Nathan Fillion credited as playing...
Richard Castle
- [last lines]
- Kate Beckett: And if you tell anyone what I'm about to say, there's gonna be another shooting, but... I've gotten used to you pulling my pigtails... I have a hard job, Castle, and having you around makes it... a little more fun.
- Richard Castle: [pause] Your secret's safe with me.
- [first lines]
- Javier Esposito: Meet the late Jack Coonan.
- Kate Beckett: Why is that name familiar?
- Kevin Ryan: 'Cause it probably crossed all our desks a dozen times in the last few years. Aggravated assault, ADW, arson.
- Javier Esposito: Coonan had a heavy rep. Word is he's an enforcer for the Westies.
- Lanie Parish: Okay, remind me. Who are the Westies, again?
- Richard Castle: Irish mafia out of Hell's Kitchen.
- Kate Beckett: They deal in cargo theft, counterfeiting, extortion.
- Kevin Ryan: And public urination on St. Patrick's Day.
- Kate Beckett: It wasn't your fault, you know.
- Richard Castle: [long pause] I overstepped. I came down here to say that I'm sorry. And that I'm through... I can't shadow you anymore. If it wasn't for me...
- Kate Beckett: If it wasn't for you, I would have never found my mom's killer. And someday soon, I'm gonna find the sons of bitches who had Coonan kill her. And I'd like you around when I do.
- Kate Beckett: I let her down.
- Richard Castle: No, you didn't.
- Kate Beckett: Rathborne's in the wind. Dick Coonan's about to walk.
- [pause]
- Kate Beckett: I missed something.
- Richard Castle: Could have been me. Rathborne could've checked the routing number, realized the money was coming from... *my* account, not Dick's. I was arrogant.
- Kate Beckett: I didn't think you were arrogant, Castle. I thought what you did was sweet. And I will pay you back as...
- Richard Castle: Negative, ghostwriter. Small price to pay for a shot at your mother's killer.
- Kate Beckett: Castle, these Westies can be pretty rough.
- [chambers a bullet in her gun]
- Kate Beckett: So you sure you don't wanna stay in the car?
- Richard Castle: No way.
- Kate Beckett: Okay. Keep your mouth shut and... try to butch up a little.
- [Beckett and Castle in the morgue with what they think is the murder weapon]
- Lanie Parish: That's not it.
- Kate Beckett: You didn't even look.
- Lanie Parish: Sure I did. It's a stiletto, four-inch Damascus blade, and it's way too small to make these wounds.
- Richard Castle: Well, maybe he used a different knife.
- Lanie Parish: Just how tall is this Trucho?
- Kate Beckett: He's, um... 5'6".
- Richard Castle: Standing on his toes.
- Lanie Parish: Then he's not your guy. Thrust angle on these wounds indicate Coonan's killer was over six-foot.
- Richard Castle: Well, maybe instead of using a stiletto, he was wearing stilettos.
- Richard Castle: No one even knows what Rathborne looks like.
- Officer Clayton Lee: Well, he shouldn't be too hard to spot.
- Kevin Ryan: Yeah, he'll be the one who's trying to kill ya.