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  • 5/20/2025
Castle Season 3 Episode 3

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00:00Spider needs inspiration, and I found mine.
00:02I'm Detective Kate Beckett.
00:03Beckett!
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?
00:30Breakfast time!
00:45Oh, what did I do to deserve this?
00:50Other than, you know, being me.
00:52Isn't that enough?
00:53Okay, what do you want?
00:56Nothing.
00:57Why do I have to want something?
00:58March, 1999, you wanted a Hello Kitty backpack.
01:01I got French toast with a whipped cream smiley face.
01:04October, 2004, you wanted a set of mint condition Empire Strikes Back lightsabers.
01:09I got an omelet shaped like Darth Vader.
01:12Okay, I want a Vespa.
01:15It's a scooter.
01:16All my friends have them, and it would make getting around the city so much easier.
01:19And they're totally safe.
01:20Oh, honey.
01:21I'll always wear a helmet and I'll never drive at night.
01:22You know how responsible I am.
01:23That's not you I'm worried about driving in New York.
01:25It's like a Mad Max movie.
01:27I really want this.
01:28Will you at least think about it?
01:30Please?
01:34Yes, I will think about it.
01:36If you leave me alone so that I can finish my breakfast.
01:39Deal.
01:41Ah, it's Beckett.
01:43Remember what happened last time you went to a crime scene and had a full stomach?
01:47Yeah.
01:50Castle.
01:52And who is the unlucky winner today?
01:55Dion Carver, bail bondsman.
01:57This is his office.
01:58He walked into a B&E last night, and before he had a chance to use his registered firearm,
02:03our killer knocked him over the head with that.
02:05A sharpshooter award.
02:07That is ironic on so many levels.
02:09Nope.
02:10Just two.
02:11Our killer left a partial shoe print in Carver's blood, probably while wiping a trophy clean.
02:15The shoe print isn't complete enough to tell the size, but the tread mark should be easy to identify.
02:20Before leaving, our killer was nice enough to call 911 and leave the phone off the hook.
02:25Someone was feeling a little guilty?
02:27Not too guilty.
02:28The call came in at 11.
02:29I'm estimating time of death around 10.
02:31Which means our perp had about an hour to ransack the place.
02:34Looking for what?
02:36Um, money.
02:38I mean, bail bondsmen often get paid in cash, and 10% of a million would be enough reason to tear up a place.
02:44Ryan and Esposito are taking a look around the building for any security cameras.
02:47That's a negative on cameras.
03:05Why would a calculator cause feedback?
03:08It's not a calculator.
03:12It's a bug.
03:13A wireless RF transmitter, to be precise.
03:16Not to be confused with the more advanced infrared signal burst device.
03:19Book research?
03:20Nanny cam.
03:21So, do you think that the robbery was just a pretense for the placement of the bug, and then the killer was caught in the act?
03:27Well, it's not Watergate Castle.
03:28If the point was to bug Carver's office, then why leave it here once he's dead?
03:31Well, tell me this, Ms. Noto.
03:33Who would want to bug a burly bail bondsman so badly?
03:37Okay, thank you.
03:40So, it's not law enforcement or a three-letter agency.
03:43That bug was a commercial device.
03:44I contacted the manufacturer in Thailand.
03:46They're looking up the serial number to see what store it was shipped to, and hopefully from there, we should find out who bought it.
03:51I remember when killers used to buy American.
03:53Yo, I ran the shoe print through the new federal database.
03:56They match the treadmark to these loafers here.
03:58Ah, the no-hassle-tassle.
04:00These were the height of fashion in 1984.
04:04These are photos of all of Carver's clients with a history of violence.
04:07Can you show them around his building, see if anyone was there yesterday?
04:09Yeah, you got it.
04:12You were a girl once.
04:14Still am.
04:16Can you tell me why my daughter wants one of these so badly?
04:18Well, bikes are what girls want when we realize we're never going to get a pony.
04:22Did you have one?
04:23I still do.
04:24Ninety-four Harley Softail.
04:26Worked all of high school to pay for it.
04:28And how did your parents feel about it?
04:30Well, my dad threatened to send me to a nunnery.
04:32And my mom just shook her head and said,
04:34Katie, every time you ride that thing, just remember how much you hate hearing me tell you I told you so.
04:40You know what this means, though, don't you?
04:42Know what?
04:44Well, Alexis is entering her wild child phase.
04:47My daughter? I don't think so.
04:49Oh yeah, Castle, all girls go through it.
04:51And good girls are the worst.
04:53In fact, I remember this one time when...
04:57Hey, did you find anything?
04:58Yeah.
04:59We located Carver's wife, Brooke.
05:01She's visiting her sister in Hoboken. Uniform's on her way to pick her up now.
05:04Oh, and Laney called. She said she found something weird.
05:08I found this hidden in Carver's sock while I was stripping the body.
05:12What the hell is it?
