RickNotCastle said:

Alie said:

little eve said:

Guys, I don't know if this has been posted yet, but have you seen the book descriptions on the Richard Castle webpage? I know we've talked about the character Clara Strike in the comic book, but check this out:

Reveal Spoiler

http://www.richardcastle.net/b…..oks?page=3

Look at all the mentions of Clara Strike…Kate would have read all of those and then to stand in front of the woman who inspired the character? Interesting.

Should this be in a spoiler bar? Been her so long, still not sure, lol!

My my friends just south of the border would say, "muy interesteste". Being as Beckett is such a big Castle fan you'd think she would catch on to this pretty fast. However, it's pretty clear once you step back and compare the Derrick Storm synopises to the Nikki Heat synopisses that Castle has a very different relationship with Beckett.

 

Beckett is a superfan… she has read everything Castle has written and is a premium member of his website.  She will definitely pick up on the book character connection if it is not addressed by Castle when they first meet. 

You know, I bet Beckett went back and reread all the Nikki Heat books after she was shot and Castle said ILY. Wonder what she saw different after she knew for sure he loved her.  

Especially "Heat Rises". If she make's the Clara Strike connection before Castle mentions it I wonder how, or if, she brings it up. I'd love for them to show her in her apartment flipping through is old books.  Or she could double check with Ryan since it seems like he is also a Castle superfan. 

In a way yet another muse of Castle that Kate gets jealous of doesn't sound appealing to me. I'd more like to have something different this time. Like the muse lost interest or because of her work in the CIA had disappear and ditched Castle. So Castle being hurt and in despair looked for a 'replacement' and ended up marrying Gina.
That would be a nice way to get some more depth of the Castle character and give us an insight to his darker side. With Castle reliving those experiences Kate could see him being vulnerable and relate to herself in some way.

Quick guess….he's the rogue agent they're looking for.

sonnenschein77 said:

He-Touches-Things said:

grapes said:

ACF said:

We have no idea what may be going on, but my (too fertile probably) imagination can fill in plenty of details to make this wait feel real.    The difficulty comes when you start to believe that there is only one way a pair of grown adults could possibly navigate these waters, when you begin to believe that the behavior is not valid because "It's not what I would do."   Once I did my little trip into the minds of these two, I found that I believe this behavior is completely in character with these characters.  It makes sense… to me.

That's true. With little given information you automatically start to use your own imagination which is nice. But like Fitch mentioned before the developing of characters seems to be contradicted throughout several episodes.

Castle being pretty much an impulsive go-getter shows a heck of a lot patience when it comes to waiting for the love of his life. Before he showed he wanted to go to great lengths to help a friend but with Kate he has no trouble being passive? You at least could have expected some scene that shows his frustrations about it.

Kate being a smart and strong woman that owns the interrogation room lacking the balls to come clean with Castle? Being so rational during her job is contradicting how irrational she deals with her mental problems. She'd be schizophrenic to be able to handle it.

Together they work like a team that finish each others sentences but cannot talk about their relationship. That is intentionally kept as vague as possible in order to keep them from having a relationship as BF/GF.

It's not so much about the stalling itself but about presenting the outset why they are stalling. The reasoning why isn't so much believable if you compare it with the real world.
Then again I can respect anyone who disagrees with that.

These are what makes the developing relationship so believable for me. For many people, it is easy to project confidence and command of the situation, when they have no emotional stake in it, but become completely powerless when they do. This may not be true for everyone, but it is for a lot of people (myself included).

Exactly, H-T-T! Include me, too. And I know people (mostly women) who deal with the same problem. Really good at the job, strong and really smart, mostly highly educated, but when it comes to the private life and emotional issues- totally different situation… Let`s say it`s complex, but there`s no need to be schizophrenic to be able to handle that… ;-)

So, the whole development, their behavior, especially Kates, makes complete sense to me.

Yep, you can include me there, too.

I`ve been told many times by others that they see me as strong (I myself don`t see it like that) and confident (this I am). But the confidence they grant me is always lacking in big parts when it comes to emotional issues. I try to develop but it happens only in small steps so I can relate to Kate`s "small baby steps".

And all I can say to the topic here:

I trust AM. And he has a reason there why he included Sophia to the story line of this episode. But I think he wouldn`t go that "jealousy" walk again, just after a few aired episodes between these stories. Maybe Sophia is just the partner of Agent Grey (in this episode of this con-man pretending to be on a polar-expedition) and that Rick has had just a good time with both of them. Only that this time Agent Grey is on a TAD mission and can`t be around. Maybe it was then when he learned morse code or all the other things of being a spy . Remember, he grew up being fascinated with "a certain british spy"? Maybe she is his "CIA-source" after all. She just couldn`t be there as Agent Grey showed up (in the con-episode). And it doesn`t matter with how many "maybe`s" I just come up with. I think Andrew will surprise us. There could be a "tiger" in that story, too.

Admin said:

So, I was thinking, since we've all pretty much concluded that this will be the episode where  …..

oh… Here we go again! Will we never learn? How grumpy are people going to get if their 'conclusions' once again prove false?

As they almost certainly will.  This pre episode discussion has gotten clear off the rails, into the cornfield, and hasn't slowed down.  It's fun, but one shouldn't make the mistake of believing any of it will happen other than by coincidence. 

I'm just hoping for a good crime story or pulse raising evil conspiracy, something tha tmakes the two parter into a week of gasping inbetween the episodes.  But I'm not looking for much else.  Heck, last year he saved the whole city and got what, a hug, and a beer (which he probably bought)?  Didn't even become a celebrety in the police department?  Face on every front page?  (Trust me, in real life that would happen – every politician on the planet would want a photo-op with them).  At this rate he'd have to rid the Afganistan government of corruption and settle the rivalries in the middle east just for a kiss on the cheek.  Think that will happen?  Me either.