Castle (season 7)

The seventh season of American crime-comedy-drama television series Castle, was ordered on May 8, 2014, by ABC.[1] The season premiered on September 29, 2014, in the United States on ABC, and the finale aired on May 11, 2015. The seventh season initially had 22 episodes. But on October 23, 2014, ABC ordered one more episode, resulting in an episode count of 23 episodes.[2]

Castle
Season 7
DVD cover
Starring	Nathan Fillion Stana Katic Jon Huertas Seamus Dever Tamala Jones Molly C. Quinn Susan Sullivan Penny Johnson Jerald
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	23
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 29, 2014 (2014-09-29) – May 11, 2015 (2015-05-11)
Season chronology

Overview

Richard Castle (Fillion) is a famous mystery novelist who has killed off the main character in his popular book series and has writer's block. He is brought in by the NYPD for questioning regarding a copy-cat murder based on one of his novels. He is intrigued by this new window into crime and murder, and uses his connection with the mayor to charm his way into shadowing Detective Kate Beckett (Katic). Castle decides to use Beckett as his muse for Nikki Heat, the main character of his next book series. Beckett, an avid reader of Castle's books, initially disapproves of having Castle shadow her work, but later warms up and recognizes Castle as a useful resource in her team's investigations.

Cast

Main cast

• Nathan Fillion as Richard Castle
• Stana Katic as Dt. Kate Beckett
• Jon Huertas as Dt. Javier Esposito
• Seamus Dever as Dt. Kevin Ryan
• Tamala Jones as Dr. Lanie Parish
• Molly C. Quinn as Alexis Castle
• Susan Sullivan as Martha Rodgers
• Penny Johnson Jerald as Captain Victoria Gates

Recurring cast

• Maya Stojan as Tory Ellis
• Arye Gross as Sidney Perlmutter
• Juliana Dever as Jenny Ryan
• Matt Letscher as Henry Jenkins

