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The Best Episodes of Beauty and the Beast

Every episode of Beauty and the Beast ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Beauty and the Beast!

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Beauty and the Beast is an American drama series which first aired on CBS in 1987. Creator Ron Koslow's updated version of the fairy tale has a double focus: the relationship between Vincent, a mythic,

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 22 - A Happy Life
    9.1/10(147 votes)

    #1 - A Happy Life

    S1:E22

    Catherine's pain about her fragmented life almost causes her to end her relationship with Vincent.

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 18 - A Kingdom by the Sea
    9.0/10(81 votes)

    #2 - A Kingdom by the Sea

    S2:E18

    Elliot Birch is pursued by a death squad. Catherine puts her own life on the line to help him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 20 - What Rough Beast
    9.0/10(86 votes)

    #3 - What Rough Beast

    S2:E20

    An insistent reporter sets off Vincent's confrontation with himself.

    Director:Michael Switzer
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 22 - The Rest is Silence
    9.0/10(92 votes)

    #4 - The Rest is Silence

    S2:E22

    A stress-aggravated illness triggers Vincent's collapse. Vincent goes far back through the catacombs of the tunnels to hide in a cave. While in there he continually growls and thrashes about as if he's gone mad. Catherine goes after him because she says that she can't stand to see him like that. After all he is the love of her life.

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writers:David Bennett Carren, J. Larry Carroll

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  5. Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 7 - A Fair and Perfect Knight
    8.9/10(88 votes)

    #5 - A Fair and Perfect Knight

    S2:E7

    Michael leaves to the tunnels to go to college above. Vincent deals with jealousy issues of not being able to go to college above. Catherine befriends him and helps him settle in. Michael eventually falls for Catherine and winds up kissing her. Then he is afraid of what Vincent will do when he finds out about the kiss.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 12 - Orphans
    8.9/10(95 votes)

    #6 - Orphans

    S2:E12

    Catherine's father dies and Vincent allows her to come below to grieve. He also makes her go back above because he knows that she does not belong there no matter how he feels. Catherine finally agrees and goes back above.

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writers:Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon

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  7. Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 14 - When the Bluebird Sings
    8.9/10(91 votes)

    #7 - When the Bluebird Sings

    S2:E14

    Catherine meets a strange man who says that he is an artist. His name is Kristopher Gentian. But when strange things begin to happen it leads both Vincent and Catherine to wonder if the man is really an artist or a ghost.

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 15 - The Watcher
    8.9/10(85 votes)

    #8 - The Watcher

    S2:E15

    Catherine is harrassed by a peeping tom. The worst part is that this man has seen Vincent!

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:M.M. Shelly Moore

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  9. Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 4 - Dead of Winter
    8.7/10(87 votes)

    #9 - Dead of Winter

    S2:E4

    Winterfest is a celebration of great importance to those who live below. This is Catherine's first Winterfest. But this year Winterfest is interrupted by Paracelsus.

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:George R. R. Martin

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  10. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 10 - A Children's Story
    8.6/10(115 votes)

    #10 - A Children's Story

    S1:E10

    Vincent alerts Catherine to possible wrong-doing at a well-known, renowned orphanage.

    Director:Gabrielle Beaumont
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 11 - An Impossible Silence
    8.6/10(113 votes)

    #11 - An Impossible Silence

    S1:E11

    Laura, a deaf-mute tunnel dweller, witnesses the murder of a police officer, for which another man is framed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon

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  12. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 12 - Shades of Gray
    8.6/10(103 votes)

    #12 - Shades of Gray

    S1:E12

    Attempting to aid an injured child (Eric) in the Maze, a cave-in traps Vincent and Father. Catherine, after facing Elliott Burch, who has agreed to be a witness against an extortionist, senses something is wrong and rushes to the tunnels.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 14 - The Alchemist
    8.6/10(108 votes)

    #13 - The Alchemist

    S1:E14

    Paracelsus, a former friend of Father's, sells an hallucinatory drug in the world above.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright
    Writers:Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon

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  14. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 21 - Ozymandias
    8.6/10(99 votes)

    #14 - Ozymandias

    S1:E21

    Construction of the Birch tower is causing many problems in the tunnels. To help the problems stop Catherine agrees to marry Elliot Birch.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 16 - A Distant Shore
    8.6/10(87 votes)

    #15 - A Distant Shore

    S2:E16

    Catherine must travel to L.A. for information about a murder case. Even this far away, Vincent still has a sense of her. But because she is so far away there is nothing that Vincent can do if she does encounter danger. On the flight home Catherine remembers special moments with Vincent.

    Director:Michael Switzer
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 21 - Ceremony of Innocence
    8.6/10(69 votes)

    #16 - Ceremony of Innocence

    S2:E21

    Paracelsus' lie about Vincent's birth brings Vincent to the verge of madness.

    Director:Gus Trikonis
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 16 - Promises of Someday
    8.5/10(97 votes)

    #17 - Promises of Someday

    S1:E16

    Vincent's foster brother, who is also Father's son, Devin, returns to the tunnels after a 20 year absence.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 17 - Down to a Sunless Sea
    8.5/10(96 votes)

    #18 - Down to a Sunless Sea

    S1:E17

    Steven Bass, Catherine's ex-fiancé resurfaces, and is behaving oddly.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 20 - To Reign in Hell
    8.5/10(101 votes)

    #19 - To Reign in Hell

    S1:E20

    Paracelsus kidnaps Catherine, which causes Vincent to begin a quest to rescue her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon

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  20. Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 9 - Brothers
    8.5/10(90 votes)

    #20 - Brothers

    S2:E9

    Devin, rescues a man who has elephant man's syndrome from a cruel circus man. The owner leaves the poor man locked in a cage like an animal. Devin, then brings him below where he knows that he will be safe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 10 - A Gentle Rain
    8.5/10(88 votes)

    #21 - A Gentle Rain

    S2:E10

    Catherine must turn in Kanin. He is a tunnel dweller who is wanted for a past DWI vehicular homecide.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 7 - Nor Iron Bars a Cage
    8.4/10(118 votes)

    #22 - Nor Iron Bars a Cage

    S1:E7

    Vincent is captured and held hostage by two scientists who stick him in a cage. Catherine considers a new job in Providence.

    Directors:Thomas J. Wright, Ron Perlman
    Writers:Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon

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  23. Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 3 - Ashes, Ashes
    8.4/10(131 votes)

    #23 - Ashes, Ashes

    S2:E3

    Dimitri, a Russian sailor unknowingly brings the plague below.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 8 - Labyrinths
    8.4/10(81 votes)

    #24 - Labyrinths

    S2:E8

    Brian, an unhappy young Dungeons and Dragons player, discovers the tunnels.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 11 - The Outsiders
    8.4/10(86 votes)

    #25 - The Outsiders

    S2:E11

    A murderous "family" takes up residence in the tunnels.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Eric Estrin

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Best Episodes Summary

"A Happy Life" is the best rated episode of "Beauty and the Beast". It scored 9.1/10 based on 147 votes. Directed by Victor Lobl and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/8/1988. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Kingdom by the Sea".