(birds chirping)
(car horns honking)
(elevator dings)
WOMAN: No, he's at lunch, sir.
Morning. Not anymore.
Picky, picky.
Yes, sir, thank you.
WOMAN: Can I take a message?
MAN: Take a letter,
(phone ringing)
Great look.
Thanks.
Cathy, please don't forget the settlement conference at 3:00.
I'll be there.
Hi, Joan. Hi.
(laughs): Catherine.
Hi, Dad.
Hal, let me call you back.
Hal Sherwood's coming up from Atlanta tonight.
Will you have dinner with us?
(sighing): I can't.
Tom's having a party for the architects of the new project.
Another excuse to wine and dine the planning commission.
I used to be invited to all these functions.
I should have thought twice
before I handed you over to our best client.
You make it sound like a horse trade.
Eh... you could do a lot worse than Tom Gunther.
And have.
Well, how about dinner tomorrow night?
Well, let me get to my desk, check my calendar.
You just getting in?
Had a late night,
had some errands to run today.
(laughs): Sue me.
Well, it's a little late for that.
I should have sued you when you were five.
What's up with you?
Do you not enjoy the work?
You don't find it stimulating?
When I think of corporate law,
"stimulating" is not a word
that immediately pops into mind.
But when you put your mind to it,
you're a fine corporate lawyer.
No, Dad, I'm the daughter of a fine corporate lawyer.
Well, they can't get it quite right
but, um, it gives you a pretty good idea
of the way it's going to be.
Now, we're very pleased.
I'm sure you'll find that the overages
(chuckles)
He told me to just pretend like he was dead.
I'm sorry, Eve.
Things'll turn around.
How are you doing?
You all right?
Fine.
Eve and I haven't seen each other since college.
Yeah, we're just catching up.
Good.
I need to talk to you.
Would you excuse us for a minute?
What's with you?
What do you mean?
Well, you've been sitting over there
listening to her blubber half the night.
Well, she's going through a rough time.
She and I used to be good friends.
I know her. She's a lush.
She was married to a lush.
She's a complete loser.
You're very compassionate.
Come on, you stick with me.
There's someone I want you to meet.
(sighs): Tom, I'm just not into
I thought I could count on you.
You can.
Maybe I expect too much.
This is a party, it's not brain surgery.
(scoffs): I really don't have
Frankly, I don't like being told who I can talk to.
Then show better judgment.
WOMAN: Carol?
Fine, I think I'll call it a night.
That's not an option.
Oh, it's not?
Eve, I'm sorry, I'm going to have to call you tomorrow.
Taxi!
(chuckling): Say, you're, uh, you're
I'll get one for you.
I'm an expert.
Yo, taxi!
Hey, Carol, you going home alone tonight?
No!
Shh, shh, shh.
That's a girl, that's a girl.
Shh. That's a girl.
Know what happens to little girls with big mouths, huh?
You're gonna find out.
Hey, Carol, you have got to remember
to keep your mouth shut from now on.
My name isn't Carol... Shut up!
You're going to remember...
...every time you look in the mirror.
(gasps)
No. No!
You're safe.
You're safe, now.
Where am I?
No one will hurt you.
You're safe here.
A hospital?
No, but you're going to be all right.
Why aren't I in a hospital?
There was no time. You were bleeding.
What did they do?
My eyes?
Your eyes were not hurt.
We made sure.
Rest now.
Keep a close watch.
If her fever rises, let me know at once.
I will.
Who's here?
Who are you?
Vincent.
Vincent?
My father and I treated your injuries.
You have broken ribs.
You need to be still.
Where am I?
Where no one can hurt you.
My facehurts.
Tell me your name.
Catherine.
Try to rest.
If you need anything, I'll be close by.
Don't be afraid.
Please, don't be afraid.
I'll try.
Is she awake?
Yes. She's very frightened.
How could you bring a stranger down here?
To where we live?
You ignored our most important rule.
I know that.
But there was no other way.
Do you know what they'd do
if they caught you up there or found you down here?
They'd kill you.
Or put you behind bars and make you wish you were dead.
How could you?
How could I have turned my back on her
Well, make sure she takes these to prevent infection.
I'll make sure.
I was saving them for an emergency.
In case anything happened to either of us.
