Cyclone Ranger said:

 I’m curious. Is all of police work simply finding a few clues that point to someone and say to him “You killed him!” and wait for them to say “No I didn’t?”

Are the days of Colombo gone? Do the real detectives do this, or do they use much more subtle techniques to get them to trip themselves up?

I guess to be a really good criminal these days, all you have to do is train yourself not to react to anyone who says “You killed him.”

I am a big fan of the show otherwise, the characters are developing well, the main and sub-plots are interesting to follow, but the interrogations NEED WORK!

Curious, are you a new viewer? Because this is the first time I have heard anyone complain about the interrogations and they are the same interrogations we've done from the beginning. 

I think it's important to remember there is a dual focus to this show.  Yes, there are the cases, but there is also the development of the relationship.  They only have 42-43 minutes to cram a lot of information into and there can't be so much time spent focusing on one aspect (like interrogations) and ignoring the others .. we get the short snippets of interrogations, enough to give us the info we need, and we move on to the rest of the story.

Why do you expect Castle to be like all the other shows?  The fact that it isn't is why I love it.  And I'm sorry, but it's not fair to compare Castle to Colombo, to The Rockford Files, to Moonlighting… Castle is it's own show, and it's earned the right to be seen as such. 

That's cool, you are entitled to your opinion.  I just don't see anything wrong with the way they are doing it.. interrogation is interrogation..

And it's not a constant "you did it" "no I didn't" but even when it could be seen as such, it is what is said after that allows them to get further in the investigation

In "Heroes and Villains"  Beckett & Castle were able to figure out that the reporter did NOT murder the victim by the questions they asked.. it was done very well. 

In Head Case, Beckett lays out very clearly that the cryogenics guy is always cutting her off and getting into her way BEFORE she even implies that he may have "done it"

In other interrogations they have cleverly trapped the suspect in lies and caught the suspect red-handed. 

For me, it works.  I'd rather they focus on the cases they are creating the fixing something that isn't necessarily broke.

JMO

double post

docvap said:

docvap said:

I guess if you want to focus on finding something to complain about, you will find something.  Just not my nature I guess.

I mean I am sorry if I am coming across a little strong but your very first post on the site is a criticism, constructive or not, it's a criticism.  I just don't understand people who say the love the show, but are very quick to criticize about what they don't like rather than voice what they do like. 

I mean I get it, people are different in how they think, how they perceive things. And we love to discuss the show and ALL aspect of it.  I guess to come right out of the gate criticizing rubs some of us wrong.

But again, thankfully AWM and the writer's are thick skinned.  They can take the criticisms and let it roll off their backs.  But I think they are doing a fantastic job.

BTW – on a side note, Welcome to the site Cyclone Ranger.  I look forward to more debates with you