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(water dripping)

(Emiliana Torrini's "Beggar's Prayer" playing)

J MAMA SAID LIFT YOUR HEAD J

J FROM THE SIEVE OF YOUR HANDS J

(ice crackling)

J MAMA SAID LIFT YOUR HEAD J

J FROM THE SIEVE OF YOUR HANDS J

J MAMA SAY EVENTUALLY J

J THIS HURTING WILL END J

(water dripping)

(cell phone rings)

(ring)

(beep)

BECKETT.

(siren wailing)

(man) ALL WORKERS, PLEASE CLEAR THE CONSTRUCTION SITE.

WHY CAN'T THEY FIND BODIES BETWEEN 9:00 AND 5:00?

WELL, EARLY BIRD GETS THE COLLAR. YEAH.

(police radio chatter)

HE WAS HERE BEFORE I WAS.

OH! FINALLY, YOU ARE HERE. YOU ARE GONNA LOVE THIS.

(power tools whirring)

(Ryan) COME ON, SHOW'S OVER! ACTIVE CRIME SCENE.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR COOPERATION.

AWESOME, RIGHT? MY FIRST COLD CASE.

COME ON, IT'S A LITTLE FUNNY.

NOT SO MUCH FUNNY AS TRUE. SHE'S FROZEN SOLID.

WHAT WAS THE TEMPERATURE LAST NIGHT? MID-40s.

IT WASN'T EXPOSURE.

SITE'S ACTIVE. THE BOYS TELL ME

THERE'S NO WAY SHE WAS HERE LAST NIGHT.

(groans)

(camera shutter clicking)

(Beckett) SHE'S MELTING.

MAYBE WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR RUBY SLIPPERS. YEAH, WHILE YOU'RE AT IT,

WHY DON'T YOU LOOK FOR SOME FLYING MONKEYS?

MAYBE THEY LEFT HER HERE. SO WHAT DO YOU GOT FOR ME?

THERE ARE PIECES OF PLASTIC ON HER BODY FROM THE GARMENT BAG.

SO SHE WAS INSIDE THE BAG? MM-HMM.

OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE FOR HER TO THAW.

I CAN TELL YOU SHE HASN'T BEEN HERE LONG.

MAYBE A COUPLE OF HOURS. WHAT ABOUT SECURITY?

CHAIN-LINK. PAIR OF BOLT CUTTERS TOOK CARE OF THAT.

LOOKS LIKE OUR GUY WAS HOPING SHE'D DISAPPEAR

INTO THE CONCRETE POUR. (Esposito) A FEW MORE FEET, AND SHE WOULD'VE.

IT'S KIND OF ODD--

TAKING THE TROUBLE TO FREEZE A BODY AND THEN DUMPING IT?

WE GOT TWO PERSONALITY TYPES WORKING HERE.

A KILLER WHO FREEZES A BODY IS A KEEPER--HE WANTS A SOUVENIR.

BUT A GUY WHO DUMPS A BODY? DOESN'T WANT TO BE REMINDED OF THE CRIME.

ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA GO CHECK OUT THE FENCE.

(man) MM-HMM.

GET A CLOSE-UP OF HER FACE.

I WANT TO RUN HER THROUGH MISSING PERSONS.

OH, COOL, LIKE ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL,

WHERE YOU PLUG THE PHOTO INTO FACIAL RECOGNITION DATABASES?

YEAH, JUST LIKE THAT. YES!

(thud)

WELCOME TO THE DEPARTMENT'S

OFFICIAL FACIAL RECOGNITION DATABASE.

BY HAND?

THAT'S LIKE LIFE BEFORE TiVo.

MAYBE YOU COULD DOWNLOAD AN APP ON THAT PHONE OF YOURS.

YOU COULD JUST-- (laughs)

THERE ARE A LOT OF MISSING PEOPLE. ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, WE EVENTUALLY FIND 'EM.

SOME END UP DEAD, SOME TURN UP IN A DOUBLE-WIDE

WITH A STRIPPER NAMED TRIXIE OUTSIDE ATLANTIC CITY.

AND SOME JUST DON'T TURN UP.

DANA SULLIVAN. MM-HMM. HER AND HER BOYFRIEND LEAVE A CLUB.

HE'S A COUPLE STEPS BEHIND HER

'CAUSE HE GETS A CALL ON HIS CELL PHONE.

SHE TURNS A CORNER JUST A FEW SECONDS BEFORE HE DOES.

AND WHEN HE COMES AROUND, SHE'S GONE.

STREET'S TOTALLY EMPTY-- NO TRAFFIC, NO NOTHING.

IN A MATTER OF 3 FEET, SHE LITERALLY JUST DISAPPEARED. (blows air)

PEOPLE DON'T DISAPPEAR OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

SURE THEY DO. QUANTUM PHYSICS, ALIEN ABDUCTIONS,

SCHRODINGER'S CAT.

ONE MINUTE, YOU'RE GETTING A HOT DOG IN THE PARK.

THE NEXT, YOU'RE FIGHTING OFF SLEESTAKS

ON THE FAR SIDE OF A DIMENSIONAL RIFT. I DON'T BUY IT. THERE'S GOT TO BE AN EXPLANATION.

A STORY THAT MAKES EVERYTHING MAKE SENSE.

OKAY, CASTLE, WHAT'S OUR JANE DOE'S STORY?

WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT STARTS,

BUT I KNOW HOW IT ENDS-- FROZEN AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE.

SO FLYING MONKEYS ASIDE, WHAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION?

HOW DID SHE GET THERE? CONSIDERING SHE WAS FROZEN SOLID,

SHE HAD TO HAVE BEEN KEPT PRETTY CLOSE. NOT NECESSARILY.

HERE IS THE SITE. HER BODY MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN KEPT

AS CLOSE AS YOU MIGHT THINK.

IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR A FROZEN BODY TO THAW.

WHAT, YOU, UH, FREEZE A BODY ONCE FOR ONE OF YOUR BOOKS?

NO, BUT I COOKED A TURKEY FOR THANKSGIVING.

IT WAS A 28-POUNDER. IT TOOK ALL NIGHT TO UNFREEZE.

SHE'S A PERSON, CASTLE, NOT A TURKEY. JUST MAKING A POINT.

(cell phone rings)

(beep) BECKETT.

OKAY. I'M ON MY WAY.

(closes cell phone) LANIE'S GOT AN I.D.

YOU'LL TAKE CARE OF THESE?

HEY, RYAN, CAN YOU, UH... THANKS.

MELANIE KAVANAUGH, 34 AT TIME OF DEATH.

TURNS OUT C.0.D. WAS BLUNT-FORCE TRAUMA TO HER HEAD.

HOW'D YOU GET HER I.D.?

