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About BEAUTY and the BEAST & Episode Guides

About BEAUTY and the BEAST & Episode Guides

Beauty and the Beast - Above, Below and Beyond
"Once Upon A Time..."


Beauty and the Beast Aired From September 25, 1987 - August 04, 1990 On CBS



About the Show:
Beauty and the Beast is a story that tells just how powerful love is. The show takes place in New York. Catherine Chandler is a wealthy woman who thinks that her life has no meaning beyond anything superficial. She longs for something more.

Vincent is from a different world. He lives below the city in tunnels that have been forgotten. He must stay hidden because of his appearance. Though his appearance is different he has the heart of a man. He and Catherine share a bond that is stronger than friendship or love.

Somehow they want to make their love work. Neither one of them knows how, but they are determined and refuse to give up. After all love is stronger than anything else.

Main Cast and Characters:

Cast

Characters

Linda HamiltonCatherine Chandler
Ron PerlmanVincent
Jay AcovoneJoe Maxwell
Roy DotriceFather (Jacob Wells)
Edward AlbertElliot Burch


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Season 1 Episode Guide




1 - Once Upon a Time in the City of New York
The series begins when Catherine Chandler becomes a victim of mistaken identity and is viciously attacked and left for dead in Central Park. A shadowy figure named Vincent rescues her and takes her to a mysterious Tunnel World that exists below the city streets of New York City to recuperate. During this time, Catherine develops a strong bond with Vincent and later she discovers that Vincent is half man/half beast. Later, Catherine's new job with the District Attorney puts her life in peril and somehow Vincent is able to sense when she is in danger.
Aired: 9/25/1987

2 - Terrible Savior
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 begins to suspect that perhaps Vincent is the slasher. This lack of trust begins to strain their relationship. Meanwhile, the real culprit, begins to get uncomfortable when Catherine begins to investigate him.
Aired: 10/2/1987

3 - Siege
While attending a party, Catherine catches the eye of megabucks developer, Elliot Birch who begins to wine and dine her. Vincent realizes that Catherine has met a man and must deal with the fact that she's beginning to fall in love. Meanwhile, elderly people are being threatened out of their homes and Vincent and Catherine begin an investigation.
Aired: 10/9/1987

4 - No Way Down
When Catherine and Vincent get caught in the middle of a gang war, Vincent is blinded during an explosion and becomes separated from Catherine. When he awakens he discovers he has become a captive of a street gang that is holding him hostage. Later, he escapes and must find his way back to the tunnels despite the fact that he can't see.
Aired: 10/16/1987

5 - Masques
On Halloween night, the only night that he is safe above ground, Vincent goes above to attend a fancy gala honoring an Irish writer named Brigit O' Donnell. Meanwhile, Catherine attends the same party unaware that danger lurks behind masks as Brigit has become the target for a kidnapping.
Aired: 10/30/1987

6 - Beast Within
Mitch Denton, a man who grew up in the tunnels and was a childhood friend of Vincent, returns to New York and becomes the center of an ongoing investigation that Catherine is working on. This leads to a near fatal confrontation, when Mitch shoots Catherine.
Aired: 11/6/1987

7 - Nor Iron Bars a Cage
Catherine is offered a prestigious job in Rhode Island but has a hard time accepting it as it would mean leaving New York and Vincent. Meanwhile, two scientists seeking prestige, drug and capture Vincent and hold him hostage in a cage for scientific experiments.
Aired: 11/13/1987

8 - Song of Orpheus
Father's past is revealed when he goes above for the first time in over thirty years to see a friend. When he arrives at his destination, he stumbles upon a murder and is quickly arrested and charged with murder. Vincent summons Catherine's help as they unravel Father's mysterious past.
Aired: 11/20/1987

9 - Dark Spirit
A suspicious death that Catherine is investigating leads her to the world of the occult and voodoo. Later, the man suspected of the murder also turns up dead. Meanwhile, Catherine seeks help from a professor who has secretly put a voodoo curse on her. After a series of frightful bizarre incidents, Catherine's worst fears begin to get the best of her.
Aired: 11/27/1987

