I'm pretty grossed out by the realization that this tendency of Castle to make decisions for people "for their own good" is never going to really be addressed.
Yyyyyyep. Ugh.
I don't know, they did have Beckett yell at him about not treating her like a child, but I really feel like the show was on Castle's side in that argument. Like he was actually right, not just understandable.
I agree. It's the main reason (of many) that I hated this episode. This season, really. There never seemed to be any acknowledgement beyond the most superficial that Castle was doing something skeevy.
I agree about Ryan as well. I think it's a case of responding to actions (Beckett and Esposito going in without backup and really, truly going to get killed in the next thirty minutes) versus assumption of actions (Castle thinking, "Well, Beckett will just investigate harder, so I'll keep this from her to keep her safe," not allowing her to make any kind of decision about the issue). One is professional and adult, one is treating an adult like a child.
The thing that kills me about all the stupid secret-keeping this year is that absolutely none of it was necessary to set up this payoff.
THIS! This season was a waste of an entire year. We could've arrived at this point a year ago, because nothing changed in the intervening 365 days.
I would love to see them wrap up the JB conspiracy stuff, but I have no faith that they will. Alas.
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Date: 2012-05-08 03:25 pm (UTC)Yyyyyyep. Ugh.
I don't know, they did have Beckett yell at him about not treating her like a child, but I really feel like the show was on Castle's side in that argument. Like he was actually right, not just understandable.
I agree. It's the main reason (of many) that I hated this episode. This season, really. There never seemed to be any acknowledgement beyond the most superficial that Castle was doing something skeevy.
I agree about Ryan as well. I think it's a case of responding to actions (Beckett and Esposito going in without backup and really, truly going to get killed in the next thirty minutes) versus assumption of actions (Castle thinking, "Well, Beckett will just investigate harder, so I'll keep this from her to keep her safe," not allowing her to make any kind of decision about the issue). One is professional and adult, one is treating an adult like a child.
The thing that kills me about all the stupid secret-keeping this year is that absolutely none of it was necessary to set up this payoff.
THIS! This season was a waste of an entire year. We could've arrived at this point a year ago, because nothing changed in the intervening 365 days.
I would love to see them wrap up the JB conspiracy stuff, but I have no faith that they will. Alas.