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Sorry, I love the show too, but they've jumped the shark...
If this season isn't the final season, I will be really surprised. These first two episodes had final end game story line written all over them. I get the impression that we have seen the beginning of the end for Kate's story in the show. In fact, I get the impression that the majority of this season will focus on Kate. I'm not entirely sure what they will be doing with Castle in the mean time, but strange thing is that he had pretty much sensed that this was coming during the episode. I'm sure he will keep doing his PI business stuff, but will likely let Alexis handle the bulk of the work so he had work on the problem from his angle.
As for Alexis, I guess I had forgotten how different the character is now. I thought we were past the rebel, tell your dad to shove it phase...
I thought last season lost something in the show, and these first two episodes just cement that feeling. Without the banter back between Castle and Beckett, the show to me isn't as enjoyable as it used to be. Hell, Esposito and Ryan's interactions with each other weren't that enjoyable in the episode either. The show has started to become really serious in tone, and while I don't have a problem with that depending on the story, it is a bit of a departure from what the show was before.
As a side note, I wasn't really excited about the start of the season. But, I'll admit that I probably stopped watching mid season last season and picked it up later.