NotTheGuyYouKill
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Fantastic episode. I was on the edge of my seat in the final ten minutes. Castle took a serious level in badass at the end.
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Castle |OT| It is okay to have a man-crush on Nathan Fillion
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close to the edge
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Wowza, that was a great episode. Easily the best one this season and probably one of my favorites overall.
I'm happy they didn't choose to go with some stupid government conspiracy to kill Beckett's mother, that has been done too many times.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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What I really dug about this episode, and I dunno if anyone else noticed this, but Castle for the first time, felt like he was acting like a cop, and not just a writer tagging along with the cops. Maybe it was just me, but I really liked that.
Agreed with everyone else, Amazing episode for the series. It was nice to see a more serious side to all the characters, with castle even essentially admitting that he still hangs around because of Beckett even if he can't tell her. The pash 
I really hope they continue to bring up Becketts mum as a side story.
Oh i also noticed that the captain has a picture of Obama on his desk haha
I really hope they continue to bring up Becketts mum as a side story.
Oh i also noticed that the captain has a picture of Obama on his desk haha
Jay Shadow
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I assume they'll keep bringing it up around this time every year they're still on the air.evlcookie said:
Castle's mom is right though... he has a family to think about. He basically runs around with Beckett in this ep and almost gets himself killed because he has the hots for her. What about his daughter? :/
Still a very good episode, though. The writers have extended and widened the story of Beckett's mom in an organic and non-silly way, which is very hard to do.
Still a very good episode, though. The writers have extended and widened the story of Beckett's mom in an organic and non-silly way, which is very hard to do.
Jay Shadow said:
Not really, I can only see it happening for one more episode. There really only is one more person behind her mom`s murder, and that will most likely be the person at the top.
I liked the fact that this was the episode that was foreshadowed when that medium told Beckett she would be saved earlier in the season.
GDJustin said:
I wonder when they are going to revisit the plot from earlier this season, where the killer got away and left Castle tied up. I could see him going after Castle`s family seeing that Martha foreshadows something happening to him in this episode.
This is a great show.
Spike said:
Do you think this was the episode? I can see how it looks like it but i thought there would have been more danger towards beckett involved. She could have died but it didn't seem like she knew that so i'm expecting something more heroic from castle.
Net_Wrecker
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evlcookie said:
Castle takes a bullet for Beckett in the season finale confirmed.
Net_Wrecker
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Good episode this week that took a jump in quality after the club scene. (which was great)
Also, watching this on my DVR and not constantly looking at the time after every commercial break improves the show so much. I actually thought it was the Butler since I had no idea that there was like 10 minutes left.
Also, watching this on my DVR and not constantly looking at the time after every commercial break improves the show so much. I actually thought it was the Butler since I had no idea that there was like 10 minutes left.
Net_Wrecker
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Noshino said:
No I mean after they went back to him towards the end. I didn't know there was still ~10 minutes in the episode, and it felt like they were closing in.
IDK, maybe it was just me wanting it to be the Butler for lulz
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Finally caught up on the last two weeks and last night's episode. Very solid and lots of fun. I do love that they all secretly know about Esposito though.
Not sure if it's been posted but my Facebook news feed showed me something from the Castle page:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDbuOQdV5A4&feature=player_embedded
It's a full song version of the song being sung by the two rapper dudes; Beckett was also singing a few of the lines at the end on the guitar.
Beckett in the club was something fierce :C
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDbuOQdV5A4&feature=player_embedded
It's a full song version of the song being sung by the two rapper dudes; Beckett was also singing a few of the lines at the end on the guitar.
Beckett in the club was something fierce :C
Club scene was oh wow. But overall I didn't dig this week's episode very much. Beckett and Castle kept ignoring big evidence and clues until the very end of the episode when it would come back up.
They were chasing down Oz the drug dealer saying he did it, even though the victim said he needed a gun to protect himself "from his past." There were several moments of this kind of selective blindness.
I did like the actor that ended up being the killer, though. Played a great creepy scumbag. Often the actors on Castle they hire for the scumbags roles are waaaay over the top. But this guy was good.
They were chasing down Oz the drug dealer saying he did it, even though the victim said he needed a gun to protect himself "from his past." There were several moments of this kind of selective blindness.
I did like the actor that ended up being the killer, though. Played a great creepy scumbag. Often the actors on Castle they hire for the scumbags roles are waaaay over the top. But this guy was good.
ThLunarian
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I'm thinking the endgame of this season involves the evil genius who got away, kidnapping Alexis. This causes Castle to somehow get in trouble himself (possibly saving Alexis in the process), and then it's up to Beckett to rescue him.
