"Castle" Flowers for Your Grave (2009)

Director:

Rob Bowman

Writers:

Andrew W. Marlowe (creator)
Andrew W. Marlowe (written by)

TV Series:

"Castle" (2009)

Original Air Date:

9 March 2009 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Murder mystery author Richard 'Rick' Castle publishes the book in which he kills off his bestseller series' hero...

Plot Keywords:

Judge | Handcuffs | Prison | Pool | Serial Killer

Cast

Nathan Fillion	...	Richard Castle
Stana Katic	...	Kate Beckett
Susan Sullivan	...	Martha Rodgers
Monet Mazur	...	Gina Cowell
Ruben Santiago-Hudson	...	Captain Roy Montgomery
Molly C. Quinn	...	Alexis Castle (as Molly Quinn)
Stephen J. Cannell	...	Himself
James Patterson	...	Himself
Jon Huertas	...	Javier Esposito
Seamus Dever	...	Kevin Ryan
Dan Castellaneta	...	Judge Markway
Tamala Jones	...	Lanie Parish
Keir Dullea	...	Jonathan Tisdale
Colby French	...	Detective
Brian Avers	...	Harrison Tisdale

Runtime:

Netherlands:60 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Netherlands:9

Company:

ABC Studios

Trivia:

Stephen J. Cannell is a long-time family friend of Rob Bowman's. Rob's father had been one of Stephen's coworkers at KTLA, and later Rob worked for Stephen.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Castle comes home from his interview with Beckett, Martha is singing with sun streaming through the windows behind her, even though the clock says 12:45 (AM presumably) and Castle later remarks to Alexis that she is "missing the late show".

Quotes:

Richard Castle: When I was your age I - wait. I can't tell that story. It's wildly inappropriate. Which, oddly enough, is my point. Don't you want wildly inappropriate stories that you can't tell your children?

Movie Connections:

References "Shark Week" (1988)

Soundtrack:

When I Grow Up

Great Writing.. Average Directing.. Bad Casting !

By the way what I mean by "great" in the title is how this show tracks down the classic shows of the 1980s whereas the same formula, sexual tension and fun. Remington Steele, Moonlighting.. we didn't run into things like that since long time, living a hell of autopsied corpses and reality TV! But this time as much I was happy, as much I wasn't optimistic.

The script, as a pilot and entertaining episode, was superb. Look at the bunch of characters, the swift lines and the thrill it made. The cameo of Stephen J. Cannell apart (The man who created or co-created TV classics like Chase, The Rockford Files, The Greatest American Hero, Stingray, and The A-Team) just gave me a hint about what Castle wants to be. However, the casting nearly ruined all of that.

Save (Susan Sullivan) as the washed-up singer mom, I didn't see anyone with anything special. The 2 leads didn't leave one atom of affect on me. I mean com'on.. (Nathan Fillion) is the slick womanizer novelist ?? The man got no charisma for half of that !! (Maybe with a moustache he can have a slight chance). And (Stana Katic) isn't attractive as a lead or even convincing as tough policewoman.. Nice eyes though!

The directing handled the things as the best of usual. Since X Flies I don't remember a show with a glimpse of singularity or a desire to do so. True it was lovely time as a whole; being the breath of fresh air that we've missed so much for 2 decades already. But those leads are excluded from the charm that I've had with this one of Castle. Hard Irony I know. I just leave it to the upcoming days. Maybe the future will prove me wrong!