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* [[Anvilicious]]:

** Beckett on deficit spending, in the episode "Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind".

** "Suicide Squeeze" hammers the 'Castro's Cuba is terrible' message home a bit too hard.

** "Countdown" takes this to a bit of an extreme level, where somehow {{spoiler|the fact that a bomb will detonate somewhere in NYC in the next twelve hours or so}} doesn't keep people from sitting around, waxing philosophic about all the different aspects of terrorism.

* [[Crazy Awesome]]: Pretty much Castle's MO. [[The Mentalist|Remind you of anyone?]]

** Detective Demming upped the ante by {{spoiler|kissing Beckett in "Overkill",}} thus securing his status as arch nemesis of all Castle/Beckett shippers. [[The Colbert Report|"DEMMIIIIIIIIIIING!" * shakes fist* ]]

** As of the end of Season Two {{spoiler|Beckett broke up with Demming... just in time for Castle and his ex-wife Gina to start hooking up again. Gina's got her work cut out for her, stepping into Demming's shoes.}}

*** It actually came to a head in "Rise", when {{spoiler|Josh accused Castle of getting her shot. Cut to three months later, and she's broken up with ''him,'' too.}}

** Inverted to some degree with "The Limey", however, where both Castle and Beckett seem to get (presumably) temporary new [[Love Interests]] in flight attendent Jacinda and British cop Colin... except most of the fan ire around the episodes seems to be directed primarily at Castle and Beckett themselves, mainly for ''once again'' refusing to just [[Cannot Spit It Out|have a sensible, adult conversation about their issues and relationship]] and instead dicking about around the subject with other people.

** The show's theme tune deserves a mention here.

** The victim's {{spoiler|eventual-murder-solving}} last song from "Famous Last Words". And they play it ''constantly'' throughout the episode. Auuuugh.

*** [[In-Universe]], too, since Beckett is later seen trying to do an acoustic guitar version of the track.

** [[Pink|The ringtone from "Nanny McDead".]]

** Lanie the ME seems to be going this way. As of season two, she's been showing up more with bigger lines that aren't strictly about the case of the week. But then again, she also gets some of the best lines and could probably match wits with Castle so it's understandable.

** Detectives Ryan and Esposito have ended up becoming quite popular with the fans to the point of almost getting as much screen time as Castle and Beckett, but the charmingly [[Adorkable]] Ryan in particular might fit this trope most -- he wasn't even supposed to be in the series initially, and was a relatively last-minute addition after test audiences didn't respond well to the detective who was initially supposed to take his place. He even has a [[Character Blog]] on ABC.com.

* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]:

** Many of the girl fans' reaction to Kate Beckett.

* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: Ryan, in the first episode of season 3, comments on a cardboard cutout of Castle [[Continuity Nod|"He really is ruggedly handsome"]].

** Esposito gets a moment at the end of "Anatomy of a Murder" when he smiles knowingly after the heartwarming moment between Castle and Beckett. For some reason, he just looks so charmingly happy in that scene.

* [[Fan Disservice]]: In "Kill Shot", there's a scene where Beckett is dressed only in her bra and pants. This would have been [[Fan Service]] if Beckett wasn't going through a mental breakdown and staring at the bullet wound on her chest.

** Beckett is a devoted reader of Castle's novels, {{spoiler|the leader of a fanclub for Castle,}} and has been since before he started shadowing her. She does NOT want him to know the spoiler.

** Beckett was also raised a baseball fan, and as a result, the normally cool-headed detective turns into a fifteen-year-old girl when she meets {{spoiler|Joe Torre}} in "Suicide Squeeze."

** See [[Even the Girls Want Her]] above.

** In "The Mistress Spanks Twice" many of the 'quick-cut New York landmark' establishing shots are replaced by shots of attractive young women in leather corsets writhing in various mild BDSM positions.

* [[Fetish Fuel]]: Most of the female cast gets into the [[Fetish Fuel]]. Lanie talks about engaging in various food fetishes while examining the body at the crime scene. Alexis is shown in both a school girl's uniform and a cheerleader's outfit. Beckett does some domineering and pseudo-leather outfit wearing as well as quipping about knowing about certain BDSM related things. In "The Mistress Always Spanks Twice," there's the scene with Esposito questioning the dominatrix who makes him unlace her boots; She pushes her foot against his shoulder, and hits him lightly with her crop the longer he goes without making progress, which makes the normally smooth and unflappable Esposito more flustered, which makes him make mistakes, which makes her hit him more...

** Beckett ends up in some pretty sexy dresses, usually for special events related to Castle's books. There's also that quick change scene in "Deep in Death." And then there's [http://img692.imageshack.us/i/castlewebsitescreenshot.jpg/ this].

** Beckett seems to be a master at (hinting) this. In "A Deadly Affair", the duo visits a burlesque club complete with burlesque dancer, snake acts, firebreathers, circus motif, and so on and so forth. Castle comments to the effect that it's pretty wild. Beckett comments that it's not as wild as some of the clubs she's been too. This being only the latest in many such comments and quips.

** In a later episode, after revealing that she owns a Harley, she also hints that she owns the proper riding attire to go with. That is, skin tight leather.

