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  • 5/25/2025
Castle Season 3 Episode 15

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00:00It was an accident, Charles. Come inside, I'll get you an ice pack.
00:06Vicky! I've got Charles with me!
00:10Vicky!
00:11Damien!
00:14Vicky!
00:31I'm just saying, the first Valentine's Day you spend with somebody is important.
00:35Yeah, but Lainey doesn't care about that stuff.
00:37All women care. Beckett, you and Josh, you've got big plans for Valentine's Day, right?
00:41Josh is a surgeon. I'm a cop.
00:44The unlikely event that we have a couple of hours free on Monday night, we might go to dinner.
00:48See ya.
00:50Hey Castle, it's Beckett. Call me when you get this.
00:53Ooh, Castle's gonna be sorry that he missed this one.
00:55Why?
00:56Rich people, man.
00:57Society and murders are always the freakiest.
01:00The call came in about an hour ago.
01:02The owner of the house, Damien Westlake, says all was well when he left at 5pm to meet his neighbor, Charles Utley, for a game of pick-up.
01:09When the men returned at 6pm, Victoria Westlake was dead.
01:13Murder weapon?
01:16Nail gun.
01:17It's over there.
01:19See? Told you.
01:22Freaky.
01:23The back door was ajar. Officers found what appears to be a gang tag on the rear wall of the building.
01:28The paint's fresh.
01:29I'll reach out to the gang unit, see if they can ID it for us.
01:32I'll talk with Mr. Utley.
01:35Westlake's have a dog, so if neighbors heard barking, we might be able to pinpoint a timeline.
01:39We canvassed and nobody heard the dog.
01:41The ME tentatively puts time of death between 4.30 and 6 o'clock.
01:454.30, which means she might have been dead before the husband arrived.
01:494.30 and 6 o'clock.
01:504.30, which means she might have been dead before the husband left the house.
01:54Where is Mr. Westlake?
02:02Mr. Westlake, I'm Detective Kate...
02:05Castle.
02:09Castle, what are you doing here?
02:11Damien Westlake is an old friend of mine from boarding school.
02:14He knows about my relationship with the NYPD, he just called me to give him some support.
02:18Which is when you should have called me to let me know.
02:20I just got here, and I had no idea this would be your case.
02:24Well, now that you do, is there anything you want to tell me that might be pertinent?
02:27Uh, nothing. I'd never even met Vicky.
02:29But now, at least I can tell Damien the finest detective in New York City is working his wife's case.
02:36Everything was fine when she left.
02:39The last thing she said to me was to have a good game.
02:42Mr. Westlake, do you know of anyone that might have wanted to harm Vicky?
02:45No, everyone loved her.
02:47Someone spray-painted your back wall. Did you notice anyone suspicious hanging out when you left?
02:53No. Vicky shouldn't even have been here. She came home early from work with a headache.
02:58Hey, we're gonna catch the guy who did this, okay? I promise.
03:01What did she do for a living?
03:03Interior design.
03:04And you?
03:08Damien's a writer.
03:10Anything I might have read?
03:12No, I've never been published.
03:14How long were the two of you married?
03:15Five years.
03:16And would you characterize your relationship as happy?
03:19Well, why would you need to ask that?
03:22It's alright, Vicky. I love my wife very much. She was my whole world.
03:29Mr. Westlake, I'm sorry, but I'm gonna have to ask you a few questions about the murder weapon.
03:33Okay, um, why would you need to ask him about the murder weapon?
03:36Castle. The nail gun. Was that yours?
03:40No. We've been doing some remodeling. Any tools in the house belong to the workmen.
03:45Did you ever have any-
03:46Were there ever any issues with these workmen?
03:47Yeah, I overheard Vicky on the phone with someone last Friday evening.
03:52She told him that he was fired and he shouldn't come back.
03:54You know his name?
03:55I asked her about it. She told me it was nothing.
03:58Talk to Amber Patinelli. Amber works for Vicky.
04:01Look, if you don't mind, I really need to call Vicky's ex-husband, Simon, and her kids.
04:07I'm sure the press is gonna be all over this, and I don't want them to hear about it on television.
04:11Of course.
04:12Excuse me.
04:16Hey. Why are you mad at me? I'm just looking out for my friend.
04:20You challenged my authority in front of a suspect, Castle.
04:23Since when is Damien a suspect?
04:25Right now, everyone is. You know that. That's how I do my job.
04:28I will not have you get in the way of an investigation.
04:30I won't. I won't. I promise. But now can we get onto real suspects like workmen?
04:34Like, uh, mystery gang members?
04:36Question away.
