Between last week's NCIS failure of giving me anticipated McGee/Abby moments (other than his really stupid "joke" and subsequent intestinal issues) last week and this week's missed moment between Castle and Beckett, I am a very disappointed procedural 'shipper right now.

Hmmph.

I was not prepared for that to be the season finale of Castle.

UNFAIR! Want more new Castle!!!

I am actually pissed at Castle because I didn't think they'd been riding the cliche train up until this point. They'd been working pretty decently. But that timing mismatch was hokey as all shit.

I actually think they deliberately worked the cliché for a reason. Not precisely sure what that is yet, but the hook-up with the ex/editor/publisher is a little too convenient for color TV. And what, exactly, did they talk about for hours?

Castle can be stupid with women in a lot of ways, but I don't think he tends to make the same mistake twice-- i.e., his first wife and second wife are as different as two women can possibly be, and Beckett is different still from the two of them.

I'm willing to ride it out.

I hope you're right, Barb.

I actually think they deliberately worked the cliché for a reason. Not precisely sure what that is yet, but the hook-up with the ex/editor/publisher is a little too convenient for color TV. And what, exactly, did they talk about for hours?

I completely expect she's being literal -- she intends to hover over him and force him to finish the book, and then leave. I sincerely doubt we're going to have a prolonged Castle/ex-wife relationship. If nothing else, she seems too smart for that. (:

Thus, in the fall, we get both characters back at status quo, and too skittish to jump into relationship mode.

I completely expect she's being literal -- she intends to hover over him and force him to finish the book, and then leave.

But the walking off arm-in-arm was a little too... suggestive? For simply a relationship of that nature. I was left wondering if ex-wife said to him, "You have to play a little hard to get and by the way, you have a book you owe me, yo."

At least, that's at least one potential interpretation. Especially when you take into account what Esposito said to Beckett as well.

I was SO big with the Esposito love last night.

NCIS: It is interesting that they would bring back the character from the NCIS:LA pilot as a victim on NCIS. Although it makes sense with her connection to Gibbs.

For the love of god, what is with the NCIS writers obsession with the immigration exam? They are so off base with it, it's crazy. It's TEN FUCKING ORAL QUESTIONS. That's all. Off a given list of 100. And you get to get 4 wrong.

because it's a big deal that Ziva is giving up her Israeli citizenship, and she wants to do it right, and getting four wrong is a safety net, not something you plan for.