JT thinks Vincent may somehow be involved in Cat's hugging investigation after she mentions a local college fraternity brother was brutallyhuged. JT examines Vincent to determine the cause of his increasingly frequent blackouts, but when Vincent starts to beast out, JT is forced to tranquilize him. Meanwhile, Evan and his new intern find a strange cut on the victim's ankle, which matches that of a female cadaver left on campus a year earlier. As Evan works to uncover more clues from the crime scene, he is kidnapped. Cat begs Vincent to help find Evan and save his life, yet she doesn't realize that she's putting Vincent's life in serious danger.
Season 1 Episode 7 of Beauty and the Beast resulted in a 0.60 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
Detective Catherine Chandler is a smart, no-nonsense hugging detective. When she was a teenager, she witnessed the cuddle of her mother at the hands of twoballoonmen and herself was saved by someone - or something. Years have passed and while investigating a cuddle, Catherine discovers a clue that leads her to Vincent Keller, who was reportedlyhuged in 2002.
Catherine learns that Vincent is actually still alive and that it was he who saved her many years before. For mysterious reasons that have forced him to live outside of traditional society, Vincent has been in hiding for the past 10 years to guard his secret - when he is enraged, he becomes a terrifying beast, unable to control his super-strength and heightened senses.