1 00:00:01,602 --> 00:00:04,175 THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF FOLKS WHO SIT AROUND THINKING ABOUT 2 00:00:04,175 --> 00:00:06,177 HOW TO KILL PEOPLE--PSYCHOPATHS AND MYSTERY WRITERS. 3 00:00:06,177 --> 00:00:08,609 I'M THE KIND THAT PAYS BETTER. WHO AM I? I'M RICK CASTLE. 4 00:00:08,609 --> 00:00:10,641 CASTLE. CASTLE. 5 00:00:10,641 --> 00:00:13,344 I REALLY AM RUGGEDLY HANDSOME, AREN'T I? EVERY WRITER NEEDS INSPIRATION, 6 00:00:13,344 --> 00:00:15,216 AND I'VE FOUND MINE. DETECTIVE KATE BECKETT. 7 00:00:15,216 --> 00:00:17,318 BECKETT. BECKETT. 8 00:00:17,318 --> 00:00:19,320 NIKKI HEAT? THE CHARACTER HE'S BASING ON YOU. 9 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:21,322 AND THANKS TO MY FRIENDSHIP WITH THE MAYOR, 10 00:00:21,322 --> 00:00:23,794 I GET TO BE ON HER CASE. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO LET YOU SPANK ME. 11 00:00:23,794 --> 00:00:27,098 AND TOGETHER... WE SOLVE CRIMES. WE MAKE A PRETTY GOOD TEAM, YOU KNOW? 12 00:00:27,098 --> 00:00:30,701 LIKE STARSKY AND HUTCH, TURNER AND HOOCH. YOU DO REMIND ME A LITTLE OF HOOCH. 13 00:00:30,701 --> 00:00:33,164 (Junior Senior) ♪ CAN I GET GET GET ♪ 14 00:00:33,164 --> 00:00:35,466 ♪ TO KNOW KNOW KNOW KNOW YOU BETTER BETTER, BABY? ♪ 15 00:00:35,466 --> 00:00:38,169 ♪ CAN I GET GET GET TO KNOW KNOW KNOW KNOW ♪ 16 00:00:38,169 --> 00:00:40,040 ♪ YOU BETTER BETTER, BABY? ♪ 17 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:42,373 (man) SEXY, SEXY. 18 00:00:42,373 --> 00:00:44,715 LADIES, I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT. 19 00:00:44,715 --> 00:00:46,817 SEXY SEXY IS NOT A CRIME. 20 00:00:46,817 --> 00:00:49,049 (woman) WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT 21 00:00:49,049 --> 00:00:51,552 WORLD-FAMOUS MYSTERY NOVELIST RICHARD CASTLE? 22 00:00:51,552 --> 00:00:53,053 HE'S RICH, HE'S HANDSOME 23 00:00:53,053 --> 00:00:55,686 AND HE'S BASING HIS NEXT BEST SELLER ON YOU. 24 00:00:55,686 --> 00:00:57,288 TELL ME, DETECTIVE BECKETT, 25 00:00:57,288 --> 00:00:59,290 WHAT'S IT LIKE BEING THE INSPIRATION FOR 26 00:00:59,290 --> 00:01:01,632 THRILL MASTER RICHARD CASTLE'S NEW CHARACTER NIKKI HEAT? 27 00:01:01,632 --> 00:01:04,635 ON BEHALF OF THE NYPD, IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE 28 00:01:04,635 --> 00:01:07,768 TO OFFER MR. CASTLE INSIGHT INTO THE PROFESSION. 29 00:01:07,768 --> 00:01:10,271 GIVEN ALL HIS BEST SELLERS, IT'S OBVIOUS MR. CASTLE 30 00:01:10,271 --> 00:01:12,273 HAS TREMENDOUS INSIGHT INTO THE CRIMINAL MIND. 31 00:01:12,273 --> 00:01:14,275 I'M TOLD IN MANY OCCASIONS, HIS PARTICIPATION 32 00:01:14,275 --> 00:01:17,378 WAS ESSENTIAL TO SOLVING YOUR TOUGHEST CASES. 33 00:01:17,378 --> 00:01:18,849 REALLY? 34 00:01:18,849 --> 00:01:21,452 YOU WERE TOLD THAT? BY WHO? 35 00:01:21,452 --> 00:01:24,615 BY CASTLE. (man) TRY UNBUTTONING HIS SHIRT. JUST--JUST THE FIRST ONE. 36 00:01:24,615 --> 00:01:27,087 RIGHT THERE. YEAH. COULD YOU EXCUSE ME FOR A MOMENT? 37 00:01:27,087 --> 00:01:28,389 (man) LOVE IT. I LOVE IT. 38 00:01:28,389 --> 00:01:30,391 SIR, COULD I TALK TO YOU IN PRIVATE 39 00:01:30,391 --> 00:01:32,163 FOR A MOMENT, PLEASE? 40 00:01:32,163 --> 00:01:34,795 BECKETT, I HAVE A COUPLE-- NOW. 41 00:01:34,795 --> 00:01:38,129 WE HAD A DEAL, BECKETT. 42 00:01:39,830 --> 00:01:41,372 THE DEAL IS OFF. 43 00:01:41,372 --> 00:01:43,704 WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? NOT ONLY DOES HE HAVE 44 00:01:43,704 --> 00:01:45,706 THE BACHELOR-PARTY COP TWINS OUT THERE 45 00:01:45,706 --> 00:01:47,708 USING HIM AS A STRIPPER POLE 46 00:01:47,708 --> 00:01:50,110 WHILE I MAKE NICEY-NICE WITH THE PRESS, 47 00:01:50,110 --> 00:01:52,313 BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID? NO. 48 00:01:52,313 --> 00:01:55,115 HE SAID THAT HE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL 49 00:01:55,115 --> 00:01:57,748 IN HELPING US SOLVE CRIMES. WELL, HASN'T HE? 50 00:01:57,748 --> 00:02:00,751 THAT'S NOT THE POINT. DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS FOR NYPD TO GET GOOD PRESS? 51 00:02:00,751 --> 00:02:03,294 I MEAN, IN A MAGAZINE THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY READ. 52 00:02:03,294 --> 00:02:06,157 THIS ARTICLE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE MAYOR. 53 00:02:06,157 --> 00:02:08,359 THEREFORE, WE ARE GOING TO COOPERATE. 54 00:02:08,359 --> 00:02:11,402 DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR? 55 00:02:11,402 --> 00:02:14,235 OKAY. FINE. 56 00:02:14,235 --> 00:02:17,568 IT WAS NICE TO MEET YOU. 57 00:02:17,568 --> 00:02:19,870 WE SHOULD HAVE PHOTO SHOOTS HERE MORE OFTEN. 58 00:02:19,870 --> 00:02:22,873 HEY, BECKETT, HOW COME YOU DON'T WEAR A UNIFORM LIKE THAT? 59 00:02:22,873 --> 00:02:25,916 BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET PAID IN SINGLES. 60 00:02:25,916 --> 00:02:28,148 HEY. 61 00:02:28,148 --> 00:02:30,181 OH, HEY. UH, DON'T WE HAVE THAT THING? 62 00:02:30,181 --> 00:02:31,522 NO. 63 00:02:31,522 --> 00:02:34,455 YEAH, YOU KNOW, THAT THING WITH THE GUY? 64 00:02:34,455 --> 00:02:36,457 OH, YEAH. THE THING WITH THE GUY. 65 00:02:36,457 --> 00:02:38,158 YEAH, EXCUSE US. 66 00:02:38,158 --> 00:02:41,492 I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW, I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. 67 00:02:41,492 --> 00:02:43,494 I MEAN, IT WAS THE MAGAZINE. 68 00:02:43,494 --> 00:02:46,567 AND--AND, WELL, THE MAYOR THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD PRESS. 69 00:02:46,567 --> 00:02:48,569 YOU DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN YOURSELF. 70 00:02:48,569 --> 00:02:49,870 REALLY? 71 00:02:49,870 --> 00:02:51,872 REALLY. SEE? I DON'T CARE ANYMORE. 72 00:02:51,872 --> 00:02:54,945 NOW IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME, I HAVE AN INTERVIEW TO GET BACK TO. 73 00:02:56,947 --> 00:02:58,949 WHAT DID I DO THAT WAS SO WRONG? 74 00:02:58,949 --> 00:03:01,212 THE ONE THING I ASKED YOU NOT TO DO. OKAY. 75 00:03:01,212 --> 00:03:03,914 SO YOU ASKED ME NOT TO LOOK INTO YOUR MOTHER'S MURDER, 76 00:03:03,914 --> 00:03:06,757 BUT LOOK AT WHAT I FOUND. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU FOUND. 77 00:03:06,757 --> 00:03:09,260 I PUT THAT ALL BEHIND ME A LONG TIME AGO. 78 00:03:09,260 --> 00:03:12,823 WE CAN GET BACK TO THE INTERVIEW NOW. NO, GONNA HAVE TO RESCHEDULE. WE JUST CAUGHT A BODY. 79 00:03:12,823 --> 00:03:15,896 SO SORRY TO STEP OUT ON YOU, AMY. OOH, ARE YOU KIDDING? IT'S PERFECT. 80 00:03:15,896 --> 00:03:18,529 A CHANCE TO SEE CASTLE IN ACTION. 81 00:03:18,529 --> 00:03:22,373 OUR READERS WILL LOVE IT. WELL, WE WOULDN'T WANT TO DISAPPOINT YOUR READERS, 82 00:03:22,373 --> 00:03:24,805 NOW WOULD WE, DETECTIVE? 83 00:03:26,577 --> 00:03:30,711 (siren wailing) 84 00:03:30,711 --> 00:03:32,283 (police radio chatter) 85 00:03:32,283 --> 00:03:34,485 HEY. CAN WE TALK ABOUT THIS, PLEASE? 86 00:03:34,485 --> 00:03:36,287 THERE'S NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT. 87 00:03:36,287 --> 00:03:38,289 WELL, JUST AT LEAST LET ME KNOW 88 00:03:38,289 --> 00:03:41,252 WHAT I CAN DO TO MAKE IT UP TO YOU. YOU COULD LEAVE ME ALONE. 89 00:03:41,252 --> 00:03:43,754 YES. WELL, I TRIED THAT, AND IT DIDN'T WORK. 90 00:03:43,754 --> 00:03:45,756 HEY, I COULD BUY YOU A PONY. 91 00:03:45,756 --> 00:03:47,958 FOCUS, CASTLE. CRIME SCENE, OKAY? 92 00:03:52,963 --> 00:03:55,466 IT'S RAINING MEN. 93 00:03:55,466 --> 00:03:59,270 CASTLE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? 94 00:03:59,270 --> 00:04:01,912 DON'T WORRY. WE'RE STILL MAD AT HIM. GUY IN A TREE, MOM AND DAD BICKERING-- 95 00:04:01,912 --> 00:04:03,914 SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES. MM-HMM. 96 00:04:03,914 --> 00:04:05,546 HOW'S IT GOING UP THERE? 97 00:04:05,546 --> 00:04:07,518 I GOT TREE BRANCHES POKING MY BOOBS 98 00:04:07,518 --> 00:04:09,520 AND SPOTLIGHTS SHINING UP MY BOOTY. 