Undead Again (30 Apr. 2012)

Castle and Beckett investigate the murder of a man covered in human bite marks apparently caused by a Zombie attack.

Director:

Bill Roe

Writers:

Andrew W. Marlowe (creator), Christine Boylan

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 (credit only)
Molly C. Quinn	...	Alexis Castle (as Molly Quinn)
Penny Johnson	...	Captain Victoria Gates (credit only) (as Penny Johnson Jerald)
Arye Gross	...	M.E. Sidney Perlmutter
Ryan Doom	...	Tom Williams
Tiffany Dupont	...	Greta Mastroianni
Josh Braaten	...	Kyle Jennings
Brandon Keener	...	Charlie Coleman
Kevin Symons	...	Mike Matthews
Kevin Sheridan	...	Paul

Storyline

Castle and Beckett investigate a man's murder where the victim has human bite marks all over his body. While Castle has some wild theories none of them are as strange as what their only witness insists happened - the man was killed in a Zombie attack.

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Plot Keywords:

human bite | bite | breaking the fourth wall | fight | looking at the camera | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 April 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?

Goofs

The victim starts to work at 4.00 AM in NY to trade the Asian markets, but that's 5.00 PM in Tokyo, just as the markets are closing.

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Soundtracks

"Castle Theme"
Written by Robert Duncan (nm0242084)

User Reviews

You Knew It Wasn't Real; But It Was Fun

SPOILERS IN FIRST PARAGRAPH

This was a fun episode. Of course, like "Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind" and "Heroes And Villains" -- not to mention every episode of "Scooby-Doo" -- you knew it was not a real zombie. Castle even acknowledged as much when he answered Ryan, "No. You know what I do believe in? Driving Beckett crazy." But still, you want to go along for the ride to see how they're going to take a zombie killer caught on tape and turn it into a real murderer. If I may boast, I picked the killer right away. Tom just seemed like the obvious choice. (Actually, though, I have to admit that I noticed he had blue eyes, just like the still-image close up of the walking dead.) And finally there was a character -- Tom's fiancée Greta -- who actually had a New York accent.

MINOR SPOILERS IN THIS PARAGRAPH

The scene where Castle and Beckett first encounter the zombies was just superb. As I said above, you knew it wasn't real. But it didn't matter. (For the record, zombie walking is a true phenomenon; a Yahoo search yields 63,000,000 hits, the first of which is www.zombiewalk.com) Likewise, you just knew that "zombie Kyle" was going to come to life in the morgue. It was still great.

Plus, the running gag with Castle and Alexis playing laser tag -- especially the fact that she rappelled down into the living room -- was just a nice addition to the show. I hope they touch on it again at some point in the future, because it was a good father-daughter moment.

In short, "Undead Again" was another of the type of episodes which makes Castle a great show.

I think my two favorite lines were "pants-wetting terror" and (Castle, to his mother) "You will pay for your treachery." And, kudos for the cultural reference to World War Z.

Naturally, I must cite the looks:

• Castle's overall look as he listened to Charlie's frantic 911 call. -

Castle's excitement when they first saw the face of zombie Kyle on the video, along with the disbelief on the part of Beckett, Esposito, and Ryan. (The random high five when Castle proclaimed, "Our killer's a zombie!" was precious.) - Beckett's confused recognition when Castle told the M.E. who is not Lanie (character name: Sidney Perlmutter) "I will treasure the special moments we've shared."