[Πρέπει να είστε εγγεγραμμένοι και συνδεδεμένοι για να δείτε αυτόν το σύνδεσμο.] It was sad seeing so many negative reactions to
this episode in terms of how Rick handled himself. Then again one could
say that it got people talking, so I guess the episode has done its job.
Here’s my take on it: I thought it was perfectly in character. The
man was about to reveal his feelings only to find out that she’s known
all along but completely dismissed it. In that situation, no one stops
and goes, “Oh wait, I’m not allowed to be hurt cause I’m keeping
something from her, too”. When you feel this rejected by someone you
love, you’re gonna act irrational and hurt. Me? I’m like Rick. If
someone hurts me I switch off my feelings and distance myself in a
heartbeat. It’s how I deal before I’m able to actually talk about it. So
I think they once again showed that Castle is very, very human. He’s
not perfect, he’s not always gonna make the right choice, he’s gonna act
impulsive and emotional. And the same goes for Kate (i.e. 4x05, “Eye of
the beholder”). But that’s why I love them. They struggle, they fail,
but they’ve got good hearts and they’re trying.
And just to make this very clear: I think Kate is allowed to be just
as hurt when she finds out about his secret. Even though his reasons are
very noble, it’s still her mother. Although I do think she’ll surprise
us. Yes, she’ll feel hurt and betrayed, but the whole point of her
sessions with Dr. Burke has been to “let go” to an extent in order to
start living her life. And by keeping information from her, Rick has
sort of allowed her to do that, albeit unknowingly. It’s gonna be
interesting to see this play out.
What was painful about this episode was that Castle and Beckett were
SO ready. He was going to ask her out and boy was she ever ready to say
yes. When Rick said, “She might as well be (dead)”, my heart broke. And
no, I don’t think he wished death upon her (good GOD), the man was
speaking metaphorically. Kate obviously sensed something was up. And I
can’t wait for her to find out that he knows she knows. I’m so ready for
them to go beyond the subtext and start TALKING.
+++ This next bit will be spoilerish, just to warn you. +++ Where do we go from here? Well, Rick is obviously doing what he said
he would: he’ll switch off his feelings and I think he’s sort of trying
to prove to himself that he can just go back to not loving Kate. Naive?
Yes. Immature? Yes. But understandable. And contrary to popular belief,
the man isn’t trying to make Kate jealous. That assumption makes ZERO
sense. Why would the guy assume she’d be jealous when he thinks she
doesn’t love him? He’s doing this to get over her and signalize her,
“You don’t love me? Well look at me, I’m fine, I don’t need you to love
me”.
And Kate? She’ll struggle between wanting to tell Rick how she feels
and being hurt that he’s dating random blonde chicks all of a sudden.
And because he’s off taking women to lunch, I think we now know why Kate
might be more responsive to that Brit guy hitting on her. After all
it’s easy to feel flattered by someone else when you’re feeling rejected
by the person you love. So essentially they might end up doing the same
thing. They’ll both be responsive to other people because they both
think the other isn’t interested (anymore). God I love this show.
And I’ve said this in my other post, but I doubt Caskett will resolve
much before the finale. I think things are most likely gonna get even
worse (Rick’s secret) before it all explodes in the finale, they’ll
finally say everything they’ve always wanted to say and then BAM, Stana
gets her “lots of kissing”.
Bring it on.
