Castle (TV Series)

Dead Again (2016)

Stana Katic: Kate Beckett

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• Kate Beckett : What are you doing?

  Richard Castle : Watching you sleep.

  Kate Beckett : Hmm.

  Richard Castle : Is that creepy?

  Kate Beckett : Mmn-mmn. I think it's sweet.

  Richard Castle : I took some pictures.

  Kate Beckett : Less sweet.

  Richard Castle : They're part of a series. Usually you don't wake up.

  Kate Beckett : And now it's creepy.

• Richard Castle : Hey, I've been thinking...

  Kate Beckett : Oh, no.

  Richard Castle : Oh, relax. I'm over that whole "sex in zero G" thing.

  Kate Beckett : Good, 'cause that was just an accident waiting to happen.

• Richard Castle : Seriously though, I think it's time we shake things up. Move to Paris. You know, uh, search for buried treasure in Nepal. We could fly a hot air balloon across the Sahara.

  Kate Beckett : You know what? I love all of those ideas, but I just became Captain, and you have your P.I. business.

  Richard Castle : And then there's LokSat.

  Kate Beckett : Exactly.

  [her phone rings] 

  Kate Beckett : We have responsibilities, right?

  Richard Castle : But... what if...

  [takes her phone] 

  Richard Castle : ... we didn't?

  [answers phone] 

  Richard Castle : Hold, please.

  Kate Beckett : Um, I might need that. That might be a homicide.

  Richard Castle : The victim's not gonna get any deader. Listen, let's say we find LokSat and take him down, without getting killed.

  Kate Beckett : Mmm-hmm.

  Richard Castle : What then? You're not gonna be Captain of the 12th precinct for very long. You're on a rocket. Sky's the limit. So, you know what happens then?

  Kate Beckett : Mmm-mmm.

  Richard Castle : We become... normal.

  Kate Beckett : No, Castle, you're *never* gonna be normal.

  Richard Castle : I'm serious. Think about it.

• Richard Castle : You are a modern-day Lazarus. Risen from the grave to answer the eternal question, what's on the other side?

  Alan Masters : I'm sorry, who are you again?

  Kate Beckett : Uh, you'll have to forgive him, Mr. Masters. He's very excitable.

  Richard Castle : Well, excuse me if I find pulling back the curtain on what happens when we die just a *tad exciting*.

  [to Alan] 

  Richard Castle : Was there a white light? Or is it more of a- a tunnel thing?

  Alan Masters : The last thing I remember, I was taking my pills, trying to get my cable fixed. And then I woke up to an apartment full of police.

  Richard Castle : So, no out-of-body experience?

• Kate Beckett : Do you have any enemies?

  Alan Masters : Me? No. I'm an average guy. I go to work, I come home.

  Richard Castle : But you dream of so much more, don't you?

  Alan Masters : How do you know that? Did you read my diary?

  Richard Castle : No, I saw your pictures on your... Wait, you keep a diary? As a grown man, call it a journal.

• Kate Beckett : What about work? Have you upset anyone there recently?

  Alan Masters : Yeah, there is this guy that works for me. Well, used to work for me. Dave Barton, I had to fire him because he was letting serious infractions slide with just a warning.

  Kate Beckett : Was it for money?

  Alan Masters : That was the rumor. And he did seem a little miffed when I let him go. I'll play you the message he left for me.

  Frank Barton : [voicemail message]  You slimy little maggot, I'm gonna stab you with a rusty spoon and strangle you with your own intestines. Or better yet, I'm gonna force-feed you your toes, one by one, and then I'm gonna light you on fire. No, first I'm gonna paralyze you with a claw hammer, and then cover you with ants, you son of a bitch!

  Alan Masters : [turning the voicemail off]  And it goes on and on like that for a while.

• Vikram Singh : Did Lanie really declare a live guy dead?

  Kate Beckett : No. Well, yeah, but do yourself a favor, don't mention it to her. So, you got something?

  Vikram Singh : I might have broken open LokSat.

  Kate Beckett : You found them?

  Vikram Singh : Unfortunately, no, but I did find someone else. Based on Castle's discovery of the exact time and date LokSat flew into L.A., I've been scrubbing footage from all the Los Angeles area airports. Look who showed up.

