Season 2

Title: Overkill
Air Date: May 10, 2010 at 12:00 AM PDT

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. Each man races to solve the case, and Beckett has to...

Title: Food to Die For
Air Date: May 3, 2010 at 12:00 AM PDT

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, are attracted to one another. Meanwhile, Beckett's relationship with Detective Demming continues to grow.

Title: The Late Shaft
Air Date: April 12, 2010 at 12:00 AM PDT

When Castle appears on a late-night talk show to promote his book, Heat Wave, legendary host Bobby Mann (guest star Tom Bergeron) leans in during a commercial break and whispers, "They want me dead." When Mann dies later that night, seemingly of natural causes, Castle convinces Beckett there was foul play. During the investigation, a...

Title: Wrapped Up in Death
Air Date: April 5, 2010 at 12:00 AM PDT

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 other members of his recent archeological expedition have also died. It turns out there was a legend inscribed over the burial chamber the team unearthed — it warned, "All who gaze...

Title: Tick, Tick, Tick...
Air Date: March 22, 2010 at 12:00 AM PDT

In a special two-part storyline, Dana Delany plays Federal Agent Jordan Shaw, an insightful and accomplished Federal investigator who teams up with Castle and Beckett to hunt down a cunning and elusive serial killer.

Title: The Mistress Always Spanks Twice
Air Date: March 8, 2010 at 12:00 AM PST

A half-naked woman covered in caramel sauce and hanging by bondage cuffs is found in a public park. The subsequent investigation takes Castle and Beckett into New York's underground world of sexual domination. Naturally, the case serves as fodder for their already flirtatious banter.

Title: The Third Man
Air Date: January 25, 2010 at 12:00 AM PST

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 is picked as one of New York's 10 most eligible bachelors, but he tries to...

Title: Sucker Punch
Air Date: January 18, 2010 at 12:00 AM PST

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 have had a hand in Beckett's...

Title: The Fifth Bullet
Air Date: December 7, 2009 at 12:00 AM PST

When an art dealer is gunned down in his gallery, Castle and Beckett discover that a bullet is inexplicably missing from the crime scene. An amnesiac who witnessed the crime can't remember what he saw or even who he is...

Title: One Man's Treasure
Air Date: November 23, 2009 at 12:00 AM PST

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 fiancée — Castle and Beckett have to keep the women from killing each other as they work to peel back the layers of the victim's double life. Was it a jilted woman, corporate...

Title: Kill the Messenger
Air Date: November 9, 2009 at 12:00 AM PST

Castle and Beckett investigate the hit-and-run death of a bike messenger who was about to deliver a sensitive package, the contents of which would have freed a wrongly convicted man from prison. In a surprising twist, this tragic death is linked to a murder case that Captain Montgomery investigated a decade earlier. To solve the...

Title: Famous Last Words
Air Date: November 2, 2009 at 12:00 AM PST

After an up-and-coming rock star's dead body is found staged in a scene straight out of her hit music video, Castle and Beckett dive into a world of obsessed fans, sleazy managers, and jealous band members. But it's only when Alexis uncovers the true meaning behind the lyrics of the star's final song that clues to the killer's...

Title: When the Bough Breaks
Air Date: October 19, 2009 at 12:00 AM PDT

Castle's book agent, Paula Haas (guest star Debi Mazar), approaches him with a career-changing opportunity, but taking it would mean the end of his relationship with Beckett. Will the murder of an unidentified woman — found dead in a manhole, no less — be their last case together?

Title: Fool Me Once...
Air Date: October 12, 2009 at 12:00 AM PDT

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 elusive killer might just be fooling...

Title: The Double Down
Air Date: September 28, 2009 at 12:00 AM PDT

When two separate murders are committed on the same night, Castle makes a wager with 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, but these potential perps have airtight alibis. Subsequent twists...

Title: Deep in Death
Air Date: September 21, 2009 at 12:00 AM PDT

Castle has a lot going on: he's trying to finish his new novel, Heat Wave, and also wrestling with how to fix things with Beckett. But circumstances force the pair back together to investigate the mysterious murder of a man found dead, tangled in the limbs of a tree.