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12:53 am
April 3, 2010
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Observations while rewatching Deep in Death
What a great way to kick off Season 2, with a sexy photo shoot at the 12th, and the looks on Beckett’s face as she watches it all go down.
Rick doesn’t ‘get it’ (about Kate’s mom’s case) yet. She told him to not go there, and he didn’t tell her that he had already started digging weeks earlier. And apparently she still doesn’t know about Esposito’s involvement in letting Rick have access to the files, or about Dr. Murray’s consultation.
Capt. Montgomery must be aware of the offense, but he is overruling her objections. He says it’s because of the Mayor’s directive, but we know that they regularly play poker with Rick, and that Roy sees that, in spite of this current breach, Rick is still good for Kate, so he will not kick him to the curb easily. Roy must also think Kate will not get close enough to the conspiracy to become a problem, even with Rick’s help (I know – the authors probably hadn’t thought of that yet, but it’s fun to look back with our current knowledge).
Beckett: “I put that all behind me a long time ago.” Oh, Kate, did you really? It’s still not resolved, you just buried it. You’re not done with it, you just trying to convince yourself you are.
Ryan’s “Mom & Dad bickering…” at the tree. R & E know there’s more going on, and are obviously enjoying the scenes.
We see the first sparks of interest for Esplaine. “I’m going to smack you” “I’m looking forward to it.”
Even though Rick & Kate are on the outs for now, they are still on the same wavelength with “It’s not a suicide” In spite of themselves, they make an effective team, and they work well together. It’s going to take a lot more than Rick’s bumbling missteps to break them apart. And we can see it in the knowing looks between Ryan & Esposito.
Beckett must have ranted to Lanie about what Rick did, but without giving her any specific details. She sounds surprised by the real information Castle is giving her, and her attitude toward Rick softens a lot. Did Rick tell her about Dr. Murray? We don’t know. All we do know from Suckerpunch is a seeming surprised look from Kate when Rick says “We’ve met”.
Rick still spins wild theories, while Kate counters with a realistic one, but they are both wrong. Montgomery, Ryan, Esposito and Lanie are all watching this with obvious amusement.
And Rick still blurts out seemingly random, uncomfortable questions in Kate's interviews, but they get answers that will prove valuable later on in the investigation.
After they recover the body, Castle offers surprising insights like “This was not a bad guy… You have to know people. Bad people.” He’s right.
Notice how Ryan has spruced up his appearance, and Esposito looks more casual. Is that Jenny’s influence?
We see another authors-only poker night. These are always fun, and revealing. Cannell really hit it on the head with his “You must really like her.” He does, and he is willing to take risks to get back on her good side. One of these days his boyish optimism may bite him in the ass….
He drops $ 20,000 on the table as easily as I would drop $20. She’s going to cost him much more in the future.
His books are pretty well known by more bad guys than we were aware of. It lets him start a conversation that reveals the killer.
Kate knows how attractive she is to men, and is not afraid to use it to advantage in cases. We will see that again and again up to the hotel pool in LA.
After the case is closed, Rick tells Kate that she is afraid of reopening her mother’s case. She is afraid of the rabbit-hole, but she doesn’t want to hear it This will not be the last time he tells her a truth that she does not want to hear. Rick has leads, and tells her that she doesn’t have to do it alone, but all she sees are more possible disappointments, and she cannot see any positive outcome. So she wants to hold Rick to their deal. Or maybe she doesn’t really want to, but a deal is a deal, and she is protecting herself from more disappointment.
So Rick retreats back to writing. Alexis enters, and sees Rick's pain, unknowingly bringing clarity to Rick. Once he hears her disappointment with Owen, he realizes the source of his own missteps with Kate. So he goes to her with a heartfelt apology – no excuses, no making light of it, no requests for her favor, just admitting his wrongdoing. In the real world, it would take more time to heal a relationship, but Kate must have been missing him already, and wishing for him to come back, but she needed to hear that apology from him.
