Beauty and the Beast S2E8 - "Man or Beast?" Recap

Picking up where last week's episode left off, Vincent has found Tori at the penthouse. He tells her he can't step off the pad without the bomb going off and she must turn beast in order to help them both. She beasts out, breaks free from her chains and they leap towards one another as the bomb goes off.

Cat, Gabe, and Tess head to Tori's penthouse following the explosion. There's no sign of Vincent or Tori and Cat does not believe that they are dead, despite what Gabe or Tess have to say. Reynolds' henchman calls to say that both Vincent and Tori are dead but Reynolds doesn't believe him entirely since there are no bodies. The man tells him the bodies were vaporised, having overcorrected following his previous failure.

Cat returns home and finds Vincent there, very much alive. She tearfully hugs him, telling him she thought he was dead. He then shows her Tori who is unconscious on the sofa. Vincent tells Cat that their beast powers were amplified together and they were able to get out. Vincent is determined to go after Reynolds and kill him but Cat tells him can't kill him or he will lose his humanity. She knows Reynolds has done terrible things but she can't have Vincent cross that line. She tells him they will find another way to bring Reynolds down.

Cat and Tess visit Gabe, whose plan is to get Reynolds to incriminate himself by confessing to his crimes. First, they need JT to get Zach's body from the morgue to blackmail Reynolds. Reynolds is planning to head to Geneva the next day and they want to nab him before then. Vincent helps Tori focus on finding and identifying Reynolds' accomplice since she watched him rig the explosives. Reynolds receives an encrypted e-mail saying, "I know where the bodies are."

JT and Tess are at the morgue searching for Zach's body and bicker about text messages and their somewhat stalled love connection. They find Zach's body and then leave. Cat and Gabe visit Reynolds at his office. They tell him someone knows about the beast killings and that Zach's body is missing. Cat cries to play on Reynolds' emotions, saying Zach was one of Vincent's friends and Muirfield experimented on him. They pose the idea that the handler is working with an accomplice and that this accomplice is now blackmailing the handler. Reynolds says the idea makes sense and Cat and Gabe head out.

Tori and Vincent find the accomplice. She kills him and Vincent angrily tells her that they needed him alive. When they deliver the bad news to Cat, she ends up arguing with Tori. Tori would rather kill Reynolds but Vincent has become more sold on the idea of justice. Tori tells Vincent he has made her feel free and wants him to feel the same, suggesting that they take down Reynolds together.

Gabe suggests they text Reynolds using the accomplice's phone. Cat thinks it's too dangerous but Gabe is set on helping them. They send him a text with a message setting up a meet, along with a photo of Zach's body. Reynolds calls Cat and asks her to meet him for coffee. He tells her that he is leaving that night for an assignment and wanted to say goodbye. Reynolds goes to meet Gabe and Cat listens in on the interaction. Gabe pops the trunk and shows Reynolds Zach's body. He tells Gabe he should have killed him when he was a beast and that's all the evidence Cat needs.

Reynolds has Gabe switch cars with him and drives off. Cat takes off in her car and intercepts Reynolds. She arrests him and puts him in the backseat. He tells her he had to kill all the beasts to make amends for helping to make them in the first place. Beast-Vincent then jumps on the hood of the car, causing it to crash. Vincent fights with Reynolds, though it's highly one-sided. Vincent prepares to kill Reynolds and Cat pulls her gun on Vincent, saying she can't let him do this. Vincent says it will never be over as long as Reynolds is alive. Cat tearfully pleads with him to not do this and save their relationship but when Vincent moves to kill Reynolds, Cat non-fatally shoots Vincent.

Cat brings Reynolds in and he is locked up at the police station. He tells her he will confess to everything except beasts, only because he doesn't want anyone coming to her for answers. He hopes that it will end for her. He says it doesn't matter if she doesn't believe him but he did everything he could to protect her. He tells her all he wanted was for her to have a normal life. Cat leaves and breaks down crying and Gabe comforts her. Vincent tends to his gunshot wound and Cat heads home.

Beauty and the Beast airs on Mondays on the CW at 8PM.