A mystery writer is called in to help the police after a real-life murderer starts imitating events in his books.
Show Details:
Start date: Mar 2009
End date: May 2016
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): ABC (US)
Run time: 60 min
Episodes: 173 eps
Genre(s): Crime/Mystery, Drama
End date: May 2016
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): ABC (US)
Run time: 60 min
Episodes: 173 eps
Genre(s): Crime/Mystery, Drama
Credits:
- Nathan Fillion as Richard Castle
- Stana Katic as Det. Kate Beckett
- Susan Sullivan as Martha Rodgers
- Jon Huertas as Javier Esposito
- Seamus Dever as Kevin Ryan
- Tamala Jones as Lanie Parish
- Molly C. Quinn as Alexis Castle
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Capt. Roy Montgomery [ 1-3 ]
- Penny Johnson Jerald as Capt. Victoria Gates [ 4-8 ]
- Maya Stojan as Tory Ellis [ 6-7 ]
- Toks Olagundoye as Hayley Shipton [ 8 ]
Episode list & details from:
TVmaze •
TV.com
| Episode # | Original Air Date |
Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | |||
| 1. | 1-1 | 09 Mar 09 | Flowers for Your Grave (60 min) |
| 2. | 1-2 | 16 Mar 09 | Nanny McDead (60 min) |
| 3. | 1-3 | 23 Mar 09 | Hedge Fund Homeboys (60 min) |
| 4. | 1-4 | 30 Mar 09 | Hell Hath No Fury (60 min) |
| 5. | 1-5 | 06 Apr 09 | A Chill Goes Through Her Veins (60 min) |
| 6. | 1-6 | 13 Apr 09 | Always Buy Retail (60 min) |
| 7. | 1-7 | 20 Apr 09 | Home is Where the Heart Stops (60 min) |
| 8. | 1-8 | 27 Apr 09 | Ghosts (60 min) |
| 9. | 1-9 | 04 May 09 | Little Girl Lost (60 min) |
| 10. | 1-10 | 11 May 09 | A Death in the Family (60 min) |
| Season 2 | |||
| 11. | 2-1 | 21 Sep 09 | Deep in Death (60 min) |
| 12. | 2-2 | 28 Sep 09 | The Double Down (60 min) |
| 13. | 2-3 | 05 Oct 09 | Inventing the Girl (60 min) |
| 14. | 2-4 | 12 Oct 09 | Fool Me Once... (60 min) |
| 15. | 2-5 | 19 Oct 09 | When the Bough Breaks (60 min) |
| 16. | 2-6 | 26 Oct 09 | Vampire Weekend (60 min) |
| 17. | 2-7 | 02 Nov 09 | Famous Last Words (60 min) |
| 18. | 2-8 | 09 Nov 09 | Kill the Messenger (60 min) |
| 19. | 2-9 | 16 Nov 09 | Love Me Dead (60 min) |
| 20. | 2-10 | 23 Nov 09 | One Man's Treasure (60 min) |
| 21. | 2-11 | 07 Dec 09 | The Fifth Bullet (60 min) |
| 22. | 2-12 | 11 Jan 10 | A Rose for Everafter (60 min) |
| 23. | 2-13 | 18 Jan 10 | Sucker Punch (60 min) |
| 24. | 2-14 | 25 Jan 10 | The Third Man (60 min) |
| 25. | 2-15 | 08 Feb 10 | Suicide Squeeze (60 min) |
| 26. | 2-16 | 08 Mar 10 | The Mistress Always Spanks Twice (60 min) |
| 27. | 2-17 | 22 Mar 10 | Tick, Tick, Tick⦠(60 min) |
| 28. | 2-18 | 29 Mar 10 | Boom! (60 min) |
| 29. | 2-19 | 05 Apr 10 | Wrapped Up in Death (60 min) |
