Castle (TV Series)

Probable Cause (2012)

Penny Johnson Jerald: Captain Victoria Gates

Quotes 

• Kate Beckett : Sir, he's not a killer.

  Captain Victoria Gates : Then how do you explain all of this?

  Kate Beckett : The evidence isn't the whole story. Castle's taught me that.

  Captain Victoria Gates : You know, I'm not always a fan of Mr. Castle's, Detective. But even I'm having trouble believing he'd do something so... heinous.

• ADA Toni Gonzalez : You want the DA's office to do what?

  Captain Victoria Gates : All we're asking for is a delay until we can sort all this out.

  ADA Toni Gonzalez : No. What you're asking for is preferential treatment for a murder suspect. You want to sort this out, you sort it out after he's arraigned.

  Kate Beckett : No, I don't think you understand. There's not gonna be an *after*.

  ADA Toni Gonzalez : If it's his safety you're concerned about, we're prepared to put him in protective custody.

  Kate Beckett : Do you have any idea who you're dealing with? Do you even know what Jerry Tyson has *proven* himself capable of?

  ADA Toni Gonzalez : Who do you think met with the families of his victims and held their hands when he slipped through *your* fingers, Detective? I'm very aware of what 3XK is capable of.

  Kate Beckett : Then you should know that your protective custody isn't worth a damn. If he wants to kill Castle, he's gonna find a way to do it.

• Kate Beckett : I'm telling you, it's the Triple Killer. Strangulation, misdirects, planting evidence, it's Tyson's M.O.

  Captain Victoria Gates : 3XK targeted multiple victims. Always women, never men. So why the change?

  Kate Beckett : Revenge. That's the only thing that explains everything.

  Captain Victoria Gates : No, not everything. Not that video of Castle.

  Javier Esposito : Yeah, actually, it might.

  Kevin Ryan : Tyson did something similar in the Russo case. Used a double for the cameras to throw us off.

  Kate Beckett : Sir, the D.A.'s already filed charges. They're gonna send him to Central Booking today. We know that we can prove this, we just need more time.

• Richard Castle : Come on, Captain, this is insane. I didn't do anything.

  Captain Victoria Gates : Well, we still need to investigate, and you know that. So, let's start with your relationship to the victim.

  Richard Castle : Okay, I didn't have one.

  Captain Victoria Gates : Then, any idea on how your fingerprints ended up at the crime scene?

  Richard Castle : Well, we went over that. CSU made a mistake.

  Captain Victoria Gates : They say they didn't. Castle, if you knew...

  Richard Castle : I *didn't* know her.

  Captain Victoria Gates : She was seeing someone. Someone her roommate described as handsome and rich.

  Richard Castle : I'm *flattered*, but it wasn't me.

• Kate Beckett : The badge numbers on the paperwork don't exist. They were impostors.

  Javier Esposito : It's gotta be Tyson. He set this up.

  Kate Beckett : He isn't gonna have Castle killed. He's gonna kill him himself.

  Captain Victoria Gates : Well, the D.A.'s calling it a prisoner escape. They've issued an APB and instructed me to begin a manhunt.

  Javier Esposito : What? They think Castle did this?

  Captain Victoria Gates : Well, as far as they're concerned, he's well connected, knows our procedure and has substantial resources.

  Javier Esposito : That's ridiculous.

  Captain Victoria Gates : [seeing the ADA enter the precinct]  You two keep working the Tyson angle. I've got this.

  [as Gates leaves, something she said clicks with something Castle said earlier] 

  Kate Beckett : [to herself]  Resources...

  Javier Esposito : You believe that?

  [turns to watch Gates and ADA] 

  Javier Esposito : Branding Castle a fugitive when he's probably being held captive by a serial killer? So what's our next...

  [tuns back to find Beckett gone] 

  Javier Esposito : ... move?

• Captain Victoria Gates : I don't get it. Why go through all this just to set you up?

  Richard Castle : Because death only takes a moment. The preparation and pageantry, that's what he loves.