S7 E16
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Season 7  "The Wrong Stuff"  7x16

Aired 9 years ago - Feb 23, 2015

When an astronaut, training for a trip to Mars, is mysteriously killed inside a Mars simulation, Castle and Beckett don spacesuits to investigate. But when they discover no one inside the sealed simulation could have committed the murder and no one from the outside could get in, the case takes a shocking turn

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Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 1
when the mission commander broke protocol
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He beat out some of the smartest,
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but have fun, Castle.
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 4
No, we were all in the module.
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They're inside. Follow me.
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[Russian accent] There is emergency hatch,
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in the northern lowlands of Mars.
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at Tom's approximate time of death.
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 10
When I was out there today, I could've sworn I saw someone,
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 11
Hey. So, I just finished talking to the other astronauts.
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 12
key cards, alarm codes.
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 13
He was one of our applicants
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 14
I am a pilot, not a computer geek.
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 15
If I want to fly thousands of miles to see a lifeless orb,
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 16
The folks down at Mars 2018 recognized him immediately.
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 17
No. Not Tom.
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 18
I couldn't stand in her way.
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 19
Then why were you leaving town?
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 20
But like a bank vault,
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 21
But it looks like someone did.
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 22
Castle?
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 23
It probably saw Tom as encroaching on its territory
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 24
[Whirring]
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 25
Maybe we'll get lucky,
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to an army/navy supply store uptown.
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NYPD.
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 30
And I think I know which one.
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 31
Maybe because you're falling behind them.
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 32
He promised me the pilot slot on his mission if I did.
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 33
I needed access. He needed money.
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 34
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 35
So I was trading information. Big deal.
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 36
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See his reflection?
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 38
The rover did it.
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 39
M.I.R.A. wouldn't comply with that sort of command.
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 40
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 41
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How about we run it anyway?
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 43
What if someone she's programmed to protect
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 44
We can find out pretty quickly what happened.
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 45
[All coughing]
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It also triggered a dump of M.I.R.A.'S memory circuits.
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 47
All the mastermind needed was someone to pin it on,
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 48
That hardly makes me a murderer.
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 49
to convince M.I.R.A. that Tom was threatening the mission.
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 50
everything you three did,

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Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 2
He beat out some of the smartest,
#2
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 3
but have fun, Castle.
#3
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 4
No, we were all in the module.
#4
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 5
They're inside. Follow me.
#5
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 6
[Russian accent] There is emergency hatch,
#6
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 7
in the northern lowlands of Mars.
#7
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at Tom's approximate time of death.
#9
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 10
When I was out there today, I could've sworn I saw someone,
#10
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 11
Hey. So, I just finished talking to the other astronauts.
#11
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 12
key cards, alarm codes.
#12
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 13
He was one of our applicants
#13
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 14
I am a pilot, not a computer geek.
#14
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 15
If I want to fly thousands of miles to see a lifeless orb,
#15
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The folks down at Mars 2018 recognized him immediately.
#16
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 17
No. Not Tom.
#17
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I couldn't stand in her way.
#18
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Then why were you leaving town?
#19
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 20
But like a bank vault,
#20
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 21
But it looks like someone did.
#21
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Castle?
#22
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 23
It probably saw Tom as encroaching on its territory
#23
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 24
[Whirring]
#24
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 25
Maybe we'll get lucky,
#25
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to an army/navy supply store uptown.
#28
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NYPD.
#29
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 30
And I think I know which one.
#30
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 31
Maybe because you're falling behind them.
#31
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 32
He promised me the pilot slot on his mission if I did.
#32
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I needed access. He needed money.
#33
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So I was trading information. Big deal.
#35
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See his reflection?
#37
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The rover did it.
#38
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M.I.R.A. wouldn't comply with that sort of command.
#39
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How about we run it anyway?
#42
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What if someone she's programmed to protect
#43
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 44
We can find out pretty quickly what happened.
#44
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[All coughing]
#45
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 46
It also triggered a dump of M.I.R.A.'S memory circuits.
#46
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 47
All the mastermind needed was someone to pin it on,
#47
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 16 (S07E16) - 48
That hardly makes me a murderer.
#48
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to convince M.I.R.A. that Tom was threatening the mission.
#49
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everything you three did,
#50