Castle (2009– )

After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle gets permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.

Creator:

Andrew W. Marlowe

Stars:

Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Molly C. Quinn

Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 9 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Nathan Fillion	...	Richard Castle (105 episodes, 2009-2013)
Stana Katic	...	Kate Beckett (105 episodes, 2009-2013)
Molly C. Quinn	...	Alexis Castle (105 episodes, 2009-2013)
Jon Huertas	...	Javier Esposito (104 episodes, 2009-2013)
Seamus Dever	...	Kevin Ryan (104 episodes, 2009-2013)
Susan Sullivan	...	Martha Rodgers (103 episodes, 2009-2013)
Tamala Jones	...	Lanie Parish (103 episodes, 2009-2013)
Ruben Santiago-Hudson	...	Captain Roy Montgomery (58 episodes, 2009-2011)
Penny Johnson	...	Captain Victoria Gates (46 episodes, 2011-2013)

Storyline

After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle gets permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes. A "guy's guy", he proves popular with the male team members, but immediately offends the sensibilities of the team leader, Detective Kate Beckett. Though she'll never admit it, he slowly wins her over with his innovative approach to crime solving. He brings to the table skills the others don't have: contacts in Manhattan high society, free-form creative thinking, and years of developing believable fictional characters that have inadvertently molded him into a natural criminal profiler. But life is not all crime fighting adventure for this wealthy playboy: his relationship with Beckett becomes even more strained when he unveils a new series of detective novels featuring a racy character based on her, and his home life is dominated by his mother (a fading ...

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Plot Keywords:

killer | novelist | new york city | homicide investigation | nypd | 

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Taglines:

Solving murder has never been so much fun

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Official Sites:

ABC [us] Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Castle na zabití

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Beacon Pictures, Experimental Pictures, ABC Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min 43 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Detective Kevin Ryan (Seamus Dever) can be seen carrying a copy of one of Castle's books at least once in every episode.

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Quotes

[repeated season 2 episode open]
Richard Castle: [v.o] There are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people: psychopaths and mystery writers. I'm the kind that pays better. Who am I?
Richard Castle: I'm Rick Castle.
Richard Castle: Castle.
Richard Castle: Castle.
Richard Castle: I really am ruggedly handsome, aren't I?
Richard Castle: [v.o] Every writer needs inspiration, and I found mine.
Kate Beckett: Detective Kate Beckett.
Kate Beckett: Beckett.
Kate Beckett: Beckett.
[...]

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Connections

Referenced in Dancing with the Stars: Round Seven (2009)

User Reviews

Good Dynamic between the characters

While the plots may be a bit contrived, the main effort is the dialog and tension between the two main characters, i.e. the Writer and the Detective. This is a reminder of Gable and Russel, or any number of 1930's great couples in the movies when the lack of color images was lacking but the colorful dialog was what made the movies worth watching. It's called Chemistry and these characters are definitely full of it.

Now this week with Beckett turning the tables on Castle we are beginning a turn in the energy dynamic. Can't wait to see where the writers go with this one