ahhh, okay! thank you. and you're on! I'd be willing to wear a dress for a month but I am so not going to shave my head

I've seen the promos and the promo pics and I've read about one thing that will most likely happen but I won't read anything else and definitely not watch any sneaks. I've unfollowed from most of my castle sources on twitter, too, to avoid reading tweets like "OMG there is a tiger in 4x10", oh, thank you!

Pretty Floral Bonnet wrote

I'm hoping for several short dreams/daydreams (however that is handled)–going back and forth from reality to dream and back again.  .  .  and it would be really fun if it's at the most inopportune times.  Like if he's dreaming about the Kate character in noir and somehow gets carried away and then real Kate interrupts his reverie, and it takes him a moment to come back to reality.  Fun, fun, fun!

That would be fun, but I also wouldn't mind one long dream. So that you stay "in the mood".

Rick not Castle wrote

For me the interesting "unknowns" about this episode are:

[...]

2) Is anyone else besides Castle involved in "creating" the daydream/fantasy/story of the noir parts

 

I think it'll only be Castle. I'd have loved a situation where both Castle and Beckett dream about the case and they both have a different view but I guess that's because I've love Moonlighting's "The dream sequence always rings twice" and the X Files' "Bad Blood" so much. I wonder if it is a dream or a daydream or a story he makes up in his mind.

3) How does Beckett react to the way her and Castle are represented in the noir "daydream"

It depends on how she is represented. I've expected her to be some kind of femme fatale but in the promo pics she seems almost shy… Castle would never dream of her as a weak woman, though, so I think she will like the idea but laugh at him about it.

I wonder how Noir the Noir part will be. From what I've read the genre is not clearly defined but the characters tend to be dark and a tad more violent than usual. It will be interesting to see if it's only a flashback to the 40ies or if it really is a hommage to the genre. I'm not too keen of the genre I must say. But I'm a sissy.

I wonder who Alexis will be. The PI's daughter? I'm actually looking forward to seeing Molly Quinn playing another character (I'm not a big fan of Alexis).

waldkind said:

ahhh, okay! thank you. and you're on! I'd be willing to wear a dress for a month but I am so not going to shave my head

I've seen the promos and the promo pics and I've read about one thing that will most likely happen but I won't read anything else and definitely not watch any sneaks. I've unfollowed from most of my castle sources on twitter, too, to avoid reading tweets like "OMG there is a tiger in 4x10", oh, thank you!

Pretty Floral Bonnet wrote

I'm hoping for several short dreams/daydreams (however that is handled)–going back and forth from reality to dream and back again.  .  .  and it would be really fun if it's at the most inopportune times.  Like if he's dreaming about the Kate character in noir and somehow gets carried away and then real Kate interrupts his reverie, and it takes him a moment to come back to reality.  Fun, fun, fun!

That would be fun, but I also wouldn't mind one long dream. So that you stay "in the mood".

Rick not Castle wrote

For me the interesting "unknowns" about this episode are:

[...]

2) Is anyone else besides Castle involved in "creating" the daydream/fantasy/story of the noir parts

I think it'll only be Castle. I'd have loved a situation where both Castle and Beckett dream about the case and they both have a different view but I guess that's because I've love Moonlighting's "The dream sequence always rings twice" and the X Files' "Bad Blood" so much. I wonder if it is a dream or a daydream or a story he makes up in his mind.

3) How does Beckett react to the way her and Castle are represented in the noir "daydream"

It depends on how she is represented. I've expected her to be some kind of femme fatale but in the promo pics she seems almost shy… Castle would never dream of her as a weak woman, though, so I think she will like the idea but laugh at him about it.

I wonder how Noir the Noir part will be. From what I've read the genre is not clearly defined but the characters tend to be dark and a tad more violent than usual. It will be interesting to see if it's only a flashback to the 40ies or if it really is a hommage to the genre. I'm not too keen of the genre I must say. But I'm a sissy.

I wonder who Alexis will be. The PI's daughter? I'm actually looking forward to seeing Molly Quinn playing another character (I'm not a big fan of Alexis).

I can get a bag of Gummi Bears…

I wouldn't be surprised if Rick narrates his 'story' to the team at the station, or at lease parts of it so they can share in his envisioning of it. He seems to enjoy sharing his stories as he is constructing them.

naybaybay said:

OK so I am SURE there are some sneak peeks out there today (I've been watching the 4x14 spoiler discussion grow) and I am, for the first time, trying to refrain, but it's soooo hard! Advice, anyone for an amatuer spoiler-avoider??? 

What I've been doing is rewatching the latest episode (Tuesday & Wednesday), concentrating on the post-episode threads (usually goes through Thursday), and watching previous episodes from 1.01 straight through as time permits (Friday to Sunday), and finally staying off the other pre-episode thread (after Tuesday). If I don't see sneak peek discussions, it is becoming easier to let them pass. One hour at a time becomes one day at a time, becomes a week, then it's Monday again!

It's been getting easier, and I don't try to stay 'pure', but I have been able to stay away from the real spoilery stuff, once the previous Monday's episode and the next week's preview is over.

He-Touches-Things said:

naybaybay said:

OK so I am SURE there are some sneak peeks out there today (I've been watching the 4x14 spoiler discussion grow) and I am, for the first time, trying to refrain, but it's soooo hard! Advice, anyone for an amatuer spoiler-avoider??? 

What I've been doing is rewatching the latest episode (Tuesday & Wednesday), concentrating on the post-episode threads (usually goes through Thursday), and watching previous episodes from 1.01 straight through as time permits (Friday to Sunday), and finally staying off the other pre-episode thread (after Tuesday). If I don't see sneak peek discussions, it is becoming easier to let them pass. One hour at a time becomes one day at a time, becomes a week, then it's Monday again!

It's been getting easier, and I don't try to stay 'pure', but I have been able to stay away from the real spoilery stuff, once the previous Monday's episode and the next week's preview is over.

naybaybay, I'm trying to avoid the sneak peeks this time, too, and you're right–it's really hard!  I just keep telling myself it will be worth it because I want to be surprised.

H-T-T, I like your method. Anything that involved watching lots of episodes of Castle is a good thing.

 However, I've got a lot of homework this week, so I will just focus on that–and work ahead if I need to.

Okay, now ABC has the first 10 (-ish) minutes of 04 x 14 posted online.  EEEEEEEEEEEK! That is so not fair!    I was doing well resisting the little sneak peeks.

Castle is truly an addiction–really, can't I just have one, little, teeny, tiny puff of that Castle cigarette?!

I will be strong.  I will be strong.

Gonna go watch Tick. Tick.  and Boom!

RickNotCastle said:

Oh yeah, there are definitely sneak peek clips out there… but I am quite confident that the episode will be better without seeing a couple of minutes here and there released just to tease and confound. 

Actually, this is the first time I have been active on a board like this and was therefore actually aware of "spoilers" to this extent.  After seeing one too many sneak peeks for 4x11 and 4x13, I am committed to avoiding them for the rest of the season.  Honestly I think speculation in the "open" thread is pretty safe until just four or five days before the original air date.  It seems like all the real video sneeks come out the end of the week before. 

Don't forget about watching selected scenes from previous episodes on YouTube.  Since I don't own the previous season DVDs I do not have ready access to previous episodes, but some of my alltime favorite moments have been preserved on YouTube by other avid fans. 

I feel fortunate that I have all the episodes downloaded from iTunes, and have them on both my desktop and laptop computers. Anytime I need a 'fix', I can get it.