6x11 - "Under Fire" Review
‘Castle’: On Fire
By Lisa Caputo
2014-01-06
‘Castle’ kicks off 2014 with a bang –
literally - in an emotional and dramatic new episode
The sixth season of ABC’s hit show, Castle,
hit the ground running right from its stellar two-part fall premiere and never
once took its foot off of the gas as it churned out ten weeks of episodes that
delivered all of the emotion, drama, intensity, heartbreak, hope, romance, and
comedy that fans of television’s most compelling and captivating show have come
to expect. The first half of the season saw Castle and Beckett get engaged,
Alexis go through some very real and emotional growing pains, Jerry Tyson
reemerge from his supposed grave with a dangerous new partner at his side, and
the entire cast of characters being pushed into new territory in their
professional and personal lives. After a long winter hiatus, the Castle
team returned with its first new episode of 2014 on Sunday night, delivering an
hour of television that not only continued its string of epic episodes in this
sixth season but also served to raise the bar to a whole new level.
Penned by the powerhouse duo of creator
Andrew Marlowe and stellar longtime Castle writer, David Amann, and
directed by the incredible Paul Holahan, the aptly-titled “Under Fire” opened
with Castle and Beckett standing outside of a burning building with Beckett
speaking to a worried Jenny on the phone after she was unable to reach Ryan
despite making several calls to him. With Castle and Beckett both looking back
at the fire as Jenny asked them if they knew where Ryan was, the answer was
abundantly clear. It was a chilling introduction to the episode and as the
audience was quickly taken back to where the story began just twelve hours
earlier, the intensity and emotion of that brilliant opening would be felt for
the remainder of the hour.
The team investigated the murder of a fire
inspector who was killed while on the trail of a dangerous serial arsonist as
Ryan was anxiously awaiting the birth of his and Jenny’s first child. But when
Ryan and Esposito took their investigation to a building that their victim had
believed was the next target of the arsonist, the hour took a deadly turn as
the two set off a booby trap, causing the building to explode with them still
deep within it. What ensued was an incredibly dramatic, intense, and deeply
emotional episode, combining a stellar and beautifully written story with some
of the most pitch-perfect performances from every member of the cast.
With two of her detectives caught in a
deadly fire, Captain Gates stepped up to the plate to rally the rest of her
troops to do everything within their power to bring Ryan and Esposito home
alive. Penny Johnson Gerald turned in a powerful and memorable performance in a
number of scenes throughout the episode, most notably one midway through the
episode as Gates addressed the other officers at The 12th with both
a commanding and stoic presence as well as some clearly very strong emotions,
appealing to every one of her officers to stand up and fight to solve this case
and bring the two detectives home safely.
Likewise, Tamala Jones delivered a
wonderful and poignant performance as Lanie was forced to dig deep to handle
the heartbreaking fear of losing Esposito all while being strong and supportive
to Jenny as she prepared to give birth to her and Ryan’s child in the midst of
the tragedy taking place in front of them.
While the storyline revolved heavily on
Ryan, Esposito, and Jenny in this episode, both Stana Katic and Nathan Fillion
contributed a great deal of the hour’s emotion as well, with Castle and Beckett
quietly fighting back their own fears as they desperately and rather helplessly
tried to do anything and everything they could to save their partners. For two
people who have become accustomed to being able to solve their cases and save
the day, even under the most harrowing of circumstances, it was truly a whole
new ballgame for them to be able to do little but stand by and watch as the
fire raged on with their partners trapped inside of the building. Katic and
Fillion played their parts perfectly, often with just a simple yet deeply
meaningful look or quiver in their voice allowing us to feel the desperate and
helpless fear that Castle and Beckett were feeling.
But with the spotlight cast squarely on
them, it was Seamus Dever, Jon Huertas, and recurring guest star Juliana Dever
who absolutely stole the show. Between Esposito fighting to free Ryan from the
debris that had trapped him after the explosion, refusing to leave his partner
and best friend behind to save himself, Ryan’s heartbreaking phone call to
Beckett and his even more heartbreaking phone call to Jenny, Ryan and Esposito
sharing a bromance moment after Ryan suggested that Jenny name their child
Javier if it was a boy, and both their rescue and reunion with their loved
ones, there was certainly no shortage of emotional and dramatic scenes
involving this trio of actors and each of them knocked it out of the park in
every single one of them. In fact, the phone call between Ryan and Jenny proved
to be one of the most deeply emotional and heartbreakingly captivating moments
of the series thus far, with Seamus and Juliana Dever delivering each and every
beautifully written line with absolute perfection.
