Countdown (28 Feb. 2011)

Clever Castle's ideas get him and Becket to find the dirty bomb, but locked in a refrigeration car incommunicado. Luckily Ryan and Esposito ignore priority orders to have them found, and ... See full summary »

Director:

Bill Roe

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
Ruben Santiago-Hudson	...	Captain Roy Montgomery
Molly C. Quinn	...	Alexis Castle (as Molly Quinn)
Jon Huertas	...	Javier Esposito
Tamala Jones	...	Lanie Parish (credit only)
Seamus Dever	...	Kevin Ryan
Adrian Pasdar	...	Agent Mark Fallon
Bahar Soomekh	...	Nazihah Alhabi
Lochlyn Munro	...	Kevin McCann
Alon Aboutboul	...	Fariq Yusef (as Alon Moni Aboutboul)
Victor Webster	...	Josh Davidson
Monica Keena	...	Charlene McCann
Piter Marek	...	Jamal Alhabi

Storyline

Clever Castle's ideas get him and Becket to find the dirty bomb, but locked in a refrigeration car incommunicado. Luckily Ryan and Esposito ignore priority orders to have them found, and hence the bomb's trail. Agent Mark Fallon lifts their official ban from the case and follows Castle's next ideas about identity, widows and an Afghan-military connection. Add Fallon's interrogation zeal and they're just in time to discover the dark motive and find the bomb, but armed and about to explode and wipe out Manhattan.

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Plot Keywords:

bomb | cooling car | false identity

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 February 2011 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Central City Studio, Los Angeles, California, 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?

Trivia

One of the terrorists has the first name Jack, his partner has the last name Bauer - a reference to Jack Bauer of the TV show 24. The two-part episode mirrors the basic concept of 24.

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Quotes

Richard Castle: I need you girls to do something, for me. But I don't want you to ask any questions. I want you to go to the Hamptons. I want you to stay there for the weekend.
Martha Rodgers: Richard, what is this about?
Richard Castle: Did you not... that's a question. look, there might be, um... an event that would make it very dangerous to stay in the city.
[Alexis starts dialing her phone]
Richard Castle: What are you doing?
Alexis Castle: Calling Ashley.
Richard Castle: No, no, no, no. You can't tell anybody. Okay? You can't tell anybody. You tell Ashley, he'll tell his parents, ...
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Connections

Spoofs Heroes (2006)

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Soundtracks

"Castle Theme"
Written by Robert Duncan (nm0242084)

User Reviews

Not As Good As I Thought It Would Be

I thought being written from Andrew Marlowe, that "Countdown" would be an amazing hour for me but although I was hooked to the episode, I thought more could've been done. The ending seemed pretty bland from where I stand - Castle defusing the bomb by yanking out the cables - I found the scene humorous, yet not a very compelling way to end the episode.

The previous episode, "Setup" was a FANTASTIC episode of Castle in my opinion, I am very disappointed that "Countdown" did not live up to my expectations - I have repeated the episode 3 times, and I have to say, I am still not feeling the hype.

In comparison to last years "Tick, Tick, Tick..." and "Boom" - this did not live up to those standards, it was intelligent, frantic, and Dana Delany's character made the episodes, I do have to commend "Adrian Pasdar" though, for his well-played performance as Fallon.

This years 2-part CASTLE event, although brilliant - it did not live up to last years intelligent episodes and storyline.