Castle (TV Series)

Scared to Death (2013)

Jon Huertas: Javier Esposito

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Quotes 

• Richard Castle : [reading]  "Legend tells of a mysterious video that can harness the forces of evil from the beyond. The disc is a harbinger of grave misfortune, marking its watchers and sentencing them to certain and unavoidable death." I saw it, just like Val did. That's why she said, "It's coming for me." That's how she knew when she was going to die, why she was trying to ward off spirits, because of the message on that disc.

  Javier Esposito : How's a DVD gonna kill you? Is it gonna come at you like a ninja star? Cut your head off?

  Richard Castle : [sighs]  The actual DVD will not kill me, Esposito. It will be the spirit *inside* the DVD, just like in "The Ring".

  Kevin Ryan : Ooh, ooh, the... one with the creepy, waterlogged little girl that crawls out of the TV. I didn't sleep for *days* after that movie.

• Richard Castle : Maybe we should make a copy of the DVD and send it to someone else. That's how they saved people in "The Ring".

  Kevin Ryan : Yeah, but all those people who got a copy died.

  Javier Esposito : Yeah, and you'd just be passing the buck off to someone else. That's cold, bro.

  Richard Castle : Okay, does anyone have a better solution? Because we need one. If not for me, at least for Beckett.

  Kate Beckett : Castle, that's so sweet. You want me to outlive you?

  Richard Castle : Of course. Who else is gonna tell my tale of sacrifice and selflessness?

• [noticing that Esposito is looking around the hotel with trepidation] 

  Kate Beckett : You're not buying into Castle's spirit craziness, are you?

  Javier Esposito : No.

  [scoffs] 

  Javier Esposito : You think I'm afraid of some old campfire story? I'm a grown ass man.

  Mitch Greenberg : Need help?

  [startled, Esposito jerks violently as he turns around and slams his back against the wall] 

  Javier Esposito : J-Just so you know, um... that was me being startled, not scared.

• Kevin Ryan : You know, finding who sent this disc should make Castle feel a whole lot better.

  Javier Esposito : Yeah. But what if the worst happens and Castle's right? Do you think he put me in his will?

  Kevin Ryan : Dude, uncool.

  Javier Esposito : What? I'm just wondering. I mean, Castle's death will be sad and all, but his Ferrari sure would lessen my grief.

  Kevin Ryan : You do realize that even putting that out in the universe is bad karma.

• Kevin Ryan : The box was last rented by an Andrew Levine, who died of liver failure three months ago. Somehow I don't think he's connected to this case.

  Kate Beckett : So the killer covered his tracks. He must have written a random PO box on the packaging slip.

  Kevin Ryan : Or...

  Kate Beckett : No! Ryan! There is no "or."

  Kevin Ryan : I'm just saying. Maybe the reason we can't trace the package's origin is 'cause it was sent from another realm.

  Javier Esposito : Ryan is right. It was sent from another realm. New Jersey.

• [while entering a suspects apartment, Esposito starts a whispered conversation] 

  Javier Esposito : Hey bro, I just want you to know... I just thought you should know that I really value our friendship.

  Richard Castle : Okay. Thanks.

  Javier Esposito : It's priceless to me.

  Richard Castle : Great.

  Javier Esposito : But if we could put a price on it, what would that be?

  Richard Castle : What are you talking about?

  Javier Esposito : I just wanna know how much our friendship would be *worth* if you were...

  [Castle turns on a light and sees a body] 

  Richard Castle : *Dead*!

• Javier Esposito : Freddie's alibi checks out. Friends confirm that he met them at 11, they hung out at a club 'till dawn.

  Kate Beckett : So he's *not* our guy.

  Richard Castle : Well, I'll just point out that Val asked him if he believed in the power of evil and then was talking about how it was real. I hate to say it...

  Kate Beckett : Then don't.

• Javier Esposito : What are you saying, Castle? Oh, was the bogeyman out to get her?

  Richard Castle : I'm saying maybe that's what *she* thought. Why she said "*It's* coming for me," why the lights went out, why she inexplicably died and why she looks so scared.

  Kate Beckett : She was scared because she was about to be killed by an actual person. So we should spend our time looking for that person. Let's set up a canvass and talk to everyone in the building that might have seen or heard something.

• Kate Beckett : Oh, Castle, that message wasn't for *you*. It was a threat for Val. And it wasn't made by spirits, it was made by her murderer. So tracing the disc to whoever sent it should lead us straight to him. Espo?

  Javier Esposito : Yep.

  Kate Beckett : There's a PO box on this airbill. Would you look into it?

  Javier Esposito : Yeah.

  Kate Beckett : And Ryan, why don't you take a look at this disc and see...

  Kevin Ryan : Oh, um, I'm sorry, what?

  Javier Esposito : Et tu, bro?

  Richard Castle : What did you say about the story being a legend?

  Kevin Ryan : Um, well, uh... Jenny and I, we are trying to make a baby. So we're abiding by every superstition in the book.

  Kate Beckett : Okay. Fine. Here, Espo.

  Javier Esposito : Uh, nah, I can't. I can't watch that. If I watch that, it's gonna make my partner out to be a wimp. And I can't have that.

  Kevin Ryan : Thanks, bro.

  Javier Esposito : Yeah.

  [they fist bump] 

  Kate Beckett : This is so pathetic. Fine, I will watch it.

  Richard Castle : [following her out]  Wait, no, what are you doing?

  Kate Beckett : Castle, I'm doing my job. Someone here has to.