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"Castle creator Andrew W Marlowe has explained the decision to have the show&amp;#039;s leads get together. Castle (Nathan Fillion) and Beckett (Stana Katic) finally embarked on a relationship in the ABC drama&amp;#039;s fourth season finale. &amp;quot;In terms of storytelling, we felt like we were dangerously close to trying the audience&amp;#039;s patience [with their flirtation] and we were starting to get impatient ourselves,&amp;quot; Marlowe told TV Line. The showrunner also suggested that the change will allow Castle to explore &amp;quot;new territory&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;We feel like we wrung everything out of [our leads] not being in a relationship, so it&amp;#039;s time to put them in a relationship and in more, different fun,&amp;quot; he said. Marlowe added that he did not want to &amp;quot;betray&amp;quot; his audience by further delaying the &amp;quot;pay-off&amp;quot; of Castle and Beckett&amp;#039;s romance. &amp;quot;To not have done it now would have betrayed our covenant with the audience,&amp;quot; he insisted. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve asked them to invest, and we would not be good storytellers if we did not pay off that investment.&amp;quot; The fourth season of Castle concluded last night (May 7) on ABC. A fifth season has yet to be announced. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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