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Tone Death

**Writer:** Robert Bella

**Director:** Hanelle Culpepper

#### DUSTJACKETS BLURB

A promising young singer turns up dead during a rehearsal of Martha's show, leading the team into the intense world of a capella competition. Meanwhile, Castle and Beckett are really bad at acting like they're still separated.

### Guest cast

* Corbin Bleu - HUNTER
* Arnell Powell - CHRIS JACKSON
* Reilly Brooke Smith - ROBYN KING
* Sonya Eddy - OLIVIA "MAMA" TOUSSAINT
* John Billingsley - DR. HARVEY LUTHER
* Miguel Cohen - DEXTER GRIMES
* Jaquita Ta'le - CHARISSE
* Mason McCulley - PERCY JOHNSON III
* Nika Burnett - GIRL NAMED DAVE
* Isabel Dresden - CHLOE JARVIS
* Valeria Maldonado - AGNES MOLINA
* Reilly Stith - ROBYN KING
* Mark Famiglietti - SCOTT WEINBERG
* Fiona Gubelmann - LINDA WEINBERG

### Music

* "The Things We Do For Love" (spoken intro) - Susan Sullivan
* "Wake Me Up (Before You Go-Go)" - Singers at the underground riff-off
* "Hooked on a Feeling" - Hunter and riff-off singers
* "Tainted Love" - Singers at the underground riff-off

### Literary and other references

* Hunter references the Aca-Cons as having an "orange is the new singing sensation" backstory which is clearly a reference to the Netflix show *Orange is the New Black.*

### Memorable moments

* Esposito riffing his way through an interrogation.
* Beckett giving Castle grief over the name of his imaginary lover.

### Just the facts

* Some of the musical cues, including the title card music, are performed a cappella.
* In the scene where Esposito is chasing a suspect down the stairs of the concert hall, a poster for Holy Shemp is mounted on the wall of the landing. Holy Shemp is the band featured in the season 5 episode "Swan Song".
* In the same scene, there's also a poster for a movie called *Wrapped Up In Death*, written by Alexi Hawley and directed by Bill Roe. Alexi Hawley wrote and Bill Roe directed season 2's episode "Wrapped up in Death".
* Castle and Alexis find the owner of the Hermes scarf by hacking Chloe Jarvis's Snappamatic account. Snappamatic was the killer's preferred way to broadcast his murders in "Meme is Murder" in season 7.
* Martha introduces the song at the beginning as "a classic love song from back in the day"; the song is "The Things We Do For Love", which was a hit single by 10cc in 1976. That might be "back in the day" for the young a cappella singers, but hardly "classic" for someone of Martha's age.
The Good, The Bad, & The Baby

Writer: Terri Edda Miller

Director: John Terlesky

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A man brings a baby into a church for protection, just before dying at the feet of the priest. In addition to solving the man's murder, Castle and Beckett also need to find out whose (adorable) baby it is.

### Guest cast

* Kristen Ariza - SANDRA WHITMAN
* Emil Beheshti - DEAN SEAHORN
* Matt Gerald - JIMMY WOLFINSKY
* Kate Rene Gleason - OFFICER HARRISON
* Adrian Quinonez - PAUL VAIL
* Teri Reeves - MIRANDA VAIL

### Memorable moments

* Alexis entering the loft to find Castle & Beckett passed out and Martha bottle-feeding Cosmo: "How long have I been gone?"

### Just the facts

* According to the episode commentary, "Cosmo" was played by quadruplets, each of whom had a "specific skill set" - crying, sleeping, smiling, etc.
Hell Hath No Fury

**Writer**: Andrew Marlowe

**Director**: Rob Bowman

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A city councilman is murdered just weeks before the election. Meanwhile, Castle comes up with an excellent solution to the precinct's atrocious coffee.

### Guest cast

* Jonathan Banks - BRUCE KIRBY
* Michael Reilly Burke - FRANK NESBIT
* Bruno Campos - CALVIN CREASON
* Joshua LeBar - JASON BOLLINGER
* John Prudhont - JEFF HORN
* Lisa Waltz - LAURIE HORN
* Tiffany - ALICIA ZIEGLER

### Music

* "You're Supposed to Be My Friend" - THE 1990s (teaser)
* "If I Don't" - AMP FIDDLER
* "Love Song" - ANNIE STELA
* "Quasi-Jazz" - SOLAMINGUS

### Literary and other references

* The peanut butter song?
* 'You have the bridge, Number One' is something Captain Picard frequently said to Commander Riker on *Star Trek: The Next Generation*.

### Memorable moments

* Beckett does grin a bit when Castle says his detective will have 'haunting good looks' but the real smile comes for 'good at her job'.
* Ryan bottoms out with the hotel hostess and is sent off by Esposito, who seems to have already succeeded with her.
* The onion-chopping glasses.
* Beckett sneaking an espresso, or trying to.
* Castle's face when he sees Beckett in the pink dress.

### Quotable quotes

* CASTLE (to Beckett): You're very good at bossing men around. I've noticed.

* CASTLE: You're assuming that just because she's a woman, she was after a relationship. Did you ever think that she was in it just for the sex?
BECKETT: Yes, I did. And then I saw him.

### Just the facts

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* The carpet with the body was found on East 3rd St.
* Ryan found his red couch on 54th and Lexington, so it's likely he lives around there. New Yorkers not having cars, most people don't hunt roadkill too far from their apartment -- you've got to be able to carry it home :)
* By this point, the entire NYPD knows that Castle is basing his next series on Beckett.
* Castle's ring tone for Martha is "Ride of the Valkyries".
* Once again, exterior shots clearly establish Beckett's unit operating out of the 9th precinct. This time, the camera also pans up and stops on a particular lit window on the 4th floor.
* Castle gives the team an espresso machine because the coffee tastes like 'monkey pee', but Beckett refuses to use it. (At first.)
* Castle's proposed book titles for his new character Nikki Heat are: *Summer Heat, Heat Wave, In Heat*. (In fact, ABC has published *Heat Wave* and several more titles as a "Richard Castle" novel.)
* Montgomery has a three-year-old son.

### Oops

* Illogical moment #1: It's taken Castle four weeks to notice the coffee tastes like monkey pee?

