Flowers for Your Grave

The successful and womanizer writer Richard 'Rick' Castle (Nathan Fillion) is invited by NYPD Detective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic) to go to the precinct to question him about the lawyer Martin Fisk and the social worker Allison Tisdale. He explains that he does not know them and he learns that they have been killed in the same way described in two of his novels. They believe the killer must be his fan and Castle joins the investigation. After the third murder, they find clues to lead to the suspect, Kyle Cabot (Kurt David Anderson), a man that has PDD. The police close the case, but Castle is convinced the Cabot is innocent and discloses his concerns to Beckett. She reopens the case and with the support of Castle, catch the real killer. Castle has killed his last character in his last novel and is uninspired to write a new novel, so he convinces Captain Roy Montgomery (Ruben Santiago-Hudson) to join Beckett's investigations as an advisor.

"Flowers for Your Grave" is the pilot (or first episode) of "Castle" with a promising beginning. This is one of the best shows of a series and hope that the other episodes are as great as this one. The plot has many twists and logical explanation and shows a great chemistry between Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic. Looking forward to see other episodes. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "Flowers for Your Grave"

The pilot manages to introduce several characters and set a background for Fillion's character extremely while keeping along a first murder plot. Both lead roles show extremely good chemistry, Nathan Fillion plays once again a cool character and manages to bring to the table that quirkiness that have made his characters so good in the past. His counterpart is not only pretty to look at but also provides a strong female role and not the standard damsel in distress. The pilot is promising: the writing is good for both plot and dialog, the cast is solid and the mandatory sexual tension flows really well with the witty dialog.

I usually like the 2 leading actors ( Nathan Fillion of Firefly & Stana Katic of Absentia ) so I though I'd give this show "Dick" "Castle" ( aka Richard Castle as the main character ) a shot but as soon as this "Dick" finds out 2 people have been murdered copy catting 2 of his books instead of being a normal human being this total "Dick Castle author" asks for copies of the photos of 2 dead people from their crime scenes so he can show off to his friends.

Not only would this make this guy a total idiot ( & possible psychopath ) for having no empathy for the victims or their families, it would also lead the police to believe he was a prime suspect taking time away from what as an audience we could only believe must be a different person as the killer.

If I really don't like this "Dick Castle" why would I watch the show as this whole disgusting scene lost me any inclination to want to watch this show.

If they had made the character totally drunk & was seriously told off by the lead detective Kate Beckett who should of been unbelievably horrified at such a request for "bragging rights" to people being murdered in the same way he wrote the books maybe, a then sober "Richard Castle" could have been horrified at himself for allowing himself be such an incredible jerk & sincerely apologise to Kate Beckett & promise to do much better as a human being then we might have been able to see the start of redemption for this seriously flawed character ( then when he met the victims family I would hope he would feel truly terrible & admit he had a serious problem with reality & how he needed to realise real life is not like his books at all.

However this "Dick Castle" was stone cold sober with a stone cold heart.

I don't blame the actors but the script & the director lost me right then!

( we had already seen "Dick Castle" was a Father so why would he be such a jerk at his age & without a good reason to explain it you lose your audience right away that have any feeling for the murder of 2 innocent people ).

By the way, what I mean by "great" in the title is how this show tracks down the classic shows of the 1980s whereas the same formula, sexual tension and fun. Remington Steele, Moonlighting.. we didn't run into things like that since long time, living a hell of autopsied corpses and reality TV! But this time, as much I was happy, as much I wasn't optimistic.

The script, as a pilot and entertaining episode, was superb. Look at the bunch of characters, the swift lines and the thrill it made. The cameo of Stephen J. Cannell apart (The man who created or co-created TV classics like Chase, The Rockford Files, The Greatest American Hero, Stingray, and The A-Team)--just gave me a hint about what Castle wants to be. However, the casting nearly ruined all of that.

Save (Susan Sullivan) as the washed-up singer mom, I didn't see anyone with anything special. The 2 leads didn't leave one atom of affect on me. I mean com'on.. (Nathan Fillion) is the slick womanizer novelist?? The man got no charisma for half of that!! (Maybe with a moustache he can have a slight chance). And (Stana Katic) isn't attractive as a lead or even convincing as tough policewoman.

The directing handled the things as the best of usual. Since The X Flies, I don't remember a show with a glimpse of style. True it was lovely time as a whole, being the breath of fresh air that we've missed so much for 2 decades already. But those leads are excluded from the charm that I've had with this one of Castle. Hard Irony I know. I just leave it to the upcoming days. Maybe the future will prove me wrong!

At the end of watching anything I ask myself, was I entertained? And the answer in this case was yes! Absolutely! I loved it!

Castle is the story of Rick Castle and Kate Beckett. Castle is a famous novelist and he's "hired" as a consultant in order to deal with murder cases. This develops into some real comedy and interesting chemistry between the lead characters, not to mention some interesting plot twists in later episodes. There's a hint of unbelievability to the show but not in a bad way. It's like a good mystery novel. In this way, Castle is different from typical crime shows like CSI, Bones etc. But I do think that this is part of the appeal. Perhaps I've got a little tired from all that forensics and science.

I must say that I've been starved of some Nathan Fillon. I thought he was brilliant in Firefly, a show that was also immensely entertaining to the audience, but underrated by the powers that be (Fox, I'm looking at you, shame on you). He is definitely a one-of-a-kind actor and he really carries this show with his wry humor and observations. I was hit by a wave of nostalgia with his familiar style. I want to see more. Much much more.

So far so good! Castle kicks off, not with a bang, but with steady assurance.

To Firefly fans I say watch out! Nathan Fillon is back. Coolness personified!