As always, this is a seed for anyone else who has fresh thoughts.
7:50 am
May 3, 2011
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you forgot Beckett's Russian accent
this eppy makes ''my fault, your mistake'' one of my fav songs. It fits so well with the end of the ep. Castle Soundtrack never disappoints.
9:05 pm
April 12, 2010
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First off – Thanks to the Gods that we have
a season two and beyond. Only natural that this is written by AWM and directed
by the man Rob Bowman, so it’s a
given that the whole thing looks pretty and our favorite characters have lots
of clever things to say.
I would like to know how much time is
supposed to have gone by between “A death in the family” and “Deep in death”
but no such luck. It seems Beckett
has calmed down some what from the intense feelings that must have overwhelmed
her after the fade out of “A death in the family” but she seems publically
determined to hold on to her hurt and hard feelings. Can’t blame her but I
think she is missing Castle big time just under the surface.
As a little nod to the Pilot I think it’s
lovely that this time when Beckett asks to speak the Montgomery in private, she
won’t take no for an answer, we
see the same result though as Montgomery seemingly sides with Castle. Beckett
to Castle “it doesn’t matter what you found. I put that all behind me a long
time ago”. Poor Kate, if only she know what was coming down the line.
I love it that E had his money on Beckett
accepting Castle back onto the team at least for this one case. I really want to know where E’s
insights into Kate come from. Also
love how Beckett made Castle travel to the crime scene in the second vehicle, I
guess with E and Ryan.
Beckett smiles in spite of her self when
Castle says he can buy her a pony, we have to wait till season three for our
next mention of pony’s, and what you get instead!
The team ensemble gets right to work with E
and Ryan commenting about Mum and Dad and maybe a bit of foreshadowing with E
and Lanie. I like it that Lanie is
supporting Beckett but can’t help her professional curiosity showing when
Castle says he found something. I thought it was much more effective (and no
doubt cheaper) to have the morgue mobile ramming shot shown from the inside,
rather than how most other shows would have done it. This is Castle, we don’t
care about big effects, we care
about the people.
Back at the precinct and Castle is straight
into theory making and story telling mode. He makes his first prediction of spy’s and such here, but we
will have to wait another twenty-three episodes to have him be right.
Typical Beckett to ring Martha and Alexis
to let them know that Castle was OK, as far as Castles’ plans go; I’m with
Martha, sometimes a plan B doesn’t hurt.
Very cute scene though, a door or window, there must be a way through
somehow! I love it. I really liked
the reaction that Beckett and Castle have upon seeing “Haverstock” their first
suspect in the box, it’s a good scene and well played by all involved.
My favorite dig at other shows, and of
course the opposition at the time is the morgue scene as Lanie is getting the
print from the inside of the glove. “Do you want me to put on some music?
Whenever they do this sort of thing on CSI they always do it to music – in
poorly lit rooms, reminds me of porn”.
This is so true, well not the porn part, and I always smile at this
scene.
We get another -who does Castle follow gag
as everyone takes off in different direction, Beckett calls “Castle” and off he
trots, like he’s going to follow anyone else. But again it’s all the little moments I love. Have to
mention Castle touching the body laying on the slab and his reaction, plus of
course his pinky finger, love it, ”like tea”!
We have Beckett the good Cop, which is
always enjoyable “We conduct an investigation on the information we have not
the evidence we need” go girl.
We have Castle and his card buddies and it
struck me that when Stephen J Cannel mentions that Castle should give the girl
some flowers, to show that he likes her; this is what Castle is trying give
Beckett, something that she wants, flowers have there place but not on this
occasion, what Beckett wants and will appreciate is a successful closure to the
case, that is what Castle is trying to do, to impress her and press his case at
the same time.