HER FINGERPRINTS WERE IN THE SYSTEM.

FOR? MISDEMEANOR DRUG POSSESSION.

SHE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A JUNKIE.

NO, SHE'S IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE, CONSIDERING.

BUT JUDGING THE LACK OF FROST AND TISSUE DEGENERATION,

I'D SAY WHEREVER SHE WAS STORED, THE TEMPERATURE RARELY VARIED. LIKE A FREEZER.

FREEZER'D DO THE JOB. HOW LONG HAS SHE BEEN DEAD?

WELL, CONSIDERING HOW LONG SHE'S BEEN LIKE THIS,

FACTORING DECOMPOSITION,

I'D SAY SHE PROBABLY WAS FROZEN WITHIN 24 HOURS OF BEING KILLED.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, "HOW LONG SHE'S BEEN LIKE THIS"?

ACCORDING TO THE RECORDS I PULLED,

THIS WOMAN HAS BEEN MISSING FOR OVER FIVE YEARS.

dd

(indistinct conversations)

SHE HAD A TROUBLED CHILDHOOQD.

DRUG PROBLEMS IN HER TEENS AND 20s.

I KNOW.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

I READ THE CASE FILE. SHE KICKED THE HABIT.

MET AND MARRIED SAMUEL KAVANAUGH.

SHE WORKED IN A RESTAURANT. HE MANAGED A BANK.

THEY HAVE TWO KIDS. WHEN DID YOU READ THE CASE FILE?

AH... WHEN YOU WERE IN THE LITTLE GIRLS" ROOM.

I WAS GONE FOR, LIKE, A MINUTE. SPEED-READER. SOMETHING I PICKED UP

FROM MY YEARS STRANDED IN THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY.

WOULD YOU LIKE THE CliffsNotes

OR IN THIS CASE, THE CASTLE NOTES? CASTLE, HOW DO YOU KNOW

YOU DIDN'T MISS SOMETHING IMPORTANT?

LIKE, AFTER MELANIE DISAPPEARED,

HER HUSBAND WAITED A DAY BEFORE HE CALLED THE COPS.

A DAY? THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

UNTIL YOU GET TO THE THIRD PARAGRAPH.

BEFORE MELANIE WAS MARRIED,

SHE WAS WHAT IS NOW REFERRED TO AS A "RUNAWAY BRIDE."

ACCORDING TO HER HUSBAND, SHE RAN AWAY A WHOLE TWO WEEKS

BEFORE THEIR WEDDING DAY. MM-HMM, AND THEN SHE CAME BACK.

THREE YEARS HAPPILY EVER AFTER,

SHE DISAPPEARS AGAIN AND COMES BACK.

LATHER, RINSE, REPEAT THREE TIMES.

NO INDICATION OF WHERE SHE WENT.

WELL, SHE MUST'VE HAD A REASON FOR RUNNING AWAY.

HMM. I'M NOT JUDGING HER.

SOME PEOPLE LOVE THE INSTITUTION,

HATE THE DAY-TO-DAY.

ARE YOU ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE, CASTLE?

I GUESS I JUST HAVEN'T MET THE RIGHT GIRL.

SO THAT'S WHY HER HUSBAND DIDN'T CALL THE COPS.

SHE'D DONE IT BEFORE.

SEEMED REASONABLE TO THE DETECTIVE AT THE TIME.

THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF FOUL PLAY,

SO THE DETECTIVE JUST CLOSED THE CASE.

FIVE YEARS, AND HER HUSBAND THOUGHT SHE JUST RAN AWAY? GUESS IT'S TIME TO TELL HIM

HIS RUNAWAY BRIDE FINALLY CAME HOME.

(knocks on door)

(man) WHO IS IT?

NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

CAN I HELP YOU?

DETECTIVE BECKETT. ARE YOU SAMUEL KAVANAUGH?

WHO? SAMUEL KAVANAUGH.

OUR RECORDS INDICATE THAT HE LIVES HERE.

NO, YOU MUST HAVE THE WRONG APARTMENT.

9-1-7? YEAH, BUT I LIVE HERE, AND MY NAME IS ROGER.

IT'S NOT SAM. DO YOU KNOW ANY SAMUEL KAVANAUGH?

NO. WHAT'S THIS ABOUT? HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED HERE?

ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS.

WELL, IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS. HE COULD'VE MOVED.

WELL, YEAH, I HATE TO BREAK IT TO YOU, BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING

FOR THE GUY WHO LIVED HERE BEFORE ME, HE DIDN'T MOVE.

HE WAS MURDERED. UH, WAIT.

HEY, BECKETT. YEAH?

SAMUEL KAVANAUGH-- SHOT OUTSIDE A GROCERY STORE

ABOUT A YEAR AGO. SMALL CALIBER, DOUBLE TAP TO THE CHEST.

WALLET AND VALUABLES MISSING. POOR SCHLUB'S WIFE DISAPPEARS...

FOUR YEARS LATER, HE GETS SHOT IN A MUGGING. YEAH, WHAT ARE THE ODDS?

LONG, UNLESS THEY'RE CONNECTED. WHAT, FOUR YEARS BETWEEN MURDERS?

ONE'S A POPSICLE, ONE JUST GOT POPPED.

HOW COULD THEY POSSIBLY BE CONNECTED? MAYBE HE AND HIS WIFE

GOT INTO SOMETHING THEY COULDN'T GET OUT OF,

MAYBE SOMETHING TO DO WITH HER DRUG HABIT. SO SOME SKELL WAITS FOUR YEARS TO FINISH THE JOB?

MAYBE HE FINALLY FIGURED OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS WIFE

AND WAS ABOUT TO GO TO THE POLICE WITH IT. I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

GIVE ME 250 PAGES. I BET I COULD MAKE YOU. (chuckles)

WE'RE SOLVING A MURDER, CASTLE, NOT WRITING A BOOK.

I WOULD CALL IT, "A CHILL RUNS THROUGH HER VEINS."

OOH, I LIKE THAT. HUH?

"BAM," SAID THE LADY. ANOTHER BEST SELLER FOR ME.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE KIDS? LIVING WITH MELANIE'S PARENTS UP IN WHITE PLAINS.

WELL, LOOKS LIKE I'M GOING TO WHITE PLAINS.

CANVASS THE CONSTRUCTION SITE. SOMEONE MUST'VE SEEN SOMETHING.

(Esposito) YEAH, THE FOREMAN SAID

THAT, UH, THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE HOMELESS AT NIGHT,

SO I FIGURED I'D GO DOWN THERE LATER,

TRY TO CATCH 'EM AT THE SITE. (sighs) HOMELESS, WHITE PLAINS.

HOMELESS, WHITE PLAINS.

