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* ColdBloodedTorture: Ryan and Esposito have no trouble making a perp sweat.
-->'''Perp:''' I'm in pain here, man!\\
'''Ryan:''' Yeah, I'm right on that. Nine... One... What's the one after that?



* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Ryan and Esposito have no trouble making one of Ganz' men sweat.
-->'''Mannis:''' I’m hit, man. Call an ambulance.\\
'''Esposito:''' Oh, my partner’s on that.\\
'''Ryan:''' 9… 1… what comes after that one?



* RedemptionEqualsDeath: "Kate, there's no excuse for what I did, but I'm on a righteous path now. I hope it earns me your forgiveness."

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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: "Kate, there's "There’s no excuse for what I did, but I'm especially what I did to you. But I’m on a righteous path now. now, and I hope it one day that path earns me your forgiveness."
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* ShoutOut: Castle offers Det. Seeger [[Film/BeverlyHillsCop a robe from his and Beckett's hotel]].

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* ShoutOut: ** Castle offers Det. Seeger [[Film/BeverlyHillsCop a robe from his and Beckett's hotel]].
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-->''Perp:'' I'm in pain here, man!\\
''Ryan:'' Yeah, I'm right on that. Nine... One... What's the one after that?

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-->''Perp:'' -->'''Perp:''' I'm in pain here, man!\\
''Ryan:'' '''Ryan:''' Yeah, I'm right on that. Nine... One... What's the one after that?
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* ColdBloodedTorture: Ryan and Esposito have no trouble making a perp sweat.
-->''Perp:'' I'm in pain here, man!\\
''Ryan:'' Yeah, I'm right on that. Nine... One... What's the one after that?
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* ShoutOut: Castle offers Det. Seeger [[Film/BeverlyHillsCop a robe from his and Beckett's hotel]].
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: "Kate, there's no excuse for what I did, but I'm on a righteous path now. I hope it earns me your forgiveness."
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* ItsPersonal: The team knows Royce broke the rules when he went after the treasure last time he showed up, but he was still Beckett's training officer and god damn they're going to find his killers and take them down.
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* AsHimself: [[Music/{{KISS}} Gene Simmons]], playing himself, provides Kate and Castle with some background information on the case upon their arrival in L.A.

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* AsHimself: [[Music/{{KISS}} Gene Simmons]], playing himself, provides Kate Beckett and Castle with some background information on the case upon their arrival in L.A.
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* AsHimself: [[Music/{{KISS}} Gene Simmons]], playing himself, provides Kate and Castle with some background information on the case upon their arrival in L.A.
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* SerendipitousSurvival: Beckett calls the phone of Ganz's accomplice right as he's about to shoot Esposito, Ryan and Violet from an ambush, disorienting him and alerting them to his presence.

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* SerendipitousSurvival: Beckett calls the phone of Ganz's accomplice right as he's about to shoot Esposito, Ryan and Violet from in an ambush, disorienting him and alerting them to his presence.

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* DistractedByTheSexy: Beckett attempts this by confronting their suspect in a revealing swimsuit;


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* ShowSomeLeg: Beckett attempts this by confronting their suspect in a revealing swimsuit.
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* SerendipitousSurvival: Beckett calls the phone of Ganz's accomplice right as he's about to shoot Esposito, Ryan and Violet form an ambush, disorienting him and alerting them to his presence.

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* SerendipitousSurvival: Beckett calls the phone of Ganz's accomplice right as he's about to shoot Esposito, Ryan and Violet form from an ambush, disorienting him and alerting them to his presence.
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* AbsenteeActor: InUniverse when they drop by the Nikki Heat movie, apparently due to being in rehab.

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* ShoutOut: Ganz's alias is that of a character from ''Film/{{Heat}}''.

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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Ganz's alias is that of a character from ''Film/{{Heat}}''.''Film/{{Heat}}''.
** The episode's title is a pun on that of ''Film/ToLiveAndDieInLA''.



* WineIsClassy: Charles Kelvin, the CEO the bullets are stolen from lists wine as a hobby, although he's not ''too'' classy given that his other hobby is surfing.

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* WineIsClassy: Charles Kelvin, the CEO the bullets are stolen from lists wine as a hobby, although he's not ''too'' classy given that his other hobby is surfing.surfing.

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* BMovie: Violet's only previous film was a zombie cheerleader flick.

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* BMovie: Violet's only previous film role was an extra in a zombie cheerleader flick.



* FaceDeathWithDignity: Royce simply quips to Ganz that he has no idea of the hell he's bringing down rather than fight or beg for his life. Ganz himself is amused and resigned when he thinks Beckett is login to shoot him in cold blood, joking he never thought hell would look so good.

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* FaceDeathWithDignity: Royce simply quips to Ganz that he has no idea of the hell he's bringing down rather than fight or beg for his life. Ganz himself is amused and resigned when he thinks Beckett is login going to shoot him in cold blood, joking that he never thought hell would look so good.