04:37Look, I promised Damien we would get the guy that did this.
04:42I promised Damien we would get the guy that did this.
04:45Let me help you. Please.
04:47Yo! Castle!
04:50Hey, you made it.
04:51Yeah.
04:52So, I talked with Damien Westlake's friend, Charles Utley.
04:56He said Damien was distraught when he found his wife's body.
04:59But he also says that during their normally friendly game, Damien was unusually tense and aggressive.
05:05So maybe he shoots his wife, then goes shoot some hoops, injures his friend, brings him inside to establish an alibi.
05:09You know, Vicky Westlake had an argument with one of her workers on Friday.
05:12A worker who, and I'm just speculating here, may have some experience with nail guns.
05:16Maybe we should go run check out that lead before we rush to judgment on an innocent man.
05:20I'm sorry, is this you staying out of the way?
05:23This is me simply making a point about remaining objective.
05:27Excuse me. Amber Patinelli. I'm Detective Esposito. This is Detective Ryan.
05:32We'd like to talk with you about Vicky Westlake.
05:34Of course. Oh my God, it's just so terrible.
05:37Vicky's husband said that she had a fight with one of the workmen at her house.
05:40She fired the carpenter, Morris Hasberg.
05:43Oh my God, you don't think that Morris did this?
05:45We're looking at several suspects.
05:48What did Morris do to get fired?
05:49He stole her engagement ring.
05:51Vicky was afraid of getting mugged, so she didn't wear it much.
05:54Vicky looked for it in her jewelry box last week and it was missing.
05:57Jewelry box? My fiancé never takes her ring off her finger.
06:01Is your fiancé's ring 11 carats?
06:04Morris was hired to make a cabinet for the master bath. He was the only person in the bedroom.
06:08Vicky told him if he didn't return the ring, he'd have to pay for it.
06:11I don't understand.
06:13Morris was hired to make a cabinet for the master bath. He was the only person in the bedroom.
06:17Vicky told him if he didn't return the ring, she'd have to call the police.
06:20Morris went crazy.
06:22Crazy how?
06:23He came to the house on Monday morning and he made a scene.
06:26He said that if she didn't stop telling lies, bad things would happen.
06:31Morris Hasberg.
06:32Turns out the Westlake's carpenter learned his trade at Sing Sing.
06:35We did 8 to 10 for armed robbery back in the late 90s.
06:38Witnesses report seeing his truck in front of the Westlake's townhouse on the day of the murder.
06:42Do I see two men jumping on a hot workman-related lead?
06:47That sounded a lot dirtier than I wanted it to.
06:49We'll bring him in.
06:50Okay.
06:51Oh, actually, those were...
06:56See? I told you it wasn't Damien.
06:59I never said it was. In fact, I would be very happy if Morris was our guy.
07:03You have wrong guy.
07:05Morris, forensics came back on the nail gun. Your fingerprints are all over the murder weapon.
07:10I must use nail gun for carpenter.
07:13Well, then what was your truck doing parked on her street on Wednesday?
07:17She say come see her.
07:19You expect us to believe that Mrs. Westlake invited you back into her house after you stole her ring and threatened her?
07:26Mrs. Westlake, she find ring.
07:29She call to me and say to come there.
07:32And then she say sorry to accuse.
07:35She cry.
07:37She cry? She cried?
07:39It's truth.
07:41Hasbro's alibi is truth.
07:44Shut the front door.
07:45CSU inventory the jewelry and the engagement ring is there.
07:50But there were other prints on the weapon.
07:52Partials, but none of them are in the system.
07:55Okay, so what's our new theory? Who's our new suspect?
07:59Oh, come on. Not Damien.
08:01Castle, bad guys breaking into houses bring their own weapons.
08:04Dogs bark at strangers and over one third of domestic female homicide victims are murdered by their husbands.
08:10I don't care about statistics. I am telling you, Damien is not capable of murder.
08:15You know, I can say that about maybe three people that I've met in my entire life.
08:19What is it about this guy that warrants this unshakable faith that you have in him?
08:24When I was 14, my mom sent me to Edgewick Academy.
08:27I was homesick and I didn't have any friends, so I wrote about it.
08:33One day I submitted a story to the literary magazine. Damien Westlake was the editor.
08:37And he published it.
08:38More than that. He called me down to his office. He sat me down and he said,
08:43Ricky, you have a great talent.
08:53No one had ever said anything like that to me before.
08:56Damien, he encouraged me. He critiqued me. He always made me take a little deeper.
09:04Without Damien Westlake, I'm a lawyer. I'm a grifter. I'm a rodeo clown. But I am not a writer.
