I've always been a fan of proudly displaying your failures to the world. Good for you.
In relevant conversation, I now want a dog. Thanks a lot, Castle.
Yea me too, that was a pretty dog.
Did the Lani/Espo relationship seem to backpedal from Ryan's wedding? Like the episodes were aired outta order?
I think the wedding was less of a "getting back together" moment and more of a "OK, breaking up is hard, but we're cool now" moment. My memory of the moment is not crystal clear, but that's what I'm thinking after this week's ep.
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Am I missing much by starting to watch Castle in season 4? I mean, I'll go back, after this season, but should I stop and go back now? I have seen episodes here and there from seasons 1-3 so I know about the sexual tension, blah blah blah.
Nope, you don't need to stop watching the current episodes. It's not really a show you need to catch up on. The characters and their relationships are easy to pick up, and even in the few times when they service a long term plot, the episodes themselves mostly still play as standalones and reiterate whatever info you need.
But you definitely should go back and see past episodes later, though.
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Nope. It's not really a show you need to catch up on. The characters and their relationships are easy to pick up, and even in the few times when they service a long term plot, the episodes themselves mostly still play as standalones and reiterate whatever info you need.
Ah, good. I'll go back to season one as soon as I plow through what's left of season four.
No real reason to plow through season 4 either, though. It makes more sense to catch up in my opinion, but as was said, not required.
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I would say that going back to season 1 and moving forward through 4 is the best way to do it. Seeing the relationship develop as well as knowing characters backstories make these things really important.There is quite a bit that happens in season 4 that relies on you knowing character's histories with each other to really get the full effect. Kate, for instance, has a lot of psychological things going on because of events in her early child hood that are tied to events occurring today. Seeing the mystery solved without seeing it develop and affect her along the way would be really lessen the impact of those episodes.
Plus the show is pretty easy to breeze through. I went through all the episodes in about 3 weeks without really even trying. I just had to keep watching
One of the earliest tricks you learn if you want to be a successful spy is social engineering; you have to get very good at manipulating an asset into thinking what you want them to think, very quickly. You have to control the sources of information they're receiving, and make sure that anything they hear, see or read compliments the idea you're implanting into their head.
Get good enough at it, and you can do amazing things; like make people read everything in italic fonts in Michael Westen's voice.
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One of the earliest tricks you learn if you want to be a successful spy is social engineering; you have to get very good at manipulating an asset into thinking what you want them to think, very quickly. You have to control the sources of information they're receiving, and make sure that anything they hear, see or read compliments the idea you're implanting into their head.
Get good enough at it, and you can do amazing things; like make people read everything in italic fonts in Michael Westen's voice.
It works, goddamn you. I even watched a solid 2 hours of those "Ask A Spy" videos on the Burn Notice website. I could listen to Michael Westen explain how to make a fucking burrito in voiceover. A yogurt burrito.
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Obviously we need a Castle/Burn Notice Crossover; though I'm not sure if one screen is capable of displaying the combined awesome of Nathan Fillion, Jeffery Donovan and Bruce Campbell at the same time.
...holy shit, they need a show together. Like, now.
So my wife had asked for a show like Castle to add to our viewing schedule. After watching the final Chuck we, per this current discussion, we started Burn Notice. Thanks Castle thread.
So my wife had asked for a show like Castle to add to our viewing schedule. After watching the final Chuck we, per this current discussion, we started Burn Notice. Thanks Castle thread.
I think this is like the third time I've railroaded this thread into a discussion about a different show, and I'm sorry, but I like to think that people have at least found my newfound love of Burn Notice to be helpful to their tv viewing routine. In much the same way that Castle is a non-ironic take on the serial pulp mystery drama, Burn Notice nails that resourceful hero-for-hire vibe from the 80s/90s that MacGyver and Magnum PI had.
Both shows tackle silly premises and embrace the tropes of their genre without getting too SERIOUSBUSINESS about it.
Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
But Castle's over arching plot is there, if not really important. Burn Notice's gets lost somewhere fairly fast, so don't bother even trying to follow it.
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But Castle's over arching plot is there, if not really important. Burn Notice's gets lost somewhere fairly fast, so don't bother even trying to follow it.
This might be because I watched them all in a row but I didn't feel Burn Notice lost it's plot.
If anything Castle has far more episodes where the overarching plot is not featured.
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But Castle's over arching plot is there, if not really important. Burn Notice's gets lost somewhere fairly fast, so don't bother even trying to follow it.