10 - A Children's Story
When one of the children of the Tunnel World, Kipper witnesses a bizarre kidnapping of a young boy, he goes to Vincent who has Catherine investigate a foster home that is secretly selling children to the highest bidder.
Aired: 12/4/1987

11 - An Impossible Silence
When Laura, a deaf tunnel dweller, witnesses a murder she must decide whether or not to come forward and exonerate the man who has been wrongfully arrested for the murder. When she finally chooses to testify she soon finds herself at the mercy of the murderer, despite Catherine's efforts.
Aired: 12/18/1987

12 - Shades of Grey
Mouse, one of the tunnel dwellers receives the silent treatment after admitting to stealing from above. However, when Vincent and Father become trapped in a cave-in, the other tunnel dwellers debate whether or not to turn to him for help. Meanwhile, Catherine's romantic past with Elliot Birch leads her to seek help from him.
Aired: 1/8/1988

13 - China Moon
Chinatown is the setting of a "Romeo and Juliet" like story of a woman, who is friends with Vincent, and has fallen in love with one man but through an arranged marriage has become engaged to the grandson of a very powerful man, who intends to invade the tunnels with an army.
Aired: 1/15/1988

14 - The Alchemist
Paracelsus, a former friend of Father's who has been exiled, has been selling a deadly hallucinatory drug in the world above. Meanwhile, Catherine has volunteered to go undercover on this ongoing drug investigation and turns to Vincent for help. Father and Vincent soon must decide how to handle Paracelsus.
Aired: 1/22/1988

15 - Temptation
A conflict of interest arises when Joe becomes involved with a woman who works for a firm that the D.A.'s office has under investigation. Meanwhile, Vincent takes a trip to a lower cavern to retrieve a gift for Catherine in honor of their one year anniversary of when they first met.
Aired: 2/5/1988

16 - Promises of Someday
Catherine gets a new co-worker at the D.A.'s office and soon discovers that he has a connection to the Tunnel World. It seems that he is Father's long lost son and childhood friend of Vincent's, who has returned to New York after a 20 year absence.
Aired: 2/12/1988

17 - Down to a Sunless Sea
Catherine's ex-fiance, Steven Bass, resurfaces and becomes friendly with Catherine again and appears to have ulterior motives. As, she allows him back into her life despite their rocky past, Vincent begins having dreams of disaster connected to Catherine and her rekindled relationship.
Aired: 2/19/1988

18 - Fever
While exploring a secluded section of the tunnels, Mouse uncovers a treasure ship that had sunk centuries prior. This quickly throws the Tunnel dwellers in an uproar as greedy Cullen demands his fair share. Meanwhile, Mouse's gift to Catherine of a golden necklace, catches the eye of an unscrupulous antiques dealer.
Aired: 2/26/1988

19 - Everything is Everything
A Gypsy boy, Tony Ramos, cons Catherine and runs off with her purse. Later, she has another run-in with Tony, when he shows up at her doorstep, singing a sad story about how he is trying to reverse unjust banishment of his family before a Gypsy court. She soon realizes his story is true and turns to Vincent for help.
Aired: 3/4/1988

20 - To Reign in Hell
Catherine receives an unexpected visitor on her balcony, a visitor who hardly turns out to be Vincent but a servant of Paracelsus who sets into motion a plan to lure Vincent to a lower section of tunnels in order to kill him and then proceed to overthrow Father and take over the Tunnel World.
Aired: 3/18/1988

21 - Ozymandias
Elliot Burch's dream of building the Burch Tower is beginning to become a reality for him, however, it has turned into a nightmare for those living below as the construction threatens the discovery of the Tunnel World. Meanwhile, Elliot makes a bold move and proposes marriage to Catherine.
Aired: 4/1/1988

22 - A Happy Life
The anniversary of her mother's death leads Catherine into a deep depression which brings to the surface all of the pain that she endures for not being able to share her life with Vincent. This leads Vincent to make a painful decision, to end his relationship with Catherine.
Aired: 4/8/1988

