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When Jennifer Beals comes to Castle as part of a February sweeps two-parter, she will be more than just one of Rick Castle’s old flames.

When Castle (Nathan Fillion) and Beckett (Stana Katic) discover a murder victim who was apparently murdered by a rogue CIA agent, they quickly find themselves in the middle of a much larger investigation, led by Beals’ Sophia Conrad.

“She is a CIA agent and, as we know, in Richard Castle’s first series of books, a female CIA agent figured prominently,” creator and executive producer Andrew W. Marlowe tells TVGuide.com. “So, of course, it would lead us to ask: Is Beckett Castle’s first muse?”

Naturally, Beckett learning that she isn’t Castle’s first will leave Beckett with lots of questions about the will-they-won’t-they couple’s future. “Beckett has to wrestle with where she thought she stood in Castle’s life and where she might really stand in Castle’s life,” Marlowe says. “I think it’s natural in a situation like that to feel threatened to some extent, and to measure yourself up.”

“What [Sophia] meant to Castle at the time … and whether or not it makes Beckett feel any less important in Castle’s life, are all things we’re dealing with,” he continues. “Those are questions that Beckett is trying to have answered without exposing her feelings too much.”

For Katic’s part, she believes her character will also be a little disturbed by Castle’s repeat behavior. “When you find out that the guy has had other muses before you, it’s not like, ‘Oh, geez, am I muse enough?’” Katic says. “It’s more like, ‘Some guys have foot fetishes – is this your thing? You just follow women around and tell them they’re your muse so that you can get in their pants?’ I think that’s the confusion there. ”

So, could this bombshell set off other explosions in Castle and Beckett’s relationship? After all, both of them are already keeping big secrets from one another.

“I think it serves as a bit of a touchstone for them,” Marlowe says. “It certainly brings up stuff in both of our characters about how they’re handling the relationship and getting a sense of what they want, what they’re afraid of, and what they hope might happen.”

Castle airs Mondays at 10/9c on ABC. The two-parter begins on Feb. 13.

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In most of the pre-episode buzz for “Dial M for Mayor,” the focus has been on how the mayor being a suspect may impact the Castle-Beckett relationship. And, to be fair, that is a pretty big question.

But what does the potential loss of Castle mean for the other cops in the precinct? To try and get the dish on that, I talked with Seamus Dever (Ryan) about what fans can expect from the next batch of episodes…

In tonight’s episode, the mayor is considered a major suspect in a murder. Given that he was the one to get Castle into the precinct, how is Ryan dealing with the potential of losing Castle as a coworker?
Seamus Dever: I think Ryan is very fearful of that happening, because in the very beginning, we started off with Castle as an outsider, but then we realized that he helps us solve crimes and we can really learn from watching somebody go out of the box with their thinking. Even if it’s sometimes wacky and always involves the CIA or something. But a lot of times Castle is right about his instincts. A long time ago, we abandoned the idea that he was an outsider; he’s one of us. He’s one of our partners. So I think Ryan is a little nervous this is going to affect one of his partnerships. He’s doing everything he can to prevent that from happening.

Good to know. And you guys just wrapped filming on the 1940s episode. How was that experience?
SD: It was great. It was so much fun. It was sort of like opposites day — we get to play characters that weren’t Kevin Ryan, Javier Esposito, Kate Beckett. They were, personality-wise, very different than ourselves. Doing a different genre, so we get to play with some of that. It was nice to change things up. I call the episode, like in STAR TREK, this is our holodeck episode. It really does allow us to use some fantasy and see where else these people you do scenes with that are similar every episode, to see where that would go if you can imagine them in the 1940s. In 1947 to be specific. It was fun.

I also look at it as a little Christmas present to ourselves, because we get to dress up in these clothes from the 40s and our hair is all waxed down. And there’s a band playing around us, and we’re in this cool location and it looks just awesome. Tamala Jones (Lanie) gets to sing. She is a gorgeous singer and we get to see that. It was a lot of fun and I think the audience is going to really like the fact that we’re doing something different. It was fun for us to break out of something and do some things different. I didn’t think it would happen until the seventh or eighth season, so it was nice to do it so early for us.

They didn’t make you wait those extra years! On a much more serious note, CASTLE has a big two-parter coming up. What can you tease about that?
SD: It’s great, it’s a really well-written script. And Jennifer Beals is guesting as a CIA agent, which is interesting, because there is some information that gets revealed — that Castle knows her from the past. [Laughs] And may have, in fact, used her as an inspiration for one of his fictitious characters, as well. We get to see a little bit of that from Beckett. It was an interesting wrinkle, because I read it, and I thought, we haven’t had to deal with that aspect of Beckett and Castle [yet].