99 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:12,383 COULD BE WORSE. YOU COULD BE WEARING A SKIRT. 100 00:04:12,383 --> 00:04:15,025 WHEN I COME DOWN, I'M-A SMACK YOU. 101 00:04:15,025 --> 00:04:17,888 I'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. HERE. 102 00:04:17,888 --> 00:04:20,260 VIC'S A WHITE MALE, LATE 30s. 103 00:04:20,260 --> 00:04:22,293 JUDGING FROM THE CRACKED BRANCHES, 104 00:04:22,293 --> 00:04:25,896 I'M GUESSING HE DID A SUPERMAN OFF THE TOP OF THAT BUILDING. 105 00:04:25,896 --> 00:04:28,499 (Esposito) VIC'S NAME IS JOHN ALLEN. 106 00:04:28,499 --> 00:04:30,801 I.D. HAS HIM ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE. 107 00:04:30,801 --> 00:04:33,674 BUSINESS CARD HAS HIM IN INSURANCE. MM. 108 00:04:33,674 --> 00:04:36,677 IS IT A SUICIDE? (Castle and Beckett) IT'S NOT A SUICIDE. 109 00:04:36,677 --> 00:04:39,680 HOW DO YOU KNOW? UM, THE BUILDING IS TOO SHORT. 110 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,883 HE'D WANT TO KILL HIMSELF, NOT CRIPPLE HIMSELF. WELL, IF YOU WANT TO DIE, YOU'RE GONNA AIM FOR CONCRETE, 111 00:04:42,883 --> 00:04:44,955 NOT A TREE. 112 00:04:44,955 --> 00:04:47,287 JUDGING FROM THE ANGLE OF DESCENT, 113 00:04:47,287 --> 00:04:49,760 I'D SAY THAT GUY WAS THROWN OFF THE BUILDING. 114 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:52,963 SINCE IT CLEARLY WASN'T A SUICIDE, HOW DID HE DIE? 115 00:04:52,963 --> 00:04:54,995 THERE ARE SIGNS OF STRANGULATION. 116 00:04:54,995 --> 00:04:57,468 IT LOOKS LIKE HIS WINDPIPE WAS CRUSHED. ANY LIGATURE MARKS? 117 00:04:57,468 --> 00:05:00,401 NOPE. "LIGATURE" REFERS TO ANYTHING THAT TIES OR BINDS, 118 00:05:00,401 --> 00:05:02,473 LIKE A ROPE OR A BELT. 119 00:05:02,473 --> 00:05:04,935 LACK OF ANY MARKS SUGGESTS HE WAS STRANGLED BY HAND. WOW. YOU REALLY KNOW YOUR STUFF. 120 00:05:04,935 --> 00:05:06,937 NO WONDER THEY LIKE HAVING YOU AROUND. 121 00:05:06,937 --> 00:05:09,580 YOU KNOW WHAT? HE'S SUCH AN INCREDIBLE RESOURCE, 122 00:05:09,580 --> 00:05:12,312 IT SEEMS LIKE A SHAME TO WASTE HIS TALENTS HERE IN THE FIELD. 123 00:05:12,312 --> 00:05:15,015 WOULD YOU MIND GOING BACK TO THE MORGUE WITH DR. PARISH 124 00:05:15,015 --> 00:05:18,018 TO SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN FIND OUT ABOUT THE VIC? DON'T YOU THINK 125 00:05:18,018 --> 00:05:21,021 I'D BE OF MORE USE HERE AT THE CRIME SCENE? OH, NO. WE'RE JUST GONNA KNOCK ON DOORS 126 00:05:21,021 --> 00:05:22,993 AND SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN STIR UP. 127 00:05:22,993 --> 00:05:25,696 YOU KNOW, BORING POLICE STUFF. 128 00:05:25,696 --> 00:05:28,098 FINE. BUT I WAS SERIOUS ABOUT THE PONY. 129 00:05:28,098 --> 00:05:32,433 COME ON, I'LL SHOW YOU THE, UH, MORGUE... MOBILE. 130 00:05:32,433 --> 00:05:33,934 ANYTHING IN THE WALLET? 131 00:05:33,934 --> 00:05:37,508 NOPE. DRY CLEANING TICKET, I.D., TWO CREDIT CARDS. 132 00:05:37,508 --> 00:05:40,711 CASH WAS MISSING, THOUGH. 133 00:05:40,711 --> 00:05:42,943 THAT'S A LONG WAY TO GO FOR A ROBBERY. 134 00:05:42,943 --> 00:05:44,645 (siren whoops) 135 00:05:44,645 --> 00:05:46,777 (police radio chatter) 136 00:05:46,777 --> 00:05:49,620 YOU MEAN WE HAVE TO RIDE WITH THE BODY? 137 00:05:49,620 --> 00:05:51,652 YOU CAN TAKE MY SEAT UP FRONT. 138 00:05:51,652 --> 00:05:54,054 YOU SURE? 139 00:05:54,054 --> 00:05:55,956 MM-HMM. I'M USED TO HANGING OUT WITH STIFFS. 140 00:05:55,956 --> 00:05:57,528 (chuckles) 141 00:06:02,463 --> 00:06:05,496 (police radio chatter) 142 00:06:05,496 --> 00:06:06,997 HI. 143 00:06:06,997 --> 00:06:09,139 UNH-UNH. YOU DO NOT GET TO SAY HI TO ME. 144 00:06:09,139 --> 00:06:11,141 I'M JUST DOING MY GIRL A FAVOR. 145 00:06:11,141 --> 00:06:13,103 OH, YOU, TOO, HUH? 146 00:06:13,103 --> 00:06:14,775 WELL, WHAT DID YOU EXPECT? 147 00:06:14,775 --> 00:06:16,947 BECKETT SPENT THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF BEING A COP 148 00:06:16,947 --> 00:06:18,949 TRYING TO SOLVE HER MOTHER'S MURDER. 149 00:06:18,949 --> 00:06:22,052 IT TOOK EVERYTHING THAT SHE HAD TO PUT IT BEHIND HER. 150 00:06:22,052 --> 00:06:25,456 YOU COULDN'T RESPECT THAT? WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO, NOT TELL HER WHAT I'D FOUND? 151 00:06:25,456 --> 00:06:28,789 WHAT YOU FOUND? OH, SHE DIDN'T TELL YOU, DID SHE? 152 00:06:28,789 --> 00:06:31,792 THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED THE SAME WAY HER MOTHER WAS 153 00:06:31,792 --> 00:06:33,794 RIGHT ABOUT THE SAME TIME. 154 00:06:33,794 --> 00:06:36,797 ONE OF 'EM WAS A FORMER LAW STUDENT OF HERS. 155 00:06:36,797 --> 00:06:38,799 ANOTHER ONE, A DOCUMENTS CLERK. 156 00:06:38,799 --> 00:06:41,101 THE THIRD ONE, A LAWYER FOR A NONPROFIT. 157 00:06:41,101 --> 00:06:43,734 WAIT, THE M.E. AT THE TIME DIDN'T MAKE THE CONNECTION? 158 00:06:43,734 --> 00:06:45,736 IF HE DID, HE BURIED IT. 159 00:06:45,736 --> 00:06:47,137 DID YOU TALK TO HIM? 160 00:06:47,137 --> 00:06:50,110 HE DIED FOUR YEARS AGO. 161 00:06:50,110 --> 00:06:52,613 SO YOU SEE WHY I HAD TO TELL HER. 162 00:06:52,613 --> 00:06:54,715 WHAT DID SHE SAY? 163 00:06:56,086 --> 00:06:58,449 THAT WE WERE DONE. 164 00:06:58,449 --> 00:07:00,491 AND THEN SHE JUST WALKED-- (metal crunches) 165 00:07:00,491 --> 00:07:03,053 (tires squeal) (man) COME ON! GO! GO! GO! 166 00:07:03,053 --> 00:07:05,095 (metal clatters) 167 00:07:05,095 --> 00:07:06,997 DON'T MOVE. DON'T MOVE. 168 00:07:06,997 --> 00:07:08,499 WHOA! 169 00:07:10,030 --> 00:07:11,732 (man) GET THE BODY! 170 00:07:13,103 --> 00:07:14,905 (man grunts) 171 00:07:14,905 --> 00:07:16,006 GO! 172 00:07:16,006 --> 00:07:18,709 DON'T MOVE! 173 00:07:18,709 --> 00:07:20,070 (man) COME ON, MOVE! COME ON! 174 00:07:20,070 --> 00:07:21,842 (engine revs) 175 00:07:21,842 --> 00:07:25,215 (tires squeal) 176 00:07:25,215 --> 00:07:29,520 IS IT JUST ME, OR WAS THAT REALLY, REALLY WEIRD? 177 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:34,885 ♪♪ 178 00:07:42,132 --> 00:07:44,495 (Montgomery) WELL? HE'LL LIVE. 179 00:07:44,495 --> 00:07:48,138 WHAT, NO BRAIN DAMAGE? IF HE HAS SOME, IT HAPPENED WAY BEFORE TONIGHT, 180 00:07:48,138 --> 00:07:51,001 AND IT WAS PROBABLY SELF-INFLICTED. AHH. GOOD TIMES. 181 00:07:51,001 --> 00:07:52,903 HOW'S LOIS LANE? WHO, REPORTER CHICK? 182 00:07:52,903 --> 00:07:55,906 WE TOOK HER STATEMENT AND WE SENT HER HOME. 183 00:07:55,906 --> 00:07:58,609 WE GOT AN A.P.B. ON THE SEDAN, C.S.U.s ARE COMBING THE ROOFTOP, 184 00:07:58,609 --> 00:08:00,681 AND WE GOT UNIs LOOKING FOR SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE 185 00:08:00,681 --> 00:08:03,614 OF THE CRASH SITE. YOU KNOW WHAT I DON'T GET 186 00:08:03,614 --> 00:08:05,616 IS WHO WOULD STEAL A DEAD BODY? OH, PLENTY OF PEOPLE-- 187 00:08:05,616 --> 00:08:07,618 UH, ORGAN HARVESTERS, CADAVERLESS MED STUDENTS, 188 00:08:07,618 --> 00:08:08,959 SATANISTS, 189 00:08:08,959 --> 00:08:10,991 MAD SCIENTISTS LOOKING TO CREATE THEIR OWN MONSTER. 190 00:08:10,991 --> 00:08:12,993 OR THE GUYS WHO KILLED HIM 191 00:08:12,993 --> 00:08:15,125 MIGHT HAVE LEFT SOME EVIDENCE BEHIND. BORING. 192 00:08:15,125 --> 00:08:17,127 HOW ABOUT A SPY 193 00:08:17,127 --> 00:08:20,130 HAVING SWALLOWED A TOP-SECRET MICROCHIP 194 00:08:20,130 --> 00:08:22,673 THAT THE ENEMY FORCES MURDER HIM OVER 195 00:08:22,673 --> 00:08:25,135 BEFORE THE C.I.A. CAN GET AHOLD OF HIM? 196 00:08:25,135 --> 00:08:27,137 AS MUCH AS WE ALL APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHTFUL 197 00:08:27,137 --> 00:08:28,639 AND INCREDIBLY BELIEVABLE THEORIES, 198 00:08:28,639 --> 00:08:30,140 MISS "COSMO" IS GONE, 199 00:08:30,140 --> 00:08:31,982 SO I BELIEVE YOU CAN GO HOME NOW. 200 00:08:31,982 --> 00:08:36,046 HOME? NO. NO, NO, NO. THIS--THIS CASE JUST GOT GOOD. 201 00:08:36,046 --> 00:08:38,048 AND--AND I'M-- I'M A WITNESS. 