They have recently taken a break in their relationship after an awkward incident during a double date with Ryan and Jenny, where Jenny, oblivious to the fact that the other couple was not in that stage of their relationship, asked when the two were going to get married like she and Ryan were about to in the very near future.[9]. In the fourth-season premiere, a critically injured Kate is brought to Josh's operating room after being shot in the heart. To save her, he allows himself to be captured by Tyson, drawing him out into the open and allowing Esposito to finally kill Tyson with a sniper rifle. Jerry Tyson (Michael Mosley), also known as the Triple Killer and 3XK, is a serial killer. In a conversation with Castle's stepmother Rita, Kate mentions that she cannot let LokSat go and needs to do something to find peace. The following is a list of characters in the ABC crime series Castle. The Castle-Beckett relationship is the flirty/friendship, and later the romantic relationship between Richard "Rick" Castle and Katherine "Kate" Beckett. They hope to attend Stanford University together, but while Ashley gains admittance, Alexis fails in her attempt to apply for early admittance, which distresses her greatly. Unfortunately, Ryan does not pass, which leads to conflict and jealously with Esposito, who did pass. Beckett crawls along the floor to Castle and collapses. In The Time of Our Lives they are finally able to have their wedding. ("Undead Again"). At the end of the episode, thanks to the influence of a politician, Beckett is reinstated back at the NYPD and Beckett explains that Police Commissioner knows about their engagement, and they are okay so long as the two remain professional at work. She confesses to Castle that she is frustrated by his frequent absences, although his dedication to helping the less fortunate was what initially attracted her to him, and she pursued the relationship because it allowed her "to keep one foot out the door." In the season four episode "Demons", Esposito reveals that he and Lanie are "taking a break" after an awkward incident on a double date. After they arrest the aide, Smith sends him legal counsel, effectively stopping the investigation. With Montgomery's tape, she is finally able to arrest Bracken for the murder of her mother as he gives a live interview in which he announces his intention to run for president. No law enforcement agency has ever come close to catching Tyson, and it was widely believed that he was dead as he has been away from New York for an extended period of time. When an analyst in the attorney general's office discovers a redacted document called "Loksat" mentioning Bracken and passes it to Beckett's former A.G. team, the partner has the team killed, setting off an explosive chain of events that leads to Beckett and Castle visiting Bracken in prison separately. According to Castle's stepmother, Rita, Bracken had a mysterious partner in the CIA who covertly assisted Vulcan Simmons in his drug trade. Castle's jealousy isn't limited to Josh. The Charmed vet, 37, will play Josh Davidson and make his first appearance in the fourth . The great Castle-Beckett Saga will continue next season Castle's fourth as our fave writer and fave detective inch closer and closer to a real relationship. In "A Deadly Game", Castle makes a last attempt to win Beckett over, by inviting her along on his annual Memorial Day trip to the Hamptons. Under the alias Jackson Hunt, he enlists Castle's help to save Alexis before disappearing, but leaves a copy of Casino Royale as a calling card to inform Castle that he is alive. Esposito's first loyalty is to Kate, though, and more than once he's taken her side against Castle. Lockwood is then caught, which prompts Bracken to use his influence to have Lockwood moved into the General Population area of the prison so that he can kill McAllister in "Knockout". In "Eye of the Beholder", Beckett reluctantly encourages Castle to pursue a relationship with sexy insurance investigator Serena Kaye, but apart from some sparks flying between the two, he doesn't. He also meets her new partner, Rachel McCord. Beckett hasn't heard from Castle since he left for the Hamptons months ago to finish writing his second Nikki Heat novel, "Naked Heat." The most Beckett, Ryan and Esposito have seen of Castle is a bookstore standee of him advertising an upcoming book signing. Despite his role in getting Castle to speak out against the investigation in the first place, Montgomery quickly agrees to eliminating Castle. In "Death Wish", Jenny gives birth to their second child, Nicholas Javier Ryan. Marlowe felt that the model for the show moving forward could still include the lighthearted banter and powerful Fillion/Katic chemistry, using classics such as The Thin Man for inspiration. She is kidnapped by an ex-KGB officer who previously crossed swords with her