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Weve spent eight years with these characters. Beckett reasons that the shooters caution means that the gun must already be in the ballistics database. (Esposito wouldnt know; he lived off-site to better facilitate menages with cop groupies. Credit: ABC/Richard Cartwright To no ones surprise, Beckett was the star of the place. Deputy Commissioner Malone calls her a legend and reintroduces her to her investigation liaison and former mentor, Sgt. Beckett likes people who challenge her....

But unlike Casketts, this one doesnt end in French toast kebabs, red wine, and dueling A.I. ), and Esposito regretfully announces that hes seen this method in action before. Sonia Ruiz and her accomplices used the same flowery formula to deactivate the security systems in that job. Credit: Richard Cartwright/ABC Still, Ruiz went down for the crime. Espos work family immediately knows that hes overstating his comfort level over Sonia reentering his life....

For Castle, the fixation comes from repeated viewings ofThe Omenand his writerly tendency to overplot. For murder victim Gabriel Shaw, it comes from a lifelong obsession with fringe dogmas and a chemical imbalance. (I hope everyones brushed up on their religious horror film canon!) Credit: ABC/Scott Everett White He showed up the home of billionaire philanthropist Warren Crowne 20 years previous to execute his mission from God. The family survived his attack, but Shaw never let his holy commission go....

Castle closes in on Beckett’s mission – can their marriage survive the secrets? The victim would have been involved in a star-crossed relationship with another passenger below her station. The motive would have been a priceless jewel reminiscent of Roses Heart of the Ocean. Credit: Mitch Haaseth/ABC Ryan and Esposito would have gone undercover as first-class valets. And Castle and Beckett would have really recreated that iconic sweaty car scene instead of just talking about it....

That’s the real question To be or not to be? That is the question. Thats the real question. Credit: Mitch Haaseth/ABC 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....

Can Castle and Beckett escape the room? Ever played one of those room-escape games before? True colors quickly begin to show as the clock ticks down. Credit: Richard Cartwright/ABC Whos the methodical one? But first, a victim. The only conflict her work pals can think of is a tense relationship with the office jerk. (Alexis, accurately: I mean the guys abducted what, like twice a year.) It stings Todd, who goes into anaphylactic shock....

Castle battles a hot-shot P.I. Lets handle the more routine investigation first. (Routine for season 8 ofCastle, not for life.) Credit: Richard Cartwright/ABC Its an invitation from the G.D.S. of the episodes title to a local murder. (Bing bong, its the welcome wagon.) Most investigators think on the Greatest Detectives Society as an urban legend. The victim is Philip Harris, coincidentally another P.I. Hayleys old pal Det. Ryan and Esposito interview his sister, Veronica; shes living out a day she prayed would never come....

The First Knives Club. OnceCastleestablished its four-sided series chemistry, the show became one never-ending double date, dozens of murders included. Now fans are dealing with the concurrent breakdown of both of the shows tentpole duos. Credit: Richard Cartwright/ABC The murder in The Last Seduction is one of the more violentCastleslayings. The biggest one, natch. Lanie counts nine entry wounds in young Scott McCoy, out of work actor and frequent bar brawler....

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? Credit: Mitchell Haaseth/ABC 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 truth will set you free. Or get you killed. No one ever wants to admit that the truth is, in fact, subjective. Credit: Greg Gayne/ABC 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?...

But the question remains whether tough detective-turned-captain Kate Beckett will meet a grim fate. (More on thathere). But an unforeseen twist will put the case, and their lives, in jeopardy. Credit: Richard Cartwright/ABC There is death in every episode ofCastle, executive producer Alexi Hawley said. Pressed as it pertains specifically to the main characters, the co-showrunner stayed mum. We dont want to get into that too much. Their lives are in jeopardy pretty much from [the] jump, Hawley continued....

It’s a bumpy road to Regionals. Publicly, the couple remains estranged. Behind closed doors, theyre having productivenaked lunch meetingsand dutifully making up for lost time. Credit: Richard Cartwright/ABC (Trust me, 007. When its time, you and I will take down Lockset together.) Whats the hold up? Is Beckett waiting for some concrete sign that its time to bring her partner into her vigilante side project? Or is this delay script-manufactured to set up some future catastrophe?...

The panic set in. If I dared to add my voice to theCasualmythology, I had to bring my A game. Now its season 2. Credit: Greg Lewis/Hulu The world not only knows about the show, but they have embraced it. Of course a Zander script about The End is really about beginnings. Or at least, thats how I approached the episode. For Alex, Charlesisthe problem. Alexs inability to acknowledge the damage that his childhood caused in his life has always held him back....