Father, try to understand, This was an emergency.
She would have died.
All right.
We'll help her regain her strength.
But the moment she's ready to leave, get her out.
And, Vincent, don't tell her anything.
Don't worry, it won't be very long.
She's already beginning to heal.
You know, you have the soul of a doctor.
When I studied medicine, they wouldn't admit minorities.
I wonder what they would've done with you.
Let's not even think about it.
Do you like it?
It's good soup, Vincent.
Tell me, where are we?
Somewhere there's an elevated train.
Brooklyn? Queens?
VINCENT: No, not Brooklyn
Am I still in New York?
Vincent, please tell me-- where are we?
I have to keep it as a secret.
Why?
Because a lot of good people depend on this place for safety.
I'll keep your secret.
And that tapping-- it never stops.
It's people talking to each other,
tapping on the master pipes.
You mean messages? Mm-hmm.
Vincent, please tell me.
We're below the city, below the subways.
There's a whole world of tunnels and chambers
that most people don't even know exist.
There are no maps to where we are.
It's a forgotten place.
But it's warm and it's safe,
and we have all the room we need.
So we live here.
And we try to live as well as we can,
and we try to take care of each other.
It's our city, down here.
What are you doing down here? Why are you here?
I was a baby, abandoned, left to die.
Someone found me and brought me here,
to the man who became my father.
He took me, he raised me, he taught me everything.
He named me Vincent.
That's where I was found--
near the hospital, St. Vincent's.
I don't know what to believe.
It's all true.
(gasps)
MR. CHANDLER: Lieutenant, I'd
who leaked the story to the papers.
CAPT. HERMAN: Well, it's hard to keep
A socialite's missing for a week,
her purse is found in the park.
We don't need these kinds of headlines.
Have your men come up with anything?
No.
Not-Not yet.
Mr. Chandler,
Mr. Gunther,
I'll do everything I can to find her.
That's a promise.
(gasps)
I know you're there.
You can come in.
VINCENT: I'll read to you.
It won't help.
It might.
We can finish Great Expectations.
Do you remember how it ends?
Vincent, I'm frightened, I'm worried.
I know.
I can feel it.
You're getting your strength back.
I'll get you some tea.
The herb tea you liked.
Okay.
You take this one three platforms down,
right up the next tunnel
to the first ladder, and start climbing.
And that'll be Chinatown?
Unless you take the wrong tunnel.
You could end up in China.
No way, Vincent.
Well, wherever you end up, hurry back with the tea.
This one's going to cost you.
Oh, God.
No.
Catherine.
(screams)
* *
I've never regretted what I am.
Until now.
How?
How did this happen to you?
I don't know how.
I have ideas.
I'll never know.
I was born.
And I survived.
It's time for you to go back.
Tell me it's a nightmare.
That it didn't happen, that it can't be.
It's not a nightmare.
It happened.
And you're alive.
Catherine,
you survived.
And what you endured will make you stronger and better.
I don't have your strength.
I don't know how to do it.
You have the strength, Catherine.
You do.
I know you.
* *
It's time.
* *
Wait.
You can do it. Give me your hand.
* *
This is where you go out.
Where are we?
The basement of your apartment building.
We are?
Vincent.
Your secret is safe with me.
I would never betray your trust.
I know.
I knew that from the beginning...
when you trusted me.
What can I say to you?
(men shouting)
Vincent.
* *
DOCTOR: What's her pressure?
NURSE: 120 over 80, doctor.
How's that IV running?
Fine.
Is the Bovie connected? Yes, doctor.
Shall we begin?
Now,
I want you to start counting from ten backwards.
Ten... nine... eight...
seven...
Catherine, we're all guessing where you went.
Was it Jamaica? Nassau? Huh?
I have to run, I'm in a board meeting.
Buy yourself a new dress.
Is that enough? Here, take some more.
See you later.
(telephone rings)
(people whispering)
Cathy.
You have a nice vacation? You look, um...
You look wonderful.
We missed you.
Well, Ms. Chandler, now you've done it.
(multiple voices whispering)
(laughter)
I feel sorry for her, but what can I do?
I mean life goes on.
She was an interesting girl
and I thought she showed a great deal of promise,
but she just turned out to be a big... loser.
* *
Vincent.
