Hughes: ‘Castle’ enters parallel universe

TONIGHT'S MUST-SEE: “Castle,” 10:01 p.m., ABC.

Here a special-deal episode, something “Castle” does well: Rick(Nathan Fillion) feels he's been transported into an alternate universe, where he and fiancee Kate Beckett (Stana Katic) have never met.

First, he must convince these “strangers” -- Beckett, Ryan and Esposito – to let a quirky crime-novelist join them in probing a murder. That leads to a pivotal moment in the Castle-Beckett relationship.

TONIGHT'S MUST-SEE II: “Jane the Virgin,” 9 p.m., CW.

By now, we know “Jane” can be broadly funny. It has a cunning narrator and a telenovela style that leads to statements like this one tonight: “Petra cheated on me with my dead best friend.”

Gina Rodriguez is terrific as Jane and Justin Baldoni brings humanity to the rich guy who (through a clinic mix-up) is the biological father of her baby-to-be. Now Jane -- already mad at her mom – learns someone else was withholding information.

TONIGHT'S ALTERNATIVE: “In Performance at the White House,” 10 p.m., KNPB

On the eve of Veterans Day, here's a quick rerun of the concert that aired Friday. With hundreds of soldiers in the audience – and three performing onstage – there's music by Willie Nelson, Mary J. Blige, John Fogerty, Common, Ramon Santos and (by satellite) Daughtry.

There will be more on Tuesday, including (late-late-night) the compelling film other PBS stations are airing in this slot, “Ice Warriors.” Technically, its local airing is 4 a.m. Wednesday.

OTHER CHOICES INCLUDE:

“Sleepy Hollow,” 9 p.m., Fox. Henry (John Noble) has sent a succubus to suck the life out of people. Ichabod and Abbie rush to stop this.