Link to last season’s finale thread.
After all the times he’s brought her coffee in the office, I thought it was sweet Beckett finally brought some coffee to Castle.
That was an all-around strange episode.
The new boss (what’s her name, likes to be called “Sir”?) KNEW about the whole conspiracy all along, to keep the old boss’s memory unsullied? How on earth did she know?
The dynamic of Castle and Beckett as an actual couple is going to take some getting used to. I do hope that they don’t backtrack and have them break it off now, though, to avoid some sort of Moonlighting curse.
I’m glad the semiresolved that “Who killed my mother?” subplot. The show was best as a mystery-romantic comedy. The entire story arc was the worst part of it and really seemed to me to just be a way to jump on the tortured hero bandwagon. Castle’s strength is that it doesn’t try to be a serious show, and that entire plot is best dropped.
They could marry them, and get them a dog named Asta.
Except in this case, she is Nick and he is Nora.
Oh, nevermind.
I’m glad they got things semi-settled and can move on with their relationship.
Watching Beckett try to sneak out and realize she doesn’t have a bra on was hilarious. Watching Tahmoh Pinekett get spread over the wallboard was even funnier.
I got that she didn’t know the whole conspiracy, she’d gotten enough clues to figure out that they were pursuing a case related to their old boss’ death, but didn’t realize that it connected to Beckett getting shot at the funeral, or Beckett’s mom, or any of that.
I just watched the ep this morning and loved it, I loved the new Castle/Beckett dynamic and them arguing over who has to hide in the closet. And Jack Coleman was great as the dirty Senator. (He’s not listed on IMDB for the episode, and I didn’t notice his name in the credits, but as soon as he was talking to Beckett on that cell phone I was thinking ‘That’s Horn-Rim Glasses!’)
And yes, hopefully this can put the conspiracy plot arc to bed for a while, and then it’ll flare up again, possibly because HRG gets a lead that Beckett is bluffing about having the file.
In the magic of TV time, I think Ryan must have told Captain Victoria Gates about the whole story arc just before he saved Becket at the end of last season.
Maybe she watched the previous seasons on Netflix.
The Scooby gang has suspected she knew something from her first day in the precinct. Capt. Gates was transferred from Internal Affairs, and the only reason to do that would be if IA suspected something was fishy in this homicide team. Add in some suspicious break-ins at Capt. Montgomery’s house and things start to add up.
Remember, she’s not just a pain-in-the-ass, she’s a detective who has been promoted to Captain. Anything the Scoobies can figure out, she can, too.
This week also marks, in addition to the newest season of Castle, the debut of the show in regular syndication on TNT. Seeing the show make it all the way to that exalted status is really kinda cool; it’s like seeing the college player that you rooted for make it in the big leagues. I just caught the pilot episode on my DVR – I’m something of a latecomer to the series, so I have some holes to fill – and it was really fun to see where it all started. Seeing where Katic’s haircut all started was not as satisfying, although it didn’t damage her hotness too much.
I love the little meta-jokes that the writers slip in. This week, when Castle was trying to figure out what their celebrity couple name would be (ala Bennifer), he said something like, “Rickett? No. Kat-ic? That’s terrible. Caskett?”
Katic? Terrible? That got a laugh, because Stana Katic plays Beckett.
“This is where I come to find…serenity…”
Nice to see they’re keeping up with the nods to the fans. The “Ka-tic” one above cracked me up.
“I’m not James Patterson rich…”
Poor Castle…always someone who has that extra billion he doesn’t have…
It was interesting to see Kate wander through the little cottage in the Hamptons, realizing she was WAY out of her realm of day to day life. I liked that it was a quick, quiet moment where she realized there was going to be more to this relationship than she had thought about. However, she did seem to adapt to the luxury like a duck to water…
I hope they revisit the fact that Castle just pissed off a mobster that’s a neighbor of his. Could have some amusing ramifications later on in the season when they need “help” with a murder.
Yes. And I loved the scene with Ryan interrogating the business partner guy, suddenly getting very interested in knowing about Castle’s girlfriend.
And then he makes the choice to keep quiet and not let Esposito in on it yet. That could cause more conflict down the road. 
And why did he have to piss off the the neighbor? couldn’t he have just said I’m thinking about a new plot for a book ? The neighbor knows he’s a writer ? Didn’t the cousin tell his Uncle this little snippit ? And then he could say something like maybe looking for a good sinister villian for my next book, and hope you could give me pointers, see no disrespect at all just flattery.
From Kate’s backstory, her parents seemed to be well off, just not Hamptons style rich.
I love that they’ve gone back to a lighter tone this season.
Amen, I was getting really tired of the “Beckett’s Mom Murder” storyline that just wouldn’t die. I have to admit, I’m a little worried about **Castle **these days. They’ve got a timeslot challenger in Revolution, as well as the presumed shark-jumping that occurred when Castle and Beckett finally got together.
Two, maybe three seasons left? Or are the ratings stronger than I think?
They are already in syndication, so the long-term money for the principals is secured. Now they can play with the form a bit. Light-hearted is good. They could last 4 or 5 more years if they don’t get too dark and angsty.
Monday’s episode garnered a 8.3/11, beating Revolution by 2 million viewers.
I don’t know how many seasons they have left, but getting the two leads together romantically did NOT cause any shark jumping. Yay. (hopefully this shark-avoidance is not just wishful thinking on my part).
If they had dragged out the mother’s murder any further we would have heard the Jaws theme pretty loudly, I think.