Castle (TV Series)

Much Ado About Murder (2016)

Stana Katic: Kate Beckett

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• Kate Beckett : [chuckling]  Mmm. What's tonight?

  Richard Castle : Come on, don't tell me you forgot. Our weekly date night. It's new. It's our thing. It's- It's your turn to arrange it, remember?

  Kate Beckett : Yeah! Of cour- Of course I remember. I don't need a YOLO card to help me out with that. I've already got it planned.

  Richard Castle : Oh, do you? So, tell me, how are you gonna top my American Revolution evening I arranged with the carriage ride to see "Hamilton" on Broadway? The dinner served by waiters dressed as Founding Fathers?

  Kate Beckett : Yes, that was fun. Except for when Ben Franklin started hitting on me.

  Richard Castle : That's nothing. George Washington slipped me his digits.

  Kate Beckett : What?

  Richard Castle : So, what are we doing tonight?

  Kate Beckett : Uh, well, it's a surprise, Castle.

  Richard Castle : Oh, I love surprises. At least tell me what to wear. On a wardrobe scale of 1 to 10, 10 being James Bond, 1 being Big Lebowski, give me a number.

  Kate Beckett : [her phone rings]  For now, five. Crime scene casual.

• Kate Beckett : It's my turn to plan date night, but I forgot. And Castle's gonna lord it over me if I don't outdo what he did last week. So I need a few ideas.

  Kevin Ryan : [chuckles]  What?... For Castle?

  Kate Beckett : Yeah.

  Kevin Ryan : Wait, wait, wait, wait. The, uh, the guy who, uh, took you on an urban spelunking adventure through the city subway tunnels last Halloween, and then he hired actors to re-enact scenes from the movie "C.H.U.D." Yeah, I- I can't- I can't come up with stuff like that.

• Kate Beckett : 1PP has been on my ass about keeping media under control, and now my husband is the face of the investigation.

  Richard Castle : It's not all bad news, Beckett.

  Kate Beckett : How?

  Richard Castle : That's a great photo of me.

• Kate Beckett : Do we have a suspect?

  Javier Esposito : Not yet. Naomi's alibi checked out. But we do have a lead on this mystery woman that Zane was seeing. His financials came in. They say that he rented a limo yesterday morning.

  Richard Castle : Which makes sense, since Naomi trashed his DB9.

  Kate Beckett : And where was this limo going?

  Javier Esposito : I don't know yet. I'm still waiting for the driver to call me back. But hopefully he knows who this woman is.

  Kevin Ryan : [approaching]  I have already found her. It turns out that Zane was renting a suite at the Black Door Hotel under a fake name.

  Richard Castle : Ah! The Black Door. Yes, very fancy.

  Javier Esposito : Mmm-hmm

  Richard Castle : Known for being discreet...

  [sees their expressions] 

  Richard Castle : ... Is what I've heard from other people who were once single, now married.

• Kate Beckett : So, other than pissing off a homicidal drug lord, how did you enjoy our surprise date night?

  Richard Castle : Are you saying you planned my abduction by a fugitive cartel leader?

  Kate Beckett : Yeah, complete with the daring rescue and everything. It was fun, huh?

• Richard Castle : This date night is everything I dreamed it would be.

  Kate Beckett : Aww. Well, given all the recent excitement, I thought that a quiet night in would be nice for a change.

  [there's a knock on the door] 

  Richard Castle : [chuckling]  Oh! You did plan something. What is it? Flash mob? Treasure Hunt? Land Shark?

  Kate Beckett : No, no, I swear. I don't know who's at the door.

  [opening the door, a messenger hands him a box] 

  Richard Castle : Oh. Thank you.

  Kate Beckett : Oh, no. Castle, is that another credit card? Because I am YOLO'd out.

  Richard Castle : Not a credit card.

  [setting the box down, he opens it to find stacks of handwritten notes] 

  Richard Castle : Script notes, biographical materials. It's from El Oso. Beckett, you know what this means?

  Kate Beckett : He still wants you to write his script.

  Richard Castle : And he doesn't want me dead.

  Kate Beckett : Until he reads the first draft.

• [last lines] 

  [having received a package from El Oso] 

  Richard Castle : [reading card]  "These materials only cover the first two acts of our movie. The third act is yet to come and it starts with a bang."

