1 00:00:01,272 --> 00:00:03,704 (Lady Gaga) ♪ I'M BEAUTIFUL IN MY WAY ♪ 2 00:00:03,704 --> 00:00:06,537 ♪ 'CAUSE GOD MAKES NO MISTAKES, I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK, BABY ♪ 3 00:00:06,537 --> 00:00:09,380 ♪ I WAS BORN THIS WAY, DON'T HIDE YOURSELF IN REGRET ♪ 4 00:00:09,380 --> 00:00:11,542 ♪ JUST LOVE YOURSELF AND YOU'RE SET ♪ 5 00:00:11,542 --> 00:00:16,247 ♪ I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK, BABY, I WAS BORN THIS WAY ♪ 6 00:00:16,247 --> 00:00:18,249 ♪ OH, THERE AIN'T NO OTHER WAY ♪ 7 00:00:18,249 --> 00:00:20,020 ♪ BABY, I WAS BORN THIS WAY ♪ 8 00:00:20,020 --> 00:00:23,654 ♪ BABY, I WAS BORN THIS WAY ♪ HUH? 9 00:00:23,654 --> 00:00:26,357 ♪ OH, THERE AIN'T NO OTHER WAY, BABY, I WAS BORN THIS WAY ♪ 10 00:00:26,357 --> 00:00:28,229 OKAY, CUE THE CHANDELIER. 11 00:00:28,229 --> 00:00:30,261 ♪ I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK, BABY, I WAS BORN THIS WAY ♪ 12 00:00:30,261 --> 00:00:32,063 (man) YEAH! YEAH! 13 00:00:32,063 --> 00:00:34,535 ♪ BORN THIS WAY, I WAS BORN THIS WAY ♪ WHOO! 14 00:00:34,535 --> 00:00:36,807 ♪ I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK, BABY ♪ (gasps) 15 00:00:36,807 --> 00:00:39,340 (screams) ♪ I WAS BORN THIS WAY ♪ 16 00:00:39,340 --> 00:00:42,643 (women screaming) (gasps) 17 00:00:42,643 --> 00:00:45,276 (women speaking indistinctly) 18 00:00:45,276 --> 00:00:48,349 ILLINOIS? THAT'S LIKE 500 MILES FROM MANHATTAN. 19 00:00:48,349 --> 00:00:51,422 NO, I KNOW NORTHWESTERN IS CLOSER THAN STANFORD. 20 00:00:51,422 --> 00:00:54,425 I'M JUST SAYING, THAT'S NOT WHERE YOU WANT TO GO. ALEXIS? 21 00:00:54,425 --> 00:00:57,158 HOLD ON, ASH. MY DAD'S TALKING TO ME. WHAT? 22 00:00:57,158 --> 00:00:59,560 DON'T YOU HAVE SCHOOL? YES. 23 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:01,432 LOOK, ASH, I KNOW YOU, 24 00:01:01,432 --> 00:01:03,734 AND I THINK YOU NEED TO GET AWAY FROM HOME. 25 00:01:03,734 --> 00:01:06,537 I MEAN, WEALLNEED TO GET AWAY FROM HOME. HEY. 26 00:01:06,537 --> 00:01:09,140 I GOTTA GO. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS LATER. 27 00:01:09,140 --> 00:01:11,302 LOVE YOU, TOO. BYE. (cell phone beeps) 28 00:01:11,302 --> 00:01:13,704 "WE ALL NEED TO GET AWAY FROM HOME"? NO. I SHOULD NEVER LEAVE. 29 00:01:13,704 --> 00:01:16,177 WE CAN BE THE FATHER-DAUGHTER VERSION OF "GREY GARDENS." 30 00:01:16,177 --> 00:01:17,348 EW. 31 00:01:17,348 --> 00:01:19,350 YOU LOOK LIKE YOU DIDN'T GET ANY SLEEP. 32 00:01:19,350 --> 00:01:20,751 I DIDN'T. 33 00:01:20,751 --> 00:01:23,414 I MEAN, ASHLEY GOT HIS COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES. 34 00:01:23,414 --> 00:01:25,216 HE GOT IN EVERYWHERE. 35 00:01:25,216 --> 00:01:28,159 WELL, THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S NOT GREAT? 36 00:01:28,159 --> 00:01:30,291 I LOOKED UP STATISTICS FOR HIGH-SCHOOL SWEETHEARTS 37 00:01:30,291 --> 00:01:32,463 WHEN ONE OF THEM GOES TO COLLEGE OUT OF STATE 38 00:01:32,463 --> 00:01:34,465 AND THE OTHER STAYS IN HIGH SCHOOL. 39 00:01:34,465 --> 00:01:36,567 THE ODDS ARE NOT IN OUR FAVOR. 40 00:01:36,567 --> 00:01:38,569 I MEAN, I WANT HIM TO GO WHERE HE WANTS, 41 00:01:38,569 --> 00:01:41,302 BUT I DON'T WANT HIM TO LEAVE, AND HE DOESN'T WANT TO LEAVE, 42 00:01:41,302 --> 00:01:44,175 BUT I DON'T WANT HIM TO RESENT ME FOR NOT GOING WHERE HE WANTS, 43 00:01:44,175 --> 00:01:47,738 AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. WELL, DO WHAT I DO. LOOK AT THE ODDS AS A CHALLENGE. 44 00:01:47,738 --> 00:01:50,281 SAYS THE MAN WHO ALWAYS LOSES IN VEGAS. RELATIONSHIPS ARE HARD. 45 00:01:50,281 --> 00:01:52,313 ODDS ARE, YOU'LL FIGURE IT OUT. 46 00:01:52,313 --> 00:01:53,844 (cell phone rings) 47 00:01:53,844 --> 00:01:55,716 ODDS ARE, SOMEONE'S DEAD. 48 00:01:55,716 --> 00:01:57,318 (ring) (mouths words) 49 00:01:57,318 --> 00:01:58,589 (beeps) 50 00:01:58,589 --> 00:01:59,850 CASTLE. 51 00:01:59,850 --> 00:02:01,852 (Castle) YOU'VE GOTTA BE KIDDING ME. 52 00:02:01,852 --> 00:02:04,895 A MURDER IN THE THEATER OF THE V.B. TOWER HOTEL, 53 00:02:04,895 --> 00:02:06,497 VICTOR BARON'S PLACE? 54 00:02:06,497 --> 00:02:08,499 IT'S NOT THE BARON, IS IT? 55 00:02:08,499 --> 00:02:10,501 NO, BUT YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED. 56 00:02:10,501 --> 00:02:12,903 THIS ONE'S RIGHT UP YOUR ALLEY. WHY IS THAT? 57 00:02:12,903 --> 00:02:14,905 BECAUSE OUR VICTIM IS A CONTESTANT. 58 00:02:14,905 --> 00:02:17,238 DEATH OF A BEAUTY QUEEN-- SCANDALOUS. 59 00:02:17,238 --> 00:02:20,471 YEAH, SURPRISED IT DOESN'T HAPPEN MORE OFTEN. 60 00:02:20,471 --> 00:02:22,613 IS THAT AMERICA'S DAD, BOBBY STARK? 61 00:02:22,613 --> 00:02:24,345 WHAT'S HE DOING HERE? 62 00:02:24,345 --> 00:02:26,317 HE'S THE PAGEANT HOST. 63 00:02:26,317 --> 00:02:29,280 OH, PLEASE DON'T TELL ME THAT YOU WATCH HIS SITCOM. "FAMILY FOIBLES"? 64 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:31,282 HALF OF WHAT I KNOW ABOUT BEING A FATHER, 65 00:02:31,282 --> 00:02:32,923 I LEARNED FROM WATCHING THAT SHOW. 66 00:02:32,923 --> 00:02:35,656 HEY, BECKETT. SO WHAT'S THE STORY? 67 00:02:35,656 --> 00:02:38,259 WELL, ACCORDING TO CANDACE FORD, OUR PAGEANT MANAGER, 68 00:02:38,259 --> 00:02:41,392 THE VICTIM IS 21-YEAR-OLD AMBER MIDDLEBERRY. (speaks indistinctly) 69 00:02:41,392 --> 00:02:44,235 (woman) YEAH, I GOT IT. THE CONTESTANTS WERE REHEARSING A PRODUCTION NUMBER. 70 00:02:44,235 --> 00:02:47,438 WHEN THEY BROUGHT IN THE LIGHTING TRUSS, 71 00:02:47,438 --> 00:02:49,570 AMBER WAS TANGLED UP INSIDE OF IT. 72 00:02:49,570 --> 00:02:52,543 MUST'VE BEEN A SHOWSTOPPER. HEY THERE, PERLMUTTER. 73 00:02:52,543 --> 00:02:55,175 DETECTIVE. WRITER. CAUSE OF DEATH? 74 00:02:55,175 --> 00:02:57,748 CHOKED FROM BEHIND WITH HER OWN SASH, 75 00:02:57,748 --> 00:03:00,951 HMM. PROBABLY BETWEEN 11:00 P.M. AND 1:00 A.M. 76 00:03:00,951 --> 00:03:04,184 HOW DID SHE END UP ON THE LIGHTING TRUSS? NEAR AS WE CAN TELL, THE, UH, LIGHTING TRUSS 77 00:03:04,184 --> 00:03:06,717 WAS LEFT ON STAGE AFTER YESTERDAY'S REHEARSAL. 78 00:03:06,717 --> 00:03:09,360 KILLER PROBABLY THOUGHT HE'D BUY SOME TIME 79 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,293 BY DUMPING HER ON IT AND RAISING IT UP TO THE RAFTERS. SO WHOEVER IT WAS MUST HAVE KNOWN 80 00:03:12,293 --> 00:03:15,466 HOW TO USE THE STAGE EQUIPMENT. NAH, THE LIFT CONTROLS, THEY'RE ON A TOUCH SCREEN. 81 00:03:15,466 --> 00:03:16,967 PRETTY EASY TO OPERATE. 82 00:03:16,967 --> 00:03:19,270 WHEN WAS SHE LAST SEEN ALIVE? LAST NIGHT. 83 00:03:19,270 --> 00:03:22,303 CONTESTANTS--THEY ALL WENT TO A DINNER TO HONOR VICTOR BARON. 84 00:03:22,303 --> 00:03:23,704 10:30, THE PARTY WRAPPED, 85 00:03:23,704 --> 00:03:25,676 AND THEY WERE ALL LIMOED BACK HERE TO THE HOTEL. 86 00:03:25,676 --> 00:03:27,708 AMBER USED HER KEY CARD AT 10:43 P.M. 87 00:03:27,708 --> 00:03:30,741 TO GET INTO HER HOTEL ROOM. 88 00:03:30,741 --> 00:03:32,743 AFTER THAT, SHE, UH, WOUND UP HERE. 89 00:03:32,743 --> 00:03:35,586 DETECTIVE, THERE'S SOMETHING YOU SHOULD SEE. 90 00:03:35,586 --> 00:03:37,848 A BLACK SEQUIN? 91 00:03:37,848 --> 00:03:39,990 PART OF ONE. I FOUND IT IN HER HAIR. 92 00:03:39,990 --> 00:03:42,693 OKAY, SO THE KILLER MIGHT HAVE TRANSFERRED IT 93 00:03:42,693 --> 00:03:44,325 WHEN HE STRANGLED HER. 94 00:03:44,325 --> 00:03:46,627 LET'S FIND OUT WHO HAD ACCESS TO THIS BALLROOM LAST NIGHT. 95 00:03:46,627 --> 00:03:48,729 AND LET'S ALSO TALK TO THE PAGEANT MANAGER. 96 00:03:48,729 --> 00:03:51,231 I WANT TO SEE IF ANY OF THE GIRLS' OUTFITS 97 00:03:51,231 --> 00:03:53,264 MATCH WITH THIS SEQUIN. WILL DO. 98 00:03:53,264 --> 00:03:56,567 SO DOES AMBER MIDDLEBERRY HAVE ANY FAMILY? 99 00:03:56,567 --> 00:03:58,969 YEAH. JUST HER, UH, DAD. 100 00:03:58,969 --> 00:04:01,642 (police radio chatter, camera shutter clicks) 101 00:04:01,642 --> 00:04:03,974 SHE STARTED WHEN SHE WAS 9... 102 00:04:03,974 --> 00:04:05,746 LITTLE MISS WHOLESOME. 103 00:04:05,746 --> 00:04:09,320 OH, I WAS AGAINST THE WHOLE IDEA AT FIRST, 104 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:11,582 BUT AMBER'S MOM HAD A BUG ABOUT IT, AND, UH, 105 00:04:11,582 --> 00:04:13,454 AND AFTER HER MOTHER DIED... 106 00:04:13,454 --> 00:04:16,887 (voice breaking) I THINK IT JUST HELPED HER FEEL CLOSER TO HER. 107 00:04:16,887 --> 00:04:20,391 DID YOUR DAUGHTER HAVE ANY ENEMIES THAT YOU KNOW OF? 108 00:04:20,391 --> 00:04:22,032 NO, OF COURSE NOT. EVERYBODY LOVED AMBER. 109 00:04:22,032 --> 00:04:24,034 WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER CONTESTANTS? 110 00:04:24,034 --> 00:04:27,568 WERE THERE ANY RIVALRIES? SHE WENT WAY BACK WITH SOME OF THESE GIRLS. 111 00:04:27,568 --> 00:04:30,040 THEY-- (sighs) EVEN AFTER SHE MADE IT TO THE SEMIFINALS, 112 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:32,343 EVERYBODY WAS HUGGING HER, AND THEY WERE-- 113 00:04:32,343 --> 00:04:35,346 THEY WERE CALLING HER THE FRONT-RUNNER, AND, UH... 114 00:04:35,346 --> 00:04:39,310 THIS PAGEANT, THIS ONE... WAS HER DREAM. 115 00:04:39,310 --> 00:04:41,512 WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU TALKED WITH HER? 116 00:04:41,512 --> 00:04:44,415 YESTERDAY MORNING. I, UH, I TRIED TO CALL HER LAST NIGHT. 117 00:04:44,415 --> 00:04:46,587 I KNEW THAT DINNER THING WAS OVER. 118 00:04:46,587 --> 00:04:49,320 I WANTED TO WISH HER LUCK, YOU KNOW, 119 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:51,362 BUT... SHE DIDN'T ANSWER THE PHONE. 120 00:04:51,362 --> 00:04:53,964 AND WHAT TIME WAS THAT? 121 00:04:53,964 --> 00:04:55,696 A LITTLE BEFORE 11:00. 122 00:04:55,696 --> 00:04:58,869 I, UH... I THOUGHT SHE MUST HAVE GONE TO SLEEP, 123 00:04:58,869 --> 00:05:00,971 BUT SHE MUST HAVE LEFT HER ROOM 124 00:05:00,971 --> 00:05:04,875 AND COME DOWN HERE FOR SOME REASON. 