- Alexis Castle: Too bad you can't go to the shower.
- Richard Castle: Oh, well, Beckett got, uh, baby showers in the break-up, so...
- Martha Rodgers: You know, that's funny, 'cause you- you recently, you just, uh, don't seem to be so tortured by all that.
- Richard Castle: Oh, well, you know, Beckett asked for some time. So, I'm just giving... it to her... Every day.
- Martha Rodgers: Well...
- Richard Castle: Sometimes twice.
- [first lines]
- [Castle enters with a lot of shopping bags]
- Alexis Castle: What is all that?
- Martha Rodgers: Oh, my lord.
- [chuckles]
- Richard Castle: Somewhere in one of these bags is the perfect baby shower gift for Jen and Ryan. I just need your help picking which one. Ready? Ta-da!
- [he shows them a baby-sized Kevlar vest with "Baby" on the front]
- Alexis Castle: No.
- Martha Rodgers: Is that a bulletproof baby vest?
- Alexis Castle: It's completely inappropriate.
- Richard Castle: Really?
- Martha Rodgers: Oh, my... so wrong.
- Richard Castle: Okay. Well, then you're gonna hate the onesies that say, "I'm with Officer Stupid."
- 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.
- [after Castle displayed gift ideas for Jenny's baby shower]
- Martha Rodgers: Richard, I honestly... Why can't you just buy a simple, tradition... Why is this so difficult for you?
- Richard Castle: It's not. This next one *is* perfect. Trust me.
- Martha Rodgers: Okay.
- [Castle reaches into one of his bags]
- Alexis Castle: Is it a baby-sized lightsaber?
- Richard Castle: [chuckles] No.
- [Castle reaches into another bag]
- Alexis Castle: Please tell me that's not the creepy robot nanny that sings Leonard Cohen lullabies.
- Richard Castle: What's wrong with Leonard Cohen lullabies?
- Martha Rodgers: It's more like "Silence of the Lambs" than "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Oh, don't worry, sweetheart. Fortunately, Alexis has purchased the *perfect* baby shower gift.
- [hands over a full basket]
- Alexis Castle: All you have to do is sign the card.
- Richard Castle: Do you have any idea how hard it is to find machine-washable Kevlar? Why didn't you tell me this before I went shopping?
- Martha Rodgers: Because we would have so missed torturing you. You are our favorite reality show.
- Richard Castle: I'm so happy I could entertain you.
- Kevin Ryan: Oh, Castle. Bearing gifts, I see.
- Richard Castle: This is your starter kit for little Kevin. Except for the Macallan 25 and the earplugs. Those are for you.
- Kevin Ryan: You're a dear and thoughtful man.
- Richard Castle: I know.
- 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.
- Vasiliy Zhirov: [after Ryan and Esposito question a suspect] The suspect is leaving.
- Kevin Ryan: Yeah, cases don't always get solved as quickly as they do in Castle's books.
- Richard Castle: [answering phone] Richard Castle Investigations.
- Vasiliy Zhirov: This is Vasily. I have most important news to discuss.
- Richard Castle: Ah, listen, if it's about the case...
- Vasiliy Zhirov: Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. You see, I'm a writer, too.
- Richard Castle: Of course you are.
- Vasiliy Zhirov: I have an idea for a Nikki Heat novel.
- Richard Castle: Of course you do.
- Vasiliy Zhirov: Let's meet for coffee.
- Richard Castle: Let me- Let me, uh, I'm gonna check my schedule.
- [putting Vasily on hold, he calls Beckett]
- Kate Beckett: Hey.
- Richard Castle: Vasily Zhirov wants me to meet him for coffee. What should I do?
- Kate Beckett: Keep him happy. The more time he spends with you, the less he's gonna be hanging over my shoulder.
- Richard Castle: And if I keep him happy?
- Kate Beckett: Then I will keep you happy.
- Richard Castle: Done.
- [switches lines]
- Richard Castle: Vasily!
- [last lines]
- Richard Castle: You know, Beckett, we've kissed in six different countries.
- Kate Beckett: Really, you're keeping count?
- Richard Castle: You're not? Anyway... One country we haven't kissed in is Russia. And technically, right now we are on Russian soil.
- Kate Beckett: Mmm. You know, there is one other thing that we've done in six different countries.
- [in Russian]
- Kate Beckett: Idi syuda kroshka.
- Richard Castle: What does that mean?
- Kate Beckett: [in English] It means, "Follow me and find out."
- Richard Castle: [speaking into his phone] Find a Russian translation app.
- [hurries after her]
- Kevin Ryan: So, our vic is a Russian national, name of, uh...