THEY'RE BOTH KINDA CREEPY.

ALL RIGHT.

(yelling)

(all laughing)

DID I SCARE YA? AW. MR. DAVIDSON?

YES, MA'AM. THAT'S ME.

I'M DETECTIVE KATE BECKETT.

IS THERE SOMEWHERE WE COULD TALK?

YES. WHY DON'T WE GO INSIDE?

GIRLS, DON'T PLAY IN THE STREET, OKAY?

ALL RIGHT. GRANDPA WILL BE OUT IN A MINUTE.

[-I THINK WE'VE BOTH KNOWN FOR A WHILE NOW

THAT MELANIE WAS NOT GOING TO COME HOME.

WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THE DAYS LEADING UP

TO HER DISAPPEARANCE? WELL, UH, WE TALKED TO HER

A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE-- UH, MY WIFE DID, I MEAN.

EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE.

SHE DIDN'T INDICATE IN ANY WAY THAT SHE WAS LEAVING? NO.

WE'RE AWARE YOUR DAUGHTER HAD SOME ISSUES.

THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT HAPPENED HERE. HOW DO YOU KNOW?

YOU KNOW, NOW YOU SOUND LIKE

THE COP WHO FIRST HAD THE CASE-- CONVINCED SHE'D RUN AWAY,

CONVINCED SHE WAS STILL ON DRUGS. BUT YOU DIDN'T THINK THAT.

MELANIE... WASN'T THE GREATEST OF MOMS...

BUT SHE LOVED HER KIDS.

SHE WOULD'VE NEVER LEFT THEM.

WHAT ABOUT HER HUSBAND SAM?

OH... (scoffs)

HE THOUGHT IT WAS DRUGS, TOO.

YOU KNOW HE WAITED OVER A DAY BEFORE HE REPORTED HER MISSING?

SHE HAD RUN OFF BEFORE.

LOOK, I'M NOT GONNA SIT HERE AND DENY THAT,

BUT IF SAM THOUGHT OUR DAUGHTER WAS IN TROUBLE,

WHY DIDN'T HE REPORT HER MISSING RIGHT AWAY?

WHY DIDN'T HE CALL FOR HELP? EVEN IF SHE'D GOTTEN LOCKED UP,

SHE'D HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF THAN-- (mouths word)

OH, WHAT THE HELL'S THE DIFFERENCE?

I MEAN, THE TIME TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS WAS FIVE YEARS AGO,

BUT THE COP WHO WAS ON THE CASE THEN DIDN'T WANT TO ASK THEM.

SOUNDS LIKE THEY WERE PRETTY UNHAPPY

WITH THE ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION. YEAH, WELL, FROM WHERE I STAND,

THEY HAD EVERY REASON TO BE.

THE GUY WHOSE CASE IT WAS-- YOU KNOW HIM? (opens door)

NO. DETECTIVE SLOAN WAS BEFORE MY TIME. HE STILL AROUND?

WELL, IF YOU COUNT BEING A SHERIFF IN JERSEY,

THEN YEAH, HE'S STILL AROUND.

MELANIE KAVANAUGH. HMM.

SO SHE WAS FINALLY FOUND AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, HUH?

SHE WASN'T FOUND. HER BODY WAS.

OH. I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT.

YOU KNOW, FROM THE MOMENT I TOOK THAT CASE,

I FIGURED IT WAS GONNA END BAD.

HER PARENTS LED US TO BELIEVE

THAT YOU WERE PRETTY SURE THAT SHE'D RUN OFF.

HER BEING FOUND DEAD AND HER RUNNING OFF

ARE NOT EXACTLY INCOMPATIBLE, NOT WITH HER HISTORY.

HER PARENTS ALSO BELIEVE YOUR INVESTIGATION

NEVER MADE IT PAST HER HISTORY.

I WAS ON A MISSING PERSONS, NOT A MURDER.

YOU HAVE A DEAD BODY. ALL I HAD WAS A-A WOMAN WITH A DRUG HABIT

AND A HISTORY OF, UH, DISAPPEARING.

AND A HUSBAND WHO DIDN'T REPORT HER MISSING FOR OVER A DAY.

DON'T YOU DARE PLAY MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK WITH ME.

LOOK, SWEETHEART, HE COOPERATED.

HE VOLUNTARILY ALLOWED C.S.U. INTO THEIR APARTMENT.

ANYTHING I ASKED, HE DID. DID YOU KNOW HE WAS MURDERED, TOO?

GUNNED DOWN ON THE STREET, OVER A YEAR AGO.

LOOK, WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?

WE HAD REPORTS OF HER IN PHILLY WITH A METH HEAD EX-BOYFRIEND.

I MEAN, IT WAS WHAT IT WAS. BUT YOU DIDN'T EVEN GO DOWN TO CHECK IT OUT.

DIDN'T NEED TO. HAD REPORTS.

RIGHT. FROM HER HUSBAND'S BEST FRIEND CHARLES WYLER.

SO? HE'S NOT EXACTLY AN IMPARTIAL OBSERVER.

THE GUY OWNED HIS OWN BUSINESS. HE HAD A FAMILY.

HE WAS A WAR VET. I SAW NO REASON TO DOUBT HIS WORD.

PLUS, PHILLY'S A PRETTY LONG DRIVE. SHE WAS ONLY MISSING BACK THEN.

NO, SHERIFF, SHE WAS ALREADY DEAD.

YOU JUST DIDN'T KNOW IT YET.

(Castle) I EVER DISAPPEAR,

MAKE SURE THIS GUY'S NOT ON MY CASE.

I HATE COPS LIKE HIM.

GUYS LIKE HIM-- THINGS ONLY MAKE SENSE

IF THEY FIT IN A BOX.

SO THEY MAKE 'EM FIT, AND MURDERERS GO FREE.

IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR DAD? MY DAD?

I NOTICED YOUR WATCH. IT'S YOUR DAD'S, RIGHT?

THAT'S WHY YOU WEAR IT? (cell phone rings)

(ring)

(beep) BECKETT.

(car doors close)

YOU FIND A WITNESS?

YEAH, HOMELESS GUY. A COUPLE OF BUCKS JOGGED HIS MEMORY.

SAID HE SAW A DENTED YELLOW TRUCK PULL UP TO THE SITE.

HEAVYSET GUY PULLS A LARGE BAG OUT OF THE BACK,

AND WHEN HE COMES OUT, HE DOESN'T HAVE THE BAG ANYMORE. HOW'D YOU FIND THIS PLACE?

GUY ALSO REMEMBERED THE WORD "STORAGE"

WRITTEN ON THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK. WE SEARCHED ALL THE STORAGE PLACES ON THE WEST SIDE

AND FOUND THAT THIS ONE USES YELLOW TRUCKS. MM-HMM.