Episodes

Main article: List of Castle episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
129	1	"Driven"	Rob Bowman	David Amann	September 29, 2014 (2014-09-29)	701[3]	10.75[4]
Beckett searches for answers in the aftermath of Castle's accident and discovers that he has been abducted, although evidence points to him as the man behind his abduction and disappearance. When he is found abandoned at sea two months later, he is unable to recall those past two months. Reunited with Beckett, the pair begin to investigate his whereabouts together.
130	2	"Montreal"	Alrick Riley	Andrew W. Marlowe	October 6, 2014 (2014-10-06)	702[5]	9.60[6]
Castle uses some unconventional methods to determine his whereabouts for the last months while helping Beckett solve a case involving a dead toy company executive going to great lengths to conceal his identity. A new lead for Castle leads to questions he may not want answered.
131	3	"Clear and Present Danger"	Kate Woods	Chad Gomez Creasey & Dara Resnik Creasey	October 13, 2014 (2014-10-13)	703[7]	9.30[8]
Pool shark Will Fairwick gets impaled inside his apartment. Billiards club owner Fats Shepherd says Will made a deal with the devil and Will believed his end was near. Video footage shows Will's apartment door opening and closing by itself moments after his murder, causing the detectives to wonder if Will was correct. Donna, Will's girlfriend, says he was an MIT student but dropped out due to stress. Will also had a job at an insurance company, which, along with his college enrollment, was a front for a government agency researching cloaking technology. Will wanted to prevent the technology from falling into the wrong hands and was killed for it.
132	4	"Child's Play"	Rob Bowman	Rob Hanning	October 20, 2014 (2014-10-20)	704[9]	8.82[10]
Beckett's team investigate an ice cream man's murder and find evidence that a child may have been a witness, so Castle goes undercover at a local school's second-grade class to find them.
133	5	"Meme is Murder"	Bill Roe	Jim Adler	October 27, 2014 (2014-10-27)	705[11]	8.75[12]
The team investigates the murder of web celebrity Abby Smith. The killer then posts photos of her death online and even taunts the police with clues to future murders. Castle believes the killer may have once been cyberbullied. Surveillance video leads them to Adam Lane, who has taken the co-founders of a photo sharing service to a secret location. Lane has set up an online contest for the two, and whoever gets the fewest votes within 60 minutes dies. Using psychological tactics on Lane, Beckett manages to get him to reveal the location – Ryan and Esposito reach the captives in time.
134	6	"The Time of Our Lives"	Paul Holahan	Terri Miller	November 10, 2014 (2014-11-10)	706[13]	9.52[14]
Castle finds himself in a parallel universe where he and Beckett have never met. While investigating this new case, Castle finds the way back to the real world, and asks Beckett to marry him straight away. Finally, Beckett and Castle marry in the Hamptons.
135	7	"Once Upon a Time in the West"	Alrick Riley	Terence Paul Winter	November 17, 2014 (2014-11-17)	707[15]	9.38[16]
When a young woman dies from cardiac arrest due to digoxin poisoning, Castle and Beckett must infiltrate her last-known location – an Arizona dude ranch. In New York, Ryan and Esposito learn the victim was researching the Peacock Boys, train robbers who were killed in 1893. The gold the robbers were looking for may have been in the wrong place. Instead of the gold, Castle and Beckett find skeletal remains. Castle also finds the killer at the dude ranch. With the case solved, Beckett decides to stay with Castle at the ranch a little longer, as part of an impromptu honeymoon.
136	8	"Kill Switch"	Jeannot Szwarc	David Amann	November 24, 2014 (2014-11-24)	708[17]	9.55[18]
When Esposito follows a murder suspect onto a subway car, only to watch him reveal a bomb strapped to his chest, the rest of the team must investigate the suspect's motive. They discover he also has the potential to release the H5N1 virus to the public.
137	9	"Last Action Hero"	Paul Holahan	Christine Roum	December 1, 2014 (2014-12-01)	709[19]	8.45[20]
When a former action hero is found dead near a theater, it seems he was killed with a garrote for trying to stop a drug lord, but it turns out he was killed to keep a family secret. Meanwhile Beckett moves out of her old house.
138	10	"Bad Santa"	Bill Roe	Chad Gomez Creasey & Dara Resnik Creasey	December 8, 2014 (2014-12-08)	710[21]	7.32[22]
An investigation into an ER doctor's death leads Castle to use his connections to the mob and a crime family Don, Dino Scarpella, to help solve the case, which causes the DA to force Gates to sever the department's ties with him.
139	11	"Castle, P.I."	Milan Cheylov	Rob Hanning	January 12, 2015 (2015-01-12)	711[23]	6.77[24]
The 12th Precinct begins to investigate the shooting death of an admissions officer from a prestigious preschool. The team is shocked when Castle arrives at the crime scene with a private investigator license. While Gates persists in demanding that he stay out of their investigation, both he and the team rely on each other's help with the case.
140	12	"Private Eye Caramba!"	Hanelle Culpepper	Adam Frost	January 19, 2015 (2015-01-19)	712[25]	7.60[26]
A telenovela star is murdered, and Castle is hired by her co-star to find a clutch the victim had borrowed. Kate also informs him that the purse could contain a key piece of evidence to solve the crime.
141	13	"I, Witness"	Tom Wright	Terence Paul Winter & Amanda Johns	February 2, 2015 (2015-02-02)	713[27]	7.41[28]
Castle is asked by former schoolmate Eva Whitfield (Brianna Brown) to investigate a possible infidelity by her husband Cole (Ivan Sergei). The 12th Precinct is brought in when Eva subsequently gets killed with Castle witnessing part of the murder. The unfolding events of the case cause Castle to question continuing his private investigation career.
