History Recap / CastleS2E5WhenTheBoughBreaks

* FaceOfAThug: The victim's ex-husband Teodor has an intimidating aspect and is initially presented as a suspect with suggestions of spousal abuse. He turns out to be a perfectly nice man, heartbroken by the loss of his family and who never laid a hand on his ex wife who only left him due to the pain of losing their son.

!! The ''Series/{{Castle}}'' episode "When The Bough Breaks" contains examples of:

* BittersweetEnding: The case is this. [[spoiler:Eliska was killed before she could rightfully regain custody of her biological son. But her husband will be allowed custody of his son and will be able to reconnect with him]].
* BreakTheCutie: Both the victim of the episode and her husband, in the backstory, as well as [[spoiler: Melissa Talbot, who comes across as a fairly pleasant woman, but by the end of the episode finds out that her biological son died young of an incurable disease, her husband switched their son with another baby in order to avoid them having to go through that heartbreak and then murdered the other baby's mother for wanting her son back. She's also initially seeming likely to lose custody of the boy she's been raising as her son for several years. However, Melissa and her 'adopted' son's biological father do have an amenable meeting at the end in which he makes it clear he's not going to take the boy away and they trade information about both of their sons]].

* DeathOfAChild: Eliska and Teodor's son Martin died of an unspecified illness (later revealed to be Niemann-Pick syndrome) three years prior to the episode, which eventually caused them to divorce. When Dr. Talbot [[spoiler:admits to killing Eliska, he reveals that he switched Martin and Zane as babies because he didn't want them to deal with Zane dying so young]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: The SwitchedAtBirth twist is hinted at with the picture Teodor shows Beckett and Castle having baby "Martin" with blond hair and blue eyes while Teodor and Eliska both have dark hair and brown eyes. "Zane" also has brown hair and brown eyes while the Talbots both have blond hair and blue eyes.]]

* RemovedFromThePicture: Castle finds a picture of Zane and Melissa Talbot (with the latter's face scratched out) in Eliska's apartment. Given the reveal about [[spoiler:Martin and Zane being switched at birth, it's likely that Eliska thought Melissa was in on the switch]].
* SheCleansUpNicely: Beckett, at the book launch, Lampshaded in pretty much these exact words by Montgomery.

* SwitchedAtBirth: [[spoiler:Dr. Talbot switched the name tags on Zane and Martin's cribs after they were born, taking Martin to be raised as Zane and vice versa. However, Eliska gradually worked out what had happened after seeing Martin/Zane, and had planned to expose Talbot before he murdered her]].

* FaceOfAThug: The victim's ex husband Teodor has an intimidating aspect and is initially presented as a suspect with suggestions of spousal abuse. In fact he turns out to be a perfectly nice man, heartbroken by the loss of his family and who never laid a hand on his ex wife who only left him due to the pain of losing their son.
* ForeShadowing: [[spoiler: The SwitchedAtBirth twist is hinted at with the picture Teodor shows Beckett and Castle having baby "Martin" with blond hair and blue eyes while Teodor and Eliska both have dark hair and brown eyes. "Zane" also has brown hair and brown eyes while the Talbots both have blond hair and blue eyes.]]

* FaceOfAThug: The victim's ex husband Teodor has an intimidating aspect and is initially presented as a suspect with suggestions of spousal abuse. In fact he turns out to be a perfectly nice man, heartbroken by the loss of his family and who never laid a hand on his ex wife.

* Foreshadowing: [[spoiler: The SwitchedAtBirth twist is hinted at with the picture Teodor shows Beckett and Castle having baby "Martin" with blond hair and blue eyes while Teodor and Eliska both have dark hair and brown eyes. "Zane" also has brown hair and brown eyes while the Talbots both have blond hair and blue eyes.]]

* BreakTheCutie: Both the victim of the episode and her husband, in the backstory, and [[spoiler: Melissa Talbot, who comes across as a fairly pleasant woman, but by the end of the episode finds out that her biological son died young of an incurable disease, that her husband switched their son with another baby in order to avoid them having to go through that heartbreak and then murdered the other baby's mother for wanting her son back, while also initially seeming likely to lose custody of the boy she's been raising as her son for several years, although she and his biological father do have an amenable meeting at the end in which he makes it clear he's not going to take the boy away and they trade information about both of their sons]].

* RemovedFromThePicture: Castle finds a picture of Zane and Melissa Talbot (with the latter's face scratched out) in Eliska's apartment. Given the reveal about [[spoiler:Martin and Zane being switched at birth, it's likely that she thought Melissa was in on the switch]].

* BittersweetEnding: The case is this. Eliska was killed before she could rightfully regain custody of her biological son. But her husband will be allowed custody of his son and will be able to reconnect with him.

* DeathOfAChild: Eliska and Teodor's son Martin died of an unspecified illness (later revealed to be Niemann-Pick syndrome) three years prior to the episode, which eventually caused them to divorce. When Dr. Talbot admits to killing Eliska, he implies that he switched Martin and Zane as babies because he didn't want them to deal with Zane dying so young.

* RemovedFromThePicture: Castle finds a picture of Zane and Melissa Talbot (with the latter's face scratched out) in Eliska's apartment. Given the reveal about Martin and Zane being switched at birth, it's likely that she thought Melissa was in on the switch.