| 30. | 2-20 | 12 Apr 10 | The Late Shaft (60 min) |
| 31. | 2-21 | 19 Apr 10 | Den of Thieves (60 min) |
| 32. | 2-22 | 03 May 10 | Food to Die For (60 min) |
| 33. | 2-23 | 10 May 10 | Overkill (60 min) |
| 34. | 2-24 | 17 May 10 | A Deadly Game (60 min) |
| Season 3 | |||
| 35. | 3-1 | 20 Sep 10 | A Deadly Affair (60 min) |
| 36. | 3-2 | 27 Sep 10 | He's Dead, She's Dead (60 min) |
| 37. | 3-3 | 04 Oct 10 | Under the Gun (60 min) |
| 38. | 3-4 | 11 Oct 10 | Punked (60 min) |
| 39. | 3-5 | 18 Oct 10 | Anatomy of a Murder (60 min) |
| 40. | 3-6 | 25 Oct 10 | 3XK (60 min) |
| 41. | 3-7 | 01 Nov 10 | Almost Famous (60 min) |
| 42. | 3-8 | 08 Nov 10 | Murder Most Fowl (60 min) |
| 43. | 3-9 | 15 Nov 10 | Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind (60 min) |
| 44. | 3-10 | 06 Dec 10 | Last Call (60 min) |
| 45. | 3-11 | 03 Jan 11 | Nikki Heat (60 min) |
| 46. | 3-12 | 10 Jan 11 | Poof! You're Dead (60 min) |
| 47. | 3-13 | 24 Jan 11 | Knockdown (60 min) |
| 48. | 3-14 | 07 Feb 11 | Lucky Stiff (60 min) |
| 49. | 3-15 | 14 Feb 11 | The Final Nail (60 min) |
| 50. | 3-16 | 21 Feb 11 | Setup (60 min) |
| 51. | 3-17 | 28 Feb 11 | Countdown (60 min) |
| 52. | 3-18 | 21 Mar 11 | One Life to Lose (60 min) |
| 53. | 3-19 | 28 Mar 11 | Law & Murder (60 min) |
| 54. | 3-20 | 04 Apr 11 | Slice of Death (60 min) |
| 55. | 3-21 | 11 Apr 11 | The Dead Pool (60 min) |
| 56. | 3-22 | 02 May 11 | To Love and Die in L.A. (60 min) |
| 57. | 3-23 | 09 May 11 | Pretty Dead (60 min) |
| 58. | 3-24 | 16 May 11 | Knockout (60 min) |
| Season 4 | |||
| 59. | 4-1 | 19 Sep 11 | Rise (60 min) |
| 60. | 4-2 | 26 Sep 11 | Heroes & Villains (60 min) |
| 61. | 4-3 | 03 Oct 11 | Head Case (60 min) |
| 62. | 4-4 | 10 Oct 11 | Kick the Ballistics (60 min) |
| 63. | 4-5 | 17 Oct 11 | Eye of the Beholder (60 min) |
| 64. | 4-6 | 24 Oct 11 | Demons (60 min) |
| 65. | 4-7 | 31 Oct 11 | Cops & Robbers (60 min) |
| 66. | 4-8 | 07 Nov 11 | Heartbreak Hotel (60 min) |
| 67. | 4-9 | 21 Nov 11 | Kill Shot (60 min) |
| 68. | 4-10 | 05 Dec 11 | Cuffed (60 min) |
| 69. | 4-11 | 09 Jan 12 | Till Death Do Us Part (60 min) |
| 70. | 4-12 | 16 Jan 12 | Dial M for Mayor (60 min) |
| 71. | 4-13 | 23 Jan 12 | An Embarrassment of Bitches (60 min) |
| 72. | 4-14 | 06 Feb 12 | The Blue Butterfly (60 min) |
| 73. | 4-15 | 13 Feb 12 | Pandora (60 min) |
| 74. | 4-16 | 20 Feb 12 | Linchpin (60 min) |
| 75. | 4-17 | 27 Feb 12 | Once Upon a Crime (60 min) |
| 76. | 4-18 | 19 Mar 12 | A Dance with Death (60 min) |
| 77. | 4-19 | 26 Mar 12 | 47 Seconds (60 min) |
| 78. | 4-20 | 02 Apr 12 | The Limey (60 min) |
| 79. | 4-21 | 16 Apr 12 | Headhunters (60 min) |