  [shows her an image on his tablet] 

  Kate Beckett : Caleb Brown?

  Vikram Singh : But he was traveling under an alias. Peter McCaffrey.

  Kate Beckett : So Caleb must have gone to L.A. to meet with LokSat. Well, who's driving the SUV?

  Vikram Singh : I don't know. I can only read part of the plate. But I'm generating a list of possible matches.

• Lanie Parish : He was definitely dead.

  Dr. Rebecca Ellins : That's what you said last time.

  Lanie Parish : He was dead the last time, too!

  Kate Beckett : Uh, sorry, um, can we have a minute, please?

  Dr. Rebecca Ellins : Of course.

  Kate Beckett : Thanks.

  Lanie Parish : I'm sorry. I'm just rattled. You know, people can come back from being poisoned, *and* from being electrocuted, but both in the same day?

  Kate Beckett : So, is there an explanation?

  Lanie Parish : I can think of two. Either I'm really bad at my job, or Castle's right and this guy is immortal.

  Kate Beckett : He is *not* immortal. And *you* are a genius at your job. We just gotta keep looking for answers. Starting with who wants to kill this guy so badly.

• Kevin Ryan : Any idea how our boy, Alan, is still with us?

  Kate Beckett : Uh, no, but Castle has a theory.

  [cut to Alan's hospital room] 

  Richard Castle : You... are a superhero.

  Alan Masters : No, I'm really not. I'm just an ordinary guy.

  Richard Castle : You *were* an ordinary guy, Alan. That's how most superheroes start out, mild-mannered weaklings, and that's you!

  Alan Masters : Wow. Thanks.

  Richard Castle : Relax. It's all to maximize your transformative arc.

  Alan Masters : If I agree with you, will you leave me alone?

• 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.

• Kate Beckett : You found something.

  Vikram Singh : Yeah.

  [hands over a file] 

  Vikram Singh : I ran the partial plate from that SUV Caleb Brown got into, generated a list of names. Guess who's on it.

  Kate Beckett : Brooks. The guy with a bag of spiders who tried to take down Castle and me.

  Vikram Singh : If Brooks picked up Caleb at the airport, then this ties Caleb *directly* to LokSat.

  Kate Beckett : Well, look. Um, it's a start, anyway.

  Vikram Singh : A start? It's photographic evidence.

  Kate Beckett : Of what? That he got into a car with a bad guy? Caleb's a public defender. He represents bad guys.

  Vikram Singh : He was using an alias. We can use this to go at Caleb, get him to reveal LokSat's identity.

  Kate Beckett : Until he alerts LokSat that we're onto him, and then we're all dead. No, we gotta wait until we have something more concrete.

  Vikram Singh : Fine. Caleb's alias, Peter McCaffrey, I'll look in to see what other trips he's taken under that name, see if it leads somewhere more definitive.

  Kate Beckett : Look, I- I know this is frustrating, but we're getting close. We just have to tread carefully.

• [to Ryan and Esposito, after meeting Spate] 

  Richard Castle : It's as if he stepped off the pages of a graphic novel. You should have been there to see him in person.

  Kate Beckett : Yes, *they* should have, not you. And definitely not Alan. Now, tell me how dangerous it was for you to take him out in public, 'cause I know that you knew.

  Richard Castle : He's in love, Beckett. And I love love. And... and I'm sorry, and I won't do it again.

• Caleb Brown : I hate to bother you, but I could really use your help with a client. Can I borrow you for a quick minute?

  Kate Beckett : Yeah, sure.

  [cut to them entering her office] 

  Kate Beckett : So, who is this client?

  Caleb Brown : I think you're familiar with him. Peter McCaffrey.

  Kate Beckett : Uh... No, it do- it doesn't sound familiar.

  Caleb Brown : No? Let me fill you in. Um, so there's this overzealous cop. You know the type, she never knows when to give up. And she has her tech guy look into Peter McCaffrey's recent travel.

  Kate Beckett : Okay.

  Caleb Brown : Yeah. Well, Mr. McCaffrey's a very private person. So he set up some unexpected digital trip wires. That's bad news for the tech guy, and his boss. And so this cop, she keeps marching toward this kill zone, and unless she makes an about-face, it is not going to end well.

