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In Episode 6 of Season 5 of Castle ('Final Frontier'), there is a murder, wherein the body is placed inside a fake spaceship designed for the 'Nebula 9 Fan Experience'. I Googled Nebula 9 and all results are abc.com or Memes released by it.

I'm pretty convinced that it's made-up, but just wanted to confirm it is. And if it is made-up, was it inspired by some long-forgotten failed Sci-Fi show? If yes, which one?!

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I don't have 150 rep so I can't create tags but there doesn't seem to be one for Castle. Could someone please create castle – Siddhartha Jan 13 at 10:00
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There are actually 14 episodes of Firefly, not 12. However, that is the only show I recognized a reference to... other than the obvious mentions of Star Trek. – user4486 Mar 31 at 10:42
One other nod in Castle to firefly is Commander Walsh. – CriccoDante May 8 at 11:45

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I'd say Nebula 9 was a nod to Firefly, but there were a lot of references to other Sci-Fi shows as well.

From Le Geek:

Firefly references:

  • Nebula 9's Captain is called Max Reynard, in Firefly the name was Mal Reynolds

  • Lt. Chloe in Nebula 9, Zoe in Firefly

  • Creavers in Nebula 9, Reavers in Firefly

  • Nebula 9 was cancelled "over a decade ago, and only had 12 episodes at that"

  • Castle also says: "I'm a fan of good sci-fi. StarTrek, Battlestar, that Joss Whedon show,..."


Star Trek references:

  • Jonathan Frakes (William T. Riker) not only directed the episodes, he also has a cameo.

    Frakes [Source]

  • Armin Shimerman (Quark) also made an appearance

    Shimerman [Source]

  • Castle is doing a Captain Kirk impersonation

  • Castle is doing a Captain Picard impersonation


(Click the 'Le Geek' link for more references to other Sci-Fi shows, movies and fan culture)

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Thanks for the info. – Siddhartha Jan 13 at 11:47
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and also nathan fillion who plays Castle also played Mal Reynolds in firefly – Keegan Apr 8 at 14:00
@Keegan And that's the ultimate reference and the reason why it had to be Firefly (in fact I immediately thought about Firefly when reading "reference to SciFi show" and "Castle" in one question, without having seen the mentioned Castle episode). Oliver_C should add your point into the answer. – Christian Rau Apr 8 at 17:46
Technically, I wouldn't count Nathan Fillion's mere appearance in this particular episode as a Firefly reference because he appears in every episode of Castle. Had he shown up in his 'space cowboy' costume again, it would have certainly made the list though ;) – Oliver_C Apr 12 at 22:38
@Oliver_C "Technically, I wouldn't count Nathan Fillion's mere appearance in this particular episode as a Firefly reference because he appears in every episode of Castle" - Of course not, but it is when the said episode is otherwise filled with various references to scifi-shows, which not every Castle episode is. At least it's worth a mention in the answer even if not advertised directly as "intentional reference". – Christian Rau May 8 at 13:29

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