Molly C. Quinn credited as playing...
Alexis Castle
- [first lines]
- Alexis Castle: What about Ashley? I mean, shouldn't I tell him?
- Martha Rodgers: Darling, in matters of the heart, it's best not to overthink things.
- Richard Castle: [entering] That's your advice, Mother? With your track record? What chasm of doom has she led you to by way of her tips on romance?
- Martha Rodgers: As it happens, we were discussing secret admirer... etiquette.
- Richard Castle: You have a secret admirer?
- Alexis Castle: I always thought it was silly, but... now I'm kind of intrigued.
- [Alexis is trying to deduce the identity of her secret admirer]
- Richard Castle: Wait a minute, what are you doing?
- Alexis Castle: Narrowing down suspects.
- Richard Castle: No, you can't do that. Not, you... No, that'll ruin the secret. No, it's like a mystery novel. You don't just go... to the last *page*, do you?
- Alexis Castle: Yes.
- Richard Castle: You do?
- [Alexis shrugs innocently]
- Richard Castle: Well, you shouldn't. It's not, you can't... the-the joy doesn't come in *knowing8 who did it... The joy comes... in the journey. In allowing the ending to... blossom, like some magnificent Himalayan blue poppy.
- Alexis Castle: Okay, okay. I'll let him stay secret.
- Richard Castle: Mark my words, you'll thank me.