Loved tonight's Castle! One of the best eps yet. Great stuff between Beckett and Castle, but equally good moments with Esposito and Ryan (without either of the two leads, no less!), a nice moment with Mom and a neat little subplot with Alexis, and some great one-shot characters, one whom I'm hoping will make a reappearance. Jessup, the felon locksmith wannabe, was terrifically written, and the actor who played him was hilarious.

Esposito is hot. It doesn`t hurt that he shares a name with some all-time great hockey players either, but still, hot. I`m not getting current shows for a bit so that`s all I got.

He was on a rerun of NCIS I saw a few weeks ago--it was fun to say, "Hey, that's Esposito!!"

And Esposito's nickname is apparently Honey Milk.

I so love Castle being a good dad, with typical dad angst but no tragic underpinnings. And he was sensible when Scarlet threw herself at him! He's a mostly grown-up who's comfortable wtih what goes on in his own head. Very refreshing.

And I notice his coat is often brown.

re: Bones--what was with all the people coming in getting things signed? It felt like a good Bones ep, with odd characters and not too painful interpersonal stuff.

Jessup, the felon locksmith wannabe, was terrifically written, and the actor who played him was hilarious.

I really like that actor. I hope that he becomes a recurring character, but not too often.

And Castle ending up in the back seat with Jessup when he annoyed Beckett.

I know! That was great.

re: Bones--what was with all the people coming in getting things signed?

I read somewhere (probably the Bones comm on LJ) that they were people from The Simpsons crew/writing staff and that it was part of The Simpsons Scavenger hunt. I had no idea while watching, so odd, and I expected they were going somewhere with it.

I really like that actor. I hope that he becomes a recurring character, but not too often.

I agree.

re: Bones

You mean last Thursday's?

Someone over at TWOP figured out the "Honey Milk?" reference that the vice cop made when meeting Ryan:

Nice bit of continuity: When Esposito introduces his friend from Vice to Ryan, and the guy says "Honey Milk?" It took me awhile to realize that was a callback to earlier in the season (second episode?) when Ryan revealed that he and his wife liked to have warm milk and honey before going to bed.

ETA: Poster later corrected it to girlfriend, not wife.