Because nothing ticks off Beauty and the Beast shippers more than some Cat and Gabe action, here is the official synopsis for the next to last episode of BATB Season 2.
The episode is called “Operation Fake Date” and here is how they describe it. It airs June 30.
GABE ATTEMPTS TO WIN BACK CAT — Desperate to start over with Cat (Kristin Kreuk), Gabe (Sendhil Ramamurthy) tries to woo her by taking her on a romantic date. However, she has plans of her own regarding how to save Vincent (Jay Ryan) – while also trying to plan Heather’s (guest star Nicole Gale Anderson) bachelorette party. Nina Lisandrello and Austin Basis also star. Fred Gerber directed the episode written by Sherri Cooper and Jennifer Levin (#221).
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For goodness, Gabe needs to get his head check. It ain’t happening. What’s worrying me is that bit where “Cat to save Vincent”? Hope he is ok?
Well one thing for sure, I will be throwing something at Gabe whilst thoroughly enjoying the episode with our fab four.
Can’t believe only 4 episodes remaining now…..epi17 & 18 were faaaaantastic and I’m sure the remaining 4 will be even better. ..just wish someone would kidnap Gabe. …
Can’t wait.
…tries to woo her by taking her on a romantic date ? What ? Another kidnapping of cat ?
Last season I loved Gabe, even though he was trying to destroy Vincent for his own selfish gains;.But we only had 7 episodes of him and the episodes centered more around VinCat than Gabe. This season, we to date had 18 episodes of in your face Gabe and still we are focusing on Gabe! I love Sendhil as an actor and have enjoyed everything he has been in but enough! Still 221 and it is about Gabe again! What about all of those up int he air questions we want answers to? What about the gem, what about the secret society, what about Cat’s family, what about Vincent’s family? What are they really doing to clear vincent’s name? Last episode they thought he would be exonerated but are they really tryiiing to figure out how Gabe or whomever did it? What about Bob and Vanessa? I am so happy to have VinCat back after this horrendous season but I waited almost 3 months to have Gabe still taking up way too much time! I thought the forced hiatus, the ratings and all the comments would have taught BK something. JT and Tess took a back seat for most of season 2 and it is time for Gabe to climb into the back seat, thought clearly that won’t happen as scenes already filmed. So happy for season 3 but do I trust what we will get in Season 3 after Season 2? Sorry trying to be positive but really????
Okay I waited 3 months for this show to come back. I suffered through season 2. I fought hard for season 3. All for VinCat not for GABE!. I loved Gabe in Season 1, even though he tried to destroy Vincent for his own selfish Gabe but we onlly had 7 episodes of that. This season we have had to date 18 episodes of in your face Gabe-first that he was even alive and then the unbelievable redemption for all those episodes then the unbelievable love interest for Cat and now we are still seeing the story mostly about him! Come on a date? Even a fake one? What about all the answers to all those up in the air questions we have? I am loving Vincat working together but come on-enough of the Gabe show! This is Beauty and the Beast and that is who should be the center not Gabe and what he is doing. Tess and Jt took a back seat all season. It is time to either put Gabe to rest or have him climb in the back seat!
Sorry didn’t mean to repeat myself! Didnt think the first comment went! But you get my drift!
D’accord avec toi sylvia la serie est fantastique meme si vincat etaient separer ils s’aimaient encore .gabe peut toujours essayer catherine ne lui pardonnera pas d’avoir denoncer vincent .je suis accro a cette serie magnifique
I’ve been fed up with Gabe since he replaced Evan. They’ve made Gabe a solid character in every Episode. Even after they killed him, they brought him back to spend quality time with Vincent’s gal. None of this sit well with me. We may get pass this but the scars will remain. We’ll be reminded everytime we watch those Eps. I bitterly wish Gabe would disappear from the show. Tori is a bad memory too but Gabe wont go anywhere. His contract must’ve stated that as long as BATB stays, he stays. Also the contract must’ve stated that Sendhil can enjoy the Beauty perhaps on a trip to Cancun at a luxury resort… What kind of contract is that? How did they allow him to dictate all of this? LOL
It does say ‘Operation FAKE date’. I think after this epsisodde, Gabe will be left in no doubt as to where he stands with Catherine. Although I’m amazed he thinks he can get her back after what she said to him in the last episode. He is seriously deluded and all the signs are that he is losing it and becoming as deranged as he was at the end of Season 1. Lets hope we see the last of him in episode 22. It would be a good way to end the season to see Gabe behind bars, serving jail-time with Daddy Reynolds. They deserve each other.