  Kate Beckett : [answers phone]  Hey, Espo. Seriously?

  [to Castle] 

  Kate Beckett : El Oso just escaped federal detention.

  Richard Castle : What? They should call this guy El Houdini.

  [picking up the package, he heads towards his office] 

  Kate Beckett : No, wait. Castle, where are you going? Date night's not over yet.

  Richard Castle : It is for me. I gotta start writing this script. Type-y, type-y, type-y!

• Richard Castle : Yes!

  Kate Beckett : Wow. I haven't seen you this excited since... Uh, well, earlier this morning, so...

  Richard Castle : You know what this is, Beckett?

  Kate Beckett : Uh, no, but I know that a very secure messenger just brought it in.

  Richard Castle : Oh, my. It's absolutely beautiful.

  Kate Beckett : What is it?

  Richard Castle : The YOLO card.

  Kate Beckett : Like, "Dude, I just drove my mom's car into the river, #YOLO"?

  Richard Castle : No, no, no. This... This work of art will forever release YOLO from Internet jail. You see, each card was painstakingly hand-crafted by an international team of artisans. Note the flecks of actual black diamond embedded in the card, the state-of-the-art radio-frequency ID chip. The... The best part... only 10,000 people in the world were chosen to have a YOLO card, and I'm one of them.

  Kate Beckett : Castle, it's just a credit card.

  Richard Castle : "Just a credit card"? I think not, my good woman. This is a YOLO. As in, you only live once. It is... a way of life.

  Kate Beckett : No, it's a way to be obnoxious.

  Richard Castle : Oh, is it? You see, for every dollar I spend seizing my own day, YOLO matches it to help someone less fortunate seize their dreams.

  Kate Beckett : Oh, okay. Well, that's a little less obnoxious.

• Javier Esposito : Yo! Just heard back from that limo driver that Zane hired the morning of his murder. You'll never believe where he went. Sing Sing Penitentiary.

  Kate Beckett : Why did he go there?

  Javier Esposito : To pick up a newly-released inmate, Johnny Toro, who also happens to be his estranged older stepbrother.

  Kate Beckett : How did we not know that Zane had a stepbrother?

  Javier Esposito : Different dads, different names. And according to Zane's publicist, he kept it quiet. He didn't wanna be associated with this guy.

• Javier Esposito : Jorge "El Oso" Zamacona. He's part folk hero, part demon, the rest pure monster.

  Kevin Ryan : The man kills anyone who crosses him. Cops, journalists, politicians.

  Kate Beckett : Zane must've been real desperate for money to wanna do business with this guy.

  Richard Castle : Maybe he wanted to be El Oso's new drug pipeline to Hollywood.

  Kevin Ryan : But chances are we'll never find out. I mean if the DEA, FBI, and the Mexican government can't find him, then what chances do we have?

  Kate Beckett : I'll reach out to my Fed contacts.

  Javier Esposito : Well, we'll drill down all of El Oso's stateside connections.

  Kate Beckett : Okay.

  [Ryan and Esposito leave] 

  Richard Castle : Well, I suppose that puts the brakes on our date night.

  Kate Beckett : Uh, yeah. Sorry, Castle.

  Richard Castle : Oh, no, I'm sorry for you. You're the one who put all the planning into our special evening.

  Kate Beckett : Yeah, I- I did. I... Yeah, I did.

  Richard Castle : You know what? I think I'll take my mother out to dinner. Maybe cheer her up after all this.

  Kate Beckett : You're such a good son.

  Richard Castle : And you're such a good everything.

• Martha Rodgers : Hi, darling. I know you're busy, but is Richard here?

  Kate Beckett : [sighs]  No, I thought he was at dinner with you.

  Martha Rodgers : [chuckles]  Yeah, well, he didn't show up, and his cell went right to voicemail. So I figured he must be here, immersed in the case.

  Kate Beckett : Well, he's probably out playing with his fancy new credit card, but let me check in on him. Alexis put new tracking software on my laptop. I'll just ping his cell.

  [she types on computer] 

  Kate Beckett : There we go... Mmm, there you go. 7th and 53rd.

  Martha Rodgers : That's the parking garage across from the restaurant where we were supposed to meet an hour ago.

  Kate Beckett : Uh... You know what? Just... give me a second.

