Castle

[author_by_night]

Was it just me, or did last episode of Castle feel like a Very Special Episode?

- Everyone is in disbelief at the Problem. "Why would anyone put themselves in that situation?" "Oh my god, people do this?"

- We have a young person who has Reasons for his misdeeds. (Although to their credit, they didn't forgive him because of that, but rather used it against him.)

- The problem has recently been in national headlines.

Now, I actually think it's okay to cover things like that. And in light of gamer gate (which I assume happened after this episode was filmed, so that may be a coincidence - but given Castle's tendency to beckon to Geekdom, perhaps it wasn't coincidental), I think it's actually important. But the thing is, whereas some episodes would have had this all in the background, implied enough to get the message across, to me this was obvously their main point, which made it feel a little contrived.

Or was it just me?

Comments

[linda-lupos.livejournal.com]

I'd forgotten about the fansite! Yeah, she would know. Plus Castle is a tech geek, he'd have a look out for the latest 'toys' and he'd keep up to date with things, especially faux-Instagram sites and such. He seems like the type of writer who'd have a serious web presence, kind of like Neil Gaiman, maybe even worse.

Yeah, they averted the trope, but then imo went full speed in the opposite direction and started bullying him, even threatening him with prison abuse??? What the hell, Kate. What. The. Hell. And she didn't even seem troubled by it!