What happened to him being desperate and unshaven and looking like he was ready to beast out? Guess he is all better for this episode? The Gabe character has outlasted his welcome. Actually he should have been gone after 1.15 not the star of two entire seasons. He must have one heck of a contract to be shoved in our face for this long.
I thought Tori already won the award for the dumbest character ever seen on Babt.It was a tough race because in Season 2 there were so many “good” contenders. I was wrong. There’re other contenders still in the run. After everything VinCat went through because of Gabe – and the next couple of episodes will be even worse , the idea of accepting a romantic date to help Vincent is a joke and make look all of them a bunch of idiots : Gabe for proposing , Catherine for accepting and Vincent for approving . He is a freaking scaring Beast .A BEAST. He killed hordes of crazy , dangerous ,psycho criminals . He doesn’t need a girlfriend who’s spending the last episodes of the season in setting up fake makeout sessions with an ex lover to get rid of such a puppy. Gimme a break .And please can we have a promotional photo with the Beauty & the Beast , instead of the Beauty and the former Beast ?
Sorry, no use trying to whip up any frenzy about Gabe. With or without Cath. We are now totally bored with Gabe and will just FF any scenes with him.
The character is so boring not even the promos, reviews or speculations can work up any interest. This arc is long overdue to be shut down. The uninspired characterization can’t whip up any “frenzy,” which must be wishful thinking on someone’s part. Thankfully they offed the waxy, poorly done Tori character, time to do the same with this one.
I have no problem with Gabe. Every story had to have an antagonist. The bonus of this season is now Cat 100% knows what she wants. Last season, she was caught up in all the emotion and drama sweeping her and Vincent along, but you know there would’ve come a point where she’d have to decide whether she gives everything up or not if they couldn’t get rid of Muirfield etc. so Vincent could take his life back. She was going to have to do all the sacrificing because Vincent had already given up everything, and that isn’t fair in any relationship. It has to be equitable.
So while I didn’t agree with every story decision this season, I’m glad about where we’ve ended up *now*.
Thank You KSITE for always being at the front w/the info on my favorite show. Haven’t always enjoyed the ride but I just can’t get off.
We all know Gabe has to go, I’m just curious to see how they do it. After the slap Cat gave him and what she said, how he thinks she could ever want him again is beyond belief. I don’t know what the writers were thinking but that’s just not real life unless the person is a serious psycho stalker (which he might be), and I hope Vincent is the one to see to him. the long break between epi. 16 & 17 had me crying! I hope they don’t delay the return of season 3. I love my guys/gals and hope the cliffhanger doesn’t leave me frustrated and screaming like season 1.
Happy Beastie, Happy Life. I can’t wait to get Season 2 DVD, that way I can fast forward past all the parts I don’t like and bask in the ones I do.
It seems like we basically came full circle. In My opinion Catherine knew in season 1 she would give up everything for Vincent they didn’t need to re- discover who the each were in Season 2 to become the same people were in season 1. The Who Am I arc miserably failed this season and now instead of finally seeing VibCat centric scenes it’s all about Gabe. Now we are suppose to believe that Cat is going to pretend to go on a date with Gabe! After all Beasties did to save this show and this is what they give us. Every story needs an antagonist and if Gabe would have stayed that way it would be plausible. Now we have gone through 3/4 of. Season with Mr. perfect going to save the day, save Catherine, at one time save Vincent and have Catherine fall in love with him, after destroying everything in Season1. Now he is back to being the antagonist! This show at the end of Season 1 had so much potential to be an excellent drama and love story. Now the 2,0 version is just about a slap in the face to the dedicated Beasties who spend hours voting tweeting sending flowers you name it to keep,this,show on the air. Giving us a season 3 is not enough. We need some respect and some guarantee that we are actually getting back to the essence of the show and that is Vincent and Catherine not GABE. And could we be a bit more creative than naming the episodes a déjà vu of last a year. We kept being told at the beginning of the season this was season 2 not season 1 and the only way they are trying to salvage the mess of season 2 is to replicate the episodes of season 1 in some way? I still love show and actors but homestly this is getting too much! I wWant Vincent Cat, some romantic moments- more that a peck on the lips or a 10 second shower scene and some JT and Tess! I want to laugh at the banter between VinCAT- JT and his one liners ,Tess with her biting sarcasm but loyal to the end, NOT roll y eyes cause it’s Gabr again!
