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Castle Season 4 Episode 20

The Limey

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AIRED: Apr 02, 2012

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A dead British model has Castle and Beckett working with D.I. Colin Hunt from Scotland Yard. While investigating, they become suspicious about the activities of the British Consulate's Deputy General. Lanie persuades Beckett that she needs to make a move on Castle, sooner rather than later.

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Limey, blimey

2.0

By LitlunKc, Oct 18, 2012

I am a Londoner and trust me, that accent was from absolutely nowhere in London or anywhere in the UK. It was so ludicrous to cast him as an old Etonian that it distracted from the story and ruined the episode.
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Give him a break

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By Yecart, Oct 12, 2012

Fair enough the accent wasn't that great but they can't keep recycling their extras and who cares anyway, it's tv. If you think that the accent was the most unbelievable thing that was going on you're being picky.

I think it was supposed to be a bit awkward.

Just enjoy the stories that are being told keeping in mind that they're just acting.
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Real drop in class

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By GypsyDavey, Jul 18, 2012

We just saw this episode in the UK and naturally fell about laughing at an obvious Australian trying to pretend he was from the East End of London (actually Dick Van Dyke was nearer the mark!)

The writing was uniformly bad all the way through - the Castle and Beckett dialogue was clumsy and unbelievable. Where's the lightness the writing used to have? Let's hope this was a one-off writer for this episode because he/she/they were terrible.moreless
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The Limey

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By thefanof, May 02, 2012

Like a lot of my fellow TV.com users this was just not one of my favorite episodes. Some fun scenes with Kate at the function, but it was a really boring and awkward storyline. The new character they introduced did little to entertain us well. Below average showing from Castle.
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Agreed Worst English Accent

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By buttmonki, Apr 28, 2012

This was the worst English accent ever. When he first came on I thought I had switched channels and accidentally turned on Neighbours or Home and Away (Australian soaps which were popular in UK in the 80s/90s). was born in South London and have lived there for over 25 years and my parents still live there so I feel I can certainly recognise most London accents and many northern dialects as my family were originally from the north of England.

He was attempting an East London accent but it sounded more South London this is possibly why. South Londoners are often mistaken for Australians when they are abroad. When I went to University in Scotland they thought my accent was from Australia. All that said, this accent sounded like an Australian trying to put on a cockney accent which ended up as an Estuary English/Australian mish-mash. Whereas Australians often pick up the pitch towards the end of their words all he did to try and sound London was to clip the end of his words, it didn't work. I'd love to know what Americans thought of his American accent?

Furthermore he didn't 'look' British. When they filmed Bourne at Waterloo Station (where I worked) you could so easily spot Matt Damon crossing the station because he looked 'so' American. I imagine Brits stand out in a similar way in the US, this guy looked like a surfer dude with an Aussie accent - AWFUL!

Then there was the tacky Scotland Yard badge, firstly it's New Scotland Yard but that is a building the organisation located there is known as the the Metropolitan Police. Do the FBI have a badge that says J.Edgar Hoover or the CIA have a badge that says George Bush Centre for Intelligence, or the NYPD have a badge that says 1 Police Plaza? I think not, normally these badges name the organisation not the headquarters. Also the badges don't normally look like a 5 year old knocked them up on their home PC.

I was looking forward to the new tension between Castle and Kate and the episode started off promising but as a Brit I found it damn right insulting that as usual American producers could not be bothered to put the effort in to get things right when dealing with anything outside of the US borders it hardly takes five minutes to find out who the Met are and at least what their logo looks like.

A guest star from the UK would have been more appropriate, someone from a BBC crime drama would seem ideal Matthew Macfadyen or Rupert Penry-Jones from Spooks would be great. Both British hunks that would have both looked far better in a Dinner Jacket (Tuxedo for Americans) and please don't get me started on the lack of appropriate waist garment with Brett Tucker's dinner jacket and his hotchpotch of a black tie.

