In my first full rewatch (/watch at age 22, first watch of s1-4/5 was age <=14)

This episode, the next, and some more have AMAZING reference value. The references to greys anatomy using the 3+ nicknames of characters in the show fit the hospital murder and romance theme.

My favorite reference was them coming out of the diner doors called Amelia’s not said by any actors but the actor who plays Amelia from greys anatomy is in castle many episodesback.

Then they close it out with the prison break show reference which just really tied it together and makes you compare the relationships in castle to those shows so nicely.

They reference Shawshank redemption which I haven’t seen, in a future episode there is an actor who is Mason in Ozark.

Watched the show quite a few years back. Rewatching rn and the ending of s3 always has me feelig broken. My question - did any of y’all predict it when you watched it for the first time? What was your reaction when you did find out finally and you know who came out from behind that helicopter?

To this day this episode really bugs me on so many levels, so hoping to get some perspective from you guys.

1: Kate get’s insecure cause Rick does not jump up to have sex with her. Sure we don’t know if this is a first time thing or not. If they would show a conversation or something were they talk about it more and Rick acts like a jerk in the face of those insecurities then maybe it would buy it more easy.

2: Kate’s whining that they don’t talk about were they are going, mind you at this point she has not said i love you back to Rick if you go by the air dates. Kinda rich demanding Rick bare open his heart when he does not have confirmation where he stands.

3: Lanie basically pushing Kate to cheat, i mean this is the same Lanie who was the biggest Caskett cheerleader for 4,5 seasons.

4: Marlowe and Stana saying this episode was to prove that Kate was totally committed to Rick. Really why, cause she did not cheat with Vaughn? I know opinions differ as to wether she felt uncomfortable and pressured and that is why he got his lips on her. Other people believe she was reallllly close to cheating. I flip flop between the 2 depending on my moods. But the way Marlowe and Stana talked about it later was that she resisted Vaughn. Mind you this from the same writers who had Kate say: Why Castle, so i can be one or your conquest. And : i don’t want to be a notch on a bedpost. The same Kate who held the fact that she was just a cop and Rick was a millionaire, would be tempted just cause he was a billionaire? And that is without factoring in that Rick (trough his writing) already meant something to Kate.

Ugh i just don’t get it, this episode ruins a lot of Kate’s character arch for me. And i a not saying Rick was blameless, but his jealousy is well established at this point, so it is more in line with his arch. Also if you believe that Kate was tempted, the jealousy is really kinda warranted.

So I recently watched Scandal and the best thing about it for me was Olitz. I've seen on other posts that the Castle couple have a similar chemistry. I'm only 2 eps in and I have to say I can't see it.

So long-term, how does Castle chemistry play out? And do they have a definitive happy ending because I don't want to waste my time like I did with Scandal.

I'm sad that we didn't get more returning guests: Chief Inspector Zhang (s7e17), Officer marisa (s7e8 train officer hostage), matilda king (s6e14).

I wish we got a castle's exes reunion where they all show up in an episode. or Beckett's exes

who else do you wish showed up again?

Ok so let's talk about this episode specifically focused on Caskett. I've watched this episode couples of time and every time I see it I have different thoughts about it. In the beginning I was on the Beckett side with this conflict but after second rewatch I started to see Castle side of this drama. So now after analyse everything that went in this episode and the whole season I can see that the writers made impossible choice for viewers. Because we totally see Beckett intentions through the whole season and why she didn't mentioned the "I love you" thing. She was processing this whole idea and tbh I can't blame her. But in the other hand I totally get Castle reaction when he got to know that she remember everything that happened after the shooting. So after this very emotional ending I was wondering who was actually right? Because after many years I still can't decided. I hate that Kate waited so long to tell him how she felt but in the other hand I can't stand Castle behaviour after he found out about it in the following episodes.

So it possible to take a side in this? What do you think?

So I just finished watching both Psych and The Mentalist recently, and now i'm looking for something similar to get into

I keep seeing Castle mentioned everywhere, but then in my research, which to be fair was limited as i'm trying to avoid spoilers, i've seen lots of fans say they're super disappointed with the ending, and that there are rumours things were tense on set between the actors?

So my questions are:

Did you like the ending? Would you still reccommend watching this show even though you know what the ending is?

Can you tell that some of the actors don't get along while watching?

I finished Castle (hated the ending) NOW I need something else to watch that's like it and I can't find anything good that sucks you in like Castle did!!

Why does Castle respond with “Wow”? Was it his reaction to Espo’s bad joke or him actually being taken aback given the current situation he and Beckett were in at the time? Haha I’ve always wondered.