* Illogical moment #2: The guy in the rug has to be at least 170 lbs. Dead weight, literally. How the hell did the two guys who snurched the rug not notice that the thing weighed a ton, and how did they actually move it? More important, why would they bother hefting something that heavy all the way home? It's not \*that\* nice a rug.

### Branch libraries

* News
* Reviews
	+ Give Me My Remote - 'Castle' Hell Hath No Fury (31 Mar 09)
	+ Episode Review: Castle 1x04 - "Hell Hath No Fury" - Whedonopolis (30 Mar 09)
* Promos
Episode transpositions

Sometimes it matters when eps are switched, and sometimes it doesn't, but when canon gets confused, we put it here:

Were "Hedge Fund Homeboys" (1x03) and "Hell Hath No Fury" (1x04) aired out of order?

* Possibly. They are switched on the Season 1 DVDs, which would indicate that either they were aired out of order, or someone making the DVDs screwed up.
* Also, in 1x03, about 30 mins in, you can see Castle drinking coffee out of an espresso mug - but he orders the espresso machine in 1x04.

Was Castle still with Gina in "Nikki Heat" (3x11)?

* Possibly. The original order had "Poof! You're Dead" (3x12) airing first, and in that episode he and Gina broke up.

**Episodes filmed and aired in transposed order:**
PhDead

**Writer:** Chad Creasey

**Director:** Rob Bowman

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Castle and Beckett cross paths, not entirely by chance, on an investigation into the death of a college student. Halloween plays a peripheral role, as does the Stanford Prison Experiment.

### Guest cast

* Sunkrish Bala - VIKRAM SINGH
* Geoff Peterson - MICHAEL SMITH
* Christine Adams - DR. BARBARA LILLSTROM
* Kelly Rowan - DEAN CARLA FELLER
* Madeleine Coughlin - EMILY
* Curtis Hamilton - GUARD
* Justin Prentice - SCOTT POWELL
* Andrew Constantini - GHOST

### Music

* "Shots Go Off" - CYPRESS HILL & RUSKO (Ryan & Espo undercover)
* "Happy Song" - BRING ME THE HORIZON (Alexis at the frat party)
* "Lies" - THOMPSON TWINS

### Literary and other references

* The Stanford prison experiment was conducted in August 1971, to observe the effect on college students of taking on the role or prisoner or prison guard. It's now used as a classic case in basic psychology textbooks.
* Sumatran civet coffee is expensive, as it is produced with coffee beans excreted by civet cats in a specific region of Sumatra.

### Memorable moments

* Ryan and Esposito staking out the party where Alexis is undercover as a "slutty angel".

### Quotable quotes

* CASTLE: My name is Rick Castle. And... my wife just left me.
LUCY: Yikes. Sucks to be you, Rick.

### Just the facts

* The sunglasses Castle tells one of the students to remove are actually part of the experiment, intended to prevent eye contact between "prisoner" and "guard", thus heightening a sense of alienation.
* This episode appears to be the only one in which we see Castle drunk.

### Oops

* Castle calls his beer pong opponent "Frankenstein" when the guy was really dressed as Frankenstein's Monster. Pedantic, but something Castle probably wouldn't make the mistake of confusing. We'll chalk it up to Castle being really drunk.
Hollander's Woods

**Writer:** Andrew W Marlowe & Terri Edda Miller

**Director:** Paul Holahan

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Castle's memories of a 30-year-old murder come back to haunt him when he and Beckett are called to solve a recent crime with the same characteristics.

### Guest cast

* Maya Stojan - TORY ELLIS
* Michael Connelly - HIMSELF
* Juliana Dever - JENNY RYAN
* Lance Reddick - KEITH KAUFMAN
* Wallace Langham - DR. VAN HOLTZMAN
* Cullen Douglas - NOAH LEWIS
* Michelle Bonilla - TROOPER MAXINE COLLINS
* Mitchell Fink - PAUL GIBNEY
* Michael Dempsey - FRANK MALLOY
* Brian Konowal - TRUCKER WALTERS
* Orestes Arcuni - ADMINISTRATIVE AIDE
* Chelsea Gonzalez - EMMA MALLOY
* Angela Martinez - REPORTER
* Webb Hayes - YOUNG RICK CASTLE

### Literary and other references

* *Lord of the Flies* is the title of a novel by William Golding.
* The Poe's Pen Award is fictitious, but there are lots of other literary awards for crime and mystery writers, as seen on the Crime Fiction Awards website.

### Memorable moments

* Ryan and Esposito's "manniversary".
* Rick Rodgers, age 11, unknowingly starting his career as a writer.
* Beckett's response to getting blindsided at her "review".

### Quotable quotes

* MARTHA: I love both my son's...big heads equally.
* CASTLE (to Alexis): One day you will look back and you will realize that every experience you’ve ever had, every seeming mistake or blind alley, was actually a straight line to who you were meant to be.
* CASTLE: I'm driven to figure out the story because I could never figure out that one.

### Just the facts

* Ryan looks into police reports in the area of Hollander's Woods for February 1983, which is presumably around the time young Rick found the body missing and (anonymously) reported it. If Castle was born April 1, 1969, as canon suggests, he'd be 12 years old, almost 13, at the time he found the body. Still, memory can be unreliable, even for a best-selling novelist!
* Alexis says that her dad had published his first book by the time he was her age, which for a junior in college would be about 21 or 22.
* This episode marks the first time Castle has killed anyone. (Everyone except Castle thought he'd killed Jerry Tyson in 5x05, and we know how that turned out.)

### Oops

* Some liberties were taken with actual New York state law, which restricts the use of license plate information to search for the name and address of the owner of the vehicle. Emma would have had to get a judge to issue a subpoena for the list she was working on.
Rick Castle (spec)

*Back to Rick Castle's character page*

Have an idea about some of Castle's missing backstory? Have at it here...

