Richard Castle quotes from Castle

Beckett

[About Alexis wanting a scooter] You know what this means, though?

Castle

No. What?

Beckett

Well, Alexis is entering her "wild child" phase.

Castle

[Smiles indulgently] My daughter? Hah, I don't think so.

Beckett

Oh yeah, Castle, all girls go through it. And the good girls are the worst.

Beckett

Did you kill Carver for the map?

Oh, come on, kid, you know me better than that.

Beckett

[Coldly, hurt] I don't think I do. Because the man I knew wouldn't betray me like this.

I gotta go.

Beckett

Mike. I was in love with you.

Oh, Kate. Don't.

Beckett

You were the only one who understood the obsession that drove me. Who didn't tell me that I would get over my mother's murder and that she wouldn't want me to do this.

[Shaking his head, sadly] Just -- just trying to do right by you, kid.

Beckett

I dreamt about you. The night I shot the guy that killed my mother, I dreamt that I was the one who was on the ground dying, and that you came up to me and told me to stand up, 'cause there was still work to be done. [Longingly] When I woke up that morning I just wanted to call you, but we hadn't talked in so long.

You should've called. I never forgot.

Beckett

I'm going to catch Carver's killer, Royce. And then I'm going to recover Lloyd's score. And when I arrest you, you're going to realize that what you destroyed today was worth a hell of a lot more than money. [She hangs up. Speaks to Ryan, suddenly distant, and unemotional] Did I keep him on long enough?

Ryan

[Shocked] Uh, uh...

Esposito

Yeah, we got an address.

Beckett

All right, let's go.

Castle

Wh-what? All of that was just an act, to get a trace?

Beckett

Of course. [She turns and walks out, her face contorting with silent tears]

Castle

A wireless RF transmitter, to be precise. Not to be confused with the more advanced infrared signal burst device.

Beckett

Book research?

Castle

Nanny Cam.

Beckett

Well, then maybe we should make sure the treasure’s even there before we start shooting. Castle, do you mind?

Castle

Why me?

Beckett

‘Cause you’re the only one without a gun.

Castle

[Looks around at everyone else] Good point.

Ryan

He didn't kill Goldstein, but he did kill squirrel-stein. [Holds up a dead squirrel] What're the odds, huh?

Castle

Oh no, they took his clothes too!

Ryan

Could you...? [hands dead squirrel to officer]

Esposito

Awwwww!

Ryan

Yeah I know, I'm sorry.

Castle

Wonder what's up with Alexis. She seems a little out of it.

Martha

Isn't it obvious?

Castle

What?

Martha

Oh, she's in love.

Castle

Alexis?

Martha

Oh, come on, darling. In case you haven't noticed, she's not a little girl anymore.

Castle

Thank you, mother. I think if Alexis were in love she would've told me.

Martha

Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh. The fact that she hasn't told you is how we know it's real.

Castle

[Warningly] Mother.

Martha

Okay. And the fact that she mentioned it to me last night.

Castle

Who is he? Where did she meet him?

Martha

Oh, I don't know. She wouldn't say. No, diva's honour. She didn't tell me anything. She didn't even tell me his name.

Castle

[Sulkily] Can't believe she told you and not me. I'm supposed to be her go-to guy.

Martha

Oh, darling, of course you are. It's just, you know, it's first love. It's magical, ethereal. It defies logic.

Martha

Richard, your phone.

Castle

[He shrugs] Mmm.

Martha

[Picks it up] Ah, Beckett. Maybe it's a nice murder, darling. Brighten your day.

Martha

Good boy.

Castle

[Answers] Castle.

Castle

How do you know you're in love?

Beckett

All the songs make sense.

Beckett

And how many people would own that kind of antique pistol?

They’re considered collectibles, so they don’t have to be registered.

Castle

Making it pretty smart to kill someone with one.

Oh, yeah. Guns may be old, but they got plenty of killing left in ‘em

Beckett

Are you getting mail here now?

Castle

Only when I don't want my daughter to see it. [opens the envelope to show 2 tickets for Taylor Swift concert] Laa...

Beckett

You're a Taylor Swift fan?

Castle

They are for Alexis. Cost me an arm and a leg, but Alexis will be thrilled. Apparently she and Ash have a song.

Beckett

Yeah, well we have a song as well.

Castle

We do?

Beckett

Uhuh. "You talk too much" by Clarence Carter.

Esposito

That was a nice thing you guys did in there.

Castle

Well, I just thought that after everything Greg did for her, they deserve a chance. Besides, if it were you and I in Amy's shoes, we'd still be rotting in prison.

Esposito

Huh, speak for yourself, bro. I'd escape.

Castle

What, you'd just leave me in there?

Esposito

It's the law of the jungle. I gotta look out for numero uno.

Castle

Wow. Nothing like a hypothetical prison term to let you know who your friends really are.

Beckett

Don't worry Castle, I'd get you out.

Castle

Don't we usually get to the victim before the funeral?

Beckett

What have we got?

Esposito

Mourners found a body in the caskett

Castle

And that's unusual how?

Esposito

Well, the family was bidding a fond farewell to Mr. Mank here and discovered that he wasn't going to the grave alone.

Castle

Is it just me, or is Mr. Mank smiling?

Esposito

I found something unusual. Almost every morning she bought coffee.

Ryan

A doctor that drinks coffee, wow that is unusual.

Esposito

It is. The coffee shop is twenty blocks from her apartment.

Castle

Maybe it was on her way to work?

Esposito

Nope, complete opposite direction.

Castle

Boyfriend in the neighborhood?

Esposito

Only one way to find out. (walks away)

Ryan

Great, now he's mad at me.

Ryan

…So I spoke to more members of the staff and that’s when I found…the others.

Castle

The others?

Ryan

The other women in what I call... [pulls out a second board] the Galaxy of Greg. Each one of these women orbits Greg and considers him to be her special friend.

Castle

Well, that totally makes him McSteamy!

Montgomery

An FBI profile was as close as we came to ID-ing a suspect. Feds say he's a white male, 25 to 45 years old,

Castle

[To Beckett] Could be me.

Montgomery

Has a dysfunctional relationship with his mother,

Castle

Still me.

Montgomery

He has a menial, unimportant job.

Beckett

[To Castle] Definitely you.

Castle

Just for that, I'm basing my next book on Esposito. [Beckett glares at Castle]

Martha

It's like when I was doing Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and I thought my understudy was trying to poison me.

Castle

Oh, yeah, the daily blood tests I paid for. Wait, she did poison you. The Swiss chocolate she gave you was a laxative.

Martha

Eh, added a certain urgency to my performance. But the point is, you indulged my paranoia. So therefore I'm going to be in the park - five 'o clock - at a discreet distance to make sure that Alexis' secret admirer is not an axe murderer.