As if the fun title "Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind" isn't enough of a reason to tune in to Castle on Monday, consider these points:

1. Lyle Lovett.
2. Aliens.

Are you sold yet? Indeed, the former guest stars on next week's new episode, playing a government agent that wants to shut down Castle and Beckett's investigation into the latter.

That's right, the possibility of alien abduction is at play, something Castle tries to convince Beckett of in the following clip. Don't call give the guy a red wig and call him Mulder, but he's just saying...

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