* He may once have taken French but probably didn't do very well: "*C'est apres minuit dans une School night*" (1x01) Urm. Or, it may be Alexis who's taking French, hence the joke.
* In *Naked Heat*, it is revealed that Rook is a member of the Equinox gym and runs marathons and 10k races (77,150). However, given what we've seen of Castle on the show, this is probably just him feeding his character's ego, and not actually true of Castle as well.
* We also learn in *Naked Heat* that Rook, like Castle, doesn't know who his father is, and Rook admits that this bothers him quite a bit (63). Castle, on the other hand, claims in 2x15 that he doesn't mind not knowing who his father is, because he can imagine whoever he wants. But maybe it bothers him more that he's willing to admit?
Cloudy With A Chance of Murder

**Writer:** Elizabeth Beall

**Director:** Kate Woods

#### DUSTJACKETS BLURB

Castle and Beckett struggle to keep their relationship under the radar, and Castle gets into a little trouble with the ladies.

### Guest cast

* Jodi Lyn O'Keefe - KRISTINA COTERRA
* Tyrees Allen - HARVEY MILTON
* Shannon Lucio - REBECCA FOG
* Josh Randall - MILES HAXTON
* Kevin Daniels - REGGIE BLAKE

### Literary and other references

* Fred Willard is an actor and comedian with an extensive guest star filmography. He guest starred in an episode of *Castle*, "The Late Shaft". He was also recently arrested (and later exonerated) for lewd conduct in an adult theatre.
* Styrene is a chemical found naturally in many plants but its presence jumped dramatically in the 1940s after it was used to produce synthetic rubber. Since then it's been found to be a toxin to the human system in large quantities, including causing respiratory and gastrointestinal problems, but it's not yet been classified as a carcinogen.
* *Law and Order* is a US TV show that tracks crimes through the police procedure to the trial. It has several spin offs in both the US and the UK market and altogether has almost 1000 hours of content.
* *Cape Fear* is a thriller film originally made by Hitchcock in 1962 and remade by Martin Scorsese in 1991 dealing with an attorney whose family is stalked and terrorized by a convicted rapist the attorney helped put away. The re-make garnered Oscar nominations for Robert De Niro and Juliette Lewis.
* Oysters are traditionally considered to be an aphrodisiac, mainly because of their resemblance to female sex organs.

### Memorable moments

* For once, one coffee isn't a bad thing.
* Beckett actually eating.
* Castle playing with the green screen.
* Ryan wearing makeup.
* Castle and Beckett's first lovers' quarrel.
* Ryan and Esposito make up.

### Quotable quotes

* CASTLE: No one is going to be able to tell that we're together by how you are dressed.
BECKETT: Oh no? I work with a room full of detectives. It's their job.
* CHIP CHAMBERS: Whoa, talk about New York's finest. Is she really a cop?
CASTLE: (*appalled*) Yes, she's really a cop.
* ESPOSITO: Don't ask.
* CASTLE: You and I were just friends for four years.
BECKETT: Yeah, except you were trying to sleep with me the whole time.
CASTLE: Excuse me, it was you that was trying to sleep with me.
BECKETT: Wha-?
CASTLE: Don't tell me you dressed like that for Esposito.
ESPOSITO: What's for me?
* CASTLE: Don't solve the case without me!
* ESPOSITO: Yo, you took that punch for me. You didn't have to do that.
RYAN: That's what partners do, right?
* CASTLE: Maybe people find out and maybe we won’t get to work together and maybe we’ll implode. Or maybe we’ll continue to be amazing. The point is, we don’t have the answers. We just have to live with the questions and … find our way.
* BECKETT: Because I have a gun, and you don't really have a choice.
CASTLE: Clearly I don't have a choice.

### Just the facts

* Beckett has Verizon as a cell phone provider. Can you hear her now?

### Oops

* Payley Park can be found at 53rd between 5th Ave and Madison. That is not exactly "Uptown."
Heartbreaker

**Writer:** Barry O'Brien

**Director:** Tom Wright

#### DUSTJACKETS BLURB

An extremely specific clue is found at a crime scene, leading the detectives to consult with - and to suspect - a woman Esposito was once engaged to marry. Before he found out she was a criminal.

### Guest cast

* Angelica Ceyala - SONIA RUIZ
* Dean Cudworth - MICHAEL KIRBY
* Michael Cognata - DARRL IVES
* Gonzolo Menendez - RONALDO
* Sebastian Sozzzi - JOEY MONTEZ
* Sandra Thigpen - MRS. KIRBY
* Aris Alvarado - TITO
* Richard Whiten - CORRECTIONS OFFICER
* Elena Campbell-Martinez - "MAMA" ESPOSITO
* Seth Green - LINUS (VOICE)
* Aubrey Plaza - LUCY (VOICE)

### Music

* "Move B\*tch" - DISTURBING THA PEACE (Breakfast with Lucy)
* "Ave Que Emigra" - GABY MORENO (Dinner with the Espositos)
* "The Knife" - BERNARD HERRMANN (Beckett with Martha & Alexis)

### Literary and other references

* "Linus and Lucy" are the names of the Van Pelt siblings in the Peanuts universe, as well as the title of the widely recognized theme music for the franchise.
* "The Knife", as heard when Lucy interrupts Kate's evening with Martha and Alexis, was the theme used in the film *Psycho* during the infamous shower scene.

### Quotable quotes

* RYAN: Dude, it's your mom's mofongo. The whole world could be ending. I'd still be chowing down.

### Just the facts

* There really is a One Direction body spray: "One Direction Between Us Body Spray"
* Mofongo is an Afro-Puerto Rican dish whose main ingredient is fried plantains.
In the Belly of the Beast

**Writer:** Andrew W Marlowe & David Amann

**Director:** Rob Bowman

#### DUSTJACKETS BLURB

Beckett goes undercover at a moment's notice, only to lose contact with the NYPD before discovering that the criminals she's spying on are laundering millions of dollars and, worse yet, connected to Senator Bracken.

### Guest cast

* Carlos Gomez - CAPTAIN FOWLER
* Maya Stojan - TORY ELLIS
* Jonathan Adams - VULCAN SIMMONS
* Kenny Johnson - HARDEN
* Al Sapenzia - MR. JONES
* Daniel Hugh Kelly - EVAN POTTER
* Jack Coleman - SENATOR WILLIAM BRACKEN
* Brett Rentschler - ELENA MARKOV
* Regi Davis - DR. BAILEY
* Meg Cionni - TESSA

### Quotable quotes

* BECKETT: What we need right now is a really good... font.
Reckoning

**Writer:** Andrew Marlowe

**Director:** Rob Bowman

#### DUSTJACKET BLURB

Every clue that pops up leads to another dead end in the hunt for Beckett, until Castle manages to get far enough into Tyson's story to find a solution.

