There are two kinds of folks who sit around and think of how to kill people. Psychopaths and Mystery writers. He is the one who is paid better.... Yes you are right. It is Richard Castle.
Castle is one such show which has absolutely gotten me smitten. I found the first two seasons of this show on one of my cousin's flash drive and thought let me have a look at it. Ever since I have fallen in love with this show. I have never missed a single episode since then.What makes this such a good show? Is it the characters or the stupendous script or the direction? Well, if you ask me it is a marvellous amalgam of all the three.I am an ardent fan of crime and mystery novels.So this show is my obvious favorite.
The story revolves around the following characters in NewYork.
1. Richard Castle: He is a famous crime novelist who has killed his main character called Derek Storm in one of his world famous "Storm series." Derek was his golden goose but Richard felt that the character became too predictable so he put a bullet through his head.He meets detective Kate Beckett when he is asked to (more like cajoling the Mayor and the Captain) to help them out in a case where the killer mimics the murders from one of his books. He is smitten by Beckett's work, her style and her charm and decides to make her his muse for the next set of crime novels. He lives with his mom Martha Rogers and his daughter Alexis.
2. Detective Kate Beckett: She is savvy and a highly qualified(over qualified for a detective) detective working for the NYPD. She is a highly driven cop by passion and hence has the highest closure rates of cases in her Precinct. Though she graduated from Stanford with a degree in Law she took up a job as cop. The obsession behind this was her mother's murder.Her mother who was an attorney was killed by anonymous mobsters/gangsters in her alley.This pushed Kate to take up a job as a cop at NYPD and hunt down the guy responsible for her mother's murder. Also, she is a huge fan of Castle's work and has read every book.(although she does not disclose this to him directly.)
3.Detective Kevin Ryan: Irish by origin, Ryan works with Beckett's team along with Detective Esposito and is a valuable asset to the team.He is the "records" of the team. Though he portrays a softie look, he is pretty strong mentally and physically. This becomes very evident in the episode where every one comes to know that he lived as an underground mafia for seven years and was a valuable source of information to the cops.
He is more of a thinker.When Beckett and Espo got suspended he remained the inside source for them and helped them catch Beckett's mom's murderer.He has a wife who is played his real life wife Juliana and now has a daughter in the show.
4. Detective Javier Esposito: Spanish by origin, Espo is also a part of Beckett's team. Ryan and Espo are partners in crime and nagging Beckett and Castle. They have this wonderful yet funny "bromance" going on.They try their best to remain updated about Beckett's love life and claim that they are looking out for her. Well, they do. Espo is former military and has joined NYPD. So he is the rugged macho in the team which he often boasts of in the precinct and while hitting on girls. He plays a vital role in helping Beckett overcome her PTSD after her bullet shot injury and also in catching her mom's murderer.
Ok, now enough with the character background. I feel like WIKIPEDIA.
Coming to the reasons on why I love this show. The cast seem to blend into their respective roles so well that the viewers fail to differentiate them from their real life. I personally love the way Stana(Kate) is depicted.She is a strong, brilliant, brave yet a mysterious detective who believes in bringing justice to the victim. She is one of the very few detectives who connects with the victim and the family and helps bring them justice as promised. The way she breaks the news to the victim's family, the empathy she expresses is often talked about in the show and it is this trait that makes her an excellent detective and of course drove Castle fall in madly in love with her. Her interrogations with the suspects are also so savvy that even the notorious of the murderers fall prey to her questions and confess to their crime.Castle calls her a "Fox in the box" when she enters the interrogation room. Besides this, she is full of grace, charm and respect. The trait I like in her the most is she does not behave like a Twinkie. She has her own priorities and does not let anything or any one compromise with it.Though she is daring and dashing she does not manifest the feelings she has for Castle out loud although Ryan and Espo clearly notice it and keeps nagging her. She plays hard to get.Being the only female detective in the precinct she needs to flaunt this attitude and charm to gain respect and status and Stana has done complete justice to the role. Her perseverance pays off when she finally catches her mother's murderer with her team's help only to find out that he is the Senator of New York. She lets him go then as she does not have enough evidence to prove to the DA.(District attorney) and challenges that one day she will drag him and put him behind the bars. The scenes where she gets affected by her gun shot and her coping with PTSD are really breath taking.It has been portrayed so beautifully.I personally see a lot of myself in Beckett's character especially the "holding on and striving until you get/make it" trait.
The episodes are of a huge varieties. The cases range from music, fashion, reality shows to kidnapping,mafias and serial killers.The romance between Kate and Castle is kept very subtle and does not get very mushy. This avoids the story getting sidetracked.Also, the hate, wrath and sarcasm Castle gets from the new captain is hilarious.One can pick up cool words like APB, burner phone, Vic, MO etc.Burner phone is my personal favorite.
