TBBT 6x03: The Higgs Boson Observation

Spurred on by the success of Peter Higgs' early work, Sheldon gets his mother to send him a box of papers he wrote when he was a child, hoping that something in there will put him on the fast track to winning a Nobel Prize. However, due to the volume and complexity of the works in the box, he needs to hire a grad student to look at it.

A lady grad student. Which is a lot easier to find these days.

The hiring process doesn't take very long, and soon Sheldon's new assistant, Alex, is going through his old work and dealing with Sheldon's insanity. However, Sheldon has neglected to tell Amy that Alex is a woman, so jealousy rears its ugly head. I'm not sure whether or not the average person assumes 'Alex' is a guy's name. My voice tends to give it away fairly rapidly, and I'm sure it's evident in my writing style, but if a person were just reading my name, I don't know if they'd assume my gender or consider it ambiguous. Anyway, Amy's not worried that Sheldon will stray, but she is concerned that eight hours per day in his presence will make his assistant hot for his junk. So, she and Penny head down to the university to check things out.

And to lick the office supplies.

They discover fairly quickly that Sheldon's not interested in Alex. In fact, he believes she's beneath him and ought to be eating lunch in the servants quarters at Downton Abbey. However, Alex and Leonard have a decent rapport, so once again, jealousy rears its ugly head. But, rather than licking his stapler, Penny marks Leonard as her territory by having sex with him. Which I'm sure he's fine with.

Meanwhile, Wolowitz's return is delayed, and he has space madness.

It's like regular madness, but in space.

What I Liked
-Penny gets a dollar for handling Sheldon's package. That's not a euphemism.
-Sheldon tries to trick Alex into saying she'd like a marijuana cigarette. They're the best.
-Raj calls dibs on Alex. You've gotta do that or else your buddies might make a move before you get a chance.
-The impressive stink eye Raj gives Leonard. Coming between a man and the woman he loves isn't cool. Even if you come between them by trying to get them to talk to each other.

Raj rage. Say it five times fast.

What I Hated
-Pantsless Wolowitz. No one needs to see that. In fact, that whole sequence was a bit weird, and the green screen work was pretty awful.

Final Thoughts
Kevin Sussman was out of the credits this week. Tough break for him.

I think they've done all they can do with the Howard in space angle, so I'm glad they're bringing him back to Earth soon.

I'm not sure if the show's gotten funnier, or if I've just become more mellow, but I got 27 laughs out of this episode, which means the season average is much higher than it should be. I'll have to look over the data.

Castle 5x03: Secret's Safe With Me

There's been a murder, a murder most foul. A woman is found dead on the floor of a hotel room with the word "LIE" scrawled beside her in her blood. After a little fancy detective work, they determine that it's actually "317" and the number refers to a locker at a self-storage warehouse. Of course, having seen TV, everyone else figured it out in about 30 seconds, while the NYPD was clueless until it was almost too late. The locker's being auctioned off because apparently that's a big thing these days. Fortunately, Castle's a rich guy, so with a little help from a fellow bidder, he's soon the proud owner of a big pile of crap.

Is that a portable toilet chair?

At first, the Cap'n isn't terribly enthused about having a bunch of junk in the police station, but Castle gives her a rare collectible doll (remember that, because it'll come up later) from amongst the crap and her softens up. Some keen investigative work shows that the guy who was renting the storage unit was the twin brother of the dead woman, and he also died under mysterious circumstances. Some more keen investigative work leads to a robbery committed at the home of a wealthy socialite, but despite catching the dead guy's partner and cracking open a safe, they don't find the $4 million bracelet that's supposed to be missing.

Damn it, Geraldo!

So, if the bracelet wasn't stolen, where is it? Well, it's still in the socialite's safe, and she's been running an insurance scam. But, if nothing was stolen, why did the dead guy break into her apartment? And why were he and his sister murdered? Castle's been through everything that was in the storage unit except for one thing. He charges into the Cap'n's office and smashes open the head of the doll he gave her. Except he accidentally takes one from her collection that she brought from home, so he has to find the real one and smash it, too. The Cap'n is understandably upset.

One unhappy Cap'n

Inside the doll they find a glass eye and a USB drive. As it turns out, the twins' parents were killed in a hit-and-run car accident, and the guy who did it lost his glass eye in the carnage. Who else has a glass eye? Why, the wealthy socialite's butler, of course. When confronted with DNA evidence, he makes a full confession, and the case is closed.

