Castle. No spoilers just a vent.

I binged watched the first 5 seasons over the last month. I really liked it. I didn't know the story going into this season, but I didn't like how they were always separate or that she was being such a bitch to him.

I heard they don't like each other, so they were trying to keep the show while not having them always work together.

He's in it.  Both he and the show are wonderful.  It's definitely worth watching if you have the time.  

Well, if that's the case, they both do a superb job of acting! lol!  I thought tonight's episode was pretty good and back to normal.

Shows that start going into the convoluted, never-ending story arcs lose my interest. (Talking about you Castle, Mentalist, Sleepy Hollow, et al.) I watch TV for some mostly-mindless entertainment. I'm nearly always doing something (web surfing, reading, needlework) in addition to watching, so I don't want to have to open a spreadsheet or even watch the episodes in sequence in order to know WTH is going on.

With the exception of series that are meant to be serials (Downton Abbey and such), I want my TV show stories to start and end within the original 30-60 minute program. I'm good for a couple twists and red herrings in the plot, just finish the story in 30-60 minutes.

Honestly a lot of the crime shows lose me when they decide to let one of the main police characters get kidnapped and tortured. It just goes so far off the rails that it becomes unwatchable and I have to agree with you that the Locksat story line is getting there with me too.

DH and I used to LOVE this show. Now we're kinda over it. The whole "I have to leave you to protect you" thing was crap. Rick disappearing the day of the wedding was crap. And no make-up wedding, just a simple little poolside ceremony with no guests. I really felt ripped off after all the teasing and build-up, let me tell you.

It's a shame that the writing has become so terrible because the characters were great.

What I understand is:
Nathan is an extremely private person about his well private life. Almost no one knew they were involved. She broke up with him and that became public. He wasn't happy about that. Now it plays out on the show.

I didn't know that either! I must be terrible at reading cues, but I never get that vibe from watching them. Either that, or they are very good actors.

my husband won't either! It used to be a show we watched as family, stopped due to teenagers getting busy, and the kidnapping goofiness.
I tried a few episodes this season before I noticed no one was watching recordings. It makes me sad, like its marking passage of time with my children and along with show going downhill too.

Yeah, that probably sounded weird. I've got a senior, I expect anything to make me wistful in next two months.

Agree! My dh loves this show, but I usually fall asleep watching it. It is the same formula each episode. It is getting old.

I totally agree. I hate those storylines that just go on and on and on...and like most of you, I still have no idea what locksat is or why I should care about it.

I do think they had some good single episode story lines this season though. The one where they were trapped by the psychologists kid and forced to solve puzzles was really good- also the one with the ESL class and the acapella one. They should really just stick with that sort of thing and drop the beckett drama once and for all.