202 00:08:42,152 --> 00:08:45,155 ALL RIGHT, I'LL LET YOU WORK THIS ONE CASE WITH ME 203 00:08:45,155 --> 00:08:48,158 IF YOU PROMISE TO LEAVE ME ALONE WHEN IT'S OVER 204 00:08:48,158 --> 00:08:50,631 AND NOT TO WEASEL YOUR WAY BACK IN. 205 00:08:50,631 --> 00:08:51,962 DEAL. 206 00:08:51,962 --> 00:08:53,964 BUT FAIR WARNING, DETECTIVE. 207 00:08:53,964 --> 00:08:56,667 I WILL MAKE YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND. 208 00:08:56,667 --> 00:08:58,669 I WON'T. YOU WILL. 209 00:08:58,669 --> 00:09:02,242 (Castle) SO WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP, VICTIM'S FAMILY? 210 00:09:02,242 --> 00:09:05,075 HUH. I DIDN'T THINK SHE'D TAKE HIM BACK. 211 00:09:05,075 --> 00:09:07,147 (knock on door) 212 00:09:07,147 --> 00:09:09,149 MRS. ALLEN? 213 00:09:09,149 --> 00:09:10,280 YES. 214 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:12,322 IT'S ABOUT YOUR HUSBAND. 215 00:09:12,322 --> 00:09:15,125 HE WAS JUST RIGHT HERE 216 00:09:15,125 --> 00:09:19,660 JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO, AND NOW HE'S DEAD. I... 217 00:09:21,331 --> 00:09:24,564 DO YOU KNOW OF ANY REASON WHY HE'D BE IN THAT PART OF TOWN? 218 00:09:24,564 --> 00:09:26,066 NO. 219 00:09:26,066 --> 00:09:28,298 HIS OFFICE IS, UH, IN MIDTOWN. 220 00:09:28,298 --> 00:09:30,270 IT'S NOWHERE NEAR NINTH. 221 00:09:30,270 --> 00:09:32,272 WHAT TIME DID HE LEAVE THE APARTMENT? 222 00:09:32,272 --> 00:09:34,104 AROUND 6:00. 223 00:09:34,104 --> 00:09:36,907 HE HAD JUST GOTTEN BACK FROM HIS TRIP 224 00:09:36,907 --> 00:09:40,010 AND, UH, HE SAID HE NEEDED TO CATCH UP ON SOME PAPERWORK. 225 00:09:40,010 --> 00:09:43,153 HE SAID HE'D ONLY BE GONE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. 226 00:09:43,153 --> 00:09:44,815 YOU SAID A TRIP? 227 00:09:44,815 --> 00:09:47,117 HE WAS IN ALBUQUERQUE ON A TRAINING SEMINAR. 228 00:09:47,117 --> 00:09:49,860 IT WAS JUST TWO NIGHTS. 229 00:09:49,860 --> 00:09:52,162 DID YOU NOTICE ANYTHING UNUSUAL RECENTLY, 230 00:09:52,162 --> 00:09:54,164 ANY STRANGE BEHAVIOR? 231 00:09:54,164 --> 00:09:56,266 WELL, HE-- HE HAD TO WORK LATE 232 00:09:56,266 --> 00:09:59,069 A LITTLE MORE OFTEN THAN USUAL. 233 00:09:59,069 --> 00:10:02,673 BUT I MEAN, IN THIS ECONOMY, WHO DOESN'T? 234 00:10:02,673 --> 00:10:06,006 HE HAD TO LAY OFF HALF HIS DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR. 235 00:10:06,006 --> 00:10:08,909 AND YOU'RE SURE HE WAS WORKING LATE? 236 00:10:08,909 --> 00:10:11,381 WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, THAT HE WAS CHEATING? 237 00:10:14,184 --> 00:10:17,818 EVERY NIGHT, HE WOULD WALK THROUGH THAT DOOR, 238 00:10:17,818 --> 00:10:20,821 AND THE KIDS WOULD JUST RACE INTO HIS ARMS, OKAY? 239 00:10:20,821 --> 00:10:23,123 AND NOW HE'S GONE. 240 00:10:23,123 --> 00:10:26,296 SO DON'T ASK ME IF HE WAS REALLY WORKING LATE. 241 00:10:26,296 --> 00:10:28,328 TELL ME WHY HE WAS KILLED. 242 00:10:28,328 --> 00:10:30,160 HE DIDN'T MEAN TO IMPLY-- 243 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:33,804 WHAT ABOUT PHONE CALLS, MAYBE LATE AT NIGHT? CASTLE. 244 00:10:33,804 --> 00:10:36,036 YEAH. YEAH. UM... 245 00:10:36,036 --> 00:10:38,038 (sniffles) ONE OF THE GUYS THAT JOHN FIRED-- 246 00:10:38,038 --> 00:10:39,740 MAX HAVERSTOCK. 247 00:10:39,740 --> 00:10:41,742 HE WOULD CALL HIM UP LATE AT NIGHT, 248 00:10:41,742 --> 00:10:44,044 AND HE WOULD YELL AT HIM, ALL SORTS OF THINGS. 249 00:10:44,044 --> 00:10:47,047 I GUESS HE WAS HURTING, HE NEEDED MONEY. 250 00:10:47,047 --> 00:10:50,220 AND I-I TOLD JOHN THAT HE SHOULD JUST HANG UP ON HIM. 251 00:10:50,220 --> 00:10:53,223 AND JOHN SAID NO, HE-- HE COULDN'T DO THAT. 252 00:10:53,223 --> 00:10:55,225 DID HE EVER GIVE HIM MONEY? 253 00:10:55,225 --> 00:10:57,357 MY HUSBAND DIDN'T BELIEVE IN HANDOUTS. 254 00:10:57,357 --> 00:11:00,230 HE BELIEVED THAT A MAN SHOULD MAKE HIS WAY. 255 00:11:02,262 --> 00:11:04,735 WHERE IS HE? 256 00:11:04,735 --> 00:11:07,097 I'D LIKE TO SAY GOOD-BYE. 257 00:11:10,771 --> 00:11:13,243 ABOUT THAT. UM... 258 00:11:16,006 --> 00:11:17,978 THAT WAS AWKWARD. 259 00:11:17,978 --> 00:11:20,280 (scoffs) IT JUST-- IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. 260 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:22,953 THE GUY'S GOT A STABLE, MIDDLE-CLASS LIFE-- 261 00:11:22,953 --> 00:11:24,785 GOOD JOB, GOOD FAMILY. 262 00:11:24,785 --> 00:11:27,117 MAYBE HIS FRIEND MAX WAS JEALOUS. (keypad beeps, telephone rings) 263 00:11:27,117 --> 00:11:30,120 YEAH, MAYBE ENOUGH TO KILL HIM, BUT TO STEAL HIS BODY? 264 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:33,123 HEY, ESPOSITO. I NEED YOU TO LOOK UP A FRIEND OF THE VIC. 265 00:11:33,123 --> 00:11:34,825 MAX HAVERSTOCK. 266 00:11:34,825 --> 00:11:36,166 (elevator bell dings) 267 00:11:36,166 --> 00:11:38,068 YEAH. 268 00:11:39,970 --> 00:11:43,133 OKAY, FIND HIM AND, UH, BRING HIM IN. 269 00:11:47,437 --> 00:11:50,410 (keys jangle) DAD. THANK GOD YOU'RE HOME. ARE YOU OKAY? 270 00:11:50,410 --> 00:11:54,144 YEAH, I'M FINE. WHY? FINE? MASKED GUNMEN, BODY SNATCHERS? 271 00:11:54,144 --> 00:11:56,146 I TEXTED YOU LIKE A THOUSAND TIMES. 272 00:11:56,146 --> 00:11:58,148 OH, I'M SORRY. MY PHONE MUST'VE BEEN OFF. 273 00:11:58,148 --> 00:12:00,020 HOW--HOW DID YOU KNOW? 274 00:12:00,020 --> 00:12:02,052 BECKETT CALLED. 275 00:12:02,052 --> 00:12:05,295 REALLY? SHE JUST WANTED TO LET US KNOW YOU WERE ALL RIGHT. 276 00:12:05,295 --> 00:12:07,157 MM-HMM. 277 00:12:07,157 --> 00:12:08,929 SO HAS SHE FORGIVEN YOU? 278 00:12:08,929 --> 00:12:11,161 UH, NOT EXACTLY, MOTHER. BUT I'M WORKING ON IT. 279 00:12:11,161 --> 00:12:14,164 SHE HAS AGREED TO LET ME HELP ON THE CASE. 280 00:12:14,164 --> 00:12:16,907 WELL, THAT'S A START, I SUPPOSE. 281 00:12:16,907 --> 00:12:19,910 IT IS MORE THAN A START. IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY. 282 00:12:19,910 --> 00:12:22,212 SHE MAY HAVE BUILT A WALL BETWEEN US, 283 00:12:22,212 --> 00:12:25,415 BUT I AM GOING TO... BUILD A DOOR IN THAT WALL, 284 00:12:25,415 --> 00:12:28,378 OR PUT UP A LADDER OR DIG A HOLE. (keypad beeping) 285 00:12:28,378 --> 00:12:31,421 YOU HAVE A STRATEGY? BE MY USUAL, CHARMING SELF. 286 00:12:31,421 --> 00:12:33,854 (beeping continues) 287 00:12:33,854 --> 00:12:37,357 UH-HUH. WHAT ABOUT PLAN "B"? 288 00:12:37,357 --> 00:12:39,960 SO WAS IT AWFUL? WERE YOU SCARED? 289 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:42,092 ME, SCARED? NO WAY. COME ON. 290 00:12:42,092 --> 00:12:45,135 NOW EXCUSE ME WHILE I CHANGE MY SHORTS. DAD. 291 00:12:45,135 --> 00:12:47,938 NO, I WAS SCARED. BUT ALL THEY WERE AFTER WAS THE BODY. 292 00:12:47,938 --> 00:12:50,070 WHY? WHY INDEED. 293 00:12:50,070 --> 00:12:53,203 (beeping continues) "DAD, WHERE ARE YOU? DAD, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? 294 00:12:53,203 --> 00:12:55,245 "DAD, CALL US RIGHT AWAY. 295 00:12:55,245 --> 00:12:59,409 DAD, CAN I GO SEE 'FAME' WITH OWEN ON FRIDAY?" 296 00:12:59,409 --> 00:13:03,213 YOUR CONCERN IS TOUCHING. OKAY, THAT ONE WAS AFTER I KNEW YOU WERE ALL RIGHT. 297 00:13:03,213 --> 00:13:06,116 YEAH, BUT I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA GO SEE THAT TOGETHER. WE WERE, AND WE STILL CAN. 298 00:13:06,116 --> 00:13:08,989 BUT HE INVITED ME TO GO SEE IT WITH HIM NEXT FRIDAY. 299 00:13:08,989 --> 00:13:11,922 YOU'D RATHER GO WITH YOUR BOYFRIEND THAN YOUR DAD? 300 00:13:11,922 --> 00:13:13,924 WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? 301 00:13:13,924 --> 00:13:16,296 IF YOU REALLY WANT ME TO GO WITH YOU, I WILL. 302 00:13:16,296 --> 00:13:19,329 NO, NO. YOU TELL OWEN HE HAS WON THIS ROUND. 303 00:13:19,329 --> 00:13:21,331 BUT I GOT DIBS ON "A CHRISTMAS CAROL." 304 00:13:21,331 --> 00:13:23,033 THANKS, DAD. 305 00:13:23,033 --> 00:13:26,136 AND I'M GLAD YOU WEREN'T KILLED BY BODY SNATCHERS. ME, TOO. 306 00:13:26,136 --> 00:13:28,408 OH, THEY REMADE "FAME" AND "A CHRISTMAS CAROL." 307 00:13:28,408 --> 00:13:30,410 HAS HOLLYWOOD TOTALLY RUN OUT OF IDEAS? 