On the home front, Alexis is leaving for college. Like many young people, she has a lot of stuff, and she's having trouble deciding what to leave behind. She's also a bit bummed when her dad tells her that he's dating Beckett. Not because she's worried about being replaced, but because everything is changing. Even though she's only going to school ten minutes away, it's the first time she and her father will be separated. But, she's a tough girl and he's a devoted dad, so she can get by without him, and if she can't, he'll come running.

Alexis Castle: College Girl

What I Liked
-Martha wants Castle to talk to Alexis, but he's already had the sex talk with her; he learned so much. Nathan Fillion makes the best face when he says his line. It almost makes up for the weird sex face he made during last season's finale. That's a good crappy band name: Nathan Fillion's Sex Face.
-Castle got in trouble for answering Beckett's phone.
-The manager at the self-storage warehouse sees a picture of the dead woman and just plain does not give a damn that it's a corpse. I'm sure you see a lot of dead bodies in the self-storage industry.
-They almost mention where Alexis' mother is. Of all the mysteries on the show, that one is the biggest.
-Castle gets to say "The Butler did it!" They don't say that nearly enough on these types of shows.

J'accuse!

What I Hated
-The Cap'n gets all pissed off at Castle for having his junk in the station, even though it's part of an active murder investigation. Then he gives her the rare doll and she's suddenly his best buddy. They're really not writing her character very well. It's one thing to hate Castle, but hating him for saving the precinct thousands of dollars and wanting the team to throw out evidence is just insane.
-No one but Castle knows who the Wonder Twins are. There are things I'm willing to suspend disbelief for, but not that. NOT THAT.
-Castle and Beckett's handshake makeout. Holding hands can be quite intimate, but the scene just came off as creepy and weird to me.

So hot!

Final Thoughts
I don't know if they were doing a thing with Alexis having to choose which boxes to take to her dorm room and Castle digging through a pile of junk as well, but I'm going to give the writers credit and say that they were. It shows off the differences in maturity levels between Alexis and her father (which also, apparently, exist between Molly Quinn and Nathan Fillion) when she manages to leave some stuff behind, and he just wants to keep some awesome new nunchucks he finds. Martha's still going to be around, and I know it's going to be difficult, but I hope they manage to find a way to bring her back every couple of episodes. The Castle family's home life is one of the highlights of the show. Or maybe they could spin her off and have her solving mysteries at Columbia. I'd watch.

The mystery portions of this episode were fairly obvious, apart from who the killer was. Of course the word written in blood was upside down, and of course the evidence was hidden inside a doll. However, I'm willing to forgive all that, because it turned out that the butler did it. If you're going to go for cliches, go all the way.

Hawaii Five-0 3x03: Lana I Ka Moana

Danny and McGarrett are enjoying a leisurely afternoon of deep sea fishing. Beers are consumed, balls are busted, and Danno catches his first ever tuna. Good times have been had by all. Then they spot a guy in a dinghy out in the middle of the ocean. When they get him aboard, he pulls a gun on them, forces them into the water, shoots the dinghy, and steals their boat. The good times are over.

He wanted tuna. Instead, he caught danger! Danny Williams is 'Danno' in: Fish Story

Fear not, for McGarrett slows the leak with a bit of hose from the motor, then jumps into the water and starts to tow the dinghy back to land. He's in the water for about twenty seconds before a big-ass tiger shark starts circling and he has to get back in the dinghy. Now, they are well and truly screwed... until they spot a yacht on the horizon. Some quick paddling gets them there, but no one's on board except a dead guy, and the engines won't start. So, suddenly they're in Dead Calm, except Scott Caan's not quite as pretty as Nicole Kidman. Luckily, before anyone gets shot with a spear gun or has to have sex with Billy Zane, the Coast Guard shows up to arrest them.

"Huzzah! We're saved!"

They're cut loose after a quick call to headquarters, and back on land, the investigation begins. It's fairly standard stuff: The dead guy's husband was banging the killer behind his back, and had him off her hubby so she wouldn't get cleaned out in their impending divorce. Kono catches the guy, Danny and McGarrett get him to flip on his lady, and dead guy's baby sister shoots her when she finds out what she did.

Cynthia Watros should probably try to stay on the mainland.

The whole episode moved really, really fast. I'm starting to think that maybe 40 minutes isn't enough time to fully contain an episode of Hawaii Five-0. McGarrett was out towing the dinghy for literally fifteen seconds before the shark showed up. Heck, the investigation was half over before they even got back to land.

