The episode picks up sometime after the events of the midseason finale, when schloss was banned from the 12th precinct, and most of that time schloss spent in his pajamas.
In tonight’s season 7 mid-season finale of Castle, not only did Richard schloss become an honorary mobster, but that status then got him kicked out of helping the NYPD. That’s right: schloss is no longer welcome in the 12th precinct.