I don’t know what you think you accomplished, but this doesn’t change a thing. You hear me? Whoever hired you, he can’t hide from me.
LLockwood
No, sweetheart. You’ve got it ass-backwards. You can’t hide from him.
S3 E24Knockout
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.
We did all that already.
Months ago. There’s nothing.
No, no, no. I’m not talking about arrest reports. I’m talking about performance evaluations…
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.
Well, then check it again. And when you’re done with that, check it again.
Beckett, we want him as bad as you.
The hell you do! Nobody wants him as bad as I do, okay? Nobody. So check it again!
Castle, did Beckett ever tell you how we met?
No.
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.
Why didn’t you?
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.”
That tenacity’s gonna get her killed.
I cannot make Beckett stand down, Castle. I never could. And the way I figure, the only one who can is you.
Castle, if you’ve got something to say, just please say it.
Beckett, everyone associated with this case is dead. Everyone. First your mom and her colleagues, then Raglan, then McCallister. You know they’re coming for you next.
Captain Montgomery’s got a protective detail on me. Wasn’t that hard to spot.
That’s not going to be enough to stop Lockwood, you know that. Think about what they’re up against. Professional killers? I’ve been working with you for three years, you know me. I’m the guy who says we can move that rubber tree plant, but you know what, Beckett? I don’t think we’re gonna win this.
Castle, they killed my mother. What do you want me to do here?
Walk away. They’re going to kill you, Kate. If you don’t care about that, at least think about how that’s going to affect the people that love you. You really want to put your dad through that? And what about Josh?
And what about you, Rick?
Well, of course I don’t want anything to happen to you. I’m your partner. I’m your friend.
Is that what we are?
All right, you know what? I don’t know what we are. We kiss, and then we never talk about it. We nearly die frozen in each other’s arms, but we never talk about it. So, no, I got no clue what we are. I know I don’t want to see you throw your life away.
Yeah, well, last time I checked, it was my life, not your personal jungle gym. And for the past three years, I have been running around with the school’s funniest kid. And it’s not enough.
You know what? This isn’t about your mother’s case anymore. This is about you needing a place to hide Because you’ve been chasing this thing so long, you’re afraid to find out who you are without it.
You don’t know me, Castle. You think you do, but you don’t.
I know you crawled inside your mother’s murder and didn’t come out. I know you hide there. The same way you hide in these nowhere relationships with men you don’t love. You could be happy, Kate. You deserve to be happy. But you’re afraid.
You know what we are, Castle? We are over. Now get out.
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.
He said that we can’t win this.
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.
LLockwood
[To Montgomery] Look at it this way, if you and Raglan and McCallister hadn’t sinned so spectacularly, then God wouldn’t have sent a punishment like me.
[After Beckett is shot]
Kate… I love you. I love you, Kate.
S4 E1Rise
[Beckett's boyfriend Josh blames Castle for her getting shot]
He's right, you know. This is my fault.
Richard Castle, don't you dare blame yourself. You did not shoot her.
No, but I put her in the crosshairs.
You act like this is all about her. But you were standing right next to her; you could have been shot. I could have been shot! You need to grow up, dad. You're a writer, not a cop. Stop pretending.
After my mother was killed, something inside me changed. It's like I built up this wall inside. I don't know, I guess I just didn't wanna hurt like that again. I know I'm not going be able to be the kind of person that I want to be, I know I'm not gonna ... I'm not gonna be able to have the kind of relationship that I want, until that wall comes down. And it's not gonna happen 'till I put this thing to rest.
Well, then I suppose we're just gonna have to find these guys and take them down.
S4 E2Heroes and Villains
Mother, prepare to feast on the finest omelette in the land... (He looks up and sees what Martha is wearing.) Before you join the convent...
No, I am making costumes for my Shakespeare class. So, what do you think?
I seem to remember asking you to make me an ET halloween costume, and you told me you didn't know how to sew.
Details. Besides, you were 32 at the time.
Whoa. You smell that? Wafting scent of printed pages. Comicadia. Beckett, this place is the premier comic book shop. It's the Vatican to a Catholic. It's Mecca to a pilgrim. Upstream to a...
I know, Castle! I bought my first comic here when I was 14. Sin City. Dame to Kill For.
Hard core! Okay, whoa, okay. If you could be any comic book character in the world, who would you be?
Elektra.
Oh. A ruthless assassin who hides from her emotions.
No, maybe it's because she's got badass ninja skills.
Oh.
What about you? Iron Man, Spiderman? No wait, I know, Annoying Man.
Try billionaire industrialist Bruce Wayne, aka, the Dark Knight. He's brooding, he'd handsome, and he has all the coolest toys.
Wow, digging deep on that one.
MMike
We just got your Derrick Storm graphic novel, I mean, the art, the writing, it is, in a word, awesome!
Tell me, what's your favourite part?
You don't have to answer that question. His ego does not need anymore feeding.
MMike
Definitely where Derrick Storm escapes from the two bad guys by crashing the taxi cab.
Taxi cab!
MMike
Oh, I'm sorry, Detective Beckett, I should've said spoiler alert.
Oh, no, that's okay, I won't be reading it.
MMike
Really? I saw your name on our list. You preordered a copy.
Did she now?
I was just being supportive.
Haven't you ever wanted to be a superhero? Going out there, prowling the city, knocking some heads.
I do that now.
Paul is the writer, Lone Vengence is the subject. That's their relationship. It's you and me all over again, but I'm Paul and you're Lone Vengence.
Really, Castle? Is that how you see me? Like a sword-wielding killer?
Depends. Will you be scantily clad?
In your dreams.
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