What I Liked
-So much good banter between Steve and Danny. This show is at its best when those two are busting each other's balls.
-Max gives Danny some unguent for his sunburn. The show needs more Max, and has ever since he killed that crazy guy with a chunk of glass last season.
-Cynthia Watros gets shot. It's too bad that she didn't have any scenes with Daniel Dae Kim, but I don't think Libby and Jin spent all that much time together on Lost.

Best fishing trip ever!

What I Hated
-Cookie-cutter motives for the murder. I'm not sure if they've actually done it before on this show, but having your lover kill your spouse is one of the most cliche murder plots there is.
-Everything moved really fast. This is a quick, exciting show, but that doesn't mean they can't take a minute or two to allow things to develop.

Final Thoughts
Honestly, I don't think this episode even really needed the murder case. If McGarrett and Danny had been attacked by pirates or something like that, and spent most of the episode bantering in the dinghy, it would've been much better. It was by no means bad, but I think it's good to mix it up a bit and get away from the policing angle to
just spend some time getting to know the characters

HIMYM 8x03: Nannies

It's the third episode of the season, so perhaps it's fitting that this episode contains three separate plot lines. Honestly, I hate when shows do things like this. Two plots is bad enough, but three?!? Are you telling me that you can't squeeze enough blood from those stones to fill ten and a half measly minutes apiece? That's weak sauce, HIMYM writers.

Make this hat, CBS!

Plot numero uno: Barney is newly single and wants to get over Quinn by getting back on the horse, so he creates a festival: Bangtoberfest. He also creates $7000 worth of hats, T-shirts and associated merch to go along with it... and, I have to admit that I kinda want a Bangtoberfest baseball cap. It seems like CBS only sells the T-shirts, though. Anyway, Barney has trouble coming up with new, innovative ways to bang chicks until...

It's TV's Chris Elliott!

Plot II: The Reckoning: Chris Elliott is back as Lily's dad, and I'm once again saddened by his unfunniness. He burned down their house on Long Island, so now he's staying with them for a while. At the same time, Lily's going back to work, so she and Marshall need to find a nanny. The find the perfect one, but they can't afford her. Then they find another one, but Barney bangs her(and several other nannies), so she decides she can't work for people who are friends with such a horrible person. By way of apology, Barney pays the matronly Mrs. Buckminster's salary. Lily suffers from separation anxiety and can't hand Marvin over. She passes out in a chair, and when she wakes up, Mickey has proven to be a supernanny. As it turns out, he was a stay-at-home dad for the first few years of Lily's life. Then he discovered the betting track.

Most women would kill for a sensitive man with lickable abs. Not Robin, though.

Plot the Third: Robin and Ted argue over whose relationship is going better. Both are actually going quite poorly. Nick is too sensitive for Robin, and Victoria is too messy for Ted. Future Ted has stated multiple times that both relationships are doomed, so I don't know why the show's spending so much time on them. Also, at this point in the narrative, these relationships have been going on for nearly four months, so how can they just be discovering these issues now? Their inability to discuss their problems with their partners makes me think they deserve to be single. A simple "Hey, could you wash the dishes?" would probably save Ted and Victoria, but we know she's not the mother, so the two of them have to break up; and why not make it over some silly douchebag reason? Plus, Victoria is a chef! She should be a dish washing master.

What I Liked
-"You son of a itch-bay!" I'm a fan of some of the running gags on this show, and they found a way to put a new twist on this one.
-Barney bangs Mrs. Buckminster. Old ladies need love, too.

I'd buck her minster. Whatever that means.

What I Hated
-I suppose I have to give them points for effort, but HeyNannyNanny.com is supposed to be a website that helps you find a nanny, not an anti-Barney site. They're usually better about this sort of thing. Heck, guyforceshiswifetodressinagarbagebagforthenextthreeyears.com/ is still up and running.
-Chris Elliott. His character is terrible in every way. It's not his fault, but the more the character's on the show, the more I hate the man. It's a failing on my part.
-The tender moment where they show pictures from Lily's childhood. They only show three pictures for a total of about eight seconds, but Lily acts like she's seen dozens of them.
-Mickey's ridiculous thumb prosthetics. This show usually thrives on continuity, but he only has them for a couple quick sight gags.
-The ending photo montage. I think it was supposed to be sweet, but I felt like it was trying way too hard. HIMYM has never done tenderness well; it always seems forced.

This photo encapsulates about 30% of what was wrong with this episode.

