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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 (187,252 votes)
Seasons
8
Streaming (US)
Amazon Prime Video · Hulu · The Roku Channel
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 8 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2009)

7.84 avg 10 episodes 8.3 → 8.2 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.3 · 3,055 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 2,256 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 2,079 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 1,943 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 1,909 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 1,848 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 1,874 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 1,803 votesEp 9: 7.7 · 1,744 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 1,810 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Flowers for Your Grave8.33,055
2Nanny McDead7.62,256
3Hedge Fund Homeboys7.62,079
4Hell Hath No Fury7.61,943
5A Chill Goes Through Her Veins8.01,909
6Always Buy Retail7.61,848
7Home Is Where the Heart Stops8.01,874
8Ghosts7.81,803
9Little Girl Lost7.71,744
10A Death in the Family8.21,810

Season 2 (2009)

8.12 avg 24 episodes 8.0 → 8.5 43 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 1,782 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 1,731 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 1,678 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 1,738 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 1,716 votesEp 6: 8.4 · 1,942 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 1,709 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 1,582 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 1,598 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 1,587 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 1,779 votesEp 12: 8.3 · 1,785 votesEp 13: 8.7 · 1,897 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 1,609 votesEp 15: 7.5 · 1,533 votesEp 16: 7.9 · 1,623 votesEp 17: 9.0 · 2,163 votesEp 18: 8.9 · 2,025 votesEp 19: 7.9 · 1,562 votesEp 20: 7.7 · 1,535 votesEp 21: 8.1 · 1,559 votesEp 22: 7.9 · 1,553 votesEp 23: 7.7 · 1,482 votesEp 24: 8.5 · 1,728 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Deep in Death8.01,782
2The Double Down8.21,731
3Inventing the Girl7.71,678
4Fool Me Once...8.31,738
5When the Bough Breaks8.21,716
6Vampire Weekend8.41,942
7Famous Last Words7.61,709
8Kill the Messenger7.81,582
9Love Me Dead8.01,598
10One Man's Treasure8.01,587
11The Fifth Bullet8.41,779
12A Rose for Everafter8.31,785
13Sucker Punch8.71,897
14The Third Man8.21,609
15Suicide Squeeze7.51,533
16The Mistress Always Spanks Twice7.91,623
17Tick, Tick, Tick...9.02,163
18Boom!8.92,025
19Wrapped Up in Death7.91,562
20The Late Shaft7.71,535
21Den of Thieves8.11,559
22Food to Die For7.91,553
23Overkill7.71,482
24A Deadly Game8.51,728

Season 3 (2010)

8.17 avg 24 episodes 8.3 → 9.2 43 min avg

Ep 1: 8.3 · 1,714 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 1,525 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 1,493 votesEp 4: 8.2 · 1,566 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 1,493 votesEp 6: 8.7 · 1,778 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 1,454 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 1,440 votesEp 9: 8.3 · 1,697 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 1,653 votesEp 11: 8.7 · 1,992 votesEp 12: 8.1 · 1,549 votesEp 13: 9.0 · 2,111 votesEp 14: 7.8 · 1,427 votesEp 15: 8.0 · 1,474 votesEp 16: 8.6 · 1,729 votesEp 17: 8.8 · 1,850 votesEp 18: 7.7 · 1,477 votesEp 19: 8.0 · 1,428 votesEp 20: 7.8 · 1,413 votesEp 21: 7.6 · 1,479 votesEp 22: 8.5 · 1,689 votesEp 23: 7.5 · 1,419 votesEp 24: 9.2 · 2,510 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1A Deadly Affair8.31,714
2He's Dead, She's Dead7.71,525
3Under the Gun8.01,493
4Punked8.21,566
5Anatomy of a Murder8.01,493
63XK8.71,778
7Almost Famous7.51,454
8Murder Most Fowl7.91,440
9Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind8.31,697
10Last Call8.31,653
11Nikki Heat8.71,992
12Poof, You're Dead8.11,549
13Knockdown9.02,111
14Lucky Stiff7.81,427
15The Final Nail8.01,474
16Setup8.61,729
17Countdown8.81,850
18One Life to Lose7.71,477
19Law & Murder8.01,428
20Slice of Death7.81,413
21The Dead Pool7.61,479
22To Love and Die in L.A.8.51,689
23Pretty Dead7.51,419
24Knockout9.22,510

