Savvy Assistant District Attorney Catherine Chandler is saved by a noble, beast-like man named Vincent, who lives in a secret, utopian community beneath New York City. They share a psychic bond, and he protects her from above.
Savvy Assistant District Attorney Catherine Chandler is saved by a noble, beast-like man named Vincent, who lives in a secret, utopian community beneath New York City. They share a psychic bond, and he protects her from above.
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Street savvy Assistant DA Catherine Chandler hails from a rich family and works for her father’s law firm. After leaving a party early, she’s mistaken for someone else and is pulled into a van full of thugs. They slash her face and beat her up, then push her out of the van, leaving her for dead. A shadowy figure appears and carries her to secret set of forgotten tunnels below the city.
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Directed by Richard FranklinWritten by Ron KoslowGuest stars Bill Marcus, John McMartin, Ray Wise, Ron O'Neal, Ava Lazar, Tony Mockus Jr., Don Stark, Sanford Clark
A subway slasher that kills with claws and leaves the victims looking as if they were mauled by a bear is on the prowl. When Catherine learns about the case, she starts to suspect Vincent, as she remembers how he rescued her from the attackers in the safe house.
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Directed by Alan CookeWritten by George R.R. MartinGuest stars Delroy Lindo, Dorian Harewood, Tracee Lyles, Michael Bacall, Hal Havins, Kirk Arnold, Iilana B'tiste
Vincent helps the residents of an apartment building defend themselves from thugs trying to chase them out so the building can be torn down—unaware the mastermind is Elliot Burch, a megabucks developer courting Catherine.
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Directed by Paul LynchWritten by David E. PeckinpahGuest stars Edward Albert, Robin Gammell, Louis Giambalvo, Albert Hague, Eda Reiss Merin, Benny Baker, Herta Ware, Stuart Charno
Upon being injured in an explosion, a half-blind Vincent is captured by a vicious street gang. Catherine, with the help of her self-defense teacher Isaac, set out to find Vincent.
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Directed by Thomas J. WrightWritten by James CrockerGuest stars Delroy Lindo, Chris Nash, Merritt Butrick, Jeffrey Combs, Elizabeth Gorcey, Nancy Lenehan, Tony Longo, Gela Nash
Able to blend in among 'The World Above' on Halloween, Vincent becomes the guardian of an Irish peace activist targeted for assassination.
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Directed by Alan CookeWritten by George R.R. MartinGuest stars Cory Danziger, John McMartin, Caitlin O'Heaney, Eric Pierpoint, Aubrey Morris, Gerry Gibson, Ernie Lively, Martin Garner
Catherine has a nearly fatal confrontation with an ex-tunnel dweller, named Mitch Denton.
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Directed by Paul LynchWritten by Andrew LaskosGuest stars Cory Danziger, Bill Marcus, Asher Brauner, John McLiam, Mike Pniewski, Michael Alldredge, Stan Kamber, Jack McGee
After Vincent is accidentally caught on film. he is captured by two men. One, Dr. Edward Hughes, is a scientist desperate to learn the truth about Vincent. The other, grad student Jonathan Gould, believes Vincent is a freak of nature, and wants to reveal him to the public and become famous. Meanwhile, Catherine considers a new job in Providence.
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Directed by Thomas J. WrightWritten by Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa, Ron PerlmanGuest stars Cory Danziger, Michael Ensign, Christian Clemenson, Darryl Hickman, Basil Hoffman, Ellen Albertini Dow
When Father ventures to 'The World Above' for the first time in decades, he is arrested for murder. Catherine and Vincent must dive into Father's past—where they learn of his true identity, Jacob Wells, a physician; his blacklisting during the McCarthy era; and, of his long-lost wife—to clear his name and reunite him with his now-dying wife.
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Directed by Peter MedakWritten by Alex Gansa, Howard GordonGuest stars Diana Douglas, Paul Gleason, Robert Symonds, Clive Rosengren, Gary Berner, Stan Lachow, Castulo Guerra
While investigating a businessman's mysterious death, Catherine becomes a target for a mysterious voodoo cult, who makes her see and experience terrifying hallucinations. They then turn her against Vincent, making her believe he is responsible for the visions.
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Directed by Thomas J. WrightWritten by Robin Bernheim BurgerGuest stars Beah Richards, Cliff DeYoung, Diana Barton, Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, Obaka Adedunyo, Gary Carlos Cervantes
Catherine learns that renowned orphanage Ridley Foster Home holds a dark secret: selling orphaned children to criminals who force them to steal. She saves one such orphan, Eric, and brings him to 'The World Below' where he's welcomed by Father—who promises his missing sister Ellie a similar refuge—while Vincent helps Catherine find Ellie and end the child-selling racket.
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Directed by Gabrielle BeaumontWritten by B.F. BarnettGuest stars Cory Danziger, Kamie Harper, Joshua Rudoy, Nike Doukas, Richard Portnow, Richard Herd, Vito D'Ambrosio, Elisabeth Harnois
Upon witnessing a shooting, deaf Laura Williams must decide if she should leave the sanctuary of 'The World Below' to free an innocent man. While Catherine is investigating the same case, she is attacked in her apartment by the men behind the murder.
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Directed by Christopher LeitchWritten by Alex Gansa, Howard GordonGuest stars Armin Shimerman, Terrylene, Jason Bernard, Glenn Plummer, John M. Jackson, Chris Mulkey, Robert Pastorelli, Dana Gladstone
'The World Below' shun Mouse for his acts of thievery, until they need him and his mechanical and engineering intelligence to help rescue Father and Vincent following a cave-in. Mouse, in turn, needs Catherine's help, which sends her reluctantly to Burch for specialized construction equipment that may free Father and Vincent in time.