Final Thoughts
Ted's going to break up with Victoria because she's messy. At this point, the writers have made him into such a douche that it's really hard to believe any woman out there would marry him. He's been looking for a wife for seven years now, and he's going to lose 'the one who got away' for THE SECOND TIME over something petty. You'd think he'd be willing to settle for whatever he can get now.

I think they're going for a twist ending. Instead of Future Ted telling a story about love, he's been telling his kids a story about what a jerk he is in an effort to explain why he and their mother are getting divorced. Then they can do a sequel series from the mother's point of view called 'Why I Left Your Father'

Still, I got sixteen laughs out of this episode, and some parts of it at least weren't blatantly offensive.

Fringe 5x02: In Absentia

The band is back together, except for Lincoln, who presumably grew old in the altverse, and Charlie, who is still dead. But, everyone else is back and raring to go. They just have no idea what they're going to do. All is not well in Fringeville, you see. Walter's brain is scrambled, so the plan to defeat the Observers is lost. Olivia is having nightmares about the invasion, and although they still care for each other, she and Peter have split up and are sleeping in separate beds.

Just like Lucy and Ricky.

It's subtle, but when she wakes up from her nightmare, and Peter is comforting her and telling her everything is all right, Olivia looks over at his bed; everything is not all right. There are two ways things can go when the man is sleeping on the proverbial couch: back to the bed, or out the door. In this case, things are complicated by what they're doing, so it's hard to say what'll happen. Olivia's complex, even for a woman, but she's also forgiving. Plus, as fugitives from another time, their options are rather limited.

At breakfast, Walter is trying out last week's Thought Unifier, in hopes that it'll be able to make some sense of the mush that is his mind. It's not working, though, so they need another option. Olivia suggests looking at Walter's lab, but Harvard's been taken over by the Observers, and is therefore inaccessible... Except to those who have done LSD.

Incidentally, that includes Peter and Olivia, as well as Walter.

Back in the 1970s, Walter used to hang out in Harvard's steam tunnels, doing acid with William Bell. Much of the exterior of the campus is disused and overgrown, so the team uses the tunnels to gain access to Walter's lab. They find it in pretty much the same condition he left it, which includes a camcorder encased in amber.

Red Vines preserved in amber. I smell a Jurassic Park sequel!

Walter thinks he was recording a message when he ambered the camera, so they need to get it out. Unfortunately, they're interrupted by a milquetoast guard from the future Gestapo. He proves to be an asset, however, because the power's out, and they need a laser to carve away the amber. While everyone else works, Etta tortures him for information with a device that causes premature aging. Olivia does not approve, so she plays the good cop for a few minutes while Etta's out of the room. It sort of works, but the guard sees that Olivia's soft and tries to con her in hopes that she'll help set him free before Etta kills him. He gives up his access codes, but every door has an ocular scanner, so Walter takes a look at his eye, then calls for a scalpel and a big spoon.

They're always doing things to people's eyes on this show.

Luckily for Gestapo guy, Walter's no barbarian, and he has an old jar of preserved pig eyes that he can use to trick the scanners. Peter and Etta use it to infiltrate the science building, which houses the power substation as well as secret Observer labs. They get the power back on, but not before Etta stumbles across the still-animated head of her old partner, Simon.

Special Guest Star: The CGI Head of Henry Ian Cusick

With the juice flowing, it's laser time. Astrid and Walter get to work cutting through the amber, while Etta preps the guard for a long walk into the desert where she can put two in the back of his head. Olivia tries to convince her not to kill him, but she's a hard ass and as stubborn as her mother, so guard boy wins a sedative and a free trip to the middle of nowhere. I guess they've decided to make Etta a hardcore badass 'ends justify the means' type. That's one way to go, but I really didn't get anything like that from her character in her two previous appearances. She actually seemed rather jovial, considering the circumstances. Having your friend's bodiless head blink at you would probably harden even the lightest of hearts, though.

That's a look I've seen far too many times.

But, all is not lost for baby Bishop or her captive. They both saw something in Olivia's eyes that convinced them to change their ways. Etta saw pity for the way the world is, and the guard saw her certainty that the resistance would be victorious. She cuts him loose, and he heads off to work as a double-agent for the resistance. The secret police are showing some diversity. Up until now, every one they've shown has been a clean-shaven thug, and most of them have enjoyed their head-busting authority just a little too much. This guy only took the job because he was tired of being scared. So, we have a reversal of roles: Etta's the skull-cracker, while the guard is the one who just wants to get on with his life. War makes monsters of us all. It's not a new idea, but it's still important to point it out every now and then.

