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Episode aired Sep 21, 2015
TV-PG
43m

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8.1/10

1.4K

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A call from a mysterious stranger ignites an explosive chain of events; the story is told from Castle's perspective as he searches for Beckett.A call from a mysterious stranger ignites an explosive chain of events; the story is told from Castle's perspective as he searches for Beckett.A call from a mysterious stranger ignites an explosive chain of events; the story is told from Castle's perspective as he searches for Beckett.

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IMDb RATING

8.1/10

1.4K

YOUR RATING

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Featured review

A Summer Twist

I have to agree with reviewer #5 that this episode is so completely different that your expectations will be shaken. While the series is not great television (very little is) it has been an enjoyable run. Except, of course, for Season 7.

I would say that this was an excellent episode. On the strong side it turned the show into a more dramatic series. Lots of action & a little bang-bang. The script was a little on the light side. Very little time for "chemistry" but that was lost on account of the marriage. (That is, at least, for the writers. Many other shows have done it with couples. Ironically many of those successes were mentioned in the script.) What was unexpected was the complete turn from earlier fan expectations.

Lots of changes over the Summer that will force you to listen to all of the dialogue. So it looks like the series will go out with a bang as a much more serious title than it was in the beginning. (I would like to have reviewed it like I do books but that would create a "spoiler" situation. So just sit back and enjoy the thorough twist of plot, pretext, and your expectations.)

collinb-3
Sep 23, 2015
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Trivia
While following a lead to help find Beckett, Alexis flirts with a paramedic and uses "Clara Stryker" as an alias. Stryker is a character in one of Castle's Derrick Storm novels that he based on Sophia Turner, a CIA agent who appears in Pandora (2012) and Linchpin (2012).

Goofs
At the beginning, Alexis is wearing a black dress with lace-looking cutouts. When she goes to check out the ambulance lead, she's wearing a black crop top and navy blue pencil skirt. Then, at the end, in the precinct, she's back in the black dress. She would not have changed into a different outfit and then later changed back into her original one.

Quotes
Senator William Bracken: No. No no no no, forget it! I've got nothing to say to you!
Richard Castle: Oh, tough! I know Beckett was here and I know why! So you're gonna call off your dogs right now.
Senator William Bracken: Or what? Are you gonna write something mean about me?
Richard Castle: Or I'm gonna start a scholarship in your name and offer it to the children of the first inmate who shanks you in the prison laundry.
Senator William Bracken: You'll be wasting your money.
Richard Castle: Oh, forgive me if I don't take your word for it.