I think some fun stuff gets revealed in the pursuit of this case with the CIA. There’s a lot of stuff they’re not allowed to tell. They’re sworn to secrecy for confidential sake and they’re not allowed to tell Esposito and Ryan. [Laughs] There’s a lot of stuff we’re in the dark with in this episode!

But it’s big. Our two-parters are always big. There’s always an explosion, it feels like we’re making this big movie, usually. One of my favorite directors, Bryan Spicer is directing. He’s done some of our best episodes in the past, so it’ll be good to work with him again. And there’s a nice cliffhanger at the end of the first episode, so I think fans are going to look forward…it’s another classic two-parter for CASTLE. We’ve done those well in the past and I think this will be no different.

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For ABC’s Castle, nothing makes a wedding more memorable than murder.

As Detective Kevin Ryan (Seamus Dever) prepares to tie the knot with his fiancee Jennie (Dever’s real-life bride, Juliana) on Monday’s episode (10/9c, ABC), the death of a notorious Lothario derails the wedding planning. And things only get worse when Beckett (Stana Katic) and Castle (Nathan Fillion) learn that Jenny has a connection to the womanizing victim.

“It’s sort of an interesting wrinkle,” Dever tells TVGuide.com. “What ends up happening is that everyone else worries about it a little bit more than Ryan does. Beckett and Castle are trying to protect some information from hitting me, and in the end, they sort of underestimate my ability to deal with that information.”

But don’t expect that reveal to give Ryan cold feet. “It’s nice to see one of [the characters] in a stable relationship,” Dever says. “I think it’s cool because everyone else gets to reflect on what Ryan has. I think it’s something that my character owns, which is a nice little space we’ve carved out for Kevin Ryan.”

Indeed, creator Andrew W. Marlowe says that on a show that so heavily relies on its leads’ will-they-won’t-they sexual tension, it’s helpful to have a couple that will. “It’s important, not just for the audience, but for the characters in the show to have a touchstone of what they can aim for,” Marlowe says. “They need to see something that’s functional and happy.”

So, will observing Ryan’s wedded bliss help push Castle and Beckett closer toward their own functional, happy relationship? “They’re thinking about what it’s like to be at another wedding and be single,” Dever says. “There’s that, ‘Why can’t we just give into these feelings that everybody knows they both have?’ … Or maybe they’ll at least admit some things. Something’s got to happen.”

Adds Marlowe: “We’re looking at characters who are looking for their other halves in life. And they have found each other to a certain extent, but they haven’t fully committed to it. So this is part of the journey.”

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Castle returns to ABC after taking the holidays off and front and center is Det. Kevin Ryan’s upcoming nuptials to fiancee Jenny, but in true Castle fashion, something potentially life-changing forces the couple to rethink their future.

Actor Seamus Dever said as much when he chatted with The Hollywood Reporter about Monday’s pivotal episode, centered on the murder of a lothario who has surprising ties to Jenny. “She becomes involved in the murder and we discover some information that might affect Ryan’s decision to get married at all,” Dever tells THR. That’s not all: The couple will have another point of contention.

“Ryan and Jenny have decided to go on a cleanse to purge themselves and make themselves pure before they get married. It’s sort of a spiritual thing,” Dever says.

The cleanse proves to be too much. “He’s letting things boil and he’s becoming anxious because he can’t wat. His partner Esposito is taunting him with donuts,” Dever says with a laugh. So much so that by episode’s end, “Ryan decides to finally break his cleanse. There’s a scene where everybody’s eating Chinese food and Ryan loses it and starts devouring everything on the table,” he adds.

Monday’s episode is crucial to Ryan’s journey to becoming a man — and playing opposite his real-life wife Juliana helped. He recalled a moment that drew parallels to his actual wedding: “There’s a moment right before I head into the chapel to get married; it’s a funny thing that happens to a person. There’s a mixture of excitement, of nervousness and fear all combined into one.”

As for the film noir episode, Ryan may not be the person viewers have grown to love for the past three and a half seasons.

There are “flashback scenes to the 1940s where Castle discovers a private detective’s journal, written like a Raymond Chandler novel,” Dever shares. “We’re all in there, but we’re all opposites of what our personalities are.” Who does Dever play? “I get to be this gangster, tough-ass guy with an Irish accent.”

For the episode, the cast shot at the Park Plaza Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, a place Dever worked at as a cater waiter. It was during production that he and fellow actor Jon Huertas pulled a fast one over co-star Nathan Fillion.

“They have a dirty basement that Nathan and Jon and I explored. Nathan went down there on his own but Jon and I snuck up behind him. Jon used his special forces skills and we scared the crap out of Nathan,” Dever recounted with a laugh, not offering any more details. “It was awesome.”

