tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314249.post7302047631447101763..comments2023-10-05T03:09:06.036-04:00Comments on Very Much So: My View of CastleGerald Sohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03571407711439433431noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314249.post-9556831131834309662016-05-17T07:53:53.936-04:002016-05-17T07:53:53.936-04:00We bailed on Castle (which was one of my favorite ...We bailed on Castle (which was one of my favorite shows and even my ring tone) last year. The show had jumped the shark so badly that we couldn't watch it anymore.<br /><br />Shows jump the shark when the writers fail to realize that shows create their own genre of sorts. They create a set of expectations that an audience appreciates and comes to rely upon. It's breaking those expectations that causes the show to jump the shark. <br /><br />Many people thought that Castle would jump the shark when Castle and Beckett become lovers. I think this is because they learned the wrong lessons from Moonlighting. Moonlighting had set the expectation that the shows driving engine would be the sexual tension between the main characters. While Castle also spent a long time delivering sexual tension between Beckett and Castle that was never the show's driving force. The driving force was the interplay between Castle and Beckett as they solved cases.<br /><br />This last season, with it's ridiculous premise that somehow Beckett could not be with Castle for "secret reasons" destroyed that driving engine. They could not have interplay if the entire show was Beckett hiding from Castle. The writers misjudged, believing that Castle chasing Beckett was important, when in fact Castle being with Beckett was important. <br /><br />The show spun out and crashed, and a show with Castle and no Beckett might as well simply be a new show. Ray Danielhttp://www.raydanielmystery.comnoreply@blogger.com