Season 2 Episode 21
After Castle's involvement with Ellie Monroe, Kate was jealous. She went into the workout room at the precinct to beat the punching bag and relieve some of her frustration.
In walked Detective Demming. He came over to her,"You need someone to steady your bag."
She glared at him, "You offering?"
"Yeah, sure."
She stared at him, "All right! She punched and kicked the shit out of it and he grunted from each blow. She had to stop when her cell went off. She looked up at him and smiled, "Thanks"
"Anytime."
She answered the cell, "Beckett." It was a murder and she called Castle and he joined her at the scene. A guy maned Paul Finch was murdered in a underground car garage.
Tom Demming (Michael Trucco) entered the squad room and Javi knew him. He just transferred in and he took a liking to Kate, which didn't sit right with Castle.
Demming hit the floor running. He knew of the victim and said he was a pro at opening bank vaults and safety deposit boxes.
Demming pulled in an associate of his and asked Kate if he wanted in on the interrogation. She just at the chance and that too pissed off Castle. She was smitten with Demming's good looks and again, it pissed off Castle.
They went in for another interrogation and afterwards, Demming said he had to check on something else. As he walked away, Kate stared at him as he walked away. She had a smile on her face. She looked to Castle and stared, "What?"
He shook his head, "Nothing."
Later Kate was back with the dead body and Lanie. Lanie turned to Kate, "So, what's with the handsome robbery detective?"
Kate smiled at her, "Demming? Oh, we're just working the case together. That's all."
Lanie knew better and rolled her eyes, "Mmm-hmm! But then again, you have been working with Castle for a year and not a damn thing has happened, so.... We had a pool going. I lost a lot of money on you two."
If she only knew what else was happening other than the threesome she had with them both.
Demming came back with video of the bank and he invited Kate to go over them in the morning. Again, it didn't sit well with Castle.
After Kate left, Demming turned to Castle who was about to leave, "Castle, can I ask you something? You and Beckett, is there something going on?"
Castle stared back at him, "Me and Beckett? No."
Look, man, if I'm offside..."
Castle cut him off, "No flag on the play."
Demming grinned back at him, "Great, Okay, great" He got up and left.
Castle sat there, knowing he just fucked up. He may be losing his lady at the precinct.
The next morning, Kate was with Demming going over the footage from the bank. Kate her her eyes plastered to the screen.
Demming sipped his coffee, "You know, if your mouse finger get tired, we can switch."
She smiled back at him, "That's okay, I think I can handle it."
He nodded, "Oh, I get it. You don't want to give up the driver's seat." She chuckled and just then Castle came in, "Hey, I brought coffee."
She looked up, "Ah, you know what? It's okay, Demming already brought some."
Rick glared at him, "Did he now?" Rick stared at the screen, "Yey, there's Paul Finch."
Demming looked too, "Oh Yeah, he's casing the place."
Kate looked behind the man on the screen, "Look who is with him. That's his wife Monica. She said she has no idea what he was doing."
They pulled Monica in and found out that in the deposit box was a ledger. It showed all of Racine's pays and owes on all of his businesses, not just his legitimate ones. She also told them when they opened to box, the ledger wasn't there.
They found out in the end, that another detective, a Lieutenant Holliwell was on the take and he was behind the killings and wanted to frame Javi's old partner.
Before that happened they thought that Demming was the dirty cop. Kate took Demming to the workout room. While she was fighting him, Javi and Kevin got his phone. They checked it out and found it was clean.
While this was going on, Kate and Demming were going back and forth, one bettering the other and finally Demming pinned Kate and was inches from her face. "Why don't you ask me yourself if I had an alibi for the time when Finch was killed?"
She laughed and flipped him over and now had him pinned. "Okay, so where were you?"
She came into the squad room with Demming, "He's clean, it wasn't Demming, here."
That drew Kate even closer to him and that really got under Castle's skin.
With the case closed, Demming and Kate were alone in the squad room. Demming looked to Kate, "So is it always this much fun up here?"
She smiled at him, "We have our moments."
"So now that you know I'm not a dirty cop, Anytime you need a sparring partner....."
She grinned from ear to ear, "Thanks!"
Rick came in, they didn't see him, but he saw them smiling and laughing. He turned and walked away. He knew he was in for a fight for her attention now.
Season 2 Episode 22
Castle hurried to the precinct to give Beckett her morning coffee and he is beaten to the punch. She is in the coffee room with Demming. Rick knew this wasn't going to be the way for him to accept.
They are called to a murder scene were a famous chef is found frozen in and Kate and Rick go to investigate. He was the winner of "Kitchen Wars" and they found out he was injected with an agent that freeze-dried him. They used liquid nitrogen.
Kate's hair was now a chestnut brown and longer. It was straight and framed her face making her look even hotter.
They went to see the restaurant owner and Kate found out it was one of her old high school friends. When she saw her she called out, "Madison?"
She looked to Kate, "Becks? What are you doing here?"
""I'm a homicide detective?
She threw her hands up to her Kate, "Shut the front door."
Kate hugged her back, "I know."
She pulled back, "What a messed up way for us to reconnect."
Kate turned to Rick, "Madison Queller (Julie Gonzalo), this is Richard Castle."
They shook hands and he responded, "Please call me Rick. How do you two know each other?"
She looked to Kate, "High school, ninth grade French. I can't believe the biggest scofflaw at Stuy became a cop."