Castle

[Tetsujin]

Shit got real last episode.

Spoiler

But of course status quo was restored and Castle is back at the precinct.

 

[Tetsujin]

Going through a backlog of Castle episodes. Lightning is in ep. 18 And that Quinn dude from Agents of SHIELD

Gotta say though, it's getting a bit stale. =/

 

[Lex]

^That's the last episode I saw, the one with Ali Hillis. Yeah I think the fact I haven't watched it in almost 2 months is a testament to its staleness :/

 

[Tetsujin]

I actually started skipping episodes now and jumped straight to the stuff relevant to the whole Castle abduction arc. Probably not gonna watch the next season aside from anything related to an arc which hopefully will be interesting.

Unless they really switch things up (but probably won't).

 

[Lex]

I'm a hopeless case and will watch every single episode no matter how terrible it gets. I plead slight OCD or something.

Speaking of, it's officially been renewed for another season, so let the self inflicted pain commence ;-;

 

[Tetsujin]

I feared they would wait with resolution of the Castle abduction plot until the end of the season.

I was wrong. Season finale didn't even deal with that. Just some teaser episode a few weeks earlier.

Or was that the resolution? Fuck, I can't actually remember.

 

[Tetsujin]

Penny Johnson Jerald will not return for season 8

Apparently not by choice.

 

[Lex]

whoa. Beckett captaincy confirmed I guess.

 

[Lex]

It appears I was correct.

Spoiler: Season 8 Episode 1

Big pile of meh until about half way through. Then it got kinda interesting. If nothing else I'm enjoying this story that's unfolding with Beckett being kidnapped and having a secret and shit but I'm all meeeeeh about the whole thing now. I'll watch until the annoying status quo is restored then stop. Then when it's announced this is the last season (which I am convinced it will be - this season premiered to the record series low for ratings) I might watch the rest of it.

 

[Tetsujin]

Spoiler

Well, seems like status quo won't be restored just yet. Maybe. For now at least it's keeping me somewhat interested after being mostly bored with the last season.

 

[Lex]

Oooooooo I enjoyed that episode aswell. Kudos writers.

 

[Lex]

Ooooo, Summer Glau.

Highlight of the season so far tbh. Which isn't saying anything at all because this is episode 14.

 

[Tetsujin]

I've been skipping most episodes tbh but I saw the one with Summer

 

[Tetsujin]

Stana Katic won't return for the next season

 

[Lex]

Fillion better not either then. Just mercy kill it FFS, it's not Castle without Beckett.

 

[Lex]

Jon Huertas and Seamus Dever (Javi and Espo) haven't been asked back yet either btw. It's interesting to follow all the cast reactions on Twitter, they're all shocked and heartbroken about this.

 

[Tetsujin]

Castle has been canceled

Let's face it, it's better this way.

 

[Lex]

YESSSSSSSS!

Alrightey roo, I'll watch the rest of the episodes with happiness then. I have three waiting, the final ever episode is this coming Monday. Wow.

 

[Lex]

Well, the second last ever episode of Castle was a ridiculous joke episode (although I actually quite enjoyed it).

The finale's going to be shit isn't it.

 

[Lex]

Spoiler: No actual story spoilers, just my unmitigated opinion

That was quite frankly the worst ending in TV show history. I include shows that were cancelled halfway through production and didn't actually get to conclude.

And I don't blame ABC for cancelling at the last minute, because the show was in the same position last year and that was a far more rounded series finale than this was.

Jesus fucking christ, that was terrible.

In short; it ended.

 

[Tetsujin]

Well.

The ending was as anticlimactic and abrupt as I expected from the sudden cancellation.

 

[Lex]

Honestly, I expected more. I don't know why but I did. I didn't expect the entire episode to be a rounded series finale as some shows manage when oh say for example their writers and producers aren't just trying to see how far it'll go and actually know it's going to end. But I was expecting more than "here's the original season finale where we were planning to kill off Beckett... now here's a 30 second tacked on scene that still manages to reduce her to Castle's accessory".

So, SO shit.

Spoiler

The both of them dying would have made a far better ending, even if its still shit.