Beauty and the Beast (1987–1990): Season 3, Episode 6 - A Time to Heal - full transcript
In this city of night,
in this city of millions,
there are countless stories.
This is one
of two lovers
who shared a bond
that changed their lives
forever.
It is my story.
How compassion opened my heart
to a world where goodness
and truth were stronger
than hate or fear.
Then... one day,
she was taken from me
by the forces of evil
she had battled
so bravely.
And now, alone with her memory,
yet armed with her courage,
I have sworn to fight
those who would kill
or harm or destroy
in the hope that one day
I will find
what all men seek to find--
my destiny.
The coroner said it looked
more like an animal attack
than a murder.
Up 17 flights
with no witnesses.
He was her protector.
Up 17 flights
with no witnesses.
Vincent.
Jesus, lady!
I need your help.
What the hell
are you doing here?
I didn't mean to scare
you, but I need your help.
At midnight?
What kind of help
do you need?
It'll take an hour,
tops, I promise.
I'll pay you.
How much?
I got $62.
You still ain't tell me
what for.
A friend.
A friend?
Lady, I'm the watchman.
I got work to do.
Okay, I guess
for a beautiful lady,
I can make
an exception.
Let's go.
Hey, where the hell
are we going, lady?
Just a little bit further.
What happened?
He drink too much?
I don't know.
You'd better give him
some air.
Just give me a hand.
Fine,
but don't tell me
what this is about.
I don't want to know.
I got enough
headaches as it is.
You live in the
city long enough,
you stop asking
questions.
You know what I mean?
Hello,
Mary.
You should
sleep.
I wish I could.
It's Vincent.
I'm afraid, Mary,
terribly afraid.
We all are.
The one person I thought,
I hoped
I could shelter
from this world.
Father.
No, it was
an impossible hope.
It makes me question the worth
of everything
we've taught ourselves,
everything we've learned.
We've struggled so hard
to maintain our isolation,
our separateness.
What kind of legacy is that
to leave our people?
It's the
legacy of love,
the capacity to
love ourselves
and to love
each other.
I'm afraid love
holds no sway
where fate
has taken Vincent.
October 10, 1989, 3:30 A.M.
Graveyard hunch paid off this
morning, just after midnight.
Hard to process the details.
Hard enough trying to explain
to myself what has happened,
what I've found.
I found Vincent.
I found him at her grave,
half dead.
Don't know if he's going
to make it.
Can't call the doctor.
I'm scared, disoriented.
Even though he's
in the next room,
it's impossible to believe
he's really there.
The thought of him is too great
to hold in my head.
Hi.
You can't stay,
Mark. I'm sorry.
Can I at least come in?
You're working.
Look, I'll ride down with you.
Oh, it's okay.
Mark...
You said Saturday.
I know I said Saturday.
Just don't be mad.
I am mad.
And I got a damn good reason
to be mad.
I'm really close on this one.
Yeah.
Catherine?
No.
My name is Diana.
Where am I?
In my loft.
I found you
in a graveyard
behind St. Clio's.
I don't remember.
I must go.
You brought me.
You were hurt.
You've lost a lot of blood.
You're safe here.
You need... you need help.
I know you.
I don't think so.
Yes.
Vincent.
You know my name.
Let me help you.
How long have I been here?
Three days.
You were
in Catherine's apartment...
and below
in her basement.
Tell me why.
Please.
I'm with the
police department.
I was... I'm still investigating
Catherine Chandler's death.
Her murder.
Yes.
And I thought maybe
that you could help.
I know your name
from an inscription.
I've been trying
to find you.
I've been trying
to understand this.
These sonnets...
she read them to me.
I see the words, but...
I always hear her voice,
always, to remind me...
that she's gone.
"Though lovers be lost
love shall not;
And death shall
have no dominion."
Look, I didn't mean to...
You could never know how
those words live in my heart...
burn in my heart.
You're tired.
You should sleep.
How much further?
Close, very close.
Are you sure this is
the right way?
Only way.
Come, hurry.
Vincent.
Vincent?
He hasn't been here
for at least three days.
