‘Castle’ Season 3 ‘Knockout’ Finale Recap 5/16/11

by on May 16, 2011 | 16 Comments

'Castle' Season 3 'Knockout' Finale Recap 5/16/11

The season three finale episode of Castle is on tonight! I’ve been enjoying the show all season, but I wanted to share it with you. Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic really make this show great. In our home, it’s dubbed “Murder, He Wrote”.

From the ABC official website’s summary:

Kate Beckett’s investigation into her mother’s death is reactivated when Hal Lockwood (guest star Max Martini, “The Unit”) – a professional hit man with knowledge of Beckett’s mother’s murder – stages a spectacular escape during a court hearing. As police launch a manhunt for Lockwood, Castle and the team uncover evidence of a deeper conspiracy involving a mysterious figure with law enforcement connections who is linked to both Lockwood’s escape and the killing of Johanna Beckett. The search for Lockwood and the quest to identify his co-conspirator leads to a shocking and deadly conclusion.

In a previous episode, Kate said she would be back to ask Lockwood week after week who hired him. Rick is showing off some art to A Deadly Storm while Kate is interviewing Lockwood. He was transfered to general population and is about to kill a fellow prisoner, McCallister. The officers are too late to stop the murder. They have found out that the transfer signature was forged, so they have to find out who needed the money.

Kate and Rick are going to Lockwood’s arraignment to find out who has him on a leash. In the courtroom, a cop throws a bomb-like object into the court and breaks Lockwood out. Everyone is stunned as he makes his exit in a chopper. Kate gives chase and fires off several rounds into the helicopter.

They found that Lockwood made a call and was told to “continue mission”. Kate thinks Lockwood is after her, but Rick said that there’s a third cop who’s Lockwood’s next target. Rick got an unexpected visit from Kate’s father, who told Rick that he doesn’t want to lose his daughter over this trained killer. He asked Rick not to let Kate throw her life away.

Ryker was apparently the third cop! The transfer was signed and he had received a $50,000 wire transfer in his bank account. When the cops arrived, they found Ryker dead in his apartment. All of Ryker’s co-workers say that he was a stand-up guy. Apparently the third cop is still at large, because the cop and Lockwood did financials on the guards.

Rick has found that Napolitano’s name was fudged with on the arrest records. Rick asked the Chief to take Kate off of the case, but the Chief said that the only one who could ask her to do that is him. Rick is worried about Kate getting herself killed.

Rick went to Kate’s apartment and told her that she’s Lockwood’s next target. He asked her to walk away or they’re going to kill her. He said to think about the people that love her. She blows up at him. He said she crawled inside her mother’s murder and has been hiding there. He said that he’s known her for three years and she’s been spending all of her time with men she doesn’t love. I thought, in that moment, he was going to tell her that he loves her. She said that they’re over and told him to get out.

Rick is talking to his mother about Kate after throwing a glass at the floor. He’s worried about Kate, but his mother reassures him that she’s a homicide detective. Kate goes to the Chief and asks him to get rid of Castle, and he agrees.

The detectives found the possible “third cop” who was monitoring the record room. The Captain was greeted by Lockwood. Holy crap, the Captain is the third cop?!???? Lockwood threatens the Captain’s family and says that it’s either Kate or them and tries to get him to arrange a meeting after calling off the surveillance detail.

The Captain calls Kate to meet him. The detectives have just found out that it’s Captain Montgomery who is the third cop. Now they have to get to Kate before she gets to the airplane hangar. The Captain is there to meet Kate with a gun, just as she gets a text message notifying her that he’s the third cop.

The Captain is telling her about the incident and said that he can’t go to jail for this, because he was a rookie when it happened. The Captain is actually saving Kate and called Castle to get her out of there. Kate has forgiven her, but the Captain is begging him to get her out of there. Lockwood showed up and the Captain open fired on him and his crew. Lockwood shot and killed him and said that he was going to kill her anyway. The Captain fired a shot at Lockwood, killing him and telling him that they’re both done.

Kate is telling everyone at the precinct not to let the news out that this ever happened. She said he deserves to die a hero.

