Castle (TV Series)

Dial M for Mayor (2012)

Stana Katic: Kate Beckett

Quotes 

• Kate Beckett : [learning their victim didn't own a cell phone]  What girl in her twenties doesn't have a cell phone?

  Richard Castle : Maybe she's Amish.

• Kate Beckett : Hey, Ryan, what do our victim's phone records show? Any phone calls to City Hall?

  Kevin Ryan : No phone calls at all because... Laura Cambridge didn't own a cell phone. Credit cards haven't been used in six months.

  Richard Castle : No cell phone and no credit cards? It's like she's from another century.

  Javier Esposito : Amish theory's looking pretty good, bro.

• Captain Victoria Gates : It seems our mayor will live to fight another day. Justice has prevailed.

  Kate Beckett : Not for Laura Cambridge.

  Captain Victoria Gates : We charged Mr. Norris with criminal facilitation. That's something.

  Kate Beckett : Jordan Norris is a pawn. I want the people controlling him.

  Captain Victoria Gates : Oh, it's a long game, Kate. Play it piece by piece.

• Richard Castle : Well, he has good reason to not turn over his coat.

  Kate Beckett : Yes, guilt.

  Richard Castle : A conspiracy. Is it so far-fetched? Maybe Laura found out about it and tried to warn him.

  Kate Beckett : Or maybe she and Weldon did talk. She confronted him with what she knew, and he killed her.

  Richard Castle : Hmm. I believe the conspiracy. I mean, I know Weldon.

  Kate Beckett : And Weldon knows you. Conspiracies, intrigue, that's you- your bread and butter. That's exactly the kind of story that you would respond to.

  Richard Castle : I'm sorry, are- are you suggesting he's playing me?

  Kate Beckett : I am suggesting that you consider the possibility.

• Kate Beckett : I have a procedure to follow. He didn't provide his coat willingly, so I'm gonna have to get a court order.

  Richard Castle : Whoa. Look, once word gets out that the NYPD subpoenaed his clothing in connection with embezzlement and murder, that man's career will be over.

  Kate Beckett : Not if he's innocent.

  Richard Castle : Are you kidding me? Kate, this is politics. Perception is reality. The truth won't matter.

  Kate Beckett : What am I supposed to do, Rick? I can't just stop being a cop just because it's inconvenient.

  Richard Castle : No, no, no, just... you can wait. All right? For something else, for another lead.

  Kate Beckett : For the coat to disappear? You don't think I don't know what's at stake here? Do you think I actually want to do this?

  Richard Castle : Then don't do it.

  Kate Beckett : I don't have a choice.