The title for the final Castle episode of season three will be “Knockout.” As previously speculated, this will more than likely follow up in the footsteps of our recent episode “Knockdown.”
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The title for the final Castle episode of season three will be “Knockout.” As previously speculated, this will more than likely follow up in the footsteps of our recent episode “Knockdown.”
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I’ve added episode stills of Stana as Kate Beckett on Castle, for upcoming episode 3×16: Setup. This is part 1 of a 2 parter, guest starring Adrian Pasdar.
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CASTLE – “Setup” (Part 1) — Castle and Beckett investigate the apparent robbery-homicide of a New York cab driver, only to discover that the victim was involved in a mysterious conspiracy with unimaginable consequences. As the stakes continue to rise, hard-charging federal agent Mark Fallon (guest star Adrian Pasdar) takes over the investigation. Together, Fallon, Beckett and Castle must race to unmask the truth about the victim before it’s too late, on “Castle,” MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21 (10:01-11:00 p.m. ET) on the ABC Television Network.
We got the chance to chat with Castle star Stana Katic today, and Kate Beckett herself gave us the scoop about life on and off the set. Read on to find out what she thinks about Castle and Beckett’s relationship, what’s in store for the rest of the season, and the circumstances surrounding her very random connection to Jack Black. (Hint: It involves a furniture store.)
How much fun are you having as Detective Kate Beckett?
“I’ve been really enjoying how much more freedom there’s been in her storyline. We’ve gotten to explore some of her home life recently, and she’s obviously got a new love interest, Josh Davidson, played by Victor Webster, who’s a really incredible guy. The relationship between her and Castle has blossomed a lot, and they’ve gotten to the point where they really trust each other. I think they’ve enjoyed each other more so in this season than in past ones. It’s nice. It’s fun.”
What was it like to kiss Nathan Fillion?
“Titillating. [Laughs]”
Do you and Nathan agree on what direction Castle and Beckett’s relationship should take?
“I think Nathan believes in the not-rushing-into-anything concept. And I do as well. I believe that they really have a great working relationship, and there are still elements of the story that need to be revealed. I think for Kate it’s really important that she knows what happened to Castle’s other marriages. That’s still unclear. She’s always kind of been known to be the one with a ‘type,’ and I don’t think she’d jump into something with a person she feels couldn’t be committed to a relationship. There are a couple of obstacles standing in their way, but I think they should be together, man. I think that romance and life can be there even when people are a couple.”
Needless to say, the Castle-Beckett kiss was huge. Any other major events coming up for Castle and/or Beckett?
“We’re working on a two-part episode right now that has to do with possible terrorist activity. That one’s another high-stakes episode…It brings them as close to death as they’ve ever gotten in these episodes. That one, obviously, I think will be really appealing.
“And then the next episode that comes up sends Beckett and Castle to a club. It’s fun for me to see Beckett in that world. She’s seems very comfortable and very capable [laughs], and I think that catches Castle a little bit off-guard and probably also sends his imagination spinning.”
What’s your favorite Castle episode or moment?
“I like the ones that delve into Beckett’s past. Those are the most fun as an actor to play. So I loved ‘Sucker Punch’ and I loved ‘Knockdown.’ Those are really special ones. They reached into her mom’s murder. We got to see some of the people in her life, like her father.
“I felt like all the other characters in the story had really juicy parts, as well, especially in ‘Knockdown.’ Captain Montgomery…Ryan and Esposito had really wonderful roles to play. And even Martha, especially in ‘Knockdown,’ showed a different color, a different side — a really grounded motherhood and love for Castle.”
Castle plots are really intricate, with lots of detective-y, crime-y dialogue. How long did it take to pick up on all the jargon?
“I think it took the whole first season to get comfortable with the detective gab. I mean, it’s not always easy. We oftentimes have new names. Sometimes we’re filming the scene where we’re talking about these suspects, victims without having filmed the scene of meeting them, you know? So not having that visual makes it difficult to talk about them sometimes.
“I remember last season, or maybe it was the first season, we did an episode that circled around five high school students, and one of them was the killer. [Season One, 'Hedge Fund Homeboys']. Nathan had to deliver a monologue that named every single one and connected them to the events of the murder in an interrogation setting. [Laughs] Really difficult, man. He was having a tough time, you know? I was laughing at the flashback of that moment. We laugh about it often. But that’s become the most difficult thing now, just organizing the new names in the episode. As far as cop jargon, that’s become easier after season one.”
