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father01.wav (76 KB)
LaCroix: "So. It's question time on Nightwatch, gentle listeners."

father02.wav (116 KB)
LaCroix: "I see by the old clock on the wall that it's very nearly Father's Day. So, tonight's question is: What is a father?"

father03.wav (127 KB)
LaCroix: "Ring. We have a caller. And the caller says that a father is altruistic. Bzzt. Too bad. Thanks for playing, though."

father04.wav (106 KB)
LaCroix: "Every parent wants something in return: love, loyalty. Nothing is free."

father05.wav (84 KB)
LaCroix: "So, boys and girls, the Nightcrawler wants to know: What did your father promise you?"

father06.wav (19 KB)
LaCroix: "Did he promise to take care of you?"

father07.wav (25 KB)
LaCroix: "Did he keep his promise?"

father08.wav (108 KB) (French translation)
LaCroix: "Where have you been?"
Nicolas: "Walking."
LaCroix: "You know you can't lie to me, Nicolas. You are not capable."

father09.wav (25 KB)
LaCroix: "Where have you been?"

father10.wav (81 KB)
LaCroix: "What is that? I will not ask you again."

father11.wav (114 KB)
LaCroix: "Ancient medicinal herbs. Rare Chinese elixirs. Nicolas still searches for a cure."

father12.wav (72 KB)
LaCroix: "Why didn't you just tell me that you'd been to the apothecary? There's no need for secrets between us."

father13.wav (119 KB)
LaCroix: "This is how you thank me. This is how you repay me!"
Nicolas: "This has nothing to do with you."
LaCroix: "Of course it's to do with me!"

father14.wav (149 KB)
LaCroix: "I gave you life. I gave you power. I gave you my eternal protection, and you want to go back. Can you imagine how that makes me feel?"

father15.wav (115 KB)
LaCroix: "You will stop this pathetic search for a cure. You make a fool of yourself and a fool of me."

father16.wav (46 KB)
LaCroix: "You're my creature, Nicolas - made in my image."

father17.wav (20 KB)
LaCroix: "Why are you doing this to me?"

father18.wav (49 KB)
LaCroix: "I don't want a new one. I like that one!"

father19.wav (162 KB) (French translation)
LaCroix: "What did he tell you, Janette? That he doesn't belong wwith us? Nonsense. He will always be part of us. You know that."

father20.wav (33 KB) (French translation)
LaCroix: "He needs us to survive."

father21.wav (227 KB)
LaCroix: "It's a beautiful night out there, isn't it, boys and girls. I haven't seen a night quite like this in a hundred years. In fact, this is no night to be inside. Let's turn off our radios, go out and play."

father22.wav (95 KB)
LaCroix: "Oh, you don't look well, Don Constantine. Time's a bitch, isn't it?"

father23.wav (210 KB)
LaCroix: "No. I gave this to him. He was to keep it until the day he died. So, either you helped him, with this as payment, or you killed him. I would be most unhappy if it were the latter."

father24.wav (135 KB)
LaCroix: "Ah, but where. He probably told you that his life was in danger. I can't imagine where he got that idea."

father25.wav (76 KB)
LaCroix: "I'm simply trying to keep my family together, Don Constantine. Surely you can understand that."

father26.wav (62 KB)
LaCroix: "I would be eternally grateful for your help in this matter."

father27.wav (81 KB)
LaCroix: "I have an excellent memory for old accounts. You would have brought me his head on a platter if I'd asked you to."

father28.wav (87 KB)
LaCroix: "Is that what you'd like me to do for you? Ah - be careful. I do tend to take things literally."

father29.wav (149 KB)
LaCroix: "I must say I commend your choice, Nicolas. Los Angeles has such possibilities, although rather too much sun for my liking. Let us not make a scene, shall we?"

father30.wav (27 KB)
LaCroix: "I shall always find you, Nicolas."

father31.wav (95 KB)
LaCroix: "Let's just forget all about this little episode, shall we? I wouldn't like to hold it against you."

father32.wav (38 KB)
Nicolas: "What do you want?"
LaCroix: "Do I have to want anything?"

father33.wav (70 KB)
LaCroix: "Let's talk about families, Nicolas. That seems to be what's on everyone's mind. What is a father?"

father34.wav (69 KB)
LaCroix: "A father is the man who made you what you are, and like it or not Nicolas, I'm the only father that you've got."

father35.wav (73 KB)
LaCroix: "And as a father, I must say I'm very disappointed in you. Sticking your nose in where it's not wanted."

father36.wav (72 KB)
LaCroix: "It's a matter of an old debt. I want you to stay out of this. I think a child owes his father that much courtesy."

father37.wav (49 KB)
LaCroix: "Let's see what your friend Schanke has to say about that, shall we?"

father38.wav (79 KB)
LaCroix: "A father provides love, discipline, guidance, protection and support. That's not bad"
Nicolas: "He left out freedom."
LaCroix: "So would I."

father39.wav (95 KB)
LaCroix: "Well, let's stop beating about the bush. If David Constantine does not return to his family, I will find him and kill him. You're not strong enough to stop me, Nicolas."

father40.wav (48 KB)
LaCroix: "Why do you care, anyway?"
Nicolas: "I think you understand."
LaCroix: "Maybe I do."

father41.wav (32 KB)
LaCroix: "And if I said it was?"

father42.wav (127 KB)
LaCroix: "There's only one way that this can end. You know how stubborn children are. The boy wants to leave. That isn't going to change."

father43.wav (56 KB)
LaCroix: "It's always about what they want, isn't it? They can be so thoughtless."

father44.wav (54 KB)
LaCroix: "Do you want him killed? Is that what you want?"

father45.wav (38 KB)
LaCroix: "We both know how that would end, Nicolas."

father46.wav (127 KB)
LaCroix: "Oh, the old man was simply concerned to have someone to run the business after he died. Personally, I don't think he's ever looked fitter. He could live for another hundred years."

father47.wav (17 KB)
LaCroix: "I owed him a favour."

father48.wav (84 KB)
LaCroix: "Good evening, Toronto, as all the night creatures come out of their dens. The Nightcrawler is on the air."

father49.wav (30 KB)
LaCroix: "And whose little ears are listening tonight?"

father50.wav (52 KB)
LaCroix: "It's a school night, so how about a little education?"

father51.wav (72 KB)
LaCroix: "I am my father's spirit, doomed for a certain term to walk the night."

father52.wav (57 KB)
LaCroix: "And in the pauches of mine ear, did pour the leprous dis...."

father53.wav (41 KB)
LaCroix: "What's this, gentle listener? A visitor."

father54.wav (114 KB)
LaCroix: "They say if you love someone, let them go. If they're really yours, they will learn their lessons and return."