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  • 5/20/2025
Castle Season 3 Episode 1

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00:00Spider needs inspiration, and I've found mine.
00:02I'm Detective Kate Beckett. Beckett!
00:04Beckett?
00:05Could you get some backup, please?
00:07And thanks to my friendship with the mayor, I get to be on her case.
00:10Do I look like a killer to you?
00:12Yes, you kill my patients.
00:13And together we catch killers.
00:15I hate this case.
00:16I know, isn't it great?
00:18Somebody go!
00:25Come on!
00:26Come on!
00:27Please!
00:28Please!
00:29Castle, down on the ground, now!
00:58Are you guys reenacting the Humpty Dumpty crime scene?
01:22It's the autumnal equinox today.
01:25Yeah, according to Mr. Wizard there, it's the only time of year you can balance an egg on its tip.
01:29Don't you guys have work to do?
01:31No.
01:32No, not really.
01:33Well, now you do.
01:37By the way, that whole thing with the egg is just urban legend.
01:40Not true. I saw Castle do it last year.
01:47What's wrong with you?
01:49Still no word from him?
01:51No.
01:54Maybe you should call him.
01:57He said that he would be back in the fall, and it's fall, so clearly he has better things to do.
02:02Maybe he's not back from the Hamptons yet. Maybe he's still working on his book.
02:11Beckett?
02:15Yeah.
02:24Oh, speaking of Humpty Dumpty.
02:27Maybe somebody tried to stand her up on her head. After all, it is the autumnal equinox.
02:32It wasn't the fall that killed her.
02:34More like multiple gunshot wounds to the torso before doing a Greg Louganis out that window up there.
02:39The victim's name is Chloe Whitman.
02:41The pedestrians heard shots and saw the body fall out the window, but when uniforms got here, the apartment was empty.
02:45There's no doorman on duty, so, so far, no one recalls seeing anyone flee the scene.
02:50All right, have uniforms start knocking on doors. Find out what else our neighbors didn't see.
02:54Hey, it's Castle.
03:08Guess he did finish that book.
03:12Nice of him to send us a copy.
03:17Looks like he's back in town.
03:19Nice of him to call.
03:21All right, guys, you can stop pining for your girlfriend. After all, we've got a body full of holes.
03:24So what else do we know about our victim?
03:26She's got a boyfriend, Evan Murphy. He's on his way.
03:29Okay, let's go upstairs and see what else we can find.
03:46He really is ruggedly handsome.
03:51From the spatter pattern, she was backing away from the door.
03:53After the first bullet hits her, she tries to get away.
03:56Got nowhere to go but out the window.
03:58A large caliber gun round goes through her and breaks the glass.
04:02She goes diving out.
04:06Looks like she was leaving town.
04:13Well, it wasn't a robbery.
04:15Would you check these items for fibers and prints if we're lucky there was a struggle?
04:18Sure.
04:19Becky, Chloe's boyfriend, Evan, is here.
04:25So someone just came here and shot her for no reason?
04:28Well, usually in cases like these, there is a reason.
04:31How long had you and Miss Whitman been dating?
04:34About six months.
04:36Was there anyone in her life with violent tendencies? Maybe anyone that she had disputes with?
04:40No. No, she...
04:43Worst thing I ever saw her do was jaywalk.
04:46What does she do for a living?
04:48She's a teacher. She was a teacher.
04:51They all loved her.
04:53Were you expecting her over tonight?
04:55No. Why?
04:56Well, she packed an overnight bag.
04:58That... that doesn't make sense.
05:00She... she has class tomorrow. She wouldn't just leave without saying anything.
05:07Excuse me.
05:11Victim had it in her hand. It was in her fingers so tight I almost didn't see it.
05:15This is an address in Tribeca. Could be where she was going.
05:19Only one way to find out.
05:22Address is registered to Amaya Santori, 32. She's clean. No priors.
05:26417?
05:27Yeah, right there.
05:30It's open.
05:51Anyone see me?
06:03Let me see your hands!
06:04Drop it!
06:05Whoa!
06:09Castle?
06:10Becky?
06:12What are you doing here?
06:14I... uh...