### Guest cast

* Michael Mosley - JERRY TYSON
* Annie Wersching - DR. KELLY NIEMAN
* Lee Tergesen - MARCUS GATES
* Laura Coover - AMY BARRETT
* Maya Stojan - TORY ELLIS
* Theo Wilson - NEWS ANCHOR
* Darius Cottrell - ESU SPOTTER

### Memorable moments

* Castle bear-hugging Gates. Twice.
* 1,000 hours of community service.

### Quotable quotes

* NIEMAN: I'll need a new face. I've chosen yours.
* CASTLE: She's alive.
RYAN: How do you know?
CASTLE: Because he's not done with me yet.
Crossfire

**Writer:** Alexi Hawley and Terence Paul Winter

**Director:** Rob Bowman

#### DUSTJACKETS BLURB

The tip Caleb Brown gives to Castle and Beckett seems to be yet another dead end - until a "routine" homicide case brings Ryan and Esposito in on the LokSat investigation.

### Guest cast

* Jed Rees - FLYNN
* Gerald McRaney - MASON WOOD
* Kristoffer Polaha - CALEB BROWN
* Paul Haitkin - FAKE CALEB
* Michelle Alegria - NEWSCASTER
* Michael Teh - BRETT
* Rainey Spurlock - LILY
* Brady Steib - JAKE
* Tyler Steib - REECE

### Music

* "Sunshine Day" - THE BRADY BUNCH (sung by Flynn)

### Literary and other references

* Flynn says that "the company has made great strides in chemical truth agents..." The phrase "the company" is a common euphemism for the CIA.
* Milo Minderbinder is a character from Joseph Heller's 1961 novel *Catch-22*, a mess officer who becomes a war profiteer during World War II.

### Memorable moments

* Castle repeating Flynn's words at him when he gets him on the interrogation table.
* Castle and Beckett each telling complete strangers just what the other means to them.
* Mason Wood coming to their rescue in a taco truck.

### Quotable quotes

* CASTLE: I hope I got the right dosage. Because forgetting to breathe can be such a drag.
* CASTLE: It's an embarrassing name, isn't it? Like "A Boy Named Sue"? Maybe your mother called you Doofus.

### Just the facts

Go here to discuss the spec

* The boys seen in the final scene are identical twins Tyler and Brady Steib.
Smells Like Teen Spirit

**Writer:** Chad Creasey & Dana Creasey

**Director:** Kevin Hooks

#### DUSTJACKETS BLURB

Girls can be mean, but when one is found dead in her own bedroom and the school misfit is suspected, Castle thinks telekinesis is involved, and Beckett thinks it's just a deadly trick.

### Guest cast

* Sam Anderson - PRINCIPAL DUNAN
* Maya Stojan - TORY ELLIS
* Malese Jow - HILLARY COOPER
* Hannah Marks - JORDAN GIBBS
* Liz Benoit - ASSISTANT
* Natasha Hall - MADISON BEAUMONT
* John Mese - GEORGE BEAUMONT
* Arianna Ortiz - LIBRARIAN
* Leigh Parker - LUCAS TROY
* Sam Towers - RILEY MITCHUM
* Victory Van Tuyl - KRIS HOWARD

### Music

* "You're in My Veins" - ANDREW BELLE (end)
* "Inhale" - SIRAH

### Memorable moments

* Castle, his schoolmates, twelve flights of stairs, and a cow.

### Quotable quotes

* CASTLE: Actually, it's Mr. Castle, now.
PRINCIPAL: You'll always be Rodgers to me.
Under the Gun

**Writer**: Alexi Hawley

**Director**: Bryan Spicer

#### DUSTJACKETS BLURB

A bail bondsman is murdered, leaving behind a coded document and bringing an old mentor back into Beckett's life. Meanwhile, Castle is forced to dig, well, somebody's grave.

### Guest cast

* Jason Beghe - MIKE ROYCE
* James Handy - CLIFFORD STUCKEY
* Sophina Brown - BROOKE CARVER
* Brian Krause - FATHER AARON LOW
* Keith Robinsons - RANDOM PIERCE

### Music

* "Healing Hands" - CITIZEN COPE (Placement)

### Literary and other references

* Darth Vader, light sabers...do we really need to explain this one?
* Nannycams are tiny cameras usually hidden in toys or other common objects. They're frequently used by paranoid parents to make sure their children are being properly looked after.
* 'Affluenza' is indeed in Wikipedia, but it refers to anxiety suffered by all members of over-consuming societies, not specifically children of the rich.

### Memorable moments

* Beckett winding Castle up about her motorcycle and Alexis' impending 'wild child' phase.
* Royce commenting on Beckett's heels.
* ...and all his other stories about young Officer Beckett.
* The conversation over drinks...
* and Beckett on the phone with Royce, after.
* The Mexican standoff, and Castle's solution.

### Quotable quotes

* BECKETT: It's a bug.
CASTLE: A wireless transmitter, to be precise. Not to be confused with the more advanced infrared signal burst device.
BECKETT: Book research?
CASTLE: Nannycam.
BECKETT: Well, it's not Watergate, Castle. If the purpose was to bug, why leave it here when he's dead?
CASTLE: So tell me this, Miss Know-it-all. Who would want to bug a burly bondsman so badly?
* CASTLE: Someone actually named their kid 'Random'? No wonder he turned to a life of crime.
* BECKETT: Do you see what happens when you feed the animals?
* CASTLE: Lying is not his strong suit. A quality I like in a priest.
* ROYCE: So was he trying to start the zombie apocalypse?
CASTLE: Mock all you want, our good father knows what that paper is.
* CASTLE: (re: photo of Beckett in uniform) Oh, look at you all shiny and bright!
BECKETT: (*to Royce*) What did I tell you about feeding the animals?

