Ruth Spurloch (Castle)

Ruth Spurloch (Deborah Van Valkenburgh) is the main villainess from "Cuffed," episode 3.10 of Castle (airdate December 5, 2011). She is the matriarch of the Spurloch criminal family, which also includes her sons, Jack and Bobby.
The trio were involved in a smuggling ring; importing endangered animals from their native Texas to New York, and making a seven figure profit. Their mule was rig driver Hank Spooner, but when the DEA became suspicious of the operation, Spooner became inclined to give up the Spurlochs. Ruth had her sons kill Spooner to silence him, but Richard Castle and Kate Beckett were later on the case. They spotted Ruth in a cage and believed that she was a victim, only for the evil Ruth to drug the pair and handcuff them together, while locking them in a room with an endangered tiger.
Detectives Javier Esposito and Kevin Ryan finally found Castle and Beckett's whereabouts, leading to a confrontation with the pair and the Spurloch family. Ruth and her sons held the pair at gunpoint, while informing them that they plan to escape and gave them the choice of either saving their friends or dying in their attempt to catch them. Esposito and Ryan decided to save Castle and Beckett, and the family's escape was later thwarted by an onslaught of police, who arrested the trio.
Category:2010s
Category:Animal Weapon
Category:Attempted Murder
Category:Bondage Used By Villainess
Category:Boss
Category:Brunette
Category:Callous
Category:Conspirator
Category:Incapacitator
Category:Greedy
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Mother
Category:Murder: Indirect
Category:Murderer
Category:Shotgun
Category:Smuggler
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Fate: Arrested