Ranked 14th in TV Guide's list of the top 25 all-time cult favorites, Beauty and the Beast launched the first of its three seasons on September 25, 1987, on CBS. Putting a modern twist to the "beauty meets beast" fable, the series starred Linda Hamilton as corporate attorney and socialite Catherine Chandler, and Ron Perlman as the mysterious, lion-like creature Vincent. In the series opener "Once Upon a Time in the City of New York," Catherine is abducted by thugs after being mistaken for someone else while she walks through Central Park. After being beaten and having her face slashed, she's left for dead. Emerging from the safety of the tunnels beneath the city, Vincent rescues Catherine and tends her wounds. They discover that they share an empathic -- and eventually romantic -- bond, despite Vincent's initially frightening appearance. Because of this, he remains hidden in the world underneath the city, where he lives with his mentor, "Father" Jacob Wells (Roy Dotrice). Much of the credit for making the series into more than just a monster tale goes to Perlman, who brings Vincent to life despite heavy prosthetic makeup that obscures his actual features. Romantic, well written, and a thinly veiled analogy for acceptance in current society, Beauty and the Beast is both a love story and great dramatic television. Christina Urban, Barnes & Noble

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This set contains DVDs which may be available separately:

• Beauty and the Beast: Once Upon a Time in the City of New York
• Beauty and the Beast: Terrible Savior
• Beauty and the Beast: Siege
• Beauty and the Beast: No Way Down
• Beauty and the Beast: Masques
• Beauty and the Beast: The Beast Within
• Beauty and the Beast: Nor Iron Bars a Cage
• Beauty and the Beast: Song of Orpheus
• Beauty and the Beast: Dark Spirit
• Beauty and the Beast: A Children's Story
• Beauty and the Beast: An Impossible Silence
• Beauty and the Beast: Shades of Grey
• Beauty and the Beast: China Moon
• Beauty and the Beast: The Alchemist
• Beauty and the Beast: Temptation
• Beauty and the Beast: Promises of Someday
• Beauty and the Beast: Down to a Sunless Sea
• Beauty and the Beast: Fever
• Beauty and the Beast: Everything is Everything
• Beauty and the Beast: To Reign in Hell
• Beauty and the Beast: Ozymandias
• Beauty and the Beast: A Happy Life