[s2e6] — Vampire Weekend

: Alexis and her friend Paige are assigned a "parenting project" for school, which involves caring for an egg they name "Fagin". The plot takes a dark turn when Paige "murders" the egg as revenge for Alexis calling her parents after a party.

: The case leads the duo into the world of "vampires" and "werewolves." They discover Crow was working on a graphic novel based on a man named Morgan Lockerby, who believed he was an actual vampire. [S2E6] Vampire Weekend

This episode is a fan favorite for its "meta" nods to the actors' previous careers: : Alexis and her friend Paige are assigned

: 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 This episode is a fan favorite for its

: Upon seeing the staked body, Castle quips that "Buffy's visiting the Big Apple," a nod to Fillion’s role as the villain Caleb in Buffy the Vampire Slayer .

: 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 .

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.