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The Worst Episodes of Beauty and the Beast

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Savvy Assistant District Attorney Catherine Chandler is saved by a noble, beast-like man named Vincent, who lives in a secret, utopian community beneath New York City. They share a psychic bond, and he protects her

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Beauty and the Beast Season 3 Episode 2 - Though Lovers Be Lost... (2)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Though Lovers Be Lost... (2)

    S3:E2

    As Catherine's pregnancy begins its final phase, Vincent detects his child's presence, which leads him to the dying Catherine—injected with a fatal drug dose—and a skyscraper roof where the crime syndicate's leader Gabriel escapes by helicopter with Vincent's newborn son.

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writers:Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Ron Koslow

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  2. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 1 - Once Upon a Time in the City of New York
    5.0/10(2 votes)

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

    S1:E1

    Street savvy Assistant DA Catherine Chandler hails 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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  3. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 2 - Terrible Savior
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - 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 learns 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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  4. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 3 - Siege
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Siege

    S1:E3

    Vincent helps the residents of an apartment building defend themselves from thugs trying to chase them out so the building can be torn down—unaware the mastermind is Elliot Burch, a megabucks developer courting Catherine.

    Director:Paul Lynch
    Writer:David E. Peckinpah

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  5. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 4 - No Way Down
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - No Way Down

    S1:E4

    Upon being injured in an explosion, a half-blind Vincent is captured by a vicious street gang. Catherine, with the help of her self-defense teacher Isaac, set out to find Vincent.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright
    Writer:James Crocker

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  6. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 5 - Masques
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Masques

    S1:E5

    Able to blend in among 'The World Above' on Halloween, Vincent becomes the guardian of an Irish peace activist targeted for assassination.

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

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

    #7 - Beast Within

    S1:E6

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

    Director:Paul Lynch
    Writer:Andrew Laskos

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  8. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 15 - Temptation
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Temptation

    S1:E15

    Joe spearheads the investigation of a major firm, so the firm's attorney begins using dirty tactics to derail Joe, and Catherine discovers that Joe's new girlfriend is a vital to the conspiracy. Meanwhile, Vincent travels to a deep chamber to find a gift for Catherine, in celebration of the one-year anniversary of their first meeting.

    Director:Gus Trikonis
    Writer:David E. Peckinpah

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  9. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 18 - Fever
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Fever

    S1:E18

    A necklace Mouse gifts Catherine turns out to be made of antique gold, found in a buried ship Mouse discovered by accident deep in 'The World Below'. When he shows Winslow and stone-worker Cullen, it leads to an unheard-of spell of raw greed among their fellow tunnel dwellers, especially when Cullen tries to claim the ship's treasure as his own for sale, until Catherine, Vincent and Father find a surprising resolution.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright
    Writers:Michael Cassutt, Mark Cassutt

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  10. Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 17 - Trial
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Trial

    S2:E17

    Catherine and Joe are on a case involving a high-powered Wall Street celebrity whose child abuse resulted in the death of his son. Catherine is named prosecutor and she soon must deal with the challenge of trying to get the child's mother to testify against her husband.

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 19 - The Hollow Men
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - The Hollow Men

    S2:E19

    Two rich kids have been targeting and murdering prostitutes for fun. Late one night, Vincent witnesses their latest murder but is unable to stop them. Catherine puts together a case against them but has a difficult time putting them away. Meanwhile, Vincent has set on his own to put an end to their crimes.

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Beauty and the Beast Season 3 Episode 4 - Nevermore
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Nevermore

    S3:E4

    Vincent begins his quest to find his captive son and makes his first move by revealing himself to Elliot. Meanwhile, Diana is more immersed in Catherine's life and soon discovers the entrance into the Tunnel World in the basement of Catherine's apartment building. Elliot soon discovers Moreno's role in Catherine's death.

    Director:Victor Lobl
    Writer:P.K. Simonds

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  13. Beauty and the Beast Season 3 Episode 5 - Snow
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Snow

    S3:E5

    Vincent is haunted by dreams of heavily-snowing winter, and no wonder: Gabriel sends an assassin named Snow to eliminate him, leading him to lead Snow away from the "World Below" inhabitants when Snow finds the tunnels. Meanwhile, Joe has become acting district attorney in the wake of Moreno's exposure and murder and is free to continue his own investigation. Snow dies in a cave-in in the deepest tunnel.