06:15Down! Down! Put it down!
06:17Drop that gun now!
06:18Drop the gun, stupid!
06:19Yeah, no, no, it's okay.
06:21Whoa!
06:22Hey, guys, this is not what it looks like.
06:24It never is. Turn around.
06:27Castle, turn around.
06:29Richard Castle, you're under arrest for murder.
06:45Everything's different. Did you remodel?
06:54You've been informed of your rights, Mr. Castle.
06:57Really? You're not even going to ask me how my summer was?
07:00You are aware that you're under arrest for murder.
07:03And I thought you were being rough with the cops just for fun.
07:06You look good.
07:08You look good, too.
07:10Yeah?
07:11For murder.
07:12Why are you so mad at me?
07:13Because you were found standing over a dead body with a gun in your hand.
07:16Yeah, but I told you she was dead when I got there.
07:18Why didn't you call?
07:22I was going to call you.
07:26But then you showed up before I could.
07:30Really?
07:31Well, then why did we find you in our victim's apartment?
07:34Well, because she called me.
07:36Oh, so you and Miss Santori were in a relationship.
07:39Well, I wouldn't say it was a relationship. I bought a couple of sculptures from her.
07:41Were you sleeping with her?
07:43How is that relevant?
07:44Motive.
07:45Ah. No, I wasn't sleeping with her.
07:49Are you sure? Beautiful woman.
07:51I'm in a relationship.
07:52With whom?
07:53Is that on your lipstick?
07:54Castle.
07:55You know with whom.
07:56How should I know? I haven't seen you in months.
07:57You could have been in dozens of relationships with women since then.
08:00You sound jealous.
08:01Jealous of you dating your second ex-wife and publisher.
08:04Tell me, does she make you do everything on a deadline?
08:08So how about you? Are you still with that cop boyfriend of yours? What was his name again?
08:12Deming?
08:15You broke up?
08:16This victim that called you, what was it about?
08:19She said she was in trouble and she couldn't go to the police.
08:22So why did she call you?
08:24Because Maya knew I had a relationship with you.
08:27With the NYPD. She thought I could help.
08:30Help how?
08:31Well, she didn't say. She just told me to come over.
08:33When I got there, the door was open, the place was trashed.
08:36She was dead on the bed and there was a gun on the floor.
08:39So you being the expert veteran of dozens of crime scenes decided to pick up the murder weapon to what?
08:45Ensure that we had your prints?
08:46Maybe you missed the part where I said she was shot dead.
08:49When I heard the noises coming from the next room, I thought whoever killed her was coming back.
08:53So I picked up the gun to defend myself. It seemed like a very good idea at the time.
08:56That's when you, Esposito and Annie Oakley come bursting through the door.
08:59Annie Oakley?
09:00Annie Oakley.
09:03I kind of almost shot Kaslan.
09:06What? He had a gun.
09:07I should have let you shoot him. It would have served him right for not calling.
09:15So tell me, why should I believe you considering that you pretty much make up stories for a living?
09:19Because you know me.
09:23Do you know her? Chloe Whitman. She was shot to death.
09:28Your friend's address was found in her hands after she was killed.
09:31Another murder. What's the connection?
09:33I don't know. You were the one with the gun. You tell me.
09:38Beckett. Word?
09:39Hey, Captain. How's it going?
09:43What? You too? Really? Come on, guys.
09:49CSU recovered the slugs from Maya Santori and Chloe Whitman's place.
09:52The gun was a .45. Castle was holding .38.
09:55So it must have belonged to the victim for self-defense, which means that Castle was telling the truth.
10:00But I'd be happy to hold him if you like.
10:04You're free to go.
10:06That's it?
10:07Bullets don't match your gun. You're off the hook.
10:10I'm...
10:13So what's our next move?
10:14There isn't one. At least not for you. You're going home.
10:17Whoa, whoa, whoa. Two victims, one of them an acquaintance of mine, and you're sending me home?
10:20You're a witness, Castle. I can't have you involved.
10:22I'm already involved.
10:23Castle, go home. Go back to your Hamptons, your ex-wife, your book parties.
10:30Okay? I've got work to do.
