"Castle" - Complete First Season

"Castle" was one of my favorite TV shows back when we had "regular" TV.  We decided to give up "regular" TV in favor of ROKU and DVD's and downsized to just one TV in the family room.  It has been a blessing in many ways as we choose what shows to watch together or individually get our own time to watch shows the other wouldn't enjoy.  I do miss the Hallmark channel and Lifetime and USA and I miss shows like "Castle."

Luckily I was able to find the complete first season of "Castle" (10 episodes) at my local library and just finished watching them after having them checked out for a few weeks -- watching an episode every few days.  I think I must have missed some of these early episodes from TV as I don't remember them but I am thoroughly enjoying getting back into this 8 season series.

Rick Castle is a fairly successful crime novelist whose stories start coming to life in the first episode as a copycat killer uses them to commit murder.  At that point he is enlisted to help the NYPD try to stay a step ahead of the villain.  During the case Castle comes to the realization that working with the police could provide him with new ideas for future novels which would be especially helpful as he has writer's block at the moment.  He also seems to have taken a shine to Detective Beckett but she doesn't always appreciate his unorthodox methods.

As he gets permission to continue working with NYPD and Beckett, he learns that her mother was murdered when she was a girl and the case was never solved and that is why she became a homicide detective.

We also learn from one of her ex-boyfriends that she has been a fan of Castle's books forever and they're what helped her deal with her mother's death but she warns him not to tell Castle.

In the meantime Castle decides to have a friend who is a forensic expert look at her mother's case but his mother warns that he shouldn't be delving into Beckett's life without letter her know.  However, when he approaches her about the possibility, she says if he looks into her mother's case, that would be the end of their working relationship because it took her years of therapy to put her mother's murder behind her.

Rounding out the cast are a couple of male detectives and their boss, the medical examiner, Beckett's mom (who lives with him), his daughter (who also lives with him), and his ex-wife who makes an appearance in one episode before returning to the West Coast.

The first season ends with Castle's forensic expert discovering something about Beckett's mom's murder and possible ties to a series of murders around that time that were never linked originally.  He's afraid to tell Beckett and ruin their friendship but his mother insists he must do it.  So...the first season ends when he sits her down and is about to tell her.....

I can't wait to receive Season 2 from the library so I can discover what happens next!  pazt