BEAUTY AND THE BEAST COMPANION
By Peter J. Formaini, USA

Special Episode Information (click here for contents)
Extracts from His Major Companion

Episode 8 (Series 1, Episode 8)
Song of Orpheus

Critical Rating 9.0 Violence Rating 1.0 Original Air Date November 20, 1987

Major Performance Credits

Margaret Chase Diana Douglas Guitierez Castulo Guerra
Henry Dutton Paul Gleason Connor Gary Berner
Allan Taft Robert Symonds Investigator Vinny Argiro
Major Production Credits Literary / Musical References
DIRECTOR Peter Medak Teleplay By  
  • Henryson, Robert (? - 1508 [c]) [Title] "Orpheus and Eurydice", a moral allegory of the vulnerability of true affection and the relationship between reason and affection. He travels to the underworld in search of his dead lover, but fails tragically in the attempt to save her. 
EDITOR(s) Craig Ridenour Story By Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon

Milestones

Revelation of Father's real name and reason for founding the Tunnel World
Catherine's first use of the word "love" as it applies to her feelings for Vincent (though not said to him directly)
Revelation that Father has been married (and in love) before

Special Notes / Trivia

The newspaper Margaret sent her message to Father in was the New York Examiner
Father was employed by the Chittenden Research Laboratory
Father's real name is Jacob Wells
Vincent refers to the 7th game of the Fischer-Spassky Chess Match of 1972
You may remember Paul Gleason from the film "Trading Places"
The same newspaper is used twice in the episode - once in the barber's shop and later when Catherine and Vincent search newspapers from the 1950's for the information about Father. Note the same headline and photo in both! (Of course, the headline was timely in both decades!)