05:14I don't know. You're the detective.
05:16Maybe it's what our killer was looking for in Carver's office.
05:19Seriously?
05:20That?
05:21Yeah. Well, it's probably some complex code or...
05:25The world's least interesting doodle?
05:27It's not something that you kill a guy over.
05:29Then why did he hide it?
05:33I told my husband.
05:35The kind of animals he dealt with every day something bad was gonna happen.
05:38Miss Carver, had your husband had any troubles with any of his clients recently?
05:42You know, Dion didn't talk about work a lot with me.
05:46But he did say that he had to straighten someone out yesterday.
05:50He said it got pretty ugly.
05:52Any idea who?
05:54I'm sorry, no.
05:56Did your husband keep cash in his office?
05:58No, he insisted on money orders and cashier's checks.
06:03He had a good heart, but he wasn't stupid.
06:10We found this folded up in your husband's sock.
06:15Any idea what it is?
06:20I've never seen this before.
06:23Just because she doesn't recognize it doesn't mean it's not important.
06:26Brooke even admitted Carver never talked to her about work.
06:29Castle.
06:30I'm just saying my spidey sense is tingling about this.
06:32Well, I can't base an entire murder investigation on your spidey senses.
06:35Why not? A killer was looking for something.
06:37Our victim was hiding something.
06:39Res ipsa loquitur. It means...
06:41The thing speaks for itself. I know.
06:43All I'm saying is that even though Carver didn't keep cash in his offices,
06:46it doesn't mean that it wasn't an attempted robbery.
06:48I mean, these aren't Mensa members we're talking about.
06:51Hey, Beckett.
06:52Waitress at the diner in Carver's building said that she saw Carver
06:55and one of his clients get into a shouting match last night.
06:58Some scale named Random Pierce.
07:00Somebody actually named their kid Random?
07:02No wonder he turned to a life of crime.
07:04Random just did two years at Five Points Correctional,
07:07and a week after he got out, he was arrested for a B&E.
07:10That sounds like a real winner.
07:11Waitress said that she heard him tell Carver that if he didn't give it back,
07:14that Random was gonna take it.
07:16Hmm. Well, I wonder what it could be.
07:20So, Random had a court hearing scheduled for this morning.
07:22It didn't show. They issued a bench warrant for his arrest at 9 a.m.
07:25Let's go pick him up.
07:30Random's last known address.
07:32All right, you guys meet at the back.
07:33So, this Harley of yours, do you have any pictures?
07:36Uh, yeah, I do, but I'm not gonna be showing any of them to you.
07:39Why not?
07:42Well, because I don't think you can handle the sight of me
07:44straddling it in tight black leather.
07:46I'm so not getting a scooter for my daughter.
07:51That's Random!
07:52NYPD! Stop!
07:57Hey!
08:07I've always wanted to do that!
08:17Ah!
08:26Ow, ow, ow.
08:27What the hell are you doing? That's my suspect!
08:29Okay, relax. We're on the same team.
08:33Royce?
08:36Hey, kid. Long time.
08:39Yeah, too long.
08:40Nice driving.
08:41Oh, thanks. Mike Royce.
08:43Bounty hunter. Boom!
08:45Richard Castle, the writer.
08:47Royce used to be on the job.
08:49On the job? She says that like I'm any cop.
08:52I was her training officer when she left the academy.
08:55Hey, hey, hey. If I'm imposing on your happy reunion, you know,
08:58I could just go.
08:59The only place you're going is jail.
09:08You know, I know a guy that'd get that van out of your car.
09:10You let me go, I'd give him a call.
09:11Shut up and get in the box.
09:12No wonder that guy was getting away. Look at your shoes.
09:14What the?
09:15How many inches are those heels?
09:16My shoes are fine and he wasn't getting away.
09:22So, how'd you get the bounty on, random?
09:24I got a buddy at the courthouse. Random missed his hearing. I got a call.
09:27So you like this guy for murder, huh?
09:29Yeah, for his bail bondsman, Dion Carver.
09:31God, I know Dion. I just did a skip trace for him last year.
09:34You know, we found a weird piece of paper in his sock.
09:36I'm thinking it's some kind of code.
09:38Only paper I've seen people killed for had dead presidents on it.
09:43Look, if Random's not your guy, can I take him over to Central Booking and collect my bounty?
09:47Yeah, sure, if he alibis out. But I wouldn't hold my breath on that.
09:51Castle, you coming?
09:52Oh, actually, I was gonna hang back with Royce.
09:55Hear some stories about the good old days.
09:57Okay. Fine.
09:59But if you tell him about the karaoke stakeout, I'm gonna tell him what happened with the monkey.
10:03I love Cecile.
10:06But I got a lot of other stories.
10:09I wasn't running away. I was jogging.
10:11So, what were you doing climbing down the side of a building?
10:13Cross-training. Better cardiovascular workout.