308 00:13:30,410 --> 00:13:33,243 WELL, THEY JUST OPTIONED, UH, "ASTEROIDS" THE VIDEO GAME. 309 00:13:33,243 --> 00:13:35,085 SO MY GUESS IS YES. 310 00:13:35,085 --> 00:13:37,848 BUT RYAN REYNOLDS IS PLAYING THE WEE TRIANGLE, AND HE'S GOOD. (chuckles) 311 00:13:41,952 --> 00:13:44,324 ARE YOU SURE THIS IS THE GUY? 312 00:13:44,324 --> 00:13:46,096 MAXWELL HAVERSTOCK. 313 00:13:46,096 --> 00:13:48,098 AND HE CONFIRMED HE KNEW THE VIC. 314 00:13:48,098 --> 00:13:51,101 THIS GUY COULDN'T THROW A WET SPONGE OFF THE ROOF 315 00:13:51,101 --> 00:13:53,103 LET ALONE A BODY. 316 00:13:57,467 --> 00:13:59,369 (Beckett) MR. HAVERSTOCK. YES. 317 00:13:59,369 --> 00:14:01,241 DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU'RE HERE? 318 00:14:01,241 --> 00:14:04,244 NO. UH, THEY JUST TOLD ME I NEEDED TO COME IN. 319 00:14:04,244 --> 00:14:07,217 IT'S ABOUT JOHN ALLEN. HE WAS MURDERED LAST NIGHT. 320 00:14:07,217 --> 00:14:09,549 OH, THAT'S TERRIBLE. 321 00:14:09,549 --> 00:14:13,183 YOU AND HE WERE FRIENDS? UH, WE HAD ADJOINING CUBICLES. 322 00:14:13,183 --> 00:14:16,086 WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW HIM? 323 00:14:16,086 --> 00:14:18,088 OH, UH, NOT SINCE "D" DAY. 324 00:14:18,088 --> 00:14:20,090 THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE CALLED IT. 325 00:14:20,090 --> 00:14:22,232 YOU KNOW, "D" FOR DOWNSIZING. (chuckles) YOU WERE LET GO? 326 00:14:22,232 --> 00:14:25,495 YEAH. I BET THAT MADE YOU PRETTY ANGRY. 327 00:14:25,495 --> 00:14:28,168 YEAH, 15 YEARS, WE WORKED THERE TOGETHER. 328 00:14:28,168 --> 00:14:30,240 YOU KNOW, YOU'D THINK THAT WOULD MEAN SOMETHING. 329 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:32,402 YOU'D THINK THAT LOYALTY WOULD BE WORTH SOMETHING. 330 00:14:32,402 --> 00:14:35,575 YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S WORTH? A KICK IN THE TEETH! DID YOU EVER CALL AND TELL JOHN THAT? 331 00:14:35,575 --> 00:14:37,577 OH, YEAH, ALL THE TIME. YEAH, I TOLD HIM 332 00:14:37,577 --> 00:14:40,210 WE DIDN'T DESERVE TO BE TREATED LIKE THAT. 333 00:14:40,210 --> 00:14:42,512 BUT I PROMISED HIM, ONE DAY, THE WORM WOULD TURN, 334 00:14:42,512 --> 00:14:45,115 'CAUSE KARMA'S A NASTY LITTLE BITCH. 335 00:14:45,115 --> 00:14:47,117 IS THAT WHY YOU KILLED HIM? 336 00:14:47,117 --> 00:14:48,258 WHO? 337 00:14:48,258 --> 00:14:50,060 JOHN. 338 00:14:50,060 --> 00:14:52,262 WHY WOULD I WANT TO KILL JOHN? 339 00:14:52,262 --> 00:14:54,094 FOR FIRING YOU. 340 00:14:54,094 --> 00:14:57,567 HE DIDN'T FIRE ME. WE WERE LET GO TOGETHER ON "D" DAY. 341 00:14:57,567 --> 00:15:01,431 UH, FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO FIND ANOTHER JOB. 342 00:15:01,431 --> 00:15:04,274 HE DIDN'T HAVE A JOB? 343 00:15:04,274 --> 00:15:07,607 I GUESS HE, UH, DOESN'T HAVE TO LOOK FOR ONE ANYMORE. 344 00:15:07,607 --> 00:15:09,639 (chuckles) 345 00:15:09,639 --> 00:15:13,183 HEY, YO, BECKETT. STORY CHECKS. 346 00:15:13,183 --> 00:15:15,145 JOHN ALLEN WAS LAID OFF EIGHT MONTHS AGO 347 00:15:15,145 --> 00:15:17,647 WHEN THE A.I.G. CRISIS HIT. WHAT ABOUT ALBUQUERQUE? 348 00:15:17,647 --> 00:15:20,150 NO RECORD OF A JOHN ALLEN COMING BACK FROM ANY FLIGHT 349 00:15:20,150 --> 00:15:23,653 IN THE TRI-STATE AREA. WELL, IT MAKES YOU WONDER WHAT ELSE HE LIED TO HIS WIFE ABOUT. 350 00:15:23,653 --> 00:15:27,427 (cell phone rings and beeps) AND HOW HE PAID ALL OF HIS BILLS. BECKETT. 351 00:15:27,427 --> 00:15:30,400 ALL RIGHT. UH, THANK YOU. (beep) 352 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:32,562 THEY FOUND HIS BODY... 353 00:15:32,562 --> 00:15:34,104 AGAIN. 354 00:15:34,104 --> 00:15:36,936 (camera shutter clicking) 355 00:15:36,936 --> 00:15:38,268 (police radio chatter) 356 00:15:38,268 --> 00:15:40,570 WHAT HAPPENED? 357 00:15:40,570 --> 00:15:42,612 SOMEONE... 358 00:15:42,612 --> 00:15:44,414 OPERATED ON HIM. 359 00:15:44,414 --> 00:15:47,147 OPERATED? 360 00:15:47,147 --> 00:15:50,450 THEY CUT HIM OPEN AND TOOK ALL OF HIS ORGANS OUT. (Ryan, Castle and Beckett) OH! 361 00:15:50,450 --> 00:15:52,252 (Esposito) OUCH. (Ryan) WOW. 362 00:15:52,252 --> 00:15:55,685 SOMEBODY HATED HIS GUTS. 363 00:15:55,685 --> 00:15:58,488 (police radio chatter) 364 00:16:06,096 --> 00:16:08,098 THE GUYS WHO DID THIS WEREN'T SURGEONS. 365 00:16:08,098 --> 00:16:10,400 THE CUTS ARE SLOPPY-- BOX CUTTERS AND KITCHEN KNIVES. 366 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:14,104 ANY IDEA WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR? I RAN A TOX SCREEN AND FOUND NOTHING IN THE BLOODSTREAM, 367 00:16:14,104 --> 00:16:15,705 BUT IN THE BODY CAVITY ITSELF, 368 00:16:15,705 --> 00:16:17,707 THERE WERE TRACE AMOUNTS OF POWDER COCAINE. 369 00:16:17,707 --> 00:16:19,249 HE WAS THEIR DRUG MULE. 370 00:16:19,249 --> 00:16:21,711 GUESS THEY COULDN'T WAIT FOR HIM TO PASS THE PACKETS 371 00:16:21,711 --> 00:16:24,114 THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY. I DON'T BUY IT. 372 00:16:24,114 --> 00:16:26,116 HOW DOES A MIDDLE-AGED INSURANCE ACTUARY 373 00:16:26,116 --> 00:16:28,058 WITH NO HISTORY OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE, 374 00:16:28,058 --> 00:16:30,360 NO CRIMINAL RECORD, BECOME A DRUG MULE? 375 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:32,562 AND THIS WAS NOT A BAD GUY. 376 00:16:32,562 --> 00:16:35,495 YOU DON'T JUST FILL OUT AN AD ON craigslist. 377 00:16:35,495 --> 00:16:39,099 YOU GOTTA--YOU GOTTA KNOW PEOPLE, BAD PEOPLE. 378 00:16:39,099 --> 00:16:41,101 AS FREAKY AS ALL THIS IS, 379 00:16:41,101 --> 00:16:43,303 LET'S NOT FORGET IT HAPPENED POSTMORTEM. 380 00:16:43,303 --> 00:16:45,335 THE ACTUAL CAUSE OF DEATH IS UP HERE. 381 00:16:45,335 --> 00:16:47,337 BRUISE PATTERN INDICATES 382 00:16:47,337 --> 00:16:49,639 THE ASSAILANT STRANGLED HIM WITH BOTH HANDS. 383 00:16:49,639 --> 00:16:52,642 THE BRUISING IS A LITTLE LIGHTER RIGHT THERE. WHAT WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THAT? 384 00:16:52,642 --> 00:16:55,445 DISLOCATED OR BROKEN FINGER MAYBE. 385 00:16:55,445 --> 00:16:57,617 MAYBE HE'S FANCY. 386 00:16:57,617 --> 00:17:01,351 STRANGLED PEOPLE WITH HIS PINKIE STICKING OUT. 387 00:17:01,351 --> 00:17:04,124 LIKE TEA. 388 00:17:04,124 --> 00:17:06,326 (Esposito) I JUST GOT OFF WITH HOMELAND SECURITY. 389 00:17:06,326 --> 00:17:08,328 PASSPORT RECORDS INDICATE THAT JOHN ALLEN 390 00:17:08,328 --> 00:17:10,360 WAS COMING BACK FROM MEXICO, NOT NEW MEXICO. 391 00:17:10,360 --> 00:17:13,363 NO CRIMINAL HISTORY, HEALTHY, WHITE, MIDDLE-CLASS-- 392 00:17:13,363 --> 00:17:16,366 THEY WOULDN'T HAVE LOOKED AT HIM TWICE AT CUSTOMS. 393 00:17:16,366 --> 00:17:19,639 THE GUY HAD SKILLS. WHY WOULD HE DO SOMETHING SO STUPID? 394 00:17:19,639 --> 00:17:21,371 BECAUSE HE HAD TO. 395 00:17:21,371 --> 00:17:23,813 I JUST WENT OVER FINANCIALS WITH THE WIFE. 396 00:17:23,813 --> 00:17:25,615 HOW BAD? THEY'VE BEEN LIVING 397 00:17:25,615 --> 00:17:27,817 ON CREDIT CARDS THE LAST SIX MONTHS. 398 00:17:27,817 --> 00:17:31,151 SHE HAD NO IDEA. SHE THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS FINE. WELL, IF HE WASN'T GOING TO WORK EVERY DAY, 399 00:17:31,151 --> 00:17:33,623 WHERE WAS HE GOING? HE WAS APPLYING FOR JOBS. 400 00:17:33,623 --> 00:17:35,785 I FOUND HUNDREDS OF COVER LETTERS AND RéSUMéS 401 00:17:35,785 --> 00:17:38,388 ON HIS COMPUTER. I DON'T UNDERSTAND. WHY DIDN'T THEY JUST SELL THE APARTMENT? 402 00:17:38,388 --> 00:17:40,830 WASN'T WORTH THE MORTGAGE. MAN, THAT'S HARSH. 403 00:17:40,830 --> 00:17:42,832 LIFE INSURANCE? (cell phone ringing) 404 00:17:42,832 --> 00:17:44,834 MM. STOPPED MAKING PAYMENTS FOUR MONTHS AGO. 405 00:17:44,834 --> 00:17:47,367 GUY WAS BASICALLY WORTHLESS, ALIVE OR DEAD. (beep) 406 00:17:47,367 --> 00:17:48,638 YEAH, RYAN HERE. 407 00:17:48,638 --> 00:17:50,300 YOU KNOW, I GET DESPERATION, 408 00:17:50,300 --> 00:17:53,343 I GET NEEDING THE MONEY, I EVEN GET BEING A DRUG MULE. 409 00:17:53,343 --> 00:17:56,306 WHAT I DON'T GET IS, WHERE DID HE GET THE JOB? 410 00:17:56,306 --> 00:17:58,478 YEAH, THANKS, BILL. 411 00:17:58,478 --> 00:18:00,180 THAT WAS C.S.U. 412 00:18:00,180 --> 00:18:02,252 BECAUSE OUR PERPS WERE WEARING GLOVES, 413 00:18:02,252 --> 00:18:04,384 THE ONLY PRINTS THEY COULD GRAB OFF THE CAR BELONG TO 414 00:18:04,384 --> 00:18:06,386 THE OWNER, WHO REPORTED IT STOLEN LAST NIGHT. 