Castle (TV Series)

Hollander's Woods (2015)

Stana Katic: Kate Beckett

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• Keith Kaufman : Your job is to enforce the law. Yet you have repeatedly ignored it. In Los Angeles, you investigated a case outside of your legal jurisdiction.

  Kate Beckett : But...

  Keith Kaufman : You used your badge to pursue a personal vendetta against Senator Bracken, crossing the line and endangering the lives of others numerous times.

  Kate Beckett : Sir, that man was a murderer.

  Keith Kaufman : You've withheld case information from superiors and flown in the face of authority whenever it suits you. Not to mention your working relationship with Richard Castle. Tell me, Detective, how often have you let your personal feelings for your husband dictate your actions in pursuit of a suspect?

  Kate Beckett : Sir, that is unfair. I never let...

  Keith Kaufman : And when he went missing, you used your position and a great deal of the taxpayers' money to search for him, enlisting the aid of fellow detectives. And, well, you are infamous for being the inspiration for the fictional NYPD detective Nikki Heat, who spends more time on her back than she does pursuing killers... Detective Beckett, how do you expect to lead, or even continue in your current job, when it's clear you've exercised such poor judgment?

  Kate Beckett : Sir, if you would look at my record...

  Keith Kaufman : We are looking at your record. You are not qualified for a captaincy, and, in my opinion, you are not qualified to be a detective... Thank you. You can go.

  [shocked and at a loss for words, Beckett stands up to leave, then stops] 

  Kate Beckett : You're wrong, sir.

  Keith Kaufman : Excuse me?

  Kate Beckett : I said, you're wrong. In every case you have referenced, I have not only successfully brought the killer to justice, but I did so with the utmost respect for the law and for the department I represent. And regarding my relationship with Mr. Castle, he has proven to be a *brilliant* partner and he's always had my back. And as for his... fictional representation of me, I'm proud to have been his inspiration, and I am proud to be his wife. You asked, How do I expect to lead? By continuing to fight for what's right, not for what's easy. My job is to protect the citizens of New York and I will do it by doing my job better than anyone else and getting results. I don't cross the line, I put myself on it. And if you have any other questions, then you can ask the families of the victims that I have served.

• Kevin Ryan : No, man, it was a guy with the ax in his heart. He bled out in the Barcalounger. We called him Lord of the Flies, remember?

  Javier Esposito : No, no, no, you're wrong, bro. It was the pet shop owner whose wife fed him to the dogs.

  Kate Beckett : What are you guys fighting about?

  Kevin Ryan : Uh, the first case that Captain Montgomery partnered us on, 10 years ago today.

  Richard Castle : Really, it's your manniversary? And I didn't get you anything.

• Kevin Ryan : Beckett, this thing that Castle says happened, it was decades ago. Is he really sure about this?

  Kate Beckett : As sure as I've ever seen him.

• Kate Beckett : Guys, is there any way to check police records from thirty years ago? See if there were any abandoned cars ticketed within a fifty mile radius of Hollander's Woods?

  Javier Esposito : Sure. We just have to call all municipal police departments in the area.

  Kevin Ryan : And wait for them to stop laughing long enough to beg them to check their dusty storage rooms... you're serious?

  Kate Beckett : We need to know exactly what we're dealing with, here. So, happy manniversary.

• Mr. Walters : I tried to stop, I did. But she just came out of nowhere.

  Richard Castle : Mr. Walters, the trooper said you saw something in the woods.

  Mr. Walters : Yeah. It almost didn't seem real, like it was some kind of ghost. Freaky as all hell.

  Kate Beckett : Can you describe it?

  Mr. Walters : It wore a dark, ragged coat, uh, with a mask like a doll's face.

  Richard Castle : Like porcelain?

  Mr. Walters : Yeah. It was white, with black where the eyes should have been.

  Richard Castle : Were there markings on it?

  Mr. Walters : Yeah.

  Richard Castle : Like what?

  Mr. Walters : Like streaked teardrops coming from the eyes. Uh, and the- the face, it was, uh...

