After Castle quits, Beckett and Esposito try to catch the killer by themselves, which causes Ryan to make the painful choice to tell Gates about the secret investigation. Meanwhile, Roy Montgomery has approached Bracken independently with a deal: Bracken will leave Beckett alone if Montgomery stops her from investigating her mother's death. She never heard from or saw him again. This frustration reached a boiling point when Castle, against Beckett's wishes, re-opened her mother's murder case. In the season six episode "Under Fire", Jenny gives birth to his daughter, Sarah Grace Ryan. He too, has hidden in shallow relationships with women he doesn't love. To save her, he allows himself to be captured by Tyson, drawing him out into the open and allowing Esposito to finally kill Tyson with a sniper rifle. In the episode "Still", Gates reveals that she was aware that Castle and Beckett were in a relationship but tells them that she did not say anything in order to maintain her own plausible deniability, and she promises to continue her silence on the condition that the two be professional on the job. The Castle-Beckett relationship is the flirty/friendship, and later the romantic relationship between Richard "Rick" Castle and Katherine "Kate" Beckett. Having graduated from New York City's prestigious Stuyvesant High School and Stanford University, she is a first-class investigator who has gained a reputation as a detective who is intrigued by unusual cases, although she is also known for her ability to empathize with the victims of violent crimes. In The Last Seduction Castle surprises Beckett at her office, to celebrate their first wedding anniversary, hoping to forge a reunion between them. In season eight, Beckett is promoted to captain and made commanding officer of the 12th Precinct. Trying to swim in new uncharted waters When a friend and neighbor of Castle is found murdered and the local police ask for the help from the pair Castle - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Mystery - Chapters: 20 - Words: 36,755 - Reviews: 167 - Favs: 66 - Follows: 94 - Updated: Jun 15, 2015 - Published: Apr 1, 2015 - Complete The Question reviews Castle promises to support her either way and jokes about what it would mean for them personally if she ran for Senate. After last season's big cliffhanger, Kate was initially shocked by Castle's sudden proposal, thinking that he was going to break up with her because he was acting so serious. Despite Bracken's death effectively avenging Johanna's murder, Beckett becomes obsessed with hunting down Loksat, who ultimately proves to be a man named Mason Wood. Her reluctance to acknowledge her feelings for Castle, as well as her rejection of her previous boyfriends, stems from her determination to not get hurt, especially in the aftermath of her mother's death. She can't do anything about it without a warrant which she can't get but promises to support Castle if he chooses to break in, even if it means breaking the law. Montgomery then kills Lockwood, sacrificing himself in order to do so. In "Dial M for Mayor", she encourages Beckett to perform her duties objectively and dispassionately, stating her attitude in IA and Homicide was not because she hated police officers but because she works hard to hold people accountable so NYPD officers like her father, uncle, and subordinates can bear the cost of serving the people of New York free of corruption. He referenced other shows where the unresolved sexual tension was left unresolved for too long, leaving the audience unsatisfied and eventually disinterested in their chemistry altogether. The Castle-Beckett relationship is the flirty/friendship, and later the romantic relationship between Richard "Rick" Castle and Katherine "Kate" Beckett. The questioning quickly turns to a reflection of what Beckett feels was Castle abandoning her. Crying out for Castle to save her, it is Ryan and Captain Gates that come to her rescue. However, things take a turn for the worst when Beckett learns that the suspect's car was tampered with to emit a highly toxic gas in his car, meaning Castle has also been poisoned. ET. He is believed to have saved Montgomery's life, which convinces Montgomery that Smith is trustworthy. Captain Victoria Gates (Penny Johnson Jerald) (seasons 47)[10] is Montgomery's replacement as captain of the 12th Precinct. Castle found out that she was actually planning on being at another beach with her then-boyfriend Tom Demming. Eventually, Montgomery's files are destroyed by Cole Maddox and Smith, and the man he sent them to is apparently killed, but Beckett is able to reconstruct enough of them to identify the man as Senator William Bracken. However, Beckett manages to give Castle the information needed to catch the killer, showing she still believed in the NYPD and Castle. Rated: Fiction K+ - English - Rick C., Kate B., Josh D., T. Demming - Chapters: 4 - Words: 19,598 - Reviews: 136 - Favs: 109 . On May 29, 2015, Penny Johnson Jerald revealed through her Twitter account that she is no longer a cast member of Castle. In the season four episode "Demons", Esposito reveals that he and Lanie are "taking a break" after an awkward incident on a double date. When the two meet up, she tells him she is taking the job. When Jerry Tyson comes