Another obviously annoyed fan said that it is really bizarre for the showrunners to talk about something they have not nailed down yet. The fan also added that it is not like the showrunners still have time to do it considering that the TV series only has about 15 or 16 episodes, and there are only 7 or 8 remaining to be shown when it returns on ABC on February 1, 2016 for its episode 9.
The two showrunners of “Castle” have been under fire from fans for the most parts of the first half of Season 8 of the show.
After having Rick Castle and Kate Beckett tied the knot on the first episode of Season 8, they decided to separate them through a mysterious plotline so that Kate can focus on her investigation without jeopardizing the safety of his novelist husband.
The fan backlash was so great that it caused “Castle” some serious dip in its ratings over the next couple of episodes.
It was only in episode 7 that Rick and Kate got back together again which also resulted to most of the fans started coming back to watch the show again.
In fact, during episode 8, where the pair investigated a murder on a cruise ship, was the highest-rated episode of “Castle” of Season 8 precisely because the tandem of Rick and Kate were working on the case. And it is really their on-cam chemistry which packs in the viewers.
Beckett and Castle were engaged but not married when he disappeared. Therefore you should consider that Beckett is not answerable to Castle for anything prior to their engagement. Since their engagement I have not seen anything that would tie Beckett to the disappearance except her activities during her search for Castle and considering her drive to find Castle it would have to be a positive thing for their relationship. I still believe the entire inane story line should be dropped.
Agree and the series works better when they share screen time solving cases.
The more I hear of this together in private, apart in public thing the more it sounds pathetic, pitiful, boring and tiresome. The investigation of Castle’s disappearance is supposed to begin again (although I cannot fathom why) about episode 14. Sounds like they should end LokSat by then they have already wasted too much time on something that easy and important (supposedly).
We all know that the Castle show runners are new this season but did you know that for episodes 9 through 13 one writer (Winter) has been with Castle since season 2 writing 2 or 3 episodes per year. Two writers have been with Castle since about season 6 or 7 and have written only 3 episodes each during that period. Finally, 2 writers have never written even one episode for Castle. Seems like they are using us to train new writers (And new show runners.). See Wikipedia Castle episode list for this information. Notice that episodes 10 through 13 do not yet have titles nor air date only writers.
With regard to the show runners recognizing that the strength of the show is Casket together, what about the upcoming episode where Castle, Alexis and Hayley go to LA while Beckett stays in NY? Sounds like another episode similar to the one with Castle and Alexis on a plane with a murderer and Beckett in NY. Let’s not repeat such mindless episodes.