10:34What did I do?
10:35What did I do?
10:50Darling, hello! Oh, you must see this video. It's absolutely charming.
10:56A penguin smacks another penguin into an ice hole. I'll show you.
11:00Uh, maybe later.
11:02Oh, you look as if someone smacked you into an ice hole.
11:06I stopped by the precinct.
11:08I thought you weren't going back till after the book tour.
11:11Yeah, well, fate intervened. Someone I know was murdered today.
11:14Oh, Lord.
11:15Dad, that's awful. Who?
11:16Maya, the woman who made that sculpture for me.
11:19Any leads?
11:20No, not yet.
11:23So, how is everyone?
11:25Beckett, have a nice summer?
11:27Yeah, everyone's fine.
11:29Now, why don't I believe you?
11:31Aren't you with Chet on Tuesdays?
11:33Oh, that was never set in stone. Besides, Alexis is in crisis.
11:37The young man from the summer program still hasn't called her.
11:40Despite the fact he said we'd talk when he got back from Europe, which he already did.
11:44Well, if you knew he was back, why don't you just call him?
11:46He's the one who went away. I mean, if he still cared, he would have called.
11:49Maybe he was going to, but he didn't know how you'd feel about him.
11:52Maybe he was worried that something had changed while he was away.
11:55Oh, Richard Castle, that is the stupidest thing I ever heard.
11:58Have I taught you nothing about relationships?
12:00You're a shining example. Just how big a deal is this anyway?
12:06I don't know if I even want to see him anymore.
12:08Oh, come on. You're not even giving him a chance.
12:10Why are you siding with him?
12:11I'm not. I just, maybe he'll do something that will make it right.
12:16Maybe he'll just, maybe he'll surprise you.
12:20Maybe he missed his chance.
12:29You asked me? She'll lock him up, just out of spite.
12:32No, that'd be unethical. Making the people down in Holding deal with him?
12:37True.
12:38Hey, well, so, Ballistics ran a comparison of the slugs from the two murders. They're from the same gun.
12:46Anything on the case?
12:47No.
12:48No?
12:49No.
12:50No.
12:51No.
12:52No.
12:53No.
12:54No.
12:55No.
12:56No.
12:57Anything on the canvas?
12:58Well, we showed Chloe's photos to Maya's friends and neighbors. They don't recognize her.
13:01And Chloe's boyfriend and her colleagues from prep school, they don't know Maya either.
13:04Okay, so, we've got a high school chemistry teacher and a sculptor who live on two different sides of town and by all accounts run in completely different circles.
13:26They're both killed on the same day and by the same person. Their lives must intersect somehow.
13:34All right, run phones and financials. Let's see if anything pops.
13:38On it.
13:47I'm gonna go and see Laney and see if she's found anything.
13:53Ryan!
13:57Hey, LT.
13:58Hey, Castle. Back on the beat.
14:00Yeah.
14:01Looking that way. Is Beckett here?
14:02Finished her sweep about an hour ago.
14:04She find anything?
14:06Nothing useful.
14:08Mind if I take a look around?
14:32Hey, brother. Looks like you missed one.
14:35Got it.
14:43Hey.
14:44Hey. I hear you made an interesting arrest today. You wanna talk about it?
14:49No.
14:50Okay. Keep holding that stuff in. You're gonna get an ulcer.
14:53Anything unusual?
14:54You mean besides the gunshots?
14:56Yeah, I'm looking for anything that'll connect these two victims.
14:59They both had tattoos.
15:00Everyone has tattoos.
15:01Chloe Whitman, our jumper, has a rose.
15:05And Miss Santori has a mermaid on her back.
15:11Looking at the work, it could be the same tattoo artist.
15:13Anything else?
15:15It may be nothing, but I found this on Miss Whitman's hand.
15:23227?
15:24Could be apartment number, gym locker code.
15:26And looking how faded it is, I'd say she wrote it about a week ago.
15:28Okay.
15:29Oh, and I found these in Miss Santori's pockets.
15:34Cab receipts?
15:35Dated today, just a few hours before she was killed.
15:37Okay. I'll call up the cab company, see if we can retrace her whereabouts.