Vincent's gone off
by himself before.
Maybe he just wants to be alone.
Was alone.
Worse than alone.
We help one another.
That's what you taught me.
Yes, but you can't force Vincent
to accept help he does not want.
Mouse can.
Mouse is right.
Father, what are you saying?
The choice Vincent made,
he made to keep us safe.
Can we do any less for him?
He's missing.
Surely that's the only
thing that's important.
We don't know that
he's in any danger.
Right. So if we're wrong,
we look foolish.
But if we're right...
Mouse, you say you took
a note to Vincent
three days ago?
From Elliott Burch.
What did the message say?
Go on, Mouse.
Tell him.
"Compass Rose.
"Meet me.
Good news."
Father, what are we going to do?
Something I should've done
a long time ago.
Joe, I'm sorry.
I cancelled a major
depo this morning
because you promised
me a progress report.
I know,
I said I was sorry.
So where is it?
I didn't bring it.
You didn't bring it?
Actually there is
no progress report.
Wait a second,
I'm confused here.
You said, "Joe,
I have news."
Joe...
I'm taking myself off the case.
What are you talking about?
Come in here for a second,
will ya?
You want to tell me
what the hell's going on?
You heard me, Joe.
Why are you doing this?
Because I need
some down time.
"Down time."
Oh, that's just great.
What the hell does that mean,
"down time"?
A week ago, you
were telling me
about tunnels and roses,
and this guy, Vincent.
And how close we are, and now?
Now I just need to step back
for a while.
You know what I think, Diana?
I think you're holding
something back.
I'm not.
I don't believe you.
That wall is my work.
That wall is full of half truths
and shadows.
Maybe.
You'll discover
nothing there.
All you'll do is
threaten the lives
of those Catherine loved.
How?
How can I threaten them?
This wall belongs to me.
I don't show it to anybody.
See, I try to live inside
of other people.
I surround myself with them.
I penetrate their minds.
And sometimes,
most of the time,
what I see...
...it frightens me.
You were trying
to spare me from myself?
All I have is
a smattering of facts.
A seed. Sometimes they take root
in my imagination,
if I'm lucky.
But there was no imagining me.
No.
Taxi!
Federal Courthouse building,
please.
Hey, pal, I'm in a hurry.
Could we move?
Hey, hey!
You mind if we share?
What the hell is this?
Now please, don't be alarmed.
Hey, the courthouse
is downtown, pal.
Mr. Maxwell.
Stop this car right now!
Please, Mr. Maxwell,
I know you to be a good man.
Just listen to me.
I have information
concerning Elliot Burch.
Who are you?
I'm a friend of
Catherine Chandler's.
Okay, I'm listening.
I know where Elliot Burch
was the night he disappeared.
Where?
Look, I came to you
because I need information, too.
Where was Burch?
He was on board a ship
called the Compass Rose.
Are you sure?
Oh, yes.
The same Compass Rose
that was tied up
on the East River?
I believe so.
How do you know this?
From Elliot Burch.
He told you himself?
The Compass Rose exploded
and was burned to its
waterline three nights ago.
Who are you?
Is your name Vincent?
No.
My name is Jacob.
Jacob what?
Mr. Maxwell, have they
recovered any bodies?
No, not yet.
What do you mean,
"not yet?"
They have divers
in the water today.
Look, if there's
anything you can tell me
about Cathy's death,
you have to.
Believe me,
I would tell you if I could.
Why can't you?
Are you afraid of someone?
If you're afraid,
I can help you.
Please, Mr. Maxwell.
She led me from the darkness.
She sacrificed everything.
And I let her die.
Vincent, you couldn't possibly
have stopped what happened.
There was a time
when I could have saved her.
Between us...
there was a connection, a bond.
I knew her.
Her thoughts, her fears.
I could feel what she was
feeling at that same moment.
As if we were one.
When Catherine was
in trouble, you knew?
Yes.
What is it?
I couldn't save her.
Vincent...
what you had with Catherine...
I could only imagine
what it would be like
to love someone like that.
Or to be loved like that.
And I can only remember.
I searched for months.