Cathy, it's Dr. Sanderly. It's all over.
I'm in the hospital.
Yes, and you're going to be fine.
You must have been through something terrible,
but whatever it was is behind you.
If there's anything you want to tell me or talk about,
anything I can do, just let me know.
(door shuts)
You could read me the last chapter of Great Expectations.
* *
Her credentials are terrific.
Radcliffe, Columbia Law School.
Sure she wants a job with us?
She says so. Who knows?
Look, she's some rich guy's daughter,
looking for something meaningful.
You remember, the one who disappeared for ten days.
Gunther's girlfriend.
Look, a pair of hands, a brain.
We need the extra help, right?
Where do you want to put her?
Put her out in the field.
Let her, uh, do research,
Give her all the legwork.
You know, throw everything at her
and we'll find out if she's any good.
Right.
Excuse me, Ms. Chandler.
District Attorney Moreno will see you now.
Come on in.
(horn honks)
Hello.
Mr. Stubbs?
Anybody here?
We know you're here.
You should always know what's coming up behind you.
This time, it's good news.
I'm Isaac, Isaac Stubbs.
Catherine Chandler.
So, you want to learn
to take care of yourself?
That's right.
Because something bad happened to you.
And you don't want
anything like that to ever happen again.
Never.
Okay.
Now, I don't teach none of that Oriental stuff.
No kung fu, no egg foo yung.
This is New York City, so what I do teach
is New York City street fighting, mean and dirty.
Only philosophy that counts around here
is doing whatever it takes to come out alive.
You use what you got.
Let me see your shoe.
Okay?
You can kill a man with a shoe.
Now, it ain't fancy, it ain't pretty, but it works...
if you got the stomach for it.
When do we start?
Edie, do you have those addresses for me?
Here, take 'em.
Thanks, I appreciate it.
Yeah, you should appreciate it.
I'm doing all your work.
Oh, I'm sorry, the D.A.'s really got me running.
They're testing me. Who you kidding?
I know the way you uptown girls operate.
Swing in here, shed a few tears for humanity,
and then you go shopping.
(laughs): That's not true.
It's not, huh?
Catherine Chandler.
Let's check you out.
Most people call me Cathy.
(exhales)
Oh, God.
I'm sorry, Cathy.
Don't be.
It's an old picture.
(subway train passing)
She can only bring you unhappiness.
Then I'll be unhappy.
But I can't forget her.
We're still connected.
I can feel what she's feeling.
I know what she's thinking.
When she's frightened, when she's happy
or sad.
Vincent,
your senses, your...
empathic powers are quite...
extraordinary.
It's your gift.
And these powers have been heightened
by the concern, the love that you feel.
But don't let your act of kindness destroy you.
Maybe I have no choice.
Listen, I need some help
and it's a little tricky.
A woman was attacked by mistake by three men,
and I want to find out if these men
ever went after their intended victim.
You got the date of the mistaken attack?
Last April 12.
Aggravated assault?
Aggravated assault.
(exhales)
Whoo.
A lot of guys hitting on a lot of women out there.
Can we narrow this down?
Um, the make of the car?
Some kind of van.
I don't know.
How about the intended victim's name?
Hey, Carol, you going home alone tonight?
Try Carol.
Okay, here are all the Carols.
Um, let's punch into the files.
Uh-uh.
Let's try the next one.
This could be it.
Let's pull the file.
Who is it?
Carol?
What do you want?
My name's Cathy Chandler.
I'd like to talk to you.
What's this about?
You a cop?
I'm with the District Attorney's office.
Look, I told you people to leave me alone.
You've caused me enough trouble.
Carol, you're not the only one they hurt.
What are you talking about?
They got you and me mixed up.
I think this was meant for you, Carol.
Go away!
If you'd like to talk to someone who understands how you feel,
call me.
Can't do nothing, can you?
(laughs)
(both grunting)
That's good.
You better bite me, though.
You better do something. Really?
Ow.
(both grunting)
Hold it!
Was that you?
Huh, is that you?
(laughing): Yeah.
Yeah!
(both laughing)
I'll walk you up.
No, that's all right. No, no, no,
You haven't heard anything I said tonight.
What?
That your work is important to you?
I understand that; my work's important to me.
But that doesn't mean we can't see each other.