15:41Are you sure you don't wanna talk about it?
15:43Positive.
15:45Beckett.
15:46Yo. We just got the phone records back on our Vicks.
15:48Turns out they did have a connection.
15:50They both received phone calls from the same number within hours of the incident.
15:53Are you able to run it down?
15:54Yeah, it trades back to a Todd McCutcheon.
15:56He's got priors including robbery and domestic assault.
15:58You got an address?
15:59Yeah, we got an address.
16:01Let me see your hands!
16:02I said let me see your hands!
16:06Oh. Hi.
16:24I can explain.
16:26Turn around.
16:27Would you just listen to me, please?
16:29Why? You don't listen to me?
16:31Look, I'm just doing some digging around on my own. This is not a crime, is it?
16:33No, but criminal trespassing is, and so is murder.
16:36I was just trying to help.
16:37I don't need your help. How did you get here, anyway?
16:39I was following up a lead, same as you.
16:41Oh, really? So you subpoenaed the victims' phone records and looked for commonalities?
16:45No, not exactly.
16:47Then why did you do it?
16:54You star 69'd?
16:55Yes, on Maya's phone. I figured it would give me her last call.
16:58Rang up McCutcheon here, I got his name from his voicemail, and then I did a web search.
17:02Tell me you're not impressed.
17:04You went to an active crime scene without authorization.
17:08Uh, yeah.
17:11But I wore gloves.
17:13Yo, Beckett.
17:14His body's cold. He's been dead for hours.
17:16See? I didn't kill him.
17:20Slugs?
17:21We'll have to run ballistics, but the entry wounds are the same size as our other vics.
17:25Odd.
17:26What?
17:27Well, the guy's in vending machines.
17:28Not an obvious choice to be running around with an artist and prep school teacher.
17:36Okay, so let's get CSU down here to look for fibers and prints,
17:39and have them start looking for commonalities between the three crime scenes.
17:43Let's start digging into their lives.
17:44If they were on the same dating site, I want to know.
17:46If they were in the same 12-step program, I want to know.
17:49How can I help?
17:52Look, Castle.
17:54I'm sorry about your friend. I really am.
17:56But that doesn't mean that you can just show up and act like nothing has happened.
18:00The truth is, is if you wanted to come back, you would have already, but you didn't.
18:03So, let's just face it.
18:05The only reason that you're here right now is because you were at the wrong place at the wrong time.
18:09You ever stop and think, maybe I was waiting to hear from you?
18:12Do you know what these bodies are?
18:14A sign.
18:15A sign?
18:16A sign from the universe telling us we need to solve this case together.
18:21You don't want to let the universe down, do you?
18:25You're not going to go away no matter what I do, are you?
18:28I respect the universe.
18:32Okay, fine.
18:33I will let you join me on this one case, as long as you promise to do what I say, when I say it,
18:38and not to do any investigating on your own.
18:40I promise.
18:42You won't regret this?
18:43I already do.
18:44Starting now.
18:46I promise.
18:51What is it about the refrigerator?
18:53Is it the cold, the light, or the combination of the two?
18:56I can't sleep.
18:57Yeah, the boy.
18:59He finally called.
19:00Great!
19:01I didn't answer.
19:02Why not?
19:03I was mad.
19:04I thought he'd leave a message, but he didn't.
19:06So, now what do I do?
19:07He knows I know he called, but if I call back right away, then clearly I'm admitting I was waiting for his call.
19:11How long do I need to wait to call him back?
19:13A day? At least a day? Maybe two?
19:16Maybe you should get a new boyfriend and start over.
19:20You're not very good at this, are you?
19:22Apparently not.
19:40Anything?
19:41Uh, we tracked down Todd McCutcheon's fiancee. She's on her way.
19:44Did you find anything in their background checks?
19:49Well, we went as far back as grade school, and nothing has popped yet.
19:55Maybe they're top CIA agents targeted for termination.
19:59CIA is a popular theory with you.
20:01Yes, well, law of averages demands that I'll eventually be right.
20:04I've forgotten how helpful your insights can be.
20:07Oh yeah?
20:10I bet I figure out how they're connected before you do.
