Quotes
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Javier Esposito : Howdy.
Kate Beckett : "Howdy"?
Javier Esposito : Yeah, um, "yo" is getting played out, so I thought I'd try something new.
Kate Beckett : Well, you might want to keep trying, 'cause "howdy" is just...
Lanie Parish : Wrong.
Javier Esposito : Well, I like it.
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Javier Esposito : Uh, street cams weren't able to get our getaway car, but ShotSpotter was tripped by the engine noise.
Vasiliy Zhirov : What is, uh, Spot Shotter?
Richard Castle : ShotSpotter. Audio surveillance system designed to detect gunshots.
Javier Esposito : And noises over 120 decibels can also activate the system, so we got a recording.
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Kate Beckett : Emily Hopper's cloud storage company archives old FBI files. *That's* what Grigory was after.
Javier Esposito : What kind of FBI files?
Kate Beckett : A 1980s Cold War operation to identify and flip Soviet sleeper agents in the U.S.
Javier Esposito : Sleepers? I thought Directorate S was a myth.
Kate Beckett : No, it was very real.
[hands over photo]
Kate Beckett : And the FBI's biggest catch was KGB agent Anatoly Arkady. In '87, he defected and went into witness protection as Frank Thomas. And that's Frank, present day, still living in the U.S.
Javier Esposito : This is our guy from the bed and breakfast.
Kate Beckett : And the woman in here is Grigory's mother...
[hands over photo]
Kate Beckett : Anya Mishkin. Also a Soviet agent.
Javier Esposito : She's a spy.
Kate Beckett : This is bigger than an illicit affair gone wrong. And I'm beginning to think that our friendly Russian knows more than he's telling.
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Javier Esposito : Do you know if Vasily recognized this guy?
Kevin Ryan : No, I don't think so.
Richard Castle : Why do you ask?
Javier Esposito : Because Frank's real name is Anatoly Arkady. And he's a defector from Russia from back in the Cold War. And...
[he leads them into Beckett's office]
Javier Esposito : ...Grigory's mom, Anya, is a spy.
Richard Castle : Really?
Javier Esposito : Yeah.
Richard Castle : Wow. That is so cool!
[sees Beckett's expression]
Richard Castle : Bad. It's obviously bad.
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Richard Castle : A defector resurfaces, a spy dies, and her son is killed in the middle of the night. This novel writes itself.
Kevin Ryan : Then tell us what happens next.
Richard Castle : I have no idea. That's what makes it so good.
Kate Beckett : Frank, AKA Anatoly, is the key to figuring out what's behind these murders. So you guys dig into his life and see what you can find.
Javier Esposito : What do you want us to do about Vasily?
Kate Beckett : We gotta keep him as far away from this case as possible. Which means we need to launch Operation Nickel Tour.
Richard Castle : All right... What's that?
Kate Beckett : You're gonna take him sightseeing.
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Richard Castle : So, a Russian?
Javier Esposito : Yeah, Ivan Drago's in the house.
Kevin Ryan : I hear those guys are like automatons. Strictly business.
Richard Castle : Well, if Boris is coming, could Natasha be far behind?
[Chuckles]
Richard Castle : This could be trouble for the big moose and little squirrel.