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A whole new chapter in crime solving.
Overview
After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.
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Season 1
10 episodes • 2009Avg: 7.5

Season 1
10 episodes • 2009Avg: 7.5
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flowers for Your Grave | Mar 9, 2009 | 7.6 |
| 2 | Nanny McDead | Mar 16, 2009 | 7.6 |
| 3 | Hedge Fund Homeboys | Mar 23, 2009 | 7.4 |
| 4 | Hell Hath No Fury | Mar 30, 2009 | 7.5 |
| 5 | A Chill Goes Through Her Veins | Apr 6, 2009 | 7.6 |
| 6 | Always Buy Retail | Apr 13, 2009 | 6.9 |
| 7 | Home Is Where the Heart Stops | Apr 20, 2009 | 7.6 |
| 8 | Ghosts | Apr 27, 2009 | 7.7 |
| 9 | Little Girl Lost | May 4, 2009 | 7.6 |
| 10 | A Death in the Family | May 11, 2009 | 7.8 |

Season 2
24 episodes • 2009Avg: 7.8Golden Era

Season 2
24 episodes • 2009Avg: 7.8Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deep in Death | Sep 21, 2009 | 7.7 |
| 2 | The Double Down | Sep 28, 2009 | 7.9 |
| 3 | Inventing the Girl | Oct 5, 2009 | 7.5 |
| 4 | Fool Me Once | Oct 12, 2009 | 8.1 |
| 5 | When the Bough Breaks | Oct 19, 2009 | 7.7 |
| 6 | Vampire Weekend | Oct 26, 2009 | 7.8 |
| 7 | Famous Last Words | Nov 2, 2009 | 7.8 |
| 8 | Kill the Messenger | Nov 9, 2009 | 7.8 |
| 9 | Love Me Dead | Nov 16, 2009 | 7.4 |
| 10 | One Man's Treasure | Nov 23, 2009 | 7.9 |
| 11 | The Fifth Bullet | Dec 7, 2009 | 8.2 |
| 12 | A Rose for Everafter | Jan 11, 2010 | 7.3 |
| 13 | Sucker Punch | Jan 18, 2010 | 8.5 |
| 14 | The Third Man | Jan 25, 2010 | 8.0 |
| 15 | Suicide Squeeze | Feb 8, 2010 | 7.7 |
| 16 | The Mistress Always Spanks Twice | Mar 8, 2010 | 7.4 |
| 17 | Tick, Tick, Tick... (1) | Mar 22, 2010 | 8.7 |
| 18 | Boom! (2) | Mar 29, 2010 | 8.4 |
| 19 | Wrapped Up in Death | Apr 5, 2010 | 7.6 |
| 20 | The Late Shaft | Apr 12, 2010 | 7.6 |
| 21 | Den of Thieves | Apr 19, 2010 | 7.7 |
| 22 | Food to Die For | May 3, 2010 | 7.1 |
| 23 | Overkill | May 10, 2010 | 7.4 |
| 24 | A Deadly Game | May 17, 2010 | 8.0 |

Season 3
24 episodes • 2010Avg: 7.7Golden Era

Season 3
24 episodes • 2010Avg: 7.7Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Deadly Affair | Sep 20, 2010 | 8.0 |
| 2 | He's Dead, She's Dead | Sep 27, 2010 | 7.7 |
| 3 | Under the Gun | Oct 4, 2010 | 7.8 |
| 4 | Punked | Oct 11, 2010 | 8.0 |
| 5 | Anatomy of a Murder | Oct 18, 2010 | 7.8 |
| 6 | 3XK | Oct 25, 2010 | 8.1 |
| 7 | Almost Famous | Nov 1, 2010 | 6.9 |
| 8 | Murder Most Fowl | Nov 8, 2010 | 7.6 |
| 9 | Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind | Nov 15, 2010 | 8.0 |
| 10 | Last Call | Dec 6, 2010 | 7.9 |
| 11 | Nikki Heat | Jan 3, 2011 | 7.5 |
| 12 | Poof! You're Dead | Jan 10, 2011 | 7.1 |
| 13 | Knockdown | Jan 24, 2011 | 8.5 |
| 14 | Lucky Stiff | Feb 7, 2011 | 7.7 |
| 15 | The Final Nail | Feb 14, 2011 | 7.0 |
| 16 | Setup (1) | Feb 21, 2011 | 8.2 |
| 17 | Countdown (2) | Feb 28, 2011 | 8.2 |
| 18 | One Life to Lose | Mar 21, 2011 | 7.6 |
| 19 | Law & Murder | Mar 28, 2011 | 7.6 |
| 20 | Slice of Death | Apr 4, 2011 | 7.5 |
| 21 | The Dead Pool | Apr 11, 2011 | 7.8 |
| 22 | To Love and Die in L.A. | May 2, 2011 | 8.0 |
| 23 | Pretty Dead | May 9, 2011 | 6.9 |
| 24 | Knockout | May 16, 2011 | 8.6 |