  Richard Castle : Bisected with two black lines, like a cross.

  Mr. Walters : Yeah. How'd you know that?

  Kate Beckett : Castle, what's going on?

  Richard Castle : [more to himself]  It was real.

  Kate Beckett : What was real?

  Richard Castle : Beckett, I've seen that mask before.

• [first lines] 

  [Castle puts a huge portrait of him on the counter] 

  Richard Castle : Boom! Hello. I'm serious and brooding Richard Castle.

  [he puts a different huge portrait of himself on the counter] 

  Richard Castle : And I am friendly, accessible, ruggedly handsome Richard Castle.

  Alexis Castle : Wow, Dad. Could your head get any bigger?

  Richard Castle : Can you blame me? I'm accepting the Poe's Pen Career Achievement Award. It is the biggest honor a mystery writer can get. I am joining the pantheon of *greats* to whose heights I have always aspired. So... which big head?

  Kate Beckett : Uh, I like the ruggedly handsome, smiling giant you.

  Alexis Castle : Hmm, I like the serious, brooding giant you.

  Richard Castle : Oh... All right, Mother, you are the tie-breaker. Which of these should be hanging behind me at the ceremony next week?

  Martha Rodgers : Oh. Darling, you know I refuse to play favorites. I love both of my son's big heads equally.

• [Castle believes he's identified the killer] 

  Kate Beckett : Castle, that was over thirty years ago. You can't possibly...

  Richard Castle : Kate, when he spoke I could feel the knife at my throat. I will never forget that voice as long as I live.

• [Beckett, Ryan, and Esposito are all skeptical about Castle's ID of the killer] 

  Kate Beckett : Yeah, Babe, the voice, is it possible you're misremembering? You've made this killer your personal boogeyman. You said so yourself, you wanted him to be more formidable.

  Richard Castle : And you don't believe me.

  Kate Beckett : He's clean. He has no connection to this case. We've got nothing to go on.

  Javier Esposito : Less than nothing. All we have is a thirty-year-old voice ID from a witness who was a kid at the time.

  Kate Beckett : Look, Castle, we want to solve it as much as you do.

  Richard Castle : You know what? I... expected this from these guys, just... not from you.

• [telling Beckett about Hollander's Woods] 

  Richard Castle : That day in the woods, Kate, that's why I do what I do. I'm driven to figure out the story because... I could never figure out that one.

  Kate Beckett : Why didn't you ever tell me this before?

  Richard Castle : I think I didn't want it to be real. But it is real. He's real. He killed before, and he just tried to kill again.

• Richard Castle : You know, with this award, you going for captain, we could be New York's newest power couple.

  Kate Beckett : Oh, Castle, don't jinx it. I haven't even gotten my exam results back yet.

  Richard Castle : It's you. You aced it.

• Richard Castle : State senator?

  Kate Beckett : And they say it's just the start. Apparently, the party has had their eye on me for a while now. They think that people are looking for someone like me.

  Richard Castle : And what do you think?

  Kate Beckett : I don't know, Castle. I'm a cop, not a politician... Did I ever tell you that I was in Model UN when I was a kid? My mom was one of the chaperones. And after watching me, she said "You know, Katie, you can grow up and be anything you want." I just wanted to be her. Just wanted to make a difference.

  Richard Castle : And you have. The question now is, can you make a bigger difference?

  Kate Beckett : [sighs]  Castle, if you saw the way that they attacked me in that room... And in a campaign it would only be worse. You, Alexis, my dad, Martha, you guys would all be fair game.

  Richard Castle : We're a tough bunch.

  Kate Beckett : So you think I could do it?

  Richard Castle : I know you can.

  Kate Beckett : They said that I aced my captain's exam. I could probably have my own precinct within the year.

  Richard Castle : When do you have to decide?

  Kate Beckett : Soon.

  Richard Castle : Well, whatever you decide, I will back your play.

• [last lines] 

  [Beckett's phone chimes and she reads the text] 

  Kate Beckett : It's the precinct. There's been a murder.

  Martha Rodgers : Oh.