Just watched this video and at around the 19 minute stamp they talk about reviving Castle. What do you guys think?? Do you think it would come back?

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNoaSGLaYLI

Does anyone have the dvd commentary’s online? I’ve already bought the whole show so I don’t wanna rebuy it just for the commentary.

Just about to finish season5 and just curious about season 6 is it any good? Do Beckett and Castle stay together? Edit: I also found myself after I watched ep19 in season 5 I wanted to start the series all over again like I couldn’t even get through my first rewatch (in a positive way) without wanting to start the series over idk has anyone else experienced this?

Watched this episode so many times it's embarrassing. I love these two great characters. Not everyone loves this episode, but I do. I've written many stories here, lately they've been about Caskett married in the future with kids, but occasionally I watch an episode where I feel, that there is so much left unsaid, because it is after all a 43-minute TV show. That's why I love fanfiction, because the writers try and give us more, things left unsaid, discussions that you know that in real life people in love would be having. The episodes Always, Countdown and now Still are a few of the episodes that I have tried to add to what could be possible.

In my world there is no season 8. In my world there is no Squab and Quail, and no Watershed with Kate's lies. Thats the manipulation of Marlowe and the writers of the show to bring angst to the very end, then send the show into hiatus for the summer. That proposal was the angriest proposal of all time, all geared to make us think he was breaking up with her.

I personally believe in Kate and Rick as characters. I don't think they would actually act like that, and this story of mine reflects, how it should have played out without all the manipulation.

I love Caskett, I love their love story. I'm a sap for these two characters. Thats why I write about them. If you don't like their love story you probably shouldn't read this. Hope you enjoy!

Title: Blended Hearts

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Castle was laying on his back in bed, while Kate had her head on his chest. They slept like that on most nights. 3 rounds of vigorous sex had them physically and emotionally spent. Kate had seemed very aggressive or for a better word, determined during the first two rounds. All most like she was trying to reaffirm life. Castle had loved it as he always did, but it seemed a little too intense at the same time.

They had a long day obviously. Kate standing on the bomb for hours, a ticking clock counting down to an explosion, him trying to take her mind off of it by arguing who fell in love with whom first (he knew it was him), all the while trying to keep some sense of sanity as he was well aware that the love of his life was going to die.

She had asked him to go, but he came back. He would always come back for her. It was never a question of if. There was no life worth living without her, and she didn't seem to grasp that, though he had never really talked about the depths of his love with her before, so understanding his motives might befuddle her.

They were happy right after they had disarmed the bomb, she had hugged him with such a fierceness, and didn't want to let him go. They also found out that Gates had known about their relationship for a while and was all right with it as long as they kept their PDA at work professional, but after giving statements for the record and doing paperwork they emotionally crashed at some point. Gates told them to take a few days off.

The ride home was quiet, and they ordered takeout, showered (round 1) and headed to bed. Castle knew Kate better than anyone, and he knew she was going to want to talk about his staying and some point, and that she was just running things thru her head as she always did, before broaching a subject.

As Castle laid on his back, totally spent from their love making, he had drifted off to sleep.

xxxxxx

Kate had tried to sleep but couldn't. How could he sleep after what they went thru. How could he have stayed with her till the end. His daughter, his mother, what would they do without him. She knows he loves her, but what he did, was the bravest, stupidest, most wonderful, and craziest thing that a man has ever done for her, or for anyone for that matter. She had wanted to tell him she loved him months ago, but she was afraid. She's always has been afraid of those words. Not of him, but what would happen once she said it. She always felt that she was cursed using those words, that something bad would happen to him like some kind of fucked up karmic universe, not allowing her to say the words I Love You. Losing him was never an option. The few people she had loved, and they were few, had died or left (Montgomery- Her Mother- Royce), and she couldn't bear the thought of losing Castle, but she realized today that he needed to know how she felt. What was it with them, that they blurt out those words under the most dire of circumstances. His declaration of love as she laid dying in the cemetery. Her declaration of love as she thought she was going to die today. They needed to stop talking in subtext and really tell each other how they feel.

Kate started to poke Castle on his belly, "Castle...Castle"...again she poked him on his belly harder, "Rick wake up, I want to talk to you." She heard Castles big sigh.

"Don't want to talk now sugar lips."

"Castle...don't call me that!"

"Alright Moon Beam, I won't."

"Castle... I mean it!"

"Whatever you say Sweet cheeks."

Kate started to laugh, "You're being a big jerk. You know that right? Now stop it."

