The third season of American crime-

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television series ''

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'' was ordered on March 30, 2010, by ABC. The season aired from September 20, 2010, to May 16, 2011. The third season was originally ordered with a 22 episode count, but ABC extended the order to 24 episodes on November 11, 2010.

Overview

Richard Castle Richard Edgar "Rick" Castle (born Richard Alexander Rodgers) is a fictional character on the ABC crime series '' Castle''. He is portrayed by Nathan Fillion. The name Richard Castle is also used as a pseudonym under which a set of real books a ...

(Fillion) is a famous mystery novelist who has killed off the main character in his popular book series and has

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. He is brought in by the

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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

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Detective

Kate Beckett Katherine Houghton Beckett is a fictional character of the ABC crime series '' Castle''. She is portrayed by Stana Katic. History Katherine Houghton Beckett was born to Jim and Johanna Beckett and was raised in Manhattan. Her grandfather was a ...

(Katic). Castle decides to use Beckett as his

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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 Nathan Fillion (; born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian-American actor. He played the leading roles of Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds on '' Firefly'' and its film continuation '' Serenity'', and Richard Castle on '' Castle''. , he was starring as J ...

Stana Katic Stana Katic (; born ) is a Canadian-American actress and producer. She played Kate Beckett on the ABC television romantic crime series ''Castle'' (2009–2016) and Agent Emily Byrne in the thriller series '' Absentia'' (2017–2020). Early lif ...

as Dt.

Jon Huertas Jonathan William Scott Hofstedt (born October 23, 1969) is an American actor. Known professionally as Jon Huertas, he is best known for his role as witch hunter Brad Alcerro in ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'', Sergeant Antonio 'Poke' Espera in HB ...

as Dt. Javier Esposito *

Seamus Dever Seamus Patrick Dever (born July 27, 1976) is an American actor known for his role as Detective Kevin Ryan in the ABC series ''Castle''. Early life Dever was born in Flint, Michigan, and moved at the age of six to Bullhead City, Arizona, w ...

as Dt. Kevin Ryan *

Tamala Jones Tamala Reneé Jones (born November 12, 1974) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in films such as ''Booty Call'', ''The Wood'', '' Kingdom Come'', '' The Brothers'', and ''What Men Want''. Her prominent television roles include T ...

as Dr. Lanie Parish *

Ruben Santiago-Hudson Ruben Santiago-Hudson (born Ruben Santiago Jr., November 24, 1956) is an American actor, playwright, and director who has won national awards for his work in all three categories. He is best known for his role of Captain Roy Montgomery from 2009 ...

as Captain Roy Montgomery *

Molly C. Quinn Molly Caitlyn Quinn (born October 8, 1993) is an American actress who has worked in theatre, film, and television. Her roles include List of Castle characters, Alexis Castle, daughter of the title character on ABC Studios, ABC's ''Castle (TV seri ...

as Alexis Castle * Susan Sullivan as Martha Rodgers

Recurring cast

* Victor Webster as Josh Davidson *

Ken Baumann Kenneth Robert Tuff Baumann (born August 8, 1989) is an American actor, writer, publisher and book designer. He became most known for playing Ben Boykewich on ''The Secret Life of the American Teenager''. He is the author of numerous novels, n ...

as Ashley Linden * Jason Beghe as Mike Royce * Scott Paulin as Jim Beckett * Max Martini as Hal Lockwood *

Adrian Pasdar Adrian Pasdar (born April 30, 1965) is an American film, television, and voice actor. He is known for his roles in '' Profit'', ''Near Dark'', ''Carlito's Way'', ''Mysterious Ways'', ''Heroes'' and as Glenn Talbot on ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''. ...

as Mark Fallon *

Brian Goodman Brian Goodman (born June 1, 1963, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts) is an American film director, television director, writer, and actor. Career Brian Goodman auditioned for, and received, a role in the low-budget film titled ''Southie (film), So ...

as Gary McCallister * Lochlyn Munro as Kevin McCann *

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as Evelyn Montgomery * Arye Gross as Sidney Perlmutter *

Juliana Dever Juliana Dever (born December 17, 1980) is an American actress and travel blogger. Dever is best known for her recurring role on crime drama ''Castle'' as Jennifer "Jenny" Ryan. In 2016, Dever produced and starred in the VR web series ''Touche ...

as Jenny Duffy-O'Malley

Episodes

Reception

Critical reception

The third season of ''Castle'' received mixed to positive reviews from critics. The season received a 60% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 5 reviews. Courtney Morrison from ''TV Fanatic'' praised the season finale, calling it "easily one of the best Castle episodes yet" and was impressed over the entire cast in the episode. However, the third season was criticized for being too average. '' The A.V. Club'' reviewer called the show "This is a cute piece of work that coasts largely on the charms of its cast". Michael Crider from ''Screenrant'' was also negative towards the show's premise as he said "Without the light-hearted and even flirty back-and-forth, there’s not a whole lot to distinguish Castle from any mystery made in the last twenty years".

DVD release

Awards and nominations

References

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