Inventing the Girl
Season 2, Episode 3
Air date	October 5, 2009
Written by	Moira Kirland
Directed by	Dwight Little
Episode guide
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Inventing the Girl is the third episode of the second season of Castle.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Recap 3 Cast 3.1 Main Cast 3.2 Guest Stars 3.3 Co-Starring 4 Quotes 5 Featured Music 6 Trivia 6.1 Storyline 7 References

Summary Edit

When Jenna McBoyd, a young up-and-coming model, is found stabbed with a strange object in a fountain, Castle and Beckett are forced to explore the cutthroat world of fashion modeling. Meanwhile, Alexis reconnects with her old babysitter, and Ryan and Esposito discover an amazing secret about Beckett.

RecapEdit

CastEdit

Main CastEdit

• Nathan Fillion as Richard Castle
• Stana Katic as Detective Kate Beckett
• Jon Huertas as Detective Javier Esposito
• Seamus Dever as Detective Kevin Ryan
• Tamala R. Jones as Dr. Lanie Parish
• Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Captain Roy Montgomery
• Molly C. Quinn as Alexis Castle
• Susan Sullivan as Martha Rodgers

Guest StarsEdit

• Jeffrey Pierce as Wyatt Monroe
• Matt Barr as Travis McBoyd
• Torrey DeVitto as Sierra Goodwin
• Shanna Collins as Rina
• Julian Sands as Teddy Farrow
• Jon Fleming as Will James

Co-StarringEdit

• Jason E. Kelley as Event Organizer
• Candice Patton as Young Woman
• Paul Diaz as Young Man

Quotes Edit

Beckett: That's Teddy Farrow's logo. He designs clothes for women. Upscale, expensive.

Castle: My credit card and I are painfully aware of Teddy's designs. I almost asked for custody of them after my last divorce.

Alexis: (speaking of Martha's new play) The producer said she's not right to play the lead. They want her to play the crazy granny.

Castle: Oh, the crazy granny.

Alexis: Who dies in Act One.

Castle: Ohhh.

Alexis: Off stage.

Castle: Ugh.

Castle: Jealously is a classic motive. You've seen the films. "The Talented Mr. Ripley", "Dead Ringer", and of course, the underrated classic, "Showgirls".

Beckett: Nobody murdered anyone in "Showgirls". (slightly embarassed having revealed she'd seen the movie) I hear.

Martha: (speaking of Rina) That girl is too young for you. Or I should say, you are too old for her.

Castle: It is not what you think. And unemployed divas who live in glass houses, rent free, should not throw stones.

Beckett: I am the inspiration. I should be reading it before a reporter does.

Castle: Why didn't you just say something?

Beckett: Why didn't you just give it to me?

Castle: Why didn't you just ask?

Beckett: Why didn't it occur to you?

Castle: You'll have it by tomorrow.

Featured Music Edit

• "We Swing" - Jaconfetti
• "My Personal Moon" - Madison Park

Trivia Edit

StorylineEdit

• Watch for: While reviewing the murder scene, a billboard for the Metropolitan American Dance Theater is visible. MADT was the charity at the center of the string of home invasions in Home Is Where the Heart Stops.
• At different points in this episode we see the issue of Cosmopolitan with the cover story on Castle. Castle's and Beckett's appearance in this magazine are based on the photo shoot and interview in "Deep in Death" and will be referenced many times after.
• Castle refers to three films to illustrate a jealousy as a motive.
  • "The Talented Mr. Ripley" was originally a novel written by Patricia Highsmith (who wrote "Strangers on a Train" - the story that was featured prominently in The Double Down), and later made into a film (1999) in which one character becomes obsessed with another, eventually killing him and assuming his life.
  • "Dead Ringers" (1988) is a story of identical twins and their relationship with women.
  • "Showgirls" (1995), often ranked as one of the worst films ever, relates the story of a rivalry between two women seeking fame as Las Vegas showgirls.^[1]
• Will James was to be charged with stalking Jenna; however, although Castle and Beckett had proven that Sierra had written the letters with him, Beckett later implies that, apart from destroying her career, Sierra will get off completely. This seems to also include her dosing Jenna with illegal drugs, also a crime.
• After a bad day, Castle says that Nikki Heat would "Go home, pour a stiff drink, run a hot bath, read a good book." Beckett's date in the next episode, Fool Me Once... is exactly that.
• Beckett spent a summer modeling when she was seventeen.
• Alexis said she and Rina watched High School Musical together, which came out in 2006. Alexis is about 16 in this episode, which would make her about 13 when the movie came out. A bit old for needing a babysitter, but knowing how overprotective Castle is, it is not impossible.

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ Twenty-Five Movies So Bad, They're Unmissable

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