# Castle - Nathon Fillion vehicle **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 9, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-nathon-fillion-vehicle/485131 "2009-02-09T21:44:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-nathon-fillion-vehicle/485131/141 "2009-11-18T00:30:35Z")
I don’t mind that Castle doesn’t have all the answers, and gets hoodwinked sometimes himself. It sets for a more balanced exchange with Beckett (she _is_ a professional, after all). And I thought the daughter stuff was fine–it makes sense that parents get worked up about little stuff, and I like that the daughter has relatively normal concerns and proclivities, instead of being the source of gratuitous drama. I also like that Beckett is slowly becoming more comfortable w/her friendship w/her “partner” and his family. And I wouldn’t mind having Nathan pop up again. This was also the first time I noticed that Nathan Fillion also does the voiceovers for some of the I-phone app ads. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-nathon-fillion-vehicle/485131/142 "2009-11-18T06:34:18Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > And I wouldn’t mind having Nathan pop up again. Nathan being the locksmith guy? I didn’t catch his name. If so, I agree, I liked him. Otherwise the episode was good but far from outstanding. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-nathon-fillion-vehicle/485131/143 "2009-11-18T07:49:22Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Nathan being the locksmith guy? I didn’t catch his name. If so, I agree, I liked him. Otherwise the episode was good but far from outstanding. Yeah, Nathan was the character’s name (the actor was J.B. Smoove, who was on SNL for a short stint). ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-nathon-fillion-vehicle/485131/144 "2009-11-18T18:23:09Z")
I wouldn’t mind a sub-plot on Scarlett. Like maybe a two part “very special episode” about what she was like on the high school cheerleading squad, how her college gymnastics career went, how she washed the ancient blue Beetle in the summers before coming to NY…things like that. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-nathon-fillion-vehicle/485131/145 "2009-11-18T23:24:42Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Yeah, Nathan was the character’s name (the actor was J.B. Smoove, who was on SNL for a short stint). Actually, I think the character’s name was Norman. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-nathon-fillion-vehicle/485131/146 "2009-11-19T03:28:14Z")
Not that it wasn’t obvious anyway, but an example of give away casting. Slightly too prominent (a season as the ADA on L&O:SVU) for the indicated role. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-nathon-fillion-vehicle/485131/147 "2009-11-19T03:37:46Z")
> [@obfusciatrist](#): > > Not that it wasn’t obvious anyway, but an example of give away casting. Slightly too prominent (a season as the ADA on L&O:SVU) for the indicated role. I haven’t seen it. I didn’t recognize her. But yeah, I thought the annoying black guy was good. I suspect they’ll end up bringing him back. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-nathon-fillion-vehicle/485131/148 "2009-11-19T04:49:32Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Actually, I think the character’s name was Norman. 🙂 :smack: You’re right. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-nathon-fillion-vehicle/485131/149 "2009-11-24T20:15:17Z")
I enjoyed last night’s episode. The daughter’s plot was sweet too (last week’s was OK.) I view this as mind candy, but that really is all I watch TV for anyway. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-nathon-fillion-vehicle/485131/150 "2009-11-25T09:05:57Z")
I noticed a _Desperate Housewives_ reference (Nathan Fillion had a recurring role on that series). But what I recently realised is that all the episode titles are meant to sound like they’re from cheesy crime novels: [ul] [li]Deep in Death[/li][li]Fool Me Once[/li][li]When the Bough Breaks[/li][li]Famous Last Words[/li][li]Kill the Messenger[/li][li]Love Me Dead[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Musky\_Moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@Musky\_Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musky_Moon)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-nathon-fillion-vehicle/485131/151 "2009-11-25T12:11:55Z")
“Dude, you are so busted”. Classic Castle. Re: the names. He even mentions some of the episode titles within the episodes as what he would title the book if he wrote about that case. I love how this show is starting to get meta, what with Heatwave now being a real book and all. I think the people involved are having a blast with all this. ---
**Author:** ![jacquilynne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jacquilynne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacquilynne)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-nathon-fillion-vehicle/485131/152 "2009-11-25T18:36:35Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > I view this as mind candy, but that really is all I watch TV for anyway. It really is growing on me over time. I still find the family related B-plots annoying, but the A-plots are funnier and more interesting, if still sometimes a little obvious. But when I came back from a vacation with a watchlist stuffed full of recordings, Castle was the first scripted TV I caught up on (all the reality competition shows like Top Chef and Project Runway came first since they’re so much more readily spoiled). ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-nathon-fillion-vehicle/485131/153 "2009-11-25T19:11:53Z")
Has there ever been a tv show that was able to make “making a sandwich” more enjoyable? Its like “fun” has been subliminally implanted in every scene. ---
**Author:** ![Tal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/54ee81/32.png) [@Tal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tal)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-nathon-fillion-vehicle/485131/154 "2010-01-09T14:35:43Z")
Everyone knows that Castle is back with new eps on Monday 11th …right? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-nathon-fillion-vehicle/485131/155 "2010-01-09T14:50:30Z")
My Tivo does. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-nathon-fillion-vehicle/485131/156 "2010-01-09T17:29:28Z")
> [@Tal](#): > > Everyone knows that Castle is back with new eps on Monday 11th …right? Woohoo! \o/ I’ve been dying for the last month because they shut down all the series I was watching. Seasonal TV programming sucks. They need to just start releasing stuff and letting people watch it when they’re ready to. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-nathon-fillion-vehicle/485131/157 "2010-01-09T19:54:19Z")
> [@Tal](#): > > Everyone knows that Castle is back with new eps on Monday 11th …right? With guest star Alyssa Milano! Yum! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-nathon-fillion-vehicle/485131/158 "2010-01-10T01:56:43Z")
> [@Tal](#): > > Everyone knows that Castle is back with new eps on Monday 11th …right? Whew! Thanks for the reminder! ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-nathon-fillion-vehicle/485131/159 "2010-01-10T04:56:14Z")
And with the Leno fuckup, there are chances for other marginal shows! ---
**Author:** ![Tal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/54ee81/32.png) [@Tal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tal)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-nathon-fillion-vehicle/485131/160 "2010-01-10T05:44:25Z")
Spread the word if you can, seems a lot of people don’t know it’s back on Monday - would hate to see the ratings drop on what I hear is going to be a very exciting episode! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-nathon-fillion-vehicle/485131.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-nathon-fillion-vehicle/485131.md?page=9)