Nathan Fillion credited as playing...
Richard Castle
- Kate Beckett: [learning their victim didn't own a cell phone] What girl in her twenties doesn't have a cell phone?
- Richard Castle: Maybe she's Amish.
- Kate Beckett: Hey, Ryan, what do our victim's phone records show? Any phone calls to City Hall?
- Kevin Ryan: No phone calls at all because... Laura Cambridge didn't own a cell phone. Credit cards haven't been used in six months.
- Richard Castle: No cell phone and no credit cards? It's like she's from another century.
- Javier Esposito: Amish theory's looking pretty good, bro.
- [last lines]
- Mr. Smith: You play chess, Mr. Castle? There are times when a well-placed pawn is more powerful than a king.
- Richard Castle: I have your number if I need to reach you.
- Mr. Smith: You don't reach me, Mr. Castle. I reach you.
- Martha Rodgers: Do you still believe him?
- Richard Castle: I do.
- Martha Rodgers: You've been down this road before with a friend. You believed Damian Westlake. He's rotting in prison for murder.
- Richard Castle: Damian and I were kids together. Believing in him was sentiment. My experience tells me Weldon is innocent. My experience tells me there's something very wrong with this whole situation.
- Richard Castle: Why would you abandon all your plans? You've been cleared of all charges.
- Mayor Robert Weldon: You know, for someone who kills off all his characters, you have a strange stubborn streak of optimism in you. But no, I can't run for governor in two years, I can't run for president in six... That dream... is done.
- Richard Castle: There's gotta be something we can do. You're innocent.
- Mayor Robert Weldon: A little too innocent. There are people out there, I realize it now, people who- who control what goes on in this city and beyond. I wouldn't play ball, so they took me out the game. It's been decided. This is as far as I get.
- Richard Castle: So what are you gonna do now?
- Mayor Robert Weldon: I... am going to continue being an outstanding mayor for the greatest city on Earth.
- Richard Castle: Step back? These are policicians. They can't order at a restaurant without two compromises and an ultimatum.
- Richard Castle: Well, he has good reason to not turn over his coat.
- Kate Beckett: Yes, guilt.
- Richard Castle: A conspiracy. Is it so far-fetched? Maybe Laura found out about it and tried to warn him.
- Kate Beckett: Or maybe she and Weldon did talk. She confronted him with what she knew, and he killed her.
- Richard Castle: Hmm. I believe the conspiracy. I mean, I know Weldon.
- Kate Beckett: And Weldon knows you. Conspiracies, intrigue, that's you- your bread and butter. That's exactly the kind of story that you would respond to.
- Richard Castle: I'm sorry, are- are you suggesting he's playing me?
- Kate Beckett: I am suggesting that you consider the possibility.
- Kate Beckett: I have a procedure to follow. He didn't provide his coat willingly, so I'm gonna have to get a court order.
- Richard Castle: Whoa. Look, once word gets out that the NYPD subpoenaed his clothing in connection with embezzlement and murder, that man's career will be over.
- Kate Beckett: Not if he's innocent.
- Richard Castle: Are you kidding me? Kate, this is politics. Perception is reality. The truth won't matter.
- Kate Beckett: What am I supposed to do, Rick? I can't just stop being a cop just because it's inconvenient.
- Richard Castle: No, no, no, just... you can wait. All right? For something else, for another lead.
- Kate Beckett: For the coat to disappear? You don't think I don't know what's at stake here? Do you think I actually want to do this?
- Richard Castle: Then don't do it.
- Kate Beckett: I don't have a choice.
- [first lines]
- [Martha loudly practicing a play in the living room with wind machine, booming thunder and fog maker]
- Martha Rodgers: Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage! Blow!You cataracts and hurricanes, spout! Till you have drenched our steeples. Drown...
- Alexis Castle: [taking refuge in Castle's office] Dad...
- Richard Castle: [taking out ear plugs] I know what you're asking, and the answer is yes. Yes, you can take your grandmother and her entire production of "King Lear" to college with you.
- Alexis Castle: I'm going crazy.
- Richard Castle: Earplugs?
- Alexis Castle: Not that. I need something to do. I had planned to be at Stanford, but now I'm here, just waiting.