ABC just announced an official renewal of three popular freshmen series and four current series.
The shows that were renewed are: freshmen series Once Upon A Time, Suburgatory and Revenge, drama series Castle and Grey’s Anatomy, and comedy series The Middle and Modern Family.
Check out our updated Canceled/Renewed score card.
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Original Air Date: May 7, 2012
Divina F – TwoCents Reviewer
divina@thetwocentscorp.com
WARNING: This recap will contain massive amounts of CAPSLOCK.
I honestly do not know where to start with this. Let’s recap in a recap: Beckett’s mother was murdered. Beckett was close to solving the murder, but then the actual killer died in the precinct and Montgomery died. And then she got shot. Also, Castle told Beckett he loved her, but it was right before she passed out so it didn’t really count. Oh, and a mysterious voice on the phone/shadow in a parking garage struck a deal with the big bad to keep Beckett from investigating.
And that’s what you missed on Castle.
This finale opens up on Beckett hanging off the edge of a building.
Yes. Really.
And then the screen cuts to 3 days earlier. (In case I haven’t mentioned this, I LOVE this working backward device.)
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Original Air Date: Apr 30, 2012
Divina F – TwoCents Reviewer
divina@thetwocentscorp.com
I am not afraid of zombies. Because, while undead, they can be killed. Which is probably why I sleep with a katana at my bedside, just in case.
I was actually really looking forward to this episode because I love impossible fantasy situations as much as Castle does. Also, all of the episodes this season that have looked like filler/gimmick setups always turned out to be dynamic plots. This episode was no exception, and I have to say that the personal connection Beckett made with one of the suspects made it one of my favorites.
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Original Air Date: Apr 16, 2012
Divina F – TwoCents Reviewer
divina@thetwocentscorp.com
Thank you, Adam Baldwin, for restoring my faith in this show.
You played Detective Slaughter so perfectly. Like Castle, I think I needed a break from Beckett, and watching you interact with Nathan Fillion made Castle seem like a whole new show. Or at least, a really badass crossover. (Someone please get this man his own show.)
This being the third to last episode of the season, I was still really anxious about the way things are going with Castle and Beckett – and I know I’m not alone! What this episode was able to accomplish was a separation that was not permanent and worked really well for character development. Castle gets to stand up for what his team has taught him and approach the possibility of letting himself get over being hurt. And someone finally asks Kate what she wants.
It opens with a hobo finding a dead body.
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Castle
47 Seconds
Original Air Date: Mar 26, 2012
Divina F – TwoCents Reviewer
divina@thetwocentscorp.com
A bomb exploding in the middle of an occupy protest sets the opening for a sure to be dramatic episode. Uniquely, the victims of the explosion were not targeted for any specific reason. The FBI is working the big picture, but the 12th has an important task. Owing to evidence from a photo of the supposed bomb origin, they are tasked to reconstruct the short time frame before the bomb went off.
A daunting number of people have to be interviewed – but at least we get to see West Side Wally again! – and as expected, no one is very helpful. Things really pick up when Beckett and Castle figure out that if they can just interview the people closest to the blast site, they might get closer. Thankfully, Iron Gates has a “damn good” friend that can help with that.
And that’s how they discover that the bomber is in the building, waiting to be interviewed.
Castle
Once Upon a Crime
Original Air Date: Feb 27, 2012
Divina F – TwoCents Reviewer
divina@thetwocentscorp.com
I will admit first that I’m not a huge fan of the filler/gimmick episodes. Yes, I love fairy tales and yes I’m a little tickled by the fact that the killer has the creativity to set up the murders like in the stories. However, since the how is steadily getting credibility, I want to stay on the drama note. We open up on a woman in an obvious red riding hood running frantically through the park at night. If you watch horror movies you know where this is going. Yes, this is most likely a playful jab at that other abc show.
Meanwhile, at chez Castle, where Martha is writing a one woman show. It may be exaggerated, but I’d go see it. Unfortunately, she’s chosen Castle office to work in. He’s only too happy to get away when Beckett calls him to the murder scene. The killer went through the trouble of running an actal wolf claw over the victim’s skin, but the real cause of death is a powerful dose of drugs, directly injected into her system.
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Castle – Recap & Review – Linchpin
Castle
Linchpin
Original Air Date: Feb 20, 2012
Divina F – TwoCents Reviewer
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Previously, on Tailor Tinker Soldier Spy – I mean, on Castle: Castle and Beckett have been recruited by the CIA to help them prevent a catastrophic event called Pandora. The man set to pull the linchpin is a former CIA agent and a wanted murderer in the eye of the 12th. There’s also a lot of Castle/Beckett tension because CIA operative Sophia Conrad (played beautifully by Jennifer Beals) is something like an ex-muse.
When we last saw our will they/won’t they? duo, they’d just witnessed the murder of Blakely, another former CIA agent who has the superpower to predict when a butterfly’s wing flaps will culminate into a tsunami. And then a huge black SUV slammed their car into the harbor.
Castle
The Blue Butterfly
Original Air Date: Feb 6, 2012
Divina F – TwoCents Reviewer
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Well wasn’t this the cat’s meow? Castle tonight opens in 1947 New York. PI Joe Flynn is tracking down a dame. And then he sees her. She’s one keen Sheba, but she’s a Moll. It’s too dangerous. Fade out to present day, where where a treasure hunter has been killed in the very same Penny Picker Club. Among his few possessions is a diary kept by the hard boiled Flynn himself.
Stan Banks was hot on the trail of the biggest jewelry disappearance of the time – the case of the “cursed” Blue Butterfly, a necklace worth at least a million dollars – when he was shot dead. The case takes off when the team discovers that Stan was killed with the same gun that allegedly killed Joe and his dame Vera.
Castle
An Embarrassment of Bitches
Original Air Date: Jan 23, 2012
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Fact: I’ve had the song from the promo stuck in my head all week. I’m not usually a big fan of the filler episodes, especially as Castle is getting more dramatic, but I cannot resist a dog themed episode. (And as I write this, my two year old Doberman sleeps at my feet.)
Open on a dogshow, where bigshot judge Francisco Pilar chooses best in show and then turns up dead in his dressing room. The immediate suspects are any show owners who were snubbed – on eof whom claims Pilar was taking bribes -, but a woman was seen leaving Pilar’s room, identified as Kay Cappuccio, reality star!
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Castle
Dial M for Mayor
Original Air Date: Jan 16, 2012
Divina F – TwoCents Reviewer
divina@thetwocentscorp.com
Last week when I saw the promo, I actually thought this would be a filler episode with the added bonus of Castle/Beckett conflict because of the mayor’s possible involvement. Man, was I wrong. While I can’t say that this episode was fun, I can say that it was a critical episode, and coming off the People’s Choice win, it certainly delivers the drama.
Derek Webster, who comes in to play Mayor Robert Weldon, does a commendable job. We’ve been hearing about this character in the background, and I really didn’t have many expectations, but his friendship with Castle was credible. The tension between him and Beckett in this episode rightly hinges on weather or not he can be biased, with that friendship in mind. I was thrown for a loop when I stopped chuckling about the mayor being the only reason Gates allows Castle to walk around the precinct and realized that if he was nailed for murder, Castle would be out, too. (Of course we know this doesn’t happen, but it’s pretty serious.)
