Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion) is a rich successful crime novel writer. He finds a new muse in NYPD detective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic). He uses his mayoral connection to be an observer partnered with Kate. He has flamboyant actress mother Martha Rodgers (Susan Sullivan) and steady daughter Alexis (Molly C. Quinn). Javier Esposito (Jon Huertas) and Kevin Ryan (Seamus Dever) are fellow police detectives. Lanie Parish (Tamala Jones) is the medical examiner. Kate is haunted by her mother's unsolved murder and Castle falls for her.
Nathan Fillion always has that charismatic rascal character. He makes this show fun and better than most procedurals. The ongoing serial of these crazy conspiracy plots are less fun. They are something to bring heightened danger to the characters rather than something engaging. I like the stand alone investigations with Fillion and Katic playing their rom-com back and forth. Of course, they are eventually forced to move forward in their relationship and get married. The show runs for 8 seasons of mostly solid entertainment. It does end on sour note of on-set friction and contract problems. The show has to tag on a final scene to wrap up the show. It's "Seven Years Later" with Castle, Beckett, and a bunch of kids. Essentially, it's suggesting that they got together after the pilot starting a family, and the rest are stories written by Castle. It's a rushed ending but it's understandable for the circumstances.
Nathan Fillion always has that charismatic rascal character. He makes this show fun and better than most procedurals. The ongoing serial of these crazy conspiracy plots are less fun. They are something to bring heightened danger to the characters rather than something engaging. I like the stand alone investigations with Fillion and Katic playing their rom-com back and forth. Of course, they are eventually forced to move forward in their relationship and get married. The show runs for 8 seasons of mostly solid entertainment. It does end on sour note of on-set friction and contract problems. The show has to tag on a final scene to wrap up the show. It's "Seven Years Later" with Castle, Beckett, and a bunch of kids. Essentially, it's suggesting that they got together after the pilot starting a family, and the rest are stories written by Castle. It's a rushed ending but it's understandable for the circumstances.