* MissedHimByThatMuch: Castle and Beckett almost give into their UST but then she leaves the room. He waits fo her to come back for a bit, and she does, but at that point Castle has given up and just left.

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* MissedHimByThatMuch: Castle and Beckett almost give into their UST but then she leaves the room. He waits fo for her to come back for a bit, and she does, but at that point point, Castle has given up and just left.



* RetroactiveRecognition: Royce's killer is [[Series/LegendsOfTomorrow Heat Wave]]!!
* SerendipitousSurvival: Beckett calls the phone of Ganz's accomplice right as he's about to shoot Esposito, Ryan and Violet form an ambush, distorting him and alerting them to his presence.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Royce's killer is [[Series/LegendsOfTomorrow Heat Wave]]!!
* SerendipitousSurvival: Beckett calls the phone of Ganz's accomplice right as he's about to shoot Esposito, Ryan and Violet form an ambush, distorting disorienting him and alerting them to his presence.



* ThoseTwoGuys: The actors playing the Ryan and Esposito inspired character in the Nikki Heat movie.

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* ThoseTwoGuys: The actors playing the Ryan and Esposito inspired character characters in the Nikki Heat movie.
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* OhCrap: Kelvin when he hears the tape recording of his voice Ganz had Violet make and realizes it could be used to break into his company's vault.



* ThoseTwoGuys: The actors playing the Ryan and Esposito inspired character in the Nikki Heat movie.

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* ThoseTwoGuys: The actors playing the Ryan and Esposito inspired character in the Nikki Heat movie.movie.
* WineIsClassy: Charles Kelvin, the CEO the bullets are stolen from lists wine as a hobby, although he's not ''too'' classy given that his other hobby is surfing.

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* AbsenteeActor: InUniverse when they drop by the Nikki Heat movie, apparently due to being in rehab.
* AlmightyJanitor: Maurice the concierge is capable to getting Beckett a big whiteboard in a matter of minutes and locating the exact location of the killer at another hotel through his connections among other hotel staff.



* BMovie: Violet's only previous film was a zombie cheerleader flick.
* CigarChomper: Ganz enjoys fine cigars. This backfires on him when Beckett notices the stub of one of them at the boardwalk and use it to know which direction he went.



* FaceDeathWithDignity: Royce simply quips to Ganz that he has no idea of the hell he's bringing down rather than fight or beg for his life. Ganz himself is amused and resigned when he thinks Beckett is login to shoot him in cold blood, joking he never thought hell would look so good.



* RetroactiveRecognition: Royce's killer is [[Series/LegendsOfTomorrow Heat Wave]]!!

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* ImmediateSelfContradiction: Beckett's protesting that she is not too emotionally involved in the Royce murder.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Ganz shoots Royce in the leg, then walks him down, and finishes him off. Beckett then shoots Ganz in the leg and tracks down him, having him at her mercy.
* MissedHimByThatMuch: Castle and Beckett almost give into their UST but then she leaves the room. He waits fo her to come back for a bit, and she does, but at that point Castle has given up and just left.
* RetroactiveRecognition: Royce's killer is [[Series/LegendsOfTomorrow Heat Wave]]!!Wave]]!!
* SerendipitousSurvival: Beckett calls the phone of Ganz's accomplice right as he's about to shoot Esposito, Ryan and Violet form an ambush, distorting him and alerting them to his presence.
* ShoutOut: Ganz's alias is that of a character from ''Film/{{Heat}}''.
* ThoseTwoGuys: The actors playing the Ryan and Esposito inspired character in the Nikki Heat movie.

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* AbnormalAmmo: The case is focused on acquiring new lightweight bullets that would actually dissolve in the target's body after they were used, making it harder for police to track down the gun used.



* CoolAndUnusualAmmo: The case is focused on acquiring new lightweight bullets that would actually dissolve in the target's body after they were used, making it harder for police to track down the gun used.
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* TheAtoner: It is suggested that Royce's current reputation as a 'problem-solver' was his way of atoning for his actions during his last appearance.
* CoolAndUnusualAmmo: The case is focused on acquiring new lightweight bullets that would actually dissolve in the target's body after they were used, making it harder for police to track down the gun used.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Beckett attempts this by confronting their suspect in a revealing swimsuit;
* TheFixer: Maurice, the concierge at Castle's regular Los Angeles hotel, is so good at getting what Castle needs that Castle speculates he could order the Ark of the Covenant and Maurice would find a way to get it.
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Beckett's former training officer, Mike Royce, turned disgraced bounty hunter, turned rescuing angel, returns to NYC from LA and gets murdered. Captain Montgomery doesn't give her permission to pursue the case because she's too close to the case. She agrees, so she takes her vacation time. And flies to LA. Castle anticipates this and joins her.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Royce's killer is [[Series/LegendsOfTomorrow Heat Wave]]!!

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