His Monday must-watch (10/31)

Happy Halloween everybody. It's a great night for candy, costumes, kids having fun, and networks piling up forced Halloween episodes. The first 3 are great for everyone. The last one is equally terrible for everyone.

You may say I'm destroying the spirit of a fun day, but honestly, I'm just not a big fan of holiday-themed episodes on television. Who doesn't remember that terrible Dawson's Creek Halloween episode when Pacey, Joey, Jack and Gram tell their scary stories during the storm? Just brutal. It's like the real writers take a vacation and give the interns a shot - "Hey, it's a Halloween episode. Write something scary, have a killer on the loose or have a crazy thunderstorm and you can't screw it up." Wrong.

Anyway, enough ranting. Tonight my must-watch is Castle (10/9c on ABC). Did anyone see the previews last week? We're bringing things back to the drama of the season premiere (finally). Nothing like a near-death episode to hook us all back in.