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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 Worst Episode
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    Beauty and the Beast Season 3 Episode 10 - In the Forests of the Night
    6.6/10(68 votes)

    #1 - In the Forests of the Night

    S3:E10

    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:Unknown

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  2. Beauty and the Beast Season 3 Episode 11 - The Reckoning
    6.9/10(78 votes)

    #2 - The Reckoning

    S3:E11

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #3 - 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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  4. Beauty and the Beast Season 3 Episode 6 - Beggar's Comet
    7.3/10(69 votes)

    #4 - Beggar's Comet

    S3:E6

    Elliot Birch betrays Vincent ... and dies?

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #5 - 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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  6. Beauty and the Beast Season 3 Episode 4 - Nevermore
    7.4/10(68 votes)

    #6 - Nevermore

    S3:E4

    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:Unknown

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  7. Beauty and the Beast Season 3 Episode 9 - Invictus
    7.4/10(73 votes)

    #7 - Invictus

    S3:E9

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #8 - 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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  9. Beauty and the Beast Season 3 Episode 3 - Walk Slowly
    7.5/10(59 votes)

    #9 - Walk Slowly

    S3:E3

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Beauty and the Beast Season 3 Episode 7 - A Time to Heal
    7.5/10(66 votes)

    #10 - A Time to Heal

    S3:E7

    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
    Writers:Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon

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  11. Beauty and the Beast Season 3 Episode 5 - Snow
    7.6/10(74 votes)

    #11 - Snow

    S3:E5

    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:Unknown

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

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

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

    #14 - 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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  15. Beauty and the Beast Season 3 Episode 2 - Though Lovers Be Lost (2)
    8.0/10(70 votes)

    #15 - Though Lovers Be Lost (2)

    S3:E2

    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
    Writers:Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon

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  16. Beauty and the Beast Season 3 Episode 12 - Legacies
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Legacies

    S3:E12

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #17 - 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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  18. Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 5 - God Bless the Child
    8.1/10(90 votes)

    #18 - God Bless the Child

    S2:E5

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 17 - Trial
    8.1/10(79 votes)

    #19 - Trial

    S2:E17

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

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:Unknown

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

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

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

    #22 - 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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  23. Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 19 - The Hollow Men
    8.2/10(75 votes)

    #23 - The Hollow Men

    S2:E19

    Rich kids kill young prostitutes for fun.

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 13 - China Moon
    8.3/10(108 votes)

    #24 - 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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  25. Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 1 - Chamber Music
    8.3/10(95 votes)

    #25 - Chamber Music

    S2:E1

    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:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"In the Forests of the Night" is the worst rated episode of "Beauty and the Beast". It scored 6.6/10 based on 68 votes. Directed by Victor Lobl and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/21/1990. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Reckoning".