Official "Castle" thread! Spoilers welcomed!

[Missy1961]

And one more thing: it was 2 years ago today that "Always" first aired. Wow.

 

[Missy1961]

2nd sneak peek:

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Castle-Wedding-Sneak-Peek-Beckett-Married-1081446.aspx

 

[Missy1961]

this is great!: (and it looks like the Hamptons)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeozOGCO_Ak&feature=youtu.be&linkId=8179126

 

[chirurgeon]

this is great!: (and it looks like the Hamptons)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeozOGCO_Ak&feature=youtu.be&linkId=8179126

This is great. I will accept a cliffhanger, as long as they get married BEFORE it.

 

[RadioNate]

Castle has been renewed

http://tvline.com/2014/05/08/abc-renewals-2014-once-upon-a-time-resurrection/

 

[RadioNate]

Renewed
http://tvline.com/2014/05/08/abc-renewals-2014-once-upon-a-time-resurrection/

 

[chirurgeon]

Yay!!!!! Thanks for posting.

 

[Missy1961]

Was just coming here to post that!

 

[Missy1961]

And Nathan Fillion will be on Letterman tonight (Friday).

 

[Missy1961]

Wow! Veritas is now my favorite Castle episode. It was fantastic!

My favorite quotes:

Castle: "You know what that means? I'm coming home."
Beckett: (Yawn)
Castle: "Try to contain your excitement."

Beckett: "I love you."
Castle: "Yeah, well, you better. It's two weeks to the wedding. It's too late to return the tux."

Beckett: "I'm not going to stand by while my mother's murderer becomes president of the United States."

Vulcan Simmons: "Get a girl's hair wet and they never let it go."

Castle: "Guys, she wouldn't want you involved."
Esposito: "We're already involved. We're family, bro."

Beckett: "I found the tape. I found it. It's over. Senator Bracken, you are under arrest for conspiracy, fraud and the murder of my mother, Johanna Beckett."

Castle "She's proud of you. Wherever she is, she's proud."

loved:
that the investigation was their project, not just Kate's.

loved the scene at the swings.

And wow did Tamala Jones sell how scared and upset Lanie was at discovering the bullet from Beckett's gun in Simmons' body.

loved Kate's response to the thugs trying to make it look like she committed suicide. Wow.

I knew Bracken was in the room when Kate heard the creak, but my goodness he is one creepy dude. Loved how she challenged him - "I want you. Do you have the (whatevers) to do it yourself?" Woah. Thru that whole scene, I was yelling stuff at the TV. And when he touched her cheek? Gross.

The Montgomery flashback. I was crying so hard, the first time I missed him saying "cassette recording".

I knew Smith wouldn't help them.

I was hopeful Gates could, but she couldn't. I think she was sorry she couldn't.

The 4 of them being led in to the precinct in handcuffs just about broke my heart.

And the scene between Rick & Kate ending with the kiss.

And Kate working out where the tape was.

And the guys & Rick & Gates trying to protect Kate as she found the tape.

And the fact that the tape didn't start with the confessions right away. There were footsteps, a door, etc. before the real stuff started.

The scene of Kate walking into Bracken's office, upsetting him so he couldn't continue the interview, and her telling him "I found the tape. I found it. It's over" was amazing. Stana Katic's face, voice, eyes were perfect, especially when she said "and the murder of my mother, Johanna Beckett". I've watched that scene many times and get blown away every single time. And Robert Duncan's music sealed the deal.

And the handoff to Ryan & Espo (let's not forgot their actions thru all this. Ryan got waterboarded himself in season 3.)

And the love & pride just pouring out of Rick when he watched her walk with Bracken in handcuffs & then the last lines between Rick & Kate - "She's proud of you. Wherever she is, she's proud of you." and "I could never have done this without you." and then their hug. They even wore matching blue shirts.

Rob Bowman did a fantastic job of directing the episode. Rob Hanning and Terence Paul Winter wrote it. Rob was tweeting about the episode after it aired, and mentioned a few scenes they wanted to include but couldn't: a scene where Kate's dad is told everything and a scene where Kate puts her mother's ring away for good. I would have loved to have seen either of them. And as I mentioned before, Robert Duncan's score made the episode.

This time, ABC appears to have learned their lesson: neither Geoff Pierson (Mr. Smith) or Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Montgomery) were in the credits (either opening or closing). I do think a lot of people thought Smith was still alive, so that wasn't a shock.