10:17Random, you did a stint at Five Points Correctional,
10:20and within a week of your release, you were breaking into someone's apartment.
10:23That was a misunderstanding. I wrote down my friend's address wrong.
10:27Really? So what do you call killing Dion Carver?
10:30Mistaken identity?
10:32Dion's dead.
10:33Nice try.
10:34You have a history of breaking and entering,
10:36and I have a victim whose offices were ransacked,
10:38and you were seen arguing with Carver three hours before he was killed.
10:42He invited me to dinner because he wanted to stress the importance of my attendance in court this morning.
10:46And seeing as he had 100K on the hook if I skipped.
10:48Which you did.
10:49My alarm clock didn't go off.
10:51Or you were so exhausted after killing Carver that you slept right through it.
10:54Come on! Three hours after we had dinner?
10:56I was shoplifting that book Mart uptown.
10:58You threaten someone's life and then decide to shoplift a book.
11:01That's why I forgot to pay. I was so used to being in a prison library.
11:04I try to tell the security dude that,
11:06but he had me in some ninja chokehold.
11:08Luckily for me, I was able to slip away before the cops came.
11:12Sucker.
11:13But that guard would totally remember me.
11:17Oh no, she's got the cat in one hand, her gun in the other.
11:20I'm trying to get the hell out of the way so she can shoot the guy with the spear gun.
11:23Except Royce has such a giant head that every time I go to pull the trigger,
11:27all I can think about is how much paperwork I'll have to do if I accidentally shoot him.
11:30Okay, so you know what she does?
11:31She offers to show the guy her boobs if he drops the spear gun.
11:34Did he?
11:35Did you?
11:36No, because he had the same slack-jawed look that the two of you have.
11:40Allowing me to take the guy down, but I'll tell you what I realized in that moment with Beckett,
11:44you've got to be ready for anything.
11:46Wow, I'm seeing a whole new side of you today, and feel free to show me more.
11:51Did you see what happens when you feed the animals?
11:53Hey, so it looks like your shoplifter isn't our killer after all.
11:56Guard at book Mart confirms that he caught him trying to steal a copy of the Da Vinci Code.
12:00The Da Vinci Code?
12:02Maybe he thought it could help him decipher the document,
12:04thinking it's some kind of ancient religious cryptogram prophesizing the coming zombie apocalypse.
12:09You always like this?
12:10No, it's usually about CIA conspiracies.
12:12I was really close on one of those.
12:14So, do you want us to lock Random up? The store wants us to hold on to him.
12:17Why don't we let Royce take him down to Central? Book Mart can post charges over there.
12:20All right.
12:21Thanks, kid. I owe you one.
12:23You don't owe me anything, and you know it.
12:26Hey, do me a favor. Take a picture.
12:28Yeah, yeah, of course.
12:30Come on, old time's sake.
12:33Okay.
12:35Nice.
12:36So good to see you.
12:37You stay sharp, kid.
12:39Rick, don't let it boss you around too much.
12:42Hey, come on, kitten. We got a date at Central Booking.
12:48He tells a terrific story.
12:50Got a little bromance there, Castle?
12:52What? No. What?
12:53It's all right. He is pretty hard to resist.
13:01Hey.
13:02Yeah?
13:03Why didn't Royce and Beckett stay partners?
13:06She moved up, and he moved out.
13:08He did his 20 and put in his papers.
13:10I think he realized that he wasn't going to do any better than her.
13:16You know, I think Beckett's right about this.
13:19This doesn't look like anything worth killing for.
13:22Unless it's the lost secret to the Illuminatis.
13:25Or Morse code.
13:27Negative.
13:28All dashes, no dots.
13:30Hey, guys, you want to hear something weird?
13:32We got a fingerprint hit from Carver's office
13:34on a long-time felon named Clifford Stuckey.
13:37Stuckey? Why do I know that name?
13:40That's because it was Stuckey's apartment
13:42that Random broke into when he got out of prison.
13:44That can't be a coincidence.
13:46Clifford Stuckey!
13:48NYPD, open up!
13:59Who are you?
14:01NYPD. Are you Clifford Stuckey?
14:04Clifford Stuckey?
14:06I'd like you to come downtown and answer some questions about your break-in.
14:09You'll have to speak up, son. I dropped my hearing aid down the toilet.
14:12Oh, Beckett's going to love him.
14:14What?
14:15Mr. Stuckey, I'm Detective Kate Beckett.
14:17I wish they had cops like you when I was getting in trouble.
14:20Uh, sir, can I ask you a question?
14:24I wish they had cops like you when I was getting in trouble.
14:27Uh, sir, could you tell us what you were doing in Mr. Carver's office?
14:31Who?
14:32Dion Carver. He was a bail bondsman.
14:35He was murdered last night.
14:37We found your fingerprints in his office.
14:39Oh, him. Huh.
14:41What was the question?
14:43Mr. Carver posted bail for Random Pierce,
14:45the man who broke into your apartment.
