Midseason report card: Has ‘Castle’ season 7 used Stana Katic, Nathan Fillion to the fullest?
Even before “Castle” season 7 began, there was already a whole lot of controversy about the show. After all, we’ve got the whole issue of the Castle / Beckett wedding debacle, and the mythology that came out of it.
Now that we are close to the halfway point, at least in terms of the episode count, we imagine that there is still a polarizing feel around almost the entire season so far. Were there episodes that shined bright? Sure. “Clear and Present Danger” was a whole lot of fun, as was “Once Upon a Time in the West.” Any time that you can get Castle and Beckett out of their normal routine, Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic are probably going to shine.
Then, you have the uneven notes. The Castle mythology was exciting, but how in the world does a guy just shelve that multiple months of his life are a blur? If we were Rick, we would be acting out most of this in secret even while working standard cases. If we were Beckett, we’re pretty sure that we would not have any problem with this. We know it is a procedural, but the way that the show acts like some things do not exist at times is pretty maddening.
The other issues that get under our skin somewhat are relationship-based. After all the hype, the actual Caskett wedding lasted for only five or so minutes. It felt a little too rushed a la the “Bones” wedding. We then had the downfall of the Lanie – Esposito relationship in “Bad Santa,” which we figure would not have been nearly the annoyance to us that it was, had it been done at least in a somewhat-faster fashion.
In the end, we feel like “Castle” has its great moments, but this season particular there is a certain uneven quality that makes us constantly unsure what we are going to get. Midseason Grade: B-.
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Annie France Franzini
December 16, 2014 @ 8:58 am
personnellement j’adore la saison 7, car elle a sut ce renouveler, les scénaristes ce donne à fond pour ne pas tourné en rond.
Marlowe est partie heureusement car il était arrivé au bout de ses idées, et la série s’essoufflait et tournée en rond, j’en ai eu marre que marlowe nous fasse le show Beckett en long en large et en travers pendant 2 saisons castle ne lui apportait que le café, ne faisait rien d’autre, il etait que figurant dans cette serie. je me suis ennuyé pendant le show Beckett
la nouvelle equipe apporte du sang neuf et des idées
Leo
December 15, 2014 @ 11:04 pm
For six years we’ve been conditioned to know that Rick Castle never stops looking into mysteries, as Sophia Turner said” you don’t quit, you don’t stop, you just kieep on digging
Leo
December 15, 2014 @ 11:34 pm
opps, sorry. Now we are to believe in the biggest mystery of his life he’s gonna forget about the lost two months. It runs contrary to everything we’ve been taught about Richard Castle. It means the last six years are bogus?
The most believable scenario would be to have RC have his guys, we know from the past the he has guys everywhere, feeding him leads for his murder board in his study in the loft, where he and Kate could follow the unforlding mystery. That of course would mean these leads would have to appear on a weekly basis and we know Marlowe doesn’t do weekly. So we’re stuck in the same unbelievable routine as before. I guess this is a one formula pony.
Claire
December 15, 2014 @ 9:43 pm
I agree! That’s how I felt about the Akexis in Paris thing, she showed little stress after such a big deal. I still love the show but sometimes it focuses too much on the cases and not enough on the characters.
Still Caskett is like my favorite TV couple ♡
Ghostofa
December 15, 2014 @ 10:56 am
Yeah, it’s weird. It’s maddening. When the show hit the season 6, I was already like “What??!” with straight-face but still can understood why the story went that way why the things went this way..And then we got wedding-not-wedding in last finale, and I was like “What the hell???!!” but still again, still understood, they got renewed, need to prolong/stretched the storyline. Okay. And then season 7..RIght, the only good episode I’ve seen so far was “Clear & Present Danger” totally, and actually the “The Time of Our Lives” was fun too IF there was NO WEDDING there. The Wedding is not in the right place. And now they’re already married, they don’t feel like married couple. It’s just maddening. The cases too are not really worth it anymore, not really logical anymore, the investigation, the precinct…”Castle” is now dry. Caskett doesn’t work anymore, The God-Knows-Amnesiac angle is sooooo obviously doesn’t work. Now, I’m watching season 7 like “WHATTHEHELL” and don’t even understand why. Why my beloved show becoming like this???
Sometimes I feel like saying goodbye, but I love this Show. I still hope they can repair it. I want to see that Hot, WiseAss, Well-Networked, Famous Writer…Richard Castle, not childish one. I can’t even see Jameson Rook in him anymore. And Beckett…she is great but too passive in this season. I don’t know why, but If I were Beckett…no, I don’t know what to do, maybe just leave Castle
Ben Stansberry
December 14, 2014 @ 11:23 pm
well whatever, this show started putting me to sleep 2 seasons ago. beckett should have told castle her drawbridge was closed
Buddy
December 14, 2014 @ 4:31 am
Agree totally with the Lanie/Espo relationship matter – much too long to putting it to rest. Do not feel that Lanie/Espo it would take to date coworkers unless Lanie is in a different department where they would not be considered as coworkers. I eloped with my wife of 53 years and consider that the time of the ceremony was about right especially considering the very personal nature of their vows and their relevancy to their lives.