Castle 2.07: "Vampire Weekend"
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icepixieHow much love do I have for this show? I don't think the term has been invented yet.
- Okay, the Firefly thing was just...I...yes. The costume would've been amusing enough on its own, but then the dialogue:
Alexis: What exactly are you supposed to be?
Castle: Space cowboy.
Alexis: Okay, a.) there are no cows in space; b.) didn't you wear that, like, five years ago?
Castle: So?
Alexis: So...don't you think you should move on?
Castle: I like it.
HEE. Metafiction, ILU. (Also, the music got all westerny when he came out of his bedroom. And the way he jumped out with his gun ready and his coat swirling was pure Captain Mal.)
- And then he suggested she go as Hermione. OF COURSE.
- "You're my candy beard."
- Also, I just noticed this (because I bought the episode on iTunes so I could watch it again and again...), but I love how Castle's bookshelves are actually filled with books.
- For a long time, I was like, "'Feggin'? How is this pronounced 'Fay-gin'? I know they're going for 'Fagen,' but..." And then I realized these people are probably those freaks from up north who pronounce "egg" like "ayg."
- Aaand he wears the costume to the crime scene. And no one does anything besides comment on the suspenders.
- I was totally shocked the grave without a date of death thing came back to be relevant. I figured it was just an amusing aside.
- And there's a Buffy reference. *snerk* I'm gonna say that the victim on the morgue slab with a stake sticking out of his heart was a reference to XF's "Bad Blood," although I would've enjoyed Lanie saying, "Cause of death? Gee, that's a tough one..."
- Aw, Castle and his trivia. He must know all kinds of weird facts for his line of work.
- Castle: Wanna get something pierced?
Beckett: Do you? (looks at his crotch)
Castle: (gulp) Wow.
This show is aiming for Pushing Daisies levels of getting crap past the censors, isn't it? ROCK.
- Beckett: (makes a comic book reference)
Castle: That is the sexiest thing I've ever heard you say.
This show is run by geeks. And I love it.
- And then Beckett says Castle could write a book on all the stuff he doesn't know about her, and I giggled.
- "Did the relationship suck?" The first of two truly magnificent puns in this episode. SHOW, I LOVE YOU.
- And then Castle and Esposito did a "feed the birds" afterwards.
- I could feel myself leaning forward when it looked like Castle was going to tell about his childhood trauma, and then they got interrupted and I figured that was it for the episode. But they went back to it! Sort of, anyway...
- "You guys are detectives. Detect." *snerk* Kate, I love you.
- I'm totally getting some kind of crush-on-Beckett vibe off of Esposito in that scene where they talk about the party. Except I think he also knows it's just a fantasy and he isn't really interested in her.
- I love how physical Castle and Beckett's teasing can be, like when she bumps his feet off her desk with her butt. I also loved her dragging him back from the warehouse by his coat, completely nonchalantly, so that she could go first. And then Castle was just sort of like, "Siiiigh," but also totally accepting.
- OMG, the "you smell like cherries" scene? SQUEE. And then Esposito and Ryan are all, "Did we interrupt?" And Beckett's like, "Dude, no," while Castle's all, "Yes," even though he knows they technically weren't. I really like how he's totally open about flirting with her, rather than trying to play it like he's not attracted to her on some level. (And yet at the same time, when people suggest he's really interested, he gets all bewildered and flustered, and it's fantastic.)
- Me being me, the first thing I thought when Lanie says "porphyria" is "He strangled someone with her own hair?"
- Only Castle would be carving a pumpkin with power tools. And then make either a Psycho or Dr. Horrible reference. (The coughing at the end was the best part.)
- Loved Castle's "Okay, but you can call me if anything goes wrong, no questions asked." So perfect.
- Beckett was totally doing the "senior party, huh?" thing to freak out Castle, wasn't she? Hee.
- I wasn't sure Castle had it in him to be The Parent, but WOW, that scene where he made Alexis give him Paige's parents' number? That was amazing. Wow.
- Awww, Beckett looked after the egg! You know, I think C&B might be even better as a couple than they are right now!
- Castle totally had me going with the story. I think I just wasn't expecting the change in tone after that very sad scene with the dad from the case. I think it would probably be good not to give him trauma, since we have Beckett's traumatic past already.
- Martha's costume--with the stuffed dalmations!--absolutely killed me.
- And then there was Kate's alien costume. HEE!
- "I'm giving you the bird." Not only another magnificent pun, but it doubles as getting crap past the censors. Show, you are AWESOME.
- Okay, the Firefly thing was just...I...yes. The costume would've been amusing enough on its own, but then the dialogue:
Alexis: What exactly are you supposed to be?
Castle: Space cowboy.
Alexis: Okay, a.) there are no cows in space; b.) didn't you wear that, like, five years ago?