09:16Without him, I'm not me.
09:20Yo, I ran a standard background check on Damien Westlake.
09:24Turns out Vicky isn't the first family member that he's lost to violence.
09:27You mean his father?
09:29His father. When Damien was 19, his father was killed at the Westlake vacation home in Puerto Rico.
09:36Not killed, Castle. Murdered.
09:40Now you didn't tell us.
09:42Tell you what? How is the tragic death of Damien's father over two decades ago in any way relevant to this case?
09:49I'll tell you how.
09:52The cops that were investigating that case named Damien as the prime suspect.
10:00Castle, it's one thing for you to look out for your friend. It's a completely different story when you hide vital information from me.
10:14I wasn't hiding it. I just didn't think it mattered.
10:17You didn't think it mattered. That Damien was a suspect in a previous homicide.
10:21I didn't know he was a suspect. And since he was never arrested and that case is still unsolved,
10:27I'm guessing those cops have a lot of theories and no evidence like another detective I could name right about now.
10:32You know, if this was anybody else, you'd be asking me why I hadn't already slapped the cuffs on him.
10:37But it isn't anyone else. And I'm telling you, you are way off base on this one.
10:41What's going on? Mom and Dad are fighting. Who's winning?
10:45We agreed that you would stay out of my way on this.
10:47Yes, but I did not agree I would stand by and let you railroad my friend.
10:50Castle, you are too close to this one. You need to go home. Now.
10:58Yeah, thanks, Billy.
11:12Let's get a hold of Philip Westlake's case file. I want to find out why no arrests were made.
11:20And Vicky Westlake's ex-husband, Simon Campbell, let's bring him in.
11:28Sorry. I had to get out of there. Keep thinking I'm going to hear Vicky's voice.
11:35I'm going to come around the corner and see her curled up on the sofa.
11:38Listen, Damien, I'm sorry. Something's come up in the investigation.
11:42Your father's murder. You are a suspect.
11:46Some creep broke into our house, robbed the place and shot my father.
11:52The cops decided on day one that it must have been me.
11:55Were you there?
11:56I was at college, 2,000 miles away.
12:00I know you and your father didn't have the best relationship.
12:04It only got worse after my mother passed away.
12:07And when you died, you inherited...
12:09Everything.
12:12Detective Beckett thinks I got away with murder once, now I've done it again, doesn't she?
12:17Damien, you should have told me. I'm not a cop. I'm your friend.
12:21That's right, you are.
12:23Remember when you first came to Edgewick?
12:26I remember.
12:27I was the one that told them to give you a chance.
12:30I'm looking for the same chance now.
12:34Mr. Campbell, how did you get along with your ex-wife?
12:38Well, it was hard for a while. I was bitter.
12:40Vicky left me for him, you know?
12:44We had a home. We had two kids going into their teens.
12:47And she fell madly in love with Damien Westlake and left me.
12:50And what did you know about him? About his past?
12:53I know he doesn't work. Comes from money, I guess.
12:55Typical spoiled child that grew into a spoiled man.
12:58I know Vicky regretted marrying him.
13:01And why would you say that?
13:02Vicky's business is on the ground floor of our brownstone.
13:05I still live in the top two floors with the kids.
13:07I would see her every day, you know, singing a little tune or gazing fondly at some new bobble he had gotten her.
13:14And lately there was less singing and more crying.
13:19Monday she told me she thought she had made a mistake.
13:21We even talked about getting back together.
13:23But you think it's a coincidence that two days later she was dead?
13:30Richard, I thought you went to bed hours ago.
13:33Couldn't sleep.
13:34Couldn't sleep because of your fight with Beckett or because there's a possibility your old friend Damien may be a double murderer?
13:42Both, and thank you for putting it so bluntly.
13:45Richard, you know, you get every...
13:47Don't say it.
13:49I know what you're thinking because I'm thinking it too.
13:52What are the chances Damien's father and wife are both murdered in home invasions but he had nothing to do with them?
13:59So what do you think?
14:01I know if he is guilty, I'll need to be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt.
14:06I'll need solid evidence, not just coincidence and speculation.
14:11Have you ever known Beckett to settle for less than that?
14:15No.
14:16I think you should face it, kiddo. You may owe that woman an apology.
14:21Especially if you want to stay on the case.
14:28Oh, no.
14:32Can I give you a hand with that?
14:34I got it.
14:35You just...
14:36Castle, I said I got it, okay?
14:42What are you doing here?
14:45When I told Damien the best detective in New York was working his wife's case, I meant it.
14:49And I'm... I'm sorry to have doubted you.
