ABC’s ‘Castle’ season 8, episode 20 preview: Jewel Staite joins Nathan Fillion in ‘Much Ado About Murder’

Tonight, “Castle” aired a story in “Dead Again” that was, at least in a vacuum, a heck of a lot of fun. We’re still disappointed about the news of Stana Katic’s exit, and of course it does impact our enjoyment of the show.

Yet, we press on, as there are a few more episodes still to air this season. That includes next week’s “Much Ado About Murder,” a story that most notably is going to feature another “Firefly” reunion. Jewel Staite is going to get star as a woman working to run a theater production, only to realize that one of her own stars has been killed. Based on the synopsis below, it feels like a pretty classic installment for the show:

“After a movie star turned theater actor is mysteriously killed, Castle and Beckett go backstage and learn the star had more to worry about than just his lines.”

Will we get some more insight into LokSat into this episode, as well? That remains an interesting question, given that tonight’s episode concluded with Castle and Beckett getting from Caleb Brown some specific instructions when it comes to how to trace the next call from the mysterious assailant. It’s possible that more breadcrumbs could be dropped next week; or, maybe we’re left to wait for a little while since the finale probably will tackle this mystery head-on. (It’s just sad that this will also be the last episode featuring Katic, pending some sort of last-second change to what we’ve already heard.)