I really like Castle but tonight's show just annoyed me from almost the beginning. A city council member is murdered. They dig his wallet out of the dumpster, taking care to give us a clear view of his driver's license. He lives in Garden City, NY. That is in Nassau County, on Long Island. You can't be a member of the NEW YORK CITY council if you live in Long Island. Long Island is not part of NYC. Sloppy and stupid. Clearly this show is not written by NYers. Which is okay, but it means they need to work harder to get it right. And so far they need to work harder.

indeed it was.  

Except, even though I enjoy the show and the interacting between the characters, it does matter to ME where the guy lived. It annoyed me. It made me stop focusing on the action between the characters. Someone had to make up the prop of the driver's license, so someone had to choose where he lived. And they chose to show up the driver's license long enough so we could clearly see the address. So they made it an issue where they didn't have to and having done so, they got it wrong. And it wouldn't have required research to get it right. Generally elective officials have to live in the area they represent.  I'm just sick of shows that set themselves in New York City but don't really care about being in NYC. At least this time they aren't having a car chase down a busy midtown street while whizzing by cars with Toronto license plates.

So I'll try harder to suspend my disbelief, and hopefully they will do better at not being so lazy and sloppy.