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Seeing the episode again I just can't wrap around the logic of most of the plot. There is no way that Ryan would never had been vaccinated at any point in Canada or living in Colorado for a brief time. It is legal law since 1992 that if you are from outside the US and living within the Midwest or Rocky Mountain Region you must have record of vaccination or a confirm letter from a board certified medical doctor of why you cannot or haven't been vaccinated. Colorado, Illinois, Montana, Wisconsin and Idaho are major paper trail lookers if a child entering a public or private education institute has been vaccinated and all food or related allergies are given to them. You can't just say: "Sure, and here is my check." There is no way Kristin could have avoided having Boyd's vaccination records not provided when he was put even in Day Care due to legal reasons. Also, even with the the dumb stick they have hit Vanessa with the last three years would she not have helped Kristin or not known about Boyd not getting his shots. Same goes for Mike because ever since they magically aged Boyd, Ryan and Kristin in season 2, he knew Boyd's life inside and out. The episode was just written to make us sympathize with Kristin that she was young and stupid and that Ryan screwed up more in his life but it doesn't. Make them come off as completely uneducated morons, especially when Kristin is studying to be a doctor which was still confirmed in the last new episode given the text books she had. The story does not fit the history of the characters or even the previous episodes of "this" season. The ending is still left open with no resolution.

The one thing that really throws things off is the suspect telling Castle: "You'll never prove it!" Because you know that doesn't make a person want to really nail you to the wall. I like they are going with the classic Hitchcock and Suberbia spin on this but at the same time. I hope they don't do: "Castle is seeing things." It should be more: "We believe you but we need evidence and you have to be very careful finding it."

The wife and I really enjoyed the episode too. I like the twist with the "UBS" and what the murder was really about. My only problem is still with Castle being "outst" with the NYPD. I mean this case involved diplomats with DI and so forth, and why it was really about a jealous and angry TV producer in the end. You could argue that to the DA that Castle finds trouble without even trying and wouldn't be much different than a regular officer or NYPD consultant. Sad to throw in real life but you have gang members and angry people targeting police officers and killing them out in the open. The DA's argument about Castle's mob "ties" which are a joke hold no merit with him endangering the NYPD or related officials due to organized crime. Let's face it, he is also married and friends with top detectives at the NYPD. You don't think the mob wouldn't use him to get to them and would care if he's a consultant or works special cases with them? Come on.

I have no idea why we got Sean Gunn without clothes so many times during the series. He has a very odd pear shape body, man boobs and I really have no idea what is going on with his diaphragm.

If Vanessa was teaching at the college Kristin went too, then I could take it. Its not that PhD teachers don't exist in high school but it was just an out of nowhere storyline just to make Ryan be right about things. The writers just don't know what other way to convey Vanessa now and she comes off as a person who is oblivious to everything. She thinks her neighbors are her best friends and Ryan acting like such a moron is: "He's our grandson's father." I love Nancy Travis but after having Patricia Richardson on. There was just better play off and chemistry between her and Tim Allen and now it seems it was lost between Mike and Vanessa when they decided to turn Vanessa into an idiot. It was like the decision to have Eve tormenting Boyd, it wasn't cute or funny it was down right mean. Now, shifting back to Eve and Mandy like his episode. It works great. I didn't find Mandy's new thoughts on doing things to be nice it was more that she's grown up and realizes, she has to pull her own weight. Something I would be happy with is if Mandy and Kyle end up engaged by the end of the season. Since we are going to have to deal with Ryan and Kristin's wedding so Ryan, Kristin and Boyd can be the "happy little family". Insert rolling your eyes here.

I really love Lumio and the TurboPup was great. As for the PhD students, they can use the masks for their dissertation. It would be a great study and plenty of people would love to know why people get headaches from bad power naps. I mean really, that is a 160 paper right there and plenty of studies to support it. I go from trying to make it into the stores to getting it to finish up their PhD. So hated the last guy and I love Dean Cain but really, he was horrible, 25% should have taken that.

I was on the floor with the Irish Dance joke. I'm also happy how they have handled the timeline on the show. Knowing one semester and the bar and she will be a lawyer but I also like it how they have set it up. Doesn't mean Cristela will move out of the house right away either.

