Castle: Pandora (S4.15)

February 14, 2012

Fun episode to this week’s Castle but a little underdeveloped. I really wanted to see more of Sophia hanging around Castle out in the field to really push Beckett’s buttons. Perhaps next episode?

Also, the two –parters are now starting to show a very predictable pattern: major conspiracy crime, place Beckett and Castle in mortal danger, bring them close to the brink of admitting true feelings before the inevitable cop-out.

In regards to the plot, it’s got an interesting Macguffin in the lynchpin and an interesting “villain” in Gage. We of course have to wait for the whole thing to settle out, but here’s the major plot issue I have: Gage, who we know has killed at least one person in cold blood (the CIA agent) and is implied to have killed two others didn’t kill Castle and Beckett when he could’ve easily done so and gotten away with it. Regardless of the fact that you can’t obviously kill your two leads, this is the move of a.) Someone who is actually NOT a or b.) A really bad lazy writer who couldn’t be bothered to deal with such a large gaping plot hole if Gage turns out to truly be a villain.

So here’s what I am thinking where this might be going:

1)      Gage did not actually kill McGrath or the Professor. We’re led to presume that he did but this is not necessarily so.
2)      Gage is actually a good guy trying to prevent the lynchpin from being used which is why McGrath helped him in the taxi and was not necessarily a hostage in the truest sense of the word.
3)      The actual bad guys of our story are actually…. The CIA! Dun Dun Dun! I don’t know if they’ll have the balls to actually make Sophia Turner herself into a villain which would really mess Castle up bad, but I’m guessing the reason Gage is rogue is because he knows someone in the CIA wants to use the lynchpin to bring the good ol’ USA down and he’s trying to prevent it. Therefore, I think the CIA actually killed McGrath and the Professor and nudged Castle and Beckett in the water which despite what the show is trying to convey, is actually a pretty easily survivable situation.
4)      I think Gage did in fact kill the CIA guy from the opener but that’s because he was likely a bad CIA guy trying to bring him in.

So what’s your theory?