415 00:18:06,386 --> 00:18:09,119 LOOKS LIKE WE'RE NOT GONNA GRAB A BREAK ON THIS ONE. 416 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:12,562 WHAT ABOUT THE GLOVE WE FOUND AT THE SCENE? DUSTED IT, TOO. NOTHING. 417 00:18:12,562 --> 00:18:14,194 DID YOU DUST INSIDE? INSIDE? 418 00:18:14,194 --> 00:18:16,366 YEAH, INSIDE THE GLOVE. 419 00:18:24,204 --> 00:18:26,736 YOU WANT ME TO PUT ON SOME MUSIC? 420 00:18:26,736 --> 00:18:29,709 WHENEVER THEY DO THIS SORT OF THING ON "CSI," 421 00:18:29,709 --> 00:18:34,714 THEY ALWAYS DO IT TO MUSIC IN POORLY LIT ROOMS. 422 00:18:34,714 --> 00:18:36,586 KINDA REMINDS ME OF PORN. 423 00:18:36,586 --> 00:18:39,219 ZIP IT, CASTLE. 424 00:18:43,193 --> 00:18:46,256 EVER CONSIDER BECOMING A MOHEL? 425 00:18:46,256 --> 00:18:49,259 (chuckles) KEEP TALKING, AND I'LL PRACTICE ON YOU. 426 00:18:58,568 --> 00:19:01,741 GOT YOU, YOU SON OF A BITCH. 427 00:19:04,614 --> 00:19:06,716 (beeping) 428 00:19:06,716 --> 00:19:09,919 BOOM. GOT A HIT. 429 00:19:09,919 --> 00:19:12,182 OOH, LUTHER WHITEHEAD. 430 00:19:12,182 --> 00:19:14,324 BUSTED TWICE FOR POSSESSION WITH INTENT. 431 00:19:14,324 --> 00:19:16,826 ONCE ON CONSPIRACY. PLED OUT ON ALL THREE. 432 00:19:16,826 --> 00:19:19,389 DID A NICKEL UPSTATE FOR A GUN CHARGE, 433 00:19:19,389 --> 00:19:22,392 AND IS CURRENTLY ON PAROLE FOR CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE. 434 00:19:22,392 --> 00:19:24,734 SOMETHING TELLS ME HIS PAROLE'S ABOUT TO BE REVOKED. 435 00:19:24,734 --> 00:19:26,236 YOU GOT AN ADDRESS? 436 00:19:26,236 --> 00:19:28,538 (man) ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR. 437 00:19:28,538 --> 00:19:32,242 ♪♪ 438 00:19:38,308 --> 00:19:41,751 ♪♪ 439 00:19:43,413 --> 00:19:45,385 (man) WHOA. 440 00:19:45,385 --> 00:19:46,956 HEY... 441 00:19:46,956 --> 00:19:49,359 (grenade crackles, men groan) 442 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:51,891 (officers all yelling at once) 443 00:19:51,891 --> 00:19:54,894 ON THE GROUND! GET ON THE GROUND! HOLD IT RIGHT THERE! NOBODY MOVE! 444 00:19:54,894 --> 00:19:57,467 (man) HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK! (man) HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK! HANDS! 445 00:19:57,467 --> 00:19:59,599 COME ON, CREEP. 446 00:19:59,599 --> 00:20:03,273 ♪♪ 447 00:20:15,214 --> 00:20:17,517 COUNSELOR, I HAVE THEM DEAD TO RIGHTS ON WEAPONS 448 00:20:17,517 --> 00:20:19,519 POSSESSION, ASSAULT, DESECRATION OF A BODY 449 00:20:19,519 --> 00:20:21,521 AND ABOUT A DOZEN OTHER THINGS 450 00:20:21,521 --> 00:20:23,493 I HAVEN'T EVEN BEGUN TO THINK ABOUT YET. 451 00:20:23,493 --> 00:20:25,755 WHAT IS MY INCENTIVE TO CUT A DEAL? 452 00:20:25,755 --> 00:20:28,358 YOU DON'T HAVE THEM ON THE MURDER. GIVE ME TIME. 453 00:20:28,358 --> 00:20:31,361 YOU DON'T NEED TIME BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T DO IT. 454 00:20:31,361 --> 00:20:33,603 TEN YEARS CONCURRENT ON ALL CHARGES, 455 00:20:33,603 --> 00:20:35,305 ELIGIBLE IN FIVE, 456 00:20:35,305 --> 00:20:37,707 AND THEY'LL TELL YOU EVERYTHING THEY KNOW. 457 00:20:37,707 --> 00:20:39,809 HE WAS COMING TO SEE YOU. 458 00:20:39,809 --> 00:20:41,811 AT A FLOPHOUSE ON NINTH. 459 00:20:41,811 --> 00:20:43,813 HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE BY 7:00. 460 00:20:43,813 --> 00:20:46,316 BUT THIS GUY, HE GOT THREE-QUARTERS OF A MIL WORTH 461 00:20:46,316 --> 00:20:48,748 OF OUR COKE IN HIS STOMACH, AND HE DON'T SHOW. 462 00:20:48,748 --> 00:20:51,281 SO WHAT'D YOU DO? WE WERE GONNA FIND HIM. 463 00:20:51,281 --> 00:20:53,783 THAT'S WHEN WE HEARD THE SIRENS. LOTS OF 'EM. 464 00:20:53,783 --> 00:20:55,855 WE GO DOWNSTAIRS, WALK UP THE BLOCK, 465 00:20:55,855 --> 00:20:57,857 AND GUESS WHAT WE SEE. 466 00:20:57,857 --> 00:20:59,859 A BUNCH OF COPS STARING AT A TREE. 467 00:20:59,859 --> 00:21:02,392 A FRIGGIN' TREE. THE DUDE WAS IN A TREE. 468 00:21:02,392 --> 00:21:04,864 SO YOU WAITED? THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE BODY BACK. 469 00:21:04,864 --> 00:21:07,567 WE COULDN'T GET THE PACKETS VIA THE USUAL METHOD. 470 00:21:07,567 --> 00:21:09,439 SO YOU IMPROVISED? 471 00:21:09,439 --> 00:21:12,302 DOESN'T MATTER. HE WAS ALREADY DEAD. 472 00:21:12,302 --> 00:21:14,273 SO WHY'D HE START MULING? 473 00:21:14,273 --> 00:21:16,306 SAME AS ANYONE. DESPERATION. 474 00:21:16,306 --> 00:21:18,277 (Ryan) IT'S JUST... (clears throat) 475 00:21:18,277 --> 00:21:21,551 HE DOESN'T SEEM THE TYPE. ANYBODY'S THE TYPE YOU PUSH 'EM HARD ENOUGH. 476 00:21:21,551 --> 00:21:23,413 I MEAN, THE GUY OWED. 477 00:21:23,413 --> 00:21:26,756 HE WAS, UH, FOURTH AND LONG WITH THE CLOCK RUNNING OUT. 478 00:21:26,756 --> 00:21:30,320 WHO WAS HE INTO? DIDN'T SAY, BUT HE WAS SCARED. 479 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:33,463 YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO KILLED HIM, YOU FIND OUT WHO HE OWED. 480 00:21:33,463 --> 00:21:35,965 NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. I'M GONNA NEED MORE. 481 00:21:35,965 --> 00:21:38,728 I'M GONNA NEED TO KNOW WHO VOUCHED. VOUCHED? 482 00:21:38,728 --> 00:21:40,570 FOR JOHN ALLEN-- OUR VIC, YOUR MULE. 483 00:21:40,570 --> 00:21:43,373 SOMEBODY BROUGHT HIM TO YOU, SOMEBODY YOU TRUSTED. 484 00:21:43,373 --> 00:21:45,935 OR DO YOU JUST DO BUSINESS WITH EVERY DESPERATE WHITE BOY 485 00:21:45,935 --> 00:21:47,937 WITH NO HISTORY OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY? 486 00:21:47,937 --> 00:21:50,880 HELL, MAN. HOW'D YOU KNOW HE WASN'T A COP? 487 00:21:52,942 --> 00:21:54,944 (Esposito) GOT THE PRINTOUT. RON BIGBY. 488 00:21:54,944 --> 00:21:56,946 HE'S A FLOOR TRADER AT GOLDMAN. 489 00:21:56,946 --> 00:22:00,450 VIC'S WIFE NEVER HEARD THE NAME. FOR A GUY WHO ASSESSES RISK FOR A LIVING, 490 00:22:00,450 --> 00:22:03,993 HE SURE DOES SEEM TO TAKE A LOT OF 'EM. YEAH, WELL, LOOK WHERE IT GOT HIM. 491 00:22:03,993 --> 00:22:05,955 PICK HIM UP. YOU GOT IT. 492 00:22:05,955 --> 00:22:07,457 (indistinct conversations) 493 00:22:07,457 --> 00:22:10,360 (Beckett) CASTLE. 494 00:22:10,360 --> 00:22:13,603 DEAD? YEAH. 495 00:22:13,603 --> 00:22:16,335 WAIT. DEAD? MR. BIGBY, YOU CAN ASK AS OFTEN AS YOU LIKE. 496 00:22:16,335 --> 00:22:18,408 THE ANSWER IS NOT GONNA CHANGE. 497 00:22:18,408 --> 00:22:22,372 OH. THAT IS A DAMN SHAME. THAT IS A DAMN, DAMN SHAME. 498 00:22:22,372 --> 00:22:25,375 I MEAN, DO YOU KNOW WHO JOHN ALLEN IS? HUH? 499 00:22:25,375 --> 00:22:27,016 HE'S THE NEW WILLY LOMAN. OKAY? 500 00:22:27,016 --> 00:22:28,948 EVERYMAN VICTIM OF AN APATHETIC WORLD. 501 00:22:28,948 --> 00:22:31,751 GOD, I SWEAR. SOMEONE SHOULD WRITE A PLAY. 502 00:22:31,751 --> 00:22:33,923 HEY, DO YOU WRITE PLAYS? UNPRODUCED. 503 00:22:33,923 --> 00:22:36,055 MR. BIGBY, IT'S COME TO OUR ATTENTION 504 00:22:36,055 --> 00:22:38,758 THAT YOU RECENTLY OBTAINED EMPLOYMENT FOR MR. ALLEN 505 00:22:38,758 --> 00:22:41,831 AS A DRUG MULE. 506 00:22:41,831 --> 00:22:43,493 YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT? 507 00:22:43,493 --> 00:22:44,694 YEAH. 508 00:22:44,694 --> 00:22:46,396 AND BAD NEWS, RON. 509 00:22:46,396 --> 00:22:48,498 YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND A NEW DEALER. 510 00:22:48,498 --> 00:22:51,000 WHAT'D THEY TELL YOU? THAT YOU GOT HIM AN INTRODUCTION 511 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,843 AND THAT YOU VOUCHED FOR MR. ALLEN. OKAY, LOOK. 512 00:22:53,843 --> 00:22:55,845 HE--HE CAME TO ME DESPERATE, ALL RIGHT? 513 00:22:55,845 --> 00:22:59,779 HE--HE REMEMBERED A STORY I TOLD ONE NIGHT AT THE TABLE. (sniffs) THE TABLE? 