125 00:05:04,875 --> 00:05:06,577 (man) DAN. 126 00:05:06,577 --> 00:05:08,609 I AM SO SORRY. 127 00:05:08,609 --> 00:05:10,581 WE'RE GONNA GET THE BASTARD WHO DID THIS. 128 00:05:10,581 --> 00:05:13,344 YOU HAVE MY WORD. THANK YOU, MR. BARON. 129 00:05:13,344 --> 00:05:15,846 DETECTIVES, A WORD UPSTAIRS IF YOU DON'T MIND. 130 00:05:18,949 --> 00:05:20,951 THIS IS A DARK DAY. 131 00:05:20,951 --> 00:05:22,953 ASAD CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY 132 00:05:22,953 --> 00:05:25,095 OF BARON'S ALL-AMERICAN BEAUTY PAGEANT. 133 00:05:25,095 --> 00:05:27,327 VICTOR, THIS IS JUST AWFUL. 134 00:05:27,327 --> 00:05:29,800 MY WIFE KAYLA. 135 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:31,802 YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE HER 136 00:05:31,802 --> 00:05:34,665 AS BARON'S ALL-AMERICAN BEAUTY, 1995. YES, OF COURSE. 137 00:05:34,665 --> 00:05:36,066 NICE TO MEET YOU. 138 00:05:36,066 --> 00:05:37,668 NICE TO MEET YOU, YES. 139 00:05:37,668 --> 00:05:40,941 THIS IS JUST DEVASTATING, FOR US AND--AND FOR THE GIRLS. 140 00:05:40,941 --> 00:05:43,744 WE... (voice breaks) WE'RE LIKE FAMILY. 141 00:05:43,744 --> 00:05:45,946 HOW WELL DID YOU KNOW HER? 142 00:05:45,946 --> 00:05:49,620 UM, SH-SHE WAS A SWEET GIRL, A HELL OF A VIOLINIST. 143 00:05:49,620 --> 00:05:51,482 YES, SHE WAS. 144 00:05:51,482 --> 00:05:53,884 MARK MY WORDS--I AM PUTTING THE ENTIRE WEIGHT 145 00:05:53,884 --> 00:05:55,986 OF THE BARON EMPIRE BEHIND THIS INVESTIGATION. 146 00:05:55,986 --> 00:05:58,429 ANYTHING YOU NEED, JUST SAY THE WORD. 147 00:05:58,429 --> 00:06:01,432 DETECTIVE, I KNOW, UH, YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR THING. 148 00:06:01,432 --> 00:06:02,993 UH, I'M JUST HOPING, 149 00:06:02,993 --> 00:06:07,398 UH, SINCE WE ARE AIRING THE PAGEANT LIVE THIS FRIDAY, 150 00:06:07,398 --> 00:06:09,369 IF WE COULD MINIMIZE THE PRESS, YOU KNOW, 151 00:06:09,369 --> 00:06:11,872 TO BE FAIR TO THE OTHER GIRLS. 152 00:06:11,872 --> 00:06:14,074 WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE FAIR TO OUR VICTIM FIRST. 153 00:06:14,074 --> 00:06:16,807 AND SPEAKING OF PRESS, COULD WE GET RID OF THE CAMERAS? 154 00:06:16,807 --> 00:06:18,909 THIS IS, AFTER ALL, A MURDER INVESTIGATION 155 00:06:18,909 --> 00:06:22,152 NOT A REALITY SHOW. WE, UM, WE FILM EVERYTHING... 156 00:06:22,152 --> 00:06:24,154 BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE PAGEANT. 157 00:06:24,154 --> 00:06:26,757 WE LIKE TO CATCH THE GIRLS TALKING ABOUT EACH OTHER, 158 00:06:26,757 --> 00:06:28,759 LET THEM CONFESS THEIR HOPES AND FEARS. 159 00:06:28,759 --> 00:06:32,062 YOU GET THE GLAMOUR, BUT YOU ALSO GET THE UNDERBELLY. 160 00:06:32,062 --> 00:06:35,626 (laughs) PEOPLE LOVE THE UNDERBELLY. YES, THEY DO. 161 00:06:35,626 --> 00:06:38,098 BUT MAYBE THIS ISN'T THE TIME. 162 00:06:38,098 --> 00:06:40,130 SO WERE ALL THE GIRLS STAYING AT THE HOTEL? 163 00:06:40,130 --> 00:06:42,933 THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY, I'LL NEED ACCESS TO AMBER'S ROOM. 164 00:06:42,933 --> 00:06:45,676 WE'LL ALSO NEED HOTEL SECURITY TAPES. 165 00:06:45,676 --> 00:06:47,878 NOW WERE THOSE CAMERAS RECORDING LAST NIGHT'S DINNER? OF COURSE. 166 00:06:47,878 --> 00:06:49,540 OKAY, WE'LL NEED THE FOOTAGE. 167 00:06:49,540 --> 00:06:51,612 WE'LL ALSO NEED TO INTERVIEW ALL OF THE PAGEANT CONTESTANTS. 168 00:06:51,612 --> 00:06:53,814 I'LL HAVE CANDACE GIVE YOU ANYTHING YOU NEED. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 169 00:06:53,814 --> 00:06:56,517 IT WAS NICE TO MEET YOU. COME AGAIN. 170 00:06:56,517 --> 00:06:57,918 OH, NO, WE DON'T-- 171 00:06:57,918 --> 00:06:59,920 WE DON'T WANT THEM TO COME AGAIN, NO. 172 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:02,923 SMALL-TOWN GIRL COMES TO NEW YORK FOR THE FAIRY TALE, 173 00:07:02,923 --> 00:07:05,756 ENDS UP WITH THE HORROR STORY. PAGEANTS AREN'T FAIRY TALES. 174 00:07:05,756 --> 00:07:07,958 THEY'RE DEMANDING, HIGH-PRESSURE COMPETITIONS 175 00:07:07,958 --> 00:07:11,131 THAT BRING OUT THE VERY BEST AND THE VERY WORST IN PEOPLE. 176 00:07:11,131 --> 00:07:13,133 THAT IS THE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE. 177 00:07:13,133 --> 00:07:15,566 OH, MY GOD. YOU WERE A BEAUTY QUEEN. 178 00:07:15,566 --> 00:07:17,968 NO. I HAD A ROOMMATE FRESHMAN YEAR--DEBBIE WINOKUR. 179 00:07:17,968 --> 00:07:20,771 IT WAS LIKE LIVING WITH ELLE WOODS ON STEROIDS. (elevator bell dings) 180 00:07:20,771 --> 00:07:22,513 WELL, THEN... 181 00:07:22,513 --> 00:07:24,515 THIS OUGHT TO BRING BACK SOME MEMORIES. 182 00:07:24,515 --> 00:07:27,147 (indistinct conversations) 183 00:07:27,147 --> 00:07:31,221 YOU'RE SLOUCHING. WINNERS NEVER SLOUCH. 184 00:07:31,221 --> 00:07:33,554 (lowered voice) CASTLE, THEY'RE EVERYWHERE. 185 00:07:33,554 --> 00:07:36,687 SMELLS LIKE A PERFUME COUNTER AT A DEPARTMENT STORE. 186 00:07:36,687 --> 00:07:39,459 BEATS THE USUAL LOWLIFES AND NUT JOBS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SAY 187 00:07:39,459 --> 00:07:41,732 THAT NUT JOBS AND BEAUTY QUEENS ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. 188 00:07:41,732 --> 00:07:43,734 YEAH, BUT NONE OF 'EM CONNECT TO THE MURDER. 189 00:07:43,734 --> 00:07:45,966 I CHECKED THE SEQUIN AGAINST ALL THEIR DRESSES... I BET YOU DID. 190 00:07:45,966 --> 00:07:48,799 AND NONE OF 'EM ARE A MATCH. OKAY, LOOK AT THE FOOTAGE FROM THE DINNER. 191 00:07:48,799 --> 00:07:50,801 LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THE DRESSES WE CHECKED 192 00:07:50,801 --> 00:07:52,803 ARE THE ONES THEY ACTUALLY WORE. 193 00:07:52,803 --> 00:07:55,205 HMM. WATCH A PARADE OF BEAUTIFUL WOMEN IN EVENING ATTIRE? 194 00:07:55,205 --> 00:07:58,579 YEAH, I CAN DO THAT. I BET YOU CAN. 195 00:07:58,579 --> 00:08:00,781 HEY, SO I'VE BEEN INTERVIEWING THESE LADIES... 196 00:08:00,781 --> 00:08:04,755 I BET YOU DID. ABOUT THEIR ALIBIS LAST NIGHT. 197 00:08:04,755 --> 00:08:08,188 ANYWAY, THERE'S SOMEONE THAT YOU SHOULD TALK TO. MM-HMM. 198 00:08:08,188 --> 00:08:10,020 (Ryan) SO TELL 'EM 199 00:08:10,020 --> 00:08:12,062 WHAT YOU TOLD ME ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AFTER DINNER. 200 00:08:12,062 --> 00:08:13,894 WHEN WE GOT BACK TO THE HOTEL, 201 00:08:13,894 --> 00:08:15,896 I WANTED TO GO WORK OUT A COUPLE OF MY DANCE MOVES. 202 00:08:15,896 --> 00:08:18,168 I'M ONE OF THE SEMIFINALISTS, SO I GET TO PERFORM 203 00:08:18,168 --> 00:08:20,671 IN THE BROADCAST. CONGRATULATIONS. 204 00:08:20,671 --> 00:08:22,903 THANKS. I'M DOING AN INTERPRETIVE DANCE 205 00:08:22,903 --> 00:08:25,275 TO JLO's "I'M INTO YOU." 206 00:08:27,037 --> 00:08:28,879 AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED? 207 00:08:28,879 --> 00:08:31,882 I CHANGED INTO SWEATS AND WENT TO THE STAGE, 208 00:08:31,882 --> 00:08:34,545 AND THAT'S WHEN I HEARD IT. 209 00:08:34,545 --> 00:08:36,046 YOU HEARD WHAT? 210 00:08:36,046 --> 00:08:38,188 UH, A FIGHT. 211 00:08:38,188 --> 00:08:41,151 IT WAS COMING FROM THE DRESSING ROOM. 212 00:08:41,151 --> 00:08:43,794 IT WAS AMBER AND SOME GUY. 213 00:08:43,794 --> 00:08:46,156 DID YOU SEE THE GUY? THE DOOR WAS CLOSED. 214 00:08:46,156 --> 00:08:49,299 IT STARTED GETTING LOUD, SO I BOLTED. 215 00:08:49,299 --> 00:08:51,562 BUT NOW I WISH I HAD DONE SOMETHING. 216 00:08:51,562 --> 00:08:55,636 I MEAN... MAYBE HE'S THE ONE WHO KILLED HER. 217 00:08:55,636 --> 00:08:59,039 HIS VOICE, DID YOU RECOGNIZE IT? 218 00:08:59,039 --> 00:09:00,611 NO. 219 00:09:00,611 --> 00:09:02,973 WHAT WERE THEY ARGUING ABOUT? 220 00:09:02,973 --> 00:09:05,816 "HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME? YOU HAVE NO RIGHT. 221 00:09:05,816 --> 00:09:07,948 WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?" STUFF LIKE THAT. 222 00:09:07,948 --> 00:09:10,280 IT KINDA SOUNDED LIKE HE WAS HER BOYFRIEND. 223 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:12,983 SO THAT WAS AMBER'S DAD. 224 00:09:12,983 --> 00:09:15,225 HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT A BOYFRIEND. 225 00:09:15,225 --> 00:09:17,588 NEITHER DID ANY OF THE OTHER GIRLS. 226 00:09:17,588 --> 00:09:20,060 MAYBE SHE WAS KEEPING IT A SECRET. 227 00:09:20,060 --> 00:09:23,063 HE SAID, IF ANYONE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON IN AMBER'S LIFE, 228 00:09:23,063 --> 00:09:25,666 IT WAS, UH, JUSTIN HANKEL, AMBER'S PAGEANT CONSULTANT. 229 00:09:25,666 --> 00:09:28,568 I COACHED HER ON HER ROUTINE, INTERVIEWS, 230 00:09:28,568 --> 00:09:31,271 OVERSAW STYLISTS, MAKEUP, CLOTHING, VIOLIN LESSONS, 231 00:09:31,271 --> 00:09:34,705 GLAMOUR SHOTS-- EVERYTHING SHE NEEDED TO WIN. 232 00:09:34,705 --> 00:09:38,278 THE TWO OF YOU MUST HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER. WELL, THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES. 233 00:09:38,278 --> 00:09:40,280 TODAY'S PAGEANTS ARE NOT JUST ABOUT BEAUTY. 234 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:42,613 THEY'RE ABOUT BRAINS, TALENT, SOCIAL ISSUES. 235 00:09:42,613 --> 00:09:45,085 AND WHAT, WITH THE MONEY AND THE EXPOSURE AT STAKE, 236 00:09:45,085 --> 00:09:47,758 WINNING ONE OF THE MAJORS CAN LAUNCH A CAREER. 237 00:09:47,758 --> 00:09:50,190 WHAT ABOUT A BOYFRIEND? WAS SHE IN A RELATIONSHIP? 238 00:09:50,190 --> 00:09:52,623 NO BOYFRIENDS. THAT IS A RULE FOR MY CLIENTS, 239 00:09:52,623 --> 00:09:54,024 AND AMBER WAS NO EXCEPTION. 240 00:09:54,024 --> 00:09:56,026 SHE KNEW THAT SHE NEEDED TO FOCUS 100% OF HER ENERGY 241 00:09:56,026 --> 00:09:57,768 ON THE PAGEANT. 242 00:09:57,768 --> 00:10:00,771 YOU KNOW, THE NIGHT THAT SHE DIED, SHE GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT. 243 00:10:00,771 --> 00:10:03,103 ANY IDEA WITH WHO? 244 00:10:03,103 --> 00:10:05,706 NO. THE LAST TIME I SAW HER WAS BEFORE HER DINNER. 