    Director:Gus Trikonis
    Writer:George R.R. Martin

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  14. Beauty and the Beast Season 3 Episode 8 - The Chimes at Midnight
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - The Chimes at Midnight

    S3:E8

    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
    Writers:M.M. Shelly Moore, Linda Campanelli

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  15. Beauty and the Beast Season 3 Episode 11 - The Reckoning
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - 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:Kenneth R. Koch
    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:Gus Trikonis
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 7 - Nor Iron Bars a Cage
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Nor Iron Bars a Cage

    S1:E7

    After Vincent is accidentally caught on film. he is captured by two men. One, Dr. Edward Hughes, is a scientist desperate to learn the truth about Vincent. The other, grad student Jonathan Gould, believes Vincent is a freak of nature, and wants to reveal him to the public and become famous. Meanwhile, Catherine considers a new job in Providence.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 8 - Song of Orpheus
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Song of Orpheus

    S1:E8

    When Father ventures to 'The World Above' for the first time in decades, he is arrested for murder. Catherine and Vincent must dive into Father's past—where they learn of his true identity, Jacob Wells, a physician; his blacklisting during the McCarthy era; and, of his long-lost wife—to clear his name and reunite him with his now-dying wife.

    Director:Peter Medak
    Writers:Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon

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  19. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 9 - Dark Spirit
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Dark Spirit

    S1:E9

    While investigating a businessman's mysterious death, Catherine becomes a target for a mysterious voodoo cult, who makes her see and experience terrifying hallucinations. They then turn her against Vincent, making her believe he is responsible for the visions.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright
    Writer:Robin Bernheim Burger

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  20. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 10 - A Children's Story
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - A Children's Story

    S1:E10

    Catherine learns that renowned orphanage Ridley Foster Home holds a dark secret: selling orphaned children to criminals who force them to steal. She saves one such orphan, Eric, and brings him to 'The World Below' where he's welcomed by Father—who promises his missing sister Ellie a similar refuge—while Vincent helps Catherine find Ellie and end the child-selling racket.

    Director:Gabrielle Beaumont
    Writer:B.F. Barnett

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  21. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 11 - An Impossible Silence
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - An Impossible Silence

    S1:E11

    Upon witnessing a shooting, deaf Laura Williams must decide if she should leave the sanctuary of 'The World Below' to free an innocent man. While Catherine is investigating the same case, she is attacked in her apartment by the men behind the murder.

    Director:Christopher Leitch
    Writers:Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon

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  22. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 12 - Shades of Gray
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Shades of Gray

    S1:E12

    'The World Below' shun Mouse for his acts of thievery, until they need him and his mechanical and engineering intelligence to help rescue Father and Vincent following a cave-in. Mouse, in turn, needs Catherine's help, which sends her reluctantly to Burch for specialized construction equipment that may free Father and Vincent in time.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright
    Writers:George R.R. Martin, David E. Peckinpah

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  23. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 13 - China Moon
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - China Moon

    S1:E13

    Chinatown is the setting of a 'Romeo and Juliet'-like story of a woman who is friends with Vincent and who has fallen in love with one man, but—through an arranged marriage—has become engaged to the son of a Triad leader.

    Director:Christopher Leitch
    Writer:Cynthia Benjamin

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  24. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 14 - The Alchemist
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - The Alchemist

    S1:E14

    Catherine believes a deadly new hallucinatory drug on the street is supplied by someone from 'The World Below'. Catherine, Vincent and Father discover Father's former friend Paracelsus—who originally helped him build 'The World Below'—is behind it.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 16 - Promises of Someday
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Promises of Someday

    S1:E16

    New Assistant DA Devin Wells turns out to be Vincent's long-lost childhood friend from 'The World Below'. His vagabond way of life began after a falling-out with Father over his endangering Vincent aboard a park carousel. The uneasy reunion leads to the revelation of one of Father's long-kept secrets, but ends in their reconciliation and with Devin now knowing he has a home to return to.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright
    Writer:George R.R. Martin

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Though Lovers Be Lost... (2)" is the worst rated episode of "Beauty and the Beast". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Victor Lobl and written by Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Ron Koslow, it aired on 12/12/1989. This episode scored 5.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Once Upon a Time in the City of New York".