- [last lines]
- Richard Castle: I am so sorry for everything I put you through.
- Kate Beckett: It's not your fault, you know. You went through stuff, too, so...
- Richard Castle: Well, it's not the same. I can't remember. Though I do know I missed you terribly, because there's no way I wouldn't. We can't just, um... pick up where we left off, can we? As if nothing happened?
- Kate Beckett: No.
- Richard Castle: We'll get there. We'll find our way home.
- Sgt. Taggert: Detective, I think I got something. Tracks, going from the car up to the road. Water washed part of the trail, but it looks like three people.
- Javier Esposito: Three people? That can't be right.
- Sgt. Taggert: See the two troughs in the dirt?
- Javier Esposito: Yeah.
- Sgt. Taggert: Made by heels from a pair of shoes.
- Javier Esposito: So he was run off the road, then dragged from the car. Castle got grabbed.
- Kate Beckett: What?
- Kevin Ryan: Had Taggert set up roadblocks to stop and search every vehicle.
- Javier Esposito: We figured that the car that ran Castle into the ditch may be the same car he's in now.
- Kate Beckett: Okay, we get a description?
- Javier Esposito: Not yet, but CSU thinks the side marker glass up ahead came from a GM. Local PD is canvassing to see if anyone saw any vehicles leaving the area.
- Kate Beckett: What about Castle's cell phone?
- Javier Esposito: His provider says it's shut off.
- Kevin Ryan: Contacted the FBI to see it could be turned on remotely. It's a long shot, but you never know.
- Kate Beckett: What else?
- Javier Esposito: Kate, everything that can be done is being done.
- Kate Beckett: Espo, don't tell me that. They took him. I need to do something.
- Kate Beckett: [entering interrogation] Gary Duffin. You're no stranger to rooms like this. This time it's different. This time your only option is to give me answers.
- Gary Duffin: And what if I don't?
- Kate Beckett: [she puts her foot on the chain to Gary's handcuffs] You were in the junkyard when that SUV came in. Who was in it?
- Gary Duffin: You know what? I want a lawyer.
- [Beckett stomps on the chain, pulling it taut, grabs Duffin's thumb and puts pressure on it]
- Gary Duffin: Ahh!
- Kate Beckett: You're a low-level dirtbag, Gary. You're not a criminal mastermind, so start talking.
- Gary Duffin: [she applies more pressure] Ahh!
- Kate Beckett: Who was in the car? Who had you crush it?
- [she slaps a photo of Castle on the table]
- Kate Beckett: Was Castle in the car? Was he in the car? Was he alive?
- Gary Duffin: [Beckett applies more pressure] Ahh! You're gonna break my finger!
- Kate Beckett: And then after that there's nine more. So tell me what I want to know. Start talking.
- Tory Ellis: Based on what Cardano said, this is the drop point.
- Javier Esposito: Now, what are we looking at here? This is not street cam footage.
- Tory Ellis: There's no coverage in the area. But after a rash of break-ins, one of the buildings installed hidden cameras, and I was able to tap in. This is in the time window of when the drop should have taken place.
- Kevin Ryan: We get eyes on Cardano's client, we can get a real lead on who took Castle.
- Kate Beckett: [seeing something] There. Go back.
- [Tory rewinds the tape]
- Kevin Ryan: That's him. That's the client dropping off the cash.
- Javier Esposito: I'll set up a canvass. Someone had to see where this guy came from or where he went.
- [on phone]
- Javier Esposito: Yeah, this is Esposito. Connect me with Operations.
- Kate Beckett: Wait. Freeze that. Zoom in.
- [Tory stops the tape and zooms in; when the picture is cleaned up, Beckett, Ryan, and Esposito recognize a familiar face]
- Kevin Ryan: It can't be.
- Javier Esposito: It is. That's Castle. He's the one who dropped off the cash?
- Javier Esposito: [Castle has been found] He was found adrift eighty miles off the coast of Delaware by a Coast Guard cutter that was out there mapping the currents.
- Kevin Ryan: Captain recognized who he was and had him airlifted here.
- Javier Esposito: What was he doing in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean?
- Kevin Ryan: Yeah, especially in a dinghy with three bullet holes in it.
- Kate Beckett: He was shot?