In the end, with one last powerful and compelling
scene, Ryan and Esposito were rescued from the building and were reunited with
a clearly emotional Castle and Beckett before the pair were also reunited with
the loves of their lives, Lanie and Jenny. The hour concluded with Castle,
Beckett, Esposito, and Lanie looking on with relief and joy as Ryan was
introduced to his newborn baby girl, Sarah Grace. With Robert Duncan’s
breathtakingly beautiful score playing in the background, the couples held each
other closer and reveled in the moment, celebrating the two lives that were
saved and the new life that had just begun.
6x12 - "Deep Cover" Review
‘Castle’: Who’s Your Daddy?
By Lisa Caputo
2014-01-14
James Brolin returns as Castle’s
mysterious father in an intense and dramatic new episode
Often times, the best stories on television
are those that include mysteries and storylines that are left unsolved over the
run of the series, involving almost mythological characters whom we learn bits
and pieces about over the years as the story unfolds, one element at a time.
While many shows attempt to tackle this sort of storytelling technique, most
either answer the questions too soon in a misguided effort to retain the
audience’s attention or revisit the storyline far too often, leaving little to
be desired from a viewer’s perspective. The Castle team, however, has
utilized this technique with various storylines over the years, touching on
them sparingly yet doing so in a way that has made these episodes some of the
best of the entire series while keeping the audience intrigued and yearning for
more. From the conspiracy surrounding Johanna Beckett’s murder to the 3XK
storyline to Castle’s mysterious father, these three ongoing tales have been
the focus of truly some of the most memorable episodes in the show’s five and a
half seasons so far. Monday’s episode was certainly no exception, with James
Brolin reprising his role of Jackson Hunt / Anderson Cross / Castle’s father in
an unexpected way.
Penned by the uber talented Terence Paul
Winter and directed by the legendary Thomas J. Wright, who also directed a
handful of the epic episodes mentioned above, “Deep Cover” found Castle and
Beckett investigating the mysterious murder of a computer hacker, an
investigation that shockingly led them right to Anderson Cross, the newest
alias that Castle’s once long-lost father was using as a cover. While Beckett
was kept in the dark for much of the episode, Castle struggled to decide
whether to keep his father’s secret or tell his fiancé the truth about their
latest suspect. But when Beckett picked up on Castle’s odd behaviour and
stopped by the loft to check on him, just after Castle’s father dropped in to
recover from being wounded, the truth came out in epic fashion. Despite her
instincts telling her not to trust this man, Beckett dropped her guard to help
Castle’s father complete his mission and to allow her to close her case, with
the mysterious man disappearing into the night yet again, leaving more
questions than answers in his wake.
While the episode itself revolved around an
interesting case with plenty of twists and turns, and the resurfacing of
Castle’s father certainly led to some intense scenes and plenty of suspense,
the calling cards of any great Castle episode are the deeply personal,
often emotional, and certainly character-driven moments that are so brilliantly
woven in throughout the hour, and Monday’s episode had no shortage of such
moments.
It was wonderful to see Susan Sullivan back
as Martha in this episode and the legendary actress certainly delivered an
incredibly wide range of emotions throughout the hour. From her doting on her
son and his fiancé early on in the episode to her sage advise to Castle later
on to tell Beckett the truth about his father, Sullivan left her mark on each
scene she was in throughout the episode. Yet it was her scene alone with Brolin
in the second half of the episode and her scene with Nathan Fillion to close
out the episode that struck me most of all. While we typically see Martha as
the wisest and strongest member of the Castle family, truly the classic
matriarch, Monday’s episode revealed perhaps a small glimpse of her greatest
weakness. Yet even as she struggled between her wanting her former lover back
in her life and having the closure to move on and put him squarely in her past,
she pushed her own feelings aside to be there for her son, ensuring that he
felt more love from his one parent than he could ever need from two of them.
While Castle and his father shared some
rather emotional moments in last year’s two-part episode, meeting for the first
time and relishing in the moment, much of Monday’s episode found them at odds,
with Castle having a difficult time trusting the word of someone who appeared
to perhaps be living one lie after another to protect himself. Yet Castle also
found himself wanting to believe his father’s latest story, wanting to believe
that he really did love him and his mother and that he was only doing what was
best for them to keep them safe. Truly, one of the most interesting aspects of
the Jackson Hunt / Anderson Cross character is that even after this latest
installment of his story, we really have no idea what the truth about him is.
