Castle (TV Series)

What Lies Beneath (2015)

Stana Katic: Kate Beckett

Quotes 

• Kate Beckett : So, let me get this straight. You got parkoured by a blind priest?

  Richard Castle : I'd say the blindness is under dispute.

  Kate Beckett : Uh-huh. And what about the fact that he's sixty? Was he faking his age, too?

  Richard Castle : Sixty is the new twenty. Did you call just to bust my chops?

  Kate Beckett : Yeah, pretty much.

• Kate Beckett : Martha? Is everything okay?

  Martha Rodgers : You tell me, kiddo. Last time we were together, you and Richard were, uh... "ha ha". You know? And now, just a few short weeks later, you and Richard are "pfft". You know?

  Kate Beckett : It's complicated.

  Martha Rodgers : Mmm. So were his last two divorces.

  Kate Beckett : Ah, God, Martha. We're not getting a divorce.

  Martha Rodgers : Well, call me old-fashioned, but don't married couples live together?

  Kate Beckett : Yes, but it- it's complicated, and I'm- I'm working through a few things.

  Martha Rodgers : Richard told me that right before he declared he was going to win you back. Look, as you know, my son is a lot of things, some of them... good, some of them not so good. But he is someone... you can always count on. That is a rare thing, kiddo.

• Kevin Ryan : So, what are you saying? We give up? Because that's not the Beckett that I know.

  Kate Beckett : No, I'm not saying that we should give up. What I am saying is I've been a captain for about five minutes. If we take this to the D.A., nobody's gonna take me seriously, *ever*.

  Kevin Ryan : Okay. We'll get proof.

  Javier Esposito : Money's gone. Even if there is a secret slush fund, the person controlling it killed Dave to cover it up, buried the money deep, covered his tracks.

  Kevin Ryan : So, what are we supposed to do?

  Kate Beckett : We do our homework. We find out who could pull off a slush fund in the City Budget. Which means we have to talk to someone with contacts and resources in City Hall.

  Kevin Ryan : Someone who's best friends with the mayor? Someone like... Castle?

  Kate Beckett : He's gonna be so smug about this.

  [cut to Castle's office, where he is video conferencing with Beckett] 

  Richard Castle : I'm sorry. Did you say you... needed my help?

  Kate Beckett : Castle.

  Richard Castle : [to Alexis]  You heard her say it, right?

• Kate Beckett : [to worm his way into the investigation, Castle has brought the victim's widow to the precinct]  Your client, Castle? Please don't tell me you ambulance-chased this woman.

  Richard Castle : Beckett, that is an outrageous accusation. I... as a member of the writing community, merely went by her home to offer my condolences.

  Kate Beckett : [skeptical]  Hmm. And I suppose you told her that you're a P.I. who just happens to have connections with the NYPD.

  Richard Castle : The topic may have come up. You look gorgeous, by the way.

• Kate Beckett : Considering your husband's success, why was he working as a janitor?

  Wendy Johnson : Well, that was research for a new book.

  Richard Castle : A second P.J. Moffet novel?

  Kate Beckett : He was doing research for over five years?

  Wendy Johnson : Mm-hmm.

  Richard Castle : Moffet was legendary for total immersion in his subject matter. Much like me with you.

• Kate Beckett : So, I just got off the phone with P.J. Moffet's publisher. Our author is still very much alive. Dave Johnson was lying about who he was.

  Kevin Ryan : Yeah, we figured. So, Dave tells Milton that he's Jimmy "Two Guns" O'Malley, and then Milton rats him out to the Irish mob.

  Javier Esposito : Maybe our vic was a con man.

  Kate Beckett : And conning the wrong guy got him killed.

• Kevin Ryan : So, what do you think?

  Javier Esposito : It tracks with what our victim told his sponsor.

  Kevin Ryan : And with Dave's questions about union kickbacks.

  Kate Beckett : It doesn't matter. It's not actionable. There's no way we're gonna get a subpoena for City Hall based on hearsay told to a not-blind priest from a pathological liar.

• Kate Beckett : Castle, do you have the intel we need or not?

  Richard Castle : [chuckles, to Alexis]  Tell her.

  Alexis Castle : [sighs]  When I was in middle school, Dad did four months of extensive research into the inner working of city finance for a novel he was writing.

  Richard Castle : Yes, but then I realized that that novel would be the most boring novel in the history of novels, so I wrote a Derrick Storm book instead.

• Kate Beckett : Castle?

