Vampire Weekend: [s2e6]

As Halloween approaches in New York City, Castle and Beckett investigate the murder of a young man found in a graveyard with a wooden stake driven through his heart.

: Known as "Crow" (Matthew Freeman), the victim was part of an underground vampire fetish community and wore professional ceramic vampire veneers. [S2E6] Vampire Weekend

This episode is a fan favorite for its "meta" nods to the actors' previous careers: As Halloween approaches in New York City, Castle

: In the opening scene, Castle tries on a Halloween costume—a brown duster and holster—that is the exact outfit Nathan Fillion wore as Captain Malcolm Reynolds in Firefly . : Beckett tries to find out why Castle

: Beckett tries to find out why Castle became a mystery writer. He tells her a dramatic story about finding a body as a child, which he eventually admits was fabricated. Notable Pop-Culture References