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The Beast: Season 1
  • Network: A&E
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 15, 2009
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
52 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.8 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 16 Ratings

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  • Summary: Patrick Swayze is a veteran FBI agent training his rookie partner in the art of deep undercover work.
  • Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 25
  3. Negative: 5 out of 25
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Ginia Bellafante
    70
    Patrick Swayze's performance as an ungoverned F.B.I. man in The Beast, a new crime drama beginning on Thursday on A&E, is impressive for its resistance to cliche and remarkable for the mere fact of its execution.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    60
    While it follows the current cable pattern of taking dramas a little further than traditional broadcast shows, The Beast essentially serves up familiar cop fare.
  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    37
    Clearly, the show is aiming for urban grit. But that's hard to achieve when you're constantly distracting us with a ludicrous plot.

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