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In the aftermath of introducing their parents to each other (which ended poorly) Castle and Beckett investigate the murder of a priest and go to pick up a possible witness. As Ryan and Esposito discover that Irish mob killer Mickey Dolan might be implicated in the crime, Castle, Beckett, and Leo (their witness) find themselves being chased through the Bronx by Dolan's men after being relieved of their wallets, phones, and Beckett's gun and badge.

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In the aftermath of introducing their parents to each other (which ended poorly) poorly), Castle and Beckett investigate the murder of a priest and go to pick up a possible witness. As Ryan and Esposito discover that Irish mob killer Mickey Dolan might be implicated in the crime, Castle, Beckett, and Leo (their witness) find themselves being chased through the Bronx by Dolan's men after being relieved of their wallets, phones, and Beckett's gun and badge.
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* CovertDistressCode: Beckett lets Castle know that something's wrong by saying she and Castle should go to a baseball game with their parents, something they can all enjoy.
* DueToTheDead: Mickey honors his best friend by choosing not to kill Leo.



* UndyingLoyalty: Although it isn't touched upon much, Dolan has three men helping him chase down Leo, even though he's planning to turn states evidence against the family, something that is apparently known by the entire mob. Either he valued those three enough not to turn them in with everyone else and they appreciated that, or they were loyal enough to him to help him out even knowing they might go to jail, with the former being more likely.

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* UndyingLoyalty: Although it isn't touched upon much, Dolan has three men helping him chase down Leo, even though he's planning to turn states evidence against the family, something that is apparently known by the entire mob. Either he valued those three enough not to turn them in with everyone else and they appreciated that, or they were loyal enough to him to help him out even knowing they might go to jail, with the former being more likely.likely.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Castle gets Mickey to not kill Leo by reminding him that his best friend never gave up on him, and he needs to honor his best friend's sacrifice.
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* BewareTheSillyOnes: Leo is actually a hit man.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Castle and Beckett turn out to be this to Leo, who is really a hitman. He'd faked being a witness to the murder, knowing Dolan would want to avenge his old friend and would one to him trying to find out the killer's identity. His plan would have worked flawlessly if not for Castle and Beckett showing up just before Dolan's men.

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* SpannerInTheWorks: Castle and Beckett turn out to be this to Leo, who is really a hitman. He'd faked being a witness to the murder, knowing Dolan would want to avenge his old friend and would one come to him trying to find out the killer's identity. His plan would have worked flawlessly flawlessly, if not for Castle and Beckett showing up just before Dolan's men.
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* {{Robinsonade}}: Beckett and Castle get stranded in the Outer Burroughs after midnight when they go to interview a witness and some mob thugs force them to drop their wallets and phones and some rando steals Beckett's car, leaving them on the run with no way to get out of the area and no way to contact anyone.
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* ShoutOut: Someone steals Beckett's car. Cue a back and forth with Castle over ''Film/DudeWheresMyCar''.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Leo apparently hurts his ankle, but is able to run to the nearest hiding place with no trouble, then is claiming he's too hurt to move, an early sign he's faking his injury]].

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Leo Leo apparently hurts his ankle, but is able to run to the nearest hiding place with no trouble, then is claiming he's too hurt to move, an early sign he's faking his injury]].injury.



* SpannerInTheWorks: Castle and Beckett turn out to be this to [[spoiler:Leo, who is really a hitman. He'd faked being a witness to the murder, knowing Dolan would want to avenge his old friend and would one to him trying to find out the killer's identity. His plan would have worked flawlessly if not for Castle and Beckett showing up just before Dolan's men]].
* UndyingLoyalty: Although it isn't touched upon much, Dolan has three men helping him chase down Leo, [[spoiler:Even though he's planning to turn states evidence against the family, something that is apparently known by the entire mob. Either he valued those three enough not to turn them in with everyone else and they appreciated that, or they were loyal enough to him to help him out even knowing they might go to jail, with the former being more likely]].

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* SpannerInTheWorks: Castle and Beckett turn out to be this to [[spoiler:Leo, Leo, who is really a hitman. He'd faked being a witness to the murder, knowing Dolan would want to avenge his old friend and would one to him trying to find out the killer's identity. His plan would have worked flawlessly if not for Castle and Beckett showing up just before Dolan's men]].
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* UndyingLoyalty: Although it isn't touched upon much, Dolan has three men helping him chase down Leo, [[spoiler:Even even though he's planning to turn states evidence against the family, something that is apparently known by the entire mob. Either he valued those three enough not to turn them in with everyone else and they appreciated that, or they were loyal enough to him to help him out even knowing they might go to jail, with the former being more likely]].likely.
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* CommonalityConnection: Martha and Joe Beckett bond over talking about the AdultFear they experience from their offspring's adventures and how to cope with it.

