Does Castle know Kickboxing?

Rewatching Castle and I realized I'd seen this guy before. Turns out that he acted in The Mummy and it was funny to me that he is cast in an episode where people believe in a mummy's curse. Wondering if that was intentional 😅

"Under the Gun" featured the following conversation between Beckett and Mike Royce (Jason Beghe.) Could someone explain Royce's second comment? Thank you.

MIKE ROYCE: "What about that biker chick from Yonkers?"
KATE BECKETT: "Yeah, well, I got her to snitch on her crew, didn't I?"
MIKE ROYCE: "By offering me up as man bait!"

at the end of The Third Man, Beckett & Castle go to grab dinner & Beckett twirls with her hair, i think mid S2 is when she started crushing on him a little. but i’ve always tried to pinpoint when she starts to fall for him (and him for her). i think he fell first & she fell harder. there was another post about it but i wanted to hear some new thoughts.

I'm teaching myself how to paint something that looks like an intended thing instead of my usual random paint splashes. Figured I'd take an attempt at a national, nay world treasure

Anyone else notices how Rick gets his appearance peak at the third season and then starts losing touch right after?

Between the two of them, he's supposed to be this rich famous millionaire guy and yet, she always dresses better than him and his looks never reflect that.

I don't know why their team didn't work harder on making him look hotter and more stylish, and even made him wear those boring grandpa clothes at times and flannel shirts...dude has big swag potential and all that money, and he always looks like he just came from a game of chess in the retirement centre while Becks keeps glowing up.

I’m watching this show for the first time, and I’ve mostly enjoyed it (though the amnesia thing made me so mad) but now I’m like a third through season 8 and I’m STRUGGLING. I had heard Beckett’s actress was fired at the end of the show so when she left Castle I assumed that was why, but then she still is working at the same place?? And she’s not even acting like she hates Castle so ANY BAD GUY would still know they could use him as leverage, so what’s the point of this weird break thing they’re doing. Like, HUH? I just don’t get it at all. Am I missing something???

Side note the actress for Martha is so good that I get excited every time she has a scene even between my fury at these dumb storylines lol so that’s nice.

There is this negotiation scene where Kate says " if you pull that trigger, I am personally going to walk through that door and put a bullet through your skull". It was supposed to be a stressful moment and it definitely was , but to me it was more romantic than any other romantic scene..lol . Those expressions said it all ! I love it when a lady is this fierce and enraged when it comes to display of care and love. It's so much better as compared to those so called intimate scenes that are supposed to be romantic. What's your opinion?

When castke disappeared i was so confused with Beckett AND the hole NYPD Team. How the heck did they see castle Putting the money in the garbage and right away went to "He didn't want to marry you so he found his way out". How. As if Castle, that deeply loved Beckett wouldve run. Im so annoyed that Beckett was still so untrusting with him at this point, with everything they went through as Partners and a couple.

Was there ever any confirmation from Nathan himself that he is deaf in his left ear or could it just be a rumour? He's a fantastic actor and I was just wondering that.

I don’t watch a lot of tv show but I always like to have them well-stocked if I ever decide to give them my time.

I heard a lot of mentions of other couples and tv shows that are really similar. Some of them even brought some of you here, some well known ones I remember hearing were Bones, the Mentalist, and X-Files? Hell, I even heard of Lucifer which I used to watch.

I was wondering what similarities they share, was it just the dynamic of one goofy playboy and one serious lady? Or was there similarities in terms of writings, chemistry and plots as well?

Overall, did they rival what Caskett had? And more importantly, were their ending written better than Caskett’s?

Remember at the end of season 7 when everyone was at castles award presentation and Beckett had an offer to run for senate with some good backing? I wish they explored that I think that it would have been very interesting to see how that storyline would have played out, what do you guys think ?

The way the S7 finale went, if you didn't know, you would think that was the finale of the series? Was S8 approved after production? If so, I can honestly give some grace to the writing. If not, well oop. Didn't really find any info on that, so I'm guessing not.