SO WHO OWNS THE TRUCKS? ACCORDING TO THE D.M.V., ALBERT BOLLAND.

WHAT BODY? I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

A WITNESS SAW SOMEONE DRIVING ONE OF YOUR YELLOW TRUCKS

AND DUMPING THE BODY. YOU'RE LYING. NO ONE SAW.

OUCH. WOW. MAYBE YOU SHOULD'VE TRIED DENYING IT FIRST?

LET ME HELP YOU.

MELANIE KAVANAUGH, MOTHER OF TWO.

WIFE OF SAM KAVANAUGH. OKAY, LOOK, I DUMPED HER, BUT I SWEAR I DIDN'T--

YOU DIDN'T KILL HER, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. I FOUND HER.

UH-HUH. I NEVER EVEN KNEW SHE WAS HERE.

(Castle) WHAT DO YOU MEAN "HERE"? SIXTH FLOOR.

RENTERS WERE IN ARREARS. WE USUALLY GIVE 'EM THREE MONTHS,

AND THEN WE CUT THE LOCKS AND WE SELL THEIR BELONGINGS.

ONLY THIS TIME, ALL I FIND IS A FREEZER

PLUGGED INTO A LIGHT OUTLET, WHICH, BY THE WAY,

IS TOTALLY ILLEGAL. YOU DIDN'T THINK IT WAS ILLEGAL

TO STORE A DEAD BODY IN A FREEZER? YOU THINK I KNEW?

WHEN I OPENED IT UP, I NEARLY HAD A HEART ATTACK. YOU COULD'VE CALLED THE COPS.

SO I COULD MAKE THE FRONT PAGE OF "THE LEDGER"?

YEAH, THAT'S GOOD FOR BUSINESS. WHAT IF IT'S A MOB HIT?

I MEAN, I GOT A FAMILY. SO DID SHE.

UH, SO YOU FIND HER. NEXT LOGICAL STEP--

DUMP HER AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE?

I KNOW A GUY WHO WORKS OVER THERE.

SO WHEN I FIND THE BODY,

I FIGURE, THAT'S THE PLACE, RIGHT? SHOW US WHERE YOU FOUND HER.

(Beckett) FIVE YEARS IN THERE.

NOBODY DESERVES THAT.

HOW'D THEY MAKE PAYMENTS FOR THE UNIT?

CHECK? CREDIT CARD?

CASH. EVERY SIX MONTHS.

BUT LIKE I SAID, THEY WERE THREE MONTHS OVERDUE.

PUTS THE LAST PAYMENT

AT TWO MONTHS AFTER HER HUSBAND WAS KILLED. HARD TO MAKE PAYMENTS WHEN YOU'RE DEAD.

MM-HMM. THAT CAMERA IN YOUR OFFICE--

YOU GOT FOOTAGE OF THE GUY WHO MADE PAYMENTS? THAT WAS NINE MONTHS AGO.

WE KEEP MAYBE TWO WEEKS AT A TIME.

LOOKS LIKE SLOAN WAS RIGHT.

SAM KAVANAUGH DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT.

WELL, IF NOT SAM, THEN WHO?

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AIR-CONDITIONING.

MM. I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT

WHY SOMEONE WOULD PUT A DEAD BODY IN A FREEZER.

IS THIS A NIKKI HEAT OR DETECTIVE BECKETT QUESTION?

BECKETT. OH, THAT'S RIGHT.

THE NIKKI HEAT THING WAS ABOUT INCINERATING A BODY

IN A SELF-CLEANING OVEN. MM-HMM. I MEAN, YOU PUT THINGS IN A FREEZER

TO KEEP 'EM FOR LATER,

BUT ONCE THEY'RE THERE, YOU RARELY EVER GO BACK.

IF I WAS PUTTING A BODY IN A FREEZER,

IT'D BE BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO HIDE IT.

UNTIL YOU STOPPED PAYING FOR THE STORAGE SPACE.

DID I STOP, OR DID SOMETHING STOP ME?

IT'S FAMILY MOMENTS LIKE THESE

I WILL NEVER FORGET.

(scoffs) WITH A GOOD THERAPIST,

HOPEFULLY I WILL.

(Beckett) MR. WYLER,

THE DETECTIVE INVESTIGATING MELANIE'S DISAPPEARANCE

SAID THAT YOU TOLD HIM

THAT SHE WENT TO AN EX-BOYFRIEND IN PHILADELPHIA?

NO, I ONLY TOLD HIM WHAT SAM TOLD ME. SAM TOLD YOU?

IT'S WHERE SHE WENT BEFORE THE WEDDING

AND A FEW TIMES AFTER. BUT YOU'RE NOT SURE THAT'S WHERE SHE WENT.

IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT MADE SENSE.

MELANIE WAS A GOOD PERSON, BUT MELANIE WAS... TROUBLED.

SOMETIMES WHEN THINGS GOT HARD,

SHE'D GO OUT AND SCORE, YOU KNOW?

COME HOME HIGH, ACCUSE SAM OF RUINING HER LIFE.

HE'D GIVEN HER EVERYTHING.

DO YOU REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE BOYFRIEND?

KEVIN HENSON.

IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO MELANIE,

HE'S THE ONE WHO WOULD KNOW WHAT.

(Beckett) KEVIN HENSON-- MELANIE'S EX-BOYFRIEND.

HE'S SERVING A YEAR FOR METH IN SOUTH JERSEY.

HE WENT IN JUST AFTER THE LAST PAYMENT WAS MADE

ON THE STORAGE UNIT. HE STOPS PAYMENT, THE STORAGE GUY FINDS HER BODY.

QUITE A COINCIDENCE. AND HE WAS ALSO ON THE OUTSIDE

WHEN HER HUSBAND WAS WHACKED.

SOUNDS LIKE HE'S WORTH A TRIP TO SOUTH JERSEY.

(man) YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE, DETECTIVE?

IT MAKES YOU DO CRAZY THINGS.

LIKE KILL SOMEONE?

(scoffs) MEL AND I, WHEN WE WERE TOGETHER,

TIME JUST STOPPED.

BUT EVEN THE FIRST DAY, HER AND ME--

WE BOTH KNEW IT WAS NEVER GONNA WORK.

GOD KNOWS HER FOLKS WERE NEVER GONNA LET THEIR LITTLE GIRL

END UP WITH SOME... TATTED-UP ADDICT.

BUT SOMETIMES, SEE,

SOMETIMES WHEN WE WERE ALONE TOGETHER...

(lowered voice) SOMETIMES WE ALMOST BELIEVED.

(buzzer sounds, door clatters)

SHE WAS GONNA LEAVE SAM.