Back at the lab, they've retrieved the tape, but it's not notes, it's a message from Walter. He's left portions of the plan hidden on video tapes that he's placed in various locations. So, now the gang has a plan: A plan to recover the plan. And that's a plan we can all get behind.

What I Liked
-Olivia and Peter's relationship shows some complexity. They could've just gone the easy route and had her ticked off at him again, but she's more sad than angry.
-Walter finally catches up with the dragon he's been chasing all these years. Druggie Walter is the best Walter.

He finally caught it.

What I Hated
-Etta says the world "is what it is". True enough, but not exactly an in-depth explanation.
-The tape is damaged. That's just unnecessary suspense, since they find out ten seconds later that it's fine. OH NO, IT MIGHT NOT WORK! Never mind, it's okay.
-Walter's message to the future doesn't actually say where the first tape is hidden. I'm sure they'll just gloss over that in the next episode because it's not really important, and would've broken the flow of what tape-Walter was saying, but it's still a pretty glaring plot hole.
-The video effects aren't integrated very well. It's easy to tell that the videos on the TV and on Etta's communication device were put in during post-production. I would've thought that integrating things like that would be second nature at this point.

Final Thoughts
Where are they getting their clothes? Did Etta run out to the store to buy underwear for her mom, dad, and grandfather? And, for that matter, why hasn't someone come and busted Etta's door down for missing work? It seems like having a Fringe agent go missing would be a pretty big deal.

Walter's eye is still messed up from the last episode. Why do they have to keep doing things to people's eyes on this show. I'm fine with all the blood and guts on CSI-type shows, but messing with eyes just weirds me out for some reason.

I like that they're referencing Walter's penchant for stashing things away and forgetting about them. I'm not sure how much of that actually took place in this timeline, but his hidden, disassembled matter transporter was a major portion of the first season. I look forward to watching the team cruise around in their van putting together whatever it is Walter's left behind.

TBBT 6x02: The Decoupling Fluctuation

Penny's not sure what to do about Leonard. She's happy with their relationship and she loves him, but it's not the same kind of love as she's experienced before. She talks to her gal pals, but Bernadette is married to sexy Buzz Lightyear and Amy's dating a loin-igniting Adonis, so they're no help. As a man who's dated some ladies in my time, I have to say that you never want your girlfriend to be thinking about the status of your relationship. No good will come of it.

When a woman makes this face, bad things are coming.

The gang goes to the movies, and Amy lets Sheldon know that Penny's thinking of breaking up with Leonard. It's heavy relationship drama stuff on the order of Grey's Anatomy or whatever. Sheldon actually cares a little bit about Leonard's feelings -which is a big change. Amy must be softening him up- so he attempts to explain the situation to him through a Transformers metaphor.

Robots in disguise?

It doesn't quite work, though, so Sheldon goes straight to the source of is problem, and asks Penny not to break up with Leonard for his sake. Sheldon's a big fan of homeostasis, so he cannot abide any change in Leonard and Penny's relationship dynamic. Also, he doesn't like her new shampoo. She responds as well as can be expected. I once dated a clinical psychology grad student who hated this show because she thought Sheldon was an inaccurate portrayal of an autistic person. Now that he has a girlfriend and has had his emotions chip installed, I'm not sure if she'd feel the same way. Probably. She was inflexible.

Maybe the Transformers metaphor would've worked better on Penny.

Meanwhile, Wolowitz is still in space, being bullied by the other astronauts and scrubbing the space toilet. With his best buddy otherwise occupied, Raj brings Stuart into the group. Kevin Sussman's a series regular and in the opening credits now, so I hope that means the gang will be spending more time at the comic book shop. The world needs more of Captain Sweatpants!

Interracial buddy cop duo Coffee & Cream.

Penny tries to break up with Leonard, but he makes the sad puppy face and she sleeps with him instead. Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco actually dated for a while, so I wonder if she ever saw that face in real life. I don't wonder very hard, though. Cogitating on celebrity sex lives is weird.

How can you not love that face?

What I Liked
-Sheldon actually showed some character growth. It took five seasons, but he's no longer a robot. Leonard's Transformers metaphor wasn't as on point as Sheldon's but it was close.
-Space toilet jokes. They haven't made any of those since Wolowitz's space toilet malfunctioned four or five seasons ago. It was time.

