[Beckett is calling Mannis' cell phone, unaware that Ryan and Esposito have already encountered him]
BeckettEsposito?!
Beckett
Are you with Mannis?
Ya I just shot him. Why are you calling him?
Beckett
Look, we need to know where and when Gans is selling those bullets.
Done. Where's the deal going down?
MMannis
I'm hit, man. Call an ambulance.
Oh, my partner's on that.
Nine. One. What-- what comes after that one?
MMannis
I'm in pain here, man!
It's over, Mannis. You give us the meet location, I'll tell the D.A. in L.A. that you cooperated.
MMannis
Ah!!! Santa Monica pier! Six o'clock! Now call an ambulance!
Beckett
Yeah, we got it. Thanks. Got to get to Santa Monica pier.
It's quarter after six now.
Beckett
This is gonna be our last chance to get Ganz.
LKLAPD Detective Kyle Sieger
Okay, let's roll.
[After they are left alone in the hotel suite]
Beckett
I’d like to start the investigation.
We haven’t even ordered room service yet.
Beckett
Castle, I’m not here for room service. I’m here for justice. [Walks past him and out the door.]
Wow. In L.A. for all of a minute and already she’s sprouting cheesy movie dialogue. Must be something in the air.
[After shooting Ganz in the leg and cornering him under the beach walkway]
GGanz
I knew you were a cop.
Beckett
My name is Detective Kate Beckett, NYPD. Michael Royce was my friend. You shot him and left him in an alley like a piece of garbage. Consider this poetic justice.
GGanz
He said something about hell raining down on me. I never imagined hell looked like you.
Beckett
Justin confessed to everything. His last three clients were losers. Amber was supposed to be his comeback and, if she didn't win, he was through. And, apparently, he found the same naked photos that we did and thought that her ex-boyfriend was trying to exploit her.
He was worried if they called the cops that her secret would get out and they'd both be ruined. So, he decided to handle it on his own. Unfortunately, Jeremy was drunk, he got violent, and Justin ended up killing him.
Beckett
And he staged it like it was a suicide. Once Amber found out, she threatened to turn him in and he killed her.
That's a whole pageant of bad choices. Good work you two.
[Ryan and Esposito clear their throats in the background.]
Mmm, I see a beauty queen worthy of a crown.
EEvelyn
Always the charmer, Rick.
Hey, what you doing here? You know I was just coming to swoop you up.
EEvelyn
Yeah, well, I know how you lose all sense of time when you're working. I figured I'd meet you here.
Beckett
Do you guys have any big plans?
EEvelyn
Dinner and dancing with the best husband in Manhattan. Especially since he gave me that gift this morning.
Oh, what did you end up giving her?
I followed your advice, Castle. I thought about some of the things Evelyn said she wanted the past couple of years. And my gift to her is next year I'm retiring from the force.
EEvelyn
We're going to go traveling. We're going to go to all of the romantic places.
You really want to retire?
I haven't accomplished everything I wanted to on the job, but I've done enough. It's time for me to move on.
EEvelyn
Best gift ever. More Roy.
[The Montgomerys kiss.]
[After Montgomery tell the team he plans on retiring next year]
Mm-hmm. Look, I taught you guys everything I know about doing this job, alright? You're going to be fine without me And for crying out loud, lose the long faces. Smile please? That’s an order.
[All laugh]
Hey, you kids take care, alright? You guys behave now.
Beckett
Congratulations you guys. Goodnight.
Goodnight, Captain. [Turns To Castle] What the hell did you say to him?
Nothing. No, I-- I just told him to listen to what his wife wanted.
How can you think-- I didn't-- There's no way--
Beckett
Castle, let me let you in on a little secret. Captain Montgomery retires all the time, just give it a week or two. He's like the Brett Favre of the NYPD. Trust me. He's not going anywhere.
Beckett
So this third cop wasn’t Lockwood’s target. His third cop was the one who was holding Lockwood’s leash. He’s the one who’s behind this whole thing. Okay, I want us to pull reports with Raglan and McCallister’s name on it.
Months ago. There’s nothing.
Beckett
No, no, no. I’m not talking about arrest reports. I’m talking about performance evaluations…
We went through everything. We looked at every cop we could find who could have worked with them. None of them were our third guy.
Beckett
Well, then check it again. And when you’re done with that, check it again.
Beckett, we want him as bad as you.
Beckett
The hell you do! Nobody wants him as bad as I do, okay? Nobody. So check it again!
Beckett
Castle, if you’ve got something to say, just please say it.
Beckett, everyone associated with this case is dead. Everyone. First your mom and her colleagues, then Raglan, then McCallister. You know they’re coming for you next.
Beckett
Captain Montgomery’s got a protective detail on me. Wasn’t that hard to spot.
That’s not going to be enough to stop Lockwood, you know that. Think about what they’re up against. Professional killers? I’ve been working with you for three years, you know me. I’m the guy who says we can move that rubber tree plant, but you know what, Beckett? I don’t think we’re gonna win this.
Beckett
Castle, they killed my mother. What do you want me to do here?
Walk away. They’re going to kill you, Kate. If you don’t care about that, at least think about how that’s going to affect the people that love you. You really want to put your dad through that? And what about Josh?
Beckett
And what about you, Rick?
Well, of course I don’t want anything to happen to you. I’m your partner. I’m your friend.
Beckett
Is that what we are?
All right, you know what? I don’t know what we are. We kiss, and then we never talk about it. We nearly die frozen in each other’s arms, but we never talk about it. So, no, I got no clue what we are. I know I don’t want to see you throw your life away.
Beckett
Yeah, well, last time I checked, it was my life, not your personal jungle gym. And for the past three years, I have been running around with the school’s funniest kid. And it’s not enough.
You know what? This isn’t about your mother’s case anymore. This is about you needing a place to hide Because you’ve been chasing this thing so long, you’re afraid to find out who you are without it.
Beckett
You don’t know me, Castle. You think you do, but you don’t.
I know you crawled inside your mother’s murder and didn’t come out. I know you hide there. The same way you hide in these nowhere relationships with men you don’t love. You could be happy, Kate. You deserve to be happy. But you’re afraid.
Beckett
You know what we are, Castle? We are over. Now get out.
We speak for the dead. That’s the job. We are all they’ve got once the wicked rob them of their voices. We owe them that. But we don’t owe them our lives.
Beckett
He said that we can’t win this.
He’s right. I’ve spent most of my life walking behind this badge, and I can tell you this for a fact. There are no victories. There’s only the battle. And the best that you could hope for is that you find some place where you can make your stand. If this is your spot, I will stand with you.
Beckett
After my mother was killed, something inside me changed. It's like I built up this wall inside. I don't know, I guess I just didn't wanna hurt like that again. I know I'm not going be able to be the kind of person that I want to be, I know I'm not gonna ... I'm not gonna be able to have the kind of relationship that I want, until that wall comes down. And it's not gonna happen 'till I put this thing to rest.
Well, then I suppose we're just gonna have to find these guys and take them down.
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