Setup (21 Feb. 2011)

Recently US-nationalized Syrian cab driver Amir Alhabi, who runs his own company with cousin Fariq Yusef, is shot in his cab after a 45 tour back to the start point with consulate 'security... See full summary »

Director:

Rob Bowman

Writers:

Andrew W. Marlowe (creator), David Amann

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
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
Adrian Pasdar	...	DHS Agent Mark Fallon
Bahar Soomekh	...	Nazihah Alhabi
Lochlyn Munro	...	Kevin McCann
Alon Aboutboul	...	Fariq Yusef (as Alon Moni Aboutboul)
Victor Webster	...	Josh Davidson
Matt Bushell	...	Leeman Jones
David Weidoff	...	Craig

Storyline

Recently US-nationalized Syrian cab driver Amir Alhabi, who runs his own company with cousin Fariq Yusef, is shot in his cab after a 45 tour back to the start point with consulate 'security attaché' (spy) Fariq Yusef. Homeland Security Agent Mark Fallon takes charge after his keys lead to a storage unit with cobalt radiation feared to stem from a nuclear weapon. Castle is officially discarded but keeps in the loop, tracing a payment to Amir, which he believes a fake as cover-up, shifting focus to employed cab driver Kevin McCann.

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Plot Keywords:

syrian | radiation | storage | decontamination | cousin cousin relationship | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 February 2011 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Beacon Pictures, Experimental Pictures, ABC Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Goofs

A major plot point of this episode has to do with a so-called cobalt-60 "dirty bomb." Castle and Beckett are supposedly exposed to high levels of cobalt-60 radiation. Aside from the fact that no cobalt bombs have ever been built, the cobalt "tamper," as the shell of material surrounding the nuclear core of the weapon is called, is not radioactive before the explosion. The explosion transmutes the ordinary, inert cobalt-59 into its highly radioactive isotope, cobalt-60. Thus, no one could possibly be exposed to cobalt-60 radiation before the bomb goes off, unless the cobalt had been bombarded beforehand by a particle accelerator, a pointless exercise, as cobalt-60 rapidly loses radioactive effectiveness after transmutation, with a half-life of less than 5-and-a-half years.

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Quotes

Martha Rodgers: [to Richard] You haven't heard of the Serenity?

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Connections

References Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

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Soundtracks

"Castle Theme"
Written by Robert Duncan (nm0242084)

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