Who is your dream Castle guest star?
“Daniel Day-Lewis. [Laughs]”
Does the Castle crew hang out together off of the set?
“Sometimes. We work really long hours, so sometimes I have to go hang out with friends that I haven’t seen in months. For Nathan and myself, and some of the other crew and cast, we’re there, you know, 16 hours a day. Sometimes it’s nice to go home. I see family, and I’m just like, ‘Who are you?’ [Laughs] The crew and cast at Castle becomes more of a reality than the people I’ve known all my life, you know?
“But we also take time. The other day Jon [Huertas] invited us all out to his favorite hamburger joint. Seamus [Dever], myself, Jon and Seamus’s wife all went and enjoyed a juicy hamburger and watched him gush over it.”
What’s your fave TV guilty pleasure?
“I’m kind of a book nerd. I work long hours, so I like to come home and read a book or watch a movie.”
What about a fave book, then?
“I do have a couple of favorite books. The Master and Margarita is one of the favorites. And another one is Zorba the Greek.”
Your role in the upcoming drama For Lovers Only looks like a far departure from Kate Beckett. Do you go out of your way to play wildly different characters?
“I’m not going out of my way to search for any characters that are different, I’m just looking for characters that are interesting and inspiring, and to work with actors and filmmakers that are inspiring. So if that ends up taking me in a different direction, that’s awesome. But it’s not about contrasting from Kate. It’s about enjoying the story and enjoying the character and the group of people that I’d be working with in a way that is creatively fulfilling.”
In the trailer for For Lovers Only, you take a spin on a motorcycle, and you’ve said before that you’re a bit of a daredevil. What’s the most dangerous thing you’ve ever done?
“I’d get in trouble with my producers if I told you. [Laughs] I’m sure they’d be coming down knocking on my door and saying, ‘You’re not allowed to do that. Not on our clock.’ So why don’t we just leave it at that?”
Before acting, what did you do to pay the bills? What was your first or most bizarre job?
“I’ve had ones that I don’t think people would actually imagine happened. I sold furniture, and I sold it in Southern California. I ended up selling a mattress, I think, to Jack Black’s sister. I’m not sure if it was for him, or if it was for her. But anyway, the conversation was about that she was Jack Black’s sister. It was really cool. [Laughs]“
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Warning: This article can be considered spoiler friendly. Therefore, if you wish to remain spoiler free, it is best not to read below.
Castle creator Andrew Marlowe has claimed that the show will take its time in developing the relationship between Castle (Nathan Fillion) and Beckett (Stana Katic).
The pair finally kissed in last night’s episode of the ABC comedy-drama, but as part of a decoy operation.
“We know we have to try to keep that romantic tension there [but] we also know that we have to satisfy the audience from time to time,” Marlowe told Entertainment Weekly. “There’s a hell of a lot of storytelling after [the kiss] so we will take our time, pace ourselves but also be true to these characters and honest about their emotions.”
He confirmed that the crime-solving duo will “wrestle with their emotions” following the kiss.
“We will be dealing with emotional aftermath and how they feel about each other as we roll towards the conclusion of the season,” he said. “[But] I don’t know if they’re going to address [the kiss] directly. They may.”
Marlowe also revealed that the show’s writers had not considered making the kiss a genuine romantic moment.
“We always like things with a twist,” he claimed. “The thing about Castle and Beckett’s relationship is that it’s always surprising and always seems to sneak up on them when they’re not looking.”
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The first thing fans think of when they think of Castle is Nathan Fillion’s charm. The show wouldn’t have made it past season 1 without it. But after last night’s episode — in which Beckett (Stana Katic) and Castle (Nathan Fillion) dug deeper into her mother’s murder, and he not only watched a man die, but also pummeled the crap out of a guy before he could put a bullet in Beckett — you can’t deny Castle does good drama when it wants to. That two-parter last season with guest star Dana Delany and a serial killer obsessed with Nikki Heat was not a fluke. I would never suggest the series abandon its lighter side. It’s its trademark and fits Fillion as well as those button-down shirts do. But I can’t wait until the next time Beckett or he is a target. (SPOILER ALERT if you haven’t seen last night’s episode: Creator Andrew Marlowe confirms to EW the second kiss between Beckett and Castle was real. “And then the escalation of it, where you go right from that to Beckett being in danger and Castle having to do something extraordinary to save her. The depth of his emotion when he starts beating up on the bad guy — I think everybody in the audience will get what they’re silently communicating to each other,” he says. “It’s an extension of what they’ve been communicating to each other the whole time.” For more from the episode’s writers, read Sandra Gonzalez’s exclusive interview here.)
