Castle (TV Series)

Dead Again (2016)

Tamala Jones: Lanie Parish

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• Lanie Parish : Sorry, Castle, but this time, he really is dead.

  Richard Castle : What a waste.

  Lanie Parish : To be given a second chance and have it taken away like this.

  Richard Castle : He was just gonna go back to work like nothing happened.

  Lanie Parish : *What*?

  Richard Castle : If I hadn't been so focused on his rebirth, I might have noticed that wire. I... I could have saved him.

  Lanie Parish : Oh, you can't beat yourself up, Castle. I was starting to think he was some kind of medical miracle. Turns out he was just lucky. And in the end, his luck ran out.

  [Alan suddenly starts coughing and jerks awake; Castle and Lanie stare at him, dumbfounded] 

  Richard Castle : Forget lucky.

  Alan Masters : Somebody cooking barbecue?

  Richard Castle : [excited whisper to Lanie]  He's immortal!

• Lanie Parish : Alan Masters. All signs point to poison. Dilated pupils, bluish discoloration around the lips, that's a giveaway. But I'll know for sure after the autopsy.

  Richard Castle : Who called it in?

  Lanie Parish : Customer service operator for his cable company. She was on the phone with him when it happened.

  Richard Castle : What a way to go.

  Lanie Parish : Poisoned, or on the phone with the cable company?

  Richard Castle : Well, at least the poison was quick.

• Javier Esposito : Looks like our killer jimmied that window open. Neighbor thought she heard somebody on the fire escape last night around 8:00.

  Richard Castle : How was he poisoned?

  Lanie Parish : In his water. The filter underneath the kitchen sink was tampered with.

  Javier Esposito : Ironically, he works for the city as a safety inspector.

  Richard Castle : Mmm. You know, if I were an expert on character, which I am, I would say that Alan was a bit of a dreamer. Spending his days on the ground, inspecting things, but his nights in the clouds, fantasizing of adventure. Tragically, his life was cut short before he ever truly lived.

  Alan Masters : Hey, what's going on?

  [they all turn and see Alan is alive; in shock, Lanie drops her clipboard] 

  Richard Castle : Or not.

  Alan Masters : What are you all doing in my apartment?

  Javier Esposito : Um, Lanie?

  Lanie Parish : Don't "Um, Lanie" me. That man was dead.

• Lanie Parish : He was definitely dead.

  Dr. Rebecca Ellins : That's what you said last time.

  Lanie Parish : He was dead the last time, too!

  Kate Beckett : Uh, sorry, um, can we have a minute, please?

  Dr. Rebecca Ellins : Of course.

  Kate Beckett : Thanks.

  Lanie Parish : I'm sorry. I'm just rattled. You know, people can come back from being poisoned, *and* from being electrocuted, but both in the same day?

  Kate Beckett : So, is there an explanation?

  Lanie Parish : I can think of two. Either I'm really bad at my job, or Castle's right and this guy is immortal.

  Kate Beckett : He is *not* immortal. And *you* are a genius at your job. We just gotta keep looking for answers. Starting with who wants to kill this guy so badly.

• Richard Castle : Your cells regenerate at an amazing rate.

  Lanie Parish : [entering]  Except they don't.

  Richard Castle : What?

  Lanie Parish : Just got the test back. No sign of abnormal regenerative activity in blood or tissue cells. In fact, no sign of anything abnormal at all.

  Alan Masters : Told you. I'm Boring Man, except for the contract out on my life.

  Richard Castle : [to Lanie]  Just to be sure, maybe we should cut off one of his fingers, see if it grows back.

  Alan Masters : What?

  Richard Castle : Just the tip.

• Richard Castle : Since when does heroin look like that?

  Lanie Parish : Since it's synthetic heroin. An opioid manufactured to replicate a heroin high. In fact, this stuff actually improves on it. Because, according to the analysis I ran, it's laced with TTX.

  Alan Masters : The same poison that almost killed me? What, heroin isn't dangerous enough?

  Lanie Parish : Because that poison works by blocking synapses. In small doses, it's a powerful analgesic. Specifically used for the pain of heroin withdrawal.

  Kate Beckett : So it makes the drug more addictive by reducing the painful side effects. So more addictive heroin that doesn't have to be smuggled into the country because...

  Richard Castle : Because it can be made right here in the good old US of A.

  Kate Beckett : That explains why the Triads and Horatio are willing to put their differences aside, because...

  Richard Castle , Kate Beckett : Synthetic heroin could be worth billions.

• Alan Masters : You know, this shade of yellow looks very familiar. What is it that gives it this color?

  Lanie Parish : An inorganic catalyst commonly referred to as LAH.

  Alan Masters : Lithium aluminum hydride! That is the same chemical that spilled when I was inspecting Zantium Labs!

  Lanie Parish : This is why they wanted you dead.

  Alan Masters : When the synthetic heroin hits the streets, it'll come out that it was made with LAH.

  Lanie Parish : And since you knew the lab had purchased large amounts of LAH...

  Alan Masters : They couldn't take the risk that I might see something on the news, put the pieces together, and report it to the authorities.

  Lanie Parish : Which means...

  Alan Masters : [simultaneously with Lanie]  Someone at Zantium Labs is trying to kill me!

  Lanie Parish : [simultaneously with Alan]  Someone at Zantium Labs is trying to kill you!

  Kate Beckett : [quietly, to Castle]  Oh, my God. Is that what we sound like

  Richard Castle : Surely hope not. I mean, it was cute. But just, overly cute.

• Dr. Rebecca Ellins : As you can see, the slug pierced but didn't penetrate the vertical plate of Alan's skull.

  Lanie Parish : Really?

  Dr. Rebecca Ellins : Mmm-hmm.

  Lanie Parish : I realize it was only a .22 caliber revolver, but it was fired at point-blank range.

  Alan Masters : Hey, you sound a little upset that I'm still alive.

• Dr. Rebecca Ellins : Well, he's very much alive now.

  Lanie Parish : He had no pulse, no breath sounds, and his pupils were dilated and fixed.

  Dr. Rebecca Ellins : Was there rigor mortis? Lividity?

  Lanie Parish : No, but he'd been dead less than an hour.

  Kate Beckett : [entering]  Lanie, hey, is- is it true that our victim was...

  Lanie Parish : He was dead, okay? I know how to do my job.

  Kate Beckett : Okay, calm down. It's all good. I just...

  Lanie Parish : No, no, no, it's not all good. I almost stuck a thermometer in his liver.

  Kate Beckett : Uh, so is he stable?

  Dr. Rebecca Ellins : Well, I'm still running tests, but he seems completely healthy, despite having ingested a deadly dose of tetrodotoxin.

  Kate Beckett : Hmm?

  Lanie Parish : TTX. It's a neurotoxin found in several species of fish. It's extremely potent.

  Kate Beckett : And yet he survived.

  [to Dr. Ellins] 

  Kate Beckett : So, do you have an explanation?

  Dr. Rebecca Ellins : No, but your husband sure does.

• [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.