Creator Ron Koslow's version of the fairy tale has a double focus: the relationship between Vincent - a mythic, noble man-beast - and his Catherine -a savvy assistant DA in New York; and a secret Utopian community of social outcasts living in a wondrous world beneath the city...a sanctuary where Vincent is protected and loved.

Through an emotional bond connecting Vincent to Catherine, he is able to sense the dangers her job brings her, and he comes to be her protector as well as the man she loves beyond all measure. In a twist from the original tale, however, this "beast" does not transform into society's idea of beauty after gaining the love of Catherine. Rather, Vincent's inner beauty is allowed to remain the focus of who he is and it is Catherine's former "shallow" self that is the ugliness transformed by their love of each other.

Adrian appeared in one episode entitled "Ashes, Ashes" (Episode #25) portraying the role of Dmitri, a Russian sailor who jumps ship in search of his loved one. Unfortunately, he doesn't know he carries the plague that infects most of the underground community. Dmitri dies trying to find her.