List of Beauty & the Beast (2012 TV series) episodes
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Beauty & the Beast is an American television drama which premiered on October 11, 2012 and concluded on September 15, 2016, on The CW.[1] The series was developed by Sherri Cooper-Landsman and Jennifer Levin, and is very loosely inspired by the 1987 CBS television series of the same name.
A total of 70 episodes of Beauty & the Beast aired over the course of four seasons.[2]
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1 (2012–13)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Gary Fleder | Sherri Cooper & Jennifer Levin | October 11, 2012 | 2.78[3] |
| 2 | 2 | "Proceed with Caution" | Rick Bota | Sherri Cooper & Jennifer Levin | October 18, 2012 | 2.00[4] |
| 3 | 3 | "All In" | P. J. Pesce | Jeff Rake | October 25, 2012 | 1.88[5] |
| 4 | 4 | "Basic Instinct" | Bradley Walsh | Roger Grant | November 1, 2012 | 1.70[6] |
| 5 | 5 | "Saturn Returns" | Steven A. Adelson | Story by : Blair Singer Teleplay by : Blair Singer & Kelly Souders | November 8, 2012 | 1.84[7] |
| 6 | 6 | "Worth" | Kevin Fair | Allison Moore | November 15, 2012 | 1.56[8] |
| 7 | 7 | "Out of Control" | Rick Bota | Brian Peterson & Kelly Souders | November 29, 2012 | 1.52[9] |
| 8 | 8 | "Trapped" | Paul Fox | Emily Silver | December 6, 2012 | 1.41[10] |
| 9 | 9 | "Bridesmaid Up!" | Mairzee Almas | Sherri Cooper & Jennifer Levin | December 13, 2012 | 1.59[11] |
| 10 | 10 | "Seeing Red" | Rick Bota | Roger Grant | January 24, 2013 | 1.79[12] |
| 11 | 11 | "On Thin Ice" | Mike Rohl | Blair Singer | January 31, 2013 | 1.72[13] |
| 12 | 12 | "Cold Turkey" | Fred Gerber | Allison Moore | February 7, 2013 | 1.48[14] |
| 13 | 13 | "Trust No One" | Bobby Roth | Brian Peterson & Kelly Souders | February 14, 2013 | 1.40[15] |
| 14 | 14 | "Tough Love" | Bradley Walsh | Don Whitehead & Holly Henderson | February 21, 2013 | 1.52[16] |
| 15 | 15 | "Any Means Possible" | Steven A. Adelson | Roger Grant | March 14, 2013 | 1.43[17] |
| 16 | 16 | "Insatiable" | Lee Rose | Blair Singer | March 21, 2013 | 1.72[18] |
| 17 | 17 | "Partners in Crime" | Rick Rosenthal | Emily Silver | March 28, 2013 | 1.50[19] |
| 18 | 18 | "Heart of Darkness" | Scott Peters | Roger Grant & Blair Singer | April 18, 2013 | 1.59[20] |
| 19 | 19 | "Playing with Fire" | Mike Rohl | Brian Studler | April 25, 2013 | 1.24[21] |
| 20 | 20 | "Anniversary" | Mairzee Almas | Holly Henderson & Don Whitehead | May 2, 2013 | 1.23[22] |
| 21 | 21 | "Date Night" | Kevin Fair | Story by : Roger Grant Teleplay by : Sherri Cooper & Jennifer Levin | May 9, 2013 | 1.29[23] |
| 22 | 22 | "Never Turn Back" | Rick Bota | Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson | May 16, 2013 | 1.26[24] |
Season 2 (2013–14)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 1 | "Who Am I?" | Stuart Gillard | Brad Kern | October 7, 2013 | 0.86[25] |