As Kate is giving the funeral service, she gets shot. Rick tells her that he loves her!!! Is she going to die?!?? They’ve already announced season four of the show, but it’s not titled “Beckett”, is it? What do you think???

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  • CASTLE123

     AHHHH!! NEED TO KNOW IF SHE DIES!!!!

    • dish9392

      She will be back, they renewed for next year already and the first episode aires on Sept. 19 or something like that… 

    • dish9392

      She will be back, they renewed for next year already and the first episode aires on Sept. 19 or something like that… 

  • Jsdrumkit

    It was a great season finale, obviously they are not going to kill off Beckett, Im betting she will become Captain of the precinct, and her and Castle will establish their relationship in season 4, its time, and her being captain and them together will change the format of the show, but Im sure it will be great as the show already is. 

  • dish9392

    They  pretty much just killed the entire show by solving Beckett’s mothers case… I don’t think it will be the same and especially if Castle and Beckett get together. There use to be a show on similiar to this and the second the two main characters got together it was done. I think this will be true for Castle as well. Bummer best show on TV. 

  • Minnesotagunnut

    If she’s dead, there won’t be a 4th season. I’m guessing she’s not dead. Why? To respond to dish9392′s comment, the murder case for Beckett’s mother is not solved. Montgomery never revealed who killed her mother. That’s still a mystery on the show. We know who some of the conspirators are, but that’s as much information as ABC gave us.

  • Allthatjazz295

    I was bawling my head off :( 

  • Goemaat Amber

    I don’t think her mother’s murder is solved… Capt. Montgomery told Lockwood he made sure that neither Lockwood or “he” would ever get to Beckett. We still don’t know who “he” is and apparently, even though, capt. said he took care of it, he didn’t do a very thorough job if someone was left to try to kill Kate. Therefore, we may know more, we definitely don’t know the whole story. I like the idea of Kate becoming captain. As far as she and Castle getting together… I’d like to see it, but I  agree with the comment about it killing the show. What I think the writers will do is have Kate slip into shock and when she comes to she won’t remember anything about Castle saying “I love you.”. And, given the show’s history, Castle will chicken out and never say it again. Thus allowing the show to continue as before with the same sexual tension between the two. :)

  • Flguy1

    You all must be too young to remember “Dallas”. Beckett will wake up from her dream in first episode of season 4. Everyone lives. 

    • Iceman089

      haha i was hoping for the same type of thing to happen as i was watching ! 

  • JDBentz

    I doubt she’s dead. First, we need her to either kiss Castle or pull his ear for actually saying it out loud. Second, the whole murder of her mother and who the heck is behind it. I’ve got money down on the commissioner, the mayor, and some member of one of NY’s ‘Royal Families’.
     Besides Beckett’s mother’s case and it’s need for conclusion, I have another case in mind that needs ‘closure’ for a member of the team: Castle, in this past season, was face-to-face with the Triple Killer. I have a funny feeling he’s going to become Castle’s obsession, probably spanning a couple episodes in the fourth season before the series finishes out.
     Of course, one must hope that the series continues. I believe, in the early part of Season 2, Castle’s publisher wanted 4 more books. We saw the cover for ‘Heat Rises’ in the finale. (Watch for it to come to a Borders near you!) H.R. was the third book, the second sequel. I’d wager they’ll try and push for a fifth season if S4 has a good enough rating.

  • Rook

    Did anyone see Lockwood’s body after he was shor

  • Pawprint06

    Hope Josh isn’t there to pull the bullet out 

  • Evidencia

    Season 4 will likely start with Beckett’s recovery, there is no way she’s gone. Also, remember Captain Montgomery signed a letter and put a stack of records in an envelope and stamped it. My bet is that he sent the information regarding Beckett’s mom’s muderer to Castle. He will get a jump start solving the murder while Beckett recovers.

  • Frostel1

    Kate knew she was the target – teh Captain told her she was the bait. She would have been stupid to be atth efuneral without a bullet-proof vest on. And the girl’s not stupid. It was nicely done though.   

  • Cookie_fan

    I imagine she will be in some sort of quasy sleep state where she solves crimes with Castle (she appears in his dreams).  Then at the season finale she wakes up…