- Javier Esposito: The captain says no, but the doctors here won't give us any updates on his condition.
- Kate Beckett: Where are Martha and Alexis?
- Javier Esposito: They're in a patrol car on the way here now.
- Kate Beckett: Okay.
- Javier Esposito: [she stops short when she sees Castle unconscious in his hospital bed] Kate?
- Kate Beckett: I'm fine. I just never thought I'd see him again.
- Lanie Parish: [on phone with Beckett] Kate, I talked Castle's doctor into letting me look him over, and I came across a few strange things.
- Kate Beckett: Strange how?
- Lanie Parish: No trace evidence on Castle's clothes, but I did find a key sewn into the lining of his pants.
- Kate Beckett: What kind of a key?
- Lanie Parish: I'm not sure. But it has "38" stamped on it. That mean anything to you?
- Kate Beckett: No.
- Lanie Parish: Okay, then there's his blood work. I found antibodies to Dengue fever. That means Castle was exposed to the virus within the last two months.
- Kate Beckett: Wait, isn't Dengue fever tropical?
- Lanie Parish: Yeah! It's mostly found in Latin America, Africa, and Asia.
- Kate Beckett: That doesn't make any sense.
- Lanie Parish: Neither does the bullet wound I found. Castle was grazed across the ribs.
- Kate Beckett: Okay, that makes a little bit more sense. There were bullet holes on the boat.
- Lanie Parish: But this wound was mainly healed. He was shot a few weeks ago.
- Kate Beckett: A few weeks ago? Are you sure?
- Lanie Parish: Maybe even longer. Kate, what the hell was Castle mixed up in?
- Richard Castle: Hey.
- Kate Beckett: Hey.
- Richard Castle: Just so you know, the doctor said that kissing will speed my recovery.
- Kate Beckett: Kissing can wait, Castle.
- Richard Castle: Right. Sorry. I guess I put a little kink in our wedding plans.
- Kate Beckett: Yeah, is that supposed to be a joke?
- Richard Castle: What do you mean?
- Kate Beckett: I mean tell me what happened.
- Richard Castle: I was on my way to the wedding, and this black SUV...
- Kate Beckett: No. No, after that.
- Richard Castle: After the accident?
- Kate Beckett: Yes, after the accident.
- Richard Castle: I was here.
- Kate Beckett: No, before here, Castle. You were found in a boat at sea. A boat that you apparently stole.
- Richard Castle: What are you talking about? A- a bo- No, I was in a crash with a black SUV, and then I woke up here.
- Kate Beckett: No, tell me what happened in between.
- Richard Castle: Nothing! I mean, I-I don't... I don't know. I was... I was unconscious.
- Kate Beckett: So the black SUV and waking up here, that's all you remember?
- Richard Castle: Right, yes. Why?
- Kate Beckett: You've been missing for two months.
- Richard Castle: [at the campsite where he allegedly stayed] Kind of reminds me of the Hamptons or Maine. But I'm pretty sure I've never been here.
- Kate Beckett: Okay, this is it. This is where your tent was.
- Richard Castle: No. None of this looks familiar.
- Kate Beckett: Castle, just tell me the truth. You owe me that much.
- Richard Castle: I am telling you the truth. I was not here.
- Kate Beckett: Well, your clothes were here. Your watch was here, your tuxedo. The one that you were gonna wear when you married me.
- Richard Castle: It must have been planted here, you know, along with...
- Kate Beckett: Nothing was planted, Castle. It was you. It was your DNA, your prints.
- Richard Castle: Must have been a mistake at the lab. There have been numerous cases...
- Kate Beckett: I believed in you. I... I convinced myself that the evidence didn't matter. That everything that seemed so obvious couldn't possibly be true. I was searching for you, I didn't even know if you were alive or if you were dead. And you were right here, right where you wanted to be.
- Richard Castle: I promise you, I did not pitch a tent here. I could not have.
- Kate Beckett: I saw it for myself, Castle.
- Richard Castle: I would never camp in this spot. Not after the research that I did on "Tropical Storm".
- Kate Beckett: I can't even do this with you.
- Richard Castle: [she starts to leave] Hey, wait, listen.
- Kate Beckett: You never wrote a book called "Tropical Storm", Castle.