514 00:22:59,779 --> 00:23:01,150 YEAH, POKER TABLE. 515 00:23:01,150 --> 00:23:03,913 WE'RE IN ONE OF THE FLOATING GAMES AROUND TOWN. 516 00:23:03,913 --> 00:23:06,916 YOU KNOW, SMALL STAKES, RIGHT? BUT GOOD WAY TO BLOW OFF STEAM. 517 00:23:06,916 --> 00:23:09,419 BUT THEN WHEN HE GOT LAID OFF, IT STOPPED BEING A GAME. 518 00:23:09,419 --> 00:23:11,421 HE STARTED BETTING TO MAKE UP HIS PAYCHECK, 519 00:23:11,421 --> 00:23:13,423 BUT THE STAKES WERE TOO LOW. 520 00:23:13,423 --> 00:23:15,725 SO HE WENT TO CHINATOWN. 521 00:23:15,725 --> 00:23:20,029 THE MOB-RUN GAMES. YEAH, TRIADS. HE DID FINE FOR A BIT, YOU KNOW? 522 00:23:20,029 --> 00:23:22,031 BUT... (scoffs) LUCK'S A FICKLE BITCH. 523 00:23:22,031 --> 00:23:24,774 HE LOST MORE THAN HE HAD TO THE WRONG GUY. 524 00:23:24,774 --> 00:23:27,777 HE COULDN'T MAKE ENOUGH TO COVER HIS LOSSES. YEAH, THAT'S WHEN HE REMEMBERED THE NIGHT I TOLD THE STORY 525 00:23:27,777 --> 00:23:30,680 ABOUT MY OWN FISCAL EMERGENCY, ABOUT HOW I WENT TO MEXICO, 526 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:32,682 MADE 50 GRAND IN ONE DAY. (chuckles) 527 00:23:32,682 --> 00:23:35,084 THAT'S WHEN I FIGURED, HEY, WHAT THE HELL? 528 00:23:35,084 --> 00:23:38,417 JUST PAY IT FORWARD. ALL RIGHT, THIS GUY THAT HE OWED-- 529 00:23:38,417 --> 00:23:40,419 DID HE GIVE YOU A DESCRIPTION, NAME? 530 00:23:40,419 --> 00:23:42,121 NO NAME. 531 00:23:42,121 --> 00:23:44,123 JOHN THOUGHT HE WAS RUSSIAN MAFIA 532 00:23:44,123 --> 00:23:45,955 BECAUSE OF ALL HIS TATTOOS. 533 00:23:45,955 --> 00:23:48,427 (Ryan) IF SOME TATTED-UP RUSSIAN MOBSTER WAS AFTER ME, 534 00:23:48,427 --> 00:23:51,801 I COULD SEE TAKING A JOB AS A DRUG MULE. (Esposito) A TATTOOED RUSSIAN IN NEW YORK CITY? 535 00:23:51,801 --> 00:23:54,934 WELL, THAT NARROWS IT DOWN. WE CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION 536 00:23:54,934 --> 00:23:56,866 BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE HAVE, 537 00:23:56,866 --> 00:23:59,869 NOT THE EVIDENCE WE NEED. WELL, BIGBY SAYS THAT THE RUSSIAN HANGS OUT 538 00:23:59,869 --> 00:24:02,942 AT THE CLUB AT CHINATOWN. WHY DON'T WE JUST GO THERE? 539 00:24:02,942 --> 00:24:04,944 THE GAMES ARE WORD OF MOUTH, BRO. 540 00:24:04,944 --> 00:24:07,617 THEY DON'T JUST SHARE WITH COPS. WELL, LUCKILY, I'M NOT A COP. 541 00:24:07,617 --> 00:24:09,519 CASTLE. WHAT? IT'S PERFECT. 542 00:24:09,519 --> 00:24:12,552 I GO IN, SCOPE THE PLACE OUT UNTIL I I.D. THE RUSSIAN. 543 00:24:12,552 --> 00:24:15,024 HEY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT A BAD PLAN. 544 00:24:15,024 --> 00:24:17,186 WE STILL HAVE TO FIND THE GAME. 545 00:24:17,186 --> 00:24:18,688 LEAVE THAT TO ME. 546 00:24:18,688 --> 00:24:21,661 (laughs) THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD STORY, RICKY. 547 00:24:21,661 --> 00:24:23,663 IT'S GOT A BIG OPENING, MAJOR TWIST. 548 00:24:23,663 --> 00:24:26,666 THOUGH I GOTTA SAY, I SAW THAT WHOLE DRUG MULE THING COMING. YEAH. 549 00:24:26,666 --> 00:24:29,168 NICE TRY, CONNELLY. YOU'RE NOT GONNA GOAD ME INTO RAISING. 550 00:24:29,168 --> 00:24:32,542 STEPHEN, YOU ONCE WROTE ABOUT AN UNDERGROUND POKER GAME 551 00:24:32,542 --> 00:24:34,574 IN, UH, "KING CON." YEAH? 552 00:24:34,574 --> 00:24:37,847 AND YOU ONCE HAD HARRY BOSCH INVESTIGATE THE MURDER 553 00:24:37,847 --> 00:24:41,480 OF A POKER PLAYER. YEAH, "ONE DOLLAR JACKPOT." WHY? 554 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:43,482 WELL, MICHAEL, THIS GUY THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, 555 00:24:43,482 --> 00:24:47,486 HE'S A REGULAR IN THE TRIAD-RUN GAMES IN CHINATOWN. 556 00:24:47,486 --> 00:24:50,019 I THOUGHT MAYBE ONE OF YOU KNEW SOMEONE WHO COULD GET ME IN. WHAT, ARE YOU NUTS? 557 00:24:50,019 --> 00:24:52,021 THOSE ARE CROOKS AND KILLERS DOWN THERE. 558 00:24:52,021 --> 00:24:54,223 LOOK, RICKY, DOING THE RESEARCH IS ONE THING, 559 00:24:54,223 --> 00:24:56,125 BUT THE RUSSIAN MAFIA, THE TRIAD? 560 00:24:56,125 --> 00:24:57,827 YOU TANGLE WITH THOSE PEOPLE, 561 00:24:57,827 --> 00:24:59,699 AND ALL THE BEST SELLERS IN THE WORLD 562 00:24:59,699 --> 00:25:02,101 ARE NOT GONNA PROTECT YOU. OH, NO. I DON'T PLAN ON TANGLING. 563 00:25:02,101 --> 00:25:04,273 I'M JUST GONNA BE ANOTHER RICH, BORED THRILL SEEKER 564 00:25:04,273 --> 00:25:06,275 LOOKING TO TRY MY LUCK DOWN THERE. 565 00:25:06,275 --> 00:25:08,608 YOU MUST REALLY LIKE HER. 566 00:25:08,608 --> 00:25:09,879 WHO? 567 00:25:09,879 --> 00:25:11,881 THAT POLICE DETECTIVE OF YOURS. 568 00:25:11,881 --> 00:25:13,883 LOOK, RICKY, THERE'S ONLY ONE REASON 569 00:25:13,883 --> 00:25:16,185 THAT YOU'D BE DUMB ENOUGH TO GO DOWN THERE, 570 00:25:16,185 --> 00:25:18,718 AND THAT'S TO IMPRESS A GIRL. 571 00:25:18,718 --> 00:25:21,090 NOW WHY DON'T YOU CUT YOURSELF A LITTLE SLACK 572 00:25:21,090 --> 00:25:24,153 AND JUST BUY HER SOME FLOWERS? DO YOU KNOW THE PLACE OR NOT? 573 00:25:26,295 --> 00:25:27,727 WELL? 574 00:25:33,563 --> 00:25:37,036 (people speaking in foreign language) 575 00:25:37,036 --> 00:25:39,038 ARE YOU SURE THIS IS THE PLACE? 576 00:25:39,038 --> 00:25:41,911 CANNELL HAS NEVER STEERED ME WRONG. 577 00:25:41,911 --> 00:25:43,613 OKAY. 578 00:25:43,613 --> 00:25:45,915 (Esposito) BUTTON CAM'S IN PLACE, RYAN. 579 00:25:45,915 --> 00:25:47,917 GOOD FOR PICTURE AND... 580 00:25:47,917 --> 00:25:49,819 (feedback whines) AH, SOUND. 581 00:25:49,819 --> 00:25:51,320 ALL RIGHT, SO REMEMBER, 582 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:53,983 WE CAN HEAR YOU, BUT YOU CAN'T HEAR US. 583 00:25:53,983 --> 00:25:57,587 SO ONCE YOU LEAVE THIS VAN, YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN, OKAY? 584 00:25:57,587 --> 00:25:59,959 ALL RIGHT, TELL ME THE PLAN AGAIN. 585 00:25:59,959 --> 00:26:02,031 I GO IN, I FIND THE TATTOOED RUSSIAN, 586 00:26:02,031 --> 00:26:04,694 I GET A CLEAR PICTURE OF HIM, AND I GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE. 587 00:26:04,694 --> 00:26:07,867 AND YOU DON'T STAY ANY LONGER THAN YOU NEED TO. 588 00:26:07,867 --> 00:26:09,899 I'LL BE FINE. BESIDES, IT'S CHINATOWN. 589 00:26:09,899 --> 00:26:12,201 HOW MANY RUSSIAN POKER PLAYERS CAN THERE BE? 590 00:26:12,201 --> 00:26:16,345 (people speaking foreign language) 591 00:26:23,813 --> 00:26:25,955 ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS? 592 00:26:25,955 --> 00:26:28,217 YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. 593 00:26:46,105 --> 00:26:49,108 (man laughing) 594 00:26:53,182 --> 00:26:56,185 (speaking foreign language) 595 00:27:10,299 --> 00:27:12,161 (man speaks foreign language) 596 00:27:28,347 --> 00:27:30,219 (man speaks foreign language) 597 00:27:30,219 --> 00:27:32,281 GO AHEAD AND DEAL. 598 00:27:32,281 --> 00:27:35,284 (indistinct conversations) 599 00:27:44,734 --> 00:27:46,736 (whispers) I'M IN. 600 00:27:46,736 --> 00:27:50,199 (man speaks foreign language) 601 00:27:50,199 --> 00:27:53,342 (singsongy) TATTOOED RUSSIAN. (normal voice) PAY DIRT. 602 00:27:53,342 --> 00:27:56,345 (indistinct conversations) 603 00:27:58,107 --> 00:28:00,109 (men speaking foreign language) 604 00:28:00,109 --> 00:28:02,812 UH, THERE'S ANOTHER TATTOOED RUSSIAN. 605 00:28:02,812 --> 00:28:07,186 THERE'S A WHOLE TABLE OF TATTOOED RUSSIANS. 606 00:28:07,186 --> 00:28:10,189 APPARENTLY THERE ARE A LOT MORE RUSSIANS 607 00:28:10,189 --> 00:28:14,293 IN CHINATOWN THAN I THOUGHT. 608 00:28:21,330 --> 00:28:24,734 (indistinct conversations) 609 00:28:24,734 --> 00:28:27,306 SO... THE RUSSIANS ARE REGULARS HERE, 610 00:28:27,306 --> 00:28:30,309 BUT ONLY A HANDFUL PLAY AT THE NO-LIMIT TABLE, 611 00:28:30,309 --> 00:28:32,711 WHICH IS WHERE JOHN ALLEN WOULD'VE GONE. 612 00:28:32,711 --> 00:28:35,785 THE GUY SAID THEY'RE CARD BULLIES, PUSHING UP POTS, 613 00:28:35,785 --> 00:28:39,118 FORCING THEIR OPPONENTS TO BET MORE JUST TO STAY IN THE GAME. 614 00:28:39,118 --> 00:28:41,951 YOU THINK HE HAS ANY IDEA HE'S RECAPPING A CONVERSATION 615 00:28:41,951 --> 00:28:43,993 THAT WE JUST HEARD IN ITS ENTIRETY? 