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Castle (2009)

Comedy · Crime · Drama

After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.

IMDb rating
8.1 (186,768 votes)
Seasons
8
Streaming (US)
Amazon Prime Video · Hulu · The Roku Channel
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Seasons

Season 1 (2009)

7.84 avg 10 episodes 8.3 → 8.2 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.3 · 3,046 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 2,250 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 2,091 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 1,958 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 1,928 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 1,866 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 1,891 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 1,820 votesEp 9: 7.7 · 1,759 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 1,830 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Flowers for Your Grave8.33,046
2Nanny McDead7.62,250
3Hedge Fund Homeboys7.62,091
4Hell Hath No Fury7.61,958
5A Chill Goes Through Her Veins8.01,928
6Always Buy Retail7.61,866
7Home Is Where the Heart Stops8.01,891
8Ghosts7.81,820
9Little Girl Lost7.71,759
10A Death in the Family8.21,830

Season 2 (2009)

8.12 avg 24 episodes 8.0 → 8.5 43 min avg

  • Rebound
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 8.0 · 1,801 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 1,753 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 1,701 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 1,765 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 1,744 votesEp 6: 8.4 · 1,979 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 1,731 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 1,604 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 1,619 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 1,611 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 1,803 votesEp 12: 8.3 · 1,813 votesEp 13: 8.7 · 1,925 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 1,634 votesEp 15: 7.5 · 1,558 votesEp 16: 7.9 · 1,646 votesEp 17: 9.0 · 2,203 votesEp 18: 8.9 · 2,065 votesEp 19: 7.9 · 1,574 votesEp 20: 7.7 · 1,561 votesEp 21: 8.1 · 1,581 votesEp 22: 7.9 · 1,574 votesEp 23: 7.7 · 1,507 votesEp 24: 8.5 · 1,759 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Deep in Death8.01,801
2The Double Down8.21,753
3Inventing the Girl7.71,701
4Fool Me Once...8.31,765
5When the Bough Breaks8.21,744
6Vampire Weekend8.41,979
7Famous Last Words7.61,731
8Kill the Messenger7.81,604
9Love Me Dead8.01,619
10One Man's Treasure8.01,611
11The Fifth Bullet8.41,803
12A Rose for Everafter8.31,813
13Sucker Punch8.71,925
14The Third Man8.21,634
15Suicide Squeeze7.51,558
16The Mistress Always Spanks Twice7.91,646
17Tick, Tick, Tick...9.02,203
18Boom!8.92,065
19Wrapped Up in Death7.91,574
20The Late Shaft7.71,561
21Den of Thieves8.11,581
22Food to Die For7.91,574
23Overkill7.71,507
24A Deadly Game8.51,759

Season 3 (2010)

8.17 avg 24 episodes 8.3 → 9.2 43 min avg

  • Big finale
  • Rebound
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 8.3 · 1,738 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 1,536 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 1,503 votesEp 4: 8.2 · 1,576 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 1,504 votesEp 6: 8.7 · 1,795 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 1,458 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 1,450 votesEp 9: 8.3 · 1,708 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 1,665 votesEp 11: 8.7 · 2,013 votesEp 12: 8.1 · 1,559 votesEp 13: 9.0 · 2,143 votesEp 14: 7.8 · 1,438 votesEp 15: 8.0 · 1,484 votesEp 16: 8.6 · 1,743 votesEp 17: 8.8 · 1,870 votesEp 18: 7.7 · 1,486 votesEp 19: 8.0 · 1,436 votesEp 20: 7.8 · 1,432 votesEp 21: 7.6 · 1,488 votesEp 22: 8.5 · 1,701 votesEp 23: 7.5 · 1,427 votesEp 24: 9.2 · 2,545 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1A Deadly Affair8.31,738
2He's Dead, She's Dead7.71,536
3Under the Gun8.01,503
4Punked8.21,576
5Anatomy of a Murder8.01,504
63XK8.71,795
7Almost Famous7.51,458
8Murder Most Fowl7.91,450
9Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind8.31,708
10Last Call8.31,665
11Nikki Heat8.72,013
12Poof, You're Dead8.11,559
13Knockdown9.02,143
14Lucky Stiff7.81,438
15The Final Nail8.01,484
16Setup8.61,743
17Countdown8.81,870
18One Life to Lose7.71,486
19Law & Murder8.01,436
20Slice of Death7.81,432
21The Dead Pool7.61,488
22To Love and Die in L.A.8.51,701
23Pretty Dead7.51,427
24Knockout9.22,545

