Should've ended 10 seconds earlier. That seven years later additional scene fucking ruined the entire episode.
WTF!! Such a Lame ending!!!
The ending could've been better considering it was cancelled.
Story time:
Once upon a time, Castle was my favorite show. I discovered it two years ago, and I loved everything about it. The writing. The characters. Castle and Beckett's dynamic. The way they balanced comedy and drama. It was perfect: well-acted, surprising, charming, funny, but also dark and intense when it needed to be. It was everything you could possibly want from a TV series. People say that when two main characters get together, it ruins the show because apparently established relationships are not interesting to the viewers. But in Castle and Beckett's case, it worked. It really did.
Until they decided to make Castle disappear on his wedding day in season 6 finale. That was the first time I was genuinely disappointed with the show, but I kept watching because I still loved it.
Season 7 was noticeably more forgettable than the previous ones, but it had enough good moments for me to feel somewhat satisfied. We got the wedding, they tied up the 3XK storyline (which, in hindsight, were the last two truly good episodes of Castle ever). Although Andrew Marlowe wasn't the showrunner anymore, he stuck around as a writer, and it was obvious that as long as he was there, he kept the show from going completely downhill.
And then the new showrunners took over in season 8 and destroyed everything that Castle had once been.
Season 8 was an insult to the audience. There's no other way to put it. The writing was mediocre at best and straight-up awful most of the time. Separating Castle and Beckett was unbelievably stupid. None of the new characters were likeable. Stana Katic had too little screen time, and Castle's PI business became the focus of the show. I wish I had something nice to say about this season, but there's nothing. All I feel is bitterness, and I can't imagine how people who have been watching the show since 2009 must feel. I stopped watching this trainwreck when I heard that they'd fired Stana, but I came back for the finale after they announced the cancellation. I was relieved. I hoped the show would end with some dignity. Which it didn't, but at least Beckett's alive, so I'll take it. If they'd got rid of the last shooting and made the epilogue longer, it would've been fine. But they very clearly wanted to show that they intended to kill Beckett before the series got cancelled. It was like one last slap from the writers to the audience.
I don't know if the rumors about Stana and Nathan hating each other are true. All I know is that those two seem like really nice people if their interviews and panels are anything to go by. Especially Stana has always struck me as a classy, lovely person. They appeared to be thick as thieves during their PaleyFest panel in 2012, and then, at the same event in 2013, they weren't even sitting next to each other. I can't imagine what happened between them, and we'll probably never know. But one way or another, their relationship off-screen didn't have anything to do with Castle's long-overdue cancellation. Low ratings and backlash from fans after the showrunners tried to make Beckett-less season 9 happen did.
If I decide to rewatch the show in the future (and I probably will because seasons 1-6 really were excellent, and season 7 still had some of that flair left), I'll be sure to skip the abomination that was season 8 entirely. The ending of season 7 was a better and more satisfying series finale anyway.
Goodbye, Castle. I won't miss you in the fall, and I'm sad that it had to end like this, but you were incredible once. And that's how I want to remember you.
I think I'm laughing out of shock. They really botched the ending!!
This is real? Pardon my choice of words: LMAO... That ending really was just slapped on top of it.
#RIP
would have given this a seven if they'd actually died
So cheap ending for this show...
the end. Nathan and Stana hate each other so cancelling was the only option
why couldn't they give this one a better ending? Lovely show. I miss it
The disrespect of direction of the direction is a shame. I will never see again any show with this director.
That was one of the worst endings I've seen.
nice show!! should have ended by season 6
A show that started off quite promising but which was ind the end totally ruined by dumber and dumber Hollywood writers. Really a shame.
I should've stopped watching after season 6. Damn, what a botched ending.
Thank god for the "seven years later" scene. Clearly it was just put there because the show was cancelled but better this than seeing the two main characters dying after eight seasons.
Finally when I discovered that season 8 contained some funny scenes that reminded me of the very first seasons, I was quiet happy with the show. However, the final scene just ruined the complete season and the ending of the show.
What the hell? I was expecting a better ending after 8 years than this.... This (especially those last 10 seconds) felt very rushed in, just to give the show a "proper" (which it most definitely was not) ending. :(
it should have been a 2h season finale.. They rushed it so much...
i'm still confused about the last 10 minutes... Did they survive or not? The empty room before the "seven years later" is suspicious..
Series finale, Loksat, have not worn much, with the episode, a season like. That final scene of goop.
The series has ended, must have done 2 years ago, at the end of the T6, but hey, farewell Castle and Beckett
That was put on there because the show has been cancelled and the main characters dying would've have been a cruel way to end the show.
Somehow, every conclusion in this episode fells so rushed, that i feel they could have spanned it over 3 episodes instead of one. Kind of disappointing to have the series end like this.
Ending is open to interpretation. For me, they died. yes, makes it sad, but a better ending. remember he us a writer, the 7 years later can be real or can be imagination its up to "you". its a nice ending touch due to last minute stupid and sad cancellation. Not many new American Shows left, thank god for UK.
This was the last episode. And the ending is lame. Very lame.
The show has been officially cancelled. I will really miss it.
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Shout by DeletedBlockedParent2016-05-18T10:03:15Z
Honestly... What a bad end for a great show!