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Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 2012 - 2013
Episode 1
Pilot
Thu, Oct 11, 201243 mins
In autumn 2003, 19-year-old Catherine Chandler witnessed her mother, Vanessa, shot and killed by two unknown hit-men who chased Catherine into the nearby woods to kill her too, where she was saved by a mysterious humanoid beast. In present day 2012, Catherine, now a successful New York police detective, is still plagued by memories of that mysterious beast as well as her mother's unsolved murder. "Cat" continues to believe there was a conspiracy behind her mother's killing and refuses to accept the police report being that it was a robbery gone wrong since the two men looked and acted like professional killers. Cat and her detective partner, Tess, are investigating the murder of blonde fashion editor Ashley Webster at a hotel. During the search, she finds fingerprints of deceased doctor Vincent Keller on the corpse. She learns that Keller was only helping Webster, whose death was the result of a previous poisoning. Ashley's husband Alex had been cheating on her; one of his mistresses killed his wife. Cat runs into Vincent as he again saves her during an attack by hired killers in a subway tunnel. Vincent is revealed to be a former medical doctor who enlisted after his two brothers died in the September 11, 2001 attacks. While in Afghanistan, he was part of an experimental unit of soldiers who were subjects in a "super-soldier" program that was terminated. He is the only known survivor following the termination of members of his unit with extreme prejudice. Vincent's DNA was mutated and he developed the ability to transform into a creature very human-like in appearance but with a beastly mind. Vincent's only ally is J.T. Forbes; Vincent's childhood friend and a professor at a university in New York who has been hiding Vincent from the government agents who have been hunting him for the past 10 years. Police medical examiner Evan Marks suspects something behind the mysterious "animal attacks" that seem to follow Catherine around wherever she goes and he becomes determined to get to the bottom of the mystery.
Episode 2
Proceed with Caution
Thu, Oct 18, 201242 mins
Vincent is furious that pushy Cat selfishly keeps searching for her mother's killer, without any regard for others thus being in grave danger from Muirfield. After she 'borrows' a photograph of his late military comrades and puts Muirfield on their track, her precinct computer's hard-drive gets hacked and destroyed. Vince moves out of JT's place so she can't find him at will. Cat examines the fatal fall of a ballerina at the theater. Evan finds it's not suicide and traces of a catfight, but no DNA. First suspects are her missing boyfriend, an apparently passed-over understudy and a mystery stalker, who must be on staff, but some of those tie up. Vince reemerges to save Cat from a Muirfield-hired hit-man.
Episode 3
All In
Thu, Oct 25, 201240 mins
Vincent has moved, just to avoid the insane risk of Cat's surprise visits as she continues to pursue the cold case of her mother's murder. Yet he contacts her, to JT's despair, when he notices NYPD detective Wolansky arrest innocent Bosnian illegal immigrant Iris for the murder of Judge Hanson, who was about to deport her kid sister. Cat's sister Heather decides against moving out, even enjoys intimate nocturnal company, while Cat promises to get out of her way with the obsessive search for her mother's killer. As Vincent feared, it already alerted the genetic manipulation company's henchmen. Still he uses his superpowers to catch the judge's real murderer, lets Cat take the credit and agrees to terms so that Cat could contact him again.
Episode 4
Basic Instinct
Thu, Nov 1, 201242 mins
Vincent greatly enjoys the savior satisfaction of rushing an adolescent knave to hospital just in time to be saved in ER. Yet, given the danger he encounters defending his home turf, he chooses to leave his lair and confront Muirfield. The corporation's man in charge fails to pressure Cat into betraying him for 'safe lockup', although evidence of his experimental details involving Vietnam massacres makes her doubt. Yet Vince proves to remain her best ally, even after transforming. Meanwhile, Evan painstakingly prepares his lab to pass an inspector's muster.
Episode 5
Saturn Returns
Thu, Nov 8, 201242 mins
Vincent prevents a young man being shot during an armed shop robbery, but there was a security camera, so the tape must be dealt with lest his beast be exposed. Vincent insists Cat must enjoy a birthday party thrown for her by friends, as part of the social life he misses dearly. Peeking from outside, Vince sees Evan steal a kiss. Meanwhile, Cat and Tess investigate the disappearance of a woman who may be in a witness relocation program and on the run from a killer, which causes Cat to see similarities between her growing relationship with Vincent. Cat invites Vincent to a home dinner, with perhaps an intimate night, but the image haunts him too badly.
Episode 6
Worth
Thu, Nov 15, 201241 mins
Vincent has blacked out and awakens on top of the Brooklyn Bridge after failing to act on Cat's private invitation. They speculate about the causes and the wisdom of forgetting about a relationship. She insists that handsome gentleman Evan is just a good friend and perfect colleague, no romantic competition. Buddy J.T. Forbes realizes that even his own dating attempts may spell danger for Vincent and himself.
