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Episode Title: "Red Boot"
Original Fox Air Date: 08/18/1997
Sci-Fi Air Date: 05/07/2003
http://www.scifi.com/roar/episodes/06_redboot.html
While Conor and Catlin are out hunting, a local villager stumbles into them. He pushes a tube into Catlin's hands and tells her to "get it to the rock tower." He then falls forward, revealing several arrows in his back. Conor and Catlin escape before a company of Roman soldiers, lead by Pasolinus, arrive to find the dead vilager's body.
Back at the village, Conor discovers that the tube contains a scroll filled with unusual writing. That night, Catlin sneaks into Conor's hut and reads the scroll, which makes her weep. Meanwhile, Pasolinus berates Queen Diana, who is politically obliged to endure the tirade.
The next night, Catlin meets secretly in the forest with a Roman soldier, Anturus. She tells him she has the scroll. Meanwhile, at a feast in Diana's castle, Longinus tries to convince Pasolinus, an official historian of Rome, to recast in a more favorable light Longinus' role in the death of Christ. Later, Diana woos one of the Roman soldiers and tells him to bring her the scroll – and to slay Pasolinus.
The next day Catlin sneaks off to meet Anturus, but finds his body speared to a tree. Conor catches her and demands to know why she betrayed him. Before she can explain, they are captured by Pasolinus. Diana's corrupted soldier shoots an arrow at Pasolinus – but Longinus grabs the arrow in mid-flight and flings it into the soldier who fired it, killing him.
In the castle dungeon, Pasolinus tortures Catlin, who wakes later in the night, blinded. She confesses to Conor that she is a Christian, but never told him because she was afraid he wouldn't accept her. She insists that they must deliver the scroll to "the rock tower" at any cost. At dawn, Conor and Catlin are crucified by Pasolinus. Then shouts ring out from beyond the castle walls: Fergus and Tully taunt Pasolinus with another scroll-tube. Conor and Catlin break free and take hostage Pasolinus' beloved eunuch, Nilus. They are given horses and ride free, joining the others. When the Romans follow, the heroes split up. The Romans follow Fergus and Tully. Conor and Catlin ride to a secret valley. As night falls, even though Catlin is still blind, she finds the rock tower.
They enter the tower and find a library at the summit. There, a Monk gratefully takes the scroll from Catlin and places it with thousands of others – the writings of the Apostles. Pasolinus and his soldiers enter. As Conor fights the soldiers, Pasolinus reaches for the scroll. It burns his hand and rolls to Catlin. As she picks it up, her sight is restored. Conor dispatches the soldiers, but Pasolinus grabs a torch to burn all the scrolls. Longinus enters and fights Pasolinus. Then the scroll glows and shoots out beams that destroy Pasolinus.
The scroll is a letter, the monk tells Catlin, from Christ to his brother. At the monk's urging, Catlin reads the letter. Later, at their village, Conor brings Catlin flowers and assures her she never needs to keep secrets from him.
Heath Ledger [Conor]
Lisa Zane [Diana]
Sebastian Roche [Longinus]
Vera Farmiga [Catlin]
John Saint Ryan [Fergus]
Alonzo Greer [Tully]
Created By
Shaun Cassidy
&
Ron Koslow
ROAR
Guest Stars
Jason Carter [Paolinus]
Troy Rowley [Nilus]
Carl Snell [Glas]
Music By Jon Ehrlich
Co-Executive Producer Michael Nankin
Co-Producer Lawrence Meyers
Co-Producer Brian Chambers
Consulting Producer Jefery Levy
Producers Paul Barber
& Larry Barber
Produced By Howard Grigsby
Written By Larry Barber
& Paul Barber
Directed By Thomas J. Wright
Executive Producer
Ron Koslow
Executive Producer
Shaun Cassidy
Associate Producer Todd London
With
David Terry Tribune
Marcus Hale Andrew
Michael Lake Fearful Man
Peter Kent Arturos
Michael Roughan Slave Master
Director of Photography John Stokes
Production Designer Stewart Burnside
Edited By John Refoua
Unit Production Manager Gina Black
First Assistant Director Peter Fitzgerald
Second Assistant Directors Angella McPherson
Vera Biffone
Casting by Megan Branman, CSA (L.A.)
Maura Fay
Lynne Ruthven (Australia)
Set Designer Jacinta Leong
Art Director Michael Rumph
Supervising Sound Editor Andrew Dawson
Music Editor Eduardo Ponsdomench
Visual Effects Supervisors John F. K. Parenteau
Branden L. Smith
Production Services Village Roadshow Pictures
Sound Mixer Bob Clayton
Panaflex(R) Camera and
Lenses by Panavision (R)
Costume Designer Jean Turnbull
Make-up/Hairstylist Viv Rushbrook
2nd Unit Director of
Photography Ian "Thistle" Thorburn
Stunt Coordinator Danny Baldwin
Filmed at Warner
Roadshow Movie World
Studios, Queensland
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