April 16
2016
Jewel Staite to guest on Castle.
These Firefly reunions on Nathan's show are delightful.
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Liked this when it started but even quirky procedurals like this are just the same thing every week, I lose interest quickly. But glad Nathan's working anyway.
Fivewordsorless | April 17, 02:58 CET
aitchbee | April 17, 10:04 CET
Nebula1400 | April 17, 14:42 CET
Jocelyn | April 17, 16:29 CET
Batman1016 | April 17, 17:55 CET
AndrewCrossett | April 18, 05:20 CET
jclemens | April 18, 06:17 CET
Dana5140 | April 18, 08:46 CET
AndrewCrossett | April 18, 09:45 CET
Dana5140 | April 18, 10:08 CET
I have a theory that the main problem with Castle is: 'Ryan and Esposito'. Nothing against the actors. Nothing against their characters, even. But it's the fact that these two precinct detectives are regular cast members. This means that the show always has to make room to include them. They can never make any kind of big change and always have to return to the status quo of Castle and Beckett working on NY police cases. Kate gets a job with the FBI? Old precinct is involved with the case, Kate's job lasts for a whole of three episodes after which she's conveniently allowed back into the exact same position she left, which still happened to be vacant. Castle can't work with the police anymore and starts a PI business? Lasted for five episodes, all his work involved the precinct and then he was allowed back.
When Kate got that job with the FBI, she moved to Washington and Castle made a big deal out of that. But why couldn't they just move there together? He's a writer - nobody requires him to stay in New York! They never even addressed this possibility, because the show would not allow for a change like that to truly happen. They had to return to the precinct status quo, with all of the regulars included.
Valentijn | April 18, 10:09 CET
TPTB should do a time-jump and send Beckett to Washington, leaving Rick, Martha, and Alexis to take care of the 3 kids they were predicted to have by the time-traveler in season 3.
And Ryan and Espo should have their own spin-off. I love those two. They bicker like an old married couple but they would take a bullet for each other, and they have.
madmolly | April 18, 11:14 CET
AndrewCrossett | April 18, 12:51 CET
Lioness | April 18, 15:07 CET
[ edited by Darkest Wicca on 2016-04-19 00:43 ]
Darkest Wicca | April 18, 15:41 CET
Shows have to be doing great overseas and in secondary markets to afford how crazy expensive they get in later years. Every writer/producer/actor/crew member gets (deservedly) automatic contractual increases every season. That adds up fast and as a show gets older, secondary revenues decline (most of the time). You notice I'm not talking about ratings because they really don't matter that much anymore when it is a ABC show selling to an ABC network. It's all right hand/ left hand. The secondary markets are what matters.
Replacing Castle with a new show will cost ABC about 50% (or less) of what they are paying now.
The showrunners probably had an impossible decision in order to keep the show afloat for just a bit longer and to give everyone enough time to find new jobs for the next year. A short order will keep everyone (except Stana and Tamala *sadface*) getting a paycheck and will end about the right time for people to jump to new midseason shows or jump into pilot season.
Just my limited perspective. YMMV.
IrrationaliTV | April 18, 16:14 CET
@theonetruebix | April 18, 16:49 CET
Rumor has it that she and Nathan don't get along at all, but I don't know whether that's true or not.
I just think it's time for Nathan to get free so he has time to make Dr. Horrible 2 and Serenity 2. :-)
AndrewCrossett | April 18, 17:14 CET
However, I doubt such a 'yanking the heart out of the series' move can truly be a good change. It reads more like a desperate stretch to still have another season even when cast and budget availability wouldn't allow for much.
Valentijn | April 18, 23:18 CET
Stana goes, the show ends. Period. It's not the same series, and there's no damn point.
Batman1016 | April 19, 00:10 CET