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The Best Episodes of Beauty and the Beast Season 2

Every episode of Beauty and the Beast Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Beauty and the Beast Season 2!

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, noble man-beast, and Catherine, a savvy Assistant District Attorney in New York; and a secret Utopian community of social outcasts living in a subterranean sanctuary. Through an empathetic bond, Vincent senses Catherine's emotions, and becomes her guardian.

Genres:DramaCrime
Network:CBS

Season 2 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Beauty and the Beast" season 2 is "Chamber Music", rated 8.3/10 from 88 user votes. It was directed by Victor Lobl and written by N/A. "Chamber Music" aired on 11/18/1988 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Remember Love".

  • Chamber Music
    8.3/10 88 votes

    #1 - Chamber Music

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 11/18/1988

    While walking above one night Vincent spots an ex-tunnel dweller, named Rolly. Catherine and Vincent try to help him. Rolly is also a piano prodigy or at least he used to be. Now he's a junkie. Catherine and Vincent attend a concert in the park from below. In the middle of the concert a rainstorm begins. Vincent tries to cover Catherine with his cape but she pushes it off and allow herself to get soaked. Vincent watches in amusement. After Catherine is soaking wet she crawls back over to Vincent and collapses laughingly into his lap.

    Director: Victor Lobl

    Writer: N/A

  • Remember Love
    8.3/10 76 votes

    #2 - Remember Love

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 11/25/1988

    Unable to visit Connecticut with Catherine, Vincent has visions of what life would have been like without him.

    Director: Victor Lobl

    Writer: N/A

  • Ashes, Ashes
    8.9/10 119 votes

    #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

  • Dead of Winter
    8.5/10 78 votes

    #4 - 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

  • God Bless the Child
    8.2/10 84 votes

    #5 - God Bless the Child

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 12/16/1988

    Catherine volunteers on a teen help line. While working she recieves a call from a young girl who is pregnant and living on the street. After meeting her Catherine talks to Vincent about her staying in the tunnels. Vincent talks to father and they agree to meet this woman. She moves into the tunnels as she awaits the birth of her child. The community tries to hide Vincent from her. She hears many stories of him, but because of his appearance they sheild her from him. When she goes to get water one day she runs into Vincent. Quickly he pulls up his hood to sheild his face. She pulls the hood off and begins to talk to him. She is not afraid at all. While they are talking she goes into labor. Vincent carries her to her chamber and alerts Mary and Father. After she has her daughter she sees Vincent more and more. She begins to fall in love with him. Vincent does not want to be cruel to her but he tells her that his heart belongs to Catherine. She runs away and leaves the baby. Vincent goes

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sticks and Stones
    8.3/10 77 votes

    #6 - Sticks and Stones

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 1/6/1989

    Laura, a deaf ex-tunnel dweller, falls in with a deaf street gang.

    Director: Bruce Malmuth

    Writer: Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon

  • A Fair and Perfect Knight
    8.9/10 79 votes

    #7 - 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

  • Labyrinths
    8.4/10 72 votes

    #8 - 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

  • Brothers
    8.4/10 82 votes

    #9 - 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

  • A Gentle Rain
    8.3/10 80 votes

    #10 - 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

  • The Outsiders
    8.4/10 79 votes

    #11 - 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

  • Orphans
    8.9/10 87 votes

    #12 - 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: Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon

  • Arabesque
    8.3/10 78 votes

    #13 - Arabesque

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 3/13/1989

    Ballerina, Lisa's return to the tunnels opens up old wounds for Vincent.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • When the Bluebird Sings
    8.8/10 82 votes

    #14 - 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

  • The Watcher
    8.9/10 76 votes

    #15 - 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

  • A Distant Shore
    8.6/10 78 votes

    #16 - 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

  • Trial
    8.1/10 72 votes

    #17 - Trial

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 4/21/1989

    Catherine prosecutes a case of fatal child abuse. The wife won't testify against her husband.

    Director: Victor Lobl

    Writer: N/A

  • A Kingdom by the Sea
    8.8/10 74 votes

    #18 - 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

  • The Hollow Men
    8.2/10 66 votes

    #19 - The Hollow Men

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 5/5/1989

    Rich kids kill young prostitutes for fun.

    Director: Victor Lobl

    Writer: N/A

  • What Rough Beast
    8.9/10 79 votes

    #20 - 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

  • Ceremony of Innocence
    8.5/10 63 votes

    #21 - 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

  • The Rest is Silence
    9.0/10 86 votes

    #22 - 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