Castle (TV Series)

Dead Again (2016)

Kristoffer Polaha: Caleb Brown

Quotes 

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• [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.