| 80. | 4-22 | 30 Apr 12 | Undead Again (60 min) |
| 81. | 4-23 | 07 May 12 | Always (60 min) |
| Season 5 | |||
| 82. | 5-1 | 24 Sep 12 | After the Storm (60 min) |
| 83. | 5-2 | 01 Oct 12 | Cloudy with a Chance of Murder (60 min) |
| 84. | 5-3 | 08 Oct 12 | Secret's Safe with Me (60 min) |
| 85. | 5-4 | 15 Oct 12 | Murder, He Wrote (60 min) |
| 86. | 5-5 | 29 Oct 12 | Probable Cause (60 min) |
| 87. | 5-6 | 05 Nov 12 | The Final Frontier (60 min) |
| 88. | 5-7 | 12 Nov 12 | Swan Song (60 min) |
| 89. | 5-8 | 19 Nov 12 | After Hours (60 min) |
| 90. | 5-9 | 03 Dec 12 | Secret Santa (60 min) |
| 91. | 5-10 | 07 Jan 13 | Significant Others (60 min) |
| 92. | 5-11 | 14 Jan 13 | Under the Influence (60 min) |
| 93. | 5-12 | 21 Jan 13 | Death Gone Crazy (60 min) |
| 94. | 5-13 | 04 Feb 13 | Recoil (60 min) |
| 95. | 5-14 | 11 Feb 13 | Reality Star Struck (60 min) |
| 96. | 5-15 | 18 Feb 13 | Target (60 min) |
| 97. | 5-16 | 25 Feb 13 | Hunt (60 min) |
| 98. | 5-17 | 18 Mar 13 | Scared to Death (60 min) |
| 99. | 5-18 | 25 Mar 13 | The Wild Rover (60 min) |
| 100. | 5-19 | 01 Apr 13 | The Lives of Others (60 min) |
| 101. | 5-20 | 15 Apr 13 | The Fast and the Furriest (60 min) |
| 102. | 5-21 | 22 Apr 13 | The Squab and the Quail (60 min) |
| 103. | 5-22 | 29 Apr 13 | Still (60 min) |
| 104. | 5-23 | 06 May 13 | The Human Factor (60 min) |
| 105. | 5-24 | 13 May 13 | Watershed (60 min) |
| Season 6 | |||
| 106. | 6-1 | 23 Sep 13 | Valkyrie (60 min) |
| 107. | 6-2 | 30 Sep 13 | Dreamworld (60 min) |
| 108. | 6-3 | 07 Oct 13 | Need to Know (60 min) |
| 109. | 6-4 | 14 Oct 13 | Number One Fan (60 min) |
| 110. | 6-5 | 21 Oct 13 | Time Will Tell (60 min) |
| 111. | 6-6 | 28 Oct 13 | Get a Clue (60 min) |
| 112. | 6-7 | 04 Nov 13 | Like Father, Like Daughter (60 min) |
| 113. | 6-8 | 11 Nov 13 | A Murder is Forever (60 min) |
| 114. | 6-9 | 18 Nov 13 | Disciple (60 min) |
| 115. | 6-10 | 25 Nov 13 | The Good, the Bad and the Baby (60 min) |
| 116. | 6-11 | 06 Jan 14 | Under Fire (60 min) |
| 117. | 6-12 | 13 Jan 14 | Deep Cover (60 min) |
| 118. | 6-13 | 20 Jan 14 | Limelight (60 min) |
| 119. | 6-14 | 03 Feb 14 | Dressed to Kill (60 min) |
| 120. | 6-15 | 17 Feb 14 | Smells Like Teen Spirit (60 min) |
| 121. | 6-16 | 24 Feb 14 | Room 147 (60 min) |
| 122. | 6-17 | 03 Mar 14 | In the Belly of the Beast (60 min) |
| 123. | 6-18 | 17 Mar 14 | The Way of the Ninja (60 min) |
| 124. | 6-19 | 24 Mar 14 | The Greater Good (60 min) |
| 125. | 6-20 | 21 Apr 14 | That '70s Show (60 min) |
| 126. | 6-21 | 28 Apr 14 | Law & Boarder (60 min) |
| 127. | 6-22 | 05 May 14 | Veritas (60 min) |
| 128. | 6-23 | 12 May 14 | For Better or Worse (60 min) |
