Castle (TV Series)

Child's Play (2014)

Laura Kai Chen: Detective Miranda Daniels

Quotes 

• Principal Joe Silva : I can't imagine it's one of Mrs. Ruiz's students. Why would they even be in that area alone?

  Kate Beckett : Well, we'll know more once our Youth Officer is done talking to them. Now, what time did Mrs. Ruiz's class let out yesterday?

  Principal Joe Silva : At 3:00 p.m. And each child was picked up by a parent or authorized guardian.

  [Castle picks up a puzzle toy from the principal's desk and plays with it] 

  Kate Beckett : Okay, and I'm gonna need a list of all of their names so we can determine where they were at 5:00 pm.

  Principal Joe Silva : Of course.

  Detective Miranda Daniels : [entering]  Detective Beckett? Mrs. Ruiz and I talked to all the students. None of them seems to be your witness.

  Richard Castle : Except one of them has to be.

  Kate Beckett : You know, maybe we should talk to them again.

  Detective Miranda Daniels : If they're afraid to come forward, that's not gonna help.

  Principal Joe Silva : Or perhaps they didn't see anything. Either way, these children shouldn't be subjected to endless questions.

  Kate Beckett : No, I understand, but we have to find this witness.

  Detective Miranda Daniels : In cases like this, a child is often more likely to open up to somebody who's not an authority figure. A classmate, a friend.

  Kate Beckett : [getting an idea]  So, basically, we're looking for someone who won't intimidate them. An adult presence in the classroom that eight year olds will view as a peer, someone that they can consider one of their own.

  Principal Joe Silva : Okay. But where would we find someone like that?

  Richard Castle : Got it.

  [puts toy back on the desk] 

  Richard Castle : Easy.