…What elevates “Castle” above being just another crime procedural is Fillion (“Desperate Housewives,” “Firefly.”) He’s an incredibly charismatic actor, and he brings all of that with him as Castle, who has an appreciatively flippant sense of humor. (At one point, he tries to stop a criminal by throwing his shoe at him.) Fillion is also just so darn likable. The whole show actually has a light-hearted and tongue-in-cheek approach that rescues it from its silliness. The murders aren’t jokey, but there’s not all the brow-furrowing that goes on in other crime shows…

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