Sorry Brett Tucker I am sure you are a reasonable actor but completely miscast in this episode and it really destroyed it for me. Sorely disappointed in the producers over this one.moreless
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Nathan Fillion	Richard Castle
Stana Katic	Det. Kate Beckett
Molly Quinn	Alexis Castle
Penny Johnson Jerald	Captain Victoria Gates
Susan Sullivan	Martha Rodgers
Seamus Dever	Kevin Ryan

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Brett Tucker	Colin Hunt	Guest Star
Charles Shaughnessy	Nigel Wyndham	Guest Star
Danielle Bisutti	Claire Panchard	Guest Star

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- Goof: When Beckett attends the formal party at the British Consulate she is wearing a strapless black gown. Were she to wear such a dress her bullet scar would be plainly visible, yet her skin remains unmarked with no sign of her scar.
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- Detective Inspector Colin Hunt is supposed to be British, yet actor Brett Tucker is Australian, with an accent to match.
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- Beckett: Well, you're in.
  Colin: Thank you.
  Castle: What? Seriously?
  Beckett: Yeah, your supervisor at Scotland Yard said you're one of the best. Even Captain Gates was impressed with your record.
  Castle: Well, I guess it's not outsiders she doesn't like. It's just me.
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- (Lanie and Beckett enjoying some girl time over red wine at Beckett's place)
  Beckett: I'm telling you something happened. Something changed. It's been weird between us lately.
  Lanie: Lately? Kate, it's been weird for four years.
  Beckett: No, this is different. He's different. It's like he's pulling away.
  Lanie: Well, can you blame him? He's probably tired of waiting.
  Beckett: Waiting for what?
  Lanie: What do you think? The guy is crazy about you. And despite your little act, you're crazy about him. (Beckett stunned) Oh, what, was that supposed to be some big secret?
  Beckett: Yes. No.
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- Lanie: Where's Castle?
  Beckett: He took off... for a lunch date.
  Lanie: In a Ferrari full of flight attendant?
  Beckett: Yeah, he's probably trying to rack up his frequent flyer miles.
  Lanie: I'm sorry. But you know she's just a passing thing.
  Beckett: Do I? I mean, the guy has been divorced twice, and he's still chasing bimbos. Maybe that's just who he is.
  Lanie: Look, maybe it's the wrong time or maybe he's even the wrong guy, but if he is, how long are you gonna wait to find out? (about the corpses in the morgue) Ten years, I've been keeping them company while they spend a night or two here on their way to where we're all going. They all had plans, Kate, things they were gonna do when they got around to it... Go on a cruise, lose 10 pounds, fall in love. They thought they had all the time in the world. But nobody does.
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- Colin: What's she like, your captain?
  Castle: You ever see that YouTube video of the grizzly bear that decapitates a moose with one swipe of its paw?
  Colin: Comforting.
  Castle: It's nothing personal. She just doesn't like outsiders in her precinct.
  Colin: I don't need her to like it. I just need her to allow it.
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- Beckett: Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
  Castle: Yeah, that we should throw a party and hire a bunch of models.
  Beckett: No. That maybe Naomi somehow got into that party last night and that that's where she met her killer. That's what I was thinking.
  Castle: Weird. We're usually more in sync than that.
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- Beckett: (about the body) Hey, Lanie, how does it look?
  Lanie: (about her relationship with Castle) Like you waited too long.
  Beckett: The vic!
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- Beckett: I just... I don't want to lose what we have, you know?
  Lanie: Girl, please. What exactly do you have, really?
  Beckett: A friendship.
  Lanie: No. What you and I have is a friendship. What you and Castle have is a holding pattern. How long can you circle before the fuel runs out?
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- Original International Air Dates:
  Canada: April 2, 2012 on CTV
  Australia: June 10, 2012 on Channel 7
  United Kingdom: July 18, 2012 on Alibi/Alibi HD
  Germany: November 16, 2012 on Kabel 1
  Czech Republic: January 23, 2013 on Prima family
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