Monday night's episode of "Castle" was
a continuation of last week's installment.
It featured a CIA agent who went rogue
and then pushed Castle and Beckett's car
into the harbor resulting in a cliffhanger
ending to last week's episode.
This episode begins with Beckett and
Castle trapped in the car as it slowly
sinks to the bottom of the harbor. Castle
dives to the back of the car to grab the
gun, which has been thrown into the
trunk. Beckett struggles to unbuckle her
seatbelt, which jammed after the slam.
Castle, after grabbing the gun, manages
to shoot Beckett and himself out of the
sinking car. Once back on land, it is clear
there is tension between Beckett and the
other detectives seeing as Castle (a
civilian) is allowed information that
the professionals are not.
The viewers at home are shown
that the rogue agent is working on
something big enough to threaten
the United States. The victim of this
episode has his pockets turned out,
as if the killer was searching for
something.
The CIA turns up on the crime scene
and is furious they weren't kept in
the loop. Castle and Beckett are taken
off the case, though that doesn't stop
them. Beckett uncovers a weakness
in the economy that could ruin the
entire country.
Castle returns home and is presented
a lead by the head CIA agent,
Sophia Conrad, who was also a former
flame of Castle's. She also found
Castle's murder wall; a large amount
of information with which Castle
still is trying to track down Beckett's
shooter from the last season. The
Conrad reveals that the rogue agent
had several on-shore bank accounts,
which, seeing as they are on U.S. soil,
the CIA can't investigate.
Meanwhile, the other detectives
canvass chess parks, trying to find
out information about their victim.
Beckett reveals that the rogue agent
had over $2,000,000 in six different
accounts.
The other detectives find out that the
most common denominator for the
chess parks would be an IMF agent.
The agent reveals that they talked
about economic theory and the episode
later reveals that the agent used
multiple names to avoid detection.
Castle finds a secret room full of information,
all of which would lead
to World War III, in which the U.S.
would be predicted to surrender in
2017.
A small girl would be the cause of
all of this, equating her to Helen of
Troy. Someone manages to destroy
the evidence; however, it isn't the actual
bad guy. After a drive, the rogue
agent reveals that all of the money is
tied to military industrial companies,
which are tied to Eastern Europe. He
believes that it is a CIA set up, which
the CIA does not believe.
After the rogue agent is found
killed in a sound proof room, the CIA
instantly believes his theory might be
correct and puts the agency on lockdown.
Conrad's assistant agent is
shown as the mole, and he causes a
hostage situation in order to escape.
After a long night of researching, it is
revealed the young girl is the daughter
of a close friend of the Chinese
Finance Minister, and a strong supporter
of the Chinese buying of U.S.
debt.
If U.S. agents kill the man's daughter,
he might convince his government
to stop the buying of U.S. debt
— leaving the U.S. stopped in its
tracks. Shockingly, both the man and
his daughter were in the country at
that moment.
After arriving, it is revealed that
Castle's former flame, lead agent
Sophia Conrad is really the mole. It
is also revealed that she was never
truly on the side of the U.S. after all.
She lets slip that Castle's father was
CIA as well but is then killed by the
former fake mole.
Both Castle and Beckett chase after
the man sent to kill the little girl,
leaving Castle on his knees. Beckett
tackles the shooter, preventing the
murder of a little girl and the start of
a third world war.
