Squab (5x21)

To this day this episode really bugs me on so many levels, so hoping to get some perspective from you guys.

1: Kate get’s insecure cause Rick does not jump up to have sex with her. Sure we don’t know if this is a first time thing or not. If they would show a conversation or something were they talk about it more and Rick acts like a jerk in the face of those insecurities then maybe it would buy it more easy.

2: Kate’s whining that they don’t talk about were they are going, mind you at this point she has not said i love you back to Rick if you go by the air dates. Kinda rich demanding Rick bare open his heart when he does not have confirmation where he stands.

3: Lanie basically pushing Kate to cheat, i mean this is the same Lanie who was the biggest Caskett cheerleader for 4,5 seasons.

4: Marlowe and Stana saying this episode was to prove that Kate was totally committed to Rick. Really why, cause she did not cheat with Vaughn? I know opinions differ as to wether she felt uncomfortable and pressured and that is why he got his lips on her. Other people believe she was reallllly close to cheating. I flip flop between the 2 depending on my moods. But the way Marlowe and Stana talked about it later was that she resisted Vaughn. Mind you this from the same writers who had Kate say: Why Castle, so i can be one or your conquest. And : i don’t want to be a notch on a bedpost. The same Kate who held the fact that she was just a cop and Rick was a millionaire, would be tempted just cause he was a billionaire? And that is without factoring in that Rick (trough his writing) already meant something to Kate.

Ugh i just don’t get it, this episode ruins a lot of Kate’s character arch for me. And i a not saying Rick was blameless, but his jealousy is well established at this point, so it is more in line with his arch. Also if you believe that Kate was tempted, the jealousy is really kinda warranted.