14:47I need to know what you were doing in his office.
14:50Do you believe an old dog can learn new tricks, Detective?
14:53No.
14:54Neither did I.
14:56And then I got old.
14:59You see, I've been a bad man most of my life.
15:03And now all my friends are dead or in jail,
15:06and I got nothing to show for my... my time here.
15:15Mr. Stuckey, Carver's office.
15:18Huh?
15:19Oh, when the police told me that that boy had broken into my place,
15:23well, suddenly I... I saw myself 40 years ago.
15:27And I thought if somebody had just given me a break,
15:29maybe my life would have turned out differently.
15:31So... so I went to see what's-his-name, Carver.
15:33Mm-hmm.
15:34And I told him that I would consider, you know, dropping the charges
15:37if that kid could convince me that he was, you know,
15:40willing to straighten his life out.
15:43Where were you last night?
15:45At home, asleep, or as close as I ever get.
15:48I went to pee every half hour.
15:50Well, you should see the size of my prostate, son.
15:53It's like a baby's fist.
15:54Okay, whoa. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Stuckey.
15:56That's... that's good.
16:04Hey. Hey, that's the kid.
16:07Any idea where I can find him? My office still stands.
16:10I'm sorry, Mr. Stuckey. It's too late.
16:13He's already on his way back to jail.
16:15Aw, jeez.
16:19Okay.
16:26Call me crazy, but I don't think he was looking at Random's picture.
16:30It's like he was checking out that document.
16:32Oh, you mean the world's least interesting doodle?
16:37Pack it.
16:39I was just getting ready to cut open Carver's skull when I saw it on his forehead.
16:43Saw what?
16:44The light has to be at the right angle to catch the shine.
16:48Shine of the cross?
16:49I ran a test on the substance the cross was drawn with.
16:52Don't tell me.
16:53Yep. Holy oil.
16:54Holy oil?
16:55Looks like our killer gave Carver last rites.
17:03Dad, go back to bed. Breakfast is almost ready.
17:05Honey, stop cooking for a second. I want to talk to you.
17:08You've made a decision about the scooter?
17:10Have you ever heard of affluenza?
17:12You mean influenza?
17:13No, affluenza. It's a condition that affects children who come from wealthy homes.
17:18You're making that up.
17:19I'm not. It's on Wikipedia.
17:21You believe everything you read online.
17:22I don't, but the point is, you're a great kid.
17:25I'm just afraid that if I just give you everything you want, it's going to warp your relationship with money.
17:34So you're saying no?
17:35No, I'm not saying that. I'm saying that if this is really important to you,
17:41then you need to earn the money yourself.
17:44And by earn, I don't mean raise your college fund.
17:48Why are you thanking me?
17:49Because you said yes.
17:52I did?
17:53What are you thinking?
17:55That she would fold?
17:56This is Alexis we're talking about.
17:58She has never met a challenge that she hasn't attacked like Attila the Hun.
18:01Yeah, but it would take her so long.
18:02She'll have the money by next week.
18:03And then you know what you're in for?
18:04You're in for tattoos.
18:05You're in for nose rings.
18:06You're in for, oh, who knows what.
18:10Just how wild was your wild child phase?
18:15You don't want to know.
18:17So, I might have a lead on our last rights killer.
18:19Our victim's financials show he made several donations to a church in the South Bronx run by a father, Aaron Lowe.
18:25Brian's on his way to bring him in.
18:27Hey, Becky.
18:28Yeah, he's here.
18:30What was the nature of your relationship with Dion Carver?
18:34He was a member of my congregation.
18:37And a friend.
18:38Where were you two nights ago between 9 and 11?
18:41I was at the church.
18:43We had a late service and I went home to bed.
18:46I'm sorry, I have an appointment, so if you'll excuse me.
18:49No, Father.
18:50I'm sorry.
18:51I'm sorry.
18:52I'm sorry.
18:53I'm sorry.
18:54I'm sorry.
18:55I'm sorry.
18:56I'm sorry.
18:57I'm sorry.
18:58Whoa, Father.
19:00Those are killer shoes.
19:02Unfortunately, those are the same shoes that were worn by the man who killed Carver.
19:05And I'm certain that if we send those to the lab, they'll have Carver's blood all over them.
19:11Dion was dead when I got there.
19:13Try again.
19:14Look, I swear, I found him lying in his office.
19:16I administered last rights and then I dialed 911.
19:19Anonymously.
19:20And then you ran.
19:21There was nothing more I could do.
19:22Why were you there in the first place?
19:25Dion was having marital troubles.
19:26I was helping him find his way.
19:27Marital troubles.
19:29Are you sure that you didn't go there looking for this?
19:33I don't know what that is.
19:35Lying is not his strong suit.
19:36A quality I like in a priest.
19:37I'm telling the truth.
19:39Father, you left the scene of a crime and a man that you describe as a friend was murdered.
