Castle (TV Series)

For Better or Worse (2014)

Susan Sullivan: Martha Rodgers

Quotes 

• Martha Rodgers : Who is Rogan O'Leary?

  Richard Castle : A guy she met freshman year at Stanford.

  Kate Beckett : Oh, I think I'm gonna be sick.

  Alexis Castle : And you married him?

  Kate Beckett : Not really.

  Richard Castle : Except she did. The two of them drove to Vegas, had too much to drink, and thought it would be a riot to take a cab to a drive-thru wedding chapel.

  Martha Rodgers : You didn't.

  Richard Castle : She did.

  Kate Beckett : Yeah, I did. But I never thought that it was for real. And I broke up with the guy a couple of weeks later, after I found out he was a compulsive liar, degenerate, and a thief.

  Richard Castle : Yes, but not before you tied the knot. And here I thought you were a one and done kind of girl.

  Martha Rodgers : Does your father know about this?

  Kate Beckett : I really am gonna be sick.

  Richard Castle : [the doorbell buzzes]  And that'll be my lawyer.

• Alexis Castle : We lost our venue? How is that even possible?

  Richard Castle : They had a circus party there tonight, with some first-time fire breathers. Now our rooftop venue does not have a floor.

  Alexis Castle : This is a disaster.

  Richard Castle : I have no place to get married and no one to get married to. I think "disaster" is an understatement.

  Martha Rodgers : So-called disaster is merely opportunity in disguise. We'll just find another place to hold the wedding.

  Richard Castle : Are you kidding? Where are we gonna find a venue in Manhattan that holds 300 people in less than two days?

  Alexis Castle : Ooh! We already have one. Not in Manhattan. We can move the whole party to our house in the Hamptons.

  Richard Castle : [liking the idea]  Yes. Yes! We've held larger parties than this out there.

  Alexis Castle : We rent luxury buses to shuttle our guests and pay the vendors' transportation costs.

  Martha Rodgers : Brilliant! I will call the housekeeper first thing in the morning and have them start getting the place ready.

  Richard Castle : Do you really think we can pull this off?

  Martha Rodgers : Oh, please. I once staged "A Chorus Line" on a subway platform when our company lost its space. I think I can move a wedding. Alexis will help with everything. You just make sure Katherine finds that deadbeat husband of hers.

• [first lines] 

  Martha Rodgers : 297 wedding guests. It's a minor miracle, our final total is below 300.

  Richard Castle : There. I am done. Five hundred autographed copies of "Wild Storm". My pre-wedding signing obligations are finished.

  Alexis Castle : Good. Now sign this.

  Richard Castle : What's this one?

  Alexis Castle : Final payment for the rooftop venue.

  Richard Castle : You mean the perfect venue. A 360-degree view of Manhattan. The stars above us, the world at our feet. It's too bad Beckett didn't want to bungee jump off the side of the building for our big exit. Now, that would have been cool.

  Alexis Castle : The tuxes will be in tomorrow evening. Did you tell Esposito and Ryan?

  Richard Castle : I did. They will be here to try them on and to collect them. You are the most adorable best man a groom could hope for.

  [front door buzzes] 

  Martha Rodgers : Ah, probably the concierge with more gifts.

  [opens door] 

  Martha Rodgers : Ah, hi, Gerard. Put them over there with the others. Thank you.

  Richard Castle : All right. I'm out.

  [walks out of the apartment] 

  Martha Rodgers : Bye.

  Alexis Castle : Dad! Don't forget the forms for the marriage license.

  [Alexis holds out the paperwork; Castle's hand appears from the corridor and snatches it] 

• Lanie Parish : [seeing Beckett in her wedding dress]  I must say, your mother had great taste.

  Martha Rodgers : [entering]  Yes, she did. Look at you. I believe you're the most beautiful bride I have ever seen.

  Kate Beckett : Thank you, Martha.

  Martha Rodgers : Lanie, darling, could you just give us a minute?

  Lanie Parish : Oh, sure. I'll just tell your dad that it's perfect.

  Kate Beckett : Thanks, Lanie. Martha, I-I just wanted to tell you how grateful I am to you and Alexis for putting all of this together.

  Martha Rodgers : And I want to thank you for making my son so very happy. I brought you something. In case you didn't have something blue.

  Kate Beckett : [she opens the case, revealing a pair of earrings]  Oh, wow. They're beautiful.

  Martha Rodgers : They were given to me by my mother to wear on my wedding day, and by her mother before. Only women of substance have worn these gems. They've been waiting, Katherine, for you.

  Kate Beckett : I am so honored, Martha. Thank you.

  Martha Rodgers : Oh, darling, they look exquisite on you.

• [last lines] 

  Lanie Parish : It's been an hour already, and the natives down there are getting restless.

  Martha Rodgers : Where do you think he is?

  Kate Beckett : I don't know. When I spoke to him last, he said he was less than twenty minutes away.

  [she dials her phone] 

  Richard Castle : [voicemail]  This is Richard Castle. Leave me a message.

  Kate Beckett : [hanging up]  Straight to voicemail.

  [her phone rings] 

  Kate Beckett : Hello? Yes, this is she.

  [cut to a car arriving at a ravine; Beckett runs out and over to the embankment, where she breaks down when she sees Castle's crashed car engulfed in flames]