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* EmbarrassingAlibi: Castle and Beckett are interviewing a suspect who ran a pizza chain competing with one where a body was found in the oven. He told the police initially that he was with his wife, but his wife later said that he was with his mistress. He admits to cheating on his wife to prove his innocence in the murder.
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* ItalianAmericanCaricature: The case deals with a Pizza War between rival New York pizzerias, all run by passionate, bowling-shirt-wearing Italian-American men.
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* PrecisionFStrike: Alexis calls her '''''ex'''''-best friend Lauren a [[note]]bitch[[/note]]. Castle, on hearing the full story also calls her a [[note]]bitch[[/note]].
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* ContinuityNod: One of the many, many Nicks is connected to [[Recap/CastleS1E10ADeathInTheFamily the Spelano crime family]].
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* FemmeFatale: Monica always chose characters from film noire that feature a Femme Fatale as a codeword, likely because she saw herself as one, as noted by Castle.
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* FemmeFatale: Monica always chose characters from film noire that feature a Femme Fatale as a codeword, likely because she saw herself as one, as noted by Castle.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Looking back on Roy Burns' past reveals that his nine-year-old daughter was killed to discourage him from looking into the ruthless drug dealer known as 'Cavallo'.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Looking back on Roy Burns' past reveals that his nine-year-old daughter was killed to discourage him from looking into the ruthless drug dealer known as 'Cavallo'."Cavallo".
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* BrokenPedestal: Roy Burns' editor notes that Roy lost his former drive for journalism after the death of his daughter, but the editor kept him on staff out of respect for what he used to be and assigned him the occasional easy piece to justify his continued presence.
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* BrokenPedestal: BrokenAce: Roy Burns' editor notes that Roy lost his former drive for journalism after the traumatic death of his daughter, but daughter in the same accident that left Roy crippled. However, the editor kept him Roy on staff out of respect for what he used to be be, and assigned him the occasional easy piece to justify his continued presence.presence so that he could continue to receive insurance.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Cavallo continues using ThemedAliases and passwords from FilmNoir ''years'' after failing to kill an IntrepidReporter who learned about those noir references. Years later, that reporter (and later on, the detectives investigating his murder) are instantly clued in to suspicious activity by hearing the names of noir protagonists and bring down Cavallo's empire.
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* MouthOfSauron: An infamous drug dealer who faked his own death visits lower-ranking dealers on behalf of his unseen employer Cavallo. The team initially thinks that the dealer is Cavallo and pretending to have a boss, but it turns out that he really is just TheDragon.
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* HufflepuffHouse: Terrific Nick's is by far the least important of the four feuding pizzerias, and Castle and Beckett never even interview the owner.
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* CookedToDeath: Referenced. As the body is found in a pizza oven at a pizzeria, the investigators naturally ask if he was alive when he went in, but Lanie, the M.E., says that he was dead before he was immolated.
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* TheDogWasTheMastermind: The real estate agent, not the known drug dealer, was the one running the drug ring.
* FemmeFatale: Monica always chose characters from film noire that feature a Femme Fatale as a codeword, likely because she saw herself as one, as noted by Castle.
* FemmeFatale: Monica always chose characters from film noire that feature a Femme Fatale as a codeword, likely because she saw herself as one, as noted by Castle.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Looking back on Roy Burns' past reveals that his nine-year-old daughter was killed to discourage him from looking into the ruthless drug dealer known as 'Cavallo'.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Looking back on Roy Burns' past reveals that his nine-year-old daughter was killed to discourage him from looking into the ruthless drug dealer known as 'Cavallo'.'Cavallo'.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: When the NYPD gets too close to Monica, she fakes an attack by Harley on herself.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: When the NYPD gets too close to Monica, she fakes an attack by Harley on herself.
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* AlternativeCompanyEquivalent: All the Nicks are rivals and used the same brand name but make it different to distinguish from the other.
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* AlternativeCompanyEquivalent: AlternateCompanyEquivalent: All the Nicks are rivals and used basically the same brand name but make it different to distinguish from the other.other.
* BrokenPedestal: Roy Burns' editor notes that Roy lost his former drive for journalism after the death of his daughter, but the editor kept him on staff out of respect for what he used to be and assigned him the occasional easy piece to justify his continued presence.
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Roy Burns' story on the 'Pizza Wars' between the four competing pizza joints leads to him finding a new lead into the story that led to his daughter's death.
* WouldHurtAChild: Looking back on Roy Burns' past reveals that his nine-year-old daughter was killed to discourage him from looking into the ruthless drug dealer known as 'Cavallo'.
* BrokenPedestal: Roy Burns' editor notes that Roy lost his former drive for journalism after the death of his daughter, but the editor kept him on staff out of respect for what he used to be and assigned him the occasional easy piece to justify his continued presence.
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Roy Burns' story on the 'Pizza Wars' between the four competing pizza joints leads to him finding a new lead into the story that led to his daughter's death.
* WouldHurtAChild: Looking back on Roy Burns' past reveals that his nine-year-old daughter was killed to discourage him from looking into the ruthless drug dealer known as 'Cavallo'.
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When a reporter is found dead inside a pizza oven, Castle and Beckett try to determine why he was murdered. They hunt a trail of suspects working for franchises with very similar names. Meanwhile, Alexis has problems to cope with when a "friend" tries to steal her boyfriend.
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* AlternativeCompanyEquivalent: All the Nicks are rivals and used the same brand name but make it different to distinguish from the other.
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* AlternativeCompanyEquivalent: All the Nicks are rivals and used the same brand name but make it different to distinguish from the other.
