Welcome Andie!

Couldn't have said it better myself, really! Don't worry about babbling, you made plenty of good points ;)

This show quickly became my favorite, and the entire cast/crew have done an amazing job with it.

I agree about not letting Castle and Beckett get together, it's so fun to watch!

It might drive me crazy to see them get this close, but I love it anyway.

Welcome aboard, Andie! :)

Personally I'd like to see Castle and Beckett get together, but not too soon. IMO, it depends on the writing whether even married pair is fun to watch or not. I'm pretty sure that these writers will be okay and we won't be disappointed :) But before Castle and Beckett get together, I'd love to see the "heat of the moment" situation and how they're going to deal with it…

Welcome Andie…

I personally would like them to get together, but not too soon.  I've been a long-time Bones fan and its getting old to me, I was a JAG fan as well and felt disappointed when I didn't get to see Mac and Harm actually together.  I think it all comes down to the writing and I believe the writing on this show is strong enough to put these two together and still have great banter/dynamic.

itsmyworld said:

Personally, I do want Castle & Beckett to be together. I would love to see them navigate this working relationship with a personal one. Don't get me wrong, I don't need them to be in bed together next week but I also don't want to watch them dance around the issue for seasons on end. The standard relationship cliches of most shows with the dancing, watching one person have feelings whiel the other is oblivious… person 2 finally getting it but person 1 moves on… this is just throughly uninteresting to me now.

Yes, let's please not Ross and Rachel this.

I don't see the need to follow any show.

If anything Castle would be the series to set the standard for other shows to follow. I've said it before we have two solid, well-adjusted characters that have a mutual attraction to each other. There's no gimmicky or quirky characters so you don't have to worry that once that wears thin you don't have anything else to work with. (Their situation is the gimmic but the characters are solid and that's what you need.) The only successful shows I can think of with a crime-fighting (involved) duo is Hart to Hart and that was just too saccharine for me.

Now Fox, for all their bad points, do take chances with their programming and aired Standoff a few seasons back. I watched it but the writing was weak and the leads, while attractive, did not have any chemistry. None. Nada. Ziip. Needless to say it was cancelled quickly. They were also trapped with the gimmick of both being cops in the same dept. and having to hide their relationship which, I believe was already in progress, as the series began. That was recipe for failure even before it started.

So while that formula didn't work, the support behind the idea of an involved crime fighting duo isn't so outrageous as we're constantly led to believe every time Moonlighting gets mentioned.

Castle and Beckett are destined to be together, however I think they need to really go through some kind of personal crisis so that they can bond on an even deeper level before something should happen. It could even be the resolution of Johanna Beckett's murder. I suspect that solving it will involve some dark skeletons that Kate has no idea are in her family's closet.

angie1379 said:Okay, I'm as  intrigued as anyone by this debate about when to get Castle and Beckett together. Two seasons? Four seasons? Eight seaons? And there are also a lot of opinions about shows we don't want Castle to be like: Moonlighting, Bones, Friends. So what are some models that would be good for the writers to follow? What shows pulled off the kind of successful sexual-tension-to-relationship transitions that could ensure the continued success of this show?

X-Files. Yeah, we didn't really get to see the UST to a relationship per-se, but it happened. hehe.

Tzalaran said:

i think i'm the only one who is perfectly fine with them never being together.

From my perspective, Beckett could never take a chance on Castle just because there is no way she can trust him.  With him going behind her back on her mother's case, his flings with the deep fried twinkie, and his constant flirtation with any and all women, it would be very against her defensive nature to ever give him a chance.  The nature of what he does would also put her in a place she doesn't want to be; the spotlight.  Inspiration for a new MC, that she can handle.  Add wife/significant other to the mix and that is a recipe for disaster imo.

Although i think they would make a great pair, i think the long term implications would end up with a relationship destined for failure.  It would also negatively affect her job performance, as there is no way she'd be able work as effectively with him if they were in a relationship.  i couldn't work with my wife, and i just have a desk job… make it where we could be put into a life or death situation at any given moment due to a twist in a case, and too many factors might impair judgment.

Just my thoughts on the matter.  i think that either way, the writers and actors will be able to pull off the direction well.

I don't agree with you  but I just had to say I really appreciate the thought and effort you put into that reply. Looking forward to more of your posts.

Farscapefan said:

Welcome aboard, Andie! :)

Personally I'd like to see Castle and Beckett get together, but not too soon. IMO, it depends on the writing whether even married pair is fun to watch or not. I'm pretty sure that these writers will be okay and we won't be disappointed :) But before Castle and Beckett get together, I'd love to see the "heat of the moment" situation and how they're going to deal with it…

agree, the dance is so much fun to watch, but just a few hot moments would be kinda nice, eh?  Looks like there are a few hopeless romantics in this crowd, me included, so the pace is good but can get a little frustating.  How about a date (but not really a date); a hug-me moment, a "you look so hot" moment; more parties and dancing!  We really need a turning point moment to get these two to acknowledge their mutual attraction and move forward

I disagree that the murder of KB's mother has been forgotten. No, they haven't devoted episode after episode to it, however, the undertones have still been there. I do think that they have every intention of "going there" in coming episodes.

I do agree with you that they need to move Castle & Beckett forward, however, I actually do think they'll be doing just that… especially as they delve deeper in to her mother's murder. While I wasn't a huge fan of last week's episode, I absolutely don't feel as though they have dropped the ball. The upcoming episode looks like it will be great.