245 00:10:05,706 --> 00:10:07,708 BUT LIKE I TOLD THAT OTHER DETECTIVE, 246 00:10:07,708 --> 00:10:09,179 SOMETHING WAS GOING ON. 247 00:10:09,179 --> 00:10:11,281 HOW SO? 248 00:10:11,281 --> 00:10:14,945 SHE'D BEEN OFF THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, UPSET. 249 00:10:14,945 --> 00:10:17,848 AND I WENT TO PICK HER UP FOR A COSTUME FITTING, 250 00:10:17,848 --> 00:10:20,090 AND IT LOOKED LIKE SHE HAD BEEN CRYING. 251 00:10:20,090 --> 00:10:21,992 DID YOU ASK WHY? 252 00:10:21,992 --> 00:10:25,225 SHE SAID THAT SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HER. 253 00:10:25,225 --> 00:10:27,828 I ASKED HER WHO, BUT SHE SAID SHE WOULD HANDLE IT. 254 00:10:27,828 --> 00:10:31,031 IT J--IT WASN'T LIKE HER NOT TO CONFIDE IN ME. 255 00:10:31,031 --> 00:10:33,704 COULD IT HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE OTHER CONTESTANTS? 256 00:10:33,704 --> 00:10:36,707 (sighs) THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THESE GIRLS TO WIN. 257 00:10:36,707 --> 00:10:39,339 AND IT CAN GET REALLY... "POLITICAL" BETWEEN THEM. 258 00:10:39,339 --> 00:10:42,342 DO YOU THINK IT'S POSSIBLE POLITICAL TURNED DEADLY? 259 00:10:42,342 --> 00:10:45,175 I DON'T KNOW. WINNING MEANS FAME AND FORTUNE. 260 00:10:45,175 --> 00:10:47,247 NO ONE REMEMBERS THE RUNNER-UP. 261 00:10:47,247 --> 00:10:49,249 BESIDES, PEOPLE HAVE KILLED FOR LESS. 262 00:10:49,249 --> 00:10:52,652 THAT STILL DOESN'T EXPLAIN WHO SHE WAS ARGUING WITH. (Esposito) GUYS. 263 00:10:52,652 --> 00:10:54,654 I GOT SOMETHING. 264 00:10:54,654 --> 00:10:56,757 ONE OF THE GIRLS? 265 00:10:56,757 --> 00:10:59,760 JUST WATCH. (woman) EVER SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL... 266 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:03,063 THIS IS FROM BARON'S DINNER LAST NIGHT. I'VE DREAMED ABOUT BEING A PART OF THIS PAGEANT. 267 00:11:03,063 --> 00:11:05,665 THAT'S OUR VICTIM, AMBER. AND I JUST FEEL SO VERY HONORED TO BE HERE. 268 00:11:05,665 --> 00:11:07,798 SHE'S LAYING IT ON THICK FOR VICTOR BARON. 269 00:11:07,798 --> 00:11:10,801 I WANT TO THANK THE BARON ORGANIZATION... BUT THAT'S NOT THE INTERESTING PART. 270 00:11:10,801 --> 00:11:13,073 FOR MAKING ALL MY DREAMS COME TRUE. 271 00:11:13,073 --> 00:11:14,204 (chuckles) 272 00:11:14,204 --> 00:11:15,946 NOW WATCH THIS. 273 00:11:15,946 --> 00:11:18,348 AH. THERE. 274 00:11:18,348 --> 00:11:20,350 (computer chirps) SEE THAT? 275 00:11:20,350 --> 00:11:22,212 LOOK AT HER FACE. 276 00:11:22,212 --> 00:11:25,916 LOOKS LIKE WHATEVER GOOD-GUY SITCOM STAR BOBBY STARK SAID, 277 00:11:25,916 --> 00:11:28,759 SHE DIDN'T LIKE IT. DON'T JUST LOOK AT HER FACE. 278 00:11:28,759 --> 00:11:32,923 LOOK AT HIS TUX. (mouse button clicks, computer beeps) 279 00:11:32,923 --> 00:11:35,926 BLACK SEQUINS. 280 00:11:49,039 --> 00:11:50,841 YO. 281 00:11:50,841 --> 00:11:52,242 BOBBY STARK'S BLAZER, 282 00:11:52,242 --> 00:11:54,284 COURTESY OF THE COSTUME LADY AT THE PAGEANT. 283 00:11:54,284 --> 00:11:56,286 AND THE BROKEN BLACK SEQUIN? PERFECT MATCH. 284 00:11:56,286 --> 00:11:58,218 BAM, SAID THE COSTUME LADY. 285 00:11:58,218 --> 00:12:00,250 OOH, SHE'S NOT THE ONLY LADY SAYING BAM 286 00:12:00,250 --> 00:12:03,223 WHEN IT COMES TO BOBBY STARK. DOES HE HAVE A RECORD? 287 00:12:03,223 --> 00:12:04,825 UH, NO CRIMINAL CHARGES, 288 00:12:04,825 --> 00:12:07,497 BUT MR. STARK HAS QUITE THE REPUTATION. 289 00:12:07,497 --> 00:12:10,761 THREE WOMEN FILED RESTRAINING ORDERS AGAINST BOBBY STARK 290 00:12:10,761 --> 00:12:13,233 IN THE LAST YEAR, ALL FOR UNWANTED ADVANCES. 291 00:12:13,233 --> 00:12:16,006 HOW COME I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT THIS ON "TMZ"? OH, WORD IS STARK PAID 292 00:12:16,006 --> 00:12:18,268 QUITE A BIT OF CASH TO MAKE IT ALL GO AWAY. 293 00:12:18,268 --> 00:12:20,941 OH, IT GETS BETTER. I WAS TALKING TO CANDACE FORD 294 00:12:20,941 --> 00:12:23,113 AND A COUPLE OF THE OTHER GIRLS. 295 00:12:23,113 --> 00:12:25,115 THEY SAID THAT BOBBY STARK HAD STARTED PAYING 296 00:12:25,115 --> 00:12:28,078 QUITE A LOT OF ATTENTION TO AMBER. MAYBE IT WAS UNWANTED ATTENTION. 297 00:12:28,078 --> 00:12:30,951 MAYBE BOBBY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER. 298 00:12:30,951 --> 00:12:33,353 (imitating Robert De Niro) YOU LOOKIN' AT ME? HMM? 299 00:12:33,353 --> 00:12:35,355 YOU LOOKIN' AT ME? MR. STARK, I'M DETECTIVE-- 300 00:12:35,355 --> 00:12:37,427 NOBODY ELSE AROUND. YOU MUST BE LOOKIN' AT ME. 301 00:12:37,427 --> 00:12:39,860 MR. STARK. (normal voice) HMM? 302 00:12:39,860 --> 00:12:42,532 HAVE A SEAT, PLEASE. YEAH. HEY, YOU LIKE THAT BIT? 303 00:12:42,532 --> 00:12:45,135 THAT'S MY, UH, BOBBY De NIRO. 304 00:12:45,135 --> 00:12:48,498 PLAYING A HOMICIDAL MANIAC. (laughs) SOLD IT THOUGH, RIGHT? 305 00:12:48,498 --> 00:12:51,171 SEE, I GOT THIS RANGE AS AN ACTOR. 306 00:12:51,171 --> 00:12:54,544 YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS TYPECAST 307 00:12:54,544 --> 00:12:57,808 AS MR. NICE-GUY DAD. YEAH, WELL, I DON'T THINK YOU'LL HAVE THAT PROBLEM 308 00:12:57,808 --> 00:13:00,410 NOW THAT YOU'RE A MURDER SUSPECT. MURDER SUSPECT? WHAT? IS SHE JOKING? YOU JOKING? 309 00:13:00,410 --> 00:13:02,452 WHAT WAS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH AMBER MIDDLEBERRY? 310 00:13:02,452 --> 00:13:05,055 OH, COME ON. ARE YOU SERIOUS? I DIDN'T KILL HER. 311 00:13:05,055 --> 00:13:07,087 IF ANYTHING, I WAS TRYING TO RECRUIT HER. 312 00:13:07,087 --> 00:13:10,090 RECRUIT HER? FOR WHAT? YEAH, FOR MY, UH, GODDESS TRAIN. 313 00:13:10,090 --> 00:13:13,223 THE GODDESS TRAIN? IT'S MY OWN LITTLE PRIVATE PAGEANT. 314 00:13:13,223 --> 00:13:16,396 AND HOW DID AMBER RESPOND TO THIS OH-SO-ENTICING OFFER? 315 00:13:16,396 --> 00:13:18,398 YOU KNOW WHAT? SHE HADN'T SEEN THE LIGHT YET, 316 00:13:18,398 --> 00:13:20,270 BUT SHE WAS COMING AROUND. 317 00:13:20,270 --> 00:13:22,402 I COULD ALWAYS TELL THE INNOCENT ACT WHEN I SEE IT. 318 00:13:22,402 --> 00:13:24,534 BESIDES, WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO RIDE THEBOBBY ROCKET? 319 00:13:24,534 --> 00:13:27,437 EVERYONE FROM WHAT WE HEAR. MR. STARK, HERE'S WHAT I THINK HAPPENED-- 320 00:13:27,437 --> 00:13:30,140 AFTER DINNER, YOU INVITED AMBER BACK TO YOUR DRESSING ROOM, 321 00:13:30,140 --> 00:13:32,242 AND SHE HAD THE BAD SENSE TO AGREE. 322 00:13:32,242 --> 00:13:34,184 AND THAT'S WHEN YOU TRIED TO MAKE ANOTHER PITCH 323 00:13:34,184 --> 00:13:37,187 TO GET HER ON BOARD YOUR GODDESS TRAIN. WHEN SHE SHOT YOU DOWN, 324 00:13:37,187 --> 00:13:40,150 YOU FLEW INTO A RAGE AND YOU STRANGLED HER. 325 00:13:40,150 --> 00:13:42,923 YOU WERE REHEARSING ON THAT STAGE ALL WEEK. 326 00:13:42,923 --> 00:13:45,325 YOU KNEW ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT-- JUST STOP. WOULD YOU JUST--JUST STOP? 327 00:13:45,325 --> 00:13:48,428 YOU GUYS ARE CRAZY, YOU KNOW THAT? OKAY, WELL, THEN MAYBE YOU CAN EXPLAIN 328 00:13:48,428 --> 00:13:50,961 WHY WE FOUND THIS BROKEN SEQUIN FROM YOUR JACKET 329 00:13:50,961 --> 00:13:52,432 ON HER BODY. 330 00:13:55,465 --> 00:13:58,168 WHERE WERE YOU BETWEEN 11:00 AND 1:00 A.M. LAST NIGHT? 331 00:13:58,168 --> 00:14:00,240 UH... (chuckles) I DON'T KNOW. 332 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:02,242 I'M A LITTLE FOGGY ON THAT, ACTUALLY. 333 00:14:02,242 --> 00:14:05,245 I WAS, UH, PARTYING PRETTY HARD. WHO WERE YOU WITH? 334 00:14:05,245 --> 00:14:08,018 I'M NOT SURE, BUT... (sniffs) 335 00:14:08,018 --> 00:14:10,380 WHOEVER IT WAS, WE WERE DEFINITELY USING STRAWBERRY OIL. 336 00:14:10,380 --> 00:14:12,282 OKAY, SO LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. 337 00:14:12,282 --> 00:14:14,284 YOU DON'T REMEMBER WHERE YOU WERE 338 00:14:14,284 --> 00:14:16,456 OR WHAT YOU WERE DOING LAST NIGHT? 339 00:14:20,390 --> 00:14:22,132 THAT'S BAD, RIGHT? 340 00:14:25,335 --> 00:14:29,369 OH, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING... THAT GUY'S DROPPED MORE PILLS THAN A 3-FINGERED PHARMACIST. 341 00:14:29,369 --> 00:14:32,372 I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE WHO'S GIVEN 342 00:14:32,372 --> 00:14:35,375 SO MUCH GREAT FATHERLY ADVICE ON TV COULD BE GUILTY OF MURDER. 343 00:14:35,375 --> 00:14:37,377 WELL, HE'S A DRUG-ADDLED PREDATOR 344 00:14:37,377 --> 00:14:40,250 WHO LEFT PHYSICAL EVIDENCE ON THE BODY. WELL, WHEN YOU PUT IT THAT WAY... 345 00:14:40,250 --> 00:14:41,651 HEY, ESPOSITO. YO. 346 00:14:41,651 --> 00:14:43,653 WE NEED TO RECONSTRUCT STARK'S EVENING. 347 00:14:43,653 --> 00:14:46,016 CHECK HIS PHONE RECORDS, DOUBLE-CHECK SECURITY CAMERAS 348 00:14:46,016 --> 00:14:47,417 AT THE HOTEL. 349 00:14:47,417 --> 00:14:51,121 WE NEED HARD EVIDENCE TO PLACE HIM AT THE CRIME SCENE. 350 00:14:51,121 --> 00:14:53,493 I GOT SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HELP. 351 00:14:53,493 --> 00:14:55,495 (clicks keyboard keys, computer beeps) 352 00:14:55,495 --> 00:14:58,268 AMBER HAD HER VIOLIN WITH HER AT DINNER, 353 00:14:58,268 --> 00:15:02,032 BUT IT WASN'T WITH THE BODY OR ANYWHERE AT THE CRIME SCENE. SO WHERE'D IT GO? 354 00:15:02,032 --> 00:15:04,104 WELL, WE KNOW AMBER WENT TO THE HOTEL, 355 00:15:04,104 --> 00:15:07,107 SO MAYBE SHE DROPPED IT OFF THERE. EXCEPT UNIFORMS INVENTORIED THE ROOM. IT WASN'T THERE, 356 00:15:07,107 --> 00:15:10,110 AND HER DAD AND CONSULTANT DIDN'T SEE IT EITHER. SO MAYBE SHE HAD IT WHEN SHE WAS KILLED. 357 00:15:10,110 --> 00:15:12,112 AND BOBBY STARK DISPOSED OF IT. 358 00:15:12,112 --> 00:15:14,414 CHECK TRASH CANS, DUMPSTERS, AND SEWER DRAINS BY THE HOTEL. 