Castle 2009
“A whole new chapter in crime solving.”
★ TMDB users: 8.0/10 from 2,111 votes TV-14 DramaCrime 8 seasons · 173 eps Canceled
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What is Castle?
Castle is an American crime mystery comedy-drama television series that aired on ABC. The series was produced by Beacon Pictures and ABC Studios and was created by Andrew W.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 2009
- Status
- Canceled
- Episodes
- 173
- First aired
- Mar 9, 2009
- Last aired
- May 16, 2016
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- US
- Networks
- ABC
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Updated
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- Rating
- ★ TMDB users: 8.0/10 from 2,111 votes
- Format
- 8 seasons · 173 episodes
- Status
- Canceled
- Network
- ABC
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Overview
Castle is an American crime mystery comedy-drama television series that aired on ABC. The series was produced by Beacon Pictures and ABC Studios and was created by Andrew W. Marlowe. The show primarily traces the lives of Richard Castle, a best-selling author, and his interactions with an NYPD homicide investigation team. After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, Richard Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with the team for research purposes. He teams up with NYPD Detective Kate Beckett to solve complex murder cases. The series stars Nathan Fillion as Richard Castle and Stana Katic as Kate Beckett, along with other cast members including Susan Sullivan and Jon Huertas. Castle aired for a total of eight seasons.
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Should you watch it?
“A successful mystery novelist teams up with the NYPD to solve crimes after a real-life copycat killer.”
Reasons to watch
- engaging partnership dynamics
- clever mystery plots
Keep in mind
- procedural format can become repetitive
Watch it if you enjoy lighthearted crime procedurals featuring a witty protagonist and a professional detective.
The series contains crime-related violence and mystery themes consistent with the police procedural genre.
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Cast
Nathan Fillion
Richard Castle
Stana Katic
Kate Beckett
Molly C. Quinn
Alexis Castle
Jon Huertas
Javier Esposito
Seamus Dever
Kevin Ryan
Susan Sullivan
Martha Rodgers
Tamala Jones
Lanie Parish
Penny Johnson Jerald
Victoria Gates
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Roy Montgomery
Maya Stojan
Tory Ellis
Toks Olagundoye
Hayley Shipton
Arye Gross
Sidney Perlmutter
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Season 1 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide & lore primer →- E1 Flowers for Your Grave Mytharc Mar 9, 2009
- E2 Nanny McDead Core Mar 16, 2009
- E3 Hedge Fund Homeboys Core Mar 23, 2009
- E4 Hell Hath No Fury Mytharc Mar 30, 2009
- E5 A Chill Goes Through Her Veins Core Apr 6, 2009
- E6 Always Buy Retail Core Apr 13, 2009
- E7 Home Is Where the Heart Stops Core Apr 20, 2009
- E8 Ghosts Core Apr 27, 2009
- E9 Little Girl Lost Mytharc May 4, 2009
- E10 A Death in the Family Mytharc May 11, 2009
Season 2 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 2 guide & lore primer →- E1 Deep in Death Mytharc Sep 21, 2009
- E2 The Double Down Core Sep 28, 2009
- E3 Inventing the Girl Core Oct 5, 2009
- E4 Fool Me Once Core Oct 12, 2009
- E5 When the Bough Breaks Core Oct 19, 2009
- E6 Vampire Weekend Core Oct 26, 2009
- E7 Famous Last Words Core Nov 2, 2009
- E8 Kill the Messenger Mytharc Nov 9, 2009
