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Season 7  "Bad Santa"  7x10

Aired 10 years ago - Dec 08, 2014

When an ER physician is gunned down in the street, Castle and Beckett soon discover that the victim was a mob doctor to a Mafia family run by an old friend of Castle's. Also, against this backdrop of Christmas, Esposito and Lanie reach a defining moment in their relationship.

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Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 1
What you got for me, girl?
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 2
[Swallows]So it's, uh,
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 3
How does something like that just pop out?
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 4
In fact, he doesn't have an uncle at all.
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 5
And yet Eric missed work to come here...
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 6
Well, we believe that he might have been a family doctor
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 7
Assuming he wasn't involved.
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 8
Yeah, sure, up until the point he guts you like a fish.
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 9
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 10
Yeah... wait, what kind of a connection?
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 11
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 12
He called me at the precinct. He knows I'm married to you.
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 13
I even bought an imitation couture company,
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 14
by a girl he had on the side.
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 15
Dino, if that's true, all we have to do is call Beckett.
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 16
But you cannot refuse.
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 17
So let me get this straight.
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 18
Look, if I look into Eric's murder
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 19
Javier, these are my parents... Walter and Melinda.
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 20
Uh, we, um...
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 21
[Laughs nervously]Ohh!
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 22
See, Eric being our doctor...
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 23
Well, did Eric tell you who he thought was watching him?
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 24
Did Eric say why he needed $24,000?
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 25
Think I got a lead. So we're really thinking
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 26
on the island, and one of them happens to be
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 27
But what was he trying to hide
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 28
No recent gunshot wounds in the family,
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 29
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 30
because Luca disappeared three days ago.
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 31
The boys and I will check the area
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 32
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 33
Uh, sore subject, why? Because he's a Tessaro?
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 34
Yeah, so did I.
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 35
Who killed Eric?
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 36
Dino... eh... hey...
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 37
Daddy, I'm sorry! I was.
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 38
Jane, uh... [Gasps]
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 39
Nothing. Eric got rid of the body and the clothes
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 40
There's no cameras out that way.
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 41
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 42
We knew our families would never approve of what we had.
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 43
He was reaching out to them anonymously... Through e-mail.
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 44
But maybe there is.
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 45
Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 46
Uh, what'd you find?
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 47
Along with the attempted murder of Luca Tessaro
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 48
I decided it's better to bless her relationship
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 49
Maybe. One step at a time, mom.
 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 50
[Exhales] Or Castle and Beckett

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Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 2
[Swallows]So it's, uh,
#2 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 3
How does something like that just pop out?
#3 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 4
In fact, he doesn't have an uncle at all.
#4 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 5
And yet Eric missed work to come here...
#5 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 6
Well, we believe that he might have been a family doctor
#6 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 7
Assuming he wasn't involved.
#7 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 8
Yeah, sure, up until the point he guts you like a fish.
#8 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 9 #9 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 10
Yeah... wait, what kind of a connection?
#10 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 11 #11 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 12
He called me at the precinct. He knows I'm married to you.
#12 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 13
I even bought an imitation couture company,
#13 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 14
by a girl he had on the side.
#14 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 15
Dino, if that's true, all we have to do is call Beckett.
#15 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 16
But you cannot refuse.
#16 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 17
So let me get this straight.
#17 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 18
Look, if I look into Eric's murder
#18 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 19
Javier, these are my parents... Walter and Melinda.
#19 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 20
Uh, we, um...
#20 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 21
[Laughs nervously]Ohh!
#21 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 22
See, Eric being our doctor...
#22 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 23
Well, did Eric tell you who he thought was watching him?
#23 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 24
Did Eric say why he needed $24,000?
#24 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 25
Think I got a lead. So we're really thinking
#25 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 26
on the island, and one of them happens to be
#26 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 27
But what was he trying to hide
#27 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 28
No recent gunshot wounds in the family,
#28 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 29 #29 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 30
because Luca disappeared three days ago.
#30 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 31
The boys and I will check the area
#31 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 32 #32 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 33
Uh, sore subject, why? Because he's a Tessaro?
#33 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 34
Yeah, so did I.
#34 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 35
Who killed Eric?
#35 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 36
Dino... eh... hey...
#36 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 37
Daddy, I'm sorry! I was.
#37 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 38
Jane, uh... [Gasps]
#38 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 39
Nothing. Eric got rid of the body and the clothes
#39 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 40
There's no cameras out that way.
#40 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 41 #41 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 42
We knew our families would never approve of what we had.
#42 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 43
He was reaching out to them anonymously... Through e-mail.
#43 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 44
But maybe there is.
#44 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 45 #45 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 46
Uh, what'd you find?
#46 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 47
Along with the attempted murder of Luca Tessaro
#47 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 48
I decided it's better to bless her relationship
#48 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 49
Maybe. One step at a time, mom.
#49 Recap of Castle (2009) Season 7 Episode 10 (S07E10) - 50
[Exhales] Or Castle and Beckett
#50