THAT'S WHY SHE CAME TO SEE YOU.

(normal voice) SHE FOUND OUT HE WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR.

(chair scrapes floor)

SHE THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA LEAVE HER

AND GET CUSTODY OF THE KIDS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE DRUGS.

SHE WANTED ME TO GO WITH HER, TAKE THE KIDS, JUST DISAPPEAR.

SO WHAT'D YOU DQ?

PUT HER ON A BUS. YOU SENT HER AWAY?

WHAT SHE WANTED, I COULDN'T GIVE HER.

CHECKED INTO REHAB THE NEXT DAY.

I THOUGHT IF I COULD GET CLEAN...

THAT'S WHERE I WAS WHEN SHE DISAPPEARED.

BY THE TIME I GOT OUT, SHE WAS DEAD. HOW COULD YOU BE SURE SHE WAS DEAD?

SHE STOPPED CALLING. IF SHE WAS ALIVE, SHE WOULD'VE CALLED.

WELL, AN AFFAIR CERTAINLY EXPLAINS A LOT.

SAM KILLS MELANIE,

OR HE AND HIS LOVER KILL MELANIE TOGETHER.

WELL, THEN WHO KILLS SAM? THE LOVER, WHEN SAM BACKS OUT AFTER ALL SHE'S DONE FOR HIM.

IT'S NOT LIKE SHE COULD GO TO THE POLICE

IF HE BROKE HIS PROMISE.

HOW DO YOU COME UP WITH THESE THINGS, CASTLE?

I DID NOT COME UP WITH THIS ONE. THEY DID. OKAY, YOU SPEAK "GUY."

IF SAM HAD A LOVER, WOULD HIS BEST FRIEND KNOW ABOUT IT? YES.

DETECTIVE.

YOU LIED TO US, MR. WYLER. EXCUSE ME?

YOU DON'T THINK MAYBE IT'S RELEVANT YOUR BUDDY SAM

HAD AN AFFAIR RIGHT ABOUT THE TIME MELANIE DISAPPEARED?

THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.

WHAT'S THE POINT OF DRAGGING EVERYBODY THROUGH THE MUD?

HAVEN'T THEIR KIDS BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH?

DON'T THEY DESERVE SOME PEACE? WHAT THEY DESERVE IS TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR MOTHER.

ELIZABETH FORTE.

ELIZABETH FORTE IS HER NAME.

SHE WORKED WITH SAM AT HIS BANK.

MRS. FORTE, I'M DETECTIVE BECKETT.

THIS IS RICK CASTLE.

WHY AM I HERE?

DOES THE NAME SAMUEL KAVANAUGH RING A BELL?

WHAT ABOUT HIM?

WE FOUND THE BODY OF HIS WIFE MELANIE.

FROM THE LOOKS OF IT, SHE WAS KILLED

SOMEWHERE AROUND THE TIME THE TWO OF YOU

WERE HAVING AN AFFAIR.

I'M AFRAID I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN. DO YOU REALLY WANT ME

TO START DIGGING AROUND IN YOUR LIFE, MRS. FORTE?

BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WILL DO.

I'LL GO THROUGH YOUR OLD PHONE RECORDS,

YOUR CREDIT CARD STATEMENTS.

I'LL EVEN TALK TO YOUR HUSBAND IF I HAVE TO.

PLEASE. PLEASE DON'T DO THAT.

GARY DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

JUST WALK US THROUGH WHAT YOU KNOW.

I MET SAM

WHEN I GOT TRANSFERRED TO THE DOWNTOWN BRANCH.

HE WAS IN NEW ACCOUNTS.

WE WERE BOTH PRETTY UNHAPPY AT THE TIME.

HOW LONG WAS THE AFFAIR? NOT LONG. SIX MONTHS.

WHY DID IT END? I REALIZED I LOVED MY HUSBAND.

(scoffs) PLEASE. NO ONE ENDS AN AFFAIR BECAUSE THEY REALIZE

THEY'RE STILL IN LOVE. THEY END AN AFFAIR

BECAUSE THEY'RE SCARED-- SCARED OF TAKING IT

TO THE NEXT LEVEL, SCARED OF BEING FOUND OUT,

SCARED OF RUINING THEIR LIFE.

SO TELL US, ELIZABETH, WHAT WERE YOU SCARED OF?

HIM.

I WAS SCARED OF SAM.

WHY? HE STARTED TO ASK ME WHAT I WOULD DO

IF HE WASN'T WITH HIS WIFE,

IF SHE WASN'T IN THE PICTURE ANYMORE. AND WHEN WAS THAT?

A FEW WEEKS BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED.

WHEN I FOUND OUT SHE WAS MISSING,

I BROKE THINGS OFF. HE BECAME ANGRY.

IT GOT SO BAD THAT I HAD TO TRANSFER TO ANOTHER BRANCH.

YOU--I'M SORRY. YOU HAD TO, UH...

FIVE YEARS, MRS. FORTE.

FIVE WHOLE YEARS, AND YOU NEVER CAME FORWARD?

WHAT'S IT MATTER IF SAM KILLED MELANIE?

HE'S DEAD. THEY'RE BOTH DEAD. WHAT'S IT MATTER ANYMORE?

HOW'D YOU DO IT, SAM?

(beeping)

HA HA!

HA!

RUN, REBEL, BUT YOU'LL NEVER DEFEAT THE FORCES OF VOLTAR.

AAH! DEATH TO VOLTAR! DEATH TO THE VOLTARIANS! (laser fires)

(gasps)

(beeps)

I SENSE FEAR IN YOU.

(laughs) YOU SENSE NOTHING!

(laser firing)

HAS ANYONE SEEN MY PURSE?

MOM, WE ARE TOTALLY DOING BATTLE

ON THE FIELD OF HONOR. HOW OLD ARE YOU?

OLD ENOUGH TO AFFORD TOP-OF-THE-LINE LASER TAG. HA!

(beep) I'M DEAD! MOM!

NOW VOLTAR WILL NEVER RULE THE OMNIVERSE.

WELL... (blows air)

(doorbell rings) SOMEONE ORDER FOOD?

NO. NO.

I BETTER CHECK THIS OUT.

(laser fires)

HI?

(beep) HI.

WHO IS IT?

DETECTIVE BECKETT.

DARLING, ARE WE ENTERTAINING?

UM...

DAD. YEAH?

MANNERS. (chuckles)

RIGHT. (imitates gunshot)

COME ON IN, PLEASE, WHY DON'T YOU? WELCOME...

THANK YOU. TO OUR HOUSE.

YOU BET.

YOU, UM, YOU REMEMBER MY MOTHER MARTHA. OH.

AND ALEXIS, OF COURSE. HI.

