THE TV ALPHABET: C is for Castle
Has it really been 6 weeks since my last TV Alphabet update? Man, time has flown.
Castle
Castle is a current police procedural show showing on TV One over here, and produced by ABC in the States.
The show stars Nathan Fillion as Rick Castle, a crime writer who (due to his friendship with the Mayor) gets to ride along with New York’s finest as inspiration for his novels. Stana Katic plays Detective Kate Beckett, Castle's muse, foil, and would be love interest.
How does Castle win me over? I mean, it's a police procedural show that follows many of the tenets of that genre (and there have been many good ones who have done this to death - Law and Order, for example).
Well, there's Fillion, who oozes charisma and nails the role of Castle. He has boyish charm, wit, and a great sense of humour.
There's the sexual tension between Castle and Beckett, which manages to play out the whole "will they / won't they" tease for everything it's worth. I mean, they have to kiss to fool a guard at a nightclub that they're just a bunch of drunk party-goers. They have to snuggle together for body warmth when stuck in a freezer. The last episode I saw they share this long lingering glance after Castle confessed to being jealous of the time Beckett had spent with another writer. It's money.
Then there's all the in jokes. The episode where Castle dresses for halloween as a "Space Cowboy" - donning his Malcolm Renolds costume from Firefly (to which his daughter asks "didn't you wear that 5 years ago"). There's the episode where they find a dead guy with vampire fangs and Castle says "looks like Buffy's visited the Big Apple" (referencing Fillion's role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer). Oh wait, they were THE SAME EPISODE (season 2, episode 6, my personal favourite).
Good supporting actors and actresses as well.
All I know is this. I go out of my way to watch Castle on Monday nights. And when it clashes with other things, I watch it on TVNZ on Demand within the next few days.
My question is - where does it go to from here? Castle and Beckett must almost be at the point of getting together, there's got to be something that forces them apart (like at the end of season 2 where Castle ran off with his ex-wife), or they have to change the dynamic somehow.
Also rans: Chuck, because of Adam Baldwin (another Firefly alum) and the hot blonde girl. But I've never bothered to really watch it, I find comedy and spy are genre's that don't really mix well for me.
Castle
Castle is a current police procedural show showing on TV One over here, and produced by ABC in the States.
The show stars Nathan Fillion as Rick Castle, a crime writer who (due to his friendship with the Mayor) gets to ride along with New York’s finest as inspiration for his novels. Stana Katic plays Detective Kate Beckett, Castle's muse, foil, and would be love interest.
How does Castle win me over? I mean, it's a police procedural show that follows many of the tenets of that genre (and there have been many good ones who have done this to death - Law and Order, for example).
Well, there's Fillion, who oozes charisma and nails the role of Castle. He has boyish charm, wit, and a great sense of humour.
There's the sexual tension between Castle and Beckett, which manages to play out the whole "will they / won't they" tease for everything it's worth. I mean, they have to kiss to fool a guard at a nightclub that they're just a bunch of drunk party-goers. They have to snuggle together for body warmth when stuck in a freezer. The last episode I saw they share this long lingering glance after Castle confessed to being jealous of the time Beckett had spent with another writer. It's money.
Then there's all the in jokes. The episode where Castle dresses for halloween as a "Space Cowboy" - donning his Malcolm Renolds costume from Firefly (to which his daughter asks "didn't you wear that 5 years ago"). There's the episode where they find a dead guy with vampire fangs and Castle says "looks like Buffy's visited the Big Apple" (referencing Fillion's role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer). Oh wait, they were THE SAME EPISODE (season 2, episode 6, my personal favourite).
Good supporting actors and actresses as well.
All I know is this. I go out of my way to watch Castle on Monday nights. And when it clashes with other things, I watch it on TVNZ on Demand within the next few days.
My question is - where does it go to from here? Castle and Beckett must almost be at the point of getting together, there's got to be something that forces them apart (like at the end of season 2 where Castle ran off with his ex-wife), or they have to change the dynamic somehow.
Also rans: Chuck, because of Adam Baldwin (another Firefly alum) and the hot blonde girl. But I've never bothered to really watch it, I find comedy and spy are genre's that don't really mix well for me.