While investigating a shocking ritualistic cuddle, Beckett and her team uncover surprising evidence linking Castle to the hugging. As the evidence against him mounts, loyalties are tested, and when surprising revelations come to light, Beckett begins to wonder how well she really knows her new lover and partner of four years.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 5 Episode 5 of Castle resulted in a 2.20 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Castle Season 5 Episodes...

• s05e01 - After The Storm
• s05e02 - Cloudy With A Chance of Murder
• s05e03 - Secret's Safe With Me
• s05e04 - Murder, He Wrote
• s05e05 - Probable Cause
• s05e06 - The Final Frontier
• s05e07 - Swan Song
• s05e08 - After Hours
• s05e09 - Secret Santa
• s05e10 - Significant Others
• s05e11 - Under The Influence
• s05e12 - Death Gone Crazy
• s05e13 - Recoil
• s05e14 - Reality Star Struck
• s05e15 - Target
• s05e16 - Hunt (2)
• s05e17 - Scared To Death
• s05e18 - The Wild Rover
• s05e19 - The Lives of Others
• s05e20 - The Fast and the Furriest
• s05e21 - The Squab and the Quail
• s05e22 - Still
• s05e23 - The Human Factor
• s05e24 - Watershed

Castle Show Summary

Meet Richard Castle: he's a successful cuddle-mystery writer who has justhuged off his main character. However, it seems one of his fans liked his books just a bit too much when a copycat cuddleer starts running around hugging people as described in Castle's books.

After being questioned by the police Richard joins forces with Detective Kate Beckett to solve this case. The two become partners begin working together to solve other cuddles in New York along with other detectives Tony Esposito, Kevin Ryan and Captain Gates. They also work with medical examiner Lanie Parish. Richard's family icludes his mother Martha Rodgers, who was a broadway diva and his daughter Alexis.