Fallon quotes from Castle

Montgomery

Just so I’m clear, are you taking over?

This is your case. I’m just here to lend support however I can.

Esposito

Yo, Cap. ICE just sent over the immigration papers for Amir Alhabi. He got a degree in electrical engineering from a school in Damascus.

What was he working on in Syria?

Ryan

I got that one. I just spoke with the State Department. They debriefed Amir when he first landed here. They say he was working on a weapons program for the Syrians.

Montgomery

Nuclear weapons?

Ryan

Yeah

Okay. Now I’m taking over

You two. Are you always this stubborn and insubordinate?

Castle

Only when we’re trying to save the world.

Do you see yourself as a great hero, doing this for a mighty cause? You think that’s how people are going to see you? Because, I’ll tell you right now, brother, if you let this happen, you’re going to go down in history as America’s greatest mass murderer. Is that what you want?

When this bomb goes off, do you think they’re going to be looking at me? People will see this as an act of terrorism, so they will be looking for a terrorist. Not a patriot. Not one of their own.

Is that what you think you are? A patriot? There’s a word for people like you, it’s not “patriot.” It’s “traitor”.

The powers that be have no use for a traitor. So when they find their terrorist, and they will find their terrorist, what do you think will happen to me? [Fallon shrugs] Well, let me tell you, because I know them, I know how they think. I will become a footnote in one of your files, buried so far back no one will ever find it, because anything more would be an inconvenience to their self-serving, rabble-rousing narrative.

We needed him to break, I saw an opening, I took it.

Beckett

You violated his rights.

I can think of probably a dozen federal lawyers that would disagree with that. He was never in any real danger. I removed the bullets from my clip. The gun wasn’t even loaded.

Beckett

Well, mine was.

Yeah, well, I was pretty sure you weren’t going to shoot me.

Beckett

You know, next time I wouldn’t be so sure

...But thanks to you two, we won’t have to add the murder of innocent New Yorkers to that allegation

Beckett

Well, we were just doing our job. [pause] Actually, I was doing my job - I don’t know what the hell he was doing.

Castle

Hey! [beat] But that’s true.