1.07 Home Is Where the Heart Stops

Summary and spoilers

A series of home invasions and high-end jewel heights have been perpetrated by a dark thief who tortures and/or kills his targets. Kate takes a more personal interest when the daughter of the last victim gets emotional about losing her mother. There seems to be no connection among the four targeted families until Kate and Richard discover they have all attended the same organization’s charity function. Going undercover in black-tie dress, Kate and Richard discover an inside man who is feeding detailed information to the real killer.

Comments

Castle is sticking to its formula of not revealing the murderer ᾦquot; and also not revealing any meaningful clues as to who the murderer is ᾦquot; until the final third of the episode. There’s no point in trying to solve the mystery, so you can just sit back, let your mind relax, and enjoy the slowly burgeoning relationship between Kate and Richard.

The death of Kate’s mother at the hands of a murderer is once again worked into the plot. Kate takes a special interest in the latest in a series of home invasion crimes when the mother of a young daughter is murdered. Kate is not only passionate about solving the case, but she also offers consolation, guidance, and friendship to the victim’s daughter.

Memorable Moments

• Richard and Kate walking the red carpet
• Richard using the windshield wipers to knock a baddie off the hood of the police car

Castle Quotes

Richard: [fires gun, misses target] Shot too soon.
Kate: Yeah, well…you know, we could always just cuddle, Castle.

Esposito: Man, these guys are guilty of tax evasion, not home invasion.
Ryan: [sees Kate walking down red carpet] Yeah, well…appearances can be deceiving.
Ryan: Nice dress.
Esposito: Yeah, what there is of it.
Kate: I’d let you borrow it, Esposito, but you stretched out the last one.

Kate: Did you know that they call you ‘the white whale’?
Richard: The white whale?
Kate: Uh-huh.
Richard: Not Moby -
Kate: No.

Richard: What happened to the dress?
Kate: You didn’t think I was gonna interrogate him in it, did you?
Richard: We were kinda hoping.

Joanne (victim’s daughter): How do you get over it?
Kate: You don’t. Well, one day you’ll wake up and you’ll find you don’t mind carrying it around with you. At least, that’s as far as I’ve come.