| 24 | 2 | "Kidnapped" | Rick Bota | Jennifer Levin & Sherri Cooper | October 14, 2013 | 0.90[26] |
| 25 | 3 | "Liar, Liar" | Bradley Walsh | John A. Norris | October 21, 2013 | 0.82[27] |
| 26 | 4 | "Hothead" | Michael Robison | Roger Grant | October 28, 2013 | 0.83[28] |
| 27 | 5 | "Reunion" | Fred Gerber | Eric Tuchman | November 4, 2013 | 0.68[29] |
| 28 | 6 | "Father Knows Best" | Paul Kaufman | Brad Kern & Roger Grant | November 11, 2013 | 0.75[30] |
| 29 | 7 | "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" | Jeff Renfroe | Wendy Straker Hauser | November 18, 2013 | 0.68[31] |
| 30 | 8 | "Man or Beast?" | Stuart Gillard | John A. Norris | November 25, 2013 | 0.74[32] |
| 31 | 9 | "Don't Die on Me" | Mairzee Almas | Eric Tuchman | January 13, 2014 | 0.71[33] |
| 32 | 10 | "Ancestors" | Steven A. Adelson | Roger Grant & Rupa Magge | January 20, 2014 | 0.74[34] |
| 33 | 11 | "Held Hostage" | Sudz Sutherland | Pamela Sue Anton | January 27, 2014 | 0.82[35] |
| 34 | 12 | "Recipe for Disaster" | Allan Kroeker | Brad Kern & Wendy Straker Hauser | February 3, 2014 | 0.93[36] |
| 35 | 13 | "Till Death" | Stuart Gillard | Story by : Roger Grant Teleplay by : Sherri Cooper & Jennifer Levin | February 10, 2014 | 0.74[37] |
| 36 | 14 | "Redemption" | Grant Harvey | John A. Norris | February 17, 2014 | 0.77[38] |
| 37 | 15 | "Catch Me if You Can" | Norma Bailey | Eric Tuchman | March 3, 2014 | 0.87[39] |
| 38 | 16 | "About Last Night" | Stuart Gillard | Melissa Glenn | March 10, 2014 | 0.80[40] |
| 39 | 17 | "Beast is the New Black" | Fred Gerber | Sherri Cooper & Jennifer Levin | June 2, 2014 | 1.06[41] |
| 40 | 18 | "Cat and Mouse" | Jeff Renfroe | Story by : Amy Van Curen Teleplay by : Brad Kern | June 9, 2014 | 0.87[42] |
| 41 | 19 | "Cold Case" | Rich Newey | John A. Norris & Eric Tuchman | June 16, 2014 | 0.76[43] |
| 42 | 20 | "Ever After" | Steven A. Adelson | Vanessa Rojas | June 23, 2014 | 0.75[44] |
| 43 | 21 | "Operation Fake Date" | Fred Gerber | Sherri Cooper & Jennifer Levin | June 30, 2014 | 0.84[45] |
| 44 | 22 | "Déjà Vu" | Stuart Gillard | Brad Kern & Roger Grant | July 7, 2014 | 0.76[46] |
Season 3 (2015)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 1 | "Beast of Wall Street" | Jeff Renfroe | Brad Kern | June 11, 2015 | 0.88[47] |
| 46 | 2 | "Primal Fear" | David McNally | Roger Grant | June 18, 2015 | 0.81[48] |
| 47 | 3 | "Bob & Carol & Vincent & Cat" | Stuart Gillard | Melissa Glenn | June 25, 2015 | 0.86[49] |
| 48 | 4 | "Heart of the Matter" | Rich Newey | Jeff Reno & Ron Osborn | July 2, 2015 | 0.88[50] |
| 49 | 5 | "The Most Dangerous Beast" | Mairzee Almas | Benjamin Raab & Deric A. Hughes | July 9, 2015 | 0.86[51] |
| 50 | 6 | "Chasing Ghosts" | Jill Carter | Gillian Horvath | July 16, 2015 | 1.00[52] |
