Castle travels to Los Angeles in order to understand his past. While there, he’s invited to investigate a murder.
Tropes that appear in this episode:
- Arc Welding: Castle's disappearance and memory loss turn out to be related to Loksat.
- Batman Gambit: Castle loudly boasts that he got the address to the propmaker's cousin in San Pedro. Predictably Kendall pickpockets him for it and gets sent on a wild goose chase while Castle and Hayley track down the real killer.
- Danger Takes a Backseat: Hayley hides out in the back seat of Alexis's rental car after she discovers Hayley's picture while investigating her father's disappearance. Subverted when Hayley ends up just wanting to explain why she was involved.
- Distracted by the Sexy: The plan for searching Austin’s home. It involves convincing him that he was going to get a threesome with Hayley and Kendal, who were posing as a lesbian couple.
- Executive Meddling: In-universe. Discussed regarding the film based on Castle’s novels. All the changes to the initial script resulted in one of the worst films in recent memory.
- Girl on Girl Is Hot: Castle’s reaction to Hayley kissing Kendall.
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: Castle goes to L.A. to investigate events he forgot because he had his own memories erased.
- Serial Killer: The victim was investigating one or two.
- The Reveal:
- Castle was looking into Loksat long before they went after Beckett, getting shot as a result, and had his memory wiped to protect her. Unfortunately, they caught on and ended up going after Beckett's old AG team as a result.
- Hayley and Castle had previously met after she was sent by Castle's father to look out for him during his investigation.
