Castle (TV Series)

After the Storm (2012)

Seamus Dever: Kevin Ryan

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• [at Beckett's apartment, she and Castle hear a knock on the door] 

  Kate Beckett : Who is it?

  Kevin Ryan : Beckett, it's Ryan.

  Richard Castle : [relieved]  Oh.

  Kate Beckett : Hide. Quick, in the closet over there.

  Richard Castle : Yeah, I'm not getting in there.

  Kate Beckett : Why? I hid in your closet, why can't you hide in mine?

  Richard Castle : Why should I?

  Kate Beckett : Because...

  Kevin Ryan : Beckett, is everything okay?

  Kate Beckett : Fine!

  [to Castle] 

  Kate Beckett : Okay, maybe I'm not ready for anyone to know yet. Right now.

  Richard Castle : Come on, how's he gonna know?

  Kate Beckett : You're here, just like I was there.

  Richard Castle : Yes. Yes, the difference being I have my pants on. Or... Or are you embarrassed to be seen with me?

  Kate Beckett : Okay, fine. Just act normal. If that's even possible for you.

  Richard Castle : It's me.

• Kevin Ryan : I know... what this case has done to you. I'm not asking you to jump back in. I just want to show you something, that's all.

  [Ryan places a photograph from the Montgomerys' wedding on the table] 

  Kevin Ryan : I found a copy of the photo Maddox took from the wedding album. You're familiar with the guys that Roy ran with back in the day. Is he one of them?

  Kate Beckett : I've never seen him before.

  Richard Castle : I have. This is the man I told you about, the one who's been keeping you safe.

  Kate Beckett : Are you sure?

  Richard Castle : He's older now but it's definitely him.

  Kevin Ryan : Wh-What are we talking about here?

  Richard Castle : Whatever information Montgomery gave to him, he's been using it to protect you. But now they've sent Maddox to hunt him down and get it back. If we don't get to him before Maddox does, you'll never be safe again.

• Captain Victoria Gates : So let me see if I understand. As luck would have it, you three were in the neighborhood taking a walk.

  Richard Castle : Well, many people consider that the best form of exercise. It's low-impact, it has...

  [seeing Gates' expression he trails off] 

  Captain Victoria Gates : Then you heard an explosion, and as concerned *private* citizens, you rushed inside to check it out.

  Kate Beckett : Yeah, that's right.

  Captain Victoria Gates : Is that how you remember it?

  Javier Esposito : Yes, sir.

  Richard Castle : Captain Gates, I can personally vouch...

  Captain Victoria Gates : I am not interested, Mr. Castle, as you specialize in *fiction*. Let's say you happened to be in the area. How do you explain the fact that Maddox, the killer we're searching for, and the man who shot you last year, is the one lying there dead?

  Richard Castle : Bad karma.

  [Esposito nudges him to shut up] 

  Captain Victoria Gates : Detective Ryan... do you know anything about this?

  Kevin Ryan : Just that it appears the safe was rigged to blow when Maddox opened it.

  Captain Victoria Gates : And what was in that safe?

  Kevin Ryan : Hard to say. Papers of some kind.

  [he shares a covert look with Beckett, who smiles back] 

  Captain Victoria Gates : And I don't supposed you know what was in those papers and why Maddox was here?

  Kate Beckett : Like I said, we were just walking by.

• [fearing she's going to do something drastic, Castle, Ryan, and Esposito have followed Beckett to Senator Bracken's fundraiser] 

  Javier Esposito : Who you calling? Gates?

  Kevin Ryan : Um...

  Javier Esposito : Put that phone away or I'm gonna break your frigging arm.

  Kevin Ryan : Javi, we can't let her throw her life away.

  Richard Castle : We don't know she's doing that.

  Kevin Ryan : What do you mean? You're the one who said she was gonna kill the guy!

  Richard Castle : Hey, I know. Okay, yes, that's right, but... But she hasn't done that yet, right? Look, you make that call, you're labeling her an assassin. That's a bell you can't unring. So, let's not make that call, not yet.

• Kevin Ryan : Do you remember when we were checking banking accounts for the dirty bomb investigation? We used the federal banking database.

  Javier Esposito : And I still remember the password.

  [a few moments later] 

  Javier Esposito : I'm not sure they even track accounts going back this far.

  Kate Beckett : Whoever owns that account is the person that killed my mom. Run it.

  Javier Esposito : [reading the result]  The account was closed nineteen years ago. It belonged to a guy named William H. Bracken.

  Kate Beckett : [recognizing the name, picking up a re-election flier from the table]  You mean Senator William Bracken?

• Captain Victoria Gates : So, any progress on Beckett's shooter?

  Kevin Ryan : We searched the rental car. We still have no idea where he was going or even what his real name was. But we did find out what he stole from Captain Montgomery's house.

  Captain Victoria Gates : Montgomery's wedding album? Why did Maddox want this?

  Kevin Ryan : I'm guessing he wanted this missing photograph. It's possible he was after whoever was in it.

  Captain Victoria Gates : Have you been able to track it down?

  Kevin Ryan : Well, I've got Evelyn Montgomery bringing the negatives in, but truth is I'm a one-man band here. I could use a few more investigators.

  Captain Victoria Gates : Well, you can take it up with the Vice President. I've already lost half my people to his security detail, and about to lose the rest to traffic control. So for right now, you're on your own.

• Kate Beckett : We were so close. That file would have told us who's at the center of this and who killed my mom.

  Javier Esposito : Well, at least Maddox won't be coming after you.

  Kate Beckett : They'll just send somebody else.

  Richard Castle : Unless whoever's behind all this doesn't know the file's been destroyed. Maybe he thinks it's still in play.

  Kate Beckett : I wouldn't bet on that. Would you?

  Javier Esposito : [hearing the creak of a floorboard in the hallway]  Shh.

  [he and Beckett approach the front door with their guns drawn] 

  Kevin Ryan : [as the door opens, he reaches for his own gun]  Whoa! You want to put that thing away?

  Javier Esposito : Well, if it isn't Judas.

  Kevin Ryan : Yeah, okay, pal. Want to give it a break?

  Kate Beckett : Guys, come on.

  Javier Esposito : What are you doing here?

  Kevin Ryan : [entering the apartment, he shows Beckett an evidence baggie]  I came to bring you this.

  Kate Beckett : Paper from the safe?