| 51 | 7 | "Both Sides Now" | Deborah Chow | Vanessa Rojas | July 23, 2015 | 0.95[53] |
| 52 | 8 | "Shotgun Wedding" | Stuart Gillard | Brad Kern & Anthony Epling | July 30, 2015 | 0.98[54] |
| 53 | 9 | "Cat's Out of the Bag" | David MacLeod | Wendy Straker Hauser | August 6, 2015 | 0.79[55] |
| 54 | 10 | "Patient X" | Norma Bailey | Benjamin Raab & Deric A. Hughes | August 13, 2015 | 0.92[56] |
| 55 | 11 | "Unbreakable" | Sudz Sutherland | Roger Grant & Melissa Glenn | August 20, 2015 | 0.82[57] |
| 56 | 12 | "Sins of the Fathers" | Jeff Renfroe | Gillian Horvath | August 27, 2015 | 0.92[58] |
| 57 | 13 | "Destined" | Stuart Gillard | Brad Kern | September 10, 2015 | 0.76[59] |
Season 4 (2016)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | 1 | "Monsieur et Madame Bête" | Stuart Gillard | Brad Kern | June 2, 2016 | 0.83[60] |
| 59 | 2 | "Beast Interrupted" | Rich Newey | Lara Olsen | June 9, 2016 | 0.76[61] |
| 60 | 3 | "Down for the Count" | Don McCutcheon | Benjamin Raab & Deric A. Hughes | June 16, 2016 | 0.79[62] |
| 61 | 4 | "Something's Gotta Give" | Steven A. Adelson | John E. Pogue | June 23, 2016 | 0.83[63] |
| 62 | 5 | "It's a Wonderful Beast" | Stuart Gillard | Melissa Glenn | June 30, 2016 | 0.76[64] |
| 63 | 6 | "Beast of Times, Worst of Times" | Norma Bailey | Patti Carr | July 7, 2016 | 0.77[65] |
| 64 | 7 | "Point of No Return" | Jill Carter | Gillian Horvath | July 14, 2016 | 0.72[66] |
| 65 | 8 | "Love is a Battlefield" | Farhad Mann | Vanessa Rojas | July 21, 2016 | 0.73[67] |
| 66 | 9 | "The Getaway" | Stuart Gillard | Benjamin Raab & Deric A. Hughes | July 28, 2016 | 0.71[68] |
| 67 | 10 | "Means to an End" | David MacLeod | Melissa Glenn | August 11, 2016 | 0.61[69] |
| 68 | 11 | "Meet the New Beast" | David Makin | Patti Carr & Lara Olsen | August 25, 2016 | 0.67[70] |
| 69 | 12 | "No Way Out" | P.J. Pesce | Austin Badgett & Gillian Horvath | September 8, 2016 | 0.70[71] |
| 70 | 13 | "Au Revoir" | Stuart Gillard | Story by : Michael Gemballa Teleplay by : Brad Kern | September 15, 2016 | 0.70[72] |
Ratings
Beauty & the Beast : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)
Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research[73]

| Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |||
| 1 | 2.78 | 2.00 | 1.88 | 1.70 | 1.84 | 1.56 | 1.52 | 1.41 | 1.59 | 1.79 | 1.72 | 1.48 | 1.40 | 1.52 | 1.43 | 1.72 | 1.50 | 1.59 | 1.24 | 1.23 | 1.29 | 1.26 | 1.61 | |
| 2 | 0.86 | 0.90 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.68 | 0.75 | 0.68 | 0.74 | 0.71 | 0.74 | 0.82 | 0.93 | 0.74 | 0.77 | 0.87 | 0.80 | 1.06 | 0.87 | 0.76 | 0.75 | 0.84 | 0.76 | 0.80 | |
| 3 | 0.88 | 0.81 | 0.86 | 0.88 | 0.86 | 1.00 | 0.95 | 0.98 | 0.79 | 0.92 | 0.82 | 0.92 | 0.76 | – | 0.88 | |||||||||
| 4 | 0.83 | 0.76 | 0.79 | 0.83 | 0.76 | 0.77 | 0.72 | 0.73 | 0.71 | 0.61 | 0.67 | 0.70 | 0.70 | – | 0.73 | |||||||||