First of all, this was THE episode castle fans were eagerly waiting for after Marlowe mentioned that secrets will be tumbling out in the episode and the Castle - Beckett relationship is finally going to progress! At this point, I must admit that I am NOT a Caskett 'shipper' as such and I sometimes get annoyed by the fandom who seem to only care about Castle and Beckett getting together and nothing else! But then again the main reason that the show is what it is, is the incredible chemistry between the two lead characters of the show brilliantly portrayed by two fabulous actors. So a lot of fans, including me, were eagerly waiting to see their relationship finally progress. But unfortunately, that didn't happen. The episode has a good story line but with its share of flaws. The plot of this episode is centered around a bombing at an Occupy Wall Street protest rally and how reconstructing the "47 seconds" prior to the bombing is crucial to solve the case. Our favourite crime fighting duo obviously manages to solve the whole case!(I sometimes wonder about the number of cases that went unsolved in the 12th precinct before a certain 'ruggedly handsome' man came in to do his 'research' ).
The plot was interesting and was made more intense with Beckett blurting her secret(that she remembers everything from the shootout) out during interrogation while trying to break a suspect. And Castle who somehow was not present at the precinct when the suspect was brought in for questioning, hears all this from outside the interrogation room and is obviously, SHOCKED! And all of a sudden he realises that the person with whom he is in love with, never cared about his feelings at all! (Although we, the viewers, know that that's not true) He starts questioning his reasons to continue as Beckett's partner. But he manages to break the case eventually, and the real culprit is caught.
Now the episode had some pretty good moments. We saw the return of Captain Victoria 'Iron' Gates in a much improved and likable avatar. The plot seemed real and the twists were good. The suspects were a little different and I couldn't have guessed the real culprit! All the lead characters were great as usual. But there were some disappointing moments too. Like, Beckett blurting out her secret, a secret she has told no one except her therapist, to a suspect all of a sudden in the interrogation room? And as it turns out the suspect wasn't even the real culprit! I mean I like the fact that the secrets are finally coming out but not the way it was done. I mean didn't Beckett think of the possibility of Castle listening to the whole conversation? Seemed a bit odd to me. And then the way castle acts after knowing the secret is a little annoying. And the fact that Beckett doesn't know that castle knows..ugh! and then there are just three episodes left for the season! As promised by Marlowe at the Paley fest, they are going to touch upon Beckett's mother's case, Castle's dad's identity and then supposedly Castle's secret(the one that he has been hiding from Beckett about her mother's case)is going to come out and then their relationship is going to progress and all this in the next four episodes??!! How are they gonna manage that? Well, I just hope that they don't disappoint us and give us some MINDBLOWING episodes before season 4 ends! Can't wait for 'The Limey'!
The plot was interesting and was made more intense with Beckett blurting her secret(that she remembers everything from the shootout) out during interrogation while trying to break a suspect. And Castle who somehow was not present at the precinct when the suspect was brought in for questioning, hears all this from outside the interrogation room and is obviously, SHOCKED! And all of a sudden he realises that the person with whom he is in love with, never cared about his feelings at all! (Although we, the viewers, know that that's not true) He starts questioning his reasons to continue as Beckett's partner. But he manages to break the case eventually, and the real culprit is caught.
Now the episode had some pretty good moments. We saw the return of Captain Victoria 'Iron' Gates in a much improved and likable avatar. The plot seemed real and the twists were good. The suspects were a little different and I couldn't have guessed the real culprit! All the lead characters were great as usual. But there were some disappointing moments too. Like, Beckett blurting out her secret, a secret she has told no one except her therapist, to a suspect all of a sudden in the interrogation room? And as it turns out the suspect wasn't even the real culprit! I mean I like the fact that the secrets are finally coming out but not the way it was done. I mean didn't Beckett think of the possibility of Castle listening to the whole conversation? Seemed a bit odd to me. And then the way castle acts after knowing the secret is a little annoying. And the fact that Beckett doesn't know that castle knows..ugh! and then there are just three episodes left for the season! As promised by Marlowe at the Paley fest, they are going to touch upon Beckett's mother's case, Castle's dad's identity and then supposedly Castle's secret(the one that he has been hiding from Beckett about her mother's case)is going to come out and then their relationship is going to progress and all this in the next four episodes??!! How are they gonna manage that? Well, I just hope that they don't disappoint us and give us some MINDBLOWING episodes before season 4 ends! Can't wait for 'The Limey'!
