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Castle (Nathan Fillion) and Beckett (Stana Katic) investigate the death of a courier who was run over by a car. Alexis (Molly Quinn) sets up a Myface page for Martha (Susan Sullivan) who has two words for Castle, "hairline and receding," which prompts Castle to jump to the mirror for an impromptu check of his hairline! The phone rings and he comments, "It's either a dead body or you just wanna hear my sultry voice." Castle arrives on the scene before Beckett, which surprises her. It was in his neighbourhood.
The courier Shamansky was left to die and Castle comes up with a Kevin Bacon movie reference, Quicksilver (1986). Ryan (Seamus Dever) says the car had a stolen licence plate and the witnesses described seeing a masked man. Captain Montgomery (Ruben Santiago-Hudson) complains about budget cuts and how they must meet their mandated minimum review.
Esposito (Jon Huertas) claims the courier service was delivering the parcel for S Nadal Mattar who is on the Terror Watch list, addressed to the 64th precinct. The team breaks into Sally Neidermeyer's (Hatty Winston) apartment. It was sent by her nephew, Brady who was in prison and she doesn't know what was in it. He called her to send the package to the man who arrested him, Det Montgomery. The Captain explains Brady confessed to killing a woman and Esposito finds he was killed in prison this very morning.
Beckett has to break the sad news to the courier's sister and the Captain thinks Beckett is good at this and Castle wonders how she does it. The phone log from prison, has Brady asking for the package to be delivered and one call was logged to Brady's wife, Val (Sonya Leslie). Her son has a respiratory condition. Ryan still has a copy of Castle's new book.
Martha has received a Friend request from Chet, whom she knew from high school. He was her first which is too much info for Castle and asks if she should accept.
Brady was paid $7,000 a month for his son's treatment. Castle knows his calls would have been monitored and the Captain wants a list of the prison staff. Castle believes they should begin at the start in order to solve this case, just like a mystery story. All mystery stories are the same. In this case a murder was committed to cover one up from ten years ago. He came up with that all by himself, without any help.
Olivia was killed in her apartment and it looked like a robbery. Beckett finds Olivia was at a high society club party where the waitress saw her arguing with a man in a blue blazer and orange striped tie. Ryan tells them Perlmutter (Ayre Gross) doesn't t find Olivia was killed by a baseball bat. Castle tells him it's unhygienic to eat in the morgue. They want to exhume Olivia's DB. Jeff Dillahunt (Ron Melendez) took Olivia as his date and asks why a man and woman can't be friends. That's taboo to Castle. Also he wonders if the two of them are together. Castle: "Not yet." Beckett: "Absolutely not." Jeff has an alibi. One of the Wellesley's, Blake is running for the senator's seat. Jeff agrees to take Castle to the party next time he's invited.
Ryan can't get the duty roster from the warden. The waitress recalls one of the men spilled wine and Beckett spots one in the photo. The Wellesley matriarch, Leanne (Jill Andre) mentions her stolen ring, a clue. Trent (Josh Daugherty) had an argument with Olivia since he wanted her to leave. She was taking advantage of his uncle Winston (Gregg Henry). Winston claims to have been home alone and from his mannerisms it's obvious he's lying, cos he's gay. The Captain gets hold of the roster. He has his ways and asks why the money was no longer paid to Brady. Blake (Mark Moses) wants them to question other family member at his office and the Captain refuses to comply.
Castle sweet talks Martha, describing her as being pretty in the past and she's pretty spectacular now too. Castle accepts Chet as her Friend on her behalf. Chet's also posted a younger photo of himself.
Olivia's coffin is found to be empty which was obviously going to be the case. Castle notices the coffin is expensive and from his research for Storm Warning he recalls they usually have a secret drawer, where a photo of Olivia's mother is found, who wears a pin for Senator Casper Wellesley. Beckett asks Castle if he's viewing porn. No, he uses Ryan's computer for that. Patterson, a guard at the prison was paid off. Winston admits he was Olivia's father. Esposito and Ryan discover Winston's alibi, he was with a man and he was protecting the family.
Blake didn't know she was his daughter and Winston hid it cos of the campaign, which Blake lost anyway. Their mother mentions her ring again. She saw Olivia at her apartment and had it "taken care of." Frank (Jeff Harlen) leaves to get her meds and is arrested by the Captain since the guard confessed. It could only have been him since he's still doing things for their mother. He was the 'family fixer.' Blake took over power of attorney from their mother and so the money wasn't available. Frank stole her ring to make part payment. Beckett says they've closed three cases so have met their quota. Also there's closure for Olivia's aunt and Shamansky's sister. Castle wonders if "having answers makes it any easier?" Beckett: "It does in time."
Castle tells Alexis he's already ruined their family reputation. Blake has given $420 million to a children's charity which will help Brady's son. Martha goes on a date with Chet since she just wants some fun. Alexis wonders if insanity is hereditary.
Plenty of family skeletons lurking around in this episode for the Wellesley's; so it was only fitting Alexis signed Martha to social networking; where she also had a few clanking about in her closet. Re her young photo and Chet deciding to post the same. Makes you wonder just how many actually look like their photos when they upload to such sites.
Wow wonders will never cease,the Captain got to work a case this episode; even if it turned out he put someone away for a crime he didn't commit. At least he admitted he made a mistake and did something about it. Castle being in awe of the Captain not backing down when dealing with Blake, calling him, "awesome."
Ryan's still reading Castle's book. For a few episodes he didn't have one but clearly he's reading the new one. Castle also gets to mention Derrik Storm once again and Storm Force, the driving force behind his success after all or he'd never have met Beckett.
Another moment where it become painfully obvious Beckett would like her mother's case solved but can't bring herself to do it. Doesn't look like Castle's going to volunteer anytime soon.
Okay here we have Castle returning to those porn comments again - even if it was Beckett who brought it up. Hadn't heard the 'P' word in a while. Castle, cats and tea! This episode was directed by Jonathan Frakes, Number 2 from Star Trek: The Next Generation. So he did an excellent job and kept the action going, the laughs coming and some sombre moments too.
Mother was behind the killing and it was apparent from her 'missing ring,' also how Frank was her 'go to man' for taking care of such things for her.
Hey no one gave any clues to anyone this episode when it came to solving the case; which also made a change. Oh and for once, okay, maybe twice, Mark Moses didn't play a killer. Martha's Myface account was an obvious reference to MySpace and Facebook. Gregg Henry starred alongside Nathan in Firefly episode The Train Job and in the movie Slither (2006). Beckett said a magnifying glass isn't standard issue for detectives since Sherlock Holmes. Well, he wasn't a police detective!
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