mysterious grandfather, but displays her father's resilience, deductive logic and skills during the encounter. Castle, however, believes that Tyson orchestrated the encounter to stage his own death in front of Beckett, whose account of events will be used to lend credibility to the belief that Tyson is dead. While their relationship was forged during the time when Beckett has resigned, the two are united by their determination to solve murder cases. Back at the loft, Castle admits that distance between them was too hard for him and proposed a solution: an apartment in D.C. for him and Beckett. His exact relationship to Montgomery remains unknown, and there has been no explanation of how he came to be in a position to stop the conspiracy from harming Beckett. This allowed Bracken to distance himself from the crime and continue with his political ambitions. Castle won't discuss their relationship, but Sophia does. ("47 Seconds"). Their friendship, however, is quickly renewed in season five, where it is revealed he was formerly undercover in the Irish mob under the name Fenton O'Connell, during which time he fell in love with a woman named Siobhan (Cara Buono), whom he left seven years ago. In season eight, Esposito and Ryan both take the sergeant's exam; although Esposito passed (and Ryan didn't), he is number 279 out of 300, which means his promotion will not be coming anytime soon. But when Vaughn asks her if the relationship is serious, she hesitates. While hotly denying it, she is clearly grief-stricken in "When the Bough Breaks" when it seems that Castle will be ending their partnership now that he's finished writing Heat Wave. Stana Katic as Detective Kate Beckett in Castle Season 3 finale Did Andrew Marlowe, the creator of the TV show Castle, misname the show?. Believing Castle was responsible for Beckett getting shot, he starts a fight with Castle, only to have Jim Beckett break up the fight. She says he's not so bad himself. Bestselling-but-bored playboy mystery writer who, after helping Kate Beckett and the NYPD find a killer basing his murders off his books, pulled strings to get himself attached to Beckett's unit, ostensibly to research a character based on her but really because he likes solving mysteries and is attracted to Beckett. When Castle learned that Alexis was not only working but actually solving cases, he officially hired her to work for him. She flat-out tells Beckett that she regrets sleeping with him that doing so killed the magic in their relationship, which she hints was just like his with Beckett. Although he appeared to have engineered their fight in "Knockout", this turned out to have been part of his larger plot to save Beckett. Murphy Was An Optimist By: RGoodfellow64. However, Alexis doesn't want him to leave because the statistics for high school sweethearts staying together is low when one of them goes to college. Castle tells her that since she doesn't want their engagement to be announced, those kinds of rumors are bound to happen. In which Castle and Beckett finally make it to the Hamptons, but can't let go of their crime-solving addiction. With the mayor out of office, Victoria Gates's first act would be to have Castle removed from the 12th Precinct, and without Castle, Beckett would have no protection against her mother's killers. Detective Tom Demming (Michael Trucco) is a handsome robbery detective with whom Beckett briefly becomes involved. Realizing too late her feelings for Castle, Beckett ends things with Demming. Their friendship, however, is quickly renewed in season five. In "To Love and Die in L.A.", the two are staying together in a hotel room, where Castle tells Beckett how much he admires and adores her. This shows Castle is willing to compromise for Beckett as she was both shocked and delighted by this gesture. In "The Dead Pool", she is "courted" by another writer, Castle's protege Alex Conrad. He also attended Catholic school for 12 years, as was mentioned during the episode "Knockdown". In Deep Cover, Beckett and Castle tried to pick out a date for their wedding, and things gotten complicated when Beckett finds out that Anderson Cross looked like the guy in the sketch from the previous case and is Castle's father. Until her conversation with Lanie, it wasn't clear whether she was interested in him romantically at all, or if she simply valued their friendship so much that she was willing to be his lover, so she could keep him as a friend. While she came to respect the value of his unique perspective on crime, she remained frustrated with him on a personal level. She is first mentioned in season one, but does not appear until the season two episode "The Mistress Always Spanks Twice". However, in recent episodes, Gates seemed to, at least, tolerate Castle ideas, knowing even though he has some outlandish ideas, she cannot argue with the results that