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Season 2 Episode Guide



1 - Chamber Music
While walking above one night, Vincent spots an ex-tunnel dweller named Rolley, who grew up in the tunnels and was known for being a piano prodigy but has since abandoned the tunnels and has become a drug addict. Vincent calls on Catherine to assist him in helping Rolley and tries to get him to come back to his friends down below but his guilt over the death of his piano teacher may not allow him to return.
Aired: 11/18/1988

2 - Remember Love
Catherine longs for Vincent to escort her to a secret hidden place that she had as a child in Connecticut. Vincent soon realizes that there is too much danger if he were to venture above. Angry and distraught, he begins having visions of an angel who takes him on a journey of what life would have been like if he had never existed.
Aired: 11/25/1988

3 - Ashes, Ashes
Vincent rescues a Russian sailor name Dimitri, from drowning and brings him to the tunnels below to recuperate. However, little does anyone know, Dimitri is carrying the pneumonic plague which soon becomes an epidemic amongst the residents of the tunnels and begins taking lives.
Aired: 12/2/1988

4 - Dead of Winter
Vincent invites Catherine to Winterfest which is a grand celebration to those who live below and their helpers who live above. As everyone prepares for the celebration, Paracelsus prepares in seclusion to crash the event and hopes to get the ultimate revenge for being exiled so long ago.
Aired: 12/9/1988

5 - God Bless the Child
While working at a help hotline, Catherine encounters a prostitute who is pregnant and has no one to turn to for help. Catherine meets her and brings her to the tunnels where she gives birth to a baby girl. However, her stay in the tunnel world may become complicated when she falls in love with Vincent who does not know how to respond to her advances.
Aired: 12/16/1988

6 - Sticks and Stones
Catherine has been working to put the leader of a deaf street gang behind bars. She is stunned to learn that Laura, an ex-tunnel dweller has fallen in with the gang and has fallen in love with a fellow gang member, who just happens to be an undercover cop working with Catherine.
Aired: 1/6/1989

7 - A Fair and Perfect Knight
Father and Vincent are proud of Michael, a young man who grew up in the tunnel world who is leaving to attend college above. Michael moves in with Catherine temporarily until he gets settled in on campus and in the meantime he slowly begins to fall in love with her. Vincent soon must deal with jealousy issues of not only being able to go to college but of the blossoming love that Michael feels for Catherine.
Aired: 1/13/1989

8 - Labyrinths
Brian is an unhappy young man whose parents are going through a divorce. He is also a avid player of Dungeons and Dragons and one evening spies upon Catherine and follows her to the basement and sees her enter into the tunnels and follows her down. Soon the Father, Vincent and the rest of the tunnel dwellers must decide just what to do with Brian.
Aired: 1/20/1989

9 - Brothers
Devin, who had been working with a carnival, returns to the tunnels with a guest, a man named Charles, who suffers from elephant man's syndrome who had been imprisoned by his brother as part of the carnival sideshow. Devin brings him below where he knows that he will be safe and Charles soon befriends Vincent but must face the reality that the tunnels may not be where he belongs.
Aired: 2/3/1989

10 - A Gentle Rain
Kanin has been living in the tunnels for the past 16 years and is now happily married to Olivia and they have a son together. However, Kanin's past slowly comes to the surface when a file crosses Catherine's desk and she must debate whether or not to turn him on DWI vehicular homicide charges.
Aired: 2/17/1989

11 - The Outsiders
The tunnels becomes a place of danger when a murderous "family" appears and quickly makes a move to take over by beginning to murder other tunnel dwellers. This prompts Vincent to face his inner beast and he must come to terms with the fact that he will most likely have to kill some of the outsiders when worse comes to worse.
Aired: 2/24/1989

12 - Orphans
Catherine gets bad news when she learns that her father has had a stroke. As he lingers near death she reveals to him her secret about Vincent. Later, after his death, Catherine falls into a deep depression and decides once and for all to leave her life above and move below to be with Vincent.
Aired: 3/6/1989

13 - Arabesque
A world renowned ballerina and ex-tunnel dweller, named Lisa Campbell has come to New York for a series of performances. She quickly makes contact with Vincent which opens old wounds, as she was his first love and his insecurities about himself slowly come to the surface. Meanwhile, Catherine begins investigating Lisa's past which quickly puts her in great danger.
Aired: 3/13/1989

