Season 2
🎬 24 Episodes 📅 2009 ⏱ 44 min
Writer Richard Castle becomes involved with the NYPD after a murder case appears to copy methods from his novels. In Castle, his storytelling instincts and curiosity become an unusual investigative tool alongside Detective Kate Beckett, as each case builds a partnership that begins with skepticism and gradually becomes more complicated. The series blends crime drama, mystery, light humor, and character chemistry, making the investigations as much about Castle and Beckett as the crimes themselves.
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📊 Season Stats
24
Episodes
2009
Year
44
min / ep
17.6
Watch Hours
2/8
Season No.
⭐ 8.4
Best Episode
Ep. 17 · Tick, Tick, Tick... (1…
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🎬 Episodes 24 episodes
1
⭐ 7.3
Deep in Death
When the new season begins, Castle is wrestling with how to repair his relationship with Beckett, while struggling to finish his soon-to-be-published bestseller, Heat Wave. But circumstances force the pair back together to investigate the mysterious murder of a man found dead, tangled in the limbs o…
🎬 Rob Bowman ✍️ Andrew W. Marlowe
2
⭐ 7.5
The Double Down
When two separate murders are committed on the same night, Castle wagers Ryan and Esposito that he and Beckett will solve theirs first. The frenzied race to catch their respective killers and win the bet leads each investigative duo to a likely suspect, only to find that they both have airtight alib…
🎬 Rob Bowman ✍️ David Grae
3
⭐ 7.1
Inventing the Girl
Castle and Beckett get an inside look at the cutthroat world of the New York fashion industry when they investigate the brutal murder of a young model during Fashion Week.
🎬 Dwight H. Little ✍️ Moira Kirland
4
⭐ 7.7
Fool Me Once
When an Arctic explorer is killed during a polar expedition, the mysterious circumstances of his death take Castle and Beckett from the penthouses of Park Avenue to the halls of the CIA. But Castle's delight at the case's many twists and turns soon turns to frustration as he realizes that their elus…
🎬 Bryan Spicer ✍️ Alexi Hawley
5
⭐ 7.4
When the Bough Breaks
Castle has a new book agent, Paula Haas, who tells him of an exciting opportunity that may change his career. The downside is that taking the opportunity would mean the end of his relationship with Beckett. Meanwhile, an unidentified woman is found dead in a manhole.
🎬 John Terlesky ✍️ René Echevarria
6
⭐ 7.5
Vampire Weekend
As Halloween approaches, Castle and Beckett are called to a graveyard where the body of a young man sporting vampire fangs has been discovered with a wooden stake driven through his heart. Their investigation takes them deep into the heart of New York's underground vampire fetish community, where th…
🎬 Karen Gaviola ✍️ Terri Edda Miller
7
⭐ 7.4
Famous Last Words
An up-and-coming rock star's body is found in a scene that appears staged from her recent music video.
🎬 Rob Bowman ✍️ Jose Molina
8
⭐ 7.5
Kill the Messenger
After a bike messenger, carrying a package with content that is able to free a wrongly convicted man from prison, is brutally murdered, Castle and Beckett need to investigate the case. But they are surprised to find out that the tragic death is linked to another murder case previously investigated b…
🎬 Jonathan Frakes ✍️ Terence Paul Winter
9
⭐ 7.2
Love Me Dead
Castle and Beckett are thrust into the world of ex-cons and escorts. Meanwhile, Alexis has a private chat with Beckett about something that she's keeping from her father.
