Always

**Writer**: Andrew Marlowe and Terri Edda Miller

**Director**: Rob Bowman

#### DUSTJACKETS BLURB

When a murder has a curious link back to Johanna Beckett, Kate finds her life hanging by a fingertip. She and Castle lay their cards on the table and this time actually play them.

### Guest cast

* Tahmoh Penikett - COLE MADDOX
* Judith Scott - EVELYN MONTGOMERY

### Music

"In My Veins " - ANDREW BELLE (Placement)

### Literary and other references

* Steve Jobs was the co-founder and CEO of computer giant Apple, Inc until his death from pancreatic cancer in 2011. He also co-founded Pixar Animation Studios. He delivered a highly regarded commencement speech at Stanford University on June 15th, 2005.
* Winston Churchill is best known as the Prime Minister of Britain during World War II, though his accomplishments extend far past that. His commencement speech to his alma mater Harrow School in 1941 made Time's list of top ten commencement speeches.
* A film by Cameron Crowe, *Say Anything...* is a coming of age dramedy starring John Cusack. It made *Entertainment Weekly*'s list of 50 Best High School Movies.
* Originally the first novel in a series by Stephenie Meyer (later adapted into several blockbuster movies), *Twilight* is a young adult novel about vampires who sparkle in the sun, often criticized for its less than stellar writing.
* John Woo is a Hong Kong film director, writer, and producer whose films (like *The Killer* and *Hard Boiled*) are often full of action, violence, and blood. His American films include *Face/Off* and *Mission: Impossible 2*.

### Memorable moments

* Trouble in Rysposito paradise.
* The fight on the roof. Oops.
* The fight in Beckett's apartment.
* Kate showing Castle her bullet wound as they kissed.

### Quotable quotes

* CASTLE: You like John Woo?
BECKETT: The bloodier the better.
CASTLE: You wouldn't want to join me, would you?
BECKETT: Actually, I would.
* BECKETT: I wake up sometimes and I think to myself, 'how the hell am I still alive?'
* CASTLE: Hey, you're not in this alone. I'm here.
BECKETT: (*taking his hand*) I know.
* ESPOSITO: DNA confirms that the man who shot Orlando Costas in that alley is the same man who put a bullet in your heart.
* MR. SMITH: I can't control the situation if you can't control her.
* CASTLE: Every morning I- I bring you a cup of coffee just so that I can see a smile on your face because I think you are the most remarkable, maddening, challenging, frustrating person I have ever met. And I love you, Kate, and if that means anything to you, if you care about me at all, just don’t do this.
* CASTLE: Beckett, what do you want?
BECKETT: You.
* BECKETT: He got away and I didn’t care. I almost died and all I could think about was you. I just want you.

### Just the facts

* Montgomery lived at 299 First Avenue. His family still lives there.
* Unsurprisingly, Alexis is valedictorian of her graduating class.
* NYC public school graduations are usually held on Saturday, at the end of June. Assuming that 'Marlowe Prep' follows a similar calendar, Alexis' graduation probably took place on June 30, 2012, so that would be the date Beckett and Castle got together (see 5x05 for further evidence).
* Johanna Beckett was born on February 4, 1951 and died January 9, 1999, making her not quite 48 years old. This would mean she had Kate when she was 29, the same age Beckett was at the start of the show.

### Oops

* Yet again the number and gender of Montgomery's kids have changed. In early seasons he had a three-year-old son (1x03), and another old enough to have gone to summer camp in the Adirondacks (2x10). However, in 3x19 he says he has two daughters and one son, and as far as we can tell, there was no son in Knockout (3x24) at all, either at the house, or at the funeral, but he does say goodbye to two daughters, about 12 and 15. And then, as seen in a family photo here, he seems to have a son and a daughter, but seconds later Castle makes reference to "Evan and the girls". One possible explanation is that the boys in the early stories are all Evan (and a bit of hyperbole), who is already grown, and the young man and woman in the photo in 4x23 are him and his wife.
* Googlemapsfail: 299 First Avenue is actually the Foreign Press Center in NYC. Not to mention that 3x23 showed Montgomery's residence to be a single-family house with lawn, which (unless he kept the millions from his bad old days and possibly not even then) is not to be found anywhere on the island of Manhattan.
* The position of Beckett's hands on Castle's face changes several times as she kisses him in his loft and at one point there's a shot that's clearly from a reverse angle, re-reversed to put Castle and Beckett on the correct side of the frame. Though this may seem like a goof, when a fan asked about the continuity, Marta Evry (editor of that particular scene) answered that she had chosen to use a jump-cut from a different take to heighten the emotion of Castle's choice, and that "Continuity of action isn't usually important" (Marta Evry twitter). Unfortunately, a lot of people did find it quite jarring, enough that someone re-edited the scene with that clip gone. See what you think (and no, it wasn't us, I swear it.)
* A bit of timing issues again - in 3x21 "Headhunters" Kate says it's been 7 months since Castle told her he loved her (when she was shot). Now she says it's been 11 months without a lead on her shooting and Castle kept information from her for a year. Continuity error, or are we supposed to believe 4 months have passed in 2 episodes?

### Branch libraries

* News
	+ EW InsideTV - 'Castle' season finale: 'I love you -- but you already know that don't you?' (04 May 12)
	+ TVGuide.com - 'Castle' boss on the Finale: "Everything Comes Out" (07 May 12)
	+ E!Online - Castle Boss Dishes on Explosive Season Finale: Find Out What's Next for Castle and Beckett! (07 May 12)
	+ TVGuide.com - 'Castle' boss: I have no intention of pulling the rug out from the audience (08 May 12)
	+ Zap2it - ABC's Castle Finale Wins at 10pm, Marking 6-Month Highs and its Most-Watched Season Ever (08 May 12)
	+ EW InsideTV - 'Castle' star Stana Katic on last week's epic finale: 'I think waiting any longer would have been unfair and dishonest' (14 May 12)
* Reviews
	+ TVGuide.ca - 'Castle' finale: Finding solid ground (08 May 12)