Castle (TV Series)

Dead Again (2016)

Jon Huertas: Javier Esposito

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• Javier Esposito : Yo, we got a lead.

  Richard Castle : We need to come up with a superhero name for Alan.

  Alan Masters : No, no, we really don't.

  Javier Esposito : How about...

  [in a dramatic tone] 

  Javier Esposito : ... Safety Man?

  Richard Castle : No, that's terrible.

• Javier Esposito : Hey, who's on the hook for that spill?

  Alan Masters : The lab manager, Frank Patchett. He begged me not to fine him. He said the lab was hemorrhaging money.

  Javier Esposito : That sounds like motive. Come on, Castle, let's go talk to this guy.

  Alan Masters : Wh- Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Maybe I should come with you.

  Richard Castle : Why?

  Alan Masters : No reason.

  Richard Castle : [to Esposito]  The girl.

  [to Alan] 

  Richard Castle : The one who doesn't know you exist, she works there, doesn't she?

  Alan Masters : No...

  [sees Castle's look] 

  Alan Masters : Yes. Her name is Gwen, she's in marketing.

  Javier Esposito : Sorry, Alan, you got to stay here. If there's somebody at Zantium Labs trying to kill you, I'd be the worst cop on the force if I took you there.

• Richard Castle : [finding Alan with a gunshot wound in the middle of his forehead]  This is my fault. I forced the superhero mantle onto him. I filled his head with crazy ideas of being invulnerable, and then, like some superhero Icarus, he flew too close to the sun. Alan, I'm sorry. I am so sorry. I let you down!

  [someone hands him a handkerchief] 

  Richard Castle : Thank you.

  Alan Masters : Don't mention it.

  Richard Castle : Alan! You're alive?

  Alan Masters : Shh. Not so loud. I've got a splitting headache.

  Kevin Ryan : I'll, uh, call an ambulance?

  Alan Masters : Relax. I'm fine. I just need a couple of Advil.

  [seeing Castle's face] 

  Alan Masters : What? What is it, Castle?

  Richard Castle : [gesturing to his forehead]  You...

  Alan Masters : Did I get shot in the head?

  Richard Castle : Right in the middle! I mean, how did you even... wait, that means you've seen your killer. Who... who was it?

  Alan Masters : You're never gonna guess.

  Javier Esposito : [approaching with Gwen in handcuffs]  Yo. I took her down just before she put a bullet in Mike the chemist.

  Gwen Parker : [seeing Alan is still alive]  Why the hell won't you die?

  Richard Castle : [to Alan, as Espo leads Gwen away]  I never thought she was right for you.

• Javier Esposito : Looks like our killer jimmied that window open. Neighbor thought she heard somebody on the fire escape last night around 8:00.

  Richard Castle : How was he poisoned?

  Lanie Parish : In his water. The filter underneath the kitchen sink was tampered with.

  Javier Esposito : Ironically, he works for the city as a safety inspector.

  Richard Castle : Mmm. You know, if I were an expert on character, which I am, I would say that Alan was a bit of a dreamer. Spending his days on the ground, inspecting things, but his nights in the clouds, fantasizing of adventure. Tragically, his life was cut short before he ever truly lived.

  Alan Masters : Hey, what's going on?

  [they all turn and see Alan is alive; in shock, Lanie drops her clipboard] 

  Richard Castle : Or not.

  Alan Masters : What are you all doing in my apartment?

  Javier Esposito : Um, Lanie?

  Lanie Parish : Don't "Um, Lanie" me. That man was dead.

• Kate Beckett : The NYPD can protect you. And if someone really is trying to kill you, you're a lot safer in here with us than out there on your own.

  Glen Hume : Okay, but it's not someone from my company. It's the mob.

  Kate Beckett : What would organized crime want with Alan?

  [pause] 

  Kate Beckett : Waste management.

  Glen Hume : Yeah. They strong-armed me into giving them the contract for my factory's hazardous waste disposal. They've been doing the same thing all over town. And they just dump this stuff into the landfill.

  Javier Esposito : So why would they target Alan before you?

  Kate Beckett : Because Alan fired Dave Barton, the only inspector that they could buy. So, Alan was becoming a big problem and their only solution was to kill him.

• Kate Beckett : Hey, where are we on the waste management company?

  Javier Esposito : Well, it's a new entity called Bullseye. We're not sure who's running it, but rumor is, it's a new player on the scene.

  Kate Beckett : I- I don't know. Electrocution and poisoning doesn't sound like the mob.

  Javier Esposito : No.

  Kevin Ryan : Unless they're trying to keep a low profile. And the best way to stay off our radar is to fly under it.