Castle

Season 5 Episode 7

Swan Song

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Episode Summary

When a rock star is murdered, the documentary crew filming the band continue on by following Beckett and Castle as they investigate.

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  • Castle "Swan Song" Review: The Day the Music Died

    "Swan Song" was an episode of Castle in which very little happened. But hey, there was some fun mockumentary-style spoofing, so at least we have that.

  • SUBMIT REVIEW
    • Seems vaguely familiar to me...

      7.0
      This ep was a complete rip off of The Office Job in Leverage, complete with everyone acting normal in front of the cameras except the main characters. Only Leverage had Parker and a sandwich skit to make it funny.

      Although, if you're gonna rip off a show, it might as well be a good one...
    • Love the show, hate the camera style

      1.5
      I'm a long time fan of the show; however, this episode did not cut it. The camera style was distracting and made the show feel fake.
    • Swan Song

      6.0
      The documentary style of the episode was annoying, but it is not like this case was pretty intriguing regardless. Too slow-moving, and I just could not get invested into the format or any of the suspects.



      Came off as very mediocre.
    • loved it!

      10
      i loved the doucmentry nature of the episode!
    • aweson episode

      9.5
      this episode was fantastic- castle and the other detectives pretending to be badasses for the cameras, lanie shy for the cameras and whatnot. loved it!!!

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      • Castle: Swan eluded his cameraman to go on a clandestine errand, an errand so important, he missed a band meeting. He was acting erratically, went to the bank right beforehand. This all points to one thing.
        Ryan: Drugs.
        Castle: Dr-drugs.
        Beckett: That's an interesting theory, but that is pure speculation.
        Castle: Actually, it's not. Pure speculation would be Swan purchasing thermonuclear technology to have a scientist make him an amplifier that went all the way to 12. This, musicians buying drugs, that's just Monday morning crossword.

      • Castle: (about the cameras) Come on. What's the big deal? It'll be fun.
        Beckett: Look, Castle, what I do here, this is... mine. And just because they want to invade my privacy, it doesn't mean that I have to help them do it.
        Castle: Okay. That may be. But... these cameras, they're not going anywhere. They're gonna see something. I just want them to see what I see.

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