The case was bizarre. A man was murdered, shot in the chest and bashed on the head. "Murdere" was written on the mirror with his blood, and his antique book collection was stolen. Who would do such a myriad of things to a man? Add to this some mass protestations from PETA type organizations and some blackmail, and you've got a case that even Kate Beckett (Stana Katic) is going to have some trouble with. No wonder she asked Tom Demming (Michael Trucco) to help with the investigation, leading to a delightful competition between Demming and Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion).
Much as we, like Alexis (Molly C. Quinn), would like to have simply told the writers not to introduce Demming to the equation, as in life, things we wish would not happen do happen anyway. The complication, while hilarious in the competitiveness (both Demming and Castle were certain they had figured out who the killer was, but neither worked perfectly with the timeline), is also painful to watch. Poor Castle is feeling the depth of his emotions for Beckett, not just jealous about the attention she is paying Demming, but when he saw them kiss, and saw just how happy she was, well that cut deeply.
Yet, despite the connection between Demming and Beckett and how often Castle has been feeling ignored, he did get a win when he and Kate were sharing the blackmail storytelling, completing each other's sentences and completely in the zone.
In the end, both Demming and Castle proved correct. Each of their suspects separately attacked the victim, one shooting him, the other bashing him in the head. Luckily, thanks to the blackmailer, the case was solved and both murderers were arrested.
Too bad there will be no easy solution like that (cause two murderers was SO obvious..hehe. I love Castle!) for the Castle-Beckett-Demming triangle. Can't wait to see the season finale!
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