Castle: "When the Bough Breaks" 10/19 - Grading & Discussion
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Ok, I liked that one. Not quite as much as last weeks, but it was good nonetheless. It kinda has a heartbreaking ending to it as well. I was surprised by the mystery in this one, not so much as to who the guilty party was, but the motive behind it. Oh, be sure to watch the previews for next week. 
Not bad. A fairly major episode in the Castle-Beckett relationship, one I would've expected to see as a season finale or premiere. But I had some problems with the premise. One, why would a mystery writer be pegged to take over writing a spy series? Two, if not doing any more Nikki Heat books would mean not hanging around with Beckett anymore, why was he still hanging around up until now? He would've finished writing the book months ago. And three, the ending was a little too pat and contrived. I'm getting tired of the mayor's whims being evoked as the ultimate driving force behind this partnership. And I would've preferred it if Castle had decided on his own to stick with Beckett rather than just getting a better monetary offer.
The mystery was pretty convoluted, but as soon as I learned that the victim who'd been "overly familiar" with the doctor's kid had lost her own, I immediately suspected that that actually was her son. Though I was thrown off by the father's lines about watching their baby waste away; how could you fake that? I didn't figure out that they were switched at birth. I guess it's still an effective mystery if you guess the right answer but the story convinces you it must be wrong.
Not for me. There were at least three scenes between those -- one with Castle at the precinct retrieving his sunglasses and having an important insight while the detectives discuss the case (namely that someone paid the victim's rent the day after she died), and one where they interviewed the apartment manager and learned that a "friend" had been picking up the victim's mail. They assumed it was the doctor's wife, and they had a making-up conversation in the car while on stakeout for her, and when the woman showed up, they were surprised to find it was the secretary.
Heck, come to think of it, it sounds to me like you missed an entire act. I wonder how that happened.
The mystery was pretty convoluted, but as soon as I learned that the victim who'd been "overly familiar" with the doctor's kid had lost her own, I immediately suspected that that actually was her son. Though I was thrown off by the father's lines about watching their baby waste away; how could you fake that? I didn't figure out that they were switched at birth. I guess it's still an effective mystery if you guess the right answer but the story convinces you it must be wrong.
Not for me. There were at least three scenes between those -- one with Castle at the precinct retrieving his sunglasses and having an important insight while the detectives discuss the case (namely that someone paid the victim's rent the day after she died), and one where they interviewed the apartment manager and learned that a "friend" had been picking up the victim's mail. They assumed it was the doctor's wife, and they had a making-up conversation in the car while on stakeout for her, and when the woman showed up, they were surprised to find it was the secretary.
Heck, come to think of it, it sounds to me like you missed an entire act. I wonder how that happened.
I gave it an excellent. I loved the argument at the party and cried when the father met his child and gave the mother a picture of her baby. As you said, heartbreaking.Ok, I liked that one. Not quite as much as last weeks, but it was good nonetheless. It kinda has a heartbreaking ending to it as well. I was surprised by the mystery in this one, not so much as to who the guilty party was, but the motive behind it. Oh, be sure to watch the previews for next week.
And I really loved the dualing phone conversations at the end ... God, I hope they never get married ... the chemistry would be destroyed.
I care, I love the show!
WTG
This episode did feel alot like a series end in some ways
WTG
This episode did feel alot like a series end in some ways
Anyone catch the second of Nathan dressed as Mal in the preview for next week? Very cool.
I don't get previews, but if someone can get a screen cap that would be nice.
I saw that too, he's definitely wearing the browncoat. It's their Halloween episode. My girlfriend caught it before I did (love it when she does that!). Very cool indeed.
I figured this one out pretty quickly - baby died, emphasis on doc & wife having a son, plus doc being Reed Diamond, it just clicked in my head that the victim thought the doc's baby was actually her son. I will say that I wasn't sure who had killed her until the secretary was revealed as the one stealing the mail.
I'm curious as to what reason Castle could come up with other than research for a novel to get permission to play detective with Beckett. While the novels & the mayor are flimsy, at least it's a workable reason. If he were to stick around with no novel in the works (as Christopher already pointed out he has been doing for apparently months now), what other reason would the force have to allow him to come along?
Very good episode. Still don't like bangs on Alexis.
I'm curious as to what reason Castle could come up with other than research for a novel to get permission to play detective with Beckett. While the novels & the mayor are flimsy, at least it's a workable reason. If he were to stick around with no novel in the works (as Christopher already pointed out he has been doing for apparently months now), what other reason would the force have to allow him to come along?
Very good episode. Still don't like bangs on Alexis.
Hmm.. I didn't even know there was a Castle thread on here. Glad to see I'm not the only one here who likes the show. I thought this episode was pretty good & like Christopher I didn't figure out the babies were switched.
Related to this I'm picking up Heat Wave this weekend, I'm interrested in reading this one.
Related to this I'm picking up Heat Wave this weekend, I'm interrested in reading this one.
I'm okay with the novel-research thing; the show actually does a pretty good job of representing the time it takes to write and publish a novel, unlike Murder, She Wrote. If they have Castle do one Nikki Heat novel per season, that would work out pretty well. My problems are: 1) I'm getting tired of the mayor being used as an excuse, and 2) they should've had Castle get the second book deal much sooner, in order to justify his continued presence. Or at least said that he was sticking around as research for a potential second novel, even if the deal hadn't gone through yet.
I always figured that since Castle had multiple Derek Storm books there would be multiple Nikki Heat books as well, allowing the show to continue as needed. It surprised me that it actually was addressed as a plot point.
I wonder if they could get the actual costum or they had to customize it to avoid legal problems.
