#Castle episode 8.21 - "Hell to Pay"

Hell to Pay

CASTLE BELIEVES THE ANTICHRIST COULD BE THE KILLER, ON ABC'S "CASTLE"

"Hell to Pay" - When an axe-wielding, escaped psychiatric inmate drops dead in Castle's P.I. office, Castle and Beckett's investigation leads Castle to suspect the victim's death could be the work of the Antichrist, on "Castle," MONDAY, MAY 9 (10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT), on the ABC Television Network.

"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 cast: Ronnie Steadman as Gabriel Shaw, Emanuel Loarca as Guard, Michael Chieffo as Dr. Brock Martin, Anne-Marie Johnson as Sondra Kramer, Matthew Borlenghi as Rollins.

"Hell to Pay" was written by Jim Adler (story) and Adam Frost & Nancy Kiu (teleplay) and directed by John Terlesky.

Episode 21:

Rain in NYC. Alexis and Hayley in the office. A man opens the door and shuffles in dragging a bloody ax. Power goes out. He breaks the glass on the door to the office. He comes at them. And collapses before getting to them.

Kate has to go to the precinct. Alarm goes off. Panic signal from the office. They hurry over. Alexis tells Rick what happened. Ax is a fire ax from the lobby. Lanie says the man bled to death from a wound in his side. Stabbed between 8 and 8:30. Patient at Peakmore Psychiatric Facility. For the criminally insane.

Castle and the boys go there. Director comes out to talk. Gabriel Shaw has been there for 20 years. He was convinced he was on a mission from God to vanquish evil. Takes them to Gabriel's room. He stole a keycard from an orderly. They realized he was missing at noon. Orderlies looked all day. But one hasn't returned. Dave. It was Dave's keycard that Gabriel stole. Castle asks if they're hearing that. Something in the vent. Rats. And a hidden Bible. With drawings of demons. Lanie radios. Get to the morgue, I found something disturbing.

Kate in the morgue. Ink on Gabriel. He didn't do it to himself. Wasn't on him this morning. Religious symbols and prayers all over him. Lanie says the wound is from a claw. And sulfur on it. Castle thinks it was a demon.

Kate and Castle in the precinct. She says with the intermittent power in the city, today's going to be hell. She doesn't believe his demon theory, of course.

Espo and Ryan with Dave. Taunting him about Gabriel. Dave found Gabriel at a church, but Gabriel knew Dave was stealing meds and dealing. Dave let him go at 4:30. I wasn't hiding, I figured I was out of a job no matter what. Says Gabriel was really amped up recently. Guy visited him and set him off.

Alexis pulled Gabriel's records. He worked as a spiritual consultant to investigate for Noah Kramer. Castle's office used to be Noah's 20 years ago.

Castle and Ryan. Espo's trying to get the visitor logs. Castle sees a weird thing on photos of his face. Alexis calls him. Hayley says Noah is long dead. Killed in an accident. But his wife and kids still live in the city.

The wife says Gabriel came by the house yesterday. Looking for stuff of Noah's. Gabriel ruined their family. Noah's reputation was destroyed after the attack. She hired a company to clear out the office after Noah died. Gabriel said something in Latin before he left. The end is upon us.

PI office. Castle says Gabriel was trying to get in the safe. Castle's never opened it. He didn't want to be disappointed by what was in there. But now it's worth seeing. Hayley needs 28 minutes and a chocolate milkshake.

Espo got the log. The photo of the visitor is messed up so the face is indistinguishable.

Castle's slurping. Hayley gets the lock undone. Alexis says maybe we shouldn't. Castle opens it. How deep does it go? He shines a flashlight around. It's all religious iconography. Statues of demons. A wall of photos. Research into the end of days, 5-10-16.

They show Espo and Ryan. Victor Crowne, 9 years old, was the target. He's an orphan. Inherited billions. Castle says it's the Omen. Antichrist! Hayley says that's only a film. Alexis Googles Victor. He turns 30 soon and gets his full inheritance. Castle says what if Victor is the Antichrist and Gabriel wasn't crazy? Espo and Ryan want to talk to Victor.