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Directed by Thomas J. WrightWritten by George R.R. Martin, David E. PeckinpahGuest stars David Greenlee, Armin Shimerman, Ritch Brinkley, Edward Albert, Irina Irvine, Cory Danziger, Kamie Harper, Joshua Rudoy
Chinatown is the setting of a 'Romeo and Juliet'-like story of a woman who is friends with Vincent and who has fallen in love with one man, but—through an arranged marriage—has become engaged to the son of a Triad leader.
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Directed by Christopher LeitchWritten by Cynthia BenjaminGuest stars Rosalind Chao, Dennis Dun, James Hong, Peter Kwong, Victor Wong, Jerry Tondo, Jeff Imada, Keye Luke
Catherine believes a deadly new hallucinatory drug on the street is supplied by someone from 'The World Below'. Catherine, Vincent and Father discover Father's former friend Paracelsus—who originally helped him build 'The World Below'—is behind it.
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Directed by Thomas J. WrightWritten by Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa, Richard SetloweGuest stars Ellen Geer, Zachary Rosencrantz, Tony Jay, Joey Aresco, James Avery, Dana Gladstone, John Amos, Jeffrey Nordling
Joe spearheads the investigation of a major firm, so the firm's attorney begins using dirty tactics to derail Joe, and Catherine discovers that Joe's new girlfriend is a vital to the conspiracy. Meanwhile, Vincent travels to a deep chamber to find a gift for Catherine, in celebration of the one-year anniversary of their first meeting.
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Directed by Gus TrikonisWritten by David E. PeckinpahGuest stars David Greenlee, Isabella Hofmann, Herb Edelman, Mark Schubb, Milo O'Shea, Robert F. Hoy, Carl Ciarfalio, Jason Ross
New Assistant DA Devin Wells turns out to be Vincent's long-lost childhood friend from 'The World Below'. His vagabond way of life began after a falling-out with Father over his endangering Vincent aboard a park carousel. The uneasy reunion leads to the revelation of one of Father's long-kept secrets, but ends in their reconciliation and with Devin now knowing he has a home to return to.
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Directed by Thomas J. WrightWritten by George R.R. MartinGuest stars Bruce Abbott, John Franklin, Andrew Held, Max Battimo, Holly Sampson, Fred Lerner, Fred Dennis, Janet Cole Notey
Vincent has foreboding dreams when Catherine's ex-fiancé Steven Bass returns, and with good reason: Catherine is barely aware Steven—whose parents are now dead and who's dying of brain disease, but whose becalmed manner at first belies that he's still a control freak—is obsessed with making her the wife she doesn't want to be, and goes to troubling extremes to make it happen.
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Directed by Christopher LeitchWritten by Don BalluckGuest stars Cory Danziger, Terri Hanauer, Jim Metzler, Marla Adams, Robert Cornthwaite, Christine Jansen, Raymond Cruz, Eric Poppick
A necklace Mouse gifts Catherine turns out to be made of antique gold, found in a buried ship Mouse discovered by accident deep in 'The World Below'. When he shows Winslow and stone-worker Cullen, it leads to an unheard-of spell of raw greed among their fellow tunnel dwellers, especially when Cullen tries to claim the ship's treasure as his own for sale, until Catherine, Vincent and Father find a surprising resolution.
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Directed by Thomas J. WrightWritten by Michael Cassutt, Mark CassuttGuest stars David Greenlee, Ellen Geer, Irina Irvine, Cory Danziger, Terri Hanauer, James Avery, David Clennon, Stan Ivar
Vincent and Catherine become involved with a gypsy boy banished from his tribe because of a crime his father allegedly committed and who claims that his father is actually innocent.
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Directed by Victor LoblWritten by Virginia AldridgeGuest stars Cory Danziger, Josh Blake, Robert Pastorelli, Will Kuluva, Jennifer Balgobin, Renata Vanni, Paul Greco, Sam Ingraffia
Catherine receives an unexpected visitor on her balcony: Paracelsus's minion Erlik, who captures her in a plot to lure Vincent to the lower parts of 'The World Below' and kill him so that Paracelsus can overthrow Father and take over the tunnels. Despite knowing what Paracelsus would do, Vincent goes to rescue her with the help of Pascal, Winslow, and Jamie.
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Directed by Christopher LeitchWritten by Alex Gansa, Howard GordonGuest stars Ellen Geer, Armin Shimerman, Irina Irvine, Cory Danziger, Tony Jay, Beah Richards, James Avery, John Minton
Burch's great construction project "Burch Tower" threatens the existence of 'The World Below', and Catherine agrees to marry him if he will halt construction.
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Directed by Frank BeascoecheaWritten by George R.R. MartinGuest stars David Greenlee, Armin Shimerman, Edward Albert, Bill Marcus, Julie Carmen, Linda Porter, Rutanya Alda, Sue Giosa
Depressed on the anniversary of her mother's death, Catherine struggles emotionally between her relationship with Vincent and her working life, enough so that Vincent tries to end their relationship.
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Directed by Victor LoblWritten by Ron KoslowGuest stars Armin Shimerman, John McMartin, Betsy Brantley, Sam Freed, Richard Young, Mimi Craven, Annette McCarthy, Zachary Benjamin
George R.R. Martin, Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa, Ron Koslow, M.M. Shelly Moore, Linda Campanelli, David E. Peckinpah, Virginia Aldridge, P.K. Simonds, Don Balluck, Andrew Laskos, Michael Cassutt, James Crocker
Production details
Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
56
Original language
English
Networks & production
CBSUnited States
Witt/Thomas Productions
Republic PicturesUnited States
Themes
assistant district attorneybased on fairy talebeastclass systemcrime dramaculture clashdark fantasyfantasy drama
