A Death in the Family [Season Finale]

Air Date: May 11, 2009

Summary:

Castle and Beckett investigate the murder of a missing plastic surgeon who is found dead in the front seat of his car after a week of being parked curbside. As they delve into the twisted world of surgery obsessed patients and secret operations, Castle experiences a fatherly rite of passage as Alexis attends her first prom. And while looking into Beckett's past, he unearths information that could end his relationship with her forever.

Guest Cast

• Clark Murray – Robert Picardo
• Will Sorenson – Bailey Chase
• Candace Robinson – Ion Overman
• Sal Tenor – Robert Costanzo
• Jacey Goldberg – Delane Matthews
• Jimmy Moran – Joe Marinelli

Writen By

• Andrew Marlowe

Directed By

• Bryan Spicer

This is from an interview with Robert Picardo (EMH from Star Trek Voyager and Mr Woolsey from Stargate Atlantis) about his guest role in Castle. You can listen to the interview in this podcast.

Q. While I was doing a little research I noticed you have done a guest role in the new TV series Castle, can you talk about that?

Robert Picardo: First of all, Nathan Fillion, there’s an actor with charm to burn, he’s a lovely guy and terrific on the show. The show deserves to be a big hit because it fills a kind of a gap that’s not on television. It works as a caper show, it’s exciting, the stories are good but most importantly there’s a great relationship between Castle, Nathan’s character and the police detective Beckett which I think is great… sexual tension between the two of them. I love Susan Sullivan who plays his mother who is a hoot and the actress that plays his daughter [Molly Quinn] is also excellent, so all the principles are good. I think the show looks great, he is just charming and his appeal ..… I’ve heard women 17 years old talking about him and women in their 60s talking about him so that should translate into big ratings AND they’ve cast me as his old friend, forensic pathologist adviser who is heavily involved in the cliff hanger at the end of the season so with any good luck, if the show’s picked up, they should be having me back as a recurring character. I think it has something else, it doesn’t have this sort of relentless…. I’m not a fan of procedural shows I have to tell you and this has got a return to a little style and romance in addition to just you know, what the plot is but I’ve seen inside enough bullet wounds.

That's kind of ironic… maybe Edmonton is showing it early for the sake of Nathan Fillion's family who live there LOL

doh! spoiler LOL… time for me to stop reading this thread