From a narrative point of view (and considering the pain that those in the federal government have caused her), her actions make little sense. If Beckett was still filled with a consuming drive to deal with her mother’s killer, the move makes sense since the person responsible for Johanna’s death is a Washington politician. But series four and five were largely about her sorting out her priorities and choosing to no longer let her crusade rule her life and to instead let herself build something with Castle. So it seems unlikely that the search for her mother’s killer is motivating her to take the job. And in the three episodes dealing with her new job, she’s certainly never mentioned that as a reason, even to her lover who knows better than most what that crusade has meant to her.
So let’s call this what it is: after giving us a series of the two of them together, largely happy and dealing in a humourous and touching way with the common issues of a new couple, this is a thinly disguised plot device designed to bring us back to a place of uncertainty about Beckett and Castle’s relationship. The same place Moonlighting took David and Maddie to.
Downton Abbey Season 4 Episode 4
Once Upon a Time Season 3 Episode 3
Made in Chelsea Season 6 Episode 1
Wolfblood Season 2 Episode 11
Some Girls Season 2 Episode 3
The Wrong Mans Episode 4
How I Met Your Mother Season 9 Episode 5
Sleepy Hollow Episode 5
Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 2
The Blacklist Episode 4
Hart Of Dixie Season 3 Episode 2
The Mentalist Season 6 Episode 3
The Walking Dead Season 4 Episode 1
Baggage Battles Season 3 Episode 1
Geordie Shore Season 7 Episode 5
Wolfblood Season 2 Episode 12
The Originals Episode 3
Face Off Season 5 Episode 10
Catfish Season 2 Episode 16
NCIS Season 11 Episode 4
The New Girl Season 3 Episode 5
Supernatural Season 9 Episode 2
Sons of Anarchy Season 6 Episode 6
Arrow Season 2 Episode 2
Revolution Season 2 Episode 4
American Horror Story Season 3 Episode 2
It's always sunny in Philadelphia Season 9 Episode 7
The Ultimate Fighter Season 18 Episode 7
Downton Abbey Season 4 Episode 4
Once Upon a Time Season 3 Episode 3
Made in Chelsea Season 6 Episode 1
Wolfblood Season 2 Episode 11
Some Girls Season 2 Episode 3
The Wrong Mans Episode 4
How I Met Your Mother Season 9 Episode 5
Sleepy Hollow Episode 5
Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 2
The Blacklist Episode 4
Hart Of Dixie Season 3 Episode 2
The Mentalist Season 6 Episode 3
The Walking Dead Season 4 Episode 1
Baggage Battles Season 3 Episode 1
Geordie Shore Season 7 Episode 5
Wolfblood Season 2 Episode 12
The Originals Episode 3
Face Off Season 5 Episode 10
Catfish Season 2 Episode 16
NCIS Season 11 Episode 4
The New Girl Season 3 Episode 5
Supernatural Season 9 Episode 2
Sons of Anarchy Season 6 Episode 6
Arrow Season 2 Episode 2
Revolution Season 2 Episode 4
American Horror Story Season 3 Episode 2
It's always sunny in Philadelphia Season 9 Episode 7
The Ultimate Fighter Season 18 Episode 7
Downton Abbey Season 4 Episode 4
Once Upon a Time Season 3 Episode 3
Made in Chelsea Season 6 Episode 1
Wolfblood Season 2 Episode 11
Some Girls Season 2 Episode 3
The Wrong Mans Episode 4
How I Met Your Mother Season 9 Episode 5
Sleepy Hollow Episode 5
Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 2
The Blacklist Episode 4
Hart Of Dixie Season 3 Episode 2
The Mentalist Season 6 Episode 3
So let’s call this what it is: after giving us a series of the two of them together, largely happy and dealing in a humourous and touching way with the common issues of a new couple, this is a thinly disguised plot device designed to bring us back to a place of uncertainty about Beckett and Castle’s relationship. The same place Moonlighting took David and Maddie to.
Downton Abbey Season 4 Episode 4
Once Upon a Time Season 3 Episode 3
Made in Chelsea Season 6 Episode 1
Wolfblood Season 2 Episode 11
Some Girls Season 2 Episode 3
The Wrong Mans Episode 4
How I Met Your Mother Season 9 Episode 5
Sleepy Hollow Episode 5
Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 2
The Blacklist Episode 4
Hart Of Dixie Season 3 Episode 2
The Mentalist Season 6 Episode 3
The Walking Dead Season 4 Episode 1
Baggage Battles Season 3 Episode 1
Geordie Shore Season 7 Episode 5
Wolfblood Season 2 Episode 12
The Originals Episode 3
Face Off Season 5 Episode 10
Catfish Season 2 Episode 16
NCIS Season 11 Episode 4
The New Girl Season 3 Episode 5
Supernatural Season 9 Episode 2
Sons of Anarchy Season 6 Episode 6
Arrow Season 2 Episode 2
Revolution Season 2 Episode 4
American Horror Story Season 3 Episode 2
It's always sunny in Philadelphia Season 9 Episode 7
The Ultimate Fighter Season 18 Episode 7
Downton Abbey Season 4 Episode 4
Once Upon a Time Season 3 Episode 3
Made in Chelsea Season 6 Episode 1
Wolfblood Season 2 Episode 11
Some Girls Season 2 Episode 3
The Wrong Mans Episode 4
How I Met Your Mother Season 9 Episode 5
Sleepy Hollow Episode 5
Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 2
The Blacklist Episode 4
Hart Of Dixie Season 3 Episode 2
The Mentalist Season 6 Episode 3
The Walking Dead Season 4 Episode 1
Baggage Battles Season 3 Episode 1
Geordie Shore Season 7 Episode 5
Wolfblood Season 2 Episode 12
The Originals Episode 3
Face Off Season 5 Episode 10
Catfish Season 2 Episode 16
NCIS Season 11 Episode 4
The New Girl Season 3 Episode 5
Supernatural Season 9 Episode 2
Sons of Anarchy Season 6 Episode 6
Arrow Season 2 Episode 2
Revolution Season 2 Episode 4
American Horror Story Season 3 Episode 2
It's always sunny in Philadelphia Season 9 Episode 7
The Ultimate Fighter Season 18 Episode 7
Downton Abbey Season 4 Episode 4
Once Upon a Time Season 3 Episode 3
Made in Chelsea Season 6 Episode 1
Wolfblood Season 2 Episode 11
Some Girls Season 2 Episode 3
The Wrong Mans Episode 4
How I Met Your Mother Season 9 Episode 5
Sleepy Hollow Episode 5
Beauty and the Beast Season 2 Episode 2
The Blacklist Episode 4
Hart Of Dixie Season 3 Episode 2
The Mentalist Season 6 Episode 3