Tick, Tick, Tick... (22 Mar. 2010)

In a two-part storyline, Federal Agent Jordan Shaw, an insightful and accomplished Federal investigator, teams up with Castle & Beckett to hunt down a cunning and elusive serial killer.

Director:

Bryan Spicer

Writers:

Andrew W. Marlowe (creator), Moira Kirland

Stars:

Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Nathan Fillion	...	Richard Castle
Stana Katic	...	Kate Beckett
Susan Sullivan	...	Martha Rodgers
Ruben Santiago-Hudson	...	Captain Roy Montgomery
Molly C. Quinn	...	Alexis Castle (as Molly Quinn)
Jon Huertas	...	Javier Esposito
Tamala Jones	...	Lanie Parish
Seamus Dever	...	Kevin Ryan
Dana Delany	...	Special Agent Jordan Shaw
Leonard Roberts	...	Special Agent Jason Avery
Andrew Rothenberg	...	Donald Salt

Storyline

Only Becket, on whom the lead character was based, pretends not to be excited when one of Castle's books is chosen for a Hollywood movie. An anonymous, amused 'fan' calls the precinct to report his murder from a Grand Central Station phone booth, where the victim is found, shot with five bullets hand-marked to spell out 'NIKKI'. It's personal injury lawyer Alex Peterman. More calls, bodies, a deliberate clue and messages follow spelling 'will burn'. From the second murder, the FBI sends serial killer agent Jordan Shaw, who soon returns Castle's admiration when he deciphers clues. An apparent solution proves most dangerous.

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Plot Keywords:

serial killer | explosion | electrocution | fingerprints

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 March 2010 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Beacon Pictures, Experimental Pictures, ABC Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 43 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Castle's mother, played by Susan Sullivan, is a long-time struggling actress. In the episode "Tick Tick Tick" she watches herself in the pilot episode of The Incredible Hulk, in which Susan Sullivan appeared.

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Goofs

In previous episodes, castle has made it clear that he hates when people misuse the word irony, yet when he holds up the paper and says, "talk about irony!" when in fact the heading was not ironic, it was just coincidental.

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Quotes

Richard Castle: Wow, one of your old wedding videos.
Martha Rodgers: [watching video of The Incredible Hulk] Are you kidding? This guy's a push-over compared to my ex-husbands.

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Connections

References Nim's Island (2008)

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Soundtracks

"Castle Theme"
Written by Robert Duncan (nm0242084)

User Reviews

Amazing!

Ever since 'Firefly'I have admired Nathan Fillion and his roguish acting, that in combination with the wonderful Stana Katic, together with the rest of the cast and excellent writing is what makes 'Castle'a great show. Albeit I admit that the premise isn't entirely original, the for-mentioned reasons easily makes you oversee that. And this latest episode takes the show to an ever higher level. The episodes this far has been good and for a "whodunnit-cracker" like myself it has been a lot of fun. But 'Tick, tick, tick...'raises the stakes and puts our main characters in the middle of the case and finally in harms way. The ending is a good of a cliffhanger as you can wish for and I can barely wait until next week! If this show gets canceled anytime soon, the once responsible will soon become a new case for Beckett and Castle to solve!