Hi fellow Castle fans. My name is Andie and I've been a lurker here for a while and decided to take the plunge and start posting. I'm from the UK but thankfully, I am up-to-date with the latest exploits of Castle and Beckett. I watched all episodes in three days and what a ride it was. No show has got me this excited since Veronica Mars.

There's nothing I can say about the show that hasn't already been said here but I'm going to anyway. I just love the Murder Of The Week format coupled with the banter of Castle and Beckett. I won't lie, I love Nathan Fillion and if he wasn't starring in the show I probably wouldn't have given it a second glance which actually saddens me a lot. Not only is the performance from Fillion charming and funny, but I've fallen for the rest of the cast as well. The relationships are what interests me the most. It goes without saying that the Castle/Beckett dynamic is my favourite although I may go against the grain by saying that I don't want them to get together. I'd rather watch two people obviously attracted to one another never get together. (On TV, not in real life! I am a romantic really!) You know what they say? The journey is often far more interesting than the destination itself. I've watched many shows where the two leads are attracted to one another. Moonlighting comes to mind. When David and Maddie got together, you could hear the fans breathe a sigh of relief and cheer, but it was quickly followed by the sound of people turning channels. There is so much more mileage in Castle/Beckett flirting and many more "You smell like cherries" moments to come.

The tenderness and comedy of the Castle/Alexis relationship reminds me of Veronica Mars and her Dad Keith. Castle may even overtake Keith as my favourite TV Dad. I love a good, healthy and in my experience, normal Father/Daughter relationship. It warms my heart. It's lovely to see a daughter so grounded and that's down to her Dad and the stability he provides along with his flamboyant Mother. I love her! And Ryan and Esposito are my dynamic duo. Full of great one-liners and they play well off of one another.

Put all the characters together and there is no insular relationship. There really is a freat family feel with all the characters playing their roles. You could pair any two together and you just know that the writers will handle them with the greatest of care and throw in a lot of comedy with it. It leaves the show wide open to a variety of situations that I know will be thrilling to watch. I cannot wait!

I'm sorry that I've gone on and on!  (This post has been heavily edited for fear some may fall asleep!) I just wanted to give you a bit on insight into your newbie. I really do look forward to conversing with you all on the forum. I promise I will keep my posts short(er).

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?

First, I must say a huge thank you to you all for the warm welcome.

Reading through the posts, I realised I hadn't given the Castle/Beckett relationship enough thought. I've been giving it a lot of thought after reading through the thread and I'm coming around to the way of thinking that maybe I do want them to get together. Eventually. Especially as Bones has been mentioned as an example of the sexual tension growing old. I love Bones and although it is growing old, I do love the finale of season four that fed us the relationship we crave. I'm now thinking about how the Castle writers can get them together without spoiling the dance completely and having it come to an end. (They do whet our appetite in the Heat Wave book!) I can't help but think about Buffy/Angel. The forbidden relationship formula was a winner and for me it was one of the most beautifully told love stories with tragic consequences. But this is real life. There are no cursed vampires who will never age here. I'm interested in the theory mentioned here and on another thread that Castle's Father may turn out to be involved in Johanna Beckett's murder. Maybe they will get together only to have this wedge driven between them but the resolution of that particular murder case has to be soon and cannot wait for another two seasons. Or can it? Oh, I'd love to be a fly on the wall in the writers meeting just to hear what they are talking about!