My question:
If it was up to you, how many seasons would (realistically speaking) Castle have?

Was the order for the two additional episodes an unexpected request from the network. Is it considered a vote of confidence in the series that they want to air two more episodes? Does such a request bode well for a 3rd season renewal in the near future?

Thanks so much to everyone involved last night whether it be with setting everything up, asking the questions, or Jose for stopping by! It was fun :)

Adm., may I be one of many to thank you for all your hard work.  It was a very active chat last night but fun to try and keep up.  I look forward to other guests you corral.

Can't wait to hear that the Transcript is up! :)

I was reading a thread over at the ABC site, and someone raised concern over something Jose said in this chat. That made me remeber that I had wondered about it too, when he typed it in response to a question about how many seasons of Castle he envisioned:

[Jose Molina] 5-6, maybe? maybe 7? I think eventually we have to evolve c/b to another stage in their relationship
[Jose Molina] and when they get too serious, the cop work I think has to come to an end
[Jose Molina] since the cop work is really just foreplay
[Jose Molina] if they were married doing cop work the show would turn into hart to hart!

What is your take on this? I assume that the writers have a general sense of the trajectory of the C/B relationship, and this makes it seem like any real realtionship between the two is destined for the end of the show's run/final season. I SO hope this is not the case. I really dislike when shows go that way and you never get to enjoy the couple together for any period of time.

Stana actually brought up Moonlighting in response to a question of when C/B would get together, and I also hate using that show in comparison, as the Moonlighting leads got together at the end of season 3 and everything went downhill from there…not beacuse they were together, but because of a lead's pregnancy, a writers' strike, tension between the leads, and the leads not in scenes together for many months. Even so, Moonlighting was filled with amazing shipper moments up to the point they got together and even after…although many were in dream sequences.

Anyway, I was just wondering what everyone interpreted by Jose's comments about the plans for C/B. I don't think they need to be together in the near future, but I'd love to see many juicy moments along the way!

They're not real happy with Jose's comments over at TWoP either. I've seen a few other sites that are freaking out a little over them as well.

I'll basically say the same thing here that I did over at TWoP. It's my hope this is just a reflection of what Jose wants/thinks will happen down the line and not what Andrew Marlowe has planned. While I'm sure there is a basic outline, it would be almost impossible to have those seasons planned already.

I don't think his comments have turned anyone off the show but it's unfortunate that some are dreading where the show might be heading because of what was said.

Admin, I'll go do that right now.

I don't think it's stirring up trouble at all. I think it's more confusion and posters speculating over his comments. The two major points being that they assume the cop work needing to end would be that Beckett would no longer be a cop. The other being that they assume Castle and Beckett wouldn't get together until seasons 5 or 6 when the cop work would end.