359 00:15:14,414 --> 00:15:17,017 IF SOMEONE SAW HIM DITCH THE VIOLIN, 360 00:15:17,017 --> 00:15:19,419 WE CAN CONNECT HIM TO THE MURDER. RIGHT ON. 361 00:15:21,651 --> 00:15:24,995 OH, BEAUTY PAGEANT INTRIGUE. 362 00:15:24,995 --> 00:15:27,497 SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE. AH! 363 00:15:27,497 --> 00:15:29,629 OH, HERE IT IS. (laughs) 364 00:15:29,629 --> 00:15:32,562 (laughs) (laughs) 365 00:15:32,562 --> 00:15:35,335 I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COMPETED. WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE I DIDN'T WIN. 366 00:15:35,335 --> 00:15:38,068 OH. BUT I WILL TELL YOU, THE WOMEN I COMPETED AGAINST-- 367 00:15:38,068 --> 00:15:40,670 JUST AS CUTTHROAT AS THEY ARE NOW. WHAT WAS YOUR TALENT? 368 00:15:40,670 --> 00:15:42,572 THE WAY I WORE A SWEATER. 369 00:15:42,572 --> 00:15:44,644 (laughs) (door opens) 370 00:15:44,644 --> 00:15:46,616 HI, HONEY. HEY, ALEXIS. 371 00:15:48,278 --> 00:15:50,320 WHAT'S WRONG? 372 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:52,182 ASHLEY MADE HIS DECISION. 373 00:15:52,182 --> 00:15:54,624 UH-OH. 374 00:15:54,624 --> 00:15:55,955 STANFORD? 375 00:15:55,955 --> 00:15:57,127 NO. 376 00:15:57,127 --> 00:16:01,131 HE DECIDED TO GO TO SCHOOL HERE IN NEW YORK. 377 00:16:01,131 --> 00:16:02,592 WHAT'S NOT GOOD ABOUT THAT? 378 00:16:02,592 --> 00:16:04,264 STANFORD WAS HIS DREAM. 379 00:16:04,264 --> 00:16:06,266 I DON'T WANT TO STAND IN THE WAY OF THAT. 380 00:16:06,266 --> 00:16:08,538 HE'LL JUST END UP HATING ME FOR IT. 381 00:16:08,538 --> 00:16:11,971 AND THIS COULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION OF HIS LIFE, 382 00:16:11,971 --> 00:16:16,306 SO I MADE A DECISION, TOO. I BROKE UP WITH HIM. 383 00:16:18,208 --> 00:16:20,010 OH, BABY. 384 00:16:20,010 --> 00:16:21,551 (crying) 385 00:16:21,551 --> 00:16:24,754 NO, IT'S OKAY. 386 00:16:24,754 --> 00:16:27,587 (Beckett) WELL, SHE'S RIGHT, YOU KNOW? 387 00:16:27,587 --> 00:16:29,589 I MEAN, ODDS ARE, IT WON'T WORK OUT. 388 00:16:29,589 --> 00:16:32,192 SHE'S JUST BEING PRACTICAL. RELATIONSHIPS AREN'T MATH PROBLEMS. 389 00:16:32,192 --> 00:16:34,194 YOU DON'T SOLVE THEM BY BEING PRACTICAL. 390 00:16:34,194 --> 00:16:37,067 I MEAN, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SHE MEETS HER SOUL MATE, 391 00:16:37,067 --> 00:16:39,669 BUT SHE DOESN'T RISK IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT PRACTICAL? 392 00:16:39,669 --> 00:16:42,502 OKAY, THEN WHAT ABOUT HAWAII? EARRINGS? 393 00:16:42,502 --> 00:16:44,274 OOH. LINGERIE? 394 00:16:44,274 --> 00:16:47,137 THINGS YOU BUY A WOMAN. I USED TO KILL ON "PYRAMID." 395 00:16:47,137 --> 00:16:48,608 IT'S MY 30th ANNIVERSARY. 396 00:16:48,608 --> 00:16:50,210 OH, SIR, CONGRATULATIONS. 397 00:16:50,210 --> 00:16:52,542 30 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BUY HER? 398 00:16:52,542 --> 00:16:54,544 IF YOU STAYED MARRIED LONG ENOUGH, YOU'D KNOW, 399 00:16:54,544 --> 00:16:56,686 IT'S HARD TO STAY ORIGINAL AFTER THE FIRST TEN. 400 00:16:56,686 --> 00:16:59,089 THAT'S FAIR. SO WHAT'S THE SECRET TO YOUR SUCCESS? 401 00:16:59,089 --> 00:17:00,550 THERE'S NO SECRET. JUST... 402 00:17:00,550 --> 00:17:03,293 (snaps fingers) KEEP SHOWING UP. (laughs) 403 00:17:03,293 --> 00:17:05,425 ANY LUCK ON BOBBY STARK? 404 00:17:05,425 --> 00:17:07,597 YEAH, BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA LIKE IT. 405 00:17:07,597 --> 00:17:09,159 PAPARAZZI SNAPPED PHOTOS OF HIM 406 00:17:09,159 --> 00:17:11,161 GOING INTO THE TRIBECA GRAND HOTEL 407 00:17:11,161 --> 00:17:13,603 AT 11:30 WITH A BRUNETTE WEARING JACKIE O. GLASSES. 408 00:17:13,603 --> 00:17:15,605 AT 1:00 A.M., HE LEFT, AT WHICH POINT 409 00:17:15,605 --> 00:17:18,037 HE RELOCATED TO A GENTLEMEN'S CLUB TO WATCH MUD WRESTLING. 410 00:17:18,037 --> 00:17:20,039 AMBER LEFT HER ROOM AT 11:00. 411 00:17:20,039 --> 00:17:23,173 WHERE WAS HE BETWEEN 11:00 AND 11:30? IN A CAB ON HIS WAY TO TRIBECA. 412 00:17:23,173 --> 00:17:25,145 AND WE KNOW THIS FOR A FACT? 413 00:17:25,145 --> 00:17:27,147 YEAH, HE WAS TWEETING PHOTOS OF HIS MANHOOD ALONG THE WAY. 414 00:17:27,147 --> 00:17:30,150 AND THAT'S HOW YOU TREND ON TWITTER. SO THE SEQUIN MUST HAVE BROKEN OFF 415 00:17:30,150 --> 00:17:31,821 ONTO AMBER AFTER HE BUMPED UP AGAINST HER. 416 00:17:31,821 --> 00:17:34,684 CUT HIM LOOSE. HE'S NOT OUR GUY. RIGHT. 417 00:17:34,684 --> 00:17:37,427 WHICH MEANS WE ARE DEAD IN THE WATER. I WOULDN'T GO THAT FAR. 418 00:17:37,427 --> 00:17:39,489 HER STOLEN VIOLIN? WE FOUND IT. 419 00:17:39,489 --> 00:17:42,292 WHERE? DUMPED IN A GARBAGE BIN BEHIND THE HOTEL. 420 00:17:42,292 --> 00:17:46,096 DISPOSED OF BY OUR KILLER, JUST NOT THE KILLER WE THOUGHT. DID WE GET PRINTS? 421 00:17:46,096 --> 00:17:47,497 YEAH, AMBER MIDDLEBERRY'S 422 00:17:47,497 --> 00:17:50,170 AND ONE OTHER SET BELONGING TO THE LOVELY, 423 00:17:50,170 --> 00:17:51,541 THE TALENTED... 424 00:17:51,541 --> 00:17:53,543 (Southern accent) CONTESTANT FROM GEORGIA. 425 00:17:53,543 --> 00:17:56,146 WHICH ONE WAS... OH. 426 00:17:56,146 --> 00:17:58,748 AMBER AND I HAVE BEEN FRIENDS SINCE LITTLE MISS SPANGLES. 427 00:17:58,748 --> 00:18:01,281 WHY WOULD YOU THINK I KILLED HER? 428 00:18:01,281 --> 00:18:03,683 BECAUSE YOUR PRINTS WERE ALL OVER THE VIOLIN CASE, JOY. 429 00:18:03,683 --> 00:18:05,685 AND SHE HAD IT WITH HER WHEN SHE CAME BACK 430 00:18:05,685 --> 00:18:08,618 FROM DINNER LAST NIGHT. I HELD IT FOR HER WHILE SHE FIXED HER TIGHTS. 431 00:18:08,618 --> 00:18:11,421 THEY WERE ON THE VIOLIN, TOO. 432 00:18:14,824 --> 00:18:17,697 SHE WASN'T EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE A SEMIFINALIST, 433 00:18:17,697 --> 00:18:20,530 BUT THEN SHE NAILED ALL HER PAGEANT QUESTIONS. 434 00:18:20,530 --> 00:18:22,372 IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HER WEAKNESS, 435 00:18:22,372 --> 00:18:25,175 BUT SHE BLEW EVERYONE AWAY. SHE WAS GOING TO WIN. 436 00:18:25,175 --> 00:18:28,638 SO THEN YOU KILLED HER AND YOU DUMPED HER VIOLIN. NO, THAT IS NOT WHAT HAPPENED. 437 00:18:28,638 --> 00:18:31,411 LAST NIGHT WHEN WE WENT BACK TO THE HOTEL, I SAW HER 438 00:18:31,411 --> 00:18:33,643 GO INTO HER ROOM, DROP OFF HER STUFF, AND THEN LEAVE AGAIN. 439 00:18:33,643 --> 00:18:36,386 BUT SHE LEFT SO FAST, HER DOOR DIDN'T CLOSE ALL THE WAY, 440 00:18:36,386 --> 00:18:39,389 SO I WENT TO SHUT IT, AND THAT'S WHEN I SAW HER VIOLIN. 441 00:18:39,389 --> 00:18:42,322 SHE JUST LEFT IT THERE. IT WAS LIKE A SIGN. 442 00:18:42,322 --> 00:18:44,594 I THOUGHT... 443 00:18:44,594 --> 00:18:48,698 JOY JONES, HOW BADLY DO YOU WANT THIS? 444 00:18:48,698 --> 00:18:51,901 HOW BADLY DID YOU WANT IT? 445 00:18:51,901 --> 00:18:55,535 MORE THAN ANYTHING. 446 00:18:55,535 --> 00:18:57,407 (sighs) I'M 25. 447 00:18:57,407 --> 00:18:58,808 I'M OLD. 448 00:18:58,808 --> 00:19:00,840 THIS IS THE LAST YEAR I CAN QUALIFY. 449 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:03,713 I THOUGHT IF I TOOK HER VIOLIN, IT MIGHT THROW HER OFF ENOUGH 450 00:19:03,713 --> 00:19:05,715 IN THE TALENT FINALS THAT I COULD BEAT HER. 451 00:19:05,715 --> 00:19:08,318 BUT THAT WASN'T ENOUGH FOR YOU, WAS IT? YOU THOUGHT, 452 00:19:08,318 --> 00:19:10,720 WHY NOT JUST TAKE AMBER OUT OF THE CONTEST COMPLETELY? 453 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:13,223 NO. ALL I DID WAS TAKE HER VIOLIN, 454 00:19:13,223 --> 00:19:15,655 AND WHEN I FOUND OUT SHE WAS DEAD, I PANICKED. 455 00:19:15,655 --> 00:19:18,258 I THOUGHT SOMEONE MIGHT FIND OUT, SO I THREW IT AWAY. 456 00:19:18,258 --> 00:19:20,260 THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD ACT, JOY, 457 00:19:20,260 --> 00:19:22,432 BUT THE JUDGES JUST AREN'T BUYING IT. 458 00:19:22,432 --> 00:19:24,834 NO, I SWEAR. I DIDN'T HAVE TO KILL AMBER 459 00:19:24,834 --> 00:19:27,337 TO GET HER OUT OF THE PAGEANT. 460 00:19:27,337 --> 00:19:29,439 I FOUND SOMETHING IN HER VIOLIN CASE, 461 00:19:29,439 --> 00:19:31,201 SOMETHING AWFUL. 462 00:19:31,201 --> 00:19:32,842 AND WHAT DID YOU FIND? 463 00:19:32,842 --> 00:19:34,644 THE REASON SHE WAS MURDERED. 464 00:19:37,577 --> 00:19:40,210 (Joy) IF THESE GOT OUT, IT WOULD'VE RUINED HER. 465 00:19:40,210 --> 00:19:42,812 SHE WOULD'VE BEEN KICKED OFF THE CIRCUIT FOR GOOD. 466 00:19:47,417 --> 00:19:49,459 OH, MY GOD. 467 00:19:49,459 --> 00:19:51,721 SHE IS ABSOLUTELY, TOTALLY... 468 00:19:51,721 --> 00:19:55,194 NAKED. THERE'S A NOTE ON THE BACK OF THAT ONE. 469 00:19:55,194 --> 00:19:58,428 "YOU KNOW MY PRICE. PAY UP OR I WILL DESTROY YOU." 470 00:19:58,428 --> 00:20:00,870 SO SHE WAS BEING BLACKMAILED. 471 00:20:00,870 --> 00:20:02,932 LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY MADE GOOD ON THEIR THREAT. 472 00:20:10,209 --> 00:20:11,841 BEAUTY QUEENS AND NAKED PICTURES-- 473 00:20:11,841 --> 00:20:14,314 AS AMERICAN AS SOCIALITES AND SEX TAPES. 474 00:20:14,314 --> 00:20:15,945 AMBER DREAMT OF WINNING THIS PAGEANT, 475 00:20:15,945 --> 00:20:17,947 WHY WOULD SHE TAKE THOSE PHOTOS? 476 00:20:17,947 --> 00:20:20,219 I MEAN, SHE KNEW THE CHANCE THAT SHE WAS TAKING. 477 00:20:20,219 --> 00:20:22,292 WELL, JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE SMART AND BEAUTIFUL 478 00:20:22,292 --> 00:20:24,354 DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE GOOD JUDGMENT. 479 00:20:24,354 --> 00:20:25,755 I DIDN'T MEAN ME. 480 00:20:25,755 --> 00:20:27,597 JUST GOT OFF WITH AMBER'S FATHER. 481 00:20:27,597 --> 00:20:30,460 THAT WAS A TOUGH CONVERSATION. YOU MEAN, HE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE PHOTOS? 482 00:20:30,460 --> 00:20:32,602 AND AMBER DIDN'T TELL HIM ABOUT THE BLACKMAILER EITHER 483 00:20:32,602 --> 00:20:34,334 OR TRY TO BORROW MONEY. 