I thought that the ep was really strong because it went against formula, it was a mini-action movie, gave great possibilities for a spin-off and it was wild seeing a female version of John.

Clearly there's never going to be enough momentum to move where this discussion is happening--mostly I'm just surprised that other people aren't processing the sci fi elements are relevant, where it seems to be the entire point of the show to me.

I do find myself positively scintillated by those moments when John looks at a traffic camera and talks to the Machine. I only watch it at work so POI has not completely captured my attention. If or when it does though, ita_!, I might skew the discussion more in that direction.

Is anyone watching Body of Proof? Dana Delaney has always compelled me, but I feel like I might not watch it except for her. Will be interesting to see what the cast changes bring.

Speaking of which -- Mark Valley, as usual, makes me think I should be seeing Colin Ferguson. I do like that there's a partner set of cops now, though they are no Ryan and Esposito, which I guess there's no reason they should be.

Am curious to see what planting a blinky electronic thing in a human corpse is all about.

JenP, I just watched Body of Proof. I'm disappointed with the cast changes, since I really liked the old cast and am not sure I like the new one. And I'm also disappointed that they stopped filming the exteriors in Providence, which was one of the main reasons I watched in the first place. I'll watch next week just to see what happens with Lacy, but I think I'm probably out after that.

I do like that there's a partner set of cops now

There was always a partner set of cops. They're not replacing Peter's role in the show, but the previous cops. The one that was supposed to be replacing Peter was the girl that Dana Delaney's character scared off.

Oh, right! Now that you say it -- I am remembering the one cop, the guy who's been in tons of stuff, balding... his wife was pregnant, right? I really like him - actor and character. Though I was forgetting he was even on the show. I think it's been so long since I'd seen it that I really just remembered the medical team and the shock deaths. Huh. OK, and I googled to find his partner, and I remember her now.

Yeah, I liked Peter a lot, too. He was a medical type? I had him as more cop adjacent. Wow. And now I have vague memories of talking about the cast changes in-thread.

(I swear I watched the show!)

Peter was supposed to be a liaison between the ME's office and the cops, though more cop with some medical knowledge.

i'm guessing the lack of comments indicates that I'm not the only one who was underwhelmed by Castle.

Was that supposed to be a back door pilot or something?

All I really took away from the ep was Castle has a Spy Daddy!

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I thought it was over the top, but not in a good way.