castle finale: 'Did I say that I need you, did I say that I want you? Oh, if I didn't, I'm a fool.'
I haven’t written an ep reaction in a long while, but since everyone and their dog is doing a Castle finale post, well, let me hop on the bandwagon. (caps courtesy of rawr_caps- I did the combining, tho, as you can prob tell by the amateurish blends, lol)
( before that, a bit of backtracking- brief notes on Knockdown )
YOU'VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE, THEN. :P (sorry it took me a while to get back to you)
In my head, she's been going to visit Lockwood to get him to crack for so long, and his escape makes that work a waste if they can't get to him.
A friend pointed out also that Beckett had previously become so obsessed with her mom's case that she needed therapy to come to terms with it and leave it behind and that's why it was such a big deal that Castle got her involved in investigating it again. I'd completely forgotten that, so that's another element here. There's her investment in trying to break Lockwood (I wonder if she really did send her 'fanclub' to beat him up?) but also her 'addiction' and losing touch with reality because of her overwhelming focus on the case.
in the hangar scene when she seems to be losing track of her sentences...
That weirded me out, I wasn't sure what she was trying to say? What was the 'other reason' she was talking about? IDEK.
in her mind she's already taken that step toward him and it ended badly. I think she kind of wants him to make the move, decide for her. I think the line ("is that what we are?") makes sense in this context too, because they've both known for at least half the season that there's more to it than a partnership, but neither of them ever says it out loud. And she wants him to say it. I see it as a sort of "give me a better reason" line.
Interesting. I didn't see it that way, obv. I thought this scene was about her pain and feeling of...betrayal, that he promised he'd be there with her and she asked him to be by her side when she finally solved her mom's murder and now he's bailing on her? BITTERNESS. RESENTMENT. That's where I thought she was coming from, hence my thoughts that she was lashing out at him with that question. Because with the context, I found it a bit hard to see that she'd be coming from the emotional, touchy-feely, 'let's resolve our feelings and admit our love for each other' given how off-kilter and crazy she's been.
But er, if that was the case, Castle's approach of psychoanalyzing her wasn't the best way to deal with it, then...still, if she was hoping for him to make overtures so they can deal with the ~feelings~ between them, him bringing up the kiss and being in each other's arms and not talking about it offered her the perfect opening, 'What's there to talk about? What do you have to say to me? Come on, spit it out', y'know? Instead, she went on the attack.
THAT LINE MEANS "JESUS CASTLE TELL ME TAHT YOU LOVE ME AND MAYBE SLEEP WTIH ME A BIT OR WHATEVER PEOPLE DO AFTER THEY CONFESS THEIR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER THESE DAYS IDK".
YES, that's how it came across as well. But it seems so weird to me because he hinted at his feelings but she threw it in his face and was all ranty and aggressive and if she wanted him to say those three little words, her approach was all wrong. Tbh, I don't see her demeanor as trying to encourage him to open up about his love for her. I mean, I think she was pushing him to it, that's def how it comes off, but I don't see it as a warm heartfelt thing where once he said it, she'd be in his arms and they'd be all over each other, happy ending, yay. I thought she was pushing his buttons because he'd let her down and she wanted to strike back at him. IDK. BECKETT IS TOO COMPLICATED FOR ME.
I think he says "we can move that mountain" but I agree, no idea, speaking so fast.
Someone said it's a reference to a song, 'we can move that- rubber tree plant'? O.o Weirdness. Maybe it's a generation thing, lol.
the utterly perfect monologuing that is just Dead On character analysis of Beckett, and of course Beckett can't really handle those truths at this point so she lashes out, as is her way.
OMG, that analysis just killed me, I was so gobsmacked that he went there and pulled out those harsh truths and confronted her with it.
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