All language subtitles for Castle.S02E23.WEB-DL.720p-MaRS

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?
I'M RICK CASTLE.

CASTLE.
CASTLE.

I REALLY AM
RUGGEDLY HANDSOME, AREN'T I?
EVERY WRITER
NEEDS INSPIRATION,

AND I'VE FOUND MINE.
DETECTIVE KATE BECKETT.

BECKETT.
BECKETT.

NIKKI HEAT?
THE CHARACTER
HE'S BASING ON YOU.

AND THANKS TO MY FRIENDSHIP
WITH THE MAYOR,

I GET TO BE ON HER CASE.
I WOULD BE HAPPY
TO LET YOU SPANK ME.

AND TOGETHER,
WE CATCH KILLERS.
WE MAKE A PRETTY GOOD TEAM,
YOU KNOW?

LIKE STARSKY AND HUTCH,
TURNER AND HOOCH.
YOU DO REMIND ME
A LITTLE OF HOOCH.

(man) ♪ I GET UP
IN THE MORNING ♪

♪ 'BOUT A QUARTER TO 5:00 ♪

♪ WORK THIS DAMN JOB
JUST TO STAY ALIVE, YEAH ♪

♪ OH, I GO TO BED
ABOUT A QUARTER TO 10:00 ♪

♪ GOT TO GO AND DO IT
ALL OVER AGAIN ♪

AAH!

(whistles)
"A SCREAM PIERCED THE AIR,

FALLING ONLY ON THE DEAF EARS
OF THE DEAD."

REALLY?
A LITTLE TOO OVER THE TOP?

I THINK YOU'VE BEEN
WRITING TOO LONG

NOT TO KNOW THAT IT'S "I" BEFORE
"E" EXCEPT AFTER "C."

EVER HEARD OF SPELL-CHECK?
YES, OF COURSE.

SHE'S GOT RED HAIR,
SHE'S WISE BEYOND HER YEARS,

AND SHE'S ABOUT TO TELL HER DAD
WHAT SHE THINKS

OF THE LATEST CHAPTER
OF HIS NEW BOOK.

I LOVED IT,
ESPECIALLY THE PART

WITH NIKKI AND ROOK
IN THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER.

AWESOME.
STOP IT.
YOU'RE EMBARRASSING ME.

I DO HAVE ONE NOTE, THOUGH.

THIS NEW CHARACTER,
THE, UH, ROBBERY DETECTIVE...

SCHLEMMING.
WHAT ABOUT HIM?

WELL, HE SEEMS LIKE HE KINDA
CAME UP OUT OF NOWHERE.

YEAH, WELL,
I CAN'T ARGUE WITH THAT.

HE'S COMING OFF
A BIT LIKE A DOOFUS.
YOU THINK?

I THINK YOU SHOULD LOSE HIM.

IF ONLY IT WAS THIS EASY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP,
SWEETIE.

I AM SO BEHIND
ON MY DEADLINE.

THAT'S 'CAUSE YOU ALWAYS FIND
NEW WAYS TO PROCRASTINATE.
(door opens)

OR THEY FIND ME.
HELLO, MOTHER.

OH, HI, GUYS.
I CAN'T STAY.

I'M JUST PICKING UP A DRESS.

CHET'S TAKING ME
TO THE THEATER THIS EVENING.
OH, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?

NEW PETROFSKY PLAY,
"EDGE OF AWAKENING."

WAIT A MINUTE. DIDN'T YOU
AUDITION FOR THAT?
UH-HUH, YES.

AND THAT WONDERFUL ACTRESS
MADGE VANCE GOT MY PART,

THE WAY SHE USUALLY DOES.
WELL, SHE'S NOT EVEN
REALLY YOUR FRIEND.

IT'S NICE THAT YOU GO
AND SUPPORT HER.
I KNOW.

AND... I HAVE TO GO SOON,
BECAUSE IT'S CLOSING.

THE CRITICS ARE SAYING IT'S
A... (whispers) "TRAIN WRECK."

OH, THERE'S
THE MARTHA RODGERS I KNOW.
(cell phone rings)

AH, BECKETT.
(beeps)

PLEASE TELL ME
THERE'S BEEN A MURDER,

OTHERWISE,
I'LL HAVE TO CONTINUE WRITING.

(camera shutter clicking)

PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY THEY WANT
TO DIE IN THEIR SLEEP.

WHAT YOU WANT IS A GOOD,
CLEAN SHOT TO TAKE YOU OUT

BEFORE YOU KNOW WHAT HIT YOU.
NOT THIS POOR GUY.

BULLET MISSED THE HEART.
HE DIDN'T DIE FOR QUITE A WHILE.
(Castle)
LOOKS LIKE HE WAS

REACHING FOR THE PHONE
TO CALL FOR HELP.

UNTIL OUR DOER
TOOK THAT TO HIS HEAD.

PROBABLY DIDN'T WANT TO RISK

THE NEIGHBORS
HEARING A SECOND SHOT,

AND SO HE GRABBED THE NEAREST
THING AND FINISHED HIM OFF.

THERE'S BLOOD SPATTER
ON THE CLOCK--MUST HAVE BEEN

KNOCKED OFF THE NIGHTSTAND
DURING THE ATTACK.

10:34. AT LEAST
WE KNOW WHAT TIME

THE FESTIVITIES STARTED.
THERE'S NO SIGNS
OF FORCED ENTRY.

HE PROBABLY LEFT THIS OPEN

SO HE COULD GET
A BREATH OF FRESH AIR.

AND THERE'S NO
SECURITY CAMERAS EITHER.

AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY
ON THE WAY IN.
MM.

CLEANING LADY FOUND HIM
THIS MORNING.

SHE SAID THAT USUALLY,
WILDER WOULD'VE LEFT FOR WORK

BY THE TIME SHE GOT HERE.
WILDER? DAMIAN WILDER?

(Esposito) YEAH,
YOU KNOW HIM?
I KNOW OF HIM.

THIS IS A PHOTO
FROM ONE OF HIS AD CAMPAIGNS.

HE--HE RUNS A LINE OF BOUTIQUE
MEN'S SKINCARE PRODUCTS.

YOU MEAN, LIKE,
BATHROOM STUFF?

HE HAS GOT A TONER,
TOTALLY ALCOHOL-FREE,

FANTASTIC.

HE'S GOT A SHAVING CREAM
THAT IS RIDICULOUS.

I'M GOOD WITH
THE DRUG STORE STUFF, MAN.
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
HANG ON.

THIS STUFF
WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

IT'S HOT.
IT'S HOT.

IT'S HOT?
IT'S HOT.

IT'S HOT.
HOW DO THEY DO THAT?
MAGIC OF MODERN CHEMISTRY.

IT'S LIKE GETTING A SHAVE
FROM A BARBER.

MATTER OF FACT, THAT'S
THE TAGLINE--BARBER IN A CAN.
HUH.

SO IT'S
PROBABLY EXPENSIVE, HUH?
IT'S 50 BUCKS A POP,
BUT IT'S SO WORTH IT.

ABSOLUTELY.
TOTALLY.

YEAH.
GUYS... A MAN
HAS BEEN MURDERED HERE.

AND WE ARE...
HONORING HIS LEGACY.

MM. IT'S LIKE
"SEX AND THE CITY,"

ONLY WITH BOYS.

MAYBE YOU GUYS CAN
CHECK IN WITH THE NEIGHBORS,

SEE IF THEY SAW
OR HEARD ANYTHING?

OH, YEAH. ALL OVER IT.

YEAH, I'M ON IT.
COME ON, CASTLE. LET ME
SHOW YOU WHAT I FOUND.

(police radio chatter)

SOMETHING WAS STOLEN
FROM THESE CASES.

HMM. THOSE ARE
HUMIDITY CONTROLS.

WELL, WHATEVER IT WAS
WAS VERY VALUABLE,

BECAUSE THE KILLER PASSED UP
THE PLASMA TV

AND THE BLU-RAY PLAYER.

ROBBERY GONE WRONG?

LOOKS THAT WAY,
DOESN'T IT?

AND THEN THERE'S THIS.

(police radio chatter)

IS THAT AN "E" OR AN "O"?

"MURDERO," IS THAT SPANISH
FOR MURDER?

"MURDERE."
THE KILLER WAS FRENCH.

THE THING
I DON'T GET ABOUT IT

IS WHY WOULD A THIEF
TAKE THE TIME

TO WRITE A MESSAGE
OUT OF OUR VIC'S BLOOD?

ESPECIALLY THAT MESSAGE.
I MEAN, WE KNOW IT'S MURDER.

THE DEAD BODY'S
KIND OF A GIVEAWAY.
SO WE'RE STILL CANVASSING,

BUT I THOUGHT YOU'D WANT
TO HEAR THIS--NEIGHBOR SAID

SHE WAS ON HER TREADMILL
LAST NIGHT LISTENING TO MUSIC.
SO SHE DIDN'T HEAR THE SHOT.

