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The Worst 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, 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

Lowest Rated Episodes Summary

The worst episode of "Beauty and the Beast" is "Legacies", rated N/A/10 from 0 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Legacies" aired on 8/4/1990 and is rated NaN point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "In the Forests of the Night".

  • Legacies
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #1 - Legacies

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 8/4/1990

    The son of a past cave-in victim wants revenge on Father. He tries to bury him alive.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • In the Forests of the Night
    6.6/10 63 votes

    #2 - In the Forests of the Night

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 7/21/1990

    Rolley is shot while trying to rob a liquor store. He then returns below. Vincent destroys Gabriel's drug house. Vincent entrusts Snow's ring to Diana.

    Director: Victor Lobl

    Writer: N/A

  • The Reckoning
    6.8/10 73 votes

    #3 - The Reckoning

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 7/28/1990

    Father recieves a letter from an old flame and goes above to see her. The woman's name was Jessica. Father even considers staying above permanently. Helpers are being killed by strangers.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Nevermore
    7.2/10 63 votes

    #4 - Nevermore

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 12/20/1989

    Elliott goes to Joe's apartment (#751) because Joe's on a leave of absence from work in order to stop him from investigating Catherine's death. Elliott gives Joe the address of the building where Catherine was killed (1900-6th Avneue, tower off of 53rd Street) and warns Joe not to trust Moreno, the current D.A., because Catherine was betrayed by someone working in the D.A.'s office and because Moreno put Joe on a leave of absence and insisted that Joe stop investigating Catherine's death. That night, Joe goes to Moreno's office and accosts him. He also throws the address out at Moreno and gets a reaction! Moreno meets Gabriel and tells him about Joe's accusations. Moreno tells Gabriel that he'll handle Joe and dispose of Elliott Burch himself. Private investigator Cleon Manning (working for Elliott) is killed by Gabriel's hitmen as a warning to back off the case. Elliott has his first meeting with Vincent at the abandoned carousel in Central Park. Diana goes to Catherine's apartment and finds the secret entrance to the 'threshold Below' in the sub-basement of the apartment building. Diana brings the withered rosebush from Catherine's apartment back to her own.

    Director: Victor Lobl

    Writer: N/A

  • Beggar's Comet
    7.2/10 63 votes

    #5 - Beggar's Comet

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 1/3/1990

    Elliot Birch betrays Vincent ... and dies?

    Director: Victor Lobl

    Writer: N/A

  • Terrible Savior
    7.3/10 146 votes

    #6 - Terrible Savior

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/1987

    A slasher that kills with claws and leaves the victims looking as if they were mauled by a bear is on the prowl. He attacks on the subway. Most of his victims are older. 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. She talks to him about it. In a way this upsets him, but he tells her that it is not him. She is relieved when she finds out for sure that it is not him. Especially since the true culprit is a very unexpected source.

    Director: Alan Cooke

    Writer: N/A

  • No Way Down
    7.3/10 119 votes

    #7 - No Way Down

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/1987

    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

  • Walk Slowly
    7.4/10 54 votes

    #8 - Walk Slowly

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 12/13/1989

    Vincent takes Catherine from the rooftop back to her apartment. He lays her on her bed. He stays with her until the morning just watching over her. The D.A. finally finds her body. They begin to investigate not only who killed her but also who brought her back to her apartment. Vincent begins the search for his son.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Snow
    7.4/10 68 votes

    #9 - Snow

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 12/27/1989

    Vincent begins to have nightmares about a bad snowstorm reaching the tunnels. No one wants to listen because the tunnels are too far below ground to be touched by the weather. Vincent continues to worry. Finally he figures out that Gabriel has sent a man to try and kill him. The man's name is Snow. This is what Vincent has seen. Vincent leads Snow into the catacombs to confuse him. Snow fires and with a lucky shot hits Vincent. But the wound is not fatal. Vincent eventually kills Snow. He removes the ring from Snow's finger. Gabriel has a matching ring. He carries his body back to the top of the building where Catherine was killed. As he stands there he holds both arms up in the air and screams the name of Gabriel into the night.

