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The Best Episodes of Beauty and the Beast

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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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  1. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - A Happy Life

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    S1:E22

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

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    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:N/A
  2. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Once Upon a Time in the City of New York

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    S1:E1

    Catherine Chandler comes from a rich family and works for her father’s law firm. After leaving a party early, she’s mistaken for someone else and is pulled into a van full of thugs. They slash her face and beat her up, then push her out of the van, leaving her for dead. A shadowy figure appears and carries her to secret set of forgotten tunnels below the city.

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  3. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Nor Iron Bars a Cage

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    S1:E7

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

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  4. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Song of Orpheus

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    S1:E8

    Father's past is revealed when he goes above for the first time in over thirty years to see a friend. When he gets to his friends office he finds his friend is dead. Father is then charged with murder.

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  5. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Dark Spirit

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    S1:E9

    An investigation into the mysterious death of a wealthy business man leads Catherine into the world of voodoo. After her apartment is vandalized and she is terrorized, Vincent seeks the aid of Narcissa in an attempt to understand what is happening to Catherine.

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    Writer:N/A
  6. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - A Children's Story

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    S1:E10

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

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    Writer:N/A
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  8. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - An Impossible Silence

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    S1:E11

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

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    Director:N/A
  9. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Shades of Gray

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    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  10. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - China Moon

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    S1:E13

    "Romeo and Juliet" are in Chinatown. An angry Tong invades the tunnels with his army.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  11. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - The Alchemist

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    S1:E14

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

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  12. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Promises of Someday

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    S1:E16

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

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    Writer:N/A
  13. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Down to a Sunless Sea

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    S1:E17

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

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  14. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - To Reign in Hell

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    S1:E20

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

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    Director:N/A
  15. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Ozymandias

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    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.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  16. 9.0/10(88 votes)

    #15 - The Rest is Silence

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    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.

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  17. 8.9/10(121 votes)

    #16 - Ashes, Ashes

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    S2:E3

    Dimitri, a Russian sailor unknowingly brings the plague below.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  18. 8.9/10(80 votes)

    #17 - A Fair and Perfect Knight

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    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.

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    Director:N/A
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  19. 8.9/10(88 votes)

    #18 - Orphans

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    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.

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  20. 8.9/10(77 votes)

    #19 - The Watcher

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    S2:E15

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

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  21. 8.9/10(80 votes)

    #20 - What Rough Beast

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    S2:E20

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

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  22. 8.8/10(84 votes)

    #21 - When the Bluebird Sings

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    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.

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    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:N/A
  23. 8.8/10(75 votes)

    #22 - A Kingdom by the Sea

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    S2:E18

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

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  24. 8.6/10(79 votes)

    #23 - A Distant Shore

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    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.

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  25. 8.5/10(79 votes)

    #24 - Dead of Winter

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    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.

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  26. 8.5/10(64 votes)

    #25 - Ceremony of Innocence

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    S2:E21

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

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    Director:Gus Trikonis
    Writer:N/A

Best Episodes Summary

"A Happy Life" is the best rated episode of "Beauty and the Beast". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Victor Lobl and written by N/A, it aired on 4/8/1988. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Once Upon a Time in the City of New York".