🏆 Won 6 Primetime Emmys. 12 wins & 34 nominations total
The premise
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.
Horror Vault's take
In the shadows beneath New York City, a hidden community shelters those the surface world has abandoned — including the leonine, noble-hearted Vincent. When he rescues a driven assistant district attorney named Catherine Chandler, an unlikely and deeply felt bond forms between two people from utterly different worlds. Above ground, Catherine navigates the dangers of the city's criminal underworld, while Vincent watches over her from the darkness. This gothic urban fantasy weaves romance, danger, and mythology into something unlike anything else on 1980s television.
Content: Mild Violence, Crime-Related Peril
Episode Guide
S1.E1 · Once Upon a Time in the City of New YorkPremiere5.0Sep 25, 1987 · 47 min · Dir: Richard Franklin
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
S1.E2 · Terrible Savior8.0Oct 2, 1987 · 47 min · Dir: Alan Cooke
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 attack
S1.E3 · Siege8.0Oct 9, 1987 · 47 min · Dir: Paul Lynch
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.
S1.E4 · No Way Down8.0Oct 16, 1987 · 47 min · Dir: Thomas J. Wright
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.
S1.E5 · Masques8.0Oct 30, 1987 · 47 min · Dir: Alan Cooke
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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