The team doesn’t believe Dale is the shooter. The killer must have been in the apartment before the couple arrived home and then patiently waited long enough to frame Dale. Prints of Dale’s bandmate, Mitch, are found under the bed. The team swarms on the rehearsal space once again. And, once again, Beckett is staring down the barrel of gun. She’s afraid, but Castle talks her through the fear. Beckett orders Mitch to drop his gun, which he does. As for Beckett, her hands aren’t trembling one bit as she slaps the cuffs on a killer.

Back at home, Castle and Alexis have a heart-to-heart. He explains that he needs to be there for Beckett and she tells her dad not to grow up too much. He won’t. But he also won’t ever stop trying find out who hired the sniper to shoot Beckett, as evidenced by the persons of interest chart he’s been secretly keeping.

Most cops never go back to therapy after they pass their psych evaluation allowing them to return to duty. But Kate Beckett has a lot on her mind as she pays a return visit to the police shrink. First and foremost is the fact that she lied about the shooting. As it turns out, Detective Kate Beckett remembers everything. Wow.

CASTLE QUESTION OF THE MOMENT: Castle has no idea Beckett knows he said he loved her. Who is now carrying the bigger burden by keeping their feelings in check?

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