The Blue Butterfly

**Writer**: Terence Paul Winter

**Director**: Chuck Bowman

#### DUSTJACKETS BLURB

Castle and the crew flash back to the Era of Good Feelings when Castle finds the diary of a 1947 PI and realizes a double homicide from over 60 years ago connects to their present day murder through a priceless necklace - the Blue Butterfly.

### Guest cast

* Mark Pellegrino - TOM DEMPSEY
* Patrick Cassidy - CLYDE BELASCO
* Chad Everett - JERRY MADDOX
* Ellen Geer - VIOLA MADDOX
* Darin Toonder - FRANKIE

### Music

* "Come Love" - BILLIE HOLIDAY (Pennybaker Club)
* "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" - LOUIS ARMSTRONG (Jerry Maddox tells the truth about Sally)

### Literary and other references

* Raymond Chandler was a writer of noir crime fiction during the first half of the 20th century. His stories helped set the standard of detective fiction, along with those of Dashiell Hammett, whose protagonist, Sam Spade, has since become synonymous with the title 'private detective'.
* Louis Armstrong, known by the nickname Satchmo, was an influential American jazz trumpeter and singer. He was one of the first African American performers to become a household name and, along with his music, was also regarded for his charisma.
* Humphrey Bogart was an American actor and icon, popular during the 1940s and 1950s. He's known for his roles in *Casablanca* and *The Maltese Falcon*, and is often seen as an icon from the 40s.
* A professional boxer from 1940 to 1951 with an exceptional record, Sugar Ray Robinson held the world welterweight title from 1946 to 1951 and the world middleweight title in 1951, when he retired. He was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990, a year after his death.
* Jimmy Doyle was a professional boxer from 1941 to his death in 1947. He was knocked unconscious in the 6th round of his fight with Sugar Ray Robinson for the world welterweight title, and was taken to a hospital, but never regained consciousness. He was 22.
* The line "It's the stuff that dreams are made of" is also the last line in the film *The Maltese Falcon*, uttered by Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade.

### Memorable moments

* The fantastic period costumes. And lingo.
* Lanie sings!
* Flashback!Esposito pulls out the Spanish accent only to be upstaged by Flashback!Ryan and his Irish accent.
* The Kiss

### Quotable quotes

* CASTLE: Why am I narrating?
* RYAN: Boy-o.
CASTLE: Boy-o. Like a leprechaun.
RYAN: Castle!
* BECKETT: Did you just say Kate? Are you picturing yourself as the PI and me as the gangster's moll?
* BECKETT: Why would you tell me a story if you don't know the ending?
CASTLE: If you wanted a beginning, middle, and end, I have 27 novels you can choose from.
* CASTLE: Beckett, I just realized something. "I Can't Give You Anything But Love."
BECKETT: Excuse me?
* MADDOX: Are you going to arrest us?
BECKETT: Why would I do that? It sounded like self defense. Besides, we're looking for a woman named Vera, not Viola. And a PI named Joe, not a former bartender named Jerry.
* VERA: Tell me you love me, Joe.
JOE: Always.

### Just the facts

* Ballistics go back to the 20s.
* Joe and Vera stage her escape from Tom Dempsey during a fight between Sugar Ray Robinson and Jimmy Doyle; that fight was the fight that ultimately killed Doyle.

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