Castle - Season 7 discussion and spoilers
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(Best Ben Stein voice) Best Selling mystery author who vanishes only to turn up later claiming to have no memory of what happened . . . anyone. . . anyone . . . Agatha Christie on December 3, 1926. 
Warmest Wishes,
Whoa Nellie
Warmest Wishes,
Whoa Nellie
^Oh, interesting connection. It would be cool if they really were going for the Christie parallel, although I don't have enough faith in the show's writers to think they'd be that literate. They've hardly paid any attention to Castle's career as a mystery novelist for several seasons.
By the way, did anyone else note audio problems with this episode? There were two or three scenes where the sound mix was wonky and the background ambience was louder than the dialogue. The same thing happened the following evening with Agents of SHIELD, suggesting it's something to do with ABC's broadcasts.
By the way, did anyone else note audio problems with this episode? There were two or three scenes where the sound mix was wonky and the background ambience was louder than the dialogue. The same thing happened the following evening with Agents of SHIELD, suggesting it's something to do with ABC's broadcasts.
I read that his contract is up this season so another season is probably all up to him at this point.
Heck, if Fillion decided to quit the show, they could just promote Alexis to the lead and keep going under the same title. 
Really, though, it's always struck me as odd that the show is named for only one of the two leads when they've always been completely equal in importance. The show could've just as easily been called Beckett. If it had been a Stephen J. Cannell show (instead of a show on which Stephen J. Cannell appeared as himself), it would've been called Castle and Beckett. Or Beckett and Castle, which actually scans a little better, I think.
Really, though, it's always struck me as odd that the show is named for only one of the two leads when they've always been completely equal in importance. The show could've just as easily been called Beckett. If it had been a Stephen J. Cannell show (instead of a show on which Stephen J. Cannell appeared as himself), it would've been called Castle and Beckett. Or Beckett and Castle, which actually scans a little better, I think.
No matter how much I enjoy the show I do hope the 7th year is the final year and the writers are prepared for it. I hope they don't drag it out like Bones, which is in season 10 and even if you cut the life support, it would carry on like a zombie
No matter how bad Castle gets this season it's still not as bad as what Bones has done the last few episodes.
However they have three more seasons... so yeah.
Then he may decide to call it a day.
Fillion at that point was already a nerd god but realistically speaking his shows tanked (and i say this as a die hard Browncoat) so while he was admired by fans it won't pay the bills in the long run.
Castle was the first successful project with him in the lead and it cemented him in the TV landscape so i doubt he'll vanish once Castle concludes.
So his career is on track and i always got the impression in his interviews that Castle was a job to him and not much more but i'm not angry about that at all, it's the nature of things. He surely likes his co-stars (despite rumors to the contrary) but then he is not as much in it as he was with Firefly (you can really see his face light up when the discussion is about Firefly).
After 7 years he may be a bit tired of the character and frankly there's not much more to do in Castle at this point. The main mystery with Johanna Beckett's murder has been solved, the only dangling threads are 3XK, the wedding and maybe a baby and there's enough time in the season to handle all this and wrap it up. At least in my opinion the show was never as good up to the season 4 finale and the first few episodes of season 5, after that it just kind of cruised along with little memorable things happening (couldn't even tell you what the season 5 sweeps episodes were about).
So in all fairness let the show go after season 7 but i fear they may try to beat the dead horse for the profit and the paychecks
You mean Alexis's kidnapping and meeting Castle's dad? I thought that was pretty memorable.
Heck, if Fillion decided to quit the show, they could just promote Alexis to the lead and keep going under the same title.
Really, though, it's always struck me as odd that the show is named for only one of the two leads when they've always been completely equal in importance. The show could've just as easily been called Beckett. If it had been a Stephen J. Cannell show (instead of a show on which Stephen J. Cannell appeared as himself), it would've been called Castle and Beckett. Or Beckett and Castle, which actually scans a little better, I think.
