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Castle
3XK
Episode 3.6 - Oct. 25, 2010
Lee plays Marcus Gates, a serial killer who will match
wits with the series' lead characters, Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion) and Kate Beckett (Stana Katic).
In an item on Sept. 16, 2010,
Michael Ausiello of Entertainment Weekly reported:
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Tergesen has been cast in the potentially
recurring role of Gates, a shrewd, hardened, and violent felon
who becomes the prime suspect in this season’s big serial-killer
investigation.
Tergesen’s character turns up in episode 7 when Castle and
Beckett ID him as the Triple Killer (aka 3XK), a serial murderer
who strangled six women four years earlier and has now struck
again. As coolheaded as he is cold-blooded, Gates is more than a
match for Beckett and Castle.
"He’s going to be somebody that really ends up challenging
Beckett and Castle," reveals exec producer Andrew W. Marlowe.
"Castle and Beckett have cracked every case that they’ve been
on, and we want to introduce somebody who is more of a worthy
opponent to Beckett’s police skills and Castle’s story skills."
Here's the official synopsis from ABC:
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When a beautiful woman is found dead in an
alley, all clues point to her being a victim of the notorious
Triple Killer. The Triple Killer, or 3XK, terrorized New York
City four years ago, then mysteriously disappeared. Now he's
back. In a deadly battle of wits, Castle and Beckett race
against time to stop 3XK before he claims his next victims.
Lee Tergesen of "Oz" (as Marcus Gates, a violent felon and prime
suspect in the serial killer investigation) and Michael Mosley
of "Scrubs" (Gates' former cellmate) guest star in "3XK," one of
the most thrilling episodes of the series to date.
In an item on
E! Online, Fillion talked about Lee's role: "I don't know if you
noticed this, but we tend to catch every murderer we go after. Now,
there's a guy out there who we find is more than a match for our
heroes."
Also in the E! item, Marlowe said: "We've always caught our guy, and
here's somebody who presents themselves as an incredibly smart match
for Beckett and Castle. And I think it's fun to see this character
match wits with our guys."
In the series, Castle is a famous author who
was called in by the NYPD to help solve a copy-cat murder. He
becomes intrigued by Detective Beckett and discovers a new source of
inspiration in her. Castle continues to use his knowledge and skills
to help solve murders.
Jon Huertas, one of Lee's co-stars from
"Generation Kill," also is a series regular.
A New York Post blog posted a Q&A with Jon Huertas on Sept. 27,
2010, which included this news from Jon:
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The episode we're shooting right now, the
seventh, is my favorite so far. It's about a serial killer,
which poses a much bigger challenge to our team because we tend
to always solve the murders. This guy [played by Lee Tergesen]
gets away and he’s going to come back. But there's a huge twist!
Lee himself described his "Castle" character in
an
interview with Daemonstv.com, posted Oct. 25, 2010.
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It’s always fun to play psychos. What can I
say, it’s my stock and trade. ... He is a guy who’s very smart
and sort of pops up and has killed someone. They realize that
there are similarities between this latest victim and a series
of other killings, the Triple X Killer. So they find me and
start to question me, but I’m very wily and I have an answer for
everything. Somehow the more Beckett tries to corner me the more
that I seem to slip away from her and she finds it unbelievably
frustrating.
Lee was unsure whether the character will
return: "I definitely hope that I get to go back," he said in the
Daemonstv.com interview "They were definitely talking to me about it
but I don’t know how that’s going to work or when it will work. But
you never know."
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