So, which TV dramedies do you think do the best drama? I’ll go ahead and vote for Bones, circa the “Aliens in a Spaceship” episode in which Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and Hodgins (T.J. Thyne) were buried alive in Brennan’s car by the Gravedigger. As exec producer Stephan Nathan told me recently, “[The Gravedigger] was such an integral part of the show and such an integral part of allowing us to see aspects of our characters that we had never seen before. When they’re tested and put into a situation where their lives are in jeopardy, that’s when you really see the true character of these people. And we don’t have that all the time on Bones. We’re not 24. They’re not always in danger of being killed. We’re finding other killers.”
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Warning: Spoilers! Do not read below, if you wish to remain spoiler free!
Question: Please, do you have any Castle scoops? —Christi
Ausiello: In an upcoming episode, newbie couple Esposito and Lanie will go on a double date with Ryan and Jenny — and to say the fellas’ better halves do not hit it off is putting it mildly.
Question: Any new Castle scoop? —Daniel
Ausiello: SUPER-SIZED SCOOP: Piter Marek is joining the cast for a two-episode arc! [Crickets] OK, maybe that’s more of a medium-sized scoop. Anywhoo, the actor — best known as Willie’s Season 4 blackmailer on Ugly Betty — will appear in the upcoming two-parter starring Heroes‘ Adrian Pasdar. His character is described as a “resourceful entrepreneur who strives to look as American as possible”
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I’ve finally added screencaptures from last night’s Castle episode. I hope that everyone enjoyed the episode as much as I did. Stana was truly amazing in it, as well as the rest of the cast. The writing was fantastic as well. If you haven’t seen it already, make sure to get right to it!
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Home > Castle > Season 3 > Screencaptures > 3×13 – Knockdown
With the exception of a well-played Karate Kid reference, Monday’s Castle was another dark, tumultuous episode—and one of the best of the season thus far. “Knockdown” contained close-range gunfire, glass-shattering, water torture, and fist-fighting. Oh, and Castle and Beckett kissed.
In the coming weeks, Castle (Nathan Fillion) and Beckett (Stana Katic) will say they smooched only for the sake of a case—how else would they have distracted that bodyguard in the alley? But it’s obvious that the mackin’ meant something more. Now that they’ve made the “connection” we’ve been waiting for, and now that Castle’s single again, Beckett’s going to have some major soul-searching to do.
But the kiss wasn’t even the climax of the episode. While the Castle and Beckett were busy making out, Ryan (Seamus Dever) and Esposito (Jon Huertas) were being tortured by bad-guy-with-info-about-Beckett’s-mom’s-murder Hal Lockwood (Max Martini)—and watching them struggle for air in that icy cold water was, indeed, torture. Fortunately, because this is television, Beckett came to their rescue. Then Castle came to her rescue. And then Lockwood was thrown in jail. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy.
Well, except for the fact that Lockwood refused to tell Beckett who ordered the hit on her mother. Beckett vowed to visit him every week to ask, which means we may see more of him in future episodes—and that the case of Beckett’s mother’s murder is still open.
I was expecting the show to close it; last fall, we met the Triple Killer, a.k.a. the 3XK, and his storyline would have been a suitable new multi-season arc. But Beckett’s questions about her mother’s murder are still unanswered. Do you think we’ll see them resolved anytime soon?
“Knockdown” also threw a “character development” bone to nearly everyone in the cast. Castle and Beckett experienced yet another hostage situation, but this time around, Beckett didn’t roll her eyes—she asked Castle for a “stupid idea,” and then used it. Theirs isn’t a pigtail-pulling relationship anymore—it’s an intimate one, even if they’re not sleeping together.
And Captain Montgomery (Ruben Santiago-Hudson) played his rank card, taking Beckett and Castle off the case and appointing Ryan and Esposito to lead the investigation. Beckett may have disobeyed her orders and ended up saving their lives, but before she did, we got to see Ryan and Esposito in the interrogation room—and they kicked ass.
