Castle (TV series)/Recap/S1/E02 Nanny McDead

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Struggling to adjust to having Richard Castle following her for research -- and struggling to adjust even more with his annoying habits and tendency to flirt with her -- Detective Beckett is assigned the investigation into the murder of a nanny, found beaten to death and stuffed into a clothes dryer in the laundry room of an exclusive apartment building. This sets off a convoluted investigation into her death, and when it's revealed that she had sex in the hours before her death it begins to look like Castle's unorthodox and far-fetched narratives might not be far off from the truth...

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The Castle episode "Nanny McDead" contains examples of:

• Foreshadowing: Campaign posters for the politician who will wind up dead in "Hell Hath No Fury" and his opponent are dotted around.
• Title Drop: "C'mon -- Nanny McDead is found in the spin-dry, you don't think the captain's going to let me in on that story?"
• Yandere: The identity of the killer Chloe, the victim's best friend, who killed her because they were both sleeping with Ian, who had gotten Chloe pregnant.
• Your Cheating Heart: Who is cheating on whom with whom is a key part of a plot.