Til Death Do Us Part (9 Jan. 2012)

A man's naked corpse seems to have fallen to his death, but a toxin killed him first. The modestly payed company employee turns out to be a serial seducer, who mysteriously deviated from ... See full summary »

Director:

Jeff Bleckner

Writers:

Andrew W. Marlowe (creator), David Grae

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 (credit only) (as Penny Johnson Jerald)
Jaime Ray Newman	...	Holly Franklin
Sam Hennings	...	Seth Harris
Juliana Dever	...	Jenny Duffy-O'Malley
Mo Mandel	...	Max Landon
Desmin Borges	...	Pablo Barnes
Jenna Gering	...	Lisa Hill
Parisa Fakhri	...	Colette Roth

Storyline

A man's naked corpse seems to have fallen to his death, but a toxin killed him first. The modestly payed company employee turns out to be a serial seducer, who mysteriously deviated from his usual MO to pretend being a rich man. While disease grows over groom Ryan's future, Castle comes up with alternative, business-related motives and suspects on top of many scorned women.

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Plot Keywords:

false identity | public nudity | fall | fraud | male nudity | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 January 2012 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Beacon Pictures, Experimental Pictures, ABC Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ryan's fiancée Jenny is portrayed by Seamus Dever's actual wife.

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Goofs

When Esposito answers his phone at the start, it's still locked.

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Quotes

Ron Hill: No problem... we're still working up the financing terms on subordinated debt anyway.

User Reviews

This episode is everything a Castle episode should be, striking the perfect balance between comedy, character and crime.

Disclaimer - this post contains a summary of the episode (and therefore spoilers, if you haven't seen it).

The Basics: An innocent couple doing some innocent fruit-shopping is slightly perturbed by the sudden appearance of an airborne corpse. Suicide, you say? Oh no - the corpse recently got jiggy, and (as it turns out) belongs to a pick-up artist with a gaggle of scorned gals in his wake. Beckett and the team investigate the murder, while Ryan prepares for his wedding with a lime-juice-exclusive diet that makes him delusional and causes some friction in his bromance.

The Highlights: This episode features, above all, some great Castle-family moments. Building on a hunch, Castle asks his daughter and mother how they would kill a man who had cheated on them, and their response is a hilariously gruesome description of the various ways in which the deed could be done.

There's also some good Caskett moments, like a jealous "who?!" from Beckett when it's revealed that Castle is bringing a +1 to the wedding (just Alexis, it turns out), and a conspicuous pre-wedding walk down the aisle as Castle leads Beckett to her seat (way to hit us over the head with that one, ABC). A spoiler alert has suggested there will be a Beckett / Castle kiss in episode 14, so it would appear they're ramping up the proverbial "foreplay" to ensure the audience is positively brimming with anticipation before any payoff takes place.

The Verdict: This episode is everything a Castle episode should be, striking the perfect balance between comedy, character and crime. Mix a sappy character plot (a wedding) with a fun and twisty crime to solve, and you've got Castle gold. It's hella-light by crime drama standards, but isn't that why we love this show? 4.5 / 5