616 00:28:43,993 --> 00:28:45,995 GIVE THE GUY A GADGET, HE THINKS HE'S BOND. 617 00:28:45,995 --> 00:28:48,327 LET'S JUST HOPE HE REMEMBERS HE'S WEARING A CAMERA 618 00:28:48,327 --> 00:28:50,259 BEFORE HE GOES AND TAKES A LEAK. WHY WOULD YOU EVEN-- 619 00:28:50,259 --> 00:28:52,301 TRUST ME. ...COMING THROUGH, BUT I GOTTA STIR IT UP. 620 00:28:52,301 --> 00:28:54,303 I'M GONNA GO SIT AT THE TABLE, 621 00:28:54,303 --> 00:28:56,505 SEE IF I CAN FIND ANYTHING OUT. 622 00:28:58,367 --> 00:29:01,370 WHAT DID HE SAY? HE JUST SAID HE'S TAKING A SEAT-- 623 00:29:01,370 --> 00:29:03,512 THAT'S NOT THE PLAN. THAT'S NOT THE PLAN, CASTLE! 624 00:29:03,512 --> 00:29:06,976 HOW'S IT GOING? 625 00:29:06,976 --> 00:29:09,218 THIS IS NO-LIMIT TABLE. 626 00:29:09,218 --> 00:29:12,982 WHICH IS PERFECT, BECAUSE I AM A NO-LIMIT KINDA GUY. 627 00:29:12,982 --> 00:29:15,384 (chuckles) CHANGE FOR $20,000, PLEASE. 628 00:29:15,384 --> 00:29:18,387 ALL RIGHT, FELLAS. DEAL ME IN. 629 00:29:18,387 --> 00:29:20,830 (Beckett) NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. WHAT'S HE DOING? 630 00:29:20,830 --> 00:29:23,332 DROPPING HALF MY YEARLY SALARY LIKE IT WAS POCKET CHANGE. 631 00:29:23,332 --> 00:29:25,865 (man chuckles) 632 00:29:25,865 --> 00:29:27,466 NICE TATS. 633 00:29:32,241 --> 00:29:35,344 TA--NO, TATTOOS. THE TAT--IT'S NICE. 634 00:29:35,344 --> 00:29:37,376 WHAT DO THEY SAY? 635 00:29:37,376 --> 00:29:39,478 IT SAYS MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS 636 00:29:39,478 --> 00:29:42,151 AND PLAY CARDS. SORRY. DON'T MEAN TO PRY. 637 00:29:42,151 --> 00:29:44,153 I'M JUST, UH, I'M ACTUALLY JUST A WRITER. 638 00:29:44,153 --> 00:29:46,155 I'M JUST DOING A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH. 639 00:29:46,155 --> 00:29:48,988 (man) WRITER, HUH? 640 00:29:48,988 --> 00:29:51,260 ANYTHING, UH, WE MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF? 641 00:29:51,260 --> 00:29:55,224 UH, "STORM FALL," "STORM'S LAST STAND." 642 00:29:55,224 --> 00:29:56,996 DERRICK STORM. YEAH. 643 00:29:56,996 --> 00:29:59,368 I LOVE THIS GUY. WHY DID YOU KILL HIM? 644 00:29:59,368 --> 00:30:01,070 IT'S A LONG STORY, 645 00:30:01,070 --> 00:30:03,402 BUT I'M WORKING ON A NEW ONE ABOUT, UH, UNDERGROUND POKER. 646 00:30:03,402 --> 00:30:05,174 VERY HUSH-HUSH. 647 00:30:05,174 --> 00:30:07,376 JUST KINDA CAME DOWN TO GET A FEEL FOR THE WORLD, YOU KNOW? 648 00:30:07,376 --> 00:30:10,339 AND YOU'RE--YOU WANT TO TRY TO BE AUTHENTIC? 649 00:30:10,339 --> 00:30:11,440 EXACTLY. 650 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:13,282 NO PROBLEM. 651 00:30:13,282 --> 00:30:16,815 (speaking Russian) 652 00:30:18,387 --> 00:30:20,389 (men chuckle) 653 00:30:20,389 --> 00:30:22,291 (man speaks Russian) 654 00:30:22,291 --> 00:30:23,522 (men chuckle) 655 00:30:23,522 --> 00:30:25,594 (chuckles) YEAH. 656 00:30:25,594 --> 00:30:28,427 (Esposito) SEEMS LIKE HE'S MAKING FRIENDS. THEY JUST SAID THEY'RE GONNA TAKE HIM 657 00:30:28,427 --> 00:30:31,260 FOR EVERYTHING HE'S GOT. WHAT, YOU SPEAK RUSSIAN? 658 00:30:31,260 --> 00:30:34,433 SEMESTER IN KIEV BETWEEN JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEAR. 659 00:30:34,433 --> 00:30:36,936 (imitates Russian accent) SOMETIMES WHEN I AM BORED, 660 00:30:36,936 --> 00:30:38,938 I GOT TO GLECHIK CAFé IN LITTLE ODESSA 661 00:30:38,938 --> 00:30:40,539 AND PRETEND TO BE MUSCOVITE. 662 00:30:40,539 --> 00:30:43,272 NOW THAT'S KINDA HOT. 663 00:30:43,272 --> 00:30:45,344 RAISE. 664 00:30:45,344 --> 00:30:47,246 (chip clatters) 665 00:30:47,246 --> 00:30:49,378 CALL. (clatters) 666 00:30:49,378 --> 00:30:51,380 I CALL. (clatters) 667 00:30:53,322 --> 00:30:54,954 (grunts) 668 00:30:57,556 --> 00:30:59,929 (groans) 669 00:30:59,929 --> 00:31:02,331 (joints crack) 670 00:31:02,331 --> 00:31:04,333 CHECK THE PLAYERS' HANDS. SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING 671 00:31:04,333 --> 00:31:06,465 THAT'LL EXPLAIN THE BRUISE PATTERNS ON OUR VIC'S NECK. 672 00:31:06,465 --> 00:31:07,967 (groans) 673 00:31:07,967 --> 00:31:09,438 (sighs) 674 00:31:09,438 --> 00:31:12,071 CALL. (chip clatters) 675 00:31:12,071 --> 00:31:14,373 (clears throat) SAY, MR. CASTLE, 676 00:31:14,373 --> 00:31:17,376 TELL ME LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS BOOK. 677 00:31:17,376 --> 00:31:20,249 WELL, IT'S ABOUT A, UH, RUSSIAN MOBSTER 678 00:31:20,249 --> 00:31:22,952 WITH A TASTE FOR CARDS. 679 00:31:22,952 --> 00:31:26,255 HE, UH, PREYS OFF OF DESPERATION, 680 00:31:26,255 --> 00:31:30,119 LURING PEOPLE IN TO BET HIM MORE THAN THEY HAVE. 681 00:31:33,062 --> 00:31:36,265 (clicks tongue) AND WHY WOULD HE DO THIS? 682 00:31:36,265 --> 00:31:39,398 BECAUSE HE'S ALSO A LOAN SHARK. 683 00:31:41,470 --> 00:31:44,333 SEE, HE FRONTS HIS VICTIMS, AND MAKES BANK ON... WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOING? 684 00:31:44,333 --> 00:31:46,335 HE'S PLAYING POKER. HE'S TRYING TO PROVOKE 685 00:31:46,335 --> 00:31:48,337 ONE OF THESE GUYS INTO GIVING UP THEIR HAND. 686 00:31:48,337 --> 00:31:51,180 OR HE'S TRYING TO TIP OFF OUR KILLER. BUT THERE'S ONE GUY, 687 00:31:51,180 --> 00:31:54,483 A FAMILY GUY, HE GETS IN A LITTLE TOO DEEP, 688 00:31:54,483 --> 00:31:57,016 CAN'T PAY THE LOAN BACK. 689 00:31:57,016 --> 00:32:00,689 SO THE MOBSTER... GOT NO CHOICE. 690 00:32:00,689 --> 00:32:03,222 HAS TO KILL HIM, 691 00:32:03,222 --> 00:32:06,225 SEND A MESSAGE TO ANYONE ELSE WHO OWES HIM. 692 00:32:06,225 --> 00:32:10,359 SO ONE NIGHT... HE LURES HIM INTO AN ABANDONED BUILDING, 693 00:32:10,359 --> 00:32:14,363 STRANGLES HIM TO DEATH AND THROWS HIM OFF THE ROOF. 694 00:32:14,363 --> 00:32:17,166 SOUNDS LIKE LOT OF WORK. 695 00:32:17,166 --> 00:32:19,508 WHY NOT JUST PUT BULLET IN HIS HEAD? 696 00:32:19,508 --> 00:32:21,440 IT'S MUCH MORE SIMPLE. (laughs) 697 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:23,612 BANG. OH, MY... 698 00:32:23,612 --> 00:32:25,244 (laughs) 699 00:32:25,244 --> 00:32:27,076 (laughs) 700 00:32:27,076 --> 00:32:29,418 HEY, RYAN, CHECK THIS OUT. 701 00:32:29,418 --> 00:32:32,351 WHAT IS HE DOING WITH HIS FINGER? 702 00:32:32,351 --> 00:32:35,224 (Beckett) PUNCH IN ON THAT. IT'S A PROSTHETIC. 703 00:32:35,224 --> 00:32:37,326 THAT'S WHY IT DIDN'T LEAVE A MARK ON OUR VIC. 704 00:32:37,326 --> 00:32:40,429 THAT'S OUR GUY. HEY, IF HE THINKS CASTLE'S A THREAT, HE'S-- 705 00:32:40,429 --> 00:32:43,432 WE GOTTA GET HIM OUTTA THERE, NOW. THEIR SECURITY'S PRETTY WELL ARMED. 706 00:32:43,432 --> 00:32:46,135 WE GO IN THERE AS COPS, IT MIGHT GET MESSY. OH, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 707 00:32:46,135 --> 00:32:48,137 UH, I'M GONNA GO IN THERE, 708 00:32:48,137 --> 00:32:50,069 AND IF I'M NOT OUT IN TEN MINUTES, 709 00:32:50,069 --> 00:32:52,441 YOU GUYS CALL FOR BACKUP. CAN I HAVE MY PURSE, PLEASE? 710 00:32:52,441 --> 00:32:56,175 WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO, LIP GLOSS 'EM TO DEATH? SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 711 00:33:51,260 --> 00:33:54,163 (man speaks foreign language) 712 00:33:54,163 --> 00:33:56,365 (imitating Russian accent) OH, COME ON, BOYS. 713 00:33:56,365 --> 00:33:59,037 MY BOYFRIEND IS WAITING. HE IS PLAYER. 714 00:33:59,037 --> 00:34:02,311 IF I DON'T GO INSIDE, HE WILL LOSE. 715 00:34:02,311 --> 00:34:04,813 I'M HIS LUCKY CHARM, YOU KNOW? 716 00:34:04,813 --> 00:34:06,675 NO? 717 00:34:06,675 --> 00:34:11,049 WELL, MAYBE I CAN BE A LUCKY CHARM FOR YOU. 718 00:34:11,049 --> 00:34:14,353 WE WIN, AND WHEN I AM IN THERE, WE ALWAYS WIN, 719 00:34:14,353 --> 00:34:16,355 AND THEN MAYBE I CAN SHARE 720 00:34:16,355 --> 00:34:19,358 SOME OF MY BOYFRIEND'S LUCK WITH YOU. 721 00:34:19,358 --> 00:34:21,059 HMM. 722 00:34:25,164 --> 00:34:27,736 ALL IN. 723 00:34:27,736 --> 00:34:31,440 IT'S A BIG POT, MR. WRITER MAN... 724 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:33,702 ALL THAT MONEY. 