Castle (TV Series)

Dead Again (2016)

Nathan Fillion: Richard Castle

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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!

• Javier Esposito : Yo, we got a lead.

  Richard Castle : We need to come up with a superhero name for Alan.

  Alan Masters : No, no, we really don't.

  Javier Esposito : How about...

  [in a dramatic tone] 

  Javier Esposito : ... Safety Man?

  Richard Castle : No, that's terrible.

• Richard Castle : Whoa! A chemical spill? Mystery solved! Exposure to dangerous materials is the most common superhero origin story there is.

  Alan Masters : Oh, sorry, the spill was LAH. It's an inorganic compound used as a catalyst to make other chemicals, which... The point is, it can be explosive, but there's nothing about it that would ever turn anyone into a, I don't know... Captain Cool?

  Richard Castle : [winces]  No, but keep trying.

• Javier Esposito : Hey, who's on the hook for that spill?

  Alan Masters : The lab manager, Frank Patchett. He begged me not to fine him. He said the lab was hemorrhaging money.

  Javier Esposito : That sounds like motive. Come on, Castle, let's go talk to this guy.

  Alan Masters : Wh- Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Maybe I should come with you.

  Richard Castle : Why?

  Alan Masters : No reason.

  Richard Castle : [to Esposito]  The girl.

  [to Alan] 

  Richard Castle : The one who doesn't know you exist, she works there, doesn't she?

  Alan Masters : No...

  [sees Castle's look] 

  Alan Masters : Yes. Her name is Gwen, she's in marketing.

  Javier Esposito : Sorry, Alan, you got to stay here. If there's somebody at Zantium Labs trying to kill you, I'd be the worst cop on the force if I took you there.

• Mike Lin : Can I help you with something?

  Richard Castle : Yes, as a matter of fact, you can, uh... Mike. Look, um, if you had to pick something in this lab that would turn somebody into a superhero, what would it be?

  Mike Lin : I'm- I'm sorry, what?

  Richard Castle : Radioactive spider, secret alien technology, super-soldier serum...

  Mike Lin : Yeah, we don't have anything like that here.

• Alan Masters : The mob is trying to kill me?

  Richard Castle : Trying and failing. But do you know why?

  Alan Masters : Because I'm- I'm, what, Rogaine Man?

  Richard Castle : [wincing]  Yuck, worst name yet.

• Richard Castle : [finding Alan with a gunshot wound in the middle of his forehead]  This is my fault. I forced the superhero mantle onto him. I filled his head with crazy ideas of being invulnerable, and then, like some superhero Icarus, he flew too close to the sun. Alan, I'm sorry. I am so sorry. I let you down!

  [someone hands him a handkerchief] 

  Richard Castle : Thank you.

  Alan Masters : Don't mention it.

  Richard Castle : Alan! You're alive?

  Alan Masters : Shh. Not so loud. I've got a splitting headache.

  Kevin Ryan : I'll, uh, call an ambulance?

  Alan Masters : Relax. I'm fine. I just need a couple of Advil.

  [seeing Castle's face] 

  Alan Masters : What? What is it, Castle?

  Richard Castle : [gesturing to his forehead]  You...

  Alan Masters : Did I get shot in the head?

  Richard Castle : Right in the middle! I mean, how did you even... wait, that means you've seen your killer. Who... who was it?

  Alan Masters : You're never gonna guess.

  Javier Esposito : [approaching with Gwen in handcuffs]  Yo. I took her down just before she put a bullet in Mike the chemist.

  Gwen Parker : [seeing Alan is still alive]  Why the hell won't you die?

  Richard Castle : [to Alan, as Espo leads Gwen away]  I never thought she was right for you.

• Kate Beckett : What are you doing?

  Richard Castle : Watching you sleep.

  Kate Beckett : Hmm.

  Richard Castle : Is that creepy?

  Kate Beckett : Mmn-mmn. I think it's sweet.

  Richard Castle : I took some pictures.

  Kate Beckett : Less sweet.