19:43If you didn't have anything to hide, you would have stayed.
19:46I was in shock.
19:47Okay, there was so much blood.
19:48All I could think to do was escape.
19:50Because you murdered him?
19:51No, because of how it looked.
19:53The convicts I work with tell me horror stories about the police, about how they're framed.
19:58You know, when I found Dion like that, I panicked.
20:02Am I ashamed?
20:03Yes.
20:05But you have to believe, I didn't murder anybody.
20:08Father, you'll have to forgive me, but this is a murder investigation.
20:12And I can't base this on faith.
20:16Hey.
20:18Hey, looks like you caught your killer.
20:20Yeah, maybe.
20:21So?
20:23Was he trying to start the zombie apocalypse?
20:25Mock all you want.
20:26Our good father knows what that paper is.
20:29Oh, man.
20:30Hey, I found this picture in my closet.
20:32I thought you'd get a kick out of it.
20:34Oh, look at you, all shiny and bright.
20:37What did I tell you about feeding the animals?
20:40I just stopped by to say thanks again for the bounty assist.
20:44And maybe I can buy you lunch.
20:46Yeah, sure.
20:47So, it looks like the bug from Carver's office was shipped from Thailand to a spy shop on Fifth Avenue.
20:53And guess who bought it?
20:54Father Aaron.
20:56Brooke Carver, our victim's wife.
20:59Funny, she failed to mention that she was bugging her husband's office.
21:02Perhaps the good father was telling the truth about Carver's marital problems.
21:05Nothing says marriage on the rocks like electronic eavesdropping.
21:08But does it say murder?
21:10Let's ask her.
21:13Oh, um, why don't you stop by after my shift?
21:17I'll buy you a beer.
21:18It's a date.
21:22We've been fighting all the time.
21:25Some nights he wouldn't come home.
21:27He said he was sleeping at the office, but I didn't believe him.
21:32So I bought the bug.
21:33You thought he was cheating on you.
21:35And when you heard him in action, you decided to make yourself a widow.
21:37Well, at first I couldn't even bear to listen. I couldn't bear to hear him with another woman.
21:41And finally I made my sister listen with me, but what we heard, it wasn't sex.
21:47It was Dion talking about how much he loved me.
21:50And how he prayed that he could save our marriage.
21:54I cried all night.
21:56And in the morning I threw the receiver away.
21:58And when was that?
21:59A few weeks ago.
22:01We had just started to find our way back to each other and now he's dead.
22:05Soon all I'll have to remember him by is a box of ashes.
22:09Brooke's sister confirms the story.
22:10We got about a dozen witnesses that put Father Aaron in church at 10 p.m. when Carver was killed.
22:15So we're back to square one.
22:16I know. The answer is right here in front of us. I can feel it.
22:19It's just that there's something that we're not seeing. There's a connection that we haven't made yet.
22:22Do you want me to start processing the good father out?
22:24No. He might have an alibi, but he's definitely involved somehow.
22:28It says here that Father Aaron volunteers at Five Points Correctional.
22:32That's where Random did his time.
22:33They knew each other.
22:34And they both knew our victim. So maybe Five Points is our connection.
22:37Did Stuckey do time there?
22:39Nope.
22:40Damn.
22:41Doesn't mean they're not connected in a different way.
22:43Prison's a networking goldmine for criminals.
22:45Out of curiosity, who is Random's cellmate?
22:52Malcolm Lloyd.
22:54A recidivist thief doing 20 for a jewel heist.
22:57We should go talk to him.
22:58Can't. Looks like he died of a heart attack in prison three weeks ago.
23:02Wouldn't it be funny if Father Aaron administered last rites for Lloyd as well?
23:09Brian?
23:10Yeah?
23:11Check Lloyd's known associates?
23:12Doesn't mention the priest.
23:13Wait a minute.
23:14It says Lloyd knew Clifford Stuckey.
23:16Looks like he and Lloyd were both arrested for the same jewel heist.
23:20They were partners.
23:21D.A. didn't have enough evidence to prosecute Stuckey, so he walked while Lloyd did 20 years.
23:26That still doesn't explain why Random broke into Stuckey's apartment.
23:29Maybe this will help.
23:30The heist that Lloyd and Stuckey pulled?
23:32Ten million dollars in rare sapphires and rubies.
23:35And guess what?
23:36They were never found.
23:38You guys.
23:40I think I know what this is.
23:44It's a treasure map.
23:49Father, we checked with the prison.
23:50We know that you gave Malcolm Lloyd his last rites.
23:53That's when you found out about the map.
23:56I administered to Malcolm at the end.
23:58He told me he was scared.
24:00That he wanted to do one good thing before he died.
24:04He made me promise that I would use it for the church.
24:07But when I went to the cell, the map wasn't there.
24:10Because Random had already taken it.
24:12But when Random got out of jail, he couldn't figure it out.