YES. HELLO.

(sighs)

CAN I... MAKE YOU A DRINK?

(laser fires)

WOW.

I FEEL LIKE...

ALFRED IN THE BATCAVE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

HMM... BATMAN FAN. FIGURES.

WHY?

SIMILAR ORIGIN STORIES?

LOSS OF A LOVED ONE LEADS TO A LIFE OF FIGHTING CRIME.

YES, WELL,

YOU ARE THE MULTIMILLIONAIRE CRIME FIGHTER. YEAH.

THAT'S, UH, WHERE I OUTLINE MY BOOKS.

THAT'S FUNNY.

LOOKS A LOT LIKE OUR... (beeps)

MURDER BOARD.

YEAH, EXCEPT MINE'S FAKE.

YEAH. (exhales deeply)

SOMETHING WRONG?

I CAN'T FIND IT.

FIND WHAT?

THE ANSWER.

IT WAS SAM.

EVERYTHING FITS. IT'S A GOOD ENDING.

YEAH, BUT WITHOUT PROOF, IT'S JUST A THEORY.

AND THAT FAMILY-- THOSE KIDS--

THEY NEED MORE THAN JUST A THEORY.

THEY NEED TO KNOW. I NEED TO KNOW.

WELL, YOU HAVE AN ENDING.

YOU WANT THE REST, YOU NEED TO WORK BACKWARDS.

YOU NEED TO FINISH THE STORY.

YOU HAVE AN ENDING. YOU HAVE YOUR KILLER.

YOU JUST HAVE TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

WITH THE FACTS AT HAND.

THE FACTS?

FACT--THEY HAD TWO SMALL CHILDREN.

SO? BASED ON POLICE STATEMENTS, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A BABYSITTER.

WITH HIM AT WORK, SHE WOULD'VE HAD TO HAVE BEEN WITH THE KIDS

THE DAY SHE DISAPPEARED. BUT SAM SAID THAT SHE LEFT LATER THAT NIGHT.

WHICH THE DOORMAN WAS NEVER ABLE TO CORROBORATE. SO IF SHE WAS THERE AND SHE NEVER LEFT, THEN--

THEN SHE WAS MURDERED IN THE APARTMENT. YEAH.

ANOTHER FACT-- HE LIVED IN MANHATTAN. AND LIKE MOST PEOPLE IN THE CITY,

HE DIDN'T OWN A CAR. SO WHAT IS A GOOD HUSBAND TO DO

LIVING IN MANHATTAN WITH HIS WIFE'S BODY?

HE CAN'T LEAVE IT IN THE APARTMENT.

HE CAN'T WALK OUT THE LOBBY WITH IT.

SO THE ONLY QUESTION IS... HOW DID HE GET THE BODY TO THE STORAGE UNIT?

HE:

HEY, COULD--NO.

UH... N--

YOU KNOW WHAT HELPS? YEAH.

SOMETIMES WHEN I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT

HOW A CHARACTER OF MINE DOES SOMETHING,

I WILL WALK THE CRIME SCENE.

THIS ONE TIME, I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT

HOW TO THROW SOMEONE OFF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING,

AND THAT MOVIE "SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE" HAD JUST COME OUT.

OH, SO MANY LONELY WOMEN APPROACHED ME,

THINKING I WAS THEIR TOM HANKS. I GOT LA-- CASTLE.

THE POINT IS, YOU WANT TO GET INTO A KILLER'S HEAD,

GO TO WHERE THE KILLER WAS

AND SEE WHAT PROBLEMS HE HAD TO FACE.

FIELD TRIP?

THEY TOLD ME HE WAS SHOT IN A MUGGING,

AND NOW YOU'RE TELLING ME HE WAS KILLED

HERE IN MY APARTMENT? NOT HIM. HIS WIFE.

HIS WIFE? WHAT KIND OF FAMILY WAS THIS?

ALL RIGHT. SO YOU AND 1 ARE MARRIED.

WE ARE NOT MARRIED. RELAX. IT'S JUST PRETEND.

I DON'T WANT TO PRETEND. SCARED YOU'LL LIKE IT?

OKAY, IF WE'RE MARRIED, I WANT A DIVORCE. ARE YOU TWO LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME?

YES. YES.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE NOT MARRIED, BUT THEY WERE.

LET'S SAY THE DOORMAN'S RIGHT. MELANIE GETS HOME ABOUT 4:00.

SHE'D HAVE TO MAKE DINNER FOR THE KIDS.

THEN SAM COMES HOME.

BANKER'S HOURS. AROUND 6:00.

FIGURE THE KIDS HAVE ALREADY EATEN.

SO THEY'RE, WHAT, UM... WATCHING TV IN THE BEDROOM.

IN MY BEDROOM? SHH. WE'RE ON A ROLL.

THEY HAVE A FIGHT. ABOUT THE AFFAIR.

ABOUT PHILADELPHIA. THINGS GET HEATED.

AND SHE TURNS HER HEAD-- HE WHACKS HER WITH SOMETHING.

A POT. OR A PAN.

BAM. FRACTURES HER SKULL. IT'S OVER.

EXCEPT THE KIDS ARE STILL IN THE BEDROOM.

HE'S GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY OF GETTING HER

OUT OF THE APARTMENT WITHOUT THEM SEEING.

HALLWAY BATHROOM.

HE NEEDED TO BUY TIME.

OKAY, SO HE, UM... HE PUTS THE BODY IN THE TUB,

CLOSES THE DOOR... WAIT!

AND TELLS THE KIDS THAT MOM WENT TO THE STORE.

WHICH, ACCORDING TO THE CASE FILE,

THE DOORMAN WAS NEVER ABLE TO SUBSTANTIATE. OKAY, SO NO CAR.

HOW DOES HE GET THE BODY OUT OF THE APARTMENT?

MAYBE HE HAILED A CAB.

YEAH, MAYBE THE CABBIE AND THE DOORMAN

HELPED HIM STUFF THE BODY IN THE TRUNK.

HOW MUCH DO YOU TIP FOR THAT THESE DAYS? THE DOORMAN.

CASTLE, I'M JOKING.

WHAT IF THE BODY WAS ALREADY IN THE FREEZER

WHEN HE TOOK IT OUT OF THE APARTMENT? FREEZER? HE'D HAVE NEEDED A TRUCK.

IN MY BUILDING, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING PICKED UP

OR DELIVERED, YOU HAVE TO SIGN FOR IT. YEAH, HERE, TOO.

A DELIVERY THAT BIG, YOU HAVE TO SIGN THE LEDGER. THE LEDGER?

THE DOORMAN'S LEDGER DOWNSTAIRS.