Good night, Tom.
I'm not going to let you slip away.
I'm not going to let that happen.
Good night, Tom.
(sighs)
(soft clanking outside)
(rustling)
* *
Vincent?
(gasps)
I didn't mean to frighten you.
I'm sorry.
No.
I'm so glad to see you.
Your face.
They fixed it.
Yes.
Come inside.
No, I have to go now.
No, not yet.
I should never have come here.
Vincent, I'm glad you did.
Come here.
Sit down.
I wanted to see you.
There are so many things I wanted to tell you.
I have so many things to tell you.
I know.
It's been hard, Vincent.
Yes.
I'm learning to be strong.
I know.
Catherine...
I feel the things you're feeling when you do.
How do you mean?
Just know that it's true.
And that your pain is my pain.
Sometimes almost as if we're one.
I came here...
...because I wanted to see that you were well.
And because I wanted to see you...
...one last time.
I'll never see you again?
I've seen your world.
There's no place for me in it.
I know what I am.
Your world is filled with frightened people.
And I remind them of what they're most afraid of.
Their own ignorance.
Their aloneness.
Yes.
So...
now I have to begin to forget.
Forget me?
No.
I'll never forget you.
But I must forget the dream of being part of you.
Find someone, Catherine.
To be part of.
Be happy.
Good-bye.
No. Not yet.
There's still time. It's still dark.
Don't leave.
CATHERINE: "And as the morning mists
"when I first left the forge,
"so the evening mists were rising now
"and in all the broad expanse of tranquil light
"they showed to me,
I saw no shadow of another parting from her."
Larry.
Thank you.
Somebody's waiting for you.
Carol.
Hi.
I didn't expect to see you here.
Yeah, well...
I didn't expect to be here, either.
I'm so sorry, what they did to you.
I couldn't stop thinking about it.
Maybe I can help you out.
You want to tell me what happened?
I was working for this escort service.
It's called Mayfair.
They have a pretty good, uh, clientele.
You know, businessmen
from out of town, that sort of thing.
And you'd go out with them?
Yeah, more or less.
But it's run by this man, Marty Belmont.
A real bad character.
He was using the service to shake down his customers.
Sometimes he would have
the girls carry tape recorders.
Sometimes he'd, uh, get it on film.
And how did you get into trouble?
When I wouldn't go along with it,
Belmont got it into his head
that I was gonna spill everything to the cops,
so he sent his men out to get me.
So the men that attacked you and me,
they were Belmont's men?
Had to be.
Would you be willing to testify against them with me?
Yeah. I'll testify.
CATHY: I want to set wheels in motion
and search warrant to be issued tomorrow morning.
Martin Belmont, Mayfair Escort Service,
232 West 52nd.
Fraud, extortion,
aggravated assault, for starters.
I have the affidavit of a witness.
Thanks, Joel.
Okay. We're all set.
You're not going back to your apartment.
Where am I going? A friend of mine
is renovating a brownstone in the Village.
There's not much in it, but it'll be a lot safer.
Someone'll meet you there with a key.
Okay.
Larry'll give you a ride over.
I want you to call me as soon as you get there.
There's no turning back, huh?
Carol, you're sure you understand the risks?
Don't do this for me.
I don't want you to do anything that doesn't feel right.
I'm doing this for me.
Okay.
(elevator bell dings)
Carol?
Don't bother.
She's dead.
And so are you.
No.
Get her!
Where'd she go? Try in there.
She's got to be in one of these.
Steve, block the stairs.
Nothing in here.
Go check the other door.
(loud crash) In there.
Now! (banging)
There she is!
(grunts) Ow!
Uh, uh, uh...
Say good night.
(growling)
(continues growling)
Ow.
(growling fades)
We can't stay here.
(indistinct police radio transmission)
So you got any ideas?
No.
Looks like they were mauled by a lion.
Lieutenant?
(shutter clicks)
Hey, Charlie, get a photographer down here.
There are some pretty strange things going on in this city.
And, I hear, even stranger things going on underneath it.
I don't know what happened here.
But I'm gonna find out.
I owe you everything.
Everything.
You owe me nothing.
I'm part of you, Catherine,
just as you're part of me.
Wherever you go...
...wherever I am, I'm with you.
Good-bye.
For now.