Lots to love in "The Good, The Bad & The Baby"
Let's start with the quotes:
As they walk into the church, which was a crime scene:
Castle: "When we do this, let's not do the dead body in the middle of the aisle."
Beckett: "Good call."
Earlier, in the loft, when they are discussing Thanksgiving:
Beckett: "So is there anything else I should know about you before we get married?"
Castle: "So many, many things."
(an echo of something Beckett said to Castle)
baby stuff:
Castle: "I have an R.H.D. in childcare."
Beckett: "And an 'R.H.D.' is?"
Castle: "Ruggedly handsome dad."
Castle: Babies love me. I'm the baby whisperer.
Castle: "That's a grownup lying. Get used to it."
Beckett: "I'm suddenly getting a clear and frightening visual as to what my future will look like."
Castle: "What do you say, Beckett? Wanna have a baby? Come on, it'll be fun!"
The morning after:
Alexis: "How long have I been gone?"
Castle (to Ryan): "You see this face? This is the face of your future."
the dumpster conversation:
Castle: "You take me to the most exotic places."
Beckett: "When the time comes, there's no way I'm going to let you take care of our baby on your own."
All together now: Awwwww!
Espo (to Ryan, after he worried about what kind of dad hell be): "Well, you care. That already makes you a hundred times better than the dad I had."
Castle, after Beckett mentioned she missed the baby already: "Maybe in a few Thanksgivings from now, we'll have a couple Bennys of our own running around."
Then this:
Alexis: "Hey, if you guys have kids in a few years and I have kids in a few years, they can grow up together."
Castle: "And it's ruined."
and this is probably the best quote of the episode:
Beckett: "Watch those balls."
Castle: "No. Not touching it."
I think after that creepy episode of the week before, we really needed light & fun, and this episode fit the bill.
That was one freaking adorable baby (well, of course it was more than one, and even sometimes a doll) but still.
The sneak peek scene of them with the baby had so much fun stuff - from Kate telling him that if "this is you way of turning me into a baby person, it's not working" to her slippers, to her "I'm not laughing" while holding back laughter to the Mission Impossible diaper change, the whole scene was priceless.
Love Lanie coming to them to discuss the facts of the cause all while snuggling with Cosmo/Benny and talking in that sing-song voice we all tend to use with infants.
I think everyone in the cast (except Espo) got to hold him at least once. I loved how natural Martha looked - she's ready to be a grandma again!
The 2 high fives - baby/Rick & Martha/Kate - were perfect.
Even the case was interesting. Kept me guessing until the end - but as soon as they showed the lottery drawing I put the pieces together. Loved that the victim was a hero.
All in all, a really good classic Castle episode. And now the winter hiatus - after 10 episodes in a row, we now have to wait about 6 weeks for the next new episode. No episode this coming Monday, then the week after that, they're repeating Still for the first time.
