After missing a high power speaking engagement, relationship expert Alice Clark is found dead and it is clearly a professional hit. Nothing taken, but her car ripped to shreds by someone looking for something. Her cash, cards and iPad all left alone. Hmmm. Curious that an A-lister that has a billionaire’s ear would just off herself when things are going so well. That being said, the setup of the arc had me intrigued and I was invested in the episode. When Alice’s apartment turns up nothing and a lead with a mogul goes awry, Caskett get a tip that Alice had been holed up in one of said mogul’s hotel room for a few days. But upon complete examination of the room, nothing turns up. In fact it doesn’t look like anyone was even staying at the posh hotel. But someone was using the digital safe that housed a $60 million dollar fist sized diamond. Too good to be true right? How about $60 million being chump change compared to what the diamond—the man-made diamond really is! Through a shell game of who’s done what and to whom, it is revealed that the process to make a man-made diamond, a technique that nails the 4 “C’s” of what makes a diamond a such a precious stone, has been perfected. If word got out that the tech to man-make perfect diamonds existed it would make for a wildly bloody conflict in all of the diamond mining areas and the value of stones worldwide. It is a very interesting and nefarious plot line that stands as one of the best episodes in the Castle canon this season or any other. The narrative lifts itself above any minor flaws that I turn a blind eye to in one hour dramas. It itself achieves the proverbial 4 “C’s” of one hour dramas. Unfortunately I couldn’t come up with four consecutive words that start with “C” and relate the world of TV drama. I worked on it as long as I thought responsible but came up with bupkus. Still, I love the world of Castleand it is never more present than in “A Murder is Forever.” Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing!
