S9 will only be 13 episodes, they will air regardless of the ratings. There is a portion of the fan base who aren’t shippers who will watch those 13 episodes. They are that the ones who were clamoring for RC to divorce KB when she left him at the start of the season.

Yes, genius, or DESPERATE. They may get high ratings for the season finale, because fans want to see Kate Beckett for the last time. This is just more evidence as to how low the network will go for ratings. The true test will be S9–We’ll see what happens then.

Thanks Becky, the first part of your statement is the most plausible and believable I’ve heard to date. It would explaine what was the worst episode they jointly wrote.

Leo, supposedly, at that time, NF refused to film a wedding scene that would potentially throw him and STANA together even more on set. Thus, MilMar, at the last second were forced to write that non- wedding ep. That’s why they left- they couldn’t pursue their vision for the show, and the CASKETT relationship with those constraints. Nathan SUPPOSEDLY put in his contract that he and STANA would only have to work together no more than 2 days a week. I think much more went on behind the scenes than we will ever know.

Kill off her character and then add on 13 episodes just to prove it can be done. SK must’ve really pissed off someone or somebodies in the front office. The studio isn’t looking for Castle 2.0 to be a success, only that it can be done. That’s heady stuff.

Genius, the ratings should hit a season high.

True Leo ,but you also have to remember it could have been fixed ,but the new TPTB decided to go all out and try and start over .Pretty bad job by Both ABC and TPTB.

You have to remember, it was MilMar who wrote 6.23 that began this downward spiral .and then walked away leaving others to cope with that disaster.