Finally, Susan Sullivan got a break from uttering cheeky one-liners: Martha Castle took the threat on her son’s life very seriously, and forced him to admit to himself why he was following Beckett around. It looks like he’s got some soul-searching ahead of him, too.
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Three-and-a-half seasons of build up led to tonight’s heart-tugging episode of Castle, in which Beckett and her handsome devil of a partner sealed the deal in an alley — as part of a decoy. Well, at least it started off that way. As you’ll read in my interview with episode writer Will Beall (who recently signed on to pen the new Lethal Weapon movie) and creator/writer Andrew Marlowe, the repercussions of the pair’s long-awaited smooch will be just as real as that second kiss was. (Cheers here.) Read below for more on this highly anticipated episode (that I know you’re already re-watching) and sound off below.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Now that it’s aired, how do y’all feel about the episode?
ANDREW MARLOWE: Speaking for me, I’m not feeling nervous about the episode. I think Will did a tremendous job scripting it. We feel that we’re giving the audience what they want from the Castle/Beckett relationship without pushing the relationship too far, too quickly. Certainly you know the circumstances of the kiss having seen it, but what was important to us was that both characters react to it. You know, it starts off as a diversion, but you can see in the midst of it, it becomes real and both of them have to wrestle with their emotions afterward. So we don’t feel like we’re cheating the audience or like it’s a wink like we’ve seen on other TV shows. We feel like the audience will understand that both of these people have to wrestle with the consequences afterwards. So I think that was what Will’s intention was. Do you want to jump in Will?
WILL BEALL: We’re really happy with the way the kiss turned out. And there are other aspects of the episode I’m really pleased with too.
AM: We think that we had a really great opportunity with this also to develop the Beckett’s mother’s murder story, and touch on a deeper conspiracy that will be satisfying to the audience in that they’ll get some answers, but those answers lead to more questions. That’s the best kind of storytelling for this kind of episodic TV, where you get some sort of resolution and you still have some stuff to look forward to.
Exactly. So you can confirm that the second kiss we saw was, in fact, not a decoy?
AM: Yeah. Absolutely. They get caught up in the midst of it and you can see when they both pull away. They both have to process what happened — it’s all over their faces.
They did such a great job with that scene.
WB: Yeah. They were fantastic.
AM: And then the escalation of it, where you go right from that to Beckett being in danger and Castle having to do something extraordinary to save her. The depth of his emotion when he starts beating up on the bad guy — I think everybody in the audience will get what they’re silently communicating to each other. It’s an extension of what they’ve been communicating to each other the whole time.
That was another great moment in the episode.
WB: I feel like early in the episode, there’s a great scene where Martha [Rodgers] sort of takes Castle to task and asks a question that everybody wants answered. And even though our characters never answer it directly, that’s one of the ways Castle — there’s something declarative about that act of courage that I think is a way of answering the question that everybody in the audience has been asking in some way for a couple of years.
AM: I think we’re at the point in the series — we’re approaching 50 episodes — where we have to get a little more insight into where Castle’s behavior is coming from and why he spends all this time down at the station. I think our loyal, core audience has that understanding. These two people are doing a dance. But to have Castle acknowledge it, I think, even if they have the same relationship going forward, it puts it on a whole new level. There’s a lot of tension.
How is that going to play out in the next few episodes?
AM: I think now that we’ve touched on it, it’s inevitable that our fans will approach the material feeling that they’re trying to wrestle with their emotions. Beckett is currently in a relationship and how does she process that? How does she feel about that? And Castle is looking for a relationship, but he knows Beckett is in a relationship. So we sort of play with that idea, and as we come into our sweeps episode, we play with it even more as we get into the explosive two-parter at the end of February. It’s something we continue to play with, but I think the recognition between the two characters — that there is this thing between them — it’s something they’ve tried to deny for a number of episodes. Now, they no longer can deny it and they have to figure out what they’re going to do about it, whether they’re too scared to do something about it, what other obstacles are out there. That’s all part of great relationship storytelling.
Well, we took three-and-a-half seasons to get a kiss. So, they’ll be in bed in the season 7 finale?
