I don’t watch a whole lot of television - I stick to LOST, The Office, and 30 Rock.  But I’ve seen the thousands of ads for the upcoming show Castle, which debuted on Monday night.  I was mildly intrigued because one of my favorite actors Nathan Fillion is the lead in the show (you may know him as the stud captain on Firefly or the as the evil  Captain Hammer in Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog).  But it still looked a little corny to me.

Well my wife watched it - so I went for it too.  And I must say that I was mildly surprised.  I liked it.  Fillion was better than I expected for the role.  From the commercials, I thought the role was strange for him but he pulled it off.  He’s really funny.

Fillion (far right)

The story is nothing crazy.  Fillion plays author Rick Castle who writes murder mysteries like my grandma would read.  He’s a best selling author.  He has a daughter and his mom lives with him.  In the first episode we learned that he has writer’s block.  On the other side of the story, there’s a female detective who is the lead on a case where they found a murderer who’s killing his victims just like in Castle’s books.  The female detective is played by Stana Katic.  So they bring in Castle to help solve the crimes.   She’s a big fan but thinks he’s kind of like a little boy - which he is.  He can’t take anything serious.  In the end they solve the crime and then the Mayor (who Castle has on speed dial) lets Castle stay on with the detective as he researches her for his next book.

It’s no Firefly, but we don’t have Joss Whedon here either.  It’s good for what it is…plus it was really clean as far as language and sexual references…check it out.