Mob Hits

Castle episode 110, “A Death in the Family”

Original airdate: May 11, 2009

All the previews did a very good job at making us think that Castle (Nathan Fillion) gets shot. Kudos to them, nice misdirect. But annoying, nonetheless. No, our victim in this case is Mr. FeeBee from last episode, Bailey Chase’s Will Sorensen, who is escorting a mob enforcer turned government witness. 

I was unimpressed with the case. Mob stories are old and overdone, and the characters featured here barely spiked my interest. I could not find myself surprised with the identity of the murderer here. (Seriously, was anyone for a second convinced that the overdone plastic surgery addict could have killed the surgeon in such a way?) I was far more curious about the B and C storylines: Alexis (Molly C. Quinn) going to prom and Castle’s (Nathan Fillion) ongoing interest in Beckett’s (Stana Katic) mother’s murder. We have some sweet, wistful remarks about parenthood from both Castle and Martha (Susan Sullivan). 

I smiled when I spotted Robert Picardo as Clark Murray, the best forensic pathologist in the city. Castle, in his well-meaning interference, hands over the file on the Beckett murder and learns something shocking. Of course, everyone (except for the characters) knew it was a hit, but he learns something else, too. But they don’t tell us what! Ooooh, such a cruel world this is! I hope Castle is renewed, because it is my second favorite new show this season (behind CBS’s The Mentalist).