Castle (TV Series)

The Final Frontier (2012)

Nathan Fillion: Richard Castle

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• Richard Castle : [signing autographs at SuperNovaCon]  All right. Where do you want it?

  Kate Beckett : [breathy voice]  Could you sign my chest?

  [Castle looks up, his eyes wide] 

  Kate Beckett : [normal voice]  Wow. That actually caught your attention.

  Richard Castle : What are you doing here?

  Kate Beckett : You'd know if you'd answer your phone.

  Richard Castle : Listen, if you want your very own signed copy of "Storm Season", I'd be happy to arrange a private signing.

  Kate Beckett : Cap your pen, Castle. There's been a murder here.

  Richard Castle : Here at SuperNovaCon?

  Kate Beckett : Mm-hmm.

  Richard Castle : Shiny.

• Richard Castle : I'm sorry, how is "Nebula 9" worthy of all this? I mean, they were canceled over a decade ago. After twelve episodes. Which was twelve episodes too many.

  Kate Beckett : But I thought you would be a fan.

  Richard Castle : I'm a fan of *good* sci-fi. "Star Trek", "Battlestar", that Joss Whedon show. But "Nebula 9"? No, no. It's all phony melodrama and lifeless acting.

  [they enter the crime scene] 

  Kate Beckett : [awed]  Wow.

  Richard Castle : Okay, this is a cool ship. The show is still lame, but this is a cool ship.

• [autographing a copy of "Storm Season"] 

  Richard Castle : And here you go.

  Richard Castle Fan : Thanks. I'm your number one fan!

  Richard Castle : Well, thanks for coming.

  [after fan leave, to himself] 

  Richard Castle : How far they fall.

• Kate Beckett : So I was a "Nebula 9" fan. Big deal.

  Richard Castle : Oh, you were beyond a fan. You dressed up in costume. *You*.

  Kate Beckett : [sighs]  Okay, yes. I was a sci-fi loving, costume-wearing geek. And you know what? Not ashamed of it or of "Nebula 9". Despite what you think, it was an *awesome* show.

  Richard Castle : Hmm. I'll tell you what. I'll forgive you your terrible taste if you... try on that "Nebula 9" costume for me.

  Kate Beckett : In your dreams.

  Richard Castle : Look at my life. My dreams come true.

• [about Alexis and her skimpy sci-fi con outfit] 

  Richard Castle : Well... i can see how anabelle felt betrayed. Some guys have no business commanding a spaceship.

  Kate Beckett : Just goes to show you sometimes people aren't what they appear to be.

  Richard Castle : For Alexis' sake, you're right, given what she was wearing.

  Kate Beckett : Castle, she is a full-grown *woman*.

  Richard Castle : Who, as we speak, is being ogled by thousands of sweaty, lecherous fanboys. It's just so... wrong.

  Kate Beckett : Can I just point out the fact that the costume that she was wearing is not so different from the one that you are asking me to wear?

  Richard Castle : Don't say that! That... It's so confusing, and disturbing.

• Kate Beckett : So, do you have a cause of death?

  M.E. Sidney Perlmutter : It was a burn. A burn that penetrated tissue, muscle, and bone, leaving this perfectly cylindrical hole.

  Kate Beckett : Well, what kind of burn does that?

  M.E. Sidney Perlmutter : Well, one created by high levels of infrared radiation. The blood vessels were *cauterized* by the intense heat.

  Kate Beckett : Are you saying...

  Richard Castle : She was killed by a phaser?

  M.E. Sidney Perlmutter : [hesitant]  Well, as much as it pains me, Mr. Castle is... largely correct. She was killed by a high intensity laser beam.

  Richard Castle : A real sci-fi murder

  [lowered voice] 

  Richard Castle : at a sci-fi convention. This keeps getting better!

• Kate Beckett : Mr. Winters, where were you last night between 10 and 11? And don't say your hotel room.

  Gabriel Winters : You can't be insinuating I had something to do with Annabelle's death? I told you everything I know.

  [Castle sees the laser gun strapped to his costume] 

  Richard Castle : Then you wouldn't mind relinquishing your weapon.

  Gabriel Winters : This Thorian Blaster was given to me by the Vice-Chancellor of Loron when I helped save the Queen...

  Richard Castle : Oh, for the love of Pete.

  [Castle grabs the blaster and fires it; much to everyone's surprise, the laser works and burns a large hole in the set] 

  Richard Castle : [quietly]  "Zap," said the lady... You are so busted.

• Henry Barnett : Kate Beckett! K-Bex! I knew it was you!

  Kate Beckett : [surprised]  Oh! Henry Barnett. Well, it's been... years.

  Henry Barnett : Since our first semester at Stanford.

