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Castle + children= Greatness! This week’s case involved a potential kid
witness and had our crime solving team trying to crack the toughest witnesses
of all… 2nd graders. There
were plenty of fun lighthearted moments with the children but also an intense
case. You got a great mix of fairy
princess and illegal passport operations in this episode, what more could you possibly
ask for? In an episode full of cuteness
overload, it was tough to pick moments but I just couldn’t keep these 2nd
grade-centric moments off the list!
5. Watch Out for
Flying Objects
Meeting
the second grade teacher. Mrs. Ruis, Beckett thanks her for allowing Castle to
spend time in her classroom. Clearly not
happy with the arrangement Mrs. Ruiz expresses that she had no choice and asks
how they think they are going to find their witness when the youth officer couldn’t. Castle says “Yes, but being 90% kid myself I have
an ability to get into the minds of children.
And I have the perfect plan.”
Mrs. Ruiz explains there is no perfect plan and questions his ability to
handle 20 2nd graders. Castle
assures her he can handle anything “these little charmers” throw his way. Upon walking into the classroom he
immediately gets hit by a flying object and says “in this case it’s an eraser.”
This teacher’s attitude towards Castle
reminded me so much of Gate’s and I love it!
She didn’t buy his confidence for one minute and let him work out the
problems himself. Also, I loved the
timing of the eraser right after he displayed his confidence in his ability to
handle the kids. I loved the character
of Mrs. Ruiz and how she softened up to Castle throughout the episode and
watching Castle interact with the class was so fun! I
wish we had guests when I was in school like Richard Castle!
4. Man
Child?
Trying to figure out
who their kid witness is, Beckett and Castle start talking to the principal at
Kennedy Elementary. Beckett continues
talking while Castle starts to play with some sort of kid’s toy. We learn that that none of the children are opening
up to the youth officer but the officer mentions that children are often more
likely to open up to someone who isn’t an authority figure such as a classmate.
Beckett reiterates the youth officers point saying “so basically we are looking
for someone who won’t intimidate them. An adult presence in the classroom that
8 year olds will view as a peer. Someone
that they can consider one of their own?”
The principal asks where they will find someone like that just as Castle
finishes the maze and says “Got it. Easy.”
He may not have been paying attention to what was going on, but Castle
may as well have put his hand up and shouted “ME! ME! ME!” with that answer. Who
better to send in with children than one of the team’s biggest kids. I love
that this episode highlighted Castle’s playful side and this scene started the
whole thing off!
3. If
Peeing Your Pants is Cool…
Castle
has the children write short stories to see if any of them lead him to believe
the kid witness their crime. He tells
the teacher that he thinks Jack’s story about a giant definitely was the
correct story because the giant had a gun.
Castle decides to win over Jack’s trust by playing army men with him at
recess and bringing up the giant in their play.
Jack reveals to him that the giant was actually from a movie that his
older brother watched. Castle realizes
his mistake and stands up revealing wetness in an unfortunate spot on his
pants. Immediately Jason starts yelling “Mr.
Castle wet his pants!” and Castle tries to defend himself saying that the
ground was wet but it was too late as the kids were already laughing. I really
couldn’t get enough of Castle’s interactions with the kids and seeing them run
all over him was hilarious. I loved that
he tried to give them a rationale even though there is not point rationalizing
with kids when potty humor is involved.
Poor Castle J
2. Princess Tea Party
Cutest tea
party ever! Trying to get Emily to open
up to him, Castle has a tea party with her dressed up as fairy princesses. He compliments her tea and when asked if he
wants sugar Castle asks for “low calorie fairy dust” since he is trying to cut
back on sweets. The duo then builds an ice
palace together with their magic wands and Emily makes sure it’s perfect. Castle, in a sweet moment, helps Emily with
her bullying problems and then agrees to do the dishes and finish their ice
castle while she goes out to recess. I
couldn’t leave this moment out! How cute
was Emily?!?! And Castle was equally adorable in his princess attire. I could
just picture him doing the same thing with little Alexis or maybe even a future
Caskett baby! Hey, I can dream can’t I?
1. Girlfriend
Competition
Castle and Beckett go
back into the classroom to try to figure who drew the picture of the ice cream
truck that was left in Castle’s pocket.
Emily sees them and walks up to Beckett with a less than impressed look
on her face. She introduces herself and
asks who Beckett is. Beckett responds
saying “I’m Kate. I’m Mr. Castle’s
friend.” Emily immediately asks if she likes
to play princesses with him and Kate responds “sometimes.” Emily quickly changes the direction of the conversation
and asks “are you getting married?” to which Beckett and Castle respond at the
same time saying “one day.” This leaves
a disappointed Emily to walk away.
First, I loved how well this interaction showed the direction a second
grader would take a conversation. Emily
thought she had something special with Castle and wasn’t too thrilled to see
another female in his life. And then
jumping straight to the marriage question?
I loved it! I also loved our
crime solving duos answer! Also, it was funny to see Kate have a little “competition”
for Castle’s attention. Plus, Castle and Beckett are naturals with children! I
always love watching Caskett work with children as it just adds to my Caskett
family fantasy so this was an easy countdown favorite!
Did you love the kids as much as I did? Did this episode have you dreaming of Caskett’s
future? Join the discussion in the comments section below, tweet me @DenialLove or tweet us at @TwelfthPrecinct!
Xo Always ~DenialLove
Screencaps via Castle-fans.org
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