* SwitchedAtBirth: Dr. Talbot switched the name tags on Zane and Martin's cribs after they were born, taking Martin to be raised as Zane and vice versa. However, Eliska gradually worked out what had happened after seeing Martin/Zane, and had planned to expose Talbot before he murdered her.

* BittersweetEnding: The case is this. The victim was killed before she could rightfully regain custody of her biological son. But her husband will be allowed custody of his son and will be able to reconnect with him.

* DeathOfAChild: Eliska and Teodor's son Martin died of an unspecified illness (later revealed to be Niemann-Pick syndrome) three years prior to the episode, which eventually caused them to divorce.

* RemovedFromThePicture: Castle finds a picture of Zane and Melissa Talbot (with the latter's face scratched out) in Eliska's apartment.

* SwitchedAtBirth: The solution to the murder hinges on it.

* BreakTheCutie: Both the victim of the episode and her husband, in the backstory, and [[spoiler: Melissa Talbot, who comes across as a fairly pleasant woman, but by the end of the episode finds out that her biological son died young of an incurable disease, that her husband switched their son with another baby in order to avoid them having to go through that heartbreak and then murdered the other babies mother for wanting her son back, while also initially seeming likely to lose custody of the boy she's been raising as her son for several years, although she and his biological father do have an amenable meeting at the end in which he makes it clear he's not going to take the boy away and they trade information about both of their sons]].

** Castle ruins it himself at the book launch when he brings up a thought he's had about the MurderOfTheWeek. The attempts to get the moment back end up with both of them fighting like teenagers and storming off.

* MoodDissonance: Castle and Beckett seem to be having a warm fuzzy moment at his book launch, when Castle suddenly brings up a thought he had about the current murder they're working on. Beckett is left visibly stunned.

--> '''Castle:''' I almost bought a Russian bride once. You know, a [[TabletopGame/{{Chess}} Czech-mate]]?

* BreakTheCutie: Both the victim of the episode and her husband, in the backstory, and [[spoiler: Melissa Talbot, who comes across as a fairly pleasant woman, but by the end of the episode finds out that her biological son died young of an incurable disease, that her husband switched their son with another baby in order to avoid them having to go through that heartbreak and then murdered the other babies mother for wanting her son back, while also initially seeming likely to lose custody of the boy she's been raising as her son for several years, although she and his biological father do have an amenable meeting at the end in which he makes it clear he's not going t take the boy away and they trade information about both of their sons]].

* BreakTheCutie: Both the victim of the episode and her husband, in the backstory, and [[spoiler: Melissa Talbot, who comes across as a fairly pleasant woman, but by the end of the episode finds out that her biological son died young of an incurable disease, that her husband switched their son with another baby in order to avoid them having to go through that heartbreak and then murdered the other babies mother for wanting her son back, while also seeming likely to lose custody of the boy she's been raising as her son for several years, although she and his biological father do have an amenable meeting at the end while trading information about both of their sons]].

* LameExcuse: The morning after their fight at the book launch, Castle shows up unexpected at the station; when Beckett demands to know what he's doing there, Castle claims he left his sunglasses behind. Beckett sneers that it's the worst excuse she's ever heard -- at which point Castle, stony-faced, picks up his sunglasses off her desk. Beckett is left with egg on face.

Meanwhile, the launch of ''Heat Wave'' is approaching, but Castle has been approached with an offer to write a series of novels about "[[JamesBond a certain British secret agent]]", a dream job of his -- and one that would necessitate him walking away from his 'Nikki Heat' series and, by extension, Beckett. This leads to tension between the two as Beckett finds herself less happy about this eventuality than she'd anticipated.

* WritingAroundTrademarks: It's pretty clear who the "[[JamesBond certain British secret agent]]" Castle is invited to write is, but it's strategically framed as Castle refusing to say the name or have it said around him to avoid jinxing the deal.

!! The ''{{Castle}}'' episode "When The Bough Breaks" contains examples of:

* ShownTheirWork: The postcards in Eliska's flat really are pictures of Prague. Castle and Becket pronounce her name with a stress put on the second syllable [=e-LIS-ka=], but when her ex-husband talks about her, he pronounces the name exactly as a Czech would do with a stress on the first syllable: [=EH-lishkah=].

* [[spoiler: SwitchedAtBirth]]: The solution to the murder hinges on it.

Illyska Sokel, an illegal immigrant from Eastern Europe, is found beaten to death in a sewer manhole, and her lonely apartment throws up a possible clue; a photo of a mother and son, with the mother's face viciously scratched out. Investigation reveals them to be the Talbots, a family who lived in the luxurious apartment the victim worked in -- until recently, when Mrs. Talbot raised a complaint about her that led to Sokel being fired. The relationships between Sokel and the Talbots soon reveal to be more complicated, however, with an ugly secret in their shared past waiting to be revealed.

* IncrediblyLamePun:
--> '''Castle:''' I almost bought a Russian bride once. You know, a [[TabletopGame/{{Chess}} Czech-mate]]?

--> '''Castle:''' I almost bought a Russian bride once. You know, a [[{{Chess}} Czech-mate]]?

* [[spoiler: SwitchedAtBirth]]: The solution to the murder hinges on it.