“A Dance with Death” quotes from Castle

Martha Rodgers

Guess who I ran into at the beauty parlor today?

Mother, I'm at a critical juncture and...

Martha Rodgers

Oona Marconi.

Oona Marconi, the theater critic?

Martha Rodgers

I thought I might invite her to dinner, ask her to give a little mention to my acting school, put it into one of her columns. It would be invaluable publicity

Yes, well, that would depend on the mention. You aren't forgetting her blistering review of your performance of Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, are you?

Martha Rodgers

That was 1983. I think I'm over it.

"Martha Rodgers as Maggie the Cat is more of a helpless kitten, mewing and flapping her hands when she doesn’t get her way."

Martha Rodgers

You memorized it?

I couldn't help it! You walked around the apartment quoting it for months. Mother, I'm just saying, maybe it's not a good idea to ask an important favor of someone who's been so unkind to you in the past.

Martha Rodgers

The operative word here is past. I think I can rise above. Besides, my acting school is more important to me than some old grudge.

Well, that's very mature of you, Mother.

Martha Rodgers

[walking away] Thank you.

"If Tennessee Williams knew what crimes Martha Rodgers had committed against this audience in his name, he would have her arrested for assault."

Martha Rodgers

Rising above.

Beckett

This is the weirdest spending spree I have ever seen. Odette spent tens of thousands of dollars on clothes but nothing in her size according to these receipts. Everything's in size four.

Esposito

And I went through her apartment. I didn't see a hundred grand worth of new clothes. Maybe she hid 'em.

Castle

Sounds to me like the old gas card scheme.

Beckett

What do you mean?

Castle

Your parents put you on a strict allowance, but they give you a gas card so you can fill your car. You fill your friend's cars and they give you cash. Some of my buddies in boarding school nearly doubled their allowance.

Beckett

Uh huh.

Castle

Not me, of course. That ... Don't tell my mother.

Alexis

Based on my reading of the coroner's report, I can see why Graham Morton's death was ruled natural causes. However...

Ooh! There's a "however."

Lanie

A very big however. [to Alexis] Tell them.

Alexis

There were some anomalies I found suspicious. Evidence of petechiae in both eyes. Fresh bruising on the right side of Mr. Morton's nose, which could have happened if, say, someone was holding a pillow over his face. All in all, I think there is ample evidence that Mr. Morton was murdered.

[to Lanie] Ample? [Lanie nods] Murdered. [grabs Alexis and hugs her] I am just so proud.

Alexis

Dad. Work. Boundaries.

Right.