I really enjoyed that episode, especially when Mandy got her win in the end. Wow! Kristin was studying and doing homework? Only took 3 years. However, I was so tired of Vanessa. Yikes, they really don't know how to write her character anymore. She went from a smart woman working in a career she enjoyed to: "I had to quit my job because my future son-in-law is a close minded idiot and now I want to be a teacher!" "Go me!" I was on Mike's side the entire episode and look, very little political joke but of course they had to throw in the "black jokes". Poor Ed.

And that was exactly it. ASP could have gone the friend route with Logan a bit jealous when nothing was there but of course, we had to get that Rory wanted Logan and guys like Marty were just in the way. Heaven forbid that Rory could have a guy friend when she barely saw Lane who was in the process of being kicked out on her own. At least I understood the roommates with Lane living with them, I mean they felt bad for her but she wasn't in school with them. She wasn't really adding anything like groceries or anything. She was just there and Rory of course just went: "Well, sorry Lane, I would keep you but I'm out numbered here." Because, forget trying to at least find another friend or that to help Lane. Instead it was off to her band members, because all of a sudden they all had to live together.

I completely agree, it was in the span of 2 episodes: "Jess is a failure and magically his lone lost dad who ran way appeared." It was very ham fisted and after we saw how much of a flake Liz was and then seeing what his dad was like. You wonder why Jess was so screwed up. Especially, when Jess just did a bunch of silent phone calls to Rory including up to graduation. I mean, that was horrible. I wanted to reach through the screen and smack him and at least say: "I'm sorry." Not then just hang up the phone after Rory spilled everything to him and he just walks up the pier back to his dad's dock shack. I mean, please. Things have changed in the last few years but I'm in education. If anyone is noticed to be skipping classes guess what, it gets reported. Also places like Walmart and other retailers have policies where teens under 18 who are still in high school can only work so many hours. Even on weekends, there is a policy for it. Have been since the early 90s. Now, do some companies act like jerks and treat college kids like they can work when they want them. Oh of course by the time a kid is in college they realize places like that don't work and they quit. I also never got why Jess was so in love with working for Walmart. He got his car, he had his discount but he really enjoyed dealing with that verses working at his uncle's diner and going to the school library? Jess was a moron at times but he wasn't that stupid but of course, ASP had this perfect spin off series in her head and she needed Jess to headline it. When even when she worked on introducing all of the characters, the WB still said the show wasn't going to happen.

That was the thing about Luke, he did all this crap and people kept walking over him and he took it. Especially when it came to Liz, I mean wow! I know he was the older brother and stuff but it goes to a point where you want to say: "Are you ever going to grow up?" Then she has another baby 20 years later and all of a sudden, she gets it. That was what really threw me with the entire April story line. We were to believe that Anna thought Luke wouldn't be any type of good father and would have flaked on her if she would have told him she was pregnant. He then agreed with her. WTF? Despite his anger issues and hating to deal with whirlwinds that hit him out of nowhere. How could she ever think that? What I really wanted was April to yell at Anna saying: "He's a great dad!" "Why did you think he would have been horrible?" Then storm out of the room leaving Anna to realize she was the villain in all of this. GG really avoiding having characters have a true fall out of the actions. Rory, Dean, Jess, Anna, Emily, Christopher, Strobe, Taylor and especially Kirk. ASP had this in her mind that people who royally screw up get a slight yelling at and then magically fade off into the darkness with nothing outside of: "Oh, well glad that's over." I mean, there was keeping the mood light but never really any true consequences of actions. I mean Luke still treated Kirk and Taylor well after the two basically destroyed his dinner and could have killed Luke.

Oh no... not: "We're best friends!" again. I can at least see where Vanessa is coming with the teacher recommendation since she left her job to be an "inner city" teacher. Apparently Vanessa has her teaching certificate now and its not like they are hurting for money but... I still hate that Vanessa quit her job to pursue this "dream" of being a teacher when she could have done that a long, long, long time ago. Then again, the writers had no idea how to write her as a geologist working for an energy company. Of course they write it where Eve's school let her be bullied in front of the class and have her "kick out" the football coach and take over as coach. So... yeah, believability. Not going to happen.

Oh exactly forget the Duphies but Cam has gone from all about me to: "Look at all this stuff I use to do." "The good old days and my daughter has to do it too." Michell has become very "its funny when Cam gets hurt and Lily must not do what Cam does by any means possible." Same goes with Manny and now they have him being ahead of his years one moment and then the moron who can't understand his own language the next but still believes he spoke 3 languages before he could use the bathroom by himself. At least everything Jay made sense but picking up Joe when he was still in the middle of using the bathroom. Umm... hello?

