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- DirectorRob BowmanStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanCop killer Hal Lockwood, whom Beckett visited unsuccessfully in jail for months hoping for a lead in her mother Johanna's closed murder case, is released by a faked order into the general population, where he slices rogue cop Gary McCallister's throat, then is helped by fake cops to escape. Beckett, his likely next target, receives warnings from her father, Montgomery and Castle. Much helped by Ryan and Esposito, the duo work out that there must be a police accomplice and/or mastermind controlling Chuck Ryker, the debt-ridden corrupt jailer who was found murdered at his home.9+/10.
Season 3, Episode 24. - DirectorThomas J. WrightStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanThe detective on Beckett's mother's homicide case is killed after telling her he has information.9/10.
Season 3, Episode 13. - DirectorRob BowmanStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanThe murder of a Latino army veteran ex-con, ex-Lobos-street gang member quickly links to a break-in in the late captain's home, to steal only and all his old police files, and yields the fingerprints of the sniper who nearly killed Beckett. Castle realizes continuing the investigation will draw him back and probably cost her life by squashing his deal with deep throat. Her refusal to back down causes a break up with Castle, and Gates suspends both her and Esposito for continuing an unauthorized investigation in a case assigned to another NYPD team. Now Beckett commits romantically.8+/10.
Season 4, Episode 23.
Beckett: Say something reassuring.
Alexis: Everything eventually ends.
Beckett: I only want you.
Castle: I am more than a partner.
Castle: The most worthwhile things in life are often the most difficult.
Beckett: You.
*Vincit omnia veritas = Truth conquers all things* - DirectorBryan SpicerStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanIn a two-part storyline, Federal Agent Jordan Shaw, an insightful and accomplished Federal investigator, teams up with Castle & Beckett to hunt down a cunning and elusive serial killer.8+/10.
Season 2, Episode 17. - DirectorThomas J. WrightStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanWhile investigating the death of an Irish mobster, Beckett and Castle uncover a local turf war that may be connected to both a late-night infomercial guru and an international drug smuggling operation. But the case turns agonizingly personal when evidence emerges that the killer they're chasing may have had a hand in Beckett's mother's murder.8/10.
Season 2, Episode 13. - DirectorChuck BowmanStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanCastle senses a diary of a P.I from the 1940s found in the effects of a murdered modern-day treasure hunter is the key to finding the Blue Butterfly, a blue-diamond necklace. The team works out the story situated in 1947 in the same, now derelict, music club, involving murder, gangsters, and theft; they work out the true parts and identities of culprits and victims.8/10.
Season 4, Episode 14.
Castle: Where have you been all my life?
Castle: You should see what my face did to the other guy's fist.
Castle: I can't give you anything but love.
Joe: What do we need a blue butterfly for? - DirectorRob BowmanStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanStudent Jane Herzfeld was fatally shot with the Glock service pistol stolen from Detective Ryan by serial killer 3XK. Her ex-boyfriend, Finn McQueen, has an alibi. Phone records show she was in contact with undercover narcotics Detective Seth Carver. He had forced her to inform on Chinese mob boss Clifford Lee by acting as a tutor to his son, Ben. Castle ingeniously finds some missing links through prison records.8/10.
Season 4, Episode 4. - DirectorJohn TerleskyStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanCastle finally gets Beckett, who admits so only in therapy, she may have made him wait too long when he teams up for an investigation with her colorful colleague detective inspector Ethan Slaughter, a cowboy style bulldog, who was assigned multiple decapitated Jamaican corpses from the Irish Westies gang member Brian Reilly's maverick son. Although uncomfortable with the ruffian style, gentleman sleuth Castle proves his value while they discard a simple gang war and focus on newcomer Cesar Vales's Mexican gang. Castle not only repeatedly appeals to his former team, but actually turns to them when he disagrees with Slaughter's theory as well as his bully blackmail method.8/10.
Season 4, Episode 21.
Slaughter: A woman like that, you storm the beaches or die trying.
Beckett: Oh, everything is fine.
Castle: Do you want it badly enough to get over being hurt? - DirectorJohn TerleskyStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanAfter Tessa Horton is murdered in a bizarre fashion at her apartment, evidence piles up, all pointing at Castle. He denies knowing her, let alone having had an affair, but there are fingerprints, security footage and recovered hard-drive evidence all showing he did. Although no one in the precinct can believe him guilty, they must arrest him based on the evidence. Only then does vindictive serial killer Jerry Tyson manifest himself to Castle while he is in Holding at the precinct, promising that he won't survive jail, which calls for a radical solution.8/10.
