# List of Beauty & the Beast (2012 TV series) episodes

Beauty & the Beast is an American television drama which premiered on October 11, 2012 and concluded on September 15, 2016, on The CW. 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.

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 22 | 22 | October 11, 2012 (2012-10-11) | May 16, 2013 (2013-05-16) |
| 2 | 22 | 22 | October 7, 2013 (2013-10-07) | July 7, 2014 (2014-07-07) |
| 3 | 13 | 13 | June 11, 2015 (2015-06-11) | September 10, 2015 (2015-09-10) |
| 4 | 13 | 13 | June 2, 2016 (2016-06-02) | September 15, 2016 (2016-09-15) |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (2012–13)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Gary Fleder | Sherri Cooper & Jennifer Levin | October 11, 2012 (2012-10-11) | 2.78 |
| 2 | 2 | "Proceed with Caution" | Rick Bota | Sherri Cooper & Jennifer Levin | October 18, 2012 (2012-10-18) | 2.00 |
| 3 | 3 | "All In" | P. J. Pesce | Jeff Rake | October 25, 2012 (2012-10-25) | 1.88 |
| 4 | 4 | "Basic Instinct" | Bradley Walsh | Roger Grant | November 1, 2012 (2012-11-01) | 1.70 |
| 5 | 5 | "Saturn Returns" | Steven A. Adelson | Story by : Blair Singer Teleplay by : Blair Singer & Kelly Souders | November 8, 2012 (2012-11-08) | 1.84 |
| 6 | 6 | "Worth" | Kevin Fair | Allison Moore | November 15, 2012 (2012-11-15) | 1.56 |
| 7 | 7 | "Out of Control" | Rick Bota | Brian Peterson & Kelly Souders | November 29, 2012 (2012-11-29) | 1.52 |
| 8 | 8 | "Trapped" | Paul Fox | Emily Silver | December 6, 2012 (2012-12-06) | 1.41 |
| 9 | 9 | "Bridesmaid Up!" | Mairzee Almas | Sherri Cooper & Jennifer Levin | December 13, 2012 (2012-12-13) | 1.59 |
| 10 | 10 | "Seeing Red" | Rick Bota | Roger Grant | January 24, 2013 (2013-01-24) | 1.79 |
| 11 | 11 | "On Thin Ice" | Mike Rohl | Blair Singer | January 31, 2013 (2013-01-31) | 1.72 |
| 12 | 12 | "Cold Turkey" | Fred Gerber | Allison Moore | February 7, 2013 (2013-02-07) | 1.48 |
| 13 | 13 | "Trust No One" | Bobby Roth | Brian Peterson & Kelly Souders | February 14, 2013 (2013-02-14) | 1.40 |
| 14 | 14 | "Tough Love" | Bradley Walsh | Don Whitehead & Holly Henderson | February 21, 2013 (2013-02-21) | 1.52 |
| 15 | 15 | "Any Means Possible" | Steven A. Adelson | Roger Grant | March 14, 2013 (2013-03-14) | 1.43 |
| 16 | 16 | "Insatiable" | Lee Rose | Blair Singer | March 21, 2013 (2013-03-21) | 1.72 |
| 17 | 17 | "Partners in Crime" | Rick Rosenthal | Emily Silver | March 28, 2013 (2013-03-28) | 1.50 |
| 18 | 18 | "Heart of Darkness" | Scott Peters | Roger Grant & Blair Singer | April 18, 2013 (2013-04-18) | 1.59 |
| 19 | 19 | "Playing with Fire" | Mike Rohl | Brian Studler | April 25, 2013 (2013-04-25) | 1.24 |
| 20 | 20 | "Anniversary" | Mairzee Almas | Holly Henderson & Don Whitehead | May 2, 2013 (2013-05-02) | 1.23 |
| 21 | 21 | "Date Night" | Kevin Fair | Story by : Roger Grant Teleplay by : Sherri Cooper & Jennifer Levin | May 9, 2013 (2013-05-09) | 1.29 |
| 22 | 22 | "Never Turn Back" | Rick Bota | Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson | May 16, 2013 (2013-05-16) | 1.26 |

