Beauty and the Beast · Season 1
I studied everything he ever wrote. The early manuals were brilliant. Codes, schematics...It's hard to believe he's the same man.
Paracelsus is not the same man.
Oh, I know that. It still makes me sad...All that intellect and energy, just...
You got a heart like a soft-boiled egg, you know that?
Our world is in mourning now...Though it is painful, each of us must try to find meaning in what has come to pass. We must find hope in this time of great sorrow and sacrifice. We must never forget what has happened or why, so that the story will live always and so that one day you can tell your own children...It began a long time ago, when our world was very young. There was a man, who, with Father helped plant the very seeds of our civilization. But even his evil side began to grow, until it overshadowed all that was good. He was banished, yet we were never truly free of him. And then one night, his evil visited the world above...
I know Paracelsus. As twisted as his mind may be, it's still very complex, filled with designs and structures. No, Vincent, I assure you; that if he intended to kill Catherine, he would have done so already...He's luring you, calling you away from this place of safety.
I have no choice but to try to find her.
I know.
Why is he doing this, Father?
Why? Because in his mind you are the one person that prevents his return to this world, a world which he still considers to be his own. Know the consequences of this action may stretch far beyond Catherine...The whole future of what we have built here is in balance. Vincent, you must be careful. Expect anything. Remember, Paracelsus has misled you before.
I haven't forgotten.
Why? Why have you brought me here?
Must there be a reason?
Yes.
I was exiled from my home, from the world I created, by the man you call Father. Even then, he wouldn't allow me to live in peace.
I know the story. Fifty people died because of you.
I killed no one. They died because they were fools.
They were weak. There's a difference!
Mr.Maxwell, I already have a key to the city and you would be amazed at how few doors it unlocks.
I hate to sleep. It is such a precious waste of time.
We all need to sleep. We need to dream.
I know about dreams.
[showing the picture of the tower] This is the stuff that dreams are made of.
You have built skyscrapers before.
They were just buildings. This, I have waited my whole life to build this tower. Look at it. Is is 152 stories of offices and apartments and shops. Theatres. Botanical gardens. 9 restaurants. A six story waterfall in the Atrium. A city within a city.
Restaurants and a waterfall will not make it any less... less...
Large?
It is going to impact the lives of thousands of people. It will change the whole neighborhood, the city.
Change is not always bad, Cathy. (showing the slides) I remember the first time I saw the skyline of New York. Empire State. Chrysler Building. I looked at them and I knew this was where I belonged. This was a town where anything was possible. The town is what I am and now, I am going to give something back.
[with Catherine in the painted tunnels] Your world and mine. She tells our stories on these walls. Reminds us that we are all part of one great city.
She must be an extraordinary woman to take bare, gray walls and fill them with so much color and beauty.
Elizabeth is a mystery even to us. No one knows when she left the world Above or why. She refuses to speak of such things.
[after explosion rocks tunnel] Most excavations stop well above our levels, but this new tower sinks its roots deep into the Earth, deeper than any building has ever gone before.
The Birch Tower?
...if it is not stopped. Father thinks it will be the end of our world.
Vincent! Come closer, child! Come see what I have been doing. (Shows painting of Vincent and Erik)
It is as if you saw it with your own eyes.
I did in a way. You are not my only visitor, you know. Mouse brings me my paints. Sometimes Mary comes or Sarah. They tell me stories and I put the stories on the wall. So, it is not magic after all. I leave that kind of thing to Narcissa.
You have your own magic.
...I am not finished! You have to finish what you start.
This is my life, Vincent. Here on these walls. You didn't think that I was going to live forever, did you child?
The excavation will reveal at least four levels, possibly five or six. And even if we start sealing up all the surrounding tunnels today, there is no way to minimize the exposure. Evacuation is the only answer.
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