Castle: So?
Alexis: So...don't you think you should move on?
Castle: I like it.
HEE. Metafiction, ILU. (Also, the music got all westerny when he came out of his bedroom. And the way he jumped out with his gun ready and his coat swirling was pure Captain Mal.)
- And then he suggested she go as Hermione. OF COURSE.
- "You're my candy beard."
- Also, I just noticed this (because I bought the episode on iTunes so I could watch it again and again...), but I love how Castle's bookshelves are actually filled with books.
- For a long time, I was like, "'Feggin'? How is this pronounced 'Fay-gin'? I know they're going for 'Fagen,' but..." And then I realized these people are probably those freaks from up north who pronounce "egg" like "ayg."
- Aaand he wears the costume to the crime scene. And no one does anything besides comment on the suspenders.
- I was totally shocked the grave without a date of death thing came back to be relevant. I figured it was just an amusing aside.
- And there's a Buffy reference. *snerk* I'm gonna say that the victim on the morgue slab with a stake sticking out of his heart was a reference to XF's "Bad Blood," although I would've enjoyed Lanie saying, "Cause of death? Gee, that's a tough one..."
- Aw, Castle and his trivia. He must know all kinds of weird facts for his line of work.
- Castle: Wanna get something pierced?
Beckett: Do you? (looks at his crotch)
Castle: (gulp) Wow.
This show is aiming for Pushing Daisies levels of getting crap past the censors, isn't it? ROCK.
- Beckett: (makes a comic book reference)
Castle: That is the sexiest thing I've ever heard you say.
This show is run by geeks. And I love it.
- And then Beckett says Castle could write a book on all the stuff he doesn't know about her, and I giggled.
- "Did the relationship suck?" The first of two truly magnificent puns in this episode. SHOW, I LOVE YOU.
- And then Castle and Esposito did a "feed the birds" afterwards.
- I could feel myself leaning forward when it looked like Castle was going to tell about his childhood trauma, and then they got interrupted and I figured that was it for the episode. But they went back to it! Sort of, anyway...
- "You guys are detectives. Detect." *snerk* Kate, I love you.
- I'm totally getting some kind of crush-on-Beckett vibe off of Esposito in that scene where they talk about the party. Except I think he also knows it's just a fantasy and he isn't really interested in her.
- I love how physical Castle and Beckett's teasing can be, like when she bumps his feet off her desk with her butt. I also loved her dragging him back from the warehouse by his coat, completely nonchalantly, so that she could go first. And then Castle was just sort of like, "Siiiigh," but also totally accepting.
- OMG, the "you smell like cherries" scene? SQUEE. And then Esposito and Ryan are all, "Did we interrupt?" And Beckett's like, "Dude, no," while Castle's all, "Yes," even though he knows they technically weren't. I really like how he's totally open about flirting with her, rather than trying to play it like he's not attracted to her on some level. (And yet at the same time, when people suggest he's really interested, he gets all bewildered and flustered, and it's fantastic.)
- Me being me, the first thing I thought when Lanie says "porphyria" is "He strangled someone with her own hair?"
- Only Castle would be carving a pumpkin with power tools. And then make either a Psycho or Dr. Horrible reference. (The coughing at the end was the best part.)
- Loved Castle's "Okay, but you can call me if anything goes wrong, no questions asked." So perfect.
- Beckett was totally doing the "senior party, huh?" thing to freak out Castle, wasn't she? Hee.
- I wasn't sure Castle had it in him to be The Parent, but WOW, that scene where he made Alexis give him Paige's parents' number? That was amazing. Wow.
- Awww, Beckett looked after the egg! You know, I think C&B might be even better as a couple than they are right now!
- Castle totally had me going with the story. I think I just wasn't expecting the change in tone after that very sad scene with the dad from the case. I think it would probably be good not to give him trauma, since we have Beckett's traumatic past already.
- Martha's costume--with the stuffed dalmations!--absolutely killed me.
- And then there was Kate's alien costume. HEE!
- "I'm giving you the bird." Not only another magnificent pun, but it doubles as getting crap past the censors. Show, you are AWESOME.
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Date: 2009-10-27 09:19 pm (UTC)It's SO TRUE! And SO AWESOME!
::loves::
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Date: 2009-10-27 09:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-27 09:55 pm (UTC)Though Bones has actually been pretty good so far this season. No babies, and no mention of love after the first episode of the season. Basically back to the bad guy of the week sort of thing.
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Date: 2009-10-28 12:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-28 12:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-28 12:22 am (UTC)I've pretty much given up on Bones for ever. There's very little that could draw me back to the show, unless they said, "We're gonna reset back to season two." Then I might come back.
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Date: 2009-10-28 03:05 pm (UTC)Um, excuse me??
Clearly the first five minutes of this episode were full of awesome. Figures. May have to Hulu and rewatch.
