“The Dead Pool” · Season 3
In this episode: Richard Castle (7), Kate Beckett (3), Kevin Ryan (2), Alexis Castle (2), Becket (2), Martha Rodgers (1), Roy Montgomery (1)
You really think she (Bridget McManus) could overpower Zack (Zack Lindsey)?
Uh, no, but her brothers could. In grand Irish tradition, she has four of them, each over 6 foot, each with his own claim to fame... Assaults...
Oh.
Ag. Assault...
Bad.
A.D.W.,
Ee.
Battery...
Mm.
Assault on a city employee, parking enforcement.
Doesn't count.
Easy.
Dude.
I... just jokes.
He wants to learn more about my writing process.
And by "writing process" you mean your procrastination until the very last second...
And then writing out of a desperate panic in a caffeine-induced haze.
That one?
No, not that one. [Alexis giggles] The one where I find authenticity by doing hands-on research with the NYPD.
This place looks like my first apartment. We used to have cockroach races. I wonder if that's how Kafka got the idea?
For all we know, Bridget was lying.
[Walks in, looking vaguely disheveled] Well, she wasn't lying about her brothers. Talked to all four of them, one Irishman to another... and another. Anyway, they alibied out, they were in New Paults when Zach was killed.
All of them? [Ryan nods] For what?
[Furtively] They were at a sporting event, of sorts. [Starts to leave]
[Stopping him] Which was...?
Leprechaun toss. [Esposito smirks] Don't ask! Anyway, the, uh, older brother, he got first place. [Realizes his jacket sleeve is torn] Aww, man!
Well, the "merits" of Irish culture aside...
Hey!
Sorry. Perhaps this suggests Bridget was telling the truth about our elusive Estonian.
Hey, uh, if it's not overstepping, just in the interest of keeping it real, I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions for the case I'm coming up with for Seriously Dead.
[Hands him her card] Why don't you just give me a buzz when the two of you are done.
[To Castle] I mean, if it's okay with you.
[Glares at Beckett] Why wouldn't it be okay?
Okay.
Okay.
[Cut to Castle at home with Martha and Alexis]
It's so not okay! After everything I've done for him, he goes and tries to steal my muse!
Muse thievery, what's the punishment for that? Five to ten in mythology jail?
Yeah, speaking of mentor, I heard that you guys were pretty hard on Conrad last night.
Hard on him? No, no, it was just a little friendly hazing.
To hear him describe it, it sounds like someone was trying to teach him a lesson.
[Laughs in a forced manner] What? Why would I want to do that?
Because you didn't want him to spend time with me?
That is completely-
True?
[Drops his false humour] Yes. Fine, it's true. I'm jealous. There, I said it. I-I want you all to myself, and to have you spending time with another writer? That upsets me! And if that makes me petty, so be it. Guilty as charged.
[Smiles] Actually, I kinda think it's sweet.
You do?
I do. And that's why you don't have to worry about me hanging around with Conrad anymore. From now on I'm a "one writer" girl.
Thank you.
Always.
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