24:14So he breaks into Stuckey's apartment, figuring he's going to strong arm Lloyd's old partner into helping him.
24:19Only Stuckey wasn't home and someone called the cops.
24:21I called them.
24:22I'd been following Random.
24:23I knew that his arrest would give me the leverage I needed to force him to share the map.
24:27Because you were friends with the bail bondsman.
24:30Random had no money for bail.
24:32Dion agreed to cover it for a third of the treasure.
24:34But he insisted on holding on to the map for safekeeping.
24:37So why were you really at Carver's office the night he died?
24:40Dion called me and told me he figured out the map.
24:44But when I got there, he was already dead.
24:46Murdered by that old man.
24:48Stuckey.
24:49How do you know?
24:50Because Stuckey had caught Dion and Random conspiring together the night before.
24:54He told me he had waited 20 years for that money.
24:57And they had 24 hours to give it back or bodies were going to start dropping.
25:01Mr. Stuckey.
25:03We need to talk.
25:24You're never going to hear the end of this.
25:25Ah, crap.
25:27You're never going to hear the end of this.
25:28Ah, crap.
25:32When do Esposito and Ryan get back?
25:34Soon.
25:35They're on their way to Central Booking to pick up Random to ask him about the map.
25:39So I made a couple of phone calls and this heist in 1990 was worth $10 million.
25:44And now it's worth almost $30 million.
25:46Hey, you ready?
25:47Yeah.
25:49Well, you can't leave now.
25:51Come on, Castle. Every uniform in the city's got Stuckey's photo.
25:54And if there's one thing that my T.O. taught me, it's that sometimes the best way to crack a case is by taking a break.
26:01Promise I won't keep her out too late.
26:08So, it's actually a treasure map, huh?
26:12Castle's been trying to figure it out all day.
26:17I should have been on to Stuckey earlier, though.
26:19Nobody's perfect.
26:20You were.
26:22You were easy to impress.
26:24No, I wasn't. I was drowning.
26:26And...
26:28you were dry land.
26:31All they ever taught us in the Academy was how to do paperwork.
26:34You were the one who taught me how to be a cop.
26:36You were easy to teach.
26:39Keeping you out of trouble? Not so much.
26:41Trouble? Me?
26:43What about that biker chick from Yonkers?
26:45Yeah, well, I got her to snitch on her crew, didn't I?
26:47By offering me up as mandate.
26:49Oh, you should have seen your face when she told the judge he completes me.
26:53That's mean.
27:03I caught him, Royce.
27:07The man who killed my mom.
27:10After all these years?
27:15You find out why he did it?
27:18Somebody paid him to do it.
27:21But I had to shoot him before I could find out who.
27:26That was stupid.
27:30You should have just shown him your boobs.
27:33Shh.
27:46Dad?
27:47Hey.
27:49What are you doing here?
27:50I got the money.
27:52Already?
27:53Mm-hmm.
27:54How?
27:55The lightsabers.
27:56I found a guy on eBay willing to pay two grand for them.
27:58But we had so much fun with those.
28:00Saving the universe one galaxy at a time.
28:02That's what got you into fencing.
28:03I know, Dad, but I've outgrown them.
28:08Oh, yeah, I guess...
28:10I guess you have.
28:12Are you mad?
28:14No, no.
28:16I'm frustrated with this case.
28:20Is that the map?
28:21Yeah, and it's making me doubt my own genius.
28:25It's just something I am not seeing.
28:28Can I take a look?
28:30Sure.
28:32I found it folded up in our victim's sock.
28:34It's got a lot of fold marks on it.
28:36Yeah.
28:37Almost like a puzzle.
28:38Mm-hmm.
28:39Or one of those paper fortune tellers.
28:42Or Mad Magazine.
28:45Uh, Mad Magazine used to have this trick picture on the back.
28:50If you folded it the right way, it would show you an entirely different image.
28:53Hey, there's a word there.
28:55The.
29:01Under. Under. Under the...
29:06Gun.
29:07Under the gun.
29:08Under the gun?
29:09Under the gun!
29:10What does that mean?
29:12I don't know.
29:14I should get going.
29:15They're gonna be bringing Random into the precinct.
29:18I'm just gonna hit bed.
29:20I'm just gonna hit bed.
29:32Beckett.
29:33It's Ryan.
29:34We're at central booking.
29:35Random isn't here.
29:37What do you mean he's not there?
29:39Where is he?
29:40I don't know.
29:41Your buddy Royce never delivered him.
29:50I don't know.
29:57I can't believe he lied to me.
30:00Money makes people do crazy things.
30:02Look at any reality show contestant who ever ate a cockroach on television.
30:06Doesn't mean he killed Carver.
30:09Yeah, well, until I find otherwise, I'm gonna have to assume that he did.
30:12Do you think he came here to see the map like Stucky did?
30:15No.
30:16Oh, no.
30:17What?
30:18When I took the picture of the two of you, you were standing in front of the murder board.
