Mike’s dream comes to fruition when Frankie’s boss, Mr. Ehlert, offers him two tickets to the Final Four. Unfortunately, Frankie’s uncle dies and the funeral is set for the same day, leaving the two in a battle and Frankie making Mike chose what life event is more important to him. Meanwhile, Sue gets Brick out of going to a birthday party by impersonating Frankie over the phone, but the plan hits a bump when Frankie needs to call and tell them that Brick cannot attend because of the funeral.
Erica finds her life in danger when she’s attacked at home; a dangerous new member is recruited for the Resistance as the Visitors shore up their defenses. Anna wonders why Chad hasn’t followed up on his diagnosed aneurysm and Ryan’s concern grows over Val’s “abnormal” pregnancy.
In the second part of the story begun in “Tick, Tick, Tick,” the serial killer remains at large and is taunting Castle, Beckett and Jordan Shaw to catch him
Kamistani rebels give President Taylor an hour to turn over Hassan, sedition strikes Taylor’s administration, CTU harbors a traitor, and Jack walks into an ambush.
Walt tries to reconcile with Skyler, but when his advances are rejected he takes drastic action to bring his family back together. A confused and angry Walter, Jr. lashes out at his mother. With the help of Saul, Jesse makes a significant investment.
When Daniel finally sets a deadline for resetting the U-87 Cylon – and unknowingly ending Zoe-A’s existence as she knows it – she makes a desperate attempt to save herself. But when her plan backfires, she finds herself out of time and out of options.
Pierce strives to reach a new level of ascension in his Buddhist church. Britta secretly tries to shake her reputation as a buzzkill, resulting in a prank that goes horribly wrong.
Jay and Mitchell go on their traditional father-and-son outing to see the meteor showers, but Mitchell is upset when he finds out that Manny will be joining them. Cameron and Gloria spend some quality time together, with some minor incidents, while Phil and Claire both take on one of their child’s school projects.
Frankie fears for her job when a motivational consultant comes to get the sale team into shape. While Frankie is putting in many extra hours, Mike has to deal with the children and their issues, including making the house more fun for Axl and his friends, giving advice to Sue’s ex-boyfriend and helping Brick with a school project.
Federal Agent Jordan Shaw, an insightful and accomplished Federal investigator teams up with Castle & Beckett to hunt down a cunning and elusive serial killer.