Season 4 (2011)

8.26 avg 23 episodes 8.4 → 9.3 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.4 · 1,952 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 1,630 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 1,489 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 1,597 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 1,555 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 1,564 votesEp 7: 9.0 · 2,076 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 1,454 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 1,747 votesEp 10: 8.6 · 1,808 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 1,498 votesEp 12: 8.0 · 1,471 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 1,545 votesEp 14: 8.8 · 2,377 votesEp 15: 8.6 · 1,832 votesEp 16: 8.5 · 1,756 votesEp 17: 8.0 · 1,562 votesEp 18: 7.5 · 1,407 votesEp 19: 8.4 · 1,628 votesEp 20: 7.7 · 1,599 votesEp 21: 8.3 · 1,701 votesEp 22: 8.5 · 1,685 votesEp 23: 9.3 · 3,143 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Rise8.41,952
2Heroes and Villains8.31,630
3Head Case7.61,489
4Kick the Ballistics8.11,597
5Eye of the Beholder8.21,555
6Demons8.21,564
7Cops & Robbers9.02,076
8Heartbreak Hotel7.61,454
9Kill Shot8.51,747
10Cuffed8.61,808
11Til Death Do Us Part8.01,498
12Dial M for Mayor8.01,471
13An Embarrassment of Bitches7.81,545
14The Blue Butterfly8.82,377
15Pandora8.61,832
16Linchpin8.51,756
17Once Upon a Crime8.01,562
18A Dance with Death7.51,407
1947 Seconds8.41,628
20The Limey7.71,599
21Headhunters8.31,701
22Undead Again8.51,685
23Always9.33,143

Season 5 (2012)

8.24 avg 24 episodes 9.0 → 8.2 43 min avg

Ep 1: 9.0 · 2,382 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 1,649 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 1,572 votesEp 4: 8.8 · 1,917 votesEp 5: 9.1 · 2,280 votesEp 6: 8.6 · 2,252 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 1,763 votesEp 8: 8.0 · 1,466 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 1,469 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 1,451 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 1,332 votesEp 12: 7.4 · 1,354 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 1,414 votesEp 14: 7.7 · 1,398 votesEp 15: 9.1 · 2,210 votesEp 16: 9.3 · 2,636 votesEp 17: 8.1 · 1,454 votesEp 18: 8.5 · 1,580 votesEp 19: 9.1 · 2,261 votesEp 20: 7.3 · 1,337 votesEp 21: 7.7 · 1,437 votesEp 22: 8.5 · 1,981 votesEp 23: 7.8 · 1,297 votesEp 24: 8.2 · 1,468 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1After the Storm9.02,382
2Cloudy with a Chance of Murder8.11,649
3Secret's Safe with Me8.21,572
4Murder He Wrote8.81,917
5Probable Cause9.12,280
6The Final Frontier8.62,252
7Swan Song7.51,763
8After Hours8.01,466
9Secret Santa8.11,469
10Significant Others8.01,451
11Under the Influence7.51,332
12Death Gone Crazy7.41,354
13Recoil8.21,414
14Reality Star Struck7.71,398
15Target9.12,210
16Hunt9.32,636
17Scared to Death8.11,454
18The Wild Rover8.51,580
19The Lives of Others9.12,261
20The Fast and the Furriest7.31,337
21The Squab and the Quail7.71,437
22Still8.51,981
23The Human Factor7.81,297
24Watershed8.21,468

Season 6 (2013)

