1) The Beckett-already-married thing. As much as it was an "oh...jeez" obstacle to a wedding we have been waiting over a year for, the upside was that it provided a welcome return to comedy after wrapping up the storyline involving Beckett's mom's murder the episode before. Nathan Fillion plays just thr right mix of righteous annoyance to just putting his all into helping his beloved Beckett getting the hapless ex-hubby Rogan O' Leary (Eddie McClintock) to sign the divorce papers. As O'Leary McClintock successfully plays the gamut from hapless cluelessness to a man realizing he's in grave danger.
2) The intimate wedding vs 300-people extravaganza.
3) Sweet Alexis (Molly C. Quinn). Not angry Alexis. Not that we never want the girl to have an opinion, but c'mon, the Pi stuff was way overkill, though, considering that her father went all the way to Paris last year to save her. But Myko Olivier certainly has screen presence that will serve him well in the future. To be absolutely fair to him, he did his very best playing more of an improv situation than a fully formed character. ("So you're a father. And you come home. You call out, "hello?". You hear some rustling. You go into your daughter's bedroom and turn on the light. She's in bed with a hippie-looking dude named...oh, I was good at math, let's call him Pi! And he's STAYING IN YOUR HOUSE!!!")Along with the Castle-Beckett relationship, the Alexis-Castle relationship has also been a joy to watch unfold, with daughter at first guiding wayward father, to wayward father seeing daughter through college, relationships, teenage fandom, and international espionage. So it was a little disconcerting to see the relationship go off the rails a bit this year. But now all's well.
Now for my "please, please" list.
a) Please don't let the finale be an hour-long dream sequence!
b) Please bring back Mr. James Brolin as Castle's father for the wedding! Can't believe how well that casting worked out. Mr. Brolin exudes the warmth and steely resolve that would make you both glad to have him in your corner, and also to have him related to you in any way.
But that's enough for now. We'll see how the Season 7 opener goes in September!
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