The adventures and romance of a sensitive and cultured lion-man and a crusading assistant district attorney in Manhattan, New York City.The adventures and romance of a sensitive and cultured lion-man and a crusading assistant district attorney in Manhattan, New York City.The adventures and romance of a sensitive and cultured lion-man and a crusading assistant district attorney in Manhattan, New York City.
- Won 6 Primetime Emmys
- 12 wins & 34 nominations total
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- TriviaRon Perlman's make-up took four hours to apply each episode.
- GoofsIn the World Below there are often active steam grates, pipes with valves, and sometimes control panels for sewer and water. Even in the most neglected city, eventually maintenance workers would have to check these areas and thus learn the existence of the subterranean world.
- Quotes
Father: [referring to Vincent's relationship with Catherine] I sometimes feel that I'm standing on the bank of a raging river watching you try to swim across. How can I not worry? I'd be a fool. And yet, Vincent, sometimes I have to marvel at your courage.
Vincent: Catherine swims across that river as well. She faces the same dangers, shows the same courage. And in many ways the toll on her is even greater.
Father: You really think that's so?
Vincent: On the other side of the river there is no one standing on the bank watching. On her side of the river there is no one praying for a safe passage. On her side of the river, Father, there is no one but Catherine.
Father: Then I shall stand watch, and pray, for both of you.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1988)
I am now a 58 year old married male. Maybe it was understandable to have loved the series at the end of the eighties, but now? In the eighties I was newly married and so it was excusable for me to be entranced by a fantasy romance. However, after 24 years of marriage the romance of a new marriage is long over and the work of a marriage ongoing. So, it would seem unlikely that I could be drawn in by television romance once again. No other show has done that over the years.
For me that is the magic of this series. I really don't need to analyze plot lines, sets, lighting or direction. It is simply a beautiful story. Both then and now and it still can touch my heart.
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