The big two-parter this season will see former The Chicago Code star Jennifer Beals joining as the guest CIA agent. “They spend a lot of money on those two-parters. I read the script and there’s a lot of cool stuff that happens in stunt terms,” Dever says. “There’s a big cliffhanger at the end of episode 15.”

Castle airs Mondays at 10 p.m. on ABC.

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We finally get to see a wedding on Castle this week when Detective Kevin Ryan ties the knot with his soulmate, Jenny. I had an opportunity to talk with Seamus Dever about his character’s walk down the aisle, how his real life is matching up with his fictional role, and what Castle and Beckett could learn from him.

“Ryan is a pioneer!” declares Seamus when I ask how he feels about being the first one to tie the knot on Castle. “Ryan is the only one in the precinct, aside from Captain Gates, who is married or in a stable relationship. As someone who is happily married, I feel blessed to be the one who gets to portray that.”

Not only is Seamus happily wed in real life, but his wife Juliana Dever is the actress who plays Jenny on Castle. “I’m lucky to have found the right woman for me, and I’m happy that Ryan has, too,” he says. He’s also pleased with the opportunity to explore his character outside the precinct and hopes we’ll see more of Jenny now that she’s Mrs. Ryan. The double date scene with Lanie and Esposito from a few weeks ago still resonates with promise for Seamus.

“It was a change of pace for our writers, to branch out and create something that had nothing to do with a case or with Beckett or Castle,” he recalls. “Our show is a procedural, one of I think two on ABC, so we have to be dutiful to that. And we have these big scripts to contain in 42 minutes, so there’s only so much room to explore the characters and their relationships. I hope we see more of that kind of scene while still staying true to the procedural nature of the show.”

With this episode putting the focus back on Ryan, I anticipate further character development, but don’t expect a traditional “the groom is nervous” plot.

“I don’t think Ryan is nervous. Everyone says ‘everything changes’; they tell you everything will be different when you get married, so I think everyone else makes you nervous,” Seamus chuckles. “But really, if you’ve been with someone for a while, nothing changes. You check a different box at the DMV and file joint taxes, but life doesn’t change. It just gets better.” Seamus then muses, “I think it’s the fear of the unknown, that undiscovered country, that makes people nervous.”

If we aren’t getting a storyline about how nervous Ryan is before the big day, then there must be a case to solve. Is one of the wedding guests not long for this world? Seamus thoughtfully explained that he didn’t want me to have to plaster SPOILER ALERT all over this article, so he wouldn’t give details, but he did share some information about the episode.

It’s actually a build up to the wedding, with the ceremony happening at the end of the episode. There is a case to be solved, and around the midpoint, Castle and Beckett find out that Jenny is connected to the victim. They then have to decide how to tell Ryan about this connection.

“Ryan has to make a complex, modern relationship decision,” teases Seamus. “I think you’ll be pleased with how Ryan handles it.”

Speaking of Castle, Beckett, and weddings, while Seamus hasn’t seen the episode yet, he does share that being back in a church prompts them to think about their own relationship. “I think that they think about the choices that they could make,” he says.

Maybe now that Ryan has blazed the trail, others will find their way toward the altar.

Check out Kevin and Jenny’s wedding website where you’ll get the inside story on how they met, how he proposed, and why they’re keeping the honeymoon a secret. Seamus will be live tweeting during the episode when it airs Monday, January 9 at 10/9c on ABC.

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CASTLE fans are used to exploring the romantic tension between Castle and Beckett, but in Monday’s brand new episode, the romance spotlight will be shifted a bit to celebrate Ryan and Jenny’s wedding! (About time those two crazy kids got hitched, right?)

To celebrate the occasion, I hopped on the phone with Seamus Dever (Ryan) to see what he could spill about the hour…

How was it for you to actually film Ryan and Jenny’s wedding?
Seamus Dever: It was fun! it was fun, because as your readers may or may not know, [Jenny] is played by my real wife, Juliana. So it was fun to dress up again and remember all the things that happened that day when we got married. And all those feelings and all those things, it was nice to have that. And we got some new wedding pictures out of it, too, which was cool. So it was a lot of fun and it was great to see everybody spiffied up. You show up [at work normally] and everybody’s dressed in their cop clothes, so it was nice to see them in their gowns and tuxes. It’s always an event when that happens, so it was fun.

And hey, if you can get ABC to pay for a vow renewal of sorts for you two…
SD: There you go!

