- Richard Castle: In a relationship, if you choose a movie, and you choose very, very poorly, do you lose your turn?
- Javier Esposito: How poorly?
- Kate Beckett: "Valentine's Day".
- Javier Esposito: You should lose two turns.
- Richard Castle: Well, then, if he didn't kill Holly, then who did?
- Javier Esposito: The brains behind this operation, that's who. A kid like Joey goes from smash-and-grabs to stealing a half a mill in jewelry? I don't think so. Someone put him up to this.
- Kevin Ryan: Yeah, it makes sense. Some savvy criminals use minors to do their dirty work.
- Richard Castle: Of course! A Fagin to Joey's Oliver Twist.
- Kevin Ryan: And if Holly's involved, that makes her the Artful Dodger. Or the Artful DJ.
- Richard Castle: Ooh, nicely played.
- [arriving at Beckett's desk to see her doing paperwork]
- Richard Castle: Ooh, grunt work. I'll come back later.
- Kate Beckett: As long as you leave the coffee.
- [takes the cup from his hand]
- [Esposito walks into the precinct handcuffed to Joey]
- Kevin Ryan: Okay... Care to explain?
- Javier Esposito: What? The handcuffs?
- Kevin Ryan: No, no, the stylish shoes that you're wearing. Yes, the handcuffs.
- Javier Esposito: Well, junior here tried to pull a Houdini on me last night.
- Joey Malone: Who the hell's Houdini?
- Javier Esposito: Shut up.
- Kevin Ryan: Out the window?
- Javier Esposito: Yeah.
- Kevin Ryan: Down the fire escape?
- Javier Esposito: Yeah. And then onto a moving garbage truck. Then on a skateboard for five blocks, which took him all the way to the L-train.
- Kevin Ryan: How'd you keep up?
- Joey Malone: He didn't.
- Javier Esposito: Shut up.
- Barmaid: Hey, sugar. What's your poison?
- [Esposito glances at Winters in a corner of the bar; Winters' thug stands up and walks towards him]
- Barmaid: Hello? What are you drinking?
- Thug: Mr. Winters is not taking any meetings today.
- Javier Esposito: Can I just get a bag of ice, please?
- Barmaid: What the hell do you want with a bag of ice?
- [walking up to the thug, Esposito kicks him in the groin and he goes down like a rock]
- Javier Esposito: It's for him.
- Javier Esposito: Yo. Did you just do the hair thing?
- Kevin Ryan: What hair thing?
- Javier Esposito: [scoffs] Every time you're about to meet a celebrity or a pretty girl, you run your hand through your hair.
- Kevin Ryan: TMZ said that Tyrese was at that party with Josie Lang. He's producing her new album.
- Javier Esposito: Yeah, well, she's no Regina.
- Kevin Ryan: I understand that the image of her as a Girl Scout is seared into your memory, but Josie is a real vocalist.
- Javier Esposito: Whose fan base consists of twelve year old girls... and you.
- Javier Esposito: CSU matched a print on that equipment to one Joey Malone, street name "Monster." He's got a list of priors a mile long. Unis took him down in Washington Heights. He's in the box. Come take a look.
- [Esposito leads Castle and Beckett to the interrogation room]
- Richard Castle: Monster? Now that sounds like the kind of ganged-up thug that would shoot you dead and leave you in a dumpster someplace. Probably half-man, half-mountain, full of prison tats. Or... is he quietly dangerous? You know, like Javier Bardem in any movie where he's got weird hair.
- [they enter the observation room]
- Javier Esposito: Just take a look for yourself... Behold... Monster.
- [a fourteen-year-old kid is in the interrogation room]
- Richard Castle: More like Cookie Monster.
- Javier Esposito: MC Thug, aka Darius Carson. His rap sheet includes assault with a deadly weapon and attempted murder. And *that* was just at this year's Hip Hop Music Awards.
- Kate Beckett: Where were you between 11 and midnight?
- Darius Carson: Upstairs,
- [chuckles]
- Darius Carson: with my girl.
- Richard Castle: Dakota?
- Darius Carson: Different girl. Kaiya.
- Kate Beckett: All right, well, I'm gonna have to hold you while we look in to that.
- Darius Carson: Good. That helps my street cred. You guys are gonna do a mug shot, right? 'Cause I brought my lighting guy with me.
- [arriving at home with the remains of a party from the previous night]
- Kate Beckett: Excuse me. NYPD. Where's the host?
- Richard Castle: Forget the host. Where's your pants?
- [laughs]
- Richard Castle: Am I right? Nah, I've been there. Check by the pool.
- Joey Malone: So, uh, you must be the good cop.
- Javier Esposito: Oh, I don't know about that. But... I could be your ticket out of this.
- Joey Malone: Yeah?
- Javier Esposito: Mm-hmm.
- Joey Malone: How's that work?
- Javier Esposito: We know you didn't kill Holly. All you did was lift a bunch of jewelry.
- Joey Malone: Man, I did...
- Javier Esposito: Just save it. We don't care about the jewelry. We can take those charges off the table. All we want is the guy who put you up to it.
- Joey Malone: I-I don't even know who you're talking about.
- Javier Esposito: Joey, come... I just gave you the winning lottery ticket. Now the right move here is to cash that in, not tear it up.
- Joey Malone: I bet this is the part where you tell me I don't know the seriousness of my situation. How unless I tell you everything I know, you can't help me. And then you'll lean in close, like you care about me, and like you're my friend... and you'll make promises you'll never keep.
- Javier Esposito: I keep all my promises, bro.
- Joey Malone: That's what everybody says.
- Kate Beckett: So, we've got a BOLO out on Shane and his car.
- Javier Esposito: Freaking kids, man. I don't know how you do it, bro.
- Richard Castle: Ooh, no, no. I lucked out with Alexis. At a certain point, you realize you're just... dealing with someone who hasn't been around as long as we have. They have to find their way.
- [first lines]
- Extra Reporter: Regina, your new album, "Fatal Impact", drops next week. What can you tell us about it?
- Regina Cane: It's about love, heartbreak and revenge. It's my best album yet.
- Kate Beckett: So you're saying that she left early?
- Regina Cane: Yeah. Around 11:00 after jacking in a playlist. I didn't *pay* for a playlist. If you see her, tell her I want my money back.
- Richard Castle: That might be a little tough seeing as she's dead. She was killed just after leaving your party.
- Regina Cane: Great. Now I feel bad for complaining.
- Javier Esposito: My parents split up when I was five. Man, get your feet off my table... Dad moved to Florida with his new wife. Most I ever got after that was a phone call or a postcard.
- Joey Malone: Postcard?
- Javier Esposito: Yeah.
- Joey Malone: How old are you anyway?
- Javier Esposito: Ancient.
- [last lines]
- Javier Esposito: If you need, day or night, call me at that number.
- Joey Malone: Okay... You're all right. For a cop.
- Javier Esposito: I know. Now get out of my car.