** In "Den of Thieves", the word 'partner' is used repeatedly in questionable context.

** Also in the same episode: "Where's Esposito? WHERE'S ESPOSITO?

*** Even moreso because Esposito's numbers are the dates of his firsts - as in, his first time in combat and the first time he had sex.

** Castle to Esposito about Ryan when Ryan's girlfriend calls him yet again.

** Esposito [[Fetish Fuel|throwing]] Ryan up against a wall in "Knockout", {{spoiler|after finding out that Captain Montgomery was involved in Johanna Beckett's murder}}. And the heads of a thousand [[Slash Fic]] [[Yaoi Fangirl|writers]] exploded...

** It gets better in "Dance With Death", when a (keep in mind, married for seven episodes) Ryan pretty much insists Esposito wear his wedding ring when interviewing suspects at a strip club...to see if strippers will flirt with him even if he's not taken. The scene is set up to look like a proposal, which isn't even mentioning the subtext that Espo gets a date because of the ring...and later, can't take it off because his finger's too big and needs Beckett's hand cream. Ryan panicked. Slashers squealed.

** Between Castle and his old high school friend Damian in "The Last Nail." Teenage boy sent off to a boarding school, gets homesick, and gets comforted by an older student.

* [[Incest Subtext]]: Richard and Alexis, often seem positively flirtatious, not to mention often jealous of each others romantic interests. This seems to have cooled down somewhat since Alexis got a steady boyfriend.

* [[Les Yay]]: The killer in "The Mistress Always Spanks Twice" {{spoiler|is the victim's female roommate, whose [[Motive Rant]] for killing is loaded with [[Les Yay]] with a [[Psycho Lesbian]] twist. Add in the fact that the victim once compared her to a dominatrix...}}

** At the end of "Tick, Tick, Tick" it looks like {{spoiler|the villain of the two-part episode has blown up Beckett in her apartment. Of course she wasn't.}}

** The trailer for season 3 shows the cops busting in and finding Castle over a dead body holding a gun. Clearly he did it and will be sent to jail for the rest of his life.

** Muse Watson aka [[NCIS|Mike Franks]] in "Punked". {{spoiler|Didn't do it}}.

** "Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind" has [[Lyle Lovett]] and [[Aliens|Bishop]]. {{spoiler|The killer was someone else.}}

** "Head Case" features [[Entourage|Adam Davies]] {{spoiler|(suspicious but didn't do it)}}, [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film)|April O'Neill]] {{spoiler|(did it and then herself)}}, [[Die Hard|Richard]] "[[Ghostbusters|Dickless]]" [[Die Hard|Thornburg]] {{spoiler|(a subverted [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]])}}, and [[Iron Man (film)|Yinsen]] {{spoiler|(stole the victim's head, but [[It Makes Sense in Context|with justifiable reason]])}}.

* [[Not So Different]]: In "Law & Murder", Castle says that Alexis' "tell" is her nose twitch. When he lies to ''her'' later on, she realizes he's lying when his nose twitches. This is promptly following by her rapidly figuring out what the truth is by boiling down a series of guesses to their logical conclusion. She'd make a good detective, is the implication.

* [[Portmanteau Couple Name]]:

* [[Seasonal Rot]]: The third and particularly fourth seasons have come in for some criticism from various quarters, with probably the most frequent criticism being that the Castle / Beckett relationship keeps getting bogged down in various angsty misunderstandings and 'roadblocks' designed to artificially stretch out the 'will they, won't they' angle (despite the fact that it's frequently made very clear that they ultimately will), in comparison to the more fresh and light-hearted approach taken in seasons one and two.

* [[Too Cool to Live]]: {{spoiler|Roy Montgomery.}}

** His face when he sees {{spoiler|Beckett kiss Deming}} at the end of "Overkill" is absolutely heartwrenching.

** Beckett at the end of "A Deadly Game" {{spoiler|She begins to work up the courage to tell Castle how she feels about him, something which does not come easy for her, but just before she can his ex-wife Gina makes an appearance. The look on Beckett's face as they leave together speaks volumes.}}

** Cesar Calderon from "Anatomy of Murder" is an odd case. {{spoiler|Yes, he's was a ruthless drug lord responsible for a lot of bad things... but he's also completely innocent in the murder and his horrified revelation of the killer is pretty darn heartbreaking. In fact, he was in love with the victim and it's implied he was going to marry her. The culprit? His own brother who killed her and tried to dispose of the body in the same way as in their drug lord days (ie no body at all so she basically just disappears). Even worse, there was no reason for her to be killed in the first place because the reason the brother thought was basically incorrect. Had the brother done the first thing Cesar says (talk to him and let them confront her about it), none of it would have happened at all.}}

** Castle in "47 Seconds". {{spoiler|He is about to tell Beckett for real that he loves her, but he gets interrupted by Esposito before he can do it, so he decides to do it later. However, when Beckett is interrogating a suspect, he goes to the adjoining room to hear the interrogation, and discovers that Beckett actually remembers everything that happened after being shot. He is, naturally, left broken at the fact that Beckett decided to deceive him, and the rest of the episode, when he is not helping with the case, he acts passive-aggresively towards Beckett.}}