Quotes
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Rita : Get in.
Kate Beckett : No. No. Not until you tell me who you are.
Rita : You can call me Rita. I'm Castle's stepmother.
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Rita : I've been married to Castle's father for almost ten years.
Kate Beckett : Jackson never mentioned being married.
Rita : Well, of course not. It's classified. In this line of work, you make a lot of enemies. Attachments are liabilities, leverage to be used against us.
Vikram Singh : [sarcastic] Sounds romantic.
Rita : It can be. Absence doesn't always make the heart grow fonder, but it sure does wonders for the libido. I haven't seen Jackson in... nine months? I am raring to go.
Vikram Singh : [still sarcastic] That's sweet.
Kate Beckett : So, what are you? CIA?
Rita : Oh, god no. I'm a different three-letter agency. Much more exclusive.
Kate Beckett : You actually expect me to believe that?
Rita : I did save your life, dear.
Vikram Singh : True, that.
Kate Beckett : How did you end up back there? What's your connection to all of this?
Rita : I'm afraid that's also classified.
Kate Beckett : People died. Friends of mine.
Rita : I know. And more may die unless you tell me everything that has happened up until this point. Listen to me. Whatever you think this is, it's bigger. And if you want to stay alive, you're gonna need my help.
Kate Beckett : It started this morning. I was getting ready for work, and then he called.
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Kate Beckett : Who are these guys, and what is LokSat?
Rita : I don't know exactly. What I do know is the person behind this is a very powerful, and a very dirty, analyst inside the CIA. I've been trying to get an identity for over a year, and every time I get a lead, it just evaporates.
Kate Beckett : What's this person's connection to Bracken?
Rita : They were partners. As you know, the Senator was working with a drug dealer by the name of Vulcan Simmons. They were using the profits to fund Bracken's presidential campaign. I mean, you must have wondered how they got away with it for so long. They were protected by Bracken's mystery partner. They were using CIA resources to import the drugs into the country.
Vikram Singh : Wow. That's life imprisonment right there.
Kate Beckett : That's a political nuke.
Rita : That's why they're so willing to kill to protect their anonymity.
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Rita : William Bracken was just killed in prison. This changes things. I'm afraid the only way that you and Vikram are gonna be able to stay alive is if you go on the run. And one day, I hope I will be able to root out the big bad and get the target taken off your backs.
Kate Beckett : "One day"?
Rita : Yes, dear. I'm afraid the life that you were living yesterday is over.
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Kate Beckett : I'm not running. But you should.
Vikram Singh : Are you crazy?
Kate Beckett : [laughs to herself] Uh, maybe, but I owe it to Rachel and to the others, and I sure as hell am not gonna let someone chase me away from the life that I've worked so hard to create.
Vikram Singh : Okay. Then... I'm sticking with you.
Kate Beckett : A... are you sure? Because you're not exactly trained for war.
Vikram Singh : Yes. I'm sure. Thank you. That was mean. I just feel like I would be safer with you than... not with you.
Rita : [entering] You ready?
Kate Beckett : We're staying. Worst case scenario, we're gonna smoke out the mystery man before we die, and I am trusting you to put him down if we do.
Rita : Jackson was right. You're a very impressive woman.
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Kate Beckett : So, do you need a lift, or are you just checking in on me?
Rita : I'm happy you're alive.
Kate Beckett : So, do you believe that Allison Hyde masterminded all of this?
Rita : Of course not. Neither do you. Hyde was a convenient scapegoat. The person behind the LokSat memo is still out there, still thriving.
Kate Beckett : So, what should we do?
Rita : We? No, I'm gonna ferret out that son of a bitch. You are gonna go home to that good-looking husband of yours.
[seeing Beckett's expression]
Rita : You're not gonna let this go, are you?
Kate Beckett : I can't.
Rita : Why not? What is this obsession in the heart of you? Your mother's murder's been avenged.
Kate Beckett : I thought I put it all behind me. But it's back, and it's stronger than ever.
Rita : A devil like that is very hard to cast out. But you have to try. Don't you see the gift that you've been given? Allison Hyde was a patsy. LokSat will leave you alone. Don't end up like me. Go. Live your life.
Kate Beckett : Friends of mine were killed because of me.
Rita : Their deaths weren't your fault, Kate. Surely you must see that.
Kate Beckett : Still, I got to do something. And you know, maybe in doing it, that'll give me peace and I'll be able to move on.
Rita : Do you love Castle?
Kate Beckett : Yeah.
Rita : Then why do you want to get him killed? Have you forgotten why I never see my husband? Attachments are liabilities, leverage to be used against us by our enemies.
Kate Beckett : So I have to choose between finding the killer and being with Rick? That's ridiculous.
Rita : That's the job. Five people were killed because of a redacted memo. What do you think is gonna happen if LokSat finds out that you and Castle are working together on this? You're a big girl. Dive down the rabbit hole if you must, but think twice about who you bring with you, because unlike McCord and her team, anybody who dies now, that blood is on you.
