The second season of Beauty & the Beast, an American television series developed by Sherri Cooper-Landsman and Jennifer Levin and very loosely inspired by the 1987 CBS television series of the same name, commenced airing in the United States on October 7, 2013, concluded July 7, 2014, and consisted of 22 episodes.

Beauty & the Beast'''s second season aired in the United States (U.S.) on Mondays at 9:00 pm ET on The CW, a terrestrial television network, where it received an average of 1.24 million viewers per episode.

Premise Catherine Chandler, a law student, witnesses her mother being shot the same night she is saved from her mother's murderers by a supposed beast. Nine years later, and now working as a detective for the NYPD, a case leads her to discover that Vincent Keller, an ex-soldier believed to have been killed in action during military service, is actually alive. As Catherine gets to know him, she starts finding out more about her mother's murder and about who (and what) Vincent really is. At the same time, they get to know one another and eventually fall in love.

Plot Vincent was captured by Muirfield, an underground government organization that has been hunting him, in the previous season finale. Cat, the woman whom he has fallen in love with and who accepts what he has been changed into by Muirfield, will do anything to find him. This season, their love faces more challenges than ever before.

During the season, Vincent and Cat briefly break up with each other, due to Vincent having changed so much because of Muirfield wiping his memory. Cat starts a relationship with Gabe, a previous beast, now turned ally, while Vincent starts to date Tori, a wealthy socialite who has discovered that she is also a Beast. Eventually, after regaining his memories and Tori's death during the season, Vincent realizes that he is still in love with Cat and tries to win her back, but she rejects his advances. However, slowly she starts to realize that she still loves him and they both get back together near the end of the season.

However, Gabe does not take the break up very well and starts to become obsessed with hunting down Vincent, by framing him for murder. He tries to hide his jealousy by claiming Vincent is dangerous, and he is only trying to protect Cat, while at the same time trying to win her back. However, he becomes more dangerous, as he suspends both Cat and Tess from the police force, becomes more ruthless and even goes so far as to kidnapping Cat's sister Heather, who then later learns Vincent's secret. However things become much worse after Gabe becomes a Beast again and starts killing those closest to Cat and Vincent. A final showdown will come between them finally ending the feud once and for all which could possibly end Vincent's life.

Cast

Main Kristin Kreuk as Catherine "Cat" Chandler Jay Ryan as Vincent Keller Austin Basis as J.T. Forbes Nina Lisandrello as Tess Vargas Sendhil Ramamurthy as Gabriel 'Gabe' Lowen Amber Skye Noyes as Tori Windsor

Recurring Ted Whittall as Bob Reynolds Tom Everett Scott as Sam Landon Brennan Brown as Captain Ward Nicole Gale Anderson as Heather Chandler Elisabeth Röhm as Dana Landon Anthony Ruivivar as Agent Henry Knox Mark Taylor as Agent Tucker Annie Ilonzeh as Beth Bowman Riley Smith as The Bombmaker

Notes

Production

On April 26, 2013, Beauty & the Beast was renewed for a second season of 22 episodes. Filming of Beauty & the Beast was split between New York City, NY and Toronto, Ontario, Canada from the second season.Beauty & the Beast (2012 TV series)#Production

Casting Brian White's character, Joe Bishop, was not included in the second season of the series; the storyline was that Bishop lost his job because he focused too much attention on finding the killer of his brother instead of performing his duties. Ted Whittall, having briefly appeared in the final episode of season one where he revealed himself to be Cat's biological father, announced that he would return for season two in the recurring role of Bob Reynolds on July 8, 2013. On September 6, 2013, it was announced that Annie Ilonzeh would be joining the cast of Beauty & the Beast for the show's upcoming second season, playing the role of Beth Bowman, a journalist and an old friend of Catherine Chandler's. On September 10, 2013, it was reported that Amber Skye Noyes had been cast as Tori Windsor, the innocent daughter of a powerful beast who is rescued by Cat and Vincent. On November 12, 2013, Law & Order actress Elisabeth Röhm was cast as Dana Landon, a woman who joins forces with Cat on an investigation into a series of undercover operations. On December 4, 2013, Tom Everett Scott joined the cast of the show, playing the recurring role of Sam Landon, an archaeologist with a short fuse who has been isolated from the outside world for many years.

Episodes

Reception Shirley Li of Entertainment Weekly gave the second season of Beauty & the Beast'' a score of 42 out of 100, where 0 out of 100 is the lowest possible score and 100 is the highest, on Metacritic. Li commented that the "love story-slash-procedural returns with a Cat and, well, Beast chase that's more dull than thrilling". The great romance and love story left the second season and we're left with another boring crime dreams, the show died because of that change.

U.S. Nielsen ratings No. Title Air date Viewers(in millions) 18–49Rating/Share1 Who Am I?October 7, 2013 0.86 0.3/12 Kidnapped October 14, 2013 0.90 0.3/1 3 Liar, Liar October 21, 2013 0.82 0.3/24 Hothead October 28, 2013 0.83 0.3/15 Reunion November 4, 2013 0.68 0.3/16 Father Knows Best November 11, 2013 0.75 0.3/17 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? November 18, 2013 0.68 0.3/18 Man or Beast? November 25, 2013 0.74 0.3/19 Don't Die on Me January 13, 2014 0.71 0.3/110 Ancestors January 20, 2014 0.74 0.3/111 Held Hostage January 27, 2014 0.82 0.3/112 Recipe for Disaster February 3, 2014 0.93 0.4/113 Till Death February 10, 2014 0.74 0.3/114 Redemption February 17, 2014 0.77 0.3/115 Catch Me if You Can March 3, 2014 0.87 0.3/116 About Last Night March 10, 2014 0.80 0.2/117 Beast is the New Black June 2, 2014 1.06 0.4/118 Cat and Mouse June 9, 2014 0.87 0.3/119 Cold Case June 16, 2014 0.76 0.3/120 Ever After June 23, 2014 0.75 0.3/121 Operation Fake Date June 30, 2014 0.84 0.3/122 Déjà Vu July 7, 2014 0.76 0.3/1

DVD release Release dates Ep # Additional informationRegion 1Region 2Region 4May 19, 2015March 9, 2015April, 2015 (Brazil)December 3, 2015 (Australia)22 Features Season in Review: The Beast is Back From Script to Screen: Creating an Episode Set Tour: The Gentleman's Club Deleted Scenes Gag Reel

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