Beauty and the Beast

- Season 2

(1988)

While walking in the world Above, Vincent recognizes Rolly,a teenage musical prodigy and ex-tunnel dweller who is now a junkie.

In a moment of profound despair, Vincent undergoes his own La vie est belle (1946) experience and sees what would have happened if he had died as a baby.

A Russian sailor escapes to the tunnels only to bring a plague upon the people in the Underworld. It is up to Catherine, Vincent, Father, and everybody to help save their world.

When the tunnel world is having an annual event, Paracelcus makes plans to crash the event and do something. When all of the participants arrive, including some friends from the surface, things seem to be OK until Narcisa shows up. It seems she had encountered Paracelcus earlier who had in his possession someone's head who then tried to kill her. They assume Paracelcus is there in disguise. Catherine and Vincent deduce it must be someone from the surface but there are only three whom he knew before he was banished so they try to figure out who could it be.

With Catherine's help, a pregnant teenage hooker is welcomed into the tunnels. Complications arise when she falls in love with Vincent.

A deaf girl, who used to live below, falls in with a street gang that threatens to put an end to her first serious love affair.

Catherine befriends a boy from the world below who leaves the tunnels to go college.

A young man gets lost in the tunnel world and he is found by the inhabitants. They're uncertain if they should let him go because they're not sure if he can be trusted to keep their secret. But when a search party comes looking for him, they decide to try to convince him to keep their world a secret.

Vincent's "brother" Devin returns with Charles, a hideously deformed man seeking sanctuary.

Kanin, a resident of the Underworld, goes into a store on the surface and is recognized by a woman as the man who killed her son, years ago. She then goes to the police and D.A. demanding that they bring him in. Catherine speaks to them and Kanin doesn't want to leave his family. But Vincent tells him that he should take responsibility for his actions.

When some homeless people enter the tunnel world, father decides to welcome them but Vincent says they should be wary. And it seems he was right cause it seems they're ravenous.

After her father dies, Catherine thinks about living the rest of her life in the world below.

Vincent's childhood sweetheart returns to the tunnels, and Vincent reveals a painful memory of her to Catherine.

Catherine meets a persistent artist, who follows and spies on her. But this artist isn't all what he seems to be.

On Vincent and Catherine's two year anniversary, Catherine receives a phone message indicating that someone is watching them.

Catherine heads out to L.A California, to find a witness for an investigation.

Catherine is put in charge of a murder case in court, and to bring justice to a five year old murdered son.

Catherine is blocked out of an investigation involving a murder attempt by the C.I.A. But there are more shocks yet to come, and a familiar face returns..

Two rich kids have been targeting and murdering prostitutes for fun. Late one night, Vincent witnesses their latest murder and is unable to stop them. Catherine soon puts together a case against them but has a hard time putting them away. Meanwhile, Vincent has set out on his own to put an end to their madness.

Catherine is attacked in the park by two men disguised as policemen. Naturally, Vincent comes to her rescue but it soon becomes apparent that this event was a setup to get Vincent out in the open and has all been orchestrated by a shadowy figure who has hired an investigative reporter to uncover the existence of Vincent.

Following the death of investigative reporter, Bernie Spirko, Elliot Burch and Catherine set out to find the man who hired and killed Spirko. Little do either of them know that the man they are seeking is Paracelsus and he has set into motion the next stage of his diabolical plan. He lies to Vincent about his birth which brings Vincent to the verge of madness.

Following the ordeal with Paracelcus, Vincent moves forward toward a stress-aggravated mental collapse. Vincent continues to come to terms with the beast in himself and finds himself losing control of his thoughts. He finally decides to go into seclusion into a deep chamber far back through the catacombs where madness takes over his mind. Meanwhile, Catherine, Father and the rest of tunnel dwellers try to find some way to help Vincent.