Castle (TV Series)

The Wild Rover (2013)

Jon Huertas: Javier Esposito

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• Javier Esposito : I pulled Jimmy's phone records. In the last three days, he received numerous calls from a woman named um...

  [consults his list and unsuccessfully tries to pronounce a name] 

  Richard Castle : [looks over his shoulder]  Siobhan.

  Javier Esposito : Siobhan?

  Richard Castle : Yeah, the Irish are *notorious* for spelling names in wild and unpronounceable ways.

  Javier Esposito : I don't even see how you get that from it.

  Richard Castle : And you're not alone.

• Javier Esposito : Deep cover? I can't believe he didn't tell me.

  Kate Beckett : Espo, he didn't even tell Jenny.

  Javier Esposito : Yeah, but I'm his best friend. She's just the wife.

  Kate Beckett : Thus proving why there is no Mrs. Esposito.

  Javier Esposito : Hey, it's hard to find a woman for this much man.

• Javier Esposito : Yo. Looks like Jimmy kept a lot of dough around here.

  Richard Castle : It is a bakery.

  Javier Esposito : Good one. This briefcase was stashed in his office. That's $50,000.

  Richard Castle : Whoa! At $4 a pop, he would have to sell 12,500 cupcakes. That seems unlikely.

• Kevin Ryan : My name is not Fenton. It's Kevin Ryan. And I'm a cop.

  Robert 'Bobby S.' Shannon : What?... Cop?

  Kevin Ryan : Yeah. And I'm placing the three of you under arrest.

  Robert 'Bobby S.' Shannon : Well, that'll be a hell of a trick considering Liam's about to shoot you and your girlfriend.

  Kevin Ryan : Wait a second, Liam, before you do that, let me ask you a question. Where's your cell phone, huh?

  Liam Finch : What?

  Kevin Ryan : Remember when we tussled back in the hall? Yeah, I picked your pocket. And then when you weren't looking, I dialed my partner and left the line open.

  Liam Finch : No way.

  Kevin Ryan : He heard exactly where we were going.

  Robert 'Bobby S.' Shannon : Liam?

  Liam Finch : He's full of crap, Bobby. He's bluffing.

  Kevin Ryan : Oh, am I? Why don't we meet my partner, huh?

  [loudly] 

  Kevin Ryan : Yo, Javi, where you at?

  [after a moment, Esposito approaches with his shotgun drawn] 

  Javier Esposito : Right here, bro.

  [Bobby, Liam, and Bobby's thug all draw their guns] 

  Kevin Ryan : Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. No, no, he is former Special Forces. You do not wanna draw on him. Wanna meet the rest of my crew?

  [loudly] 

  Kevin Ryan : Hey, Beckett!

  Kate Beckett : [approaching from behind Bobby]  You called, Ryan?

  Kevin Ryan : Don't let the looks fool you, boys, you don't want to mess with her either.

  [loudly] 

  Kevin Ryan : Castle!

  Richard Castle : [stepping out from his hiding place behind Beckett]  Seriously? I didn't... I didn't bring my vest.

  Kevin Ryan : [to Bobby and Liam, as squad cars approach]  Drop your weapons! Now.

• Richard Castle : Is it possible our Ryan is involved in something scandalous and tawdry?

  Javier Esposito : Ryan? No way. He doesn't have it in him.

  Richard Castle : But did you see the way Siobhan gave him that flying lip-lock? They were... Ooh. Look, Jenny's pissed.

  Kate Beckett : Yeah, well, it's not surprising when you find out someone you're in a relationship with is keeping a secret.

• Javier Esposito : Vic's name is Jimmy Whelan. He's the owner of the shop. He has no record *and* nothing in his bio that points to who did this.

  [Castle has been sampling a cupcake] 

  Richard Castle : You can rule out "dissatisfied customer." These things are insanely good.

  Lanie Parish : Eww! You're eating a dead man's cupcake?

  Richard Castle : It was... Free samples.

  Kate Beckett : Time of death?

  Javier Esposito : Between 11:30 and 12:00.

  Lanie Parish : Based on what? All of a sudden you're an M.E.?

  Javier Esposito : I thought you liked it when I played doctor.

  [Esposito looks for a fist bump from Castle, who shakes him off while Lanie glares at him] 

  Javier Esposito : I, uh, based the time of death on what the vic's assistant told me. Right over there.

• Richard Castle : So, master baker Jimmy Whelan, longtime purveyor of caloric, yet delicious, baked goods, sponsor of a local kids' softball team, charter member of the small-business round table. But what was he doing with fifty grand in cash, and why the secret trips to Staten Island?

  Kate Beckett : Sounds like you're not the only one keeping secrets, Castle.

  Richard Castle : I'm going to ignore that.

  Kate Beckett : That's peculiar.

  Richard Castle : What's so peculiar about wanting to ignore...