NO, BUT SHE DID OPEN HER
BACK DOOR TO LET THE CAT IN,

AND SHE SAW SOMEONE
HOPPING OVER THE FENCE

ON THEIR WAY
OUT OF WILDER'S YARD.
YOU GET A DESCRIPTION?

YEAH, "A FOOT DISAPPEARING
OVER THE FENCE."

DID YOU GET A TIME AT ALL?
10:52 ON THE BUTTON. IT WAS
STILL ON HER ALARM BOX.

SHE FORGET SHE'D SET IT
WHEN SHE OPENED THE DOOR.

SO NOW WE KNOW WHAT TIME
LAST NIGHT'S FESTIVITIES ENDED.

10:52.
ALL RIGHT, HAVE C.S.U.
SWEEP FOR PRINTS AND FIBERS

AND MAKE SURE THEY HIT
THE BACKYARD AS WELL.
YOU GOT IT.

(police radio chatter)

(camera shutter clicks)

(indistinct conversations)

DEMMING.

CASTLE.

YOU GUYS USE, UH, BOARDS
DOWN IN ROBBERY?

SURE, YEAH.

WELL, COME BACK TOMORROW.

IT'LL BE FULL OF ALL SORTS
OF MURDER-Y STUFF.

BECKETT ASKED ME TO ASSIST
IN THE INVESTIGATION, SO...

REALLY?
YEAH, BECAUSE OF
THE ROBBERY COMPONENT.

OF COURSE.

I TRACKED DOWN WILDER'S
NEXT OF KIN, HIS COUSIN BLAKE.

HE'S IN THE INTERVIEW LOUNGE.

(clicks pen cap, pen clatters)

YOU KNOW HOW HE GOT
IN THE BUSINESS HE DID? ACNE.

AS A TEENAGER,
HE HAD IT SOMETHING TERRIBLE.

WHEN HE ASKED ME TO LEND HIM
MONEY TO START UP A BUSINESS,

I WAS HAPPY TO DO IT.
HE... (chuckles)

HE WAS
ONE OF THE GOOD ONES.

I MEAN, WHY SOMEBODY WOULD DO
SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I... MM.

(Beckett) BLAKE,

WE WERE HOPING THAT YOU COULD
HELP US WITH SOMETHING.

THE DISPLAY CASES
IN THE LIVING ROOM

WERE BROKEN INTO
AND THEIR CONTENTS WERE MISSING.

WELL, THAT'S WHERE
HE KEPT HIS BOOKS.

HE WAS A COLLECTOR--
RARE PRINTINGS,

SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS,
THINGS LIKE THAT.

THOSE COULD RUN INTO
THE THOUSANDS,

EVEN TENS OF THOUSANDS.
SO IT WAS ROBBERY?

SOMEBODY KILLED HIM
TO TAKE HIS BOOKS?

WELL, IT'S POSSIBLE
THERE'S ANOTHER MOTIVE.

WE FOUND A MESSAGE
WRITTEN ON THE WALL.
THAT'S ODD.

WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT.
WHAT WE COULD REALLY USE

YOUR HELP ON
IS WITH THE MISSING BOOKS.

DID HE HAVE A CATALOG
OF HIS COLLECTION?
SURE. DAMIAN LOOKED TO ME

TO HELP HIM OUT WITH
THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THINGS.

THE INSURER HE USED
IS A FRIEND OF MINE.

HE'LL HAVE A CATALOG.
WELL, AS FAR AS WE KNOW,

THE ONLY THING MISSING
WERE THE BOOKS, WHICH SUGGESTS

THE PERPETRATOR WENT THERE
KNOWING WHAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR.

COULD BE HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
TO CASE THE APARTMENT.
WELL, THE KITCHEN--

I MEAN, DAMIAN HAD
THE ENTIRE THING RENOVATED.

THE PLACE WAS CRAWLING
WITH WORKERS FOR WEEKS.

KILLED FOR
A FORTUNE IN STOLEN BOOKS.

SO I'LL RUN THE WORK CREWS
AND SEE IF ANYBODY HAS PRIORS.

THANKS, TOM. I APPRECIATE
YOUR HELP ON THIS.

I'LL LET YOU KNOW
IF ANYTHING TURNS UP.

I'M NOT SURE WHY EVERYBODY'S
JUMPING TO THE CONCLUSION

THAT THIS MURDER
WAS ABOUT THE STOLEN BOOKS.

MAYBE BECAUSE
THEY'RE MISSING.

THE MESSAGE ON THE MIRROR
SUGGESTS AN INTENTION TO KILL,

A MOTIVE OF SOME KIND.

STEALING BOOKS--
JUST A CRIME OF OPPORTUNITY.

AND NOW WHO'S JUMPING
TO CONCLUSIONS?

I JUST HATE TO SEE ANYBODY
WASTE THEIR TIME.

THE KEY HERE IS THE MESSAGE,
NOT THE BOOKS.

I THINK WE SHOULD PURSUE
BOTH LINES OF INVESTIGATION.

WELL, HE'S YOUR BOYFRIEND.
EXCUSE ME?

I'M SORRY. AM I JUMPING
TO CONCLUSIONS AGAIN?

IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.

(Esposito) YO.

RAN A BACKGROUND CHECK
ON WILDER.

FOUND THIS INCIDENT REPORT

THAT HE FILED WITH THE POLICE
THREE DAYS AGO.

SOMEBODY VANDALIZED
HIS APARTMENT.
POURED RED PAINT
ALL OVER HIS STOOP.

YEAH, IT TURNS OUT THAT, UH,
HIS COMPANY WAS BEING PICKETED

BY ANIMAL RIGHTS PROTESTORS.

BUT ALL OF HIS STUFF IS
LABELED "NO ANIMAL TESTING."

THE PROBLEM WAS WITH, UH,
ONE OF HIS SUBCONTRACTORS,

WHO WAS DOING SOME OF
THE MANUFACTURING FOR HIM.

WILDER DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
ABOUT IT.
THAT'S WHAT THE MESSAGE WAS.

IT WASN'T MISSPELLED.
IT WAS UNFINISHED.

THEY WERE WRITING "MURDERER."
SO YOU THINK

THAT ONE OF THE ANIMAL RIGHTS
ACTIVISTS KILLED HIM.

SURE. ONE OF THEM HAD ENOUGH
WITH THE FAKE BLOOD, DECIDED,

"I'M GONNA SEND A MESSAGE
USING THE REAL THING."
MAYBE WE SHOULD PAY
WILDER'S OFFICE A VISIT

AND FIND OUT MORE
ABOUT THOSE PROTESTORS.

♪♪

♪♪

(camera shutter clicking)

♪♪

WE WERE LOOKING
FOR ANOTHER MANUFACTURER

TO REPLACE THE ONE
WE HAD BEEN USING.

BUT APPARENTLY, WE WEREN'T
DOING IT FAST ENOUGH

FOR THESE PROTESTORS.
MR. WILDER WANTED
TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

HE REALLY DID. HE JUST
NEEDED A LITTLE MORE TIME.

THE PAINT THROWING INCIDENT
AT DAMIAN'S HOUSE THURSDAY NIGHT

WAS THE LAST STRAW.

HE SCHEDULED A PRESS CONFERENCE
FOR THIS MORNING.

HE HADN'T TOLD ANYBODY,
BUT HE WAS PLANNING TO ANNOUNCE

A SUBSTANTIAL DONATION
TO THE ANIMAL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

AS A SIGN
OF THE COMPANY'S GOOD FAITH.

THEY GOT
EVERYTHING THEY WANTED,

BUT THEY KILLED HIM ANYWAY.

WELL, TO BE FAIR, MS. JENKINS,
WE DON'T KNOW THAT DEFINITIVELY.

THE INCIDENT ON THURSDAY,
WAS THAT THE FIRST TIME

THAT MR. WILDER
HAD BEEN TARGETED PERSONALLY?

USUALLY, THEY JUST PICKET
OUTSIDE THE BUILDING.
IT GOT SO BAD,

WE ACTUALLY HIRED A PRIVATE
SECURITY FIRM FOR A WHILE

TO RUN DOWN SOME OF THE THREATS
WE GOT IN THE MAIL.

IS THERE A CHANCE
WE COULD TAKE A LOOK

AT THE INFORMATION THEY
DEVELOPED? IT COULD BE HELPFUL.
OF COURSE. YEAH.

DAPHNE WILL
PUT IT TOGETHER FOR YOU.
WE'LL ALSO NEED TO SEE A COPY
OF MR. WILDER'S DATE BOOK

FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

ABSOLUTELY.
ANYTHING YOU NEED.

HERE YOU GO, SIR.

I CANNOT BELIEVE
THAT YOU ASKED FOR SAMPLES.

