Review of Castle

Castle (2009–2016)
6/10
Great pilot, then mostly okay until it gets boring and repetitive
9 March 2024
This show is watchable. This is, for the most part, harmless family fun. If you have nothing else to do, this is a show you can always put on and be decently entertained by for a while.

Sadly they dragged things out for too long. As with most of these shows of similar premiss, they have material for 2-3 seasons and after that things go on repeat and everything starts to become very cliche. I also think they wasted Nathan Fillion's character a bit. In the first episode he is suave, rich playboy, careless and cool. He starts out as a fun male character. However as the show progress he becomes a source of jokes and weird theories and turns into a kinda lame character. There are exceptions as with his daughters kidnapping, but in general the character we see in the pilot is not the character we later get in the show - which I think is a shame.

As already mention the quality goes down with time, and although the show never stops being watchable, the cliche stories and repeating stories, almost make it a chore to watch and in the last season even boring.

Despite my small complaint about the titular character above, it is the characters that drive this show and make it entertaining. All the actors do a great job. This is mostly loveable fun and you can do a lot worse, but don't expect any amazing greatness.

A 6/10 and I recommend.
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