Castle (TV Series)

Hollander's Woods (2015)

Nathan Fillion: Richard Castle

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• Richard Castle : [accepting his Poe's Pen award]  Most people think that writing is a solitary profession, that we spend our days in our imaginary worlds... fighting, loving, dying. But we don't do it alone... Because... anything that's good in our writing comes from truth. And the truth is, I'm here because of the people in my life. Mother... you will always be a star in my eyes... And Alexis, you amaze me every day. You two are my redheaded pillars of unconditional love. To my friends at the 12th precinct... you let me in. Especially you two, Javier, Kevin. You made me your brother-in-arms, and I thank you for that... And Kate... Seven years ago, I thought I would never write again... and then you walked through the door, and my whole world changed. You were right. You said I had no idea. But now I do... This... is... because of you. Because of us. Always.

• Alexis Castle : Dad, how old were you when you knew?

  Richard Castle : Knew what?

  Alexis Castle : That you wanted to be a writer.

  Richard Castle : Since I was a kid, I guess. Why?

  Alexis Castle : I'm finishing my junior year, and I have no idea what I want to do. By the time you were my age, you'd already published your first book and now you're winning this amazing award because you followed your passion. How can I be amazing... if I can't find mine?

  Richard Castle : Trust me... you will. Or... Or it'll find you. And one day you will look back and you will realize that... every experience you ever had, every... seeming mistake or blind alley, was actually a straight line to who you were meant to be. And whatever you become, there is no question in my mind, you are going to be amazing. And you know how I know?

  Alexis Castle : How?

  Richard Castle : 'Cause you already are.

• Kevin Ryan : No, man, it was a guy with the ax in his heart. He bled out in the Barcalounger. We called him Lord of the Flies, remember?

  Javier Esposito : No, no, no, you're wrong, bro. It was the pet shop owner whose wife fed him to the dogs.

  Kate Beckett : What are you guys fighting about?

  Kevin Ryan : Uh, the first case that Captain Montgomery partnered us on, 10 years ago today.

  Richard Castle : Really, it's your manniversary? And I didn't get you anything.

• Mr. Walters : I tried to stop, I did. But she just came out of nowhere.

  Richard Castle : Mr. Walters, the trooper said you saw something in the woods.

  Mr. Walters : Yeah. It almost didn't seem real, like it was some kind of ghost. Freaky as all hell.

  Kate Beckett : Can you describe it?

  Mr. Walters : It wore a dark, ragged coat, uh, with a mask like a doll's face.

  Richard Castle : Like porcelain?

  Mr. Walters : Yeah. It was white, with black where the eyes should have been.

  Richard Castle : Were there markings on it?

  Mr. Walters : Yeah.

  Richard Castle : Like what?

  Mr. Walters : Like streaked teardrops coming from the eyes. Uh, and the- the face, it was, uh...

  Richard Castle : Bisected with two black lines, like a cross.

  Mr. Walters : Yeah. How'd you know that?

  Kate Beckett : Castle, what's going on?

  Richard Castle : [more to himself]  It was real.

  Kate Beckett : What was real?

  Richard Castle : Beckett, I've seen that mask before.

• [first lines] 

  [Castle puts a huge portrait of him on the counter] 

  Richard Castle : Boom! Hello. I'm serious and brooding Richard Castle.

  [he puts a different huge portrait of himself on the counter] 

  Richard Castle : And I am friendly, accessible, ruggedly handsome Richard Castle.

  Alexis Castle : Wow, Dad. Could your head get any bigger?

  Richard Castle : Can you blame me? I'm accepting the Poe's Pen Career Achievement Award. It is the biggest honor a mystery writer can get. I am joining the pantheon of *greats* to whose heights I have always aspired. So... which big head?

  Kate Beckett : Uh, I like the ruggedly handsome, smiling giant you.

  Alexis Castle : Hmm, I like the serious, brooding giant you.

  Richard Castle : Oh... All right, Mother, you are the tie-breaker. Which of these should be hanging behind me at the ceremony next week?

  Martha Rodgers : Oh. Darling, you know I refuse to play favorites. I love both of my son's big heads equally.

• [Castle believes he's identified the killer] 

  Kate Beckett : Castle, that was over thirty years ago. You can't possibly...

  Richard Castle : Kate, when he spoke I could feel the knife at my throat. I will never forget that voice as long as I live.

• [Beckett, Ryan, and Esposito are all skeptical about Castle's ID of the killer] 

  Kate Beckett : Yeah, Babe, the voice, is it possible you're misremembering? You've made this killer your personal boogeyman. You said so yourself, you wanted him to be more formidable.

  Richard Castle : And you don't believe me.

  Kate Beckett : He's clean. He has no connection to this case. We've got nothing to go on.

  Javier Esposito : Less than nothing. All we have is a thirty-year-old voice ID from a witness who was a kid at the time.

  Kate Beckett : Look, Castle, we want to solve it as much as you do.

  Richard Castle : You know what? I... expected this from these guys, just... not from you.

• Dr. Van Holtzman : How did you find me?

  Richard Castle : I've been looking for you since Hollander's Woods.

  Dr. Van Holtzman : The boy. That was you. I should have killed you when I had the chance.

  Richard Castle : You can't win, Holtzman. We know who you are.

  Dr. Van Holtzman : It doesn't matter. You'll both be dead and they'll never find me.

• [telling Beckett about Hollander's Woods] 

  Richard Castle : That day in the woods, Kate, that's why I do what I do. I'm driven to figure out the story because... I could never figure out that one.

  Kate Beckett : Why didn't you ever tell me this before?

  Richard Castle : I think I didn't want it to be real. But it is real. He's real. He killed before, and he just tried to kill again.

• Richard Castle : You know, with this award, you going for captain, we could be New York's newest power couple.

  Kate Beckett : Oh, Castle, don't jinx it. I haven't even gotten my exam results back yet.

  Richard Castle : It's you. You aced it.

• Richard Castle : State senator?

  Kate Beckett : And they say it's just the start. Apparently, the party has had their eye on me for a while now. They think that people are looking for someone like me.

  Richard Castle : And what do you think?

  Kate Beckett : I don't know, Castle. I'm a cop, not a politician... Did I ever tell you that I was in Model UN when I was a kid? My mom was one of the chaperones. And after watching me, she said "You know, Katie, you can grow up and be anything you want." I just wanted to be her. Just wanted to make a difference.

  Richard Castle : And you have. The question now is, can you make a bigger difference?

  Kate Beckett : [sighs]  Castle, if you saw the way that they attacked me in that room... And in a campaign it would only be worse. You, Alexis, my dad, Martha, you guys would all be fair game.

  Richard Castle : We're a tough bunch.

  Kate Beckett : So you think I could do it?

  Richard Castle : I know you can.

  Kate Beckett : They said that I aced my captain's exam. I could probably have my own precinct within the year.

  Richard Castle : When do you have to decide?

  Kate Beckett : Soon.

  Richard Castle : Well, whatever you decide, I will back your play.