Castle (TV Series)

Fidelis Ad Mortem (2016)

Stana Katic: Kate Beckett

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• [Castle hands Beckett a cup of coffee as she enters the kitchen] 

  Richard Castle : Careful. I made it a little strong this morning.

  Kate Beckett : Okay.

  [takes a sip] 

  Kate Beckett : Mmm.

  [chuckles] 

  Kate Beckett : Yes, that will wake the dead.

  Richard Castle : Would certainly make your job a lot easier. One interview. "He's the guy who killed me." Case closed.

• Kate Beckett : I am guessing that you found out something about your missing time. And that's what you want to catch up with me on.

  Richard Castle : Uh- Uh, yeah. Actually, yeah, I did. Um... But I was thinking, how about we eat first?

  Kate Beckett : Oh, wow. That bad?

• Richard Castle : [answers phone]  Hey, where are you?

  Kate Beckett : Hallway. I, uh, snuck out through the bedroom. That would be the height of irony, huh? Manage to successfully hide our relationship from LokSat, only to get outed by your mom.

• Richard Castle : You were right. I uncovered the real reason I had my memories erased. And it's bad. I knew about LokSat a year and a half ago. Before your A.G. team was murdered. Before Vikram sought you out... and the hit squads came gunning. Beckett, this was on me before it was on you.

  Kate Beckett : You knew about LokSat? Everything? Including their connection to Bracken? And you chose to forget this? Why?

  Richard Castle : For reasons you know all too well. I was trying to protect you.

  Kate Beckett : From who?

  Richard Castle : From yourself.

• Kate Beckett : First of all, let me assure you that I have the *best* NYPD detectives looking into Officer Bardot's murder. That being said, this is not going to be the last time that you lose one of your co-workers. That is a reality of this job. The temptation is going to be to remain stoic in the face of adversity, to lock up your emotions so as not to appear weak. That is a mistake. Avoid that temptation at all costs. Trust me, I have been at the edge of that map, and monsters lie there... Now look around. This is your team. No one is gonna understand what you are feeling better than the woman or man sitting next to you. So use them.

• Kate Beckett : The thing about interviewing a suspect is you have to find what works for you. Your own personal style. Now, some people like good cop/bad cop. Others like bad cop/worse cop. But choosing just one method is a mistake. Every suspect is different. And sometimes you don't know how you're gonna go at 'em until they start talking. Because you only get one shot in interrogation. And if you screw it up, a killer might walk free.

• [demonstrating interrogation techniques] 

  Kate Beckett : Ms. Lopez, thank you for coming in.

  Lopez : Anything I can do to help the NYPD.

  Kate Beckett : Uh, so, a crime was committed last night and your name was mentioned. I was wondering if you could tell me where you were.

  Lopez : Sure. I went to the fights over at Harry's Gym.

  Kate Beckett : Mm-hmm. You go alone?

  Lopez : No. Takata, Chambers, Decker, we all went.

  [Beckett puts a gym bag on the table] 

  Kate Beckett : Did you have anything to drink?

  Lopez : Yeah. We had a few drinks.

  Kate Beckett : How many?

  Lopez : I don't remember. What's in the bag?

  Kate Beckett : Why?

  Lopez : I don't know. You put it on the table, must mean something.

• Kate Beckett : Ready to earn some extra credit?

  Chambers : I want a lawyer.

  Kate Beckett : Yeah, well, you better get a good one. Juries don't like cop killers.

  Chambers : Wait, you think I popped Bardot?

  Kate Beckett : We found a stack of identical cards...

  [puts blue card on desk] 

  Kate Beckett : ... in your dorm room desk.

  Chambers : Lawyer.

  Kate Beckett : You sent that to Bardot because he found out that you were dealing drugs.

  Chambers : Lawyer!

  Kate Beckett : Fine. You want in on a bet?

  Chambers : On what?