  Richard Castle : They're part of a series. Usually you don't wake up.

  Kate Beckett : And now it's creepy.

• Richard Castle : Hey, I've been thinking...

  Kate Beckett : Oh, no.

  Richard Castle : Oh, relax. I'm over that whole "sex in zero G" thing.

  Kate Beckett : Good, 'cause that was just an accident waiting to happen.

• Richard Castle : Seriously though, I think it's time we shake things up. Move to Paris. You know, uh, search for buried treasure in Nepal. We could fly a hot air balloon across the Sahara.

  Kate Beckett : You know what? I love all of those ideas, but I just became Captain, and you have your P.I. business.

  Richard Castle : And then there's LokSat.

  Kate Beckett : Exactly.

  [her phone rings] 

  Kate Beckett : We have responsibilities, right?

  Richard Castle : But... what if...

  [takes her phone] 

  Richard Castle : ... we didn't?

  [answers phone] 

  Richard Castle : Hold, please.

  Kate Beckett : Um, I might need that. That might be a homicide.

  Richard Castle : The victim's not gonna get any deader. Listen, let's say we find LokSat and take him down, without getting killed.

  Kate Beckett : Mmm-hmm.

  Richard Castle : What then? You're not gonna be Captain of the 12th precinct for very long. You're on a rocket. Sky's the limit. So, you know what happens then?

  Kate Beckett : Mmm-mmm.

  Richard Castle : We become... normal.

  Kate Beckett : No, Castle, you're *never* gonna be normal.

  Richard Castle : I'm serious. Think about it.

• 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.

• Richard Castle : You are a modern-day Lazarus. Risen from the grave to answer the eternal question, what's on the other side?

  Alan Masters : I'm sorry, who are you again?

  Kate Beckett : Uh, you'll have to forgive him, Mr. Masters. He's very excitable.

  Richard Castle : Well, excuse me if I find pulling back the curtain on what happens when we die just a *tad exciting*.

  [to Alan] 

  Richard Castle : Was there a white light? Or is it more of a- a tunnel thing?

  Alan Masters : The last thing I remember, I was taking my pills, trying to get my cable fixed. And then I woke up to an apartment full of police.

  Richard Castle : So, no out-of-body experience?

• Kate Beckett : Do you have any enemies?

  Alan Masters : Me? No. I'm an average guy. I go to work, I come home.

  Richard Castle : But you dream of so much more, don't you?

  Alan Masters : How do you know that? Did you read my diary?

  Richard Castle : No, I saw your pictures on your... Wait, you keep a diary? As a grown man, call it a journal.

• Kevin Ryan : Any idea how our boy, Alan, is still with us?

  Kate Beckett : Uh, no, but Castle has a theory.

  [cut to Alan's hospital room] 

  Richard Castle : You... are a superhero.

  Alan Masters : No, I'm really not. I'm just an ordinary guy.

  Richard Castle : You *were* an ordinary guy, Alan. That's how most superheroes start out, mild-mannered weaklings, and that's you!

  Alan Masters : Wow. Thanks.

  Richard Castle : Relax. It's all to maximize your transformative arc.

  Alan Masters : If I agree with you, will you leave me alone?

• 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.

• Alan Masters : There is no way I'm going back to your place to eat pizza and explore my superpowers.

  Richard Castle : I'll tell you what Gwen said about you.

  Alan Masters : Okay.

• Richard Castle : We know you can survive poisoning and electrocution. Now it's time to see if you can survive penetrative wounds.

  Alan Masters : How about if we start with something smaller? Like a paper cut?

  Richard Castle : Okay, this is all a little overwhelming. I understand. All right, let's... let's test for some other powers first. Telekinesis. Try to move the piano with your mind.

  Alan Masters : Oh. If I try this, will you tell me about Gwen?

  Richard Castle : Deal.

  [as Alan turns around, Castle hits him in the back of the head with an apple] 

  Alan Masters : Ow! What the hell?

