Castle (TV series)/Headscratchers: Difference between revisions

Martha is a ''Rodgers'', so the natural assumption is that it came from a Castle in her past. In 'Suicide Squeeze', though, that explanation seems thoroughly nixed when we learn that Rick is "famously fatherless". So why the surname switcharoo?

** He's a writer, he likes cool names. Would it not be easy for him to pick his own name?

** Given what we know about Richard Castle, I'm guessing he'd think that "Richard Rodgers" wouldn't be a suitable name for a mystery writer and simply gave himself a nom-de-plume (possibly, as mentioned above, from one of the men in Martha's life that he actually liked), adopting it for day-to-day business. Alternatively, 'Castle' could be Meredith's last name, and Richard could have adopted it and kept it for the sake of Alexis when they divorced.

** There is also the possibility that Rick didn't want to be mistaken for Richard Rodgers, famous (though deceased) writer of musicals.

== Why is a fiction writer allowed to be a part of police investigations? ==

* I know this show is excused by [[Rule of Cool]] / [[Rule of Funny]], but couldn't they have thrown in a mention of Castle being a former detective or something?

{{quote| Castle: (Intro speech) ...and [[All There in the Manual|thanks to my friendship]] with the mayor, [[Incredibly Lame Pun|I get to be on her case]].}}

** After about half a season, Beckett simply likes having him around, not to mention he's a pretty useful consultant. Despite lacking training in criminal profiling or detective work he's decent at both because he thinks like a murderer for a living and has an eye for "plot holes".