149 Fun Facts About Castle (TV Series)

Who plays mystery novelist Richard Castle?

He first found fame as Joey Buchanan on a daytime soap opera.

Who plays Detective Kate Beckett?

She later starred as FBI agent Emily Byrne in Absentia.

How many seasons of Castle were made?

Some cast members had signed one-year contracts for a ninth season before the cancellation.

How many episodes of Castle aired in total?

Season one had just 10 episodes; every later season had 22 to 24.

Who created Castle?

He also wrote a 1997 Harrison Ford action thriller set on a hijacked plane.

Where do Castle and Beckett solve crimes?

Castle and Beckett work out of the NYPD's fictional 12th Precinct in New York City, though the series was filmed in Los Angeles.

Which long-running book character does Castle kill off at the start of the series?

Derrick Storm, hero of Castle's successful book series, is killed off out of boredom and writer's block; fellow writers Patterson and Cannell say he should have retired or crippled him instead.

Whose friendship does Castle use to get permission to shadow Beckett?

Castle is a friend of the mayor of New York, who lets him shadow Beckett as research for his Nikki Heat novels; Gates later keeps him on at the mayor's behest.

Who plays Alexis Castle?

Her character shares a 50-year-old scotch with her father after solving a case in season eight.

Which actress plays Castle's mother Martha?

Her character opens the Martha Rodgers School of Acting after an inheritance.

Who plays Detective Esposito?

Jon Huertas plays Javier Esposito, a former Army Special Forces soldier turned NYPD homicide detective.

Who plays Detective Kevin Ryan?

His real-life wife Juliana plays Ryan's wife Jenny.

What is Kevin Ryan's police background before joining Beckett's team?

Kevin Ryan was a narcotics detective before joining Beckett's homicide team; that narcotics stint included going undercover inside the Irish mob.

What is Lanie Parish's job?

Lanie Parish is a New York City medical examiner who performs the team's autopsies; she is also Beckett's best friend and Esposito's on-off girlfriend.

Who is Beckett's captain for the first three seasons?

Roy Montgomery, played by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, is revealed as the third corrupt cop tied to Johanna Beckett's murder.

What nickname does Captain Victoria Gates go by?

Victoria Gates is nicknamed "Iron Gates" for her rigid, by-the-book command; she insists on being called "Sir" rather than "ma'am".

Which police division did Captain Gates come from?

Gates transferred to the 12th Precinct from Internal Affairs, which makes her far warier of a civilian like Castle than Montgomery ever was.

Hayley Shipton, added in season eight, formerly worked for which two organisations?

She is played by Toks Olagundoye and now works as a security specialist.

What is Castle's birth name?

Castle was born Richard Alexander Rodgers and legally changed his name to Richard Edgar Castle, taking the middle name Edgar in honour of Edgar Allan Poe.

What is the name of Castle's first wife and Alexis's mother?

Castle compares her to a deep-fried Twinkie: a treat occasionally, deadly every day.

What is Castle's second wife Gina Cowell's job?

Gina Cowell is Castle's publisher at Black Pawn; she keeps the job after their divorce and spends the summer after season two at his Hamptons house supervising his second Nikki Heat book.

Which agency does Castle's father, Jackson Hunt, work for?

Jackson Hunt is a veteran CIA operative; he first reveals himself when Alexis is kidnapped to Paris in the season-five two-parter "Target" and "Hunt".

Which actor plays Castle's father?

His character has secretly checked in on the family their whole lives.

What is Jerry Tyson better known as?

Jerry Tyson is the Triple Killer, 3XK: he strangles three women in a single week, then vanishes for years before striking again.

Which corrupt politician is ultimately behind the murder of Beckett's mother?

He is arrested during a live TV interview announcing a presidential run.

What is Mr. Smith's role in the conspiracy storyline?

Montgomery sent him the files before his death.

Which Star Trek actor plays Beckett's psychiatrist Dr. Carver Burke?

Michael Dorn, Star Trek's Worf, plays Dr. Carver Burke, the therapist who helps Beckett through the trauma of her shooting in season four.

Which Simpsons voice actor plays Judge Markway, one of Castle's poker buddies?

Dan Castellaneta, the voice of Homer Simpson, plays Judge Markway, a poker buddy who frequently signs Beckett's warrants.

Who plays Agent Rachel McCord, Beckett's partner in Washington?

