Castle - Wrapped up in Death, S02E19

After the last two intense episodes, it was nice to go back to a lighter side of Castle, where Castle (Nathan Fillion) feared that he might be under a Mayan Mummy curse, which had already cost the lives of several anthropologists/archaeologists.

Though Beckett (Stana Katic) never gave any credence that the murder she was investigating was caused by anything other than a human, Castle could not be so sure. He had looked upon the face of the Mummy, which supposedly cursed him for all time, and he then he had a run of bad luck - his chair collapsing, a dog chasing him, his coffee cup exploding. That Ryan (Seamus Driver) and Esposito (Jon Huertas) conspired against him to create this illusion was expected; that Beckett helped too was simply brilliant.

Castle, also, got a great line when he was concerned about his life expectancy. He asked Beckett if she would look after his daughter because "if boyfriends get frisky, you can shoot them."

Despite this comic air, the murder victims were still treated with an appropriate amount of respect, and when they discovered that one of the mummies was in fact an archaeologist said to have been killed by jaguars on the dig, the episode took a definitely sinister air. To mummify a person one murdered, and to then plan to put them on display in a museum where she will always remind you of what you did...ugh!

Luckily, when the murderer was being arrested, he gave us a good laugh by giving into his "flight" instinct, and running pointlessly through the museum until he accidentally fell down the stairs. Where did you think you were going to get, buddy?

I'm quite sad the season is almost done, with only 2 episodes left of Season 2!