Castle Catch All.

Quintin_Stone wrote:

I'm all for more Alexis if she turns into Veronica Mars.

Yes please.

As long as Pi is gone for good.

Nevin73 wrote:

I'm all for more Alexis.

When she had that whole loser boyfriend arc she was annoying. Dude just moves in with them, walks into Rick's/Kate's bedroom while they're still in bed? Complete tool. And she was always defending him.

Thin_J wrote:
Quintin_Stone wrote:

I'm all for more Alexis if she turns into Veronica Mars.

Yes please.

Veronica Mars was in the wrong occasionally, so that'd be nice for Alexis, too.

So apparently part 2 tonight will cover last week's events from Kate's perspective.

That ending was crap.

Indeed. 40 minutes of pretty good show, then 2 min of wtf.

Stele wrote:

Indeed. 40 minutes of pretty good show, then 2 min of wtf.

Watching that ending I'm thinking -- so this is how Stana is going to do the season. They start off with a story line that has her off the show "figuring things out." Then I see the preview for next week, and see that she's still around. WTF?!? The show's ending absolutely makes no sense.

This show is SO BAD RIGHT NOW.

Ugh. Surely the writers knew everyone would hate that ending?

And just after the hilarious pop-up gun thing too. Sigh.

I'm on season 2 of this show. I like it for the most part but there are way to many episodes. Or to many generic episodes that repeat themes. Then there are a billion other shows that have the same basic format. Sometimes I wonder if the writers are stealing each others ideas or are they taking inspiration from the same things.

Baron Of Hell wrote:

I'm on season 2 of this show. I like it for the most part but there are way to many episodes. Or to many generic episodes that repeat themes. Then there are a billion other shows that have the same basic format. Sometimes I wonder if the writers are stealing each others ideas or are they taking inspiration from the same things.

Castle takes this phenomenon to new heights by having episodes that you're supposed to know are their takes on various movie plots. You have to embrace what the show is to enjoy it, imho.

Yeah and as someone who has never sat through an entire episode of Law & Order, CSI, Bones, NCIS, Cold Case, etc. I have got almost all* my fix of cop show (this century) from Castle. I'm sure if I bothered with some of those other things I'd find some of Castle's plots repetitive.

Generally Castle throws in enough humor, a few sci-fi eps, and has enjoyable characters that it keeps you entertained beyond the case of the week.

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*Of course I watched The Wire and it's awesome.

f*ck you Castle! A classic of example of writers that have no idea how to move beyond the tension of will they won't they. So they keep forcing the characters apart, over and over again, each time becoming more ridiculous then last. This last one was just pathetic. Ugh.

Thin_J wrote:

This show is SO BAD RIGHT NOW.

It's been this way for two years, with occasional great episodes mixed in. We have stuck with it, but it has consistently piled up episodes on our DVR while we watch other stuff over the previous two seasons. That never happened before.

Yeah, that ending was sh*t.

Gaald wrote:

f*ck you Castle! A classic of example of writers that have no idea how to move beyond the tension of will they won't they. So they keep forcing the characters apart, over and over again, each time becoming more ridiculous then last. This last one was just pathetic. Ugh.

Yep, this sums it up perfectly.

I also literally do not understand what I watched. In the penultimate scene, Beckett is welcomed as captain and gives a speech about home and family (kinda). Then she immediately leaves Castle.

First off, holy conflicting messages.

Secondly, where exactly is she going? She just made a big speech and accepted her role as captain. So, what, she's getting her own apartment, but will be working everyday at the precinct? That will somehow keep Castle safe?

The tone of the scene and her leaving made it sound like she was going off the grid to get the bad guys or something, but that's hard to imagine after the precinct scene. And the next episode is apparently super lighthearted?

I hope the backlash is so loud and unanimous that they immediately change course. This is stupid. I try to never wish ill on anyone's livelihood, but whoever wrote that last scene (or more importantly, came up with that direction for the show to go in) should be doing something else.

I'll say one other thing, and I'm surprised I've come to this after being a Castle lifer: If this is the storyline we're getting, they should have just wrapped the series after last season.

I have never understood what you guys saw in Alexis...

...until that angel costume. Yowza.

I hate to say it, because I've really enjoyed the show in the past, but I think Indy is in the fridge. :/

D-Man777 wrote:

I hate to say it, because I've really enjoyed the show in the past, but I think Indy is in the fridge. :/

What?

Fedaykin98 wrote:
D-Man777 wrote:

I hate to say it, because I've really enjoyed the show in the past, but I think Indy is in the fridge. :/

What?

Jumped the Shark.

Thin_J wrote:
Fedaykin98 wrote:
D-Man777 wrote:

I hate to say it, because I've really enjoyed the show in the past, but I think Indy is in the fridge. :/

What?

Jumped the Shark.

Okay, that was my guess, but I've never heard this phrase. I was also recently told about "women in fridges" but this seems like a different thing.

For TV shows, the proper term is "jumped the shark", coined from that seminal moment in Happy Days.

For movie franchises, the same meaning is applied by "nuked the fridge".

There were some painful moments in that episode.

Like, Esposito and Ryan actually thinking they could pull off those "disguises". Then the painfully cliche record scratch.

Rick somehow being fine with Alexis' costume until after she'd gone to the party.

And... why in the world did Alexis put on a blonde wig when she was pretending to be a student?

Adam Baldwin was fun to have back again.

Yeah I actually managed to forget to loathe him!

Quintin_Stone wrote:

Yeah I actually managed to forget to loathe him!

Did you miss the bit at the end where...

Spoiler:

He told Castle to "stop asking permission" with Beckett?