Roy Montgomery quotes from Castle

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

You called the D.A.'s personal assitant without informing him?

Beckett

Sir, I'm sorry, I was...

Montgomery

Smart move! Well you see what just happened? He could have called and asked why his assistant was here, but he came in personally.

Beckett

He wanted to stop the interview!

Castle

He's hiding something!

Beckett

Are you arresting us?

Much worse. Somebody wants to have a word with you. [pulls out his phone] You're on speaker sir.

Montgomery

[via phone] Breaking into people's houses, that's your idea of a vacation, Beckett?

Beckett

Sir, I can explain, I was...

Montgomery

No you cannot. What you can do is get your ass on the next flight out.

Castle

Uh, we have a dinner reservation at Sebago, is the morning ok?

Montgomery

Oh this is all a big joke to you, isn't it Castle? But when Beckett is working mall security, I guess following her around isn't going to have quite the same allure. Both of you, come home now.

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?

Montgomery

It’s my 30th anniversary

Beckett

Oh, sir, congratulations.

Castle

Thirty years of marriage and you don’t know what to buy her?

Montgomery

If you stayed married long enough, you’d know it’s hard to stay original after the first 10.

Castle

That’s fair.

Castle

Still no luck on the gift?

Montgomery

I keep coming up empty.

Castle

The best thing to give a woman is something she said she wanted when she didn’t think you were listening.

Montgomery

What if I wasn’t listening?

Castle

Gift certificate?

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.

Montgomery

Castle, did Beckett ever tell you how we met?

Castle

No.

Montgomery

I was working late one night, went down to archives to locate some old reports, and there she was with a flashlight and a bankers box open on her lap, studying this unsolved. She was a patrol cop then, she wasn’t even authorized to be down there. When I asked her what the hell she was doing, she told me this was her mother’s case. And she’d found some things that didn’t add up. Now, I could’ve written her up right then.

Castle

Why didn’t you?

Montgomery

Because I knew it wouldn’t stop her. It was there in her eyes, man. And I thought, “With this kid’s tenacity and some training, I mean, she’d make a hell of a Homicide.”

Castle

That tenacity’s gonna get her killed.

Montgomery

I cannot make Beckett stand down, Castle. I never could. And the way I figure, the only one who can is you.

Montgomery

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.

Montgomery

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.

Roy Montgomery

Pulgati knows he's been framed. What if someone gets onto this?

Then I'll handle them.

Roy Montgomery

You? How?

I know people, Roy. Dangerous people. Anyone gets too close, like that bitch lawyer Johanna Beckett who's been poking around, I'll have them killed. I've had people killed before.