The Good Wife 3×05 –”Marthas and Caitlins:” The case of the week and the Eli scheming were kind of boring this week. However, I loved the subplot involving Alicia interviewing the potential associates. Of course, the part that made it great was the reveal at the end where Will revealed that she was a “Caitlin” herself and there was a “Martha” (i.e. a better qualified candidate) who lost out because of Alicia’s in with Will. Oh, and the fact that Will had to pay off David’s favor by voting for Caitlin this time was awesome!

I wanted to like the bar scene between Alicia and Cuddy, but I just couldn’t. All I kept thinking about was that it should have been Kalinda there with Alicia. In fact, I was hoping that Kalinda would have arrived at the bar for a drink after Cuddy went to chase that guy. She and Alicia could have started talking, and might have mended their friendship at least a little right there. Oh, well…

NCIS 9×06– “Thirst”: Meh, I have never been a fan of Ducky-centric episodes (thankfully they’re few and far between), so I barely even paid attention to this one. Even so, it was obvious that Ducky’s girlfriend was the killer because A) she was played by a big-name guest star; B) she did all that volunteer work and appeared WAY too good to be true; and C) No one’s personal life ever has a happy ending. Oh, well… to be honest, I don’t even expect much out of NCIS anymore and watch more out of habit than anything else, so these dumb eps barely even register.

Community 3×05 — Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps: I really liked this episode, despite the structural similarities to “Chaos Theory”. It was great how the characters in each of their stories retained the narrator’s unique voice, and it never gets old seeing how the group members truly perceive each other. If the episodes can’t be about school life and/or classes, then I’d much rather have this type of episode than those tiresome movie “homages” that the writers like to do!

Castle 4×06 — “Demons”: This episode was fun and lighthearted, which is how I prefer my Castle. I like that Castle and Beckett seem to be in a comfortable place with each other, where they can joke and tease in a playful way. For a while there, Beckett was just snarky, not playful, and that didn’t really float my boat. Now she seems to be rolling with Castle’s personality and quirks a bit more, which is great.

I wish there had been more interaction between them after the case. That’s what I look forward to most in these episodes, much as I did back when I watched The X-Files. So as great as I think Castle’s relationship is with his daughter, I’d rather have had that extra minute used for more C/B banter instead.

Oh, and WTF was Castle supposed to have been grabbing when Beckett was like, “I said grab my legs!”?

P.S. I just noticed that this is my 2,500th post here!

The Good Wife 3×04 –”Feeding the Rat:” I liked this one. The case of the week was “meh” because we all knew from the opening that the defendant didn’t have anything to do with the robbery. As soon as the “eyewitness” appeared, I figured out exactly what was going on.

But whatever. There was plenty of Eli and Kalinda, which was simply golden. The way they play off each other is just amazing. I wonder what things would be like if Eli could get his way and steal Kalinda and Alicia for himself. Are things still awkward between Kalinda and Alicia, or did they work it out (off screen) like Diane told them to? Not really interested in the Will stuff (baseball commissioner at 38 or whatever? yeah, right!), but if Cuddy (don’t know her name on this how) isn’t coming to the firm, how are they going to work the character into the series?

NCIS 9×05– “Safe Harbor”: I really liked this episode and think it’s been the best of the season thus far. All aspects of it just worked for me. The case was interesting and unique (for this show, at any rate). I couldn’t figure out what the family’s angle was, despite knowing that there was an angle there. Getting the Coast Guard to haul the ship in and turn it into a bomb for them (by filling it with fuel) was actually pretty clever. I just wish the scenes with Ziva and the mom were more compelling. I couldn’t tell if the acting was off or if the dialogue was contrite to begin with. Either way, those scenes bugged.

Ordinarily, I’m not a fan of the team butting into Gibbs’ personal life and trying to set him up on dates or whatever, but thought it was handled well here. It didn’t dominate the episode, nor was it turned into something cheesy along the way. I didn’t even mind that Gibbs said, “You’re never lonely when you have kids” to Ziva at the end. He just shouldn’t have said, “Goodnight, kid” after that. We already knew what he meant without the writers having to make it so blatantly obvious!!!

Criminal Minds 7×05 — “From Childhood’s Hour”: The case was just okay, which was disappointing because it had the potential to be so much more. I was intrigued by an unsub that thought he was doing kids a favor by taking them away from their unstable homes and killing off their unstable parents. Too bad it never went very far.

One thing that did go far — too far, in fact — was Garcia and Morgan’s flirting. I usually like their relationship and banter, but Garcia was way out of line this time when she went on and on and ON about her needing to be driven or whatever. And Morgan? Feel free to jump in and cut her off at any time, considering she was on speakerphone in a room full of colleagues and superiors. Wow. Maybe they can tone it down for a while and just tell each other about Cyber Week deals that they spot or something.

I’m really surprised that Hotch didn’t say anything when that was all going on. He sure looked like he wanted to, but he ended up holding back. Unless the writers are setting up for some kind of sexual harassment claim, I just don’t understand why the flirting has to be so blatant all the time.

Castle 4×05 — “Eye of the Beholder”: While this episode was a lot better than last week’s, I still find myself only perking up and paying close attention when Beckett and Castle are on screen together. It’s official, I guess: I’m ONLY watching this show now because of the relationship potential between the two leads.

In that regard, I thought they took some baby steps after last night. Beckett finally got around to showing some jealousy, which really hasn’t happened in the past. She has always kind of rolled her eyes at Castle’s romantic exploits, but this time, she couldn’t help letting her feelings through. I particularly loved how she shouted, “HEY!” when she saw Castle and Serena (or whatever her name was) kissing. I think last season’s Beckett might have just smirked, put her gun down, and walked away leaving Esposito to deal with the situation. But things have happened and now she felt the need to interrupt them herself.

As for that kiss, I know it was just a ploy and all, but it kind of bothered me that it was almost the EXACT same situation as Castle and Beckett’s first kiss in Knockdown. Clearly that was an intentional move by the writers (there were so many other ways to play the kiss), but I didn’t like that at all.