Castle: How well do you know the ones you love?

Monday's Castle episode made you think about how well you know those you love, as well as showed us a deeper glimpse into Alexis' character.

First off, a dead body is found and his wife AND fiance show up to identify the body. While investigating we find out that the victim had assumed a false identity to work for his office's competition and while there met a woman who was also living a double life in an attempt to take him down the wrong path. For most of the episode we thought the victim was a bad guy who was cheating on his wife of 10 years, but by the end we find out his was doing everything possible - and even died - trying to save the environment. He wasn't as bad a guy as first thought.

As for Alexis, for a school assignment she volunteers with Beckett at the NYPD. While it would seem her connection would help her get some cool responsibilities, she gets stuck organizing and cataloging some old evidence, but she seems happy to do it. When she finds a photo album full of old family photographs, Alexis takes it upon herself to find the owner even though there is no identifying information linked with it. It is through this we see her compassion as well as her own investigative strengths.