And our boy Rick gets into character very
quickly and seems to enjoy it, not so the poor worried three sitting in the
truck. All be it there’s still time for a few cute moments, but when it looks
like Castle is in trouble Beckett is straight to the rescue regardless of the
odds, which probably weren’t that great on this occasion. Nice cutting and
music on the change or adaption of clothes and then Richard gets an up-close
look at Beckett the super cop, and doesn’t he like what he sees!
So we approach the end and Castle is doing
well with the case and small talk. “It’s hard when everything that you trust
turns out to be a lie” Castle, “sometimes we do the right thing for the wrong
reason” if he had left it there and come back to her later I think he might
have done better but he had to press on, press her “we can do it together”,
“what if I’m not ready” she says. And I really don’t think he had considered
that there could be more involved than just the facts, solving the mystery,
giving the story it’s end.
Castle’s attitude towards Kate and her Mums case changes from that
moment, and we know he will become her stand up, go to guy. But first he needs
Alexis simple but pertinent observation, “why can’t boys just say there’re
sorry” and so he does, in a lovely and heartfelt speech that visibly affects
Beckett. As he is walking away we
see her swallow and she seems to be saying to herself, Call him, don’t think
too much, just do it. And so she does, “Castle, -see you tomorrow”, a touch of
a smile on his face and he is back in her life. Thank goodness.
9:32 pm
January 23, 2011
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I'm really loving these opportunities to "watch" these episodes with others. I started watching Castle with Nikki Heat and then went back and watched the first 2 seasons in one weekend. The rest is a texbook case of OCD…
Besides all the great stuff from above, a couple of things that I really enjoyed –
- I love the Ryan-Esposito partnership that's emerging. That whole, "thing with the guy" exchange had me rolling.
- The elevator seems to be a little mini-vignettes of the larger action – Beckett getting on the elevator, Castle coming to stand next to her, Beckett stepping away from him… then Castle looking away. Wow, he really did blow it.
- Ron Bigby – whoever the actor was he played a great cokehead. I've seen guys like that.
- "Karma is a nasty b****" is said again. Is that a favorite phrase or the writers or are they trying to tell us something? Your choices come back to bite you maybe?
- Castle, the civilian, volunteers again. He's doesn't have credentials, but he's got credibility for these assignments now. He really does "know guys". He's good under pressure and gets the evidence he needs, even doing that whole stretching routine so the camera can get a look at all the hands on the table.
- Speaking of camera, given where his button was facing when Castle was standing in back of Beckett when she was bending over holding the Russian mobster , I bet the guys in the van appreciated the shot he was giving them.
- Beckett seems to be responding to Martha a bit. In the previous episodes, we got to see Martha acting as Yenta, bringing Beckett into the family fold, making her feel welcome. Now we see that Beckett cares enough to call Castle's family (something he didn't even think to do). It's nice
- My take on Johanna Beckett's case in this episode – I believe that at this point, Beckett sees this case as an addiction that she needed to kick just as her dad had to beat his alcoholism. And just like alcoholism, you are never truly cured - you are always in danger of relapse, you never "put it behind you" for good. It makes sense given what we now know about the second summer and how Beckett dealt with Castle going to the Hamptons - she turned to her "drink", her mom's case. In this particular episode though, all we have is the after effect of Castle offering her a "drink". She has pushed it away but the experience has rattled her so it makes sense that she would turn to "sponsor", Lanie and others, to get through it again.
And then when Castle brings it up, again and again, she tries to make him understand just how dangerous it is for her to go back there. Having no addictions himself that we know of, I think it's hard for Castle to understand just how intense the experience is. He thinks that he can help her *beat* it. At the end of the case, Castle knows that he has only one last chance to convince her – you see him take a deep breath as she appoaches after talking to the wife, but he still pushes with the wrong approach.
