Kevin Ryan quotes from Castle

Ryan

We thought you must be out there doing something incredibly stupid against orders, so we sent patrol units everywhere we figured you’d be moronic enough to go. Found Beckett’s car, and we searched the area until we found the light from the storage container. [Bumps fists with Esposito]

Castle

Well, I’m glad my stupidity’s predictable.

Beckett

You should have seen his face. Because he stopped, he looked at me, he grabbed all the wires, and then he just yanked them.

Ryan

All of them?

Castle

I figured one of them had to be the right one...

Montgomery

You know, the Mayor wants to give you guys a medal. I didn’t have the heart to tell him you had no clue what you were doing.

Montgomery

[to Ryan and Esposito] Gentlemen. Where are we with Violet Young?

Esposito

Just got off the phone with her mother. She says she remembers Violet having a roommate who lives near Canal Street.

Ryan

Ya, we're gonna head over there and see if Violet reached out to her.

Montgomery

Well let me know. You heard from Beckett?

Esposito

No sir.

Ryan

Ya, me neither.

Montgomery

She's not answering her cell?

Esposito

Maybe she's airborne.

Ryan

Hmm, that would explain her phone being turned off.

Montgomery

You know, I'm trying to decide who is the worse liar...him [Esposito] or you [Ryan]. Go find Violet Young and help Beckett put this thing to bed, alright?

Esposito

[over phone] Yo.

Beckett

Esposito?!

Esposito

Beckett?

Beckett

Are you with Mannis?

Esposito

Ya I just shot him. Why are you calling him?

Beckett

Look, we need to know where and when Gans is selling those bullets.

Esposito

Done. Where's the deal going down?

I'm hit, man. Call an ambulance.

Esposito

Oh, my partner's on that.

Ryan

Nine. One. What-- what comes after that one?

I'm in pain here, man!

Esposito

It's over, Mannis. You give us the meet location, I'll tell the D.A. in L.A. that you cooperated.

Ah!!! Santa Monica pier! Six o'clock! Now call an ambulance!

Ryan

Who shot Royce?

It was Ganz.

Esposito

You get that?

Beckett

Yeah, we got it. Thanks. Got to get to Santa Monica pier.

Castle

It's quarter after six now.

Beckett

This is gonna be our last chance to get Ganz.

Okay, let's roll.

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.

Castle

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.

Montgomery

That's a whole pageant of bad choices. Good work you two.

Montgomery

Uh, good work, you all.

Esposito

Thank you.

Castle

Mmm, I see a beauty queen worthy of a crown.

Always the charmer, Rick.

Montgomery

Hey, what you doing here? You know I was just coming to swoop you up.

Yeah, well, I know how you lose all sense of time when you're working. I figured I'd meet you here.

Montgomery

Mm-hmm.

Beckett

Do you guys have any big plans?

Dinner and dancing with the best husband in Manhattan. Especially since he gave me that gift this morning.

Castle

Oh, what did you end up giving her?

Montgomery

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.

We're going to go traveling. We're going to go to all of the romantic places.

Ryan

Wait, you serious, Boss?

Esposito

You really want to retire?

Montgomery

I haven't accomplished everything I wanted to on the job, but I've done enough. It's time for me to move on.

Best gift ever. More Roy.

Montgomery

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.

Montgomery

Hey, you kids take care, alright? You guys behave now.

Esposito

You have a good time.

Beckett

Congratulations you guys. Goodnight.

Montgomery

Thank you.

Bye.

Castle

Happy anniversary.

Montgomery

Goodnight.

Ryan

Goodnight, Captain. [Turns To Castle] What the hell did you say to him?

Castle

Nothing. No, I-- I just told him to listen to what his wife wanted.

Esposito

Damn, Castle.

Castle

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.

Castle

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.

Ryan

We did all that already.

Esposito

Months ago. There’s nothing.

Beckett

No, no, no. I’m not talking about arrest reports. I’m talking about performance evaluations…

Esposito

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.