"I was hoping you would get mad at me and roll over and go to sleep." He looked at the clock, "My god Kate its 2:45 am, I'm sore in places that I didn't even know I had. You wore me out."

Kate huffed, "Rick, I'm being serious now, I want to talk about what happened."

"Off course you do. Okay, but only if you admit that you loved me first!"

"OMG you're not seriously going there again... All right dammit, I loved you first. Now will you talk to me?"

"Ugh... Kate can't this wait for a time where I'm not dead to the world?" He looked over at her and saw that she had tears in her eyes, "Okay...Okay, I'm sorry, let's talk about it." Castle rolled over and said, "Okay, love of my life, what's on your mind?"

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Kate caught that last part, and it caught her off guard. "Love of his life", and she thought how much she loved hearing that. Kate tried to gather her thoughts to get back on track.

"Rick, I think what you did for me was wonderful, I really do, but I can't get it out of my head that you were ready to risk your life while you have a daughter and mother. They would never get over it if something had happened to you. I know you love me, but I can't understand you risky your life like that. You can't do that again."

Castle heaved a big sigh. He was going to go into an area that they never really talked about, but if she was going to understand how important she was to him, and she was pushing him to explain, then he was going to put his cards on the table. "Best way for me to explain this is to let you know where I see us going. I plan to marry you, Kate Beckett. I want us to have little Castle babies at some point. I want to grow old with you and sit in our rocking chairs holding hands in the Hamptons while our grandkids run around. I can't have a one and done because I've been married twice, but you'll be my last. There is no world that I want to be in where you are not by my side. That world doesn't exist for me. It doesn't matter if I have a daughter or mother, because without you by my side, I would be a shell of a man, and I would no longer be Richard Castle ever again. Walking away from you while a timer was ticking down, with the knowledge that I would never see you again was never going to happen. I love you Kathrine Beckett... your it for me. I love you with all my heart, and I will never walk away from you, so you need to understand that, because it will never be an option for me."

Kate laid listening to Castle. She remembers when they started, how magical it was, and the sex was amazing... still is, but a few months in she had grown concerned that maybe they were kidding themselves. A middle-income detective and a millionaire famous author? Then she membered Castle talking about Yin and Yang, and how they blended together as one. His insanity to her sanity, his light to her dark. No man had ever respected the job she did like he did. He was proud of her, and though she never told him, it made her feel loved. Lately though she had begun to worry that what they've had the last 8 months was a good as it was going to get. She'd been afraid that they had become stale. Castle hasn't said the love word to her in a long time, but she knows that it was partially her fault. She thinks that he is afraid to say anything for fear that she'll run, but that is never going to happen. The more they were together, the more she wanted to be with him forever, and knowing now how he feels and what he wants, an immense pressure had lifted off her heart, a pressure she didn't even know she was carrying until she heard his words. The enormity of what he said and the knowledge that it could have been all undone in a matter of seconds starts to overwhelm her, and she starts to shake, and the tears come.

"Castle", Kate whimpers. Kate rolls Castle on his back, and she lurches at him, her nude body entangles with his. Her leg between his legs, her arms around his body, if you stood back and watched it would look like two bodies melding together. Two hearts blending as one. She lays her head on his chest to hide the tears that come, as they pool on his skin.

Castle looks down and becomes worried that he said the wrong thing. "Please don't cry Kate"...Please don't cry," as he runs his fingers thru her hair. "Did I say something wrong?"

Thru her tears she murmurs, "No Babe you said everything right. I was so afraid that you didn't want what I wanted, and I want what you just said Castle, all of it. Rick...I just want you, and I'm so sorry it took me so long to say I love you, because your everything to me. Do you forgive me?"

"Nothing to forgive Kate, I know you love me. You gave me my own drawer on Valentines Day, you gave me the best murder mystery birthday gift ever. I've never doubted you love me, but it was nice to hear it today, and I will be saying it more often to you, so be prepared. Can I ask you something Kate?" Kate nodded "Would you have walked away from me today if I was standing on the bomb?"

Kate wrapped her arms even tighter around Castle. Her tears stopped, and a shy smile falls across her face and she says, "Never, I can't be without you either. Looks like we're stuck with each other, but here's the real question. Will you still be able to go 3 rounds when we're old and in our rocking chairs?"

Castle let out a big laugh... God she loved his laugh. "Well Beckett, I'm ten years older than you, so the mind might be willing, but the body might not cooperate. Doesn't mean I won't give it my all though".

