#Castle episode 8.17 - "Death Wish"

"Death Wish"

The murder of a man connected to smuggling Turkish relics sends Castle, Beckett and the 12th Precinct on a search for a stolen antique believed to be Aladdin's lamp, in hopes that it can lead them to the killer, on "Castle," MONDAY, APRIL 11 (10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/Nicole Wilder)

Castle stars Nathan Fillion as Richard Castle, Stana Katic as NYPD Captain Kate Beckett, Tamala Jones as Medical Examiner Lanie Parish, Jon Huertas as NYPD Detective Javier Esposito, Seamus Dever as NYPD Detective Kevin Ryan, Molly Quinn as Alexis Castle, with Susan Sullivan as Martha Rodgers. For Season Eight, Toks Olagundoye (“The Neighbors”) joined the series as Hayley.

Guest stars in “Death Wish” include Frank Tran as Lars Cross, Carolyn Stotesbery as Genevieve, and John Ducey as Mark Nagle.

“Death Wish” was written by Stephanie Hicks and directed by Bill Roe.

Episode 17:

Man bloody and wrapped in duct tape. Writes something for the hooded man behind him.

Castle and Kate. She wants a round 3. Martha enters. LOL. She needs a celebrity endorsement for her book. Oprah. He doesn't know her. If he promises to try, will she leave? Martha tells Kate she has the same negligee but in tiger print. LOL. Call for a crime scene.

Ryan yawning. Jenny can't sleep, so he can't sleep. Lars Cross is the victim. Only got back to the states 3 days ago. Brand new Porsche 911 that he paid cash for. Lots of toys here. Decapitated. And no fingerprints on the sword. Came from the victim's collection. Castle tells them the story of 1001 Arabian Nights. The victim's sister is coming to the precinct. Castle gets a call from Oprah's assistant. He goes in the hallway. A woman asks if he's a cop and says it was Lars' ex-boyfriend Mark. Lars owed him money and he better pay up or else. She's gone by the time he's off the phone.

Ryan and Espo talk to the sister. She says Mark helped pay for Lars' tuition. He took the job in Turkey to get away from Mark.

Ryan and Kate talk to Mark. Mark says he gave Lars $20,000 to get his degree. But he doesn't know Lars is dead. You think I did it? Lars was the love of my life, I could never... He was alive when I left. 9:30? He met friends at a bar and drank his sorrows until 2am. Lars said he needed a day to get the cash. He smuggled something from Turkey and his partner.... I took his laptop as collateral.

Kate and Castle in the office. She says most of her time is spent on paperwork! I feel like a kindergarten teacher. Ryan and Espo come in bickering. Espo found money in the safe deposit box. Ryan shows photos from the laptop. Lars was a tomb raider. Castle recognizes a symbol on a lamp. Seal of Solomon. Castle thinks Lars found a genie. Aladdin's lamp!

Castle looks at Lars' books on his research to find King Solomon's tomb. Castle's sticking with his genie theory. But says their theories are good, too. They need to find his partner. Castle wants to meet with Dr. Baker, who wrote on this stuff. Show her photos in Castle's office. Castle asks about the genie. He's very serious. The doctor says it's a romantic metaphor, nothing more. Genies are frightful creatures. Same Arabic word for demon. She tells him to buy her book. She has a class to teach. Alexis asks Castle what he's thinking? Castle wants to become the genie's master. Alexis tells him be careful what he wishes for. Might get him killed.

Ryan wants to wish for his kid to be born and sleeping through the night. Espo wants to be an MMA champion and be with hot chicks every night. Ryan says he'd wish to be a Broadway star. Kate found the likely partner.

Castle finds the neighbor in his office. She went through his desk. She says to find a pen. He wants to call the police. She says she's a journalist. She kept tabs on Lars. Then heard the fight with the boyfriend. Do you have another lead? She offers to help if he keeps her anonymous. Deal. She says Harlan used an alias in Turkey. Aladdin. And she's gone again. Alexis never saw her.

Ryan and Espo find Harlan. He says the genie's out to get him.

Hate thinks Harlan is delusional. Harlan tells Espo he didn't kill Lars. They met in Turkey, then one day, Lars was excited. We needed money. A guy offered 250K each in cash to do the dig. But opening that tomb was the worst thing ever. The moment we took that lamp, the genie came after us. He cites horrible bad luck after bad luck. Lars got double-crossed by the shipper. Lars lied to the shipper. Then demanded 400,000.

Kate says if Lars had extortion money, then why did the shipper kill him? What info could he want?

Harlan has an alibi, so the shipper is our suspect. Kate tells the boys to look up all the ships from Turkey in the past week.

Castle says the blonde is not a reporter or a neighbor. Kate says maybe she's working with the killer. Castle says twice she vanished on me. He thinks it's the genie. She wants me to find the lamp! Kate says you need to call me when you see her. And now you need to talk about taking your wife to bed.

Morning. Ryan and Espo found a ship. Tell Kate. She tells them to get Castle to meet there, and first dibs on a rub. I owe you. Can't believe I said that. LOL.

Boys check out the place. Castle's playing with the carpets. Finds a blood pool. It's Yurik.

Duct tape on Yurik, too. Body still warm. Boys tell Castle to call Beckett. He does and goes out front. Sees a blonde woman and chases after her. And she's not who he thought. Sees a peacock on a building. Looks for a way in. Looks in a window and sees the lamp. And falls in the window. They don't hear him. He sneaks toward the lamp. And picks it up. Woman pulls a gun on him. Who the hell are you? What are you doing here? Castle tries to talk his way out. And then the blonde is here. She grabs him, he drops the lamp, and they run. Being shot at by a guy. Out of the building. She says she's not a genie. And she's gone again!

Castle and Ryan. Ryan says the killer was a female. Espo doesn't believe Castle, either. Alexis arrives. The blonde is Genevieve Sutton. A security consultant. They'll bring her in and find out the real story. Alexis gets him ice cream.

Castle locks Kate out and asks Genevieve to tell him if she's a genie. LOL. She says she was trying to keep the artifacts out of the wrong hands. Mr. X was worried the relics would be sold to fund terrorism. She targeted Castle to get info on the case. She got a license plate of the truck.

Jenny calls Ryan. She's in labor. Kate and Espo tell him to go. 11 crates in the truck. 1 missing.

Espo and Castle interrogate the woman. Who did you deliver the lamp to? She wants a lawyer. Espo doesn't think she's the killer. Castle has an idea.

Castle and Espo call in Dr. Baker. Whoa, that's Tasha Yar from ST:TNG! Castle thinks she's the killer. And police found the lamp in her home. Espo arrests her.

Jordanian prince came to bail out Genevieve. Castle asks what happens to the antiquities? Prince says they'll be part of these legal battles for years. Locked up in the basement of the Smithsonian.

Ryan calls them to the hospital. Complications. Jenny's in trouble. Baby hasn't been delivered, yet. They settle in to wait. Kate tells Castle that just in case, could you wish for Jenny and the baby? He says he already did. Ryan comes back. Jenny and the baby boy are fine. His name is Nicholas Javier Ryan. Group hugs. Kate tells Castle to tell the genie thank you. He says he's done with genies. I have no need. I have everything I could ever wish for. Right back at ya, Handsome. She asks him if he wouldn't ask for a lightsaber? Transporter? Time Machine? He says only to fall in love with you again. Awwww.

Next ep - Hayley and Castle go to work together. And Hayley gets hurt.