Castle (TV Series)

Fidelis Ad Mortem (2016)

Michael Bowen: Sgt. Joseph Ortiz

Quotes 

• Sgt. Joseph Ortiz : Company 38, this is Captain Beckett of the 12th precinct. Because of last night's tragic event, she will be joining us today as a special guest instructor. Respect her, or your ass will meet my boot.

• Kate Beckett : So, what can you tell me about Daniel Bardot?

  Deputy Commissioner Malone : He was an admirable kid. Got a rough start in life. His parents were killed in a robbery when he was nine.

  Sgt. Joseph Ortiz : It's not surprising when you grow up in Hunts Point.

  Kate Beckett : The Irish Mafia's back yard. There's not a lot of good cops coming out of that dirty furnace.

• Kate Beckett : Did you train alongside Officer Bardot?

  Rachel Decker : Yes, ma'am.

  Kate Beckett : So you forged a bond with him against the evil Sergeant Ortiz. Which means you have information on Bardot that his higher-ups do not. Is that correct, recruit?

  Rachel Decker : Yes.

  Kate Beckett : So then tell me, what was he struggling with? What did he need to set right?

  Rachel Decker : I don't know. Sorry.

  Sgt. Joseph Ortiz : Way to face-plant in front of a superior, Decker. This is Captain Beckett.

  Rachel Decker : Captain, I...

  Sgt. Joseph Ortiz : You're dismissed, recruit.

  [Decker leaves] 

  Kate Beckett : [quietly to Ortiz]  That was a little harsh, don't you think?

  Sgt. Joseph Ortiz : I do not. Being put in her place is exactly what Decker needs. She's the real deal. Her name could very well be on all your trophies by the time she's done here. But she desperately needs to learn a little humility.

• Sgt. Joseph Ortiz : You know, if word gets out that these recruits are suspects, it'll haunt their careers. Even if proved innocent.

  Kate Beckett : Well, then, we need to keep it to a tight circle.

  Sgt. Joseph Ortiz : So what's the next move?

  Kate Beckett : Well, I think it's a safe bet that if one of these seven killed Bardot, it was their first murder. And unless they're a complete psychopath, which the psych eval would have revealed, then they spent a long, dark night of the soul. Reliving the recoil of the gun, and the knife cutting into Bardot's body to get that bullet out.

  Sgt. Joseph Ortiz : Meaning what?

  Kate Beckett : Meaning they're on a razor's edge. And I want to put them in a high-stress simulation and watch them shoot a gun.

• [watching a training simulation] 

  Kate Beckett : There. That pause. What is that?

  Sgt. Joseph Ortiz : Hate to break it to you, but that's normal for Takata. Guy's got a hitch in his giddy-up I cannot cure.

  [on intercom] 

  Sgt. Joseph Ortiz : Decker, Chambers, you're up.

  Kate Beckett : What about Decker? The other recruits don't seem to like her.

  Sgt. Joseph Ortiz : Every recruit's got a problem with Decker. She's ultra-focused, competitive as hell, and walled-off from everyone. Kind of like you were.

• Kate Beckett : Bardot's tactical gear, we didn't find it in his dorm rom.

  Sgt. Joseph Ortiz : No, we put lockers in so they could keep it here.

  Kate Beckett : And which locker is Bardot's?

  Sgt. Joseph Ortiz : [Beckett hurries over to the lockers]  Seven. Am I witnessing one of Kate Beckett's famous hunches?

• Kate Beckett : Decker's quitting.

  Sgt. Joseph Ortiz : Well... It's always disappointing. It happens.

  Kate Beckett : No, not to recruits like her. Not on my watch.

• Kate Beckett : Sarge, I thought we finally got rid of you.

  Sgt. Joseph Ortiz : Oh, it's gonna take more than a bullet to put me down for the long dirt nap.