When "Beauty and the Beast" returns to The CW tonight, Cat and Gabe will grow closer as Vincent and Cat drift farther apart. 

Vincent has not yet picked up on Gabe being a potential rival, but according to TVLine, it will only be a matter of time before Vincent realizes that another man is trying to win Cat's affections. 

The series will return tonight with the episode "Don't Die on Me."

The episode's synopsis reads: "In order to prevent Vincent from further injuries, Cat helps protect Tori when her life is threatened, revealing a new, unexpected mystery. Meanwhile, Vincent's stubborn attempt to intervene leads to life-changing consequences, which causes Gabe and Cat to grow closer." 

The last episode ended with Cat (Kristin Kreuk) shooting Vincent (Jay Ryan) to save her biological father's life. The next episode will feature some serious consequences following the shooting. 

There will be some difficult scenes and dialogue in the next episode, including one character asking Cat, "I thought you loved him?" Cat responds, "I did," in the past tense. 

TVLine released new photos from the upcoming episode. In the photos, Tess (Nina Lisandrello) arrests JT (Austin Basis), and another photo shows Cat going to visit Vince and making a gruesome discovery. 

Also, while Gabe (Sendhil Ramamurthy) and Cat grow closer, photos show that Vince and Tori (Amber Skye Noyes) will continue to grow closer as well. 

Check out the photos from the upcoming episode here. 

In the show's mid-season finale, "Man or Beast?", the gang tried to stop Reynolds from carrying out his assassination mission against Vincent.

In the episode, Vincent and Tori are about to be blown up by a bomb. Tori uses her beastly powers to break free of her bonds, and Vincent tells her that they'll track down whoever is trying to kill them. But when they meet in the middle of the room, it explodes.

Meanwhile, Gabe and Cat have figured out that Reynolds (Ted Whittall) is the one behind the beast killings. Gabe and Cat both run to the scene, but Vincent is nowhere to be found.

When Cat gets to her apartment, she is shocked to find both Vincent and Tori. They were both able to escape the explosion, but Tori was wounded.

Gabe and J.T. explain to Cat and Tess that they want to catch Reynolds by making him believe that Vincent and Tori are dead, and that they have incriminating evidence that links him to their deaths. But Reynolds has booked a flight to Geneva to escape the country, so they have to carry out their plan before his flight leaves.

Vincent's role in the plan is to track down the guy who kidnapped Tori and rigged the bomb, who Tori saw when he tied her up.

Vincent and Tori find the bomber, but Tori ends up killing him. Tori reveals that she thought the plan to bring him back alive was stupid all along, and says she wants Reynolds dead. Cat and the gang are angry that she killed the bomber. Nevertheless, Tori tries to convince Vincent that they should kill Reynolds together.

The team then decides to use the bomb maker's phone to blackmail Reynolds. They send Reynolds a photo and a message from the phone, successfully threatening him.

Later, Reynolds doesn't catch his flight out of America; he meets with Gabe in a dark parking lot. Gabe proceeds to show them the fake evidence they have, but Reynolds thinks that Gabe is lying. Then he says that he should have killed Gabe too, giving them all the evidence they need to press charges against him.

Reynolds tries to get away, but Cat stands in front of his car, pointing at gun at his head. Just as she's driving him to the station, Vincent jumps onto the windshield, causing the car to crash. While Cat is passed out, Vincent tears Reynolds from the car and beats him, screaming "You did this to me!" Vincent tries to choke him to death, but Cat intervenes, telling him not to kill him.

He doesn't listen, so Cat shoots him, and he runs away. She thens points the gun at Reynolds, telling him again that he's under arrest.

As Reynolds sits in jail, Tori goes to Vincent, who is bandaging his wounds.

The next episode, "Don't Die on Me," airs Monday, Jan. 13 at 9 p.m. on The CW.