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Season 5  "After the Storm"  5x1

Aired 12 years ago - Sep 24, 2012

After four seasons of "will they" or "won't they," Richard Castle and Kate Beckett finally gave in to their feelings for each other. Season 5 picks up on the proverbial morning after, with Castle and Beckett facing new questions -- Was this a one-time fling, or are they now a couple? But before they find the answers, they must take on the forces responsible for Beckett's mother's murder that now threaten Kate Beckett's life.

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in its fullness, un-- untrammeled by the--the relief
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And about to lose the rest to traffic control.
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Look, let me explain.
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Well, technically, it would be round four, but--
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I know what this case has done to you.
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you'll never be safe again.
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So...
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were given as gifts to a legal team
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He would be, um,
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Smith just gave me a message. He said "86."
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So, yes, if there is a straw, I'm--
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but he knows it inside and out.
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- Can you move your hands at all? - No, just barely.
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Castle, I hear footsteps. He's coming.
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Nice. What about for me?
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He's gone.
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Well, at least Maddox won't be coming after you.
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Now what are we looking for?
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Well, that would make sense.
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I'm not sure they even track accounts going back this far.
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We need to take him down.
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to know that Bracken took dirty money.
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He's protected, untouchable.
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around Smith's room?
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I did. I do.
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Are you with me on that?
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and I will use it unless you do exactly as I say.
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Your mother's death was a tragedy...
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his little sister the same way.
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That's who the public sees.
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that's our deal now.
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