  Kate Beckett : No, no, no, I mean these *purchase* orders. They show that Jimmy spent over $70,000 on kitchen equipment. Like a twenty-foot wide walk-in freezer.

  Richard Castle : I don't remember seeing that.

  Kate Beckett : That's because there wasn't one. It wouldn't even fit in his kitchen.

  Javier Esposito : [approaching]  Yo. So I ran '68 Chargers. There's only a handful of 'em on the road, but get this. One of 'em is registered to a Robert S. Shannon aka Bobby S. He's a shot-caller for the Irish mob over in Staten Island. He's a ruthless son of a bitch, too. Drug trafficking, assaults. He's suspected of half a dozen murders over in Staten Island.

  Richard Castle : Wait a minute. Secret trips to Staten Island, all that cash. What if the cupcake shop is actually a mob front? Jimmy Whelan the baker is actually Jimmy Whelan the money launderer. Bobby S. could have had a falling-out with him, could have whacked him.

  Kate Beckett : Maybe. But we're gonna need more than just his car at the crime scene to connect him to that murder.

• [Ryan sees a picture on the murder board] 

  Kevin Ryan : Damn. Bobby S. Are we thinking that this guy is the one that took out Jimmy Whelan?

  Kate Beckett : Wait. You know Bobby S.?

  Kevin Ryan : Yeah, we were friends back in the day.

  Javier Esposito : *You*... were friends with this low-life? How's that?

  Kevin Ryan : We used to run in the same crew.

  [everyone gives him stunned looks] 

  Kevin Ryan : I was undercover for fourteen months before I joined Homicide.

  Kate Beckett : You were undercover on Staten Island?

  Richard Castle : With the Irish mob?

  Kevin Ryan : So, what do we got on Bobby S.?

  Javier Esposito : No, no, no, hold on, hold on, hold on. Just go back for a second, please? *You* were undercover? That's where you and Siobhan used to...

  Kevin Ryan : It's complicated.

  Richard Castle : I love complicated.

• Special Agent Sam Walker : Special Agent Sam Walker, FBI.

  Kate Beckett : I'm Detective Beckett. This is Detective Ryan and Esposito.

  Special Agent Sam Walker : Ryan. Kevin Ryan?

  Javier Esposito : You've heard of him?

  Special Agent Sam Walker : Yeah, of course. This man got inside the Irish mob with a wire when no one else could. You helped put away half the crew in Staten Island.

  Kevin Ryan : Too bad the weeds grew back, huh?

  Special Agent Sam Walker : They always do.

• Javier Esposito : So the canvass at Yonkers Raceway came up with something. A parking attendant saw Bobby S.'s black Charger. Now, it returned thirty minutes after the murder. He only saw it from a distance, but he said the driver was wearing a baseball cap and he walked to the subway stop.

  Kate Beckett : Okay, let's touch base with the MTA.

  Javier Esposito : I already did. I cross-referenced all metro cards swiped at that time. One of 'em was bought with a credit card. And that credit card belonged to Liam Finch, that's Bobby S.'s number two.

  Richard Castle : It's a coup. Liam is framing Bobby to get him out of the way. He wants to take over.

  Kate Beckett : And Ryan walked right in the middle of it.

  Javier Esposito : Worse. He didn't walk in the middle, he walked in as Bobby S.'s friend. That makes him Liam's enemy.

  Kate Beckett : Okay, we have to warn him.

  Richard Castle : If we call him, we could blow his cover.

  Javier Esposito : If we don't, he could end up dead.

• Kevin Ryan : You know, it's risky meeting like this. It better be important.

  Javier Esposito : Bobby S. didn't kill Jimmy. The real killer stole his car and set him up.

  Kevin Ryan : Or Bobby ordered the hit and loaned his car to the killer.

  Javier Esposito : No, bro. Forensic evidence was purposefully left behind. It's a frame. Probably somebody in his own crew.

  Kevin Ryan : Okay, I'll keep my eyes open.

  Javier Esposito : What good is that gonna do you? Hmm? What good is that gonna do you when something goes down and I'm not there to back you up? What you need to do is walk away.

  Kevin Ryan : I'll walk away when I'm done.

  Javier Esposito : What's wrong with you? You got a lot to lose, man. You got Jenny. You're trying to start a family.

  Kevin Ryan : I don't need you to tell me what's at stake here! Look, man, I got invited to Bobby S.'s pool game *tonight*. This is it. This is my shot at getting that bible.

  Javier Esposito : It's not worth it, man.

  Kevin Ryan : I'll call you when I get it.

• Richard Castle : How did the, uh, thing go with the, uh... you know, do the thing in the thing and give the thing to the doctor?

  [Esposito nod] 

  Kevin Ryan : Yeah. Uh, it went... fine.

  Javier Esposito : [smirks at Castle, turns to Ryan, and point at Ryan's "thing"]  So are your swimmers swimming?

  Kevin Ryan : [looks down, uncomfortable, and covers it]  Um, I don't know yet.