Castle: Recoil

[holdouttrout]

Me, as of two minutes ago: ACK! Why is no one talking about last night's Castle yet?!

If anyone responds at all, there will be spoilers in the comments.

Comments

[aurora_novarum]

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Clearly, I need to get caught up on Castle. :-D

[holdouttrout]

Clearly! :-D

[jemster.livejournal.com]

I don't have TV (the receiver needs to be upgraded and don't have it yet) and I completely forgot until around noon today that there was a new episode on last night (I know..bad fan!) but I thought it was a good episode.

My favorite part was when Castle was talking to Bracken outside of the interrogation room after Beckett saved the Senator's life. *chills*

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

That was definitely one of the creepiest moments of the whole thing. The way they were almost talking openly about everything... and the way Bracken apparently doesn't think either of them is a threat.

What's interesting to me is how Beckett walked the line between her two sides. What I loved about how the episode played out is Beckett kept falling just to the side of letting Bracken get killed, but she kept being disappointed in herself for doing so--and it was the fact that she didn't have any time to think about things at the end that made her able to save Bracken.

[gabolange.livejournal.com]

Because I watched it, went to bed, went to work, and am only now able to comment! :)

Also, yeah, that was an interesting episode for Beckett. Creepy and concerning, but I'm glad in the end she did the right thing. And we all know she'll need to call on Bracken for a favor one of these days . . . that will be an explosive episode.

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

I'm SO glad she did the right thing in the end, but I'm also... well, I'm still a little shocked she has a job. *grins* Good thing it's a TV show.

And yeah, that favor is going to be epic.

[geneeste.livejournal.com]

I was so tired last night, Hubs basically led me to bed (not in a fun way, sadly) around 8:30pm, so we didn't watch it until tonight. But!

I LOVED that this is where the writers took this storyline - I had been getting concerned about this plot thread, and I think this is a great way to complicate the situation in a way that's fresh. I mean, I know it's been done elsewhere, but I just really love the way they've handled this. I love that Bracken is still a bad guy, but he's a layered bad guy. I love that Beckett had some realistic conflict and yet stayed in character.

I thought that it was a mite out of character for Castle at the end there to not endorse Beckett's story of the frame-up - isn't that kind of his thing? Writing the most interesting story to fit the evidence, and not the suspect in custody? So that was a bit washy to me, but other than that, I was very pleased. (And Castle got in a great line at Bracken towards the end: "Almost how you'd do it.")

Also - I'm not sure I believe Beckett and Castle are still in a relationship. No cuddles? Come on, Castle!

So, do you think that Esposito has gotten very hard recently, or is that just me?

And yay, Castle got to take his coat off for the first time in months! He must have been getting warm. (Am I the only one who has noticed that they keep him in long coats to cover his weight gain? Yes?)

Also: WORF! But no Alexis or Martha. Sad.

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

I thought that it was a mite out of character for Castle at the end there to not endorse Beckett's story of the frame-up -

Actually, I think you'd be right if it happened in any other circumstance. That IS Castle's job--to think out of the box, even and especially when it's absurd. But I liked it, because it showed how they've changed by being around each other, and how Castle is grounding her when she needs to be grounded--and boy, did she need to be grounded this episode.

And it's not just you--Esposito has gotten very hard, and at this point, I'm willing to say I think the writers are doing it on purpose, for a purpose. Which is exciting!

Aw, poor actors who have to deal with heavy coats on set. Hee!

no one seems to talk about castle anymore...

[poetressforgod.livejournal.com]

the only show i hear about these days is Downton Abby. I don't even hear about that crazy vampire show anymore...True blood?

I love castle but still haven't gotten ahold of season 4 to be able to watch the current season...

Re: no one seems to talk about castle anymore...

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

True Blood! I think people still talk about that, but it's past the first flush of fannish love. Downton Abbey is by far the most talked about show I know about at the moment. Too bad I didn't have time to keep up with it...

[a-loquita.livejournal.com]

I thought it was great! I was swamped yesterday and didn't get chance to post anything, but I did just now. I was so impressed with Stana Katic's acting in this, I mean, the cast is always very good. But this one stood out to me as an epic job on her part. It was such an interesting idea to put the character in the position that they did, well done to the writing team as well.

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

I thought so, too! I thought that Kate could have seemed really wishy-washy, but she didn't--she was just. so. conflicted. I was on the edge of my seat. Literally at some points. :-)