Anatomy of a Murder

Writer: Terence Paul Winter

Director: John Terlesky

#### DUSTJACKETS BLURB

The unexpected appearance of a second corpse inside a casket built for one leads Castle and Beckett to the Galaxy of Greg. Meanwhile, Gina tries to be the cool almost-re-step mom, and Castle blows a gasket.

### Guest cast

* Monet Mazur - GINA GRIFFIN
* Nathan Lam - RABBI
* Cynthia Frost - TOVA
* John Kassir - MR. DREYFUS
* William Allen Young - JERRY CAMDEN
* Michael Cassidy - GREG McCLINTOCK
* Brea Cola – DR IMANI PHELPS
* Erin Fleming – AMY PORTER
* Bo Foxworth – LEONARD MALONEY
* A Martinez – CESAR CALDERON
* Allyssa Maurice – DR LISSA AKERMAN
* Carlos Sanz – MANUEL CALDERON

### Music

* "You Know It's True" - JULES LARSON (tag)

### Literary and other references

* The episode title, "Anatomy of a Murder", probably refers to both the TV series *Grey's Anatomy*, a medical drama (like *Castle*, also on ABC) and the 1959 motion picture *Anatomy of a Murder*, a courtroom drama.
* "McDreamy" is a nickname for the character Derek Shepherd on the TV series *Grey's Anatomy*. Likewise, 'Dr. Rhonda Chimes' is a shoutout to *Grey* 's creator, Shonda Rhimes. 'Seriously? Seriously,' is a signature exchange on that show.
* Another reference to *Grey's Anatomy* is the use of the word "seriously". Meredith, the main character of *Grey's Anatomy*, and her colleagues use it very, very (!) often.

### Memorable moments

* The casket with two bodies.
* Greg the nurse
* Castle and Beckett reading Greg's letters.
* The drug lord is a Castle fan.

### Quotable quotes

* NURSE McCLINTOCK: Are you asking for my alibi? Seriously?
BECKETT**:** Seriously.
NURSE McCLINTOCK: Seriously?
BECKETT**:** Seriously.
NURSE McCLINTOCK: *(to Castle)* Seriously?
CASTLE**:** Seriously!
* CASTLE: Looks like someone gave her 20 CCs of death.
* CASTLE: And how many of them [doctors] like detectives?
BECKETT: One, that I know of.
CASTLE: Whoa, you mean Motorcycle Boy is a doctor?
* NURSE McCLINTOCK: Yeah, I saw her...I love the way your hair frames your face.
* CASTLE: No, makes no sense. Why spend all that time listening to women and buying them things if you're not going to sleep with them?...Oh, Beckett's here...
* CASTLE: Turns out, Greg isn't McDreamy or McSteamy. He's McSchemey.
* CASTLE: Listen to this: "The days without you grow longer, but my love for you grows..."
BECKETT: Stronger?
CASTLE: "Harder"...A poet he is not.
* MARTHA: But, the question is this, when you come right down to it...would you be willing to break her [Gina] out of prison? Because that, my boy, is true love.
* BECKETT: Don't worry, Castle, I'd get'cha out. (Castle looks after her dumbfounded.) BECKETT: You comin'?

### Just the facts

* Alexis is a fan of singer Taylor Swift. She and her boyfriend Ash have a song, Taylor Swift's "Mine".
* Castle and Gina also have a song, AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long".
* And, finally Beckett and Castle have a song (although Castle didn't know it), Clarence Carter's "You Talk Too Much".
* Castle also appears to have a favourite television show: *Grey's Anatomy*.
* When they were married, Castle got upset with Gina for buying Alexis a doll that he had wanted to give her for Christmas. A similar fight ensues when Gina gives Alexis a pair of tickets (with better seats and backstage passes, even) to the Taylor Swift concert -- after Castle had just spent some ridiculous amount of money getting her a pair from his broker.
* In eleventh grade Castle was dating "a darling girl named Lizzie" and dumped her - that was when Martha stopped being emotionally invested in his girlfriends.

### Oops

* Being very close to a loved one during a concert may be great but Castle was had and should ask for his money back. The two Taylor Swift tickets he got are for the same seat (Row 7 Seat 15). Unless Alexis and Ash don't mind sitting on each others' laps...
* Later, when Castle hides the tickets behind his back before he brings them to Alexis, the tickets say Row 7 Seat 15 and Row 7 Seat 16, different from what they were at the precinct (Row 7 Seat 15).
* Jewish tradition calls for a simple, wooden casket with no metal embellishments. The Mankofskys seem fairly religious, and therefore it is unlikely that the coffin shown would be the coffin they would choose.

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