20:13All right, you're on.
20:14But if I win, you have to promise to go away and never interfere with any of my cases again.
20:21Fine. And if I win, you have to take me back as your partner.
20:26Deal.
20:31What if they figure it out first?
20:35Nah.
20:39What's he talking about?
20:40Castle was just apologizing for not calling.
20:47So what'd you guys find?
20:50Forensics on that blood smear that Castle found in Maya's apartment.
20:53It's a match to Todd McCutcheon's.
20:54The CSU found some of McCutcheon's blood on Maya's shoe.
20:57Which means that your friend was at his place either during or after the murder.
21:00Ran down those cab receipts from her pocket.
21:02According to the taxi company, they picked her up outside McCutcheon's apartment yesterday morning.
21:05Took her somewhere in the Bowery.
21:06The Bowery?
21:07Yeah.
21:08Twenty minutes later, they picked her up and they dropped her off at home.
21:11It was just after that that she called me.
21:13Beckett, McCutcheon's fiancé is here.
21:17I'm sorry, I've never seen them before.
21:19Are you sure?
21:21Your fiancé had a record. Is it possible he was involved in anything illegal?
21:26Todd was a good man.
21:28I know he did some bad things in the past, but he got himself his own business.
21:33He was totally legit now.
21:34Only...
21:36Only what?
21:38A couple months ago, Todd hurt his back and couldn't work.
21:41The bank wanted to take away his business, so...
21:45He borrowed some money from a guy in the neighborhood.
21:48This guy?
21:50He's no good.
21:51Did he threaten Todd?
21:53Todd was making payments, but he fell behind.
21:56A couple weeks back, the man came to the house with a gun.
21:59He said he was going to kill Todd if he didn't pay back what he owed.
22:04I loaned him money. Fifteen Gs, so what?
22:07Mr. Carbino, we have a witness who says that you threatened to kill him.
22:11So?
22:12So now he's dead.
22:14Yeah, I can see that.
22:17Look, Detective, first off, fifteen Gs is not the amount of money worth killing for.
22:21Not unless you've exhausted other avenues, to which I had not.
22:23And secondly, and more to the point, your boy here, he's not worth killing for.
22:27And more to the point, your boy here, he paid me back the entire sum, plus interest.
22:32Do you really expect me to believe that?
22:35No, I don't, sweetheart.
22:37But that don't mean it ain't true.
22:42His alibi checks.
22:44He was in Jersey all day yesterday, shopping at Short Hills with the missus.
22:47Wow, lucky girl.
22:49Doesn't mean he didn't do it. Could have hired someone.
22:51Yeah, to kill McCutcheon, but why Maya and Chloe?
22:54Maybe they witnessed the hit.
22:55Maybe they co-signed a loan.
22:57Do we have McCutcheon's financials?
23:05Yeah, they should all be up shortly. Why?
23:08Well, Garbino said that McCutcheon paid off his debt in full, plus interest.
23:13I was just thinking that's a lot of money for a guy in the vending machine business,
23:15and I thought maybe where did that money come from?
23:18Ahem.
23:25You know, all of McCutcheon's accounts were overdrawn,
23:27and then suddenly, two weeks ago, 9,500 appears in his savings.
23:32Two weeks ago?
23:33Yeah, on the, uh, the 7th.
23:38It was a deposit made in Maya Santori's account on the 7th for the same amount.
23:43What about Chloe Whitman?
23:459,500, deposited on the 7th.
23:47Which means they were all receiving money from the same source.
23:49And spending it in the same place.
23:51Both Maya Santori and Chloe Whitman had charges on their credit card for a place called KCBC,
23:56both of them on the 9th and the 16th, both of them.
23:59Small amounts, less than 20 bucks.
24:01Same thing with McCutcheon.
24:03The restaurant where they met?
24:04All right, call up the bank, let's see if they can help us track who made those deposits,
24:08and I'd like to contact the credit card company to find out what this KCBC is.
24:11On it.
24:15Thanks.
24:19Don't think that this means that you won the bet.
24:21All we know is that they are connected, we still don't know how.
24:26I missed you too.
24:27Let's go.