SHE SAID
ANYTHING WE NEEDED.

(scoffs)
BESIDES, IT'S NOT FOR ME.
IT'S FOR RYAN AND ESPOSITO.

DON'T YOU MEAN
CHARLOTTE AND MIRANDA?

WAIT A MINUTE.
THAT WOULD MAKE ME CARRIE.

YOU'RE SO METROSEXUAL
FOR EVEN KNOWING THAT.
I ONLY WATCHED THAT SHOW

OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE
WHEN MY MOTHER HAD IT ON.

THAT SO
DID NOT COME OUT RIGHT.

ACCORDING TO THESE NOTES FROM
THE PRIVATE SECURITY FIRM,

MOST OF THESE FOLKS SEEM LIKE
AVERAGE, EVERYDAY,

TREE-HUGGING VEGETARIANS.

I MEAN, SO FAR, THE WORST
ANY OF THEM HAS DONE

IS BREAK INTO A LAB
TO FREE A BUNCH OF MICE.

YOU COME UP WITH ANYTHING?
THERE ARE A HANDFUL
OF RECENT ENTRIES

IN WILDER'S CALENDAR
FOR SOMEONE NAMED NATASHA.

COULD BE SOMEONE
THAT HE STARTED DATING.

HEY.
HEY.

SO I RAN THE WORKMEN WHO
RENOVATED YOUR VIC'S KITCHEN.

AND ONE OF 'EM POPPED.

MEET JAKE CABRESE.

TWO OF THE APARTMENTS

HE WORKED ON IN THE PAST YEAR
WERE LATER ROBBED.

HE WAS A PERSON OF INTEREST
IN BOTH INVESTIGATIONS,

BUT NEITHER OF THEM MADE.
SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE
WE SHOULD TALK TO.

WELL, WE'RE RUNNING DOWN
HIS WHEREABOUTS AS WE SPEAK.
AHA! MEET LANCE NEWMAN--

ARRESTED FIVE TIMES
FOR VIOLENT AGITATION.

HIS FAVORITE TOOL OF PROTEST--
THE BUCKET OF FAKE BLOOD.

ISN'T FAKE BLOOD KIND OF
A STAPLE WITH THESE TYPES?
LAST MONTH, HE PAINTED
THE WORD "MURDERER"

ON A CONGRESSMAN'S CAR BECAUSE
HE VOTED AGAINST A FISHING BAN.

WHEN THE DRIVER TRIED TO
STOP HIM, NEWMAN BASHED HIM

IN THE SIDE OF THE HEAD
WITH HIS PAINT BUCKET.

YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE HIM MORE
IF WE COULD FIND SOMETHING

THAT WOULD CONNECT HIM
WITH OUR VIC.
YOU MEAN LIKE THE STRING
OF VIOLENT LETTERS

HE WROTE TO WILDER...
SENT TO HIS HOME ADDRESS?

NICE JOB, CASTLE.
LET'S GO PICK HIM UP.

YEAH. LET'S.

MM. (chuckles)

YOU'VE GOT THE WRONG GUY.
LAST THURSDAY NIGHT,

SOMEONE POURS FAKE BLOOD
ALL OVER WILDER'S STOOP.

THREE DAYS LATER,
HE ENDS UP DEAD.

IT DOES NOT TAKE A GENIUS
TO MAKE THE CONNECTION.
YEAH, BUT I DIDN'T KILL HIM.

LOOK, I-I TOLD YOU ALREADY.

I WENT TO THE MOVIES
SUNDAY NIGHT.

YES, YES, YES. WE HAVE SOMEONE
RUNNING DOWN THAT ALIBI.

WHAT ABOUT THURSDAY?
YOU GOT ONE FOR THEN, TOO?
THURSDAY...
I DON'T REMEMBER.

WELL, THEN HOW ABOUT
YOU SPEND THE NIGHT IN LOCKUP?

MIGHT REFRESH YOUR MEMORY.

LAST THURSDAY, I WENT
OVER THERE WITH THE PAINT--

BAM! SO YOU ADMIT
THAT IT WAS YOU

WHO VANDALIZED
WILDER'S APARTMENT?
(whispers) CASTLE.

YES. OKAY. I-I THREW PAINT
ON HIS STOOP,

WHICH IS THEN
WHEN I HEARD HIM

FIGHTING WITH SOMEONE INSIDE,
A WOMAN.

THEY WERE THROWING STUFF,

AND I REALLY THOUGHT THEY WERE
GONNA KILL EACH OTHER.
DID YOU SEE WHO SHE WAS?

NO. I JUST HEARD THEM YELLING.
AND WHAT EXACTLY
DID YOU OVERHEAR?

SHE SAID SOMETHING
ABOUT BEING HUMILIATED,

AND HE SAID SOMETHING
ABOUT A GUN.

A GUN?

"YOU PUT A GUN TO MY HEAD,"
I THINK IT WAS.

OKAY, NOW YOU'RE JUST
MAKING STUFF UP.

(door closes)

(whispers indistinctly)

WELL, MR. NEWMAN,
GOOD THING YOU USED

THE AUTOMATED TICKET BOOTH
AT THE THEATER SUNDAY NIGHT.

YOUR ALIBI CHECKED OUT.

REALLY?
REALLY?

REALLY.

OKAY, THANKS.

CHECK THIS OUT.
ACCORDING TO HIS CALENDAR,

WILDER HAD DINNER WITH THIS
NATASHA PERSON THURSDAY NIGHT.

COULD BE THAT SHE'S THE PERSON

OUR ANIMAL-LOVING FRIEND
WAS TALKING ABOUT.
I THOUGHT YOU SAID THAT
HE WAS MAKING ALL THAT UP.

(inhales) THAT WAS--
THAT WAS WILDER'S ASSISTANT
ON THE PHONE.

APPARENTLY...

WILDER AND NATASHA PIPER
HAD STARTED DATING RECENTLY.

THE GIRL FROM THE PRINT ADS?
YEP. AND SHE SAID SHE WAS
A REAL PIECE OF WORK.

TORE UP A SET AT A PHOTO SHOOT
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO

BECAUSE THEY HAD THE WRONG
BOTTLED WATER FOR HER.
WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD BET
SHE WAS THE ONE

FIGHTING WITH WILDER
THURSDAY NIGHT.
YEAH. COULD BE
SHE WENT BACK ON SUNDAY

TO GET ONE LAST WORD IN.

I SHOULD PICK HER UP
IN THE MORNING.
(Demming) HEY.

HEY, HOW DID THINGS GO
WITH THE WORKMAN?

WELL, FOUND HIM SITTING
IN HIS GARAGE

ON A COUPLE OF G's WORTH
OF STOLEN POWER TOOLS, BUT...

THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER,
IT TURNS OUT

HE WAS WATCHING HIS KIDS
IN A PLAY AT CHURCH, SO...
YEAH, IT'S BEEN
THAT KIND OF A DAY.

YEAH. YOU READY TO GO?
READY.

THOUGHT WE WERE
KNOCKING IT OFF FOR THE NIGHT.

WE ARE. WE'RE JUST,
UM, SHARING A CAB.

NIGHT, CASTLE.

NIGHT.
NIGHT.

(jangles keys)

HEY. HOW WAS THE PLAY?

OH, AWFUL.

WELL, THAT MUST'VE
MADE YOU HAPPY.

YOU KNOW WHAT
THE WORST PART WAS?

IT'S BADNESS
MADE MADGE'S PERFORMANCE

ALL THAT MUCH BETTER.

(voice breaking)
SHE WAS WONDERFUL.

SHE WAS...
LIKE A REVELATION.

OH, MOTHER. I'M SORRY.

THANK YOU.

(normal voice) YOU KNOW, I WENT
INTO THE THEATER THINKING,

YEAH, SHE KINDA SNAKED
THAT PART OUT FROM UNDER ME.

BUT THEN I...
I HATE TO ADMIT IT.

SHE DESERVED TO GET IT.

I'M SURE YOU WOULD'VE BEEN
TERRIFIC IN THAT ROLE.

AW, YOU ARE SO SWEET.

BUT YOU KNOW SOMETHING,
DARLING?

IN LIFE, YOU JUST
HAVE TO ACCEPT THE FACT

THAT NOT EVERYTHING
IS GONNA GO YOUR WAY.

(Beckett) THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR COMING IN, MS. PIPER.

FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY THAT
I AM SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.

YEAH. DON'T BE.

UH, HOW LONG HAD THE TWO
OF YOU BEEN SEEING EACH OTHER?

I DON'T KNOW. TWO MONTHS?
DOES IT REALLY MATTER?

APPARENTLY NOT.

IF YOU ASK ME, HE GOT
EXACTLY WHAT HE DESERVED.
REALLY?

YEAH. REALLY.

BULLET IN THE CHEST.

