Guest Stars

Arye Gross As M.E. Perlmutter Recurring	Judith Scott As Evelyn Montgomery Recurring
Kenny Baumann As Ashley Recurring	Amanda Schull As Joy Jones
Bellamy Young As Candace Ford	Jonathan Slavin As Justin Hankel
Michael McKean As Victor Baron	Paul Terrell Clayton (1) As Dax Lattimer
Sasha Roiz As Bobby Stark	Teri Polo As Kayla Baron
William Francis McGuire As Dan Middleberry

Co-Guest Stars

Krystal Joy Brown As Sascha	Nan McNamara As Stage Mother
Rosero McCoy As Felix	Stephanie Lynn As Amber Middleberry

Main Cast

Nathan Fillion As Richard Castle	Stana Katic As Kate Beckett
Susan Sullivan As Martha Rodgers	Ruben Santiago-Hudson As Captain Roy Montgomery
Jon Huertas As Javier Esposito	Seamus Dever As Kevin Ryan
Molly Quinn As Alexis Castle

Recap

The scene opens with beauty pageant contestants practicing their routine together when they discover that Miss Illinois has been murdered. Meanwhile, Alexis talks to Ashley and tells him to go to the college that he wants. Castle asks what is wrong and she says that Ashley got accepted to all colleges and Ashley wants to Stanford. She says that long distance relationship hardly ever work out. Castle says that you never know with love and Alexis tells that another murder happened when Castle’s phone rings. Castle gets on scene and Beckett tells him that the case is right up his alley. They walk in the studio and Castle recognizes Bobby Stark, a tv sitcom start. Beckett says that Candace Ford is the one running the pageant. Ryan comes up and says that the victim is Amber Middleberry and the Medical Examiner says that she was chocked with her own sash. Black sequence is found in her hair. ..

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• Executive Producer	Armyan Bernstein  |  David Amann  |  Andrew W. Marlowe  |  Laurie Zaks  |  Rob Bowman
• Co-Executive Producer	Moira Kirland Dekker  |  Scott A. Williams  |  Matt Pyken
• Supervising Producer	David Grae
• Producer	Terri Miller  |  D. Howard Grigsby
• Co-Producer	Marc A. Kahn (1)  |  Joan Van Horn  |  Alexi Hawley
• Associate Producer	Noreen O'Toole
• Production Designer	Alfred Sole
• Editor	Warren Bowman
• Casting	Kendra Castleberry  |  Donna Rosenstein
• Unit Production Manager	Joan Van Horn
• First Assistant Director	Barry K. Thomas
• Second Assistant Director	Katie Carroll
• Music Editor	Amber Funk
• Music Supervisor	Tricia Halloran
• Costume Designer	Luke Reichle
• Key Grip	Tony Sepian
• Camera Operator	Andrew Bikichky  |  Mark Labonge
• Set Decorator	Claire Kaufman
• Location Manager	George Shockley
• Transportation Coordinator	Jon Tardino
• Property Master	Michael Courville
• Construction Coordinator	Vincent Desantis
• Production Sound Mixer	Joe Foglia
• Script Supervisor	Tricia Ronten
• Production Coordinator	Nancy Sprow
• Assistant Editor	Orlando Machado Jr.
• Post Production Supervisor	Ashley Stephenson
• Supervising Sound Editor	Jeremy J. Gordon (1)
• Re-Recording Mixer	Joe Earle  |  Doug Andham
• Director of Photography	Bill Roe
• Stunt Coordinator	Dennis Madalone
• Art Director	Chris Hansen
• Executive Story Editor	Will Beall  |  Terence Winter (1)  |  Elizabeth Davis (1)
• Costume Supervisor	Devon Patterson
• Production Accountant	Deb Lancello
• Chief Lighting Technician	Jono Kouzouyan
• Department Head Make-up	June Brickman
• Original Music	Robert Duncan (1)
• Special Effects Coordinator	Robert Calvert (1)
• Production Staff	Alexis Olsen  |  Elizabeth Reis
• Created By	Andrew W. Marlowe
• Theme By	Robert Duncan (1)
• Department Head Hairstylist	Edward Morrison