Lisa Edelstein, Dr. Cuddy on House, plays Agent Rachel McCord, Beckett's federal partner in Washington in the opening episodes of season six.

What is Dr. Kelly Nieman's profession?

Her secret life is as Jerry Tyson's partner in crime.

Which four real crime writers appear as Castle's poker buddies?

After Stephen J. Cannell died in 2010, an empty chair was kept at the table in his honour.

For how long was an empty chair kept at the poker table after Stephen J. Cannell died?

Cannell died on September 30, 2010, early in season three; the show kept his chair at the poker table empty for a year in his honour.

On what date did Castle premiere?

Castle premiered on ABC on March 9, 2009, as a midseason replacement airing Mondays after Dancing with the Stars.

How many episodes did the first season have?

Castle's first season had just 10 episodes because it launched as a midseason replacement in spring 2009; season two expanded to a full 24.

Which two cast members did ABC announce would not return for a ninth season?

In April 2016 ABC said Stana Katic and Tamala Jones would not return for a ninth season; the show was cancelled outright less than a month later.

On what date did the final episode of Castle air?

The series finale "Crossfire" aired on May 16, 2016, four days after ABC announced the cancellation on May 12.

Which production company co-produced Castle with ABC Studios?

Beacon Pictures co-produced Castle with ABC Studios; Beacon founder Armyan Bernstein was among the show's executive producers.

Which Halloween episode earned three Emmy nominations for hairstyling and makeup in 2010?

"Vampire Weekend", the season-two Halloween episode, earned 2010 Emmy nominations for hairstyling and makeup; it opens with a student found staked through the heart in a graveyard.

At which ceremony did the show win Favorite TV Crime Drama every year from 2012 to 2015?

Castle won Favorite TV Crime Drama at the People's Choice Awards four years running, 2012 through 2015, and was nominated again in 2016.

Which TV Guide fan award did Fillion and Katic win in 2011?

They won Favorite Couple outright the following year.

Which real company released Richard Castle's Heat Wave as an actual book?

Hyperion, Disney's book imprint, published Heat Wave in September 2009 under Richard Castle's name, with the dedication and acknowledgments written entirely in character.

Where did Heat Wave debut on the New York Times Best Seller list?

Heat Wave entered the New York Times Best Seller list at No. 26 after its September 2009 release and climbed to No. 6 by its fourth week.

Which Nikki novel was the first to debut at No. 1 on the New York Times list?

Heat Rises, the third Nikki Heat novel, was published on September 20, 2011, and was the first of the series to debut at No. 1 on the New York Times list.

What is the title of the second novel in the Nikki series?

Naked Heat, released in 2010, is the second Nikki Heat novel; Beckett is as unhappy with its title as she was with Heat Wave.

Which company released the graphic novel Deadly Storm?

Marvel Comics published Richard Castle's Deadly Storm in 2011, written by Brian Michael Bendis and Kelly Sue DeConnick with art by Lan Medina.

Who actually ghost-wrote the first seven Nikki Heat novels?

Novelist Tom Straw ghost-wrote the first seven Nikki Heat books, from Heat Wave to Driving Heat, writing them as Castle's idealized vision of himself.

What is the name of the journalist who shadows Nikki Heat in the novels?

Jameson Rook is the magazine journalist who shadows Nikki Heat in the novels, a stand-in for the already fictional Castle; a rook is a castle in chess.

What was the tenth Nikki novel, published in 2019, called?

Crashing Heat, published in March 2019, is the tenth Nikki Heat novel and arrived almost three years after the show ended.

What was the 2013 Castle video game called?

Castle: Never Judge a Book by its Cover, a 2013 hidden-object adventure game, was released on Steam and for mobile devices.

Which spin-off did ABC announce was in early development in 2014?

It was to be a CIA procedural; nothing more was ever announced.

What was the title of Castle's first published novel?

In a Hail of Bullets was Castle's first published novel; he keeps his first rejection letter framed on his office wall.

Which of his own novels does Castle single out as the low point of his career?

In the pilot, Castle dismisses Hell Hath No Fury, his novel about angry Wiccans out for blood, asking who would ever want to read it.

Which book did a stranger hand ten-year-old Castle in the New York Public Library?

In the library a stranger handed young Castle a copy of Ian Fleming's Casino Royale, the book that made him a writer; the stranger was his father, Jackson Hunt.

