Popwatch Deep in Death Review
Posted on September 22, 2009 | No Comments
It s a sign of this dramedy s growth that we put Stana Katic s name in the headline and not just Nathan Fillion s. The season 2 opener was Det. Kate Beckett s best episode yet. Even though she was cold to Castle, I wager that old (and, fingers crossed, new) Castle fans warmed to her. Could be the auburn hair, or the sweaters…something different, and I liked it.
[SNIP]… The episode s case was more intricate than we re used to — a strangled man s body was found in a tree, and on the way to the morgue, it was stolen from the medical examiner s van. Turns out the guy had lost his job and gotten into serious debt playing poker in Chinatown with Russian mobsters who offed him before he could fulfill his fast-cash duty as a drug mule. But really, the murder was just a set-up for Castle being his charming self and Beckett getting to save his ass while using a fake Russian accent and looking hellahot.
Castle s best quip came when he was watching the inside of a glove be dusted for fingerprints: “You want me to put on some music? Whenever they do this sort of thing on CSI, they always do it to music in poorly lit rooms. Kinda reminds me of porn.” The runner-up quote was when he revealed his theory about why the strangle marks were lighter in one spot: “Maybe he s fancy. Strangles people with his pinkie stickin out. [Hand gesture] Like tea.” Honorary mention goes to his reaction to Beckett s sexed-up appearance after she rescued him from a Russian mobster who d gotten wise to him at the underground card game he infiltrated: “Is it just my imagination or did you change?” (I love that Castle never tries to hide the fact that Beckett turns him on. If he did, no one ‚ including guest star/poker buddy Stephen J. Cannell, would buy it anyway.) He was equally clever off the clock. After he sulked about daughter Alexis (Molly Quinn) wanting to go see Fame with her boyfriend instead of him (SWOON), he made sure she knew he had dibs on A Christmas Carol, which made mother Martha (Susan Sullivan) ask if Hollywood had run out of ideas: “Well, they just optioned Asteroid the video game, so my guess is yes,” he said. “But Ryan Reynolds is playing the wee triangle, and he s good.” Do we think that was a Fillion improv?
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