But it was a heartbeat
that led me to her.
Faint at first.
Was it Catherine's?
No.
It belonged...
to her child.
You could actually sense
the baby's heartbeat?
I followed it to the building
where the man
called Gabriel kept her.
But I was too late.
And the child was gone.
My son.
I've said too much.
Vincent...
You can trust me.
You mustn't involve
yourself in this.
I'm already involved.
I was involved before...
Hello?
It's me.
I have to talk to you.
Joe, I don't want
to do this again.
Diana, let me up 'cause I'm
not leaving until I see you.
Okay, I'll be right down.
I have to do this.
But I won't be long.
Diana.
I'll never forget your kindness.
So then this strange old guy
jumps in the back
of the cab with me.
And he told me Burch
was on the Compass Rose
the night he disappeared.
What do you want me to say, Joe?
I want you to say,
"That's amazing news, Joe.
I'm dying with curiosity.
I was wrong to drop out."
How can you ignore
something like this?
I don't understand.
You don't have to understand.
No, you're wrong.
I do.
You know,
I got to thinking about
our little discussion
this morning.
And the more I think about it,
the more unacceptable
it becomes.
Explain that to me.
I'm ordering you
back on this case.
You can't do that.
I'm the district attorney,
and I can do
a hell of a lot more than
order you back on the case.
You threatening me?
Look, something is going on
right here in front of us
and I think you're the only
one who knows what that is.
And I'm not going
to let that go.
I'm calling the commissioner.
I spoke to him
about an hour ago.
Look, lady, I don't care
if you hate my guts.
But you take whatever
you're holding back
and you weigh that against
your job and your pension,
and then you call me
in the morning.
Vincent.
Father.
Vincent.
Thank God you're
still alive.
Where have you been?
Healing.
For days, I've been wrestling
with my worst fears.
trying to
prepare myself.
I'm sorry to have put
you through so much worry.
Elliot Burch
is dead.
Yes, I know.
How did that happen?
He almost
betrayed me,
but in the end,
he sacrificed his
life for mine.
There's something
about the water.
The sound of the water.
It drew me here
when you were gone.
I never dreamed of you
ever having a child.
Now... so many things
seem possible.
One day he'll
be raised here--
in the world you created.
So let nothing
stop you, Vincent.
Nothing.
I feel like I've been
lied to all this time.
Lied to how?
Lied to, made
to believe one thing
when something else is true.
You used to talk about
it all the time, remember?
Growth,
growing together.
I remember.
Yeah, well, I really
thought you meant it.
I mean, I bought it.
You know, find someone,
start a life.
It is what I want.
No, you don't.
Not with me, anyway.
Mark...
It's okay.
I'll get over it.
You're making this more
difficult than it needs to be.
Well, I can't make it
easy for you.
Took me this long
to get the hint.
I wasn't trying
to give you a hint.
You gave me
these glimpses--
wonderful little
glimpses...
but you never let
me come in.
It was like somehow
the shade always got pulled.
I'm sorry.
You say that too often.
"Sorry" wears thin
after awhile.
What would you like
me to say?
Nothing.
I guess I came to do
all the talking.
October 18.
A week has passed,
and nothing.
Still no sign.
I dreamt of him
again last night.
Strange dream.
I held his face close to mine,
but he couldn't see me.
I spoke to him,
but he couldn't hear me.
I was with him,
but he was alone.
Am I finally
losing my mind?
Probably.
But his sadness--
it's carried over into me,
in these last few days,
especially.
Vincent?
Vincent.
Look, okay, guys.
Look, I was just down here
looking for a buddy of mine.
Give me the gun.
Give me the gun!
So... now, you have seen.
You saved my life.
You should have stayed away.
I couldn't.
Vincent, it's not your fault.
You can't continue
alone in this.
I am alone.
Then you'll fail.
What chance do you
have in a world
where you can't
even show your face?
I can help you.
I cannot accept
that responsibility.
You're not
responsible for me.
I loved her.
She was my world.
But I could not protect
her from everything.
I'm not Catherine.
Diana...
You need me.
No.
Please.
