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Kate Beckett : Since when do you follow rules?
Richard Castle : Since I'm the one who made them.
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Kate Beckett : Hey. Okay, so I, um, I've got my draft of the poem for the family Christmas card. Wanna hear it?
Richard Castle : Yeah.
Kate Beckett : Okay. "This has been an epic year / Life's been full of joy and tears / Solving crimes and catching killers / Just like Castle's famous thrillers / We share a passion every day / As partners go, we're here to stay"
Richard Castle : It's great.
Kate Beckett : Thank you.
[seeing his expression, unaware he's just been banned from consulting with the department]
Kate Beckett : Something wrong?
Richard Castle : [covering] What could be wrong? You're here.
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[first lines]
Richard Castle : All right, ladies of the Castle household, just a reminder that your portion for the holiday poem is due in less than... seventy-two hours.
[Beckett is freaked out a little]
Alexis Castle : I just have to do a polish.
Richard Castle : I can't wait to see it.
[to Beckett]
Richard Castle : How's yours coming along? Are you ready for your big debut in the Castle family Christmas card?
Kate Beckett : [covering] Yeah, absolutely.
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[Castle and Beckett arrive at the crime scene]
Javier Esposito : So get ready for a murder with a little holiday spirit. It went down around 10:30 pm. Witnesses saw a black Mustang, no plates, chasing after this guy.
Kate Beckett : This was a drive-by? But he looks like he was shot close range.
Javier Esposito : Yeah, and the shooter capped him in the head to finish him off.
Kate Beckett : So this wasn't random. Did anyone get a good look at the assailant?
Javier Esposito : Yeah, when he drove by like a bat out of hell. Fuzzy red hat, big white beard.
Kate Beckett : Seriously? Our killer is Santa Claus?
Javier Esposito : Three witnesses, all told the same story.
Richard Castle : Guys, squeezing down countless chimneys? Delivering millions of presents in one night? It's bound to happen... Santa finally cracked.
Javier Esposito : Or... our victim was naughty instead of nice.
[he and Castle share a laugh]
Richard Castle : That's... tasteless.
Kate Beckett : Or our killer just wore a Santa suit because that was the perfect disguise at this time of year.
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Kate Beckett : It's just that rhyming isn't exactly my thing.
Richard Castle : This coming from the woman who skipped prom to crash a poetry slam.
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Richard Castle : Field trip to a strip club.
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[Castle is watching a group of strippers perform]
Kate Beckett : Castle, you keep staring like that, you're gonna have to pay for the two-drink minimum.
Richard Castle : I'm sorry. What were you saying?
Kate Beckett : I wasn't saying anything. You were talking. About Dino. About how he's a nice guy in spite of the fact that he's a mobster.
[while Beckett is talking, Castle turns to check out a stripper as she walks by]
Kate Beckett : Really?
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[meeting with Dino to discuss the victim]
Richard Castle : So you're admitting he was your doctor?
Dino Scarpella : I don't like that word, "admit."
Richard Castle : Acknowledging?
Dino Scarpella : Wow, Rick, me and you... we had a good relationship once, huh?
Richard Castle : We still do, don't we?
Dino Scarpella : Well, I don't know. I need to know I can speak freely. That you're not gonna turn around and repeat what I say to the authorities.
Richard Castle : Dino... you can trust me.
Dino Scarpella : Eric was family. My cousin Bruno's kid. By a girl he had on the side. Bruno, he died in the slammer, so I looked after Eric. I sent him to the best schools. I didn't want him to work for the family, but... you wanna hear God laugh, you tell him... You tell him all your plans, right?
Richard Castle : So what happened?
Dino Scarpella : Few years back, one of my guys got shot. It happens. He would've croaked, but Eric stepped up. Next thing I know... Next thing I know, he's got a taste for the life. I need to find out who did this to him.
Richard Castle : Don't take this the wrong way, Dino, but I think you already do know.
Dino Scarpella : It was not Christopher.
Richard Castle : All the evidence says that it was.
Dino Scarpella : He was framed. He's innocent. When it comes to this, anyway. I know... because I was with him.
Richard Castle : Dino, if that's true, all we have to do is call Beckett. You can alibi him.
Dino Scarpella : Mmm, no, that's no good. See, at the time, me and Christopher, we were, uh, engaged in a sensitive business transaction.
Richard Castle : And by sensitive, you mean "illegal".
Dino Scarpella : I don't like that word either.
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Dino Scarpella : I need you to prove Christopher's innocence and find Eric's killer. Hey, nobody connected's gonna talk to the cops. But if I vouch for you... give you access no cop has ever gotten...
Richard Castle : Dino, I don't know if I'm the guy...
Dino Scarpella : I could crack a joke about making you an offer you can't refuse. But you cannot refuse.
Richard Castle : Understood.
Dino Scarpella : Good.
Richard Castle : But if I figure out who did this, you *have* to let *me* bring the killer to justice. And by justice, I mean *legal* justice, not just taking him out. When the time comes, I need to call Beckett.
Dino Scarpella : We will swear by the code of silence.
[Dino picks up a dagger and slices the palm of his hand]
Richard Castle : Omerta?
[Dino slices Castle's palm]
Richard Castle : Ow!
[Dino claps their hands together in a sign of bonding]
Richard Castle : Ow!
Dino Scarpella : You're blood now, Rick. You're family... Do not let me down.
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Kate Beckett : So, let me get this straight. You wanna re-investigate Eric's murder on behalf of *your* friend, Dino, the mob boss?
Richard Castle : Okay, well, when you put it like that, it sounds bad.
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Kate Beckett : Dino is playing you.
Richard Castle : Mobsters get arrested. It-It's a cost of doing business. Dino knows that. So why go through the trouble of asking me to look into it unless Christopher was innocent?
Kate Beckett : Firstly, he didn't exactly ask you. And secondly, he just wants his number two back.
Richard Castle : Well, there's more to it than that.
[Castle shows her the cut on his palm]
Richard Castle : Omerta. We made the blood oath. It was not my idea, and I did not have a choice.
Kate Beckett : So you believe Dino because he gave you a paper cut?
