The Late Shaft

**Writer**: David Grae

**Director**: Bryan Spicer

#### DUSTJACKETS BLURB

When Castle's invited onto a late night talk show, his love life gets a brief improvement. Not so true of the host, who turns up dead the next morning. But was it murder, or just a plain old heart attack?

### Guest cast

* Tom Bergeron - BOBBY MANN
* Kelly Carlson - ELLIE MONROE
* Fred Willard - HANK McPHEE
* Bill Bellamy - MICKEY REED
* Dan Cortese - HOWARD WEISBERG
* French Stewart - ZACH ROBINSON
* Beth Broderick - BARBARA MANN
* Nika Williams - ANGEL SANTANA
* Amy Aquino - JANINE MARKS
* Brittney Belt - KAYLA MARKS
* Michael Cummings - BURT
* Nichole Tom - CINDY MANN
* Sydney Walsh - PATTY DELUCA

### Music

* "How Much I Feel" - DAVID PACK (Castle's cell phone ring tone for Ellie)
* "Turn Around" - SOUL P. (At the comedy club)
* "With You" - GRAHAM COLTON (Tag)

### Literary and other references

* Bobby's joke at the beginning is a reference to the 2010 Tiger Woods sex scandal.
* Sacagawea was the Native American woman who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition.
* The entire episode is a reference to the 2010 NBC Late Night controversy between Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien. The Kayla incident might also be a reference to the David Letterman scandal.

### Memorable moments

* Alexis packing for her orienteering trip.
* Castle suggesting signature lines.
* Using Twitter to find the car.
* The network president's rant.
* Castle's susceptibility to beautiful damsels-in-distress.
* The whispering in the interrogation.

### Quotable quotes

* ALEXIS: Do you think he's asked her out yet?
MARTHA: Your father? Pretty girl like that? He may have proposed by now.
* BECKETT: What are you doing?
CASTLE: It's called investigating, you should try it.
BECKETT: I usually wait until there's a crime.
* BECKETT: Text giggling, really?
CASTLE: It's *Alexis*. She just saw a loon feeding.
BECKETT: That's funny, so did I.
* JANINE: He was banging my daughter right under my nose? I'll kill him!
CASTLE: He's already dead.
JANINE: Well, I'll kill him again! I don't care! Where's the corpse?
* CASTLE: Have a nice life...sentence.
* WEISBERG: Relax, Burt, I didn't kill anyone. Save it for when I actually do.
* BECKETT: Wow, the camera really does add ten pounds...to his ego.
* BECKETT: Comforting? Is that what the cool kids are calling it these days?
* BECKETT: FTW?
CASTLE: For the win. Means uhh...my Tweet kicks your Tweet's butt.
BECKETT: Ah.
CASTLE: Come on, Beckett, you gotta keep up. Hang with the cool kids.
* CASTLE: Oh Micky...not so fine.
* RYAN: Aren't famous people crazy and narcissistic?
BECKETT: I dunno, you'll have to ask Castle.
* BECKETT: She's an actress. A professional liar. She is *paid* to cry on cue.
* CASTLE: Because you are not a boy.
BECKETT: Is that some kind of weird come on?

### Just the facts

* The makeup artist who prepares Rick for the talk show is the show's real makeup artist, Debbie Zoller (David Grae commentary).
* Apparently Beckett does not have a cup of coffee after her morning workout, and is actually making tea in that scene (David Grae commentary).
* This is the first episode with a (sort-of) poisoning, and the first with no crime scene (David Grae commentary).
* The *Heat Wave* paperback really does come out July 27th, 2010.
* Castle sleeps with Ellie, but she was just using him to get the part of Nikki Heat in the *Heat Wave* movie. When Castle finds out, he tells her that she's an even better actress than he thought and he's still going to recommend her for the part.
* Both of the signature lines that Castle suggests are actually used to promote the show. "She's armed. He's dangerous." was used in ads for both Season 2 and the 2010 summer (repeat) season, and "A whole new chapter in crime solving." appears on the cover of the Season 1 DVDs.

### Oops

At about 22:50, when Beckett, Ryan and Esposito are looking at the murder board, the camera goes behind the board a bit, and you can see an alternate version on the back.

### Branch libraries

News

* tv.com - Castle Sneak Peek: Guest Stars Tom Bergeron and Fred Willard Discuss Monday's New Episode (09 Apr 10)

Reviews

* CliqueClack - Castle--Tom Bergeron, FTW! (12 Apr 10)

Promos