Castle (TV Series)

Hong Kong Hustle (2015)

Stana Katic: Kate Beckett

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• [last lines] 

  Richard Castle : You cannot leave behind what is always at your side.

  Kate Beckett : Did you just make that up?

  Richard Castle : Yeah, why?

  Kate Beckett : You are so much better than Patterson.

• [after he has introduced himself to Chief Inspector Zhang] 

  Richard Castle : This is gonna be fun, this little threesome here... Investigatively speaking. I don't wanna... Didn't mean to... I'm not trying to imply that anything...

  Kate Beckett : Quit while you're behind.

  Richard Castle : Yeah.

• Kate Beckett : And if Henry left work at 2 pm, showed up dead at midnight, he's unaccounted for for ten hours. So where was he during that time?

  Javier Esposito : Well, he didn't own a car, so I'll check the activity on his Metro and credit cards. See if he went anywhere.

  Kevin Ryan : I'll circle back with his neighbors, see if they saw him.

  Kate Beckett : Okay. Call me if you guys find anything.

  Kevin Ryan : Yeah.

  [Esposito and Ryan start to walk away] 

  Richard Castle : Whew. For a second there, I thought I was gonna get stuck doing thankless grunt work tonight.

  [Esposito and Ryan stop and turn around] 

  Javier Esposito : Castle... We're standing right here.

• [first lines] 

  Kate Beckett : Oh, God, shoot me now.

  Richard Castle : I'd rather not... What's up?

  Kate Beckett : Anson Klemp has just been promoted to Captain. He's gonna run the 92.

  Richard Castle : Who is Anson Klemp? And why hasn't he changed his name?

  Kate Beckett : We went to the academy together.

  Richard Castle : Ooh, and he's your sworn nemesis.

  Kate Beckett : No. He was my friend.

  Richard Castle : So he's grossly under-qualified?

  Kate Beckett : No, he's great.

  Richard Castle : So then, what's the problem?

  Kate Beckett : Me... We started together, we graduated the same year, and he's gonna be captain, and I'm just...

  Richard Castle : The best homicide detective in the city?

• Kate Beckett : He steals her car and she kills him? Why doesn't she just put in an insurance claim and call it a day?

  Richard Castle : Ah. Because it wasn't about the car. See, when Henry stole the vehicle, he took something of value from the inside. That's what the assassin was trying to retrieve from his pocket.

  Kate Beckett : And said stolen item was...

  Richard Castle : Cold fusion technology, genetically engineered super-virus, some secret unpublished "Harry Potter" manuscript.

  Kate Beckett : Actually, one thing that you said does make sense.

  Richard Castle : One thing?

• Richard Castle : Look, you're idealizing Zhang. You're comparing yourself to a version of her that doesn't even exist. She is a human, like the rest of us, flaws and all. Not some infallible super-cop who swoops in every time to save the day.

  Kevin Ryan : [approaching]  Hey, Zhang just got a lead that could crack this case.

  Kate Beckett : [to Castle]  You were saying?

• Richard Castle : Know what you've got? Patterson Syndrome.

  Kate Beckett : Hmm, Patterson Syndrome?

  Richard Castle : Yeah. Every time I write a bestseller, Patterson writes, like, six. It's maddening. But comparing myself to him does not make me write any faster.

  Kate Beckett : [sighs]  I guess I just thought that I would be in more of a leadership position by now. I don't know. Maybe I shouldn't have left the A.G.'s office in D.C.

  Richard Castle : Except you didn't wanna compromise yourself to play their game.

  Kate Beckett : Well, I feel like maybe there's something more I should be doing.

• Captain Victoria Gates : Take a peek at this. It's Zhang's personnel file. She's more than just some cop.

  Kate Beckett : Wait a minute. That US-Chinese task force, she's not just on it, she's running it?

  [Captain Gates nods her head yes] 

  Kate Beckett : Wow. Commendations, citations. Oh, my God, she is impressive.

  Richard Castle : Oh, sure, on paper.

  Kate Beckett : What about the way she schooled Ryan and Esposito? Was that just on paper?

• [with Beckett at the shooting range; Beckett's target is a decent score with body shots] 

  Chief Inspector Zhang : Not bad.

  Kate Beckett : Thanks. I'm, uh, a little rusty, though.

  Chief Inspector Zhang : Me, too. I haven't been to a range in six months.

  [Zhang's target is all head shots] 

  Kate Beckett : That's after six months?

  Chief Inspector Zhang : It's hard to find time to practice with my duties in Hong Kong, San Fran, The Hague.

  Kate Beckett : Wait a minute, you work at The Hague?

  Chief Inspector Zhang : With International War Crimes Tribunal. Trust me, it's not as glamorous as it sounds. But when you reach the peak of a mountain, it's time to scale another one, right?

  Kate Beckett : Yeah. So, uh... team leader, a wife, a mom. Isn't it a struggle to do it all?

  Chief Inspector Zhang : The trick is to not struggle, but to find balance. The moment you think it's a struggle, that's when you fall.

• Kate Beckett : [referring to Zhang]  She's just like me. Only *better*.

• [Castle holds up a shooting target] 

  Richard Castle : Somehow, the fact that you did this makes you even more attractive.

  Kate Beckett : Yeah? Well, tell it to Zhang.

  Richard Castle : This is her target?

  Kate Beckett : And she has ten others just like it.

  Richard Castle : Oh, well, so she's a good shot. Big deal.

  Kate Beckett : She's good at *everything*. She's got an incredible career, movie-star husband, perfect kids. She *does* it all, she *has* it all, and to top it off, she's gorgeous.

  Richard Castle : [sighs]  Yeah, she is.

  Kate Beckett : Wait a minute, you think she's gorgeous?

  Richard Castle : I... was just agreeing with you.

  Kate Beckett : Okay, but did you think it before I said it?

  Richard Castle : Nooo?

  Kate Beckett : Oh, my God, Castle. I haven't felt like this since I had pimples... I'm insecure!

  [cut to them entering the precinct] 

  Richard Castle : You're not insecure.

  Kate Beckett : Wait. If I'm not insecure, then why'd you say what you just said?

  Richard Castle : Ah, okay, look. You're doing it again. It's Patterson Syndrome. I knew it was a bad idea for you to go out with her.

  Kate Beckett : No, no, Castle, I just wanted to see what made Zhang tick. You know, how she achieved what she did, so maybe that could me move forward.

  Richard Castle : Kate, you don't need her help. You're doing just fine.

  Kate Beckett : Yeah, but when you reach the peak of one mountain, isn't it time to scale another one?

  Richard Castle : That sounds like something Zhang would say. Are you quoting her?

  Kate Beckett : No.