This episode was interesting enough and played out well, but I never managed to care about the poor model who got herself killed. I don't know - maybe we didn't learn enough about her to think it was truly awful. Maybe the fact that the only person who seemed to actually care about her, her husband Travis (Matt Barr*), was the one who killed her. Maybe I thought she was weak, not watching her back, and yet feeling paranoid because her friend was drugging her.
I was glad, of course, that the murderer was apprehended, but even more so because Sierra (Torrey DeVitto) and Wyatt (Jeffrey Pierce), whose plotting had caused poor dead Jenna all the trouble that landed her stabbed in the middle of a fountain, got what they deserved. They got blackballed, which, for a model or a photographer, is much worse for a career than jail time.
But just because the murder didn't really get me does not mean the episode lacked it's terrific moments. Apparently when Beckett was 17, she modeled for a summer. And now Esposito (Jon Huertas) and Ryan (Seamus Dever) know....the last thing she wants is for Castle to find out. Also, Martha (Susan Sullivan), Castle's mum, landed a role on Broadway. She wanted the lead, and instead got the crazy grandma who died in the first act, off stage. She turned that down. She must have a great agent because she took the role when crazy grandma finished the first act with her death on stage. Yes, actors should stick to their standards. In this case, it sounds like it will make better theatre.
Also, Beckett spent the whole episode slightly miffed at Castle. And, of course, he had no clue why. Finally, we figure out that she wants to read his book, which he allowed a reporter to read for an article. Sigh, the more I watch Castle, the more I realize that as a woman, if I want something from a man, I have to ask for it. I'll likely get it if I ask, but there is no hope that he will think of it on his own.
What did you think of this week's Castle?
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