484 00:20:34,334 --> 00:20:36,606 WELL, MAYBE SHE PAID OFF THE BLACKMAILER ON HER OWN. 485 00:20:36,606 --> 00:20:39,309 NOT AN OPTION. ANY MONEY AMBER DID HAVE 486 00:20:39,309 --> 00:20:41,311 WENT TO PAYING FOR SHOES, GOWNS, AND SPRAY TANS. 487 00:20:41,311 --> 00:20:43,443 SHE ONLY HAD 50 BUCKS IN THE BANK. 488 00:20:43,443 --> 00:20:45,715 AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY RECENT WITHDRAWALS EITHER. 489 00:20:45,715 --> 00:20:47,847 JUSTIN SAID THAT SHE WAS UPSET. MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE 490 00:20:47,847 --> 00:20:50,620 SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO MAKE IT GO AWAY. YEAH, BUT THEN WHY KILL HER? 491 00:20:50,620 --> 00:20:53,483 I MEAN, A SMART BLACKMAILER WOULD GIVE HER THE TIME 492 00:20:53,483 --> 00:20:55,985 TO GET THE CASH. NOT IF SHE THREATENED TO GO TO THE POLICE, 493 00:20:55,985 --> 00:20:58,558 FORCING HIM TO TAKE DEADLY ACTION. 494 00:20:58,558 --> 00:21:00,930 DEADLY ACTION-- THAT'S A GOOD TITLE. I RECHECKED HER PHONE. 495 00:21:00,930 --> 00:21:03,293 THERE'S NO RECORD OF ANY UNUSUAL CALLS. (mouths words) 496 00:21:03,293 --> 00:21:05,565 I FIGURE THE BLACKMAILER CONTACTED HER 497 00:21:05,565 --> 00:21:08,698 THROUGH HER HOTEL PHONE, THAT WAY HE COULDN'T BE TRACED. CASTLE, HAVE YOU TAKEN A LOOK AT THESE PHOTOS? 498 00:21:08,698 --> 00:21:11,471 ONLY IN SO FAR AS IT PERTAINS TO THE INVESTIGATION. 499 00:21:11,471 --> 00:21:13,573 LOOK AT THE LIGHTING AND THE COMPOSITION. 500 00:21:13,573 --> 00:21:16,806 WHOEVER TOOK THESE KNEW SOMETHING ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY. 501 00:21:16,806 --> 00:21:19,579 A PROFESSIONAL. I MEAN, IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. 502 00:21:19,579 --> 00:21:21,981 GIRL GETS A SESSION WITH A PRO, THEY FINISH, HE OFFERS 503 00:21:21,981 --> 00:21:24,614 TO TAKE A FEW ART SHOTS, SHE'S DESPERATE FOR THE CASH, 504 00:21:24,614 --> 00:21:27,487 HE PROMISES HE'LL NEVER SHOW IT TO ANYBODY... UNTIL SHE MAKES IT BIG, IN WHICH CASE, 505 00:21:27,487 --> 00:21:30,490 THEY SUDDENLY SURFACE. ESPOSITO, LET'S GET AHOLD OF THE PAGEANT CONSULTANT. 506 00:21:30,490 --> 00:21:32,492 LET'S GET A LIST OF ALL THE PHOTOGRAPHERS 507 00:21:32,492 --> 00:21:33,923 THAT AMBER'S HAD SESSIONS WITH. 508 00:21:33,923 --> 00:21:36,866 ONE OF THEM MIGHT BE OUR BLACKMAILER. ALL RIGHT. 509 00:21:36,866 --> 00:21:39,469 THIS MUST HAVE BEEN WHAT SHE WAS SO UPSET ABOUT. 510 00:21:39,469 --> 00:21:42,732 SHE KNEW, IF THE PAGEANT FOUND OUT, IT WOULD'VE ALL BEEN OVER. 511 00:21:42,732 --> 00:21:45,805 IT IS ALL OVER. BUT WHY DIDN'T SHE JUST TELL ME? 512 00:21:45,805 --> 00:21:47,407 DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA 513 00:21:47,407 --> 00:21:49,979 WHO MIGHT HAVE TAKEN THESE PHOTOGRAPHS? 514 00:21:49,979 --> 00:21:53,683 WITH THAT HAIRSTYLE, IT MUST HAVE BEEN SIX MONTHS AGO. 515 00:21:53,683 --> 00:21:55,715 I'LL HAVE TO CHECK MY CALENDAR. 516 00:21:55,715 --> 00:21:57,316 SO UNIFORMS TALKED 517 00:21:57,316 --> 00:21:59,819 TO THE PAGEANT GIRLS THAT AMBER WAS CLOSEST TO. 518 00:21:59,819 --> 00:22:02,552 SHE DIDN'T TELL THEM ABOUT THE PHOTOS EITHER. WELL, SHE PROBABLY THOUGHT THEY'D USE IT AGAINST HER. 519 00:22:02,552 --> 00:22:04,854 BECKETT, YOU'RE A WOMAN, RIGHT? 520 00:22:04,854 --> 00:22:07,527 SIR, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO GET YOUR WIFE. STILL NO LUCK ON THE GIFT? 521 00:22:07,527 --> 00:22:09,559 KEEP COMING UP EMPTY. 522 00:22:09,559 --> 00:22:12,432 THE BEST THING TO GIVE A WOMAN IS SOMETHING SHE SAID SHE WANTED 523 00:22:12,432 --> 00:22:15,565 WHEN SHE DIDN'T THINK YOU WERE LISTENING. WHAT IF I WASN'T LISTENING? 524 00:22:15,565 --> 00:22:17,437 GIFT CERTIFICATE? 525 00:22:17,437 --> 00:22:18,968 (cell phone rings and beeps) 526 00:22:18,968 --> 00:22:20,710 BECKETT. 527 00:22:20,710 --> 00:22:22,712 SO ACCORDING TO HER PAGEANT CONSULTANT, 528 00:22:22,712 --> 00:22:26,345 AMBER WAS IN THE CITY ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO FOR A PHOTO SHOOT. 529 00:22:26,345 --> 00:22:28,878 HE THINKS THEY WERE TAKEN AROUND THE SAME TIME. And who was the shoot with? 530 00:22:28,878 --> 00:22:31,481 A PHOTOGRAPHER NAMED DAX LATTIMER. DOES HE HAVE A RECORD? 531 00:22:31,481 --> 00:22:33,483 Negative, but I asked around, and the guy's 532 00:22:33,483 --> 00:22:34,884 NO STRANGER TO DIRTY PICTURES. 533 00:22:34,884 --> 00:22:37,026 ON TOP OF HEADSHOTS, HE ALSO FREELANCES FOR ADULT MAGAZINES. 534 00:22:37,026 --> 00:22:39,859 WELL, SOUNDS LIKE OUR GUY. WHERE IS HE NOW? 535 00:22:39,859 --> 00:22:43,563 HE'S AT A STUDIO IN THE EAST VILLAGE. I'M HEADING THERE NOW. OKAY. I'LL HAVE RYAN MEET YOU. 536 00:22:43,563 --> 00:22:46,095 SURE, I REMEMBER AMBER. VERY SWEET GAL. 537 00:22:46,095 --> 00:22:48,097 I TOOK SOME HEADSHOTS FOR HER. 538 00:22:48,097 --> 00:22:50,600 YOU TAKE ANYTHING ELSE WHILE YOU WERE AT IT? 539 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:52,802 MAYBE SOME SNAPS OF HER WEARING NOTHING BUT A SMILE? 540 00:22:52,802 --> 00:22:55,805 AMBER WASN'T THE TYPE. SHE WAS ALL ABOUT THE GLAMOUR. 541 00:22:55,805 --> 00:22:57,747 SO WHAT'S THIS ABOUT? 542 00:22:57,747 --> 00:22:59,549 (Ryan) SHE WAS MURDERED. 543 00:22:59,549 --> 00:23:02,982 AND WE THINK WHOEVER KILLED HER TOOK THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE. 544 00:23:04,814 --> 00:23:07,757 YEAH, WELL, I DIDN'T TAKE THIS. I'M NOT THAT MEDIOCRE. 545 00:23:07,757 --> 00:23:10,760 REALLY? THESE WERE SHOT AROUND THE TIME YOU WORKED WITH AMBER. 546 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:13,162 AND WE ALL KNOW YOU DO MORE THAN JUST PETS AND FAMILIES. 547 00:23:13,162 --> 00:23:15,525 HEY, WE ALL HAVE TO PAY THE BILLS. 548 00:23:15,525 --> 00:23:17,497 AND WITH AMBER'S STAR ON THE RISE, 549 00:23:17,497 --> 00:23:19,929 THAT PHOTO'S WORTH SOME SERIOUS COIN. PRETTY GIRL LIKE THAT, 550 00:23:19,929 --> 00:23:22,031 ALONE HERE WITH YOU IN THE STUDIO? 551 00:23:22,031 --> 00:23:24,634 HEY, YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE ME. I DIDN'T TAKE THIS PHOTOGRAPH. 552 00:23:24,634 --> 00:23:27,136 BESIDES, WE WEREN'T ALONE. SHE WAS WITH SOMEONE. WHO? 553 00:23:27,136 --> 00:23:30,139 SOME BOYFRIEND. THE GUY WAS A REAL CREEP, TOO. AMBER DIDN'T HAVE A BOYFRIEND. 554 00:23:30,139 --> 00:23:32,742 WELL, SHE DID WHEN SHE WAS HERE. 555 00:23:32,742 --> 00:23:35,915 IN FACT, HE FANCIED HIMSELF A PHOTOGRAPHER, KEPT TELLING ME 556 00:23:35,915 --> 00:23:38,518 I SHOULD SHOOT AMBER IN NATURAL LIGHT. THIS BOYFRIEND HAVE A NAME? 557 00:23:38,518 --> 00:23:40,520 JERRY. JEREMY. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 558 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:42,752 MR. LATTIMER, WHERE WERE YOU NIGHT BEFORE LAST 559 00:23:42,752 --> 00:23:46,526 BETWEEN 11:00 P.M. AND 1:00 A.M.? AT HOME WITH MY WIFE, TRYING TO ROCK MY COLICKY SON TO SLEEP. 560 00:23:46,526 --> 00:23:49,499 IT'S A DOORMAN BUILDING, SO YOU CAN CHECK. 561 00:23:49,499 --> 00:23:51,160 OKAY, THANKS. 562 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:53,703 AMBER'S DAD SAID THAT SHE USED TO HAVE A BOYFRIEND-- 563 00:23:53,703 --> 00:23:55,635 JEREMY KEIPER. 564 00:23:55,635 --> 00:23:57,967 KEIPER? WAS HE CREEPY? YEAH, WELL, HER DAD THOUGHT SO. 565 00:23:57,967 --> 00:24:00,970 AS FAR AS HE KNOWS, THEY BROKE UP LATE LAST YEAR 566 00:24:00,970 --> 00:24:03,473 BECAUSE SHE REALIZED THAT HE WAS HOLDING HER BACK. 567 00:24:03,473 --> 00:24:05,615 THE DAD THINKS THAT THE BOYFRIEND'S 568 00:24:05,615 --> 00:24:07,617 STILL IN ILLINOIS. WELL, THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF BLACKMAIL-- 569 00:24:07,617 --> 00:24:10,780 YOU CAN DO IT FROM ANYWHERE. BLACKMAIL, MAYBE. BUT NOT MURDER. 570 00:24:10,780 --> 00:24:14,123 WHY DON'T WE FIND OUT IF KEIPER PAID HER A VISIT LATELY? 571 00:24:14,123 --> 00:24:15,855 ON IT. 572 00:24:15,855 --> 00:24:17,887 BAD BOYFRIENDS AND PAGEANT QUEENS? 573 00:24:17,887 --> 00:24:21,130 THIS IS LIKE DEBBIE WINOKUR ALL OVER AGAIN. 574 00:24:21,130 --> 00:24:23,032 YOU HAVING FLASHBACKS? 575 00:24:23,032 --> 00:24:25,034 IT WAS MY OWN PRIVATE VIETNAM. 576 00:24:25,034 --> 00:24:27,036 OUR PLACE SMELLED OF HAIR SPRAY, 577 00:24:27,036 --> 00:24:30,169 PERFUME, AND CIGARETTES. 578 00:24:30,169 --> 00:24:33,472 I'M SURPRISED THAT WE DIDN'T SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUST. 579 00:24:33,472 --> 00:24:35,875 I LOVE THE SMELL OF HAIR SPRAY IN THE MORNING. 580 00:24:35,875 --> 00:24:38,808 IT SMELLS LIKE... VICTORY. 581 00:24:38,808 --> 00:24:41,551 EXCUSE ME, MR. CASTLE? 582 00:24:41,551 --> 00:24:43,513 HEY. 583 00:24:43,513 --> 00:24:44,854 ASHLEY. 584 00:24:44,854 --> 00:24:47,256 I'M SORRY TO BUG YOU AT WORK, BUT ALEXIS ESTABLISHED 585 00:24:47,256 --> 00:24:49,859 A-A NO CALLS, NO CONTACT POLICY. SHE TOLD ME. 586 00:24:49,859 --> 00:24:51,791 LOOK, I-I MADE A BIG MISTAKE. 587 00:24:51,791 --> 00:24:53,793 I THOUGHT IF I CHOSE STANFORD, 588 00:24:53,793 --> 00:24:56,265 A-ALEXIS WOULD THINK THAT I WAS BLOWING HER OFF. 589 00:24:56,265 --> 00:24:58,528 I-INSTEAD, SHE'S MAD AT ME BECAUSE I CHOSE HER 590 00:24:58,528 --> 00:25:00,600 OVER WHERE I WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL. 591 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:02,672 SO NOW I'M GOING TO STANFORD, WHICH IS WHERE I WANTED TO GO 592 00:25:02,672 --> 00:25:05,675 IN THE FIRST PLACE, BUT-- BUT IF YOU CALL HER AND TELL HER THAT, 593 00:25:05,675 --> 00:25:08,608 SHE'LL BE EVEN ANGRIER WITH YOU FOR IGNORING HER BOUNDARIES. EXACTLY. LOOK, I THINK ALEXIS AND I 594 00:25:08,608 --> 00:25:10,910 CAN MAKE THE WHOLE LONG-DISTANCE THING WORK. 595 00:25:10,910 --> 00:25:12,912 I REALLY DO. WOULD YOU TELL HER THAT? 596 00:25:12,912 --> 00:25:14,914 WOULD YOU TALK TO HER FOR ME? 597 00:25:14,914 --> 00:25:17,917 ASHLEY, I-I APPRECIATE, IT WAS PROBABLY VERY HARD FOR YOU 598 00:25:17,917 --> 00:25:19,919 TO COME DOWN AND TALK TO ME TODAY, 599 00:25:19,919 --> 00:25:22,822 BUT I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S VERY APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO GET-- 600 00:25:22,822 --> 00:25:25,655 MR. CASTLE, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CRAZY ABOUT SOMEONE 601 00:25:25,655 --> 00:25:27,797 WHO WAS DETERMINED TO PUSH YOU AWAY? 602 00:25:27,797 --> 00:25:30,229 HEY, CASTLE, UH-- OH, SORRY, GUYS. 603 00:25:30,229 --> 00:25:31,601 UH... 604 00:25:31,601 --> 00:25:33,262 NO, IT... 605 00:25:33,262 --> 00:25:35,534 IT'S O--UM... 606 00:25:35,534 --> 00:25:38,137 ASHLEY, I'M--I'M SORRY. I DO HAVE TO GO. 607 00:25:38,137 --> 00:25:40,670 PLEASE JUST, UM, THINK ABOUT IT, OKAY? 608 00:25:40,670 --> 00:25:41,941 OKAY. 609 00:25:46,215 --> 00:25:48,117 WHAT'S THAT ABOUT? 