Castle 2x24: A Deadly Game
As promised. Here we go.
Castle Finale
Dude. I re-watched it and I still had a hard time focusing for the first half. Apparently, I have a short attention span? Or it only kicks in when something super emotional happens? Very strange for me especially since I love anything and everything that even mentions spies (hence my love for Alias and 24).
Anyway, that Spy Ventures extreme vacation looks like SO MUCH FUN. OMG. I WANT TO DO IT. Feel like a real spy. Oh yeah baby. So incredibly awesome. And it was all a red herring. sigh. Because like the best-selling authors said: three motives for murder -- greed, love, cover up. Very true. At least those are the three most common motives for murder in all the tv shows I watch lol.
But how screwed up was this case? Motive-wise I mean. The vic and his wife don't separate because she likes her house? She has an affair with her husband's business partner. Then the vic has an affair with a housewife, buys her a spot in the spyventure, then the husband goes and kills the guy. Jeez. All because no one wants to get a divorce, so they just cover it up lies, affairs and murder. The human race is extremely screwed up. Just thought I'd mention that.
Now the love triangle. My absolute favorite scene is when Castle says this will be their last case. Just the look on both their faces was heartbreaking. Nathan and Stana totally sold that. And the fact that when Esposito asked if everything was okay and they AGREED -- wow. Never happens. It's always:
Esposito/Ryan: Am I interrupting something?
Castle: Yes.
Beckett: No.
And the fact that Becket was distracted enough to not ask the important question of WHO put the briefcase in the locker was another BIG RED FLAG.
OH! AND THE COFFEE. DID ANYONE NOTICE THAT? THE COFFEE. When Castle came back the next day and only had one coffee cup in his hands, Beckett noticed and frowned when she saw he didn't bother getting her one. There was another scene where Esposito hands Beckett some coffee and Castle notices with a frown too. ;alskdjfa;igha;lskdjfa THE COFFEE CUPS. IDK WHY BUT IT MAKES ME FLAIL SO HARD. Such a little gesture that seemingly goes unnoticed is a big deal to them. They're drifting already. Guh.
My other favorite scene was when Esposito totally hit Beckett with the "he's not here to watch you be with another man" anvil. I love that he was just so straight and direct with her. He's being a good friend to both Castle and Beckett. I love Esposito. I love them all, but Esposito has something about him that makes me love him so much. He's honest, true, and excellent partner and friend. I love that ep that was focused on him. I hope they focus one on Ryan next season because I want to see him do something really serious instead of being one of the comic relief guys.
Anyway, the love triangle that I've been digressing from. I actually felt bad for Demming when Beckett was breaking up with him. He IS an amazing guy. I know I kept complaining and harping on him being perfect, but maybe being perfect was the flaw. I realize that now. He was so perfect that he wasn't interesting enough to hold Beckett's attention or affection at least. When he asked, "Was it something I did? Something I said?" I really felt bad because he was trying to be the best he could for Beckett. Don't get me wrong, I'm cheering that he's gone, but only when they broke up did I start to like the guy because that's when it started feeling real. Idk how to explain it well. It all made sense in my head lol.
The Castle problem. Castle had no idea that Beckett and Demming broke up, so for him to go off with Gina makes sense... to an extent. I can buy that he was hurt, wanted to run away and so he went back to something familiar -- his ex-wife #2 since #1 is in LA. I get that. But to really go to the extreme to spending an ENTIRE SUMMER together right after reconnecting? Idk, seems like it's jumping the gun for me. That's probably just my problem because I'd like to take it slow after reconnecting. Anyway, Gina and Castle probably won't last the entire summer. I was telling my mom that she'll probably be gone after a week or so because they won't be able to stand each other. If they come back re-married or even re-engaged, I might just die and scream and point accusing fingers at my tv screen. It'd be a way to prevent Castle and Beckett from getting together for sure, but idk, the third party deal is kinda killing me. Whatever. It'll be interesting to see what happens after a couple months.
You know what I want to know? How freaking Alexis will react to hearing about Gina coming back into their lives. She'll probably be glad she's in Princeton to avoid all that. But still, Alexis always has a unique and fun insight into her father. She's so great at picking him apart.
One other heartbreaking thing -- when Gina came onto the scene and the camera panned to the team's faces in the breakroom, I wanted to hug them. Esposito and Lanie's faces were so shocked. Lanie was sad and heartbroken for Beckett, but Esposito was in between shock and anger. After all he did to try and get them together, Castle goes and pulls this crap. But I do wonder, does everyone but Castle know that Beckett and Demming broke up? It seems like they did unless that was all shock from seeing Gina back in the picture.
I'm okay with this finale. It wasn't a huge cliffhanger like S1. If I saw S1 when it aired, I would've killed a monkey or something. This ending felt better. I thought we'd be left hanging as to whether Beckett would say yes or no to Castle's offer in the Hamptons, so this was definitely much better. Although I think Castle and Beckett could be one of the few tv pairings that could make it if they got together now. It could totally work. Ah, but I guess that's what fanfiction is for. ;)
This was good. This finale, I mean. I thought Monday would've been even more epic if Castle and Beckett got together because that would've been the icing on the cake on top of House and Cuddy FINALLY becoming a couple. But alas, I was robbed. That's okay. I felt bad for Beckett but when I reversed the situation, I probably would've done the same thing as Castle. Maybe not reconnect with an ex, but the running away to the Hamptons to recover and focus on work -- I'd do in a heartbeat. It just sucks that Beckett never got the chance to tell Castle what really happened. It'll be fun when they come back in the fall. Let's see how much of a wall Beckett puts up when Castle comes back.
