Richard Castle:  Listen , Kate , about Jordan ...
Kate Beckett: You know what ? If , uh , if you do n't want to talk about it ...
Richard Castle: No , I want to . But ... what happens if you do n't like what you see ?
Kate Beckett: What happens if you do n't let me look ?
Richard Castle: Jordan Motor Company . They made cars from _ 1916 _ to 1931 .
Kate Beckett: That 's Jordan ? That 's the big secret ? A defunct car company ?
Richard Castle: Sort of . It goes back to my boarding school days . My first semester there , I was in danger of flunking out . I needed an " A " on my term paper .
Kate Beckett: So you wrote the paper on that car company ?
Richard Castle: No . Someone else did . And I paid him $ 250 .
Kate Beckett: Um ... Castle , that happened when you were a kid . I do n't understand why that would change how I see you .
Richard Castle: Because it changed how I saw myself . The teacher read the paper to the entire class as an example of great writing , and they applauded . It was the first time I was celebrated for anything . And ... it was a fraud . I ... I was a fraud . That 's when I learned how to write . I wrote and wrote , trying to be as great as everyone thought I was , trying to earn that applause . I 'm still trying .
Kate Beckett: You 're right , Castle . It does change how I see you . It makes me like you just a little bit more .