Detectives attain. Jenny returned in the season three episode "Nikki Heat", where Ryan proposes to her in the middle of the homicide bullpen. Ryan takes on extra jobs out of hours offering private security. I didn't think you'd go for real." While he claims he will be gone for the summer, Beckett and the other detectives realize that this might be a permanent parting. As a friend of Beckett's, she is one of the few people Beckett can talk to easily and without reservations. Castle confronts her, and the heated conversation segues to the question of exactly what their relationship really is. Alexis's social and interpersonal issues often parallel some aspect of the case Castle and Beckett are investigating. Even though Beckett does date (and subsequently break up with) several different men during her partnership with Castle, she eventually develops feelings for him, though she is reluctant to acknowledge them openly to anyone. She's a glamorous and highly skilled CIA agent, a former muse of Castle, the inspiration for Clara Strike from his Derrick Storm novels. While this eventually fails, she discovers in "Veritas" that there was more evidence that Montgomery had that implicates Bracken: a recording of a conversation with Bracken in which he admits to blackmail and murder and his plans to kill Johanna Beckett if she does not back off. ("Pandora", "Linchpin") Sophia is actually Castle's worst fear: a former flame who never really loved him and was only using him and laughing. But it's too late: Castle has already planned to go to the Hamptons with another woman: Gina, his ex-wife, with whom he's rekindled a relationship. Roy Montgomery, before he died, held both Castle and Beckett in high esteem, and later admitted that he'd ordered Beckett to work with him because he felt that Castle was good for her and made her job more fun. While she has always liked and respected Beckett and supports a relationship between the two, in recent years their seemingly endless dance, and the emotional toll it's taken on her son, have caused her to begin to urge Castle to make a clear offer to her, and if she rejects, to move on. ("The Limey"), Castle even finds a new detective to follow around (Ethan Slaughter), but his disregard for the law almost puts the wrong murderer in jail. Her lack of support puts a brief strain on their relationship, but she decides to support him and gives him information that could lead to him uncovering proof of the killer's actions. However, given the events that had just occurred, she tells Castle and Beckett to kiss rather than trying to stop them or keep them apart and shows respect for Castle risking his life to stay with Beckett. The two hold hands for the first time; "the dance" continues. Think back three short years ago. She has always stated an eagerness to see the show's main couple hook up and was excited about the prospect of the Fifth Season, where the two are finally together. Back at the precinct, Gates suspends Beckett and Esposito for their actions. He argued that it was becoming increasingly implausible to keep the two apart. Montgomery had given it to Johanna Beckett before she was killed and in his first meeting with Kate Beckett, had tried to hint to her to look for cassette tapes for clues. Martha Rodgers (Susan Sullivan) is Castle's mother and lives with him and her granddaughter Alexis. Her reluctance to acknowledge her feelings for Castle, as well as her rejection of her previous boyfriends, stems from her determination to not get hurt, especially in the aftermath of her mother's death. Until then, his dad was yet another loved one who abandoned him. However, he had laid a booby trap on the files that kills Maddox, though Beckett is able to reconstruct them enough to learn the identity of Bracken. She calls Castle and tells him they need to talk, and he agrees to meet with her. She then burst out laughing because of the strange way she just showed how she makes out. Only when he apologized and agreed to end the partnership did she relent and offer to let him stay ("A Death in the Family"). The two agree that they want to pursue a serious relationship and that their night together was not a one-time thing. As Carla said, it's not his secret to tell and he'll support his friends by keeping his mouth. With Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Jon Huertas. Her decision is also made because she remains unsure of what she and Castle have is truly real or not, where the relationship is ultimately heading and if all they fell in love with is just "the dance" the two have been in and fears what will happen "when the music stops". As "Castle". Finally, in "The Limey", she lays her cards on the table. When the CIA tried to blackmail the victim's girlfriend into helping them, due to her ties to Russian organized crime, Beckett tipped off the press to keep the girlfriend