Week End

It's already Friday. As usual I feel like I've gotten little done over the week.  My list of accomplishments is dwarfed by the ever growing To-Do list.  I did however manage to take time out of my busy days to watch the season finales of Castle and Bones and I was thrilled by one and somewhat happy with the other.

'The Knockout' aired on Monday and I actually watched it on TV rather than wait for it on Hulu.  I'm glad I did (the only drawback being extended commercial sets).  The first thing I noticed was the darkness (in terms of light) on the set.  It set the stage for the dark plot points to come.

I hadn't expected until that episode that Captain Montgomery might have something to do with the dark and dirty deeds of cops past, but the fact that he did was a good twist in the Beckett story.  I admired his strength and his dedication.  I also admired the loyalty of his precinct.  Ryan and Esposito actually come to blows over the truth that blindsided them both.  We've never seen real conflict between these characters before and I think it lent authenticity to their friendship and partnership.  When Montgomery tells Kate what he is about to do Castle has to drag her away from the scene.  It really is a heartbreaking moment.

The ending where Kate gets shot leaves me with mixed feelings.  We know there is another season coming so she can't be dead.  One viewer suggested that the screen should have gone dark before the gun went off.  This may have been more of a teaser.   I'm not sure how they should have changed it, but I'm interested to see the turmoil that will be in the first episode of season 4.

Another part of this episode that I appreciated was that the Castle-Beckett relationship wasn't the focal point.  It played into the plot, there was an admission of love, but this episode revolved around Kate and her mother's murder.

I wasn't as happy with Bone's 'The Game Changer'.  I enjoyed the Montenegro-Hodgins baby storyline (Michael Staccato Vincent Hodgins).  I wasn't that big of a fan of the undercover operation.  This is something that the Bones writers have done before.  Booth and Brennan have gone undercover as newly weds in Las Vegas and circus performers in the South to catch killers.  This time Booth was a bowler and Brennan his fiancee.  They, as usual when they go undercover, looked ridiculous.  I'm sure this is for comedic effect, but to me it was just more of the same irritations.  I also watched this one on TV rather than Hulu, but I was flipping between channels because there are some things about this show that I can't stand anymore.

The Game Changer was mostly about babies in reality.  The crime solving seemed like a side story.  At the very end Brennan tells Booth that she is pregnant and that it's his.  Yay, happiness all around, no real cliffhanger for the summer.

Comparing the two there is no contest- Castle was fantastic.  It had plot twists, suspense, death, a little but not too much romance, actual character development, and a cliffhanger ending.  I actually would have liked the Bones finale to have been last week's episode.  The intensity of Vincent's death and capture of the sniper would have been more appropriate season finale.

Alright, enough procrastination for this afternoon.  Time to go make some graphs.