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Episode 40 (Season 2, Episode 18)
A Kingdom by the Sea
A Kingdom by the Sea (airdate: April 28, 1989). An old man is in his apartment watching television when a knock comes at the door. He says aloud for them to go away but they persist. A young Negro is seen through the peephole. He has some flowers for the man. The man opens the door and the boy shoots him three times. He throws the flowers on the body. The card reads "Love from Annabel Lee."
Catherine is on her balcony trying to plant a budding rose bush. In the process a thorn cuts her finger. She senses Vincent's approach and turns to talk with him. A knock sounds at her door and she goes to answer it. Two C.I.A. men come in and search her apartment. Vincent has left so they do not discover him. She demands to know why they are there and they question her about Elliot Butch. But she has no idea where is is and they leave her. At work, Joe tells Catherine about the old man who was shot at. He is now in intensive care and will probably not survive. He is Stanley Kasmareck. Det. Hughs is called in and the three of them ponder why the man was almost killed. Catherine and Greg go to the hospital to question the man. At the hospital, the doctor won't let Catherine question the man until he is better. They are waiting outside when the C.I.A. men arrive to tell them they are no longer on the case. Catherine and Hugh both go back to their offices. Joe tells her about the island group Sano Irasano. The previous week a tanker from Liberia was caught with illegal arms. The ship, Annabelle Lee, is owned by a Hong King company under a Cayman Island holding company.
The man who owns the holding company is Elliot Burch. The C.I.A. has gotten involved because they believe that Burch was trying to take over the island chain. Catherine, leaving for the day, is stopped by men in the parking garage. The men are dressed in suits and hold her near a stretch limousine. A man nears and Catherine is relieved to se that it is Elliot. He asks her to go with him for his life is in danger. She gets into the car and he explains that he wasn't going to pay the island ruler, Dr. Felipe Torreon, his extortion money. Torreon ordered a death squad to kill him and that is why Kasmarech was shot. Elliot wants Catherine to help him get the man out of the hospital. Catherine is released and she goes to find Vincent to talk over her situation. Vincent tells her that she must help Elliot because he has saved his life twice and Father's. Catherine goes to the hospital where Stanley has been removed to a private room. She engages the C.I.A. men in a heated conversation, bringing the other one into the hall. With the old man alone, Vincent picks him up and carries him out. Elliot is waiting in his car in Catherine's building garage. The phone rings and she tells him to meet her near the park. They put the old man in the car and Catherine joins him. Stanley lies unconscious on the floor while Catherine and Elliot talk. Stanley regains consciousness and accuses Elliot that he is responsible for his attack. Catherine slows realizes that the old man is Elliot's father. At the pier a helicopter is waiting for Elliot. But only the pilot and another passenger can be carried and Elliot waits. The helicopter is still in sights when it explodes. Suddenly gunfire is heard. Elliot's bodyguards order them to run but they dive into the water. Downstream Catherine comes out of the water and a hand covers her mouth. But it is Elliot and they hide out in a shed. They find clothes and change into them. Elliot then pours out his story about his childhood and how he tried to win his father's love. They leave the shed to be seen by a gunman. But VIncent is near and attacks the man. Catherine and Elliot escape down a manhole while Vincent kills the other two gunmen. Catherine takes Elliott through the tunnels and advises him not to ask any questions about where they are. Vincent goes back to his chamber to attend to a deep cut on his hand. Father comes in and asks what has happened but Vincent's silence is his only answer. Father tells Vincent that he loves both of them and wishes to keep them both safe and protected. Vincent understands and replies "The grave is a fine, safe place. But if we live, we bleed."
Catherine leads Elliot out the main tunnel entrance in Central Park. She leaves him saying she has trusted him with much and he must forget everything he has seen or heard. The next day at work, the C.I.A. men are waiting for Catherine. They claim that Elliot has arranged a meeting for them when he walks in. Elliot explains that Catherine did not kidnap Kasmareck but rather two of his men did. They try to tell the agent about the attack the night before but the men deny any such group or that there were any bodies. The whole incident is being covered up. That night, Vincent meets Catherine on her balcony. They stand in each others arm and admire her two blooms on her rosebush. One is white and one is red.
Guest Cast: R.G. Armstrong as Stanley Kasmareck, Dean Norris as Biggs, Tom Ryan as Burant, Ken Foree as Marley, Dominic Hoffman as the assassin, John Michael Bolger as Detective Hughs, Carl Crudup as Rivera, Scott Wells as Tyler, Dave Cadient as Ramon, Tommy Posales Carlos, George Tovar as the pilot.
Writers: George R.R. Martin.
Director: Gus Trikonis