Gabe has never been a realistic antagonist . Evan was. Writers have shoved his dull character in our throats since day 1 and won’t miss any chance to make him the hero of the show in the last episodes , over and over again, like a big black hole sucking most of JT and Tess screening time . As far as Catherine : I’m sorry but I don’t know who’s really she . She was totally out of sync the whole season. She couldn’t be any more annoying and creepy than when she was with Vincent . She couldn’t be
any dumber and pathetic than when she was with Gabe . She had something like 2 minutes of personal journey before heading to Mexico , moving into Gabe’s luxury residence and quickly fell in love with him . Than she crawled back to Vincent , told him “I love you” and was back again to where she was in S1 doing the same old staff . She never moved forward in her life. Meanwhile she got lost in the process .I don’t even know if I still like her . They can squeeze the Gabe/Cat epic love till the last
minute but everytime I see them together is a total turnoff and just remind me how inconsistent her character was. Levin and Cooper are writing the episode :let’s hope it won’t be another Valentine’d day fiasco . Terrible episode .
Look’s like Gabe is still being poopy. Gabe you BIG DUMB POOPY HEAD! Cat choose Vincent. Move on!
It’s hard for Gabe to move on after she spent most of the episodes repeating like a parrot “I’m with you “. She gave him few hopes to believe he can convince her to change her mind again. Why not ? She changed her mind about 100 times .The Beauty mantra is forgive and forget . Despite what happened she forgave Vincent ; she can do the same with Gabe after all she was in love with him too. What’s the difference ?
Rowena, you blame Cat? Why not blame the writers or BK and his vision? The truth of the matter is most of the season has been focused on Vincent’s journey while there was absolutely zero character development for Catherine. I’m sure KK wasn’t happy about Catherine’s storyline since she really didn’t have one. It took a stupid picture to discover who her real dad was which was the lamest reveal of such a big moment in recent memory. Instead of the writers having her be alone as soon as she split up with Vincent, they pushed her into one of the lamest triangles in history with Gabe. I blame the writers who have ruined her character. While Vincent at least had a half decent journey to discovering who he was, they did nothing for Catherine. The awful ratings dictated that the story move along and unfortunately Catherine’s journey was rushed in the process. They spent so much time on the Beast, Catherine was left in the dust and was nothing more than a third party in a silly triangle. I’m still upset that the writers didn’t give the character the justice it deserved. I’m willing to bet Vincat would have been separated until the last 3 or 4 episodes of the season if the ratings were better and the show wasn’t on the verge of cancellation. This season has been terrible except for the last 3 or 4 episodes or so, and I hope with the limited episode count they have for Season 3 BK and company have a better vision for what the show is and learn from their mistakes or it will be more of the same.
Never will be a Gabe lover and I agree with all comments about him having too much screen time this season. If I hear one more lame tirade to Cat about V hurting her or he’s a beast, I will scream! HE NEEDS TO GO! For me, Cat’s character needed the triangle to prove where her heart really belonged. She MADE herself believe that she actually had feelings for Gabe, but IMO it wasn’t love, just like. She never accepted his key to the apartment, never made long-term plans for a future, just kept saying “she was with him”! Well, I’m “with” my boss every day, but that doesn’t mean anything more than I’m in the same building as he is. She will go to Hell and Back for V and I think her character has been amped up to take on the world for her true love. If Fake Date is to learn more information for V’s sake, then go watch the Italian Job. Charlie’s character did the same for the team and in this Ep., Cat has her whole world at stake. KK should be applauded for taking her character’s weakness and ending up a She-Cat with fangs!
The episode is titled Operation Fake Date, so we know Cat only wants information from Gabe, she will always love Vincent from now on. They did say that season 2 would be about them individually and season 3 about them being together. Every love story has problems of some sort, after all true love never runs smooth, if its not Gabe it will be someone or something else. I don’t think the storyline was the reason for the low ratings, I think it was the move to Mondays. No CW show has done well there in a long time , its a tough night, the most competitive of the week. I love the show no matter what, the cast is great and I look forward to every episode. Its foolish to expect Vincat to be romantic all the time , there would be no story then, happy ever after would be the end of the series for sure. Just enjoy.
