Quotes
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Dr. Carter Burke : Have you ever sought therapy before, Mr. Castle?
Richard Castle : Well, if you'd met my mother, you'd know the answer would be yes. But, uh... by my nature, I try to avoid introspection.
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Martha Rodgers : Good gracious. Richard, you look positively ghastly.
Richard Castle : Good morning to you, too, Mother.
Martha Rodgers : No, no, no. I'm speaking as a concerned mother. Are you sure you're not coming down with anything?
Richard Castle : Not at all. Never better.
Martha Rodgers : Well, good. Then my work here is done.
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Kate Beckett : But, Castle, why would you be abducted on our wedding day and end up in Thailand?
Richard Castle : Worst bachelor party ever?
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Kate Beckett : So, you were restless again last night. What's going on?
Richard Castle : Nothing.
Kate Beckett : Babe, you keep saying that, and it keeps getting worse. You are whimpering in your sleep. It's been every night for a week. So come on, talk to me.
Richard Castle : It's just a dream.
Kate Beckett : So it's a recurring dream?
[Castle nods]
Kate Beckett : Okay, about what?
Richard Castle : About when I went missing, I think.
Kate Beckett : Um... so... why didn't you wanna tell me about it?
Richard Castle : Probably because I didn't wanna make a big deal of it.
Kate Beckett : But it is a big deal. You lost two months of your life, and you're dreaming about it now? I don't think you should ignore this.
Richard Castle : I do! Come on, everything is perfect right now. You and I are in a great place, everyone else is. I mean, why go turning over stones when the dreams will probably go away.
Kate Beckett : Except that they haven't gone away. They're just getting worse. Look at you. You're stressed out, you're exhausted. You haven't written a word in a week. Look, at least consider seeing someone. I know somebody who may be able to help.
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Dr. Carter Burke : What can you tell me about your missing time?
Richard Castle : [sighs] Not much. Last thing I remember, I was driving to my wedding. A black SUV started chasing me. And I was forced off the road. Two months later, they found me in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. I had been exposed to Dengue fever, I had a bullet scar with no recollection... how I got it... No memory of anything. I tracked down a man named Jenkins who was involved somehow. He, uh... He told me the reason I couldn't remember.
Henry Jenkins : [flashback] And you said you didn't want to remember. We went to great lengths to make sure that you didn't.
Dr. Carter Burke : And is it still the case that you don't want to remember?
Richard Castle : No... I- I've tried to put it behind me... But it haunts me. Not a day goes by I don't wonder where I was, what I saw... what I did. Is it possible my memories are coming back?
Dr. Carter Burke : Well, dreams can be memories. But more often, they're symbolic, metaphoric expressions of an issue or problem. You're also a writer, a creative person. This could mean your mind is building a narrative to fill the two-month void.
Richard Castle : I want to understand these dreams. What they mean and, uh... if they're real.
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Alexis Castle : What really went on in Thailand, Dad? I know you must have a theory.
Richard Castle : Uh... believe me, I have dozens.
Alexis Castle : Which one scares you the most?
[Castle gives her a look]
Alexis Castle : I don't need you to protect me. I'm not a kid anymore. I'm not afraid to hear the truth.
Richard Castle : That's right. You aren't, are you?
Alexis Castle : Why not let me in?
Richard Castle : I wanted to forget everything. So in my darkest moments, I wonder if I... did something terrible.
Alexis Castle : I know you. You would never do anything bad.
Richard Castle : I could never leave the love of my life, desert her and you for two months... And somehow I did.
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Henry Jenkins : I thought we had an understanding, that you wouldn't pursue this.
Richard Castle : Jenkins?
Henry Jenkins : Well, you'll have to forget about Bilal Khan and everything else that's occurred tonight.
Richard Castle : Are you gonna... help me to forget?
Henry Jenkins : We'd prefer not to.
Richard Castle : Yes, well... thank you for that. Oh, and, uh...
[Castle punches Jenkins]
Richard Castle : That's for making me miss my wedding day.
Henry Jenkins : You have no idea how lucky you are, Mr. Castle. As for missing your wedding, that was unavoidable, if it's any consolation.
Richard Castle : It's not. You dragged me halfway across the world. You owe me an explanation.
Henry Jenkins : I'm not at liberty to give you one.
Richard Castle : Well, then I'm not at liberty to forget about Bilal Khan, or Golovkin here.
Henry Jenkins : Mr. Castle.
Richard Castle : What? You gonna kill me? You can't. Raise too many questions. That's why you brought me *back* from Thailand minus my memory. I was gone two months, thanks to you. I missed my wedding. What couldn't wait one more day?
Henry Jenkins : There was a ticking clock. We picked up chatter about a major Al-Qaeda strike in the U.S. We knew it was hours away, and there was never enough time for us to put the pieces together in order to stop it.
Richard Castle : But Bilal knew about the strike.
Henry Jenkins : Names, places, operational details. We were desperate for Bilal and his intel. And when his contact was killed, we needed you to get at Balil. And he came through. And we were able to prevent the strike, then we neutralized everyone involved... That's all I can tell you. And I expect you not to repeat it. Think of it this way. Yeah, you missed your wedding, but... you also saved tens of thousands of lives... You should leave now, Mr. Castle.
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Richard Castle : I am so sorry, Kate, for everything I put you through.
Kate Beckett : Babe, it's not like you were partying in Thailand. You have the best excuse ever for missing our wedding. You were saving the world.
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Richard Castle : That's the trophy -- The one i thought i won with Phil Bartlett.
Bilal Khan : That's because they had to erase all your memories of me and replace them with somebody else.
Richard Castle : Who are "they"?
Bilal Khan : I can't believe they picked Phil Bartlett. What a douchebag.
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[last lines]
Richard Castle : Yeah. Still a lot of unanswered questions, though. Like how did I get shot? Why was I gone for two months?
Kate Beckett : Yeah, you... may not know everything.
Richard Castle : No... But I know enough. Let's drink to that.
Kate Beckett : Yeah.