Which soap opera inspired Castle to write his first novel?

His nanny watched daytime television; Fillion himself starred on the same soap.

What word is printed on Castle's custom bulletproof vest?

Castle's custom bulletproof vest reads WRITER, a joke on the NYPD vests that say POLICE; he wears it on raids from season two onward.

How much of his own money does Castle put up for a fake hit in "Sucker Punch"?

Castle fronts $100,000 of his own money to stage a hit in "Sucker Punch", and the lure exposes the contract killer who murdered Beckett's mother.

How much ransom is Castle able to pay when Alexis is kidnapped?

His books have made him wealthy enough for a loft, a Hamptons house and luxury cars.

What does Castle receive in the season-seven finale "Hollander's Woods"?

In "Hollander's Woods" Castle accepts the Poe's Pen Career Achievement Award, which he calls the highest honour a mystery writer can receive.

How old was Castle when he found a murdered girl in the woods in 1983?

Castle was 11 when he found a murdered girl in Hollander's Woods in 1983, an unsolved encounter he says drove him to solve every mystery since.

Which B-movie actress, played by Laura Prepon, is cast as Nikki Heat in the film?

Laura Prepon plays Natalie Rhodes, the B-movie actress cast as Nikki Heat, who shadows Beckett to prepare; Castle turns down her advances as "way too meta".

What is the spy Sophia Turner, played by Jennifer Beals, secretly?

Sophia Turner, the CIA officer Castle once dated, is revealed in "Linchpin" to be a KGB mole planted in the agency and left on her own when the Soviet Union collapsed.

At the end of which season does Castle propose to Beckett?

She had just been offered a job in Washington, D.C.

Where do Castle and Beckett finally marry?

Only Jim, Martha and Alexis are present.

How many children do Castle and Beckett have in the finale's flash-forward?

The finale "Crossfire" ends with a flash-forward showing Castle and Beckett making breakfast in the loft with their 3 children.

In which Manhattan neighbourhood is Castle's loft?

Castle, Martha and Alexis share a spacious two-storey loft in SoHo, the show's main domestic set and the site of many poker nights.

What is the name of the private investigation business he opens in season seven?

After being barred from the precinct midway through season seven, Castle gets a P.I. licence and opens Richard Castle Investigations.

How many bestsellers is Castle said to have written?

He had written 22 books before he met Beckett.

On what date was Beckett's mother Johanna murdered?

Johanna Beckett was stabbed to death on January 9, 1999, when Kate was 19; the NYPD wrote it off as random gang violence.

Which university was Beckett studying pre-law at before her mother's death?

Beckett was studying pre-law at Stanford, dreaming of becoming the first female Chief Justice, when her mother's murder pulled her home to New York.

Which selective New York public high school did Beckett attend?

She later spent a college semester abroad in Eastern Europe.

In which city did Beckett spend a semester abroad in college?

Beckett spent a college semester abroad in Kyiv, which is where she learned the Russian she occasionally uses on suspects.

What does Beckett wear on a chain around her neck for "the life she lost"?

Beckett wears her mother's wedding ring on a chain for "the life she lost", and her father's watch for "the life she saved" when he quit drinking.

Who was Beckett's training officer, later a bounty hunter, played by Jason Beghe?

Mike Royce was Beckett's training officer and later a bounty hunter; in "To Love and Die in L.A." she flies to Los Angeles against orders to investigate his murder.

What is the name of the sniper who shoots Beckett in season three?

The sniper is Cole Maddox, a hitman working for Senator Bracken; his identity is only uncovered in the season-four finale "Always".

Which federal employer headhunts Beckett for a job in Washington?

Beckett is headhunted by the Attorney General's office and takes the Washington job, but is fired within three episodes for leaking a story to protect a witness.

What did the actress who plays Beckett win in 2012 for the role?

Stana Katic won a 2012 PRISM Award for Performance in a Drama Episode for the season-four episode "Kill Shot".

Which university does Alexis eventually attend?

Alexis chooses Columbia and stays in New York; she had hoped to follow her boyfriend Ashley to Stanford but missed early admission there.

What is the name of the boyfriend Alexis brings back from Costa Rica in season six?

Pi, the fruitarian free spirit Alexis brings home from Costa Rica, moves into an apartment with her before she realises he is not the one.

How much money does Martha inherit from her late fiancé Chet?