Lights on in Crowne Enterprises. Castle seeing evil everywhere, lol. He's wearing a crucifix bracelet. Rick Cosnett is Victor Crowne. Show him Gabriel Shaw's photo. Have you seen him recently? Shaw's dead. Victor is not sad about that. 20 years, this face has haunted me. He cursed my life. But I've channeled all that negative energy into a better world. My clean water initiative. Espo asks where he was last night. Victor says here, working. Surveillance tapes can verify that. We're done here. Castle smells sulfur. Victor says there was an accident during a demonstration yesterday.

Castle sees the light on himself in the camera again. I'm marked for death. Espo walks away. LOL.

You have to stop watching horror films. Castle's freaking out. Boys says it's all in your head. Then Castle is almost squished by falling debris. You were saying!!

Kate says you're starting to sound crazy, next level crazy. Castle says Victor looked evil. She says he was working all night. He's not our killer. Espo still hasn't found Shaw during the death window. Ryan has Lanie's analysis of a substance.

Castle asks Alexis if she found a recipe. Hayley says that sounds familiar. Finds a letter. Anointing oil. Karl Von Ekland. He's dead. Heart attack on Dec. 13, 1996. Shaw wouldn't know he was dead. Who lives in the apartment now?

The son. Hasn't gotten rid of it all. Sells blessed crap to suckers. Ryan asks about Gabriel. Guy says yeah, he was looking for my old man. Anointed Gabriel for $50 and wrote Bible verses on him. Ryan says he's dead. Espo asks Oscar if Gabriel mentioned meeting anyone. Nope.

Precinct. Tracked Gabriel. But none of the cameras are functioning properly. Boys play the tape. And see a disappearing and reappearing figure following Gabriel. Castle says that is a demon. Kate asks the boys to go to the loading dock. And Castle, it's just a glitch.

Castle reading about the Antichrist. Hears noises. Grabs a cross. Spinning ball on a table. He stops it. Kate scared him. He says not funny, Beckett! She says it's late, let's go to bed. Then she scares him again and laughs. He's back on the computer researching how to kill the Antichrist.

Back to the vault. Finds a dagger. Phone rings. Kate asks where are you? He says Shaw was looking for the Angel Dagger. It's here, been in the safe the whole time. Power goes out. He's here... Castle? Hello? Glowing red eyes, then something flies at him.

Kate gives Castle ice for his head. He thinks it was a demon still. Safe was ransacked and the Angel Dagger is gone. Boys arrive.

Talk to Noah's wife. Her garden claw is the murder weapon. Castle wonders why there was sulfur. Fertilizer. She says she wanted to talk sense into Shaw, but he rambled about his mission. Kate asks why did you bring the weapon? She says she keeps tools for her flower shop in her car, and he went on and on and she grabbed the claw. Kate asks about the break-in. You took the Angel Dagger. She says she was home all night with her son.

Castle wonders who attacked him? Hayley says all the Crowne files are gone. Castle things Victor did it. Ryan says he was at a club all night. Hayley found a bracelet. Oscar's. Castle says Oscar is a true believer. He's going to complete the mission.

Into Crowne's office. Oscar showed up as a notary. In the basement. Security isn't answering. They split up and look around. Ryan and Espo tell Castle to drag the security guy to safety. By myself? Castle takes the baton and follows noises. Screaming. Oscar about to stab Victor. Castle says don't do it. Oscar says he isn't human so it's not murder. Castle gets the dagger away. Oscar has pipes fall on him. Victor asks to be untied. Thank you for saving me. I owe you. Whatever you want, just ask, it's yours. Castle wonders if he literally just made a deal with the Devil?

Oscar's getting a psych eval. Castle still seeing the mark on photos of him. Kate tells him to take off his jacket. Now take another selfie. The zipper was causing a flare. He says let's celebrate. Naked Twister!

Hayley and Alexis watching movies in the office. Hayley putting on horror. The safe door opens on its own. run! It's Kate. And Castle. He says that was genius. Now can we play naked twister?

Next ep - the finale. Tragedy? Death?