Season 4 (2011)

8.26 avg 23 episodes 8.4 → 9.3 45 min avg

  • Big finale
  • Rebound
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 8.4 · 1,967 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 1,640 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 1,498 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 1,609 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 1,566 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 1,573 votesEp 7: 9.0 · 2,101 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 1,464 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 1,751 votesEp 10: 8.6 · 1,826 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 1,507 votesEp 12: 8.0 · 1,480 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 1,553 votesEp 14: 8.8 · 2,395 votesEp 15: 8.6 · 1,854 votesEp 16: 8.5 · 1,772 votesEp 17: 8.0 · 1,569 votesEp 18: 7.5 · 1,412 votesEp 19: 8.4 · 1,635 votesEp 20: 7.7 · 1,603 votesEp 21: 8.3 · 1,710 votesEp 22: 8.5 · 1,694 votesEp 23: 9.3 · 3,209 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Rise8.41,967
2Heroes and Villains8.31,640
3Head Case7.61,498
4Kick the Ballistics8.11,609
5Eye of the Beholder8.21,566
6Demons8.21,573
7Cops & Robbers9.02,101
8Heartbreak Hotel7.61,464
9Kill Shot8.51,751
10Cuffed8.61,826
11Til Death Do Us Part8.01,507
12Dial M for Mayor8.01,480
13An Embarrassment of Bitches7.81,553
14The Blue Butterfly8.82,395
15Pandora8.61,854
16Linchpin8.51,772
17Once Upon a Crime8.01,569
18A Dance with Death7.51,412
1947 Seconds8.41,635
20The Limey7.71,603
21Headhunters8.31,710
22Undead Again8.51,694
23Always9.33,209

Season 5 (2012)

8.24 avg 24 episodes 9.0 → 8.2 43 min avg

  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 9.0 · 2,405 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 1,655 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 1,578 votesEp 4: 8.8 · 1,929 votesEp 5: 9.1 · 2,303 votesEp 6: 8.6 · 2,268 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 1,763 votesEp 8: 8.0 · 1,470 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 1,476 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 1,454 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 1,331 votesEp 12: 7.4 · 1,356 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 1,418 votesEp 14: 7.7 · 1,404 votesEp 15: 9.1 · 2,238 votesEp 16: 9.3 · 2,666 votesEp 17: 8.1 · 1,457 votesEp 18: 8.5 · 1,582 votesEp 19: 9.1 · 2,278 votesEp 20: 7.3 · 1,339 votesEp 21: 7.7 · 1,437 votesEp 22: 8.5 · 1,979 votesEp 23: 7.8 · 1,299 votesEp 24: 8.2 · 1,472 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1After the Storm9.02,405
2Cloudy with a Chance of Murder8.11,655
3Secret's Safe with Me8.21,578
4Murder He Wrote8.81,929
5Probable Cause9.12,303
6The Final Frontier8.62,268
7Swan Song7.51,763
8After Hours8.01,470
9Secret Santa8.11,476
10Significant Others8.01,454
11Under the Influence7.51,331
12Death Gone Crazy7.41,356
13Recoil8.21,418
14Reality Star Struck7.71,404
15Target9.12,238
16Hunt9.32,666
17Scared to Death8.11,457
18The Wild Rover8.51,582
19The Lives of Others9.12,278
20The Fast and the Furriest7.31,339
21The Squab and the Quail7.71,437
22Still8.51,979
23The Human Factor7.81,299
24Watershed8.21,472

Season 6 (2013)

