- [talking to Beckett about Castle]
- Will Sorenson: He's quite a guy. If he only knew how big a fan you really are.
- Kate Beckett: Yeah, well, he's not going to know.
- Will Sorenson: You never told him how you stood in line for an hour just to get your book signed? How his novels got you through your mother's death?
- Will Sorenson: How about you, Castle? You've written, what... 20 bestsellers?
- Richard Castle: [chuckles] Well, 26, but who's counting?
- Will Sorenson: Why the sudden need to shadow a real detective?
- Richard Castle: Well, the ones on TV seem oddly fixated on their sunglasses.
- Richard Castle: Nice guy. I can see how it wouldn't work, though.
- Kate Beckett: Really?
- Richard Castle: Sure
- Kate Beckett: Huh.
- Richard Castle: Handsome, square-jawed, by-the-book.
- Kate Beckett: And that's a bad thing?
- Richard Castle: Yeah, he's like the male you. Yin needs Yang, not another Yin. Yin-Yang is harmony. Yin-Yin is... a name for a panda.
- Kate Beckett: Any more wisdom, Obi-Wan
- [surprised Beckett has seen the cover to his first Nikki Heat novel available only on his fan site]
- Richard Castle: Oh, my God, you subscribed to my website? Wait a minute... are you CastleFreak1212? CastleLover45?
- [first lines]
- Richard Castle: [bringing Beckett coffee] Morning. Grande skim latte, two pumps sugar-free vanilla and a bear claw.
- Kate Beckett: How did you know...
- Richard Castle: I'm a novelist. It's my job to notice things.
- [Castle and Beckett, in elevator at the police station, talk about FBI agent Will Sorenson]
- Kate Beckett: Six months.
- Richard Castle: [pause] Six months what?
- Kate Beckett: We dated for six months.
- Richard Castle: I didn't ask.
- Kate Beckett: Yeah, I know. You were not asking very loudly.
- Richard Castle: I know, I'm like a Jedi like that.
- [Castle and Will trying to one-up each other]
- Will Sorenson: A couple dozen bestsellers doesn't make you a criminologist.
- Richard Castle: I also don't need a weatherman to tell me that the sky is blue.
- Kate Beckett: Oh, for God's sakes, why don't you both just drop your pants and get it over with?
- Richard Castle: I'm game.
- [entering the precinct, he stumbles when he sees Ryan's colorful tie]
- Richard Castle: Whoa! Sorry.
- [panting]
- Richard Castle: Sorry about that. Tie took me a little by surprise.
- Kate Beckett: Be careful, okay.
- Richard Castle: Do I detect actual concern for my well-being?
- Kate Beckett: Screw this up and I'll kill you.
- Richard Castle: That's more like it.
- Kate Beckett: It's Sunday morning. Shouldn't you be slinking home from a scandalous liaison?
- Richard Castle: Would you be jealous if I were?
- Kate Beckett: In your dreams.
- Richard Castle: Actually, in my dreams, you're never jealous. In my dreams, you just join...
- [Beckett sticks her bear claw into his mouth to shut him up; he takes a bite and chews]
- Richard Castle: Hmm. Mmm. So, Montgomery called and said "Come down right away," so it must be gruesome.
- Kate Beckett: Try not to get so giddy every time we go to a crime scene, okay?
- Kate Beckett: Sir, what's going on?
- Captain Roy Montgomery: Two-year-old girl, Angela Candela, reported missing by her parents about 8:00 this morning.
- Kate Beckett: Where'd they find the body?
- Captain Roy Montgomery: They haven't found her. She was abducted. Father was in the other room, painting.
- Richard Castle: Kidnapped from her home?
- Kate Beckett: I don't understand, sir. If this isn't a murder, why am I here?
- Captain Roy Montgomery: The feds requested you to be on the task force.
- Richard Castle: Feds?
- Kate Beckett: FBI has jurisdiction over child abduction cases.
- Richard Castle: Then why call me?
- Captain Roy Montgomery: 'Cause I like pissing off the FBI. And because you think outside the box. That's something the Feebs rarely do.
- Alexis Castle: Hey.
- Richard Castle: Hey. What are you doing up? Stressed about finals?
- Alexis Castle: American Lit's today. I was having nightmares about Hester Prynne.
- Richard Castle: Ah. The irony for you is *not* getting an "A" would cause you shame.
- Alexis Castle: So why are you up?
- Richard Castle: Looking for a white rabbit.
- Alexis Castle: Lewis Carroll or The Matrix?
- Richard Castle: I'm not sure yet.
- Alexis Castle: What did Beckett tell you about taking phone photos of the crime scene?
- Richard Castle: I don't know. I wasn't listening.
- Richard Castle: That's it for today. What say we celebrate by going out for a drink?
- Kate Beckett: I can't. I got a date.
- Richard Castle: A date? You date? Who?
- Kate Beckett: That's why it's called a "private life." Because it's private. Unlike you, I don't live my life on "Page Six."
- Richard Castle: Well, you're a mysterious woman, Detective Beckett.
- Will Sorenson: [referring to Castle] Really, Kate? We're going to waste time on the insights of Nancy Drew here?
- Richard Castle: Is that supposed to be an insult? Becasue Nancy Drew solved every case.
- [about the cover art to Castle's new Nikki Heat book]
- Richard Castle: So, what did you think of your alter ego, Nikki? Pretty sweet, right?
- Kate Beckett: Sweet? She's *naked*.
- Richard Castle: She's not naked. She's holding a gun... Strategically.
- [as Castle starts to enter the Interrogation Room with Sorenson and Beckett]
- Will Sorenson: No.
- Kate Beckett: He'll be fine, Will.
- Will Sorenson: Kate. I don't care how big a fan of his you are. He doesn't come in the room.
- Richard Castle: Fine. That's fine.
- [starts to leave then turns to Sorenson]
- Richard Castle: Just for the record, though... how big a fan is she?
- Will Sorenson: I was right. You are jealous.
- Richard Castle: Of what?
- Will Sorenson: I hooked her.
- Richard Castle: But you failed to reel her in.