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11 26 2014

Castle 7.08 Review: "Kill Switch"

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After a bit of a broken TV, breaking news, work all day delay, my Castle review is up over on TV Overmind! Click through to check it out!

This episode was a great return to a standard episode, an episode that could be placed in any season. Though it was Espostio-centric, we also got to see a lot more Gates and Lanie (who we got to see in more than one scene over a dead body), more Tori–who some fans suspect could have had a thing with Espo had he not been so hung up over Lanie) and even Marissa, a new cop. It was a great episode to shine some light on lesser seen characters, while remaining true to the Castle formula. The mythology episodes and the romantic episodes are great, but it’s also nice when we can return to a typical case of the week and not slow things down.

I love that this episode had so many people of color as the focus, Esposito, Lanie, more Gates, and even Marissa the uniformed cop. It was great to see. More at: Castle Season 7 Episode 8 Review: “Kill Switch”.

Castle Season 7 Episode 6 Review: The Time of Our Lives

11 11 2014

Castle 7.06 Review: The Time of Our Lives

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As soon as I heard, over the summer, that Terri Edda Miller was writing episode 6 of this season, I knew it was the wedding. Finally! And all in all, she’s the perfect person to the pen the nuptials, being so tied pretty legally to show creator Andrew Marlowe and very much the heart of the characters and their relationship.Castle is the kind of show that has always taken an equal view of the fantastical versus reality–with Castle as the believer and Kate as the skeptic comes with having X-Files alum on your staff. Usually a supernatural themed episode will end with a plausible explanation, yet stay open to the possibility of something more, but this episode is probably the farthest it’s ever taken the fantasy.
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And then they dance to “In My Veins,” which is when I started weeping. It was a short but beautiful wedding and a wonderful episode that explored our characters and who they are to each other. It’s nice to see how far they’ve come (while also showing the progression of our supporting characters as well) and to get so many wonderful callbacks to things the fans have watched out for or taken to heart all these years.
Read more Castle Season 7 Episode 6 Review: The Time of Our Lives.

10 29 2014

Castle 7.05 Review: "Meme is Murder"

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On this week’s Castle, the team investigates the death of a viral meme star and Castle himself is a victim of the dark side of memes.
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This case was a really interesting one. Aside from a few weak links in why Adam chose these particular stars (I’m curious if it was too much for these stars to have been bullies at Adam’s school–he’d already axed his high school bully before this–making his Snappamatic choices a bit weak), it’s a scary thought that this could happen somewhere. We already know of crimes committed via introductions on the internet, but if someone were to post awful things like Netslayer did (and they do, somewhere), would the number people outraged and reporting the account be greater than or less than people following the account to… enjoy… the show? It’s been a while since we’ve had a serial killer episode (especially one not in some way connected to 3XK) and I think they did a good job of his choices in teasing the cops (if not in the choosing of his victims). There was equal parts suspense and humor, rare in serial killer themed episodes.
Read more Castle Season 7 Episode 5 Review: “Meme is Murder”.
Watch Castle’s viral video here: http://abc.go.com/shows/castle/news/castle-news/141027-official-raging-heat-webmercial

03 21 2014

TV Overmind Interview with Penny Johnson Jerald!

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Yesterday, I got to interview Penny Johnson Jerald (!!!), who plays Captain Gates on the show Castle. She’s awesome and really insightful about her character; it was getting really deep towards the end!
This Monday’s episode introduces her estranged sister, played by Salli Richardson-Whitfield, best known for her role on the show Eureka.
Check out my interview with Penny at TV Overmind!

Castle 6.19 Interview With Penny Johnson Jerald

02 19 2014

Castle 6.15 Review "Smells Like Teen Spirit

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I also love how this show always presents the logical answer, but always leaves room for the “wild theories” to be true. Beckett says they didn’t find any of the wires and magnets required for Lucas to rig the furniture like he said, leaving it open for telekinesis to be real. They did the same with the time travel episode. The writers have fun and it lets us have fun too.

Check out more of my review here:
Castle 6.15 Review “Smells Like Teen Spirit

01 06 2014

Castle Interview: Seamus and Juliana Dever Discuss Monday’s All-New “Under Fire”

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Castle Interview: Seamus and Juliana Dever Discuss Monday’s All-New “Under Fire”.

Before Christmas, I got the chance to interview Castle’s Seamus and Juliana Dever for tonight’s upcoming episode. They were awesome and nice and a wonderfully cool married couple. It was a bunch of fun and I am so very glad for the opportunity to spread by blogger wings. Click the link above and check it out! And watch Castle!