out, seeing what the CIA was doing was wrong. The first clue to his character comes during the "Linchpin" and "Pandora" story arc, when Castle and Beckett are enlisted to help the CIA in an investigation; the agency suggests they are aware of Castle's father. For this act, Beckett forgives him and believes "we have a chance.". She has already expressed that he was on her, as Castle put it, "last supper list". Castle himself notices this several times. . Tyson considers himself to be an artist, and is easily angered by people who interfere with his plans. The episode shifted from a simple season finale to a series finale after the network announced earlier this month that it had cancelled the show, following the news that actress Stana Katic. When the series begins, Castle has decided to kill off his most famous character, Derrick Storm, because the character has become boring to him. In the epilogue of the show - Time jumps ahead seven years, Beckett and Castle are enjoying breakfast together while their three children play in the background. In "Knockdown", Castle and Beckett finally kiss for the first time. She feels that Castle's antics and their personal chemistry are a net loss for Kate's productivity and professionalism. Kate explains how Maddox got away, and that she nearly died but all she could think about was him and says to Castle, "I just want you". Like Martha, she urges her friend to seize the moment and enjoy life with someone. Smith makes his next appearance in the season four premiere, "Rise", contacting Richard Castle and asking him to convince Beckett to stand down, though Castle himself continues the investigation. Beckett blurts out that he kissed her, and after a few moments of doubt, Castle leaves it alone. When he comes out of the barn, they immediately share a hug. By then it has become clear Beckett has been offered a big-time job in Washington, D.C., but fails to tell Castle about her grand opportunity. However, she considers Castle to be Beckett's best match, and repeatedly urges her to make a move before it's too late. Bracken appears again in "Recoil", when the 12th Precinct is able to connect a murder victim directly to him, only to discover that Bracken has become the target of a political assassin as he prepares his Presidential campaign. Castle allows her to make her choice but says that he refuses to watch her throw her life away and ends their partnership before leaving. She explains that she's "gotten used to you pulling my pigtails" and that he's made her job more fun. However, even as Beckett begins to entertain the possibility of a romance with her partner, Castle's own fears begin to take center stage. Like Beckett, emotionally isolated after the loss of her mother, Castle avoids taking emotional risks by staying in superficial relationships. He is later directly responsible for the events of "Kick the Ballistics" when he hands Ryan's weapon to an enemy under the guise of friendship, knowing that the man will use the gun in a future crime and attract the attention of Beckett and her team. Gates accepted her help, knowing she was still the best homicide detective around, even without her badge. Castle begins talking about their relationship and how they have never truly defined it and Beckett thinks that they are going to break up. Javier Esposito (Jon Huertas) is a bilingual (English and Spanish) detective who works in the homicide division with his partner, Kevin Ryan, as part of Beckett's team. He was heartbroken when Kyra never spoke to him again after a "break" in their relationship, and this puts the shallower women he's been with in a new light. After Maddox is killed trying to retrieve the files, Castle and Beckett are finally able to identify Bracken through the remains of Montgomery's payments to Bracken's bank account, the evidence Smith held for Montgomery. Afterward, Beckett, Castle, Ryan, and Esposito agree to keep the truth about Montgomery's death a secret and he is buried as a hero. Smith is later found dead in the fifth-season premiere "After the Storm", having been tortured by Maddox. These files had the potential to be very damaging to Montgomery's killers, and Smith used the files as leverage against them. Tory Ellis (Maya Stojan) is an officer in the NYPD's Crime Scene Unit who specializes in technical analysis. Richard Castle (Fillion) is a famous mystery novelist who has killed off the main character in his popular book series and has writer's block.He is brought in by the NYPD for questioning regarding a copy-cat murder based on one of his novels. Beckett's commitment is tested in "The Squab and the Quail" when she has to spend the night in a hotel room with billionaire Eric Vaughn. Beckett comes to his aide, risking her job to protect her partner. In the season six episode "Veritas", when Bracken learns that Beckett has been carrying out discreet