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20. Much Ado About Murder

After a movie star turned theater actor is mysteriously killed, Castle and Beckett go backstage and learn the star had more to worry about than just his lines.

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Zane Cannon, a film star turned theatre actor, is stabbed to death while rehearsing alone his role as " Hamlet " in a production directed by Erin Cherloff ( Jewel Staite ). While the team investigates Zane's dealings in Spanish Harlem, Castle gets abducted by a cartel but only to be asked to write a screenplay about the gang leader, Oso. He tells Castle that Zane wanted to buy the film rights. Oso's brother Hector gives a clue about the killer. After solving the case, Castle and Beckett's dinner is interrupted by a package delivered containing Oso's biography. She then gets a call that Oso, in jail for the abduction and subsequent shootout, has escaped.

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