Season 4
23 episodes • 2011Avg: 7.8Golden Era

Season 4
23 episodes • 2011Avg: 7.8Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rise | Sep 19, 2011 | 7.9 |
| 2 | Heroes & Villains | Sep 26, 2011 | 8.5 |
| 3 | Head Case | Oct 3, 2011 | 7.7 |
| 4 | Kick the Ballistics | Oct 10, 2011 | 7.7 |
| 5 | Eye of the Beholder | Oct 17, 2011 | 7.6 |
| 6 | Demons | Oct 24, 2011 | 8.0 |
| 7 | Cops & Robbers | Oct 31, 2011 | 8.0 |
| 8 | Heartbreak Hotel | Nov 7, 2011 | 7.2 |
| 9 | Kill Shot | Nov 21, 2011 | 7.9 |
| 10 | Cuffed | Dec 5, 2011 | 8.3 |
| 11 | Till Death Do Us Part | Jan 9, 2012 | 7.1 |
| 12 | Dial M for Mayor | Jan 16, 2012 | 7.3 |
| 13 | An Embarrassment of Bitches | Jan 23, 2012 | 7.7 |
| 14 | The Blue Butterfly | Feb 6, 2012 | 8.1 |
| 15 | Pandora (1) | Feb 13, 2012 | 8.1 |
| 16 | Linchpin (2) | Feb 20, 2012 | 8.0 |
| 17 | Once Upon a Crime | Feb 27, 2012 | 7.7 |
| 18 | A Dance with Death | Mar 19, 2012 | 6.6 |
| 19 | 47 Seconds | Mar 26, 2012 | 8.4 |
| 20 | The Limey | Apr 2, 2012 | 7.7 |
| 21 | Headhunters | Apr 16, 2012 | 8.2 |
| 22 | Undead Again | Apr 30, 2012 | 7.1 |
| 23 | Always | May 7, 2012 | 8.4 |

Season 5
24 episodes • 2012Avg: 7.6

Season 5
24 episodes • 2012Avg: 7.6
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After the Storm | Sep 24, 2012 | 8.2 |
| 2 | Cloudy with a Chance of Murder | Oct 1, 2012 | 7.1 |
| 3 | Secret's Safe with Me | Oct 8, 2012 | 7.8 |
| 4 | Murder, He Wrote | Oct 15, 2012 | 7.2 |
| 5 | Probable Cause | Oct 29, 2012 | 8.4 |
| 6 | The Final Frontier | Nov 5, 2012 | 8.1 |
| 7 | Swan Song | Nov 12, 2012 | 7.4 |
| 8 | After Hours | Nov 19, 2012 | 7.7 |
| 9 | Secret Santa | Dec 3, 2012 | 7.9 |
| 10 | Significant Others | Jan 7, 2013 | 7.5 |
| 11 | Under the Influence | Jan 14, 2013 | 7.4 |
| 12 | Death Gone Crazy | Jan 21, 2013 | 7.6 |
| 13 | Recoil | Feb 4, 2013 | 8.0 |
| 14 | Reality Star Struck | Feb 11, 2013 | 7.0 |
| 15 | Target (1) | Feb 18, 2013 | 8.1 |
| 16 | Hunt (2) | Feb 25, 2013 | 7.9 |
| 17 | Scared to Death | Mar 18, 2013 | 7.8 |
| 18 | The Wild Rover | Mar 25, 2013 | 7.9 |
| 19 | The Lives of Others | Apr 1, 2013 | 7.6 |
| 20 | The Fast and the Furriest | Apr 15, 2013 | 7.5 |
| 21 | The Squab and the Quail | Apr 22, 2013 | 7.5 |
| 22 | Still | Apr 29, 2013 | 7.7 |
| 23 | The Human Factor | May 6, 2013 | 6.7 |
| 24 | Watershed | May 13, 2013 | 7.4 |

