Richard Castle quotes from Castle

Castle

Tell me you've arrested Gates

Beckett

Not even close. I mean, I don't know how, Castle, but he killed Kim Foster and he's gonna do it again.

Castle

There's been no developments? Usually you call me with news. [He stops in realization, his eyes grow wide. Beckett cringes, knowing she's been caught] You called to seek my council!

Beckett

[Very slightly sheepish] I wouldn't say it exactly like that...

Castle

No, no, no! You're hoping I had some wild theory. Some sort of penetrating insight that would lead us to a breakthrough.

Beckett

Well... do you?

Castle

[Stops, as if trying very hard to come up with something. Exhales exasperatedly] Gah! I got nothing.

Castle

Oh, it's really not complicated. You were raised by a single mother. She was blonde, she was beautiful, but she never wanted you. When you were, what, twelve? She died, suddenly. Let's say drug overdose. You went foster care, the bad kind. So much hate. So much hate towards your mother for abandoning you that you kill these women to get back at her. But you leave them looking peaceful because as much as you hated your mother, you loved your mother. Am I getting warm?

You're drawn to death. You like to be around it, because it thrills you. Now, where does that come from? Your own suppressed impulses? [Leans forward] How close to death do you want to get, huh?

Beckett

Tell me something, Castle. Why did he let you live?

Castle

As punishment, for me ruining his plan. Now he's gonna kill again, all 'cause I couldn't stop him. And I feel so... [shakes his head despairingly]

Beckett

I know the feeling.

Castle

I know you do.

Roy Montgomery

For those of you living in a cave four years ago, the Triple Killer, or 3XK, got his nickname by strangling three women in a week, dropping out of sight for a month, and then killing three more. Then he disappeared. I served on the task force that investigated those six murders. An FBI profile was as close as we came to ID-ing the suspect. Feds say he's a white male, 25 to 45 years old...

[to Beckett, sotto voce] Could be me.

Roy Montgomery

...with a dysfunctional relationship with his mother....

[to Beckett, sotto voce] Still me.

Roy Montgomery

He has a menial, unimportant job.

Kate Beckett

[to Castle, sotto voce] Definitely you.

Just for that, I'm basing my next book on Esposito.

Beckett

Castle?

Castle

(He's surrounded by women.) Hey, honey. Oh, you found me. I was just telling Denise here about you. (The women start to disperse.) This is, uh, my girlfriend, who's idea it was to come here tonight. She's very adventurous, you have no idea... there's... (The women leave. Kate sits down.) Thank God you found me. Oh, my God, these women are like piranhas.

Beckett

Okay Castle, I'm here; what's so important?

Castle

Your first clue is: "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime".

Beckett

Oh, Jeez, Castle, I haven't even had my coffee yet - (he hands her a cup of coffee) Thank you.

Castle

From the Sherlock Holmes stories, Silver Blaze. Holmes unmasks the murderer because of what didn't happened. The dog didn't bark. That's how he knew: the dog must have known the killer.

Beckett

Okay,yes, I remember the story.

Castle

Then you know that the hardest form of detection is looking for the thing, it isn't there. Byron said that Len was going to verify the hawks. Verify, as in provide proof, which means...

Beckett

He would've had a camera!

Castle

Which we didn't find. And if he was taking pictures...

Beckett

We should be able to figure out what he was up to!

Castle

You know, I understand ferrets as a pet. Snakes, spiders, even a hairless mole. But a rat?

Beckett

There are probably kids in the city who keep cockroaches as pets.

Castle

You’re probably right. Strangest pet you ever had?

Beckett

You.

Castle

[holding a DVD] Wait! That's it? I mean, no pomp? No circumstance? What's on this could shape the foundations of our very existence. We need to pause and savor-

Beckett

[taking the DVD] Please, let's just stick it in and get this over with.

Beckett

Those men knew who killed Marie and they refused to tell us.

Castle

They also refused to confirm that J. Edgar Hoover liked to wear dresses.

Esposito

[walking up and checking out the injection marks on their necks] Abducted by government agents, huh? [grins] Come on. What were you two really doing?

Beckett

[rolls eyes] It's not a hickey, Esposito.

Esposito

You both have one.

Castle

I wish it was a hickey. [Beckett looks up with a small smile] It's from the injectors.

Esposito

Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

Castle

They were Men in Black!

Ryan

Hey. Are those hickeys?

Esposito

Yes.

Beckett

No.

Castle

I wish.

Beckett

[Showing a photo to two Chinese men she holds at gunpoint] Have you seen this man?

Castle

[In Chinese] My partner is crazy and may start firing at any moment.

Beckett

Go. Go! [They run] Semester abroad?

Castle

No. A TV show I used to love.

Beckett

Huh. Nice job.

Castle

Thanks.

Beckett

What would happen if a person went inside?

Without protective gear?

Beckett

Mmm-hmm.

Your lungs rupture from gas expansion, and all the liquid in your body evaporates.

Castle

So, all the horrible effects of outer space, without the view.

Castle

Where do you come down on deficit spending during an economic downturn?

Beckett

[Taking the coffee] Thank you. I take the theory that’s held by most economists, that deficit spending is acceptable as long as it focuses on public investment, like infrastructure, defense, education, research.

Castle

Wow! Where did that answer come from?

Beckett

A semester of Economic Theory at NYU. Where did that question come from?

Castle

Trying out conversation starters.

Beckett

This must be part of the old sewer system.

Castle

Probably the exact sewer system --- This is incredible, isn't it?

Beckett

Yeah! Aside from the fact that it's damp, cramped, dark, and we're almost certainly walking in rat poop. [high pitched] Awesome.

Lanie

…so I'd say no, this was no boating accident.

Castle

Then we’d better close the beaches. [Lanie and Becket give him confused looks]"No boating accident"? Chief Brody? Hooper? [the women are still confused] Seriously?

[Takes a coffee] Thanks, Castle!

Castle

[Stunned at her audacity] Tha--that's, I was-- uh... you're welcome?

Castle

So, where are we?

Ryan and Esposito are digging into Tanya Wellington.

Castle

[Directly addressing Beckett] Mmm, what about Duke Jones? Did his neighbour confirm his romantic evening?

Beckett

He--

[Cuts her off] So did a couple of other neighbours, who complained about the noise. So it looks like Duke Jones allibis out.

Beckett

[Put out] What she said. [To Castle] Can we talk for a second?

Castle

Sure.

Beckett

She took my coffee, Castle!

Castle

It's just coffee.

Beckett

Then what's next? My soul?! Everything I do, she does. Even when I'm thinking I can feel her in my head like some kind of a brain-eating parasite from one of her movies!