But the central gimmick and premise of the show (bestselling mystery writer solves murders for real) revolves around CASTLE so it makes sense that the title would focus on him, even if Beckett gets as much screen time. This isn't Cagney & Lacey, where they're both just cops.
It's like CHUCK. The female lead (whose name escape me) was a big part of the show and probably got as much screen time, but the gimmick was the nerdy computer who wore tennis shoes, so it wasn't titled CHUCK & HIS HANDLER.
When asked about coming back for another season, Fillion has basically said we'll see what happens, which for me, always comes off as code for yes, I'd come back but I don't want to say that to the media because it hurts my negotiating stance with the media. A.K.A., there will be a season 8 if Fillion gets paid enough for it.
I think without a doubt there will be a season 8, there might just be less episodes and it be the finale season. The creators seem to think the show is like Bones and will live forever, it won't. It's nearer the end than Bones, and if you have seen the last few episodes of Bones, it's pretty much dead show watching.
Disagree on that one. Not a huge fan of certain things, but I don't think it's quite dead show watching just yet.
Castle... I'm not sure of right now. Holding out on my opinion for now.
I still haven't tuned in to any new Bones this season, not after reading the spoiler for the season premiere. At this point, I'm ready for both shows to wrap it up.
Don't bother, the last episode after that was so bad I think my eyes are now stuck cross-eyed from rolling them so much.
I actually missed the season finale and so I ended up watching it back to back with the season opener. The impact of "Oh noes! Castle!" was significantly lessened. Not that you'd think he would die, but they could have at least left one ep to draw out the mystery without him popping up in a dingy with amnesia like a Latin soap.
The "memory loss" was embarrassing. It's obviously him just lying to protect Beckett. Again.
And Alexis and his mom acted so strangely at the accident scene and then every single scene after that. Either they both forgot how to act like humans, didn't care that their father/son died/was kidnapped...or they're in on it too, which suggests an Agent Dad angle. Meh.
The "will they/won't they" bullshit getting pulled AGAIN when they've been essentially an old married couple the entire show is also something the writers need to move beyond.
They've kissed. They've had sex. They've professed their love. They've agreed to marry. They've had the mutual career crisis. They saved each other's lives a billion times. Now we're waiting for the actual ceremony. Then it'll be the honeymoon, then where to live, do they want kids, do they want a dog, what curtains to put up in the living room, who controls the remote, etc., etc - and all dragged out over multi-episode arcs with mid-season break cliff-hangers because no one on tv ever talks to someone like a real person. Everything is a deep dark secret and every event a potentially life changing one. How about we solve some entertaining mysteries week-to-week that aren't just b-plot filler for the will they/won't they hour? Maybe?
Fillion looks bored and so am I.
The "memory loss" was embarrassing. It's obviously him just lying to protect Beckett. Again.
And Alexis and his mom acted so strangely at the accident scene and then every single scene after that. Either they both forgot how to act like humans, didn't care that their father/son died/was kidnapped...or they're in on it too, which suggests an Agent Dad angle. Meh.
The "will they/won't they" bullshit getting pulled AGAIN when they've been essentially an old married couple the entire show is also something the writers need to move beyond.
They've kissed. They've had sex. They've professed their love. They've agreed to marry. They've had the mutual career crisis. They saved each other's lives a billion times. Now we're waiting for the actual ceremony. Then it'll be the honeymoon, then where to live, do they want kids, do they want a dog, what curtains to put up in the living room, who controls the remote, etc., etc - and all dragged out over multi-episode arcs with mid-season break cliff-hangers because no one on tv ever talks to someone like a real person. Everything is a deep dark secret and every event a potentially life changing one. How about we solve some entertaining mysteries week-to-week that aren't just b-plot filler for the will they/won't they hour? Maybe?
Fillion looks bored and so am I.
^ Exactly what I was thinking in this regard. It was 'meh'. Filler plot and it showed. Bones at least is going somewhere plot wise imo. I may not like certain things about it, but at least it didn't feel like filler. I was somewhat disappointed in the first episode this season in Castle. They have quite a bit of catching up to do imo.
