Memorable Moments: Including Another Great Castle Grammar Moment

Castle has a lot of great grammar moments--which makes sense since Castle is a writer.

In "He's Dead She's Dead," a Season 3 episode, a mother and daughter come forward as witnesses. They are the Casillas:

Castle: Casillas. Good name. Hard to possessive pluralize though. The Casillas-es-es car has broken down. They will be late for the symphony.

I  must admit. Through my life, as a writer, I simply alter sentences to avoid this issue:

Kate: The car belonging to the Casillas family has broken down.

But give the Castle writers credit, Lanie uses the possessive later in the script:

Lanie: Emilio Casillas' autopsy file makes for some very interesting reading.

More last name fun:

In Major Crimes, "Reality Check," Season 4, the suspects in a murder case include Mr. and Mrs. Dickerhoof, participants on a horrible reality TV show.

Provenza: Wait. Wait. When you refer to them as a couple, shouldn't it be "the Dickerhooves"?

Despite Flynn's response (a furrowed brow), the answer is, "No." Last names are like brands. But the mild joke does prove that our brains are wired to instinctively apply grammar rules.