  Kate Beckett : On you. You're not cooperating, so I'm taking protective custody off the table. And a bunch of us are wagering on how long you're gonna last once the inmates find out that you're a cop. I'm guessing under twelve hours. And I'm feeling real lucky right now.

• Kate Beckett : How did we end up here again? You lie to protect me, I lie to protect you... I'm not gonna yell. Or throw around blame.

  Richard Castle : You know, the novelist, George Sand, who was a woman, by the way, once wrote, "Lying, like license, has its..."

  Kate Beckett : Castle, can you do me a favor?

  Richard Castle : Anything.

  Kate Beckett : Stop talking.

  [hands him a glass of whiskey] 

• [last lines] 

  Kate Beckett : I can't do this anymore.

  Richard Castle : Good. Neither can I.

  Kate Beckett : Wait, what are you talking about?

  Richard Castle : What are you talking about?

  Kate Beckett : I asked first.

  Richard Castle : And I asked second. So you should answer first, I'll answer second.

  Kate Beckett : Castle.

  Richard Castle : O- Okay. I can't sit on the sidelines anymore where LokSat is concerned. I- People have lost their lives. And in a way, I am culpable. And I know you are trying to protect me. But... I'm begging you not to. I want in.

  Kate Beckett : Good, because I need you in. This is our fight now.

  Richard Castle : Okay... Okay, then there's something you should know. That mystery bullet wound I got when I disappeared? I was shot in Los Angeles. Two hours before I took that bullet, LokSat came to town, arriving by plane.

  Kate Beckett : Uh... Okay. There are three major airports, along with dozens of private ones in the Los Angeles area. We're talking tens of thousands of people. But maybe Vikram can whittle that number down.

  Richard Castle : We're looking for a needle in a stack of needles. But LokSat is one of those needles. What do you say, Beckett? It's a place to start.

  Kate Beckett : No. This is.

  [she kisses him] 

• Lanie Parrish : Our victim was shot in the back. He bled out within a few minutes. Then the killer took the time and the risk to cut out the bullet.

  Javier Esposito : Obviously our killer was worried that ballistics would lead back to him.

  Kate Beckett : Which means the gun's already in the system.

• [arriving at the police academy and seeing recruits doing push-ups] 

  Javier Esposito : Bad flashbacks, bro?

  Kevin Ryan : Push-ups were the answer to everything around this place. Police work is more than just strength and endurance. It's about intellectual rigor.

  Kate Beckett : Oh, come on, you guys, it wasn't all that bad here.

  [goes to the trophy case and starts reading the names on the various awards as Esposito points them out] 

  Kevin Ryan : Says the Academy all-star. Oh, look, "Recruit Officer Beckett"...

  Javier Esposito : Oh!

  Kevin Ryan : ..."Recruit Officer Beckett"...

  Javier Esposito : Ah.

  Kevin Ryan : ..."Recruit Officer Beckett".

• Kate Beckett : [answers phone]  Lanie, you find anything in the autopsy?

  Lanie Parrish : I did. The bullet broke up when it hit a rib. Bardot's killer didn't get all the pieces. I managed to pull a small fragment from a kidney. I got a ballistics match. The 9mm that fired, it *is* in the database. Kate, it's NYPD. Registered to the academy.

• Kate Beckett : The academy is a stressful place. Plenty of pressures here. Especially since one mistake can put a stink on an entire cop career. Like, uh, getting caught fraternizing with another recruit.

  Rachel Decker : Are you gonna have me booted?

  Kate Beckett : No... But I- I need you to be on the up-and-up with me from now on.

• Rachel Decker : I am not his mole. And neither was Danny.

  Kate Beckett : We found the police files that he hacked...

  [puts photo on desk] 

  Kate Beckett : ... and then handed over to Flanagan.

  Rachel Decker : Oh, no. No, no, no. Danny must've made a deal in order to save me.

  Kate Beckett : Save you from what?

  Rachel Decker : The man that knocked up my mother.

  Kate Beckett : You're Flanagan's daughter.

