The New York Street Sports Festival is in full swing and rising star Logan Moore is favored to win. But before he can compete, Logan is cut down by an assassin on a cycle with three bullets. Being originally from the Bronx, Logan knew New York, and it was definitely strange for him to be in the city between three and four in the morning the night before the games. Just what was he doing out? While it began as intriguing, I just could not really get hooked into the normally winning narrative that Castle is so capable of producing. The first suspect is Logan’s tour rival Manny Castro, but he predictably is a dead end. Caskett turn to event organizer Tommy Fulton who is cagey but has information about Logan and his past. Immediately, I thought, “Hmm, they are going to see this guy again…” As the investigation deepens, Caskett track where Logan was staying to trust fund kid Ross De Koning, a twenty year old that likes to party with the extreme athletes. Ross is a real piece of work and gives Caskett a tip about an Albanian that Logan’s incarcerated mother dated years ago that wanted payback on the rising skate star. What?? All of a sudden, we are dealing with the Albanian mob? Is this Taken? At this point, I felt that the episode kind of missed the exit, but I held fast and kept my faith in my show. Upon interviewing the Albanian, they discover that he found God in prison and saw Logan before he died, but his alibi held water. Another strike. The thing that did hold my interest was just what exactly the motive was to kill Logan. Just what could an extreme sports star do to warrant getting killed puzzled me. The problem was that I was not too impressed with the candidates for just who the killer could be. As the episode progresses Ryan and Espo continue to try and one-up each other to impress Castle and get the nod for his wedding. Seeing the two detectives desperate for Castle’s approval is pretty damn funny. They genuinely want to be a part of the wedding. In the end, Castle reveals that he has asked Alexis to be his best man but has Espo and Ryan as groomsmen. I thought it was kind of lame to have Alexis as his best man, but whatever. I also noticed that unlike a lot of episodes, they cut away to Rick’s loft to see Caskett playing Scrabble again and enjoying a bottle of wine. As opposed to earlier seasons, the couple are much more domesticated than they used to be. It actually translates well on screen and it is seamlessly entered into the story. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing.