I was actually happy that Cam got hit with the extension fist. I didn't have a problem with Luke and the next door neighbor girl because like Alex. Luke has no idea how to do that and yes it was in the open and that make it more plausible but Gould really isn't even trying anymore. Luke's lines were just so stale the only thing that worked was ignoring her getting the paper and when she called him a loser when she hasn't even been with a guy. His "WTF" face was spot on.

I know, I loved mini Bev and Murry and I was with Adam with Transformers. I was with my best friend at the time and we were both in shock when the Autobots were just destroyed in the first 15 minutes of the movie and Optimus Prime dying was heartbreaking. However, we figured he would come back and he did on the cartoon over a year later. I completely got Erica's reaction to her best friend and Barry, so many siblings have been there. I was actually in a relationship, even though briefly with a friend of mine's sister and when we went out. I could just see this look on his face going: "Please, stop!" "Please, don't kiss her hello or goodbye." We use to make fun of him. Also the best Optimus Prime costume ever!

I agree on all parts, I do believe JP was limited in his comedy delivery and what the character of Dean was suppose to be about but it just went so wrong. Especially when it came to Jess, and the fact he got together with another girl to make Rory jealous and we never knew how he ended it with her. Just that it was over when all was said and done. In truth, ASP was too tangled in Love Triangles with the main cast members I mean Lorelai/Luke/Christopher, Rory/Dean/Tristian, Rory/Dean/Jess, Rory/Dean/Logan, Emily/Richard/Pennilyn, Luke/Lorelai/Nicole, Lorelai/Christopher/insert name here. The only way to play up who was the better pick was to play the other one as either jealous borderlining on abuse or losing intelligence to where you were surprise they could tie their shoes. I was actually happy when Dean and Jess were both gone when season 4 started and they introduced Marty. I was like: "Finally, try someone who can take the best of both." Then it became Rory/Marty/Logan/Dean and then Rory/Marty/Logan. It was like Brenda Hampton's writing on 7th Heaven and Secret Life. All her stories were based on what happened to another family member or what she read in a newspaper. She went on record saying she wrote based on other people's lives with own twist. In ASP, she wrote her view on what she believed was how things were. Both were screwed up.

Didn't like Luke and the next door girl at all. It was pretty bad and acted horribly. Lily's stuff got really out of control after a while and it takes Lily almost hitting Mitchell for him to realize it isn't funny anymore. I really have had it with Fizbo. The first season and the funeral last year worked well and Stonestreet is great at physical comedy but it comes off as not only annoying but that Cam really needs to put that part of his life behind him. I mean taking Lily to a junior clown college was way too much even for him. Also, there is no way the boat could have been there that long. I know they wanted the joke with the cop coming over and seeing all of this and then issuing the tickets but really, we are to believe that after almost a month. No routine neighborhood police wouldn't have seen that and reported it and if it was shown there at next patrol not be ticketed? Plus, they really would have to park it right to the edge to get that far into Phil and Claire's driveway. I'm also sick of the Hailey has to go to a party when there is one. She never learns and at this point, Phil and Claire should be: "You have a job, you don't want to go to school again, work on getting your own place. You have six months and then we toss your crap out the window!" As for Manny, I was getting upset with him saying how he spoke 3 languages when he was Joe's age and yet he can't speak Spanish. Then it's revealed that Gloria has been telling him everything since day 1. Like in season 1-2 how they wouldn't talk about Manny's real father deciding to ignore Manny and Jay and her protected him. Yet, now she realizes, Manny needs to grow up and get going and that requires shattering the snowflake. I was so happy Manny got taken down so many pegs.

That's how I saw it. Making it a full product for the Mavericks or corporate logos like bumper stickers and and the like. Sell them at games or give them away at retreats. People will buy them.

It was like in the season premiere with Becket believing Castle must have ran out on the wedding or how Espo constant is like: "Castle did it!" How many times do we need to see that before it gets through people's head that isn't the man they have come to love or have a friendship in. I remember in season 2 when Espo's old partner showed up and what happened to him and turned to Ryan and Castle and went: "This is my partner Ryan and my other partner, Castle." That spoke volumes in the friendship they had formed. Then go into season 4 and all of a sudden Espo back peddles to: "Castle is guilty." Where did that come from? Its the classic: "How many times can Castle be framed before people go start realizing, this never works because they know him by now." I mean if we get another cast member impersonated like Becket or Gates, if they don't bring up saying: "Its 3XK again" instead of: "You did it! Admit it!" Why Bones got so bad, I mean how many times can Pelant do these things before someone just finally shoots him and be done with it. It was like Sloan on Alias, how many times could the guy pull off doing that crap before someone finally ended him. All shows are like that from comedy to drama and TPTB excuse: "The best characters never change." Yeah but people do remember things, duh!