surveillance of Vulcan Simmons, he realizes that she was bluffing when she claimed to have physical evidence during the events of "After the Storm" and arranges for Simmons's murder, planning to implicate Beckett in the crime in order to discredit her. She never heard from or saw him again. Season five marks a time when Beckett struggles with her fears about Castle. The two's new romance at the 12th Precinct, however, is far more complicated. Upon arriving, Tyson captures Castle and holds him captive so he can watch Nieman take Beckett's face for her own. Stana said in an interview with TV Guide, that if the couple didn't get together then she would just grab him and snog his face off. Castle wakes up to an empty bed and wonders if he had dreamed the whole event when Kate walks in, bearing coffee for them and wearing only his shirt. He also plants suggestive emails on Castle's computer with the intention of having Beckett believe Castle has been unfaithful to her. Beckett is annoyed and amused that he can't put aside his obsession with solving cases for their romantic getaway, but as time goes on, she is similarly drawn in. As the series progresses, Tyson refines his methods by studying the police response and adapting accordingly. Castle will sometimes ask for her opinion on the motivation for some actions committed by the killers he hunts, such as who someone might ask for money.[3]. In two separate speeches, she tells Beckett that life is too short and uncertain to wait to make a move. Similarly, she might have enjoyed being pursued by Castle because it flattered her ego, even as she realized that he would not be a good match for her to actually be with. After a few episodes, Alexis realizes that Pi is not the one for her and eventually breaks up with him. However, in every case it is only when he is about to leave altogether. To be fair to him, it seems that Josh's only absolute flaw was that he was not Castle. Josh Davidson (Victor Webster) is Kate's boyfriend in season three. Michael Smith, better known as Mr. Smith (Geoff Pierson), is a mysterious old friend of Roy Montgomery who first appeared in the season three finale "Knock Out". She is also clearly jealous of Castle's feelings for her. However, this time, Castle fails and walks away. After inheriting a million dollars from her old boyfriend and brief fianc Chet Palburn, Martha has opened the Martha Rodgers School of Acting to occupy her time. This does not prevent either from entering romantic entanglements with others. Agent Jordan Shaw (Straight to the point, the first one that told Beckett about Castle's feelings) 7. The identity of Castle's father is never directly addressed during the first four seasons, with Castle choosing to not to seek him out as he enjoys the mystery of his identity, though it is also implied that Castle's refusal to address the issue has led to the breakdown of at least one relationship. Roy Montgomery was part of the original task force assigned to catch him, and Richard Castle researched the Triple Killer's original crime spree when he was writing one of his novels, When It Comes to Slaughter. Eventually, Montgomery's files are destroyed by Cole Maddox and Smith, and the man he sent them to is apparently killed, but Beckett is able to reconstruct enough of them to identify the man as Senator William Bracken. In which Castle and Beckett finally make it to the Hamptons, but can't let go of their crime-solving addiction. She is also one of the few people who notices the personal connection between Beckett and Castle and occasionally urges her to act on it. Meredith visits to take care of a sick Alexis while Beckett is staying there due to her apartment being fumigated. He keeps his first rejection letter framed on his wall at home to keep himself motivated. It's possible that Castle feared rejection until it became clear to him that his father has supported him all along, albeit secretly. Director Rob Bowman Writers Andrew W. Marlowe David Grae Shalisha Francis (executive story editor) Stars Nathan Fillion Stana Katic Susan Sullivan See production, box office & company info Watch on Hulu on Hulu.com and the Hulu app He has also commented that Castle is surprisingly good at police work, once speculating that Castle may have some police in his family history on his unknown father's side of the family. In private, she plays on Castle's feelings for her, showing warmth and affection for her ex. It is only through Castle's efforts that the police are able to put a name to the Triple Killer when Castle realizes that Tyson's absence from the city and his killing pattern was because he was in prison. [11] Although she is obliged by the mayor to allow Castle to stay on in his consulting role, Gates tries to convince Beckett that she can be a better detective without him around. 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