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| Season 7, Episode 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Air date | December 1, 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Written by | Christine Roum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Directed by | Paul Holahan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Last Action Hero[1] is the ninth episode of the seventh season of Castle.
Summary[]
When the star of Castle’s favorite ‘80’s action movie is mysteriously murdered, Castle and Beckett delve into the victim’s secret past and pursue his killer with help from a team of aging action heroes.
Recap[]
Promo[]
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Nathan Fillion as Richard Castle
- Stana Katic as Det. Kate Beckett
- Jon Huertas as Det. Javier Esposito
- Seamus Dever as Det. Kevin Ryan
- Tamala Jones as Dr. Lanie Parish
- Penny Johnson Jerald as Captain Victoria Gates
- Molly C. Quinn as Alexis Castle (credited only)
- Susan Sullivan as Martha Rodgers (credited only)
Guest Cast[]
- Ted McGinley as Brock Harmon
- Kathleen York as Kat Kingsley
- Nick Jandl as Trey Harmon
- Adoni Maropis as Henry Allen Booth
- Maya Stojan as Tory Ellis
- Krista Allen as Naomi Duvray
- Gonzalo Escudero as Enrique Gomez
- Geno Segers as Ernest Howe
- Joseph Aviel as Rolf Magnus
- Morgan Benoit as Lance DeLorca
- Marques Johnson as Clay Biggs
- Ryan Krause as Young Brock Harmon
- Leann Lei as Serafina
- Alandrea Martin as Young Naomi Duvray
- Beth Nintzel as Young Kat Kingsley
- Antoine Perry as Usher
- Dash Pomerantz as Bartender
Quotes[]
- Beckett: Hard at work investigating, I see.
- Castle: Hi, Mr. Harmon. Huge fan. Huge fan. I – I’m – it’s an honor – honor to meet you.
- Ryan: "Time to hit Cruz control." Maybe that’s what I need. Time to meet hard justice. Time for prison time.
- Esposito: Yeah, you keep working on that, bro.
- Ryan: Time to pay the bill for doing the kill.
- Esposito: Okay, on second thought, don't.
- Castle: My hero is a liar...and a goat herder.
- Castle: You told her about the poster?
- Ryan: I didn’t know it was a sec-
- Lanie: But to you, this is where you rebuilt your life, where you solved your mother's murder, where you fell in love.
- Ryan: You know what time is it? It's Ryan time.
- Esposito: Please. Just stop.
- Ryan: My name's Ryan and I hate lyin'.
Featured Music[]
- "DJ Make The Party Jump" - ChazzTraxx featuring J. Dash & Paloma
Trivia[]
- The title of this episode is named after the 1993 Arnold Schwarzenegger movie of the same name.
- The overall premise of Brock Harmon's movie, The Indestructibles, is a reference to The Expendables franchise created by Sylvester Stallone. Like The Expendables, the cast consists of aging action stars from the 1980's.
- Castle got his bro time when he was a kid and found out his childhood idol was a lie.
- Beckett moves in with Castle, now that she's married, and gives her apartment to her cousin Sofia.
- Among the many parallels to members of "The Expendables", Rolf Magnus as a "Nordic bodybuilder, card-carrying member of Mensa" is clearly Dolph Lundgren, the Swedish actor whose 160 IQ belies his 6' 5" 250+lb he-man physique.