If a pretty picture is worth 1,000 words, Castle‘s titular author can sit out his next few mystery novels, based on this batch of new photos for Season 6.

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With the ABC drama’s Sept. 23 season premiere now less than three weeks away, TVLine has gotten our hands on a slew of new cast photos, featuring Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic, Jon Huertas and Seamus Dever, Tamala Jones, Penny Johnson Jerald, Molly Quinn and Susan Sullivan.

And because you’ll want it, and because TVLine Cares: Click here for the full-size version of that photo from the batch. (Or, you know, right-click-“View Image,” if you’re computer-savvy like Tory.)