Season 5, Episode 5. - DirectorJohn TerleskyStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanThe serial killer remains at large and is taunting Castle, Beckett and Jordan Shaw to catch him.8/10.
Season 2, Episode 18. - DirectorBryan SpicerStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanThe department's reputation is damaged after a convicted murderer escapes custody and steals all the evidence the police have on him, and Castle and Beckett must team up with the CIA to catch him before he kills again.8/10.
Season 4, Episode 15.
Castle: This is my thing. This is our thing.
Beckett: I’m not gonna be rescued by your girlfriend. - DirectorBryan SpicerStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanA death of a bridesmaid reunites Castle with his long lost love.8/10.
Season 2, Episode 12. - DirectorRob BowmanStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanNothing is as it seems when Castle and Beckett investigate what appears to be the assassination of an intelligence operative. Meanwhile, Beckett's romance with Demming threatens her relationship with Castle, forcing them to confront their feelings for each other.8/10.
Season 2, Episode 24. - DirectorBill RoeStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanWhen a beautiful woman is found dead in an alley, all clues point to her being a victim of the notorious Triple Killer. The Triple Killer, or 3XK, terrorized New York City four years ago, then mysteriously disappeared. Now he's back. In a deadly battle of wits, Castle and Beckett race against time to stop 3XK before he claims his next victims.8/10.
Season 3, Episode 6. - DirectorRob BowmanStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanCastle and Beckett race to find the "Linchpin" in order to stop the first domino in a chain of events which will plunge the United States into war.8/10.
Season 4, Episode 16.
Castle: If you're stubborn enough to keep going, I'm stupid enough to go with you. - DirectorThomas J. WrightStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanThe victim's corpse is found burning in a barrel by a homeless man. The team finds out she worked for US Senator William H. Bracken, whom Beckett holds responsible for her mother's murder. But he seems to be the target, this time. Only Castle learns that Beckett considered holding back evidence before another clue leads the team to prime suspect Robert McManus, a mechanic who blames the senator for his son's suicide. The senator is hell-bent on holding a high-profile speech in a hotel to launch a career-crucial environmental bill.8/10.
Season 5, Episode 13. - DirectorRob BowmanStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanBeckett fights for her life after her shooting while the 12th precinct gets a new tough captain, Victoria Gates.8/10.
Season 4, Episode 1. - DirectorHolly DaleStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanGunshots, a fleeing van and a massive blood pool all point to murder, but when Castle & Beckett arrive at the crime scene, they discover that it lacks something - the victim! The investigation leads to the cutting-edge world of life-extension science, a cunning high-tech researcher, and a sleazy porn mogul who invested in a modern-day "fountain of youth." Meanwhile, Alexis finds out whether she got into Stanford.8/10.
Season 4, Episode 3.
Castle: Maybe if I sent her flowers.
Castle: Would you do it, would you get the implants?
Beckett: I don't think I need them, huh?
Castle: Failure is giving up. - DirectorRob BowmanStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanCastle and Beckett re-evaluate their relationship after spending the night together.-8/10.
Season 5, Episode 1. - DirectorBill RoeStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanA devilishly handsome detective from Scotland Yard teams up with Castle and Beckett to find the person responsible for the murder of his friend's daughter. Also, Castle and Beckett suspect Nigel, the Deputy General at the British Consulate, is up to more than just ambassadorial balls and diplomatic luncheons. Meanwhile, Lanie convinces Beckett that she needs to make a move on Castle before it is too late.-8/10.
Season 4, Episode 20.
Castle: Sometimes it's the people we think we know best that we don't really know at all. - DirectorJohn TerleskyStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanWhen Beckett's old training officer is killed, she takes off on a solo mission to find the killer. On the plane she runs into Castle who is flying out to the Heat Wave movie set. She lets him help her catch the killer.-8/10.
Season 3, Episode 22. - DirectorRob BowmanStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanA case involving an insurance agent brings Castle and Beckett, who are still on the outs after he looked into her mom's case, back together.-8/10.
Season 2, Episode 1. - DirectorBryan SpicerStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanA plastic surgeon is found murdered with his fingernails ripped off. Castle looks into Beckett's mother's murder despite her protests.-8/10.
Season 1, Episode 10. - DirectorPaul HolahanStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanA man dressed as Santa falls from the sky while Castle and Beckett prepare for their first Christmas as a couple.-8/10.
Season 5, Episode 9. - DirectorRob BowmanStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanCastle and Beckett's romantic weekend in the Hamptons turns sour when a dying man stumbles into Castle's pool.