    Director: Gus Trikonis

    Writer: N/A

  • Invictus
    7.4/10 68 votes

    #10 - Invictus

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 1/24/1990

    Vincent breaks free and is barely in time when he burst through the door of the nursery where Gabriel is getting ready to suffocate the baby. Vincent attacks him and would probably have killed him if Diana had not burst in and told him to stop. To keep Gabriel away from Vincent and the baby Diana is forced to shoot him. Vincent then takes the baby and goes below. He names the child Jacob after Father. During the naming ceremony Catherine is shown behind Vincent as if she is his gaurdian angel.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Siege
    7.5/10 132 votes

    #11 - Siege

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/1987

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

    Director: Paul Lynch

    Writer: N/A

  • A Time to Heal
    7.5/10 60 votes

    #12 - A Time to Heal

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 1/10/1990

    Diana notices things in Catherine's apartment that have Vincent's name on them. She begins to realize that Vincent was her lover and probably the father of her child. She then decides to go to where Catherine is buried and wait for Vincent to do the same. One night it works. Vincent is sick and literally falls on top of Catherine's grave. Diana finds him and carries him back to her apartment where she nurses him back to health.

    Director: Gus Trikonis

    Writer: Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon

  • Beast Within
    7.9/10 97 votes

    #13 - Beast Within

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/1987

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

    Director: Paul Lynch

    Writer: N/A

  • Once Upon a Time in the City of New York
    8.0/10 246 votes

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

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/1987

    Catherine Chandler comes from a rich family. She works for her father at his law firm. Her life is full of people that are nothing more than acquaintences. She feels as if everything in her life is superficial. While at yet another party she decides to just leave. As she is walking through the park she is mistaken for someone else and is pulled into a van full of thugs. They slash her face and beat her up, then they push her out of the van and leave her for dead. A shadowy figure appears and carries her to secret set of forgotten tunnels below the city. There he bandages her wounds and helps to nourish her back to health. One day when Catherine is feeling better and has regained her some of her strength she begins to take the bandages off of her face. She walks to the wall and finds something to look into and she sees what the thugs have done to her face for the first time. Then she sees finally who her rescuer was. She screams at his apperance and throws what she was looking in at him

    Director: Richard Franklin

    Writer: N/A

  • Though Lovers Be Lost (2)
    8.0/10 64 votes

    #15 - Though Lovers Be Lost (2)

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 12/12/1989

    As the child grows inside of Catherine, Vincent begins to have strange dreams. He doesn't know what they are at first, but eventually he figures out that they are related to Catherine. He begins to look for her again. Meanwhile Catherine goes into labor. She tries to hide it by not making any noise. Eventually her captors figure it out and tie her down in a chair to deliver the baby. Vincent has entered the building where she is. Now all he has to do is find her. Catherine gives birth to a little boy. She begs to see him as Vincent frantically searches for her. They refuse to let her see the baby. They take the child and escape after they have given her a shot of poison that will kill her. Just as the helicoptor takes off Vincent reaches the roof, but he is too late. He still hasn't found Catherine. Suddenly he turns as he hears her call out to him. He runs to her as she begins to fall. She tells him that there is a child. He seems surprised, but now he knows that he is a father. As sh

    Director: Victor Lobl

    Writer: Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon

  • The Chimes at Midnight
    8.0/10 61 votes

    #16 - The Chimes at Midnight

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 1/17/1990

    Diana flees from Gabriel's goons. Vincent surrenders himself to Gabriel and is locked in a cage. To torment Vincent Gabriel begins to show him footage of when he was trying to find Catherine. When he thinks that Vincent has been tortured enough he changes it to films of Vincent's son. This is the first time that Vincent has ever seen his son.

    Director: Ron Perlman

    Writer: N/A

  • Masques
    8.1/10 114 votes

    #17 - Masques

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/1987

    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: N/A

  • Dark Spirit
    8.1/10 93 votes

    #18 - Dark Spirit

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/1987

    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. When the voodoo priest attempts to sacrifice Catherine, Vincent comes to her rescue, starting a fire when he pushes over the altar table. Mistaking Vincent for his god, the priest walks into the fire and is destroyed.

    Director: Thomas J. Wright

    Writer: N/A

  • Temptation
    8.1/10 80 votes

    #19 - Temptation

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/5/1988

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

    Director: Gus Trikonis

    Writer: N/A

  • Fever
    8.1/10 81 votes

    #20 - Fever

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/26/1988

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

    Director: Thomas J. Wright

    Writer: Michael Cassutt

  • Trial
    8.1/10 72 votes

    #21 - 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

  • Song of Orpheus
    8.2/10 93 votes

    #22 - Song of Orpheus

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/1987

    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

    Writer: Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon

  • China Moon
    8.2/10 99 votes

    #23 - China Moon

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/15/1988

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • God Bless the Child
    8.2/10 84 votes

    #24 - 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

  • The Hollow Men
    8.2/10 66 votes

    #25 - The Hollow Men

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 5/5/1989

    Rich kids kill young prostitutes for fun.

    Director: Victor Lobl

    Writer: N/A