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Episode 24 (Season 2, Episode 2)

Remember Love

Remember Love (airdate: Nov. 25 1988).  Vincent and Catherine are sitting together at the mirror pool while he is reading to her.  Catherine daydreams of showing Vincent a lake that comforted her as a child.  She asks aloud why they can't make the trip in a van.  Vincent is wary but Catherine tells him that they could go at night and that he is the only person she has ever wanted to show her place to.  He finally agrees and she goes to make plans.  Father cannot believe what Vincent has agreed to do.  He gives all sorts of worst case scenarios that could happen and begs Vincent not to go.  Father tells him that even though the plan was meant to share their love, it is too risky a chance.  Vincent waits at the tunnel entrance for Catherine.  She has brought a van and a picnic lunch for them.  She is talking excitedly about the trip when she notices that something is wrong.  Vincent tells her that it is just too dangerous.  She agrees, saying she only wished.  He then promises her that they will see the lake some day.  Catherine walks away in tears.  Vincent goes to his chamber and his disappointment and pain cause him to smash several items including his stained glass window.  He falls to the floor unconscious.  Vincent sees a beautiful light and someone in a wedding gown.  It is Catherine.  She knows of Vincent's pain and Vincent comments that his life might have been better off if he was dead.  She then grants him that wish and vanishes.  Vincent begins to make his way out of the chamber that doesn't contain any of his personal possessions.  They are all gone.  As he makes his way to Father's chambers, the spirit of Catherine follows him.  He enters the cahmber to find it slightly different.  There are medical experiments in place of the books.  He tries talking with the people who are his friends but they corner him.  Paracelsus enters asking Vincent who he is.  Vincent tries to explain and asks about Father.  Paracelsus says that Jacob was banished and now he, Paracelsus, rules the Tunnel World.  Vincent refuses to join him and Paracelsus uses his sleeve-knife to cut Vincent's throat.  Vincent awakens in a dark room, unhurt and alone.  The spirit comes to him an tells him that without him for a role model and a leader, Paracelsus overthrew Jacob.  Vincent is still unconvinced.  He finds himself in an old warehouse.  Among the piles is Mouse who runs from Vincent.  Vincent catches him and asks him to remember him.  But Mouse doesn't.  He has had his hand cut off for stealing and now lives alone in the warehouse.  He escapes through a hole and Vincent is left alone.  Vincent begs the spirit to end his nightmare, but she shows him a dock where the homeless people are.  Men appear in a truck and take baseball bats to the homeless.  Vincent defends an old man and discovers that it is Father.  Father doesn't remember Vincent and just vaguely has an idea of the Tunnel World.  Vincent demands the spirit to show him Catherine.  On her balcony, he hears a man's voice questioning why she isn't dressed.  It is Tom and Catherine is now a meek woman.  Tom tells her he will wait downstairs and she goes to the balcony.  He sees and unhappy Catherine.  She notices that someone is with her on the balcony and Vincent tells her not to turn around but she does.  She grabs a gun and shoots him.  He falls to the balcony and loses consciousness.  He opens his eyes to find himself in his chamber on the floor.  The spirit is on the bed and he tells her he now understands how important his presence is to those he loves.  The figure tells him to "Remember Love" then disappears.  Catherine walks into the chamber.  Vincent tells her that he has had the worst nightmare ever.Catherine soothes him by telling him he's safe, among friends and to always "Remember Love".

Guest Cast: Nicholas Horman as Tom Gunther, Irina Irvine as Jamie.

Writer: Virgina Aldridge

Director: Victor Lobl