There was a survey system that people are signed up to trial things – and one of those things was apparently the pilot for Castle – but not everybody signed up for that survey thing got to see the pilot.   At least I assume that's where BigSis saw it – I know that others got to see it that way.

BigSis – please feel free to discuss the pilot in more detail – this section of the forums allows spoilers – I'd love to know what you thought.

Do you think it's realistic that Castle's connections with the Mayor puts him in a position to be able to call in major favors – like becoming involved in the police dept. on a long term basis so he can research the character for his new novel?

I've seen a lot of people criticize the series saying well, why would an author be helping the police solve crimes every week.  The piolt explains this by his connections with the mayor – but is it realistic enough?

Personally I don't care, entertainment is supposed to stretch the truth a little – if it didn't it woudln't be very entertaining after all.

I love the interaction between Castle and Beckett.  I think there's a lot of room for the whole love-hate relationship thing to develop.  I loved the show Moonlighting and the way the two characters loved-hated eachother and from what I saw in the promo and read in the pilot script, the dynamic is going to work really well here. 

I think we're going to see that while Castle is a bit of a low-lilfe on the outside (in terms of how he reacts to women) on the inside we're going to see a much deeper character who's really a good guy.  He's got a good relationship with his daughter, he's taken his mother into his house – he's got to be a good guy and I'm looking forward to seeing how the surface & underneath personas work out.

From reading the script it was hard to judge how well the humour was going to come across, but having seen the teaser on youtube I think that Nathan Fillion is going to really out-do himself with this one.  He really has what it takes to pull it off and I can't wait to see more.

Jan 7th people! Mark your diaries!

Castle has been given a release date of March 9, 10pm so mark your calendars and spread the word – don't forget we have banners on the promotion page to help you get the word out.  Please feel free to link the banners directly, this way when there are changes your banners will update automatically.  It also helps us to see where the word is getting out.