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Irish Joe posted:Senator Bracken, you're under arrest for killing my mommy! 
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May 9, 2014 04:04
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Teek posted:The "hidden plot device which was there the whole time to solve the murder" is a pretty lame plot hook. They did something similar with Monk's finale. It's bad writing. Would have worked better if there was some hint of that particular evidence previously. Anything to end that arc imo.
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May 10, 2014 01:01
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PaganGoatPants posted:Anything to end that arc imo. The thing that made even less sense to me was if the recording alone was enough to nail Bracken, why even keep it as insurance? We know Beckett's mom had it, so why the hell didn't she just use it to take down Bracken instead of giving cryptic messages about it to Kate and then getting killed.
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May 10, 2014 04:34
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Shakugan posted:The thing that made even less sense to me was if the recording alone was enough to nail Bracken, why even keep it as insurance? We know Beckett's mom had it, so why the hell didn't she just use it to take down Bracken instead of giving cryptic messages about it to Kate and then getting killed. Couple other things too: Why would Montgomery feed her clues to help find it when it implicates him? Unless I missed something, how does finding the tape clear her up of the murder of which she was accused?
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May 10, 2014 05:01
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How can she arrest him for murdering her mother? There is no way that case would stick, since the recording is obviously now about her.
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May 10, 2014 08:18
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Air is lava! posted:How can she arrest him for murdering her mother? There is no way that case would stick, since the recording is obviously now about her. I saw that as a more personal thing - like, she's not LITERALLY arresting him on the charge of murdering her mother, but personally that's what a lot of it was about. Although, I may be wrong, since in the tape Bracken mentions plans to murder Joanna Beckett, which would at the very least be compelling circumstantial evidence.
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May 10, 2014 08:48
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I think he mentions that he has had Joanna killed on the tape.
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May 10, 2014 09:11
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Party Plane Jones posted:If you're talking Becketts mothers murder it has been a good 5 or 6 seasons that they've spent on it. Well I mean "so abruptly" not "so fast." It's been going on for a long, long time. But I would have expected the end of it to be like a 2-parter or something, or at least have a few buildup episodes. ED: Also I still think there's a chance the plot isn't over and the season finale will bring that up, which is why I think this was handled like this possibly. Brackett was a corrupt politician that started with corruption, sure, but does he really come off as the kind of guy who could hire legions of trained special ops forces and super assassins? I bet you dollars to donuts we find out he was a front piece for an Illuminati kinda thing, in particular with the show continuing for at least another full season. Blazing Ownager fucked around with this message at 09:29 on May 10, 2014 |
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May 10, 2014 09:26
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Red Oktober posted:I think he mentions that he has had Joanna killed on the tape. That timeline doesn't make any sense, given that Joanna's notes say that she (1) already has the tape and (2) put it in the elephant heirloom thingy. Unless she was in league with the time traveler at the start of the season all along!
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May 10, 2014 16:05
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An excellent point. I feel I have misinterpreted ever so slightly.
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May 10, 2014 17:27
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When did Castle start writing Derrick Storm books again?
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May 10, 2014 22:41
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Scorchy posted:When did Castle start writing Derrick Storm books again? He started writing them when he was still dating Alyssa Milano so probably the early/mid-90s given the age of Alexis.
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May 11, 2014 03:29
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Yeah I meant he killed off the character in the pilot and started writing Nikki Heat books. In the latest episode he was on a book tour promoting another Derrick Storm novel, I missed something.
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May 11, 2014 03:42
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I think they brought the character back some time during season 4-ish, because they did a graphic novel and the Jennifer Beals CIA lady made reference to it. I haven't read any of the books yet, just the Nikki Heat ones (which are turning into real books - Frozen Heat was quite good, for what it is).
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May 11, 2014 04:02
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The episodes touching on this plotline have been so spaced out that I haven't the foggiest about who that old guy was anymore, and how he connects to the whole story. Also, "we only have a minute or two before they arrest us, so let's sit around and read this diary instead of just taking the stuff and running away".
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May 11, 2014 21:08
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Bankok posted:Couple other things too: He wasn't trying to tell her, he was trying to make sure she didn't know. Scorchy posted:Yeah I meant he killed off the character in the pilot and started writing Nikki Heat books. In the latest episode he was on a book tour promoting another Derrick Storm novel, I missed something. It's the graphic novels still, I think.
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May 12, 2014 05:12
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Actual Derrick Storm's death was somehow faked by the CIA. He's back with a new book series.
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May 12, 2014 19:26
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Welp I imagine if Castle hadn't been renewed they simply would have cut the Castle being abducted plotline and simply ended the series on the wedding. That's one hell of a cliff hanger though, thoroughly pumped for Season 7 A good episode.
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May 13, 2014 02:38
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Fillion just tweeted it was the last Castle, though. Are we sure it's renewed?
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May 13, 2014 03:12
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Of course this guy is a huge rear end in a top hat.
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May 13, 2014 03:13
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On one hand, this is a great plot for a Castle episode. On the other hand, the solution is incredibly obvious and it kills me that nobody's mentioned it: just have the wedding ceremony and then wait to file the actual legal marriage paperwork until the divorce matter is settled.
