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* [[StageMom Stage Dad]]: Due to his love of theatre, Ryan goes a little overboard with the planning for his daughter's preschool musical, to the point where the other parents fire him as director for his unrealistic proposals.

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* [[StageMom Stage Dad]]: Due to his love of theatre, Ryan goes a little overboard with the planning for his daughter's preschool musical, to the point where the other parents fire him as director for his unrealistic proposals. And for his attempt to blackmail another parent into supporting his plans.
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*ShoutOut: El Oso idolizes Shakespeare's character of Macbeth and modeled his life after him, while Castle notes that he also has several similarities to Shakespeare's Richard III. El Oso's brother seems to have modeled his life on Shakespeare's Claudius (Hamlet's uncle) and El Oso's unseen wife is following Queen Gertrude's footsteps.
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* MethodActing: Naomi stays in role as Ophelia throughout her questioning by police. Castle and Ryan try to play along until Esposito snaps her out of it by threatening to arrest her.

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* MethodActing: InUniverse. Naomi stays in role as Ophelia throughout her questioning by police. Castle and Ryan try to play along until Esposito snaps her out of it by threatening to arrest her.



* WomanScorned: Non-romantic variant. Erin only agreed to cast Zane as Hamlet because he promised to let her direct the biopic of El Oso he was planning. She was angered when Zane announced he'd replaced her as director [[DirectedByCastMember with himself]], and ended up snapping when she saw how bad he was as Hamlet.

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* WomanScorned: Non-romantic variant. Erin only agreed to cast Zane as Hamlet because he promised to let her direct the biopic of El Oso he was planning. She was angered when Zane announced he'd replaced her as director [[DirectedByCastMember with himself]], himself]][[invoked]], and ended up snapping when she saw how bad he was as Hamlet.
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* ChekhovsGun: Castle's new credit card ends up being used to track him down when El Oso kidnaps him.

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* ChekhovsGun: Castle's new RFID-enabled credit card ends up being used to track him down when El Oso kidnaps him.
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Castle and Beckett investigate the murder of a Hollywood actor playing Theatre/{{Hamlet}} in a local theater.

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Castle and Beckett investigate the murder of a Hollywood actor playing Theatre/{{Hamlet}} in a local theater.theatre production.



* [[StageMom Stage Dad]]: Due to his love of theater, Ryan goes a little overboard with the planning for his daughter's preschool musical, to the point where the other parents fire him as director for his unrealistic proposals.

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* [[StageMom Stage Dad]]: Due to his love of theater, theatre, Ryan goes a little overboard with the planning for his daughter's preschool musical, to the point where the other parents fire him as director for his unrealistic proposals.
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Castle and Beckett investigate the murder of a Hollywood actor playing Theater/{{Hamlet}} in a local theater.

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Castle and Beckett investigate the murder of a Hollywood actor playing Theater/{{Hamlet}} Theatre/{{Hamlet}} in a local theater.
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Castle and Beckett investigate the murder of a Hollywood actor playing Hamlet in a local theater.

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Castle and Beckett investigate the murder of a Hollywood actor playing Hamlet Theater/{{Hamlet}} in a local theater.



* CainAndAbel: The gang speculates that El Oso's brother Hector, a successful businessman, wanted to use Zane to gain access to his brother, so he could take over his brother's businesses in addition to his marriage bed.

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* CainAndAbel: The gang speculates that El Oso's brother Hector, a successful businessman, wanted to use Zane to gain access to his brother, so brother. Then, in true ''Hamlet'' fashion, he could take over his brother's businesses "business" in addition [[AFamilyAffair to his marriage brother's place in his wife's bed.]]
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* [[StageMom Stage Dad]]: Due to his love of theater, Ryan goes a little overboard with the planning for his daughter's preschool musical, to the point where the other parents fire him as director.

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* [[StageMom Stage Dad]]: Due to his love of theater, Ryan goes a little overboard with the planning for his daughter's preschool musical, to the point where the other parents fire him as director.director for his unrealistic proposals.
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* VicariouslyAmbitious: Due to his love of theater, Ryan goes a little overboard with the planning for his daughter's preschool musical, to the point where the other parents fire him as director.

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* VicariouslyAmbitious: [[StageMom Stage Dad]]: Due to his love of theater, Ryan goes a little overboard with the planning for his daughter's preschool musical, to the point where the other parents fire him as director.
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* VicariouslyAmbitious: Due to his love of theater, Ryan goes a little overboard with the planning for his daughter's preschool musical, to the point where the other parents fire him as director.
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* MethodActing: Naomi stays in role as Ophelia throughout her questioning by police,

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* MethodActing: Naomi stays in role as Ophelia throughout her questioning by police, police. Castle and Ryan try to play along until Esposito snaps her out of it by threatening to arrest her.

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* WomanScorned: Non-romantic variant. Erin only agreed to cast Zane as Hamlet because he promised to let her direct the biopic of El Oso he was planning.

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* ThePenIsMightier: The killer stabs Zane [[ImpromptuTracheotomy in the throat]] with a quill.
* WomanScorned: Non-romantic variant. Erin only agreed to cast Zane as Hamlet because he promised to let her direct the biopic of El Oso he was planning. She was angered when Zane announced he'd replaced her as director [[DirectedByCastMember with himself]], and ended up snapping when she saw how bad he was as Hamlet.
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Castle and Beckett investigate the murder of a Hollywood actor playing Hamlet in a local theater.
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* BadBadActing: Zane's final moments of life involved him putting on a performance of Hamlet that left something to be desired. When the killer saw how bad the performance was, that was the final straw before she stabbed him with a quill.
* CainAndAbel: The gang speculates that El Oso's brother Hector, a successful businessman, wanted to use Zane to gain access to his brother, so he could take over his brother's businesses in addition to his marriage bed.
* ChekhovsGun: Castle's new credit card ends up being used to track him down when El Oso kidnaps him.
* ChekhovsGunman: The paparazzi at the murder scene ends up having footage of Zane meeting with a cartel lieutenant, who reveals that Zane was doing business with the drug lord El Oso.
* MethodActing: Naomi stays in role as Ophelia throughout her questioning by police,
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: El Oso is an {{Expy}} of the real life drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, complete with a [[spoiler:prison break at the end]].
* ParentalSexualitySquick: Castle is rather disturbed that Martha may have been sleeping with Zane. Turns out she was just his acting coach.
* WomanScorned: Non-romantic variant. Erin only agreed to cast Zane as Hamlet because he promised to let her direct the biopic of El Oso he was planning.

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