SEASON ONE

ONCE UPON A TIME

Original Air Date: September 25, 1987Season Premeire/Pilot
Writer: Ron Koslow
Director: Richard Franklin
Guest starring: John McMartin (Charles Chandler), Ray Wise (Tom), Ron O'Neal (Issac Stubbs)
The world of New York socialite attorney Catherine Chandler is turned upside down when, following a brutal attack, she is rescued by Vincent, a mysterious man/beast who dwells beneath the subways of Manhattan.



TERRIBLE SAVIOR

Original Air Date: October 2, 1987
Writer: George R.R. Martin
Director: Alan Cook
Guest starring: Delroy Lindo (Issac Stubbs), Dorian Harewood (Jason Walker)
Catherine investigates the case of a "man/beast" who is fatally slashing subway criminals, and must face the terrible possibility that Vincent is the killer.



SEIGE

Original Air Date: October 9, 1987
Writer: David Peckinpah
Director: Paul Lynch
Guest starring: Edward Albert (Elliot Burch), Albert Hague (Micha Langer), Eda Reiss Merin (Sophie), Louis Giambalvo (Leo Mundy)
Vincent and Catherine expose the scheme of an unscrupulous land developer to drive elderly tentants from their rent-controlled building to make way for a redevelopmeht project.



NO WAY DOWN

Original Air Date: October 16, 1987
Writer: James Crocker
Director: Tom Wright
Guest starring: Delroy Lindo (Issac Stubbs), Chris Nash (Chris), Jeffrey Combs (Python), Tony Longo (Howie), Gela Hash (Miss Patricia), Elizabeth Gorcey (Cozy), Nancy Lenehan (Lucy), Merritt Butrick (Shake)
Vincent is captured by a vicious street gang while protecting Catherine in the world Above.



MASQUES

Original Air Date: October 30, 1987
Writer: George R.R. Martin
Director: Alan Cooke
Guest starring: John McMartin (Charles Chandler), Eric Pierpoint (Donald), Caitlin O'Heaney (Briget), Gerry Gibson (Michael)
A Halloween masquerade ball provides the perfect setting for political intrigue when Catherine and Vincent come to the aid of Irish peace activist Briget O'Donnell.



THE BEAST WITHIN

Original Air Date: November 6, 1987
Writer: Andrew Laskos
Director: Paul Lynch
Guest starring: Asher Brauner (Mitch Denton), Michael Allredge (Nat), Michael Pniewski (Frank De Corsia), Stan Kamber (Jack Sweeney)
Catherine's life is endangered when she investigates the mob-related death of a New York longshoreman.



NOR IRON BARS A CAGE

Original Air Date: November 13, 1987
Writer: Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa (teleplay)/ Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa, Ron Perlman (story)
Director: Tom Wright
Guest starring: Michael Ensign (Edward Hughes), Christian Clemens (Jonathan Gould), Darryl Hickman (Quint), Ellen Dow (Anna Lausch)
When Vincent is captured and caged by a Columbia University scientist who has spied him in Central Park, Catherine must abandon her plan to relocate to Providence, and save him from the selfish and cruel plans of the scientist's greedy colleague.



SONG OF ORPHEUS

Original Air Date: November 20, 1987
Writer: Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon
Director: Peter Medak
Guest starring: Diana Douglas (Margaret Chase), Paul Gleason (Henry Dutton), Robert Symonds (Alan Taft)
Father receives a summons to return to the world Above and face his former life there, leaving Vincent and Catherine to unravel the mystery of his past in order to save him.



DARK SPIRIT

Original Air Date: November 27, 1987
Writer: Robert Bernheim
Director: Tom Wright
Guest starring: Cliff DeYoung (Alexander Ross), Diana Barton (Lindsay Gates), Obaka Adedunyo (Hector Ocala), Jessie Ferguson (Roy Ocala), Brett Hadley (William Coleman), Beah Richards (Narcissa)
Catherine's investigation of a wealthy businessman's bizarre death leads her into the world of voodoo and mortal danger.



A CHILDREN'S STORY

Original Air Date: December 4, 1987
Writer: Ron Koslow
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont
Guest starring: Richard Herd (Mr. Barnes), Josh Williams (Runaway Boy), Joshua Rudoy (Eric), Kamie Harper (Ellie), Richard Portnow (Naj).
Vincent and Kipper, a boy from Below, enlist Catherine's help in exposing the corrupt organization behind a "model" children's foster home.



AN IMPOSSIBLE SILENCE

Original Air Date: December 11, 1987
Writer: Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa
Director: Christopher Leitch
Guest starring: Terrylene Theriot (Laura Williams), John M. Jackson (Laine Keller), Chris Mulkey (Danny Yates), Jason Bernard (Jack Davis), Glenn Plummer (Curtis Jackson), Robert Pastorelli (Tony Perotta), Dana Gladstone (Det. Snyder)
When a deaf girl from the world Below is the only witness to a cop's murder, she must give up the protected life she enjoys in order to convict the true killer.



