Castle: "The Double Down" 9/28 - Grading & Discussion
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If you think about it, Castle and Beckett did win the bet -- they got the confession for their murder first. Even though it was the other guys' suspect.
I loved the crazy precinct scene with Castle and the popcorn.
Wait a minute.. Yup that is true.. okay the guys are in a dress!
Seriously this show is perfect. Right amount of humour, twists, a little story arc. I don't understand why it is so hard for TV to follow this format.
Which was their argument at the end, though Ryan and Esposito disputed their logic. I guess they'll probably call it a draw, so nobody has to shave their heads.
Speaking of haircuts, didn't Alexis have bangs last week? But now there's no sign of them. How does that happen? Was this episode filmed first? Was one or the other hairstyle a wig? Anyway, this hairstyle is much better, so I'm hoping the bangs were a one-time aberration... somehow.
And what do you know, we finally get an episode where Esposito & Ryan get to be more than just the two guys in the background. They still aren't very interesting, though. And I'm a little annoyed with myself that I didn't catch on to the Strangers on a Train twist until Castle did.
I didn't care for Castle's characterization this week. He became too much of a stereotypical language pedant, which doesn't seem in character for him.
I think the only other show where the second set of cops were even more poorly developed was the short-lived Blind Justice. One cop was black, the other hated the blind cop. End of story.
Even though Ice-T and Richard Belzer are completely wasted on SVU, at least they get one episode a year, don't they?
The Mentalist does a pretty good job with Cho and Rigsby even though they'll never be front and center.
Even though Ice-T and Richard Belzer are completely wasted on SVU, at least they get one episode a year, don't they?
The Mentalist does a pretty good job with Cho and Rigsby even though they'll never be front and center.
Yes she did. I think they're still there, but were brushed aside this week. It's amazing what you can do with a hair dryer and a little hair spray. I had the eerie sensation that the hairstylists had been reading our thread last week...
This made me very happy as well! I might actually remember "Ryan & Esposito" as their names going forward from this point.
I did like those scenes, but I think it was more my own personal "stereotypical language pedant" cheering in the background.
Even while I agreed with everything he was saying, I was thinking it sounded odd coming out of his mouth. I actually got the impression that his grammar skills were rather hard-earned through many, many novel edits, and that that was why the mistakes bothered him so much. But the irony bit pushed it a little too far.One minor quibble I had was the ME's attitude toward Castle when she showed up at the scene in formal wear. He was not acting like a boor. I think any man would have been distracted by her dress. It always bothers me when women wear a dress that is obviously intended to "display their wares" then treat men like jerks for noticing. Had he been leering at her in a lecherous manner, the slap down might have been justified. He wasn't.
Overall, this was a delightful episode. I really hope the show makes it, because I really enjoy these characters.
Not terribly fond of mom's new haircut. It doesn't look natural - I have the feeling they've gone with a wig on her.
Well, one, Castle has long since been established as a lecher, so she was reacting to that. Two, she no doubt was dressed for a very different sort of occasion, and probably she wasn't comfortable presenting herself in that way in a professional situation, so she felt the need to compensate.
And he may not have been overtly leering, but he was definitely looking.
I gave this one an 'average'. I preferred last weeks episode...but this one was about average for Castle.
It was interesting how the two cases came together and used the movie reference...but of course, that's not the first time that movie reference has been used.
Hurray for Hitchcock!
It was interesting how the two cases came together and used the movie reference...but of course, that's not the first time that movie reference has been used.
Hurray for Hitchcock!
I gave this week’s episode an “above average”. A good amount of humor and mystery combined. I didn’t see the twist until the end (involving the murder switch). I thought they set that up in a good way as to not reveal too much too soon.
I would have loved to see one of the team of cops have to wear the dress to work.
I would have loved to see one of the team of cops have to wear the dress to work.
I gave it an above average vote myself. The only problem I had with it is I had DVR'd it and for some reason the local network channel showing it decided to run their emergency broadcast system test at a crucial point near the end of the show. Of course this made me miss part of the moment where they realized what was going on so I never got to hear how they rationalized it. There was no sound during the test, just the annoying buzz.
Beckett said they were getting nowhere with their respective cases, so she suggested bringing fresh eyes to each by switching cases: "You take our murder, we'll take yours." And that gave Castle an epiphany (since TV mysteries are always solved by some random thing setting off an epiphany rather than just through solid deductive reasoning) that maybe the obvious suspects swapped murders as in Strangers on a Train. Each one had an alibi for the murder he had a motive for, but not for the other murder.
A fun ep, but I was surprised that the spelling error on the corpse's face didn't turn out to be an important clue . . . especially after all the emphasis they placed on it. I kept waiting for one of the suspects to make the same mistake, perhaps on their written statement.
And I was surprised that after that passing reference to the writing on her forehead as "PSYCHO THE RAPIST," nobody pointed out that it was a play on "psychotherapist." And there was something written on her other cheek that was never mentioned. I suspect there may have been some lines cut from the final episode.
Has anyone else seen it? I'm actually wondering if it might be any good.
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This week's episode is so funny. I grade it a excellent. So much mysterious case that got me so curious every minutes. But Castle's daughter's story got me shaking my head to wondering why she's talking about Owen..what's he doing?! 
Hmm, I can't find out who really wrote that novel. At least the Murder, She Wrote novels allegedly written by J. B. Fletcher credited the real author as a "co-author."
