Castle Finale

[Kzach]

The mobster kidnapping scheme could be considered chaotic good, perhaps, but his agreement to keep Beckett from getting anywhere with the investigation that angrily drove her every day wouldn't qualify as "good" to me, even if it was self-defensive.

His ongoing unethical behavior, knowing that she was constantly hurting, pushes him out of the top half of the alignment grid, in my opinion.

He was doing it to protect her. Otherwise they would've killed her.

 

[Fast Learner]

He was doing it to protect her. Otherwise they would've killed her.

Right, yeah... I guess. The alternative was to let her know, which ended up happening here anyway. Ok, fair enough.

 

[LightPhoenix]

I wasn't a huge fan of the finale, although there were some great scenes throughout. Mostly it's because I'm not at all sold on the whole Beckett's Mom/Conspiracy storyline. Then again, a lot of the episodes this season have left me thoroughly underwhelmed.

 

[Deset Gled]

Mostly it's because I'm not at all sold on the whole Beckett's Mom/Conspiracy storyline.

I'm with you on this. The drama part of it was fine, but the recent developments don't work. I find this storyline to be over-the-top, but not the right kind of over-the-top.

Don't get me wrong, I'm perfectly fine with the ridiculous murder setups and off-the-wall stuff that goes on in most episodes. Steampunk murders, terror at the beauty pageant, absurd connections to characters, and similar things are plotlines I can totally get behind. It mixes well with the parallels to Castle's fiction, and helps integrate the lighthearted bits of the show.

But this plotline is taking things too far into the action movie genre. Blowing up a courtroom, helicopter escapes, and the amazing depth of the scandal are testing my willing suspension of disbelief in a direction different than the rest of the show. The biggest problem is that they've blown the conspiracy way to far out of proportion. The level of conspiracy, and the number of blatant crimes performed in broad daylight, is way to high to justify anything we know about the case so far. At this point, it's going to have to turn out that the president was involved for the methods to make sense.

 

[Kzach]

It definitely jumped the shark. But somehow, I can't hate it for that.

 

[Zaukrie]

I agree that they've blown the conspiracy up too high also. It is certainly possible that when they started they didn't know what the story really was....and now they've backed themselves into that horrible corner DMs sometimes do...

 

[LightPhoenix]

I'm with you on this. The drama part of it was fine, but the recent developments don't work. I find this storyline to be over-the-top, but not the right kind of over-the-top.

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But this plotline is taking things too far into the action movie genre. Blowing up a courtroom, helicopter escapes, and the amazing depth of the scandal are testing my willing suspension of disbelief in a direction different than the rest of the show.

What bugs me the most is that there were some great scenes stemming from it. Ryan and Esposito after they figure out the chief? Amazing. Castle and Beckett fighting for real? Great stuff.

I like the action movie explanation. While I didn't like this episode, it doesn't hold a candle to the abomination that was the midseason bomb storyline. There were a lot of the same problems, mostly stemming from the fact that Castle is not an action series, and should not play as one. I In contrast, the occasional scene is okay, and expected, and played out well IMO.