You must forget me.
I can't.
Then remember me
as you would a dream.
in this city of millions,
there are countless stories.
This is one
of two lovers
who shared a bond
that changed their lives
forever.
It is my story.
How compassion opened my heart
to a world where goodness
and truth were stronger
than hate or fear.
Then... one day,
she was taken from me
by the forces of evil
she had battled
so bravely.
And now, alone with her memory,
yet armed with her courage,
I have sworn to fight
those who would kill
or harm or destroy
in the hope that one day
I will find
what all men seek to find--
my destiny.
The coroner said it looked
more like an animal attack
than a murder.
Up 17 flights
with no witnesses.
He was her protector.
Up 17 flights
with no witnesses.
Vincent.
Jesus, lady!
I need your help.
What the hell
are you doing here?
I didn't mean to scare
you, but I need your help.
At midnight?
What kind of help
do you need?
It'll take an hour,
tops, I promise.
I'll pay you.
How much?
I got $62.
You still ain't tell me
what for.
A friend.
A friend?
Lady, I'm the watchman.
I got work to do.
Okay, I guess
for a beautiful lady,
I can make
an exception.
Let's go.
Hey, where the hell
are we going, lady?
Just a little bit further.
What happened?
He drink too much?
I don't know.
You'd better give him
some air.
Just give me a hand.
Fine,
but don't tell me
what this is about.
I don't want to know.
I got enough
headaches as it is.
You live in the
city long enough,
you stop asking
questions.
You know what I mean?
Hello,
Mary.
You should
sleep.
I wish I could.
It's Vincent.
I'm afraid, Mary,
terribly afraid.
We all are.
The one person I thought,
I hoped
I could shelter
from this world.
Father.
No, it was
an impossible hope.
It makes me question the worth
of everything
we've taught ourselves,
everything we've learned.
We've struggled so hard
to maintain our isolation,
our separateness.
What kind of legacy is that
to leave our people?
It's the
legacy of love,
the capacity to
love ourselves
and to love
each other.
I'm afraid love
holds no sway
where fate
has taken Vincent.
October 10, 1989, 3:30 A.M.
Graveyard hunch paid off this
morning, just after midnight.
Hard to process the details.
Hard enough trying to explain
to myself what has happened,
what I've found.
I found Vincent.
I found him at her grave,
half dead.
Don't know if he's going
to make it.
Can't call the doctor.
I'm scared, disoriented.
Even though he's
in the next room,
it's impossible to believe
he's really there.
The thought of him is too great
to hold in my head.
Hi.
You can't stay,
Mark. I'm sorry.
Can I at least come in?
You're working.
Look, I'll ride down with you.
Oh, it's okay.
Mark...
You said Saturday.
I know I said Saturday.
Just don't be mad.
I am mad.
And I got a damn good reason
to be mad.
I'm really close on this one.
Yeah.
Catherine?
No.
My name is Diana.
Where am I?
In my loft.
I found you
in a graveyard
behind St. Clio's.
I don't remember.
I must go.
You brought me.
You were hurt.
You've lost a lot of blood.
You're safe here.
You need... you need help.
I know you.
I don't think so.
Yes.
Vincent.
You know my name.
Let me help you.
How long have I been here?
Three days.
You were
in Catherine's apartment...
and below
in her basement.
Tell me why.
Please.
I'm with the
police department.
I was... I'm still investigating
Catherine Chandler's death.
Her murder.
Yes.
And I thought maybe
that you could help.
I know your name
from an inscription.
I've been trying
to find you.
I've been trying
to understand this.
These sonnets...
she read them to me.
I see the words, but...
I always hear her voice,
always, to remind me...
that she's gone.
"Though lovers be lost
love shall not;
And death shall
have no dominion."
Look, I didn't mean to...
You could never know how
those words live in my heart...
burn in my heart.
You're tired.
You should sleep.
How much further?
Close, very close.
Are you sure this is
the right way?
Only way.
Come, hurry.
Vincent.
Vincent?
He hasn't been here
for at least three days.
Vincent's gone off
by himself before.
Maybe he just wants to be alone.
