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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 : [whispering] You guys, I completely forgot. He said that it wasn't a big deal, but I think it actually kind of is.
Alexis Castle : It's a very big deal. We even get a little competitive.
Martha Rodgers : I started working on mine in July.
Kate Beckett : Wh...
Alexis Castle : Welcome to the family.
Martha Rodgers : Yeah.
[chuckles]
Kate Beckett : So what do I have to do again?
Alexis Castle : Write six funny, poignant, and eloquent lines describing highlights of the past year for you.
Kate Beckett : [relieved] Oh, yeah.
Alexis Castle : And they must rhyme.
Martha Rodgers : Yeah.
Kate Beckett : [worried again] What word rhymes with "I'm screwed"?
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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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[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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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?
