Beauty and the Beast (1987–1990): Season 2, Episode 9 - Brothers - 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.

That's a mysterious smile.

Look.

The moon.

It looks enormous tonight.

Do you remember the first
time you saw the moon?

Who would remember
the first...?

Can you?



Mm-hmm.

Broken taillight.

Shall we?

Driver gone?
Yeah.

Well, maybe he got up
onto the roof.

Maybe he called a cab.

You figure it out.
I'll call it in.

It's... it's dark.

Would you like to hold
the flashlight?

Help me clear this off.

It's incredible.

Saw one up top.

Figured it out.

Built it.

You've stolen
the eye of the storm.

Didn't steal.

Got the stuff
from Catherine.

So this is why you
wanted to visit Mouse.

It's a gift
from both of us.

We wanted to
surprise you.

Her idea.

So that you could always
have a piece of sky.

Even down here.

Arthur, what have you done?

What is that, Mouse?

Old gizmo.

Warning system.

Better than sentries.

Never finished.

Uh-oh.

Broken, maybe.

Or working, maybe.

Where does that
alarm originate?

Lower West Side.

Old iron door-- into the well.

That entrance hasn't
been used in years.

There are no sentries
posted at that tunnel.

Good to see you.

What are you doing?

Doing... Doing...

Don't be afraid.

There's no one there.

It's just sound.

Hello... Hello... Hello...

Sounds can't hurt you.

When I was a kid, this
was my favorite place.

We used to make up stories
to go along with the voices.

I like stories.

You can go all around
the world...

...right here.

Here?

It's just a few steps.

Now, you can do this, Charles.

I'll help you.

Don't look down.

Don't look down.

Look at me.

Come on.

I used to play around here

when I was a boy.
Watch this.

See?

You won't fall.

Just take one step at a time.

One step.

Just one.

You can do this.

Good.

Now, one more.

It's only echoes.

Ghosts of old sounds.

You're safe down here,

but you've got to cross over.

I... can't...

I want to go back.

Remember what I told you?

About the secret place
where I was born?

It's right over there
across the bridge,

full of music,

and candles everywhere you look.

And... and the people,
they're like a family.

I heard them laughing.

They won't want a freak,
an ugly freak.

There are no freaks here.

Now, this antiseptic
is going to sting a little,

but I want to make sure
that these cuts

aren't going
to be infected.

Do you understand?

Oh, he'll be all right.

Won't you, Charles?

All right.

Good, good.
Excellent.

Now, I'm going to
cut off your shirt.

No! No, no!

Let him go!

All right.
He won't hurt you.

Can't look.

I'm ugly.

Eddie said never

take it off.

No one will take it off.

Yes, that's right.

You have my...
apologies.

You... have my... apologies.

You've come a long way.

Come. Let me show you
where you can rest.

Vincent, he needs
treatment for his back.

I'll attend to it...

in the hospital chamber.

Go on.

Are you all right?

I think...

I think he's broken my wrist.

He didn't mean to.

He doesn't know
his own strength.

I'm almost afraid to ask this.

but how did you and Charles
happen to meet?

I was working at a carny, doing
my knife-thrower number.

The first time I saw him,
he was in a cage.

The Hideous Dragon Man.

That's how his manager
billed him.

I couldn't stand
to see him there.

I... I, uh... made his owner
an offer he couldn't refuse.

Will you let him stay?

Well, that's for the council
to decide,

but certainly, if he needs
sanctuary for a while.

I meant for good.

You're... different.

Yes, like you.

No. No, your face--
it's... it's good.

Not like me, Vincent.

You know my name?

Dev told me.

Dev's my friend.

Mine, too.

We were boys together.

Like me and Eddie.

Your back--
does it hurt?

I can help stop the pain...

if you'll take off your shirt.

Oh, no.

If-if they see,

they'll send me away.

No one will send you away.

It's not as easy as all that.

You know our rules, Devin.

Tell me,
how long have you known him?

A couple of weeks.

And his
deformities--

are they extensive?