14 - When the Bluebird Sings
While shopping in a bookstore, Catherine has a strange encounter with a man who begins following her around New York. When she confronts him, she learns he is an artist named Kristopher Gentian. However, when strange things begin to happen, both Vincent and Catherine begin to wonder if the man is really an artist or a ghost.
Aired: 3/31/1989

15 - The Watcher
Catherine and Vincent's second anniversary celebration is interrupted by an anonymous caller who lets her know that he's watching her and whats more he has seen Vincent. Not wanting to get the police involved, Catherine soon finds herself at the mercy of her own fear when she realizes "The Watcher" has been in her apartment.
Aired: 4/7/1989

16 - A Distant Shore
Catherine must travel to Los Angeles to gather information and interview a woman who may be involved in a murder case. Reluctant to leave Vincent, Catherine finally decides to go which puts their bond to the test. As Catherine becomes involved in the case in L.A. she soon runs into danger and Vincent is powerless to help her in New York.
Aired: 4/14/1989

17 - Trial
Catherine and Joe have been working on a case involving a high power Wall Street celebrity whose child abuse turned deadly which resulted in the death of his son. Catherine is named the prosecutor in the case and she soon must deal with the challenge of trying to get the child's mother to testify against her husband.
Aired: 4/21/1989

18 - A Kingdom by the Sea
Elliot Burch has returned to New York and finds that his life his in danger. It seems a death squad has followed him to New York due to dirty dealings that he was involved in Central America. He soon gets Catherine involved who puts her own life on the line to help him.
Aired: 4/28/1989

19 - The Hollow Men
Two rich kids have been targeting and murdering prostitutes for fun. Late one night, Vincent witnesses their latest murder and is unable to stop them. Catherine soon puts together a case against them but has a hard time putting them away. Meanwhile, Vincent has set on his own to put an end to their madness.
Aired: 5/5/1989

20 - What Rough Beast
Catherine is attacked in the park by two men disguised as policemen. Naturally, Vincent comes to her rescue but it soon becomes apparent that this event was a setup to get Vincent out in the open and has all been orchestrated by a shadowy figure who has hired an investigative reporter to uncover the existence of Vincent.
Aired: 5/12/1989

21 - Ceremony of Innocence
Following the death of investigative reporter, Bernie Spirko, Elliot Burch and Catherine set out to find the man who hired and killed Spirko. Little do either of them know that the man they are seeking is Paracelsus and he has set into motion the next stage of his diabolical plan. He lies to Vincent about his birth which brings Vincent to the verge of madness.
Aired: 5/19/1989

22 - The Rest is Silence ...
Following the ordeal with Paracelcus, Vincent moves forward toward a stress-aggravated mental collapse. Vincent continues to come to terms with the beast in himself and finds himself losing control of his thoughts. He finally decides to go into seclusion into a deep chamber far back through the catacombs where madness takes over his mind. Meanwhile, Catherine, Father and the rest of tunnel dwellers try to find some way to help Vincent.
Aired: 5/26/1989

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Season 3 Episode Guide




1 - Though Lovers Be Lost (1)
Catherine reaches Vincent in the catacomb and rescues Vincent from his madness. However, as Vincent begins to recover, he realizes he has lost his bond with Catherine and is unable to sense when she is in danger. Meanwhile, a deadly explosion lands Joe in the hospital where Catherine discovers that she is pregnant and debates how to tell Vincent, but as Catherine begins investigating the explosion it leads to her being kidnapped by a powerful crime syndicate led by a shadowy figure.
Aired: 12/12/1989

2 - Though Lovers Be Lost (2)
Vincent, Joe and Elliot Burch all continue to search for Catherine who is still being held captive as her baby grows inside her. As the delivery comes closer, Vincent begins sensing the child's existence which lures him to the skyscraper where Catherine is being held. However, Vincent may just be too late as the evil Gabriel has plans for Catherine's child.
Aired: 12/12/1989

