“Secret Santa” · Season 5, Episode 9
In this episode: Kevin Ryan (4), Richard Castle (3), Kate Beckett (3), Javier Esposito (2), Victoria Gates (2)
We're putting up the tree the other day, Jenny says to me, "It just doesn't feel like Christmas without kids." She wants to try. But I come to work, I watch the news, every day... it seems like the world's falling apart. How am I supposed to bring a kid into that?
The world's always falling apart, bro. Since the beginning of time. But having kids, making a family, that's what keeps it together.
Hey, so I heard from Air Traffic Control, but you’re not gonna like the news. They have no record of anyone flying over the park during the time our guy hit the ground.
How is that even possible?
Santa had his sleigh in stealth mode
My mother-in-law is a licensed pilot, as she keeps reminding me. Part of a larger effort to make me feel inferior. I’m sorry. Did I just say that out loud?
Sounds like she’s staying with you, Captain?
One day soon, your in-laws will visit, too. And when they do, think hotel. [walks away] Oh, Lord, I hate the holidays.
[sotto voce] Yet another quality she has in common with the Grinch
…he didn’t go all Santa for the money. Back in the day, he used to pull down a half a mil a year. As Santa, he made a tenth of that.
You can make that much as a Santa? Maybe I should switch jobs, huh?
What? Gain 200 pounds and have a bunch of rug rats sitting on you lap with dirty diapers?
[With a disgusted face] Yeah, thanks for the visual.
Rick Castle: You volunteered to take Eldin's shift. Don't pretend. If you aren't ready, why not just tell me?
Kate Beckett:I'm sorry, Castle. I didn't mean to...
Rick Castle:You didn't mean to what?
Kate Beckett: Christmas means something different to me than it does to you.
Rick Castle: It's Christmas. I mean, how can it be different?
Kate Beckett: Castle, every winter, as soon as that chill rolls in, I'm right back there in that alley. January 9th, and we still hadn't taken our Christmas decorations down. And by the time my dad and I did, it was like we were putting Christmas away forever. We haven't opened those boxes since.
Rick Castle: I didn't know.
Kate Beckett: That's why, every year, my dad goes up to his cabin. And ever since I became a rookie, I have taken the Christmas shift. Because I know that there are families out there that are celebrating together in their homes and I am keeping watch, and that is my tradition. And that is important to me. It's as important as your tradition is to you. And I'm sorry, Castle. I thought I could let that go, but I...
Rick Castle: I understand.
He might have been robbed.
Uh, robbed and then launched into space?
And how is that less plausible than your sleigh?
I think you mean less “clausible.”
[Looking down at her ringing phone] Oh. Speaking of people having their homes stolen.
Is that your mother-in-law again, sir?
Detective, if you happen to receive a report of a homicide tonight at my address, do me a favor. Ignore it.
[Laughs] Yes, sir.
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