Very.

Well, give us some time to get
to know him a little.

In the meantime,

if you'd be good enough to run
and fetch Mary for me,

before I faint.

Can you remember the way?

Devin...

even when you were a small boy,

I could always count on you
to make life interesting.

Nonetheless, it's...
it's good to have you home.

Don't be afraid.

Ah.

"It was the best
of times,

it was the worst of times."

That pretty well describes it,
doesn't it?

Our childhood?

My life.

This used to be
my favorite book.

On Tuesdays anyway.

Consistency is
the hobgoblin

of small minds.

I'd expected to see you
in the hospital chamber.

How is he?

Better.

He's resting now.

It'd mean a lot if you'd speak
for him in the council.

Your voice should be
heard as well.

They'll listen to you.

You're part of them.

I'm just a kid who ran away
a long time ago.

A kid they barely remember.

Father and I will remind them.

This place brings back
a lot of memories.

It should-- you slept here
for almost half your life.

Things are different
than I remember.

You've moved things around.

You left.

Things change, Devin.
Years pass.

People change, too.

Some people... sometimes.

Your friend Catherine--
is she still with the D.A.?

Hmm.

Devin...

is something wrong?

I have to go back up top.

There's a few loose ends
I have to take care of.

And Charles?

I figured you could
watch out for him.

He needs you, Devin.

He's a stranger
in a strange land.

Lonely, afraid.

You're his strength,
his friend.

I'm trying to be.

That's why I have
to go back.

Eddie?

No, it's Devin.

I've come to say good-bye
for a little while.

No, don't go!

I have to. It's okay.

No! You're my friend, Dev.

Wh-What... what will I do?

You don't need me
to tell you what to do.

You'll have new friends,
lots of them,

like Vincent.

Will... will you
come back?

As soon as I can.

I promise.

You be good, okay?

Dev...

Going down, I guess.

Devin?

What are you doing here?

How do you feel
about cotton candy?

No, don't look!

I brought you
some more clothes.

I'll leave them on the bed.

No, stay.

I'm sorry, I forgot.

You did nothing wrong.

Eddie said never forget

freaks shouldn't go around

scaring decent people.

When I walk the city streets,

I wear a cloak with a hood
to shadow my face.

But your face is...

A mirror...

like yours.

Where frightened men see
the shape of their own fears,

and small men see only ugliness.

Did you forget to hide?

I don't hide my face here.

This is my home.

My... home?

If you want it to be.

Father?

Ah, Vincent.

Where have you been?

I, uh, spent the morning
with Charles.

Mm-hmm.
Was Devin with you?

No. He went above.

Neurofibromatosis?

Yes. Congenital abnormalities
of the nervous system.

Symptoms include

bone deformities, skin lesions

and the growth
of cutaneous tumors--

fibromas, they're called.

This disease is why Charles
is the way he is?

Most likely.

I can't be sure without an
examination, of course, but...

Can it be treated?

Well, sometimes fibromas
can be surgically removed--

in the milder cases--

but if the deformities are

as extensive and severe

as Devin has led me
to believe...

The tumors are seldom malignant,

so Charles could
be perfectly healthy,

aside from
his condition.

He could have a normal lifespan.

Life is measured
in more than years.

Life in a cage
is no life at all.

Of course.

Well, I've sent word
to the council.

We'll meet as soon
as Devin gets back.

Devin may not return
for some time.

What?

I see.

I suppose it was foolish of me

to think that Devin could behave
responsibly for once.

This is just like him.

I mean, he hands over
his problem to us,

and then he runs off.

Charles is not a problem,
Father.

He's a human being in pain.

Believe me, Vincent,
I do understand his pain.

Do you?

Can you?

I can.

Hey, Syd! Hey!
Come on!

Win the little
lady a prize!

Three balls
for a dollar.

She looks like
the kind of girl

who needs a big
fluffy lion.

Forget it, Bernie.

Nixon was president last time
you parted with a prize.

Syd?

Karl Sydney, world's
greatest knife-thrower.

