If they try a spin-off I wonder if it'll be a private eye thing with Molly and Toks.
Hands! Hands in new places!
Willow ,'Storyteller'
Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.
This thread is for procedural TV, shows where the primary idea is to figure out the case. [NAFDA]
aurelia - Apr 18, 2016 4:12:54 pm PDT #11421 of 11831
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 18, 2016 6:39:22 pm PDT #11422 of 11831
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
So the show would just be what? Castle playing poker and describing the case of the week to his writer buddies?
Connie Neil - Apr 18, 2016 7:29:15 pm PDT #11423 of 11831
brillig
Depending on how Beckett leaves, he could do a whole "I must investigate the brutal death of a loved one and be dangerously obsessed for years until I discover the byzantine plot behind it all!" thing. As one does.
DXMachina - Apr 18, 2016 7:52:00 pm PDT #11424 of 11831
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Everybody needs a hobby.
EpicTangent - Apr 19, 2016 6:38:38 am PDT #11425 of 11831
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
he could do a whole "I must investigate the brutal death of a loved one and be dangerously obsessed for years until I discover the byzantine plot behind it all!" thing.
This is my fear. This would definitely not be playing to their strengths,
WindSparrow - Apr 19, 2016 7:33:05 am PDT #11426 of 11831
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Ya know, I could have been content with a Castle, PI show without Beckett if they had gone their spearate ways before getting together. They could have gone with a Hart to Hart type partnership, and I would have loved it. But they lost me when Castle and Beckett separated after their marriage. Unnecessary drama. I for sure won't go back to the show with Kate and Lanie gone.
Connie Neil - Apr 19, 2016 8:09:32 am PDT #11427 of 11831
brillig
But they lost me when Castle and Beckett separated after their marriage.
Right, there can be no drama without romantic tension. They could have done a lot with "She's an active cop, he's a writer/PI, their duties get in each other's way, but they still love each other." Lots of wackiness that Castle had in the beginning--I loved the weird cases with the weird characters--with some shared drama, but they got lost in Beckett's Mom and What Will Beckett Do With Her Life? Heck, even Beckett trying to fit into the life of the wife of a famous man and relating to Alexis and Martha.
Instead we get missing time and separations and conspiracies. Sigh It used to be so good.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 22, 2016 11:14:41 am PDT #11428 of 11831
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Still is on MOTW (so to speak) eps.
Connie Neil - Apr 22, 2016 11:33:20 am PDT #11429 of 11831
brillig
I always wonder how many defense attorneys say "Much of the investigation was conducted with the help of an untrained civilian, we challenge everything Richard Castle was involved in." Which is why these shows depend on confessions or a dead perp, but I'd love to see a couple of trials. Wasn't there a trial in one of the recent seasons? I've stopped watching.
There was a Bones episode where the perp refused to confess and there wasn't enough physical evidence to make a good case, and Booth was telling Bones that even though the odds of conviction were low, the family knew the truth. It was very refreshing.
Steph L. - Apr 23, 2016 2:10:27 pm PDT #11430 of 11831
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I just caught up with last week's Elementary, and John Noble is scary as shit without doing anything other than sitting in a chair.
It's too bad his role on Sleepy Hollow kind of degenerated over S2, because he was legit scary in S1. But he's more than made up for it in Elementary.
Also, Joan is really getting in over her head and I worry.