610 00:25:48,117 --> 00:25:50,950 HE WANTS ME TO ADVOCATE FOR HIM. 611 00:25:50,950 --> 00:25:53,222 OH. WELL, THAT'S SWEET. 612 00:25:53,222 --> 00:25:55,224 YEAH. AND AWKWARD. 613 00:25:55,224 --> 00:25:58,257 MOSTLY AWKWARD. (Ryan) YO, BECKETT! 614 00:25:58,257 --> 00:26:01,130 I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH JEREMY KEIPER'S MOM. 615 00:26:01,130 --> 00:26:03,663 TURNS OUT JEREMY MOVED TO NEW YORK LAST MONTH, 616 00:26:03,663 --> 00:26:06,966 SAID HE WAS GOING TO "MAKE SOMETHING OF HIMSELF." 617 00:26:06,966 --> 00:26:09,969 LOOKS LIKE HE MADE HIMSELF INTO A BLACKMAILER AND A KILLER. 618 00:26:09,969 --> 00:26:13,803 JEREMY KEIPER, NYPD. OPEN UP. 619 00:26:17,777 --> 00:26:19,909 (latch clicks) 620 00:26:19,909 --> 00:26:21,911 (gun rustles against holster) 621 00:26:21,911 --> 00:26:24,013 (clicks gun action) 622 00:26:27,186 --> 00:26:28,788 MR. KEIPER? 623 00:26:28,788 --> 00:26:32,692 ANYBODY HERE? 624 00:26:32,692 --> 00:26:34,223 BECKETT. 625 00:26:34,223 --> 00:26:37,697 LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE HAD A HARD TIME LETTING GO. 626 00:26:37,697 --> 00:26:40,229 (hinge squeaks) 627 00:26:42,902 --> 00:26:45,705 (lowered voice) CASTLE. 628 00:26:45,705 --> 00:26:48,377 (squeaks) 629 00:26:48,377 --> 00:26:49,839 OH. 630 00:26:49,839 --> 00:26:52,181 (squeak) 631 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:03,292 THIS IS A CLASSIC MURDER-SUICIDE. 632 00:27:03,292 --> 00:27:04,894 JEREMY BLACKMAILS HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND, 633 00:27:04,894 --> 00:27:06,796 NOT BECAUSE HE NEEDS THE MONEY, 634 00:27:06,796 --> 00:27:09,128 BUT BECAUSE CLEARLY, HE'S OBSESSED WITH HER. 635 00:27:09,128 --> 00:27:11,000 AMBER REJECTS HIM AND HIS SCHEME-Y SCHEMES. 636 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,002 HE FLIPS, HE SNAPS, HE KILLS HER, AND THEN, 637 00:27:13,002 --> 00:27:15,905 FACED WITH THE REALITY OF WHAT HE'S DONE, HANGS HIMSELF. 638 00:27:15,905 --> 00:27:18,808 (Perlmutter) ONLY ONE PROBLEM WITH YOUR THEORY, CASTLE. WHICH IS? 639 00:27:18,808 --> 00:27:21,170 THIS WASN'T A SUICIDE. THISWASN'T? 640 00:27:21,170 --> 00:27:23,042 IF HE'D HANGED HIMSELF, 641 00:27:23,042 --> 00:27:25,344 THE MARKS ON HIS NECK WOULD ANGLE UPWARDS. 642 00:27:25,344 --> 00:27:27,777 YES, WHICH THEY DO. YES,BUT IF HE WAS STRANGLED, 643 00:27:27,777 --> 00:27:30,820 THE MARKS WOULD GO STRAIGHT ACROSS. THIS GUY'S GOT BOTH. 644 00:27:30,820 --> 00:27:34,283 THEN THE HANGING WAS A COVER UP FOR THE STRANGULATION. WELL, THERE'S ALSO PERI-MORTEM BRUISING 645 00:27:34,283 --> 00:27:36,756 ON THE ARMS AND ACROSS THE RIBS. 646 00:27:36,756 --> 00:27:39,058 I'M GUESSING THERE WAS A STRUGGLE. ESTIMATED TIME OF DEATH? 647 00:27:39,058 --> 00:27:41,330 WELL, JUDGING BY TEMPERATURE AND LIVIDITY, 648 00:27:41,330 --> 00:27:44,193 HE WAS KILLED HALF A DAY BEFORE AMBER MIDDLEBERRY. BEFORE AMBER? 649 00:27:44,193 --> 00:27:46,665 YES, BEFORE! 650 00:27:46,665 --> 00:27:50,399 NOW CAN YOU PLEASE MOVE? YOU'RE IN MY LIGHT. 651 00:27:50,399 --> 00:27:53,672 THIS DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. IF HE DIDN'T KILL AMBER... 652 00:27:53,672 --> 00:27:57,076 HOW DO A BLACKMAILER AND HIS VICTIM BOTH END UP DEAD? 653 00:27:57,076 --> 00:27:59,678 YO, CHECK THIS OUT. (police radio chatter) 654 00:27:59,678 --> 00:28:01,150 HIS HARD DRIVE'S BEEN WIPED. 655 00:28:01,150 --> 00:28:03,152 THAT'S OUR CONNECTION, CASTLE. IT'S THE ONE THING 656 00:28:03,152 --> 00:28:05,755 THAT AMBER AND JEREMY HAD IN COMMON--THOSE PHOTOS. 657 00:28:05,755 --> 00:28:08,157 SOMEONE DIDN'T WANT THEM TO SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY. 658 00:28:08,157 --> 00:28:10,089 (indistinct conversations) 659 00:28:10,089 --> 00:28:13,963 AMBER'S DAD HAD NO IDEA THIS WAS GOING ON WITH HIS DAUGHTER. 660 00:28:13,963 --> 00:28:16,866 SHE DIDN'T EVEN MENTION JEREMY'S NAME IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. 661 00:28:16,866 --> 00:28:18,868 IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT JEREMY AND AMBER 662 00:28:18,868 --> 00:28:21,700 COULD'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH WHILE THEY WERE TOGETHER? NO, NOT THAT HE CAN RECALL. 663 00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:23,933 THESE PICTURES, BY TODAY'S STANDARDS, 664 00:28:23,933 --> 00:28:26,205 ARE--ARE DOWNRIGHT TASTEFUL. 665 00:28:26,205 --> 00:28:28,938 HOW DO THESE GET YOU KILLED? IT CAN'T BE ABOUT NAKED PICTURES. 666 00:28:28,938 --> 00:28:31,811 SOMETHING ELSE MUST HAVE BEEN GOING ON. UNLESS... 667 00:28:31,811 --> 00:28:34,483 UNLESS WHAT? UNLESS JEREMY WASN'T THE ONLY BLACKMAILER. 668 00:28:34,483 --> 00:28:36,986 WHAT IF HE HAD A PARTNER? I MEAN, WE KNOW AMBER 669 00:28:36,986 --> 00:28:39,248 WAS ARGUING WITH SOMEONE THE NIGHT SHE WAS KILLED. 670 00:28:39,248 --> 00:28:41,350 WE KNOW IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN JEREMY, 671 00:28:41,350 --> 00:28:44,353 BECAUSE HE WAS ALREADY DEAD. WHY WOULD THE PARTNER KILL JEREMY? 672 00:28:44,353 --> 00:28:46,225 MAYBE THEY HAD A FALLING OUT. 673 00:28:46,225 --> 00:28:48,858 MAYBE JEREMY DECIDED HE COULDN'T HURT AMBER, 674 00:28:48,858 --> 00:28:51,730 BUT THE PARTNER STILL WANTED HIS PAYDAY. SO HE TAKES OUT JEREMY AND DECIDES 675 00:28:51,730 --> 00:28:54,363 TO GO AFTER AMBER HIMSELF? BUT AMBER DECIDES TO CALL HIS BLUFF. 676 00:28:54,363 --> 00:28:56,435 SHE SAYS SHE'S GONNA CONTACT THE POLICE. 677 00:28:56,435 --> 00:28:59,438 NOW THE BLACKMAILER HAS NO CHOICE. HE HAS TO KILL HER 678 00:28:59,438 --> 00:29:01,470 AND GET RID OF ALL THE EVIDENCE OF BLACKMAIL. 679 00:29:01,470 --> 00:29:03,312 (sighs) RYAN. 680 00:29:03,312 --> 00:29:05,945 GIVE ME EVERYTHING YOU GOT ON JEREMY KEIPER. 681 00:29:05,945 --> 00:29:07,446 (keys jangle) 682 00:29:07,446 --> 00:29:09,779 I'M SORRY, BABY. 683 00:29:09,779 --> 00:29:12,822 WHOA. IT'S LATE. I'LL LEAVE YOU TO IT. 684 00:29:12,822 --> 00:29:14,854 (indistinct conversations) 685 00:29:18,958 --> 00:29:20,159 HEY. 686 00:29:20,159 --> 00:29:22,261 HEY. 687 00:29:22,261 --> 00:29:24,263 WHATCHA LOOKING AT? 688 00:29:31,100 --> 00:29:35,244 YOU REALLY MISS HIM, DON'T YA? 689 00:29:37,246 --> 00:29:39,348 YOU KNOW I-I HATE TO INTERFERE-- 690 00:29:39,348 --> 00:29:40,980 SINCE WHEN? 691 00:29:40,980 --> 00:29:43,112 POINT TAKEN. 692 00:29:43,112 --> 00:29:46,785 ASHLEY DROPPED BY THE PRECINCT TO SEE ME TODAY. 693 00:29:46,785 --> 00:29:48,958 HE DID? WHY? 694 00:29:48,958 --> 00:29:51,190 HE WANTED ME TO INTERCEDE ON HIS BEHALF. 695 00:29:51,190 --> 00:29:53,792 WHAT'D HE SAY? 696 00:29:53,792 --> 00:29:56,795 WELL, HE LOOKED ABOUT AS HAPPY AS YOU DO, 697 00:29:56,795 --> 00:29:58,797 AND HE WANTED ME TO TELL YOU 698 00:29:58,797 --> 00:30:01,500 THAT HE HAS DECIDED TO GO TO STANFORD. 699 00:30:01,500 --> 00:30:02,972 OH. 700 00:30:02,972 --> 00:30:05,374 AND... 701 00:30:05,374 --> 00:30:07,376 HE WANTS TO GIVE A LONG-DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP 702 00:30:07,376 --> 00:30:09,108 A SHOT. 703 00:30:09,108 --> 00:30:11,810 HE THINKS IT COULD WORK. 704 00:30:11,810 --> 00:30:14,844 WHAT DO YOU THINK? 705 00:30:16,285 --> 00:30:17,847 (sighs) 706 00:30:19,448 --> 00:30:21,590 I THINK THAT NOTHING IS CERTAIN. 707 00:30:21,590 --> 00:30:23,592 AND YOU COULD BE ENDING SOMETHING 708 00:30:23,592 --> 00:30:26,055 THAT MIGHT HAVE WORKED IF YOU HAD JUST... 709 00:30:26,055 --> 00:30:28,127 GIVEN IT A LITTLE MORE TIME. 710 00:30:28,127 --> 00:30:30,129 WHAT IF I'M JUST CUTTING MY LOSSES 711 00:30:30,129 --> 00:30:32,601 ON SOMETHING THAT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE? 712 00:30:32,601 --> 00:30:34,934 WELL, THEN WE CAN BE THE FATHER-DAUGHTER VERSION 713 00:30:34,934 --> 00:30:36,966 OF "GREY GARDENS." 714 00:30:36,966 --> 00:30:38,607 LIFE IS A JOURNEY, 715 00:30:38,607 --> 00:30:42,011 AND THERE IS NO PREDICTING THE OUTCOME. 716 00:30:42,011 --> 00:30:45,344 THE ONLY THING YOUCANCONTROL ARE YOUR CHOICES, 717 00:30:45,344 --> 00:30:49,078 AND THEY'LL... THEY'LL DEFINE WHO YOU ARE. 718 00:30:49,078 --> 00:30:51,380 I WOULD JUST HATE TO SEE YOU SO FOCUSED 719 00:30:51,380 --> 00:30:53,382 ON THE PROBLEM RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU 720 00:30:53,382 --> 00:30:57,326 THAT YOU... COMPLETELY MISS THE ENTIRE PICTURE. 721 00:30:57,326 --> 00:31:01,490 THAT'S PRETTY GOOD ADVICE. 722 00:31:01,490 --> 00:31:04,433 YEAH. YEAH, ACTUALLY IT IS, ISN'T IT? 723 00:31:04,433 --> 00:31:06,035 (chuckles) YEAH. 724 00:31:06,035 --> 00:31:09,868 (indistinct conversations) 725 00:31:09,868 --> 00:31:12,141 REMIND ME TO GET YOU A SUBSCRIPTION 726 00:31:12,141 --> 00:31:14,603 TO A GIRLIE MAGAZINE FOR CHRISTMAS. OH, THAT IS SO THOUGHTFUL, 727 00:31:14,603 --> 00:31:16,875 BUT I'M NOT LOOKING AT THE NAKED GIRL. 728 00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:18,277 WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? 