Perhaps he really is a CIA operative, a lone wolf who has left everything and
everyone he cared about behind in order to keep the world a little bit
safer. Or perhaps he is who he has been
accused of being, a former operative turned rouge assassin-for-hire, a man
capable of lying even to his own son in order to protect himself. The answers,
at least for now, are up to us to decide, making Castle’s father even more of a
mythological character than he was before we met him.
But through it all, the scenes that truly
stood out as the highlights of the episode were those involving Castle and
Beckett as the two progressed further towards their impending nuptials and grew
even closer together as a result of this experience with Castle’s father.
Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic once again proved that their chemistry together
on-screen is absolutely undeniable, from their playful banter in the opening
scene as they attempted to pick a wedding date, to their heated argument midway
through the episode as they fought over whether or not to trust Castle’s
father, to their heartfelt and moving final scene together before the episode
concluded, these two absolutely exude what a great love story between two
people is truly all about.
The episode concluded with Castle and
Beckett realizing that his father had left them with one last mystery they
would never solve; was he just using Castle for information or did he reach out
for help in an effort to reunite himself with his son again? Either way, Castle
had come to understand that Beckett, Martha, and Alexis were all the family he
needed. In an effort to prove how much Beckett meant to him and how much he was
committed to their having the perfect wedding, Castle finally set a date for the
nuptials, movingly telling Beckett that he would cancel his book tour in the
fall so they could have the September wedding they wanted to have. While
Beckett finished up her work at the precinct to close their case, Castle headed
home to share a memorable moment with Martha, concluding the episode with
mother and son closer than ever and leaning on one another as they wondered if
they would ever see Castle’s father again. Of course, unbeknownst to them, he
was watching them from the street below, a pained look of sadness on his face
as he forced himself to walk away from his loved ones yet again.
Even though he would surely continue to
watch over them from the shadows, the Castle family seemed to be doing
perfectly fine without him. They are strong, they are loving, and they are the
epitome of what a family should be, dysfunctional at times and all. While
Castle’s father may always remain a mystery to him, and to us, at least Castle
has realized that he already has all of the family he needs, including his
bride-to-be. September may seem a long way away but with the way the Castle
team is churning out one incredible episode after the next this season, I think
it’s safe to say that the journey getting there will be one to remember.
6x13 - "Limelight" Review
‘Castle’: The Truth Will Set You Free
By Lisa Caputo
2014-01-21
Castle and Beckett take another step
towards their future together as Alexis struggles with the direction her life
is heading
The second half of this sixth season of Castle
kicked off in rather epic form, with two unforgettable episodes filled with
all of the drama, suspense, emotion, intensity, and beautifully
character-driven storytelling that are the hallmarks of any great Castle
episode. It seemed only natural for the show to shift gears at this point,
embarking on a lighter path for an episode or two before returning to some
likely darker and more intense storytelling for the always-incredible February
sweeps episodes. But while Monday’s episode did just that, it also delivered an
absolutely stellar case and a plethora of deeply meaningful, insightful, and
heartwarming moments throughout the hour, some that would certainly put the Castle
characters down new paths as they made life-changing decisions and found
themselves growing and evolving yet again.
Penned by the incomparable Rob Hanning and
directed by the infamous Bill Roe, “Limelight” told the story of a young pop
star suffering from the pitfalls of fame while seemingly being targeted by a
murderer, just as Castle and Beckett were forced to confront Castle’s fame and
how his role in the public eye affected their own private relationship. Castle
has long been comfortable in the spotlight while Beckett has always steered
clear of being pulled into his very public image, yet with their impending
marriage, the question has always remained whether or not one or the other
would compromise and either keep their private life private or be willing to go
public with their relationship.
While it was rather highly publicized that
this episode would force Castle and Beckett to confront this question head-on,
the story of Mandy Sutton’s struggles with her fame proved to be much more than
just a catalyst for the show’s leading couple to go public with their
relationship. In fact, the case of the week was a rather compelling story in
and of itself, with guest star Alexandra Chando delivering a wonderfully
memorable performance as Mandy Sutton as she and Molly Quinn’s Alexis embarked
on their own dangerous investigation in an attempt to solve the case.