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* CommonalityConnection: Martha and Joe Beckett bond over talking about the AdultFear worries they experience from their offspring's adventures and how to cope with it.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Leo apparently hurts his ankle, but is able to run to the nearest hiding place with no trouble, then is claim gin he's too hurt to move, an early sign he's faking his injury]].

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Leo apparently hurts his ankle, but is able to run to the nearest hiding place with no trouble, then is claim gin claiming he's too hurt to move, an early sign he's faking his injury]].
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In the aftermath of introducing their parents to each other (which ended poorly) Castle and Beckett investigate the murder of a priest and go to pick up a possible witness. As Ryan and Esposito discover that Irish mob kilelr Mickey Dolan might be implicated in the crime, Castle, Beckett and Leo (their witness) find themselves being chased through the Bronx by Dolan's men after eing received of their wallets, phones and Beckett's gun and badge.

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In the aftermath of introducing their parents to each other (which ended poorly) Castle and Beckett investigate the murder of a priest and go to pick up a possible witness. As Ryan and Esposito discover that Irish mob kilelr killer Mickey Dolan might be implicated in the crime, Castle, Beckett Beckett, and Leo (their witness) find themselves being chased through the Bronx by Dolan's men after eing received being relieved of their wallets, phones phones, and Beckett's gun and badge.



* CommonalityConnection: Martha and Joe Beckett bond over talking about the AdultFear they experience form their offspring's adventures and how to cope with it.

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* CommonalityConnection: Martha and Joe Beckett bond over talking about the AdultFear they experience form from their offspring's adventures and how to cope with it.



* RunForTheBorder: Members of the O'Reilly crime family are mentioned as fleeing town, or even the country, en masse over the last week. At first this is assumed to be to avoid a turf war, but it late turns out that the actual source os a Federal investigation hoping to arrest the lot of them.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Castle and Beckett turn out to be this to [[spoiler:Leo, who is really a hitman]]. [[[spoiler:He'd faked being a witness to the murder, knowing Dolan would want to avenge his old friend and would one to him trying to find out the killer's identity. His plan would have worked flawlessly if not for Castle and Beckett showing up just before Dolan's men]].

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* RunForTheBorder: Members of the O'Reilly crime family are mentioned as fleeing town, or even the country, en masse over the last week. At first first, this is assumed to be to avoid a turf war, but it late later turns out that the actual source os is a Federal investigation hoping to arrest the lot of them.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Castle and Beckett turn out to be this to [[spoiler:Leo, who is really a hitman]]. [[[spoiler:He'd hitman. He'd faked being a witness to the murder, knowing Dolan would want to avenge his old friend and would one to him trying to find out the killer's identity. His plan would have worked flawlessly if not for Castle and Beckett showing up just before Dolan's men]].
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* CommonalityConnection: Martha and Joe Beckett bond over talking about the AdultFear they experience form their offspring's adventures and how to cope with it.


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* RunForTheBorder: Members of the O'Reilly crime family are mentioned as fleeing town, or even the country, en masse over the last week. At first this is assumed to be to avoid a turf war, but it late turns out that the actual source os a Federal investigation hoping to arrest the lot of them.
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In the aftermath of introducing their parents to each other (which ended poorly) Castle and Beckett investigate the murder of a priest and go to pick up a possible witness. As Ryan and Esposito discover that Irish mob kilelr Mickey Dolan might be implicated in the crime, Castle, Beckett and Leo (their witness) find themselves being chased through the Bronx by Dolan's men after eing received of their wallets, phones and Beckett's gun and badge.
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* ChildhoodFriends: Mickey Dolan and the priest grew up together and remained somewhat friendly long after taking opposite paths.
* ClosestThingWeGot: Leo tries to diagnose Beckett and Castle's problems, saying that he has over 1,000 hours of therapy (albeit as a patient) to ease the tensions.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Leo apparently hurts his ankle, but is able to run to the nearest hiding place with no trouble, then is claim gin he's too hurt to move, an early sign he's faking his injury]].
* SpannerInTheWorks: Castle and Beckett turn out to be this to [[spoiler:Leo, who is really a hitman]]. [[[spoiler:He'd faked being a witness to the murder, knowing Dolan would want to avenge his old friend and would one to him trying to find out the killer's identity. His plan would have worked flawlessly if not for Castle and Beckett showing up just before Dolan's men]].
* UndyingLoyalty: Although it isn't touched upon much, Dolan has three men helping him chase down Leo, [[spoiler:Even though he's planning to turn states evidence against the family, something that is apparently known by the entire mob. Either he valued those three enough not to turn them in with everyone else and they appreciated that, or they were loyal enough to him to help him out even knowing they might go to jail, with the former being more likely]].

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