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Richard Castle : [offering Beckett flowers in a hospital room full of flowers] I heard you were opening a flower store, so I thought I'd pitch in.
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[after asking Castle for time and space, he and Beckett haven't spoken to each other in three months]
Kate Beckett : Castle, wait.
Richard Castle : I did. For three months. You never called.
Kate Beckett : Look, I know you're angry.
Richard Castle : Yeah, you're damn right I'm angry. I watched you die in that ambulance. Did you know that? You know what that's like, watching the life drain out of someone you... someone you care about?
Kate Beckett : I told you, I needed some time.
Richard Castle : You said a few days.
Kate Beckett : Well, I needed more.
Richard Castle : Well, you should have said that.
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Richard Castle : [Josh blames Castle for Beckett getting shot] He's right, you know. This is my fault.
Martha Rodgers : Richard Castle, don't you dare blame yourself. You are not the one who shot her.
Richard Castle : No. But I put her in the crosshairs.
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Richard Castle : [learning about Beckett's breakup with Josh] So, why'd you guys break up?
Kate Beckett : I really, really liked him. But that wasn't enough. After my mother was killed, something inside me changed. It's like I built up this wall inside. I don't know, I guess I just didn't wanna hurt like that again. I know I'm not gonna be able to be the kind of person that I wanna be. I know I'm not gonna... I'm not gonna be able to have the kind of relationship that I want until that wall comes down. And it's not gonna happen 'till I put this thing to rest.
Richard Castle : Well, then I suppose we're just gonna have to find these guys and take 'em down. Doesn't mean I'm not still mad.
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Kate Beckett : [after Captain Gates got a call from the mayor to allow Castle back at the precinct] Showing her up with the mayor? You might as well have beaten a beehive with a bat.
Richard Castle : Well, it worked, didn't it? Besides, it sure was great seeing her face twitch like that.
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Martha Rodgers : [after Castle is contacted by Mr. Smith] Do you have any idea who he was?
Richard Castle : Just that he's a friend of Montgomery's. That he owed Montgomery his life. He said Montgomery sent him some files. Files that, if they ever got out, could hurt some very powerful people. They were using those files as a threat to keep Montgomery's family from ever being harmed. Beckett's safety was also part of the deal.
Martha Rodgers : But then they went after her anyway.
Richard Castle : He didn't get the files until after she was shot. He says she's safe now, on one condition. She can't go near the case. If she does, he can't guarantee her safety. If she digs, they will kill her.
Martha Rodgers : And this man, you believe him?
Richard Castle : I do.
Martha Rodgers : Then you have to tell her.
Richard Castle : If I do that, she'll put on blinders and run out into the line of fire. I can't let that happen.
Martha Rodgers : You are not going to change her, Richard. She's gonna keep going out there and she's gonna keep digging.
Richard Castle : Not if I stop her. She'll listen to me. I can steer her away.
Martha Rodgers : For how long?
Richard Castle : [firmly] I'm not gonna lose her again.
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Richard Castle : You're right. I do need to grow up. And that's why I'm doing what I'm doing. Everything that's happened, happened because of me. And I need to be there for her. I owe her that.
Alexis Castle : Does she make you happy?
Richard Castle : Yeah, she does.
Alexis Castle : Is it enough?
Richard Castle : It's enough for now.
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Richard Castle : It just doesn't make any sense. It was supposed to be over. Montgomery sacrificed himself, killing Lockwood and all his guys. He said he was ending it. He said he was doing it to keep her safe. So if the plan was to keep her safe, then why the hell are they still coming after her?
Javier Esposito : I don't know, bro. God knows who else is involved.
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Alexis Castle : You act like this is all about her, but you were standing right next to her. You could have been shot. Hell, *I* could have been shot.
Richard Castle : That's why I have to do this. To make sure they stay away.
Alexis Castle : Yeah? You need to grow up, Dad. You're a writer, not a cop. Stop pretending.
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Alexis Castle : Dad? Don't grow up too much, okay?
Richard Castle : Hey... it's me we're talking about!
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Richard Castle : You wanna talk about it?
Kate Beckett : About what?
Richard Castle : Kate, I saw you. When you saw that gun, you froze.
Kate Beckett : It's nothing.
Richard Castle : Your hand was shaking. That's not nothing.
Kate Beckett : Castle, it's my second day back. That's all. It's no big deal.
Richard Castle : And if it happens again?
Kate Beckett : It won't.
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Richard Castle : Do you remember what you told me the first time I brought up your mother's case? That if you got started again, you wouldn't stop? You said it would probably destroy you.
Kate Beckett : Yeah, well, I didn't have any leads then.
Richard Castle : We don't have any now.
Kate Beckett : Look, Castle, I got a little emotional last night. I'm... I'm fine.
Richard Castle : No, you're not. And you know you're not. You've been back here three days, you're already in a freefall. I'm not telling you to walk away, I'm just saying... give it time. You know, just until you get your bearings again.
Kate Beckett : How am I supposed to get my bearings when someone out there wants me dead?
Richard Castle : By not letting them rob you of your life. I promise you we will figure this out. We're gonna find them and we're gonna make them pay. Just not today.
Kate Beckett : Castle, if I don't do this, I don't know who I am.
Richard Castle : You're who you always were. You're the one who honors the victims. You're the one who can bring Sonya's family some peace.