It isn't until she finally gives him his ultimatum (one of the many times she tries to throw him out of her life) and he leaves, does he finally get how much he screwed up. Alexis once again puts him back on an even keel and he apologizes sincerely for his actions. It's a different apology from FAMILY – this time he's apologizing for what he did, not for how it worked out, how it upset her. Beckett's quick forgiveness of Castle reminds me of her forgiveness of Roy in the hanger. She doesn't seem to be that concerned as much with the deed that was done; she is more concerned with reasons it was done and the ability of the other person to see the damage and try to make amends.
And Castle is smart enough to understand the gift he has been given and keeps his mouth shut. Now, it's up to him to build on the relationship she is offering him. And as someone already said – thank goodness we had a season 2 so that we could see that story!
5:09 am
January 27, 2011
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Does anyone else find it a wee bit false that the Russian takes his gun out under the poker table? Why would he do that, is he going to shoot Castle right there??? it doesn't increase the tension for me, as I think it is just plain stoopid!
My favourite bit is when Castle gets out the van and Espo throws his jacket in his face. I can't decide on the intention or meaning, but somehow it just sticks out with me.
10:06 am
October 12, 2011
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Noblelox said:
Does anyone else find it a wee bit false that the Russian takes his gun out under the poker table? Why would he do that, is he going to shoot Castle right there??? it doesn't increase the tension for me, as I think it is just plain stoopid!
My favourite bit is when Castle gets out the van and Espo throws his jacket in his face. I can't decide on the intention or meaning, but somehow it just sticks out with me.
Yeah, but it was done right before a commercial break – this is a shop-worn and effective device to make sure viewers stay tuned and go get a snack instead of flipping the channel. In "real life," as opposed to "reel life," the gun would have been produced, the trigger pulled, and the flaky author dead in one swift action.
The scene shows that the chosen suspect is the right guy, not just another red herring. I've seen this about 12 times and think I wanna go back and look at it again. Thank you everyone for feeding the Dragon Within. 
"You woke the dragon!"
"Don't tell my mother." RC, IV:18
11:40 am
March 25, 2010
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Noblelox said:
Does anyone else find it a wee bit false that the Russian takes his gun out under the poker table? Why would he do that, is he going to shoot Castle right there??? it doesn't increase the tension for me, as I think it is just plain stoopid!
Several reasons for not shooting him at the poker table
- the Russian wanted more information from Castle – he might have more tracks to cover depending upon who knows that he killed the guy
- the poker club was NOT filled ONLY with mobsters and other assorted bad guys – there were "normal" folks there that wanted to play cards. Showing the gun to the entire room would have drawn unwanted attention and caused a panic
- Same with just shooting him at the table Hans Solo style – too many witnesses – not all who would keep their mouths shut
- Taking Castle out of the main room (notice tried to keep his gun hidden) into the kitchen where he could interrogate him in private (yes he should have brought in some muscle to help with some "enhanced interrogation") let him question, then kill him without any witnesses.
12:16 pm
April 3, 2010
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jrabbit said:
Noblelox said:
Does anyone else find it a wee bit false that the Russian takes his gun out under the poker table? Why would he do that, is he going to shoot Castle right there??? it doesn't increase the tension for me, as I think it is just plain stoopid!
Several reasons for not shooting him at the poker table
- the Russian wanted more information from Castle – he might have more tracks to cover depending upon who knows that he killed the guy
- the poker club was NOT filled ONLY with mobsters and other assorted bad guys – there were "normal" folks there that wanted to play cards. Showing the gun to the entire room would have drawn unwanted attention and caused a panic
- Same with just shooting him at the table Hans Solo style – too many witnesses – not all who would keep their mouths shut
- Taking Castle out of the main room (notice tried to keep his gun hidden) into the kitchen where he could interrogate him in private (yes he should have brought in some muscle to help with some "enhanced interrogation") let him question, then kill him without any witnesses.
Beat me to it. I was getting ready to write something similar.