Ryan

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!

Ryan

Haven't you ever wanted to be a superhero? Going out there, prowling the city, knocking some heads.

Esposito

I do that now.

Esposito

Yo, Ryan, 'sup man, where you been?

Ryan

Down at the college running down that break-in in Hamilton's office. So listen to this- (looks down at the desk) What the hell is this?

Esposito

That, my friend, is Beau Randolph's alibi.

Ryan

A dead pigeon?

Esposito

CSU found it on the roof of his building with a slug on his belly from his .45.

Ryan

Seriously? Randolph really did come up there, huh?

Esposito

Just writing him up for animal cruelty right now.

Ryan

Maybe there's still time to cryogenically freeze the little guy…

Castle

You know, Ryan, none of this is your fault. The fact that he used your gun...

Kevin Ryan

That weapon was issued to me by the city of New York. I let it out of my hand, and now a girl is dead. So please do not tell me that it's not my fault.

Kevin Ryan

When I started in Narcotics, I was so green. I-I didn't know how things worked. One day, there's this major bust - street gang cooking meth. They're stacking up guys in the bullpen, taking their statements one by one. Place is a zoo. I'm answering phones in the squad. Girl on the line, name of Alisha, asking for my lieutenant. So I call out across the bullpen "Hey lou, Alisha's on the phone for you."

Kevin Ryan

It was her tip that got these guys nailed, and all of them just heard me call out her name. Searched all day and all night, looking for her before the gang could get word back to the street that she was a narc.

Beckett

Well, did you find her?

Kevin Ryan

I did. Got her into witness protection, but... that was the stupidest thing I'd ever done as a cop. Until the day Jerry Tyson got the drop on me and stole my weapon.

Esposito

I don’t get it. This is a little, old, retired librarian. What could possibly be in her safe-deposit box that would be worth doing all this?

Ryan

Nazi gold, cold fusion, map to Atlantis.

Esposito

Hey, Castle Jr., could you maybe start thinking like a cop, please?

Castle

You know, the man owned a casino. A guy like that, you’d think he’d have a driver.

Esposito

Especially since he was expecting trouble. He came heavy. [Holds up a bagged gun] It’s a .357 Magnum with all six still asleep in the cylinder.

Ryan

He didn’t even pull it out of the glove box. If he did, we’d be standing over the other guy.

Castle

Yeah well, you got to know when to hold them. And, when to fold them.

Esposito

Know when to walk away. Know when the run.

Lanie

[giving Esposito an irritated glance] Detective Esposito, a little respect, please. I mean, there is a dead body here.

Esposito

What’d I do?

Castle

You broke up with her.

Esposito

We broke up with each other. That’s different.

Castle

Yeah, you would think it would be different. But, no.

Esposito

What are you doing?

Castle

What’s it look like? Do you think I was going to pass up a road trip to the Boardwalk Empire, the East Coast epicenter of dancing, gambling, showgirls and sin?

Ryan

You do realize we’re going there to investigate a murder, don’t you?

Castle

[putting his arms around their shoulders] Gentlemen, if I’ve learned one thing, it’s to not let a little thing like murder get in the way of having a good time. And also, shotgun.

Esposito

I don’t know what this dude Bailey was into, but whatever it was he had it going on.

Ryan

Really? This impresses you? These women are pathetic for falling for this guy and Bailey? Bailey was just a con man, and a liar.

Beckett

Thank you. At least there is one real man amongst us. Ryan, why don’t you take The Situation down to The Magic Bottle and see if we can get an ID on Lisa.

Ryan

But if Sally wasn’t Vera’s sister, then who was she?

Castle

Sally set up the PI. It’s a classic film noir twist.

Ryan

But why?

Castle

[Gleefully] I don’t know.

Ryan

What was Sally up to?

Castle

I don’t know

Ryan

Do you think she was connected to Dempsey?

Castle

I don’t know. Isn’t this great?