I don't know a lot about rating and the shows you're mentioning. We have an Italian version of "Dancing with the stars", but I'd better not talk about it :lol:. As for Castle...well it is a rather new show for us and not everyone is able to watch it (you need pay per view channels) and I usually don't watch it 'cause it still has to "catch" me
So I'd say I don't know what you're referring to, but I do know that I was expecting this to happen sooner or later. I was also kind of sure it was gonna happen in an episode like this. It's bad 'cause it is, but oh well I always thought it was gonna happen in one episode when the people who usually are in background (especially in this season) were gonna have something to do....in this particular case David Caruso. He's been in the background the whole season. He didn't have anything to do except for a couple of scenes and by the end of the season, they decided that it was time to give him something...all I'm gonna say is "alleluja".
I mean you just can't give anything to the protagonist of the show for most of the season without consequences. You just can't go on with controversial storylines that already proved to be harmful to the show (I recall the epsiode which got the lowest ratings last year
) and the fanbase and expect your show to win.
I also think that it happend with this episode because after some boring and annoying episodes/storylines, it had to happen sooner or later....the viewers opted for the "sooner"...I guess :shifty:
I really hope this is going to trigger something in TPTB's mind 'cause, as far as it concerns me, the whole franchise is getting old...no wonder why after 8 years this show isn't obtaining the viewers it once used to