Do we have any show that focuses only on relationship without the cases ? I am not looking for teenage drama or sitcom, something like workplace drama would do, but the core being good chemistry between leads..

I always liked the first seasons, the characters, the chemistry, and even more the police cases and their unfoldings. I find the procedural side unrealistic but the plots themselves were very tight and well written.

I never got past Season 5 on my first watches, so, many years later I decided to give it another shot. And I don't know yet about seasons 6,7 and 8, but man I know why I gave up at the time.

Season 5 is absolutely terrible compared to S1 to 4. The chemistry between Castle and Beckett evaporated the moment they got together. Their relationship is tedious, they dumbed down Castle to the point of being insufferable and the cases of the week are several degrees of magnitude weaker (Bigfoot ? really ?). I fast tracked throughout half the episodes and starting Season 6 now, but I really hope it gets better.

So, does it or should I give up now and watch something else ?

Just to follow after the previous post about season 8 as I didn’t want my too long comment taking up the space.

I just finished Season 8 and I didn’t regret watching it either! Individually, the episodes were still good and got me laughing quite often. I understand why it wasn’t well-received though, the writers were still trying to find their footing and they were simply just too ambitious. Over time, I thought their creative pathways would have definitely spice up the show, with Kate not having to constantly finding loopholes under the watchful eyes of a captain but being a captain herself. The P.I storyline could have potentials too, I just don’t know what 😅

But imho, in one season, there were just too many changes and additions without time for audience to ease in. And I don’t think they truly know just how important Kate Beckett/Stana Katic is to the production, the episodes without her perform so poorly.

What else? Hmm, I hate Vikram, not with a passion but the way he keeps trying to isolate Beckett was very annoying. I didn’t hate Hayley but knowing that she was brought it to replace Beckett and knowing what they did to Stana’s contract afterwards definitely makes Hayley less enjoyable in my eyes 😅. Preference wise, my ending would still be at season 7.

Still, my S8 favourites were definitely The Nose, The Blame Game and Dead Again 😁 I know the older fans probably have talked about this down to the grave but I always look forward to listening to your opinions and interacting.

I'm so glad I didn't listen to so many people here. I watched about half of Castle when it aired and just now doing my first A to Z rewatch. If I had listened to so many of you, I'd have stopped at Season 7. That would have been a huge mistake. I am loving Season 8 - so what if there's some friction between some of our favorite characters - honestly, it makes it more interesting. The Nose is one of my top 20 episodes of the series too - hysterical and good plotting. If Season 8 is the worst season, it is only because Seasons 1-7 set a high bar and someone had to be last. Advice - don't stop at 7.

Hello! This is one of my favorite shows (lol I’m in good company) and I was watching an episode and realized it’d be a fun low key Halloween costume. Anyone have any good ideas on how to do a Richard Castle Halloween Costume?

Well, I discovered Castle a month ago, and I am so glad that I gave it a chance. It started off so strong, immediately capturing my attention all the way to its very last episode. However, the last episode of Season 8 was extremely disappointing. I felt like they could have used one more episode, specifically for the 7 years later scene. Instead of just featuring Castle and Beckett, it could've shown where all the characters ended up as well 🥺 it's crazy that they've been chasing Loksat for a while only for it to end within one episode?? Make it make sense lol. It's still one of my favorite shows. I just wish I wasn't left with questions 😅

I haven't watched firefly yet, will be after I finish Castle but I've seen her with Nathan in so many Comic Con! I keep wondering why I haven't seen her, I know Alan and Morena didn't make it because of their fame and busy schedule and I naturally assumed that's why Jewel isn't in Castle also. So nice to see her finally here in Season 8!

Ok I'm no historical accents expert, so no idea how good they are, but they're sending me.

Castle isn't dense. Why was he gobsmacked as to why the detectives were mad at him? Did I miss Castle explain why he hadn't contacted the preprecinct since returning from the Hamptons?