### Just the facts

* Beckett worked through high school to buy herself a 94 Harley Davidson Softail...which she still has.
* Her training officer was Mike Royce, who she seems to have hero-worshipped massively. He, in turn, still calls her 'kid'. During the episode we hear of several adventures from Beckett's training days including: the karaoke stakeout, that time with the monkey, the biker chick to whom Beckett offered Royce as man bait to get her to give up her crew, and the time that Beckett offered to flash a suspect who had a spear gun (apparently she was also holding a cat at the time).

### Oops

It's a bit odd that Castle needed a nannycam given that we know from 1x02 that he was Alexis' nanny. Maybe it was more of an 'occasional-babysitter-cam' or to keep an eye on Martha.

### Branch libraries

* News
* Reviews
	+ CliqueClack - Castle--The gang's all here (5 Oct 10)
* Promos
The Wild Rover

**Writer**: Terence Paul Winter

**Director**: Rob Hardy

#### DUSTJACKETS BLURB

The murder of an Irish mobster draws Ryan to reprise his undercover persona, Fenton O'Connell, just when he and Jenny are facing difficult news about their chances for parenthood.

### Guest cast

* Julianna Dever - JENNY RYAN
* Cara Buono - SIOBHAN O'DOUL
* Brian Letscher - LIAM FINCH
* Christina Cox - MAGGIE FINCH
* Michael Rodrick - ROBERT "BOBBY S" SHANNON

### Music

* "Angels and Devils" - THE MAHONES
* "Changed" - STRAY PALACE
* "Express Yourself" - STRAY PALACE

### Literary and other references

* "Luke 15:32" is a reference to the Bible, New Testament, the gospel of Luke. In the tale of the prodigal son, a young man takes his inheritance and squanders it, then repents and returns to ask his father for a job. When the father sees him coming, he welcomes his son with open arms and forgives him.
* "The Wild Rover" is a well known Irish and Scottish drinking song about a man who travels far and wide, seeking his fortune, and returns to his family a rich man. Both the title and the line "gold in great store" are references to this song.
I, Witness

**Writer:** Amanda Johns & Terence Paul Winter

**Director:** Thomas J. Wright

#### DUSTJACKET BLURB

An old high school friend comes to hire Richard Castle Investigations to catch her husband cheating, but when Castle goes to her home, he sees her lifeless body being dragged out of sight - and apparently off the face of the earth.

### Guest cast

* Brianna Brown - EVA WHITFIELD
* Ivan Sergei - COLE WHITFIELD
* Gregory Zarian - SCOTT GALLOWAY
* Audrey Marie Anderson - AUBREY HASKINS
* Andrew Carter - OFFICER KEMP
* Trent Dawson - ROBERT JAMES
* India de Beaufort - TAYLOR MCKINLEY
* Suleka Matthew - DETECTIVE NEELY

### Literary and other references

* Castle mentions the films of Alfred Hitchcock several times in this episode, particularly *Vertigo*, in which Jimmy Stewart's character believes he has witnessed the death of a woman he was hired to follow.
That '70s Show

**Writer:** David Amann

**Director:** John Terlesky

#### DUSTJACKETS BLURB

In 1978 mobster Vince Bianchi vanished without a trace, and when his remains turn up under a concrete demolition, traces lead back to his former sidekick, Harold, who thinks he's still living in the 1970s.

### Guest cast

* Maya Stojan - TORY ELLIS
* Jon Polito - HAROLD LEONE
* Richard Portnow - DETECTIVE MILT BOYLE
* Ray Abruzzo - FRANK RUSSO
* Gina Hecht - MARIE RUSSO
* Dawn Lewis - YVONNE
* Julien Cesario - SNOOKIE WATTS
* Dre' Michael Chaney - RENO
* Amanda Jaros - DRUGGIE GIRL
* Guy Nardulli - BODYGUARD VINNY

### Music

* "Last Dance" - DONNA SUMMER (end)
* "Let the Music Take You High" - BOB McGILPIN

### Literary and other references

* There are many references to 1970s pop culture in this episode, not the least of which are homages to classic cop shows such as *Kojak, Starsky and Hutch*, and *The Streets of San Francisco*, in the costumes worn by the actors in the twelfth precinct.
* Pam Grier is an actress known for her badass action character, Foxy Brown, in the 1972 "blaxploitation" film of the same name.

### Quotable quotes

* HAROLD: Come on, baby, once you go white, nothing else seems right.
LANIE: I’d rather be dead than in end up in your bed, jive turkey.

### Oops

* When Beckett is on the phone with Castle while Martha is setting up the precinct, she's holding her iPhone upside down. Martha also has it upside down in one shot.
Death Gone Crazy

**Writer:** Jason Wilborn

**Director:** Bill Roe

#### DUSTJACKETS BLURB

Strangulation with an expensive brassiere seems like a great way to go, unless you're the victim who's trying to get out of the business of exploiting cleavage.

### Guest cast

* Kelly Hu - SCARLET JONES
* Jordan Belfi - BEAU RANDOLPH
* Chad Donella - TROY STRICKLAND
* Spencer Garret - EVAN PIERCE

### Music

* "Jungle Boogie" - Kool & The Gang (College Guys Gone Nuts scene)

### Literary and other references

* The title of this episode, as well as the name of Beau Randolph's franchise, is a play on the racy Girls Gone Wild videos, which basically consist of young women partying and flashing their boobs at the camera.
* Vito Corleone is a fictional Mafia capo from the bestselling novel and film *The Godfather*, who made his fortune in businesses such as gambling, bootlegging, and union corruption.

### Memorable moments

* Beckett's reaction to the hunky men on the set of College Guys Gone Nuts.
* Castle's reaction to Beckett's reaction.

### Quotable quotes

* BECKETT: Then how did your bra end up wrapped around Beau Randolph’s neck?
TIFFANY: I must have left it in the bathroom. (off BECKETT’S incredulous look) You ever do it in a nightclub, Detective? Hot, sweaty, quick? (she lowers her voice) Things go missing.

### Just the facts

* This episode's victim, Beau Randolph, appeared in a previous episode, "Head Case" (4x03), where he funded life-extension research conducted by the late Lester Hamilton.
* The murder weapon is a size 36D Sultura brassiere, priced around $200-$250, according to Lanie.
Setup

**Writer**: David Amann

**Director**: Rob Bowman

#### DUSTJACKETS BLURB

When a cab driver is murdered and robbed it seems like an open and shut case, but it quickly turns complicated when Homeland Security, diplomats and a dirty bomb get involved.

