Lanie (Tamala Jones) IDs a single GSW to the chest. Castle can't stand the smell as he has an acute sense of smell. Could say he has an acute sense of everything! Lanie always showers before a date, Castle could time it for her. Ryan (Seamus Dever) looked like he was at home in the dumpster, at least he dived in. The DB was Sam Parker. Esposito mumbles the DB was discovered by a hottie. Castle comments about the killer cleaning up after himself as it's all very American Psycho. Castle can comfort if she's distraught.
Castle makes coffee for Beckett, "big Castle likes to get in the way." Sarah (Abigail Spencer) IDs the DB, she's not the wife but the fiancee. Esposito is distraught, ha, "he doesn't make me coffee." Beckett comments how it's not easy breaking such news and Castle and Captain Montgomery (Ruben Santiago-Hudson) are both interested in there being a wife and a fiancee. Castle: "Isn't it delicious?" He could get mileage out of that one for more books. The fiancee met Sam six months ago at work. He spent the weekends with his wife. He always answered his phone. Ryan comments how his girlfriend freaks out if he doesn't check in every hour. Esposito backs up Ryan doing this and sometimes even more.
Beckett asks if he was through with marriage, he was Jake before he met Sarah. Castle says two wives don't add up for him. It's 'two wives too many.' The common denominator is him. Alexis dresses like Becket.t Martha is "still waiting for that moment" when Castle is all grown up. Alexis is sent to work logging property. Castle used to worry about Alexis all the time and hid in bushes all day when she was in pre-school. The Captain followed his son's bus. Beckett wonders if that was creepy or sweet. At least they cared about their children.
Sam had a wallet and a double-sided picture frame. Voicemail left on his phone from his wife's brother, Charlie (Alex Skuby). Sam owed him money. Castle says he earned less at his new job. Beckett: "never underestimate the fragility of the male ego." Castle will "ignore her and she'll lose her witchy powers." She searches for her broom. His new employer Carlberg (DB Woodside) who was my suspect, checked his references but all the phone numbers are gone.
Alexis finds a photo album and wants to find the owner. Castle keeps his photos on his phone and what happens when he loses his phone. Which reminds me he doesn't take snaps at the CS anymore, has he grown out of that or can't be bothered anymore?! Sarah recalls Helen watching her apartment outside in the silver Hybrid and she called her for her grandfather's pen. Helen (Perrey Reeves) thinks Sarah made it up. Esposito discovers Connecticut Solutions lost shares to NY Recycle due to new technology. They found a new way to recycle battery fluid. The phone numbers belonged to Connecticut Solutions. They wanted Sam to get hired as he was a corporate spy.
The forensic IT man finds chemical equations on the harddrive. Sarah feigns Jake was acting. Andy (Matt Champagne) the CEO of Connecticut Solutions sent emails to Sam and sent him in as a spy. He called him when he was killed. Castle didn't mean to rub Beckett up the wrong way, so there's a right way to rub her up? He didn't meant to sound dirty when he and Esposito were talking about the chick fight. Ryan tells Castle to take photos of the cat fight between Helen and Sarah and he didn't even do that either. Sarah takes the pen. Beckett says Sam didn't have an ulcer but had doctor's appointments which is what Sarah told them. Castle crosses his fingers hoping there's another woman involved. Photos are found of the Long Island house and the NY Recycling plant and Newport.
Castle makes cocoa for Alexis and gives her a clue to finding the recipient of the missing album. When he says she'll retire from law enforcement and he'll always be here. Sarah thought she had one over on Sam but he knew about her. She has an alibi. Castle comments about women leading men on, well they do that all the time, men that is. Castle mentions her alias bubble, as he hates to say it, Sam was faithful to his wife. Was he talking about alias as in Sara's ID or as in the TV show Alias. Cos that was all about secret IDs. They check Sam's office and find shredded paper so he had a ribbon shredder making it easier to put the documents back together. Castle sits back and "writes a scene."
Captain says the plant wasn't processing battery fluid, it was switching labels and dumping it. Castle says Sam was Erin Brockovich and the gun was found in the dumpster. Carlberg should have recycled it. Said it was Carlberg all along. They tell Helen about Sam's work and Alexis finds the album owner. Beckett talks of how this is important when a person loses someone. Always a reference to her mother. Castle says Alexis is a chip of the old block but Beckett doesn't answer.
Much as I like this show and I do, think there's a little too much 'playing for laughs' involved, which was abundant this episode. Castle playing with the helo in the opening, much like his Guitar Hero antics just shows how a little too young at heart he is which Martha points out; about waiting for him to grow up. That's fine but there seems to be a lot more of that this season. But watching him and the Captain being so protective of their children it's easy to forgive Castle for his juvenile antics, at times.
Yet more film name dropping from Castle and his reference to Alias. I like to think it was a reference to the show, a homage; considering that was all about aliases and convoluted plots which some found difficult to follow. Not that it was, just this episode of Castle was easy to follow. Knew who the killer was and it didn't hurt Nathan and DB got a 'Buffy' reunion happening. DB as Principal Wood was out to kill Nathan as Caleb in that as we recall. Beckett reminded me of a school 'marm,' ma'am, trying to keep her boys in line. Alexis's storyline was to remind of Beckett's mother and her wearing that leather jacket made her look like a mini Beckett. How important it is to get closure for loved one's in such terrible times of loss.
Helen Shaver directed this episode and not seen much of her since Poltergeist: The Legacy. Matt Champagne was in Angel, Happy Birthday. Lanie is back this episode. Perry Reeves was in X Files ep 3 where Mulder fell for her 'vampire' character of Kristen.
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