Here’s my review
for Murder, He Wrote. I know I’m later than usual, but I’ve been pretty busy
this week, plus I figured that because there’s no new episode this Monday (which
I’m not happy about), I’d have a little more time. So hope you guys like it.
We begin
the episode at the Castle loft, where Castle is getting ready for his romantic
weekend with Kate in the Hamptons. Martha and Alexis are also there and they
tell him that he needs a plan because women don’t like a man without a plan. He
says he’ll make reservations and they say it needs to be somewhere romantic,
classy and preferably under the stars. When Martha tries to tell him what else
they can do under the stars, Castle leaves before this conversation becomes too
uncomfortable. At the precinct Kate is counting down the seconds until 5 ‘o
clock when Castle sneaks up behind her. She tells him he was supposed to wait
outside around the corner (really?) but he thought it would be fun to be with
her when the clock strikes 5, like New Year’s Eve, only without the kissing. But
he says there will be plenty of that this weekend (I wouldn’t be too sure). She
tells him to shush, but he says they have nothing to worry about since not one
of the detectives at the precinct has a clue (don’t jinx it). This reminds Kate
that she’s lying to the people she cares about, so that she won’t get fired.
That’s when the clock strikes 5 and they’re weekend begins. But of course not
before being interrogated by Ryan and Esposito. Castle tells them he’s on his
way to the Hamptons to write and they tell him that Kate’s going away with her
boyfriend. When they start to question Kate about him, like asking if he’s
handsome, Castle goes along with it so that it won’t look suspicious. Of course
he takes it a little too far (when doesn’t he) and things get a little awkward
before he decides to leave. Esposito and Ryan wonder why Kate wouldn’t tell
them who her boyfriend is. So, with the excuse that he might be a danger to her
(yeah right), they decide to use the weekend to figure out who he is.
When Castle
and Kate arrive at his huge place in the Hamptons, she asks him if he’s rich or
something. When he starts to show her around, Kate starts to realize that she’s
probably not the first girl who’s gotten this tour. Castle doesn’t deny the
fact that he’s brought other women there, but he says “None of them were you.”
Kate smiles, and they go, hand in hand, to check out the pool. Later at night
they go for a late-night swim and apparently Kate decided to not bring a
swimsuit. This adorable conversation is interrupted when an almost-dead guy
falls into Castle’s pool and becomes a dead-dead guy. After the Hamptons PD gets
there, the (annoying) cop asks Kate who she is, she says Katherine Beckett (not
sure if we’ve ever heard her use Katherine) and asks if this could be held out
of the public record. The cop draws the wrong conclusion and thinks that she’s
a prostitute. O no he didn’t. Kate immediately corrects him, but he clearly
does not believe her. Good thing she didn’t bring her gun. When she tells him
that they didn’t hear any gunshots, so this probably means that the killer used
a silencer, the cop says she probably watched a lot of cop shows. The Hamptons
PD think they have their killer, a local meth user, but Castle is not so sure.
Later in
bed, Castle keeps talking about the murder, and an already pissed off Kate
tries to change to distract him. After realizing that they won’t be able to get
to their romantic weekend until Castle gets some answers, they start
investigating it themselves. The next morning Castle finds out from Shapiro
that the last time he saw Franklin (that’s the victim) alive was at his party
at 8.15. He apparently was on the beach arguing with a woman in a white dress.
Turns out that Franklin was a banker who was involved in an insider trading
scandal. He managed to cut a deal by testifying against his colleagues. Castle
wants to talk to Franklin’s wife, but Kate refuses to leave the Hamptons. But
Castle says that they don’t have to because he knows just who to call. I’ll
give you three guesses.
Back in the
city, Ryan and Esposito are questioning Lanie about who Kate’s boyfriend is.
They are convinced that Kate is back with one of her exes. They think she’s
back with Josh but Lanie shatters that theory when she tells them that Josh has
been in the Amazon for the last year. When Esposito asks if she’s sure about
that, Lanie gives him one of those stares that shuts both of them up. They’re ‘saved’
by a call from Castle. They tell him that they’re in the morgue with Lanie
trying to figure out who Kate’s boyfriend is. Lanie makes it clear that she has
nothing to do with this (I’m pretty sure she already knows), but Castle says
she will when she has to deal with Ryan and Esposito’s bodies when Kate finds
out. The boys say they’re not afraid of Kate, which makes her reach for the
phone. Luckily Castle reaches it first, or they’re relationship would have been
discovered. Castle fills them in on the murder in his backyard. He asks them to
question the victim’s wife, and they agree with the condition that they can
borrow the Ferrari for a week each. They find out from the wife that Franklin
was having an affair with a Natalia Roosevelt. Castle and Kate go to question
Natalia (I can’t help but still see her as Ava Vitali, the mob daughter on Days
Of Our Lives) but the conversation takes a bad turn when Natalia brings in the
help of super cop, who then arrests them. In the holding cell, Kate is angry at
Castle for getting them in this situation. When super cop figures out that Kate
is actually a homicide detective, he releases them, but not without asking for
their help in the investigation. Apparently super cop isn’t all that super.
According to the lab, Castle and Kate were right about the meth addict not
being the killer, as they found no gunshot residue on him. Castle immediately agrees
to help but Kate is not as excited. But when Castle says that they probably won’t
be able to relax if this case goes unsolved, she agrees as long as her colleagues
in the city don’t find out that she’s there. According to the ballistics
report, the bullet was a 30 caliber, which is rare. When she asks about the ME’s
report dumb cop (that’s what I’m going with now) tells her that it’s not in
yet, and when she asks about Natalia he says that she didn’t have a motif. Of
course dumb cop didn’t know about the affair, because Natalia didn’t mention
that (duh!). So they question Natalia again and find out that Franklin was
using her for her council vote on his helipad.