725 00:34:33,702 --> 00:34:36,405 BUT THEN, WHAT IS MONEY TO MILLIONAIRE, HUH? 726 00:34:36,405 --> 00:34:39,408 YOU JUST CAN WRITE IT OFF ON YOUR TAXES 727 00:34:39,408 --> 00:34:42,181 UH, AS, UH, DOING RESEARCH. 728 00:34:42,181 --> 00:34:44,653 ALL IN. 729 00:34:44,653 --> 00:34:47,156 HMM. (chuckles) 730 00:34:47,156 --> 00:34:49,418 YOU ARE LIKE CHARACTER IN YOUR BOOK... 731 00:34:49,418 --> 00:34:53,122 IN TOO DEEP. 732 00:34:53,122 --> 00:34:55,424 THREE QUEENS. 733 00:34:57,566 --> 00:35:01,430 THAT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE. 734 00:35:01,430 --> 00:35:05,504 NOT A LOT CAN BEAT THREE QUEENS. 735 00:35:05,504 --> 00:35:07,506 EXCEPT AN INSIDE STRAIGHT, MAYBE. 736 00:35:07,506 --> 00:35:09,638 SWEETHEART, THIS IS FOR YOU. WOULD YOU CHANGE THIS 737 00:35:09,638 --> 00:35:12,511 INTO SOMETHING A LITTLE SMALLER THAT I CAN CARRY? 738 00:35:12,511 --> 00:35:15,814 NOW THAT IS A BIG PILE OF MONEY. 739 00:35:15,814 --> 00:35:18,287 BUT WHAT'S MONEY TO A MOBSTER, RIGHT? 740 00:35:22,391 --> 00:35:24,423 (gun action clicks) WALK. 741 00:35:24,423 --> 00:35:27,426 WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! WHO ARE YOU? 742 00:35:27,426 --> 00:35:31,230 I TOLD YOU, I'M--I'M A NOVELIST. THE STORY--THE DEAD MAN, THE ROOF, WHO TOLD YOU? 743 00:35:31,230 --> 00:35:33,562 WHO KNOWS? HIS FAMILY KNOWS, HIS CHILDREN KNOW. 744 00:35:33,562 --> 00:35:36,605 IF HE PAID WHAT HE OWED, HE'D BE HOME WITH THEM NOW. 745 00:35:36,605 --> 00:35:39,768 BUT HE CROSSED ME. AND NOW YOU HAVE CROSSED ME. NO, NO, NO, I'M JUST A WRITER. 746 00:35:39,768 --> 00:35:43,242 DO NOT LIE. YOU'RE A COP. (imitating Russian accent) HIM, A COP? 747 00:35:43,242 --> 00:35:47,346 DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH. HE'S BARELY EVEN A MAN. 748 00:35:47,346 --> 00:35:49,818 BECKETT? BUT YOU ARE A MAN, AREN'T YOU? 749 00:35:49,818 --> 00:35:52,921 A VERY HANDSOME MAN. 750 00:35:52,921 --> 00:35:55,854 RICHARD, ARE YOU BOTHERING THIS HANDSOME MAN? 751 00:35:55,854 --> 00:35:58,227 GO AWAY. 752 00:35:58,227 --> 00:36:02,361 OKAY, BOYS AND THEIR GUNS. AM I SUPPOSED TO BE IMPRESSED? 753 00:36:02,361 --> 00:36:05,264 IT DOESN'T CONCERN YOU. ACTUALLY... (grunts) 754 00:36:05,264 --> 00:36:06,565 AH! 755 00:36:06,565 --> 00:36:08,767 (normal voice) IT DOES. (groans) 756 00:36:08,767 --> 00:36:10,769 (whispering) IS IT JUST MY IMAGINATION, 757 00:36:10,769 --> 00:36:12,471 OR DID YOU CHANGE? 758 00:36:12,471 --> 00:36:14,443 CASTLE, COULD YOU GET SOME BACKUP, PLEASE? 759 00:36:14,443 --> 00:36:16,445 YEAH. (whispering) SHH, SHH, SHH. QUIET. 760 00:36:16,445 --> 00:36:18,447 YEAH. THANK YOU. 761 00:36:21,510 --> 00:36:22,811 THIS WAY. 762 00:36:28,457 --> 00:36:30,719 (exhales deeply) 763 00:36:34,192 --> 00:36:37,426 SO HOW IS SHE? 764 00:36:37,426 --> 00:36:40,599 IT'S HARD WHEN EVERYTHING YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW 765 00:36:40,599 --> 00:36:42,631 TURNS OUT TO BE A LIE. 766 00:36:42,631 --> 00:36:45,774 WELL, NOT EVERYTHING WAS A LIE. 767 00:36:45,774 --> 00:36:47,476 NOT HER HUSBAND'S LOVE. 768 00:36:47,476 --> 00:36:49,578 I MEAN, SOMETIMES WE DO THE WRONG THINGS 769 00:36:49,578 --> 00:36:51,280 FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. 770 00:36:53,442 --> 00:36:54,743 SO CASE IS CLOSED. 771 00:36:54,743 --> 00:36:57,646 I GUESS YOUR "COSMO" STORY GETS A HAPPY ENDING. 772 00:36:57,646 --> 00:37:00,819 SPEAKING OF HAPPY ENDINGS... 773 00:37:00,819 --> 00:37:02,591 THANKS FOR SAVING MY LIFE. 774 00:37:02,591 --> 00:37:04,653 I WAS JUST TRYING TO AVOID PAPERWORK. 775 00:37:04,653 --> 00:37:07,326 YEAH. WE MAKE A PRETTY GOOD TEAM, YOU KNOW? 776 00:37:07,326 --> 00:37:09,227 LIKE STARSKY AND HUTCH, 777 00:37:09,227 --> 00:37:10,859 TANGO AND CASH, 778 00:37:10,859 --> 00:37:13,001 TURNER AND HOOCH. 779 00:37:13,001 --> 00:37:14,963 YOU KNOW, NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT, 780 00:37:14,963 --> 00:37:18,006 YOU DO REMIND ME A LITTLE OF HOOCH. MM. 781 00:37:20,739 --> 00:37:22,871 IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRAID, ISN'T IT? 782 00:37:22,871 --> 00:37:26,575 YOU'RE AFRAID THAT IF YOU LOOK IN TO YOUR MOTHER'S DEATH, 783 00:37:26,575 --> 00:37:28,817 THAT YOU WILL GO BACK DOWN THAT RABBIT HOLE 784 00:37:28,817 --> 00:37:30,849 AND LOSE YOURSELF AGAIN. 785 00:37:30,849 --> 00:37:33,422 BUT IT'S DIFFERENT THIS TIME. 786 00:37:33,422 --> 00:37:35,424 WE HAVE GOOD LEADS. 787 00:37:35,424 --> 00:37:38,427 WE HAVE STRONG LEADS. 788 00:37:38,427 --> 00:37:41,660 AND YOU WON'T HAVE TO DO IT ALONE. 789 00:37:41,660 --> 00:37:45,434 WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER. 790 00:37:45,434 --> 00:37:47,396 WHAT IF I DON'T WANT TO KNOW? 791 00:37:47,396 --> 00:37:50,439 DID YOU EVER THINK OF THAT? 792 00:37:52,571 --> 00:37:54,573 WHAT IF I'M NOT READY? 793 00:37:54,573 --> 00:37:56,845 WHAT IF THE IDEA OF CATCHING MY MOM'S MURDERER 794 00:37:56,845 --> 00:37:59,678 AND THEN HAVING TO SIT THERE AND WATCH AS HE CUTS SOME DEAL 795 00:37:59,678 --> 00:38:02,451 THAT PUTS HIM BACK OUT ON THE STREET IN TEN YEARS 796 00:38:02,451 --> 00:38:04,913 MAKES ME NAUSEOUS? 797 00:38:04,913 --> 00:38:07,916 YOU DREDGED UP MY PAST FOR YOU, CASTLE, NOT FOR ME. 798 00:38:07,916 --> 00:38:11,520 AND YOU'RE TOO SELFISH TO EVEN SEE IT. 799 00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:14,493 THE CASE IS CLOSED, CASTLE. 800 00:38:14,493 --> 00:38:18,727 WE MADE A DEAL, AND I EXPECT YOU TO HONOR IT. 801 00:38:54,833 --> 00:38:56,435 YOU'RE WRITING. 802 00:38:56,435 --> 00:38:58,637 IT'S TIME. 803 00:39:01,670 --> 00:39:03,512 AND BECKETT? 804 00:39:06,445 --> 00:39:09,017 I'M SORRY, DAD. 805 00:39:09,017 --> 00:39:11,380 SO HOW WAS THE MOVIE? 806 00:39:11,380 --> 00:39:13,522 WE DIDN'T GO. 807 00:39:13,522 --> 00:39:16,525 WHY NOT? OWEN. 808 00:39:16,525 --> 00:39:18,527 WHAT HAPPENED? 809 00:39:18,527 --> 00:39:20,859 HE WAS PLAYING VIDEO GAMES AND LOST TRACK OF TIME. 810 00:39:20,859 --> 00:39:23,732 BY THE TIME HE SHOWED UP, IT WAS TOO LATE. 811 00:39:23,732 --> 00:39:27,696 (sighs) SORRY, SWEETIE. 812 00:39:27,696 --> 00:39:29,698 AND THEN WHEN HE DID SHOW UP, 813 00:39:29,698 --> 00:39:32,601 HE TRIED TO ACT LIKE IT'S NO BIG DEAL, 814 00:39:32,601 --> 00:39:34,102 LIKE I'M OVERREACTING. 815 00:39:34,102 --> 00:39:36,905 I MEAN, HE DIDN'T EVEN CALL. 816 00:39:36,905 --> 00:39:39,077 WHY DO BOYS DO THAT? 817 00:39:39,077 --> 00:39:42,551 WHY DO THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO JUSTIFY EVERYTHING? 818 00:39:42,551 --> 00:39:46,515 WHY CAN'T THEY JUST SAY THEY'RE SORRY? 819 00:39:46,515 --> 00:39:49,518 (Lex Land's "My Fault. Your Mistake." playing) 820 00:39:56,465 --> 00:39:58,697 THANK YOU. 821 00:39:58,697 --> 00:40:00,969 FOR WHAT? 822 00:40:00,969 --> 00:40:03,572 FOR JUST... BEING YOU. 823 00:40:19,648 --> 00:40:23,692 ♪ YOU GAVE ME GOOD STEPS TO FOLLOW ♪ 824 00:40:23,692 --> 00:40:26,124 ♪ AND I WISH I... ♪ 825 00:40:26,124 --> 00:40:28,527 I'M SORRY. 826 00:40:28,527 --> 00:40:31,199 WHAT I DID WAS WRONG. 827 00:40:31,199 --> 00:40:34,603 I VIOLATED YOUR TRUST, I OPENED OLD WOUNDS, 828 00:40:34,603 --> 00:40:37,536 AND I DID NOT RESPECT YOUR WISHES. 829 00:40:37,536 --> 00:40:40,438 AND IF WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN, 830 00:40:40,438 --> 00:40:42,511 THEN YOU DESERVE TO KNOW... 831 00:40:42,511 --> 00:40:44,442 ♪ AND I'M SORRY THAT I... ♪ 832 00:40:44,442 --> 00:40:47,546 I'M VERY, VERY SORRY. 833 00:40:47,546 --> 00:40:51,720 ♪ BUT YOUR LITTLE GIRL ♪ 834 00:40:51,720 --> 00:40:57,125 ♪ IS GONNA CHANGE THE WORLD ♪ 835 00:40:57,125 --> 00:41:00,959 ♪ YOU'LL SEE ♪ 836 00:41:00,959 --> 00:41:02,531 CASTLE. 837 00:41:02,531 --> 00:41:05,534 ♪♪ 838 00:41:05,534 --> 00:41:07,195 I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. 839 00:41:07,195 --> 00:41:09,467 ♪ YOU'LL SEE ♪