Things are definitely going to heat up some as one of Catherine's (Kristin Kreuk) old flirtations will be returning for season 4 of Beauty and the Beast.

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TVLine revealed that Max Brown (Evan Marks), who was a police medical examiner who had a romantic liaison with Catherine in season 1 of the CW show, is returning. Marks will be coming back for one episode in season 4 of Beauty and the Beast.

As the report also notes, what is most surprising about this development is that Brown died in season 1, so his return could mean one of two things -- either he will appear as part of a flashback or some magical beastly powers resuscitated him, something like the mysterious antidote that brought J.T. (Austin Basis) back from the dead.

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Stuart Gillard, the director of Beauty and the Beast, recently revealed that production of season 4 of the show is going really well.

On June 23, the director tweeted that season 4 was looking great, via Twitter. Gillard has also been tipping a hat to the crew of the show as the filming movies along, and been posting images from the set.

In May, the director tweeted about writing for the show while he was traveling:

"Been traveling - got stories for S4-gonna be fun. #beasties will be happy #batb thx for being such amazing fans!!"

Gillard revealed that he was already busying up for production of the next chapter, and also revealed which members of the team were returning.

"Setting up our crew for S4. Talented @Doug_McCullough @DesigningAshton @jillcarter and DP David Makin back #batb #beasties," he tweeted on April 14.

The next episode of season 3 of Beauty and the Beast will air on July 23.

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