(woman) YEAH, THAT'S MY NAME. (sighs)

I KNOW IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO, MRS. MARSH,

BUT THE ONLY DELIVERY THAT DAY

WAS TO YOUR APARTMENT.

IF YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING AT ALL ABOUT THE DELIVERY...

I-I REMEMBER I HAD TO GO DOWNSTAIRS

AND SORT EVERYTHING OUT. WHAT DO YOU MEAN "SORT EVERYTHING OUT"?

I TOLD THE DOORMAN I NEVER ORDERED A FREEZER.

BUT THE GUY BROUGHT IT ON UP.

HE LOADED IT ON THE FREIGHT ELEVATOR

WHILE I WAS TALKING TO THE DOORMAN. SO WHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU WERE DOWNSTAIRS?

(sighs) I TOLD THE DOORMAN

THEY GOT THE WRONG APARTMENT AGAIN.

AND THEN BY THE TIME I GOT BACK UPSTAIRS, THE GUY WAS GONE.

DOES THIS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT MISSING WOMAN? YEAH, IT DOES.

YEAH, 'CAUSE I ALREADY TOLD THE OTHER COP. DETECTIVE SLOAN?

I DON'T KNOW HIS NAME, BUT I TOLD HIM EVERYTHING,

SAME AS YOU. (Castle) I DON'T GET IT.

IF SLOAN HAD THAT WOMAN'S REPORT,

WHY DIDN'T HE JUST FOLLOW UP? HE WASN'T LOOKING FOR THE STORY.

HE'D ALREADY WRITTEN IT.

(Castle) THAT'S THE SAME KIND OF TRUCK

WE SAW OUTSIDE CHARLES WYLER'S STORE.

HE MUST HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEM.

IF YOU WANTED SOME HELP WITH SOME HEAVY LIFTING,

WHO WOULD YOU CALL? YOUR BEST FRIEND.

(Beckett) WE CAN TRACE THE RENTAL

OF THE DELIVERY TRUCK TO YOU, MR. WYLER. IF YOU WANT,

I CAN BRING THE LADY YOU DELIVERED THE FREEZER TO

IN TO IDENTIFY YOU. LOOK, I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT HAPPENED TO MELANIE.

YOU LIED ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE. WHY NOT ABOUT THIS? I NEVER HAD ANY REASON TO HURT HER.

BUT SAM DID, RIGHT? I MEAN, SHE KEPT GOING BACK

TO HER EX-BOYFRIEND. HOW MUCH CAN A GUY TAKE? (sighs)

HE CALLED ME THAT NIGHT.

HE SAID...

HE NEEDED ME TO COME OVER RIGHT AWAY.

WHEN I GOT THERE, THE KIDS WERE ASLEEP,

AND MELANIE WAS IN THE TUB...

IN A GARMENT BAG.

HE SAID SHE CAME AT HIM, AND HE JUST SNAPPED.

HERE'S AN IDEA--

INSTEAD OF KILLING HER, WHY NOT JUST GET A DIVORCE?

YOU DON'T THINK I KNOW HOW WRONG THIS WAS?

WHY DID YOU TAKE THE RISK? WHY DID YOU MOVE THAT BODY?

BECAUSE HE MADE A VERY BAD MISTAKE.

AND WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS?

THEIR MOM IS DEAD. IF HE GOES TO PRISON...

SO YOU ARRANGED FOR THE TRUCK.

HE SAID IT COULD NEVER BE TRACED BACK TO HIM.

THAT'S WHY WE SENT THE FREEZER TO THE OLD LADY,

THAT'S WHY I RENTED OUT THE STORAGE SPACE--

BECAUSE WE KNEW THE COPS WOULD LOOK AT SAM. YOU MADE THE PAYMENTS?

SAM COULDN'T TAKE ANY CHANCES.

HE'D GIVE ME THE CASH, AND I'D...

STOP BY TWICE A YEAR.

FOR FIVE YEARS.

IT SEEMED A LOT EASIER THAN MOVING HER.

WHY DID YOU STOP PAYING?

LOOK, I'M TRULY SORRY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO MELANIE.

BUT WHAT WAS 1 SUPPOSED TO DO,

KEEP PAYING FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE?

THE D.A. WILL MAKE SURE OF THAT, MR. WYLER.

(door opens)

(retreating footsteps)

HER BODY GETS DUMPED

BECAUSE THIS GUY WYLER DIDN'T PAY A BILL?

THAT'S... YOU CAN SAY IT. PRETTY COLD.

IRONIC THAT SUCH A SELFISH ACT ULTIMATELY REVEALED THE TRUTH.

THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO KNEW THE TRUTH ALL ALONG.

THEY JUST CHOSE NOT TO COME FORWARD. STILL, KARMA COMES BACK

AND PUTS A CAP IN HER HUSBAND'S ASS.

SO ALL IS RIGHT WITH THE WORLD.

(police radio chatter)

I'M GONNA GO TALK TO MELANIE'S PARENTS,

LET 'EM KNOW HOW THIS ALL SHOOK OUT.

YOU WANNA COME?

THE WOMAN WITH THE FREEZER DELIVERY

TOLD US SHE TALKED TO A COP. YEAH. SLOAN.

ONLY HE DIDN'T LIST HER NAME IN HIS REPORT.

HE DIDN'T FEEL THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT.

AFTER ALL, HE DIDN'T BELIEVE HE WAS LOOKING AT A MURDER.

RIGHT, SO IF YOU'RE NOT INVESTIGATING A MURDER,

WHY WOULD YOU TALK TO THE NEIGHBOR

ABOUT A FREEZER DELIVERY?

(sighs) THIS MUST BE SOME FREEZER.

YOU MENTIONED A POLICE OFFICER, MRS. MARSH.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS, BUT DO YOU-- I NEVER SAID IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO.

WHEN DID HE COME SEE YOU? LAST YEAR SOMETIME.

I REMEMBER THINKING, WHY IS THIS COP ASKING ME QUESTIONS

ABOUT A FREEZER I NEVER ORDERED? DO YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING

ABOUT THE MAN WHO CAME TO SEE YOU? UH, HE WAS OLDER.

UNIFORM?

NO. PLAINCLOTHES LIKE YOU.

HE HAD GRAY HAIR, AND HE WALKED WITH A LIMP.

BEN DAVIDSON. MELANIE'S DAD.

YOU COULD JUST LEAVE IT LIKE THIS.

SAM'S DEAD.

THE CAPTAIN'S HAPPY.

THOSE KIDS LOOK PRETTY HAPPY.

THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN A NOVEL AND THE REAL WORLD, CASTLE.

A COP DOESN'T GET TO DECIDE HOW THE STORY ENDS.

(exhales deeply)

(door opens)

DETECTIVE BECKETT.