I never want to see Bracken again unless it's at his sentencing or his funeral.

I've been reading Twitter and Tumblr and other websites a lot over the last few days, and it's been interesting. There were quite a few people who didn't realize that they went to DC to arrest Bracken. (I guess the shot of the US Capitol wasn't obvious enough) I understand the people who got confused by who killed which victim (according to Rob Hanning, Simmons did kill Jason, the first victim. The thugs who tried to kill Kate stole her gun from her apartment & killed Simmons with it, leaving that one bullet behind) but it really wasn't that hard to figure out. Some people thought Kate did kill Simmons but I knew she wouldn't. He was her only link to Bracken & the drug money.

Others are bothered by the tape being in the elephants. One mentioned 'why didn't she turn that over right away?" well, she got it the day she was murdered, she didn't have a chance. Others have mentioned that Kate was probably upset that she had the proof she needed all along. But I think she sees it now as her mother helping her solve her own murder. And now we know why she had them all along - they were her mother's and they were special to her.

Fantastic episode all around. To me, it is now the best Castle episode, beating out Cops & Robbers and Lives of Others.

 

[Missy1961]

Now onto season finale discussion.

As I mentioned the other day, there are a lot of upset fans out there. They think the fact that Kate may have been married before (and if you watched the 2nd sneak peek, it certainly appears that she was) ruins the character. (remember her comments about marriage to Rick in episode 2: "I'm a one and done kind of girl").

Now I think it's a joke of Rick's, that he found this old boyfriend and set this whole thing up. Remember he did say he was going to pay her back after his birthday party last year. And she did work in DC for the AG's office and I'm sure that meant a background check and wouldn't a background check uncover a marriage/non-divorce?

And if for some reason it isn't a joke- let's do the math. In that 2nd sneak peek, she says they were married "15 years ago". That would be 1999, the year of her mother's death. Isn't it possible that she did some stupid things while grieving? I don't have a hard time imagining she did.

No matter what, I'm hopeful that we're getting the wedding on Monday. And I wonder if she's going to explain what happened to the ugly dress? Maybe the change of venue/type of wedding made her change her mind. I'm just glad we're getting a fluffy episode instead of their annual fight. Here's hoping the cliffhanger is a) where they're going on the honeymoon b) "Rick, I'm..... or c)"everyone, we just want to tell you...... and not something like they're on a plane, and the pilot/flight attendant are 3XK and Kelly. Or Bracken escaping. Or anything scary. I want a summer of fluffy happiness!

 

[Missy1961]

sneak peek #3: (and I guess the honeymoon spot is not the cliffhanger)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX4vBydsZB0

 

[Missy1961]

Nathan on Letterman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi-Ms2wRQdU

 

[Missy1961]

12 more hours to the finale! wonder how I'll be feeling in 13!

 

[Metsfan520]

Lots of rumors out there. Let's see:

1. there have been reports of people seeing some behind the scenes stuff - people have seen Beckett with a handcuffed Bracken

2. and reports of people seeing Vulcan Simmons dead

3. and of course, those BTS pictures I posted a few days ago. Is Kate in danger or is she in trouble?

Other than the pictures that are in that link, none of this is anything more than rumors. I have nothing to back it up. But who knows?

I knew this had been posted -went back to find it. So I guess sometimes the stuff you see on the internet is true!

 

[Metsfan520]

Interesting behind the scenes pictures. I believe these are for episode 22, the next to last for this year. The place should be familiar:

http://sleuthdog100.tumblr.com/post/80845217482/hope-st-park-4-15-pm-3-26-14-dtla

and this!

 

[Missy1961]

I have a feeling the ending is not going to be fluffy. Crap.

 

[chirurgeon]

Aaarrrggghhhh!!!!!!!

 

[Missy1961]

yep. 3XK/Kelly is my guess. Predication for season 7 premier: they will be looking for Rick, a few different possibilities: 1. find him fast, then he needs rehab for the "summer", then they marry in Sept. 2. it will take all "summer" to find him, then they marry at the JofP. 3. takes all "summer" to find him, they decide to wait a while

At least the ugly dress was gone. And they were going to get married at the Hamptons house - I wanted to kiss Alexis when she said that.

It's going to be a long summer.

 

[Missy1961]

I had a feeling the wedding wasn't going to happen when Scott Paulin (who plays her dad) wasn't in the cast list.