I watched The Cape and thought it kind of fun that they're going for the moral ambiguity all over the place, with our hero's mentors being baddies and the villain and the hero starting on the "I need to take you down but I have to protect you at the moment" thing.

I actually teared up when Martha said "As much as you love Alexis, that's how much I love you." There's so much of the "He told me he loved me, he must be in trouble" vibe between them, that it's good to see the love. And the look on Rick's face when she said that. I wanted a hug, but they don't hug, do they.

I would have liked it to have been a two-parter, so we could have more Ryan/Esposito trying to save each other from torture, but it worked well. Not completely resolved, but large steps taken. That was a busy hour!

For a not-kiss, that was pretty satisfying. I know it's entirely the trope that they enjoyed it and were a bit disquieted by how right it might have felt, but I think they played it well. Neither of them was cocky or smarmy at the other one.

Kiss aside (dammit), they were pretty Neal/Peter in their subdued attestations of devotion to each other. But neither of them can match Tim De Kay's microexpressions.

Which reminds me, Linus Roache! Whither art thou??

Hey, he's going to be in a tv movie with Lee Pace! and he's got another movie too.

Okay, finally figured out who Vulcan Simmons was played by and no wonder I didn't quite recognize him-- Bones viewers, remember our original head of the Jeffersonian, Dr. Goodman?

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I actually teared up when Martha said "As much as you love Alexis, that's how much I love you."

that was an AMAZING moment. Susan Sullivan was brilliant.

She really was. I loved when she said "You wrote twenty-two books before you met her." There was so much left unsaid-- that didn't need to be said. Just tacit acknowledgment and understanding of what they're both aware of-- she just wants him to be honest with himself.

Fave line though: "I went through twelve years of Catholic school!"

Ryan was really on this week. His interrogation of the entitled college boy was terrific, and he was great in the torture scene. My next-cubicle neighbor is also a big Castle fan, but she usually doesn't get to watch until Tuesday night. So, when I came into work today, we talked about some earlier episodes and we ended up gushing about Ryan's blueblueblue eyes.

Bones viewers, remember our original head of the Jeffersonian, Dr. Goodman?

HMOG!! I knew that I recognized the voice, but I just couldn't place him. I meant to look it up later, but forgot!

Bones viewers, remember our original head of the Jeffersonian, Dr. Goodman?

What Vortex said! I knew I knew the voice, but this guy was such a villain that I didn't connect.

I give the authors full kudos for knowing they don't have to spell everything out in the relationship. Beckett's wrapping Castle's hand was a sweet moment, acknowledgement of both the attraction and the unwillingness to really go into it just yet. I like that they're not playing her as oblivious, just uncertain.

Looking back into the earlier comments on Castle, I see that Cass figured out Jonathan Adams (Vulcan Simmons) before any of us.

All hail the Mighty Cass!