  Rachel Decker : A one-night stand does not make him a parent. It makes him a donor.

  Kate Beckett : You took his blood money.

  Rachel Decker : He and my mother had an arrangement. Staying quiet on my paternity in exchange for monthly payouts to her, and a college fund for me. But that was it.

  Kate Beckett : Then why did Bardot need to save you?

  Rachel Decker : A few weeks ago, Flanagan found out that I'd joined the Academy. He demanded that I be his inside woman, his mole. Threatened to out me as his daughter if I didn't. Ruin my entire career before it even began.

  Kate Beckett : 'Cause no cop will ever trust Lucky Jack's kid.

• Kate Beckett : You are not quitting.

  Rachel Decker : I'm unfit to be a cop, Captain. If you hadn't talked me down back there... I had every intention of pulling that trigger.

  Kate Beckett : But you didn't. You regained your wits. You made the right decision, and that's what counts. There was a point in my career where I wanted to quit. I lost faith that I became a cop for the right reason.

  Rachel Decker : How'd you get your faith back?

  Kate Beckett : A man named Roy Montgomery helped me. He was my captain. He didn't give up on me. And I am not giving up on you.

• Kate Beckett : Hey, how're you holding up?

  Rachel Decker : Well, we caught Danny's killer, but Lucky Jack Flanagan's still free.

  Kate Beckett : Yeah, well, his time will come. Stay with the NYPD, and you can help with that... But you can't do this if you go it alone.

• Kate Beckett : Hi, Deputy Commissioner Malone, I'm Captain Kate Beckett.

  Deputy Commissioner Malone : Captain, nice to finally meet you. You're a bit of a legend around these parts. Recruits have been gunning for your records since I got here five years ago. So far, no one's gotten close.

  Kate Beckett : Yeah, well, they will. Every record falls in the end.

• Deputy Commissioner Malone : Here's Bardot's file. I've assigned his instructor, Sergeant Ortiz, to be your liaison.

  [sees Beckett's smile] 

  Deputy Commissioner Malone : You know Sergeant Ortiz?

  Kate Beckett : Yeah, I do. He was my instructor when I was here. His tough love is the reason my name is on all those plaques out there.

• 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.

• Kevin Ryan : The murder weapon is missing from the weapons cage assigned to Bardot's company, Company 38.

  Javier Esposito : Lock on the CCTV security closet was jimmied open. Someone killed the security cameras in the weapons room between 7:30 and 7:35 last night.

  Deputy Commissioner Malone : At that hour, it's mainly recruits who are left in the building. All faculty resides off-campus. And only members of Company 38 have access to that weapons cage.

  Kate Beckett : So our killer is one of Bardot's fellow recruits.

  [cut to training class with recruits] 

  Kate Beckett : [continues as voice-over]  Fourteen suspects who eat, drink, and sleep police training and techniques.

  Chambers : Captain on deck.

  [cut back to Deputy Commissioner's office] 

  Kate Beckett : Who have spent *months* learning how we catch killers.

  [cut to training class] 

  Kate Beckett : [voice-over]  Which makes them uniquely equipped to plan a murder. So we are gonna have to use every trick in the book to uncover who killed Daniel Bardot.

• 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?

• Jack Flanagan : Twenty years... Twenty years you guys have been coming in here... with all these accusations against ol' Lucky Jack. Your problem is that none of you ever followed up with the proof. So, unless you're here to buy a pair of crotchless panties for that special someone in your life, I suggest you grab your hat and your books, and you get the hell out of my store.

  Kate Beckett : See, that's how I know I'm gonna take you down. It's the cocky ones that are the easiest. You're so busy being clever, you don't see the matchstick falling out of your pocket. Well, I'm gonna find that matchstick. And then I'm gonna burn you with it.

• 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.

• [first lines] 

  Kate Beckett : Good morning.

  Richard Castle : Hey.

  Kate Beckett : I'm surprised you're up, given how late you got in from LA last night.