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The Beast

The Beast

Deep undercover. Who can you trust?

20097.31 Season13 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Unorthodox but effective FBI veteran agent Charles Barker takes on a rookie partner, Ellis Dove. Barker trains Dove in a hard-edged, psychologically driven approach towards undercover work, where a moment's hesitation can lead to death. As the job takes its toll on Dove, an Internal Affairs team tries to enlist the rookie as a double-agent in the bureau's investigation of his partner.

Created by Vincent Angell
Produced by William L. Rotko, Allan Loeb
NetworksA&E

Top Cast

Patrick Swayze

Patrick Swayze

Charles Barker

Travis Fimmel

Travis Fimmel

Ellis Dove

Kevin J. O'Connor

Kevin J. O'Connor

Harry Conrad

Lindsay Pulsipher

Lindsay Pulsipher

Rose Lawrence

Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

Ray Beaumont

D

Dion Strowhorn Sr.

D

Dale Caba

L

Laura Otto

Bernadette Lords

Bernadette Lords

T

Tim Krueger

Themes & Keywords

fbiundercover agentundercover coprookie copcrime investigation

About The Beast

The Beast is a crime, drama series that first aired in 2009 exploring themes of fbi, undercover agent, undercover cop, rookie cop, crime investigation. Created by Vincent Angell, it stars Patrick Swayze, Travis Fimmel, Kevin J. O'Connor. Unorthodox but effective FBI veteran agent Charles Barker takes on a rookie partner, Ellis Dove. Barker trains Dove in a hard-edged, psychologically driven approach towards undercover work, where a moment's hesitation can lead to death. As the job takes its toll on Dove, an Internal Affairs team tries to enlist the rookie as a double-agent in the bureau's investigation of his partner.

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