Posted by Dustin on 02.26.2013 at 3:52 pm

I absolutely love “Castle,” but normally find it difficult to post about because it’s usually not a serial, but a lot of stand alone episodes. This season they’ve done a good job of really linking the episodes, mainly due to Castle and Beckett’s relationship.

The latest two part episode had Alexis and a friend being kidnapped. It at first appeared it was the friend, a daughter of a wealthy arabic businessmen, who was the target. However it was actually Alexis, and as the mystery unfolded it was to lure out Castle’s unknown father from hiding. Castle met his long lost father, played by James Brolin. Castle’s father was a super secret spy who had made many an enemy, and one KGB agent found out about his past and family and was using them to draw him out. The two had to team up to save Alexis, and in the end his father vanished again. It was part of his job, no family, no relationship, no ties. However he sent Castle a clue, a book, to let him know he was alive.

Aside from the fact that I think Mr. Barbara Streisand is a little too old to be playing spy anymore, I loved this story. It opens up a whole new slew of storyline possibilities, bringing his dad back from time to time to help Castle and Beckett. I can definitely see him playing a part in Beckett’s ongoing storyline with the Congressman who had her mom killed, but is so slippery she can’t seem to nail.