Johanna Beckett

Johanna Beckett is a posthumus but important character in the ABC television crime series, Castle. She was Kate Beckett's mother and Jim Beckett's wife.
Kate Beckett discovered that William Bracken was the one who hired Dick Coonan into stabbing Johanna Beckett. 
==Background==
Johanna Beckett was a civil rights attorney who is described by her husband and daughter as a loving and caring wife and mother. According to Jim to Castle, it took him and Johanna years to get together with her romantically.Once played before the Internal Affairs head and Captain Victoria Gates, the recording of Bracken's blackmail and planned assassinations came to light. Her innocence proven, Kate then arrested Bracken on live television as he announced he planned to run for President, for conspiracy, fraud, and Johanna's murder, finally bringing justice to Johanna's death. Castle tells Kate that wherever she is now, Johanna would be immensely proud of her.
In the episode, "Once Upon a Time in the West", Johanna becomes the mother-in-law of Richard Castle and the step-grandmother of Alexis Castle.
==Trivia==
* Johanna and Jim's relationship mirrors that of Kate and Rick's given that, it took them both years to get together romantically and commit themselves to a serious relationship and eventually, marry each other. 
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