By Emmy Lindfors
Managing Editor
When thinking of a mystery show, people can assume three things about the plot: 1. There will be some sort of crime (usually a murder). 2. The detectives and any of their consultants will work on solving it. 3. They will catch the bad guy in the end.
Even if a show follows this formula, there is no guarantee that they will be successful in an episode that glues its viewers’ eyes to the TV screen.
What makes this work, is the creative writers who come up with the unique crime. Basically meaning, not just a person being shot in an alley, but a person being shot in an alley by bullets that spell something, an example taken from the mystery show that has the best writers, “Castle.”
Obviously, one would hope that “Castle” would have great writing. It is about a writer after all.
For those of you who do not know, “Castle” is about a writer, Richard Castle, who consults on New York Police Homicides for research on his book whose main character was inspired by Detective Kate Beckett. Castle often comes up with extraordinary theories which stems from his writer background, proving only one of the many points why “Castle” writers know how to write an elaborate mystery.
In the latest episode, Castle and Beckett must investigate a man who fell from a hotel room window.
Upon entering the hotel room to look for clues, Castle immediately begins creating one of his theories, triggered by the serenading music coming from an iPod dock. As the case progresses, Castle’s theory grows into this elaborate one where the man murdered has a secret identity, multiple lovers, and is involved in a secret operation similar to one a CIA agent would be involved in.
What makes this show great is that Castle’s theories are usually right…to some extent. For this episode, his theory came true in each part of his theories, just tweaked a little. (Spoiler alert) The mystery panned out being that the man murder did have a secret identity to help in steal information from a rival company they were in a lawsuit with (the secret operation). The man also had multiple lovers because, on the side, he was a pick up artist.
Just on the fact that the writers of the show could come up with a theory like this shows how much they deserve Emmy’s Emmys award for Best Mystery writers.
To watch the writers’ incredible work come to life, click here for the full episode.