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Javier Esposito
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Vital Statistics
Title	Detective
AKA	Javi; Espo
Gender	Male
Status	Alive
Occupation	NYPD Detective
Significant Other/s	Lanie Parish (girlfriend, on & off)
Character Information
Appearances	Javier Esposito - List of Appearances
Portrayed by	Jon Huertas

Javier Esposito is a homicide detective of the New York Police Department at the 12th Precinct with his partner Kevin Ryan.

HistoryEdit

Before Esposito joined the NYPD, he served in the military in the U.S. Army Special Forces. He served time in Iraq.

After coming back to the U.S. from his tour in Iraq, Esposito suffered PTSD , or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. ("Kick the Ballistics"/"Kill Shot")

Most likely for his military connections, he has several contacts in different divisions of the department, such as at ESU and at the Robbery Department. It is possible that he has had SWAT training as he can be seen carrying SWAT weapons during several episodes. Like Ryan, Esposito carries a Glock 17 as his primary sidearm.

With NYPD, Esposito was first assigned to the 54th precinct, where he worked with Detective Tom Demming and his old partner, Ike Thornton.

Some time later, he and Ike become a part of an organized crime task force meant to bring down criminal Victor Racine. Ike was then believed to have died not long after he is suspected of working for Racine, which Esposito never believed. In reality, he was actually framed by Lieutenant Holliwell, the dirty cop working for Racine who used his position at Internal Affairs and started an investigation against Ike to put the blame on Thornton and throw off suspicion from Holliwell. Realizing that he was doomed of either being killed by Racine or getting imprisoned by the cops, Ike faked his own death to try to find evidence of his innocence, telling only his wife Carol that he is still alive. Although Esposito stayed in contact with Carol and their son, Tim. Ike never told him about his plan, not wanting to put suspicion on Esposito as well.

After his partner's death, Esposito asked to be transferred to another precinct, and he was then moved to the 12th.

Season TwoEdit

Old wounds are opened in "Den of Thieves" when Fred Cana, a bagman of Victor Racine, is brought into the precinct for a case and they start talking about Esposito and his old partner, Ike, who died while trying to work the case against Racine. Esposito is left even more devastated when a fingerprint found on the homicide victim matches Ike's, after being led to believe that his partner had been dead for years, only to find out that he could be alive and killing for Racine again. Intent on finding out the truth, he approaches Ike's wife, Carol, and asks her if she knows that Ike is alive. She denies it at first, but later asks Espo not to find him because they are so close to finding evidence that can exonerate him. They later discover that Ike was working with the victim, Paul Finch, to steal a ledger from Racince's vault.

Esposito is later finally confronted by Ike, who tells him the whole story. Esposito believes him and does not turn him in. He later even helps him retrieve the ledger from Racine's office. The two are still obviously very much in sync, evident when Ike hints to Esposito that he has a gun tucked in his back, which Espo uses to shoot Holliwell. Although Holliwell was still able to shoot Thornton, he is later caught by Beckett and the others, and Thornton survives the shot. They both finally get closure because, after three years, they are finally able to prove Ike's innocence and is now free.

PersonalityEdit

Javier tends to maintain a serious, macho demeanor; however, he can also be awkward when it comes to personal relationships. In many episodes, he is seen trying to hit on beautiful women. In the cases where the more "adorkable" Ryan is more successful in love, Esposito has taken it as a blow to his ego.

He considers personal loyalty very important. He sided with Beckett in keeping the investigation of the Orlando Costas a secret from Victoria Gates, understanding the consequences. He feels personally betrayed by Kevin Ryan when Ryan reports the violation of police procedures to Gates, even though doing so saved his and Beckett's lives. Esposito felt betrayed when he realized that Roy Montgomery really had been involved in unethical conduct; he had refused to believe it until the evidence was utterly incontrovertible.

RelationshipsEdit

FriendsEdit

Kevin Ryan

He and Ryan are close friends, even though they bicker constantly. Their relationship before "Always" was often described as a bromance. As the "younger brother", Ryan is often the target of Esposito's playful exasperation.

Kate Beckett

He is always ready with a sardonic comment to keep Beckett on her toes and enjoys the way Castle riles her up. The two are both somehow serious, take-charge types and greatly respect each other.

Richard Castle

He considers Castle a friend and even once introduced him to Ike, his former partner, as one of his new partners, along with Ryan. Esposito is, in many ways, the big brother in the relationship with Castle (and Ryan), more physically intimidating, but also protective of his writer friend. When teasing their partners, he and Castle often Feed the Birds.

However, during the times when Castle is in conflicts with fellow officers, Esposito often takes the officers' side. And when Castle is suspected of murder in "Probable Cause", Esposito is the one professionally pushing through with the investigation since Beckett is "too close" to the case to be able to think straight about the case, although he never believed that Castle could ever actually be behind the killing.

RomanceEdit

Lanie Parish

He and Lanie Parish were in a relationship for a while. While the two thought they had been successful in keeping it a secret, Castle, Beckett and Ryan were all aware of it pretty much from the beginning. The details of why the relationship ended have not been revealed, but the catalyst for the breakup was when Ryan's fiancee Jenny asked them when they were going to be married. Castle and Beckett have privately expressed their hopes that the two get back together. In "The Limey", Lanie reveals that the two still enjoy the occasional "booty call" together, despite the romance not having worked out.

Kay Cappuccio

Kay Cappuccio is a reality TV star who appeared in "An Embarrassment of Bitches" that Esposito became smitten with. During a murder investigation, she becomes a victim of stalking, and Esposito sympathizes her and becomes somehow protective of her when she becomes a suspect. This leads her to open up to him about how her life is nothing close to perfect, and Esposito later offers her his services. She parts with him with a kiss on the cheek, saying that she might take up his offer someday.

TriviaEdit

Detective Ochoa is Esposito's book counterpart in the Nikki Heat series, and he had stated in Tick, Tick, Tick... that he would have wanted Javier Bardem to play him in the movie.

Actors Jon Huertas and Stana Katic have both said in interviews that they play their characters as if Esposito and Beckett had been involved romantically in the past. However, the writers and executive producer chose not to include this in the show as part of the backstory for the characters.

QuotesEdit

Esposito: A control freak like you with something you can't control? No, no. That's gonna be more fun than shark week.

- to Beckett, about Castle in "Flowers For Your Grave"

Ryan: You know, if this were a horror movie, we'd be the first ones killed, splitting off like this.

Esposito: Yeah, except we're not a couple of top-heavy co-eds out looking for fun. We're highly-trained officers of the law, with enough firepower to take out a horde of undead.

Ryan: "Hispanic and cocky. Yeah, you definitely die first." "Under the Gun"

CASTLEe
Cast	Nathan Fillion • Stana Katic • Jon Huertas • Seamus Dever Tamala Jones • Ruben Santiago-Hudson • Molly C. Quinn • Susan Sullivan • Penny Johnson Jerald
Characters	Richard Castle • Detective Kate Beckett • Detective Javier Esposito • Detective Kevin Ryan Dr. Lanie Parish • Former Captain Roy Montgomery • Alexis Castle • Martha Rodgers • Captain Victoria Gates
Seasons	1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5

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