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CASTLE
Air Date: Monday, February 20, 2012
Time Slot: 10:00 PM-11:00 PM EST on ABC
Episode Title: (#416) "Linchpin"
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CASTLE & BECKETT RACE TO STOP A PLOT THAT COULD SPELL THE END OF THE UNITED STATES AS WE KNOW IT, ON ABC'S "CASTLE"

Jennifer Beals and Josh Stamberg Guest Star in the Conclusion of a Two-Part Story Arc

"Linchpin" - In the explosive conclusion of a two-part story arc that began last week with "Pandora," Castle & Beckett race to find the "Linchpin" in order to stop the first domino in a chain of events which will plunge the United States into war, on "Castle," MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. In the episode, Jennifer Beals ("The Chicago Code," "Flashdance") continues as Sophia Conrad - a smart, commanding and sexy CIA operative who was Castle's inspiration for Clara Strike in the Derrick Storm series of books -- and Josh Stamberg ("Drop Dead Diva") is back as intelligence officer Martin Danberg.

"Castle" stars Nathan Fillion as Richard Castle, Stana Katic as NYPD Detective Kate Beckett, Susan Sullivan as Martha Rodgers, Molly Quinn as Alexis Castle, Penny Johnson Jerald as NYPD Captain Victoria Gates, Tamala Jones as Medical Examiner Lanie Parish, Jon Huertas as NYPD Detective Javier Esposito, and Seamus Dever as NYPD Detective Kevin Ryan.

Guest Cast: Jennifer Beals as Sophia Conrad, Josh Stamberg as Martin Danberg,

"Linchpin" was written by Andrew Marlowe and directed by Rob Bowman.

"Castle" is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's selected HDTV format, with 5.1 channel surround sound. A TV parental guideline will be assigned closer to airdate.

For more information on "Castle," visit ABC.com/Castle

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CASTLE (ABC)
Returns in Fall 2012 (Exact Date TBA)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
3/9/09 - ???
STATUS:
returning this fall (yet to premiere)
TIME SLOT:
mondays from 10:00 PM-11:00 PM EST
CURRENT SEASON:
5 (??? episodes)
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ADDITIONAL NOTES:
renewed through the 2012-13 season (the show's fifth) on 5/10/12
DESCRIPTION:
(from ABC's press release, May 2012) When viewers first met Richard Castle -- a famous mystery novelist and divorced father raising his teenage daughter, while being kept grounded by his Broadway diva mother -- he was creatively blocked. But when the NYPD questioned him in connection with a series of murders staged to imitate crime scenes from his books, Castle found inspiration in NYPD Detective Kate Beckett, a bright and aggressive homicide detective with a fascination for odd and offbeat cases stemming from the years-old unsolved murder of her own mother. Though they instantly clashed, sparks of another sort began to fly, leading both to danger and a hint of romance as Castle stepped in to help find the copycat killer. Once that initial case was solved, Castle and Beckett continued to investigate strange homicides in New York, combining Castle's writer intuition and Beckett's creative detective work.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Jon Huertas as Javier Esposito
· Molly Quinn as Alexis Castle
· Nathan Fillion as Richard Castle
· Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Roy Montgomery
· Seamus Dever as Kevin Ryan
· Stana Katic as Kate Beckett
· Susan Sullivan as Martha Rodgers
· Tamala Jones as Lanie Parish
CREW INFORMATION:
· Andrew W. Marlowe as EP
· Andrew W. Marlowe as WRTR (Pilot)
· Armyan Bernstein as EP
· David Grae as PROD
· Howard Grigsby as PROD/UPM
· Jose Molina as CO-EP
· Laurie Zaks as EP
· Moira Kirkland as CP
· Rene Echevarria as EP
· Rob Bowman as DIR (Pilot)
· Rob Bowman as EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· ABC Studios
· Beacon Television
· Experimental Pictures