Comments on: ABC’s ‘Castle’ season 8: Show bosses discuss future of Stana Katic – Nathan Fillion series

By: marcie

marcie — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 13:36:00 +0000

me personnally im gonna keep watching. i think its gonna get better in the long run

By: Michael Goldman

Michael Goldman — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 18:55:00 +0000

In reply to phealy1. You make an excellent point. I think there's a lot of negativity because of the way the show has been this season. Also, the ratings have been so low, and people have mentioned that the audience has been dropping for the last few seasons. I wish I could be more optimistic. if Stana and Nathan agree to come back, and they get a new show runner(and ABC renews it) I will be very happy. Thanks for writing.

By: phealy1

phealy1 — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 16:51:00 +0000

In reply to Michael Goldman. IS NO ONE POSITIVE? !!!

By: phealy1

phealy1 — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 16:50:00 +0000

In reply to Buddy. Let's wait and see what happens !!!

By: Michael Goldman

Michael Goldman — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 05:59:00 +0000

Let’s hope that the show runners figure out how to clean up this mess in the first four episodes when CASTLE returns. By the time Blindspot is ready to start in March, CASTLE has to have some kind of direction or flow. ABC should realize that CASTLE may not go higher than a 1.2 or 1.3 average for the 22 episodes. There are about 13-14 episodes left. ABC should also be asking Nathan and Stana NOW if they are interested in returning, and what it will take(in $$) for them to return.

By: Vikki

Vikki — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 19:24:00 +0000

This whole Loksat mess was written in as a way to write Stana off Castle and spin Nathan into his own PI show. I think she came back at the last minute to give fans an end to her character. It will be brutal. All this time invested in this fabulous lovestory wasted. Thats what i see coming. I think they’ve been clueing us in on the show, but feeding us lines in interviews to keep viewership up. Not one thing Hawley has said in an interview has proven to be true yet.

By: Microgrey

Microgrey — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 18:26:00 +0000

Its seems ironic that showrunners introduce these contrived storylines…and then paint themselves as heroes when they save us from them. Wouldn’t it be more efficient to not introduce the story in the first place?

If the reason for Castle’s disappearance was anything other than a delay tactic for their wedding, they would have had a conclusion ready for the end of last season when they thought the show may be cancelled. Similarly, Beckett’s mom’s murder was already resolved in S6 Ep22, so why re-introduce the exact same scenario in the form of LokSat (aka Bracken 2.0)? So you can resolve it a second time? How innovative.

Both of these wildly unpopular story arcs caused major hits to the show’s ratings. Now the showrunners want to ride in on their white horse to save the day in Season 9? Really? Too bad someone didn’t come up with this epiphany prior to the Season 6 finale. It would have saved the fans a lot of grief and undoubtedly kept ratings north of 10 million viewers.

By: Jim_Satterfield

Jim_Satterfield — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:27:00 +0000

Even Castle as a PI just gets in the way of the strength of the show. The whole separation idea, whether “real” or “pretend”, destroys it.

By: Charles Neale

Charles Neale — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 14:40:00 +0000

In reply to Buddy. Buddy I have to agree ,but I foresee neither Nathan or Stana signing for another year. To much damage done ,that is why it appears to me why there is souch talk about a spin off by show runners now.

By: Buddy

Buddy — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 13:53:00 +0000

In reply to Ira Allan Ginsburg.

Jim45, I agree. Just forget the Castle disappearance. The very thought of even bringing it up again was poorly advised. It was forgotten by everyone that even remotely cared anyway.
LokSat should have never involved Vikram or separating Caskett but since it did your solution will give it poetic justice.
Castle as a PI is a terrible joke played on the fans. Give the PI business to Alexis. Let her hire Hayley as an assistant and let them appear twice a year along with Caskett (certainly not without them) to solve a case or two.
People have talked about spin offs. I would watch one with Stana as a detective similar to The Closer. I would not watch one with Nathan as a PI.