i personally loved this episode!!!! i loved the "because your tall" and i love how they "solved" beckett's mother's murder, but didn't catch the killer…..just the one who planned it…

to molly_littlecastle
in episode 110 Castle asked "Dr Death" (Dr Murray) to look into Johanna Beckett's case
in episode 201 Castle told Lanie what was found:
that three other people were killed in the same fashion as Becketts mother, and around the same time:
- a former law student of Johanna Beckett
- a documents clerk
- a lawyer for a non-profit

OMG…I am so glad that I found this forum – I feel like I'm back in Comparative Lit class! LOL! I'm loving all of the analysis (and thanking God I'm not the only one who dissects this stuff). Really incredible, insightful, amazing stuff in this thread.

A lot of people have already talked about the scenes that stood out for me in this ep, but the one that really stuck with me, that I watched several times again, was the one with Castle and Beckett behind the glass, right before she goes in to interrogate Coonan. Probably the most telling thing in the whole episode for me was when Kate turned to Castle and asked, "What if I let her down?" She did NOT say, "I don't want to let her down," or make a pronouncement. To me, this showed a HUGE amount of trust in Castle on her part in that she *asked* him, signifying that she truly values his opinion and support and really needed it right then. And then of course, Castle diffused the whole situation with humor, right on cue. This was a really, REALLY big turning point in their relationship, I thought. Brilliantly, and I think very deliberately, written that way.

I disagree with what some of you have said about the casting of her dad and their conversation. Maybe it's just me, but I find that gentle, sensitive dads tend to raise pretty tough daughters. I don't know why – but I am a tough daughter of a wonderfully gentle and sensitive dad, so maybe that's just me. I also think that those kinds of men – not necessarily the big tough guys – are actually more open to acutely feeling the hurt of something tragic, and thus, might turn to alcohol or some other means for dulling that pain. I rather like that Beckett's dad is this kind of quiet, insightful guy – you get the feeling that her mom was the powerhouse – even just the photo of the actress playing Johanna in her case file looks strong, confident, professional, intelligent, etc.

The big revelations of the episode for me? Castle (which I think we already knew, but got to see full force this episode) is an incredibly decent, compassionate, kind human being. And Kate, for as BAMF as she can be, has a very soft and vulnerable side. AND, the fact that both of them revealed these parts of themselves to the other full-force signifies a new depth to their relationship. Both Stana and Nathan were brilliant in this ep – so, so, so many quiet nuances in the way that they played this story. This could've easily been extremely melodramatic, but both of them were so incredibly understated and…hmmm…present in the emotions of the characters. Incredible to watch. Honestly, I haven't seen this caliber of acting on television in years.

Welcome MIS
Loved your dissection of the moments that appealed to you.
We are fortunate that the people who are posting in this forum are on the most part insightful and delightfully stupid, in that we all try to out-think or second guess the writers intentions.
It makes for great reading, and lets us go back to a show to see what they were talking about, then let's our thought's speculate about next weeks episode.
Of course having talented actors who can portray the emotion's the writers intend (ad-libed or not) , makes "Castle" the show to watch in 2010.

Cheers TBBW

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