Quotes
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Richard Castle : Oh, Mother... I'm sorry. I am so sorry.
Martha Rodgers : Richard! This is not your fault.
Richard Castle : I don't know. Maybe if I just...
Martha Rodgers : No ifs. Do not torture yourself with ifs. The only people to blame for this are the ones who took her. *Alexis* is her father's daughter. She is strong, and she is smart, and she is going to get through this.
Richard Castle : Yeah, I know.
Martha Rodgers : No, no, no. I'm not just saying this. She's going to be all right. I feel it in my heart. And my heart is never wrong.
Richard Castle : What about your first marriage?
Martha Rodgers : Well...
Richard Castle : And your second?
Martha Rodgers : Okay, fine, fine, occasionally my heart is wrong. But it is *not* in this case.
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[first lines]
[entering the kitchen to find Martha making breakfast]
Richard Castle : You're cooking!... This must be a dream. Or, perhaps, a nightmare.
Martha Rodgers : I choose to take the higher ground and ignore that. Breakfast is served.
Richard Castle : These are my patented special pancakes that I make for Alexis.
Martha Rodgers : Well, not so special. I learned how to prepare it for her this past year.
[sets a plate of pancakes in front of him]
Richard Castle : Oh.
[Castle takes a bite and chews]
Richard Castle : So, the student becomes...
[winces from the taste]
Richard Castle : ... a failed student. The drop-out. You fed her this? Mother, you are forever forbidden from practicing the art of Pancake-do.
Martha Rodgers : Where did I go wrong?
Richard Castle : Where do I begin?