3 - Walk Slowly
Following Catherine's death on the rooftop, Vincent takes her back to her apartment and leaves her on her bed. Later, as Vincent is grieving, Joe begins an investigation into Catherine's murder, hiring a private detective Diana Bennett, who encounters Elliot Burch and also members of the Tunnel World at Catherine's funeral. Meanwhile, Vincent's past demons re-surface as well as memories of Catherine who soon begins to search for his son.
Aired: 12/13/1989

4 - Nevermore
Vincent has begun his quest to find his son and makes his first move by revealing himself to Elliot. Meanwhile, Diana has become immersed into Catherine's life and soon discovers the entrance into the Tunnel World in the basement of Catherine's apartment building and Elliot discovers the role Moreno played in Catherine's death which leads to a confrontation resulting in Vincent being shot.
Aired: 12/20/1989

5 - Snow
Recovering from gunshot wounds, Vincent begins to have nightmares about a bad snowstorm reaching the tunnels. Meanwhile, Gabriel hires an assassin named Snow to find and kill Vincent. With Moreno dead, Joe has taken over as district attorney and asks Diana to continue her investigation into Catherine's death. Unknown to anyone, Snow enters the tunnels and Diana also gains entry and begins her search for some answers.
Aired: 12/27/1989

6 - Beggar's Comet
Not wanting to put the Tunnel World in further danger, Vincent decides to leave the tunnels and with the death of Snow, Gabriel plots for Vincent's demise. Meanwhile, Elliot is on the verge of financial ruin and Gabriel promises him he will restore his empire if Elliot were to betray Vincent. Diana reveals what she has found to Joe and later she stakes out Catherine's grave where she encounters Vincent who is in critical condition following an explosion on the docks that may have cost Elliot his life.
Aired: 1/3/1990

7 - A Time to Heal
In the aftermath of the boat explosion that most likely killed Elliot, Diana is shocked when she encounters a wounded Vincent who collapses on Catherine's grave. She takes him back to her apartment where she nurses him back to health and they soon connect, with Vincent telling her about Gabriel. Meanwhile, Father comes above fearing Vincent has died in the explosion and seeks information from Joe.
Aired: 1/10/1990

8 - Chimes at Midnight
After Vincent entrusts Snow's ring to Diana, she quickly discovers Gabriel's henchman have targeted her and soon kidnap her and take her to Gabriel. Meanwhile, Vincent's son has fallen ill and Gabriel convinces Diana to have Vincent surrender to him. Feeling that his son is slowly dying, Vincent surrenders and Gabriel quickly has him locked in a cage but allows him to meet his son for the first time.
Aired: 1/17/1990

9 - Invictus
With Vincent caged, Gabriel allows him to see his infant son who suddenly begins to make a miraculous recovery. Meanwhile, Diana is pursued once again by Gabriel's henchman but she manages to contact Joe with a lead that ultimately leads them to Gabriel's home in Staten Island. However, they may just be too late, as Gabriel has decided to kill the baby.
Aired: 1/24/1990

10 - In the Forests of the Night
Rolley is shot while trying to rob a liquor store and takes refuge in the tunnels. This brings his heroin addiction to the forefront and Vincent vows to do his best to help Rolley which leads to a fiery encounter at a drug house that unknown to Vincent is run by Gabriel. Diana offers Vincent a hand in his quest to find his son while Joe orders Diana to tell him all the information she knows about Vincent.
Aired: 7/21/1990

11 - The Reckoning (1)
In the aftermath of Gabriel's death, Vincent introduces Diana to the tunnel world where she attends a naming ceremony for Vincent's son, whom he names Jacob after Father. At the ceremony, Father receives a visit from Jessica, an old flame from his past and they rekindle old feelings for each other which makes Father consider staying above permanently. Meanwhile, Diana begins investigating the bizarre murders of ex-tunnel dwellers.
Aired: 7/28/1990

12 - Legacies (2)
After he learns that ex-tunnel dwellers have been murdered, Father returns to the tunnels only to have a run in with Gregory who is seeking revenge for his father's death who died in a cave-in 20 years prior. Meanwhile, Diana investigates the murders and seeks to catch Gregory before he can kill again.
Aired: 8/4/1990

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