Along the way, the two also found their own
common ground despite living rather different lives, discovering that the
choices they had each made had put them on a path of unhappiness. What ensued
was a rather brilliant scene between the two young actresses, not only giving
Quinn and Chando a platform to steal the spotlight in this episode, but also
allowing the viewers to get a glimpse into where Alexis stood in her
relationship with Pi. It became abundantly clear that she was remarkably
unhappy yet she was also feeling a mix of remorse about blindsiding Pi by
breaking up with him and stubbornness in not wanting to admit to her father
that he had been right all along. Quinn played these moments of doubt so
wonderfully, with a keen comedic wit and a healthy dose of teenage angst, once
again showing that while Alexis is typically more mature for her age than most,
she is still just a young woman struggling to find her place in a very
complicated world. Despite knowing which decision was the right one to make,
she was holding back because she hated admitting that she had been wrong in the
first place. Thus we saw her maturity fighting her stubbornness once again,
something that I, for one, have found rather intriguing about her character
this season.
When all was said and done, Alexis ensured
that Mandy and her life-changing love, Zack, were happily reunited, perhaps
giving Mandy a second chance to live the normal life she so desperately wanted,
especially in the wake of finding out that her mother had betrayed her and
committed murder to try to prevent her from walking away from her life in the
spotlight. Meanwhile, Alexis came to realize that a relationship could only
truly work if the two partners were committed to it for the right reasons,
making the difficult yet necessary decision to end her relationship with Pi and
reevaluate her own future.
While Castle and Beckett’s storyline did
not take center stage in Monday’s episode, it did certainly bookend the hour
quite beautifully. The opening scene found the two playfully bantering over
Castle’s latest tabloid headline, a story falsely stating that he and his
second ex-wife, Gina, were rumoured to be getting back together after the two
were spotted having lunch together. While the reality was that the two were all
business, being that Gina is still Castle’s publisher, the tabloids painted a
much different picture, one that the old Beckett would have perhaps bought
into. Yet the engaged, committed, and incredibly secure and happy Beckett of
season six found the story to be rather hilarious and used the tabloid tale to
playfully challenge her fiancé while also providing insight to the audience as
to their previous agreement to not publicly announce their engagement.
Yet with a few hints along the way that
perhaps Beckett was beginning to loathe the idea of reading stories about her
fiancé and soon-to-be-husband frolicking with other women as a means of selling
papers, and that she was starting to see the pitfalls in shying away from a
public announcement just to try to keep herself out of the spotlight, it became
clear by the end of the episode that Castle’s leading lady was now ready to
walk down the red carpet with him as they prepared to walk down the aisle
together in the fall.
In an absolutely heartwarming and
remarkably captivating scene, the episode concluded with Ryan and Esposito
revealing to a shocked Castle that his engagement to Beckett had been
officially announced in the morning’s newspaper, with Beckett playing along at
first before admitting to her fiancé that she had made the announcement
herself. When Castle asked what prompted her to change her mind, Beckett simply
yet beautifully told him, “If they are going to write about you, I want it to
be the truth. I want it to be about us.” With that, the hour concluded with
television’s most compelling couple taking one more giant step forward towards
their future together.
6x14 - "Dressed To Kill" Review
‘Castle’: Moment Of Humanity
By Lisa Caputo
2014-02-04
Castle and Beckett aim for a spring
wedding as Beckett wrestles with the pain of her past in a heartfelt and deeply
moving new episode
Monday’s episode of Castle was
postponed for a week in an effort to air the fourteenth episode of this stellar
sixth season during February Sweeps, making a strong push into the Olympic
break and giving fans something to talk about throughout the short hiatus.
Clearly, there was a great deal of pressure put onto this episode by doing so,
with expectations soaring and the hype creating an aura of anticipation. But
Monday’s episode certainly exceeded those expectations, cementing itself as
perhaps one of the most heartfelt and moving episodes of the entire season thus
far.
Penned by the uber-talented and longtime Castle
writer, Elizabeth Beall, and directed by the incomparable industry veteran,
Jeannot Szwarc, “Dressed To Kill” proved to be the quintessential Castle episode.
It had an interesting case, a plethora of stellar guest stars, and combined the
classic elements of drama, comedy, intrigue, playfulness, romance, and
meaningful character development. Yet the most important and certainly most
compelling aspect of all was the deeply cemented heart and soul of the episode,
one that was moving, heartfelt, and extremely emotional.
In fact, it would be impossible to touch on
every single element of this episode that managed to raise the bar even higher
for this series in just a single review. From the playful and loving moments
between Castle and Beckett throughout the episode, to Castle learning about
Beckett’s own history as a model, to the entertaining guest performance from
Rex Lee, to the clever throwbacks to past episodes and storylines, to the
wonderful scene between Nathan Fillion and Susan Sullivan as mother and son
investigated the potential venue for the wedding, there were truly so many
stellar aspects of this episode. However, there were also a few highlights that
stood out above and beyond the rest.
