Loved the whole "Bromance" going on between Esposito, Ryan, and Castle  

"This is my partner-Ryan, and this is my other partner- Castle." My heart melted lol. Glad Esposito got to show a more serious side of himself. Jon Huertas did a great job! I was cracking up when the three of them were on a mini-operation to get the simcard from Demming's coat! It killed me to see Castle so down about Beckett and Demming :( Ecspecially at the end of the ep, as he stood there watching the two of them together. I was glad Castle had Esposito and Ryan to be around, while Beckett was with Demming.

Now back to waiting until Monday…in 2 weeks!

Freakin awesome ep!!!!   Was nice to see more backstory on Esposito – Jon did a phenominal job with all ranges of emotions etc tonight.

There was definitely a different feel to the ep which was fun. Enough funny comments still, but definitely felt different.

Demming being a suspect was comical..knew it wouldn't be him behind it..but it was hilarious how they were all standing there at one point commenting and then Beckett puts in her two cents. lol   Good 'fight scene' too of course.

The "Three Stooges"  moment as the boys go break into the locker for the cellphone while Beckett "distracts" Demming. haha Hilarious!

Castle – you see the penny drop in a way as he realizes that someone else is interested in Beckett and he kinda opened up the way for that in a sense…quite interesting to see the emotions as he thinks about it (especially in the scene with Alexis when she beat him again)

Feel bad for him, and yet this will kick things into gear a bit so it's for the good.

LOVED the last bit – first when Esposito introduces his partner Ryan to Ike..then goes and says 'and my other partner, Castle" That was so cute – and you see Castle looking so happy to be included like that. 

Then when Montgomery has the whole gang in his office and asks what Esposito was doing in the office etc..and Beckett and then everyone come up with a cover! Priceless Gotta love them.

Great ep – as always.  So much to say, but I know others will add and it's fun to read everyone's fave moments and lines etc.

darcyroo said:

My first thoughts are something like "Holy crap that was awesome!" From the Esposito back story to jealous Castle and super hot Tom Demming, just all around fantastic writing and acting.

I could'nt have said it better!!! Jon was freakin' awesome!!! It takes a lot for me to come out of lurking but this episode was so worth it!! I wish there was at least a promo for the next new episode!! Oh well. 

Castle's emotions at the end and the "I'm not used to losing" broke my heart. I assumed both are in regards to Beckett so Im kinda back and forth for the new guy!! I tried so hard to hate him but I kinda like him…at the same time, Im liking him assuming that Tom and Beckett's relationship brings Castle and Beckett closer!! (did that make sense?)

On the aside: Who else luvs Tom Bergeron??!! Even though there's a comedy that follows dancing with the stars, he still mentions Castle!!

I felt a little wierd watching this episode, there wasn't a lot of Castle, obviously because this episode was centered on Esposito. I missed the Castle/Beckett banter but I did enjoy everything to do with Esposito. Jon did an AMAZING job with Esposito! I loved all the 'Partner' talk & scenes. The scenes with the three of them being all sneaky, Loved it! I actually teared up during the part where Esposito introduced Castle as his other partner and the way he reacted.

Now onto the love triangle… I don't mind Tom, he seems pretty cool, even when they were accusing him of being a dirty cop which we all knew he wasn't. I was looking forward to Castle being jealous but now I feel bad for wanting that since he looked so sad. The scene where Castle & Alexis were playing cards and she kept noticing Castle's sad look/stare – that was the scene I was wanting. Sure, Castle looks sad at work but seeing him sad at his own home with his daughter, it said a lot to me. The line "I'm not use to losing.", made me all sad.  And the Coffee scene…. wow. I swear a lot of Castle Fanfiction is coming to life.

Overall, everyone did a fantastic job in this episode. I loved the 'Castle-ness' of Castle playing with paper clips at Beckett's desk. I loved that Castle took pictures of that body and I'll say it again, I LOVE LANIE! Can't believe we must wait for a new episode!

Excellent episode, quite different from what was expected based on the previews. Loved how the Big Entry Episode  Of The New Guy Denning was actually one based mostly on Esposito and Ryan where we learned much more about them rather then endless shots of Beckett and Denning exchanging meaningful looks while Castle looks uncomfortable. Denning being a good guy was not a surprise, there is simply no way Beckett would be interested in someone who was not.

Fight scene was hot and because of the suspicions at the start of it a lot more intense then just playful sparring and it looked like Stana was doing most the stunt work there herself.

i loooved it when esposito introduced castle as his partner. awww =)) esposito was just GREAAT tonight, superb acting =)

beckett's expression as demming walked away was awesome

beckett: what?

Castle: nothing.

and i'm liking demming. haha =))