Flowers for Your Grave (9 Mar. 2009)

Murder mystery author Richard 'Rick' Castle publishes the book in which he kills off his bestseller series' hero, Derek Storm. On that very day, NYPD detective Kate Beckett questions him ... See full summary »

Director:

Rob Bowman

Writers:

Andrew W. Marlowe (creator), Andrew W. Marlowe

Stars:

Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Nathan Fillion	...	Richard Castle
Stana Katic	...	Kate Beckett
Susan Sullivan	...	Martha Rodgers
Monet Mazur	...	Gina Griffin
Ruben Santiago-Hudson	...	Captain Roy Montgomery
Molly C. Quinn	...	Alexis Castle (as Molly Quinn)
Stephen J. Cannell	...	Himself
James Patterson	...	Himself
Jon Huertas	...	Javier Esposito
Seamus Dever	...	Kevin Ryan
Dan Castellaneta	...	Judge Markway
Tamala Jones	...	Lanie Parish
Keir Dullea	...	Jonathan Tisdale
Colby French	...	Detective
Brian Avers	...	Harrison Tisdale

Storyline

Murder mystery author Richard 'Rick' Castle publishes the book in which he kills off his bestseller series' hero, Derek Storm. On that very day, NYPD detective Kate Beckett questions him about two murders in the exact style of his novels, on a lawyer Fisk viz. social worker Alyson Tisdale. He's professionally flattered to have a copycat. Her boss, captain Roy Montgomery, accepts his help as case consultant and teams them up, the mayor being a fan puts him de facto in charge. More copy killing follows. The police simplistically arrest his fan Kyle Cabot, the first common link. Castle and his author friends decide he must keep investigating, on the assumption it's a motive cover-up, which he does brilliantly, as even Beckett must grudgingly admit.

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Plot Keywords:

bestseller | social worker | jail | ex husband ex wife relationship | knife | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Official Sites:

Alibi [uk]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 March 2009 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Beacon Pictures, ABC Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 60 min 43 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Stephen J. Cannell is a long-time family friend of Rob Bowman's. Rob's father had been one of Stephen's coworkers at KTLA, and later Rob worked for Stephen.

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Goofs

Before entering Kyle Cabot's building, Beckett runs out of the car (after telling Castle to remain there) wearing a suit's jacket. She rushes inside followed by Ryan, Esposito and three other police officers. When the scene changes to the corridor near Kyle Cabot's apartment Beckett is adjusting a bullet-proof jacket but neither she nor any of the other men were even holding one in the previous scene. The scene suggest that they were running to the apartment and none of the blue uniform men are seen to catch up to her.

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Quotes

Richard Castle: When I was your age I - wait. I can't tell that story. It's wildly inappropriate. Which, oddly enough, is my point. Don't you want wildly inappropriate stories that you can't tell your children?

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Connections

References Shark Week (1987)

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Soundtracks

"Castle Theme"
Written by Robert Duncan (nm0242084)

User Reviews

Pilot is good

The pilot manages to introduce several characters and set a background for Fillion's character extremely while keeping along a first murder plot. Both lead roles show extremely good chemistry, Nathan Fillion plays once again a cool character and manages to bring to the table that quirkiness that have made his characters so good in the past. His counterpart is not only pretty to look at but also provides a strong female role and not the standard damsel in distress. The pilot is promising: the writing is good for both plot and dialog, the cast is solid and the mandatory sexual tension flows really well with the witty dialog.