30:23He has a copy of the map.
30:25Yes, but obviously he can't figure it out.
30:27That's why he was here.
30:28He wanted to see if we did it.
30:30Beckett, hold the files from the jewelry heist.
30:33The boy Royce was part of the investigation.
30:35So he knew about the treasure from the start.
30:37There was surveillance on his apartment and APB on his car.
30:40What about under the gun?
30:41Any idea what that means?
30:42Not yet.
30:43There was a gun club about five blocks from the jewel heist,
30:46which was torn down and turned into condominiums about ten years ago.
30:49All right, then. Keep looking.
30:55Beckett.
30:56It's me.
31:00Royce, turn yourself in.
31:02I can't do that, kid.
31:03Too close to the money to walk away right now.
31:06Listen, I just need you to know that I didn't mean for it to go like this.
31:12Did you kill Carver for the map?
31:14Come on, kid. You know me better than that.
31:16I don't think I do.
31:19Because the man that I knew wouldn't betray me like this.
31:23I gotta go.
31:24Mike, I was in love with you.
31:27Oh, Kate, don't.
31:29You were the only one who understood the obsession that drove me.
31:34Who didn't tell me that I would get over my mother's murder and that she wouldn't want me to do this.
31:39Just trying to do right by you, kid.
31:42I dreamt about you.
31:43The night that I shot the guy who killed my mother, I dreamt that I was the one who was on the ground dying.
31:49And that you came up to me and told me to stand up.
31:52Because there is still work to be done.
31:55When I woke up that morning, I just wanted to call you, but we hadn't talked in so long.
32:01You should have called.
32:03I never forgot.
32:05I'm going to catch Carver's killer, Royce.
32:08And then I'm going to recover Lloyd's score.
32:11And when I arrest you, you're going to realize that what you destroyed today was worth a hell of a lot more than money.
32:23Did I keep him on long enough?
32:25Uh...
32:27Yeah.
32:28We got an address.
32:29Alright, let's go.
32:33All that was just an act. To get a trace?
32:36Of course.
32:39Oh.
32:42Help me!
32:44Where?
32:45Woo!
32:46Thank God!
32:47That dude totally kidnapped me.
32:49Knock it off. We already know about the map.
32:51Really?
32:52Where's Royce?
32:53Out looking for my money.
32:54Looks like he betrayed all of us.
32:56Random, either you start telling us the truth, or Esposito is going to hang you out that window by your feet.
33:01Look, I'm a victim in all this.
33:02I bumped with a geezer who wouldn't shut up about his ten million dollar score.
33:05How he buried it where nobody could find it.
33:07Not without the map.
33:08But then I had to partner with Carver and the, uh, creepy priest.
33:10And instead of us trying to figure out the map, all they wanted to do was argue about how unchristian it was to cut Carver's wife out of the score.
33:16This argument, did it take place in Carver's office?
33:19Yeah.
33:20Which Brooke had bugged.
33:21Seriously?
33:22Call Ryan, have him find Brooke.
33:23Right.
33:24She didn't hear him profess his undying love for her.
33:27She heard him trying to cut her out of millions.
33:29And then she lied to our faces.
33:31Marriage on the rocks.
33:32A fortune in rocks.
33:34Two kids.
33:35Marriage on the rocks.
33:36A fortune in rocks.
33:38Two strong motives for murder.
33:39We showed her the map.
33:41No wonder her hands were trembling.
33:43Ryan traced Brooke to Carver's office.
33:45Alright, let's go.
33:47Hey, hey, hey.
33:49What about me?
33:51Have a cheese puff. Uniforms are on their way.
33:54There's no one here.
33:56We just missed her.
33:58She was trying to recreate the map from memory.
34:00Look at this.
34:01Notes she took while she was listening in on the bug.
34:04Great hair. Under the gun.
34:06And she heard them figuring it out.
34:08But without the map, she can't find the treasure.
34:10That's because the score could be buried anywhere.
34:12No, it can't be.
34:15New York is basically an island of concrete.
34:17Lloyd would have to make sure he buried it someplace that couldn't be torn down or dug up to make condos.
34:21The park, maybe.
34:22Or a cemetery.
34:23Didn't Brooke say Carver was being cremated?
34:25So why does she have cemetery brochures?
34:28Those weren't lines on the map.
34:30Those were gravestones.
34:32And yet it's buried under the gun.
34:34You know, if this were a horror movie, we'd be the first ones killed splitting off like this.
34:38Yeah, except we're not a couple of top-heavy co-eds out looking for fun.
34:41We're highly trained officers of the law with enough firepower to take out a horde of undead.
34:46Hispanic and cocky. Yeah, you'd definitely die first.
34:50You know, if this was a horror movie...
34:52Castle, focus.
34:54There it is, there it is. Look.
34:56Yes.
34:59Looks like someone's been here already.
35:01Drop the gun.