8.14 avg 23 episodes 8.3 → 7.7 44 min avg

  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 8.3 · 1,837 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 1,507 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 1,408 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 1,477 votesEp 5: 8.8 · 1,985 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 1,351 votesEp 7: 8.3 · 1,512 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 1,294 votesEp 9: 8.9 · 1,792 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 1,400 votesEp 11: 8.6 · 1,698 votesEp 12: 8.4 · 1,390 votesEp 13: 7.9 · 1,271 votesEp 14: 7.7 · 1,238 votesEp 15: 8.1 · 1,317 votesEp 16: 8.1 · 1,251 votesEp 17: 8.6 · 1,520 votesEp 18: 8.1 · 1,234 votesEp 19: 7.7 · 1,127 votesEp 20: 8.2 · 1,453 votesEp 21: 7.3 · 1,114 votesEp 22: 9.1 · 1,810 votesEp 23: 7.7 · 1,516 votes
Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Valkyrie8.31,837
2Dreamworld7.91,507
3Need to Know7.71,408
4Number One Fan8.31,477
5Time Will Tell8.81,985
6Get a Clue7.81,351
7Like Father, Like Daughter8.31,512
8A Murder Is Forever7.51,294
9Disciple8.91,792
10The Good, the Bad & the Baby8.21,400
11Under Fire8.61,698
12Deep Cover8.41,390
13Limelight7.91,271
14Dressed to Kill7.71,238
15Smells Like Teen Spirit8.11,317
16Room 1478.11,251
17In the Belly of the Beast8.61,520
18The Way of the Ninja8.11,234
19The Greater Good7.71,127
20That '70s Show8.21,453
21Law & Boarder7.31,114
22Veritas9.11,810
23For Better or Worse7.71,516

Season 7 (2014)

8.03 avg 23 episodes 7.9 → 8.6 43 min avg

  • Rebound
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 7.9 · 1,509 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 1,309 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 1,311 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 1,246 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 1,227 votesEp 6: 8.5 · 1,677 votesEp 7: 8.1 · 1,338 votesEp 8: 8.0 · 1,168 votesEp 9: 7.5 · 1,127 votesEp 10: 7.8 · 1,162 votesEp 11: 8.5 · 1,343 votesEp 12: 7.7 · 1,107 votesEp 13: 8.0 · 1,176 votesEp 14: 9.0 · 1,732 votesEp 15: 9.1 · 1,880 votesEp 16: 7.9 · 1,195 votesEp 17: 7.7 · 1,126 votesEp 18: 8.1 · 1,090 votesEp 19: 7.6 · 1,022 votesEp 20: 7.6 · 1,143 votesEp 21: 8.1 · 1,179 votesEp 22: 7.3 · 1,119 votesEp 23: 8.6 · 1,360 votes
Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Driven7.91,509
2Montreal8.01,309
3Clear & Present Danger7.81,311
4Child's Play7.91,246
5Meme Is Murder7.91,227
6The Time of Our Lives8.51,677
7Once Upon a Time in the West8.11,338
8Kill Switch8.01,168
9Last Action Hero7.51,127
10Bad Santa7.81,162
11Castle, P.I.8.51,343
12Private Eye Caramba!7.71,107
13I, Witness8.01,176
14Resurrection9.01,732
15Reckoning9.11,880
16The Wrong Stuff7.91,195
17Hong Kong Hustle7.71,126
18At Close Range8.11,090
19Habeas Corpse7.61,022
20Sleeper7.61,143
21In Plane Sight8.11,179
22Dead from New York7.31,119
23Hollander's Woods8.61,360

Season 8 (2015)

7.69 avg 22 episodes 8.1 → 6.9 43 min avg

  • Bad finale
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 8.1 · 1,536 votesEp 2: 7.1 · 1,418 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 1,145 votesEp 4: 7.2 · 1,056 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 1,246 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 1,140 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 1,046 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 1,041 votesEp 9: 7.4 · 1,052 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 1,034 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 1,031 votesEp 12: 8.5 · 1,124 votesEp 13: 7.5 · 967 votesEp 14: 7.8 · 1,022 votesEp 15: 7.7 · 972 votesEp 16: 8.0 · 979 votesEp 17: 7.6 · 934 votesEp 18: 7.5 · 896 votesEp 19: 7.9 · 1,011 votesEp 20: 7.4 · 889 votesEp 21: 7.9 · 932 votesEp 22: 6.9 · 1,648 votes
Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1XY8.11,536
2XX7.11,418
3PhDead7.31,145
4What Lies Beneath7.21,056
5The Nose8.11,246
6Cool Boys7.91,140
7The Last Seduction7.81,046
8Mr. & Mrs. Castle7.51,041
9Tone Death7.41,052
10Witness for the Prosecution8.01,034
11Dead Red8.01,031
12The Blame Game8.51,124
13And Justice for All7.5967
14G.D.S.7.81,022
15Fidelis Ad Mortem7.7972
16Heartbreaker8.0979
17Death Wish7.6934
18Backstabber7.5896
19Dead Again7.91,011
20Much Ado About Murder7.4889
21Hell to Pay7.9932
22Crossfire6.91,648

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