Murder, He Wrote

**Writer**: David Grae

**Director**: Rob Bowman

#### DUSTJACKETS BLURB

Castle and Beckett attempt to take a weekend away in the Hamptons, but the mood is killed when a man dies in Castle's backyard. Meanwhile, Ryan and Espo go on a wild goose chase trying to find Beckett's new boyfriend.

### Guest cast

* David Burke - CHIEF JOHN BRADY
* J.R. Nutt - CASIUS McMURRAY
* Shane Johnson - DEPUTY ADAM JONES
* Brian Howe - AARON LERNER
* Tamara Braun - NATALIA ROOSEVELT
* Don Stark - VINCENT CARDANO

### Music

* "Getaway" - LATCH KEY KID
* "Longing to Belong" - EDDIE VEDDER

### Literary and other references

* James Dean was an American actor known for his roles in the iconic films *Rebel Without A Cause* and *East of Eden*. Because of the characters he played, he became associated with rebellion and disillusionment and became well known and idolized despite dying in a car crash when he was 24.
* Part of Castle's poker crew, James Patterson is a fellow mystery writer and probably most well known for his books about psychologist Alex Cross.
* *Murder, She Wrote* is an Emmy award winning television series starring Angela Lansbury about mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher solving murders in a little town in Maine.
* Brangelina is the portmanteau nickname of celebrity couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
* *The Godfather* is a crime novel by Mario Puzo that has been adapted into a movie trilogy staring Al Pacino and Marlon Brando as the leaders of a prominent New York mob family.
* *Scooby-Doo* is an animated television series that has been running on American TV in various forms since 1969. It is about four teenagers - Fred, Daphne, Shaggy and Velma, and a dog named Scooby-Doo, who solve supposedly supernatural crimes by exposing the human perpetrators. "And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids" was a common phrase from the show.

### Memorable moments

* Ryan going a little overboard interrogating Lerner on Castle's girlfriend.
* Nikki Heat roleplay.

### Quotable quotes

* BECKETT: I can't help wondering how many other girls have gotten this tour.
CASTLE: Right. Well, I'm not going to deny that I've brought other women up here. But none of them were you.
* CASTLE: Call 911!
BECKETT: Ya think?
* LANIE: Is this how you interrogate people, because you're just pissing me off.
* BECKETT: So we're Brangelina now?
CASTLE: No, we're Rickate. No, we're Kate-ick. Caskett! Oh, that's good! 'cause of the whole murder thing.
* ESPOSITO: Well, there's been a murder all right. Your spirit.
RYAN: Wow.
ESPOSITO: And your dignity.

### Just the facts

* Josh has been in the Amazon setting up free clinics for the last year. Demming has been dating a vice detective for four months. Sorenson has been stationed in Europe for six months. None are currently involved with Beckett.
* Ryan is the first of the little group to find out about Castle and Beckett's relationship - during an interrogation.
* Esposito has joined the iPhone club, too. His text tone is news flash.
* There's another older detective around the 12th named Bruce.
* Vinnie "The Scar" Cardano appears again in "Drive" (7x01) when he seems to be involved in some aspect of Castle's disappearance.

### Branch libraries

* Reviews
	+ TVFanatic - Hamptons Heat (15 Oct 12)
	+ BuddyTV - We Are Caskett (15 Oct 12)
	+ TVOverMind - Murder, He Wrote (15 Oct 12)
	+ Wetpaint - Murder, He Wrote (16 Oct 12)
	+ Screencrave - Murder He Wrote (16 Oct 12)