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CASTLE’S Latest Victim is Dead Again. And Again. And Again.

BY The Screen Spy Team

Published 9 years ago

CASTLE'S Latest Victim is Dead Again. And Again. And Again.

By Geannie Bastian

Castle's latest victim is dead again… And again… And again

This week's case had a particularly special distinction. It's one of the few cases on the show that didn't include a murder. But, not for lack of trying. That would-be a victim was a safety inspector named Alan Masters. First he was poisoned, and declared dead. Until he woke up, making Lanie question everything about her skills with the dead.

But then, just as Castle was finally out of potential superhero references, and the victim's patience was wearing thin, he was electrocuted in his own bed. This time, our intrepid ME declared him REALLY dead. At least until you popped up to ask "Who's cooking barbecue?" Awkward.

Finally, things started coming together and we learned that our extremely lucky safety inspector was accidentally on the trail of a drug ring with ties to the mob that was making synthetic heroin with especially addictive properties. The bad news for Alan was that the ringleader of the operation was the girl he had his eye on, who was actually the mobster's girlfriend. Who shot him in the head. But then he woke up - with a headache.

Jonathan Silverman was great as the extremely lucky Alan. No diagnosis for his seemingly extraordinary gifts, although Dr. Parrish appeared to be pursuing further investigation. In private.

A Mob Hit of a Superhero?! (Plus Rob Hanning’s Exit)

OK so Castle’s original line was “mob hit of a spy” but knowing Castle, that was probably close enough – plus he got a superhero, so all good. But that was just the tip of the reference iceberg this week, with appearances of the writer vest for the first time in a while, as well as the rare bottle of Bo James Whiskey from season 3.

Also tucked into the script was a scene writer Rob Hanning had shared with fans previously via Twitter as being cut from season five’s “Still,” and a moment of Caskett synch that was quickly copied by Lanie and Alan, prompting Beckett to ask “is that what we sound like?”

It was a wonderful fun script, which appears to be the last from Hanning, based on his comments last night on Twitter. He has been communicating with fans all week in the wake of news that if Castle returns for a ninth season, it will do so without Tamala Jones and Stana Katic. Hanning then confirmed his own departure from the show with the following tweet.

If this is Hanning’s last work on the series, it was a solid script to go out on.

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