  Richard Castle : "K-Bex"?

  Kate Beckett : Umm...

  [to Henry] 

  Kate Beckett : Uh, do you think we could catch up later? I'm actually here... for work.

  Henry Barnett : Oh, well, that explains why you aren't wearing your "Nebula 9" outfit.

  Richard Castle : [his interest piqued]  You, uh... You have a "Nebula 9" outfit?

  Henry Barnett : Oh, she had a few. She was a *megafan*. You should've seen her as Lieutenant Chloe. Oh, wait, you can. Remember that photo we all took? I brought it to get it signed.

  Richard Castle : May I?

  Henry Barnett : [showing Castle the photo]  It's us from back in the day.

  Richard Castle : Ooh!

  Henry Barnett : Isn't it frakking awesome?

  Kate Beckett : It's frakking something. Henry, I need that photo.

  Henry Barnett : What? Why?

  Kate Beckett : [holding up her badge]  It's official NYPD business... Don't make me ask again.

• Kate Beckett : [entering the morgue]  Perlmutter.

  M.E. Sidney Perlmutter : Detective Beckett.

  Richard Castle : Perlmutter.

  M.E. Sidney Perlmutter : And non-detective Castle.

• Kate Beckett : You're right, okay? It was a stupid show. It was cheesy and melodramatic... I mean, a handful of Academy Cadets on a training mission, and, suddenly, the Earth is destroyed and they're all that's left of humanity? I completely understand why you hated it. But, Castle, I also understand why people *loved* it. Why Annabelle loved it. It was about leaving home for the first time, about searching for your identity and making a difference. I loved dressing up like Lt. Chloe. She didn't care what anybody thought about her, and I kind of did at that time... I mean, she was a scientist and a warrior, and that was all in spite of the way that she *looked*... It was like, I could be anything, and I didn't have to choose... So don't make fun, okay?

  Richard Castle : Okay.

  Kate Beckett : And besides, it didn't hurt that my legs looked *great* in her outfit.

• Richard Castle : Perlmutter! Good to see you.

  M.E. Sidney Perlmutter : Ah! If only the feeling were mutual.

• Richard Castle : What about you? How are, how are you doing?

  Kate Beckett : I'm fine. Why?

  Richard Castle : Well, it's hard to see your idols fall.

  Kate Beckett : Oh, Castle, Stephanie Frye was never my idol. Lt. Chloe was. And as far as I'm concerned, she's still out there fighting evil and saving humanity. And no self-centered actor's ever gonna take that from me... And you know what? If they do make a movie, I'm gonna be first in line to see it.

• Richard Castle : Annabelle said she was betrayed by someone she trusted. Maybe that was Captain Max.

  [Alexis and her friends in skimpy costumes walked by, Castle sees Alexis] 

  Richard Castle : Oh, my God! Alexis?

  Alexis Castle : [Alexis and her friends turn around]  Dad? What are you doing here?

  Richard Castle : What are you doing here dressed like that?

  Alexis Castle : We're Havacura. It's a tribe of female assassins who...

  Richard Castle : Don't wear clothes?

  Alexis Castle : You're overacting. And you're embarrassing me.

  Richard Castle : Oh, I'm embarrassing you? I'm the one who's dressed.

  [Castle tries to put his coat on Alexis] 

  Alexis Castle : Dad!

  Kate Beckett : [Beckett grabs Castle and pulls him away]  Castle, come on. Let's go.

  Richard Castle : Are you kidding me? Do you see what she's wearing?

  [Alexis leaves with her friends] 

  Kate Beckett : Yeah, it's not that bad.

  Richard Castle : Not that bad? How am I gonna unsee that?

• Kate Beckett : How is it possible that she's killed by a *laser*?

  Richard Castle : Easy. Someone shot her with a laser gun.

  Kate Beckett : Real ones don't exist, Castle.

  Richard Castle : Actually, they do. There is an Advanced Tactical Laser that could melt a hole in a tank from five miles away.

  Kate Beckett : Read about it. It's as big as a truck.

  Richard Castle : Yes, well, obviously someone has constructed a portable hand-held version.

  Kate Beckett : Like who?

  Richard Castle : Well, let's go back to the e-mails of the crazed "Nebula 9" fans. And when I say "crazed fans", I'm... I'm not referring to you. You... are a megafan.

  Kate Beckett : Nice one, coming from the guy with a life-sized Boba Fett in his bathroom.

  Richard Castle : Point taken.

• [on the bridge of the "Nebula 9" ship] 

  Kate Beckett : I can't tell you how many times I have had dreams about being in this very ship.

  Richard Castle : Sexy dreams?... You know, it's never too late to live out your fantasy.

  Kate Beckett : You do realize that this is still a crime scene?

  Richard Castle : Oh, right. Ew.

• Richard Castle : Do I look different to you?

  Kate Beckett : No... why?

  Richard Castle : Just, I feel so tingly. Something's wrong. I'm beginning to mutate like the Hulk or the Thing. Or worse, the Leader. What would happened to my hair?

  Kate Beckett : I prefer Dr. Manhattan... The blue skin, brings out your blue eyes.

• Richard Castle : Hey, tell me, you guys, do you think my hair is thinning?

  Kate Beckett : You're not losing your hair, Castle.

  Richard Castle : Okay, so if I wake up bald tomorrow, you'll still be attracted to me?

  [Beckett doesn't know what to say] 

  Richard Castle : Oh, my God. You wouldn't.

  Kate Beckett : I didn't say that.

  [gets in the elevator] 

  Richard Castle : No, but you were thinking it. I could see it in your...

  Javier Esposito : With that pumpkin head? Dude.

• Richard Castle : And, speaking of fantasies, how about we live out one of yours? What do you say to a little "Nebula 9" cosplay?

  [Beckett rolls her eyes] 

  Richard Castle : Come on, it'll be fun. I'll serve you breakfast in bed for a week.

  [Beckett scoffs] 

  Richard Castle : And, I'll do your laundry.

  Kate Beckett : Okay, fine. Do you really want to see me in one of my old costumes?

  Richard Castle : Yes, please.

  Kate Beckett : Then you have to promise that you're gonna watch a "Nebula 9" marathon with me.

  Richard Castle : Uh...

  [Beckett holds out her hand for a handshake agreement; Castle is reluctant to accept] 

  Kate Beckett : And... no making fun.

  [Castle is still reluctant, but finally gives in] 

  Richard Castle : You drive a hard bargain, but okay.

• Richard Castle : "Danger. Do not enter." That is just the sort of sign you'd expect to see on the lair of an evil, laser-gun-making genius.

  [Castle knocks on the door, then peeks under the partially ajar bottom] 

  Richard Castle : It's pitch black inside. But the door's partially open. I would say that's an invitation, wouldn't you?

• [last lines] 

  Kate Beckett : [off screen]  Okay, promise not to laugh.

  Richard Castle : I promise. Come on. Quit stalling. Come out already.

  Kate Beckett : Ready?

  Richard Castle : [sitting up in anticipation]  Ready.

  [in slow motion, Beckett seductively teases her appearance, before jumping out in her Lt. Chloe costume and a Creaver mask and Castle jumps up in fright and falls off the bed] 

  Kate Beckett : Do you like it? Huh?

  Richard Castle : That's not what you... That's not...

  Kate Beckett : You wanna make out, Castle?

  [roars] 

  Richard Castle : [backing away]  No...

  Kate Beckett : Come on, just a quick snog, right here on the lips. Isn't this what your dreams are made of?

  [Beckett growls and laughs, while Castle hurries to hide, locking the door behind him] 

  Kate Beckett : [knocking on the door]  Castle, are we gonna make out?

  Richard Castle : Maybe you... we should start with the "Nebula 9" marathon.

• Kate Beckett : Look, the fact is you had means, motive, and opportunity. And we checked with your hotel. You left at 9:45 p.m. and returned at 11. That's the *exact* time-window of Annabelle's murder.

  Gabriel Winters : I was busy handling a personal issue that I would rather not discuss.

  Kate Beckett : You're facing a murder charge.

  Richard Castle : Okay, look, we already know about the threesome with the Lt. Chloes. How bad can it be?

  Gabriel Winters : Well, let's just say my, um... weakness for fleeting romance... left me with a burning desire to see my doctor last night.

  Richard Castle : And it just got worse.

  [Beckett gags and covers her mouth] 

• Richard Castle : Everyone in this room had a relationship with the victim. Each of you had either motive or opportunity to kill her. Uh... Ms. Frye, would you do me the honor of a little improvisation?

  Gabriel Winters : Trust me, that woman needs a script.

  Stephanie Frye : [annoyed]  I'm happy to help.

  Richard Castle : Ms. Frye will be playing Annabelle Collins. I will be the killer. Annabelle had the murder weapon on her the night she died.

  [to Stepanie as he hands her a blaster] 

  Richard Castle : Don't worry, this one's just a toy.

  [to the group] 

  Richard Castle : Now, the killer confronts Annabelle. Annabelle, presumably to protect herself, drew her blaster. They struggled for the gun. The killer overpower...

  [to Stephanie as she struggles to hold on to the blaster] 

  Richard Castle : I-I need you to resist just a little less.

  Stephanie Frye : Oh.

  Gabriel Winters : Told ya.