- Lanie Parish: [about the murder weapon] Well, based on the wound, I made a reconstruction. It's four-sided. It's slimmer at the tip and gets progressively wider at the base. Also, I found traces of glass in the wound.
- Richard Castle: She was stabbed with the Washington Monument?
- Kate Beckett: So, what would Nikki Heat do after a bad day?
- Richard Castle: She'd go home, pour a stiff drink, run a hot bath, read a good book.
- Kate Beckett: [wrinkling her nose] Too bad I don't have a good book to read.
- Richard Castle: Umm. I'd let you have "Heat Wave", but my publisher doesn't want any copies leaking out.
- Kate Beckett: Why'd you let that Cosmo reporter read it, then?
- Richard Castle: Well, that's for publicity purposes. You know, you want the press to have a little taste of... Wait, whoa, is... is that why you've been so upset? Because I let her read it before you?
- Kate Beckett: I am the inspiration. I should be reading it before a reporter does.
- Richard Castle: Why didn't you just say so?
- Kate Beckett: Why didn't you just give it to me?
- Richard Castle: Why didn't you ask?
- Kate Beckett: Why didn't it occur to you?
- Richard Castle: [after momentarily lost for words] You'll have it by tomorrow.
- Javier Esposito: Hey, by the way, our buddy Will has a girlfriend we might want to talk to. There's, uh, some photos of her right here in the back.
- Kevin Ryan: Look at naked pictures? If you insist.
- Kate Beckett: Castle, check this out.
- Richard Castle: Look at naked pictures? If you insist.
- Richard Castle: [to his mother] And unemployed divas who live in glass houses, rent-free, should not throw stones.
- [talking about the young fashion model that wrote her phone number on Castle's hand]
- Kate Beckett: [to Ryan and Esposito] Rina used to baby-sit Alexis, fellas. So, as far as Big Rick here is concerned, she might as well be wearing a chastity belt.
- Richard Castle: Thank you for that visual image. That's... And also, thank you for calling me "Big Rick."
- [Castle and Alexis have been helping Martha practice lines for awhile]
- Martha Rodgers: Oh, guys. Come on. Don't you want me to land this role?
- Richard Castle: Of course we do. It's just...
- Alexis Castle: Yeah.
- Martha Rodgers: Look, we are talking about the lead in a Broadway play. This is a potential gold mine. If it's a hit, who knows how long it could run? Then I could take it on the road.
- Alexis Castle: You mean you'd leave us?
- Martha Rodgers: Well, only for nine months of the year. Oh, don't look so sad.
- [tapping Castle with her script]
- Martha Rodgers: And you, don't look so happy.
- Richard Castle: [his phone rings] Castle.
- [pause]
- Richard Castle: I'll be right there.
- [pause]
- Richard Castle: All right.
- [he hangs up]
- Richard Castle: Death. Murder. Mayhem. Whole enchilada. Sorry to bail on rehearsal.
- Martha Rodgers: Oh, don't worry. Alexis can read both parts. It's all right if she misses a morning of school, isn't it?
- Alexis Castle: [grabbing Castle's hand and whispers] Take me with you.
- Richard Castle: [whispers] To a crime scene?
- Alexis Castle: It'd be educational. Please?
- [Castle glances at Martha, then turns back to Alexis]
- Richard Castle: Find your own hiding place.
- Kate Beckett: She was at a club... That's Teddy Farrow's logo. He designs clothes for women. Upscale, expensive.
- Kate Beckett: Oh, my credit card and I are painfully aware of Teddy's designs. I almost asked for custody of them after my last divorce.
- Richard Castle: [searching a suspect's home] A single comp card? That's not very stalker-y. Where's the big, creepy wall of Jenna?
- [first lines]
- Young Woman: Stop it! What are you talking about?
- [laughs]
- Young Woman: Oh, a fountain! I love fountains! Let's skinny dip!
- Young Man: Go on, baby.
- Young Woman: Come on. It'll be fun.
- Young Man: Now? Are you kidding?
- Young Woman: If you catch me, you can have me.
- [regarding the murder victim]
- Kate Beckett: We gotta find out who she is and what she was doing here so late, though.
- Richard Castle: Well, she's tall, she's gorgeous... 10 pounds underweight. Her hair is fried, she's wearing too much eye makeup. She's a model.
- Richard Castle: Which means she was probably at a club last night. It is, after all, Fashion Week, when all the hottest women in the world descend upon the hippest nightspots like locusts... Only, locusts eat.
- [last lines]
- Richard Castle: Color me shocked, but apparently the modeling world isn't all sexy clothes and fun parties. It occurred to me that if Jenna McBoyd had someone looking out for her a little bit, she might still be alive today. So... if Rina needs a friend, she knows she's got one.
- Martha Rodgers: Oh, my son... the big softie. And don't worry, I know you have a... image to protect. Your secret's save with me.