  Richard Castle : That was a trick. I was actually... testing for Spidey-Sense.

  Alan Masters : I don't have it!

  Richard Castle : Clearly.

• Richard Castle : Do you wanna know what Gwen said?

  Alan Masters : Yes. Finally.

  Richard Castle : All right. I'll tell you.

  [he stares at Alan for a bit] 

  Alan Masters : Well?

  Richard Castle : I'm telling you with my mind... You're not getting it?

• [about to meet Gwen for dinner] 

  Alan Masters : This is a huge mistake. I'm a safety inspector. Th- That's not even a little sexy. This is so much scarier than dying.

  Richard Castle : You are Alan Masters, superhero. Chicks dig superheroes.

  Alan Masters : Should I tell her I'm a superhero?

  Richard Castle : I wouldn't open with that.

• Richard Castle : [answers phone]  Hey, Ryan.

  Kevin Ryan : We ID'd the owner of Bullseye Waste Management. He's a guy named Horatio Spate.

  Richard Castle : That's a good supervillain name.

  Kevin Ryan : This is not a joke. Spate is suspected of executing over a *dozen* people. I texted you his picture, just to put him on your radar. Whatever you do, don't leave the loft.

  Richard Castle : Don't leave the loft. Got it.

  Kevin Ryan : [hears laughter]  Wait, what's that noise?

  Richard Castle : Uh...

  [to avoid the question, he checks the picture Ryan texted; as he turns around, he sees Spate heading towards Alan and Gwen] 

  Gwen Parker : [to Alan]  Like actually electrocuted, like unconscious?

  Richard Castle : Crap.

• Horatio Spate : Hello, Alan.

  Alan Masters : Do I know you?

  Horatio Spate : Sorry to interrupt your romantic dinner.

  Richard Castle : [approaching and sitting down]  Careful, Alan. He's your archnemesis.

  Alan Masters : Seriously? I have an archnemesis? Is- is that how they dress?

  Gwen Parker : Alan, you're cute and I like you, but this is all a bit much. You say that you're a superhero, and- and he's a supervillain.

  [to Castle] 

  Gwen Parker : So does that make you his sidekick?

  Richard Castle : Sidekick? Please, I'm the mentor.

  Gwen Parker : And I'm his date, or... at least I was. I'm sorry, this is just weird.

  [leaves] 

  Alan Masters : [to Castle]  And she thinks I'm crazy. Thank you *so* much. This is all your fault.

• [to Ryan and Esposito, after meeting Spate] 

  Richard Castle : It's as if he stepped off the pages of a graphic novel. You should have been there to see him in person.

  Kate Beckett : Yes, *they* should have, not you. And definitely not Alan. Now, tell me how dangerous it was for you to take him out in public, 'cause I know that you knew.

  Richard Castle : He's in love, Beckett. And I love love. And... and I'm sorry, and I won't do it again.

• 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.

• Caleb Brown : You know, every morning we wake up and we choose who we wanna be. I wake up and I ask myself, "Why are you choosing this?" Because you're right, Kate. I was a good guy once.

  Kate Beckett : And you still can be. Who is LokSat?

  Caleb Brown : I don't know.

  Richard Castle : Oh, come on, You work for him.

  Caleb Brown : Yes, But I started out working for his partner.

  Kate Beckett : Senator William Bracken?

  Caleb Brown : Mmm-hmm.

  Kate Beckett : So, what, LokSat inherited you?

  Caleb Brown : It was more like drafted. After Bracken's murder, I received this on my doorstep with a note...

  [holds up a cell phone] 

  Caleb Brown : ... and I quote, "Mr. Brown, you now work for me. This cell phone is enabled with GPS and will only function at the northernmost end of Aster Park. Be there every third Monday of the month at 8:00 a.m. to receive your orders." Kate, it's yours. And hopefully you can trace LokSat's next call.

  Kate Beckett : Mmm-mmm. They're gonna know I'm not you.

