Castle: The Limey (S4.20)

April 3, 2012

Great episode prepping for Sweeps in May and a cliffhanger to our “Will they or won’t they?” I liked our Limey detective as much as I liked Sophia and it was great that they did the same switcheroo this season. The mystery was interesting and not necessarily illogical like some of them. Of course, the big deal is the moving forward/backward of the status quo in the Castle/Beckett relationship. Again, the fact that much of this is plausible allows us to disbelieve the “They’re still not together?” routine.

The only small complaint I had was the implication that Castle was a womanizer by Laney. It has already been established that he has an active love life and 3 marriages, but by the same token he doesn’t sleep around and actually tries to make a go of relationships with the women he has had sex with. He’s not exactly a one-night stand type of guy despite his wealth and celebrity. Otherwise he’d be a crime solving basketball player, not a crime solving mystery author. So where the “He’s changed his womanizing ways” dialogue between Laney and Beckett was coming from is beyond me.

What I’m really enjoying about the last few episodes is that they also haven’t touched the mother’s murder conspiracy garbage as the dividing wedge between them. It’s actually based upon their feelings towards each other and the decisions they and they alone have made. God, I hope they wrap that silly storyline because it’s as annoying  as the whole X-File grand conspiracy was and will probably turn out just as lame.