SIR, I'M GONNA HAVE TO TAKE YOU WITH ME DOWN TO THE STATION.

WHO IS IT, HONEY?

UH... WHAT IS IT, BEN?

SO I'M HERE BECAUSE I QUESTIONED A WOMAN ABOUT A FREEZER?

NOT ANY FREEZER, MR. DAVIDSON.

THE FREEZER THAT YOUR DAUGHTER'S BODY WAS STORED IN.

FOR THE MOMENT, LET'S--

LET'S ASSUME WHAT YOU SAY IS TRUE.

WHAT'S THE CHARGE?

IF MRS. MARSH'S ANSWER LED TO SAM'S DEATH,

THEN THE CHARGE WOULD BE MURDER.

I KEPT GOING OVER EVERYTHING SAM SAID,

EVERYTHING HE CLAIMED HAPPENED THAT NIGHT,

UNTIL I CAME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION

THAT YOU BOTH APPARENTLY DID--

THAT MELANIE NEVER LEFT HER APARTMENT ALIVE.

MRS. MARSH'S ANSWERS MERELY CONFIRMED WHAT I ALREADY KNEW.

THAT YOUR SON-IN-LAW WAS A KILLER.

(Castle) IF YOU HAD FIGURED OUT WHAT SAM HAD DONE,

WHY NOT JUST GO TO THE POLICE?

HE WOULD'VE GONE TO PRISON FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. IF HE'D BEEN CONVICTED.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE A-A BODY AT THE TIME, REMEMBER?

HIS LAWYERS WOULD'VE PUT MELANIE ON TRIAL, NOT HIM.

SO YOU TOOK MATTERS INTO YOUR OWN HANDS.

WELL, YOU CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND

HOW A FATHER MIGHT WANT TO,

HOW HE MIGHT FOLLOW HIS DAUGHTER'S MURDERER

ONE DARK NIGHT WHEN HE WAS SURE NO OTHER PEOPLE WOULD BE AROUND,

HOW HE MIGHT CONFRONT HIM

WITH A GUN HE'D BROUGHT BACK FROM THE WAR,

MIGHT EVEN PROMISE FORGIVENESS IN EXCHANGE FOR THE TRUTH.

AND HEARING HIS ADMISSION...

BE OVERCOME WITH RAGE.

EVERY TIME HE BROUGHT THE GIRLS TO SEE US,

I WATCHED A LITTLE PIECE OF MY WIFE DIE.

A VISIT FROM YOUR GRANDKIDS SHOULD BE LIFE-AFFIRMING,

NOT A REMINDER OF HOW YOUR ONLY CHILD WAS MURDERED.

KILLING HIM WASN'T THE ANSWER.

I NEVER SAID I KILLED HIM.

I SAID A FATHER MIGHT BE JUSTIFIED.

THE POLICE TOLD ME SAM WAS SHOT IN A ROBBERY,

AND WITHOUT EVIDENCE, THERE'D BE LITTLE CHANCE

THAT HIS KILLER WOULD EVER BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.

SO I GUESS WE'LL FIND OUT IF THAT'S REALLY TRUE.

AND I'D LIKE TO SEE A-A LAWYER IF I COULD.

(police radio chatter)

NO, SWEETIE,

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I SAID GOOD NIGHT.

YOU GOT IT. STRAWBERRY HAPPY FACE PANCAKES ON ME.

MWAH. LATER.

(closes cell phone)

ALEXIS MISSED ME.

HOW DID YOU KNOW?

SPIDEY SENSE. HMM.

BY THE WAY, IT WAS MY MOTHER,

NOT MY FATHER.

WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO TO DINNER TOGETHER--

MY MOM, MY DAD AND I--

AND SHE WAS GONNA MEET US AT THE RESTAURANT,

BUT SHE NEVER SHOWED.

TWO HOURS LATER, WE WENT HOME.

AND THERE WAS A DETECTIVE WAITING FOR US.

DETECTIVE RAGLIN.

THEY FOUND HER BODY.

SHE HAD BEEN STABBED.

A ROBBERY?

NO.

SHE STILL HAD HER MONEY AND PURSE AND JEWELRY.

AND IT WASN'T A SEXUAL ASSAULT, EITHER.

THEY ATTRIBUTED IT TO GANG VIOLENCE.

RANDOM WAYWARD EVENT.

SO JUST LIKE IN MELANIE'S CASE,

THEY COULDN'T THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.

SO THEY JUST TRIED TO PACKAGE IT UP NICELY,

AND THE KILLER WAS NEVER CAUGHT.

WHY DO YOU WEAR THE WATCH?

MY DAD TOOK HER DEATH HARD.

HE'S SOBER NOW.

FIVE YEARS.

S50...

THIS IS FOR THE LIFE THAT I SAVED,

AND...

THIS IS FOR THE LIFE THAT I LOST.

S50...

I GUESS YOUR NIKKI HEAT HAS A BACKSTORY NOW, CASTLE.

I DON'T KNOW.

UM... I DID KINDA LIKE

THE HOOKER-BY-DAY, COP-BY-NIGHT THING.

BUT, UH...

I GUESS A HEAVY EMOTIONAL ANGLE COULD WORK, TOO.

WELL...

DON'T BEWILDER YOUR AUDIENCES WITH SUBSTANCE

ON MY ACCOUNT, CASTLE.

UNTIL TOMORROW, DETECTIVE.

(keys jangle)

YOU CAN'T JUST SAY "NIGHT"?

I'M A WRITER. "NIGHT" IS BORING.

"UNTIL TOMORROW" IS MORE... HOPEFUL.

YEAH, WELL...

I'M A COP.

NIGHT.

NIGHT.

(Joshua Radin's "No Envy No Fear" playing)

J SOME ARE REACHIN' J

J FEW ARE THERE J

J WANT TO REIGN FROM A HERO'S CHAIR J

J SOME ARE SCARED TO FLY SO HIGH 7

HI, DAD.

J WELL, THIS IS HOW WE HAVE TO TRY J

J HAVE NO ENVY AND NO FEAR J

J HAVE NO ENVY 7

J AND NO FEAR 7

REMEMBER, THIS NEVER HAPPENED.

I WAS NEVER HERE.

YOU HAVE MY WORD.

THANKS.

MM-HMM.

(clears throat)

IF YOU TELL HER I DID THIS,

I WILL MAKE YOU BLEED.

UNDERSTOQD.

GOOD LUCK.

J THE PLACE WE USED TO CALL OUR HOME J

J CAN'T BE FOUND WHEN WE'RE ALONE J

J SO HAVE NO ENVY J

J AND NO FEAR 7

J HAVE NO ENVY 7

J AND NO FEAR 7