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[last lines]
[Castle challenges Beckett to a poker game at the police station]
Kate Beckett : Comfy with Texas hold'em?
Richard Castle : I'm comfy, so long as my cards come from the top of the deck.
Kate Beckett : Huh. What you got up your sleeves?
Richard Castle : Aside from my muscular arms?
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Richard Castle : Whoa, whoa. Someone say "murder"? Hold on! I'll get my coat.
Javier Esposito : Look at him, all excited.
Kate Beckett : Yeah, like a kid at Christmas.
Kevin Ryan : With a dead body under the tree.
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[while in an elevator, Beckett hands Castle a wad of cash]
Richard Castle : What's this?
Kate Beckett : Your winnings from the other night. I'm not an idiot. I know you threw the last hand.
Richard Castle : [pause] How did you figure it out?
Kate Beckett : That's not the point.
Richard Castle : [realizing] Oh, my mother called you, didn't she?
Kate Beckett : [turns to Castle and gets in his face] You owe me a rematch.
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[after throwing games to each other, Castle and Beckett play a winner-take-all game of poker]
Kate Beckett : You're on.
Richard Castle : No mercy.
Kate Beckett : I'm gonna make you hurt.
Richard Castle : Oh, you're gonna *get* hurt.
Kate Beckett : What are playing for?
Richard Castle : Pride. Or clothing.
Kate Beckett : I think I got a bag of gummy bears.
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[after Castle goes all-in with Beckett at a poker game]
Judge Markway : Oh, do us a favor, Detective. Beat his pants off.
Richard Castle : [to Beckett] Yes, please. Beat my pants off, if you dare.
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[after Beckett folds her poker hand letting Castle win]
Judge Markway : Don't you ever get tired of winning, Castle?
Richard Castle : Yeah, you'd think so, right? But, no.
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[Castle and Beckett looking at a lot of pictures of the murder victim in a suspect's apartment]
Richard Castle : Look who's stalking.
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[after Beckett demands a rematch of a poker game]
Richard Castle : No, I was thinking something a little more local. My, uy, Gotham City crew. Guys I beat on a regular basis.
Kate Beckett : Your "Gotham City crew"?
Richard Castle : Yeah. Captain, the Mayor and Judge Markway. You know, your boss, your boss' boss, and the guy that signs your warrants. Or would that make you nervous? I mean, I wouldn't want to throw your game, but I also don't want you to feel patronized.
Kate Beckett : Just set it up. And prepare to get your ass kicked.
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[first lines]
Javier Esposito : All right, everybody, last hand for the night.
Martha Rodgers : Oh, phooey! It's only...
[scoffs]
Martha Rodgers : It's not even midnight.
Richard Castle : Some people have jobs to go to in the morning.
Martha Rodgers : Oh, my son, the working stiff. All right.
[picks up her cards and scoffs]
Martha Rodgers : Phooey. I fold.
Javier Esposito : What? If you don't mind me saying, Mrs. R., you fold a lot.
Martha Rodgers : I just don't believe in stringing along a bad hand. Why waste time?
Richard Castle : Actually, Mother's game isn't really Texas Hold 'Em. It's strip poker. Keeps things humming along, if you know what I mean.
Martha Rodgers : Well, frankly, I prefer strip because even when you lose, you win.
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Kevin Ryan : Maybe Castle was right. Maybe this is about sex.
Javier Esposito : The lady was a soccer mom.
Richard Castle : Come by my daughter's school at about 3:30. The place is like happy hour.
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Richard Castle : Remind me if I ever decide to write a memoir, to never write a memoir.
Kate Beckett : Okay.
[Beckett continues typing then finally stops and turns to Castle]
Kate Beckett : Why not?
Richard Castle : Because memoirs are about truth, and I'm not a very truthful person. It'd be too easy to make myself look good.
Kate Beckett : Might be harder than you think.