The opening has us at a foggy dock in the middle of the night when a body is found barely hanging from fish wire by the night security guard. When the gang begins to work the crime scene, Medical Examiner Lanie is clearly startled while Esposito consoles her. When Caskett wants to see why she is so upset, it really grabs you. The body is a doppelganger of Lanie; an exact replica of our spunky M.E. Right down to her sexy tattoo the dead woman is donning it is spookily detailed and accurate. In fact, upon further examination of the body, Lanie finds that this is not just some coincidence and that the victim, Pam Rogers even used the same exact beauty products as her. Now I am freaked out, but not as freaked out as when they find the second victim named Daniel Santos that looks exactly like Esposito. The body was found hung like Rogers but this time on a boat with his feet barely dangling off of the ground. Whoa. Santos is a former stripper that like Rogers was set up with a great new job and benefactor that was working on everything to look and even sound like Espo. After picking up some traffic cam shots of the late Santos entering a car outside Dr. Neiman’s building they are able to nab a shot of an expired sticker for a Miami based marina. But who the heck is the sticker registered to? None other than Carl Matthews, security guard at the waterfront where Pam Rogers was found. (Fun Fact: Matthews is played by Tom Cruise’s younger cousin William Mapother) When Castle poses that Jerry Tyson aka 3XK may still be alive she brushes it off. But remember that when 3XK returned last season, Castle shot him down on an NYC bridge where he plummeted 200 feet into the water the body was never found and when they go to look for the 3XK files they have gone missing. All of them gone into thin air. Upon tracing down the car it is at the Starburst Motel–the same motel and room number that Ryan and Castle housed Tyson when they believed him to be innocent. Coincidence? No way in hell. After Carl Matthews’ confession, a bombshell is dropped when Ryan figures out that the doctor at the prison where Tyson was housed was none other than Dr. Kelly Neiman! Started the week Tyson arrived and left when he left. With enough probable cause to storm the Neiman clinic, Caskett and company find the place has been completely cleaned out save for a pen with a hand written note that says “Better Luck Next Time.” The final scene that has to do with the pen is remarkably eerie and I actually was shaken up by the haunting audio file that was on the pen that was actually a thumb drive. Vera Lynn’s “We’ll Meet Again” plays in Castle’s apartment and it is absolutely gripping with tension. Den of Geek Rating: 4.5 Out of 5 Stars
Castle Disciple Review
<span title='2025-07-18 00:00:00 +0000 UTC'>July 18, 2025</span> · 3 min · 507 words · Tammie Casas