The WORST episodes of Beauty and the Beast

Every episode of Beauty and the Beast ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Beauty and the Beast!

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.

Last Updated: 10/1/2025Network: CBSStatus: Ended
Legacies
star
6.55
11 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.

Snow
star
6.92
13 votes

#2 - 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.

Directors: Gus Trikonis
Chamber Music
star
7.00
13 votes

#3 - Chamber Music

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/18/1988

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.

The Reckoning
star
7.08
12 votes

#4 - 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.

Though Lovers Be Lost (2)
star
7.13
8 votes

#5 - 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

The Chimes at Midnight
star
7.18
11 votes

#6 - 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.

Directors: Ron Perlman
A Happy Life
star
7.25
12 votes

#7 - A Happy Life

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/8/1988

Catherine's pain about her fragmented life almost causes her to end her relationship with Vincent.

Directors: Victor Lobl
Writer: Ron Koslow
Beast Within
star
7.26
23 votes

#8 - Beast Within

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/1987

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

Directors: Paul Lynch
China Moon
star
7.35
17 votes

#9 - China Moon

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/15/1988

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

Siege
star
7.42
31 votes

#10 - 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.

Directors: Paul Lynch
Dark Spirit
star
7.42
19 votes

#11 - 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.

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
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Everything is Everything
star
7.45
11 votes

#12 - Everything is Everything

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/4/1988

After faking that Catherine hit him young Tony Ramos winds up living with Catherine. She tries to help him by talking to Vincent. Vincent tries to help as well. But it is Tony who winds up trying to reverse unjust banishment of his family before a Gypsy court.

Directors: Victor Lobl
To Reign in Hell
star
7.46
13 votes

#13 - To Reign in Hell

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/18/1988

Paracelsus kidnaps Catherine, which causes Vincent to begin a quest to rescue her.

Fever
star
7.46
13 votes

#14 - 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.

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
Labyrinths
star
7.46
13 votes

#15 - Labyrinths

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/20/1989

Brian, an unhappy young Dungeons and Dragons player, discovers the tunnels.

The Outsiders
star
7.47
15 votes

#16 - The Outsiders

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/24/1989

A murderous "family" takes up residence in the tunnels.

No Way Down
star
7.52
21 votes

#17 - 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.

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
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A Children's Story
star
7.53
19 votes

#18 - A Children's Story

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/1987

Vincent alerts Catherine to possible wrong-doing at a well-known, renowned orphanage. Her investigation leads to the discovery of a child-selling scheme operated by the orphanage's owner and a thief who uses the children to steal for him. Catherine rescues a brother and sister (Eric and Ellie) and takes them to live in the tunnel world.

Writer: Ron Koslow
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Trial
star
7.54
13 votes

#19 - 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.

Directors: Victor Lobl
Song of Orpheus
star
7.55
22 votes

#20 - 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.

Directors: Peter Medak
Promises of Someday
star
7.56
18 votes

#21 - Promises of Someday

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/12/1988

Vincent's foster brother, who is also Father's son, Devin, returns to the tunnels after a 20 year absence.

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
Sticks and Stones
star
7.56
16 votes

#22 - Sticks and Stones

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/6/1989

Laura, a deaf ex-tunnel dweller, falls in with a deaf street gang.

Directors: Bruce Malmuth
Arabesque
star
7.57
14 votes

#23 - Arabesque

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/13/1989

Ballerina, Lisa's return to the tunnels opens up old wounds for Vincent.

Though Lovers Be Lost (1)
star
7.58
12 votes

#24 - Though Lovers Be Lost (1)

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/12/1989

Catherine finds out while visiting Joe in the hospital that she is pregnant. As she heads to her car in the parking garage she is kidnapped. Due to Vincent's recent illness he can not sense where she is. He knows nothing of the child that she carries. The kidnappers lock her in a cell. They want only the child. They think that if they take the baby they will get Vincent to emerge and that is exactly what they want. They continue to hold Catherine captive as Vincent frantically searches for her. It seems completely hopeless without his sense of her. Yet he vows to find her no matter the cost.

Directors: Victor Lobl
Ozymandias
star
7.58
12 votes

#25 - Ozymandias

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/1/1988

Construction of the Birch tower is causing many problems in the tunnels. To help the problems stop Catherine agrees to marry Elliot Birch. This should halt the construction of his tower and also leave the tunnels as a safe place once again.