The Beast: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

A&E | Season Premiere Date: January 15, 2009

Starring: Kevin J. O'Connor, Larry Gilliard Jr., Travis Fimmel

Summary: Patrick Swayze is a veteran FBI agent training his rookie partner in the art of deep undercover work.

Creator: Vincent Angell and William Rotko

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E13. No Turning Back
Air Date: April 23, 2009
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S1:E12. Counterfeit
Air Date: April 16, 2009
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S1:E11. My Brother's Keeper
Air Date: April 9, 2009

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Rob Owen

The Beast, named after Barker's reference to his FBI job, seems like a pretty plain cop drama with added "Road House"-style grit until the end of the first hour, when a new wrinkle adds more intrigue. Read full review

Andrew Herrmann

While he could use some better support, Swayze turns in a subtle and strong performance. Read full review

Cynthia Fuchs

It’s this credibility that makes The Beast go. Even when the show trots out cliches (rainy nights, junkie informants and strippers, a pretty blond neighbor/love interest for Ellis [Rose, played by Lindsay Pulsipher]), Charlie is compelling, his many performances jaggedy and surprising, his rhythms weird, his sense of humor entertainingly bleak. Read full review

Ray Richmond

The action often is energetic and intriguing but is sometimes brought down by Fimmel's uneven performance. The rest of the supporting cast acquits itself well, and Swayze manages to bring the words of scribes Vincent Angell and William L. Rotko to menacing life. Read full review

Brian Lowry

The series does feature some solid performers in supporting roles, including Kevin J. O'Connor and "The Wire's" Larry Gilliard Jr., and the close of the second hour offers a modest tug to see where the story arc might be heading. The actual cops-and-robbers stuff, however, remains mundane at best. Read full review

Mary McNamara

Swayze, his face worn craggy by age and his battle with pancreatic cancer, remains a noble figure despite the ridiculousness that surrounds him. With the bearing and the mien of a man who is fighting for the survival of his own humanity, he clearly could have done much more with less. Read full review

Glenn Garvin

The Beast is singularly unimaginative, a collection of set-pieces barely bound together by a narrative thread, substituting attitude for substance and coyness for coherence. Read full review

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 15, 2009
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  S1:E13. No Turning Back
  Air Date: April 23, 2009
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  S1:E12. Counterfeit
  Air Date: April 16, 2009
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  S1:E11. My Brother's Keeper
  Air Date: April 9, 2009
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  S1:E10. Tilt
  Air Date: March 26, 2009
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  S1:E9. The Walk In
  Air Date: March 12, 2009
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  S1:E8. Mercy
  Air Date: March 5, 2009
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  S1:E7. Capone
  Air Date: February 26, 2009
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  S1:E6. Hothead
  Air Date: February 19, 2009
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  S1:E5. Bitsy Big-Boy
  Air Date: February 12, 2009
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  S1:E4. Infected
  Air Date: February 5, 2009
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  S1:E3. Nadia
  Air Date: January 29, 2009
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  S1:E2. Two Choices
  Air Date: January 22, 2009
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  S1:E1. Pilot
  Air Date: January 15, 2009