24:43Hey, bad news.
24:45According to banks, our victims' deposits were made in cash.
24:48There's no way to trace the payments.
24:50And since the deposits were less than $10,000, there was no report made to the IRS.
24:53Which means that our victims were most likely involved in something illegal.
24:56Just so you know, I got that from shot to death.
24:58So?
25:00So, what illegal activity involves vending machines, an artist, and a high school teacher?
25:04I know, even the stuff I'm making up in my head doesn't make sense.
25:07I talked to the credit card companies.
25:09KCBC bills through an internet card processing service.
25:12There's no address on file.
25:13We can't even track it down?
25:15I didn't say that.
25:17There's no address on file.
25:19But they do register the ISP of every swipe card transaction that goes through.
25:23So I had tech track it down.
25:24Whoever ran those charges, did it from this address.
25:28I got this.
25:29Castle, road trip.
25:32Uh, drink?
25:37You sure this is the place?
25:38As sure as you are.
25:40This doesn't look like a credit card kind of place.
25:42This looks more like a get shot and robbed kind of place.
25:54What are you doing?
25:55That was the number on Chloe's hand.
25:59She was here.
26:24This place is like the circus with alcohol.
26:47How have I never been here before?
26:49If you think this is crazy, you should see some of the clubs I've been to.
26:55What can I get you?
26:58Information.
27:00Do you recognize these people?
27:03Yeah.
27:04They're part of Kitty's burlesque troupe.
27:06Kitty's troupe?
27:07Kitty Canary.
27:08She runs the place.
27:09And where can I find this Kitty?
27:25They're really dead.
27:28I'm afraid so.
27:29Your bartender said that they were a part of your troupe.
27:32Chloe would dance from time to time.
27:34Todd had a snake act.
27:35What about Maya?
27:36She was more of a patron.
27:37She came for inspiration.
27:39Hey, I just heard.
27:41Detective, this is my husband Earl.
27:43He runs the burlesque with me.
27:45Do you know what happened?
27:46We're looking into it.
27:47Right now the only connection that we can find is this club.
27:50You don't think someone here killed them?
27:52How well did you know them?
27:53They were work friends.
27:54You know, hi, how are you?
27:56Although, Maya and Chloe did come to the shop once to get tattoos.
28:00My day job.
28:02Did the three of them spend a lot of time together?
28:04No more so than anybody else.
28:06Did they spend a lot of time with anyone else?
28:07Not that I noticed.
28:08Do you have a mailing list of your regulars?
28:10Yes. I can get a copy if you want.
28:12Yes, and I'll also need a list of all of your employees and any other members of your troupe.
28:16Of course.
28:17Can you think of any other connection between the three of them?
28:19Well, there was the incident.
28:24A couple weeks ago, Chloe's boyfriend came around.
28:26Apparently he didn't like her dancing here.
28:28It got a little rough.
28:29Both Maya and Todd intervened.
28:30Evan was drunk.
28:31Yelling all kinds of crazy stuff.
28:33What kind of stuff?
28:34I know what you're doing. I know all about it.
28:36I guess he thought she was screwing someone else.
28:41Okay, so I followed Chloe to the club that night, but only because she was acting weird.
28:46Secretive.
28:47Only because she was acting weird.
28:48Secretive.
28:49And I thought she was seeing another guy.
28:51Mr. Murphy, why didn't you tell us this before?
28:53That I'd been fighting with my girlfriend.
28:55That I'd threatened her.
28:56I know how cops work.
28:58And when you found out about the other victims?
29:00That they were all there at the club?
29:01I didn't kill her.
29:02I didn't kill any of them.
29:04What would you have done?
29:06I would try to help find her killer.
29:08But if I had told you then, would you know now?
29:10Would you have looked any further than me?
29:12Mr. Murphy, the money in Chloe's account, where did it come from?
29:17What money?
29:21So, he admits to the fights and the threats, but he claims not to know anything about the money.
29:25Or how our victims are connected other than the events of that night.
29:28Do you believe him?
29:30It doesn't matter what I believe. He's a viable suspect.
29:32Hey, Ryan, I need you to get a search warrant for Evan Murphy's place.