During the course of that investigation, she confronts the feelings she has for him while he's in danger, and when he finally gets rescued, they have an emotional reunion and are finally open with each other about how they feel.
Possible end-of-season cliffhanger at any point during that plot.
Calling it now!
During the course of that investigation, she confronts the feelings she has for him while he's in danger, and when he finally gets rescued, they have an emotional reunion and are finally open with each other about how they feel.
Possible end-of-season cliffhanger at any point during that plot.
Calling it now!
Could be possibly but I think they want to try and stretch the romance out as long as they can.
Poor castle in this weeks, friend ends up being an asshat. I did want the ending to be a little different, it would have been nice to see castle go off on his own without Beckett joining him. Don't know why but it would have felt more fitting.
Poor castle in this weeks, friend ends up being an asshat. I did want the ending to be a little different, it would have been nice to see castle go off on his own without Beckett joining him. Don't know why but it would have felt more fitting.
Sorta silly this week:
- Super-advanced security system that logs door and window openings doesn't come up until the final minutes. This would have been the first words uttered at the crime scene any other week.
- The murderer hired a company car to take her to and from the crime scene. This one is slightly less derp-worthy since it wasn't pre-meditated murder... but still!
- Super-advanced security system that logs door and window openings doesn't come up until the final minutes. This would have been the first words uttered at the crime scene any other week.
- The murderer hired a company car to take her to and from the crime scene. This one is slightly less derp-worthy since it wasn't pre-meditated murder... but still!
Net_Wrecker
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Wow. Great episode, and the "Case of the Week" nature of the series makes these multi part eps so unexpected.
Also "Serenity" as a resort name? Good stuff.
Also "Serenity" as a resort name? Good stuff.
Yea this weeks was awesome, I'm glad it's a multiple episodes arc, although i think they did something similar around the same time last season.
This could get interesting. Does anyone else feel that there might be an admission from either beckett or castle about how they feel? Seems like castle is just waiting for the chance.
This could get interesting. Does anyone else feel that there might be an admission from either beckett or castle about how they feel? Seems like castle is just waiting for the chance.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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evlcookie said:
I'm pretty sure he was about to say it when the radiation tech came and got them. Great ep. Antsy for the next episode.
Incendiary
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evlcookie said:
It's Sweeps Month! Of course they did it about the same time last season! (It was the Dana Delaney two-parter where she was an FBI agent hunting a serial killer or something.)
Good to see Adrian Pasdar again after I unceremoniously dropped Heroes. I love the Castle-Beckett dynamic, and I always love multi-episode arcs on an episodic show. It raises the stakes a little bit, even though the next episode previews always ruin the cliffhanger.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Very solid episode, and cannot wait for part 2. It is nice once in a while to get a really intense, high stakes episode out of the series. Especially since I usually watch it for the comedy aspects.
trineo_feo
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Nice change of pace. Hype for next week.
Dr. Pangloss
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Not a regular watcher, but it was this or H-50 on my antenna TV. Was a very good episode. Kept wondering why the female detective didn't shoot out the tires of the truck before going into the storage trailer. I kept saying out loud, "Shoot the tires. Shoot the tires."
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Or while they were under fire or once they saw the bomb, why didnt one of them call backup or give their position? Because then it wouldnt be much of a cliffhanger would it?Dr. Pangloss said:
Dr. Pangloss said:
Shooting the tires its a big no no, you don't want to move the bomb, specially not a dirty bomb of that size.
PhoncipleBone said:
Uh, she does call, but as soon as she puts the phone to her ear the shooting began.
the whole scene, from the part were they see the bomb up to the part where they go inside the container, it was less than a minute. While inside a container, chances of phone signal are abysmal, specially if you have at&t (unless his iphone is unlocked)
Although I do agree that know and then they do unusual things for the purpose of creating cliffhangers, this wasn't one of those.
Very nice episode this week. Loved the sly Firefly reference.
Undoubtedly the highest stakes of any Castle episode to date. Although this can turn into a negative and not a positive rather quickly, as future seasons might feel the need to top what has come before.
Undoubtedly the highest stakes of any Castle episode to date. Although this can turn into a negative and not a positive rather quickly, as future seasons might feel the need to top what has come before.
Spike said:
I think the writers have done a good enough job so far in making the relationship, will they won't they not the main plot for the show. It certainly is apart of the show but it isn't the driving force behind it all.
Once it hits a bones like setup then it could be officially going downhill.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
As we were watching, I told my wife "if it's going to blow anyways, just yank all the wires. Fuck it."
Sure enough, he did it. It was his expression after that was great.
Sure enough, he did it. It was his expression after that was great.
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