142	14	"Resurrection"	Bill Roe	David Amann	February 9, 2015 (2015-02-09)	714[29]	7.43[30]
Clues in a murder investigation point to Dr. Kelly Nieman (Annie Wersching) and her connections with 3XK serial killer Jerry Tyson (Michael Mosley). Beckett is tricked and captured.
143	15	"Reckoning"	Rob Bowman	Andrew W. Marlowe	February 16, 2015 (2015-02-16)	715[31]	8.47[32]
The 12th Precinct and Castle try to stop Nieman and Tyson from claiming Beckett as their next victim. While Tyson captures Castle too, Castle reveals that it was a ploy to draw Tyson into the open where Esposito kills him with a sniper rifle. Using his phone, they track Nieman only to find Beckett escaped and killed her. At the end, Castle's ban is lifted and he is reinstated as Beckett's consultant/partner at the precinct.
144	16	"The Wrong Stuff"	Paul Holahan	Terri Miller	February 23, 2015 (2015-02-23)	716[33]	7.61[34]
Astronaut Tom Richwood is killed during a simulation for a mission to Mars. The operations director says that anyone needing to approach the body needs to wear spacesuits to access the area, with which Castle happily complies. The investigation reveals that someone tampered with the simulator's computer, which ultimately viewed Tom as a threat. A reboot refocuses the computer's wrath on the team.
145	17	"Hong Kong Hustle"	Jann Turner	Chad Gomez Creasey	March 16, 2015 (2015-03-16)	717[35]	8.95[36]
A 12th Precinct investigation crosses paths with a Hong Kong inspector investigating her friend's murder. The hunt is also on for a missing BMW X5 for which the most recent victim was searching. Beckett is prompted to evaluate her goals and priorities in life.
146	18	"At Close Range"	Bill Roe	Jim Adler	March 23, 2015 (2015-03-23)	718[37]	8.04[38]
Ryan takes up a second job in security to make money for his daughter's college fund, and is on the job at a charity event when the congressman he is guarding and a social worker are shot, claiming the social worker's life. The investigation becomes difficult when evidence points to Ryan's brother-in-law. Beckett starts studying for the captain's exam.
147	19	"Habeas Corpse"	Kate Woods	Rob Hanning	March 30, 2015 (2015-03-30)	719[39]	8.16[40]
A clubbing death in an alley leads the team to investigate the world of personal injury lawyers. The team also prepares to square off in a talent contest at a charity event.
148	20	"Sleeper"	Paul Holahan	David Amann	April 20, 2015 (2015-04-20)	720[41]	8.34[42]
Castle's dreams are permeated with moments from when he was missing. With the help of his friends at the 12th, Castle attempts to follow up on some new leads regarding his disappearance.
149	21	"In Plane Sight"	Bill Roe	Dara Resnik Creasey	April 27, 2015 (2015-04-27)	721[43]	8.31[44]
As Castle and Alexis travel to London, their routine flight turns deadly when the plane's Air Marshal is found murdered. With the help of Beckett on the ground, Castle and Alexis race against time to find the killer before they carry out their fateful plan.
150	22	"Dead from New York"	Jeannot Szwarc	Terence Paul Winter	May 4, 2015 (2015-05-04)	722[45]	8.26[46]
The creator of the hit sketch comedy series Saturday Night Tonight is strangled with his own tie and thrown down an elevator shaft. Most of the staff was in the studio the night of the murder, including Mickey Franks (Jaleel White), a volatile star on the verge of being fired. The show must go on, with singer Carly Rae Jepsen making an appearance. Beckett ultimately must arrest the killer on live television.
151	23	"Hollander's Woods"	Paul Holahan	Andrew W. Marlowe & Terri Miller	May 11, 2015 (2015-05-11)	723[47]	8.44[48]
Castle is confronted by his past when he gets involved in a case that, for him, stretches back thirty years and was his inspiration to become a writer. Thirty years before, he witnessed a murder, but no body was ever found and no one was reported missing so no one believed him. However, a similar case crops up and Castle jumps on the chance to solve his first mystery with his friends. They are able to eventually identify the girl Castle saw murdered and catch a disturbed man they believe did it. However, while visiting the man's psychiatrist, Castle recognizes his voice instantly – the psychiatrist is the murderer. With the help of Beckett, Castle searches a barn belonging to the psychiatrist and discovers a book of his victims. Castle fights with the killer and ends up being held at knifepoint, and Castle ultimately kills him with Beckett's gun. Meanwhile, Beckett is offered the chance to run for state Senate, as well as the chance to become captain of her own precinct, and Castle is given an award for his writing that he dedicates to his family and friends.

DVD release

Castle: The Complete Seventh Season
Set details		Special features
23 episodes 966 minutes 5-disc set English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround) English SDH, Spanish and French subtitles		Bloopers & Mistakes Deleted Scenes Audio Commentary Raging Heat Webmercial "Definition of Love" by Shay-Jean The Dynamic Duo The Cast Behind the Cast
DVD release dates
Region 1		Region 2		Region 4
September 1, 2015[49]		November 16, 2015[50]		November 11, 2015[51]

Awards and nominations

Award	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref.
People's Choice Awards	Favorite TV Crime Drama	Castle	Won	[52]
	Favorite Crime Drama TV Actor	Nathan Fillion	Won
	Favorite Crime Drama TV Actress	Stana Katic	Won
	Favorite TV Duo	Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic	Nominated
Imagen Awards	Best Primetime Television Program – Drama	Castle	Nominated
Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Show: Drama	Castle	Nominated	[53]
	Choice TV Actor: Drama	Nathan Fillion	Nominated	[54]

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