- [Discussing the relationship between Paul Whittaker and Lone Vengeance]
- Richard Castle: Paul is the writer. Lone Vengeance is the subject. That's their relationship. It's you and me, all over again. But I'm Paul, and you're Lone Vengeance.
- Kate Beckett: Really, Castle? Is that how you see me, like a sword-wielding killer?
- Richard Castle: Depends. Will you be scantily clad?
- Kate Beckett: In your dreams.
- Richard Castle: Mother, prepare to feast on the *finest* omelette in the land...
- [looks up to see her dressed as a nun]
- Richard Castle: ... before you join the convent.
- Martha Rodgers: No, I am making the costumes for my Shakespeare class. So... what do you think?
- Richard Castle: I seem to recall asking you to make me an E.T. Halloween costume and you told me you didn't know how to sew.
- Martha Rodgers: Details. Besides, you were 32 at the time.
- Kevin Ryan: Larceny, assault, fraud. You name it, Tyler Faris has done it. Still, nobody deserves ending up like that.
- Javier Esposito: He got what was coming to him.
- Kevin Ryan: Dude, that's for the criminal justice system to decide.
- Javier Esposito: Maybe a sword *is* a justice system.
- Kevin Ryan: Yeah, if you're Quentin Tarantino, maybe.
- Kevin Ryan: Uniforms widened their canvass. Still can't find anyone that knows our mystery man.
- Javier Esposito: Yeah, whoever he is, I can't connect him to any swords, either. I pray we nail this dude, before I have to call every store on that list.
- Kevin Ryan: I thought you were kind of rooting for this guy?
- Javier Esposito: That's when he was Joe Citizen, taking it to the bad guys. Now he's just some nimrod in a suit.
- Kevin Ryan: Mmm. You gotta give him props for spirit, though, right? I mean, haven't you ever wanted to be a superhero? Going out there, prowling the city, knocking some heads?
- Javier Esposito: I do that now.
- Kate Beckett: Ann, you're a good cop. And you've got somebody who cares about you. Don't be so driven by the past that you throw away your future.
- Kate Beckett: [about the victim] Uh, so he was...
- Lanie Parish: plit right down the middle, from the top of his head all the way down to his...
- Richard Castle: Eh!
- Lanie Parish: Please, the guy was sliced in two. I'd say his *unit* is the least of his problems.
- Richard Castle: Then you do not understand the sacred bond between a man and his unit.
- Tony 'The Butcher' Valtini: Yeah, I had words with Faris. He used to work for me at Tony Valtini Enterprises.
- Kate Beckett: Which division? Drug sales or distribution of stolen property?
- Tony 'The Butcher' Valtini: I am a legitimate businessman. Faris *sucked* at his job, so I canned him. He thought I owed him back pay. He settled it like gentlemen. Hey, you don't believe me, go ask him.
- Richard Castle: We'd have to hold a séance.
- Tony 'The Butcher' Valtini: He's dead?
- Richard Castle: Let's just say Tyler Faris is half the man he used to be... A man divided?... Split personality?... Really, nothing?
- Kate Beckett: He was cleaved. In two. With a sword.
- Richard Castle: Whoa!... You smell that? Wafting scent of printed pages? Comicadia beckons. This place is *the* premiere comic book shop. It's the Vatican to a Catholic, it's Mecca to a pilgrim, it's upstream to a spawning...
- Kate Beckett: I know, Castle. I bought my first comic here when I was fourteen. "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For".
- Richard Castle: *Hardcore*!
- Chad Hockney: I-I heard that Lone Vengeance, uh, frequented Lower Manhattan. I-I roamed the streets, night after night, looking for him. I finally ran into him, uh... near Beekman and Theater Alley. I want to be his disciple. Maybe... his partner. It's-It's my destiny.
- Richard Castle: He doesn't want a partner.
- Chad Hockney: How do you know?
- Richard Castle: Lone Vengeance.
- [Chad is clueless, Castle adds emphasis]
- Richard Castle: *Lone*.
- Chad Hockney: Oh.
- Kate Beckett: Ma'am, uh, I'll need the names of all the enemies you son may have had.
- Mrs. Faris: You're gonna need a bigger pad.
- [Castle and Beckett discover Loan Vengeance's unassuming apartment]
- Richard Castle: All right... it's a modest lair, built on a budget.
- Captain Victoria Gates: Really? A superhero?
- Kate Beckett: Yeah, our witness from the alley confirms that she saw this man kill Tyler Farris.
- Captain Victoria Gates: Well, why didn't she say that before?
- Kate Beckett: She didn't think that we'd believe her. And quite frankly, she's right.
- [first lines]
- Tyler Faris: [chasing girl] Come on, baby, where you going?... But the party's just getting started...
- Marie Marcado: Help! Somebody help me!
- Tyler Faris: [grabs her] Hey! Come here!
- Marie Marcado: Get off me, you son of a bitch!
- Tyler Faris: Shh! I'll teach you to run from me.
- [last lines]
- Richard Castle: And you know what? Even if you're not in classes with Ashley, you still will see each other plenty.
- Alexis Castle: I know. Especially if we move in together.