Food to Die For

**Writer**: Terri Edda Miller

**Director**: Ron Underwood

### Literary and other references

* *Saved by the Bell* was an American TV show in the early 90s about a group of friends in high school.
* "Kitchen Wars" isn't a real show, but it's probably based on *Top Chef*, a cooking competition series.

### Memorable moments

* Meeting Beckett's old high school friend, Madison.
* Castle freezing things and doing the Dr. Horrible laugh.
* Alexis acting moody and her age.
* Madison calls Beckett out on her feelings for Castle.
* Beckett's breakroom date with Tom, including a candle and Chinese food.
* The boys discussing girls, and Ryan mentioning Demming. Awkward silence!
* Castle and Beckett talking in subtext about their relationship.

### Quotable quotes

* BECKETT: I'm a homicide Detective.
MADISON: Shut the front door.
* MADISON: I can't believe the biggest scofflaw at Stuy became a cop.
* CASTLE: And... what's a good time?
BECKETT: Well, if you don't know by now, I'm sure it's too late to show you one.
* *Officer brings Beckett a sketch.* CASTLE: Mm. She looks kinda sketchy to me.
* CASTLE: How's our corpse-sicle?
* MARTHA: Stop frowning, Alexis, or your father will freeze your face like that.
* MADISON: You're hot for Castle. You want to make little Castle babies. Why couldn't you just be honest?
* RYAN: I've fallen in love with operators on the phone. Even asked one out a couple of years ago, but she was in Bangladesh.
* CASTLE: You ask me... she should've followed her heart-- left David, gone with Wolf.
BECKETT: You know, I can see the virtue in staying. I mean, guys like Wolf, they come in, they upset the apple cart. Of course he makes you feel alive, but eventually, you know he's just gonna let you down. So why risk it?
CASTLE: Because the heart wants what the heart wants.
* CASTLE: This is both literally and figuratively...cool.

### Just the facts

* Beckett attended Stuyvesant High School, a public school for students gifted in science.
* One of her best friends at Stuy was Madison Queller, whom she met in 9th grade in French class. Beckett stole her mom's makeup to give Maddie a makeover, and was the one that told her that kissing boys might involve some tongue. The two seem to have fallen out during their senior year over a boy named Brent Edwards, and not seen each other since.
* In high school 'Becks' was quite the "scofflaw" and dated everything from grunge guitarists to med students to possible royalty.
* Alexis has a friend named Lacey who has invited her to the Hamptons for the weekend. She wants to go, but feels that she needs to study for her AP exams, and ends up asking Castle to order her to stay home, which he does.
* Beckett took French in high school.
* Alexis is taking AP chemistry. In episode 7x13 we hear that Castle (then Rodgers) also took AP Chemistry in high school (and apparently let an attractive classmate cheat off him).
* Castle apparently proposed to Gina on a hot-air balloon ride, in February.
* Beckett loves oatmeal cookies.

### Branch libraries

* News
	+ Eater - Chef-Centric Episode of Castle: Death By Molecular Gastronomy, Plus a Rocco DiSpirito Cameo (04 May 2010)
* Reviews
	+ EW's PopWatch - 'Castle' recap: Food for thought (4 May 10)
	+ CliqueClack - Castle--Castle does his best Dr. Horrible (3 May 10)
* Promos