Richard Castle: Reading the paper? You are gonna lose all of your wired-teen-hyper-texting-nano-gizmo street cred.
Alexis Castle: I'm a rebel. I kick it old school.
Richard Castle: [referring to cup of coffee on counter] Is this...
Alexis Castle: Cream, two sugars.
Richard Castle: Thanks. Style section. Anything I need to know?
Alexis Castle: The '70s are back.
Richard Castle: Hmm. They're like the Highlander, they just won't die.
[pause]
Richard Castle: Morning, Mother. You're dressed early.
Martha Rodgers: Ah! I have class.
Richard Castle: I believe that's a matter of some debate.
Martha Rodgers: At the New School, funny man. Look, it's not that I don't appreciate everything you've done, but, a girl has to stand on her own two feet.
Richard Castle: What's the class?
Martha Rodgers: "Introduction To Life Coaching". It's always been my desire to make a difference, wether on stage or off. And I've had cards made.
Alexis Castle: [stammering] That's my ID... It says here I'm your client.
Richard Castle: Well, of course you are. Haven't I been telling you what to do your whole life?
Alexis Castle: Oh, uh, Dad, Julie Schmidt's father's back in rehab, so a spot just opened to chaperone the D.C. trip.
Richard Castle: Where is the... How did you know Julie's dad was back in rehab?
Martha Rodgers: Must be a wired-teen-hyper-nano thing. So what do you say?
Richard Castle: Sorry, kiddo, but with you away, my chaperoning duties reside here. Or are you forgetting what happened the last time we left her alone?
Alexis Castle: So she had a little party.
Richard Castle: There were lime shards embedded in the walls.
Martha Rodgers: It was Cinco de Mayo.
Alexis Castle: Exactly.
Richard Castle: [phone rings, plays "Dracula" theme] I hear dead people.
[answers phone]
Richard Castle: Who was murdered, and was it gruesome?
Alexis Castle: Are you trying to figure out how to murder someone in their sleep again?
Alexis Castle: Not this time.
Martha Rodgers: Now does this look like a wild group? For your information, I am hosting a seminar for my life coaching class, "Be the Change You Want To See".
Richard Castle: How very Zen of you.
Alexis Castle: Dad, come on, be supportive. She's trying to help people.
Richard Castle: Yeah, to my liquor cabinet.
Martha Rodgers: No. This is going to be a very civilized affair. Now, off, off, off, off. Have fun!
[behind a closed door]
Martha Rodgers: Haha! Okay! Who wants a drink?
[cork pops, crowd cheers]
Alexis Castle:There is a universal truth we all have to face, whether we want to or not, everything eventually ends. As much as I've looked forward to this day, I've always disliked endings. Last day of summer, the final chapter of a great book, parting ways with a close friend. But endings are inevitable, Leaves fall, you close the book. You say goodbye. Today is one of those days for us. Today we say goodbye to everything that was familiar, everything that was comfortable. We're moving on. But just because we're leaving, and that hurts, there's some people who are so much a part of us, they'll be with us no matter what. They are our solid ground. Our North Star. And the small clear voices in our hearts that will be with us … always."
