What does justice smell like?
She has a condition called hyperosmia an almost debilitatingly sensitive nose.
Beckett can only pull short answers and hostility out of her (Are you always this unpleasant?
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For a procedural thats featured hundreds of murders,Castlecan be awfully life-affirming.
The case is beside the point, with all apologies to Mr. Fletcher.
(Like the movie?)
Toks Olagundoye is back as Hayley Vargas this week, after disappearing for a couple of episodes.
The briefcase held a lost van Gogh painting that had sold for $65 million in private auction.
She also slots into the show as a Rick Castle replacement for Beckett to bounce ideas off of.
For most of the episode, Castle is being an accidental hero elsewhere.
Mia mentions offhand on their first meeting that Becketts pheromones were going bananas when she saw her husband.
(Are you a wizard?
A cursed one.)
(You were right about those tacos.)
He was hired to pick up the painting by Tom Gilliam, who runs the Falcon Unit.
But someone else had already done the robbing.
This hijacking must have annoyed the transporter whohadbeen confirmed, a Guy Ritchie-movie caricature named Liam Hollister.
Ryan and Esposito find Hollister and his conspicuous car while theyre in the middle of a partnership crisis.
The results of the sergeants exam came in: Only Javier passed.
Esposito just wants his buddy to be happy for him, but Ryans envy cant hide.
(But he should definitely keep the cane.)
Castle and Mia visit a left-of-legal showroom with a permissive salesman and spot Liams whip among the other toys.
(Isnt it common knowledge that Castle works with the police now, though?
How has he still kept his criminal buddies?)
Because were awesome and you two suck, Mia answers.
When Liam confronted the competition, Justin reconnected with the transporters code, or whatever.
He apologized, Liam claims, and handed over the artwork so Liam could deliver it.
Hayley wants to return the painting to her client; she cant, because she doesnt have it.
Oil paintings take years to fully dry, Mia chips in.
The alleged van Gogh in their possession smells just like a forgery.
Ryan and Esposito make up for long enough to do some art history homework.
Despite appearances, Lorenzo wasnt planning on killing anyone for the painting, least of all Justin.
Justin became his accomplice in a scheme to swap the genuine article out for the forgery.
Mia, I just think that worlds a better place with you running around in it, he says.
Castle gets his confidence boost from Mia in return.
Beckett still loves you, she says.
With a passion, and you dont have to measure pheromones to sense that.
Mia is a consultant for a perfume company and has spent years helping businesses to bottle passion.
It doesnt work, she insists.
Theyre all just forgeries, like that painting.
What you and Beckett have, now thats the genuine article.
In other words: all in time, Rick.