### Guest cast

* Adrian Pasdar – DHS AGENT MARK FALLON
* Victor Webster – JOSH DAVIDSON
* Alon Aboutboul – FARIQ YUSEF
* Matt Bushell – LEEMAN JONES
* Piter Marek – JAMAL ALHABI
* Bahar Soomekh – NAZIHAH ALHABI
* Billy Mayo – SENIOR OFFICER
* Lochlyn Munro – KEVIN McCANN
* David Weidoff – CRAIG
* Hahn Cho - HAZMAT SPECIALIST

### Literary and other references

* *The Conversation* is a 1974 Francis Ford Coppola film about a surveillance expert who overhears a murder plot.
* In the movie *Raiders of the Lost Ark*, Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant, which does indeed end up in a storage crate.
* Jack Bauer is a hard nosed counterterrorism agent from the TV series *24*.

### Memorable moments

* Ryan reporting to Castle rather than Beckett.
* Yusef smelling Beckett's hair.
* Opening the storage locker.
* Fallon's arrival.
* Beckett and Castle in the radiation tent.
* Fallon interrogating Nazihah.

### Quotable quotes

* ESPOSITO: Everything points to him being popped for cash and car parts.
LANIE: Not everything, baby.
BECKETT: Did you just call him baby?
LANIE: Ooh, did I?
* CASTLE: What brings motorcycle boy here? *Beckett glares at him.* CASTLE: Doctor motorcycle boy.
* CASTLE: Maybe Yusef recruited Amir, drove him into the shadowy world of espionage. And once Amir finished his mission, his fate was sealed. Yusef killed him to tie up loose ends, and then took the data drive containing the explosive revelations.
BECKETT: Which would be what, exactly?
CASTLE: I'm still thinking on that.
* MONTGOMERY: Just so I'm clear, are you taking over?
FALLON: This is your case, I'm just here to lend support any way I can. *(They find out Amir had been working on the nuclear weapons program in Syria.)*FALLON: Now I'm taking over.
* CASTLE: With one foot out the door, it's hard to know where you stand.
* CASTLE: It's like getting a raise and getting fired at the same time.
FALLON: Except you don't actually work here.

### Just the facts

* Lanie and Esposito's relationship is apparently public, as Lanie is okay with calling him 'baby' at the crime scene.

### Oops

* It's awfully convenient that Beckett is wearing a radiation detector.
* If they think there's a nuclear bomb in that van, why do they just open the door, especially when they aren't even wearing hazmat suits?
* Beckett says clearly that her badge number is 0334, but in some other episodes, her badge number is 41319.

### Branch libraries

* News
* Reviews
	+ CliqueClack - Castle--Is this the big moment for Beckett and Castle? (22 Feb 11)
* Promos
Episodes

Click on the season for a more comprehensive view of the season, or click on an individual episode for a whole page on that episode.

### Season 1

Flowers For Your Grave

Nanny McDead

Hedge Fund Homeboys

Hell Hath No Fury

A Chill Goes Through Her Veins

Always Buy Retail

Home is Where the Heart Stops

Ghosts

Little Girl Lost

A Death in the Family

### Season 2

Deep in Death
The Double Down
Inventing the Girl
Fool Me Once
When the Bough Breaks
Vampire Weekend
Famous Last Words
Kill the Messenger
Love Me Dead
One Man's Treasure
The Fifth Bullet
A Rose for Everafter
Sucker Punch
The Third Man
Suicide Squeeze
The Mistress Always Spanks Twice
Tick, Tick, Tick (Part I)
Boom (Part II)
Wrapped Up in Death
The Late Shaft
Den of Thieves
Food to Die For
Overkill
A Deadly Game

### Season 3

A Deadly Affair
He's Dead, She's Dead
Under the Gun
Punked
Anatomy of a Murder
3XK
Almost Famous
Murder Most Fowl
Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind
Last Call
Nikki Heat
Poof! You're Dead
Knockdown
Lucky Stiff
The Final Nail
Setup
Countdown
One Life to Lose
Law & Murder
Slice of Death
The Dead Pool
To Love and Die in L.A.
Pretty Dead
Knockout

### Season 4

Rise
Heroes and Villains
Head Case
Kick the Ballistics
Eye of the Beholder
Demons
Cops and Robbers
Heartbreak Hotel
Kill Shot
Cuffed
Til Death Do Us Part
Dial M for Mayor
An Embarrassment of Bitches
The Blue Butterfly
Pandora
Linchpin
Once Upon a Crime
A Dance with Death
47 Seconds
The Limey
Headhunters
Undead Again
Always

### Season 5

After the Storm
Cloudy With A Chance of Murder
Secret's Safe With Me
Murder, He Wrote
Probable Cause
The Final Frontier
Swan Song
After Hours
Secret Santa
Significant Others
Under the Influence
Death Gone Crazy
Recoil
Reality Star Struck
Target (pt 1)
Hunt (pt 2)
Scared to Death
The Wild Rover
The Lives of Others
The Fast and the Furriest
Still
The Squab and the Quail
The Human Factor
Watershed

### Season 6

Valkyrie
Dreamworld
Need to Know
Number One Fan
Time Will Tell
Get A Clue
Like Father, Like Daughter
A Murder Is Forever
Disciple
The Good, The Bad, & The Baby
Under Fire
Deep Cover
Limelight
Dressed To Kill
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Room 147
In the Belly of the Beast
The Way of the Ninja
The Greater Good
That '70s Show
Law and Boarder
Veritas
For Better or Worse

### Season 7

Driven
Montreal
Clear and Present Danger
Child's Play
Meme Is Murder
Time of Our Lives
Once Upon a Time in the West
Kill Switch
Last Action Hero
Bad Santa
Castle, P. I.
Private Eye Caramba!
I, Witness
Resurrection
Reckoning
The Wrong Stuff
Hong Kong Hustle
At Close Range
Habeas Corpse
Sleeper
In Plane Sight
Dead From New York
Hollander's Woods

### Season 8

XY
XX
PhDead
What Lies Beneath
The Nose
Cool Boys
The Last Seduction
Mr. & Mrs. Castle
Tone Death
Witness for the Prosecution
Dead Red
The Blame Game
And Justice for All
The G.D.S.
Fidelis Ad Mortem
Heartbreaker
Death Wish
Backstabber
Dead Again
Much Ado About Murder
Hell to Pay
Crossfire
XY

**Writer:** Terence Paul Winter & Alexi Hawley

**Director:** Rob Bowman

#### DUSTJACKETS BLURB

On her first day as Captain of the 12th, Beckett disappears, and the trail of her movements shows that she's on the run, wounded, with a man whom none of her friends know - and deliberately lying to Castle about it.

