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A Death in the Family

Season 1, Episode 10, Aired May 11, 2009

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- Goof: After Castle suggests they should check out the billing department of the hospital, we see him coming back to the office with 2 cups of coffee. He gets near Beckett and after she gives Esposito a paper with an account number, the camera angle cuts back to Castle and he's now holding only one cup of coffee with both hands.
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- Castle:: If I say yes will you promise to stay out past your bedtime and have a good time?
  Alexis:: Yes!
  Castle:: Not... Not too good a time.
  Alexis:: Dad, all we've done is hold hands
  Castle:: Eww, okay please, don't need details
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- Capt. Montgomery (about a suspect who has undergone many face lifts): At the very least, she should be arrested for violating the laws of nature.
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- Beckett: You want to ask the mob who the witness is? Castle: Clearly they already know who he is if they're trying to kill him. Like you said, he's gotta be a significant witness in a pretty big case. Beckett: So what do we do? Hop in the car and drive down to the Bada Bing?
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- Esposito: Wow, look at her. How can anyone do that to themselves? Castle: Right? It's like she escaped from the Island of Dr. Moreau. Beckett: Come on guys, she's not an animal. She's a human being. Castle: Yeah, I know but...wait are you being sincere, or quoting the Elephant Man?
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- Beckett: I'm not running a background check on your daughter's date. Castle: Oh, come on! She says he's quiet, he keeps to himself, and he lives with his parents. Tell me that doesn't sound like a serial killer to you!
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- (Castle stares as a well-endowed blonde walks past) Beckett: (Clears throat) Ahem. What's the deal with men and boobs, anyway? Castle: Biological. We can't help it. Beckett: But doesn't it bother you that they're so obviously not real? Castle: (Pauses) Santa's not real. We still love opening his presents.
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- International Episode Titles: Czech Republic: Vražedná identita (Murderous Identity)
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- Original International Air Dates: Slovakia: February 24, 2010 on JOJ Germany: April 10, 2010 on Kabel Eins United Kingdom: June 10, 2010 on Alibi Finland: June 30, 2010 on Nelonen Czech Republic: November 10, 2010 on Prima
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- Featured Music: "Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag" by Minnutes scene: (Opening Scenes) The car containing the plastic surgeon's body is towed. "More to Luv" by Minnutes scene: Castle is sleeping in a chair when Alexis comes home with her prom date. "I Know You Are But What Am I?" by Mogwai scene: Castle's mother tells him that he has to tell Beckett what information he found while looking into her mother's murder. "Comes and Goes (In Waves)" by Greg Laswell scene: Kate talks to a recovering Will in the hospital and Castle shows up to talk to Beckett.
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- Castle: Yeah, I know but...wait are you being sincere, or quoting the Elephant Man? The Elephant Man was a 1980 film starring Anthony Hopkins and John Hurt about a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak.
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- Beckett: So what do we do? Hop in the car and drive down to the Bada Bing? The Bada Bing! is a fictional go-go bar from the HBO drama television series The Sopranos.
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- Castle: Right? It's like she escaped from the Island of Dr. Moreau. The Island of Dr. Moreau is a 1977 film, which is based on the 1896 book of the same name by H.G. Wells, starring Burt Lancaster and Michael York about an island inhabited by a scientist, Dr. Moreau, who in an experiment has turned beasts into human beings. The film was remade in 1996 and starred Val Kilmer and Marlon Brando.
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