Carver Burke
Vital Statistics
Title	Dr.
Gender	Male
Status	Alive
Occupation	Psychiatrist
Character Information
Appearances	Carver Burke - List of Appearances
Portrayed by	Michael Dorn

Dr. Carver Burke is a character portrayed by Michael Dorn in the ABC crime series Castle.

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Dr. Carver Burke is Kate Beckett's psychiatrist, first introduced in season 4.

After being shot at Roy Montgomery's funeral ("Rise"), Beckett is required to attend sessions with him for a psychiatric evaluation prior to returning to duty. However, once this is complete, she decides to continue seeing him for advice and support.

While initially he helped her overcome post traumatic stress disorder ("Rise", "Kill Shot"), the sessions have increasingly dealt with her long-term trouble developing relationships in general, and her internal conflict about forming one with Castle in particular ("Eye of the Beholder", "Headhunters"). Burke is the only person to whom Beckett has confided her secret (that she remembered everything from the day of the shooting-- including Castle's declaration of love).

Burke, at the end of Season 4, has never shown any ulterior motives or agenda, serving simply as a sounding board for the distraught Beckett, and highlighting, perhaps, the lack of true friends in her life, not because Lanie and the boys don't care, but because Beckett cannot, or will not, let them in.

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• Burke and Beckett - first sightGo to [[Rise]]
• Carver Burke's initial lnquiry
• Carver Burke - Devil's Advocate
• Dr. Burke asking Beckett the unanswerable - Why?Go to [[Eye of the Beholder]]
• Dr. Burke attempting to get Beckett to accept her own limitationsGo to [[Kill Shot]]
• Dr. Burke explaining why a PTSD diagnosis is valid
• Carver Burke introducing the alien into Beckett's world - non-confrontation
• Dr. Burke connecting the dots between Beckett's diverse wounds and her unknown futureGo to [[Kill Shot]]
• Dr. Burke questioning Beckett's neutrality in the matter of Castle's new museGo to [[Headhunters]]
• Carver Burke listening to Beckett explain her point
• Dr. Burke placing the ball firmly back in Beckett's court

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