Speaking of fairy tales, my mother is ready to give her encore performance.
Time to go back into the woods?
Still got your gun?
S4 E17Once Upon a Crime
I turned down the role. Turned my back on fortune. And, it was the best career move I ever made. For an even greater role came my way. The part, perhaps the greatest role that I have ever played. That, of mother.
(To Castle.) That’s sweet.
CCastle
You’re right, that is sweet.
Shh.
CCastle
Sorry.
Now, if Richard had only been able to embrace the role of son with the same level of commitment...
CCastle
And, into the woods we go.
(Beckett takes his hand.)
S4 E18A Dance with Death
Guess who I ran into at the beauty parlor today?
RCRick Castle
Mother, I'm at a critical juncture and...
Oona Marconi.
RCRick Castle
Oona Marconi, the theater critic?
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
RCRick Castle
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?
That was 1983. I think I'm over it.
RCRick Castle
"Martha Rodgers as Maggie the Cat is more of a helpless kitten, mewing and flapping her hands when she doesn’t get her way."
You memorized it?
RCRick Castle
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.
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.
RCRick Castle
Well, that's very mature of you, Mother.
[walking away] Thank you.
RCRick Castle
"If Tennessee Williams knew what crimes Martha Rodgers had committed against this audience in his name, he would have her arrested for assault."
Rising above.
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.
And I went through her apartment. I didn't see a hundred grand worth of new clothes. Maybe she hid 'em.
Sounds to me like the old gas card scheme.
What do you mean?
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.
Uh huh.
Not me, of course. That ... Don't tell my mother.
Based on my reading of the coroner's report, I can see why Graham Morton's death was ruled natural causes. However...
CCastle
Ooh! There's a "however."
A very big however. [to Alexis] Tell them.
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.
CCastle
[to Lanie] Ample? [Lanie nods] Murdered. [grabs Alexis and hugs her] I am just so proud.
Dad. Work. Boundaries.
CCastle
Right.
S4 E1947 Seconds
Honey, do you ever wonder why I never visited you in the precinct the first year you were working there?
I always thought it was because of the harsh lighting.
Well, that was a consideration.
I have a special task for you. I hear that you’re quite the speed reader, and in the time that I’ve known you, you’ve shown, well, on occasion, an exceptional attention to detail.
That’s the first time you’ve ever payed me a compliment. Go on.
We’ve conducted over a hundred interviews so far. Someone needs to review them swiftly looking for information that can help us ID our suspect. And I believe you’re my best man.
(He turns to Kate.) I think she’s finally starting to like me.
No, I’m not.
(Whispers.) Wearing her down.
Okay, so you remember what happened after the bomb went off, but not before.
BBobby
It must have been one of those traumatic amnesia things.
Bobby. Don’t lie to me.
I'm telling you, it was all a big blank. It was the trauma.
It was not the trauma. You don’t get to use that excuse.
BBobby
I swear, I don’t remember.
The hell you don’t remember. Do you wanna know trauma? I was shot in the chest, and I remember every second of it. And so do you.
(Castle is watching from the observation room.)
All this time. You remembered?
S4 E20The Limey
I’m telling you, something happened. Something changed. It’s been weird between us lately.
Lately? Kate, it’s been weird for four years.
No, this is different. He’s different. It’s like he’s pulling away.
Well, can you blame him? He’s probably tired of waiting.
Waiting for what?
What do you think? The guy is crazy about you, and despite your little act, you’re crazy about him. (Kate looks at her.) Oh, what, was that supposed to be some big secret?
Yes. No. Do you think he knows?
You remember how he used to be? Girl on either arm. You really don’t see that guy too much anymore. Why do you think that is? He’s waiting for you.
Yeah, but Lanie...
I know. You’re dealing with stuff. But you cannot ask him to wait forever. Unless, of course, you’re okay with him pulling away.
What if it doesn’t work? What if it ends up like you and Javi?
Well, at least we gave it a shot. And so it didn’t work out, so what? Now we can move on, give or take the occasional booty call.
I just, I don’t wanna lose what we have, you know?
Girl, please. What exactly do you have, really?
A friendship.
No. what you and I have is a friendship. What you and Castle have is a holding pattern. How long can you circle before the fuel runs out?
Don’t think you were saved by the bell, Kate Beckett. As your friend, I’m not gonna let this drop.
So, what? You think I should tell him how I feel?
Yes. You hunt murderers for a living, you can do this.
Okay. Okay. I just, I have to find the right time.
No time like the present.
(Castle drives up in his Ferrari with a blonde in the passenger seat.)
What the? On second thought, maybe you should wait a bit. What’s that? Ryan’s calling, I gotta go.
Are you thinking what I’m thinking?
Yeah, that we should throw a party and hire a bunch of models.
No. that maybe Naomi somehow got into that party last night and that that’s where she met her killer. That’s what I was thinking.
Weird. We’re usually more in sync than that.
CColin
What’s she like? Your captain?
You ever see that Youtube video with the grizzly bear that decapitates a moose with one swipe of its paw?
CColin
Comforting.
Ryan, you’ll be here, front door, dressed as a flower delivery boy. Esposito, you’ll be here, dressed as a hobo.
Question. Why does a brown man gotta be a hobo?
You want the flowers?
Hobo it is.
You boys will cause a distraction here, whilst I rappel down the side of the building with Nikolai.
Who’s Nikolai?
He’s a Romanian gymnast I found on Youtube. He’s extremely flexible, and fits in the duffel bag. Using a glass cutter, I...
CColin
Excuse me, gents. Has anyone seen Detective Beckett? (He walks in wearing a suit. Kate walks in from the other side, wearing a dress.)
Wow. Are you guys going out?
CColin
I pulled some strings and got us into a party at the British consulate tonight.
Nigel will be there, we’ll get his prints and he won’t even know it.
CColin
Cheers, lads.
Or they could do that.
Yeah, sure. You want to do it the easy way.
Hey there.
I feel like I just walked into a bad episode of Miami Vice.
Okay, first, there are no bad episodes of Miami Vice. Second, who died?
You, from the looks of it. You look like you just got run over by a truck.
Yeah. A truck delivering a shipment of awesome.
[Examining the victim’s body] Hey Lanie, how does it look?
Like you waited too long.
[Pointedly] The vic.
She was strangled. But she went down with a fight. Prelim suggests a sign of a struggle. She took one to the face.
Well-dressed, attractive woman in a seedy motel and a guy who flees the crime scene. This might have been a one-night stand gone wrong.
Are we talking about the victim or Castle?
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