DON'T FORGET ABOUT
THE BLUDGEONING PART.
OH, HOW COULD I?

RIGHT UPSIDE
HIS LITTLE HEAD.

SO WHY DID YOU DO IT?

YOU SERIOUSLY THINK
I DID THIS?

I READ ABOUT IT IN THE PAPER,
BUT HE DID HAVE IT COMING.

CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT
THAT LITTLE TOAD

WAS CHEATING ON ME?
ME?

OKAY, SO WHY DON'T WE JUST
START FROM THE BEGINNING?

WHERE WERE YOU THE NIGHT
THAT HE WAS KILLED?
ON SUNDAY,
I WAS IN THE HAMPTONS.

I TOOK THE JITNEY OUT
IN THE MORNING

AND SAT NEXT TO PEREZ HILTON
OF ALL PEOPLE.

HE BLOGGED ALL ABOUT IT.
YOU CAN CHECK YOURSELF.
WELL, WE HAVE A WITNESS

WHO SAYS THAT MR. WILDER
ARGUED WITH A WOMAN

IN HIS APARTMENT ON THURSDAY.
WAS THAT YOU?

NO, THAT WASN'T ME.

SO IT PROBABLY MEANS
THAT HE WAS WITH HER.

THE BITCH THAT HE WAS TWO-TIMING
ME WITH, THE ONE FROM THE MOTEL.

WHAT MOTEL?
AH, HE DID BLOG ABOUT IT.

YOU TWO ATE
AT THE SOUTHAMPTON GRILL?

I LOVE THAT PLACE.
CASTLE.

WHAT MOTEL?
THE ONE IN JERSEY

THAT I FOLLOWED HIM TO
THURSDAY MORNING.

I WAS RIGHT.
HE WAS CHEATING ON ME.

WITH WHO?
I DON'T KNOW.

HE WENT UP TO THE CORNER ROOM
ON THE SECOND FLOOR.

I DIDN'T STICK AROUND
TO WATCH.
SO YOU CAN'T BE SURE

THAT IT WAS A WOMAN
THAT HE WAS MEETING WITH.
NO, BUT WHY ELSE
WOULD HE BE THERE?

AND JUST FOR THE RECORD,
SHE'S GOTTA BE

SOME KIND OF DIRTY SKANK,
'CAUSE THAT PLACE WAS A DUMP.

A CHEAP SKANK...
AT A RUNDOWN MOTEL

IS ACTUALLY A BETTER LEAD
THAN AN ANGRY EX-GIRLFRIEND.

(lowered voice) AND A MUCH
BETTER LEAD THAN STOLEN BOOKS.

WHAT WAS THAT?

(normal voice) I SAID...
MY, DON'T YOU GENTLEMEN

LOOK CLEAN-SHAVEN TODAY?
(Esposito)
YEAH, SWEET STUFF, BRO.

YEAH, JENNY SAID MY FACE
NEVER FELT SO SMOOTH.
BARBER IN A CAN.

(Ryan) MM-HMM.
OKAY, GUYS. GOT IT.

COMES OUT HOT. CASE?

OH, YEAH, UH, NOTHING UNUSUAL
IN WILDER'S FINANCIALS.

HIS CALL RECORDS
WERE CLEAN, TOO.

NO CALLS EXCEPT TO PLACES
YOU WOULD EXPECT.
BALLISTICS REPORT
CAME BACK NEGATIVE.

NO UNUSUAL FIBERS
OR FINGERPRINTS

IN THE APARTMENT
OR BACKYARD EITHER.
ALL RIGHT, TALK TO
THE NEIGHBORS AGAIN.

FIND OUT IF ANY OF THEM
REMEMBER SEEING HIM

WITH A WOMAN THURSDAY NIGHT.
OKAY. DUDE...

(Ryan whispers) HEY.

I'M WONDERING WHY A MAN
AS WEALTHY AS WILDER

WOULD CHOOSE A CHEAP MOTEL
IN JERSEY TO HAVE A TRYST.

MAYBE THERE'S MORE GOING ON
THAN JUST A TRYST.

(Castle)
HIS NAME IS DAMIAN WILDER.

NEVER SEEN HIM BEFORE.
BUT I WASN'T ON DUTY.

BENNY WAS.
WELL, I'D LIKE
TO TALK WITH BENNY.

SO WOULD I. HE DIDN'T
SHOW UP FOR WORK TODAY,

WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE
COVERING ON MY DAY OFF.

DO YOU HAVE
CONTACT INFO FOR HIM?

THE CORNER ROOM,
SECOND FLOOR,

WHO STAYED IN THERE
LAST THURSDAY?

OH, LET'S SEE. (sighs) PAID CASH
UP FRONT, FOUR NIGHTS.

NAME WAS...
SCARLETT O'HARA.

SCARLETT O'HARA?

SHE'S...
A FICTIONAL CHARACTER.

IT'S THAT KIND OF PLACE.

OKAY. THANKS.
(receiver clatters)

BENNY'S ROOMMATE SAID THAT
HE CAME HOME FROM HIS SHIFT,

PACKED A BAG
AND LEFT IN A HURRY.
IS IT JUST ME, OR IS THE TIMING
A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS?

I'M GONNA PUT A WANT OUT
FOR HIM IN THE SYSTEM.

HE'S GOTTA BE
OUT THERE SOMEWHERE.
YOU KNOW, THE CLERK SAID

OUR MYSTERY WOMAN RENTED
THE ROOM FOR FOUR NIGHTS.

WILDER'S CALENDAR WAS
PRETTY PACKED THE WHOLE TIME.

IT'S HARD TO FIGURE HIM GETTING
BACK OUT THERE TO SEE HER.
SO WHY DID SHE RENT IT
FOR THAT LONG?

WHAT WAS GOING ON
OUT THERE?
BREAKING NEWS.

GUESS WHAT JUST TURNED UP
FOR SALE ONLINE?

A FIRST EDITION
"CATCHER IN THE RYE"

AND A SIGNED
"FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS."
I TAKE IT THOSE ARE BOTH
ITEMS IN WILDER'S COLLECTION.

BINGO. THE SITE BELONGED
TO A RARE BOOK DEALER.

GOES BY THE NAME OF LUKAS CANBY.
HE'S GOT A JACKET

FOR DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY
AND LAST MONTH,

HE WAS ARRESTED FOR ASSAULTING
ANOTHER BOOK DEALER

AT AN AUCTION
THAT DIDN'T GO HIS WAY.
SO HE'S GOT
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE

AND POSSESSION
OF OUR VIC'S PROPERTY.
YOU CARE TO SIT IN

WHILE I GET HIM TO CONFESS
TO WILDER'S MURDER?
DON'T MIND IF I DO.

(imitating Demming)
YOU CARE TO SIT IN

WHILE I GET HIM TO CONFESS
TO WILDER'S MURDER?

(Demming)
$50,000 WORTH OF BOOKS

GOES MISSING
FROM A DEAD MAN'S APARTMENT,

TURNS UP IN YOUR POSSESSION.

YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT'S
A PROBLEM, CAN'T YOU, LUKAS?

(Beckett) YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN
WHAT HAPPENED?
(Lukas) SURE.

BUT YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE ME.

TRY US.

I BOUGHT 'EM
FROM SOME GUY IN THE PARK.

IN THE PARK?

NEAR THE 76th STREET ENTRANCE.

THIS HOMELESS LOOKING GUY
HAD 'EM LAID OUT ON A BLANKET.

DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE
WHAT THEY WERE WORTH.

GAVE HIM 100 BUCKS
FOR THE WHOLE LOT.

MAN, WAS I FEELING LUCKY
THAT DAY.
YEAH, THAT'S HOW I FELT WHEN I
FOLLOWED THAT LEPRECHAUN

TO HIS POT OF GOLD.

MM. I DIDN'T
STEAL THOSE BOOKS,

AND I MOST CERTAINLY
DIDN'T KILL ANYBODY.

IT WAS THIS HOMELESS GUY.
HAD TO BE.
(Beckett) REALLY?

YEAH.
YOU EXPECT US TO BELIEVE THAT HE
BROKE IN TO WILDER'S APARTMENT,

KILLED HIM
FOR $50,000 WORTH OF BOOKS

JUST TO SELL IT TO YOU
FOR 100 BUCKS?
DOESN'T ADD UP, PAL.

WHERE WERE YOU SUNDAY NIGHT?

HOME... ALONE.

WELL, I WOULDN'T WORRY.
YOU WON'T BE ALONE IN YOUR CELL.

RIKERS IS OVERCROWDED
THESE DAYS.

(Beckett) LET'S HAVE C.S.U.

TAKE SAMPLES FROM LUKAS'
APARTMENT AND OFFICE,

RUN THEM AGAINST
WHAT THEY RECOVERED.

MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT PUTS
HIM AT THE CRIME SCENE, YEAH.
IN THE MEANTIME,

WE SHOULD CHECK ON HIS STORY
ABOUT THE HOMELESS GUY,

JUST IN CASE.
IT'S A NICE DAY
TO BE OUT IN THE PARK.

CAN I BUY YOU A HOT DOG?

(Castle) THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE
FINDING THAT HOMELESS GUY.

I DON'T KNOW
HOW THEY'RE GONNA DO THAT

WHEN ALL THEY CAN DO IS MAKE
GOO-GOO EYES AT EACH OTHER.
BECKETT'S A GOOD COP.

SHE CAN CANVASS AND MAKE
GOO-GOO EYES AT THE SAME TIME.
MAYBE WE SHOULD CALL THE MOTEL,
SEE IF BENNY'S TURNED UP.

I JUST CALLED TEN MINUTES AGO.
BESIDES, CHANCE ARE,

THIS BOOK GUY THAT DEMMING'S
GOT IN THE LOCKUP DID IT.
OH, DON'T SAY THAT.

WHAT? OH.

YOU WANT TO BE THE ONE
TO CRACK IT,

NOT DEMMING, RIGHT?
WELL, THE GUY
IS NOT EVEN HOMICIDE.

DOESN'T THAT BUG YOU
JUST A LITTLE?

MAYBE A LITTLE.

BUT THAT'S NOT
WHY IT BUGS YOU, IS IT?

YO. JUST HEARD BACK
FROM THE PHONE COMPANY.

ONLY ONE CALL CAME INTO
THE MOTEL ROOM

DURING THE FOUR DAYS THAT IT WAS
RENTED TO SCARLETT O'HARA.
OOH, LET ME GUESS.
RHETT BUTLER, RIGHT?

RHETT BUTLER?
SEE WHAT I DID THERE?

CALL LASTED TWO MINUTES.
CAME IN AROUND THE SAME TIME

THAT WILDER'S EX SAID
HE WENT UP TO THE ROOM.
WELL, THE ONLY ONE WHO WOULD'VE
KNOWN WILDER WAS THERE

WOULD'VE BEEN THE WOMAN
PLANNING TO MEET HIM.

MAYBE SHE CALLED TO SAY
SHE WAS RUNNING LATE.
YEAH, WELL,
HERE'S THE MONEY PART...

(can drops)
THE CALL CAME...

FROM WILDER'S COMPANY.
HE WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR
WITH SOMEONE FROM WORK.

YEAH, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE WAY
THAT THEY ROUTE THE CALLS,

WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO
NARROW IT DOWN TO AN EXTENSION

ON THE THIRD FLOOR
OF HIS BUILDING.
WELL, AND WE CAN RULE OUT
ALL THE MEN,

SINCE WE KNOW SCARLETT
WAS A WOMAN.
YEAH, AND MOST LIKELY,
IT WAS THE WOMAN

THAT WILDER WAS FIGHTING WITH
AT HIS APARTMENT.
THERE'S GOTTA BE A WAY
WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHO IT WAS.

WE COULD DO A SOUND LINEUP.
MM.

SOUND LINEUP?
YEAH, WE BRING IN THE GUY
WHO OVERHEARD THE ARGUMENT,

HAVE HIM LISTEN TO VOICE SAMPLES
FROM ALL THE WOMEN

ON THE THIRD FLOOR, SEE IF
HE RECOGNIZES ANY OF 'EM.
YOU CAN DO THAT?

MM-HMM. WE DON'T EVEN NEED
TO BRING ANY OF THE WOMEN IN.

WE CAN PATCH INTO THE VOICE MAIL
SYSTEM, PULL SAMPLES FROM THERE.
YOU GUYS, IF THIS WORKS,

I'LL KEEP YOU BOTH
IN SHAVE CREAM FOR A YEAR.
DEAL.

MM-HMM.
YO.

YOU FOUND HIM?

TAKE A SEAT.

YEAH, WE GOT LUCKY. APPARENTLY,
MARTY THE JUNKIE HERE,

IS A PERMANENT FIXTURE
IN THAT PART OF THE PARK.

HE WAS PANHANDLING
RIGHT ABOUT WHERE LUKAS SAID

HE BOUGHT THE BOOKS.
WHICH MARTY'S ALREADY
ADMITTED TO SELLING TO HIM

FOR 100 BUCKS.
HAS HE ADMITTED TO BREAKING
INTO WILDER'S APARTMENT?

WELL, THAT'S WHERE THINGS
GET INTERESTING.

HIS ALIBI FOR THE BREAK-IN
IS SOLID.

HE PICKED UP A FEW EXTRA BUCKS
AT A SOUP KITCHEN,

CLEANING UP AFTER HOURS.
CLAIMS HE FOUND THE BOOKS
IN A GARBAGE CAN.

SAYS HE SAW SOMEBODY
DUMPING THEM THERE

A COUPLE HOURS
AFTER OUR MURDER.
WHICH, PRETTY GOOD BET,
THAT IS OUR KILLER.

I'M GONNA SIT HIM DOWN
WITH A SKETCH ARTIST NOW.

COME ON, MARTY.

ANY LEADS
ON OUR MYSTERY WOMAN?

ACTUALLY, YES.

Hey,
you've reached Katie Marks.

I'm not at my desk right now.

Leave a message, and I'll get
back to you as soon as I can.
(beep)

THAT'S NOT HER.
OKAY. I WILL CUE
TO THE NEXT ONE.

SO DID MARTY THE JUNKIE
SAY HE GOT A GOOD LOOK

AT WHO IT WAS
THAT TOSSED THE BOOKS?
PRETTY GOOD, YEAH.

HOPEFULLY, ONE OF THESE
TWO LEADS WILL PAN OUT.
(voice mail messages
play back indistinctly)

YEAH, HOPEFULLY.
(Beckett) I'M GONNA GO
AND CHECK ON THAT SKETCH.

(woman) Leave a message
or try my cell.

(Ryan)
OKAY, HOW ABOUT THIS ONE?

Hi, this is Jane.

I'm away from my desk,
so please leave a message.

(Ryan) NO DICE, HUH?
You've reached Sophie. I can't
take your call right now,

so leave your name and number
and I'll get back to you.
(whispers) NEXT ONE.

ONLY THREE MORE.
(clicks keyboard key)

Hi, this is Lisa Jenkins.

If you've reached this, that
means I'm out of the office.

Please leave a message.
THAT'S HER.

LISA JENKINS? THAT'S THE WOMAN
WE INTERVIEWED.

YOU SURE?

YEAH, I'M POSITIVE.

REMEMBER OUR DEAL, CASTLE.

IT WAS LISA JENKINS.

WILDER WAS FIGHTING
WITH LISA...

THAT'S
A PRETTY SOLID LIKENESS.
YEAH, RIGHT?

WHAT?

OH, IT'S MARTY'S SKETCH

OF THE MAN HE SAW
TOSSING THE BOOKS...

WILDER'S COUSIN--BLAKE.

SO WE HAVE A WITNESS WHO SAYS
THAT HE HEARD LISA JENKINS

IN A KNOCK-DOWN-DRAG-OUT
WITH WILDER,

AND ANOTHER ONE SAYS

THAT HE SAW WILDER'S COUSIN
DUMPING HIS BOOKS.

BUT WHAT WE DON'T HAVE
FROM EITHER SUSPECT IS MOTIVE.

EASY. LISA'S AFFAIR
WITH WILDER WENT SOUTH.

THEY COULD NO LONGER
WORK TOGETHER SIDE BY SIDE,

AND SHE DIDN'T WANT
TO HAVE TO QUIT HER JOB.

DETECTIVE DEMMING?
OH, YOU KNOW,
IT COULD BE ANYTHING.

I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE BLAKE
DIDN'T LIKE THE FACT

THAT WILDER GREW UP TO BE
MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN HIM.

MAYBE HE WAS SICK
OF GETTING BEAT AT GOLF.

(laughs)

GOLF, REALLY?
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU,

I'M NOT THAT CONCERNED
ABOUT A MOTIVE RIGHT NOW.

I'VE GOT AN EYEWITNESS THAT
SAW HIM TOSSING HIS COUSIN'S

PRIZE BOOK COLLECTION
THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER.
I HAVE A WITNESS, TOO.

THAT HEARD WILDER FIGHT
WITH SOMEONE THREE DAYS AGO.

IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING.
GUYS--

AT LEAST I HAVE A MOTIVE.
YEAH, BUT CAN'T PUT
YOUR SUSPECT AT THE SCENE.

GUYS--
DID I MISS THE PART
WHERE YOU HAD A MOTIVE?

YOU DON'T NEED A MOTIVE--
GUYS.
THIS ISN'T A COMPETITION.

WE'VE GOT TWO GOOD SUSPECTS.

