For what it’s worth,I think Blake made a smart song choice. It very well may have been enough of a breakout to keep Holly from going home, which she was poised to do coming into this week’s competition. God and country music go together. She’s probably going to pull a good number of votes in.

I know some people prefer to think the worse and be pleasantly surprised when they’re wrong. I myself don’t think it’s worth expending that kind of energy – especially, when the actual evidence doesn’t point in a negative direction. Now, if this was a different show like say, Scandal , I have no problem making predictions that aren’t going to make people happy. My job is to do the analysis and call it like I see it. I don’t see any evidence in the story of Castle season six being about a breakup or having Richard Castle sulking around. I put out the opinion and the logic – the rest is up to how readers want to take what I write.

Season 1 – she meets this cute but arrogant man with a reputation as a playboy, which, by his behavior seems accurate as he’s signing women’s chests and hits on her immediately. Hot, but come on, what an ass! Still sleeps with ex-wife whenever she’s in town. calls her a “Deep Fried Twinkie.” Just, no.

Season two: The guy is starting to grow on her, She meets his former ex, whom seems like a really nice, normal girl, and allows herself to open up more to him. She starts to think maybe it the playboy thing was just a phase…especially after saving her when her apartment blows up. However, right after that, he goes and sleeps with that actress trying to get a part in his movie! Ummm….yeah. Best to stick with the normal everyday kind of guy like Demming. Javier seems to think Castle has a thing for her – more than just a quick role in the hay. That would be…amazing. There are things, times, where she really, really thinks…she could love him…. She decides to give it a shot, but obviously Javier was wrong. He’s already moved on to his second ex-wife.

Season three – He didn’t call all summer, but has the nerve to want to come back and work with her again! The think is, she still…likes him – but he’s still with Gina and really, what’s the point of being with a guy who has such a short attention span. That doesn’t mean they can’t be friends and work together. Then she meets Dr. Motorcycle man. Whoa, a really nice and ATTRACTIVE guy! He’s a doctor and donates time to doctor’s without borders – how selfless, how noble…and he’s REALLY hot. He’s not Castle though…but after the last time she let herself go there…better keep it safe…OMG that kiss! Josh is never around…Castle’s there, was there the night Roy died, really, really there, and BOOM shot by a sniper and nearly dies…the last thing she hears before losing consciousness is that Castle loves her…

Season four: Wakes up after nearly dying, DYING! She’s in pain, she having nightmares – she can’t DEAL with anything else right now. Not Castle, and Not Josh either, dumps him. What the hell is wrong with her, anyway? Why can’t it just be simple – he says he loves her why can’t she just open to that. The mandatory therapy makes her realize it’s her mom. This thing with her mom has her blocked. If she can just solve it and have it be done….and pretend this PTSD thing isn’t going on…but she can’t. Not if she wants a relationship with Castle. Sends herself BACK to therapy. Hopes Castle will wait for her, but the therapist is right, she’s got to get better first. Therapy, shows her the PTSD isn’t just the shooting, it’s her mom’s murder also…she wants to let it go, to be more than who she is, but isn’t sure how. Therapist says he can help her with this. Always she nearly dies AGAIN. This time, with a year of therapy under her belt, she can’t brush aside that Castle’s all she could think about, all that matters – even more than her mom’s murder….

Season five, she and Castle are dating. It’s the first time she’s been in a relationship this long, first time she’s allowed herself to imagine a life beyond solving her mom’s murder – which is why she became a detective in the first place. Castle loves her, but he never wants to talk long-term…she wants long-term, but what if he doesn’t? Job offer comes in, an amazing one. It’s an opportunity to do what she’s come to love to do on a much larger scale. But…if she thought, if she knew Castle was thinking long-term she wouldn’t even think of moving to D.C….life five years from now… Her biggest fantasy is married to Castle and they’re raising their son or daughter…but she doesn’t know if he wants that. Well, until his marriage proposal.

I don’t BLAME either of them – other than the fact that communication and vulnerability have not be either’s strong suit. LOL! Each of them only have HALF the story. As viewers we get all the information which creates a different picture of what’s going on. However, neither character should be expected to react based on the picture we have, it can only be based on the info that character has.