ABC’s ‘Castle’ season 7 spoilers: ‘Enterprise’ alum working with Stana Katic’s Beckett
It’s interesting the connections that “Castle” has with “Star Trek” these days. Jonathan Frakes of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” has directed episodes of the show in the past, and now, Linda Park is coming on board! We’re not talking about the reporter from “The Flash,” either.
According to a report from TVLine, the “Star Trek: Enterprise” alum is going to be coming on board for at least one episode in March (the first one after the upcoming space-themed episode) for the role of Inspector Zhang. She is a smart, determined Hong Kong cop who will be working with Kate Beckett (Stana Katic). Showrunner David Amann claims that this character is “kind of like Beckett, except even better, so that puts Beckett in a bit of a tailspin, to be dealing with somebody who in her eyes is more accomplished and proficient.”
Obviously, this casting is proof that nothing serious happens to Beckett during Monday night’s “Reckoning,” despite her being missing in action.
After the space episode, most of the season is still a mystery. We would hope that Rick’s disappearance would come up and become a major storyline at some point before the season comes to an end, but there is nothing to really indicate that this is for sure going to happen. Also, we hope that Katic and Nathan Fillion get new contracts sooner rather than later, just so that doesn’t start to become a distraction.
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Buddy
February 15, 2015 @ 10:47 pm
With regard to the casting all I can say is, “beats me” because I cannot remember ever having seen her before. With regard to her being better than Beckett you will have to prove it before I will believe it. Regarding me being stoked for the rest of the season all I can say is, “it can’t get any worse”. To explain – do you really expect me to get excited about 3xk when he has made only 2 appearances before episode14 and regarding Castle’s memory loss it is to me, “much ado about nothing”. Castle and Beckett have addressed the issue and put it to bed. It is only one small part of Castle’s make up. Also he knew about whatever it was, he kept it quiet because he did not want it made known, nobody apparently knew about it but him and all he had to do to keep it secret was to keep his mouth shut. If it was something that bothered him and only him all he had to do was to accept it for what it was and move on. Personally I do not care if I ever know what it is because I just don’t care. As Castle said, “Everything I have ever done, every choice I have ever made and all the terrible and wonderful things that have happened to me have led me here, at this moment with you.” If Castle changed or forgot one of the things that led him to Beckett would it have changed who he is and where he would be in his life? Something as fearful as this memory is would probably have changed his life and the course taken.
buddy
February 15, 2015 @ 6:29 am
I realize that the powers that be in Hong Kong would not send just anybody over to work on what would obviouslybe a very important case to them. I also realize that it is a common tendency for people to rate themselves much lower than other people would rate them. I believe that Beckett is the best detective in New York as several have recognized by her performance. Then pair her with Castle and the combo is simply unbeatable. I hope the upcoming episode proves this to be true again! With regard to the remainder of the season, i have serious concerns that if something serious isn’t done to end the ridiculous back stories that are on going that the rest of the season will be judged by the fans to be lackluster in their plots. One thing that I would suggest would be to develop a back story that would continue the Caskett romance and include their future plans and actions to build on what they already have. I would certainly support the time traveler’s prediction for Castle to start writing serious literature and for Beckett to become a senator and together have 3 children. This back story, like the successful back stories regarding the murder of Beckett’s mother and the Caskett romance and marriage could be touched on in most episodes to assure that the drama continued and maintain continuous fan interest. I don’ know about the rest of the fans but I have become bored with 3xk and Castle’s memory loss due to lack of any real substance and activity. The lack of activity on these stories show me that they are totally without importance. The memory loss of Castle is the least important of them all as all characters have dismissed it from their minds and have accepted things as they are and moved on in their lives.
Lainiejay
February 14, 2015 @ 8:36 pm
It would have been nice if you had included a photo of Linda Park so that I didn’t have to Google her. I did watch Enterprise, but that was eons ago; so I needed to refresh my memory. I do wish they would bring Castle back into the precinct fold. I suppose they were trying to shake things up to make it more interesting, but “Castle, P.I.” isn’t doing it for me.