The Beast (2009 TV series)
| The Beast | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by | Vincent Angell William Rotko |
| Written by | Vincent Angell Mark Goffman Raymond Hartung William Rotko Wendy West |
| Directed by | John Badham Sanford Bookstaver Jeremiah S. Chechik Michael Dinner Ken Girotti Charles Haid Christopher Leitch Christine Moore Lisa Niemi Steve Shill Tom Verica Michael W. Watkins |
| Starring |
Patrick Swayze Travis Fimmel |
| Theme music composer | W. G. Snuffy Walden |
| Composer(s) | W. G. Snuffy Walden A. Patrick Rose |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Vincent Angell Cory Concoff Allan Loeb Steven Pearl John Romano William Rotko |
| Producer(s) | Lynn Raynor |
| Cinematography | Roy H. Wagner |
| Editor(s) | Bill Johnson Rob Seidenglanz Debra Weinfeld |
| Running time | 43 min |
| Production company(s) | Sony Pictures Television |
| Distributor | A&E Television Networks |
| Release | |
| Original network | A&E |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV), 720p (HDTV) |
| Original release | January 15 – April 23, 2009 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Beast is an American crime drama series starring Patrick Swayze and Travis Fimmel. The series, which only ran for one season, debuted on A&E Network. It was Swayze's final acting performance before he died from pancreatic cancer in 2009. Despite receiving largely positive reviews from critics, it garnered only lukewarm viewing figures.
FBI agent Charles Barker applies controversial techniques in his attempts to bring criminals to justice, which often border on illegal and unsettle his uninitiated partner, Ellis Dove. Over the course of the first season, Barker is investigated by fellow FBI agents for alleged misconduct. Dove's loyalty to his partner is challenged when internal affairs agent Ray Beaumont (Larry Gilliard) approaches him to gain information. Shortly thereafter, Dove learns of darker secrets in Barker's past.
Charles Barker (Patrick Swayze) is a veteran FBI agent, and an expert at going undercover, gaining the confidence of criminals and setting them up for a long hard fall in prison. As skilled an actor as he is a cop, Barker has a rookie agent under his wing, Ellis Dove, and Barker acts as Ellis's acting coach, trainer, and mentor. Apparently a patriot whose loyalty should go unquestioned, though his superiors think he has been seduced by the dark side. In the pilot episode, it is revealed that he is fluent in Russian and that he is being investigated by the FBI.
Ellis Dove (Travis Fimmel) is a rookie FBI agent and Charles Barker's trainee in the undercover trade. Under intense pressure from Barker to become a chameleon, Ellis never knows when Barker will send him on some impossible little test, some on-the-spot improv that may or may not cost him his life. Stressed, tense, under impossible performance pressure, Ellis needs a break. However that's not the worst of it. An Internal Affairs team is trying to recruit Ellis to spy on his mentor Barker whom they feel has gone rogue.
Harry Conrad (Kevin J O'Connor) appears to be Barker's control agent at the FBI, and he's supervising Ellis as well. As a seasoned professional, he knows Barker well enough to speak to him in terse personal code—but for newbie Ellis, he needs to spell things out, including his deep respect for Barker's work.
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