Crossfire (Castle)
| "Crossfire" | |
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| Castle episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 8 Episode 22 |
| Directed by | Rob Bowman |
| Written by | Alexi Hawley & Terence Paul Winter |
| Production code | 8CBT22 |
| Original air date | May 16, 2016 |
| Running time | 43 minutes |
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"Crossfire" is the twenty-second episode of the eighth season the comedy-drama TV series Castle. It is the final episode of the series, and originally aired on ABC on May 16, 2016.
The episode starts out with someone driving a car, singing along to the song It's a Sunshine Day, only to stop near an abandoned factory and torch his car containing a restrained man in the boot. Then we are shown Castle and Beckett, heading to the location Caleb told them the mobile he gave them would be able to receive a call from Locksat. Unfortunately, they are not able to trace the call and the voice over the phone being electronically modified, they are left with no way of identifying nor locating the caller.
Beckett, Castle, Hayley and Vikram decide to spy on Caleb while he comes to the rendezvous point chosen by Locksat, in order to identify the mystery man. Meanwhile, Ryan and Esposito arrive at a crime scene, where a burnt corpse has been found in the boot of a car. They call Beckett and reveal to her at the worst possible moment that the corpse in the trunk is none other than Caleb Brown. Castle and Beckett are taken aback, and soon realise that it was a trap. Thanks to Hayley's skills with a sniper rifle, they manage to stay alive long enough to see an impromptu Korean tacos truck get in the way of their assailants. It turns out that the driver - Mason Wood, the leader of the Greatest Detectives Society - was sent by Castle's stepmother. Mason leaves them in a safe place, insisting that he does not want to know anything about the man or organization that they are fighting against, fearing for his safety.
Castle returns to his detective agency to meet with his family and Hayley while Beckett goes to the 12th precinct, where she finds out that Vikram has told Ryan and Espo all about Locksat. She ends up begrudgingly explaining everything she knows, she asks them to stay out of it but they refuse and go after a new track, going so far as forcing her to stay put. At the same time, Castle, restless as always, decides to go to the precinct as well, but ends up being detained by the man who burnt the car at the beginning of the episode.
Shortly after, Beckett receives a call from Mason, who tells her that he may have a lead and that he will meet his informant this very evening, but Beckett insists on coming with him until he reluctantly agrees.
Then we see Castle, tied up, being injected with truth-serum and forced to reveal the names of all people around him who knows about Locksat to the man himself, who turns out to be Mason. Castle can't contain his tears when he reveals that his mother and his daughter know about Locksat, because he knows that the man will kill all those who know about him. He tells Richard that he now has to meet with Beckett and leaves him to be killed with a lethal poison administered by his right-hand man.
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