Kate Beckett: Tell me what happened with Douglas Stevens.Richard Castle: I appealed to his humanity.Kate Beckett: I didn't think you had that side to you.Richard Castle: Well, when it comes to the people I love, I do.
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.
Richard Castle: All right. So you and I are married.Kate Beckett: We are not married.Richard Castle: Relax. It's just pretend.Kate Beckett: I don't wanna pretend.Richard Castle: Scared you'll like it?Kate Beckett: Okay. If we're married, I want a divorce.Roger: Are you two like this all the time?Richard Castle, Kate Beckett: Yes.Richard Castle: All right. We're not married, but they were.
Kate Beckett: Who put you up to this, Bobby? Who gave you that backpack?Bobby Lopez: I don't... I don't know. I don't remember.Kate Beckett: You don't remember? How do you not remember?Bobby Lopez: I was in shock. A bomb went off, everyone was running and screaming...Kate Beckett: Oh, oh. Okay, okay. So you remember what happened after the bomb went off but not before?Bobby Lopez: It must have been one of those traumatic amnesia things.Kate Beckett: Bobby!... Don't lie to me.Bobby Lopez: I'm telling you, it was all a big blank. It was the trauma.Kate Beckett: It was not the trauma. You don't get to use that excuse.Bobby Lopez: I swear! I don't remember.Kate Beckett: The *hell* you don't remember! Do you want to know trauma? I was shot in the chest. And I remember every *second* of it... And so do you.Richard Castle: [watching in the observation room] All this time... You remembered?