12:37 pm
September 27, 2011
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Just wanted to chime in that the apology scene was the moment I became hooked on "Castle". It suddenly took it out of the realm of a cop drama and into something else: probably the sheer care with which the scene was staged. Also, you never, ever get to see men vulnerable in this way on television. Their vulnerability is usually staged for laughs or in some high emotional drama or after having been shot or some such. Among the things that made the scene work was the classic reversal of power: he is a fully grown, powerful man standing in penitence above a woman who is sitting down at an official desk, barely acknowledging his existence, and he is being called on his behaviour in a serious way. You never ever see this. It is a beautiful thing, one of the best moments in the series ever.
3:08 pm
March 25, 2010
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Toronto said:
Just wanted to chime in that the apology scene was the moment I became hooked on "Castle". It suddenly took it out of the realm of a cop drama and into something else: probably the sheer care with which the scene was staged. Also, you never, ever get to see men vulnerable in this way on television. Their vulnerability is usually staged for laughs or in some high emotional drama or after having been shot or some such. Among the things that made the scene work was the classic reversal of power: he is a fully grown, powerful man standing in penitence above a woman who is sitting down at an official desk, barely acknowledging his existence, and he is being called on his behaviour in a serious way. You never ever see this. It is a beautiful thing, one of the best moments in the series ever.
I started watching Castle around Vampire Weekend and after watching a few episodes added Castle Season 1 to the top spot in my Netflix queue and watched each DVD in a evening. So I really got hooked when I watched 101-FLOWERS – Castle's cold read of Beckett and the "You have NO idea" at the end!! So when I got to episode 110-FAMILY I was really curious about how Castle got back into the precinct for season 2. When they started showing season 2 reruns, they started with 202-DOUBLE I was a little frustrated. When I finally got to see 201 DEEP, I had a seen most of the episodes to date and I felt that Castle was not truly sorry when giving his apology to Beckett. Yes he was dead serious – it was an almost robotic apology for it to seem real. But hey, Beckett believed him!! and we still have a great show. And I agree that we don't see a leading man be sorry and apologize in tv shows unless it's for a laugh (or if someone dies because of him).
3:55 pm
September 27, 2011
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jrabbit said:
Toronto said:
Just wanted to chime in that the apology scene was the moment I became hooked on "Castle". It suddenly took it out of the realm of a cop drama and into something else: probably the sheer care with which the scene was staged. Also, you never, ever get to see men vulnerable in this way on television. Their vulnerability is usually staged for laughs or in some high emotional drama or after having been shot or some such. Among the things that made the scene work was the classic reversal of power: he is a fully grown, powerful man standing in penitence above a woman who is sitting down at an official desk, barely acknowledging his existence, and he is being called on his behaviour in a serious way. You never ever see this. It is a beautiful thing, one of the best moments in the series ever.
I started watching Castle around Vampire Weekend and after watching a few episodes added Castle Season 1 to the top spot in my Netflix queue and watched each DVD in a evening. So I really got hooked when I watched 101-FLOWERS – Castle's cold read of Beckett and the "You have NO idea" at the end!! So when I got to episode 110-FAMILY I was really curious about how Castle got back into the precinct for season 2. When they started showing season 2 reruns, they started with 202-DOUBLE I was a little frustrated. When I finally got to see 201 DEEP, I had a seen most of the episodes to date and I felt that Castle was not truly sorry when giving his apology to Beckett. Yes he was dead serious – it was an almost robotic apology for it to seem real. But hey, Beckett believed him!! and we still have a great show. And I agree that we don't see a leading man be sorry and apologize in tv shows unless it's for a laugh (or if someone dies because of him).
Actually, I thought the formality of it was the best part, it was a very interesting decision on how to handle the scene. It was this complex mixture of complete seriousness and that sort of kid's moment where you have to go to your mother and apologise for breaking something.
4:25 pm
March 1, 2011
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jrabbit said:
…and I felt that Castle was not truly sorry when giving his apology to Beckett. Yes he was dead serious – it was an almost robotic apology for it to seem real. But hey, Beckett believed him!! and we still have a great show. And I agree that we don't see a leading man be sorry and apologize in tv shows unless it's for a laugh (or if someone dies because of him).
