Castle (TV Series)

What Lies Beneath (2015)

Molly C. Quinn: Alexis Castle

Quotes 

• Richard Castle : Uh. Excuse me, Father. We are investigating Dave Johnson's murder. We'd like to ask you a few questions regarding your relationship with him.

  Father Arguello : I was his priest, my son. I gave him spiritual guidance.

  Richard Castle : And which part of that guidance included breaking and entering at City Hall?

  [Father Arguello nonchalantly turns around and hurries away] 

  Alexis Castle : The blind priest just ran away.

  [Father Arguello takes off running] 

  Richard Castle : This cannot end well.

• Richard Castle : P.J. Moffet was one of my literary heroes.

  Alexis Castle : Mine, too. Remember, I wrote that paper about him in eighth grade.

  Richard Castle : Every author dreams of writing the great American novel, but... P.J. Moffet actually did it. On his first try, too. "The Butcherbird's Song".

  Alexis Castle : And in twenty-five years, he never wrote another word. Just one book, then he disappeared from public life. According to Twitter, he was murdered at Saint Mark's on 3rd.

  Richard Castle : That's wonderful.

  Alexis Castle : Dad, a little respect for the dead.

  Richard Castle : Not wonderful that he was murdered, wonderful *where* he was murdered. Saint Mark's, that's in the jurisdiction of the 12th precinct. And *I* am an expert on all things P.J. Moffet.

  Alexis Castle : So you're still going with the "win Beckett back by working homicides with her" plan?

  Richard Castle : That's how I got her to fall for me the first time. That, and when... I kiss her, I use the bottom of...

  Alexis Castle : Dad, when it comes to your sex life, how about we stick with the after-school special version?

  Richard Castle : That's fair.

• Richard Castle : [ending a call with Ryan]  That was weird.

  Alexis Castle : What?

  Richard Castle : Ryan just told me he loved me. I'm sure he was just covering.

  Alexis Castle : Don't you feel the least bit conflicted about turning him into a mole?

  Richard Castle : He's not stealing state secrets. I'm just paying him to keep me in the loop on their cases.

  Alexis Castle : So you can ingratiate yourself in said cases and find new ways to interact with Beckett.

  Richard Castle : Well, if by "ingratiate myself" you mean dazzle her with my Sherlockian genius, then, yes, that's exactly what I mean.

• Alexis Castle : A mission from God?

  Richard Castle : Well, that's what Ryan said. On the other hand, Dave was a compulsive liar.

  Alexis Castle : Mmm. Still, most lies have a kernel of truth in them.

  Richard Castle : Oh, like when you went to Fashion Week, but you neglected to mention that you were taking my platinum credit card?

  Alexis Castle : I was more thinking about our victim and how he lied about being a fugitive mobster in order to investigate union kickbacks.

• Richard Castle : [ending a call with Beckett]  They got the priest.

  Alexis Castle : How do you know?

  Richard Castle : Beckett was having too much fun. Wait. Beckett was having fun... With me... Score.

• Kate Beckett : Castle, do you have the intel we need or not?

  Richard Castle : [chuckles, to Alexis]  Tell her.

  Alexis Castle : [sighs]  When I was in middle school, Dad did four months of extensive research into the inner working of city finance for a novel he was writing.

  Richard Castle : Yes, but then I realized that that novel would be the most boring novel in the history of novels, so I wrote a Derrick Storm book instead.

• Richard Castle : The only people with access to the entire budget are the comptroller, the mayor's chief of staff, and the deputy chief.

  Kevin Ryan : Stephen Reed, the guy we met with.

  Richard Castle : I know for a fact that the chief of staff is in London with the mayor.

  Javier Esposito : And I made a few discreet calls. The city comptroller was at a fundraiser when Dave was shot.

  Kate Beckett : Which means Reed is our main suspect.

  Kevin Ryan : Okay, so how do we get this guy?

  Richard Castle : May I suggest the "Midnight Run" stratagem?

  Alexis Castle : The what?

  Richard Castle : "Midnight Run". It's one of the top five buddy movies of all time.

  Kevin Ryan : And you're suggesting we base our legal strategy upon this buddy cop movie?

  Kate Beckett : No, he's right. It could work. At the end of the movie, Robert De Niro tricks a mobster into taking computer discs he thinks contain evidence against him. And just by showing up to take them, the mobster is committing conspiracy to obstruct justice.

  Richard Castle : If we can trick Reed the same way, then we've got all the leverage we need to expose the slush fund and go after him for Dave's murder. But Kate... you can't be involved.

  Kate Beckett : Why not?

  Kevin Ryan : Because if Reed isn't involved, then all this blows up in our face, and you take the hit.