Richard Castle

Richard Edgar "Rick" Castle (born Richard Alexander Rodgers) is the titular main protagonist of the ABC drama series Castle.
He is a best-selling author who becomes a consultant with the NYPD while also forming a partnership with NYPD officer, Kate Beckett whom he shadows for inspiration in his new Nikki Heat novels.
Throughout the series, Kate and Rick have been partners and close friends since the first episode. However, Rick harbored romantic feelings for her starting in season 2 and admitted he loved her in season 3. In the season 4 finale, "Always," Beckett and Castle get together and they begin dating in season five. In the season five finale, Castle proposes to Beckett and the duo become engaged in the season 6 premiere. They were to get married in the season six finale but Castle wound up missing. They married each other in the episode "Once Upon a Time in the West." They temporarily split up in season eight before getting back together and ended the series with having a daughter and two sons
===Background===
Castle was born Richard Alexander Rodgers to CIA operative "Jackson Hunt" (which is not his real name) and aspiring actress Martha Rodgers. He never got to know his father due to him being raised by his mother and the servants she hired him. When Castle was ten years old, he unknowingly met his father for the first time and recommended a book to him.
When he was just a kid, Castle came across a masked man with a teary face and that he murdered a young woman. The serial killer allowed Castle to live when he had caught him. Rick began writing mystery novels and started off the series with the Derrick Storm novels. However, after he killed off the main character, he received some backlash from his fans. 
Castle was married twice: Meredith and Gina Cowell. With his first wife Meredith, Castle had one child, a daughter, Alexis, whom he raised by himself. 
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