| Pretty Dead | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Season 3, Episode 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Air date | May 9, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Written by | Terri Miller | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Directed by | Jeff Bleckner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pretty Dead is the twenty-third episode of the third season of Castle.
Summary
Castle and Beckett are called to investigate when a contestant in a beauty pageant is found strangled and every suspect has a motive to commit murder, including jealous fellow contestants, the pageant's sponsor, and the show's host.
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Cast
Main Cast
- Nathan Fillion as Richard Castle
- Stana Katic as Detective Kate Beckett
- Jon Huertas as Detective Javier Esposito
- Seamus Dever as Detective Kevin Ryan
- Tamala Jones as Dr. Lanie Parish (credited only)
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Captain Roy Montgomery
- Molly Quinn as Alexis Castle
- Susan Sullivan as Martha Rodgers
Guest Cast
- Michael McKean as Victor Baron
- Arye Gross as Sidney Perlmutter
- Sasha Roiz as Bobby Stark
- Amanda Schull as Joy Jones
- Jonathan Slavin as Justin Hankel
- Bellamy Young as Candace Ford
- Ken Baumann as Ashley Linden
- Judith Scott as Evelyn Montgomery
- Terrell Clayton as Dax Lattimer
- William Francis McGuire as Dan Middleberry
- Teri Polo as Kayla Baron
- Krystal Joy Brown as Sasha
- Stephanie Lynn as Amber Middleberry
- Rosero McCoy as Felix
- Nan McNamara as Stage Mother
Quotes
- Castle: She decided it was worth the risk and she is going to just keep showing up.
- Beckett: That's a good choice.
- Castle: The best thing to get a woman is something she said she wanted when she didn't think you were listening.
- Montgomery: What if I wasn't listening?
- Ashley: Mr. Castle, have you ever been crazy about someone who is determined to push you away?
- Beckett: Hey Castle - oh, sorry guys.
- Castle: No... uh... It’s okay. Um... Ashley, I’m sorry, I do have to go.
Featured Music
- "Born This Way" - Lady Gaga
- "I Will Think of You" - Laura Browne Sorenson
Trivia
- The episode is primarily inspired by the Vanessa Williams nude photos scandal during the Miss America 1984 beauty pageant.
- Baron's alibi was that he was having drinks with Councilman Bollinger. This was the candidate to replace Jeff Horn in "Hell Hath No Fury", implying that Bollinger won the election.
- Captain Montgomery states that he and his wife have been married for 30 years.
- After Montgomery tells everyone he's retiring, Beckett tells Castle that Montgomery is like "the Brett Favre of the NYPD," a play on Favre's several claims of retirement from the NFL before his actual retirement in 2010.
- Castle's remark "I love the smell of hairspray in the morning. It smells of... victory." is a reference to the movie Apocalypse Now.
- This is Ashley's last appearance on screen, though he will still be mentioned in future episodes.
Promo
Castle PROMO 3x23