Beckett asks Demming to join their robbery-homicide case causing Castle to want to solve the case first.
A robbery-homicide prompts Beckett to invite Demming to assist on a case, giving Castle a ringside seat to their budding romance. When it becomes clear that the two men have very different ideas about how to proceed, the investigation becomes an unspoken competition for Beckett's attention, one in which each man races to solve the case, as Beckett referees between her two admirers.—ABC Publicity
Male cosmetics genius Damian Wilder is found battered to death at home. Castle and Demming rival, indirectly for Kate, to pursue the fast-growing list of suspects and their alleged alibis. It includes staff, lovers, cousin Blake Wilder and outsiders on account of animal rights, product safety, robbed first editions and blackmail. No single avenue seems to work out.—KGF Vissers