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The Best Episodes of Beauty and the Beast

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

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...
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  • A Happy Life
    9.1/10(138)
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    #1 - A Happy Life

    Season 1 Episode 22

    Aired 4/8/1988

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

    Director: Victor Lobl

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Rest is Silence
    9.0/10(88)
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    #2 - The Rest is Silence

    Season 2 Episode 22

    Aired 6/2/1989

    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

    Writer: David Bennett Carren, J. Larry Carroll

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  • Ashes, Ashes
    8.9/10(121)
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    #3 - Ashes, Ashes

    Season 2 Episode 3

    Aired 12/2/1988

    Dimitri, a Russian sailor unknowingly brings the plague below.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • A Fair and Perfect Knight
    8.9/10(80)
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    #4 - A Fair and Perfect Knight

    Season 2 Episode 7

    Aired 1/13/1989

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Orphans
    8.9/10(88)
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    #5 - Orphans

    Season 2 Episode 12

    Aired 3/6/1989

    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

    Writer: Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa

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  • The Watcher
    8.9/10(77)
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    #6 - The Watcher

    Season 2 Episode 15

    Aired 4/7/1989

    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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  • What Rough Beast
    8.9/10(80)
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    #7 - What Rough Beast

    Season 2 Episode 20

    Aired 5/12/1989

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

    Director: Michael Switzer

    Writer: N/A

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  • When the Bluebird Sings
    8.8/10(84)
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    #8 - When the Bluebird Sings

    Season 2 Episode 14

    Aired 3/31/1989

    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: N/A

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  • A Kingdom by the Sea
    8.8/10(75)
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    #9 - A Kingdom by the Sea

    Season 2 Episode 18

    Aired 4/28/1989

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • A Children's Story
    8.6/10(102)
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    #10 - A Children's Story

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 12/4/1987

    Vincent alerts Catherine to possible wrong-doing at a well-known, renowned orphanage. Her investigation leads to the discovery of a child-selling scheme operated by the orphanage's owner and a thief who uses the children to steal for him. Catherine rescues a brother and sister (Eric and Ellie) and takes them to live in the tunnel world.

    Director: Gabrielle Beaumont

    Writer: N/A

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  • An Impossible Silence
    8.6/10(100)
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    #11 - An Impossible Silence

    Season 1 Episode 11

    Aired 12/18/1987

    Laura, a deaf-mute tunnel dweller, witnesses the murder of a police officer, for which another man is framed. She goes above with Catherine, but is kidnapped by the real murderers, who are also police officers. Cuffed to a pipe in the basement of the murderer's house, Laura taps out an SOS, which is heard by Pascal and Vincent rescues her. She decides to return Above to live.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa

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  • A Distant Shore
    8.6/10(79)
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    #12 - A Distant Shore

    Season 2 Episode 16

    Aired 4/14/1989

    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: N/A

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  • Shades of Gray
    8.5/10(93)
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    #13 - Shades of Gray

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 1/8/1988

    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. When her attempts to contact someone fail, she wanders the tunnels, tripping a trapdoor which sends her tumbling down to Mouse's quarters. He leads her to the others. Mouse can save Vincent and Father, but needs demolition supplies. Catherine goes back to Elliott Burch, who gives them to her, no questions asked. Mouse succeeds; Vincent and Father are freed. Father is much more understanding of Vincent and Catherine's relationship. Catherine tells Vincent she loves him and he watches her as she returns to her world.

    Director: Thomas J. Wright

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Alchemist
    8.5/10(99)
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    #14 - The Alchemist

    Season 1 Episode 14

    Aired 1/22/1988

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

    Director: Thomas J. Wright

    Writer: Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa

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  • Down to a Sunless Sea
    8.5/10(85)
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    #15 - Down to a Sunless Sea

    Season 1 Episode 17

    Aired 2/19/1988

    Steven Bass, Catherine's ex-fiance resurfaces. He has all ready been in a mental institute and is very strange. Vincent has dreams of disaster connected to Catherine. He warns her but she thinks that he is paranoid or jealous. When trouble does come to her Vincent is right there.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • To Reign in Hell
    8.5/10(91)
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    #16 - To Reign in Hell

    Season 1 Episode 20

    Aired 3/18/1988

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa

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  • Ozymandias
    8.5/10(89)
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    #17 - Ozymandias

    Season 1 Episode 21

    Aired 4/1/1988

    Construction of the Birch tower is causing many problems in the tunnels. To help the problems stop Catherine agrees to marry Elliot Birch. This should halt the construction of his tower and also leave the tunnels as a safe place once again.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Dead of Winter
    8.5/10(79)
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    #18 - Dead of Winter

    Season 2 Episode 4

    Aired 12/9/1988

    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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  • Ceremony of Innocence
    8.5/10(64)
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    #19 - Ceremony of Innocence

    Season 2 Episode 21

    Aired 5/19/1989

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

    Director: Gus Trikonis

    Writer: N/A

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  • Promises of Someday
    8.4/10(86)
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    #20 - Promises of Someday

    Season 1 Episode 16

    Aired 2/12/1988

    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: N/A

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  • Labyrinths
    8.4/10(73)
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    #21 - Labyrinths

    Season 2 Episode 8

    Aired 1/20/1989

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Brothers
    8.4/10(83)
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    #22 - Brothers

    Season 2 Episode 9

    Aired 2/3/1989

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • A Gentle Rain
    8.4/10(81)
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    #23 - A Gentle Rain

    Season 2 Episode 10

    Aired 2/17/1989

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Outsiders
    8.4/10(80)
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    #24 - The Outsiders

    Season 2 Episode 11

    Aired 2/24/1989

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Eric Estrin

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  • Nor Iron Bars a Cage
    8.3/10(108)
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    #25 - Nor Iron Bars a Cage

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 11/13/1987

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

    Director: Thomas J. Wright, Ron Perlman

    Writer: Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa

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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 138 votes. Directed by Victor Lobl and written by N/A, it aired on 4/8/1988. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Rest is Silence".