CASTLE

USA | ABC

RUNNING TIME: 60 minutes | NUMBER OF EPISODES: 58 | AIRDATES: 9 March 2009 – 16 May 2011

CREATOR and EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Andrew Marlowe | EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Rob Bowman, Laurie Zaks, David Amann, Armyan Bernstein

Crime drama series Castle follows the cases of it’s namesake hero Richard Castle a famous detective novelist and divorced father with a teenage daughter. Castle, as a way of gaining material for his novels, works closely with NYPD detective Kate Beckett. The pair initially don’t hit it off at all but over the course of the series the pair develop a strong working relationship.

Light hearted and with a nice line in humour Castle sort of harks back to the golden age era of the 1970′s and 80′s. Castle and Beckett have a nicely spiky relationship that hints at possibly more and also carries echoes of vintage Hollywood with some of their fast paced cross-talk. In a handy piece of marketing potential the producers have also created a line of real life “Richard Castle” detective novels and in a cool nod to the genre Castle himself regularly plays poker with some of the biggest names in crime fiction with people like James Patterson, Dennis LeHane and Michael Connolly often popping up.

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NATHAN FILLION as Richard Castle

STANA KATIC as Detective Kate Beckett

RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON as NYPD Captain Roy Montgomery (seasons 1 -3)

TAMALA JONES as Medical Examiner Lanie Parish

JON HUERTAS as NYPD Detective Javier Esposito

SEAMUS DEAVER as NYPD Detective Kevin Ryan

MOLLY QUINN as Alexis Castle

SUSAN SULLIVAN as Martha Rodgers

PENNY JOHNSON JERALD as NYPD Police Captain Victoria Gates (from Season 4)

THE EPISODES

SEASON ONE 9 March – 11 May 2009

1. FLOWERS FOR YOUR GRAVE (9 Mar 2009)

2. NANNY McDEAD (16 Mar 2009)

3. HEDGE FUND HOMEBOYS (23 Mar 2009)

4. HELL HATH NO FURY (30 Mar 2009)

5. A CHILL GOES THROUGH HER VEINS (6 Apr 2009)

6. ALWAYS BUY RETAIL (13 Apr 2009)

7. HOME IS WHERE THE HEART STOPS (20 Apr 2009)

8. GHOSTS (27 Apr 2009)

9. LITTLE GIRL LOST (4 May 2009)

10. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY (11 May 2009)

SEASON TWO 21 September 2009 – 17 May 2010

1. DEEP IN DEATH (21 Sep 2009)

2. THE DOUBLE DOWN (28 Sep 2009)

3. INVENTING THE GIRL (5 Oct 2009)

4. FOOL ME ONCE… (12 Oct 2009)

5. WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS (19 Oct 2009)

6. VAMPIRE WEEKEND (26 Oct 2009)

7. FAMOUS LAST WORDS (2 Nov 2009)

8. KILL THE MESSENGER (9 Nov 2009)

9. LOVE ME DEAD (16 Nov 2009)

10. ONE MAN’S TREASURE (23 Nov 2009)

11. THE FIFTH BULLET (7 Dec 2009)

12. A ROSE FOR EVERAFTER (11 Jan 2010)

13. SUCKER PUNCH (18 Jan 2010)

14. THE THIRD MAN (25 Jan 2010)

15. SUICIDE SQUEEZE (8 Feb 2010)

16. THE MISTRESS ALWAYS SPANKS TWICE (8 Mar 2010)

17. TICK, TICK, TICK…(22 Mar 2010)

18. BOOM! (29 Mar 2010)

19. WRAPPED UP IN DEATH (5 Apr 2010)

20. THE LATE SHAFT (12 Apr 2010)

21. DEN OF THIEVES (19 Apr 2010)

22. FOOD TO DIE FOR (3 May 2010)

23. OVERKILL (10 May 2010)

24. A DEADLY GAME (17 May 2010)

SEASON THREE 20 September 2010 – 16 May 2011

1.  A DEADLY AFFAIR (20 Sep 2010)

2. HE’S DEAD, SHE’S DEAD (27 Sep 2010)

3. UNDER THE GUN (4 Oct 2010)

4. PUNKED (11 Oct 2010)

5. ANATOMY OF A MURDER (18 Oct 2010)

6. 3XK (25 Oct 2010)

7. ALMOST FAMOUS (1 Nov 2010)

8. MURDER MOST FOWL (8 Nov 2010)

9. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE MURDEROUS KIND (15 Nov 2010)

10. LAST CALL (6 Dec 2010)

11. NIKKI HEAT (3 Jan 2011)

12. POOF, YOU’RE DEAD (10 Jan 2011)

13. KNOCKDOWN (24 Jan 2011)

14. LUCKY STIFF (7 Feb 2011)

15. THE FINAL NAIL (14 Feb 2011)

16. SETUP (21 Feb 2011)

17. COUNTDOWN (28 Feb 2011)

18. ONE LIFE TO LOSE (21 Mar 2011)

19. LAW AND MURDER (28 Mar 2011)

20. SLICE OF DEATH (4 Apr 2011)

21. THE DEAD POOL (11 Apr 2011)

22. TO LOVE AND DIE IN L.A. (2 May 2011)

23. PRETTY DEAD (9 May 2011)

24. KNOCKOUT (16 May 2011)

ARTICLES

PENNY JOHNSON JERALD JOINS CASTLE FOR SEASON FOUR (14 July 2011)