Wayne Wilcox was also busy on Broadway during the show too. ASP said when he was free she had to put him on the screen because "he was yummy" her words. Caused a lot of problems because there was this whole back story to Marty and when he just pop up we would get these major plot points in his life. Like finding out his real dad was in fact his uncle and the reason was because of some family issue with his mom having him. Then the grandmother died and since all people who were in on the cover up were dead and Marty was almost 20. They dropped the bombshell on him and then the entire thing with Logan and Rory and then when he shows up. It was like: "Hey remember, Marty?" "We do but we don't know what to do because Wayne is free for two weeks of filming so we'll throw him in." Like Dean's last appearance: "Jared has a new show he was cast in, so let's make him bitter and act like an ass to Luke and explain to him that Lorelei will go back to Emily and Richard's world." Because you know, why would he ever think that?

3XK is basically starting to be written into a corner situation. With Bracken, the writers admitted the story had reached an end and didn't know what to do with it. Plus, they said they always had two macguffins in the back burner just in case they needed to resolve it and be done with it. With 3XK, at least they are having those who see him as a teacher but much like Red John on The Mentalist it has been drawn out. Don't get me wrong, he's a great villain but how he just easily convinces these people to be like him and so forth makes no sense. Also, his super villain plans are really too much. I mean he hired two people to be two long time police employees and not to mention almost 5 shelves of cases and evidence and that just easily walks out the door to be shredded or burned somewhere? Please. They need to bring that story to an end, its like this new "mythology" with Castle being abducted and then saying: "I can't explain what is happening." Oh come on. Least with Bracken you got it and how these people were so scared and how he got these ex military guys to work for him. With 3XK it was like: "I'm evil, obey me!"

I really enjoyed this and Castle PI really worked because it was fun. Richard Castle proved why he was a great writer because he knows how to look at things in different angles and use what he's acquired. The only problem I still have is how the DA threw him off due to "mob connections" which was established way back in season 1. I don't see that any different than a police officer interviewing a known mobster who can be involved in a murder. While the known mobster might give up a name that leads to an arrest and then someone connected in a different way ends up killed by said mobster. Doesn't mean the cop is thrown off the force. Especially, considering how this case involved someone trying to sabotage someone from becoming surgeon general with another law firm. That makes the DA look like an idiot. Plus, who is to say the DA wants the position? See where I'm going here?

Half the time the town even admitted they did it to please Taylor's ego, which in my opinion really is why he did these crazy things and only Luke called him on it, ever. Gypsy even referred Taylor was Papa "Doc" Duvalier to Stars Hollow. Yet, I don't think that was really much of a good reference.

I know, its gets old after so long. Its like David E. Kelly's Bush jokes, people were so sick of them on his shows ranging from The Practice, Boston Public and Boston Legal. His actors were even going: "Can we stop already?" "He's going to be out of office in a couple of months." Its like Ryan constantly wanting people to do this views, he would stop if everyone would stop enabling him or siding with him in the end. The last two seasons, its like they know people could care less about him and Boyd and they do write them because they have them. But the stronger episodes are ones that don't have those two or almost no Kristin. I think they should see the formula now. If they want to go into season 5 with renewals happening. Marry them off and have them and Boyd leave the show, like Kristin getting a new job and going away to finish up school or Ryan deciding its time to stop complaining, grow up and get a real job himself and even finish up his degree.

No, the banking guy was just being a jerk, like I said up top, it was basically how people who are good don't get refinances for their homes and people who slack, get behind on payments and don't work get refinance until they don't pay their mortgages anymore and go into short sales or foreclosures. Why the housing market went south and its still happening these days. Keeps happening to my parents while a couple who were on medicaid got refinance and then less than a year later went into foreclosure. The park chase scene was such a joke, the guy was purposely running into people not to distract Danny but to make it look like they were in his way. It was so bad. Danny getting hit by the bike was the only thing that look realistic. Also, shocked at no time that Danny didn't take out his gun and shoot, he had several opportunities to hit him..