Was alone.
Worse than alone.
We help one another.
That's what you taught me.
Yes, but you can't force Vincent
to accept help he does not want.
Mouse can.
Mouse is right.
Father, what are you saying?
The choice Vincent made,
he made to keep us safe.
Can we do any less for him?
He's missing.
Surely that's the only
thing that's important.
We don't know that
he's in any danger.
Right. So if we're wrong,
we look foolish.
But if we're right...
Mouse, you say you took
a note to Vincent
three days ago?
From Elliott Burch.
What did the message say?
Go on, Mouse.
Tell him.
"Compass Rose.
"Meet me.
Good news."
Father, what are we going to do?
Something I should've done
a long time ago.
Joe, I'm sorry.
I cancelled a major
depo this morning
because you promised
me a progress report.
I know,
I said I was sorry.
So where is it?
I didn't bring it.
You didn't bring it?
Actually there is
no progress report.
Wait a second,
I'm confused here.
You said, "Joe,
I have news."
Joe...
I'm taking myself off the case.
What are you talking about?
Come in here for a second,
will ya?
You want to tell me
what the hell's going on?
You heard me, Joe.
Why are you doing this?
Because I need
some down time.
"Down time."
Oh, that's just great.
What the hell does that mean,
"down time"?
A week ago, you
were telling me
about tunnels and roses,
and this guy, Vincent.
And how close we are, and now?
Now I just need to step back
for a while.
You know what I think, Diana?
I think you're holding
something back.
I'm not.
I don't believe you.
That wall is my work.
That wall is full of half truths
and shadows.
Maybe.
You'll discover
nothing there.
All you'll do is
threaten the lives
of those Catherine loved.
How?
How can I threaten them?
This wall belongs to me.
I don't show it to anybody.
See, I try to live inside
of other people.
I surround myself with them.
I penetrate their minds.
And sometimes,
most of the time,
what I see...
...it frightens me.
You were trying
to spare me from myself?
All I have is
a smattering of facts.
A seed. Sometimes they take root
in my imagination,
if I'm lucky.
But there was no imagining me.
No.
Taxi!
Federal Courthouse building,
please.
Hey, pal, I'm in a hurry.
Could we move?
Hey, hey!
You mind if we share?
What the hell is this?
Now please, don't be alarmed.
Hey, the courthouse
is downtown, pal.
Mr. Maxwell.
Stop this car right now!
Please, Mr. Maxwell,
I know you to be a good man.
Just listen to me.
I have information
concerning Elliot Burch.
Who are you?
I'm a friend of
Catherine Chandler's.
Okay, I'm listening.
I know where Elliot Burch
was the night he disappeared.
Where?
Look, I came to you
because I need information, too.
Where was Burch?
He was on board a ship
called the Compass Rose.
Are you sure?
Oh, yes.
The same Compass Rose
that was tied up
on the East River?
I believe so.
How do you know this?
From Elliot Burch.
He told you himself?
The Compass Rose exploded
and was burned to its
waterline three nights ago.
Who are you?
Is your name Vincent?
No.
My name is Jacob.
Jacob what?
Mr. Maxwell, have they
recovered any bodies?
No, not yet.
What do you mean,
"not yet?"
They have divers
in the water today.
Look, if there's
anything you can tell me
about Cathy's death,
you have to.
Believe me,
I would tell you if I could.
Why can't you?
Are you afraid of someone?
If you're afraid,
I can help you.
Please, Mr. Maxwell.
She led me from the darkness.
She sacrificed everything.
And I let her die.
Vincent, you couldn't possibly
have stopped what happened.
There was a time
when I could have saved her.
Between us...
there was a connection, a bond.
I knew her.
Her thoughts, her fears.
I could feel what she was
feeling at that same moment.
As if we were one.
When Catherine was
in trouble, you knew?
Yes.
What is it?
I couldn't save her.
Vincent...
what you had with Catherine...
I could only imagine
what it would be like
to love someone like that.
Or to be loved like that.
And I can only remember.
I searched for months.
But it was a heartbeat
that led me to her.
Faint at first.
