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The Best Episodes of Beauty and the Beast Season 1

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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
    Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 1 - Once Upon a Time in the City of New York
    8.0/10(269 votes)

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

    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.

    Director:Richard Franklin
    Writer:Ron Koslow

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  2. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 2 - Terrible Savior
    7.4/10(163 votes)

    #2 - Terrible Savior

    S1:E2

    A subway slasher that kills with claws and leaves the victims looking as if they were mauled by a bear is on the prowl. When Catherine finds out about the case she starts to suspect Vincent, as she remembers how he rescued her from the attackers in the safe house.

    Director:Alan Cooke
    Writer:George R. R. Martin

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  3. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 3 - Siege
    7.5/10(145 votes)

    #3 - Siege

    S1:E3

    Catherine falls for megabucks developer, Elliot Birch. Elderly people are being thrown out of their homes.

    Director:Paul Lynch
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 4 - No Way Down
    7.3/10(132 votes)

    #4 - No Way Down

    S1:E4

    Vincent is blinded after an explosion and must escape a street gang that is holding him hostage. Once he is free he must find his way home.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright
    Writer:James Crocker

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  5. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 5 - Masques
    7.7/10(129 votes)

    #5 - Masques

    S1:E5

    Halloween night Vincent goes above to meet an Irish writer named Brigit O' Donnell. Halloween is the only night that Vincent is safe above. Catherine is at the same party. Eventually, they wind up spending the evening together as Catherine shows Vincent her world.

    Director:Alan Cooke
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 6 - Beast Within
    8.0/10(110 votes)

    #6 - Beast Within

    S1:E6

    Catherine has a nearly fatal confrontation with an ex-tunnel dweller, named Mitch Denton.

    Director:Paul Lynch
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 7 - Nor Iron Bars a Cage
    8.4/10(117 votes)

    #7 - 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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  8. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 8 - Song of Orpheus
    8.2/10(105 votes)

    #8 - Song of Orpheus

    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.

    Director:Peter Medak
    Writers:Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon

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  9. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 9 - Dark Spirit
    8.2/10(106 votes)

    #9 - Dark Spirit

    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.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 10 - A Children's Story
    8.6/10(112 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(110 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(100 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 13 - China Moon
    8.3/10(108 votes)

    #13 - China Moon

    S1:E13

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 14 - The Alchemist
    8.6/10(105 votes)

    #14 - 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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  15. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 15 - Temptation
    8.2/10(89 votes)

    #15 - Temptation

    S1:E15

    Vincent and Catherine prepare gifts for the celebration of the anniversary of the day they met. Joe is distracted by a beautiful woman named, Erica Salvin.

    Director:Gus Trikonis
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 16 - Promises of Someday
    8.5/10(95 votes)

    #16 - 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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  17. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 17 - Down to a Sunless Sea
    8.5/10(94 votes)

    #17 - 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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  18. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 18 - Fever
    8.1/10(91 votes)

    #18 - Fever

    S1:E18

    While exploring a section of the tunnels Mouse discovers a treasure ship. Cullen's greed brings strife.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright
    Writer:Michael Cassutt

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  19. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 20 - To Reign in Hell
    8.5/10(99 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 1 Episode 21 - Ozymandias
    8.6/10(97 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 22 - A Happy Life
    9.1/10(145 votes)

    #21 - 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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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Once Upon a Time in the City of New York" is the best rated episode of "Beauty and the Beast" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 269 votes. Directed by Richard Franklin and written by Ron Koslow, it aired on 9/25/1987. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Terrible Savior".