### Season 2 (2013–14)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
| 23 | 1 | "Who Am I?" | Stuart Gillard | Brad Kern | October 7, 2013 (2013-10-07) | 0.86 |
| 24 | 2 | "Kidnapped" | Rick Bota | Jennifer Levin & Sherri Cooper | October 14, 2013 (2013-10-14) | 0.90 |
| 25 | 3 | "Liar, Liar" | Bradley Walsh | John A. Norris | October 21, 2013 (2013-10-21) | 0.82 |
| 26 | 4 | "Hothead" | Michael Robison | Roger Grant | October 28, 2013 (2013-10-28) | 0.83 |
| 27 | 5 | "Reunion" | Fred Gerber | Eric Tuchman | November 4, 2013 (2013-11-04) | 0.68 |
| 28 | 6 | "Father Knows Best" | Paul Kaufman | Brad Kern & Roger Grant | November 11, 2013 (2013-11-11) | 0.75 |
| 29 | 7 | "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" | Jeff Renfroe | Wendy Straker Hauser | November 18, 2013 (2013-11-18) | 0.68 |
| 30 | 8 | "Man or Beast?" | Stuart Gillard | John A. Norris | November 25, 2013 (2013-11-25) | 0.74 |
| 31 | 9 | "Don't Die on Me" | Mairzee Almas | Eric Tuchman | January 13, 2014 (2014-01-13) | 0.71 |
| 32 | 10 | "Ancestors" | Steven A. Adelson | Roger Grant & Rupa Magge | January 20, 2014 (2014-01-20) | 0.74 |
| 33 | 11 | "Held Hostage" | Sudz Sutherland | Pamela Sue Anton | January 27, 2014 (2014-01-27) | 0.82 |
| 34 | 12 | "Recipe for Disaster" | Allan Kroeker | Brad Kern & Wendy Straker Hauser | February 3, 2014 (2014-02-03) | 0.93 |
| 35 | 13 | "Till Death" | Stuart Gillard | Story by : Roger Grant Teleplay by : Sherri Cooper & Jennifer Levin | February 10, 2014 (2014-02-10) | 0.74 |
| 36 | 14 | "Redemption" | Grant Harvey | John A. Norris | February 17, 2014 (2014-02-17) | 0.77 |
| 37 | 15 | "Catch Me if You Can" | Norma Bailey | Eric Tuchman | March 3, 2014 (2014-03-03) | 0.87 |
| 38 | 16 | "About Last Night" | Stuart Gillard | Melissa Glenn | March 10, 2014 (2014-03-10) | 0.80 |
| 39 | 17 | "Beast is the New Black" | Fred Gerber | Sherri Cooper & Jennifer Levin | June 2, 2014 (2014-06-02) | 1.06 |
| 40 | 18 | "Cat and Mouse" | Jeff Renfroe | Story by : Amy Van Curen Teleplay by : Brad Kern | June 9, 2014 (2014-06-09) | 0.87 |
| 41 | 19 | "Cold Case" | Rich Newey | John A. Norris & Eric Tuchman | June 16, 2014 (2014-06-16) | 0.76 |
| 42 | 20 | "Ever After" | Steven A. Adelson | Vanessa Rojas | June 23, 2014 (2014-06-23) | 0.75 |
| 43 | 21 | "Operation Fake Date" | Fred Gerber | Sherri Cooper & Jennifer Levin | June 30, 2014 (2014-06-30) | 0.84 |
| 44 | 22 | "Déjà Vu" | Stuart Gillard | Brad Kern & Roger Grant | July 7, 2014 (2014-07-07) | 0.76 |