- Kate Beckett: Grigory Mishkin. I spoke to the police commissioner. He's the son of a Consulate Officer, which means this might get political.
- Kevin Ryan: Oh, great.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Kate Beckett: Rita, thank you for meeting with me so quickly.
- Rita: [looking around at her and Vikram's hideout] I like it. Although when I ran ops in strip clubs, we were open for business.
- Rita: You really did it. You blew up your marriage and went down the LokSat rabbit hole.
- Kate Beckett: Um...
- Rita: What?
- Kate Beckett: No, nothing. It's just that, um... Well, you've been watching us, and you think that we're broken up.
- Rita: But you're not. Ah, I love a little sexual subterfuge. Oh, it makes things so much hotter.
- Kate Beckett: So, Castle is playing tour guide to a Russian Diplomatic Security Officer. His name's Vasily...
- Rita: Vasily Zhirov?
- Kate Beckett: Yeah, do you know him?
- Rita: He's a cleaner with Russian Foreign Intelligence.
- Kate Beckett: So Diplomatic Security's just a cover?
- Rita: Yeah.
- Kate Beckett: Then what's his real mission?
- Rita: Who knows? But if your husband gets in Vasily's way, he's gonna be collateral damage.
- Richard Castle: Who are you? Obviously you're not some happy-go-lucky Diplomatic Security Agent.
- Vasiliy Zhirov: You remember Arnold Schwarzengger in the movie "Red Heat", yes?
- [Castle nods]
- Vasiliy Zhirov: Compared to me, his character is like weak, non-violent child.
- Richard Castle: So, she's from the State Department?
- Kate Beckett: Actually, that's just a cover.
- Richard Castle: Cover for what? Who is she?
- Kate Beckett: Rita is many things, one of which is... your stepmother... She's been helping me take down LokSat. Um... I wanted to tell you sooner, but...
- Richard Castle: But, let me guess, you couldn't because you needed to protect me.
- Kate Beckett: I'm so sorry.
- Richard Castle: This is getting really old, Beckett.
- Kate Beckett: The report on the Dragunov sniper rifle said that the barrel twist rate was 320 millimeters, but the newer version is 240, right?
- Vasiliy Zhirov: Yes, it was changed in the '90s.
- Kate Beckett: So then why would our sniper use an older model, when the newer one is so much more powerful and accurate?
- Rita: It- It must have been the only thing the assassin had access to. Only who the hell leaves around a Russian sniper rifle from the 1980s lying around?
- Vasiliy Zhirov: Molniya.
- Kate Beckett: Lightning?
- Vasiliy Zhirov: It's an old KGB code name for weapon caches planted in NATO countries to support the agents in the field. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, many were abandoned.
- Rita: But someone in the field would know where they were.
- Kate Beckett: Like Frank, except he's all lawyered up.
- Vasiliy Zhirov: Yes, but I too know where these old caches are. We search those caches, we could find our killer.
- Rita: You remind me of Jackson.
- Richard Castle: I find that very hard to believe.
- Rita: You have his eyes and that mischievous grin.
- Richard Castle: Oh.
- Rita: Mmm-hmm. Yep, there it is.
- Richard Castle: How, uh, is he?
- Rita: Alive. In our business, that's all you can hope for.
- Richard Castle: Does he ever, um... mention me?
- Rita: No.
- Richard Castle: Ouch. You couldn't have lied?
- Rita: Doesn't mean he's not thinking of you. It's just how he deals with having to have to stay away. He does it for your own safety.
- Richard Castle: I am so sick of people pushing me away for my safety.
- Rita: Specifically Beckett, I'm assuming. Still a wee bit upset, huh?
- Richard Castle: The anger flares up from time to time, yes.
- Rita: She did it out of love.
- Richard Castle: No, I know. I know... At the end of the day... she's worth it.
- Rita: I'm glad I met you, Richard.
- Richard Castle: I'm glad I met you, too.
- Rita: But you didn't, remember that.
- Richard Castle: No, your secret is safe... Am I going to see you or my dad again?
- [Rita sadly shakes her head, then gives him a hug]
- Rita: He's so very proud of you.
- Vasiliy Zhirov: But, my friend, Russian justice plays by different rules.
- Jürgen Kass: What is Russian justice?
- Vasiliy Zhirov: Oh, how should I describe this? Oh, yes. When you're in Ibiza next month, you might wake up on the beach... without your feet.
- Richard Castle: Politics wins over death threats?
- Vasiliy Zhirov: In Russia, it's better to be killed than lose face.
- 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.