• Richard Castle : Since when does heroin look like that?

  Lanie Parish : Since it's synthetic heroin. An opioid manufactured to replicate a heroin high. In fact, this stuff actually improves on it. Because, according to the analysis I ran, it's laced with TTX.

  Alan Masters : The same poison that almost killed me? What, heroin isn't dangerous enough?

  Lanie Parish : Because that poison works by blocking synapses. In small doses, it's a powerful analgesic. Specifically used for the pain of heroin withdrawal.

  Kate Beckett : So it makes the drug more addictive by reducing the painful side effects. So more addictive heroin that doesn't have to be smuggled into the country because...

  Richard Castle : Because it can be made right here in the good old US of A.

  Kate Beckett : That explains why the Triads and Horatio are willing to put their differences aside, because...

  Richard Castle , Kate Beckett : Synthetic heroin could be worth billions.

• Alan Masters : You know, this shade of yellow looks very familiar. What is it that gives it this color?

  Lanie Parish : An inorganic catalyst commonly referred to as LAH.

  Alan Masters : Lithium aluminum hydride! That is the same chemical that spilled when I was inspecting Zantium Labs!

  Lanie Parish : This is why they wanted you dead.

  Alan Masters : When the synthetic heroin hits the streets, it'll come out that it was made with LAH.

  Lanie Parish : And since you knew the lab had purchased large amounts of LAH...

  Alan Masters : They couldn't take the risk that I might see something on the news, put the pieces together, and report it to the authorities.

  Lanie Parish : Which means...

  Alan Masters : [simultaneously with Lanie]  Someone at Zantium Labs is trying to kill me!

  Lanie Parish : [simultaneously with Alan]  Someone at Zantium Labs is trying to kill you!

  Kate Beckett : [quietly, to Castle]  Oh, my God. Is that what we sound like

  Richard Castle : Surely hope not. I mean, it was cute. But just, overly cute.

• Caleb Brown : You know, every morning we wake up and we choose who we wanna be. I wake up and I ask myself, "Why are you choosing this?" Because you're right, Kate. I was a good guy once.

  Kate Beckett : And you still can be. Who is LokSat?

  Caleb Brown : I don't know.

  Richard Castle : Oh, come on, You work for him.

  Caleb Brown : Yes, But I started out working for his partner.

  Kate Beckett : Senator William Bracken?

  Caleb Brown : Mmm-hmm.

  Kate Beckett : So, what, LokSat inherited you?

  Caleb Brown : It was more like drafted. After Bracken's murder, I received this on my doorstep with a note...

  [holds up a cell phone] 

  Caleb Brown : ... and I quote, "Mr. Brown, you now work for me. This cell phone is enabled with GPS and will only function at the northernmost end of Aster Park. Be there every third Monday of the month at 8:00 a.m. to receive your orders." Kate, it's yours. And hopefully you can trace LokSat's next call.

  Kate Beckett : Mmm-mmm. They're gonna know I'm not you.

  Caleb Brown : We don't have a conversation. The phone rings, I answer. An electronically modified voice gives me instructions. It lasts no more than sixty seconds, so have your best people ready.

  [Beckett takes the phone, and Caleb starts to leave] 

  Richard Castle : Where are you going?

  Caleb Brown : Um... I'm gonna go to the same places that I always go. Work, home. I'm gonna act as if nothing has changed.

  Kate Beckett : Yeah, but it has, and we can protect you.

  Caleb Brown : All I want from you is your promise that you will see this thing through. And remember who I chose to be today, because... nobody else will.

• [last lines] 

  Richard Castle : This is it. It's our one shot at LokSat.

  Kate Beckett : Yeah. And when the time comes, we're gonna make it count.

• Dr. Rebecca Ellins : Well, he's very much alive now.

  Lanie Parish : He had no pulse, no breath sounds, and his pupils were dilated and fixed.

  Dr. Rebecca Ellins : Was there rigor mortis? Lividity?

  Lanie Parish : No, but he'd been dead less than an hour.

  Kate Beckett : [entering]  Lanie, hey, is- is it true that our victim was...