  [Castle offers her a latte with a foam heart] 

  Richard Castle : Relax. Doesn't mean anything. It's just a little... congratulatory coffee after solving a tough case.

  [Beckett takes it and takes a sip] 

  Kate Beckett : Mmm. Wow. I can never make it like you. Even though you taught me how.

  Richard Castle : It's 'cause I lied... There's a, uh... special ingredient. I kept it a secret.

  Kate Beckett : Really? What is it?

  Richard Castle : Well, now, if I told you that, you might not need me anymore.

  Kate Beckett : Then don't tell me... And since we're being honest, there's something that I have to tell you... I hated Moffet's book.

  Richard Castle : *What*? *Why*... Why didn't you tell me?

  Kate Beckett : Because you gave it to me when we first started dating, and I knew it was important to you, so... I lied.

• Richard Castle : The only people with access to the entire budget are the comptroller, the mayor's chief of staff, and the deputy chief.

  Kevin Ryan : Stephen Reed, the guy we met with.

  Richard Castle : I know for a fact that the chief of staff is in London with the mayor.

  Javier Esposito : And I made a few discreet calls. The city comptroller was at a fundraiser when Dave was shot.

  Kate Beckett : Which means Reed is our main suspect.

  Kevin Ryan : Okay, so how do we get this guy?

  Richard Castle : May I suggest the "Midnight Run" stratagem?

  Alexis Castle : The what?

  Richard Castle : "Midnight Run". It's one of the top five buddy movies of all time.

  Kevin Ryan : And you're suggesting we base our legal strategy upon this buddy cop movie?

  Kate Beckett : No, he's right. It could work. At the end of the movie, Robert De Niro tricks a mobster into taking computer discs he thinks contain evidence against him. And just by showing up to take them, the mobster is committing conspiracy to obstruct justice.

  Richard Castle : If we can trick Reed the same way, then we've got all the leverage we need to expose the slush fund and go after him for Dave's murder. But Kate... you can't be involved.

  Kate Beckett : Why not?

  Kevin Ryan : Because if Reed isn't involved, then all this blows up in our face, and you take the hit.

• Javier Esposito : Hey, what are you meeting with CSU's narcotics guy for?

  Kate Beckett : You know, Espo, I do have other cases that I have to supervise.

  Javier Esposito : My apologies, Capitán.

• Kate Beckett : So, any luck on finding that mystery man?

  Javier Esposito : Ryan's scrubbing street cam footage near David's apartment. But, yo... I think we're missing something here.

  Kate Beckett : What do you mean?

  Javier Esposito : Well, if Dave was a scam artist, he is the oddest one I ever heard of. I mean, yes, he was exhibiting con man behavior, but to what end?

  Kate Beckett : Uh. To rip people off.

  Javier Esposito : Who? His wife? She didn't come from money. The priest took a vow of poverty, and the union guy, Dave never asked him for a payoff.

  Kate Beckett : Okay, that's a good point. So what's the upside to Dave's cons?

• Kate Beckett : So, what do we know?

  Kevin Ryan : Dave Johnson. He was a pathological liar who stumbled upon the secret slush funds and then decided to expose it.

  Javier Esposito : And everyone connected to that alibied out.

  Kate Beckett : So we've got nothing?

  Richard Castle : No. We can safely assume that Dave was killed over a lie.

  Kate Beckett : [sighs]  Which lie, then?

  Richard Castle : Well, if I was writing this, I would fall back on the theme. A lie... is a betrayal of trust. And there is no greater betrayal... than a lie in a marriage.

  Kate Beckett : Yeah, well, that might be. But Wendy thought that Dave was P.J. Moffet.

  Richard Castle : What if she found out he wasn't?

• Kevin Ryan : Listen.

  [sighs] 

  Kevin Ryan : I'm gonna call 1PP, and I'm gonna ask 'em to give you that last Sergeant's exam slot instead of me.

  Javier Esposito : I don't need your charity.

  Kevin Ryan : It's not charity.

  [Espo scoffs] 

  Kevin Ryan : Hey! Hey, I did wrong by you... I'm trying to make amends here.

  Kate Beckett : [approaching]  Hey... bozos. Did it ever occur to you that your captain could pull some strings and get you both a slot?

  Kevin Ryan : Did you?

  Kate Beckett : Yeah. And I expect you to pass.

• [last lines] 

  Kate Beckett : [answering phone]  Vikram, hey. Did you get the test results on the heroin from the Vulcan Simmons case?

  [listens] 

  Kate Beckett : Good. Now we can get to work.