Episode 7
Out of Control
Thu, Nov 29, 201242 mins
Waking up near the site of a campus murder, Vince fears he turned into a ripper and tells Cat to keep her distance while JT investigates. However, the killing fits a serial pattern over many years. Evan is working as an intern from the victim's college and gets abducted into the subway. Only Vince can find and free him, hoping he won't be identified.
Episode 8
Trapped
Thu, Dec 6, 201242 mins
Fearing emotions for Cat trigger his episodes, Vince lets JT lock him up in a cage and keep a tranquilizer gun handy while testing an endorphins-based potential cure. Actually it boosts his strength enough to break out of the cage and his memory, notably of Vanessa Chandler being on the Muirfuild team that injected his team in Afghanistan. The police duo must babysit cocky adolescent rap star Jake Riley, whose manager Chris Miller Always shielded him for death threats, yielding many suspects, but doesn't tell the cops everything either. Told about her mother, Cath goes snoop at home and learns her father knew she kept grim secrets, and still has her files in the garage. To produce the cure, JT must use Evan's equipment while he returns to his subway abduction site.
Episode 9
Bridesmaid Up!
Thu, Dec 13, 201242 mins
Vincent is eager to leave his cage, despite JT's doubts of the serum's reliability. After alerting the police through Cath that he smelled blood and lethal panic, putting him on the trail of the murder of an actually married client of a dating firm manager whose credibility hangs on her investment broker husband's equally dodgy reputation, Vince even volunteers to accompany Cath to her father's second wedding to a much younger bride. Alas, her lies rendered him and Evan unsuitable, so JT is commandeered in a tuxedo. Evan meanwhile saw to a composite picture of the intruder in his lab, suspecting someone spied on or tampered with his genetic research, which is boosted by blood Cath realizes must by Vince's.
Episode 10
Seeing Red
Thu, Jan 24, 201342 mins
Unable to resume his human form, Vincent had to leave gravely wounded Cath into Evan's capable hands after dragging her out of her crashed car. After a brilliantly improvised surgery saves her life, Vince slips into hospital to visit. He thus discovers that his fiancée before meeting Cath, Alex Salter, is now her nurse and is recognized by her. Evan works out from blood traces that there must be a mutated human around and consults the foremost colleague expert on this genetic research: J.T.
Episode 11
On Thin Ice
Thu, Jan 31, 201342 mins
Vincent takes Alex to the ice skating rink they used to frequent when they were young and Vincent finds the lock on the door is still broken after all this time. Their session is interrupted by a Police officer who asks for their names and Alex volunteers hers but Vincent refuses until he can make a phone call. He calls Cat and she has to lie to cover for him. Along with supplies stolen from the hospital she works at Alex takes Vincent to a shop which hides a volunteer free medical drop-in center and suggests Vincent could return to practicing medicine. Evan contacts JT after he finds a research paper that JT published several years ago about cross-species DNA and tries to dissuade Evan from pursuing this research.
Episode 12
Cold Turkey
Thu, Feb 7, 201342 mins
Alex takes Vincent to her secluded cabin in the woods. JT attempts to convince Evan not to attend a seminar to present findings on cross-species DNA research. Alex's apartment is due to be raided by Cat's department as part of investigation into stolen medical supplies. Cat goes in before raid and removes photos and other evidence that Vincent had ever been there. Muirfield track Vincent to cabin and set a trap which Vincent senses.
Episode 13
Trust No One
Thu, Feb 14, 201341 mins
Cat told Vincent that she wouldn't be second choice after Alex and so on St.Valentine's day Vincent is desperate to win Cat over. JT offers advice on how to woo Cat, (taken from the internet and which he is using for his own girlfriend). Vincent sends Cat cut flowers which she gives to Tess,then chocolates followed by street dancers who surround Cat as he watches her online, none of which impresses Cat. Meanwhile Cat contacts Alex and warns her that she is now on Muirfields radar and they will use her to get to Vincent so she must disappear. Evan is suspicious of girlfriend, Claire, as she was the only one to have opportunity to contaminate his DNA sample in the lab. Heather starts a new job and meets Joe's brother, Darius. The case of a journalist's apparent suicide lands on Tess and Cat's desk and Cat finds a mobile phone at the scene which links to Alex. Vincent rushes to Alex when she calls him for help only to be drugged by her. Cat visits evidence locker and is caught by Tess destroying evidence.
Episode 14
Tough Love
Thu, Feb 21, 201342 mins
After a dinner where Cat introduces Vincent to Heather ends badly, Heather enlists Tess to stage an intervention with Cat. Evan receives an interesting proposition that could change the course of his cross species investigation and at an event to honor Joe, Heather goes missing and Vincent is forced to make a tough decision that saves her life.
Episode 15
Any Means Possible
Thu, Mar 14, 201342 mins
There's a manhunt for the vigilante because the police believe he killed Bishop's brother and nearly killed Catherine's sister. Catherine knows the circumstances of what happened. So she again tries to help Vincent. So she tries to find the witness who knows what happened. A new A.D.A. shows up and questions them about why they're unable to find the vigilante.
