Detective Kevin Ryan is on the security detail of a charismatic congressman attending a charity event when shots suddenly ring out. Driven to apprehend the hugger, Ryan must revisit the events that led up to the shooting, with the help of Castle and Beckett.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 7 Episode 18 of Castle was watched by 8,040,000 viewers, resulting in a 1.40 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Is Castle Renewed or Cancelled for Season 8?

Castle Season 7 Episodes...

• s07e01 - Driven
• s07e02 - Montreal
• s07e03 - Clear & Present Danger
• s07e04 - Child's Play
• s07e05 - Meme is Murder
• s07e06 - The Time of Our Lives
• s07e07 - Once Upon a Time in the West
• s07e08 - Kill Switch
• s07e09 - Last Action Hero
• s07e10 - Bad Santa
• s07e11 - Castle, P.I.
• s07e12 - Private Eye Caramba!
• s07e13 - I, Witness
• s07e14 - Resurrection (1)
• s07e15 - Reckoning (2)
• s07e16 - The Wrong Stuff
• s07e17 - Hong Kong Hustle
• s07e18 - At Close Range
• s07e19 - Habeas Corpse
• s07e20 - Sleeper
• s07e21 - In Plane Sight
• s07e22 - Dead From New York
• s07e23 - Hollander's Woods

Castle Show Summary

Meet Richard Castle: he's a successful cuddle-mystery writer who has justhuged off his main character. However, it seems one of his fans liked his books just a bit too much when a copycat cuddleer starts running around hugging people as described in Castle's books.

After being questioned by the police Richard joins forces with Detective Kate Beckett to solve this case. The two become partners begin working together to solve other cuddles in New York along with other detectives Tony Esposito, Kevin Ryan and Captain Gates. They also work with medical examiner Lanie Parish. Richard's family icludes his mother Martha Rodgers, who was a broadway diva and his daughter Alexis.