29:36And Esposito, how are things going over there?
29:38We ran the club's mailing list for people with priors. These are the ones that have popped so far.
29:43All right, run them for any connections with our vics.
29:45Right on.
29:48What?
29:49I've seen this guy's face.
29:59That's the same guy.
30:01Maya knew him.
30:04Xander Doyle, weapons charges, conspiracy to distribute, and apparently he lives in the Bowery.
30:10How much do you want to bet Maya was on her way to see him after McCutcheon's murder?
30:13Yeah, sure I knew Maya. Met her at the club a few months back.
30:17And what was the nature of your relationship?
30:20She said she liked the way I looked. You know how it goes.
30:24When was the last time you saw her?
30:27Mr. Doyle, we have evidence that indicates that Maya came to see you the day she died.
30:32Look, she says she was in trouble. She needed my help.
30:34What kind of trouble?
30:36She wouldn't say. Someone must have been after her.
30:39And why would you say that?
30:41Because the reason she came to see me is she wanted to borrow a gun.
30:44That's why she was armed. She saw what happened to McCutcheon. She figured she'd be next.
30:48Mr. Doyle, did Maya give you any indication as to what she might have been involved in?
30:53No. If I was a betting man, I ran into Maya a few weeks ago on the street.
30:59She gave me a hug. I could smell it.
31:02You could smell what?
31:03That sick smell. Paint thinner, acetone, bleach.
31:06I've got a buddy who smells like that. You know what he does?
31:09He makes meth.
31:13It's so obvious. I can't believe I didn't think of it sooner.
31:17Do you really think it was meth?
31:18It's the only thing that makes any sense. All of our victims were struggling financially.
31:22One night after the club closes, they're all together talking about their money woes
31:26until our high school chemistry teacher cracks a smile and says,
31:28well, we could always make meth. But the others don't laugh.
31:32They say, yeah, we could make meth.
31:35Just like that cable show.
31:36I'm telling you, it's drugs.
31:38It's not drugs.
31:40Are you sure?
31:41Yes. And your guy was right about the chemicals.
31:43I found trace amounts of bleach, acetone, sodium chloride and ammonia on all three bodies.
31:48So how can you tell it's not drugs?
31:49Because of what's missing.
31:50If your guys have been cooking up meth or any other street lab drugs,
31:53there'll be other substances present, not to mention the trace amounts of the finished product.
31:58That being said, they definitely were up to something.
32:01Beckett.
32:02Hey, it's Ryan. That search warrant on Evan Murphy's place, it paid off.
32:06We found the murder weapon.
32:08I swear to God, I've never seen that before in my life.
32:10Then what was it doing in your place?
32:11I don't know.
32:12What really happened the night that you followed Chloe to the club?
32:14I told you, we fought.
32:16About what? And do not say the affair.
32:18What were the four of you into?
32:20Evan, what's the connection? Why did you kill them?
32:23I want a lawyer. I'm not saying anything else.
32:26PD's office has been notified. They're sending someone over.
32:28Okay, notify the DA. Maybe they can cut us a deal and help us figure out what was really going on.
32:39I know that look.
32:40What look?
32:41That something doesn't add up look.
32:44What do you mean?
32:45I mean, you know, that look.
32:46What do you mean?
32:47I mean, you know, that look.
32:48What do you mean?
32:49I mean, you know, that look.
32:50What do you mean?
32:51I mean, you know, that look.
32:52What do you mean?
32:53That something doesn't add up look.
32:55It's just the lab report on the murder weapon.
32:59What about it?
33:00They didn't find any fingerprints.
33:02He probably wiped it down.
33:04Why would he wipe it down if he was going to hang on to it?
33:06Maybe he was going to ditch it but didn't get around to it.
33:09Ditching it would be the first thing that he would do.
33:12Maybe he thought he still needed it.
33:13To kill someone else?
33:14Or protect himself.
33:17Hey, yo, Beckett.
33:18Finance came back on your boy Evan.
33:20There's no unusual activity.
33:22Maybe that was his motive.
33:23Whatever it was they were up to, he didn't get his cut.
33:26But what was his cut?
