I watch TV. A lot of it. I don’t usually do reviews,
or things like that. There are good episodes of every show. There are so-so
episodes. There are bad episodes. Some surprise you, of course. Some delight
you. And, then, there are episodes like last night’s Castle that leave you go,
at the end, wanting to tweet something along the lines of: ANDREW. FREAKING. MARLOWE. YOU GENIOUS, YOU.
I admit it, I was a bit disappointed a couple of weeks
ago, when I saw the previews for the next episode of Castle I mean, yeah, it
was time to bring some drama to what was becoming a sugary/romance filled Castle/Beckett
beginning of the season. (Not that I have anything against happiness, but as a
writer, I know this is unlikely to last if you want viewers to continue to tune
in). But this …this felt overdone. Castle as the suspect. Haven’t we been here
before? I mean, no one was actually going to believe this, right? The guys were
going to give him some grief, but soon they were going to go in another
direction. And Beckett, well, she the worst this could do was expose their
relationship to the rest of the precinct.
Oh, how very wrong I was.
Funny thing is, I never caught up. I had no idea what
was going on. In retrospect I almost wish I had decided to live tweet this
thing, that’s how hilarious my reactions were. When I actually figured out what
was going on (about half a second before 3KX’s
actual face appeared on screen) I screamed so loud I scared my
sister into thinking there was an actual ax murdered in our house (always fun).
And, really, isn’t that what half the fun of watching tv is all about. Sure, we
watch because we want to get involved with the characters, because we want to care
and all that crap, but mostly, we watch because we want to be entertained,
because we want to be surprised, because, at the end of the episodes …we want
to be all like …well, I didn’t see THAT ONE COMING.
And, let me tell you, I didn’t see that one coming.
So, even if the ending was a little obvious (it’s hard
to kill of a character like that, with all the potential to bring him back and
screw up your characters’ lives a little more, I get it), Andrew Marlowe, I
take my hat off. Seriously. And, I’m really glad there was nothing in the
previews to give it away. Monday night well spent. And I don’t always get to
say that.
Good television. Of the kind I wish I could have
written. I don’t know if there’s a better compliment than that.
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