I love this show. I was hooked from episode one and haven't missed a free hour binging it. It's my guilty pleasure. I would take down anyone who tried to besmirch it. That being said, this episode...really? Richard Castle has always walked a fine line between goofiness and stupidity but he comes off as downright moronic at times throughout this episode.
Not the greatest episode I've seen, and I'm noticing that Castle has been annoying me quite a bit in season 7, but the show is still pretty awesome. I'm not happy with the way they wrapped up his disappearance story arc, tying it up in a pretty bow and hoping that we will just forget that it happened and why he was gone for two entire months but these things usually happen on long-running shows. The writing and the chemistry between all the characters on this show are what keeps me coming back. I'm sad I only have one season left to binge!
- A person was murdered on a plane flying 39,000 feet in the air, I'm pretty sure it's understood by everyone that the killer is probably still on it somewhere.
- The staff and Castle and Alexis are understandably nervous but they didn't even TRY to appear as if nothing were happening. They couldn't have been more obvious if they got on the intercom and asked the killer to pretty please meet them in the back of the plane.
- When wanting everything to appear normal, holding a staff meeting in plain sight while giving everyone the stink eye isn't the best idea, probably. I have to assume the killer was sleeping or blind and deaf or dead and not at all aware of his surroundings or that all the flight attendants are freaking out and looking at everyone suspiciously.
- Not only do they not use their indoor voices, they go ahead and decide to ponder the case out loud. With the NYPD. In public. Over FaceTime. I'm not sure why they didn't just bring in the rest of the first class passengers to brainstorm with them. Also, murderers apparently always fly coach. It's in the manual, I guess. Separated by a soundproof curtain.
- Oh, cool. We stopped trying to keep things private and have now resorted to screaming at a sleeping man. Thank goodness we had a flight attendant screaming that they had already caught the suspect so that no one would pay attention to whatever it is that they're doing.
- For the love of god, isn't it enough that the audience knows your brilliance at figuring out a crime scene, do you really have to do all your thinking SO LOUDLY? As was pointed out earlier in the episode, the killer is still on the plane. And the killer along with everyone else is now aware that you know that they know that you know that they're there. Or something. Whatever. Even dead Air Marshal Ford heard who you're suspecting.
- This entire situation was over a watch. And a sweet flight attendant whose pension was taken from her. Well. Okay.
Not the greatest episode I've seen, and I'm noticing that Castle has been annoying me quite a bit in season 7, but the show is still pretty awesome. I'm not happy with the way they wrapped up his disappearance story arc, tying it up in a pretty bow and hoping that we will just forget that it happened and why he was gone for two entire months but these things usually happen on long-running shows. The writing and the chemistry between all the characters on this show are what keeps me coming back. I'm sad I only have one season left to binge!