She uses it to open the Martha Rodgers School of Acting.

What undercover alias did Ryan use inside the Irish mob?

He revives it in season five when the mob resurfaces.

What do Ryan and Jenny name their daughter?

Ryan and Jenny name their daughter Sarah Grace; she is born in the season-six episode "Under Fire" while Ryan and Esposito are trapped in a burning building.

What middle name do Ryan and Jenny give their son Nicholas?

Ryan and Jenny name their son Nicholas Javier, after Esposito; he is born in the season-eight episode "Death Wish".

What is Esposito's rank on the sergeant's list after passing the exam in season eight?

Ryan failed the exam, which causes friction between them.

Which precinct did Esposito transfer out of before partnering with Ryan?

They had been partners for three years before the pilot.

How does Beckett's first captain die?

He kills all four of the hit squad and Lockwood in a mutual kill.

Where does Beckett find the tape that finally incriminates Bracken?

In "Veritas" Beckett finds the cassette hidden inside her mother's elephant figurines, the ones she kept on her desk; the recording finally incriminates Bracken.

What is Bracken doing when Beckett arrests him?

He is announcing his intention to run for president.

What does Castle call Beckett's cardiac-surgeon boyfriend Josh?

Castle dubs cardiac surgeon Josh Davidson "Doctor Motorcycle Boy"; Josh helps operate on Beckett after her shooting, then blames Castle for it.

Which perk does Perlmutter cite for eating lunch off his autopsy tables?

He rarely hides his dislike of Castle.

For which novel did Castle research the original crime spree of Jerry Tyson?

Montgomery was on the original task force that hunted the killer.

What is the title of the Castle pilot episode?

It shares its title with one of Castle's own early novels.

Where is the nanny's body found in the second episode, "Nanny McDead"?

In "Nanny McDead" the nanny's body is found inside a clothes dryer in her apartment building's basement laundry room.

Which FBI agent, an ex-boyfriend of Beckett's, asks for her help in "Little Girl Lost"?

FBI agent Will Sorenson, played by Bailey Chase, is Beckett's ex-boyfriend; he brings her onto a child-kidnapping case in "Little Girl Lost".

Which Firefly nod opens the season-two Halloween episode?

He also remarks that "Buffy's moved to the Big Apple", another Fillion role.

Which actress plays Castle's ex Kyra Blaine in "A Rose for Everafter"?

Alyssa Milano plays Kyra Blaine, the ex to whom Castle dedicated a novel; a bridesmaid is strangled on Kyra's wedding day in "A Rose for Everafter".

Who murdered Johanna Beckett, as revealed in "Sucker Punch"?

Beckett shoots him before she can learn who hired him.

Which FBI agent, played by Dana Delany, joins the hunt for the Nikki Heat-obsessed killer?

Dana Delany plays FBI Special Agent Jordan Shaw, who joins the 12th in "Tick, Tick, Tick..." to hunt the killer fixated on Nikki Heat, unmasked as Scott Dunn in "Boom!".

What does serial killer Scott Dunn blow up in season two?

Dunn blows up Beckett's apartment at the end of "Tick, Tick, Tick..."; she survives by diving into the bathtub, and "Boom!" opens in the wreckage.

Which talk-show host plays a murdered talk-show host in "The Late Shaft"?

Tom Bergeron plays talk-show host Bobby Mann in "The Late Shaft"; Mann tells Castle someone wants him dead, then dies that same night.

Where is Castle standing when Beckett's team finds him in the season-three premiere?

In "A Deadly Affair" the team bursts in to find Castle standing over a body holding a gun; Beckett, who has not heard from him all summer, arrests him.

What kills the young mathematician in the episode "Punked"?

In "Punked" the victim is killed by a 200-year-old bullet fired from an antique duelling pistol; Castle suspects a time traveller and the trail leads to a steampunk society.

Which singer plays a government agent in "Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind"?

Singer Lyle Lovett plays the deadpan federal agent who shadows the team in "Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind", after an astrophysicist dies of explosive decompression.

What warning does the corrupt cop McAllister give the team in "Knockdown"?

Raglan, McAllister and a third cop had kidnapped mobsters for ransom.

How much did the murdered lottery winner in "Lucky Stiff" win?

His safe of winnings is found empty.

Where are Castle and Beckett trapped while a dirty bomb is loose in "Setup"?