Kate laughs and she feels so much better now. She understands his reason for staying now, even though she will never be comfortable with his protective side when it comes to her and his family. She remembers what he said after Alexis had been taken and he tortured a suspect for information. She had said to him "I didn't think you had that side to you", and he said, "I do when it comes to the people I love." She saw that side of him again today. He will do anything to protect or stand with his family, and she realizes now that she is family too. Over the years she realized how so many people look at him as a charming man-child that is afraid of spiders (which he is), but many don't know that he was one of the bravest men she has ever known, and he is all hers. "Love you, Castle. Glad that we both want the same thing."

"Love you too Kate, with all my heart... Well, it looks like I have a new mission to shop for rings, but for now I'm just beat. You wore me out woman."

Kate kisses his chest and says, "No hurry stud, just knowing that were both on board is good enough for me, but make sure it's a nice one, and not real big. Now let's go to sleep. I need you to rest up, because we have a couple of days off and I'm going to have my wicked way with you in the morning. I need you in peak shape."

Kate started to drift off to sleep still laying on Castle. "Night Babe."

"Until tomorrow sweet cheeks," he chuckles.

"To tired now, but be prepared to have your ear lobe pulled, and be ready to yell apples."

"Yes, the love of my life, and thanks for admitting that you loved me first".

"Ugh! You are so getting it." As Kate started to nod off, she heard Castle say, "I look forward to the naked punishment."

As Kate fell into a blissful sleep, she dreamed of a white dress, she dreamed of a little girl with brown hair and blue eyes, and she dreamed a future of "Always".

I was looking through my songs on my phone and stumbled upon this gem again😻 does anyone remember it or even heard it?

https://preview.redd.it/d0936mmnixfe1.png?width=1698&format=png&auto=webp&s=97a916c9eba20c8b88c13ee6801033d823110704

Where can I find something like this?

Watching Kate arrest Brakken was a great moment!! But you mean to tell me that tape has been on Kate's desk since SEASON 1 EPISODE 1????? all the way to episode 22 of season 6!! The key was right infront of her all those years!!!!! And can we take a moment to remember that episode where Kate wanted Castle to move his Lion poster? And he said we'll let's get rid of the elephant figure? This is crazy! But Brakken fumbling his words talking about corruption and seeing Kate terrified him like seeing a ghost! I loved it!

We all love Castle but what moments in certain episodes made you want to rip your hair out?
Here are mine, what are yours?*

Death Gone Crazy - It's one thing for Alexis to complain about her dad's lectures about how dangerous her vlogging everything to the world was and for Martha to dismiss his fears but Beckett's a cop who KNOWS there are bad people out there and yet she said Castle was overreacting?
And when he was proven right a few episodes later, not one of them apologized to him and acknowledged he was right.

Kill The Messenger - Yes, the killer of three people was arrested but it's a shame the mastermind who had an innocent young girl murdered to protect her family's image won't face any real consequences for what she did due to her mental status.
She basically did get away with murder.

Clear & Present Danger - Memo to Ryan & Espo, when someone asks for a lawyer, you stop the interview, not ignore it and pretend like he never asked for one.
In the real world, that would get anything your suspect said tossed.

*I know it's TV but still, those moments irked me.

I don’t know if this is allowed, but I see the question of what to watch next/similar show often. I just discovered the show Wild Cards. It’s more a mix of White Collar and Psych to me but is in the vein of a civilian works with the police to solve crimes. Season 1 is on Prime. It got renewed and S2 starts 2/5 on the CW!

He shows up in the last episode of Season 1. Hope he’s in Season 2.

So I'm a long-time Castle enjoyer (15 years this year) and I wanted to try something similar and I see The Mentalist gets a lot of recommendations, so can someone who watched both do a quick comparison for me? Like in the sense of romance, humor, and overall that feel-goodness that Castle has? I'm a bit worried that The Mentalist is too serious, with all of the ,,serial killer murdered protagonist's wife and kid" being the main plot.

Holy crap that was not a fun ride at all. Won’t say what happens but my WORD the writing was bad. The characters were all out of character and the story was fanfic levels of bad. There were like two episodes I enjoyed but that’s it.

Next viewing, I’m stopping at S7.

Is season five worth the watch I’m at season4 ep17 right now in my first watch and was just curious?

The way I am boo boo crying and simultaneously beyond shook. I am a writer and with most shows (even this one for the most part lol) I can figure things out pretty fast but - dang. I quite literally didn’t see it coming.

I’m at the point, where I want to throw in the towel.

Regardless of how many times I rewatch, I have to yell “Oh, Mr Sheffield” in Fran Fine’s voice to share my disappointment in his character 😂