I agree with the other posters about Gabe. It’s really getting to be tiring to see him taking over the story lines each week. We have waited a long time for #BATB to come back from a long hiatus and fought hard to get the show picked up for season 3. I don’t know why the writers and Brad Kern are still very much focused on Gabe Lowan. He serves no purpose except to be putting the NYPD in a flurry of confusion and activity all to catch or kill Vincent. He’s had Cat suspended and put her sister Heather in grave danger of being killed by Ray Sheckman’s brother, and now when finally he gets nailed by a witness who saw him kill Ray Sheckman, he makes bail and kills that witness. I guess no one at NYPD puts 2 and 2 together knowing that this guy gets killed after Gabe made bail and was free to pay a visit to the witness. It looked to me like Gabe is turning back into a beast and for him to think that he can woo Catherine back is totally nuts. What would ever make him think she would have any feelings for him after all he’s trying to do to “destroy” Vincent. Someone better get smart over in the writing department and either put a bullet in Lowan’s head or put him in jail for all the havoc he wreaked in Season 1 and is still causing big problems. No room for sloppy writing because we the fans who love #BATB want to see it get a full renewal for a Season 3 and picked up again for Season 4. It all rests in the hands of the writers and Brad Kern. Just want to say, please don’t tick off the loyal fans of this show who have worked so hard to keep the series going. Do your best writers and don’t disappoint all the Beasties out there who love VinCat. We don’t need anymore Gabe Lowan – it’s not about him. Let’s get into the gem, Cat’s aunt Rebecca and a little more of Vincent’s family. If the writers can work some magic and listen to the fans, #BATB will be a winner. NO MORE GABE.
I agree with the other posters about Gabe. It’s really getting to be tiring to see him taking over the story lines each week. We have waited a long time for #BATB to come back from a long hiatus and fought hard to get the show picked up for season 3. I don’t know why the writers and Brad Kern are still very much focused on Gabe Lowan. He serves no purpose except to be putting the NYPD in a flurry of confusion and activity all to catch or kill Vincent. He’s had Cat suspended and put her sister Heather in grave danger of being killed by Ray Sheckman’s brother, and now when finally he gets nailed by a witness who saw him kill Ray Sheckman, he makes bail and kills that witness. I guess no one at NYPD puts 2 and 2 together knowing that this guy gets killed after Gabe made bail and was free to pay a visit to the witness. It looked to me like Gabe is turning back into a beast and for him to think that he can woo Catherine back is totally nuts. What would ever make him think she would have any feelings for him after all he’s trying to do to “destroy” Vincent. Someone better get smart over in the writing department and either put a bullet in Lowan’s head or put him in jail for all the havoc he wreaked in Season 1 and is still causing big problems. No room for sloppy writing because we the fans who love #BATB want to see it get a full renewal for a Season 3 and picked up again for Season 4. It all rests in the hands of the writers and Brad Kern. Just want to say, please don’t tick off the loyal fans of this show who have worked so hard to keep the series going. Do your best writers and don’t disappoint all the Beasties out there who love VinCat. We don’t need anymore Gabe Lowan – it’s not about him. Let’s get into the gem, Cat’s aunt Rebecca and a little more of Vincent’s family. If the writers can work some magic and listen to the fans, #BATB will be a winner. NO MORE GABE. We’re sure there are a lot of other villains that can come up in S3.
I agree with almost all the points above, especially the writer’s responsibility in all the blunders of S2. There was way too much screen time wasted on Gabe, and Catherine looked as if she is not ready to commit to Vincent. He is the “ultimate bad guy” and “nothing but trouble” and deep down she seems to be still struggling with this fact, although she knows better than any one else that he is the victim all along. Her parents experimented on him, kidnapped him, erased his memory, controlled him and sent him to kill other beasts, and yet he is still fighting to maintain his humanity. Instead of wasting all that screen time on the Gabe/Cat arc, the two “epic” lovers should have spent more time figuring out the what and how of their relationship. We need more consistency, and give your fans’ intelligence some respect.