| Season 7 | |||
| 129. | 7-1 | 29 Sep 14 | Driven (60 min) |
| 130. | 7-2 | 06 Oct 14 | Montreal (60 min) |
| 131. | 7-3 | 13 Oct 14 | Clear & Present Danger (60 min) |
| 132. | 7-4 | 20 Oct 14 | Child's Play (60 min) |
| 133. | 7-5 | 27 Oct 14 | Meme is Murder (60 min) |
| 134. | 7-6 | 10 Nov 14 | The Time of Our Lives (60 min) |
| 135. | 7-7 | 17 Nov 14 | Once Upon a Time in the West (60 min) |
| 136. | 7-8 | 24 Nov 14 | Kill Switch (60 min) |
| 137. | 7-9 | 01 Dec 14 | Last Action Hero (60 min) |
| 138. | 7-10 | 08 Dec 14 | Bad Santa (60 min) |
| 139. | 7-11 | 12 Jan 15 | Castle, P.I. (60 min) |
| 140. | 7-12 | 19 Jan 15 | Private Eye Caramba! (60 min) |
| 141. | 7-13 | 02 Feb 15 | I, Witness (60 min) |
| 142. | 7-14 | 09 Feb 15 | Resurrection (60 min) |
| 143. | 7-15 | 16 Feb 15 | Reckoning (60 min) |
| 144. | 7-16 | 23 Feb 15 | The Wrong Stuff (60 min) |
| 145. | 7-17 | 16 Mar 15 | Hong Kong Hustle (60 min) |
| 146. | 7-18 | 23 Mar 15 | At Close Range (60 min) |
| 147. | 7-19 | 30 Mar 15 | Habeas Corpse (60 min) |
| 148. | 7-20 | 20 Apr 15 | Sleeper (60 min) |
| 149. | 7-21 | 27 Apr 15 | In Plane Sight (60 min) |
| 150. | 7-22 | 04 May 15 | Dead from New York (60 min) |
| 151. | 7-23 | 11 May 15 | Hollander's Woods (60 min) |
| Season 8 | |||
| 152. | 8-1 | 21 Sep 15 | XY (60 min) |
| 153. | 8-2 | 28 Sep 15 | XX (60 min) |
| 154. | 8-3 | 05 Oct 15 | PhDead (60 min) |
| 155. | 8-4 | 12 Oct 15 | What Lies Beneath... (60 min) |
| 156. | 8-5 | 19 Oct 15 | The Nose (60 min) |
| 157. | 8-6 | 09 Nov 15 | Cool Boys (60 min) |
| 158. | 8-7 | 16 Nov 15 | The Last Seduction (60 min) |
| 159. | 8-8 | 23 Nov 15 | Mr. & Mrs. Castle (60 min) |
| 160. | 8-9 | 08 Feb 16 | Tone Death (60 min) |
| 161. | 8-10 | 14 Feb 16 | Witness for the Prosecution (60 min) |
| 162. | 8-11 | 15 Feb 16 | Dead Red (60 min) |
| 163. | 8-12 | 22 Feb 16 | The Blame Game (60 min) |
| 164. | 8-13 | 29 Feb 16 | And Justice for All (60 min) |
| 165. | 8-14 | 07 Mar 16 | The G.D.S. (60 min) |
| 166. | 8-15 | 21 Mar 16 | Fidelis Ad Mortem (60 min) |
| 167. | 8-16 | 04 Apr 16 | Heartbreaker (60 min) |
| 168. | 8-17 | 11 Apr 16 | Death Wish (60 min) |
| 169. | 8-18 | 18 Apr 16 | Backstabber (60 min) |
| 170. | 8-19 | 25 Apr 16 | Dead Again (60 min) |
| 171. | 8-20 | 02 May 16 | Much Ado About Murder (60 min) |
| 172. | 8-21 | 09 May 16 | Hell to Pay (60 min) |
| 173. | 8-22 | 16 May 16 | Crossfire (60 min) |
DVDs and "Nikki Heat books by Richard Castle" are available:
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Season 1 (3 discs) ![]() |
Season 2 (5 discs) Sep 21 ![]() |
Heat Wave (book 1) ![]() |
Naked Heat (book 2) Sep 28 ![]() |