Castle has a little smirk on his face as he's leaving after Beckett says "Castle…I'll see you tomorrow". To me the apology sounded sincere but the smirk made it seem insincere.
9:13 pm
October 12, 2011
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OldOldMan said:
jrabbit said:
…and I felt that Castle was not truly sorry when giving his apology to Beckett. Yes he was dead serious – it was an almost robotic apology for it to seem real. But hey, Beckett believed him!! and we still have a great show. And I agree that we don't see a leading man be sorry and apologize in tv shows unless it's for a laugh (or if someone dies because of him).
Castle has a little smirk on his face as he's leaving after Beckett says "Castle…I'll see you tomorrow". To me the apology sounded sincere but the smirk made it seem insincere.
The idea of an apology was foreign to his nature. Why apologize for something you did that had such great results? When Alexis asks, "Why can't boys just apologize instead of trying to justify everything?" Castle realizes he'd been trying to sway Beckett with his justifications instead of acknowledging her point of view and giving it proper value. Once he did that one thing, he realized he'd learned something new about relationships and social contracts. He wasn't practiced enough at manipulating people through false apology, or he wouldn't have needed Alexis to point out his error. I think the smirk was at himself and how stubborn he'd been to try to make her see his POV when he wasn't trying to see hers. Once he apologized, there was a certain leveling of the partnership. Kate acknowledged that he'd made the effort and appreciated it enough to give him another chance. 
Sorry. Over-analyzing nuances is my weakness. One of my weaknesses. And Chocolate. And puppies. 
"You woke the dragon!""Don't tell my mother." RC, IV:18
5:45 am
January 27, 2011
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OldOldMan said:
jrabbit said:
…and I felt that Castle was not truly sorry when giving his apology to Beckett. Yes he was dead serious – it was an almost robotic apology for it to seem real. But hey, Beckett believed him!! and we still have a great show. And I agree that we don't see a leading man be sorry and apologize in tv shows unless it's for a laugh (or if someone dies because of him).
Castle has a little smirk on his face as he's leaving after Beckett says "Castle…I'll see you tomorrow". To me the apology sounded sincere but the smirk made it seem insincere.
I think "smirk" is a harsh word to use, as that does conjure up insincere connotations that I just don't see in the scene. I think he is sincere but trowelling it on a bit thick with the actual apology, but he is not leaving anything to chance, so he is offering the biggest, most well worded apology he can muster. The wry smile afterwards, to me, speaks of "who'd have thought it?" and "life lesson learnt" and maybe a dash of "Thank you Alexis" and "I've been served by a 16 year old girl"
12:46 pm
March 1, 2011
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Noblelox said:
OldOldMan said:
jrabbit said:
…and I felt that Castle was not truly sorry when giving his apology to Beckett. Yes he was dead serious – it was an almost robotic apology for it to seem real. But hey, Beckett believed him!! and we still have a great show. And I agree that we don't see a leading man be sorry and apologize in tv shows unless it's for a laugh (or if someone dies because of him).
Castle has a little smirk on his face as he's leaving after Beckett says "Castle…I'll see you tomorrow". To me the apology sounded sincere but the smirk made it seem insincere.
I think "smirk" is a harsh word to use, as that does conjure up insincere connotations that I just don't see in the scene. I think he is sincere but trowelling it on a bit thick with the actual apology, but he is not leaving anything to chance, so he is offering the biggest, most well worded apology he can muster. The wry smile afterwards, to me, speaks of "who'd have thought it?" and "life lesson learnt" and maybe a dash of "Thank you Alexis" and "I've been served by a 16 year old girl"
I like your reasoning for the wry smile. It may very well be what they were going for. I would have rather seen an exhale or a "whew" than the smile.
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