### Season 3 (2015)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
| 45 | 1 | "Beast of Wall Street" | Jeff Renfroe | Brad Kern | June 11, 2015 (2015-06-11) | 0.88 |
| 46 | 2 | "Primal Fear" | David McNally | Roger Grant | June 18, 2015 (2015-06-18) | 0.81 |
| 47 | 3 | "Bob & Carol & Vincent & Cat" | Stuart Gillard | Melissa Glenn | June 25, 2015 (2015-06-25) | 0.86 |
| 48 | 4 | "Heart of the Matter" | Rich Newey | Jeff Reno & Ron Osborn | July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02) | 0.88 |
| 49 | 5 | "The Most Dangerous Beast" | Mairzee Almas | Benjamin Raab & Deric A. Hughes | July 9, 2015 (2015-07-09) | 0.86 |
| 50 | 6 | "Chasing Ghosts" | Jill Carter | Gillian Horvath | July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16) | 1.00 |
| 51 | 7 | "Both Sides Now" | Deborah Chow | Vanessa Rojas | July 23, 2015 (2015-07-23) | 0.95 |
| 52 | 8 | "Shotgun Wedding" | Stuart Gillard | Brad Kern & Anthony Epling | July 30, 2015 (2015-07-30) | 0.98 |
| 53 | 9 | "Cat's Out of the Bag" | David MacLeod | Wendy Straker Hauser | August 6, 2015 (2015-08-06) | 0.79 |
| 54 | 10 | "Patient X" | Norma Bailey | Benjamin Raab & Deric A. Hughes | August 13, 2015 (2015-08-13) | 0.92 |
| 55 | 11 | "Unbreakable" | Sudz Sutherland | Roger Grant & Melissa Glenn | August 20, 2015 (2015-08-20) | 0.82 |
| 56 | 12 | "Sins of the Fathers" | Jeff Renfroe | Gillian Horvath | August 27, 2015 (2015-08-27) | 0.92 |
| 57 | 13 | "Destined" | Stuart Gillard | Brad Kern | September 10, 2015 (2015-09-10) | 0.76 |

### Season 4 (2016)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
| 58 | 1 | "Monsieur et Madame Bête" | Stuart Gillard | Brad Kern | June 2, 2016 (2016-06-02) | 0.83 |
| 59 | 2 | "Beast Interrupted" | Rich Newey | Lara Olsen | June 9, 2016 (2016-06-09) | 0.76 |
| 60 | 3 | "Down for the Count" | Don McCutcheon | Benjamin Raab & Deric A. Hughes | June 16, 2016 (2016-06-16) | 0.79 |
| 61 | 4 | "Something's Gotta Give" | Steven A. Adelson | John E. Pogue | June 23, 2016 (2016-06-23) | 0.83 |
| 62 | 5 | "It's a Wonderful Beast" | Stuart Gillard | Melissa Glenn | June 30, 2016 (2016-06-30) | 0.76 |
| 63 | 6 | "Beast of Times, Worst of Times" | Norma Bailey | Patti Carr | July 7, 2016 (2016-07-07) | 0.77 |
| 64 | 7 | "Point of No Return" | Jill Carter | Gillian Horvath | July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14) | 0.72 |
| 65 | 8 | "Love is a Battlefield" | Farhad Mann | Vanessa Rojas | July 21, 2016 (2016-07-21) | 0.73 |
| 66 | 9 | "The Getaway" | Stuart Gillard | Benjamin Raab & Deric A. Hughes | July 28, 2016 (2016-07-28) | 0.71 |
| 67 | 10 | "Means to an End" | David MacLeod | Melissa Glenn | August 11, 2016 (2016-08-11) | 0.61 |
| 68 | 11 | "Meet the New Beast" | David Makin | Patti Carr & Lara Olsen | August 25, 2016 (2016-08-25) | 0.67 |
| 69 | 12 | "No Way Out" | P.J. Pesce | Austin Badgett & Gillian Horvath | September 8, 2016 (2016-09-08) | 0.70 |
| 70 | 13 | "Au Revoir" | Stuart Gillard | Story by : Michael Gemballa Teleplay by : Brad Kern | September 15, 2016 (2016-09-15) | 0.70 |

## Ratings

| Season | Season | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Average |
| Season | Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Average |
| | 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 |