2.01 Deep in Death

Summary and spoilers

Kate and Castle are still working together, but only because Kate’s boss – and the mayor – want it that way. Kate is still very angry that Castle investigated her mother’s murder, and she’s turned others in the department against Castle as well.

They need to put their squabble aside to solve a murder. A man is found dead in a tree, thrown from a nearby building. The plot thickens when armed men wearing balaclavas stop the van on the way to the morgue and steal the body.

Comments

Season 2 of Castle feels more confident and self-assured, and with more of an edge. The cast chemistry is intact; the occasionally overbearing background music is gone.

I’m not sure if it’s such a good idea for Castle to jump out of the back door of the unmarked surveillance van – in Chinatown – when he is about to go undercover in Chinatown. He should have approached from a completely different direction than the van.

I noticed Rene Echevarria name in the credits as EP. It’s good to see this talented Star Trek alumni still getting work.

Memorable Moments

• Castle having a go at competitor show CSI
• Writer Stephen J. Cannell at the poker game (the guy’s a damn good actor, too!)

Castle Quotes

Esposito: [after watching a scantily-clad model leave the room] Hey, Beckett, how come you don’t wear a uniform like that?
Kate: ‘Cause I don’t wanna get paid in singles.

Martha: They remade Fame and A Christmas Carol; has Hollywood totally run out of ideas?
Castle: Well, they just optioned, uh, Asteroids, the Video Game, so my guess is yes. But Ryan Reynolds is playing the Wii Triangle, and he’s good.

"You want me to put on some music? Whenever they do this sort of thing on CSI, they always do it to music in poorly lit rooms. Kinda reminds me of porn."
- Castle (watching Dr. Parish trying to get a fingerprint from the inside of a glove)

Stephen J. Cannell: You must really like her.
Castle: Who?
Stephen J. Cannell: That police detective of yours. Look, Ricky…there’s only one reason that you’d be dumb enough to go down there and that’s to impress a girl. Why don’t you cut yourself a little slack and just buy her some flowers?

Kate: [in Russian accent] Sometimes when I am bored I go to Gleicha Café in Little Odessa and pretend to be Muscovite.
Esposito: Now, that’s kinda hot.

"Is it just my imagination, or did you change?"
- Castle (after seeing Kate dressed as a tramp girlfriend)

"You dredged up my past for you Castle, not for me, and you’re too selfish to even see it."
- Kate