ABC’s ‘Castle’ season 8 spoilers: When we will learn about Rick’s missing time
Rick’s disappearance on “Castle” remains one of the plot twists that continues to remain the most baffling to us. This is a show that, at least for the most part, has a certain grounded quality to it, and there is something rather wild and un-grounded about this twist. Having a guy disappear for two months without explanation is a difficult thing to grasp onto, and if we were Castle we’d probably spend every second of every day trying to figure out what happened. We’re not really sure that we would be able to let this go.
Luckily, it’s really not too far in the future when we are going to get some more answers concerning this mystery. The upcoming 12th episode of the season is airing Monday, and based on what executive producer Terence Paul Winter tells Entertainment Weekly, it will be weeks after that when the truth starts to become clear:
“We’re going to find out exactly what happened. We know what happened those first two weeks, the other six weeks are still a mystery. We’re going to find out what happens in episode 14.”
As fellow EP Alexi Hawley reminds us (per the website), this is also the same episode that will feature Nathan Fillion’s character in Los Angeles (which had to be nice, given that this is where the show films to begin with):
“Castle gets involved with this legendary greatest detective society, which Gerald McRaney character runs … Ultimately, he gets pitted against Summer Glau’s character to compete to solve a case.”
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Leo
February 21, 2016 @ 7:42 pm
Go watch Blindspot, same day and time. It’s darn good.
Jim45
February 21, 2016 @ 3:47 pm
I don’t care what happened. So I won’t be watching e14. What I wan to watch is more than 5 minutes per episode of Fillion working with Katic, because they are the best rom-com couple in the business. Why wouldn’t I want to watch that more than anything the Castle show has to offer?
Buddy
February 20, 2016 @ 9:45 pm
Leo, every since Castle’s disappearance and the disruption of the wedding I have been firmly convinced that the demise of the show will be the long story line that go nowhere at the speed of a snail. As Nathan said, ” the fans get bored in the waiting”. For example LokSat. Vikram worked8 episodes and only found out a little bit that a detective could have discovered in a day or less. Now what has been discovered since? Vikram has delayed several times to interject himself between Castle and Beckett and done nothing else of which we are aware. I’m tired of waiting and bored to death.
Leo
February 21, 2016 @ 7:40 pm
I am a fan and like most realize the wedding that never was is the instant that Marlowe lost the magic, it was Lucy yanking the football from Charlie Brown, one time too many. Since then it has been a slide to where we are now. The only reason there was a season 8 was because of Paul Lee and the chance for a season 9 was due to his advocacy. With his removal, this will be the end of Castle the series. The new director of programing will be axing all the series with low ratings. Enjoy what’s left of this season, this is it.
georgee
February 22, 2016 @ 3:18 pm
Buddy, remember when we were all told this split and separation of Rick and Kate and this bad story line would be over at sprint speed. What happened? They must have a different dictionary they use. This whole season been a little misleading, they could not even figure out the second half start up date, we had fans tune in to watch the December episode 9, it wasn’t shown and then we had fans tune in to see the January 4th start up, it wasn’t shown, them we had fans tune in for the February 4th start up date, it wasn’t shown, finally episode 9 was shown on February 8th not too many folks tuned in because they did not want to be disappointed one more time. The first cancellation notice I found was dated October 16th, only after a few episodes. They know they had a problem, but would not fix it. With a new president at ABC the pin will more than likely be pulled on the show, and we all lose.
Leo
February 19, 2016 @ 11:00 pm
It’s kinda late, when this wasn’t looked into in the first part of season 7, the writers broke with Castle Canon, and in doing so began the constant drip of the hard core demo fans. You can actually go back and watch the demo numbers drop week after week till the winter hiatus from which they’ve never recovered.
Caskett never quit, never stop, till they find the truth, suddenly with his disappearance, they quit, they stopped, they broke 6 years of Castle Canon.
I guess it’s passed time that the remaining fans learn what happened and how ’bout telling us why the once dynamic duo quit looking into one of the most devastating events of their life.
Vikki
February 20, 2016 @ 7:44 pm
And why he is doing this without Beckett, again – and in LA of all places. Of course ‘To Live And Die In LA’ is a fan fav so to revisit this sans Kate (and with another female PI) feels like yet another slap in the face to long time fans.
Leo
February 20, 2016 @ 8:55 pm
With the departure of Paul Lee, as head of programming at ABC and a staunch advocate for season 9 , wrapping up all the lose ends becomes imperative . Without Lee the weekly ratings become crucial, and future looks dim.