### Guest cast

* Sunkrish Bala - VIKRAM SINGH
* Brad Lee Wind - FRANCO MANCINI
* Coby Ryan McLaughlin - BROOKS
* Jack Coleman - SENATOR WILLIAM BRACKEN
* Daisy Betts - AJ

### Music

* "Kings" - TRIBE SOCIETY (opening scene)

### Literary and other references

* "Bringing a knife to a gunfight" is a metaphor for coming to a battle with insufficient or inappropriate weaponry. The first documented use of the phrase occurs in the film *The Untouchables* (1987).

### Memorable moments

* Esposito's badass moves taking down AJ.
* Alexis using her wiles to get information from the EMT.

### Quotable quotes

* CASTLE (on the newly remodeled office): This turned out so much cooler than I expected!
* HAYLEY: You really love her, don't you?
CASTLE: Like a house on fire.

### Just the facts

* Two vials of insulin were missing, which means either Vikram either needs a lot of medication or Beckett expects to be on the run for a long time. Also, two vials of insulin have a market value of somewhere between $500 and $600. Does that come out of the 12th Precinct's budget?
* Regarding the scene where Castle is interrogated by bad guys with spiders, Nathan Fillion tweeted: "I knew for weeks, insisted on real spiders, and considered it a treat."

### Oops

* If Vikram was feeling "dizzy and had headaches and needed to eat", then he was likely suffering from low blood sugar. Insulin would not help with that, being that its mechanism of action is to lower blood sugar levels, which would have made his symptoms worse or send him into a coma. What Vikram really needed was a Glucagon, which would have raised his blood sugar levels.
* Speaking of insulin, it doesn't look to have been stored in the ambulance properly. The compartment didn't look to be refrigerated, and while it's true insulin doesn't need to be refrigerated, it's generally only kept at room temperature once it's open ... and then it's only stable for a month. Why does the ambulance have 10 vials of need-to-use insulin? That seems wasteful.
Scared to Death

**Writer**: Shalisha Francis

**Director**: Ron Underwood

#### DUSTJACKETS BLURB

Three days after a woman receives a sinister message on a DVD, she's found dead with an expression of horror on her face. Castle thinks she died of fright... then he sees the contents of the DVD and thinks he might be next.

### Guest cast

* Wes Craven - HIMSELF
* Arye Gross - M.E SIDNEY PERLMUTTER
* Alison Trumbell - VAL BUTLER
* Romy Rosemont - NURSE LOCKHEART
* Brad William Henke - MARK HELLER

### Literary and other references

* Wes Craven is the mastermind behind the *Nightmare on Elm Street* and *Scream* horror film franchises, which he has written, directed, and produced since 1984.
* Edvard Munch was a 19th-century Norwegian artist best known for his painting titled "The scream of nature".

### Memorable moments

Castle calling Wes Craven in the middle of the night for advice on dealing with demons.
Dustjackets style guide

Without trying to get too fussy about it, here's a guide to size, colour, etc., used in this layout.

### General stuff

* The blue is a custom colour: 4891f7. The orange is ffa500.
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### **Photos**

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Sleeper

**Writer:** David Amann

**Director:** Paul Holahan

#### DUSTJACKET BLURB

The images in Castle's dreams might be memories, lies, or a mashup of both. His friends at the precinct are skeptical about his suspicions - until the bodies start dropping.

### Guest cast

* Maya Stojan - TORY ELLIS
* Michael Dorn - DR. CARTER BURKE
* Mackenzie Astin - PHILLIP BARTLETT
* Matt Letscher - HENRY JENKINS
* Meera Simhan - HOSTESS
* Usman Ally - BILAL KHAN
* Agnes Olech - AMBER
* Mark Siversten - JEFF POWERS
* Max E. Williams - ILYA GOLOVKIN

### Literary and other references

* *Total Recall* is the title of two films, both based on a story by Philip K. Dick, about an agency that sells manufactured memories and a man who comes to believe his own memories have been replaced.
* "Doc Brown" is a scientist from the *Back to the Future* movies who gets carried away while proving his theories, thus Castle's use of the name when apologizing to Alexis.

### Memorable moments

* The return of Dr. Worf - er, Burke.
* Chuck Norris? Really?

### Quotable quotes

* BECKETT: Why would you be abducted on our wedding day and end up in [SPOILER]?
CASTLE: Worst bachelor party ever?
Victoria Gates

### played by Penny Johnson Jerald

Before taking on the position of Captain at the 12th Precinct, Victoria "Iron" Gates was in Internal Affairs. She is the second youngest female to make detective in the NYPD (Beckett beat her by six weeks). She comes from a family of police officers - her father and uncles were all cops. Gates' patrol partner was assaulted by a sergeant under the guise of authority. This incident appears to be a driving force in her determination to ensure the cops under her are held accountable for their actions. That would help to explain Gates' dislike of Castle. His friendship with the Mayor has given him unencumbered access to the 12th and Gates is unable to do anything about it.

Gates prefers to be addressed as "Sir" instead of "Ma'am". She appears to be strict and competent, and is intent on moving up the police ranks.

Little is known about Gates' personal life, though we do catch glimpses. She's married (5x14), but no mention has been made of kids. Her sister is U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Weston, with whom she had a falling-out over differences in their interpretations of the law (6x19). In 5x03 she tells Castle she's been looking for a "Gemini doll" collectible for years, and he gives her one as a gift, only to ruin her good impression of him by smashing both her collectible and the one he found. In 5x14, she orders her detectives to watch her favorite reality show, "The Wives of Wall Street", in order to research the suspects who appear on the show.