How big a part did the wedding play in the actual episode? Obviously there’s still a case going on, but this is a big moment for Ryan.
SD: It’s one of those things where we’ve already done a wedding ceremony thing on our show like two years ago, so I don’t think they wanted to go down that path. The most interesting part is the lead-up to that — it’s all the feelings and the preparations and all the things that you’re doing beforehand. It was fun because everyone is trying to figure out who they’re going with. Weddings are one of those things where everyone has to start to deal with their feelings and evaluate their relationships. And everyone is single because my character is the only one who is in a relationship in the whole precinct. [Laughs] Everyone’s trying to decide who their date for this wedding is going to be, because nobody wants to show up alone. Esposito and Lanie are on the outs, so who’s Lanie bringing to the wedding? And Esposito’s really self-conscious about that and trying to score his plus-one. And Beckett’s trying to decide who her plus-one is going to be. And Castle thinks [his] is going to be Alexis, but then Alexis gets another offer.

It’s funny, because everyone is dealing with that in the lead-up to [the wedding] and Ryan and Jenny have decided to go on a cleanse before the wedding. One of those crazy, lemon juices and cayenne pepper things that everybody does because it purifies their soul and presumably helps them lose a little bit of weight and look a little better in their tux and that kind of thing. So everyone gets to kind of see Ryan come to a boiling point, because he’s not eating, so all of a sudden he’s getting a bit more edgy. And they’re not going to let him get away with that without making fun of him, so Esposito is all of a sudden eating more donuts around him and doing things that Ryan wants to do. So it’s all about the lead-up.

And yes, there’s a point where they discover some information that Jenny is involved in the case. There’s some information Castle and Beckett are holding back from Ryan in the fear that he’s going to be really hurt by it. So, it’s pretty interesting. It’s a very well-crafted episode. David Grae, he’s one of our best writers, he wrote this episode. And Jeff Bleckner directed it and Jeff’s a veteran director. He directed previously for us the “Nikki Heat” episode with Laura Prepon from last year. And David Grae wrote that episode, [too]. So it was nice to see that team back together, because I think they handle the romance and the comedy very well. And so in that respect, it was pretty cool to work on this episode.

Good to hear! When I spoke with CASTLE creator Andrew Marlowe recently, I asked him how much marriage would change Ryan, and he said that was still up in the air. Now that you’re a few episodes ahead of us, do you feel that there has been any difference?
SD: We haven’t started dealing with that for any sort of repercussions…yet. But it probably will at some point. I think Andrew like to play with the fact — Andrew’s a very happily married man himself and I think he’s very comfortable in that. Marriage is something some guys can handle and some guys are afraid of. And I think he’s very comfortable with it, so I think it’s neat to see how it impacts everyone else. As a device, I think Ryan’s marriage is going to be used to let everybody know it’s okay to admit to some of these feelings, it’s okay to commit to relationships because everyone is single! [Laughs] I think he’s going to use that in the future. It’s up in the air, but I don’t see it being one of these things where they’re going to break up or get divorced or anything like that. I think it’s always been a stable relationship that he’s really comfortable with. I think it’s going to be one of those things that we see everybody else dealing with it, but I don’t know. It’s up in the air, but it should be interesting.

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When ABC’s Castle returns with fresh episodes on Monday, Jan. 9, the first episode back will feature the wedding of Detective Kevin Ryan to the lovely Jenny Duffy-O’Malley. But will the undeniable romance of the big day spill over into the long-simmering but oft-stifled Castle/Beckett relationship, and maybe light a fire under those two?

For starters, Stana Katic tells us this much: Romance was in abundant supply during the filming of the episode, seeing as the fictional nuptials starred real-life marrieds Seamus and Juliana Dever, who play Kevin and Jenny.

“It was such a beautiful thing,” Beckett’s portrayer tells TVLine of shooting the ceremony. “I loved being able to see Juliana walk in with her wedding gown, because it was the kind of gown that she wanted when they were young actors getting married but they didn’t have the finances they needed to make the wedding as large as maybe it would have been in their dreams. This was a chance to kind of do a ‘second take,’ and it was fantastic to be a part of that real-life experience as well as that ‘movie-life’ experience.”

But returning to the million-dollar question — might the exchange of vows get Rick and Kate in the mood to finally take a leap of their own, and pursue a romance? – Katic echoes that which Seamus Dever recently told TV Guide Magazine. (After all, “Caskett” did just spend an entire episode handcuffed to each other, for better or for worse; anything else is merely legal documentation.)

“There’s a bit of foreshadowing for the future, yes,” she told us with a playful chuckle.

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As if Castle fans needed another reason to be eager for the show’s return in January!

EW has learned exclusively that ABC has ordered an additional episode of the series, bringing its season 4 order to a total of 23.

Castle ended its first half of the season Monday and returns Jan. 9 with all-new episodes. The second half of the season will include guest spots from Hilarie Burton as a reality star and Jamie Ray Newman, who will appear in an episode centering around Ryan’s (Seamus Dever) wedding to Jenny (Juliana Dever).

Meanwhile, Castle fans, celebrate the additional hour by commenting with questions for executive producer Andrew Marlowe, who will be talking to EW in the coming days about what’s in store for the second half of the season!

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