Episode 16
Insatiable
Thu, Mar 21, 201340 mins
Cat and Vincent spend the night together. Cat is called to another vigilante crime scene but when she tries to convince Joe this is not the work of the vigilante he ignores her. Muirfield contact Evan, expecting him to sabotage the forensic evidence if necessary to keep the task force from finding the vigilante so they can get to him first. Tess is angry with Joe for sidelining her from field-work and sending her instead to interview the victims of attacks that the vigilante protected. Cat and Vincent rig the lab to blow when the task force arrive but Muirfield get there beforehand and after Vincent and Cat's narrow escape Tess finds Vincent in the subterranean tunnels and shoots him.
Episode 17
Partners in Crime
Thu, Mar 28, 201342 mins
Cat rushes to Vincent's aid, trying to persuade Tess that he is not the danger Tess thinks he is. JT ends the standoff by firing a tranquilizer dart. Cat has to leave Vincent to guard Tess to stop her from revealing his whereabouts and he attempts to convince her not to turn him in for Cat's sake. Cat goes to Tess's apartment to find files that would prove he only killed those committing criminal acts. Vincent lets Tess go, although she remains unconvinced and goes straight to A.D.A. who assigns two cops to go with Tess into the underground tunnels to catch Vincent. Tess realizes they are not following correct police protocols but when she mentions it they shoot her, leaving her to drown. Vincent rescues her. Later Evan goes to Cat's apartment to declare his feelings for her only to see her and Vincent kissing on the fire escape and as he watches Vincent leaps from the 5th storey onto a passing truck and to the ground.
Episode 18
Heart of Darkness
Thu, Apr 18, 201342 mins
Evan, in a misguided effort to protect Cat, gets himself jailed so she will be visiting him while Muirfield hunt for Vincent in the tunnels. Muirfield arrange for Evan to be taken to the same facility where they are now holding Vincent. Meanwhile Cat discovers where Vincent's being held with JT's help, and mounts her rescue plan. Evan overhears Muifields plans for Vincent and realises he has been duped. Cat releases Vincent and Evan apologises for betraying him, but during their escape Evan gets fatally wounded and sacrifices himself in more ways than one.
Episode 19
Playing with Fire
Thu, Apr 25, 201342 mins
Stumbling into the precinct, Paul Davis dies from extensive wounds before he can elaborate why Cat has 'little time left'. ADA Gabe Lowen realizes that 'missing' Evan must have confessed to clear Cat and then confides in her that he was abused as a child guinea-pig by Muirfield, although that doesn't quite win over her trust just yet. Vince, who found a swell new hiding home, traces Davis' blood to where he was fatally wounded, finds his broken phone, then works out with JT and Cat, who remembers the firm name Orchard from Gabe's notes, that he was about to expose Muirfield's new HQ. Going there with Gabe's blessing, Cat starts copying data from an immense servers' park, but realizes that includes a Keller file and decides to sabotage it to prevent Vince being exposed, which only works after he joins her in forceful monster shape.
Episode 20
Anniversary
Thu, May 2, 201342 mins
ADA Gabe Lowen meets Cat at her mother Vanessa's tomb on her murder's anniversary, and discloses his own distant past as abused Muirfield 'rat lab' orphan boy, rescued by her. They team up, but despite him confirming he knew about Evan's intentions, she keeps silent about Vince and covers for him. However, the evil firm is about to brutally spoil a mayoral event in a most gruesome way, just like they did with the Chandler family memorial in the countryside, where Vince comes to the rescue.
Episode 21
Date Night
Thu, May 9, 201342 mins
ADA Gabe Lowen is hiding from the Bustamonte crime family in a Manhattan hotel suite, officially guarded by Joe's team, but really saved by Vince. He confides in Cat that he also transforms into a monster, just like Vince, but without spontaneous normalization, unless he takes medication, but that he recently started building up immunity. So he asks to swap his pills for Vince's DNA in a blood sample, which he believes might enable him to extract a vital ingredient, hoping they may help each other. Vince refuses, although Cat admits she wants a shot at a public relationship, but Gabe tracks JT down and gets his way. While Vince and Cat enjoy a normal day, JT finds the medication is far too toxic for regular use, and Gabe learns of an even more daunting drawback.
Episode 22
Never Turn Back
Thu, May 16, 201340 mins
JT found that Vince's generation can cease transforming permanently within a viable period, so fatal long medication isn't required, and he starts dreaming of a regular life with Cat, who even selects a quiet country town. Gabe however finds his medication no longer efficient, so his last hope is harvesting genetic material from Vince, who agreed but JT finds out the required quantity would be lethal. Desperate to survive, Lowen kidnaps Cat as leverage. Gabe refuses an exchange for his lover and research assistant Tyler, who conferred with JT before escaping, only to be eliminated by ruthless FBI Special Agent Reynolds, who also captures Vince during his assault on Lowen's ex-Muirfield castle-like hideout to rescue Cat, whose childhood memories were triggered inside.