SEEMS TO ME
THAT WE SHOULD BRING THEM IN

AND SEE WHAT THEY SAY.

(Lisa) OKAY, FINE.

DAMIAN AND I
HAD AN ARGUMENT

AT HIS APARTMENT
ON THURSDAY NIGHT.

BUT I WAS NOT HAVING
AN AFFAIR WITH HIM,

AND I NEVER WENT TO NEW JERSEY
TO MEET HIM IN ANY MOTEL.
OUR WITNESS SAID

THAT HE HEARD THINGS
BEING THROWN,

AND THAT WILDER SAID SOMETHING
ABOUT HAVING A GUN TO HIS HEAD.

NO, NO. HE WAS TALKING
ABOUT THE PROTESTORS.

YOU SEE, DAMIAN WAS UNHAPPY
BECAUSE IT WAS TAKING SO LONG

FOR US TO FIND
A NEW MANUFACTURER.

AND AS HEAD OF PRODUCTION,
HE FELT THAT WAS ON ME.

I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS FAIR,

AND... THINGS GOT
A LITTLE HEATED.

COULD YOU TELL US
WHERE YOU WERE SUNDAY NIGHT?

I WAS OUT FOR DINNER
WITH SOME FRIENDS.

AFTER DINNER?
CAN YOU BE
A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC?

YEAH, I CAN BE
A LOT MORE SPECIFIC.

UH, LET'S SAY
BETWEEN 10:34 AND 10:52.

I WAS HOME... ALONE.

THOUGH I DID STEP OUT
AT SOME POINT.

MY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ALTERNATE
SIDE OF THE STREET PARKING,

AND I HAD TO MOVE MY CAR,
FIND A DIFFERENT SPACE.

DID ANYONE SEE YOU?

NOT THAT I KNOW OF.
(Beckett)
AND WHAT TIME WAS THAT?

UH... 10:15 MAYBE?

YOU LIVE, WHAT,
TEN BLOCKS DOWN LEX

FROM WHERE WILDER LIVED?

AT THAT HOUR, THAT DRIVE
WOULD TAKE YOU TWO MINUTES.

I SUPPOSE.

I'VE NEVER REALLY TIMED IT.

DID YOU SEE
HOW SQUIRRELLY SHE GOT

WHEN YOU ASKED HER
WHERE SHE WAS SUNDAY NIGHT?

I'LL HAVE ESPOSITO
TALK TO HER DOORMAN.

THERE MIGHT BE SECURITY CAM
FOOTAGE THAT MIGHT NAIL DOWN

HOW LONG SHE WAS GONE FROM
HER APARTMENT. (whispers) OKAY.

CAN I SIT IN?

(laughs, normal voice)
YEAH, RIGHT.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU GUYS
ARE DRAGGING ME DOWN HERE

ON THE WORD OF SOME BUM,

AND THEN ACCUSING ME
OF MURDERING MY OWN COUSIN.
WELL, BELIEVE ME.

WE'D LIKE NOTHING MORE THAN
TO BE ABLE TO RULE YOU OUT.

SO TELL ME AGAIN. YOU SAID
YOU WERE MEETING SOME FRIENDS

FOR A DRINK SUNDAY NIGHT?
YEAH, A-AT McDUGAN'S,
AFTER 11:00.

THAT'S ABOUT A BLOCK AWAY
FROM YOUR COUSIN'S PLACE.
YEAH.

AND YOU SAY YOU WERE AT HOME
UNTIL YOU WENT OUT

TO MEET YOUR FRIENDS?
YES. (sighs)

ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE
I'M GONNA TALK TO YOUR DOORMAN.

I-I DON'T HAVE ONE.
WELL, I'M GONNA TALK
TO YOUR NEIGHBORS.

I'M GONNA CHECK
YOUR CREDIT CARD RECEIPTS.

IF YOU WEREN'T HOME
WHEN YOU SAY YOU WERE,

I AM GONNA FIND OUT ABOUT IT.
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, FINE.
I DIDN'T GO STRAIGHT TO THE BAR.

I WENT TO A NEWSSTAND. I BOUGHT
SOME CIGARETTES, ALL RIGHT?

MY FRIENDS THINK THAT I QUIT,
BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE,

I GET A CRAVING
THAT I CAN'T PUT OFF.

SO I WENT TO THE ATM,
I GOT SOME CASH.

I BOUGHT A PACK, SMOKED A FEW,
THREW THE REST AWAY.
WHAT TIME WAS THAT?

I DON'T REMEMBER.
WELL, YOUR ATM WILL.

YOU CAN TAKE A SEAT.

EXCUSE US.

(door opens)

YEAH, AT A NEWSSTAND,
CORNER OF 32nd AND LEX?

YEAH, YEAH, GO AHEAD.
I'LL HOLD.

AH, THERE SHE IS,
LEAVING HER BUILDING.

(Esposito) WELL,
THE TIME STAMP SAYS 10:18.

(Castle)
WHICH WOULD GIVE HER

PLENTY OF TIME
TO JUMP IN HER CAR

AND GET DOWN
TO WILDER'S PLACE BY 10:34.

WELL, WE KNOW THAT THE KILLER
LEFT THE CRIME SCENE AT 10:52.

SO THE QUESTION IS,
WHEN DID SHE GET BACK?

(Demming) YEAH, GOT IT.
THANKS.

SO THE BANK CONFIRMED
BLAKE'S ATM WITHDRAWAL.

AND?

10:39 P.M.

RIGHT SMACK IN THE MIDDLE
OF OUR TIMELINE.

SO THAT MEANS IT WASN'T HIM.
(pen clatters)

OH. HERE SHE IS COMING HOME.
LET ME JUST REWIND A LITTLE BIT.

AND WHAT DOES
THE TIME STAMP SAY?

(Beckett) 10:47.

THAT'S INSIDE OUR TIMELINE.
THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

IT WASN'T HER EITHER.

I WAS SO SURE.

TELL ME ABOUT IT.

(sighs) YOU KNOW WHAT, GUYS?
IT'S LATE.

WHY DON'T WE
JUST CALL IT A NIGHT?

NIGHT.

HEY THERE.
HI.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

OH, CHET HAD ONE OF HIS
GHASTLY POLITICAL FUNCTIONS.

I NEEDED MY STATIONERY.

I'M WRITING A NOTE TO MADGE

TO TELL HER HOW BRILLIANT
HER PERFORMANCE WAS.
OH, DON'T DO THAT.

WHY NOT?
MOTHER, SHE'S YOUR RIVAL.

YOU SHOULD BE CRUSHING HER,
NOT GIVING HER COMFORT.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

YES.

NO.

GIVE MADGE MY BEST.

UH...

(elevator bell dings)

OH, GOOD.
YOU'RE JUST IN TIME.

LOOKS LIKE WE CAUGHT A BREAK
ON OUR SCARLETT O'HARA.

YOU FOUND HER?
FOUND THE NEXT BEST THING--

THE CLERK WHO
CHECKED HER IN TO THE MOTEL.

POLICE PICKED HIM UP
IN ATLANTIC CITY

FOR CHARGES
OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT.

(grunts)

MORNING, SUNSHINE.

(Beckett) WHY'D YOU LEAVE TOWN
IN SUCH A HURRY, BENNY?
I WAS FEELING LUCKY.

WANTED TO GET TO THE CRAPS TABLE
FAST AS I COULD.

DID YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME
DOWN THERE, BENNY?
DUDE. (laughs)

I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS
INTERVEJECTING

WITH THE POLICE DOWN THERE
ON MY BEHEST.

WELL, WE WANTED TO TALK
WITH YOU.
WELL, I'M HAPPY TO HELP.

ONE FAVOR, THOUGH.
COULD YOU NOT TALK SO LOUD?

MY HEAD IS KILLING ME.

LAST THURSDAY,
YOU WERE ON DUTY

WHEN A SCARLETT O'HARA
CHECKED IN.

YEAH. YEAH, I THINK
I REMEMBER.

WHAT DID SHE LOOK LIKE?
I WOULDA DONE HER.

ANYTHING ELSE?

UM... SHE WAS SMALL
FOR HER SIZE.

DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS MAN?

(laughs) YEAH. THAT GUY'S
A TOTAL NUT BAR.

LAST WEEK--THINK IT WAS
THURSDAY, MATTER OF FACT--

HE PULLS INTO THE MOTEL
IN A FANCY FOREIGN JOB.

HE GOES STRAIGHT UP

TO THE CORNER ROOM
ON THE SECOND FLOOR.

COUPLE MINUTES LATER,
HE CHARGES DOWN,

STARTS ASKING ME ALL THE SAME
QUESTIONS YOU WERE ASKING ME.

WHO RENTED THE ROOM,
WHAT DID SHE LOOK LIKE?

HE DIDN'T KNOW?

THAT'S WHAT I SAID.

