WARNING: Do NOT read if you have not watched the season premiere of Castle.
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Sounds exhausting, doesnt it?
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That means she didnt even recall his I love you at the end of last season.
(Oh, and she was totally lying.)
And where does that leave our favorite couple and the viewers?
ANDREW MARLOWE:Yes.
You were on my mind when I wrote that.
In all seriousness, why wait to address what she heard Castle say?
Why not tackle it in the season premiere?
Both of these characters are very complicated characters.
Shes worried about sacrificing the friendship, and shes haunted by this ghost of her mothers murder.
Thats why she hasnt really focused on them.
She needs to have those walls come down.
Then shes either going to have to act on it, or its going to destroy the relationship.
I feel like Stana Katic communicated that very well throughout the episode.
If youre a fan of the show, you know shes looking at him for a reason.
But we wanted to make it more complicated for them.
Castle is completely on board for that.
Hes like, Youve just given me hope.
Then he gets this phone call.
So it puts our characters and our audience in a complicated situation.
And this goes against what he wants.
How much is Becketts mental health going to be addressed this season?
ITs not something were going to hang on every episode.
We tried to deal with them all honestly and authentically.
We didnt want to sweep anything under the rug.
So its not going to happen in this instant.
Well, at the end of last season, you said it would all come together.
You were true to your word, Ill give you that.
Well, I was lying.
I didnt know what I was doing.
How much are we going to see him getting into his own investigation?
Its not something were going to touch on week to week.
But we know that Castle wasnt to resolve this.
And if shes being threatened, that doesnt mean he cant poke around a little bit.
Rest assured, that stuff is going to pop up throughout the rest of the season.
He knows what he needs to do to have this relationship.
So hes going to take responsibility for it.
So Beckett cut Josh (Victor Webster) loose in this episode.
I hate to say it, but I think a lot of fans are going to cheer for that.
We wanted people to see Josh as an obstacle.
Im glad that came across.
One question I wanted you to clear up was about Castle.
Or am I reading that wrong?
I think he regrets not being able to act on it.
He knows that if he pushed it now, he wouldnt get what he wanted.
He did it in a very emotionally raw moment and complications ensued.
But then he found a pathway.
And there are obstacles in that.
I think what Beckett is afraid of, ultimately, is losing Castle.
She still has questions about the kind of guy he is.
And he knows how he feels about it.
But given what he found out in the aftermath, he wants to do it the right way.
He wants to have the right relationship with her.
He just doesnt know how to go about it because hes never done it successfully.
Neither of them have.
Theres hesitancy and fear.
Were you just absolutely dying watching Ryan act paranoid?
That was a lot of fun.
But you’re able to see its much different than when Capt.
Montgomery was there, when Beckett was the really good student who never needed a hall pass.
Now, shes accountable and she doesnt like it.
Thats an interesting dynamic.
And last season, it felt like everyone was comfortable with Castle, very accepting of him.
Then having this person come in and say, What the hell are you doing here?
was a lot of fun.
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