In 7x02 Gates is startled when Castle lands a kiss on her, in response to leads coming in about his disappearance. In 7x10 Gates seems genuinely sorry to deliver the news that he's no longer permitted to shadow the team, and in 7x15 she welcomes him back and gets a bear hug in return.

When season 8 begins, we hear that Gates has been promoted to Deputy Chief of Police, and her name comes up only occasionally in conversation thereafter.

### Just the facts

* Called "Iron" Gates, she used to be with Internal Affairs (4x01).
* Unlike the others, Gates did not dream of being a homicide cop. She's an administrative appointment, and hopes it won't be long before she's moving on to higher pastures.
* She is the second youngest female to make detective in the NYPD. Beckett beat her record by 6 weeks (4x01).
* Gates is married, and her mother in law is a licensed pilot, which she never lets Gates forget. (5x09).
* Her favorite TV show is *Wives of Wall Street* (5x14).

### Defining episodes

* 6x19 - Gates identifies her sister, Elizabeth Weston, as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District. We also find out that Gates became head of Internal Affairs in 1998, and that she and her sister had a falling out over the handling of a case involving prosecution of an undercover officer.
Happily ever after

In the series finale, after Castle and Beckett are shot, there is a time jump with a voice over from the pilot episode, as the camera pans over an emptied loft.

*BECKETT: Well, I guess this is it.*

*CASTLE: It doesn't have to be. We could go to dinner, debrief each other.*

*BECKETT: Why, Castle? So I could be one of your conquests?*

*CASTLE: Or I could be one of yours.*

When the loft fades back in, there's a caption that reads SEVEN YEARS LATER. We see that the loft is now full of toys and children's artwork and books - and out of the office area comes Lily, followed by twins Jake and Reece, who are chased by Kate Beckett, who is followed by Rick Castle.

The family sits down to breakfast and another voice over comes on.

*CASTLE: Every writer needs inspiration, and I found mine.*

*BECKETT: Always.*

*CASTLE: Always.*

***FADE OUT***
Paleyfest 2012

Once again, the cast and crew of Castle are back at a Paley Center for the Media event. Much bigger this time around, the event took place on March 9, 2012, at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills. Attendees got to preview episode "4x18 A Dance With Death", heard Tamala Jones sing "Come Love" live (from episode "4x14 The Blue Butterfly"), and witness a Q & A session moderated by TVGuide's William Keck. Links to recaps and video here.

### Recaps

* TV Goodness - a detailed recap and memorable moments
* Hollywood Reporter - article, mostly info heard on the red carpet

### Video

Paley Center for Media - Official site, short summary recap video and pictures from the red carpet
An Embarrassment of Bitches

**Writer**: Rob Hanning

**Director**: Tom Wright

#### DUSTJACKETS BLURB

A couple of dogs hold the secret to unravelling the murder of a show judge. Everyone gets a case of puppy love...of one sort or another. The reality star stays a mystery, though.

### Guest cast

* Hilarie Burton - KAY CAPPUCCIO
* Justin Hartley - REGGIE STAR
* Nana Visitor - DR. PATTY BARKER
* Ed F. Martin - FRANCISCO PILAR
* Dale Waddington - KELLY GUNTHER

### Music

* "Lilly" - Pink Martini (Winner of the dog show is announced and Kay is interviewed)
* "Watch Me Move" - Fefe Dobson (Kay's photo shoot)

### Literary and other references

* An **embarrassment of riches** is an idiom that means an overabundance of something, or too much of a good thing, that originated in 1738 as John Ozell's translation of a French play, *L'Embarras des richesses* (1726), by Léonor Jean Christine Soulas d'Allainval. [WP]
* Jason Bateman is an American actor who bears resemblance to Nathan Fillion. Fillion sometimes gets mistaken for Bateman in real life.
* Kay Cappuccio is an amalgamation of reality TV stars that have no real talent and still have a career (though not quite as annoying). For instance, Paris Hilton often carried around her chihuahua, and the Kardashian family is followed in the TV series *Keeping Up with the Kardashians* and its spinoffs.
* TMZ is popular celebrity gossip and news website. It has also spun off into a television show.
* *Beverly Hills Chihuahua* is a 2008 comedy movie that anthropomorphizes dogs.

### Memorable moments

* Settling things like men - rock, paper, scissors style. And Ryan losing, as usual.
* Dog therapy.
* Joint custody of the dog.
* The hand stroking. And the eye-sex.
* Beckett giving in to Royal's adorable lost-puppy-eyes.

### Quotable quotes

* CASTLE: Her name is Buttons Dutton?
MARTHA: That is unfortunate.
* PAPARAZZO: Oh, that's not Jason Bateman.
CASTLE: That's getting old.
* ESPOSITO: Look at that dress. Where would you hide a wire?
CASTLE: Well if I had to be creative, I'd guess *(off BECKETT'S glare)* ...that's rhetorical.
* CASTLE: Got a little case of puppy love, Esposito?
* BECKETT: It's called shared custody, not show up when you want custody.
* CASTLE: Beckett, are you wearing perfume? And just for future reference, I am partial to Fracas.

### Just the facts

* Alexis wanted a dog when she was little.

### Branch libraries

* News
	+ TVGuide - Hilarie Burton Gets the Keys to the Castle (23 Nov 11)
	+ TVGuide - Smallville's Justin Hartley to Visit Castle (25 Nov 11)
* Reviews
Backstabber

**Writer:** Robert Bella

**Director:** Jessica Yu

#### DUSTJACKETS BLURB

Hayley does a favor for an old MI-6 chum that results in two dead men and her attempt to avoid being arrested for terrorism.

### Guest cast

* Oliver Muirhead - BRYCE ROBERT
* Billy Ray Gallion - MARCUS JANEK
* David Hoffman - NED WERNER
* Bree Williamson - KARLA
* Alan Smyth - AGENT STEVEN MALLORY
* Aaron McCusker - WESLEY CONNORS
* Senta Burke - CLEANING LADY

### Memorable moments

* Castle identifying the corset by sight.

### Quotable quotes

* HAYLEY: Lead on, Castle Wan Kenobi. You are my only hope.