I have to accept that this is a very amusing episode. The Slaughter character is so over the top that we have to laugh at him, and it shows Castle the dangers of working outside the team of which he has worked so hard to be a part. Except that the events of the last decade or so have made Slaughter perhaps not so over the top - there may still be too many police officers with Slaughter's mentality. I've realised that what turns me off this episode is the presence of Slaughter. I was bullied at school, and have come across bullies in later life - I have come to be able to deal with them. To be presented with an entitled bully like Slaughter is a trigger to which I react badly. He reminds me of too many of the real people I know who infest society, and against whom it must be defended. Castle is right in taking a stand.
Review of Headhunters
