That’s the real question
To be or not to be?
That is the question.
Thats the real question.
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Castle suggests he was murdered by Shakespeares ghost for butchering his play.
The director has other ideas.
Heads up: Ophelia is a method actor who is also crazy.
We learn that hes been staying there for two weeks with another woman.
Castle and the boys enter the room and find a woman lying in the bed.
It only takes one shout of NYPD for Martha to pop up from under the covers.
Castle is dumfounded that his mom is in Zanes bed.
I applaud Marthas sauciness.
Redheads always have more fun.
Martha explains that she was not having an affair with Zane.
She was his acting coach.
He was totally out of his depth playing Hamlet, so she agreed to train him.
She made him dig deep, and as a result, he decided to confront his demons.
It was not a happy reunion.
Back in the day, Zane and Johnny were charged with breaking and entering.
Johnny took the fall.
He went to the slammer while Zane went to Hollywood.
Espo and Ryan think Johnny is harboring hard feelings about his brother forgetting about him in jail.
Sure, Johnny is bitter, but he and Zane were arguing about money.
reckon it’s Zane had a hard time paying his taxes.
The question remains: Why did Zane take on a theater gig instead of a big-budget movie?
Johnny claims he had a money-making plan.
Guess who has footage of Zane the night he was murdered?
This guy knew Zane back in the day.
He claims Zane wanted to get in touch with his boss, El Oso.
This is a very bad dude.
Ten grand gets you a burner phone, and if El Oso wants to talk, hell call you.
Rumor has it, Zane secured face-to-face time with the drug lord.
When he asked for a second meeting, it didnt go well.
All signs point to El Oso at this point.
The DEA, FBI, and the Mexican government have all tried to find him without luck.
NEXT: To thine own self be true
Thats the deal with El Oso.
You dont find him.
And he finds Castle pretty quickly that night.
Castle finds himself in El Osos lair.
El Oso reminds Castle that if he wanted Zane dead, he would have killed him easily.
And he wouldnt use anything as cute as a quill.
Hes not a murderer (this time).
Zane contacted him because he wanted the rights to his life story.
He thought it would win him an Oscar.
But who cares about Zane now?
Perhaps Castle would like to write his life story screenplay?
Its all fun and games until your surroundings remind you ofMisery.
Meanwhile, Martha informs Beckett that Castle stood her up for dinner.
El Oso shoots at the helicopter while units storm the building.
El Osos younger brother, Hector.
Castle soon figures out that this is a real-life version of Hamlet.
Hector cant own the throne until his brother is dead.
Zane is the Trojan horse.
Hector solves that problem.
But when El Oso wouldnt meet with Zane a second time, Hector cut his losses.
Hector finds this story completely ridiculous.
He could not care less about his brothers biography.
He even told Zane he could direct it for all he cared.
So who would be unhappy to find out that they just lost a big time directorial debut?
Why the director ofHamlet, of course.
Her net internet ride history and bloody shoes were a smoking gun.
Ophelias not looking so crazy now, is she?
The music turns ominous, and I prepare myself for a severed finger.
Or maybe something Loksat related since we left on sort of a cliffhanger last week?
Instead, Castle opens a box full of script notes and biographical material.
Its clear that El Oso doesnt want Castle dead he still wants him to write his screenplay.
