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as Det. Kate Beckett
as Richard Castle
as Martha Rodgers
as Alexis Castle
as Lanie Parish
as Det. Javier Esposito
as Det. Kevin Ryan
as Hayley
as Vikram Singh
as Caleb Brown
as Capt. Victoria Gates
as M.E. Perlmutter
as Brooks
as Senator Will Bracken
as A.J.
as Father Arguello
as Det. Slaughter
as Hunter
as Kendall Frost
as Sgt. Joseph Ortiz
as Lars Cross
as Zane Cannon
as Mia Laszlo
as Lila Campo
as Sonia Ruiz
as Bryce Robert
as Rita
as Eddie Ramirez
as Alan Masters
as Gabriel Shaw
as Franco Mancini
as Franco Mancini
as Marcus Janek
as Dr. Rebecca Ellins
as Michael Smith
as Lorenzo
as Chris Jackson
as Michael Kirby
as Jake Cunio
as Wendy Johnson
as Lindsey Trent
as Grigory Mishkin
as Bardot
as Guard
as Dawn
as Emma Matthews
as Det. Menendez
as Michael Kirby
as Genevieve
as Dr. Barbara Lillstrom
as Pavel Oborin
as Simon
as Darrl Ives
as Mr. Flynn
as Nina O'Keefe
as Commissioner Malone
as Dr. Brock Martin
as Graham Fletcher
as Mark West
as Robyn King
as Mason Wood
as Mark Nagle
as Ned Werner
as Naomi Fox
as Milton Cicero
as Anton Ford
as Ned Werner
as Stephen Reed
as Sondra Kramer
as David Lacey
as Nancy Underwood
as Victor Nigel
as Ronald
as Karla
as Horatio Spate
as John Emerson
as Erin Cherloff
as Dean Carla Feller
as Liam Hollister
as Olivia "Mama" Toussaint
as Sadie Beakman
as Jenny Ryan
as Rollins
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Critic Reviews for Castle: Season 8
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One of the things I always enjoy about this show is that Beckett is never entirely reliant on help when she's in danger, and for that matter, neither is Castle. There is no damsel in distress.
It's not exactly a secret that Castle's strength is its cast.
Given all that had transpired between the two over the course of eight seasons, it's reasonable to suggest that Castle itself was really a love story built inside the framework of a typical procedural.
The opening murder scene had just the right mix of mystery and shock value without having to be gory. That's an art few shows can pull off, and I appreciate how well they did it here.
I don't understand why anyone ever considered doing this show without Stana Katic, because I could tell that Beckett had his number by the way she held herself as she spoke to him in his car.
It didn't abandon Castle and Beckett to die holding hands on a kitchen floor, but left them happy, ever after. And though I know they are not real people, I am grateful for this canonical kindness.
Audience Reviews for Castle: Season 8
New showrunners come in and completely ruin Castle in its eighth (and final) season. Castle and Beckett's marriage is broken up as Beckett seeks to protect her loved ones from a secret investigation that she launches into a crime syndicate that murdered her former FBI team; meanwhile Castle re-opens his PI business to work cases with the NYPD and win Beckett back. The breakup plot is incredibly dumb and just becomes more infuriating as it goes on. And although Beckett is supposedly promoted to precinct captain, nothing really changes as she pretty much continues on in the same role. There is, however, one good change to the show, with Castle's daughter becoming an associate in his PI business. The tone of the series also takes a downward turn, though not as one would suspect. In spite of the dark and serious themes, the show becomes more comedic with Castle at his most fanciful and goofballish (which is another problem). A series killer, Season 8 of Castle is complete garbage that fans rejected in mass and is best forgotten.
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