“She takes it the right way. What she loves about him is flaws; but she takes this exactly right because the only reason he’s standing here against instructions is because he loves her so much that he will take the risk of punishment and ridicule, and that’ s exactly the way Beckett proceeds. I remember shooting the scene, and I remember the feeling that…I thought it was needed, if I can say that, that Beckett understands how much this guy likes her, and how crazy in love with her he is. And as stubborn and stone hearted as she can appear to be, she does recognize it.” - Andrew Marlowe (episode commentary)