First, one can not discuss the highlights
of “Dressed To Kill” without mentioning the absolutely phenomenal performance
put forth by guest star Frances Fisher. As Matilda King, a clever take on Meryl
Streep’s character, Miranda Priestly, from The Devil Wears Prada, Fisher
drove not only the case of the week but she also drove the personal storyline
that developed throughout the episode. While her character first came across as
elitist and arrogant, it did not take long for the audience, as well as Kate
Beckett, to see Matilda King as much more than that. She was a woman with
drive, with convictions, and certainly a woman with great strength, yet she was
also one with a great heart and a sense of compassion, simply striving to
deliver something with meaning to the world she lived in and to make her mark
on that world in a positive way.
The scenes between Stana Katic and Frances
Fisher were some of the most captivating of the hour, with the two stunning and
compelling actresses bringing their characters through their obvious
differences and beyond their past struggles with one another into what quickly
became one of the most moving scenes of the hour as Matilda asked Beckett to do
her a favour and model one of the magazine’s wedding dresses so she could
decide whether or not to use it for their spread. When Beckett came out in the
dress, Matilda’s cold exterior melted, doting over the detective as if she were
her own daughter, or perhaps the daughter that this career-minded woman never
found the time to have herself.
But when Fisher made her exit from the
scene, it was Katic who delivered another stunning highlight of the hour, with
Beckett suddenly being struck by the deeper meaning within Matilda’s words.
Standing there, looking at herself as a future bride, Beckett’s smile suddenly
faded into crippling pain, realizing that her mother would not be able to share
in any of this joy with her. Despite her wedding being a wonderful source of
happiness, the thought of going through this moment without her mother was
something that paralyzed her with emotions that she had perhaps felt were far
in her past. In her moment of weakness, one that came just as Castle called
with the news that they could book their dream venue for the spring if she
wanted to move the wedding up, Beckett declined his offer, the pain of her past
and its sudden onslaught into her present crushing her ability to look happily
to the future in that moment.
Yet in the end, the growth of Beckett’s
character and her commitment to her future with Castle shone through as the
episode concluded with Beckett confessing her guilt to the love of her life. It
was an open, honest, and deeply moving moment between these two and it was
clear that she had immediately regretted her actions the moment she turned down
the offer to book their dream venue for the spring. But while she saw it as her
moment of weakness, Castle told her that it was merely a moment of humanity,
with Nathan Fillion beautifully delivering this heartfelt and meaningful line
perfectly. And Katic followed this up with an equally beautiful moment, with
Beckett telling Castle that more than anything, she wished that her mother
would have been able to know him and that she would have loved him too. As the
hour concluded, the two cemented their commitment to their future and decided
that neither had the desire to wait until the fall to make it official. With
that, Castle and Beckett announced their plans for a spring wedding, likely
just in time for the season finale this coming May.
Katic and Fillion were truly incredible
through this final scene, as well as throughout the hour in its entirety,
showcasing the level of love, commitment, and understanding that these two
characters have developed over the years. Truly, that is what love is all
about; finding someone who will love you, understand you, and accept you as you
are and for who you are, faults and all. Perhaps that is what makes Castle and
Beckett’s story the epitome of a grand love story because throughout all of the
successes, failures, happiness, pain, and everything in between, they have
always found a way to accept, understand, support, and love each other in their
own way. That is the true and unmatched beauty of their story and it’s what
sets this story apart from anything else on television today.
6x15 - "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Review
‘Castle’: The Perfect Song
By Lisa Caputo
2014-02-17
Castle
and Beckett discover “their” song while investigating an intriguing and
thought-provoking ‘Carrie’-like case
The Castle
team have long been the masters at presenting a new twist on a well-known pop
culture story and some of the most intriguing episodes in its six seasons so
far have been those that have done exactly that. Sunday’s Carrie-inspired episode was no exception, though outside of the
complex case and the clever pop culture references lay a personal storyline
that highlighted the way in which Castle and Beckett have been able to give one
another everything they may have been lacking in their lives before finding
each other and how none of their past mistakes or poor choices were simply vital
stepping stones that actually served to bring them together just as they are
now.
