Children watch a man via videolink supposedly in the Arctic and he gets killed on camera. Alexis (Molly Quinn) is having violin lessons with Dylan;(Tyler Hoechlin) a hunk whom Castle (Nathan Fillion) strongly objects to since he could end up having designs on her. Castle: "You went male model." Martha (Susan Sullivan) likes Dylan too.
Beckett (Stana Katic) tells Ryan (Seamus Dever) she'd have spoiled the surprise if she told Castle about the shooting and where the DB was. Castle: "Do we have jurisdiction in the North Pole?" Well they would have found some way to get there to assume jurisdiction, ha. He thought "it was awesome." Beckett notices a building in the glass which Castle states has classic Upper West Side architecture. Hey he's an exert on buildings too. Wheeler, (David Ramsey) the teacher, saw Steven Fletcher two weeks ago. Watch out for the nifty brochure, it was a clue since it turned up everywhere.
Ryan gets a hit on the building ID. The door is unlocked and Castle assumes the killer had a key, or the Vic knew his killer which is the more likely scenario, or both. Beckett refers to Fletcher as a squirrel and surprised Castle didn't know what she meant by 'nuts.' He has a one track mind has our Castle and the scene reminds Castle of Capricorn One (you now the movie where they alleged the moon landing was a fake.) Lanie (Tamala Jones) finds he was shot once in the face. There are even more brochures in his apartment and the photos on the walls were also a clue. Castle picks up a book saying Fletcher had no intention of returning the library book.
Esposito (Jon Huertas) finds lots of fake passports. Then Beckett picks up the brochure again. She hasn't read his book yet or so she claims. Castle thinks she's just saying that to annoy him. She was doing a lot of that this episode. Ryan claims to have hurt his back so he doesn't have to carry any boxes. The real Fletcher is Hawaiian. Castle tells them it's a game to a conman as he's into the thrill of it. Beckett comments Castle was just telling them about his experience as a fraud. The Captain (Ruben Santiago-Hudson) needs this solved as public schools are getting angry. A woman named Patty was conned out of her savings. Castle goes on to give an impression of someone in a strait jacket, don't give up the day job(s).
Patty (Stephanie Faracy) meditated and killed him in her mind. Beckett was ready to close the case with that confession, well practically. Castle says he's been married twice so he knows what it feels like to be duped. Castle thinks Fletcher is a master con man. He was engaged to Elise Finnigan, (Kathleen Rose Perkins) who refuses to believe he was a conman. Sue (Jennifer Riker) was a suspect considering she hardly said two words but just happened to be there, who was she anyway, no one introduced her. There's no match on Fletcher's prints. The Captain loves a good con movie. Oceans Eleven, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels... Castle's fave was The Sting (Paul Newman, Robert Redford.) Beckett hates con movies. That from someone who claimed not to have seen Showgirls either.
Castle wonders why he would write back to every child if he was just scamming them. Beckett calls the Captain a "sucker," inadvertently. Beckett leaves and Castle thinks she's got a date, yeah with his book obviously. Esposito asks if Castle has unresolved feelings. Well he has got feelings and they won't be resolved, no they'll drag on, which is good for us. Beckett reads his book in the bath with a glass of wine. Would've thought she'd have gone through most of it, oh she didn't want to end up looking like a shrivelled prune in the bath. Wait, a prune is already shrivelled.
Castle spies on Alexis when she's having a lesson with Dylan as it gets too much for him. He thinks Dylan is lying and they know nothing about him. He's a little paranoid especially after this case and wants to polygraph Dylan. Martha says Alexis's "excuse is hormones, what's your excuse?" He has the mind of a writer...
Beckett is sparring and Castle imagines it's with a woman, which is arousing. Beckett admits she had a date with his book and then lies. Castle thinks of Elise's father Gerry Finnigan, (Robert Pine) cos of his own heightened paranoia, who also has a gun. Gerry hired a PI who has photos of him. Fletcher agreed to a prenup. Beckett believes the killer could be in the photo and doesn't think people can change cos she's seen too many repeat offenders. Wheeler is in one photo and he wanted to make some money from the scam too. Elise is also in the photo and she thinks Fletcher was CIA. Castle has a man there. Castle: "This is the best case ever." Leading to another bet, this time of $1 between Castle and Beckett and she doesn't agree on his calling his man until he actually mentioned a bet. Castle: "I've got a guy everywhere." In which case why couldn't he get the lowdown on Dylan without wanting to resort to a polygraph. He did end up checking on whether he was actually at Julliard though.
Agent Gray (Chet Grissom) turns up behind them at work when Castle is divulging some of his secrets and well Castle could have got him to check out Dylan. Fletcher wasn't CIA and he liked Heat Wave, particularly the sex scene. Castle also used some of Beckett's lines in his book. Beckett: "There's a sex scene between us." Beckett appears to be Freudian slipping, no? Castle: "between Nikki and the ruggedly handsome reporter helping her." He likes his use "ruggedly handsome" to describe himself. Alexis lets rip at Castle, she's a good daughter and never does anything wrong. Beckett says she is good, she took Castle apart like a pro and he should take it from her cos she was a teen once, teen girls are never easy to raise. He's been encouraging her to break the rules and now he doesn't like it. But she hasn't broken any rules.
Sue is with Elise when she just happened to get that phonecall from Fletcher. Elsie is unnerved. Anyone could tell that was a recording, no one speaks like that. Lanie hasn't been able to ID Fletcher. They begin getting hits on various aliases of his to put them off the scent. Beckett recalls Elise is his weakness. Beckett seems to be on the ball this season - coming up with her own deductions. Beckett spots the photo album at Elise's for their wedding as it's in the form of that dreaded brochure, see big clue! Sue is a graphic artist and she took the photos on display at the apartment too. She's conning Elise and she takes out money from the bank. "The con is still on." They arrest Sue and Beckett calls Castle an easy mark.
Ryan finds Fletcher's voice recorded on the laptop. Beckett tells Elise he loved her really. She then rushes to the loo to read that scene and Castle catches her with his book. It's on page 105. Martha takes lessons from Dylan. Castle trusts Alexis and she has to be patient with him since he never had a "teenage daughter before."
The number of times Castle used the phrase "fool me once" in the Pilot ep and later, it had to become an episode title sooner or later. "Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me..." when Beckett handcuffed him to the police car and the second time he was prepared for it.
Throughout it all, no one mentioned the children and the effect this murder had on them: scarred for life. Even if Fletcher knocked over the camera, they would have still heard the shot. Castle has his own personal problems with Alexis, but really they're of his own making, stemming from his suspicious mind. He's right to have his doubts as a father - but he should also know Alexis wouldn't betray him or do anything wrong. The trouble starts with this case which has him believing Dylan could be a bad guy with ulterior motives. Yet he never thought that about Owen who turned out to be interested in other girls.
No episode would be complete without a movie or two, Castle is going the way of NCIS as far as movies are concerned! Beckett leads Castle on a merry dance and he falls for it every time. He is an easy mark this episode, or should that be unsuspecting mark. Didn't think Beckett's date would have been anything other than reading his book, she did that before last season, implying there was a date and there was none. Speaking of, what's the deal with her FBI friend? Beckett on a date with Castle's book, a product of her subconscious, she doesn't want to succumb to his charms but has the book instead.
So they never found out who Fletcher really was. Beckett showing she really has a heart when she told Elise of his true feelings for her. In The Mentalist episode 1.21 Miss Red, Patrick (Simon Baker) came across a con woman and they didn't know her real name either.
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