- Captain Victoria Gates: [to Beckett] We are tasked by the city of New York to protect its people. Sometimes that task comes with a cost... I know what they call me, Detective. "Iron" Gates. I hear the whispers. "She's from IA. She must hate cops." Well, the truth is, I love cops... My daddy was a cop. My uncles were cops. But the sergeant who assaulted my patrol partner under the color of authority? Who holds him accountable?... We do. Go to the mayor. Get him to voluntarily surrender his coat for fiber testing without a warrant. Tell him it's the only way to keep it out of the media. But if he refuses... you get that warrant and you do your job. Whatever the cost.
- 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.
- Captain Victoria Gates: It seems our mayor will live to fight another day. Justice has prevailed.
- Kate Beckett: Not for Laura Cambridge.
- Captain Victoria Gates: We charged Mr. Norris with criminal facilitation. That's something.
- Kate Beckett: Jordan Norris is a pawn. I want the people controlling him.
- Captain Victoria Gates: Oh, it's a long game, Kate. Play it piece by piece.
- 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.