14:53If you let me back, I promise I will do my best to remain objective.
14:59Well, that might be harder than you think.
15:02The Westlakes financial records.
15:04This is their prenuptial agreement and it's pretty clear that if they got divorced, Damien would get nothing.
15:09But with her dead, he inherits ten million.
15:11Yes, but you're forgetting that Damien is already rich. The money he got when his father died.
15:15When his father was murdered.
15:16And also, that money is gone.
15:20Last of his cash, Damien spent wooing Vicky.
15:22He showered her with expensive presents, the engagement ring, a tennis bracelet, diamond earrings.
15:27And by the time they got married, Damien was taffed out of money. Vicky was paying for all the bills.
15:32According to Damien's credit card receipts, he spent her money on good scotch box seats and Cuban cigars.
15:37Meanwhile, most of her charges were for her design business. Appraisers, a rug place, refinisher.
15:42So?
15:43So maybe Vicky got tired of being his ATM. Maybe she threatened to cut him off, just like his father did.
15:48Kessel, I read the Phillip Westlake case files. The cops were sure it was him.
15:52Yes, but they were wrong, just like you're wrong now.
15:55I'm sorry, is this you being objective or is this you staying out of my way?
15:59This is me saying maybe we could broaden our suspect pool a little bit.
16:04Suspect pool a little bit? Certainly there's someone else we could be looking at.
16:07I think I might be able to help with that. The gang unit ID'd the tag on the back wall of the Westlakes.
16:12It's a personal signature. The guy's name is Omar Lincoln.
16:15Please, please tell me he's a very bad man.
16:17He did two years for assault with a deadly weapon and a B&E in 2007.
16:21Huh?
16:22Call the graffiti squad. They've been tracking this guy. Got a pop on his location.
16:25All right. Let's go get this guy, huh?
16:30Okay, go. I got it.
16:35Yo, Omar. Come here.
16:39NYPD, come on down.
16:41So long, detectives.
16:43Hey, hey, hey.
16:45Hey, wait a minute.
16:47NYPD, stop the truck.
16:50Stop, stop the truck. Stop the truck.
16:54All right, get down.
16:57Yo, if this is about that dead rapist, I'm going to kill him.
17:02Yo, if this is about that dead rich lady, I don't know nothing.
17:07All right, come on. Let's go.
17:11Okay, I was at the house, yeah. But I didn't kill her.
17:15Here's what I think happened, Omar.
17:16You were back there tagging the wall and Mrs. Westlake opens the door and sees you.
17:20You shove her inside and you grab the first weapon you find so that she doesn't call the cops and you don't get busted on your part.
17:25No, no.
17:26Look, I tagged the wall. Right after that, I hit the flower shop on 63rd.
17:29On the season, he pulls a .38. I get out of there hella fast.
17:33Ask him.
17:34What time was this?
17:35Quarter to five, about.
17:36You make this vandalism charge go away, I'll tell you fine detectives who did it.
17:45Okay.
17:46Her husband.
17:47Oh, come on.
17:48Castle.
17:51All right, Omar. Talk to me.
17:53I heard them two fight. I mean, Breezy had a Park Avenue on.
17:57You're a liar. You're a thief. I'm sorry I ever met you. I want a divorce.
18:01If I was him, I would've killed the two just to shut her up.
18:07I mean, don't even write that.
18:10I can't believe you're taking Omar Lincoln at his word.
18:13I'm taking the word of Dan Samuels, who confirms at 4.50 p.m. he was at his flower shop pointing a .38 at Omar Lincoln and that Omar ran north, which is in the opposite direction of the Westlake's town hall.
18:23Yes, but maybe he doubled back.
18:25Omar says that he overheard the Westlakes having a knockdown drag out. That is, she used the D word.
18:29Damien told us that things were fine between them and that the last thing that Vicky said to him was, have a good game.
18:34They had a fight. Married people fight.
18:36Well, then why did Damien lie to us about it?
18:38Maybe he was afraid you'd, I don't know, suspect him of murder?
18:40Or maybe he was afraid that we'd figure out what the fight was about.
18:45These are Damien's credit card charges.
18:46Yeah, we went over those. Cigars, scotch, box seats.
18:50This is a different card.
18:51Took us a while to find it because Damien paid the bill from a pocket account and he kept it a secret from Vicky.
18:56And given the charges, I'm sure he was keeping other secrets.
18:59There's a florist, some jewelry store at the mall, and he rented a playroom at the Verritt Club at least once a week.
19:06What's in a playroom?
19:07Not much more than a bed.
19:11Yes, I'm a member.
