Alexis Castle quotes from Castle

My little girl is going to college.

Martha

Seems like just yesterday you were checking under the bed every night promising her that monsters aren’t real.

I lied. Monsters are real. They’re the boys in her freshman dorm.

Martha

Oh, speaking of which, before Alexis leaves, don’t you think you should have then, um... talk with her.

You mean the sex talk? Mother, I covered that ages ago. I learned so much.

Martha

I mean the you and Beckett sex talk.

Mother, Beckett and I haven’t...

Martha

Save it. Richard. I knew the morning I walked in here and the poor girl was hiding in the closet.

How did you know that?!

Martha

Mothers know these things. But I don’t think you want Alexis to walk in unannounced and find you and Beckett... out of the closet. And by out of the closet...

I know, I know what you mean by out of the closet.

Martha

So, don’t you think you should tell her?

Alexis

Tell me what?

Well, why didn’t you just come to me?

Alexis

Because I didn’t want the speech.

Well, I don’t…What speech?

Alexis

That people like us need to be careful with the kind of money we have. People might try to take advantage.

Oh, that speech. Yeah.

Alexis

Morning Dad. I hope Pi and I didn't wake you.

We're making smoothies.

And yet, for me, not so smooth.

Alexis

Bike tracks. There were bike tracks outside Kim's house. Dad, do you realise what this means?

That maybe the party Kim went to was at that farmhouse, and she saw kids doing meth.

Alexis

Well, not just doing meth. Cooking meth.

That's why she had to get out of there. That's why she told Lyle she had some decisions to make.

Alexis

She was thinking about turning them in. So when she left the party...

Maybe one of our teenage meth cookers got worried she would go to the cops.

Alexis

So he went after her.

On his bike. The tyre tracks at her house. He knew where she lived because he'd been there before.

Alexis

He was one of the other guys Kim was seeing.

We need to talk to Kim's mother.

Now that was weird. Usually I do that with Beckett.

Alexis

[looks disgusted] Oh.

Alexis

Look, I'm sorry about that whole "hot mess" thing I said before.

Sorry that you said it, or sorry that I heard it?

Alexis

I should probably go.

It happens when you're not looking.

Alexis

Excuse me?

Before you asked how it happens how someone becomes like me. It happens when you're not looking, and by the time you realize it, it's already who you are. Like the car crash on the side of the road everybody stops and and watches.

Alexis

That doesn't mean it's who you have to be. You can always change.

Turns out I don't do change so well. But you steal a police car, and you set it on fire, I'm your girl. Or if you find the greatest guy in the world, fall madly in love, and then mess it up by hooking up with my dirtbag ex? That I can do.

Alexis

Yeah, I Saw that picture online.

You and the rest of the world.

Alexis

Maybe if you didn't drink.

If I don't drink, then I start to feel. And I don't like what I feel. I wish I had those glasses from "Mandy Melody", I'd just put 'em on and Just disappear.

Alexis

I know how you feel.

How could you possibly know how I feel?

Alexis

Because right now, I Wish I could disappear from my life, too.

Alexis

[ranting] The thing about my boyfriend is, I thought I was being so grown-up. Moving in with him, getting my own place, but now, it's my whole life. And I'm pretty sure I've made a huge mistake. Do you know why I'm helping him with his grant application? Because if he get it, he'll have to travel.

That is messed up. You need to tell him.

Alexis

Tell him what? That I changed my mind? I don't want a relationship? We have a lease!

That's romantic.

Alexis

And he doesn't deserve it. He hasn't done anything wrong. It-Oh! And then there's my dad. What do I tell him, huh? That he was right all along? That I wasn't ready? [Gives a forced laugh]

[sighing] I wish I would've said that. I wasn't ready for soooo many things.

Alexis

Do you ever look back on something you've done, and it's like someone else is doing it?

You're kidding, right?

Alexis

Right. [sighs] Sorry, I...haven't had anyone to talk to.

Clearly

Alexis

Oh, my gosh. Did you really beat Dad at Scrabble?

I concede nothing. Except that I need more coffee.

Martha

That is quite an accomplishment, young lady. Nobody beats him, ever.

Beckett

Oh, yeah. He's mentioned that. Repeatedly.

Martha

Ah, how the mighty have fallen. [Pours him coffee]

"Richard Castle. One word short." I cannot allow this to be my epitaph.

I saw that.

Beckett

We have no idea what's out there. No idea who's out there. That's too risky.

It's Canada. How risky could it be? And need I remind you, I'm a grown man. I have no need to ask your permission. That being said, pleeeease, please, please can I go?

Beckett

Okay, fine. But only because I know you're not gonna do anything stupid if she's with you. [to Alexis] Don't let him do anything stupid.

Alexis

Promise.

Grab your passport, I'll get the tickets.

I realize you consider yourself the adult of the family...

Alexis

For good reason.

For very good reason. But... but part of being an adult is realizing you can't always protect the people you love.

Alexis

Okay.

Okay.

Alexis

Being an adult really sucks.

Yeah. And you've spent way too much time having to be one. So... [steps out and comes back in with a scooter] I'm ordering you to be a kid.

Alexis

Don't you think I'm a little old for that?

I am not too old for it, so you are definitely not too old for it.

Did I tell you that I got pepper sprayed today?

Alexis

You say that like it's a good thing.

Alexis

Bye Kate. [kisses Beckett on the cheek]

Beckett

Oh! Bye bye.

A goodbye kiss? When did that start?

Beckett

Just now. Yeah, no, I'm as surprised as you are.

I don't know that I'm surprised. I mean, you are pretty lovable.

Beckett

Well, you raised a great person, so...

Mmm. You say that now, you weren't here for the beginning.

Beckett

Next time I will be.

Alexis

There's nothing to worry about. It's just a little bumpy air, that's all it is.

Air, by nature, should not be bumpy.

Alexis

I'm always proud of you, Dad. But I've heard you speak a million times. I know what you're gonna say.

That is improbable.

Alexis

You'll say you don't believe in writer's block, that you wrote your first novel to impress a girl, that reading great writers inspires you, and drinking with them inspires you to beat them on the bestseller list.

Okay. Clearly, I need to develop some new material.