Although Castle is now in the loop on what's going on with the LokSat on ABC's Castle, he may not be utilized just yet.

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With Beckett (Stana Katic) having informed Castle about what she's been doing since their "break," you would think he would becoming invested in helping her get to the bottom of the mystery. But when Castle returns for the second half of season 8, Castle won't necessarily have to jump in and help his wife.

Castle co-showrunners Alexi Hawley and Terence Paul Winter spoke with TVLine recently about Castle's involvement in the LokSat case.

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"The idea is that he's not actively involved," he revealed. "He is in the know and [Beckett] isn't keeping anything from him, but there is nothing actionable yet for her to get him involved."

Of course, he will eventually get into the case with Beckett, as Winter teased.

"That of course will change as we go on in the season," he said, of Castle's involvement.

Meanwhile, the series will bring back the Castle-missing arc in the second half of the season. But don't worry, he's probably not going anywhere. This will be about the time he went missing before he was originally supposed to get married to Beckett.

"We're going to go to Castle's missing time next," Hawley told TVLine previously. "Not right away [when the season resumes Feb. 1], but definitely in the middle third [of the season]."

Castle airs Mondays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.

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