Richard Castle quotes from Castle

Beckett

They still haven’t found the body.

Castle

They won’t. He’s not dead.

Beckett

Castle, what are you saying?

Castle

This was never about me. This was about him. Those initials in her datebook, he’s not that careless. He wanted us to find that place. He wanted us on this bridge. Tessa’s murder, the frame up, all of it was to get us here so we could help him do what he couldn’t do for himself. Disappear, so he can start killing again.

Beckett

You think he planned this?

Castle

How does a wanted man stop being wanted? [Thumbs the bridge] It has to be public, and it has to be final.

Beckett

Do you know how crazy that sounds?

Castle

No one’s gonna be looking for him anymore.

Beckett

You shot him. He’s dead. It’s over. [Walks away]

Castle

For now.

Castle

Perlmutter. Good to see you.

Ah. If only the feeling were mutual.

Beckett

So I was a Nebula 9 fan. Big deal.

Castle

Oh, you were beyond a fan. You dressed up in costume. You.

Beckett

Okay, yes. I was a sci-fi loving, costume-wearing geek. And you know what? Not ashamed of it or of Nebula 9. Despite what you think, it was an awesome show.

Castle

Hmm. I'll tell you what. I’ll forgive you your terrible taste if you try on that Nebula 9 costume for me.

Beckett

In your dreams.

Castle

Look at my life. My dreams come true.

Beckett

Are you saying...

Castle

She was killed by a phaser?!

Well, as much as it pains me, Mr. Castle is largely correct. She was killed by a high-intensity laser beam.

Castle

A real sci-fi murder at a sci-fi convention. This keeps getting better.

Castle

Well, let’s go back to the e-mails of the crazed Nebula 9 fans. And when I say ‘crazed fans,” I’m not referring to you. You are a megafan.

Beckett

Nice one. Coming from the guy with the life-sized Boba Fett in his bathroom.

Castle

Point taken.

Castle

This all points to one thing.

Ryan

Drugs.

Castle

Drugs… Drugs.

Beckett

That’s an interesting theory, but that’s pure speculation.

Castle

Actually, it’s not. Pure speculation would be Swan purchasing thermonuclear technology to have a scientist make him an amplifier that went all the way to 12. This, musicians buying drugs… [Into the camera]…that’s just Monday morning’s crossword.

Esposito

Element of surprise is key. See, I can be circumspect. Folks would be lost without me. [Walks toward a door]

Castle

[Laughing into the camera] He went the wrong way.

Castle

You were writing songs for him?

Yeah. Here, look. [Grabs the song paper and hands it to Esposito] I already started. I got pretty far on that one.

Esposito

Let me see that. [Looking it over] I do like the vocal line on this.

Castle

You read music?

Esposito

What, you think ‘cause I’m a cop, I can’t sing?

Castle

No, I think you can’t sing because I’ve heard you sing.

Esposito

That karaoke machine was busted. I’m gonna sing for y’all later

Castle

I’m just saying, there have been worse dinners.

Beckett

Like what?

Castle

Well, the dining scene from Alien comes to mind.

Beckett

Honestly, a creature bursting out of my dad’s chest might have lightened the mood.

Castle

Well, this looks like the work of a pro.

Beckett

Someone had a priest assassinated? It’s like a Vatican conspiracy. Ah. It’s The Da Vinci Code.

Castle

I also found a box of tools and a broken CB radio. But I think I can get it to work.

Great. You have an engineering degree or electronics experience?

Castle

No. But I’ve seen every episode of MacGyver.

Ryan

Hey, so I heard from Air Traffic Control, but you’re not gonna like the news. They have no record of anyone flying over the park during the time our guy hit the ground.

Beckett

How is that even possible?

Castle

Santa had his sleigh in stealth mode

Gates

My mother-in-law is a licensed pilot, as she keeps reminding me. Part of a larger effort to make me feel inferior. I’m sorry. Did I just say that out loud?

Ryan

Sounds like she’s staying with you, Captain?

Gates

One day soon, your in-laws will visit, too. And when they do, think hotel. [walks away] Oh, Lord, I hate the holidays.

Castle

[sotto voce] Yet another quality she has in common with the Grinch

Beckett

He might have been robbed.

Castle

Uh, robbed and then launched into space?

Beckett

And how is that less plausible than your sleigh?

Castle

I think you mean less “clausible.”

Beckett

Did she have a grievance with Michelle?

Ryan

Oh, I’d say so. The morning of Michelle’s murder, a judge came down with a ruling in Samantha’s contentious divorce case. She lost big.

Castle

How big is big?

Ryan

Uh, Upper East Side apartment big, cars and boats big, half of her multi-million dollar net worth big.

Castle

That’s big.