Kate Beckett 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.

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.

[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!

Is Castle gay?

Beckett

[So shocked that she spits out her coffee] I'm sorry, what? No. No!

Then you two are an item, but you're sworn to secrecy, right?

Beckett

No, we are not an item. Why?

[Sighs] Last night I invited him back to my place. And he said something to me I have never heard from a man before.

Beckett

What?

"No."

Beckett

[Raises her eyebrows] No?

I don't get it! He's into you, but you're determined not to give into these feelings that you clearly have for him. So he fantasizes about you through his writing. It's literally verbal masturbation.

Beckett

Uh--okay, so what does this have to do with me?

[Indicates her "Beckett costume"] I am not wearing this getup for my health. You're Nikki Heat, he's Jameson Rook. I need to sleep with him in the name of character research. Can you talk to him?

Beckett

And say what?

[Shrugs] I dunno, give him permission or something.

Beckett

I have to go. Over there. [She disappears in a random direction]

Beckett

[Watching Natalie at the murder board] Do I really do that?

Castle

Yes, and it's adorable.

Beckett

If it's so adorable, why didn't you sleep with me? [Castle looks momentarily puzzled] Her me, not me me.

Castle

Oh, well a fictional character that I wrote, based on you, played by Natalie Rhodes? It's just way too... meta.

Ryan

[Ryan walks in] We should have a code word so we all know what Beckett to kill when the clone army attacks

Beckett

Unless we make a preventive strike

Castle

Get through to Jenny yet?

Ryan

She's still not picking up

Beckett

Don't worry, you'll be laughing about it soon enough

Castle

We are

Ryan

Thanks. So I've been running through all Stacy's clients files. Three couples had filed for divorce within the last month, can you believe it? You marry the love of your life and next thing you know they're cheating on you

Beckett

Ryan

Ryan

Sorry, anyway two of the guts have rock-solid alibies and the third divorce has nothing to do with cheating

Esposito

[Esposito walks in] What you guys doing?

Ryan

Hiding from creepy Beckett

Beckett

We are not hiding