I wonder how soldiers handle this during extended battles?

Speaking only for myself, I'm pretty sure the situation would resolve itself within the first minute or so of combat.

Speaking for myself, I know that high stress situations can lead to constipation. In basic training, at least in the beginning, all of us gals had our bodies go haywire: no periods, no pooping, for what seemed like weeks/months (not respectively).

Rewatching the BBC Sherlock, and I really really adore their Mary. I love her and her relationship with john to bits.

Also, I've been told (though it may be a myth - no military expert) that combat rations are specifically designed to be constipating.

Oh and probably unrelated: Does anyone but me think Castle is dropping anvil-heavy hints that Beckett is going to end up running for Senate the way the probably-real time traveler predicted? Not so much in the last ep (though the stage fright gives her a personal issue to overcome). But previous two - both"once you reached a peak, find a new mountain to climb" and the other one (this is a paraphrase cause I can't remember the actual wording) "ain't it a shame so many politicians are complete dicks?"

I would add that if that happens "Beckett for Senate" may be the least interesting plot twist the series has ever come up with; and there is some heavy competition for that title.

They're teasing Beckett becoming political, being promoted to captain, and having babies. Who knows?

Most shows with a character's name in the title are about that character. I pretty much stopped watching when the show became "The Woman the Crime Novelist Writes About, And I Guess We Should Give Him Some Plot Lines too."

I don't get it because that actress makes Elizabeth Rohm and Michelle Michele(Both of whom I thought were The Worst Actresses To Keep Getting Jobs) look like Meryl Streep.

I don't get it because that actress makes Elizabeth Rohm and Michelle Michele(Both of whom I thought were The Worst Actresses To Keep Getting Jobs) look like Meryl Streep.

Huh, really? I like her. She does good deadpan and that matches up nicely with NF for the screwball aspect.

Huh, really? I like her. She does good deadpan and that matches up nicely with NF for the screwball aspect.

My feeling too. I think the problem is less tension and banter and conflict between Becket and Castle - less of that Nick and Nora feel. The "volunary" kidnapping left too big a sore spot for the writers to do the good natured extremely rough kidding and competiveness between the two of them that for me would have been the way to go once they got togethe, The 'Rearview Window" ep waw, for me, the show handling the romance at its best. Beckett got Castle good - but with love. Castle vowed revenge and meant it, but with love. Hard to do that now.

I'm having trouble now with Castle being so involved with the police. I can't help wondering how many defense lawyers use his involvement to try and throw out cases. Granted, they always have a confession or the crooks are caught red-handed--essential for a cop show--and they generally get confirmation of what he finds, but he's not a duly sworn-in police officer. He's fired a gun in the course of investigations, he should be in a world of trouble for that. Reality is stretching a little thin for me.

edit: I remember an episode of Bones where the perp did not confess and the evidence was not a complete slam dunk. They didn't show the court case, and Booth told Bones that at least the family knew what happened and they were morally certain who had done it. I think that's the only time a cop show didn't have a convenient corpse or confession.