What's in the Box?
Castle has had its ups and downs this season. I've been unimpressed by their serious episodes, but the comedy has been stellar. It took me a good five episodes to recover from the season opener, but they were in good form until this week's two-parter, "Pandora".
The CIA agent, Sophia, isn't likeable. She doesn't quip, she doesn't deduce, she's not even particularly commanding. She's beauty, but not brains. During my transcribing run-through, I figured out why the CIA isn't pulling my interest. They showed off expensive new tech. Boring. They gave a big set up for this dangerous top secret info and then went all vague when they explained it. "He was an asset. He did top secret stuff. Now he's rogue. Oh, and this other dude's really smart." And then they threw around dramatic terms like "treasonable offense, imminent threat, special assignment, secure facility, my direct line, dangerous operatives, worst-case scenario, catastrophic event" and "all over the world" (well, duh, you're the CIA). And then Sophia kept on praising them for their "impressive work" when all they did was stumble across a couple of bodies, a house, and a car. The rogue Thomas Gage was practically mute, but he was the most interesting one in the bunch.
There were also moments where I talked back to the TV. Like when Beckett entered a mysteriously open house, found a dead body, and then proceeded to call Esposito before checking the rest of the house! What the hey?
And then, of course, there's the tingling sensation that's telling me that the "CIA" is actually the think tank that's trying to unleash Pandora on the U.S. and Thomas Gage is a TV version of Jason Bourne. Not particularly excited for the conclusion, but I'm looking forward to whatever comes after that.
The CIA agent, Sophia, isn't likeable. She doesn't quip, she doesn't deduce, she's not even particularly commanding. She's beauty, but not brains. During my transcribing run-through, I figured out why the CIA isn't pulling my interest. They showed off expensive new tech. Boring. They gave a big set up for this dangerous top secret info and then went all vague when they explained it. "He was an asset. He did top secret stuff. Now he's rogue. Oh, and this other dude's really smart." And then they threw around dramatic terms like "treasonable offense, imminent threat, special assignment, secure facility, my direct line, dangerous operatives, worst-case scenario, catastrophic event" and "all over the world" (well, duh, you're the CIA). And then Sophia kept on praising them for their "impressive work" when all they did was stumble across a couple of bodies, a house, and a car. The rogue Thomas Gage was practically mute, but he was the most interesting one in the bunch.
There were also moments where I talked back to the TV. Like when Beckett entered a mysteriously open house, found a dead body, and then proceeded to call Esposito before checking the rest of the house! What the hey?
And then, of course, there's the tingling sensation that's telling me that the "CIA" is actually the think tank that's trying to unleash Pandora on the U.S. and Thomas Gage is a TV version of Jason Bourne. Not particularly excited for the conclusion, but I'm looking forward to whatever comes after that.