At the end of "Setup" Castle and Beckett are locked in a freezer container; "Countdown" opens with the team pulling them out, hypothermic but alive.

Where is Beckett when she is shot in the season-three finale "Knockout"?

Beckett is shot by a sniper while giving the eulogy at Montgomery's funeral; Castle tells her he loves her as her eyes close.

What are the bank robbers who hold Castle and Martha hostage dressed in?

In "Cops & Robbers" the robbers holding Castle and Martha wear hospital scrubs and use TV-doctor names; a by-the-book negotiator, Captain Peterson, keeps Beckett at arm's length.

Which condition does Beckett hide from the team while hunting a sniper in "Kill Shot"?

In "Kill Shot" Beckett hides the PTSD she has carried since her shooting while hunting a sniper; Esposito eventually confronts her about it.

How do Castle and Beckett wake up in the episode "Cuffed"?

In "Cuffed" Castle and Beckett wake up handcuffed together in a sealed basement room with a tiger next door, and must piece together how they got there.

Which decade does Castle imagine himself in while reading a diary in "The Blue Butterfly"?

In "The Blue Butterfly" a 1947 diary sends Castle into a 1940s film-noir fantasy, with the cast playing the diary's characters in the flashbacks.

What does Beckett reveal to a suspect in "47 Seconds" that Castle overhears?

In "47 Seconds" Castle overhears Beckett tell a suspect she remembers every second of her shooting, so he concludes she heard his declaration of love and rejected it.

Which Firefly alumnus plays the violent Detective Ethan Slaughter?

Adam Baldwin, Jayne on Firefly, plays Detective Ethan Slaughter; Castle rides with him in "Headhunters" when he feels he can no longer work with Beckett.

What does Beckett do at the end of the season-four finale "Always"?

At the end of "Always" Beckett resigns from the NYPD after Gates suspends her, then turns up soaked at Castle's door and kisses him.

Which Star Trek actor directed the sci-fi convention episode "The Final Frontier"?

Jonathan Frakes, Star Trek's Riker, directed "The Final Frontier" and cameos as a fan getting Castle's autograph at the convention.

In "Murder, He Wrote", who quietly works out that Beckett's secret boyfriend is Castle?

Ryan quietly pieces together that Beckett's mystery boyfriend is Castle while working the case in "Murder, He Wrote", and chooses to keep the secret to himself.

Which fictional dignitary's daughter is kidnapped alongside Alexis in "Target"?

Sara el-Masri, daughter of a wealthy Egyptian dignitary, is kidnapped with Alexis in "Target"; Alexis turns out to have been the real target all along.

What does Castle's supposed witnessed murder in "The Lives of Others" turn out to be?

The "murder" Castle witnesses from his window in "The Lives of Others" is an elaborate birthday surprise Beckett staged for him while he was housebound with a broken leg.

What does Beckett accidentally trigger in the episode "Still"?

Castle stays to reassure her by testing her patience.

How long does Castle have to live after a toxin exposure in "Valkyrie"?

At the end of "Valkyrie" Castle is told he has about one day to live after exposure to a toxin; Beckett and McCord race for the antidote in "Dreamworld".

Whose look-alikes are murdered in the season-six 3XK episode "Disciple"?

The doubles were used to destroy evidence of Tyson's crimes.

What condition is Castle found in after his two-month disappearance in season seven?

Evidence had pointed to him staging his own abduction.

What happens to Castle in "The Time of Our Lives" before he proposes again?

He and Beckett elope at the episode's end.

Where do Castle and Beckett spend an impromptu honeymoon in season seven?

Castle and Beckett spend an impromptu honeymoon at an Arizona dude ranch in "Once Upon a Time in the West", chasing a murder tied to a legend of buried Old West gold.

Who kills Jerry Tyson in the episode "Reckoning"?

In "Reckoning" Esposito, covering from a distance with a sniper rifle, shoots Jerry Tyson dead just as he is about to kill Castle; Beckett kills Kelly Nieman herself.

Which Firefly co-star plays rival investigator Kendall Frost in "The G.D.S."?

Summer Glau, River on Firefly, plays Kendall Frost, the rival P.I. Castle competes with for membership of the Greatest Detective Society in "The G.D.S.".

Who is revealed to be LokSat in the series finale "Crossfire"?

