But, just as the episode was ending, and Beckett was getting out of her shower, Castle figured out that it was a trick and the serial killer was still on the loose. As he ran towards Beckett's home, he finally got a hold of her on the cell phone to say a few words before her apartment went up in a fire bomb.
How could she have survived? Castle's warning gave her just enough time to run into her bathroom and throw herself into the bathtub, a good solid old thing. Whether or not you believe her survival, or only slight burning was credible, the part that really got to me as Castle banged down the door to go into her still burning apartment to find her was the way he kept calling for her. "Kate!" he called, "Kate!" Not Beckett, but Kate.
Of course, leave it to Castle (the TV show, not the man) to cut the tension of the moment as soon as possible. Kate was alive and well, and naked in that bathtub. The towels were on fire, the bathrobe was on fire, so Castle had to give her his jacket, while being very very careful not to look. And then Kate asked if it was killing Castle how long he was waiting to tell her about his heroics in breaking down her door to get to her.
So the search for the serial killer was back on. I loved that he wrote his murders down, that those were his mementos of his crimes, and that that was what drew him to Nikki Heat in the first place - part fact, part fiction, just like what he was writing. I also loved that Castle was glad the psycho had fixed on his character because now he was dealing with someone who would catch him and stop him from killing ever again.
But what I loved best was that the show surprised me, again. I suppose I have some sort of thing where when I see a loving workaholic mom talking on the phone to her daughter before getting in her van, I just expect that van to explode. I suspect most people were thinking that, the set up just seemed to be going there, so imagine my surprise when Shaw had a gun held to her head instead.
It made far more sense, though, to use her as bait to get Nikki Heat. Our psycho was not the type to kill without plan or purpose; that wasn't the way he escalated. Instead, he lured the entire FBI team to a location where he had a huge bomb ready to blow them up. And who realized that something was wrong? Castle.
Yet another brilliant choice by the writers. Castle knows something is wrong because he wouldn't write it this way. This is not what he would have his characters do, and since the serial killer has a creative flair in the same way, Beckett goes with Castle's instincts, ending up saving the lives of all the FBI members, including Jordan.
Still, the best part for me was when our killer had Beckett at gun point, about to shoot, and Castle, yelling no, fired a shot which sent the gun flying from the would-be-shooters hand. Of course he was aiming for the man's head, we know his aim is not that perfect, but really, it was the screaming "No!" the very obvious love Castle has for Kate. He may not be a tough guy in general, but if you threaten the people he loves, he will shoot you.
I hope this episode satisfied you thoroughly as it did me. What was your favourite moment?
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