back, Gates reluctantly allows Castle to help, specifying that it will just one time. Jerry Tyson (Michael Mosley), also known as the Triple Killer and 3XK, is a serial killer. The argument escalates, and she throws him out, ending the partnership. When Ryan asks Beckett where she was standing when the shots were fired, she shows him, along with where Vaughn was. She gives birth to their daughter, Sarah Grace Ryan, in the season six episode "Under Fire". In "Swan Song", a documentary film crew catches the two in a romantic moment, but Beckett is able to convince the producers to delete the film before it's sent to Gates. Even though Beckett does date (and subsequently break up with) several different men during her partnership with Castle, she eventually develops feelings for him, though she is reluctant to acknowledge them openly to anyone. The two have a tense relationship as years before, Gates had to bust a corrupt cop involved in one of Elizabeth's investigations despite Elizabeth's protests. The conversation is their indirect reference to the current situation between themselves and Demming. In Number One Fan, Beckett becomes frustrated by the fact the NYPD couldn't hire her back because budget cuts and reveals she has not been out of work since she was fifteen. Shaw later comments on Beckett's emotional isolation and tells her that Castle genuinely cares about her. Executive Producer Andrew Marlowe refers to this as "the dance". . Nevertheless, Tyson successfully escapes even after he is confronted, overpowering Kevin Ryan and stealing his service weapon. ("Cloudy with a Chance of Murder") But Beckett never doubts Castle himself as we see in "Probable Cause", despite heavily convincing evidence that he has cheated on Beckett and committed a murder to hide the affair (though no one in the precinct really believes the charges, even Gates who is known to dislike Castle). This drives Beckett to ask for her job back from Gates in "After the Storm". As Carla said, it's not his secret to tell and he'll support his friends by keeping his mouth. Beckett is forced to go into hiding but locates an unexpected piece of evidence: a recording made by Roy Montgomery given to her mother in which Bracken details his plan to kill Johanna Beckett and admits to blackmail and having other people killed. In "Knockout", Castle must choose between his relationship with Beckett and saving her life. Realizing that he's lost, and Demming has won, Castle ends the partnership on the pretext that he needs to finish his book. In "Setup", Beckett acknowledges that she and Josh are having problems, stemming from a sense that he's not really there for her. Javier Esposito (Jon Huertas) is a bilingual (English and Spanish) detective who works in the homicide division with his partner, Kevin Ryan, as part of Beckett's team. She was also involved with Castle sexually. When Castle and Beckett investigate a murder connected to the Mayor of New York City, Smith points Castle in the direction of evidence that leads them to an aide in the mayor's office. ("A Deadly Affair") Michael Smith, better known as Mr. Smith (Geoff Pierson), is a mysterious old friend of Roy Montgomery who first appeared in the season three finale "Knock Out". Instead, Castle gets on one knee and displays a ring and asks her, "Katherine Houghton Beckett, will you marry me?" When Castle breaks out of custody and proves Tyson's involvement in the young woman's murder, Tyson confronts both him and Beckett on a bridge. Montgomery and Beckett's own father urge him to talk to her, to tell her to stop pursuing the case. 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. Castle finally admits his secret to Martha, who says that she knew about them all along as "Mother instincts". After a few episodes, Alexis realizes that Pi is not the one for her and eventually breaks up with him. In Still, Beckett is trapped on a pressure-plate bomb, and Castle insists on staying with her, as the two look back on their relationship over the past five years. Later, in the same episode and the second part, "Countdown", the two are trapped in a freezer. No law enforcement agency has ever come close to catching Tyson, and it was widely believed that he was dead as he has been away from New York for an extended period of time. However, everything came crashing down when McCord showed up and told Beckett she was fired due to tipping off the press. In season eight, Esposito and Ryan both take the sergeant's exam; although Esposito passed (and Ryan didn't), he is number 279 out of 300, which means his promotion will not be coming anytime soon. He is amused by how much Castle annoys Beckett but also appreciates how effective the two are when they work together. Castle agrees to stay with her. Ashley Linden is Alexis Castle 's ex-boyfriend. She has a sister, named Elizabeth Weston, who's a US Attorney. When Montgomery is killed by men working for the man responsible for Beckett's mother's murder, he sends incriminating files to Smith. Castle's lack of a father figure has led to him to surround himself with dominant women. When Beckett finally contacts Castle at a book signing, clearly surprising him, he is at first bitter toward her for not contacting him and is reluctant to return. In the season six episode, "Disciple", Castle