Beckett's Victim of the Week is a famous half-Lebanese, half-Colombian telenovela actress.
Tropes that appear in this episode:
- Friend on the Force: Beckett recommends Castle to the victim's co-worker to find her missing $500,000 purse.
- ...Or So I Heard: Esposito insists that he knows about telenovelas and the victim because of his tía. She's a fan. Not him. Seriously.
- Pipe Pain: Anahita was killed from a blow to the head with a pipe the killer found nearby.
- Private Eye Monologue: Castle keeps slipping into it now he's a PI.
- Start My Own: The victim and her costar wanted to start their own female-run television network, but the head of their current network found out after bugging the costar's trailer.
- Stealth Pun: As Beckett and Castle roleplay in his office, she refers to Richard as a "Private Dick".