This might be because I watched them all in a row but I didn't feel Burn Notice lost it's plot.
I'm only half way through season three, but I agree. The central plot ("I gotta get my old job back") seems to run through basically every episode. Unlike Castle where you can go a few episodes without even a mention of Beckett's mom, or the mysterious people who are hunting her.
Maybe that eventually changes, but it definitely has a part in just about every episode so far. There's always a second "job" that ties back into it.
Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
Yes, but the who's and why's and whatfor's of it all get shuffled around every episode, too.
On topic- Why the hell is there no episode tonight? That's a rhetorical question, there's no acceptable answer, but there's less than a handful of decent shows left on TV (R.I.P. Chuck...) so this irks me.
GOD DAMN YOU. It's 3 parts MacGuyver, 1 part 24. With a liberal sprinkling of Miami Vice and The A-Team. I'm doomed.
Halfway in season 5 after 2-3 weeks. It is good.
A Castle/Burn Notice crossover would be absolutely brilliant.
I gotta say if there was never a Chuck/Burn Notice crossover, which had the advantages of being run by the same family of networks (different production companies, but whatever) and being pretty much the same genre (light action about spies), there probably won't be one with Castle. :P
...Not that it's a problem automatically, but: And Castle DOES change? Hell, the actual plot 'advancement' seems to be universally agreed upon as to be ignorable...God, I'm going to miss Chuck :P
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I want Nathan Fillion to rub my hand. And clearly you are fan of displaying your failures as your post history indicates.
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Is... is the dog therapist... Kira Nerys?
Im almost positive the voice is correct.
That would be the third trek cameo
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Yea me too, that was a pretty dog.
Did the Lani/Espo relationship seem to backpedal from Ryan's wedding? Like the episodes were aired outta order?
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Yeah ... I hope they get together before the season ends. I don't think they can stretch that another season.
I think the wedding was less of a "getting back together" moment and more of a "OK, breaking up is hard, but we're cool now" moment. My memory of the moment is not crystal clear, but that's what I'm thinking after this week's ep.
It seemed like they were going to get back together.
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But you definitely should go back and see past episodes later, though.
Ah, good. I'll go back to season one as soon as I plow through what's left of season four.
Plus the show is pretty easy to breeze through. I went through all the episodes in about 3 weeks without really even trying. I just had to keep watching
I've now watched 16 hours of Burn Notice.
GOD DAMN YOU. It's 3 parts MacGuyver, 1 part 24. With a liberal sprinkling of Miami Vice and The A-Team. I'm doomed.
Get good enough at it, and you can do amazing things; like make people read everything in italic fonts in Michael Westen's voice.
It works, goddamn you. I even watched a solid 2 hours of those "Ask A Spy" videos on the Burn Notice website. I could listen to Michael Westen explain how to make a fucking burrito in voiceover. A yogurt burrito.
...holy shit, they need a show together. Like, now.
I would watch the shit out of that.
Halfway in season 5 after 2-3 weeks. It is good.
A Castle/Burn Notice crossover would be absolutely brilliant.
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I think this is like the third time I've railroaded this thread into a discussion about a different show, and I'm sorry, but I like to think that people have at least found my newfound love of Burn Notice to be helpful to their tv viewing routine. In much the same way that Castle is a non-ironic take on the serial pulp mystery drama, Burn Notice nails that resourceful hero-for-hire vibe from the 80s/90s that MacGyver and Magnum PI had.
Both shows tackle silly premises and embrace the tropes of their genre without getting too SERIOUSBUSINESS about it.
This might be because I watched them all in a row but I didn't feel Burn Notice lost it's plot.
If anything Castle has far more episodes where the overarching plot is not featured.
I'm only half way through season three, but I agree. The central plot ("I gotta get my old job back") seems to run through basically every episode. Unlike Castle where you can go a few episodes without even a mention of Beckett's mom, or the mysterious people who are hunting her.
Maybe that eventually changes, but it definitely has a part in just about every episode so far. There's always a second "job" that ties back into it.
On topic- Why the hell is there no episode tonight? That's a rhetorical question, there's no acceptable answer, but there's less than a handful of decent shows left on TV (R.I.P. Chuck...) so this irks me.
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I'm sure that makes some awkward moments if you read any of the politics threads.
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I gotta say if there was never a Chuck/Burn Notice crossover, which had the advantages of being run by the same family of networks (different production companies, but whatever) and being pretty much the same genre (light action about spies), there probably won't be one with Castle. :P
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