Quotes
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Senator William H. Bracken : [Beckett interrupts a TV interview] You can't... you can't be here.
Kate Beckett : I found the tape. I found it. It's over. Senator Bracken, you are under arrest for conspiracy, fraud, and the murder of my mother, Johanna Beckett. Turn around, please.
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[Beckett has found the tape Montgomery left for her]
Senator William H. Bracken : Raglan, shut the door. You three got a lot of balls coming here.
Captain Victoria Gates : Is that...?
Richard Castle : Senator Bracken. Back when he was still Assistant D.A.
Captain Roy Montgomery : Look, we just want to make sure we're all on the same page.
Kate Beckett : And that's Montgomery.
Captain Roy Montgomery : You took us for a lot of money, Bracken. We want assurances.
Senator William H. Bracken : Hey, be happy I haven't busted the three of you for your little mafia extortion ring.
Captain Roy Montgomery : Whoa! Relax.
Senator William H. Bracken : No, no. You want assurances? Here you go. I assure you that as easily as I pinned Bob Armen's murder on Pulgatti, I could just as easily put it on the cops who actually did the deed.
Captain Victoria Gates : Bracken just admitted to blackmailing them.
Richard Castle : He sure did.
Captain Roy Montgomery : Pulgatti knows he's been framed. What if someone gets on to this?
Senator William H. Bracken : Then I'll handle them.
Captain Roy Montgomery : You? How?
Senator William H. Bracken : I know people, Roy. Dangerous people. Anyone gets too close, like that bitch lawyer Johanna Beckett who's been poking around, I'll have them killed. I've had people killed before.
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Senator William H. Bracken : Hello, Detective.
Thomas : [aiming his gun at Beckett] Don't even think about it.
Sergio : [aiming his own] Drop the scissors.
[Beckett drops the scissors she's palming]
Senator William H. Bracken : We had an agreement. A truce. Live and let live. I held up my end of the bargain. I even saved your life.
Kate Beckett : And that makes up for what you took from me?
Senator William H. Bracken : What about what I gave to you? Everything you are, everything you've accomplished, is because of me.
Kate Beckett : Is that how you justify murder? It builds character? Then why don't you give me a chance to build yours?
Senator William H. Bracken : You had a future. Why couldn't you just let this go and move on so I could do the same? So I guess there's no point in asking for your vote, is there?
Kate Beckett : You're not gonna be on the ballot. A presidential campaign financed by drug money with a trail of dead bodies? There's no hole big enough to bury all of that.
Senator William H. Bracken : I gotta tell you, part of me really admires you. Your moral certitude. The way you fight for what you believe in, even knowing it's gonna destroy you. But the part of me that admires you is not the part that makes tough decisions.
Kate Beckett : Fine. Then kill me. Do it. Pull the trigger.
Senator William H. Bracken : I have people for that.
Kate Beckett : I don't want them. I want you. Do it. Now. Or don't you have the balls?
Senator William H. Bracken : And create physical evidence linking me to the crime scene? We both know I'm smarter than that.
[he cups her face]
Senator William H. Bracken : Goodbye, Kate.
Kate Beckett : [he turns to leave] The truth is gonna come out!
Senator William H. Bracken : There is no truth. Not anymore.