35:03I can't do that.
35:04Then we got a problem.
35:05You're not a cop killer, Brooke. I know you didn't mean to kill Dion.
35:08He just surprised you when you were looking for that map.
35:10What the hell with that? Of course I'm meant to kill him.
35:12After ten years of putting up with his foot fetish and snoring, he betrays me like that?
35:16Uh-uh. I deserve that treasure.
35:18And I'm not leaving here without it.
35:20The only one leaving with that treasure is me.
35:22And I got the biggest gun.
35:24Not anymore, Grandpa.
35:26Drop your weapon! Drop it! Drop your weapon right now, stupid!
35:28What's wrong with you? Drop your weapon!
35:30I mean it! Drop it now!
35:33What about you, Roy? Are you willing to shoot me for that treasure?
35:36In case you haven't noticed, kid, my gun's not pointed at you.
35:39Well, my gun is. And at this range, I'm gonna turn her and the haircut into soup.
35:43You shoot, you die, Gramps.
35:45You think I care? The only thing that's keeping me alive is that ten million in stones.
35:49Either I leave with it, or I leave in a body bag.
35:51Well, then maybe we should make sure that treasure's even there before we start shooting.
35:55Castle, do you mind?
35:57Why me?
35:58Because you're the only one without a gun.
36:01Good point.
36:02Okay, just...
36:15You got a plan here, kid?
36:17Not one that I'm gonna share with you.
36:20Maybe you should show us all something.
36:25Hey, you guys?
36:28I think I found something.
36:34Just like old times, huh, kid?
36:36Drop the gun. Now!
36:40The treasure! Let me see the treasure!
36:44Yeah, I just said that to distract you.
36:47It's either that or showing my boobs.
36:51You got a voice?
36:52Yeah.
36:53Get up. Get up.
36:55Ryan?
36:56Yeah.
36:57All right, come on. Let's go.
36:59Yeah.
37:11Go ahead, kid.
37:13Do what you gotta do.
37:24Michael Royce, you're under arrest.
37:36Uh...
37:38Hello?
37:40Doesn't anyone want to see if there actually is a treasure?
37:43I can't believe there wasn't actually a treasure.
37:45Maybe we read the map wrong.
37:47Maybe it was all a wild goose chase.
37:49Either way, case is closed.
37:51Hey, how's Becca holding up?
37:53Hard to see your hero's fall.
37:58Hey.
37:59Hey.
38:02Can I just say how...
38:05unsatisfying it is to go on a treasure hunt with no treasure?
38:08Well, it wasn't really a treasure hunt, Castle.
38:10It was a murder investigation.
38:12Oh, come on.
38:13You can't tell me you weren't just a little bit excited.
38:16Maybe a little.
38:17Oh.
38:19What's bugging me, though, is...
38:21if there was no treasure, then...
38:23why make a map?
38:24Well, it's a big cemetery.
38:25Maybe he got the spot wrong.
38:27Or maybe under the gun was just to throw us off.
38:29You know, if it was me...
38:31I would have left something out of the map.
38:33Last step.
38:35So you think there was another map?
38:36No, I would have kept it somewhere close to me.
38:38Somewhere where...
38:39where only I knew that...
38:41that it was important.
38:44Somewhere, like, on my body.
38:46Do you think this is the final part of the map?
38:48What else would be important enough for our jewel thief to tattoo it on his arm?
38:51Okay, uh, Roman numerals.
38:52Two over a six.
38:54I'm gonna say that that means two rows up,
38:56six stones over from where we dug.
38:59You...
39:00care to do some digging, Detective?
39:10Well, did you find it?
39:13Yes, we did!
39:14Yay!
39:15Ha ha! Yes.
39:17Unfortunately, when you go treasure hunting with a cop,
39:20she makes you return the treasure to its rightful owner.
39:22But, uh, the evening wasn't a total loss.
39:25When we found it, she did give me a sweaty hug.
39:27Dad.
39:28So what are you girls doing?
39:29You picking out a color for your shiny new scooter?
39:33Tell him.
39:34Tell me what?
39:38I decided not to get the scooter.
39:40I realized once I left the precinct
39:42how wrong it was for me to sell those lightsabers.
39:44But I was so caught up in wanting the bike
39:46that I convinced myself I was just trading one thing for another.
39:49But playing for 10 with you
39:51was one of the best parts of my childhood,
39:53and it means more to me than a shiny new scooter ever could.
39:59I'm so proud of you.
40:01Proud enough to buy me a new scooter?
40:04No.
40:05I made a deal, and it would be wrong to break it.
40:08But there's nothing in that deal
40:10that prohibits me from buying myself a scooter.
40:12And maybe letting you borrow it from time to time.
40:14Are you sure?
40:15Sure.
40:16I can send you the store for batteries for lightsabers.
40:18Thanks, Dad.
40:19Oh, and when you have the scooter, maybe I can borrow the car.