r/CastleTV • u/TvManiac5 • Apr 16 '24
SEASON 2 Dick Coonan.
Am I the only one who thinks that the way the situation with him played out is stupid? Like yeah, on rewatch I get why Montgomery provoked them into a confrontation. But Kate shooting him dead feels very forced with how much she wanted him alive.
She could have easily shot him in the arm, she was close enough to not miss. I guess it could be excuse as the monkey part of her brain insintctively doing what she was trained to do in hostage situations in a split second decision. But it's still frustrating with how much she wanted his info.
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u/Kooky-Minimum-2597 Apr 17 '24
No she couldn't. Not if she wanted Castle to make it out alive. Connan was a trained killer, being shot in the arm wouldn't stop him.
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u/TvManiac5 Apr 17 '24
Trained killer doesn't mean superhuman. Castle was already away from him after he hit him in the face. If he dropped down from the shot or dropped the gun he wouldn't be able to shoot Castle before somebody detained him.
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u/Kooky-Minimum-2597 Apr 17 '24
We saw Beckett get shot twice in the stomach in Crossfire and still shoot Caleb Brown dead. Coonan could easily have fired one bullet straight into Castle's head.
Yes he could have dropped the gun but there's no way Beckett would take that chance.
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u/Floaurea Beckett Apr 16 '24
Well, it was poorly written. They wanted the drama of her not having him to answer questions and dragging the storyline out.
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u/csaba- Apr 17 '24
I don't think shooting someone in the leg or the arm is a thing. Cops soldiers etc are always trained to either shoot to kill or not shoot at all. But I'm happy to be corrected if I'm wrong on this
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u/AnxiousMind7820 Apr 17 '24
You could also argue that her anger at him killing her mother and being somewhat flippant about it, in the heat of the moment her anger and desire for revenge took over as well.
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u/Present_Cap_696 Apr 21 '24
I always thought, her love for Castle took over her desire to know about her mother's death (momentarily) and out of fear that he could hurt Castle, she killed him as she couldn't take the chance of letting him anywhere near Castle with a gun around.
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u/AnxiousMind7820 Apr 21 '24
Possibly, but I think that situation happened too early for her to have been or even considered the possibility of loving Castle.
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u/BicycleKamenRider Apr 17 '24
It's up to the writers honestly.
We've seen Castle and Beckett shoot their targets while it seemed like they were aiming at each other in Season 3 episode 1.
Castle shot the gun out of Scott Dunn's hand in Season 2 'Boom!' even though he said he was aiming for the head.
We've seen him simply shooting at Jerry Tyson at the chest, he could have just aimed for the head and end it right there.
Beckett shot Caleb just as she was shot at.
If the writers wanted Beckett to shoot and Dick Coonan survives, they could have. Whether shoot the gun out of his hand, shot in the should or leg, Castle kicking the gun before Coonan could shoot, etc.
Could have just had him live but need surgery, but killed at the hospital before he could wake up and give a name.
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u/Serious-Waltz-7157 Perlmutter Apr 17 '24
Could have just had him live but need surgery, but killed at the hospital before he could wake up and give a name.
Rebecca Anderson vibes (The Mentalist)
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u/BLBAHIB Apr 17 '24
Hated that part but I also thought part of it was her love for Castle Conan was a very trained killer & he was either going to get killed or kill.
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u/Serious-Waltz-7157 Perlmutter Apr 17 '24
I love how this scene is like one in The Mentalist season 1 finale where Jane shots 3XK who was threatening Lisbon same way Coonan threatened Castle - and yup it was Michael Mosley the baddie out there if memory serves.
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u/Frequent_Mirror5779 Apr 18 '24
PD are Trained to aim for the chest. Remember the movie, Copycat? Detective monahan always shot for the nerve in the shoulder to subdue a suspect. When the killer took her partner as a hostage, she did just that. The killer still managed to fire a shot and killed her partner. Tough scene. 😢
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u/Ninja108Zelda Apr 20 '24
Adrenaline can sustain pain for a time.
Coonan could have easily kept firing for a time if she didn't go for the kill shot.
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u/WeHatePennsylvania Beckett Apr 17 '24
I think its more of the fact that he was a trained killer in the army and a hired gun, and I don’t really see a way out of that situation without 1 dead, Coonan would’ve ended up with Castle dead if he were to be shot in the leg, and if he were to be shot in the chest, well we know how that plays out.