ABC’s ‘Castle’ season 8 spoilers: Summer Glau latest ‘Firefly’ alum to guest star
Great news for all of those who love “Firefly”: Summer Glau is finally coming to “Castle“!
As first confirmed by TVLine, the actress (whose role of River Tan remains a fan favorite so many years removed) is going to be appearing in the upcoming 14th episode of season 8 as a rival private investigator to Nathan Fillion’s Richard Castle, and the two will go toe-to-toe on a case. This should make for a pretty fun episode of the show, especially since Glau has shown some comedic chops over the years on a few separate shows. Since “Firefly” she has appeared on “The 4400,” “Chuck,” “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” “Alphas,” “Arrow,” and many other shows.
There’s also a nice kinship between “Firefly” and “Castle” at this point, as Glau is the third of Fillion’s former co-stars to appear here. Adam Baldwin has turned up twice now as Ethan Slaughter, and we’ve also had a chance to see Gina Torres appear in a case that was a send-up on “The Real Housewives.” We’re still not entirely sure why there hasn’t been an Alan Tudyk appearance, since he seems almost perfect for the show and Fillion worked with him on “Con Man” over the summer.
Still, we’re always glad to see Summer on a show we already watch and enjoy, and this sounds like a fun way to get Castle involved in some sort of rivalry. As for how the NYPD fits in to this episode, that remains to be seen. The show has struggled at times to figure out how to include Beckett with her new promotion in mind.
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Michael Goldman
January 10, 2016 @ 2:02 am
it’s becoming more and more obvious that waiting until February to bring back CASTLE is a HUGE mistake by ABC. it may be impossible to save this show. another person wrote that renewing CASTLE for another year may be better than bringing in a new show. Will ABC be willing to renew CASTLE if its per show ratings are less than a 1.3 after 22 episodes? I don’t think so.
Jim45
January 9, 2016 @ 11:43 am
Summer Glau is taking the role reserved for Beckett – the one who conflicts and competes with Castle over a case. The fan base will have reactions and draw comparisons.
Vikki
January 7, 2016 @ 8:43 pm
This is no longer the story of Castle and Beckett. This great lovestory and promises of a stronger Caskett that AH made is far from whats happening. Kate is being shoved to the sidelines while Rick works with every other female available to him. Him going toe to toe with a sexy PI does not make me want to watch–quite the opposite actually.
Charles Neale
January 7, 2016 @ 6:16 pm
Not interested ,as you say the show has had a hard time keeping Beckett involved since promotion BS I think they are trying to make a spin off .They can still work together even with promotion and where is this epic love and how they are meant to be together . Not writing the storyline to well.