lilmac11313 said:

Aicha said:

lilmac11313 said:Does it matter if you really watch it or can we just bring it up and let it play for it to count as being watched?

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I think you should bring it up and let it play (even if it's muted!) for those of us who can't see it :(

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That's usually what I do. I open it in a seperate window and just let it play. Occasionally thought my windows will all close and then I'll see it and be sucked in. It's a force that can't be stopped.

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Really, lilmac?  I thought you were a Jedi.

ohsotall said:

davidsmom said:Funny so many of us noticed the elevator scene.  That's what I love about the show – so many subtle but fascinating moments that say so much!  I also thought the fact that they arrived at the crime scene in separate cars was interesting – I remember them in the same car so much last season…but this time, there was that distance between them.  And then Beckett saying, "We're still mad at him…" to the lady up the tree — who was she?  I forget the character's name.  Anyway, so many great moments.  It seemed so obvious to me in this episode that Castle, particularly, cares about Beckett.  He's so upset by her not forgiving him.  And he was so pleased to apologize to her and for her to say "See you tomorrow."  I think he's crazy about her but can't get things moving further…and she's afraid to take things further, too.  I'll bet if I watched the episode again (and I will, since I taped it) there would be even more little moments to cherish.  Great show – let's just help keep it on the air!

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davidsmom you must have been a cheerleader!  Every day you inspire me to write someone to keep this great program on the air.  If I had a sports team, I would pick you first.

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So funny, because I was not at all a cheerleader…and you'd have been sorry if you'd picked me for a sports team!  I was busy with music and writing and rotten at sports!  But — I am a Castle cheerleader now, in the sense of encouraging everyone to keep the show on the air (or at least doing our part), so I'll take your comments as a compliment!  Thanks!

I love this episode it's so good

My favorites scenes are :

- at the beginning during the Cosmo photoshop and Beckett's interview

- at the station after the steal of dead body with all the team who defends castle somehow

Castle : deal, prefer warming detective I will make change your mind
Beckett : I won't
Castle   : you will

- The scenes between castle/beckett at the end

sarah_darling said:

So there's this article called: Ten Psychology Studies from 2009 Worth Knowing About (link: http://trueslant.com/daviddisa…..ing-about/ ) and number eight reminds me of this episode:

8. Turns out, saying you’re sorry really is important—and not just to you. A study discussed at the Child Psychology Research Blog found that receiving an apology makes the recipient feel better by affecting his or her perception of the wrongdoer’s emotions. In other words, people who received an apology felt better afterward because the apology indicated that the other person felt bad about what he or she did. Sounds simple enough, but the researchers think it goes a bit deeper: knowing that the other person agrees that what he/she did was the wrong thing to do reaffirms our view of the world as just and predictable, since the other’s sadness tells us that people in general don’t do things like this. Whether that explanation is true or not, just suck it up and say you’re sorry.

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Have to agree with this. I personally thought that the reconciliation between the two was a bit rushed  (all done in one episode, Castle's efforts could have been drawn out a bit longer for more 'special moments', i.e. the elevator scene, etc.) but I do appreciate that this is how the writers decided Castle would reconcile with Beckett.

Firstly, Castle's character goes through a humbling realization: that yes, he can do whatever he wants, i.e. poke into Beckett's history without her permission, but justifying it doesn't make it right. And secondly, that little apology shows us that Beckett knows that she needs Castle around, but more importantly, that she has (now) given him permission to get a little closer to her. Sigh  lots of underlying meaning to that apology, I thought, and loved that it was all underplayed. Keep at it Castle folk!

 

starbeeper said:

sarah_darling said:

So there's this article called: Ten Psychology Studies from 2009 Worth Knowing About (link: http://trueslant.com/daviddisa…..ing-about/ ) and number eight reminds me of this episode:

8. Turns out, saying you’re sorry really is important—and not just to you. A study discussed at the Child Psychology Research Blog found that receiving an apology makes the recipient feel better by affecting his or her perception of the wrongdoer’s emotions. In other words, people who received an apology felt better afterward because the apology indicated that the other person felt bad about what he or she did. Sounds simple enough, but the researchers think it goes a bit deeper: knowing that the other person agrees that what he/she did was the wrong thing to do reaffirms our view of the world as just and predictable, since the other’s sadness tells us that people in general don’t do things like this. Whether that explanation is true or not, just suck it up and say you’re sorry.

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Have to agree with this. I personally thought that the reconciliation between the two was a bit rushed  (all done in one episode, Castle's efforts could have been drawn out a bit longer for more 'special moments', i.e. the elevator scene, etc.) but I do appreciate that this is how the writers decided Castle would reconcile with Beckett.
 

Firstly, Castle's character goes through a humbling realization: that yes, he can do whatever he wants, i.e. poke into Beckett's history without her permission, but justifying it doesn't make it right. And secondly, that little apology shows us that Beckett knows that she needs Castle around, but more importantly, that she has (now) given him permission to get a little closer to her. Sigh  lots of underlying meaning to that apology, I thought, and loved that it was all underplayed. Keep at it Castle folk!

 

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Ok, weird to quote and reply to myself, but anyway, after replaying that scene with Beckett telling Castle that it really is over between them,    I need to jump in and say it yet again — Nathan and Stana and Castle writers ROCK!

Tha acting was SUPERB — sudden change of mood, subtle facial expressions and body language, the damn tension and heartache — whew!! Watching it again, you can really see that Nathan and Stana totally get their characters. And writing that scene — hard to do! As someone who has been in a very, very similar situation, they got what that's like completely spot on. 

Of course, the apology scene was, at best, ideal, but hey, it's fiction! Yey for speedy recoveries!!