Castle Finale
Dude. I re-watched it and I still had a hard time focusing for the first half. Apparently, I have a short attention span? Or it only kicks in when something super emotional happens? Very strange for me especially since I love anything and everything that even mentions spies (hence my love for Alias and 24).
Anyway, that Spy Ventures extreme vacation looks like SO MUCH FUN. OMG. I WANT TO DO IT. Feel like a real spy. Oh yeah baby. So incredibly awesome. And it was all a red herring. sigh. Because like the best-selling authors said: three motives for murder -- greed, love, cover up. Very true. At least those are the three most common motives for murder in all the tv shows I watch lol.
But how screwed up was this case? Motive-wise I mean. The vic and his wife don't separate because she likes her house? She has an affair with her husband's business partner. Then the vic has an affair with a housewife, buys her a spot in the spyventure, then the husband goes and kills the guy. Jeez. All because no one wants to get a divorce, so they just cover it up lies, affairs and murder. The human race is extremely screwed up. Just thought I'd mention that.
Now the love triangle. My absolute favorite scene is when Castle says this will be their last case. Just the look on both their faces was heartbreaking. Nathan and Stana totally sold that. And the fact that when Esposito asked if everything was okay and they AGREED -- wow. Never happens. It's always:
Esposito/Ryan: Am I interrupting something?
Castle: Yes.
Beckett: No.
And the fact that Becket was distracted enough to not ask the important question of WHO put the briefcase in the locker was another BIG RED FLAG.
OH! AND THE COFFEE. DID ANYONE NOTICE THAT? THE COFFEE. When Castle came back the next day and only had one coffee cup in his hands, Beckett noticed and frowned when she saw he didn't bother getting her one. There was another scene where Esposito hands Beckett some coffee and Castle notices with a frown too. ;alskdjfa;igha;lskdjfa THE COFFEE CUPS. IDK WHY BUT IT MAKES ME FLAIL SO HARD. Such a little gesture that seemingly goes unnoticed is a big deal to them. They're drifting already. Guh.
My other favorite scene was when Esposito totally hit Beckett with the "he's not here to watch you be with another man" anvil. I love that he was just so straight and direct with her. He's being a good friend to both Castle and Beckett. I love Esposito. I love them all, but Esposito has something about him that makes me love him so much. He's honest, true, and excellent partner and friend. I love that ep that was focused on him. I hope they focus one on Ryan next season because I want to see him do something really serious instead of being one of the comic relief guys.
Anyway, the love triangle that I've been digressing from. I actually felt bad for Demming when Beckett was breaking up with him. He IS an amazing guy. I know I kept complaining and harping on him being perfect, but maybe being perfect was the flaw. I realize that now. He was so perfect that he wasn't interesting enough to hold Beckett's attention or affection at least. When he asked, "Was it something I did? Something I said?" I really felt bad because he was trying to be the best he could for Beckett. Don't get me wrong, I'm cheering that he's gone, but only when they broke up did I start to like the guy because that's when it started feeling real. Idk how to explain it well. It all made sense in my head lol.
The Castle problem. Castle had no idea that Beckett and Demming broke up, so for him to go off with Gina makes sense... to an extent. I can buy that he was hurt, wanted to run away and so he went back to something familiar -- his ex-wife #2 since #1 is in LA. I get that. But to really go to the extreme to spending an ENTIRE SUMMER together right after reconnecting? Idk, seems like it's jumping the gun for me. That's probably just my problem because I'd like to take it slow after reconnecting. Anyway, Gina and Castle probably won't last the entire summer. I was telling my mom that she'll probably be gone after a week or so because they won't be able to stand each other. If they come back re-married or even re-engaged, I might just die and scream and point accusing fingers at my tv screen. It'd be a way to prevent Castle and Beckett from getting together for sure, but idk, the third party deal is kinda killing me. Whatever. It'll be interesting to see what happens after a couple months.
You know what I want to know? How freaking Alexis will react to hearing about Gina coming back into their lives. She'll probably be glad she's in Princeton to avoid all that. But still, Alexis always has a unique and fun insight into her father. She's so great at picking him apart.
One other heartbreaking thing -- when Gina came onto the scene and the camera panned to the team's faces in the breakroom, I wanted to hug them. Esposito and Lanie's faces were so shocked. Lanie was sad and heartbroken for Beckett, but Esposito was in between shock and anger. After all he did to try and get them together, Castle goes and pulls this crap. But I do wonder, does everyone but Castle know that Beckett and Demming broke up? It seems like they did unless that was all shock from seeing Gina back in the picture.
I'm okay with this finale. It wasn't a huge cliffhanger like S1. If I saw S1 when it aired, I would've killed a monkey or something. This ending felt better. I thought we'd be left hanging as to whether Beckett would say yes or no to Castle's offer in the Hamptons, so this was definitely much better. Although I think Castle and Beckett could be one of the few tv pairings that could make it if they got together now. It could totally work. Ah, but I guess that's what fanfiction is for. ;)
This was good. This finale, I mean. I thought Monday would've been even more epic if Castle and Beckett got together because that would've been the icing on the cake on top of House and Cuddy FINALLY becoming a couple. But alas, I was robbed. That's okay. I felt bad for Beckett but when I reversed the situation, I probably would've done the same thing as Castle. Maybe not reconnect with an ex, but the running away to the Hamptons to recover and focus on work -- I'd do in a heartbeat. It just sucks that Beckett never got the chance to tell Castle what really happened. It'll be fun when they come back in the fall. Let's see how much of a wall Beckett puts up when Castle comes back.