I just found this from TV guide:

Navi Rawat

Numb3rs star
Navi
Rawat has been tapped for a guest-starring role on ABC's Castle,
TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.

Check
out photos of Rawat

Rawat will trade in her math textbooks
to play Rachel Walters, a mummification expert who crosses paths with
Beckett (Stana
Katic) and Castle (Nathan
Fillion) when the Natural History Museum's assistant curator, Will
Medina, is found murdered. Rachel informs the team that Will might have
been cursed because he disturbed ancient Mayan tombs to create the
museum's newest exhibit.

Rachel, who could be a suspect in the
murder, also catches Castle nosing through some coffins in the museum,
prompting Becket to tease Castle about the curse. Castle refuses to
believe her until he suffers his own near-death experience.

The
episode, entitled "Wrapped Up in Death," is slated to air April 5.

The
timing couldn't be better for Rawat, who has also had roles on 24 and The O.C. Her Numb3rs
character will take a trip down the aisle as the CBS procedural
wraps up its sixth (and possibly final) season Friday.

What do you think?? i'm excited!!!!

:) and i just also found out that it is posted in the pre discussion..but this is the full article if you want to read it :)

Castle's near death experience? Why do I feel like it's going to be something cheesy as a joke? lol.

I tend to agree with Sarah if only because the next two episodes sound like they will be really intense so some comedy to lighten things up a bit seems likely.

Then again, if we think about the other casting news, it could also be enough to scare Kate in to the arms of someone else… We'll see.

I was thinking, Castle can get a little dramatic in his reactions to everyday situations, so maybe something silly happens to him and he reads that as having a near death experience.    Still, it would be awesome to put both Beckett AND Castle through life-threatening experiences and see how it impacts their relationship.  And seeing him fake getting knocked unconscious to get Beckett to do mouth-to-mouth would be PRICELESS!

Like that scene from the Sandlot with Squints and Wendy Peffercorn at the pool

Beckett teasing Castle is always fun..so that will be a highlight!! Should be good. :)   Sounds like a fun ep either way.

near death experience for castle? who knows? i've always believed that beckett will shoot him at least once in this show

hiya, you guys seen the pics for this episode?

ROFLMAO!!

i'm not 100% sure that is a whip he is holding. i might be the control box on a cord for the winch that is suspending the lid of that sarcophagus(sp?)

the fedora is an indiana jones thing, but not sure about the jacket. didn't indy wear a leather bomber jacket? castle seems to wear this one in the entire episode, and i do not recall him wearing it before. he always wore that shorter light brown one… i wonder if he lost it in the fire at beckett's apartment.

Doz said:

Haaa.. the power of suggestion! I straight away thought it was a whip! rofl!! :D

Doz said:

Haaa.. the power of suggestion! I straight away thought it was a whip! rofl!! :D

admit it! your mind is still stuck in the last episode with all the bondage stuff in it lol

For all you sneak peek fiends out there, enjoy! I am sticking with my 'must not peek, must not peek' motto. I don't mind reading about spoilers but I'd rather wait for Monday's to see the actuall show!