Penned by the newest powerhouse Castle writing team of Chad Gomez
Creasey and Dara Resnik Creasey and directed by the highly accomplished
industry veteran Kevin Hooks, “Smells Like Teen Spirit” told the story of a
modern Carrie, a high school student
suspected of having very strong telekinetic powers who had seemingly turned
those powers against a fellow student who had been bullying her recently. Of
course, the very nature of the investigation pitted Castle and Beckett against
one another as is so often the case when they delve into the realm of
supernatural or paranormal possibilities, adding a classic Castle spin to the episode while keeping the viewers guessing throughout
the hour, debating both the validity of Jordan’s powers and whether or not she
was the real killer.
As strong as the case itself was in this
episode, though, it was the personal storyline woven throughout the hour that
stood out above all else, something that is nearly always the case in a
memorable episode of Castle. This
time, that personal storyline revolved around both Castle and Beckett’s quest
to discover “their” song and the revelations of their own high school
experiences, primarily the fact that both were absent from their senior prom.
As always, Stana Katic and Nathan Fillion were phenomenal in this episode, with
their on-screen chemistry stealing each and every scene that they were in
together, especially the pivotal scenes at the beginning, midway point, and
ending of the episode that truly showcased the relationship between Castle and
Beckett in some truly beautiful and captivating moments.
The episode began with the two debating
what their song should be as they attempted to decide on either a live band or
a DJ as the entertainment at their wedding reception. It was a rather playful
and interesting scene as the two once again found their differences impacting
something that should have been a rather simple decision and while they both
had very personal and very meaningful reasons for the songs they both thought
of as their song, it was clear the two had never collectively shared a moment
that made that would make a singular choice obvious for them. Yet with any
well-told story, their conflict would soon find a resolution in the most
beautifully satisfying way.
Meanwhile, when their case led them to one
of Castle’s former high schools, the two revealed to one another that neither
had attended their senior prom, something that prompted both to feel that they
had missed out on something meaningful in their lives. For Castle, his reason
for missing his prom was, rather hilariously and very much true to his nature,
because he engaged in a wild senior prank that caused him to be expelled from
the school just prior to his prom. For Beckett, it was because her rebellious
former self had opted to turn away from anything traditional or seemingly
normal, trading her prom night for a poetry slam instead. In a rather sweet
moment between the happily engaged couple halfway through the episode, after
Beckett revealed to Castle that she deeply regretted missing out on this
seminal moment in her life, Castle proposed a toast to the things they had
missed out on while Beckett whimsically added, “And to those we didn’t”, a
brilliantly meaningful line that captured the truth that while these two may
have had their fair share of loss and pain in their lives, those days were all
behind them now as they now looked towards their future together.
In the end, solving their case brought
Castle and Beckett back to the high school yet again as they confronted their
killer and got her to confess to her crimes in the midst of the annual Starry
Knight dance. While their case was closed, their night was far from over. Feeling
nostalgic and seeing an opportunity to right the wrongs of their past, Castle
charmingly extended his hand to Beckett, asking if she would go to the dance
with him. With that, the two crashed the high school dance and despite the fact
that there were dozens of teenagers dancing around them, Castle and Beckett
seemed to be the only ones in the room as they slowly danced and gazed at one
another while the beautiful Andrew Belle song, “In My Veins” played over the
speakers, a song Castle fans would
immediately recognize as the song that was so wonderfully used at the end of
the season four finale, “Always”. It was the soundtrack behind the moment of
realization for Beckett that all she wanted and needed in her life was Castle,
and it is impossible to hear that song and not be reminded of the pivotal
moment in the series when Beckett showed up at Castle’s door finally being
ready to go after what she truly wanted; him.
As the two danced together, Beckett asked
Castle if he regretted missing his prom just as she did but he surprised her by
telling her that he did not regret it in the least. He went on to explain himself
with what was truly one of the most beautiful and inspiring lines of this
entire series, one that not only called back to Castle’s firm belief in fate,
but also one that highlighted the absolute power of his love story with
Beckett; “Everything I’ve ever done, every choice I’ve ever made, every
terrible or wonderful thing that’s ever happened to me, it’s all led me to
right here, this moment with you.”
With that, the two held one another close
until they both exclaimed in their oh-so-sweet way of speaking completely in
sync that they each loved the song they were dancing to, beaming smiles
immediately flashing across their faces as they realized that they had finally
found their perfect song.
The episode concluded with one last
revelation about their case that once again left the door open to the
possibility that Jordan’s seemingly false powers of telekinesis actually may
have been the real deal after all. But while Castle and Beckett may never agree
on the truth behind that mystery, and while these two may always have those
differences that allow them to challenge and push one another in their beliefs,
one thing is for certain; these two could not be more perfect for one another.
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