The Beauty Episode 4 recap: Cooper's deadly beauty chase and reuniting with a new Jordan

Fans of The Beauty have waited a week long for the release of episode 4 on FX. Viewers want to know that what happened after Antonio teams up with Jeremy and reveals a big secret that he is not the young man he appears to be. He is actually 65 years old. Some people are loving the series by Ryan's delivery of shock value in some scenes. Alex Maidy, a Rotten Tomatoe user said,

"A scary, pitch-black, hilarious series that shows Ryan Murphy still has the skills to deliver the shock value that became his forte at the start of his career. I had a lot more fun watching this series than I ever expected."

Episode 4, titled, Beautiful Chimp Face was released on Janaury 28 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. After it's premiere, the series became available for streaming on Hulu and Disney+. Created by Matt Hodgson and Ryan Murphy, the series stars Evan Peters, Jeremy Pope, Ashton Kutcher, Anthony Ramos and Rebecca Hall. The show has been released with only first three episodes.

In this new episode, Cooper interviewed an assistant editor and showed a disturbing event at the fashion magazine offices in the New York City. Viewers like me felt an escalating public panic as a metaphor for the lethal side effects of the drug.

Continue reading more about the storyline of The Beauty episode 4.

***Warning: Spoilers ahead. Reader's discretion is advised.***

Copper investigates a shocking event at a NYC fashion magazine

In episode 4 of The Beauty, the glamarous fashion world had hidden a deadly secret from us. The supermodels across the globe started to die in shocking and strange ways. The FBI sends two agents, Cooper Madsen and Jordan Bennett, to Paris to solve the mystery.

Their search uncovered a dangerous virus that is spreading through intimacy. After investigating, only Cooper found that a human explosion occured at the New York City offices of a fashion magazine involving a Vogue editor, Manny.

Cooper's violent chase

While investigating Manny in a secure medical facility, both Cooper and we saw that Manny experiences a metamorphosis where his bones are cracking, and bloods coming out of his eyes, skin is shedding and emerging with a superhuman physique. After this transformation, Manny gains superhuman strength and kills a doctor. Cooper starts a violent chase through the facility to catch Manny.

Ashton Kutcher's Corporation: Deadly drug rollout

In the Beautiful Chimp Face of The Beauty, Byron Forst proved his acting skills as a tyrant businessman by performing Ashton Kutcher. Forst accelerated the global launch of a lethal beauty drug despite witnessing its horrific and combustive side effects.

Byron did not listened to the doctors and cared only about the big launch on World Beauty Day and the upcoming IPO. He ordered the researchers to fix the problems as fast as possible. Meanwhile, he sent mercenaries to guard and control the supply.

The Ending: Copper renunites with a new Jordan

At the end of The Beauty episode 4, Cooper finally reunites with a new Jordan. A new face is introduced in this episode replacing Rebecca Hall, who played Jordan for the first three episodes of the show. The new Jordan is performed by Jesssica Alexander.

At the end, the audiences saw Cooper to wake up from a nightmare and find Jordan standing at his door. She is different now and this meeting shocked him because he was still grieving at the death of his cat. The story hinted that Jordan's return will bring new challenges and connect deeply to The Beauty drug plot.

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Edited by Tanisha Aggarwal

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