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This week we rolled our way into the
world of extreme sports. It wasn’t all
kickflips and grinding though as Beckett and company worked their way through a
murder of a professional skateboarder. There
was also some friendly competition at the precinct as Castle and Beckett
continue to plan their wedding and wedding party. While the episode wasn’t the most intense we
have ever seen, it appears to be a calm lead in to the rest of the season! So get your helmet on and lets go!
5. Maid of Honor
At the crime scene, Beckett excuses herself to talk to Lanie,
but not about the case. She asks if
Lanie was able to go to her dress fitting and Lanie confirms she did and that
the dress Beckett picked out was the perfect mix of “elegant and saucy.” We then see Beckett and Lanie share an
exciting, squealing moment and we learn that Lanie is her maid of honor. While it wasn’t all too surprising that Lanie
was chosen as her maid of honor, the excitement Kate showed over the wedding was
adorable. It’s not like her to set
business mode aside at a crime scene, so to see her express excitement over a
personal event was a nice change of pace.
Also, I can’t wait to see Lanie’s dress!
I’m sure it’s going to be gorgeous! Have any colors or styles in mind?
4. Dethroning
the King
Castle is sitting in the loft trying to figure out how he
could possibly beat Beckett at Scrabble from the night before. Alexis hears them talking and says “oh my
gosh did you really beat dad at Scrabble?” Castle tries to play it off as if
that isn’t true while Martha tells Kate how big of an accomplishment it is to
win. Martha says “ah how the mighty have
fallen” and Castle says “Richard Castle one word short. I cannot allow this to
be my epitaph.” Beckett and Alexis then
share a fist bump which does not go unnoticed by Castle. You may be asking why would you put this
moment in the countdown this week? Simple.
I love that we get to see Beckett and Alexis celebrating a victory over
Castle together. We have missed out on a
lot of potential Kate/Alexis moments recently and I’m happy to see they are
getting along well. This scene also let us see the whole Castle/Rogers clan
being domestic together before everyone heads their separate ways for the day and
how Beckett is seamlessly fitting into their home life. I would love to see Alexis and Beckett
plotting against Castle in the future as well as whole family interactions!
3. Extreme!
Walking around the street sports festival, Beckett makes a
comment about the trick being performed by one of the riders. Surprised, Castle asks if she has any extreme
sports in her history that he doesn’t know about. Beckett tells him that she thinks “catching
killers is pretty extreme.” She also
says “and then there’s marrying you.”
Castle says “ah yes. I admit I am
extreme… extremely handsome.” Beckett
responds with “Yep. With a high degree of difficulty.” I’m a sucker for moments like this after
years of Caskett keeping their feelings to themselves. I still love Castle’s big but somehow cute
ego and never get sick of it. Fun little
scene to put in this week’s countdown!
2. Brotherly Competition
Another fun element of this episode was Esposito and Ryan’s
friendly competition to try to be Castle’s best man. The whole thing got started after they found
out Lanie was Beckett’s maid of honor and the boys decided Castle would
probably pick one of them since he has spent the past few years at the
precinct. Espo starts the competition off, by giving Castle his favorite pen
because they are “best bros.” Seeing
what Espo is doing, Ryan decides to make a move of his own. He gives Castle
Jenny’s grandma’s secret family recipe for the shepherd’s pie he loved because he
thinks of Castle as “family.” Ryan then
tells him he is “always looking out for him. Always.” They continue their bantering throughout the
episode trying to justify to each other why they are the better choice. The sucking up to Castle also doesn’t stop
and the boys lay it on pretty thick.
Their whole plan backfires though when Castle thinks they are being nice
since he lost to Beckett again at Scrabble.
Espo and Ryan think this means he still can’t decide between them and
even go to Lanie asking her to pick who should win. In the end, they decide they could be co-best
men but Castle lets them down gently saying “guys I’m flattered and honored…
but I already decided. Guys I asked Alexis to be my best man. Aside from Beckett, she’s the most important person
in my life.” Bummer guys! Bright side though you get to be his
groomsmen right? Espo and Ryan aren’t really
seeing this silver lining though and Espo says “I can’t believe we just got
beat by a girl.” At least he didn’t pick
one over the other right? And how about Castle’s
statement about Beckett and Alexis being the most important people in his
life? Something we already knew but
great to hear! I always love a friendly competition,
especially when Ryan and Esposito pull out all the stops. It definitely made the episode more fun!
1. So
Much Better Than Scrabble
Back at the loft, Castle is ready to re-rematch Beckett in Scrabble. Beckett comes out asking where Martha and
Alexis are, and it turns out they are out for the night. Castle asks why she wanted to know and
Beckett responds “good, I’m ready for a rematch” and tosses the scrabble board
and pieces aside. Beckett suggests a new
game, poker, and Castle confused askes “you want to play poker against me?” Beckett clarifies stating she wants to play
strip poker and Castle quickly says “I’ll deal.” Sometime later, we see a pile of clothes and
Beckett in her bra and Castle wearing his shirt. Beckett states she is all in which Castle
matches but says “all I have left to bet with is this shirt.” Beckett, sexily replies “I’ll take that bet”
and asks Castle what he’s got. Castle
quickly says “who cares” tossing his cards and Caskett shares a kiss while
Beckett unbuttons Castle’s shirt collecting her winnings. I love how Beckett is
able to use Castle’s competitive nature to get what she wants (a little
intimate alone time) instead of another game of Scrabble that would most likely
end in Castle’s ego taking another blow. I’m all in for a rematch of strip poker any
day!
What do you think of the best man and maid of honor choices? Are you getting as excited for this wedding
as I am? Join the discussion in the comments section below, tweet me @DenialLove or tweet us at @TwelfthPrecinct! Follow me, I’ll follow you and
we’ll have Castle fun! J
Xo Always ~DenialLove
Screencaps vis Castle-fans.org
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