‘Beauty and the Beast’ season 2, episode 19 preview: ‘Cold Case,’ and Gabe’s next move

On Monday night’s new episode of “Beauty and the Beast,” we had the opportunity to witness many things … including a pretty shocking character transformation. How did Gabe become the bad guy again? He somehow went in the blink of an eye from a humble and helpful guy to someone out to destroy everything that Cat and Vincent have.

As a matter of fact, the preview video below makes him out to be some sort of mustache-twirling villain bent on trying to destroy the two of them, even Cat, in a completely devastating fashion.

In addition to the video, the synopsis from The CW features the return of Cat’s sister, and also some more trouble for both Cat and Tess on the force:

“Cat’s (Kristin Kreuk) sister Heather (guest star Nicole Gale Anderson) drops by for a surprise visit at the worst possible time, just as Gabe (Sendhil Ramamurthy) suspends Cat and Tess (Nina Lisandrello) from the squad in an effort to force Vincent (Jay Ryan) out of hiding.”

When we first read this, we were obviously hoping that it meant that maybe Gabe was pulling some sort of double-agent act to help all parties involved. However, we now know this to be completely untrue.

Also, a quick ratings update: The show slid down this week to a 0.3 in the 18-49 demographic, which is close to what it was averaging during most of the season. Granted, there is not at least any real reason to worry about the immediate future now, but that is something to think about down the road when you combine this with the numbers for the third season.

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