Penelope Foster (Castle)

Penelope Foster (Gina Torres) is a villainess from "Reality Star Struck," episode 5.14 of Castle (airdate February 11, 2013). She is a fashion mogul and a cast member on the reality series, Wives of Wall Street.
Penelope had fellow cast member Hannah Green as her assistant, but she found out that Hannah was having an affair with Penelope's husband, Bob Foster, after which Penelope fired her. The two women engaged in an altercation after Hannah begged for her job back, with Penelope breaking one of her nails as she was grabbing Hannah's hair. After Hannah was found stabbed to death, the nail fragment led to Penelope being suspected in Hannah's murder.
Penelope was interviewed by Kate Beckett regarding Hannah, with Penelope confessing to the altercation but not to killing Hannah, stating that she was at a kickboxing class on the night of the murder. Beckett revealed that Penelope's alibi checked out, but after learning about Hannah being at an apartment building on the night in question, Beckett and Richard Castle entered the building and went inside one of the apartments to find Penelope and Bob together--in the midst of a sexual tryst. After the couple was taken into the station, it was uncovered that Hannah received a $5000 payment from Penelope, but to find out what, Castle and Captain Victoria Gates had Beckett use Penelope's temperament to intimidate Bob into a possible confession. The tactic works and Bob reveals the truth: his affair was Hannah was staged, and Penelope was in on the ruse.
As it turned out, Penelope's business was struggling and the engagement between Stone Gower and Ashley Robinson was taking all of the ratings from them, so Penelope paid Hannah to have an "affair" with Bob to gain attention for the couple (mainly Penelope), which worked. However, on the night in question, Hannah planned to leave the show and informed the Fosters that she would go public with the ruse, stating that she was tired of lying and being labeled a home wrecker. Penelope turned heel in response with a makeshift abduction; which had herself and Bob tying up Hannah and keeping her from leaving their apartment. The villainous couple phoned Peter Monroe, the show's producer, about Hannah, while revealing their entire ruse. As Bob stated to Beckett, both he and his wife left their apartment. Ashley ended up revealed as Hannah's killer, as she committed the murder after learning about Hannah's actual relationship with Stone. The couple's fate wasn't revealed, but it can be assumed that the evil Penelope ended up arrested for holding Hannah hostage.
== Trivia ==
* Gina Torres is best known for playing recurring villainess Jasmine on Angel.
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