>>Stana Katic (the detective in Castle) does amused exasperation better than anyone I've ever seen.
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>Hard to believe she was Simone Renoir in The Librarian: the Curse of the Judas Chalice.
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>I like that show because of the quirky personalities -- they play off each other very well. Great character writing -- especially with Castle's mother. It's constantly knocked by the critics. The other two detectives are always swapping between teasing Beckett, making fun of Castle and running to him for advice, and Castle is always throwing out a red herring theory. His charming rogue routine is very reminiscent of Magnum PI. Some of the plots are so far-off reality and dopey that it is great fun to watch just for the characters. I'm pretty sure it won't be on next season. Every time I find a show I enjoy, it seems to disappear the next season (just like Terriers did on FX and Chuck will probably go the same route)

Well, it's in its third season, so one can hope. I thoroughly enjoy it. I actually catch it (the third season) at CTV.com a couple of weeks late. I didn't see "The Librarian: the Curse of the Judas Chalice" so I'll have to look it up. She's actually a fairly interesting person. She speaks, I think she said 5 languages.

And Fillion is just plain funny. Watching the outtakes from Serenity, there is a scene where they find the town of Haven razed and everyone killed. They're preparing the space ship to leave as fast as they can, and he's walking around giving orders. He walks up to Kaylee and says, " Find that kid who's dirt sleepin' with baby Jesus. We need a hood ornament." She cracks up.