I TOLD HIM, IF HE HAD TO
ASK ME WHOSE ROOM IT WAS,

HE SHOULDN'T BE GOING IN THERE
IN THE FIRST PLACE.

HE STOMPED OFF, GOT IN HIS CAR.
HE LEFT. BOOM!

NEVER SAW HIM AGAIN.

AND YOU WON'T EITHER.
HE WAS MURDERED SUNDAY NIGHT.

WITH THAT KINDA ATTITUDE,
THIS IS NOT SURPRISING.

WELL, IF I'VE ANSWERED

ALL YOUR QUERIES TO YOUR
SATISFACTION, AM I FREE TO GO?

JUST ONE MORE QUERY
IF YOU DON'T MIND.

ACCORDING TO THE ATLANTIC CITY
POLICE, YOU WERE ARRESTED

IN THE DIAMOND LOUNGE
OF A STRIP CLUB

FOR TRYING TO SET
A RODEO CLOWN ON FIRE.

THAT WAS
A MISUNDERSTANDING AND--
MY QUESTION IS,

HOW DOES
A $9-AN-HOUR HOTEL CLERK

PAY FOR A $500-AN-HOUR
V.I.P. LOUNGE?

I WON AT CRAPS.

LIKE I SAID,
I WAS FEELING LUCKY.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA,
WHOA, WHOA.

THAT'S A DAMIAN WILDER BAG.

WHO?
THAT'S THE GUY WHO WAS KILLED.
WHERE'D YOU GET THAT?

UM...
WHERE'D YOU GET IT, BENNY?

UM, PLEASE,
JUST NOT SO LOUD.
(loud voice)
WHERE DID YOU GET IT--

I FOUND IT IN THE ROOM.
SCARLETT O'HARA'S ROOM?

(sighs) AFTER CHECKOUT
ON THE FOURTH DAY,

I WENT UP THERE ON ACCOUNT OF,
SHE NEVER RETURNED THE KEY.

THE ROOM WAS LIKE
NOBODY'D EVEN BEEN THERE.

THE BED WAS MADE,
TOWELS WERE ON THE RACK.

I GAVE IT A QUICK ONCE-OVER,

FIGURED I'D TELL HOUSEKEEPING
NOT TO BOTHER GOING IN.

I FOUND THE BAG
UNDER THE BED.

AND WHAT WAS IN IT?
(groans)

(loud voice)
WHAT WAS IN IT?

AAH! THERE WAS MONEY...
LOTS OF IT.

(normal voice) HOW MUCH?
(sighs)

(inhales)
75 GRAND.

THERE.

DID YOU BLOW IT ALL, BENNY?

IT WAS THE BEST THREE DAYS
OF MY LIFE.

A DUFFEL BAG FULL OF CASH

AN ANONYMOUS HOTEL ROOM
AND AN ANGRY WILDER--

ALL OF THAT ADDS UP
TO ONLY ONE THING.
BLACKMAIL.

IT'S THE ONLY SCENARIO
THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO THE BLACKMAILER CONTACTS
WILDER WITH INSTRUCTIONS

TO MEET AT THE MOTEL
AT A CERTAIN TIME.
PROBABLY TO

SHOW HIM PROOF OF WHATEVER
IT IS SHE HAS AGAINST HIM.
BUT SHE DOESN'T WANT HIM
TO KNOW WHO SHE IS

OR THAT SHE WORKS
AT HIS COMPANY.

SO SHE CALLS IN TO THE ROOM,
MAKES HER DEMANDS BY PHONE.
HE CONFRONTS THE CLERK,

TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO IT IS
THAT'S EXTORTING HIM.
AT SOME POINT IN TIME,

WILDER RETURNS TO THE ROOM WITH
THE DUFFEL BAG FULL OF CASH,

PUTS IT UNDER THE BED
AS INSTRUCTED.
ONLY BENNY MAKES OFF
WITH THE MONEY

BEFORE THE BLACKMAILER'S HAD
A CHANCE TO PICK IT UP.
MAKING FOR
ONE ANGRY BLACKMAILER.

ANGRY ENOUGH TO KILL.

(mouths word)

NO, NOT HER EITHER.
MAN, THIS DEAD GUY HAD

A LOT OF GOOD-LOOKING BABES
WORKING FOR HIM.

ANY OF THEM
OUR SCARLETT O'HARA?
UH, NOT HER...

OR HER, BUT I'D DO HER.

NOT HER,
WHO I WOULD NOT DO.

(paper rustles)
NOT HER.

I WOULD MAYBE DO HER.

HEY, LOOK. IT'S HER.

YOU'RE SURE THIS IS THE WOMAN
WHO RENTED THE ROOM?
YES.

REBECCA STRONG. SHE'S
A LAB TECH AT THE COMPANY.

OH, SHE'S GOT CRUEL EYES.

I'LL BET SHE ENJOYED
WATCHING WILDER SUFFER.

(crying
and speaking indistinctly

WHAT DID SHE SAY?
"WHAT WAS I THINKING?
I SHOULD'VE STAYED OUT OF IT."

IT'S CRY TALK. THERE'S NOT
A GIRL ALIVE WHO HASN'T HEARD IT

FROM A SOBBING,
HEARTBROKEN GIRLFRIEND.

WHAT SHOULD YOU HAVE STAYED OUT
OF, REBECCA, THE BLACKMAIL?

(continues crying
and speaking indistinctly)

YOU TRIED TO DO
THE RIGHT THING?
(whimpers)

WELL, WHO WOULDN'T LISTEN?
DID YOU HAVE AN ACCOMPLICE?

WAS JUST ME. (crying)
WELL, THEN WHAT IS THIS
ALL ABOUT?

BENZOPHYOSOPHEME.
(sobbing)

I'M SORRY.
I DIDN'T GET THAT ONE.

(sobs) BENZOPHYOSOPHEME.

THAT'S NOT CRY TALK. IT SOUNDS
LIKE A CHEMICAL COMPOUND.

YOU WORK IN PRODUCT TESTING,
RIGHT?

WERE THEY USING BENZOPHYOSOPHEME
IN A COMPANY PRODUCT?

IS THERE SOME KIND
OF PROBLEM WITH IT?

IS THAT WHAT THE BLACKMAIL
WAS ABOUT?
SO THEN WHEN YOU SAID

THAT YOU WERE TRYING TO DO
THE RIGHT THING,

DID YOU APPROACH YOUR SUPERIORS
ABOUT THE PROBLEM?
YES.

AND DID WILDER DO ANYTHING
ABOUT IT?
NO.

HE CAME OUT
WITH A PRODUCT

THAT HAS BENZOPHYOSOPHEME
IN IT ANYWAY.
(crying) EXACTLY.

WELL, HOW BAD
IS THIS STUFF?

IT CAN CAUSE CAPILLARY DAMAGE
IF YOU USE IT LONG ENOUGH.

SO THEN YOU FIGURED, IF THEY
WEREN'T GONNA LISTEN TO YOU,

WHY NOT CASH IN ON IT?

AND THEN YOU THREATENED
TO MAKE IT PUBLIC

IF WILDER DIDN'T GIVE YOU
$75,000.

YES.
WELL, YOU WERE IN
OVER YOUR HEAD, REBECCA.

I KNOW, AND I WANT TO MAKE
THINGS RIGHT IF I CAN.

IT'S TOO LATE
FOR THAT NOW.
I--WHAT IF I GAVE IT BACK?

YOU KILLED A MAN.
I STILL HAVE THE MONEY.

YOU STILL HAVE THE MONEY?
I KILLED A MAN?

DAMIAN WILDER.
I DIDN'T KILL MR. WILDER.

YOU HAVE THE MONEY?
IT'S STILL IN THE DUFFEL BAG
THAT I GOT FROM UNDER THE BED.

WAIT. THE MONEY
FROM THE MOTEL ROOM?

$75,000.

(crying)
WELL, THEN THE MONEY
THAT BENNY FOUND...

WHERE DID IT COME FROM?

(thud)
$75,000.

IT WAS IN HER HALL CLOSET
JUST LIKE SHE SAID IT'D BE.

TWO BLACKMAIL PAYOFFS?
I DON'T GET IT.

REBECCA MUST HAVE MISSED
THE SECOND DUFFEL BAG

UNDER THE BED WHEN SHE WENT
TO PICK UP THE MONEY.

WHICH IS WHY BENNY FOUND IT
WHEN HE WENT BACK THERE LATER.
YEAH, BUT WE LOOKED THROUGH
WILDER'S FINANCIALS

WITH A FINE-TOOTH COMB.
THERE WAS NOTHING IN THERE

TO SUGGEST THAT HE PULLED
THAT KIND OF CASH.
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE HE HAD IT
JUST LYING AROUND.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WILDER
DIDN'T PAY THE BLACKMAILER?
WELL, THAT WOULD MEAN

LETTING THE CAPILLARY DAMAGE
ISSUE GO PUBLIC.
WHAT IF HE DIDN'T CARE?