suspected Tyson to be behind murdered doppelgangers of Lanie and Esposito and is proven right when it is discovered that the doppelgangers were used to steal all the 3XK files from police records. Later on in the episode, after a three-month time jump, Kate tells Castle that she has broken up with Josh, admitting that while she "really liked him", she could not give herself to another while focusing on her mother's case. Season 7 of the ABC crime drama starts on the couple's wedding day. His real identity is unknown, but he has a second wife, Rita Hunt, who appears in the eighth season during Beckett's hunt for the mysterious "Loksat". Victoria Gates, on the other hand, hates Castle, even as she respects Beckett. What she doesn't count on is that Montgomery has been involved in the conspiracy from the beginning but has also been protecting Beckett. In Heartbreaker Beckett moves back into the Castle apartment, and they agree to hunt LokSat together. It turns out that Beckett had the evidence she needed all along to arrest Bracken because Johanna had hidden it in her elephant figurines, which Beckett keeps on her desk. Castle carries her away and following a brief conversation with Lockwood, Montgomery kills all four of Lockwood's hit squad, before being shot by Lockwood twice; however Montgomery shoots Lockwood before succumbing to his injuries. This contrasts with the style of her predecessor, who made decisions based on how they would affect people (for example, concealing a policewoman's vigilante activities because of the potential political backlash) and takes a dimmer view than her predecessor of the Beckett-Castle working relationship. Juliana Dever, the actress who plays Jenny, is married to Seamus Dever, who plays Kevin Ryan. Castle's secret is that Montgomery arranged to protect Beckett's life through blackmail; Castle's role is to make sure that Beckett stays off her mother's case. Like Beckett, emotionally isolated after the loss of her mother, Castle avoids taking emotional risks by staying in superficial relationships. When Beckett angrily demands to know why he would do that, he finally confesses his love openly to her and asks her to choose between him and the case which has defined her. After remembering her first encounter with Montgomery, Beckett realizes he'd given the tape to her mother and finds it in her mother's old elephant figurines on her desk. Castle quickly took a . In the fourth season, he is shown complaining about how stressful and complicated planning a wedding is. NYPD ethics policies forbid romantic or sexual involvement between employees, and Beckett fears that Captain Gates will use the rule as an excuse to have Castle re-assigned or, worse, leave the precinct for good. Martha Rodgers (Susan Sullivan) is Castle's mother and lives with him and her granddaughter Alexis. Initially finding Castle to be quite annoying, Beckett gradually warms to him as they work together to solve murder mysteries, utilizing his imagination and insight into a killer's mind and her authority and position within the police department. Dressed as Beckett and imitating her mannerisms, she's the next best thing to the real thing. It's too bad . The investigation, centering on a local TV news channel, is fraught with references to the dangers of secret office romances. [6] It is implied in the pilot "Flowers for Your Grave" he is a fan of Shark Week, and in the season two episode "Den of Thieves", it is revealed that Esposito transferred out of the 54th Precinct and has been partnered with Ryan for three years prior to the pilot episode. Beckett agrees but suggests that they "leave out the tiger next time". When it becomes clear that the bomb cannot be disarmed before the timer is up, Beckett makes Castle promise to leave, and the two give one last 'I love you'. In the end, Beckett chooses not to accept Sophia's version of events and continues to believe in Castle instead. Detective Tom Demming (Michael Trucco) is a handsome robbery detective with whom Beckett briefly becomes involved. Castle's resistance evaporated and he let his guard down. Contents 1 Background 2 Season Two 3 Personality 4 Relationships 4.1 Family 4.2 Romances 4.3 Friends 5 Trivia 6 References 7 Gallery Background After Beckett survives the surgery, Castle sees Josh and realizes the seriousness of Beckett's relationship with Josh and doesn't want to get in the way. Gates is later forced to fire Castle but seems to regret the need to do that. Castle has been pursuing Beckett sexually since the pilot, but he's also been reluctant to admit to having real feelings for her. Castle, however, believes that Tyson orchestrated the encounter to stage his own death in front of Beckett, whose account of events will be used to lend credibility to the belief that Tyson is dead. Their parents later on ask what they want with their relationship, to which makes them question it themselves. Castle is enraged, but Smith points out that if the case went any further, the mayor would either be removed from office or voluntarily leave to pursue a campaign for state governor. True she did feel some guilt over leaving him in the parking garage of few days ago and having left him waiting in the gym lobby as they questioned suspects, but that had been an honest mistake.