Beauty and the Beast-1st Season (1987)

Editor's Note A time-tested fairytale received a modern-day update--and made an unlikely sex symbol of bearish actor Ron Perlman--in the late-1980s television drama BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Created by Ron Koslow (BIRDS OF PREY), the series centered on the love between New York district attorney Catherine Chandler (Linda Hamilton, THE TERMINATOR) and a deformed but chivalric man-beast named Vincent (Perlman, CITY OF LOST CHILDREN), who lived in the city's labyrinthine underground passageways along with an entire community of fellow outcasts. As Catherine's crime-fighting duties frequently placed her in mortal danger, Vincent was there to save her from harm and share a star-crossed love that could never be consummated, providing the series with much of its achingly romantic appeal. Fueled by equal parts mystery, romance, and fantasy, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is resurrected in this collection that presents the series' debut season in its entirety.

	Armin Shimerman
	Edward Albert
	Linda Hamilton
	Ron Perlman
	Don Davis, et. al. - Original Music By
	Drake Silliman - Editor
	Howard Gordon - Producer
	Howard Gordon, et. al. - Writer
	Paul Junger Witt, et. al. - Executive Producer
	Roy H. Wagner, et. al. - Cinematographer
	Thomas J. Wright, et. al. - Director

Ultimate DVD
4 stars out of 5 -- "It's thoughtful, poetic, intelligent, and, while not avoiding the unpleasant side of life, heart-warming." 03/01/2007 p.117

The Aisle Seat 7 of 10
For all 22 first season episodes, the series charts the gradually developing relationship between Hamilton's Catherine and the Beast, named Vincent, which ultimately would come to a tragic end in Season 2 once Hamilton decided she wanted to leave the series...Though the series never really took off in the ratings, "Beauty and the Beast" was in some ways the '80s version of "Star Trek": while the program didn't stay on the air long, what audience it did attract were hard-core, devoted viewers who gobbled up any and all merchandise from the series (including a CD of poetry and Lee Holdridge's lush original score). - Andy Dursin