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Date: 2009-10-28 06:16 pm (UTC)There's a dialect in the midwest somewhere--the locus seems to be in Michigan--that pronounces "egg" with the vowel from "ache" (rather than the "eh" in Standard American). "Feggen" ("Faeggen"?) makes slightly more sense to me as a pun on "egg" if I think of it as being pronounced that way, so I'm thinking the writer might be one of those people from that area. (It still doesn't make much sense, but slightly more.)
Clearly the first five minutes of this episode were full of awesome. Figures. May have to Hulu and rewatch.
YES YES YES. Do not stop, do not pass go, but hie thee to Hulu and watch it. So awesome!
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Date: 2009-10-28 08:06 pm (UTC)Yes, there is. (I was not actually asking for an explanation.) Michigan is not, however, "up north," generally speaking, any more than Arizona is usually considered "the south.""The north" instead tends to refer to the region where I live. And I gotta suspect that they wouldn't like being called freaks any more than people around here would (even if New Jersey might deserve it more).
I will have to go watch again. Once I dig myself out from the assortment of papers I'm dealing with now...sigh. I don't even have a job and it never ends...
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Date: 2009-10-28 08:58 pm (UTC)Michigan is not, however, "up north," generally speaking, any more than Arizona is usually considered "the south.
Michigan is so "up north" for me. Pretty much anything north of the Ohio River and out to...Montana, actually, is "up north." I have subcategories of "northeast" (Penn and up) and "midwest" (Ohio and west/north, also including Kansas and Missouri), but it's all pretty much north as far as I'm concerned.
Once I dig myself out from the assortment of papers I'm dealing with now...sigh. I don't even have a job and it never ends...
That's...impressive? Good luck with that.
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Date: 2009-10-28 09:13 pm (UTC)Ehh. I doubt it's that uncommon. Between student loan unemployment deferment applications, unemployment papers/paperwork, bills I'm not sure how I'm going to pay, including medical bills and bills for my COBRA, etc etc...and then things like the papers I've edited for a kid this week, which are sitting here in case he has questions, etc...it's not even a little bit hard to amass a lot of the stuff.
It's damned annoying, though.
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Date: 2009-10-30 12:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-02 04:54 am (UTC)SO MUCH LOVE.
"You're my candy beard."
bwahah!
but I love how Castle's bookshelves are actually filled with books.
I know! Although it's a shame we don't see him reading more often. You know he must...
I'm gonna say that the victim on the morgue slab with a stake sticking out of his heart was a reference to XF's "Bad Blood,"
My thoughts exactly!
This show is run by geeks. And I love it.
This episode was ridiculously geeky. And dare I say it, one of the best so far?
I also loved her dragging him back from the warehouse by his coat, completely nonchalantly, so that she could go first. And then Castle was just sort of like, "Siiiigh," but also totally accepting.
But he just had to try it anyway! That was such a good detail! I love how they can toss in purely visual humor and have it work so well.
Loved Castle's "Okay, but you can call me if anything goes wrong, no questions asked." So perfect.
So cute! And a nice continuation of the issue from a previous week, with the trust thing.
I wasn't sure Castle had it in him to be The Parent, but WOW, that scene where he made Alexis give him Paige's parents' number? That was amazing. Wow.
YES. I was so proud!
Castle totally had me going with the story.
And then the "Helloooo, I do this for a living?" Lol!
Martha's costume--with the stuffed dalmations!--absolutely killed me.
Bwahah! But really, I'd hoped for more from Ryan and Esposito. Letdown!
"I'm giving you the bird." Not only another magnificent pun, but it doubles as getting crap past the censors.
I... just had to put my head in my hands for that one, and be ashamed. Oh, show.
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Date: 2009-11-02 10:08 pm (UTC)Indeed. I would love a list of his favorite books or something. Maybe they could do it on WriteRCastle's Twitter feed?
This episode was ridiculously geeky. And dare I say it, one of the best so far?
I'm having a hard time choosing between this, the con man one, and the one with the bet between C&B and E&R. But I don't think there's actually been a bad one yet.
But he just had to try it anyway! That was such a good detail! I love how they can toss in purely visual humor and have it work so well.
Exactly! For what's ostensibly a fluffy, romantic detective show, it's got several layers.
YES. I was so proud!
Oh, Castle. So awesome.
And then the "Helloooo, I do this for a living?" Lol!
Indeed, indeed. (I hope they don't actually give him a traumatic background story. Sometimes you just like to write about murder and mayhem!)
Bwahah! But really, I'd hoped for more from Ryan and Esposito. Letdown!
Mmm, yes. Maybe someday soon they'll get their own plotlines?
I... just had to put my head in my hands for that one, and be ashamed. Oh, show.
I LOVED IT. Of course I did.