Back in the
city Ryan find out that the text that Franklin had gotten was from a burner
phone. But Esposito changes the subject to Kate’s love life. He now suspects
Demming, but when they run this by Castle, he says Kate can do better. Kate
doesn’t understand why they care so much about who she’s dating. Castle says “Why
do people care about Brangelina?” and when Kate asks “So we’re Brangelina now?”
they start to discuss their own couple name. Rickkate?? Kateick?? Caskett… that’s
it. So my OTP figured out their couple name, what did yours do this week? When
dumb cop arrives with the ME’s report, they figure out that Franklin was shot
off a boat. Luckily they already have a witness who was on the beach that
night: McMURRY!! But all he saw was the boat being attacked by a red shark with
red eyes. I hope I never run into that one. But dumb cop (who might not be that
dumb) knows what he means. They find the boat with the red shark logo, but
Castle almost trips over a knot. Kate finds blood on the boat and they find out
that the boat belongs to Learner who is one of the colleagues that Franklin
testified against. According to Learner, he and Franklin had made up and he
says that at the time of the murder, he was at a weight loss group. He says
that if they want to know who killed Franklin, they should check out his
neighbor. Lerner’s alibi checks out and Chief Brady very reluctantly tells them
that the neighbor is Vincent Cardano, who is a mobster and Castle knows his
cousin Sal. They want to invite Vinnie the scar over for dinner but Chief Brady
tells them to NOT contact him. They of course don’t listen. Vinnie compliments
Kate on her cooking and Castle does the same saying that he didn’t know she
could cook. Yes, he did. She cooked him breakfast in 2x18 and she told him that
her mother taught her. Anyway, the conversation goes well until Castle asks
where he was when he found out that Franklin was dead. Vinnie gets mad and says
that if he had killed Franklin, then they would have never found his body.
Might not be the best thing to say in front of a cop, just saying. Later that
evening Castle says it was murder that brought them together in the first place
when Kate says if this was what he had in mind for a romantic weekend. They
then get a call from a very upset chief Brady, who tells them that he’ll find
the killer on his own and if they go anywhere near the case, he will out them.
Back in the
city they find out Franklin was buying distressed properties (whatever that
means) but not renovating them. When they go to one of those properties they
find a meth lab. Now that they’re off the case, Castle and Kate can finally
relax but when Castle tries to kiss her, Kate does the exact same thing Castle
did the night before. Now it’s she who can’t stop talking about the case.
Castle practically chases her around the room while they figure out that part
of the drug business was in the Hamptons and that he used the helicopter to get
the drugs from the city to the Hamptons. As Castle and Kate get closer and
closer she backs out of kissing him (for the millionth time this season) and
tells him that he should probably call the boys. In the city, Esposito is
trying to figure out if Kate is back together with Will Sorensen, so Ryan
questions Learner alone about being on the helicopter when the drugs were being
transported. He admits to being in on it, but says he didn’t kill Franklin, that
there was a local drug dealer that was angry for him and Franklin moving in on
his territory and that he already told the rest to chief Brady and his TWO
consultants, the writer and his girlfriend. This of course peaks Ryan’s
interest so he keeps asking more details on the girlfriend, until finally he
remembers her name: “Kate, her name was Kate”. “Son of a…” Ryan’s face was
priceless.
When Ryan
calls Castle he doesn’t tell him that he know but mentions that he questioned Learner.
This makes Castle and especially Kate freak out. Castle tries to get through
the conversation while Kate just looks shocked. It’s kinda like in Friends:
They know he knows they know he knows. They are then visited by chief Brady who
asks them if he wants to come when they arrest the killer. Guess he’s not mad
anymore. But just when they take the suspect away, Castle figures out that he
didn’t do it. The know he tripped over the day before is now a perfectly made
one. Castle starts to accuse chief Brady (I don’t think so, not smart enough),
but when Kate asks who got the information about Bentley (that’s the suspect)
he says it was deputy Jones. Realizing that they’re on to him, Jones know out the
other cop and holds a gun to Bentley’s head. Castle and Kate get behind Brady
since he’s the only one with a gun. Jones confesses and when Bentley hits him
with his elbow, Brady shoots Jones. Having never shot a gun Brady stand there
in shock while Kate cuffs Jones. Castle then apologizes for accusing Brady
asking “Still buddies?”. Later at Castle’s place, Castle, Kate and Brady talk
about the case. Brady who clearly doesn’t get the hints that they want to be
alone just keeps talking. Until there’s an awkward silence and he finally
figures out it would be best to leave.
Back in the
city Esposito tells Ryan that Sorensen has been in Europe for six months so he’s
not Kate’s boyfriend. Ryan doesn’t tell Esposito about Castle and Kate. He probably
realized that there’s a reason they’re keeping it a secret. He tells Esposito
that they should drop it. In the Hamptons, Castle and Kate can FINALLY relax
now that the case is over. Castle says that this gave him an idea for a next
book “Hamptons Heat”. As someone who really likes those books, I would like to
say: please dear god, let this actually be true. They discuss the book while
the song “I Just Want You” once again plays in the background. Kate suggests “The
weekend didn’t turn out exactly as detective Heat had imagined, but now
nothing, not even another murder on the beach, could stop her from getting exactly
what she desired most.” Excuse me while I recollect myself. They start to kiss
and the screen changes to an outside view of the house under the stars. Awww.
So no
review next week, as there’s no episode. But I’ll be back in 2 weeks to review
Probable Cause, which I have a feeling, will absolutely destroy me.