  Caleb Brown : We don't have a conversation. The phone rings, I answer. An electronically modified voice gives me instructions. It lasts no more than sixty seconds, so have your best people ready.

  [Beckett takes the phone, and Caleb starts to leave] 

  Richard Castle : Where are you going?

  Caleb Brown : Um... I'm gonna go to the same places that I always go. Work, home. I'm gonna act as if nothing has changed.

  Kate Beckett : Yeah, but it has, and we can protect you.

  Caleb Brown : All I want from you is your promise that you will see this thing through. And remember who I chose to be today, because... nobody else will.

• [last lines] 

  Richard Castle : This is it. It's our one shot at LokSat.

  Kate Beckett : Yeah. And when the time comes, we're gonna make it count.

• Richard Castle : So you have died and been reborn. What are you gonna do now?

  Alan Masters : Going to bed. I have a full day of inspections tomorrow. I need to be focused.

  Richard Castle : You can't just go back to work like nothing happened. You had a near-death experience. That's a wake-up call. Get out there, live this life you've always dreamed about.

  Alan Masters : Just because I have a few pictures on my wall doesn't mean I'm not happy with my life.

  Richard Castle : Right. Your drab, solitary life.

  Alan Masters : It's not solitary.

  Richard Castle : So there's a Ms. Safety Inspector?

  Alan Masters : Not exactly, but there is a woman I have my eye on. She's funny and smart...

  Richard Castle : Doesn't know you exist?

  Alan Masters : No.

• [Alan has asked his crush out on a date] 

  Richard Castle : Well, done, Alan! Now all we have to do is plan the perfect date. How much time do we have?

  Alan Masters : Well, we're meeting at Botticelli's in thirty minutes.

  Richard Castle : Tonight?

  Alan Masters : You said yourself. It's time to start living.

  Richard Castle : Yes, I just thought it would be after we apprehended your would-be murderer.

  Alan Masters : I know. I will just embrace my powers. Maybe this *is* my origin story. And my dinner with Gwen will be the beginning of something really terrific!

  Richard Castle : That's the spirit, Alan. And I'm going with you.

  Alan Masters : Oh, please don't.

  Richard Castle : The first two attempts on your life were meant to be anonymous. Quiet. It's very unlikely they'd try something in a public place...

  Alan Masters : Exactly.

  Richard Castle : Though they did fail twice, they may try to kick it up a notch.

  Alan Masters : What are you saying?

  Richard Castle : Don't order an appetizer.

• Kate Beckett : You're on edge this morning.

  Richard Castle : On edge? Why would I be on edge? Just because LokSat's henchman knows we're onto him, and assassins could come through the door at any second. I mean, why aren't you on edge?

  Kate Beckett : Well, Caleb is a lot of things, but he's not suicidal. And working with us is his only recourse.

  Richard Castle : He threatened your life.

  Kate Beckett : Because he was scared. Trust me, Castle, I turned him. I'm positive he's gonna come in today.

  Richard Castle : Oh, yeah, I think he's coming in, too. Well, either him, or LokSat's kill squads.

• Richard Castle : How you feeling?

  Alan Masters : You know, I'm grateful. Especially for the new friend I made.

  [to Lanie] 

  Alan Masters : I- I sure hope we could stay in touch.

  Richard Castle : Are you kidding? You and me, this is the start of a beautiful...

  Kate Beckett : [patting his arm]  I don't think he's talking to you.

• Kate Beckett : That was Vikram. The DEA just arrested Horatio and a few members of the Triad.

  Richard Castle : So what's wrong?

  Kate Beckett : Caleb's deadline has come and gone, and Vikram's said that he's disappeared. He's gone off-grid.

  Richard Castle : He's running. Too scared to face LokSat, too scared to work with us.

  Kate Beckett : Which means we just lost our only lead.

  Richard Castle : So what do we do?

  Kate Beckett : I don't know. Maybe you're right. Maybe it is time for a change. I hear Paris is nice this time of year.

  Richard Castle : So long as I'm with you, I'll go anywhere.