- [repeated season 2 episode open]
- Richard Castle: [v.o] There are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people: psychopaths and mystery writers. I'm the kind that pays better. Who am I?
- Richard Castle: I'm Rick Castle.
- Richard Castle: Castle.
- Richard Castle: Castle.
- Richard Castle: I really am ruggedly handsome, aren't I?
- Richard Castle: [v.o] Every writer needs inspiration, and I found mine.
- Kate Beckett: Detective Kate Beckett.
- Kate Beckett: Beckett.
- Kate Beckett: Beckett.
- Kate Beckett: Nikki Heat?
- Martha Rodgers: The character he's basing on you.
- Richard Castle: [v.o] And thanks to my friendship with the Mayor, I get to be on her case.
- Richard Castle: I'd be happy to let you spank me.
- Richard Castle: [v.o] And together we catch killers.
- Richard Castle: We make a pretty good team, you know. Like Starsky and Hutch, Turner and Hooch.
- Kate Beckett: You do remind me a little of Hooch.
- [repeated season 3 open]
- Richard Castle: [v.o] There are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people: psychopaths and mystery writers. I'm the kind that pays better. Who am I?
- Richard Castle: I'm Rick Castle.
- Richard Castle: Castle.
- Richard Castle: Castle.
- Richard Castle: I really am ruggedly handsome, aren't I?
- Richard Castle: [v.o] Every writer needs inspiration, and I found mine.
- Kate Beckett: I'm Detective Kate Beckett.
- Kate Beckett: Beckett.
- Ilya: Aah!
- Richard Castle: Beckett?
- Kate Beckett: [restraining suspect] Could you get some backup, please?
- Richard Castle: [v.o] And thanks to my friendship with the Mayor, I get to be on her case.
- Kate Beckett: [caught searching Castle's book in a bathroom stall by Castle] Oh!
- Richard Castle: Do I look like a killer to you?
- Kate Beckett: Yes; you kill my patience.
- Richard Castle: [v.o] And together we catch killers.
- Kate Beckett: I *hate* this case.
- Richard Castle: I know! Isn't it great?