Season 6
23 episodes • 2013Avg: 7.4

Season 6
23 episodes • 2013Avg: 7.4
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valkyrie (1) | Sep 23, 2013 | 7.8 |
| 2 | Dreamworld (2) | Sep 30, 2013 | 7.3 |
| 3 | Need to Know | Oct 7, 2013 | 7.5 |
| 4 | Number One Fan | Oct 14, 2013 | 7.7 |
| 5 | Time Will Tell | Oct 21, 2013 | 7.5 |
| 6 | Get a Clue | Oct 28, 2013 | 7.0 |
| 7 | Like Father, Like Daughter | Nov 4, 2013 | 7.8 |
| 8 | A Murder Is Forever | Nov 11, 2013 | 7.4 |
| 9 | Disciple | Nov 18, 2013 | 7.0 |
| 10 | The Good, The Bad & The Baby | Nov 25, 2013 | 7.2 |
| 11 | Under Fire | Jan 6, 2014 | 7.6 |
| 12 | Deep Cover | Jan 13, 2014 | 7.6 |
| 13 | Limelight | Jan 20, 2014 | 6.9 |
| 14 | Dressed To Kill | Jan 27, 2014 | 7.3 |
| 15 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | Feb 17, 2014 | 7.7 |
| 16 | Room 147 | Feb 24, 2014 | 7.8 |
| 17 | In the Belly of the Beast | Mar 3, 2014 | 8.1 |
| 18 | The Way of the Ninja | Mar 17, 2014 | 7.8 |
| 19 | The Greater Good | Mar 24, 2014 | 7.5 |
| 20 | That '70s Show | Apr 21, 2014 | 7.4 |
| 21 | Law & Boarder | Apr 28, 2014 | 7.3 |
| 22 | Veritas | May 5, 2014 | 8.0 |
| 23 | For Better or Worse | May 12, 2014 | 6.1 |

Season 7
23 episodes • 2014Avg: 7.2

Season 7
23 episodes • 2014Avg: 7.2
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Driven | Sep 29, 2014 | 7.0 |
| 2 | Montreal | Oct 6, 2014 | 7.3 |
| 3 | Clear & Present Danger | Oct 13, 2014 | 7.1 |
| 4 | Child's Play | Oct 20, 2014 | 6.9 |
| 5 | Meme is Murder | Oct 27, 2014 | 6.9 |
| 6 | The Time of Our Lives | Nov 10, 2014 | 7.6 |
| 7 | Once Upon a Time in the West | Nov 17, 2014 | 7.2 |
| 8 | Kill Switch | Nov 24, 2014 | 6.9 |
| 9 | Last Action Hero | Dec 1, 2014 | 7.4 |
| 10 | Bad Santa | Dec 8, 2014 | 6.7 |
| 11 | Castle, P.I. | Jan 12, 2015 | 8.1 |
| 12 | Private Eye Caramba! | Jan 19, 2015 | 7.4 |
| 13 | I, Witness | Feb 2, 2015 | 7.5 |
| 14 | Resurrection (1) | Feb 9, 2015 | 7.8 |
| 15 | Reckoning (2) | Feb 16, 2015 | 7.7 |
| 16 | The Wrong Stuff | Feb 23, 2015 | 6.8 |
| 17 | Hong Kong Hustle | Mar 16, 2015 | 7.3 |
| 18 | At Close Range | Mar 23, 2015 | 6.5 |
| 19 | Habeas Corpse | Mar 30, 2015 | 7.3 |
| 20 | Sleeper | Apr 20, 2015 | 7.2 |
| 21 | In Plane Sight | Apr 27, 2015 | 6.6 |
| 22 | Dead From New York | May 4, 2015 | 7.0 |
| 23 | Hollander's Woods | May 11, 2015 | 7.8 |

Season 8
22 episodes • 2015Avg: 7.1

Season 8
22 episodes • 2015Avg: 7.1
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XY (1) | Sep 21, 2015 | 7.6 |
| 2 | XX (2) | Sep 28, 2015 | 6.9 |
| 3 | PhDead | Oct 5, 2015 | 6.4 |
| 4 | What Lies Beneath | Oct 12, 2015 | 7.2 |
| 5 | The Nose | Oct 19, 2015 | 7.7 |
| 6 | Cool Boys | Nov 9, 2015 | 7.6 |
| 7 | The Last Seduction | Nov 16, 2015 | 7.5 |
| 8 | Mr. & Mrs. Castle | Nov 23, 2015 | 6.4 |
| 9 | Tone Death | Feb 8, 2016 | 7.2 |
| 10 | Witness for the Prosecution | Feb 14, 2016 | 6.3 |
| 11 | Dead Red | Feb 15, 2016 | 6.7 |
| 12 | The Blame Game | Feb 22, 2016 | 7.3 |
| 13 | And Justice for All | Feb 29, 2016 | 7.3 |
| 14 | The G.D.S. | Mar 7, 2016 | 6.5 |
| 15 | Fidelis Ad Mortem | Mar 21, 2016 | 7.5 |
| 16 | Heartbreaker | Apr 4, 2016 | 7.4 |
| 17 | Death Wish | Apr 11, 2016 | 7.2 |
| 18 | Backstabber | Apr 18, 2016 | 7.4 |
| 19 | Dead Again | Apr 25, 2016 | 7.6 |
| 20 | Much Ado About Murder | May 2, 2016 | 7.1 |
| 21 | Hell to Pay | May 9, 2016 | 7.5 |
| 22 | Crossfire | May 16, 2016 | 6.8 |
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