WHAT IF HE WANTED TO DO
THE RIGHT THING

AND PULL THE PRODUCT,
EVEN IF IT MEANT

A HUGE FINANCIAL HIT
AND POSSIBLE LITIGATION?

THEN ANYONE WITH
A FINANCIAL STAKE IN THE COMPANY

WOULD HAVE INCENTIVE
TO KEEP THAT FROM HAPPENING.

AND THE SUREST WAY TO DO THAT
WOULD BE TO KILL WILDER

AND PAY OFF THE BLACKMAILER.
SO THE COUSIN WOULD HAVE
COMPANY STOCK WORTH A FORTUNE

FROM WHEN HE LENT WILDER
THE START-UP MONEY.
YEAH, BUT WE KNOW
HE DIDN'T DO IT.

AND THEN LISA JENKINS
COULD BE LOOKING

AT CRIMINAL LIABILITY
IF IT GOT OUT THAT

SHE LET A DANGEROUS PRODUCT
GO TO MARKET.
YEAH, BUT WE KNOW
SHE DIDN'T DO IT EITHER.

WELL, SOMETHING
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE HERE.
(Esposito) CASTLE.

(chuckles) HEY.

MNH-MNH. COME HERE.

(chuckles)
HEY. UH, WHAT'S WRONG, GUYS?

BENZOPHYOSOPHEME.

OH, NO.
NOT THE SHAVE CREAM.

YEAH, IN THE SHAVE CREAM.
IT SAYS HERE RIGHT ON THE CAN.

AH.
THAT'S HOW THEY GET IT
TO COME OUT HOT.

MIGHT AS WELL JUST BE
SHAVING WITH NAPALM, BRO.

WELL, SHE SAID IT ONLY
DOES DAMAGE LONG TERM.

YOU GUYS HAVE ONLY USED IT
THE ONE TIME.

I'M STILL ON MY FIRST CAN.

COULDA ENDED UP WITH
IRREVERSIBLE CAPILLARY DAMAGE.

I WAS...

THE TIMELINE'S WRONG.

EXACTLY. THERE WASN'T TIME
TO DO ANY DAMAGE.

NO, FOR THE MURDER.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

WHAT IS SHE TALKING ABOUT?

I DON'T KNOW.
WHERE YOU GOING?

WILDER'S APARTMENT.
I KNOW WHO DID IT.

I KNOW WHO KILLED HIM.

WHO?
WHO?

I JUST SHOT DAMIAN WILDER
IN THE CHEST,

AND HE'S BLEEDING OUT.

IT'S DARK.

BUT I STILL MANAGE TO SOP UP
SOME OF THE BLOOD

AND I HEAD OVER HERE

TO START WRITING THE MESSAGE,

IMPLICATING THE PROTESTORS.

BUT IT TAKES LONGER
THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD

BECAUSE I KEEP HAVING TO GO BACK
IN ORDER TO GET MORE BLOOD.

AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,
I HEAR A NOISE OUT THE BACK.

SO I STOP
AND I THINK TO MYSELF,

YOU KNOW WHAT? I BETTER
GET THE HELL OUTTA HERE.

HOLD ON. YOU'RE FORGETTING
ABOUT THE BLUDGEONING PART.

I WALK OUT THE FRONT DOOR
AND I LET IT LOCK BEHIND ME.

I RACE ACROSS THE STREET,
I HAIL A CAB,

AND IT'S ABOUT 10:40.

YEAH, BUT NOW YOU'RE FORGETTING
ABOUT THE STOLEN BOOKS.
(Castle) THE NOISE OUTSIDE.

YOU'RE THINKING
THERE WAS SOMEONE ELSE.
SOMEONE WHO HAD NO IDEA

THAT WILDER
HAD ALREADY BEEN SHOT.

SOMEONE WHO CAME IN
THROUGH THE BACK

INTO THE BEDROOM,

AND IN THE DARK,
FOUND A HEAVY OBJECT

AND BLUDGEONED HIM
IN HIS BED.
(Demming) TWO KILLERS.

SO IT'S THE SECOND KILLER
WHO STEALS THE BOOKS.

AND THEN
GETTING THOSE BOOKS

OUT OF THIS DISPLAY CASE

TAKES A FEW MINUTES,

AFTER WHICH,
IT'S OUT THE DOOR,

AND IT'S 10:52.

GIVING THE FIRST KILLER MORE
THAN ENOUGH TIME TO GET HOME,

WHERE SHE CAN BE SEEN BY,
LET'S SAY, A SECURITY CAMERA.
AND THE SECOND KILLER

WOULDN'T APPEAR TO BE INVOLVED
IF HE WAS, SAY,

BUYING CIGARETTES
WHEN THE GUNSHOT WENT OFF.

LISA AND BLAKE CAME HERE
SEPARATELY TO KILL WILDER,

AND BY DOING THAT,

THEY BOTH INADVERTENTLY
ALIBIED EACH OTHER OUT.
THEY BOTH KNEW
IT WAS THEIR ONLY CHANCE

TO STOP WILDER
BEFORE HE STEPPED FORWARD.

THE PRESS CONFERENCE
HE HAD CALLED...

IT WAS NOT ABOUT
ANIMAL RIGHTS.

HE WAS ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE
A PRODUCT RECALL.

(Demming) AND THEY EACH DECIDED
THEY COULDN'T LET THAT HAPPEN.

THEY BOTH KILLED HIM, AND THEY
BOTH PAID THE BLACKMAILER.

WHICH MEANS THEY BOTH
HAD TO RAISE A LOT OF MONEY

IN NOT A LOT OF TIME.

WE FOUND WITHDRAWALS
FROM BANK ACCOUNTS,

MONEY MARKET FUNDS,
EVEN 401(k)s,

ALL OF IT TOTALING $75,000
FROM EACH ONE OF THEM.

THEY DIDN'T COVER THEIR TRACKS
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T THINK

ANYONE WOULD GET ON TO
THE BLACKMAIL AND COME LOOKING.
IT TURNS OUT BLAKE WAS LEVERAGED
IN DEBT UP TO HIS EYEBALLS.

IF THE COMPANY STOCK
HAD TAKEN A HIT,

THE WHOLE HOUSE OF CARDS
WOULD'VE FALLEN.
AND HER?

SHE DIDN'T WANT
TO SERVE TIME.

SHE'S THE ONE WHO SAT
ON INITIAL REPORTS

THAT THERE WERE PROBLEMS
WITH THE SHAVING CREAM.
POOR WILDER.

TRIED TO DO THE RIGHT THING
AND GETS HIMSELF KILLED.
MM-HMM.

CASTLE AND DEMMING WERE RIGHT
ABOUT THE TWO OF THEM ALL ALONG.
NICE OF YOU
TO GIVE THEM BOTH

THE SATISFACTION OF
TAKING DOWN THEIR SUSPECT.

OH, WELL, IT'S THE LEAST
I CAN DO...

MALE VANITY
BEING WHAT IT IS.

HEY.

HEY.

SO LISTEN, THANKS...

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP
ON THIS ONE.

OH, YOU KNOW, SAME TEAM.
(chuckles)

GUESS I'LL SEE YOU AROUND.

YEAH.

(Lifehouse's "Crash and Burn"
playing)

ONE MURDER, TWO KILLERS.

THAT'S SOMETHING
YOU DON'T SEE EVERY DAY.

YEAH. THAT'S DEFINITELY ANOTHER
ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS.

YOU GUYS SEEN BECKETT?
I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE HER.

SHE'S THE ONE
WHO CRACKED THIS ONE OPEN.

I THINK SHE'S IN THE BACK
PROCESSING THE CHARGES.
THANKS.

(laughs)
MAKE ALL DAY.

NOTHING BUT NET, THOUGH.

♪ ...WAITING HERE ♪

♪ I NEED YOUR HELP ♪

♪ DON'T LEAVE ME DOWN HERE ♪

♪ ALL BY MYSELF ♪

♪ AND IF I FALL ♪

♪ AND CRASH AND BURN ♪

♪ AT LEAST WE BOTH KNOW ♪

♪ THAT I TRIED ♪

♪ AND AS I CRAWL ♪

♪ THOSE LESSONS LEARNED ♪

♪ YEAH, THEY REMIND ME ♪

♪ I SURVIVED ♪

♪ AND I BEEN HURT
AND I BEEN SCARRED ♪

CASTLE.

WHAT ARE YOU
STILL DOING HERE?

HEY. JUST ABOUT
TO LEAVE MYSELF.

GOOD JOB CLOSING THE CASE.

YEAH. WELL,
WE MAKE A GOOD TEAM.

YEAH. GOOD NIGHT.

THANKS. NIGHT.

♪ ...THAT I TRIED ♪