- E9 Love Me Dead Core Nov 16, 2009
- E10 One Man's Treasure Mytharc Nov 23, 2009
- E11 The Fifth Bullet Core Dec 7, 2009
- E12 A Rose for Everafter Core Jan 11, 2010
- E13 Sucker Punch Core Jan 18, 2010
- E14 The Third Man Core Jan 25, 2010
- E15 Suicide Squeeze Core Feb 8, 2010
- E16 The Mistress Always Spanks Twice Core Mar 8, 2010
- E17 Tick, Tick, Tick... (1) Mytharc Mar 22, 2010
- E18 Boom! (2) Core Mar 29, 2010
- E19 Wrapped Up in Death Core Apr 5, 2010
- E20 The Late Shaft Mytharc Apr 12, 2010
- E21 Den of Thieves Core Apr 19, 2010
- E22 Food to Die For Core May 3, 2010
- E23 Overkill Mytharc May 10, 2010
- E24 A Deadly Game Mytharc May 17, 2010
Season 3 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 3 guide & lore primer →- E1 A Deadly Affair Mytharc Sep 20, 2010
- E2 He's Dead, She's Dead Core Sep 27, 2010
- E3 Under the Gun Core Oct 4, 2010
- E4 Punked Core Oct 11, 2010
- E5 Anatomy of a Murder Core Oct 18, 2010
- E6 3XK Core Oct 25, 2010
- E7 Almost Famous Core Nov 1, 2010
- E8 Murder Most Fowl Core Nov 8, 2010
- E9 Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind Core Nov 15, 2010
- E10 Last Call Core Dec 6, 2010
- E11 Nikki Heat Core Jan 3, 2011
- E12 Poof! You're Dead Core Jan 10, 2011
- E13 Knockdown Mytharc Jan 24, 2011
- E14 Lucky Stiff Core Feb 7, 2011
- E15 The Final Nail Core Feb 14, 2011
- E16 Setup (1) Mytharc Feb 21, 2011
- E17 Countdown (2) Core Feb 28, 2011
- E18 One Life to Lose Core Mar 21, 2011
- E19 Law & Murder Mytharc Mar 28, 2011
- E20 Slice of Death Core Apr 4, 2011
- E21 The Dead Pool Core Apr 11, 2011
- E22 To Love and Die in L.A. Core May 2, 2011
- E23 Pretty Dead Mytharc May 9, 2011
- E24 Knockout Mytharc May 16, 2011
Season 4 · 23 episodes
Open the complete Season 4 guide & lore primer →- E1 Rise Mytharc Sep 19, 2011
- E2 Heroes & Villains Core Sep 26, 2011
- E3 Head Case Core Oct 3, 2011
- E4 Kick the Ballistics Core Oct 10, 2011
- E5 Eye of the Beholder Core Oct 17, 2011
- E6 Demons Mytharc Oct 24, 2011
- E7 Cops & Robbers Core Oct 31, 2011
- E8 Heartbreak Hotel Core Nov 7, 2011
- E9 Kill Shot Core Nov 21, 2011
- E10 Cuffed Core Dec 5, 2011
- E11 Till Death Do Us Part Core Jan 9, 2012
- E12 Dial M for Mayor Core Jan 16, 2012
- E13 An Embarrassment of Bitches Core Jan 23, 2012
- E14 The Blue Butterfly Core Feb 6, 2012
- E15 Pandora (1) Mytharc Feb 13, 2012
- E16 Linchpin (2) Core Feb 20, 2012
- E17 Once Upon a Crime Mytharc Feb 27, 2012
- E18 A Dance with Death Mytharc Mar 19, 2012
- E19 47 Seconds Core Mar 26, 2012
- E20 The Limey Core Apr 2, 2012
- E21 Headhunters Core Apr 16, 2012
- E22 Undead Again Mytharc Apr 30, 2012
- E23 Always Mytharc May 7, 2012
Season 5 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 5 guide & lore primer →- E1 After the Storm Mytharc Sep 24, 2012
- E2 Cloudy with a Chance of Murder Core Oct 1, 2012
- E3 Secret's Safe with Me Mytharc Oct 8, 2012
- E4 Murder, He Wrote Core Oct 15, 2012
- E5 Probable Cause Core Oct 29, 2012
- E6 The Final Frontier Core Nov 5, 2012
- E7 Swan Song Core Nov 12, 2012
- E8 After Hours Filler Nov 19, 2012
- E9 Secret Santa Core Dec 3, 2012
- E10 Significant Others Mytharc Jan 7, 2013
- E11 Under the Influence Core Jan 14, 2013
- E12 Death Gone Crazy Mytharc Jan 21, 2013
- E13 Recoil Core Feb 4, 2013
- E14 Reality Star Struck Core Feb 11, 2013
- E15 Target (1) Core Feb 18, 2013
- E16 Hunt (2) Core Feb 25, 2013
- E17 Scared to Death Core Mar 18, 2013
- E18 The Wild Rover Core Mar 25, 2013
- E19 The Lives of Others Core Apr 1, 2013
- E20 The Fast and the Furriest Core Apr 15, 2013