8.13 avg 23 episodes 8.3 → 7.7 44 min avg

Ep 1: 8.3 · 1,834 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 1,506 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 1,407 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 1,472 votesEp 5: 8.8 · 1,978 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 1,349 votesEp 7: 8.3 · 1,514 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 1,289 votesEp 9: 8.9 · 1,783 votesEp 10: 8.1 · 1,405 votesEp 11: 8.6 · 1,713 votesEp 12: 8.4 · 1,405 votesEp 13: 7.9 · 1,279 votesEp 14: 7.7 · 1,251 votesEp 15: 8.1 · 1,328 votesEp 16: 8.1 · 1,261 votesEp 17: 8.6 · 1,528 votesEp 18: 8.1 · 1,244 votesEp 19: 7.7 · 1,135 votesEp 20: 8.2 · 1,473 votesEp 21: 7.3 · 1,127 votesEp 22: 9.1 · 1,812 votesEp 23: 7.7 · 1,530 votes
Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Valkyrie8.31,834
2Dreamworld7.91,506
3Need to Know7.71,407
4Number One Fan8.31,472
5Time Will Tell8.81,978
6Get a Clue7.81,349
7Like Father, Like Daughter8.31,514
8A Murder Is Forever7.51,289
9Disciple8.91,783
10The Good, the Bad & the Baby8.11,405
11Under Fire8.61,713
12Deep Cover8.41,405
13Limelight7.91,279
14Dressed to Kill7.71,251
15Smells Like Teen Spirit8.11,328
16Room 1478.11,261
17In the Belly of the Beast8.61,528
18The Way of the Ninja8.11,244
19The Greater Good7.71,135
20That '70s Show8.21,473
21Law & Boarder7.31,127
22Veritas9.11,812
23For Better or Worse7.71,530

Season 7 (2014)

8.02 avg 23 episodes 7.9 → 8.6 43 min avg

Ep 1: 7.9 · 1,522 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 1,319 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 1,322 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 1,256 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 1,238 votesEp 6: 8.5 · 1,689 votesEp 7: 8.1 · 1,347 votesEp 8: 8.0 · 1,180 votesEp 9: 7.5 · 1,138 votesEp 10: 7.8 · 1,173 votesEp 11: 8.5 · 1,352 votesEp 12: 7.7 · 1,121 votesEp 13: 8.0 · 1,190 votesEp 14: 9.0 · 1,737 votesEp 15: 9.1 · 1,885 votesEp 16: 7.9 · 1,208 votesEp 17: 7.7 · 1,138 votesEp 18: 8.1 · 1,100 votesEp 19: 7.6 · 1,031 votesEp 20: 7.6 · 1,154 votesEp 21: 8.1 · 1,190 votesEp 22: 7.3 · 1,128 votesEp 23: 8.6 · 1,367 votes
Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Driven7.91,522
2Montreal8.01,319
3Clear & Present Danger7.81,322
4Child's Play7.81,256
5Meme Is Murder7.91,238
6The Time of Our Lives8.51,689
7Once Upon a Time in the West8.11,347
8Kill Switch8.01,180
9Last Action Hero7.51,138
10Bad Santa7.81,173
11Castle, P.I.8.51,352
12Private Eye Caramba!7.71,121
13I, Witness8.01,190
14Resurrection9.01,737
15Reckoning9.11,885
16The Wrong Stuff7.91,208
17Hong Kong Hustle7.71,138
18At Close Range8.11,100
19Habeas Corpse7.61,031
20Sleeper7.61,154
21In Plane Sight8.11,190
22Dead from New York7.31,128
23Hollander's Woods8.61,367

Season 8 (2015)

7.68 avg 22 episodes 8.1 → 6.9 43 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 1,545 votesEp 2: 7.1 · 1,426 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 1,154 votesEp 4: 7.2 · 1,064 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 1,256 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 1,148 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 1,055 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 1,048 votesEp 9: 7.4 · 1,059 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 1,040 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 1,037 votesEp 12: 8.4 · 1,132 votesEp 13: 7.5 · 974 votesEp 14: 7.8 · 1,029 votesEp 15: 7.7 · 977 votesEp 16: 8.0 · 985 votesEp 17: 7.6 · 939 votesEp 18: 7.5 · 902 votesEp 19: 7.9 · 1,017 votesEp 20: 7.4 · 897 votesEp 21: 7.9 · 939 votesEp 22: 6.9 · 1,663 votes
Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1XY8.11,545
2XX7.11,426
3PhDead7.31,154
4What Lies Beneath7.21,064
5The Nose8.11,256
6Cool Boys7.91,148
7The Last Seduction7.81,055
8Mr. & Mrs. Castle7.51,048
9Tone Death7.41,059
10Witness for the Prosecution8.01,040
11Dead Red8.01,037
12The Blame Game8.41,132
13And Justice for All7.5974
14G.D.S.7.81,029
15Fidelis Ad Mortem7.7977
16Heartbreaker8.0985
17Death Wish7.6939
18Backstabber7.5902
19Dead Again7.91,017
20Much Ado About Murder7.4897
21Hell to Pay7.9939
22Crossfire6.91,663
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