The fourth season of American crime-

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television series ''

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'' was ordered on January 10, 2011, by ABC. The season aired from September 19, 2011, to May 7, 2012. The fourth season initially contained 22 episodes, but on December 8, 2011, ABC ordered an additional episode, bringing the total episode count to 23 episodes.

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joined the cast as the new captain, Victoria "Iron" Gates for the fourth season.

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 ...

(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 shadowing Detective

Kate Beckett Katherine Houghton "Kate" Beckett is a fictional character of the ABC crime series ''Castle''. She is portrayed by Stana Katic. History Katherine Houghton "Kate" Beckett, the daughter of Jim and Johanna Beckett, was raised in Manhattan. Kate we ...

(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 Christopher Fillion (born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian and 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 sta ...

Stana Katic Stana Katić (; born ) is a Canadian actress and producer. She played Kate Beckett on the ABC television romantic crime series ''Castle'' (2009–2016) and FBI Special Agent Emily Byrne in the psychological thriller series '' Absentia'' (2017� ...

as Det.

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 Det. 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, ...

as Det. 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 ...

as Dr. Lanie Parish *

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 Alexis Castle, daughter of the title character on ABC's ''Castle'', and the voice of Bloom, one of the main char ...

as Alexis Castle *

Susan Sullivan Susan Sullivan (born 1942) is an American actress known for her roles as Lenore Curtin Delaney on the NBC daytime soap opera '' Another World'' (1971–76), as Lois Adams on the ABC sitcom ''It's a Living'' (1980–81), as Maggie Gioberti Chan ...

as Martha Rodgers *

as Captain Victoria Gates

Recurring cast

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as Josh Davidson *

Scott Paulin Robert Scott Paulin (born February 13, 1950) is an American actor and director. He is known for playing Deke Slayton in the film '' The Right Stuff'' (1983). He has also acted in films including '' Cat People'' (1982), ''Teen Wolf'' (1985), '' ...

as Jim Beckett *

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as Dr. Carter Burke *

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

Guest cast

Geoff Pierson Geoffrey Pierson is an American actor known for his starring television roles on ''Dexter'', ''Unhappily Ever After'', ''Grace Under Fire'', '' 24'', ''Ryan's Hope'', and ''Designated Survivor''. He has also guest-starred in dozens of other TV sh ...

as Mr. Smith *

as Jenny * Derek Webster as Mayor Robert Weldon *

Jennifer Beals Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963) is an American actress. She made her film debut in ''My Bodyguard'' (1980), before receiving critical acclaim for her performance as Alexandra Owens in ''Flashdance'' (1983), for which she won NAACP Image ...

as Sophia Conrad *

Josh Stamberg Joshua Collins Stamberg (born January 4, 1970) is an American actor. He was regular cast member in the Lifetime comedy-drama series ''Drop Dead Diva'' from 2009 to 2012, and later had recurring roles on ''Parenthood (2010 TV series), Parenthood'', ...

as Martin Danberg *

David Chisum David Hines Chisum (born February 5, 1971) is an American actor. Early life Chisum was born in Livonia, Michigan and raised in Fullerton, California. In high school, he was a star quarterback in addition to performing in various school productio ...

as Thomas Gage * Lorin McCraley as West Side Wally *

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as Charlotte Boyd *

Adam Baldwin Adam Baldwin (born February 27, 1962) is an American actor. He made his film debut in '' My Bodyguard'' (1980). He later appeared in ''Full Metal Jacket'' (1987) as Animal Mother, and in the television series ''Firefly'' and its continuation f ...

as Det. Ethan Slaughter

Episodes

Reception

Critical reception

The fourth season of ''Castle'' received positive reviews from critics, many of whom were pleased that the show finally united Fillion and Katic's characters Castle and Beckett after having four seasons of on-again-off-again relationship. Sandra Gonzalez from ''

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'' was pleased in the way the relationship happened.

DVD release

Awards and nominations

References

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