Castle (TV Series)

After Hours (2012)

Scott Paulin: Jim Beckett

Quotes 

• Martha Rodgers : Jim... I don't know how you do this. You know, I thought I would get used to this... new part of Richard's life, that constant danger, and the never knowing, and I, but I really thought there would come a moment, just a moment, when the worry would stop.

  Jim Beckett : Katie's been doing this for more than a decade now... and I've had this clench in my gut since the day they handed her the shield... She does say she always feels safest when your son's watching her back.

  Martha Rodgers : He says the same thing about her. Well... at least, wherever they are, they have each other to lean on.

• Martha Rodgers : Oh. Well, I hope you find time to cut loose, Jim, and just do something fun.

  Jim Beckett : Well, of course, I-I try to take in a baseball game every now and again.

  Martha Rodgers : Oh, Lord. Baseball? Isn't that dreadfully dull?

  Jim Beckett : Well, it requires a certain patience.

  Martha Rodgers : [laughing]  A certain lack of *pulse*, you mean.

  Kate Beckett : I think, uh, what my dad responds to is the game's nuance.

  Martha Rodgers : Oh, well, yes, of course. It has its merits.

  Richard Castle : Yeah, I think my mother just means it's not exactly, uh... action-packed.

  Kate Beckett : Right, but that would depend on how you look at it, right?

  Jim Beckett : Yeah, I mean, I suppose it does appeal to the more... serious, more... discerning crowd.

  [Martha gives Castle a look; Castle tries to nonverbally tell her to let it go] 

  Martha Rodgers : Jim... what *exactly* does that mean?

  Jim Beckett : Just that... actors, by their nature, aren't the most serious people in the world, right?

  Martha Rodgers : Oh, is that so? So you think I'm not a serious person?

  Richard Castle : How about if we dive into this dessert?

  [after a long pause] 

  Richard Castle : 'Cause honestly, that whole death thing is sounding pretty good right now.

  Kate Beckett : [checks her phone]  There's been a murder downtown.

  Richard Castle : Close enough.

• [last lines] 

  [learning their parents are in the precinct] 

  Kate Beckett : Well, I guess we can't avoid dealing with them forever.

  Richard Castle : No. But you know what? Who cares if they don't get along? They aren't us. And... so what if we don't make sense on paper? We don't live our lives on paper... And if we did, we'd never be astounded or... surprised

  [they see Jim and Martha actually getting along] 

  Martha Rodgers : [to Jim Beckett]  So, so, no. Anyway, so he says, "Don't touch me. No." Then he said, "Yes."

  Kate Beckett : How did that even happen?

  Richard Castle : I don't know, but let's just, let's just... let's just go with it.

  Kate Beckett : Dad?

  Jim Beckett : Aw.