You know, even Syd

couldn't knock over
one of Bernie's milk bottles.

I thought you
were going to try

being Devin Wells
for a while.

Devin Wells
ran short of cash,

so I pulled Syd
off the shelf,
dusted him off.

Would you mind telling me
what this is all about?

Him.

Yesterday morning,

I stole a truck
and took him to the tunnels.

Oh, lovely. Grand theft auto
and kidnapping.

Technically.

Devin,
I'm a district attorney.

I know what
you're thinking.

Just try and keep
an open mind for
a little while longer.

Then make your call.

I figured
you'd be back.

No stomach for it,
huh, pretty boy?

What's the matter?

Freak go nuts on you?

You just get sick
of looking at him?

He's not the one

that makes me sick, Eddie.

Get him into his cage.

Tell him to
put a move on.

Otherwise, I'm going
to whip that freak raw.

You're never going
to lay another hand on him.

Who's going to
stop me? You?

You see, I'm going
to go to the cops,

and then you're going
to be the one in a cage.

Oh, yeah.

You are in deep, punk.

You see, kidnapping happens
to be a federal rap.

Charles wanted to go.

He'll tell them that.

Charles?

Oh, that's good. I like that.
Charles.

Well, you see, Charles
will damn well tell them

what I tell him to tell them.

What the hell is this?

Who are you, lady?

One of his bimbos?

I'm with the
district attorney's office.

I got no beef

with the law.

This is the
guy you want.

He's a kidnapper.

He stole my truck.

Look at this! He knifed me
all the way through my palm.

Tell her
what you were

holding in that
hand, Eddie.

I don't have
to tell her nothing!

I got the right. He's mine.

Not anymore, he isn't.

And don't even

think of trying to make trouble.

You take the freak, how am I
supposed to make a living?

You've still got a cage.
Figure it out.

You got no right.
This is a family matter!

Charles and Eddie
are brothers.

Yeah, we're brothers.

I warned him.

A hundred times, I warned him.

Don't tell nobody, I told him.

But he forgot.

He told me.

And that's why
you were whipping him, right?

Right?!

Right. He had
it coming.

I warned him!

You don't know
what it's like

growing up, living with him.

The way people
look at you
all the time,

like you're a freak, too.

My old man used
to make me kiss him.

He was your brother.

You were supposed
to take care of him!

I took care of him!
I fed him, didn't I?

I cleaned up after him!

Don't you come here telling me
I didn't take care of him.

I could have done things.

I wasted my life

in this stinking freak show

on account of him.

Devin.

He isn't worth it.

Hey, go on! Keep the freak!
See if I give a damn!

What? You think
I wanted him?

Hey, you're doing me a favor!

Oh, yeah.
Big do-gooders.

You going to save
the poor freak, huh?

Well, I got
your game, man.

I know what
you're doing.

You going to take him away
from me,

you stick him in some hospital
or something,

or some freak farm.

Then you can feel
so good about yourself,

like you're better
than everybody.

He isn't better
than everybody, Eddie.

He's just better
than you.

May I come in, Charles?

Brought you a book.

A Tale of Two Cities.

It's one of Devin's
favorite stories.

Charles?

You haven't said three words
for the last 60 miles.

I haven't felt
much like talking.

You run a pretty
smooth con, Chandler.

That bit about
being a D.A.?

I am a D.A.

In Manhattan.

You don't have any
jurisdiction up here.

I never said I did.

You thinking
about Charles?

No. Vincent.

Storm.

Hey! Get away!

Who are you?

Stop it! Oh!

Broke it.

Vincent's sky!

What's wrong with you?

At least no one was hurt;
Vincent is out looking

for him. I'm sure
everything's going...

Shh! Shh! Shh!

Oh, my God! Mouse.

Mary, get my bag.
Quickly!

Did you hear?

Yes. I'm on my way.

The stranger--
Kipper saw him

down in the Serpentine
near the south well.

We must reach Vincent.

Now, tell Pascal
to put the word
out on the pipe.