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May 13, 2014 03:14
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surf rock posted:On one hand, this is a great plot for a Castle episode. On the other hand, the solution is incredibly obvious and it kills me that nobody's mentioned it: just have the wedding ceremony and then wait to file the actual legal marriage paperwork until the divorce matter is settled. That would've been the easiest course of action.
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May 13, 2014 03:15
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eriktown posted:Fillion just tweeted it was the last Castle, though. Are we sure it's renewed? They just said new episodes this Fall so there ya go.
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May 13, 2014 03:59
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Well that certainly was a thing  Couple of things really irked me... As mentioned, why not go ahead with the ceremony and take care of the legal thing after the fact? Hell, the bikers and mobster would have taken care of it for them. Second, why was Castles car still burning. If rescue service are on the scene, and had time to call Beckett AND she had time to drive to the wreck, surely they could have put the car out. Yeah yeah plot mechanic, but come on. But it leads to in interesting season 7. Who capture Castle? Was it someone with tied to the hitman? Someone from his dad's past? The whole Bracken thing that wrapped up a little too neatly?
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May 13, 2014 05:53
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Can't believe they loving Downton Abbey'd this poo poo. We would have gotten a nice, normal wedding if they'd been cancelled, you know. Just sayin'.
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May 13, 2014 06:08
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Ugh. I called that ending halfway through. The season opener will have his dad faking his death for whatever reason, and it'll be discovered that Bracken was simply a puppet of some larger threat which will be, at least partially within the NYPD.
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May 13, 2014 07:05
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surf rock posted:On one hand, this is a great plot for a Castle episode. On the other hand, the solution is incredibly obvious and it kills me that nobody's mentioned it: just have the wedding ceremony and then wait to file the actual legal marriage paperwork until the divorce matter is settled. You can't do that in TV Land, it illegal to even hold a ceremony if you have a long lost spouse who you married while drunk. Also 3xk did it.
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May 13, 2014 09:19
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Castle's dad just needed to delay the ceremony long enough to throw him a really bitching bachelor party.
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May 13, 2014 13:48
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I liked the episode, except for the ending. It's kinda ridiculous. They spent the whole season buildig up the the wedding, planning, preparing, and they don't even have the freaking ceremony? That means they'll have to go through this whole runaround next year!
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May 13, 2014 14:32
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Haha, a private island in the Maldives. I actually went to one of those on my honeymoon. Broke my tailbone slipping off the edge of a dock that was covered in algae and didn't have friction strips. You loving try sitting on that for 32 hours on the flight home.
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May 13, 2014 14:36
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:I liked the episode, except for the ending. It's kinda ridiculous. They spent the whole season buildig up the the wedding, planning, preparing, and they don't even have the freaking ceremony? That means they'll have to go through this whole runaround next year! Welcome to Television. I'm glad you could join us.
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May 13, 2014 15:25
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Agent Lattimer's a bit of a dick. Curious to see how the next season is going to open. Did the guys who took Castle chuck a body in that car to throw Beckett and co. off the trail for a bit?
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May 13, 2014 15:33
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My money's on 3XK setting the roof, the dress and Castle's car on fire to prove to them they're playing with fire by getting married. 
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May 13, 2014 15:56
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How has being married never come up in all those years? In the very least they'd have done a thorough background check when inviting Beckett to go and work in Washington DC, and I can't imagine no-one ever sat her down and asked her to explain why she was married to this shady character. I couldn't suspend my disbelief over that at all, and it ruined the episode for me before I'd even gotten to the irritatingly uninspired ending. I'm not having a lot of confidence in the writers for next season, if this is anything to go by.
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May 13, 2014 16:37
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Jolan posted:In the very least they'd have done a thorough background check when inviting Beckett to go and work in Washington DC, and I can't imagine no-one ever sat her down and asked her to explain why she was married to this shady character. That's not that ridiculous, although it was still a silly plot device. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/13/us/after-forming-deep-roots-in-us-man-discovers-he-isnt-a-citizen.html quote:TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — After living nearly a half century in the United States — marrying and raising a family here, paying taxes and working for decades for the federal government — Mario Hernandez made a discovery recently that rattled him to his core: He is not an American citizen. In fact, he is not even a United States resident.
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May 13, 2014 17:27
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Jolan posted:How has being married never come up in all those years? In the very least they'd have done a thorough background check when inviting Beckett to go and work in Washington DC, and I can't imagine no-one ever sat her down and asked her to explain why she was married to this shady character. I couldn't suspend my disbelief over that at all, and it ruined the episode for me before I'd even gotten to the irritatingly uninspired ending. I'm not having a lot of confidence in the writers for next season, if this is anything to go by. Time Travel.
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May 13, 2014 17:48
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Ignis posted:My money's on 3XK setting the roof, the dress and Castle's car on fire to prove to them they're playing with fire by getting married. Yeah, I think it's probably 3XK, too. loving up their wedding just seems like something he'd do.
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May 13, 2014 18:02
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In a shocking development Castle actually dies in the burning car. An increasingly unhinged and violent Beckett leaves the Force to spend next season on the hunt for his murderers. Nathan Fillion still appears as Castle's ghost/hallucination, providing cryptic insights and comic relief.
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May 13, 2014 18:39
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^^^^^ That's what I get for not checking if there are any new posts... It turns out Castle is dead and future seasons are something of a gritty reboot featuring Beckett, Alexis, and Martha.
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