So with a good blend of thriller,crime,comedy, romance, bromance and fun, Castle is really the first on my list of shows (infact this website is first on my bookmarks for online viewing too)and of course "People's choice" too. (pun intended)
Castle is one such show which has absolutely gotten me smitten. I found the first two seasons of this show on one of my cousin's flash drive and thought let me have a look at it. Ever since I have fallen in love with this show. I have never missed a single episode since then.What makes this such a good show? Is it the characters or the stupendous script or the direction? Well, if you ask me it is a marvellous amalgam of all the three.I am an ardent fan of crime and mystery novels.So this show is my obvious favorite.
The story revolves around the following characters in NewYork.
1. Richard Castle: He is a famous crime novelist who has killed his main character called Derek Storm in one of his world famous "Storm series." Derek was his golden goose but Richard felt that the character became too predictable so he put a bullet through his head.He meets detective Kate Beckett when he is asked to (more like cajoling the Mayor and the Captain) to help them out in a case where the killer mimics the murders from one of his books. He is smitten by Beckett's work, her style and her charm and decides to make her his muse for the next set of crime novels. He lives with his mom Martha Rogers and his daughter Alexis.
2. Detective Kate Beckett: She is savvy and a highly qualified(over qualified for a detective) detective working for the NYPD. She is a highly driven cop by passion and hence has the highest closure rates of cases in her Precinct. Though she graduated from Stanford with a degree in Law she took up a job as cop. The obsession behind this was her mother's murder.Her mother who was an attorney was killed by anonymous mobsters/gangsters in her alley.This pushed Kate to take up a job as a cop at NYPD and hunt down the guy responsible for her mother's murder. Also, she is a huge fan of Castle's work and has read every book.(although she does not disclose this to him directly.)
3.Detective Kevin Ryan: Irish by origin, Ryan works with Beckett's team along with Detective Esposito and is a valuable asset to the team.He is the "records" of the team. Though he portrays a softie look, he is pretty strong mentally and physically. This becomes very evident in the episode where every one comes to know that he lived as an underground mafia for seven years and was a valuable source of information to the cops.
He is more of a thinker.When Beckett and Espo got suspended he remained the inside source for them and helped them catch Beckett's mom's murderer.He has a wife who is played his real life wife Juliana and now has a daughter in the show.
4. Detective Javier Esposito: Spanish by origin, Espo is also a part of Beckett's team. Ryan and Espo are partners in crime and nagging Beckett and Castle. They have this wonderful yet funny "bromance" going on.They try their best to remain updated about Beckett's love life and claim that they are looking out for her. Well, they do. Espo is former military and has joined NYPD. So he is the rugged macho in the team which he often boasts of in the precinct and while hitting on girls. He plays a vital role in helping Beckett overcome her PTSD after her bullet shot injury and also in catching her mom's murderer.
Ok, now enough with the character background. I feel like WIKIPEDIA.
Coming to the reasons on why I love this show. The cast seem to blend into their respective roles so well that the viewers fail to differentiate them from their real life. I personally love the way Stana(Kate) is depicted.She is a strong, brilliant, brave yet a mysterious detective who believes in bringing justice to the victim. She is one of the very few detectives who connects with the victim and the family and helps bring them justice as promised. The way she breaks the news to the victim's family, the empathy she expresses is often talked about in the show and it is this trait that makes her an excellent detective and of course drove Castle fall in madly in love with her. Her interrogations with the suspects are also so savvy that even the notorious of the murderers fall prey to her questions and confess to their crime.Castle calls her a "Fox in the box" when she enters the interrogation room. Besides this, she is full of grace, charm and respect. The trait I like in her the most is she does not behave like a Twinkie. She has her own priorities and does not let anything or any one compromise with it.Though she is daring and dashing she does not manifest the feelings she has for Castle out loud although Ryan and Espo clearly notice it and keeps nagging her. She plays hard to get.Being the only female detective in the precinct she needs to flaunt this attitude and charm to gain respect and status and Stana has done complete justice to the role. Her perseverance pays off when she finally catches her mother's murderer with her team's help only to find out that he is the Senator of New York. She lets him go then as she does not have enough evidence to prove to the DA.(District attorney) and challenges that one day she will drag him and put him behind the bars. The scenes where she gets affected by her gun shot and her coping with PTSD are really breath taking.It has been portrayed so beautifully.I personally see a lot of myself in Beckett's character especially the "holding on and striving until you get/make it" trait.
The episodes are of a huge varieties. The cases range from music, fashion, reality shows to kidnapping,mafias and serial killers.The romance between Kate and Castle is kept very subtle and does not get very mushy. This avoids the story getting sidetracked.Also, the hate, wrath and sarcasm Castle gets from the new captain is hilarious.One can pick up cool words like APB, burner phone, Vic, MO etc.Burner phone is my personal favorite.
So with a good blend of thriller,crime,comedy, romance, bromance and fun, Castle is really the first on my list of shows (infact this website is first on my bookmarks for online viewing too)and of course "People's choice" too. (pun intended)
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