'Castle' returns, and it is time for Det. Kevin Ryan to finally get hitched. But does his fiancé have a secret that relates to the case?

Love and marriage, eh? With Castle’s Kevin Ryan finally getting hitched, the theme of the day should be something along those lines. Instead, we encounter the less joyful side of a wedding day: the single person’s experience. While we didn’t necessarily see The Wedding Crashers, the victim being a certified (certifiable?) pick up artist was a cute nod to it.

I loved the scene where Ryan’s three friends were working up the courage to tell him about Jenny’s relationship to the victim. I loved how all of that food just happened to be there (And seriously … please tell me that they didn’t order that much for just the three of them); and how they used that food against him. That Ryan already knew, and questioned about whether or not she was in the book, was a classic Castle twist. Ryan and Jenny are the type of couple to tell each other everything – of course it came up.

Is it bad that I don’t even remember why Esposito and Lanie broke up in the first place? I remember the cuteness, and then the snippiness; and now the even footing that they’ve finally seem to have found. Of course, now its time for them to fall back into each other, right?

The :45 Minute Guess: Huh – I’m not sure what to think. My first inclination is that bringing someone like Jaime Ray Newman only to let her have two short scenes at the beginning of the hour seems like a big waste – plus being all absent primes her to be the quintessential Castle murderer. But the timeline of the poisoning and the victim’s apparent “mission” are parts of the case that don’t really lend themselves to being completely irrelevant to the outcome. However, my gut says it is Newman’s Holly Franklin, but I can’t really come up with the explanation.

The Answer: Well, if I’d waited one more commercial break, I would have known well enough to stay far away from that guess.

Considering how closely I pay attention to the guest casting on Castle, I feel pretty stupid for just catching on to this interesting bit of trivia this week. Juliana Dever, who plays Det. Kevin Ryan’s fiancé/wife Jenny, is actually married to Seamus Dever, the actor who plays Ryan.

Notes & Quotes

“I’ll bet male black widow spiders think their in healthy relationships, too.” – Castle to Ryan

With Jaime Ray Newman, I think the show has just about featured every redhead in Hollywood save Yo-Saf-Bridge herself, Christina Hendricks.

“No that’s Jake; that’s Jake Hendricks” – Holly Franklin

“No, that’s Michael Bailey.” – Beckett

“I think I would know who I was sleeping with.” – Holly

“Well, apparently you don’t.” – Beckett

“No, that’s Michael Bailey.” – Beckett “I think I would know who I was sleeping with.” – Holly “Well, apparently you don’t.” – Beckett “I didn’t kill him, I was falling in love with him!” – Holly

“Well, he fell pretty hard too.” – Beckett

“Well, he fell pretty hard too.” – Beckett “Even their hypothetical fury is unnerving. William Congreve had it right when he talked about scorned women.” – Castle

“Well, you haven’t heard what I would do.” – Beckett

“Yeah I don’t think I want to know.” – Castle

“Well, you haven’t heard what I would do.” – Beckett “Yeah I don’t think I want to know.” – Castle “[Walks in and sees all of the women the victim was involved with] This is like the beginning of the Bachelor only without the Appletinis.” – Castle

“Intel agencies used to use flight attendant as spies, didn’t they?” – Ryan, doing his part to cross promote Pan Am

“I was this close to getting my plus one.” – Esposito

Hey, relax man, it happens to a lot of guys: get excited and then lose control of their steamers.” – Castle

“You have beautiful eyes.” – Pablo

“Seriously?” – Beckett

“Eh, it’s a numbers game. I strike out 90% of the time.” – Pablo

“Thus restoring my faith in my gender.” – Beckett

“Seriously?” – Beckett “Eh, it’s a numbers game. I strike out 90% of the time.” – Pablo “Thus restoring my faith in my gender.” – Beckett “Castle, if we were getting married would you want to know about all the guys I’ve slept with?” – Beckett

“All?” – Castle

“Seriously? You sign women’s chest at book readings. You cannot be shocked that I’m not a

a virgin.” – Beckett

“It’s just that the world ‘all’ suggests a lot. How many are we talking, exactly?” – Castle

“Are you really asking for my number?” – Beckett

“You show me yours, and I’ll show you mine.” – Castle

“Men … you all want to know, but you don’t want to know.” – Beckett

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