Come along, Mary.

We'll see to Mouse.

You got any brothers
or sisters, Chandler?

No. I'm an only child.

I had an imaginary
playmate once--

a pretend sister.

I would make tea for us,

and tell Daddy
not to sit on her.

And at night, in bed,

we would whisper secrets
to each other in the dark.

Like me and Vincent.

Sometimes, we would
talk too loud,

and Father
would hear us,

and we would have to
pretend to be asleep.

I'm not sure we ever
really fooled him.

What would you talk about?

"The time has come,
the Walrus said,

"To speak of many things,

"Of ships and strings
and sealing wax,

Of cabbages and kings."

We hatched plots,

made up stories,
called each other names,

talked about fears you can't
talk about during the day.

We dreamed.

Oh, God, how we dreamed!

The things we were going
to do, Vincent and me.

The places we were
going to go-- everywhere,

south of Oz and north
of Shangri-La.

Then I grew a
little older.

One day I realized that...

I was never going
to do any of them

unless I left
Vincent behind.

So, I guess, uh,
Eddie and me--

we're not so different
after all.

Father...

this man...

You mean Charles?

I feel for him.
I really do.

We all do.

Somebody's got
to say this.

I'm not sure this man
belongs down here.

We've always been
a place of sanctuary,

a safe haven.

This man is a
stranger to us,

He means no harm.

He broke your wrist.

Almost killed Mouse.

Smashed my stuff.

Big mess.

My fault, maybe.

If somebody gets
seriously hurt,

it won't matter
whose fault it is.

Charles?

Charles.

Charles, please?

Stay away!

Stay away!

I'm not going to hurt you.

I was bad...

scared them...

hurt them.

They hate me.

No.

Yes!

Down here, up above...

the same.

Just the same... people

yelling, crying, looking at me
the same!

I'll hurt them!

Hurt them all!

When I was young,
I only knew these tunnels.

But I would hear
the other children

talk of the world above
and all its wonders.

And I wanted to
see them, too.

So, one night, Devin
took me up to the park.

The lights went
on forever,

and the night was full
of sounds, smells

and music, so much so
that it made me dizzy.

And when I
looked up...

Was it an airplane?

No.

It was the moon.

It was the most magical thing
I'd ever seen.

And I was afraid that if I
looked away even for a second,

that it would vanish, and I
would never see it again.

The car passed by, no further
from me than you are now,

but I never heard it.

When I looked, I glimpsed a face
pressed against the window,

there was... a little girl...

no older than I was.

She saw me.

Was she afraid?

She began to cry.

I didn't know why-- not then--

but I knew how much it hurt.

She didn't know.

Didn't mean to hurt.

It hurt just as badly.

I told Devin and Father,
and anyone who would listen

that I would never
go back again.

But you went back.

A month later.

Devin made me.

He promised that
he would stay close

and he reminded me that
the moon would be full again.

I... can't... ever... go back...
to see the moon.

Who says?

Charles needs us.

He needs medical attention
we can't provide,

special education,
therapy...

No.

Only love.

I...

I'm... sorry.

You have nothing
to be sorry for.

Nothing at all.

You have a place here
with us, Charles.

A home.

No, thank you.

Charles is coming
with me.

Are you sure, Charles?

Dev doesn't want to
be alone anymore.

"They said of him,
about the city that night,

"that it was the peacefullest
man's face ever beheld there.

"Many added that
he looked sublime

and prophetic."

Catherine got us the van,
Charles.

It's up in
the park now.

Whenever you're ready.

As soon as we finish.

It's almost the end.

The rest is for you.

"I-It... is a far,

"far... better thing that I...
do than... I have ever done.

"It is a far, far better rest

that I go to than...
I have... ever known."

Where will they go?

The mountains, to begin...
a place far away from people,

Devin says, where Charles can
feel the sunlight on his face

and learn not to be afraid.

A place to heal...

to grow...

to feel human.

Somewhere...

South of Oz...

and north of Shangri-La.