SHADES OF GRAY

Original Air Date: December 18, 1987
Writer: George R.R. Martin, David Peckinpah
Director: Tom Wright
Guest starring: Edward Albert (Elliot Burch)
When Vincent and Father are trapped in the dangerous underground "maze", Cathering turns to a renegade in the world Below to help her free her beloved.



CHINA MOON

Original Air Date: January 15, 1988
Writer: Cynthia Benjamin
Director: Christopher Leitch
Guest starring: Rosalind Chao (Lin Wong), James Hong (Chiang Lo Yi), Dennis Dun (Henry Pei), Peter Kwong (Peter Chiang), Vincent Wong (Dr. Wong), Leigh C. Kim (Tommy), Jeff Imada (Bruce)
When Chinatown beauty Lin Wong attempts to avoid an arranged marriage to the grandson of a powerful Tong leader, Vincent and Catherine help her and her true love escape underground at their own peril.



THE ALCHEMIST

Original Air Date: January 22, 1988
Writer: Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon (teleplay)/ Richard Setlowe (story)
Director: Tom Wright
Guest starring: Tony Jay (Paracelcus), Joey Aresco (Jimmy Morero), Jeffrey Nordling (Tyler)
When a potent new recreational drug sweeps Manhattan, leaving more than a few dead in its wake, Catherine enlists the Vincen't help to find its source.



TEMPTATION

Original Air Date: February 5, 1988
Writer: David Peckinpah
Director: Gus Trikonis
Guest starring: Isabella Hoffman (Erika Salven), Milo O'Shea (Evan Brannigan)
Catherine's boss, Joe Maxwell, is seduced by a beautiful attorney before realizing that their affair poses a serious conflict of interest.



PROMISES OF SOMEDAY

Original Air Date: February 12, 1988
Writer: Geroge R.R. Martin
Director: Tom Wright
Guest starring: Bruce Abbott (Devin), Andrew Held (Young Devin), John Franklin (Young Vincent), Max Battimo (Young Mitch)
Vincent recalls some painful experiences he had as a ten-year old boy when his long-lost "brother" Devin, posing as a new attorney in Catherine's office, returns to the city to visit the world Below.



DOWN TO A SUNLESS SEA

Original Air Date: February 19, 1988
Writer: Don Balluck
Director: Christopher Leitch
Guest starring: Jim Metzler (Steven Parker), Marla Adams (Helen Thompson), Christine Jansen (Marcy O'Neill), Robert Cornthwaite (Morrison), Eric Poppick (Mercer)
When Catherine's former law school beau reappers to try and win her back, she fails to heed Vincent's warnings about the danger she is in.



FEVER

Original Air Date: February 26, 1988
Writer: Mark, Michael Cassutt
Director: Tom Wright
Guest starring: David Clennon (Cullen), Stan Ivar (Jonathan Thorpe)
Vincent's world is endangered by greed and strife when Mouse discovers a sunken ship filled with gold and treasures buried beneath the city.



EVERYTHING IS EVERYTHING

Original Air Date: March 4, 1988
Writer: Virginia Aldridge
Director: Victor Lobl
Guest starring: Josh Blake (Tony Ramos), Robert Pastorelli (Vick), Will Kuluva (Grandfather Milo), Jennifer Balgobin (Maria), Renata Vanni (Eva)
Catherine and Vincent help an orphaned Gypsy boy clear his father's name and regain the love and trust of his grandparents.



TO REIGN IN HELL

Original Air Date: March 18, 1988
Writer: Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa
Director: Christopher Leitch
Guest starring: Tony Jay (Paracelcus), Big John Studd (Erlik), Beah Richards (Narcissa), Severn Darden (Waterman)
When Catherine is kidnapped by a giant-warrior in the employ of the evil Paracelcus, Vincent, with his friends Winslow and Pascal, must prepare for a battle to the death.



OZYMANDIAS

Original Air Date: April 1, 1988
Writer: George R.R. Martin
Director: Frank Beascocchea Guest starring: Edward Albert (Elliott Burch), Julie Carmen (Luz Corrlaes), Bill Marcus (D.A. Moreno), Linda Porter (Elizabeth), Rutanya Alda (Sarah), Sue Giosa (Ronni), Carl Strano (Roth) When Elliott Burch, Catherine's former suitor, begins building a massive tower which threatens Vincent's world Below, Catherine agrees to marry him on the condition that he halt construction.



A HAPPY LIFE

Original Air Date: April 8, 1988
Writer: Ron Koslow
Director: Victor Lobl
Guest starring: Betsy Brantley (Nancy), John McMartin (Charles Chandler), Sam Freed (Dr. Grafton), Richrd Young (Buddy)
Catherine and Vincent come to a crossroads in their relationship, where they are forced to question whether they can ever have happy lives if they stay together.


SEASON TWO



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