  Lanie Parish : He was dead, okay? I know how to do my job.

  Kate Beckett : Okay, calm down. It's all good. I just...

  Lanie Parish : No, no, no, it's not all good. I almost stuck a thermometer in his liver.

  Kate Beckett : Uh, so is he stable?

  Dr. Rebecca Ellins : Well, I'm still running tests, but he seems completely healthy, despite having ingested a deadly dose of tetrodotoxin.

  Kate Beckett : Hmm?

  Lanie Parish : TTX. It's a neurotoxin found in several species of fish. It's extremely potent.

  Kate Beckett : And yet he survived.

  [to Dr. Ellins] 

  Kate Beckett : So, do you have an explanation?

  Dr. Rebecca Ellins : No, but your husband sure does.

• Kate Beckett : I don't get it. You served a full term in the Peace Corps, you worked for the EPA. You brought legal action against corrupt corporations...

  Caleb Brown : What's your point, Kate?

  Kate Beckett : What happened? You used to make a difference. Why did you sell out?

  Caleb Brown : Look... my client is forced to work for a man that he cannot fight. And take my word for it, neither can you.

  Kate Beckett : Let's help each other out here. We can bring down LokSat. I'm giving you a second chance to make a difference.

  Caleb Brown : Captain, just do yourself a favor, hmm? Heed my warning.

  [turns to leave] 

  Kate Beckett : No, you heed mine. You have until 8:00 tomorrow night.

  Caleb Brown : Then what?

  Kate Beckett : I'll expose you. And then we'll both be looking over our shoulders, waiting for LokSat to tie up loose ends. Because once they find out that your cover is blown, and I'm onto you, then you're gonna be as dead as I am.

  Caleb Brown : Seven minutes, Kate. Seven minutes. That's how long the brain continues to function after the body dies. And as all of those synapses slowly stop firing off, that's when they say that our lives flash before our eyes. Now, when your seven minutes come, I sincerely hope that you do not flash to this moment, when you had a chance to live and you chose not to.

• Kate Beckett : You're on edge this morning.

  Richard Castle : On edge? Why would I be on edge? Just because LokSat's henchman knows we're onto him, and assassins could come through the door at any second. I mean, why aren't you on edge?

  Kate Beckett : Well, Caleb is a lot of things, but he's not suicidal. And working with us is his only recourse.

  Richard Castle : He threatened your life.

  Kate Beckett : Because he was scared. Trust me, Castle, I turned him. I'm positive he's gonna come in today.

  Richard Castle : Oh, yeah, I think he's coming in, too. Well, either him, or LokSat's kill squads.

• Richard Castle : How you feeling?

  Alan Masters : You know, I'm grateful. Especially for the new friend I made.

  [to Lanie] 

  Alan Masters : I- I sure hope we could stay in touch.

  Richard Castle : Are you kidding? You and me, this is the start of a beautiful...

  Kate Beckett : [patting his arm]  I don't think he's talking to you.

• Kate Beckett : That was Vikram. The DEA just arrested Horatio and a few members of the Triad.

  Richard Castle : So what's wrong?

  Kate Beckett : Caleb's deadline has come and gone, and Vikram's said that he's disappeared. He's gone off-grid.

  Richard Castle : He's running. Too scared to face LokSat, too scared to work with us.

  Kate Beckett : Which means we just lost our only lead.

  Richard Castle : So what do we do?

  Kate Beckett : I don't know. Maybe you're right. Maybe it is time for a change. I hear Paris is nice this time of year.

  Richard Castle : So long as I'm with you, I'll go anywhere.

• [deleted scene] 

  Caleb Brown : Hey, what is this I hear that Lanie declared the same guy dead twice today?

  Lanie Parish : [entering]  He *was* dead twice today.

  Kate Beckett : [as Caleb leaves]  Still pretty sensitive, huh?

  Lanie Parish : How am I ever gonna live this down?

  Kate Beckett : Declare a dead guy alive.

  [seeing Lanie's expression] 

  Kate Beckett : I'm joking, okay? Look, it's gonna blow over. We just have to solve Alan's case and keep him safe from the mob in the meantime.

  Lanie Parish : Forget about the mob. I would be more worried about your husband.