AM: By the end of season 7, and the TV gods allow us to get there, we know we have to continue to evolve the storytelling. I think the greatest fear someone has in my position is that if you don’t capitalize on the relationship, the characters can start to feel like brother and sister — the romantic tension goes away. For us, we know we have to try to keep that romantic tension there. We also know that we have to satisfy the audience from time to time. I think there are enough complexities in the human relationship that people don’t really live happily ever after. There’s a hell of a lot of storytelling after that so we will take our time, pace ourselves but also be true to these characters and honest about their emotions.
Speaking of emotions, Beckett is coming closer and closer to solving her mom’s murder. As she finds closure there, how is that going to affect her relationship with Castle? They seem to correspond…
WB: Yeah. I definitely think there’s a correlation. It’s that aspect of their partnership and the show will sort of come to a head in the season finale.
AM: One of the things Will has done extraordinarily well for the show is developing all their guys as really great cops, but hand-in-hand with developing the Castle/Beckett relationship. Our most significant episode before this one was last season’s “Sucker Punch” that Will wrote. And the very last scene, after Coonan is shot and killed in the precinct, there’s a nice moment Beckett accepts Castle as being her partner. I think the vulnerability and depth of emotion that Beckett has for this case allows her to recognize Castle’s genuine nature. As we touch on this case, this is Castle at his best. He’s not a jackass, he’s not poking too deeply because he knows how sensitive this area is. In a lot of cases, this case draws out the best in Castle at the time when Beckett is most vulnerable.
So is it safe to say that as this case rolls toward resolution, that she’s going to be more free to move on in other aspects of her life? If you know what I mean…
AM: I think that’s going to be complicated. When you’ve had so much of your life defined by a particular choice in your life in response to a moment, I think the moment she has resolution in this, it’s going to challenge her as to who she actually she is. I think there’s a lot of interesting storytelling to come after it. I don’t think it’s as simple as “Now I can move on.” I think she has to wrestle with who she is as a cop, why she’s doing what she’s doing. The strength of Beckett is that she’s always the one who carries the torch for the victim because she knows what that’s like. She’s been on the other side. So once she has resolution there, what happens to her passion? I think that there’s some real identity issues that once we get to the resolution in this story, that she’ll have to wrestle with. But when we get to a resolution with this story is a question for another day.
Tell me about the decision to let Ryan and Esposito really take the heavy weight of this case in a very Castle/Beckett-centered episode. I thought that was interesting.
WB: Part of it was I wanted to see Ryan and Esposito exercise in a way we haven’t really seen before. And the case, obviously, her mother’s case exercises Beckett and Castle in a different way. In some ways, I think one of the most interesting aspects of her mother’s murder is, like you said, is the way it acts on their relationship. That was something I wanted to explore between Castle and Beckett and that gives Ryan and Esposito to carry some of the procedural weight.
Speaking of that exploration, I’m curious about the decision to make the kiss a decoy. Were there ever discussions about making it straightforward and traditionally romantic?
AM: We always like things with a twist. The thing about Castle and Beckett’s relationship is that it’s always surprising and always seems to sneak up on them when they’re not looking. And so to go into something like this, which is something they’ve been denying, and put them in a position where they’re forced to embrace it and then have that moment where they sink into it; it felt like the most authentic version of their relationship. For us to build up to that, where it was a pure, straightforward, romantic out-and-out relationship kiss, carried with it too many consequences in terms of a change in storytelling. Like I said, I think the audience will see it as the next step in the relationship because they both acknowledged what it meant to them in their reactions afterwards. It’s not like they move on from it. It’s a real moment for them. It starts as one thing and ends with another. You see that they’re both wrestling with it, even in that scene of the aftermath in the ambulance where she’s adjusting his bandages. There’s a moment there where they’re back on either side of the divide and pining and trying to figure out what this means to them. But there’s also that unspoken undercurrent that they’re dealing with that I think ends the episode on a really delicious note.
Will it become spoken any time before the end of the season?
AM: It remains to be seen at what level this becomes spoken. Beckett plays her cards very close to her vest, and this is such important territory to the Castle character that he’s not going to tease her about it because then he’s going to know he’s giving away everything it meant. So, yes, we will be dealing with emotional aftermath and how they feel about each other as we roll toward the conclusion of the season. I don’t know if they’re going to address it directly. They may. There are a couple of key episodes in their relationship that we’re working on and breaking right now. But it’s certainly going to form the relationship as we move forward.
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