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

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

Episode 43 (Series 2, Episode 21)
Ceremony of Innocence

Critical Rating 9.5 Violence Rating 7.5 Original Air Date May 19, 1989

Major Performance Credits

Parcelsus Tony Jay Manning Richard Roundtree
Elliot Burch Edward Albert, Jr. Tabloid Reporter Eric Kohner
Jamie Irina Irvine Operative Julius Branos
Reporter Tiiu Leek Mouse David Greenlee
Amy Cassie Hall Narcissa Beah Richards
Amy's Mother Karen Radcliffe William Ritch Brinkley
Newspaperman Thomas G. Middleton Pascal Armin Shimerman
Major Production Credits Literary / Musical References
DIRECTOR Gus Trikonis Teleplay By George R. R Martin
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EDITOR(s) Drake P. Silliman Story By George R. R. Martin, A. Gans, H. Gordon

Milestones

Revelation of the identity of Vincent's actual discoverer

Special Notes / Trivia

The penthouse address was 666 Sutton Place, a not-so-subtle reference to the Antichrist [666 is usually misinterpreted, by those who obtain their educations from Hollywood films, as the symbolic number of the Devil.  However, the New Testament writings which contain the reference were written during the time of Nero and his persecution of Christianity - and 666 (The Number of the Beast) was the writer's coded reference to Nero, not the AntiChrist].
Anna Pater was the person who found Vincent outside St. Vincent's Hospital
Another blooper rears its head this week.  As Catherine is accosted by the reporters in her dream, one of them asks how her father feels about Vincent.  Charles Chandler has been dead for weeks, so asking about his opinions would hardly occur to a reporter.