Castle Season 8
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We waited with bated breath for Stana Katic to sign on for Season 8 of Castle. We own all previous seasons and have watched them repeatedly — never tiring of the witty and humorous dialog; stellar acting, and steady character development. Now it appears that Stana was correct to hesitate to sign on for another season! It’s painful to watch our favorite show slip into a downward spiral when we hoped to enjoy it for many seasons to come. The new executive producers and new showrunner couldn’t possibly be familiar with the characters and overall tone of the show to deviate so drastically. Shame on them!
We felt disoriented watching the season opener. It was as if we’d missed the first several episodes. Very clumsy! Then, rather than flow with the evolving characters of Castle and Beckett (a dynamic, loving married couple, resembling a modern-day crime-solving Nick and Nora, complete with sparkling repartee), they foolishly separate them – as if to recapture the sexual tension. Ridiculous on every count, not to mention completely illogical from a story-line viewpoint. As the new episodes unfold, each character we’ve come to love in seven years seems to deteriorate into someone barely recognizable. Castle – for whom the show is named – was a confident, successful, often brilliant, “ruggedly handsome”, charming boy-man, with unexpected depths. He’s been reduced to a needy buffoon. So demeaning! And we’re supposed to believe that Beckett, a passionate, intelligent woman of integrity and honor would leave her beloved husband and problem-solving partner – as if that would somehow keep him and the rest of the family safe from whomever would send top level hit squads after her. Absurd!
The show is currently insulting to the intelligence of its faithful viewers! I don’t see how they can land on their feet from this free fall, but I hope they can pull it off. It would be a sad way to end an exceptional, well written show that so many of us have loved.
– kke
The 2-part start of Season 8 of “Castle” held potential to be another great season. BUT, the ending of the second half of the starting episode was terrible. To have Kate running off to avenge her mother’s killers, leaving Rick alone, spells the ending of the series from my point of view. This show used to be upbeat, playful, and really entertaining, but it has gone downhill into being overly serious almost since Kate and Rick married. I’m disappointed in the trend it’s taking, and unless things change as this season progresses, I probably won’t be a fan any longer.
– Mary Ella Fuquay
I have been a Castle fan since day one, and it saddens me to say I have given up (not even recording). This season has taken everything that made castle great,funny and unquie and turned it into trash. I hate how they have written Kate and this whole stupid revenge thing. It doesn’t make any sense and makes her character seem shallow and selfish. It’s a huge waste of talented actors, and a waste of fans time. They have lost a long time fan. I hope the show pays attention and fixes the mess they’ve done. I guess the Moonlighting curse lives on.
– luvreading
DVD Wholesale Main Features :
Actors: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Molly Quinn, Jon Huertas
Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Subtitles: French, Spanish, English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. )
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 5
Studio: Walt Disney Studios
DVD Release Date: August 23, 2016
Run Time: 946 minutes