LokSat turns out to be Mason Wood, the head of the Greatest Detective Society played by Gerald McRaney, unmasked in the finale "Crossfire".

Who shoots Castle in the closing minutes of the series finale?

Caleb Brown, LokSat's lawyer who had faked his own death, shoots Castle in the loft in the closing minutes; Beckett kills him but is hit herself.

How far into the future does the finale's closing scene jump?

The closing scene of "Crossfire" jumps seven years ahead, with Castle and Beckett eating breakfast while their children play.

What is the name of Castle's stepmother, a CIA agent played by Ann Cusack?

Rita, played by Ann Cusack, is Jackson Hunt's wife and thus Castle's stepmother; a CIA operative, she tells Beckett that Bracken had a hidden partner, LokSat.

In which Canadian city was the actor who plays Castle born?

Nathan Fillion was born in Edmonton, Alberta, on March 27, 1971, to parents who were both English teachers.

Which space-western captain did Fillion play before Castle?

Malcolm Reynolds led the short-lived Firefly, which with its film Serenity became a cult favourite.

Which police drama, launched in 2018, stars Fillion as Officer John Nolan?

The Rookie premiered on ABC in 2018 with Fillion as John Nolan, a forty-something newcomer to the LAPD; Fillion also served as an executive producer.

In which Canadian city was the actress who plays Beckett born?

Stana Katic was born in Hamilton, Ontario, on April 26, 1978, to Serbian parents who had emigrated from Croatia.

In which James Bond film did the actress who plays Beckett appear?

Stana Katic appeared in Quantum of Solace (2008) as Corinne Veneau, the Canadian intelligence agent Bond meets at the end of the film.

How many languages is the actress who plays Beckett fluent in?

English, French, Italian, Serbian and Croatian.

Which 1997 Harrison Ford film was the show's creator's first produced screenplay?

Air Force One (1997), Marlowe's first produced screenplay, was the fifth highest-grossing film of that year and set an opening-weekend record for an R-rated film.

Which screenwriting prize introduced Marlowe to his future wife Terri Edda Miller?

Both won it the same year for their scripts.

Which 1980s series did Marlowe and Miller revive for CBS with Queen Latifah?

Marlowe and Miller developed CBS's The Equalizer, with Queen Latifah as Robyn McCall; it premiered on February 7, 2021, right after Super Bowl LV.

What was the Marlowe–Miller detective series starring Rachel Bilson called?

Take Two, created by Marlowe and Miller for ABC in 2018, paired Rachel Bilson's actress with Eddie Cibrian's private investigator; it ran for a single 13-episode season.

Which Daytime Emmy nomination did Fillion receive for his soap-opera role in 1996?

He played Joey Buchanan on the soap from 1994 to 1997.

Which actor plays Captain Roy Montgomery?

Ruben Santiago-Hudson plays Captain Roy Montgomery; after the character's death he returned for a flashback in the season-six episode "Veritas".

Who plays Captain Victoria Gates, Montgomery's replacement from season four?

Penny Johnson Jerald, previously Sherry Palmer on 24, plays Captain Victoria Gates, who takes over the 12th Precinct from season four.

Which actress plays Hayley Shipton, the British security specialist added in season eight?

Toks Olagundoye, previously of The Neighbors, plays Hayley Shipton, the British security specialist who joins Castle's P.I. business in season eight.

Who plays Dr. Sidney Perlmutter, the medical examiner who barely hides his dislike of Castle?

He alternated on cases with Lanie Parish, the team's other medical examiner.

How is the actress who plays Jenny Ryan related in real life to a member of the main cast?

Jenny, nee O'Malley, marries Detective Kevin Ryan on the show.

Which actress plays Meredith Harper, Castle's self-centred actress ex-wife and Alexis's mother?

Darby Stanchfield's Meredith was wife number one; Monet Mazur plays his second wife, publisher Gina Cowell.

Which actor plays the corrupt Senator William Bracken?

Jack Coleman's Bracken is a popular senator representing the State of New York, with ambitions of becoming president.

Which cable network acquired exclusive rights to Castle's first two seasons in June 2011?

TNT picked up the cable rights to Castle's first two seasons in June 2011 and ran an eight-hour marathon that September, ahead of the fourth-season premiere.

Who plays Vikram Singh, the high-strung tech analyst introduced in season eight?

Beckett had briefly worked in the Washington office where the character was based.