Castle (Nathan Fillion) tries on his space cowboy outfit from his time on Firefly. Alexis (Molly Quinn) says he wore it five years ago. "Don't you think you should move on?" She's reading the Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe which should have been a clue to Castle's outfit at the end. She's skipping his Hallowe'en party this year. She's looking after a baby egg for school, called Fagin.
Beckett (Stana Katic) calls about a case. A man is found in the cemetery with a stake though him. Castle loves this time of year. He also loves walking in cemeteries since there are so many stories behind the graves, pointing out one called Elizabeth Dryden, but there's no year for when she died, which of course was another clue for the current case. Castle 'looks like Buffy visited.'
Lanie (Tamala Jones) thinks the DB hit his head on the stone or was hit on the head. Castle thinks of Lichens who are at war with vampires. The Vic was wearing fangs but were actually ceramic veneers. Castle stops Lanie from removing the stake since if he's a real vampire he'd come back to life. Does Castle really buy into the entire vampire legends/myth? He is a writer but thought he'd be less into that sort of Gothic fantasy. Lanie also finds two bite marks on his thigh.
Castle notices black smudges on the stake. Didn't Lanie notice those, since she needs to send everything to be analyzed? But Beckett has to tell her to send to CSU. Castle knows someone who's a fang master and could ID the fangs. At the store, Castle suggests Beckett should get a costume for herself. She's not coming to his party. Dr Barry Frank (Jim Gleason) made the fangs for Brad Pitt on Interview with a Vampire. He Ids the fangs to someone named Crow and Castle has to tell her they wouldn't use their real names - umm, I'd come out with my 'how long has she been a cop for' comment right about now. Castle tries on some fangs and picks out a "slutty nurse's outfit" for Beckett. So we're back to slutty references as far as Beckett is concerned. Mind you her dresses were like that in season 1.
They find an address for Crow, real name Matthew Freeman. Castle mentions graphic novels, Frank Miller and Beckett comes up with "Epic comic or Darkhorse year." That's the sexiest thing he's heard from her all year. She replies the things he doesn't know about her could sell a book. He did sell a book! His landlady tells of a fight at his apartment with a girl. Ryan (Seamus Dever) looks up 'Den of Inequity' on the computer and vampire covens. He was a relationship with someone into all this but he drew the line when she wanted sex in a coffin. (Abby from NCIS is into coffins.) Esposito (Jon Huertas) "did the relationship suck." Ryan is made to call his ex for info.
They talk to his former girlfriend at a club of sanguinarians and she tells them Crow had a boyfriend, Damon. They found her hair on him cos they were together. Damon talked him into writing a graphic novel. Morgan Lockerbie (Rob Arbogast) was an original member of his coven and thinks he's a real vampire. Castle believes some sort of childhood trauma , such as the loss of a parent makes them interested in murder. "Some people become vampires, some people become cops." Referring to Beckett, that's his version of Psychology 101. Beckett needs to make that call which changes everything and she prefers to do it alone.
Crow's father, Alan (Robin Thomas) says his son changed and his mother, Janice (Anita Barone) who so obviously was crying fake tears, talk about having rapid eye movement. Morgan is missing. Castle is reading the graphic novel and finds Morgan is in the novel as Morlock. Beckett gets close to Castle who smells her scent of cherries, but Ryan and Esposito walk in, ending their moment. There are drawings in the novel of the location. Inside they find a coffin which Castle removes the lid of with Beckett and then jumps back. He's attacked and bitten by Morlock who appears to combust in sunlight.
Lanie says he suffers from Porphyria. It's not contagious but is genetic and she gives Castle plenty of antibiotics. Castle: "You wanna bite me, you buy me dinner." That's a simple request from him. Morgan slurs his words and doesn't make any sense. Beckett calls in a psychiatrist. The smudge is identified as India ink used in graphic novels. Alexis is allowed to go to a senior's party and Martha (Susan Sullivan) is going out to find her Great Gatsby, as she's dressed for the occasion. Castle has to babysit Fagin.
The psychiatrist, Dr Holloway (Phil LaMarr) deduces Crow can't separate fantasy from reality and the woman in the drawings is an angel in acts of violence. Castle was right about the childhood trauma. Esposito calls Beckett about Damon. He's dead with a bullet through his heart, dressed as a werewolf. But not with a silver bullet.
Damon's real name is Jonas and he was a student at NYU. Lanie determines he died the same time as Crow and she also spots what they're looking for, an envelope taped underneath his desk. Castle also finds India ink, meaning Crow's killer was here too. Damon's research was in the envelope and Beckett wonders what happened to Castle when he was younger. She comments, tit for tat. Castle's seen her tat, won't show her his t-t. Being interrupted before he gets to finish. The woman's face in the drawing is the same as in the clipping. So Crow knew the woman before she died.
Alexis calls for help with Paige and she slurs drunkenly, which Alexis understands but Castle doesn't. Alan and Janice don't know who the woman is, but his sister, Rosie tells them about his portfolio and he had his "own personal ghost." It was apparent Alan was hiding something when he saw that photo. Damon found out the woman died 18 years ago and was shot in the chest. The bullets match the gun that was used on her and Damon. Ryan brings in his portfolio and the tree is the same as where her body was found. He's remembering it. Beckett looked after Fagin when Castle left it on her desk.
Esposito discovers Alan's name was McGinty and he took Janice's maiden name when married. Elizabeth was his first wife, as in Dryden as in the grave in the cemetery. It had to be the babysitter/nanny harking back to season 1 episode of Castle again. Can't seem to get away from those. Castle notices spots on Janice's coat and recalls what Morgan was ranting. Janice shot Damon and used the same gun she used to kill Elizabeth. Crow was putting flowers on his mother's grave and she killed him.
Castle tells Beckett about his childhood trauma and reels her in, hook, line and sinker. He was spinning a yarn, as is his profession. Castle dresses as Poe and Beckett scares him with her Alien costume. She's "giving him the bird." And Castle gives her the raven. It was more Alien than a bird. And there was he thinking she'd turned up in a sexy number just for him. Then his mind was in the gutter earlier on with the slutty nurse remark.
Castle - the show - had to do a vampire episode for Hallowe'en and he believes in vampires too, or was he just having us on. This time round everything Castle said was what actually transpired but he needed that all important clue from Alexis to recall what Morgan was saying about the spots, blood and burying the wicked boy.
Beckett and Castle being interrupted in that scene and her smelling of cherries. Even Ryan and Esposito suspect there's more going on than either one of them want to admit. Yet another nanny involved in a murder, re season 1 eps. Castle must be relieved his babysitter was normal and he's also relieved he doesn't have any issues with Alexis.
Watch out for Rosie's shirt with Hayley Blue written on it as she's the subject of the next episode.
Castle: "Looks like Buffy's visiting the Big Apple." Yeah in search of Caleb. Castle as Poe with a caterpillar, er, moustache made him look older and more mature and in his words, not so "ruggedly handsome." This episode was all very Vampire Diaries what with the mentioning of Damon and originals.
The graphic novel sketches - all dark and showing the woman with red blood took me back to to season 1 episode of Without a Trace, Clare de Lune where Clare had suffered a traumatic event as a child, and pushed her mother over the balcony. When older, she began to recall these memories and she painted : black images with splashes of red representing blood.
There are cows in space as in the episode Safe of Firefly where Mal Reynolds carried a herd of cattle on his ship. Esposito was dressed as his character from Generation Kill (2008) Sgt Antonio 'Poke' Espera. Ryan was dressed as a doctor which he's played in General Hospital and Army Wives.
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