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Detective Esposito ended up on the wrong side of the tracks on Castle Season 7 Episode 8, almost literally:

He was one of many taken hostage by a captor with a mysterious agenda.

For many, the Presidential address (regarding the non-indictment in Ferguson, Missouri) cut into the opening few minutes of the hour.

But the catalyst for the culprit to take so many hostage was less important than the question of how Espo (and his new transit cop buddy) would extricate himself from this dangerous situation.

It wouldn’t be easy, considering the man in charge was wearing a suicide vest that would detonate if he died.

 

Due to a surveillance camera on board the train, Rick, Beckett and company were able to keep an eye on Espo… until the bomber nearly figured out its presence just as Espo was set to make a grab him in concert with the HRT squad (their plan was communicated via pizza box, naturally).

Lanie was concerned for her man, of course, and ended up helping in the investigation.

She took note of the hostage taker’s sickly appearance, which we later learned was due to him exposing himself to a flu strain in order to create an epidemic, thereby making a certain lab (that had stockpiled the vaccine) rich.

Espo and his pal jumped their captor in the end, using a shoelace to secure his “dead man’s switch.” Was the detective exposed to the virus? Nope, he was back hugging his friends and colleagues (including a big one for Lanie) not long after the ordeal was over.

Go watch Castle online via TV Fanatic in order to see how Espo came to a realization about Lanie and decide: are these two finally headed toward something “real,” as Espo said?

Check out the following video, meanwhile, to get a look at Castle Season 7 Episode 9, which will take Rick and Kate to the movies:

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