Castle (TV Series)

Nanny McDead (2009)

Ruben Santiago-Hudson: Captain Roy Montgomery

Quotes 

• Captain Roy Montgomery : Esposito and Ryan pulled security tape from an elevator in the rear entrance.

  Kevin Ryan : Front door has a 24-hour doorman.

  Javier Esposito : This is the elevator's cam. Our victim gets on the elevator with the laundry basket. Takes it down to the basement, to put the kid's laundry into the washer.

  Kate Beckett : Mm-hmm.

  Javier Esposito : Few minutes later, gets back on, goes all the way back up to the apartment. Then about forty minutes later, rides the elevator back down to the basement again.

  Kevin Ryan : We figured probably to take the kid's clothes out of the washer, put 'em in the dryer.

  Captain Roy Montgomery : Camera never picks her up again.

  Kevin Ryan : Only other person to ride the elevator down all the way to the basement during the next hour was the old lady who found the body.

  Javier Esposito : Mm-hmm

  Kate Beckett : So whoever attacked her must have used the stairwell, otherwise the camera would have caught him.

  Kevin Ryan : We got... three maintenance workers on duty that day. We'll run their names tonight.

  Richard Castle : Why only run the workers' names? Why not run all the neighbors' names?

  Kate Beckett : What are you basing that on?

  Richard Castle : I'm basing that on, the neighbor would make a better story.

  [the group snickers derisively] 

  Richard Castle : No, come on. What do any of us know about our neighbors in this city? You think the guy living next door to the Son of Sam knew he was living next door to the Son of Sam?

• Richard Castle : What about the guy in 8-B?

  Kate Beckett : Who?

  Richard Castle : 8-B. Quiet guy. You see him every day, only you never notice him. But he noticed Sara. She's young, beautiful. The kind girl a guy like him would never have a chance with. We all know girls like that, don't we? Well, at first it's just a game. Figure out her schedule. When does she do her laundry? When is she alone? Until it becomes something more, something that he can't control. Well, he uses the stairs, obviously, to avoid the elevator's cameras. And then he just waits, concealed in the shadows. When she comes into that laundry room, he pounces. When he looked into her vacant, lifeless eyes, he wanted to tell her, he never meant to kill her. All he ever wanted was to be noticed. That's when he felt the heat of that dryer on his skin. So he picks up her limp body in his arms, gently places it inside. He almost smiled at his good fortune when he found the quarter in his pocket, slipping it into the slot. Buying him the time to do what he does best... Disappear.

  [dramatic pause] 

  Richard Castle : Just saying, better story. Coffee?

  [Beckett half-smiles] 

  Captain Roy Montgomery : Let's see what we can find out about those neighbors. And someone better tell me who the hell lives in 8-B.