i agree the idiocy of loksat or whatever is a detriment to the enjoyment of the show for me personally, it was an ok show last night, although i despise how they are portraying castle for the most part- for the first 3+ seasons he was suave, debonaire, cocky, playful, past couple of seasons, more bumbling, silly, comedic- i prefer the older style of castle.
i saw a comment about character development for the series in general and this past episode particularly that i agree with
in this ONE episode, they developed SLAUGHTER'S character more than they have for any OTHER secondary character in the show besides the core 4 beckett, castle, martha, alexis(martha and alexis due to them showing castle at home for the first 4+ seasons).
lets take the other "chars" outside of those 4
Lanie - rarely see her besides the crime scene - liver temp or lividity -generally- never a secondary stories that continues more than 1-2 minutes in an episode(was the final breakup/parents episode last year but that was maybe 5 minutes total of airtime) - (the espo romance thing barely) no character development at all for the past - oh 4 seasons.
no romances, problems, issues, etc etc etc. she shows up does her dead person spiel- and MIGHT get 30 seconds more in the episode.
ryan- except for that one episode last year- barely any char dev on screen - except for a couple of comments- never see him at home, never see his wife or child, etc etc (btw his wife-jenny- on the show is his IRL wife) his biggest
char develop stuff these past 2 years...having to take a second job at a night club to get more money- and failing the sgt test which was not mentioned this episode (possibly due to the last episode being written and filmed AFTER last nights episode)
espo--char development, what char development- besides breaking up with lanie- nothing outside of work- and besides taking the sgt test- and passing 2 episodes ago nothing at all.
there is so much more they could do with the characters of the show- and they don't.