🎬 Bryan Spicer ✍️ Alexi Hawley
10
⭐ 7.6
One Man's Treasure
When a murdered man is found stuffed in the garbage chute of an apartment building and two women arrive to ID his body — one his wife and the other his fiancee — Castle and Beckett have their hands full keeping the women from killing each other as they work to peel back the layers of the victim's do…
🎬 Helen Shaver ✍️ Elizabeth Davis Beall
11
⭐ 7.8
The Fifth Bullet
Castle and Beckett uncover that a bullet is missing from the crime scene while investigating what happened when an art dealer was gunned down in his own gallery. However, when it turns out there was a witness to the murder, they need to refresh the man's memory, only to find out that he suffers from…
🎬 John Terlesky ✍️ David Grae
12
⭐ 7.0
A Rose for Everafter
When Castle and Beckett are called to a wedding to investigate the death of a bridesmaid, Castle is stunned to discover that the soon-to-be bride is his old flame, Kyra, "the one that got away". Complications ensue as Kyra, caught off-guard by Castle's reappearance in her life, wonders if she's marr…
🎬 Bryan Spicer ✍️ Alexi Hawley
13
⭐ 8.1
Sucker Punch
While investigating the death of an Irish mobster, Beckett and Castle uncover a local turf war that may be connected to both a late-night infomercial guru and an international drug smuggling operation. But the case turns agonizingly personal when evidence emerges that the killer they're chasing may …
🎬 Thomas J. Wright ✍️ Will Beall
14
⭐ 7.7
The Third Man
Mysteries abound when a family returns from vacation to discover a dead man in their daughter's bed. Thinking they're investigating the murder of a squatter, Castle and Beckett soon find themselves unraveling a multi-million dollar heist. Meanwhile, Castle tries to keep Beckett from finding out that…
🎬 Rosemary Rodriguez ✍️ Terence Paul Winter
15
⭐ 7.4
Suicide Squeeze
A beloved former major league baseball player is found dead after a goodwill trip to Cuba. The investigation, which includes running into Joe Torre, leads the detectives into New York's Cuban community to solve the murder. Meanwhile, Alexis' genealogy project forces Castle to consider the identity o…
🎬 David Barrett ✍️ Jose Molina
16
⭐ 7.2
The Mistress Always Spanks Twice
When a half-naked woman is found covered in caramel sauce and hanging by bondage cuffs in a public park, Castle and Beckett's investigation takes them into New York's underground world of sexual domination. Naturally the case serves as sexy fodder for their already charged relationship banter.
🎬 Rob Bowman ✍️ Kate Sargeant
17
⭐ 8.4
Tick, Tick, Tick... (1)
Federal Agent Jordan Shaw, an insightful and accomplished Federal investigator teams up with Castle & Beckett to hunt down a cunning and elusive serial killer.
🎬 Bryan Spicer ✍️ Moira Kirland
18
⭐ 8.2
Boom! (2)
In the second part of the story begun in "Tick, Tick, Tick," the serial killer remains at large and is taunting Castle, Beckett and Jordan Shaw to catch him
🎬 John Terlesky ✍️ Elizabeth Davis Beall
19
⭐ 7.4
Wrapped Up in Death
The investigation into the shocking death of a museum curator, crushed by a falling gargoyle, takes a bizarre turn when Castle and Beckett learn that he isn’t the first member of a recent archeological expedition to die. It turns out there was a legend inscribed over the burial chamber the team unea…
🎬 Bill Roe ✍️ Alexi Hawley
20
⭐ 7.3
The Late Shaft
When Castle appears on a late-night talk show to promote his book, Heat Wave, legendary host Bobby Mann leans in during a commercial break and whispers, "They want me dead." When Mann dies later that night, seemingly of natural causes, Castle has to convince Beckett that there was foul play. During …
🎬 Bryan Spicer ✍️ David Grae
21
⭐ 7.5
Den of Thieves
Investigating the murder of a thief, Castle and Beckett are surprised to learn that Esposito has a personal connection to the suspected killer. Another surprise is in line for Castle when Beckett hits it off with the handsome Robbery detective assigned to the case, Tom Demming. Now this romantic tri…
🎬 John Terlesky ✍️ Will Beall
22
⭐ 6.8
Food to Die For
A high profile chef is found frozen to death in the kitchen of a hot New York restaurant. Complications ensue when Castle and the restaurant owner, an old high school girlfriend of Beckett's, share an attraction. Meanwhile, Beckett's relationship with Det. Demming continues to grow.
🎬 Ron Underwood ✍️ Terri Edda Miller
23
⭐ 7.1
Overkill
A robbery-homicide prompts Beckett to invite Demming to assist on a case, giving Castle a ringside seat to their budding romance. When it becomes clear that the two men have very different ideas about how to proceed, the investigation becomes an unspoken competition for Beckett's attention, one in w…
🎬 John Terlesky ✍️ René Echevarria
24
⭐ 7.6
A Deadly Game
Nothing is as it seems when Castle and Beckett investigate what appears to be the assassination of an intelligence operative. Meanwhile, Beckett's romance with Demming threatens her relationship with Castle, forcing them to confront their feelings for each other.
🎬 Rob Bowman ✍️ Andrew W. Marlowe