

Laura must still answer to them.

Until the Council and the
others determine otherwise,

she remains a part
of our community.

I can't protect her in any way.

I know, but...

I must see her...

tonight.

Please.

It's good to see you.

Yes, it is.

Painful, as well.

I would never ask
you to apologize.

I'm here...

...because I care for you.

Because I love you.

Because... I know that
you have been unhappy.

You could have
come to me.

The world choked you.

I understand your anger.

But...

is this the right
place for you?

Are you happy here?

Do you love him?

You've become a woman.

I wish the circumstances
were different, but...

You know the message I bring.

Laura...

our purpose here
is not to judge you.

You can
stand there

with straight
eyes and tell
me that?

Please, Laura.

Remember, we are
all your friends, and...

you know our
rules as well
as anyone.

If you wish to continue
as part of us,

then you must,
at the very least,

abide by the
moral principles

according to which
we all live.

What principles?

Love? Trust?

Those are
just words.

What good will
they do me in
the world above?

Yes, I love.

I trust.

But I also hate.

I also distrust.

There are other,
more complex
feelings

that I need to
help me to survive.

You are always
free to return here.

We would welcome you.

I have another
family now.

Catherine tells us that
some in your "family"

are suspected of murder.

I know of
no murders.

But you live by violence.
We do know that.

We live as we must.

The only way we can.

We live

as all of you do.

We've made the same choices:

to live outside
of society.

The only difference I see

is that you have chosen to live
down here.

We have chosen to live bound by
our deafness.

No handicap-- whatever it is--
can excuse stealing and robbing.

That is a fact.

Down here, you
taught me that I
was no different.

That I was the
same as everyone.

Now you call me
handicapped?

You know that William didn't
mean it like that.

I was your friend.

I am your friend.

We're worried about you...

That's all.

It makes no
difference.

It is the same
everywhere.

I carry a shield
with me now.

A shield
to protect me.

You can vote,
if you want.

I reject
your vote.

I reject your
judgment.

Laura...

Please. Consider what...

You involved yourself
with the girl,

and you involved her
in a felony!

You just killed it
for all of us.

Months of work. What the
hell were you thinking?!

Don't give me that
self-righteous crap.

It's not like I
volunteered for this.

That is no excuse.

You talk to me, Jerry,
or I take it to Internal
Affairs right now.

I just about gift-wrapped
Lincoln for you!

You're the ones
who screwed up, not me.

That is something different.
Don't confuse it.

I'm not confusing things.

You listen to me,
Detective.

You didn't just screw up;
you broke the law.

I am talking
endangerment,
entrapment...

And if anything happens
to that girl--

God forbid--
it is on your head.

Do you understand?

You have been
lying to us.

To her,
and to yourself.

It's over.

Come on.

Boy, it's funny.

What's that?

How I feel.

I mean, I'm kind of relieved you
found out.

Secrets can get pretty heavy.

The worst part of it was keeping
it from Laura.

You know, my
parents are deaf.

Sign was my first language.

I love her, Cathy.

I didn't want to.

And I don't want to.

But I do.

And I know I'm
in major trouble.

I'll do what I can to
help you, Jerry,

but I can't keep
this from the others.

I'm sorry.

And until we
decide what to do,

I don't want you anywhere
near that gang.

That includes Laura.

It's late.

Yet I cannot sleep.

I'm thinking of Laura.

It's cold up there tonight.

I can feel it.

The chill,
down through the layers

of pipe and earth
that protect us, insulate us.

What's happening to her?

Can there be anything
so painful

as watching a child you love
falter in the world?

Refuse your help?

At what point do you draw
quietly away from their lives?

At what point do you say,

"I am no longer responsible"?

We taught Laura to depend
on herself,

to think her own thoughts.

Do we now tell her to disregard
those lessons?

To doubt herself?

To change?

She is a woman now.

No longer a child.

What is happening to her
up there?

I...

can...

speak.

Please, understand.
L-Laura...

Laura...

I... wanted to tell you

before.

If you wanted me,

I would cut off my tongue
and turn off my ears for you.

You can't go back there.

You're not one of them.

I told you to stay
away from Laura.

I couldn't just leave her
with them.

I told her everything.
I had to.

Is she with you now?

No, I don't know where she is.

I been walking the streets,
looking for her.

God, I feel miserable.

Well, where might she have gone?

I said I don't know.

Tell me what happened, Jerry.

Jerry?

Jerry, what's going on?

Jerry?

Laura!

Laura!

Come in. Come in. Huh?

"Contact Vincent"? Wha...?

Who's going to get killed?

One of the gang?

You can't expect
Vincent to help them!

A cop?

Nothing so far. Over.

McQueeney and Parker are inside.

We're still waiting. Over.

All right, we'll take it
up to center from up here.

We can cover B and D
pretty well. Over.

The place is empty.

We'll head north
on Avenue D from here.

We got them! We got them!

All right!

Over here!

Come on, move it!

Don't be ashamed.

Hate and rage
are powerful forces
in all of us.

Don't punish yourself
for feeling them.

They're a part of us
we understand the least,

and yet, they're the part
of us we should try

to understand the most.

What is it, Laura?

Jerry?

I also... hope to meet him.

Perhaps someday.

You have a lot
to be proud of, Vincent.

All that you've given Laura
and taught her.

I never realized until now
just how much she's given me...

how much I miss her.

She's been through a lot.

The world has tested her.

And yet she chooses
to remain above.

She's in love.

That she could forgive Jerry--

that took courage.

It's the rarest kind of love.

To surrender yourself
completely to your heart,

to trust in it fully,

to believe in it
without doubting.

To let it guide your life.

So now Laura's found the way.

Yes.

Will it make her life
any simpler, do you think?

No.

Not simpler.

But she'll be happier.

Perhaps.

Trust me, Vincent,
she will be happier.