Hong Kong Hustle

When Buffy the Vampire Slayer was doing all the superheroine stuff, the writers were deliberately playing with a horror movie trope & it was a lot of fun. They only gave us super-hyper-animé martial arts girlcop to make Beckett envious, only to teach her that she shouldn't be envious because supergirlcop has really paid a hefty price for being so amazing and perfect.

What exactly was the point of brining in supercop martial artist and computer genius from Hong Kong to begin with? None of this is the faintest bit clever or intriguing. Rosalind Chao is weirdly cast here - the character makes no sense, the scenario makes no sense, the whole thing is a dog's breakfast.

A probably 90lb woman with barely any visible muscle beating up 10+ heavyweight boxers?? And disarming an ex-special forces police officer (Espacito)?!! Man. At least have her use a gun or clever wits or something feasible. Not this absolute nonsense. I know this show takes its liberties with stretching reality sometimes but ayaa. I hope this wasn't for the sake of extravagant female empowerment, not that I believe women can't be strong.

Anyways, aside from that, this episode touched on some interesting topics like smuggling, immigration, and gave us some Chinese dialogue, which is cool! And the classic Castle humor is still there. So credit where credit is due.