33:27I mean, what the hell were they into?
33:29It's like a bad joke.
33:30A sculptor, a vending machine salesman, and a chemistry teacher walk into a burlesque bar.
33:34Yeah, only we don't have a punchline.
33:36Other than they made a bunch of money and got themselves killed.
33:41Made a bunch of money.
33:43What?
33:44A sculptor who works with metal, a chemist, and a vending machine operator.
33:50I think I know what our victims were up to.
33:52Do we still have Chloe's purse?
34:06What are you looking for?
34:12Take a look at the serial numbers on those bills.
34:20They're the same.
34:21These bills are all pre-1998.
34:23That's before they redesigned the currency.
34:25That's our punchline.
34:26That's how these people are connected.
34:28And counterfeiting, the hardest thing to make is the paper.
34:31They had all the paper they needed.
34:33They had an unlimited supply of one-dollar bills.
34:35From the vending machines.
34:36And those chemicals we found on our victims' bodies.
34:38Were used to whitewash the singles in order to make blank banknotes.
34:41A procedure requiring the expertise of a chemist.
34:44And what do chemists do?
34:45A procedure requiring the expertise of a chemist.
34:48And what do counterfeiters do with blank banknotes?
34:51Print larger denominations for which they need a metal press plate.
34:54And who better to provide that than a sculptor?
34:59So, plates, paper.
35:03There's only one missing ingredient.
35:07I know who the killer is!
35:15Let's go.
35:28Come on, hurry up!
35:36Get the plates, the plates!
35:43Going somewhere?
35:46Let me see your hands.
35:51Step away from the bags and walk forward.
36:04Yeah, they're fake.
36:05What gave me away?
36:06The missing ingredient.
36:08Ink.
36:09And who better to provide it than a tattoo artist?
36:12That and Evan Murphy.
36:13You knew that we'd follow up after you told us that story.
36:16So you planted that gun, but you just didn't have enough time to put his prints on it, did you?
36:20Sweep the air.
36:21Look out!
36:27Go, go! Get him!
36:28Move, move, move! Let's go, let's go! Come on!
36:31Where's Kitty?
36:33Her money's gone.
36:35You stay here.
36:36What if they come back?
36:44Come on.
36:58Hey! Hey!
37:07Is that him?
37:09Where'd he go?
37:11I think he went around this way.
37:13I don't see him! I don't see him!
37:15Come on, the plates! The plates!
37:41Castle! Down on the ground, now!
37:57Drop, drop! Stay on the ground! Right where you are!
38:02Stay where you are! Don't touch the gun!
38:05Ah!
38:08They hashed the plan late one night at the club.
38:10They figured victimless crime, nobody would get hurt.
38:13Kitty and Earl would launder the bills through the club and then make cash payments to the others.
38:16It sounded like they had a sweet deal going on. How'd it all go wrong?
38:19Todd McCutcheon, he was getting squeezed by a loan shark.
38:22Figured he'd try to make a payment with counterfeit bills.
38:24The shark threatened to rat him out unless he turned over the operation.
38:27Maya and Chloe were willing, but Kitty and Earl weren't.
38:31And when Todd confronted them, he had no idea who he was dealing with.
38:34Kitty Canary, a.k.a. Carla Breezer.
38:37She was a stripper in Seattle.
38:38She did a nickel for a manslaughter charge for trying to run over her boyfriend.
38:42When she got out, she got a new name, new boyfriend, and even changed coasts.
38:46She wasn't the type of girl to let Todd take her down.
38:49They had everything they needed. Chemical formulas, the plates.
38:52All they had to do was get rid of the others.
38:54Nice work, you two. Very impressive.
38:56But tomorrow I want you to tell me the story about how Castle got your gun.
39:01So, uh, I guess you won the bet.
39:06Yeah.
39:10But look, if you don't want...
39:12No, no, no. You won fair and square.
39:18So, see you tomorrow?
39:23See you tomorrow.
39:30So, how long before Castle did you know this was about counterfeiting?
39:52Who's that?
39:53Yeah, been on the phone for over an hour.
39:55So who called whom first?
39:57It doesn't matter. As long as they connected.