Castle Season 4: What Goes On After "I Really Like You"?

Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic As they say, you cannot unring a bell. So, are you able to unspeak what "I really like you"?Fall Preview: Get scoop in your favorite coming back showsThat's the question pending over Castle, because the Season 4 premiere (Monday, 10/c, ABC) focuses heavily how Detective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic) will respond to an occupation of affection from her mystery-author/partner, Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion), in last season's finale. Obviously, Castle's "I really like you" did not stop by a candlelight dinner, but as a direct consequence of Beckett being gunned lower with a sniper. So, you will find lots of easy outs, right?"My goals would recognition exactly what we'd completed in the growing season finale and never sweep anything underneath the carpet," creator and executive producer Andrew W. Marlowe informs TVGuide.com. "My intent ended up being to confront all of the problems that we raised and cope with them in ways that ... would be both satisfying to fans in addition to a tiny bit frustrating for those who want Castle and Beckett to obtain back immediately. We have taken their relationship one stage further of complexity. ... [There's] much more meaning within the Beckett and Castle relationship."Which Castle figures made our listing of TV's most sexy crime martial artists?Adds executive producer Laurie Zaks: "When the genie is let from the bottle, it cannot be placed in. Even when it isn't acknowledged vocally, psychologically there's likely to be a positive change.InchIt is in individuals mental and emotional corners from the story that things get a little tricky. For instance: Will Castle even have the ability to see past their own complicity in Beckett's shooting - by extension, the sacrificial dying of former Capt. Roy Montgomery (Ruben Santiago-Hudson) - to maneuver forward inside a relationship together with her?InchIt had been an extremely sobering event for Castle. Certainly he has a way of measuring guilt," Fillion states. "Here is a guy who's not so keen to develop up in the near future. But he's really been spear-heading this analysis. He's been kicking this hornet's nest around, convinced that fixing it'll get him nearer to Beckett. However he's losing buddies, literally. It is going to pressure him to develop up just a little.InchFortress exclusive: Meet Castle and Beckett's new captain! Also standing when it comes to Castle and Beckett's possible love connection is really a reduction in face time, since new Victoria "Iron" Gates (Cent Manley Jerald) has assumed command from the twelfth Precinct and quickly started Castle out."He isn't accustomed to women being around him that are not disarmed by him immediately," Fillion states. "Women love him, so when they do not, he takes it hard. ... She will not provide him half an opportunity. Even if he warrants credit, she'll not create it for him. That actually bothers him, and it will likely be a ongoing fight."However the true obstacle stopping a Castle-Beckett hookup is secrecy, as both Beckett and Castle will have to hide significant information from one another at the outset of the growing season.Fortress exclusive: Star Trek's Michael Dorn is Beckett's shrink"Everybody's got secrets this season,Inch Katic states. "The very first episode type of describes how this next season is going to be directed. It describes inside a really subtle way the way the two figures experience one another and what obstacles they may need to tackle to be able to finally reach one another. I believe it is sweet."Sweet, otherwise immediately satisfying towards the show's ravenous fans. Katic are only able to promise that Beckett, who'll also share some her feelings having a police-mandated shrink (Star Trek: The Following Generation's Michael Dorn) this year, is acting within the interest of her lengthy-term happiness."She's making a grownup decision to not dive into something because she does not wish to spoil it,Inch Katic states. " She's real, adult causes of making the options she makes. ... She cares for him a lot. She's deeply in love with him. She's dated other men, but he's the only real guy she has been deeply in love with."Castle premieres Monday at 10/9c on ABC. Watch a clip in the premiere: