Castle (TV Series)

Castle, P.I. (2015)

Nathan Fillion: Richard Castle

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• [first lines] 

  Martha Rodgers : Richard... you're dressed.

  Richard Castle : Well, it is morning, isn't it?

  Martha Rodgers : Well, it's just that ever since you were banned from working cases with Katherine, you and your pajamas have seen an awful lot of each other.

  Richard Castle : I think you're *exaggerating*. I admit, I've taken the occasional day off to recharge, but hardly think it's fair...

  Kate Beckett : [entering]  Wow. Castle, you're dressed?

  Richard Castle : Yes, I'm dressed! I did *not* think it would be such an event.

• [Castle has unexpectedly shown up at the crime scene] 

  Kate Beckett : Castle? What are you doing? You know that you're not allowed to be here.

  Richard Castle : Actually, I am. Because I'm no longer Richard Castle, ordinary citizen.

  [pulls out a paper from jacket] 

  Richard Castle : I am now Richard Castle... private investigator.

  Kate Beckett : You got your PI's license? Without telling me?

  Richard Castle : I took an online course. Finished last night. Are you surprised?

• Kate Beckett : Does this mean you have something special planned for today?

  Richard Castle : As a matter of fact, I do have something special lined up. A... surprise, actually, for you.

  Kate Beckett : Really? What kind of a surprise?

  Richard Castle : Well, now if I told you that it wouldn't be a surprise. But trust me, you're gonna love it.

  Kate Beckett : Okay, now why does that scare me?

  Martha Rodgers : Because you're smart.

  Kate Beckett : Hmm. Come on, Castle. Spill.

  Richard Castle : Master interrogator like yourself, and that's the best you've got?

  Kate Beckett : Maybe I'm just getting started.

• [SPOILER:] 

  Richard Castle : [as Beckett arrests the killer]  You know, I always heard Harrison & Reed were a killer law firm. Now I know why.

• [last lines] 

  Kate Beckett : You know that if this was up to me, we would be working together, right?

  Richard Castle : Yes, but since it's not, and we can't, I was wondering how you'd feel if I... kept with this for a while.

  Kate Beckett : Don't move.

  [Beckett gets off the couch and retrieves a wrapped present] 

  Richard Castle : Hmm. What's this?

  Kate Beckett : It's my answer.

  [unwrapping the present, he gasps in excitement and puts on a deerstalker] 

  Richard Castle : I am so gonna wear this to work tomorrow.

  Kate Beckett : Keep going, there's something else.

  [Castle opens a smaller box which contains a magnifying glass and laughs] 

  Kate Beckett : So, maybe you can use that to locate an actual client.

  Richard Castle : [looking at Beckett through the glass]  I can see something I like better already. You care to go into the other room and... share?

  Kate Beckett : On one condition.

  Richard Castle : What?

  Kate Beckett : The hat stays on.

  [kisses him] 

  Richard Castle : Mmm!

• Kate Beckett : Castle, the PI's license doesn't change anything. The D.A.'s still not gonna let you investigate with us.

  Richard Castle : Oh, you see, that's the brilliant part. I'm *not* going to be investigating with you. No! Instead I'm gonna conduct my own parallel investigation alongside yours.

  Javier Esposito : Nice try, but you know that's not gonna fly.

  Richard Castle : Actually, it will fly. You see, as a...

  [grabs license from Esposito] 

  Richard Castle : ... licensed PI, I'm legally entitled to investigate this case on behalf of my client.

  Kevin Ryan : Ah. So who's your client?

  Richard Castle : I'm sorry, that's confidential.

  Javier Esposito : I'm sorry, so is this investigation.

  [Perlmutter hides the victim's face with his clipboard] 

  Kate Beckett : I'm afraid he's right. PI's license or not, this crime scene is closed. So... you're gonna have to go.

  [Castle stands up, Esposito points towards the door, and he sees they're not going to budge] 

  Richard Castle : That's fine. I've already seen everything I need to here, anyway. I'll conduct my investigation... elsewhere.

  [turns and starts to leave] 

  Kate Beckett : Elsewhere where?

  Richard Castle : I'm sorry, that's confidential too.

• Kate Beckett : Okay, but he knows nothing about the case or the victim. So, how much trouble can he be?

  Javier Esposito : [spotting Castle]  We're about to find out.

  Kate Beckett : Castle, how did you get here?

  Richard Castle : Well, it turns out the subway really is faster than morning traffic.

  Kate Beckett : No, I mean, how did *you* get *here*? To the school where Shana worked?

  Richard Castle : Oh! Well, the neighbors didn't know very much. I figured her work would be your next stop.

• Richard Castle : Wonder what our victim did here, what foul schemes she was tangled in.

  [Castle turns to head into the school, and Beckett grabs his arm to stop him] 

  Kate Beckett : Uh, Castle, you can't just follow me inside and sit in on my interview.

  Richard Castle : Well, actually, um... I was here first, so, really... you're following me.

• Kate Beckett : When were you gonna tell me that you had an office?

  Richard Castle : Uh... Eventually.

  Kate Beckett : No, we're married. Married people tell each other things.

  Richard Castle : Yeah, but you weren't exactly thrilled when I got my PI license.

  Kate Beckett : 'Cause you didn't tell me!

• [Castle has found a witness for whom she has been searching] 

  Kate Beckett : No, no, no, I mean, how did you find her?

  Richard Castle : Ah. I was checking the victim's credit card for plane ticket charges to see where she flew, and instead I found a lunch charge...

  Kate Beckett : Wait a minute. You checked her credit card records? How?

  Richard Castle : Okay, we're getting into kind of a gray area here, so let's just say it involved her mother's maiden name and a serviceable falsetto.

• Richard Castle : I know our victim took a trip to Radnor University, I just have no idea why. I hacked into her social media accounts...

  Alexis Castle : Wait, you know how to hack into social media accounts?

  Richard Castle : Hacking might be overstating it. Her password for everything is "Sparkles," her dog's name. Point is, without police resources, the best I can do is go through her friends' online *posts* and look for some connections to Radnor University.

  Alexis Castle : Are there any?

  Richard Castle : Just one thing, but it happened fifteen years ago. I have no idea if it's even relevant. I just wish I knew what Beckett had.

  [phone rings] 

  Alexis Castle : Mmm!

  Richard Castle : [answers phone]  Richard Castle Investigations.

  Kate Beckett : [on speakerphone next to Ryan and Esposito]  Hey, babe. Just checking in. Whatcha doing?

  Richard Castle : Oh, just hanging out at the office. How about you?

  Kevin Ryan : He has an office?

  Kate Beckett : Uh, just wondering how your day's going?

  Richard Castle : Good. Really good, actually. How about yours?

  Kate Beckett : Yeah, mine's good too. Uh, really, really good.

  Richard Castle : That's good. Great. I should have said, "Great." Mine's great.

  Kate Beckett : Great. That's...

  Richard Castle : Okay, so... I'll see you tonight.

  Kate Beckett : Uh, see you tonight.

  [hangs up] 

  Kate Beckett : He knows something.

  Alexis Castle : She has something.

  Javier Esposito : And you have to find out what.

  Richard Castle : And I'm gonna find out what.

• Richard Castle : Last night was amazing.

  Kate Beckett : Wait. Are you talking about the put-together we did on the case, or...

  Richard Castle : That. But the put-together, that was pretty amazing too.

  Kate Beckett : [sighs]  It's been forever since we tried that. I forgot how creative you can get.

  Richard Castle : Oh, we're not talking about the case anymore, are we?

  Kate Beckett : Mm-mm.

  [laughs, phone rings and she answers] 

  Kate Beckett : Hey, Ryan. Great. Okay, how long before the file...

  [stops and looks a Castle] 

  Kate Beckett : Before it gets there?

  Richard Castle : Before what gets there?... You were about to say "files," weren't you?

  Kate Beckett : No.

  Richard Castle : Oh, you texted Ryan last night about Shana's old boyfriend and told him to get those old police files for you, while you were in bed with me.

  Kate Beckett : Ryan, I'll be right over.

  [she climbs out of bed and picks up her clothes] 

  Richard Castle : Well, you're gonna let me take a look at those files, right? I mean, that's only fair.

  Kate Beckett : Castle, I can't. That would be... crossing the line.

  Richard Castle : You didn't seem to care about lines last night. No, last night, it was anything goes.

  Kate Beckett : Yes, Castle, and it was great. Come on, we both know it was just a

  [whispers] 

  Kate Beckett : one-time thing.

  [leaves] 

  Richard Castle : [loudly]  You know, I thought we had something special!

• Kate Beckett : Come on, Castle. You really think that rejection from preschool qualifies as motive for murder?

  Richard Castle : With a feeder school like this one? A rejection from here could mean not getting into the "right" elementary school, which affects high school, which affects college, and oh my god... nope, people do insane things for their kids. You'll see.

  [Beckett turns to leave] 

  Richard Castle : Where you off to?

  Kate Beckett : Back to the precinct.

  Richard Castle : Oh.

  Kate Beckett : Look, Castle, if it was my choice...

  Richard Castle : Oh, please. Why would I wanna go to the precinct? No, a PI's work is done in the field, and I've got lots of leads to follow up on.

  Kate Beckett : Okay, I'll see you tonight.

  [blows him a kiss] 

  Richard Castle : See you tonight.

  [Beckett leaves] 

  Richard Castle : It's so unfair!

• [finding Castle in the morgue] 

  M.E. Sidney Perlmutter : What are you... You're looking at my victim's chart!

  Richard Castle : Well, I'm just making sure you filled it out properly. And may I say, for a man, you have exquisite handwriting.

  M.E. Sidney Perlmutter : Oh. Give it back!

  [Perlmutter chases him around the table] 

  Richard Castle : Hey, hey, hey, hey. Look, look, look... You could make this a lot easier on me, Perlmutter.

  M.E. Sidney Perlmutter : Oh, because that's what I live for.

  [Perlmutter chases him around the table again] 

  Richard Castle : I just believe that your victim traveled somewhere before she died. Is there anything in the autopsy that indicates where?

  M.E. Sidney Perlmutter : I-I would rather switch places with her than tell you. Now, now give me that!

  [Perlmutter chases him around the table a third time] 

  Richard Castle : Hey...

  M.E. Sidney Perlmutter : I am warning you, Castle...

  Richard Castle : Here it is.

  [reading] 

  Richard Castle : "Stomach contents. Two ounces of peanuts, partially digested pretzels, blood contains trace amounts of over-the-counter sedative." She was on a plane. She flew somewhere. Thanks for your help.

  [leaves quickly] 

  M.E. Sidney Perlmutter : This isn't over!

  [answers phone] 

  M.E. Sidney Perlmutter : What?

  Kate Beckett : It's Beckett. We're trying to explain some anomalies in our victim's financial records. Are there any signs that she traveled recently?

  M.E. Sidney Perlmutter : Well, as a matter of fact I was just discussing that with the *writer* you married!

• Richard Castle : Because if you *were* trying to find out what I know, that would mean you're stuck.

  Kate Beckett : I'm not stuck.

  Richard Castle : Good. Because I'm not stuck either.

  Richard Castle , Kate Beckett : So you do know something. Maybe.

  Richard Castle : All right, this is crazy. If we both have something, why don't we just trade?

  Kate Beckett : Castle, I can't. You know that.

  Richard Castle : Oh, can't! What happened to that rebellious girl with the leather jacket and the motorcycle? Would she say "can't"?

  Kate Beckett : [sighs]  She enforces the law now, and drinks expensive wine.

  Richard Castle : Then think about our victim. Are you really gonna let a couple of silly rules stand in the way of bringing Shana justice?

  Kate Beckett : Okay, fine. We'll do it just this once. For her.

  Richard Castle , Kate Beckett : You first.

• Kate Beckett : Wait. She had an old boyfriend who died at Radnor University? How long ago?

  Richard Castle : Fifteen years. His name was Jeff Whalen. He drank too much at a party and fell out a window.

  Kate Beckett : If she was looking into old police records...

  Richard Castle : And interested in homicide law...

  Kate Beckett : She must've thought that his death was *more* than just an accident.

  Richard Castle : She was investigating a murder.

  Kate Beckett : And somehow that got her killed.

  Richard Castle : Oh, my God. I've missed this.

  [they grab each other and kiss passionately] 

• Alexis Castle : I thought you became a PI to work *with* Beckett. When did it become a competition?

  Richard Castle : When she took something beautiful that we'd built together and shared it with another man.

  Alexis Castle : What?

  Richard Castle : Investigatively speaking.

• Captain Victoria Gates : Tread lightly, Detective. You're hunting big game here. And until we have a stronger case, we cannot afford to attract any attention. Which means, *Mr. Castle*, you cannot be involved in this at all, even in your private investigator capacity.

  Kate Beckett : Sir, we never would have gotten this far without...

  Richard Castle : Oh, no, actually, um... she's right. Rules are rules.

  [glances at watch] 

  Richard Castle : As a matter of fact, I shouldn't even be here right now.

  [leaves hurriedly] 

  Captain Victoria Gates : Well, that was easier than I expected.

  Kate Beckett : Yeah... Huh.

• [Castle is working as a PI] 

  Alexis Castle : So, how's your first case going?

  Richard Castle : Did I tell you I got pepper sprayed today?

  Alexis Castle : You say that like it's a good thing.