729 00:31:18,277 --> 00:31:20,109 EVERYTHINGBUTTHE NAKED GIRL. 730 00:31:20,109 --> 00:31:22,011 WE WERE SO FOCUSED ON AMBER, 731 00:31:22,011 --> 00:31:24,653 WE ALMOST MISSED THE ENTIRE PICTURE. 732 00:31:24,653 --> 00:31:27,116 WHAT IF AMBER AND JEREMY WERE KILLED NOT BECAUSE OF 733 00:31:27,116 --> 00:31:29,218 WHO WAS IN THIS PHOTO, BUT BECAUSE OF 734 00:31:29,218 --> 00:31:32,391 WHERE THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN? ANYTHING LOOK FAMILIAR? 735 00:31:32,391 --> 00:31:34,223 SURE DOES. 736 00:31:34,223 --> 00:31:36,125 YOU CAN THANK ME LATER. 737 00:31:36,125 --> 00:31:37,997 (clicks magnifying glass closed) 738 00:31:44,974 --> 00:31:46,675 TALK ABOUT A MOTIVE FOR MURDER. 739 00:31:46,675 --> 00:31:49,638 IF THESE PHOTOS GOT OUT TO THE TABLOIDS... IT WOULD DESTROY EVERYTHING. 740 00:31:49,638 --> 00:31:52,111 NYPD. 741 00:31:52,111 --> 00:31:55,344 THE MEMORIAL FOR AMBER SHOULD BE SIMPLE, TASTEFUL... 742 00:31:55,344 --> 00:31:57,246 AND VERY, VERY CLASSY. YES. 743 00:31:57,246 --> 00:31:59,348 (Beckett clears throat) DETECTIVE. 744 00:31:59,348 --> 00:32:01,951 IS THERE SOMETHING I CAN HELP YOU WITH? 745 00:32:01,951 --> 00:32:03,953 YES, WE NEED TO ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS. 746 00:32:03,953 --> 00:32:05,494 ASK AWAY. 747 00:32:05,494 --> 00:32:07,426 FINE. 748 00:32:07,426 --> 00:32:09,528 TELL US ABOUT THE BLACKMAIL 749 00:32:09,528 --> 00:32:13,202 AND THE MURDER OF AMBER MIDDLEBERRY. SHUT THE CAMERAS OFF. GO, NOW! 750 00:32:13,202 --> 00:32:15,064 (man) COME ON. LET'S GO. LET'S GO. 751 00:32:15,064 --> 00:32:18,567 I THOUGHT YOU SAID THAT EVERYBODY LOVES THE UNDERBELLY. 752 00:32:18,567 --> 00:32:21,440 THIS-- WHAT'S GOING ON, VICTOR? 753 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:23,442 (door opens) WHAT'S GOING ON IS, WE FINALLY FIGURED OUT WHO, 754 00:32:23,442 --> 00:32:25,444 ASIDE FROM AMBER... (door closes) 755 00:32:25,444 --> 00:32:28,217 WOULD BE NERVOUS ABOUT THESE PHOTOS. WHAT PHOTOS? 756 00:32:28,217 --> 00:32:31,120 (gasps) OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD! VICTOR. 757 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,552 OH, MY GOD! I-IT'S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. 758 00:32:33,552 --> 00:32:36,485 IT'S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE? THIS IS... (gasps) 759 00:32:36,485 --> 00:32:39,528 THIS IS OUR HOUSE IN THE HAMPTONS. THIS IS OUR BED. IT'S OUR VACATION BED. 760 00:32:39,528 --> 00:32:42,691 (gasps) RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE $2-MILLION PICARD THAT 761 00:32:42,691 --> 00:32:45,464 YOU PURCHASED AT THE AUCTION, WHICH JUST HAPPENS TO BE 762 00:32:45,464 --> 00:32:48,137 THE COMPANION TO THIS PAINTING HERE IN YOUR OFFICE. WE READ ALL ABOUT IT 763 00:32:48,137 --> 00:32:50,299 ON THE SPREAD THEY DID ON YOU IN "TODAY'S ARCHITECT." 764 00:32:50,299 --> 00:32:53,672 LOOKS AS THOUGH YOU WERE HOISTED ON YOUR ON PICARD. 765 00:32:53,672 --> 00:32:56,975 I CAN EXPLAIN. WE AGREED, VICTOR. NEVER AGAIN. 766 00:32:56,975 --> 00:32:58,547 IT WAS JUST A WEEKEND. 767 00:32:58,547 --> 00:33:00,749 JUST A WEEKEND? I HAVE FRIENDS IN THE HAMPTONS. 768 00:33:00,749 --> 00:33:03,012 WHAT IF SOMEBODY SAW? I WON'T BE HUMILIATED 769 00:33:03,012 --> 00:33:05,654 BECAUSE YOU CAN'T KEEP IT IN YOUR PANTS! NO ONE SAW. 770 00:33:05,654 --> 00:33:09,358 NO ONE SAW. NO, YOU TOOK PHOTOS SOEVERYONE COULD SEE. 771 00:33:09,358 --> 00:33:11,690 I DIDN'T TAKE THOSE PICTURES. (Beckett) HERE'S WHAT I THINK HAPPENED-- 772 00:33:11,690 --> 00:33:13,262 AMBER WAS BEING BLACKMAILED. 773 00:33:13,262 --> 00:33:16,065 SHE COULDN'T PAY, SO SHE CAME TO YOU FOR HELP. 774 00:33:16,065 --> 00:33:18,097 ONLY YOU HAD A LOT TO LOSE, AND THOSE PICTURES, 775 00:33:18,097 --> 00:33:21,530 THEY HAVE A WAY OF GETTING OUT. SO INSTEAD OF PAYING OFF HER BLACKMAILER, YOU KILLED HIM, 776 00:33:21,530 --> 00:33:25,204 AND THEN YOU CAME BACK HERE AND TOOK CARE OF HER. THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED. 777 00:33:25,204 --> 00:33:27,606 THE CAMERAS AREN'T ROLLING ANY LONGER, MR. BARON. 778 00:33:27,606 --> 00:33:29,508 YOU CAN DROP THE ACT. 779 00:33:29,508 --> 00:33:32,511 IT'S NOT AN ACT. AMBER WASN'T BEING BLACKMAILED. 780 00:33:32,511 --> 00:33:35,013 THE CONNIVING BITCH WAS BLACKMAILING ME. 781 00:33:35,013 --> 00:33:37,086 SHE WAS BLACKMAILING YOU? 782 00:33:37,086 --> 00:33:40,289 SHE SHOWED ME THE PICTURES. SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE HAD 783 00:33:40,289 --> 00:33:43,522 HER BOYFRIEND COME AND TAKE 'EM WHILE I WAS AWAY. WAIT. YOU LEFT HER ALONE IN MY HOUSE? 784 00:33:43,522 --> 00:33:46,024 (gasps) I HAD A MEETING IN THE CITY. I WAS COMING RIGHT BACK. 785 00:33:46,024 --> 00:33:48,257 HOW COULD YOU BE SO STUPID, VICTOR? (scoffs) 786 00:33:48,257 --> 00:33:50,399 SHE SAID IF HELPED HER WIN THE PAGEANT, 787 00:33:50,399 --> 00:33:53,302 THE PHOTOS WOULD NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY. 788 00:33:53,302 --> 00:33:55,264 "YOU KNOW THE PRICE. PAY UP OR I'LL DESTROY YOU." 789 00:33:55,264 --> 00:33:57,506 IT WASN'T TO AMBER. IT WAS FROM AMBER. 790 00:33:57,506 --> 00:33:59,238 SHE WAS STILL WITH HER BOYFRIEND. 791 00:33:59,238 --> 00:34:01,540 THEY WERE IN IT TOGETHER. SO THEN WHAT DID YOU DO? 792 00:34:01,540 --> 00:34:03,612 I SLIPPED HER THE PAGEANT QUESTIONS. 793 00:34:03,612 --> 00:34:05,744 WHY DO YOU THINK SHE WAS DOING SO WELL? YOU ASS! 794 00:34:05,744 --> 00:34:08,547 WHOA! WHOA. HEY! HEY! (pants) 795 00:34:08,547 --> 00:34:11,620 MR. BARON, WHERE WERE YOU BETWEEN 11:00 AND 1:00 A.M. 796 00:34:11,620 --> 00:34:13,622 THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER? AFTER THE RECEPTION, 797 00:34:13,622 --> 00:34:16,625 I HAD DRINKS WITH COUNCILMAN BOLLINGER. 798 00:34:16,625 --> 00:34:19,588 UH, I GOT HOME AT, UH, AT 1:00 A.M. 799 00:34:19,588 --> 00:34:22,191 KAYLA WAS WITH ME, WEREN'T YOU, BABE? 800 00:34:22,191 --> 00:34:25,164 KAYLA, IS THIS TRUE? WERE YOU WITH HIM? 801 00:34:25,164 --> 00:34:26,835 OH. (inhales and exhales deeply) 802 00:34:26,835 --> 00:34:30,439 (inhales and exhales deeply) 803 00:34:30,439 --> 00:34:32,571 YES. (exhales) 804 00:34:32,571 --> 00:34:35,444 (sighs) WHO ELSE KNEW, VICTOR? 805 00:34:35,444 --> 00:34:38,277 WHO DO I NEED TO BE ASHAMED IN FRONT OF? 806 00:34:38,277 --> 00:34:40,379 NO ONE ELSE KNEW. WELL, SOMEONE ELSE MUST'VE, 807 00:34:40,379 --> 00:34:44,283 OTHERWISE TWO PEOPLE WOULDN'T BE DEAD. (exhales) THE ONLY OTHER PERSON I TOLD WAS CANDACE. 808 00:34:44,283 --> 00:34:46,285 I TOLD HER WHAT AMBER WAS TRYING TO DO-- 809 00:34:46,285 --> 00:34:48,617 TO ME, TO THE PAGEANT. 810 00:34:48,617 --> 00:34:50,619 I-I-I TOLD HER TO TAKE CARE OF IT, 811 00:34:50,619 --> 00:34:53,462 TO MAKE THE PROBLEM GO AWAY. 812 00:34:53,462 --> 00:34:55,424 MAYBE SHE DID. 813 00:34:55,424 --> 00:34:58,367 I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY FINGERPRINTS ON THOSE GLASSES. 814 00:34:58,367 --> 00:35:00,429 BEING CAREFUL OF FINGERPRINTS, ARE WE, CANDACE? 815 00:35:00,429 --> 00:35:02,831 WE WANT EVERYTHING TO BE PERFECT. 816 00:35:02,831 --> 00:35:05,304 THIS PAGEANT REALLY IS YOUR BABY. 817 00:35:05,304 --> 00:35:07,176 YOU NOTICED? 17 FLAWLESS YEARS. 818 00:35:07,176 --> 00:35:10,339 SO THEN YOU WOULD DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT IT. 819 00:35:10,339 --> 00:35:14,613 WE KNOW THAT MR. BARON TOLD YOU ABOUT THE BLACKMAIL. 820 00:35:14,613 --> 00:35:17,686 AND WE KNOW THAT HE ASKED YOU TO HANDLE IT. 821 00:35:17,686 --> 00:35:20,789 KILLHER? I WANTED TO KILL BARON. 822 00:35:20,789 --> 00:35:23,852 17 FLAWLESS YEARS, AND HE WANTS ME TO GIVE HER THE ANSWERS 823 00:35:23,852 --> 00:35:26,395 SO HIS LITTLE FLING CAN WEAR THE CROWN? 824 00:35:26,395 --> 00:35:28,397 (exhales) BUT IT WAS EITHER THAT 825 00:35:28,397 --> 00:35:30,899 OR THAT SNAKE DESTROYS EVERYTHING. 826 00:35:30,899 --> 00:35:33,762 WHERE WERE YOU THE NIGHT THAT AMBER WAS KILLED? PLEASE DON'T. 827 00:35:33,762 --> 00:35:35,634 MS. FORD-- I WAS WITH SOMEONE. 828 00:35:35,634 --> 00:35:37,606 WHO? 829 00:35:37,606 --> 00:35:40,269 (sighs) I CAN'T. 830 00:35:40,269 --> 00:35:42,871 CANDACE, IF YOU HAVE AN ALIBI-- BOBBY STARK. 831 00:35:42,871 --> 00:35:46,315 I WAS WITH HIM AT THE TRIBECA GRAND. 832 00:35:46,315 --> 00:35:48,577 AND THE WORST PART IS... 833 00:35:48,577 --> 00:35:51,780 HE DOESN'T EVEN REMEMBER. 834 00:35:53,622 --> 00:35:55,624 TRIBECA GRAND CONFIRMS THAT STARK WAS WITH CANDACE 835 00:35:55,624 --> 00:35:58,357 AT THE TIME OF THE MURDER. SHE DID SMELL A LITTLE BIT LIKE STRAWBERRY OIL. 836 00:35:58,357 --> 00:36:00,158 BARON'S ALIBI CHECKS OUT, TOO. 837 00:36:00,158 --> 00:36:01,930 WHICH LEAVES US WITHOUT A SUSPECT. 838 00:36:01,930 --> 00:36:03,932 OKAY, GET INTO IT WITH BARON'S LAWYERS. 839 00:36:03,932 --> 00:36:05,934 JUST BECAUSE CANDACE DIDN'T KILL THEM 840 00:36:05,934 --> 00:36:09,298 DOESN'T MEAN HE DIDN'T HIRE SOMEONE ELSE TO DO IT. RIGHT. 841 00:36:09,298 --> 00:36:11,300 BLIND, NAKED AMBITION-- I THINK 842 00:36:11,300 --> 00:36:13,302 EVEN YOUR DEBBIE WINOKUR WOULD'VE BEEN APPALLED. 843 00:36:13,302 --> 00:36:14,703 YEAH, SHE WOULD'VE. 844 00:36:14,703 --> 00:36:16,705 DEBBIE WANTED TO BE A BEAUTY QUEEN 845 00:36:16,705 --> 00:36:19,177 BECAUSE SHE BELIEVED IN THE IDEALS OF BEAUTY. 846 00:36:19,177 --> 00:36:21,710 SHE WANTED TO BE BEAUTIFUL ON THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T LIKE HER. 847 00:36:21,710 --> 00:36:24,713 WELL, DEEP DOWN, BEHIND ALL OF THE MAKEUP AND THE HAIR, 848 00:36:24,713 --> 00:36:26,315 SHE WASN'T TERRIBLE. 