- E21 The Squab and the Quail Core Apr 22, 2013
- E22 Still Core Apr 29, 2013
- E23 The Human Factor Mytharc May 6, 2013
- E24 Watershed Mytharc May 13, 2013
Season 6 · 23 episodes
Open the complete Season 6 guide & lore primer →- E1 Valkyrie (1) Mytharc Sep 23, 2013
- E2 Dreamworld (2) Core Sep 30, 2013
- E3 Need to Know Core Oct 7, 2013
- E4 Number One Fan Core Oct 14, 2013
- E5 Time Will Tell Core Oct 21, 2013
- E6 Get a Clue Core Oct 28, 2013
- E7 Like Father, Like Daughter Core Nov 4, 2013
- E8 A Murder Is Forever Mytharc Nov 11, 2013
- E9 Disciple Core Nov 18, 2013
- E10 The Good, The Bad & The Baby Core Nov 25, 2013
- E11 Under Fire Core Jan 6, 2014
- E12 Deep Cover Core Jan 13, 2014
- E13 Limelight Core Jan 20, 2014
- E14 Dressed To Kill Mytharc Jan 27, 2014
- E15 Smells Like Teen Spirit Core Feb 17, 2014
- E16 Room 147 Core Feb 24, 2014
- E17 In the Belly of the Beast Core Mar 3, 2014
- E18 The Way of the Ninja Mytharc Mar 17, 2014
- E19 The Greater Good Core Mar 24, 2014
- E20 That '70s Show Core Apr 21, 2014
- E21 Law & Boarder Core Apr 28, 2014
- E22 Veritas Mytharc May 5, 2014
- E23 For Better or Worse Mytharc May 12, 2014
Season 7 · 23 episodes
Open the complete Season 7 guide & lore primer →- E1 Driven Mytharc Sep 29, 2014
- E2 Montreal Core Oct 6, 2014
- E3 Clear & Present Danger Mytharc Oct 13, 2014
- E4 Child's Play Core Oct 20, 2014
- E5 Meme is Murder Mytharc Oct 27, 2014
- E6 The Time of Our Lives Core Nov 10, 2014
- E7 Once Upon a Time in the West Core Nov 17, 2014
- E8 Kill Switch Core Nov 24, 2014
- E9 Last Action Hero Mytharc Dec 1, 2014
- E10 Bad Santa Core Dec 8, 2014
- E11 Castle, P.I. Core Jan 12, 2015
- E12 Private Eye Caramba! Mytharc Jan 19, 2015
- E13 I, Witness Core Feb 2, 2015
- E14 Resurrection (1) Mytharc Feb 9, 2015
- E15 Reckoning (2) Mytharc Feb 16, 2015
- E16 The Wrong Stuff Core Feb 23, 2015
- E17 Hong Kong Hustle Mytharc Mar 16, 2015
- E18 At Close Range Core Mar 23, 2015
- E19 Habeas Corpse Core Mar 30, 2015
- E20 Sleeper Core Apr 20, 2015
- E21 In Plane Sight Mytharc Apr 27, 2015
- E22 Dead From New York Mytharc May 4, 2015
- E23 Hollander's Woods Mytharc May 11, 2015
Season 8 · 22 episodes
Open the complete Season 8 guide & lore primer →- E1 XY (1) Mytharc Sep 21, 2015
- E2 XX (2) Core Sep 28, 2015
- E3 PhDead Mytharc Oct 5, 2015
- E4 What Lies Beneath Core Oct 12, 2015
- E5 The Nose Mytharc Oct 19, 2015
- E6 Cool Boys Core Nov 9, 2015
- E7 The Last Seduction Core Nov 16, 2015
- E8 Mr. & Mrs. Castle Core Nov 23, 2015
- E9 Tone Death Core Feb 8, 2016
- E10 Witness for the Prosecution Core Feb 14, 2016
- E11 Dead Red Mytharc Feb 15, 2016
- E12 The Blame Game Core Feb 22, 2016
- E13 And Justice for All Core Feb 29, 2016
- E14 The G.D.S. Core Mar 7, 2016
- E15 Fidelis Ad Mortem Core Mar 21, 2016
- E16 Heartbreaker Core Apr 4, 2016
- E17 Death Wish Core Apr 11, 2016
- E18 Backstabber Core Apr 18, 2016
- E19 Dead Again Core Apr 25, 2016
- E20 Much Ado About Murder Core May 2, 2016
- E21 Hell to Pay Mytharc May 9, 2016
- E22 Crossfire Mytharc May 16, 2016
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Frequently asked questions
What is the premise of the show?
A famous crime novelist begins shadowing an NYPD homicide team after a killer mimics his book plots.
Who created the series?
The show was created by Andrew W. Marlowe.
How many seasons does the show have?
The series aired for a total of eight seasons.
Which network aired the show?
Castle aired on the ABC network.
When did the series air?
The show ran from March 9, 2009, to May 16, 2016.
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