  [dials her phone] 

  Kate Beckett : Hi, uh, this is Captain Beckett. I need a unit at 53rd and 7th.

• Javier Esposito : We got security footage from the garage, and it's not good.

  [playing the tape] 

  Martha Rodgers : [gasps]  Oh, my... Oh, my God.

  Kevin Ryan : The Escalade is registered to a shell corp that's a known front for El Oso.

  Martha Rodgers : But you can track the SUV, can't you?

  Kate Beckett : We can, but they probably swapped cars at least once by now, and with a two-hour head start, we're looking at a hundred-mile search radius. And we still have no idea what we're looking for.

  Martha Rodgers : There must be something you can do. This... this is Richard's life.

  Kate Beckett : YOLO.

  Javier Esposito : That's cold, Beckett.

  Kate Beckett : No, uh, Castle's new credit card. The kidnappers left his cell phone by the car. But he might still have his wallet with him. And the new YOLO card has an upgraded RFID chip in it.

  Kevin Ryan : And if they passed within range of a tollbooth or a gas station...

  Kate Beckett : Then it'll pick up the chip and we'll be able to track his movement.

• Richard Castle : It was just instinct. He was running by and I tripped him.

  Kevin Ryan : You did good, Castle.

  Richard Castle : No! Not good, I... Not good at all! I tripped a drug lord. It's my fault he got caught.

  Kate Beckett : The DEA had the building surrounded. El Oso wasn't getting away even if you didn't trip him.

• Richard Castle : I don't think date night counts when it's a candlelit dinner with the butcher of Guadalajara.

  Kate Beckett : Well, I'll- I'll plan something else. Yeah.

  Richard Castle : Something else? You didn't have a plan!

  Kate Beckett : [sighs]  Do you realize how pressure-filled this is? Always trying to top each other?

  Richard Castle : That's half the fun of it! Our rivalry is what fuels the passionate fire... Rivalry.

  Kate Beckett : What?

  Richard Castle : Rivalry. Between two brothers.

  Kate Beckett : What? What rivalry?

  Richard Castle : The one between Jorge "El Oso" Zamacona and his brother, Hector.

  Kate Beckett : A rivalry would explain why Zane was working with both brothers, but how- how do we prove it?

  Richard Castle : [typing on his laptop]  I just need to find one piece of evidence to see that I'm on the right track.

  [he stops typing and turns the laptop around] 

  Richard Castle : And that could be it.

• Richard Castle : All right, my Spanish is a little rusty, but my handy translator says...

  Javier Esposito : Hector Zamacona's been sleeping with his brother's wife.

  Richard Castle : They have been shacking up ever since El Oso went on the run.

  Kate Beckett : So, Zane might have been caught in a rivalry between the brothers, and *that's* what got him killed.

  Kevin Ryan : Hector wants more than just El Oso's wife. According to the DEA, all of his, uh, "legitimate businesses," they're suspected fronts for money laundering.

  Javier Esposito : So with big brother on the run, Hector can make a play to rule the family in his place.

  Richard Castle : But Hector can never truly own the throne until his brother is dead. A powerful family, a cartel for a kingdom, two brothers locked in a battle for control. Guys, this is just like the play. Hamlet's father is killed by his brother, who then takes the throne and marries the dead brother's wife. There's a reason they say Shakespeare endures. This is a real-life "Hamlet".

• Kate Beckett : Okay, so, thematic similarities aside, why would Hector need Zane to take down El Oso?

  Richard Castle : Because Hector didn't know where to find his brother.

  Kevin Ryan : And movie star Zane had a face-to-face with El Oso.

  Richard Castle : Making Zane the perfect Trojan horse to lead Hector to his brother.

  Javier Esposito : Why would Zane agree to do that? He wanted to star in the El Oso movie.

  Kate Beckett : Money. Hector's worth hundreds of millions. Zane needed the money now, not in three years when the movie could get off the ground.

  Javier Esposito : So Hector offers to solve Zane's money problems in exchange for Zane leading him to El Oso.

  Richard Castle : But El Oso refuses to meet with Zane.

  Kate Beckett : Then, rather than wait to see if Zane's "Hamlet" reviews are good enough to meet with El Oso, Hector decides to cut his losses.

  Richard Castle : Which, in this family, translates to murder.