849 00:36:26,315 --> 00:36:29,318 SHE WAS JUST A MISERABLE PERSON TO LIVE WITH. 850 00:36:29,318 --> 00:36:31,720 UNLIKE AMBER, WINNING WOULDN'T HAVE MEANT A THING TO HER 851 00:36:31,720 --> 00:36:33,762 IF SHE HAD TO CHEAT TO DO IT. 852 00:36:33,762 --> 00:36:35,764 YEAH, TALK ABOUT CHOICES THAT CHANGE YOUR LIFE. 853 00:36:35,764 --> 00:36:37,766 WHEN DO YOU MAKE THAT CHOICE? 854 00:36:37,766 --> 00:36:40,769 WHEN DOES WINNING BECOME MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR SOUL? I DON'T KNOW. 855 00:36:40,769 --> 00:36:42,831 YOU HAVE TO BE PRETTY COLD AND CALCULATING 856 00:36:42,831 --> 00:36:45,534 TO MAKE SOME OF THE CHOICES AMBER DID. COLD AND CALCULATING? 857 00:36:45,534 --> 00:36:47,436 WHAT? 858 00:36:47,436 --> 00:36:49,578 AMBER WAS COLD AND CALCULATING. 859 00:36:49,578 --> 00:36:51,310 YEAH, SO? 860 00:36:51,310 --> 00:36:53,882 SO ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WE TALKED TO ABOUT HER, 861 00:36:53,882 --> 00:36:55,984 ONE OF THEM IS LYING. 862 00:37:03,592 --> 00:37:06,255 (Laura Browne-Sorenson) ♪ I WILL THINK OF YOU ♪ 863 00:37:06,255 --> 00:37:08,427 ♪ WHEN I PASS THIS WAY ♪ 864 00:37:08,427 --> 00:37:10,829 ♪ AND I'LL HOLD ON TO ♪ 865 00:37:10,829 --> 00:37:14,703 ♪ EVERY MEMORY MADE ♪ 866 00:37:14,703 --> 00:37:18,006 ♪ AND I KNOW YOU'RE GONE ♪ 867 00:37:18,006 --> 00:37:21,440 ♪ AND LIFE GOES ON ♪ 868 00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:23,942 ♪ BUT I WILL ♪ 869 00:37:23,942 --> 00:37:27,746 ♪ THINK OF YOU... ♪ 870 00:37:27,746 --> 00:37:32,581 TRAGEDY... STRUCK THE BARON'S ALL-AMERICAN PAGEANT 871 00:37:32,581 --> 00:37:36,925 WITH THE UNTIMELY PASSING OF OUR ILLINOIS ALL-AMERICAN, 872 00:37:36,925 --> 00:37:39,288 MS. AMBER MIDDLEBERRY. (song fades out) 873 00:37:39,288 --> 00:37:43,762 I WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH AMBER. 874 00:37:43,762 --> 00:37:45,834 SHE MEANT THE WORLD TO ME. 875 00:37:45,834 --> 00:37:47,866 WELL, THEN WHY DID YOU KILL HER? (women gasp) 876 00:37:47,866 --> 00:37:50,299 WHAT? I DIDN'T KILL AMBER. 877 00:37:50,299 --> 00:37:53,572 YOU'RE LYING. YOU'VE BEEN LYING TO US THE WHOLE TIME. 878 00:37:53,572 --> 00:37:56,345 YOU TOLD US THAT SHE WAS UPSET, THAT SHE WAS FEELING 879 00:37:56,345 --> 00:37:59,348 LIKE SHE WAS BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF AND THREATENED. BUT SHE WAS THE ONE DOING THE THREATENING. 880 00:37:59,348 --> 00:38:00,979 THERE WAS NO REASON FOR HER TO BE UPSET. 881 00:38:00,979 --> 00:38:04,353 YOU KNOW, YOU'RE INTERRUPTING A DRESS REHEARSAL. OKAY? 882 00:38:04,353 --> 00:38:07,055 I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU TWO ARE TALKING ABOUT. OH, YES, YOU DO. YOU GOT ON TO THE BLACKMAIL. 883 00:38:07,055 --> 00:38:09,518 YOU THOUGHT THE OLD BOYFRIEND WAS TAKING ADVANTAGE 884 00:38:09,518 --> 00:38:11,990 OF YOUR PRIZED CLIENT, SO YOU CONFRONTED HIM. 885 00:38:11,990 --> 00:38:15,994 WE RAN YOUR CREDIT CARDS. WE KNOW ABOUT THE TAXI TRIP YOU TOOK TO JEREMY'S APARTMENT. 886 00:38:15,994 --> 00:38:18,527 SO TELL US, WHEN YOU KILLED AMBER'S BOYFRIEND, 887 00:38:18,527 --> 00:38:21,330 DID YOU KNOW THAT AMBER WAS IN ON THE SCHEME? 888 00:38:21,330 --> 00:38:22,471 (sighs) 889 00:38:22,471 --> 00:38:23,702 (exhales) 890 00:38:25,334 --> 00:38:27,336 (mutters) JUSTIN, STOP. 891 00:38:27,336 --> 00:38:28,707 (panting) 892 00:38:28,707 --> 00:38:31,009 OH. (glass shatters) 893 00:38:31,009 --> 00:38:33,011 (pants) 894 00:38:33,011 --> 00:38:35,984 (mutters) 895 00:38:35,984 --> 00:38:37,416 AAH! 896 00:38:37,416 --> 00:38:39,017 (clattering) 897 00:38:39,017 --> 00:38:41,550 (panting) 898 00:38:41,550 --> 00:38:43,552 A WORD OF ADVICE, JUSTIN. 899 00:38:43,552 --> 00:38:45,824 WHEN THE LADY SAYS STOP, 900 00:38:45,824 --> 00:38:47,396 STOP. 901 00:38:49,558 --> 00:38:51,730 JUSTIN CONFESSED TO EVERYTHING. 902 00:38:51,730 --> 00:38:53,702 HIS LAST THREE CLIENTS WERE LOSERS. 903 00:38:53,702 --> 00:38:56,605 AMBER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HIS COMEBACK, AND IF SHE DIDN'T WIN, 904 00:38:56,605 --> 00:38:58,006 HE WAS THROUGH. 905 00:38:58,006 --> 00:39:00,038 APPARENTLY HE FOUND THE SAME NAKED PHOTOS THAT WE DID, 906 00:39:00,038 --> 00:39:02,511 THOUGHT THAT HER EX-BOYFRIEND WAS TRYING TO EXPLOIT HER. 907 00:39:02,511 --> 00:39:04,513 HE WAS WORRIED, IF THEY CALLED THE COPS, 908 00:39:04,513 --> 00:39:06,815 THAT HER SECRET WOULD GET OUT, AND THEY'D BOTH BE RUINED. 909 00:39:06,815 --> 00:39:08,817 SO HE DECIDED TO HANDLE IT ON HIS OWN. 910 00:39:08,817 --> 00:39:10,379 UNFORTUNATELY, JEREMY WAS DRUNK, 911 00:39:10,379 --> 00:39:13,482 HE GOT VIOLENT, AND JUSTIN ENDED UP KILLING HIM. 912 00:39:13,482 --> 00:39:15,484 AND HE STAGED IT LIKE IT WAS A SUICIDE. 913 00:39:15,484 --> 00:39:18,387 ONCE AMBER FOUND OUT, SHE THREATENED TO TURN HIM IN, 914 00:39:18,387 --> 00:39:20,789 AND HE KILLED HER. THAT'S A WHOLE PAGEANT OF BAD CHOICES. 915 00:39:20,789 --> 00:39:23,361 GOOD WORK, YOU TWO. (clearing throats) 916 00:39:23,361 --> 00:39:25,534 UH, GOOD WORK, YOU ALL. THANK YOU. 917 00:39:25,534 --> 00:39:28,366 MM. I SEE A BEAUTY QUEEN WORTHY OF A CROWN. 918 00:39:28,366 --> 00:39:30,739 ALWAYS THE CHARMER, RICK. BABY, WHAT YOU DOIN' HERE? 919 00:39:30,739 --> 00:39:33,742 YOU KNOW I WAS JUST COMIN' TO SWOOP YOU UP. YEAH, WELL, I KNOW HOW YOU LOSE ALL SENSE OF TIME 920 00:39:33,742 --> 00:39:36,745 WHEN YOU'RE WORKING. I FIGURED I'D MEET YOU HERE. MM-HMM. 921 00:39:36,745 --> 00:39:39,377 DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY BIG PLANS? 922 00:39:39,377 --> 00:39:42,380 DINNER AND DANCING WITH THE BEST HUSBAND IN MANHATTAN, 923 00:39:42,380 --> 00:39:44,783 ESPECIALLY SINCE HE GAVE ME THAT GIFT THIS MORNING. 924 00:39:44,783 --> 00:39:47,916 OH, WHAT DID YOU END UP GIVING HER? I FOLLOWED YOUR ADVICE, CASTLE. 925 00:39:47,916 --> 00:39:50,018 I THOUGHT ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS 926 00:39:50,018 --> 00:39:52,891 EVELYN SAID SHE WANTED THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS... 927 00:39:52,891 --> 00:39:55,393 AND MY GIFT TO HER IS, NEXT YEAR, 928 00:39:55,393 --> 00:39:57,766 I'M RETIRING FROM THE FORCE. WE'RE GONNA GO TRAVELING. 929 00:39:57,766 --> 00:40:00,969 WE'RE GONNA GO TO ALL THE ROMANTIC PLACES. 930 00:40:00,969 --> 00:40:04,172 WAIT. ARE-- ARE YOU SERIOUS, BOSS? YOU REALLY WANT TO RETIRE? 931 00:40:04,172 --> 00:40:05,904 I HAVEN'T ACCOMPLISHED 932 00:40:05,904 --> 00:40:08,176 EVERYTHING I WANTED TO ON THE JOB, BUT I'VE DONE ENOUGH. 933 00:40:08,176 --> 00:40:10,779 IT'S TIME FOR ME TO MOVE ON. BEST GIFT EVER--MORE ROY. 934 00:40:10,779 --> 00:40:12,010 MM-HMM. 935 00:40:12,010 --> 00:40:14,913 (chuckles) LOOK, I TAUGHT YOU GUYS EVERYTHING I KNOW 936 00:40:14,913 --> 00:40:17,616 ABOUT DOING THIS JOB, ALL RIGHT? 937 00:40:17,616 --> 00:40:19,788 YOU'RE GONNA BE FINE WITHOUT ME. 938 00:40:19,788 --> 00:40:22,691 OH, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, LOSE THE LONG FACES. SMILE, PLEASE. 939 00:40:22,691 --> 00:40:24,152 THAT'S AN ORDER. (both laugh) 940 00:40:24,152 --> 00:40:27,496 (laughs) HEY, YOU KIDS TAKE CARE, ALL RIGHT? 941 00:40:27,496 --> 00:40:29,057 YOU GUYS BEHAVE NOW. YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME. 942 00:40:29,057 --> 00:40:31,059 CONGRATULATIONS, YOU GUYS. GOOD NIGHT. (Montgomery) THANK YOU. 943 00:40:31,059 --> 00:40:32,661 (Evelyn) BYE. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY. 944 00:40:32,661 --> 00:40:34,062 (Montgomery) GOOD NIGHT. 945 00:40:34,062 --> 00:40:36,665 GOOD NIGHT, CAPTAIN. WHAT THE HELL DID YOU SAY TO HIM? 946 00:40:36,665 --> 00:40:40,038 NOTHING. NO, I JUST TOLD HIM TO LISTEN TO WHAT HIS WIFE WANTED. DAMN, CASTLE. 947 00:40:40,038 --> 00:40:42,711 HOW CAN YOU TH-- I DI-- 948 00:40:42,711 --> 00:40:44,172 THERE'S NO WAY-- 949 00:40:44,172 --> 00:40:46,975 CASTLE, LET ME LET YOU IN ON A LITTLE SECRET. 950 00:40:46,975 --> 00:40:49,548 CAPTAIN MONTGOMERY RETIRES ALL THE TIME. 951 00:40:49,548 --> 00:40:51,820 JUST GIVE IT A WEEK OR TWO. 952 00:40:51,820 --> 00:40:54,623 HE'S LIKE THE BRETT FAVRE OF THE NYPD. 953 00:40:54,623 --> 00:40:56,525 TRUST ME. HE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. 954 00:40:56,525 --> 00:40:58,657 NOT GOING ANYWHERE. (exhales sharply) 955 00:40:58,657 --> 00:41:01,930 HEY, SO I'VE BEEN MEANING TO ASK YOU, 956 00:41:01,930 --> 00:41:03,932 DID ALEXIS MAKE A DECISION ABOUT ASHLEY? 957 00:41:03,932 --> 00:41:05,664 OH, SHE DID, ACTUALLY. 958 00:41:05,664 --> 00:41:07,796 SHE DECIDED IT WAS, UH, WORTH THE RISK. 959 00:41:07,796 --> 00:41:10,569 AND SHE'S GOING TO JUST KEEP SHOWING UP. 960 00:41:10,569 --> 00:41:12,971 THAT'S A GOOD CHOICE. 961 00:41:12,971 --> 00:41:15,774 SEE YOU TOMORROW. 962 00:41:15,774 --> 00:41:17,175 SEE YOU TOMORROW. 963 00:41:17,175 --> 00:41:18,777 (indistinct conversations) 964 00:41:21,249 --> 00:41:24,853 ASHLEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? 965 00:41:24,853 --> 00:41:26,855 HEY, MR. CASTLE. HEY, DAD. GUESS WHAT. 966 00:41:26,855 --> 00:41:28,116 WHAT? 967 00:41:28,116 --> 00:41:30,018 I'M GOING TO STANFORD. 968 00:41:30,018 --> 00:41:32,921 WHAT? I'M APPLYING FOR EARLY ADMISSION. 969 00:41:32,921 --> 00:41:34,793 AND SINCE I'VE BEEN TAKING EXTRA CLASSES 970 00:41:34,793 --> 00:41:36,765 EACH SEMESTER SINCE MY FRESHMAN YEAR, 971 00:41:36,765 --> 00:41:39,928 I HAVE ENOUGH CREDITS TO GRADUATE IN THE FALL. 972 00:41:39,928 --> 00:41:41,530 WHAT? 973 00:41:41,530 --> 00:41:44,573 YEAH, THIS WAY, ASH AND I WILL BE TOGETHER IN JANUARY, 974 00:41:44,573 --> 00:41:46,034 IN COLLEGE. 975 00:41:46,034 --> 00:41:47,606 WHAT? 976 00:41:47,606 --> 00:41:50,508 THAT WAS ACTUALLY HER IDEA, SIR. 977 00:41:54,883 --> 00:41:56,585 WHAT?