Castle (TV Series)

Dial M for Mayor (2012)

Nathan Fillion: Richard Castle

Quotes 

• Kate Beckett : [learning their victim didn't own a cell phone]  What girl in her twenties doesn't have a cell phone?

  Richard Castle : Maybe she's Amish.

• Kate Beckett : Hey, Ryan, what do our victim's phone records show? Any phone calls to City Hall?

  Kevin Ryan : No phone calls at all because... Laura Cambridge didn't own a cell phone. Credit cards haven't been used in six months.

  Richard Castle : No cell phone and no credit cards? It's like she's from another century.

  Javier Esposito : Amish theory's looking pretty good, bro.

• [last lines] 

  Mr. Smith : You play chess, Mr. Castle? There are times when a well-placed pawn is more powerful than a king.

  Richard Castle : I have your number if I need to reach you.

  Mr. Smith : You don't reach me, Mr. Castle. I reach you.

• Martha Rodgers : Do you still believe him?

  Richard Castle : I do.

  Martha Rodgers : You've been down this road before with a friend. You believed Damian Westlake. He's rotting in prison for murder.

  Richard Castle : Damian and I were kids together. Believing in him was sentiment. My experience tells me Weldon is innocent. My experience tells me there's something very wrong with this whole situation.

• Richard Castle : Why would you abandon all your plans? You've been cleared of all charges.

  Mayor Robert Weldon : You know, for someone who kills off all his characters, you have a strange stubborn streak of optimism in you. But no, I can't run for governor in two years, I can't run for president in six... That dream... is done.

  Richard Castle : There's gotta be something we can do. You're innocent.

  Mayor Robert Weldon : A little too innocent. There are people out there, I realize it now, people who- who control what goes on in this city and beyond. I wouldn't play ball, so they took me out the game. It's been decided. This is as far as I get.

  Richard Castle : So what are you gonna do now?

  Mayor Robert Weldon : I... am going to continue being an outstanding mayor for the greatest city on Earth.

• Richard Castle : Step back? These are policicians. They can't order at a restaurant without two compromises and an ultimatum.

• Richard Castle : Well, he has good reason to not turn over his coat.

  Kate Beckett : Yes, guilt.

  Richard Castle : A conspiracy. Is it so far-fetched? Maybe Laura found out about it and tried to warn him.

  Kate Beckett : Or maybe she and Weldon did talk. She confronted him with what she knew, and he killed her.

  Richard Castle : Hmm. I believe the conspiracy. I mean, I know Weldon.

  Kate Beckett : And Weldon knows you. Conspiracies, intrigue, that's you- your bread and butter. That's exactly the kind of story that you would respond to.

  Richard Castle : I'm sorry, are- are you suggesting he's playing me?

  Kate Beckett : I am suggesting that you consider the possibility.

• Kate Beckett : I have a procedure to follow. He didn't provide his coat willingly, so I'm gonna have to get a court order.

  Richard Castle : Whoa. Look, once word gets out that the NYPD subpoenaed his clothing in connection with embezzlement and murder, that man's career will be over.

  Kate Beckett : Not if he's innocent.

  Richard Castle : Are you kidding me? Kate, this is politics. Perception is reality. The truth won't matter.

  Kate Beckett : What am I supposed to do, Rick? I can't just stop being a cop just because it's inconvenient.

  Richard Castle : No, no, no, just... you can wait. All right? For something else, for another lead.

  Kate Beckett : For the coat to disappear? You don't think I don't know what's at stake here? Do you think I actually want to do this?

  Richard Castle : Then don't do it.

  Kate Beckett : I don't have a choice.

• [first lines] 

  [Martha loudly practicing a play in the living room with wind machine, booming thunder and fog maker] 

  Martha Rodgers : Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage! Blow!You cataracts and hurricanes, spout! Till you have drenched our steeples. Drown...

  Alexis Castle : [taking refuge in Castle's office]  Dad...

  Richard Castle : [taking out ear plugs]  I know what you're asking, and the answer is yes. Yes, you can take your grandmother and her entire production of "King Lear" to college with you.

  Alexis Castle : I'm going crazy.

  Richard Castle : Earplugs?

  Alexis Castle : Not that. I need something to do. I had planned to be at Stanford, but now I'm here, just waiting.