Elena Markov (Castle)

Elena Markov (Britt Rentschler) is a villainess from "In the Belly of the Beast," episode 6.17 of Castle (airdate March 3, 2014).
Elena was introduced as a low level courier for a notorious drug ring, and she was shown on video talking to Captain Fowler, from the narcotics division. She stated that her need for employment led her to become a courier and translator for the ring, and she acted as a panicked woman looking to get her life back. According to Fowler, Elena attempted suicide and was hospitalized, and to obtain info on the ring and the identity of a ringleader known as Lazarus, Kate Beckett was instilled to pose as Elena.
Early in her undercover investigagion, however, Beckett realized that Elena was lying and that she wasn't just an ordinary courier. Upon hearing about Elena's recovery, Fowler went with detectives Kevin Ryan and Javier Esposito to check on her, only to find Elena gone and the guard in charge of protecting her with a slashed throat. The method of the guard's murder matched the murders of six other drug dealers, which led to the truth: Elena was the ring's contract killer, having killed the dealers under Lazarus' orders.
In the episode's climax, Beckett was outed by Vulcan Simmons, who was believed to be Lazarus, and was later ordered to be killed by Evan Potter. At that moment, the evil Elena appeared and killed Potter by slashing his throat, before apporaching Beckett with her blood covered knife in hand. In response to Beckett's question regarding her life being spared, Elena revealed that the real Lazarus sent her because he owed Beckett and wanted her to live, before walking off into the darkness.
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