- Richard Castle: Kate, wait! Listen. I started the book, I threw it out. It was a... supervillain controls the weather. It... it was... It was terrible, but it... the research I did on catastrophic storms, it stuck with me, leaving me with an irrational, but overpowering, fear of tsunamis.
- Kate Beckett: You bought a beach house in the Hamptons.
- Richard Castle: Yeah, on the inland side, not on the ocean side. Kate, I would never camp here. I would go for higher ground.
- Kate Beckett: Castle, there was a witness.
- Richard Castle: What witness?
- Richard Castle: How did you not lose hope?
- Kate Beckett: I did lose hope, you know? But I... I would get it back. Developed rituals in order to hang onto it.
- Richard Castle: Like what?
- Kate Beckett: It's stupid. It really doesn't matter.
- Richard Castle: No, I'd like to know.
- Kate Beckett: I would stare at your photo on the murder board. And I started thinking that if I would look at it long enough every day that that would keep you alive.
- Richard Castle: I guess it worked.
- Kate Beckett: And then I had this thing about your chair.
- Richard Castle: My chair at the precinct?
- Kate Beckett: I wouldn't let anyone touch it. And then a night janitor came by, he tried to move the chair, and I freaked out and I... almost shot him.
- Kate Beckett: Let's move Gary Duffin to a holding cell.
- Javier Esposito: So you can do what to him? I was watching. Getting booted off the force is not gonna help anything.
- Kate Beckett: Espo, he knows who took Castle.
- Javier Esposito: Well, he's never gonna give them up. Whoever they are, he's way more afraid of them than he is of you.
- Javier Esposito: Hey, we're gonna figure this out, okay?
- [seeing Beckett isn't convinced]
- Javier Esposito: Kate. Don't get lost in worst-case scenarios.
- Kate Beckett: [at the scene of Castle's car crash] It's empty. He's not here! He's not in the car!
- Javier Esposito: You sure he's not in the car?
- Kate Beckett: Even with a fire that hot, there'd still be a body. He's gotta be nearby.
- Martha Rodgers: You really think he...
- Kate Beckett: He's here. He has to be. We have to start a search.
- Kevin Ryan: We could use more men.
- Kate Beckett: Sergeant! I'm Detective Beckett, NYPD. The man that was in that car is one of our own. We need to scrub every inch of this area.
- Sgt. Taggert: I'll get my men on it.
- Kevin Ryan: You have search and rescue dogs?
- Sgt. Taggert: I'll call them in.
- Kate Beckett: Was he going through anything that I didn't know about?
- Martha Rodgers: Like what?
- Kate Beckett: Pressure that he was under that he kept to himself.
- Alexis Castle: Of course not. Right, Gram?
- Martha Rodgers: No, no, no, no. I would have noticed.
- Kate Beckett: And what about the wedding? Did he have any misgivings?
- Martha Rodgers: Misgivings? Katherine, that was the farthest thing from his mind. He couldn't wait to be married to you.
- Alexis Castle: You don't think he'd just walk away, do you?
- Kate Beckett: No.
- Martha Rodgers: Then what's going on here?
- Kate Beckett: I don't know. But there's gotta be another explanation.
- Kate Beckett: Look, Agent Connors, I know that there are a lot of unanswered questions here, but you cannot stop looking for him.
- Agent Connors: We'll follow every lead to the end. But once those leads dry up, we have to scale back our investigation.
- Kate Beckett: I will find Castle. With or without the FBI.
- Agent Connors: You're assuming he wants to be found.
- Richard Castle: To say I owe you an apology seems an understatement.
- Kate Beckett: I don't want an apology, Castle. I just want to understand.
- Richard Castle: Well, you know me, Kate. I wouldn't just leave.
- Kate Beckett: There's evidence. We found the place where you were staying.
- Richard Castle: Where?
- Kate Beckett: What difference does it make?
- Richard Castle: Because I want to go there. Maybe it'll help me remember. Whatever happens, I need answers. And so do you.
- [first lines]
- [Ryan, Esposito, and Castle's family arrive at the crash site as Beckett tries to get to the burning car]
- Kevin Ryan: Beckett!
- Kate Beckett: Castle!
- Javier Esposito: Stay back! There's nothing you can do!
- Kate Beckett: No!
- Martha Rodgers: Oh, my God!
- Kate Beckett: Castle.