Kick the Ballistics (10 Oct. 2011)

Student Jane Herzfeld was fatally shot with the Glock service revolver serial killer 3XK stole from Ryan. Her only dodgy ex, Finn McQueen, has an alibi. Phone records show she was in ... See full summary »

Director:

Rob Bowman

Writers:

Andrew W. Marlowe (creator), Moira Kirland

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
Jon Huertas	...	Javier Esposito
Seamus Dever	...	Kevin Ryan
Tamala Jones	...	Lanie Parish
Molly C. Quinn	...	Alexis Castle (as Molly Quinn)
Penny Johnson	...	Captain Victoria Gates (as Penny Johnson Jerald)
Ross McCall	...	Detective Seth Carver
Tim Jo	...	Ben Lee
Billy Lush	...	Finn McQueen
François Chau	...	Clifford Lee (as Francois Chau)
Lanny Joon	...	Philip Lee
Mercedes Colon	...	Philip Lee's Attorney
Nadine Crocker	...	Charlotte Rosenberg

Storyline

Student Jane Herzfeld was fatally shot with the Glock service revolver serial killer 3XK stole from Ryan. Her only dodgy ex, Finn McQueen, has an alibi. Phone records show she was in contact with undercover narcotics detective Seth Carver, who forced her to inform on tutoring pupil Ben Lee's dad Clifford's Chinese drug mob. Castle ingeniously finds some missing links trough prison records.

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Plot Keywords:

serial killer | prison | brother brother relationship | loyalty | drug dealing | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 October 2011 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Beacon Pictures, Experimental Pictures, ABC Studios

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Quotes

Kevin Ryan: When I started in Narcotics, I was so green. I-I didn't know how things got done. One day, there's this major bust - street gang cooking meth. They're stacking up guys in the bullpen, taking their statements one by one. Place is a zoo. I'm answering phones in the squad. Girl on the line, name of Alisha, asking for my lieutenant. So I call out across the bullpen "Hey lou, Alisha's on the phone for you."
[Beckett laughs]
Kevin Ryan: It was her tip that got these guys nailed, and all of them just heard me call...
[...]

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Connections

References Castle: 3XK (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Castle Theme"
Written by Robert Duncan (nm0242084)

User Reviews

Order of magnitude

Enjoyed Castle from the beginning, mainly for the interactions between the characters. Tonight's episode, Kick the Ballistics, raised that by at least one order of magnitude.

At first viewing, it was flawless, flowing from point to point with seamless logic, each point expanding its scope until reaching the point that brother was willing to kill brother in defense of the clan, the Patriarchy, echoing not only the fundament of Chinese culture but of any clan-based, tribal culture that places the Patriarchy above the welfare of any member of the clan itself, except, of course, the specific Patriarch himself.

Don't know if this is a spoiler but not taking any chances and, while the ideological point might sound like I'm imposing my personal bias on the show, I'm not. That point develops from the finding of the body to scene of final confrontation organically, revealing a script that is masterful, tight and manages to retain those character interactions, actually raising them, like the plot, to a new level.

In other words: WOW!