CASTLE: The Double Down

The full moon really brings out the crazies. Beckett and Castle’s case: Girl is killed but whoever murdered her left writing (using horrible grammar) all over her face. Detectives Ryan and Esposito’s case: A garden-variety robbery-homicide case that turns out to be slightly more complicated than they originally thought. Castle, always the betting man, bets […]

CASTLE Season Premiere: Deep in Death

The first season of “Castle” had its ups and downs, many of the latter occurring in the first several episodes which was to be expected for a new show trying to find its footing. By the second half of the year, however, the budding relationship between Stana Katic’s Beckett and Nathan Fillion’s Castle became much […]

ABC Picks Up COUGAR TOWN, HAPPY TOWN & Renews CASTLE

Fans of CASTLE will be getting a little more Nathan Fillion next season. Tuesday during their Upfront presentations, ABC will be announcing it’s renewing cop/novelist dramady for a second season. Good move ABC. The alphabet network will also officially pick up COUGAR TOWN, a comedy about a 40-something mother (Courtney Cox-Arquette) who is newly single […]

CASTLE: Home Is Where the Heart Stops

Disclaimer: I apologize if you wanted to read about last night’s murder; while it is a significant part of the show, “Castle” would be nothing without its quirky character dynamics. A discussion of this follows. After watching the first seven episodes of “Castle,” I’ve come to realize – as many of you have – that […]

CASTLE: Always Buy Retail

Instead of focusing on the week’s murder mystery, last night’s episode was strictly about Castle and his past relationship with his first ex-wife, Meredith. While there was an interesting spin on the Nigerian religious killings that had to do with knockoffs on Canal Street, Aldis Hodge (“Leverage”) and symbolic images from the Vudon religion that […]

CASTLE: Hell Hath No Fury

As the release date of Castle’s first Nikki Heat novel arrived, instead of breaking out the champagne bottle to celebrate the arrival of Castle’s latest series, the suave writer-turned-amateur investigator watched Beckett’s every move as she completed paperwork at her desk. Was he hiding from the fact that the possibility that his latest published work […]

CASTLE: Hedge Fund Homeboys

This week we were introduced to the rich, glamorous and dangerous world of New York City’s Upper East Side. Doesn’t this sound familiar, almost like a distant cousin of the CW’s flagship show “Gossip Girl”? In many ways, this week’s episode of “Castle” was like the mature crime procedural supplement to the gossipy, teen-driven staple, […]

CASTLE: Nanny McDead

On paper, “Castle” has the ingredients of being the next big cop procedural hit. The characters are interesting, at least title character Richard Castle is, and the murders are, for the most part, interesting and unconventional. What works well for “Castle” on paper, however, doesn’t translate quite as strongly – as one would hope – […]

Nathan Fillion Returns to TV in CASTLE

Whedonites all over the world are gearing up to see one of their own return to TV tonight. Nathan Fillion, best known for his role as Mal on FIREFLY and most recently Captain Hammer in Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog, is back on the small screen as the star of ABC’s newest drama, CASTLE, premiering […]