The truth will set you free.
Or get you killed.
No one ever wants to admit that the truth is, in fact, subjective.
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Everyone sets their own personal boundaries on what theyll lie about and for what purpose.
The murder in question takes place in whats supposed to be a sanctuary for reforming sinners.
A man kneels at an altar alone, and pleads, Oh, Lord.
Am I on the right path?
If so, give me a sign.
This is Dave Johnson, whose vanilla-scented name turns out to be a clue to his situation.
His priest cant think of a reason why anyone would want to kill the man.
A faithful parishioner and loving husband, the priest also insists that Johnson was a world-famous novelist.
The name on his ID doesnt ring any literary bells, but his pseudonym does.
Moffat published one novel that took the world by storm and then slipped into obscurity.
Too soon, show.
Johnsons secret identity gives Castle an edge on the case, since hes a self-described expert on the writer.
So he delivers Wendy to make her statement.
Johnson had been researching another book for the past several years in the immersive, Method manner he preferred.
This one dealt with the Mafia, who everyone knowshatesavenging itself and protecting its interests.
Moffat, for that matter.
(We all wish.)
Cicero called his tip into Boston in the hopes of reaping a reward.
But if the Irish mob believed Johnson to be OMalley, then they still could have taken him out.
At the very least, hes a professional.
Espo points out a bizarre discrepancy between the precincts diagnosis of Johnsons behavior and hisactualbehavior.
Con men do what they do to scam people out of money.
So far, they havent found any cash trails stemming from any of the victims identities.
Moffat is receiving his royalty checks just fine.
What even is the point?
All three investigators go into the building together and find Logan leading what looks like a 12-step meeting.
Right before his death, hed been reassigned from his previous janitorial position due to an undefined incident.
The man isnt malicious, though, just crooked.
So after a lifetime of lying, it is the truth the gets him killed.
Luckily, theyre all very close with someone who happens to be very close with the mayor.
(Hes going to be so smug about this.)
(He would.)
When they bring him in, Reed is pummeling his desk with the computer in fear.
But no, Reed didnt kill Johnson.
Hes got an ironclad alibi and doesnt seem to be the punch in anyway.
She was so devastated and enraged when she found out that her husband was lying to her about beingtheP.J.
Moffat that she decided he had to be punished.
There is no greater betrayal than a lie in a marriage, Castle says.
The truth-and-lies theme of the episode extends out to the B and C stories and touches two central relationships.
But bickering aside, Ryan and Esposito always have each others backs.
Espo gets it in a way; Ryan has a family to support.
But Ryan still makes up for his white lie by giving up the seat for his friend.
In the end, Beckett throws her captains weight around to get them both slots.
Team Best Friends is about to move up in the world, and theyre going to do it together.
Meanwhile, Beckett is still holding back her secret side project from Castle.
Expect something to come to light around November sweeps, and not before.
