Guest Stars

Michael Mosley As Jerry Tyson Recurring	Alexa Havins As Elle Daniels
Romi Dias As ADA Toni Gonzalez	Gerald Downey As Lloyd Kurtzman

Co-Guest Stars

Paul Anthony Scott As Paul Dyson	Dasha Flynn As Receptionist
Dawnmarie Ferrara As Female Uniform	Jason Sims-Prewitt As Uniformed Officer
Sylvester Foster As Precinct Detective

Main Cast

Nathan Fillion As Richard Castle	Stana Katic As Kate Beckett
Susan Sullivan As Martha Rodgers	Jon Huertas As Javier Esposito
Seamus Dever As Kevin Ryan	Tamala Jones As Lanie Parish
Molly Quinn As Alexis Castle	Penny Johnson Jerald As Captain Victoria Gates

Recap

The episode begins with a woman entering a house calling out to Tess. She picks up her mail from the floor and places it on the table. She notices blood on the rug. Tess still is responding. Just then a drop of blood drips on to her face from the ceiling. She looks up and screams; a girl is fixed on to the ceiling with barbed wire. Next, Alexis is at home to get some clothes. She then tells him that she is meeting some friends for a study session and leaves. Next, Kate and Castle arrive at the crime scene. The victim’s name is Tessa Horton and her roommate was out of town. COD appears to be strangulation and there is a symbol drawn on her forehead with a razor. ..

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• Creator	Andrew W. Marlowe
• Executive Producer	Armyan Bernstein  |  David Amann  |  Andrew W. Marlowe  |  Rob Bowman  |  Laurie Zaks
• Co-Executive Producer	Rob Hanning  |  David Grae
• Supervising Producer	Christine Roum
• Producer	Elizabeth Beall  |  Terence Paul Winter  |  Marc A. Kahn (1)  |  D. Howard Grigsby
• Production Designer	Alfred Sole
• Editor	David Latham
• Music	Robert Duncan (1)
• Director of Photography	Bill Roe
• Theme	Robert Duncan (1)