What I Hated
-I know it's a tad nitpicky, but Wolowitz says that searching for "Astronaut screams for 9 minutes" will get a YouTube video of him screaming. It does, but the TBBT people didn't make it. They should have.
-Dimitri's shorts. I realize there's no gravity in space, but that won't stop your junk from falling out of a tiny pair of cargo shorts.

It took a while, but Mel Brooks finally made a sequel to Spaceballs.

Final Thoughts
I assume it's being done with wires, but I still can't quite figure out how they're doing the space sequences. This is TV, so I know they're not going to space, but I wonder how much of it is wire work and how much is just the actors swaying around a little bit while their lower bodies are off camera.

I'm not a big fan of the episodes where they get too serious about the relationship stuff, but I got 35 laughs out of this one, so I'm willing to overlook its transgressions. The Big Bang Theory is not often a memorable show. It's a standard sitcom in many respects, and its episodes tend to blend together. But, it's arguably the best example of the genre out there right now, so I continue to watch it, regardless of the poo-pooing it gets on the internet.

Also, I like poop jokes.

Castle 5x02: Cloudy With a Chance of Murder

There's been a murder, a murder most foul. A weather girl is dead, and I know who the killer is about seven minutes into the episode. It's Josh Randall, the guy who played the best friend on Ed. It's kinda annoying when something like that happens, but Castle's not really about the case; it's more about the interactions between the characters. I think the character dynamics are why it's one of the police procedurals I still watch. Anyway, the weather girl's dead and her murderer wasn't a rival weather girl, a sports star she knew, or a crooked factory owner. It was a news anchor who was helping her expose how crooked the crooked factory owner was and who wanted the story all to himself to boost his flagging career.

Real murders would be easier to solve if they were always committed by the most famous person in the room.

Meanwhile, two other things are going on: Castle and Beckett are trying to keep their relationship a secret, and Esposito is still miffed at Ryan. The former I can understand, since the NYPD has a strict policy when it comes to dating co-workers, but the latter doesn't really make a lot of sense. If Ryan hadn't followed procedure and called in backup, then Beckett would've fallen off the roof and died. Sure, it got Beckett and Esposito suspended, but that's a small price to pay for one of them not being dead. Fortunately, they bond over a shared ass-kicking they got at the hands of the sports star's bodyguards when they tried to interview him. Once again, they are interracial buddy cops. As they should be.

Swing and a miss.

As for Castle and Beckett, with Alexis and Martha in Europe, they've spent the duration of Beckett's suspension in constant getting it on mode; which is a good mode to be in. But, now that they're back at work, they're trying to pretend that they're both still single. Castle's a lot better at it than Beckett, and he agrees to a date with a sexy news lady. A sexy news lady who surprises him at his apartment with oysters and a dress that opens rather easily. A pocket dial leads to Beckett interrupting them while news lady pounces on Castle like a hungry lioness, and although his sexy adventure helped him figure out who the killer was, he still wound up in the doghouse. He and Beckett agree to continue their charade, but they're just going to talk about dating other people, not actually date them.

She didn't tear a single button off her dress. That's talent.

What I Liked
-Lanie figures out that Beckett's having sex just by looking at her. The ME knows all!
-The call letters for the TV station where the weather girl worked are WHNY or 'whiny'. It's a simple joke, but it's a good joke.
-Castle goes on the news to promote his new book 'Frozen Heat', which is available now in real world book stores. I don't care that it's flagrant product placement, I love the fact that there's a fake Richard Castle out there writing real books.
-Sexy news lady is the Terminator of sexpots: She just keeps coming. I'm not even sure that's something you can say on network TV.
-Beckett has a gun, so Castle has no choice but to accept her relationship terms.
-Castle smirks at the thought of sexy news lady's boobs in his face. I would, too.

The smirk of a man who's had boobs in his face.

What I Hated
-Even though they know Esposito and Ryan are cops, sports guy's bodyguards still fight them. There's dumb, and then there's dumb.
-The crooked factory owner cracks in about a minute, even though he's seen Law & Order and knows not to say anything until his lawyer gets there. I've been waiting years for someone to finally do something like that. So close, and yet, so far.

I ain't sayin' another word... except all these words about my motive for murder.

Final Thoughts
This was a pretty good episode. Good banter, sexy ladies, and interracial buddy cop action. I was a little bummed that I knew who the killer was right away, but like I said, that's not terribly important on a show like Castle.

I'm a little concerned that they're going to have trouble fitting in Martha and -particularly- Alexis this season. The Castle family is one of the most functional TV families out there, and it would be a shame to see them fall by the wayside.