Was it Catherine's?
No.
It belonged...
to her child.
You could actually sense
the baby's heartbeat?
I followed it to the building
where the man
called Gabriel kept her.
But I was too late.
And the child was gone.
My son.
I've said too much.
Vincent...
You can trust me.
You mustn't involve
yourself in this.
I'm already involved.
I was involved before...
Hello?
It's me.
I have to talk to you.
Joe, I don't want
to do this again.
Diana, let me up 'cause I'm
not leaving until I see you.
Okay, I'll be right down.
I have to do this.
But I won't be long.
Diana.
I'll never forget your kindness.
So then this strange old guy
jumps in the back
of the cab with me.
And he told me Burch
was on the Compass Rose
the night he disappeared.
What do you want me to say, Joe?
I want you to say,
"That's amazing news, Joe.
I'm dying with curiosity.
I was wrong to drop out."
How can you ignore
something like this?
I don't understand.
You don't have to understand.
No, you're wrong.
I do.
You know,
I got to thinking about
our little discussion
this morning.
And the more I think about it,
the more unacceptable
it becomes.
Explain that to me.
I'm ordering you
back on this case.
You can't do that.
I'm the district attorney,
and I can do
a hell of a lot more than
order you back on the case.
You threatening me?
Look, something is going on
right here in front of us
and I think you're the only
one who knows what that is.
And I'm not going
to let that go.
I'm calling the commissioner.
I spoke to him
about an hour ago.
Look, lady, I don't care
if you hate my guts.
But you take whatever
you're holding back
and you weigh that against
your job and your pension,
and then you call me
in the morning.
Vincent.
Father.
Vincent.
Thank God you're
still alive.
Where have you been?
Healing.
For days, I've been wrestling
with my worst fears.
trying to
prepare myself.
I'm sorry to have put
you through so much worry.
Elliot Burch
is dead.
Yes, I know.
How did that happen?
He almost
betrayed me,
but in the end,
he sacrificed his
life for mine.
There's something
about the water.
The sound of the water.
It drew me here
when you were gone.
I never dreamed of you
ever having a child.
Now... so many things
seem possible.
One day he'll
be raised here--
in the world you created.
So let nothing
stop you, Vincent.
Nothing.
I feel like I've been
lied to all this time.
Lied to how?
Lied to, made
to believe one thing
when something else is true.
You used to talk about
it all the time, remember?
Growth,
growing together.
I remember.
Yeah, well, I really
thought you meant it.
I mean, I bought it.
You know, find someone,
start a life.
It is what I want.
No, you don't.
Not with me, anyway.
Mark...
It's okay.
I'll get over it.
You're making this more
difficult than it needs to be.
Well, I can't make it
easy for you.
Took me this long
to get the hint.
I wasn't trying
to give you a hint.
You gave me
these glimpses--
wonderful little
glimpses...
but you never let
me come in.
It was like somehow
the shade always got pulled.
I'm sorry.
You say that too often.
"Sorry" wears thin
after awhile.
What would you like
me to say?
Nothing.
I guess I came to do
all the talking.
October 18.
A week has passed,
and nothing.
Still no sign.
I dreamt of him
again last night.
Strange dream.
I held his face close to mine,
but he couldn't see me.
I spoke to him,
but he couldn't hear me.
I was with him,
but he was alone.
Am I finally
losing my mind?
Probably.
But his sadness--
it's carried over into me,
in these last few days,
especially.
Vincent?
Vincent.
Look, okay, guys.
Look, I was just down here
looking for a buddy of mine.
Give me the gun.
Give me the gun!
So... now, you have seen.
You saved my life.
You should have stayed away.
I couldn't.
Vincent, it's not your fault.
You can't continue
alone in this.
I am alone.
Then you'll fail.
What chance do you
have in a world
where you can't
even show your face?
I can help you.
I cannot accept
that responsibility.
You're not
responsible for me.
I loved her.
She was my world.
But I could not protect
her from everything.
I'm not Catherine.
Diana...
You need me.
No.
Please.
You must forget me.
I can't.
Then remember me
as you would a dream.