19:12So, why would Damien rent a bed when he had a nice big townhouse?
19:18There's got to be a reasonable explanation.
19:20Well, let's go see if we can find it.
19:26Mr. Castle, welcome back. It's been a long time.
19:29Yes, well, I've been working a lot. No time for playing.
19:32We're actually here about another one of your members, Damien Westlake.
19:36Apparently he would come here often, rent a playroom.
19:40I should probably get my supervisor.
19:43Callie, it's okay. You can tell us.
19:45Was Damien meeting someone here?
19:49We're not supposed to get involved with members.
19:52Especially married members.
19:55But Damien, we couldn't help it.
19:58We fell in love.
20:00Did he tell you that he planned on leaving his wife?
20:03Yeah.
20:04Did he tell you about the problems with the money?
20:06No. Mrs. Westlake did.
20:10You spoke to Mrs. Westlake?
20:12She came to the club Wednesday morning.
20:15She said that she had figured it out about Damien and me, and she wanted to warn me.
20:20About what?
20:21Mrs. Westlake said that she was going to leave Damien, and then he wouldn't have any money.
20:25She said he couldn't live without money, so he would find someone else.
20:28A woman who could support him.
20:30And did you tell Damien about the conversation you had with his wife?
20:34And what did he say?
20:36He said he loved me, and that nothing would keep us apart.
20:42Then I heard about Mrs. Westlake on the news.
20:45Did you talk to Damien after you heard about his wife's murder?
20:49Just once.
20:51He said we couldn't see each other for a while, until things calmed down.
20:56He told me that he didn't do it.
20:59But then he said he knew if the cops asked me that I should say that we weren't together,
21:04that it could make him look bad.
21:08What am I supposed to think?
21:16Kelly's alibi checks out.
21:19She was at work on Wednesday until 7pm. Uniforms are bringing Damien in now.
21:24Look, maybe Damien is a cheater, and a bum, and a bad husband.
21:30Maybe.
21:31But that doesn't make him a killer.
21:33And you keep looking at me like I'm crazy for believing in him, but that's just because you don't know him.
21:39Kessel, neither do you.
21:41The Damien that you think you know doesn't exist.
21:45You made him up, just like you made up Derek Storm.
21:48Just like you made up Nicky Heat.
21:51He's a character in a story that you told yourself when you were a homesick 14-year-old little boy.
21:59And maybe it's time to let him go.
22:12You can watch from observation. You don't want to be in there for this.
22:26People keep telling me I should hire a lawyer.
22:28When I say I'm innocent, I shouldn't need a lawyer.
22:31If you're innocent, Mr. Westlake, why is it every time I turn over a rock in this case, some dirty secret of yours slithers out?
22:39I didn't do this.
22:40That's what you said to the cops in Puerto Rico, too.
22:44Isn't it funny how you keep finding yourself in the same situation, telling the same stories?
22:50I've got a story, too. You want to hear it?
22:52My story is about a handsome little prince who only ever wanted to live well.
22:58So he killed his dad, the king, and he stole all of his gold, and he spent it, and he spent it until it was all gone.
23:07I didn't marry Vicky for her money. I loved her.
23:11And what about Callie?
23:13That's right, Damien. We talked to her.
23:15She said that you were in love with her, and that you told her that you wanted the two of you to be together.
23:22Vicky was leaving you soon. You'd be free to have your happily ever after.
23:27But there's just one problem.
23:29Once again, you were out of gold.
23:32Vicky stood between you and a fortune.
23:34We know what happens to people when they do that.
23:37You were the last one to see her alive. You were the only one with motive.
23:42But I didn't kill her!
23:44But I didn't kill her!
24:01Damien Westlake, you are under arrest for the murder of Victoria Westlake.
24:04I made a mistake.
24:05You have the right to remain silent.
24:06I didn't do this.
24:07You have the right to an attorney.
24:09I cannot believe it.
24:13Alexis up and gone already?
24:15Oh, yeah. She went to window shopping for her violin lesson.
24:18It's her first Valentine's Day with Ashley and she's feeling the pressure.
24:21Oh, yes.
24:23She wants a gift that says, I love you.
24:26But nothing that says, I love you more than life itself.
24:29Please don't leave me or I may die.
24:31Well, that's why you guys go for the chocolates or the flowers.
24:34I wish the choice I had to make today was so simple.
24:36I realize I have the choice to believe in two terrible things.
24:39Either Damien is a killer or Beckett's arrested an innocent man.
24:45Just thinking about it is making my head hurt.
24:47Well, then forget your head.
24:49Listen to your heart.
25:07Ricky.
25:11I keep thinking back to when I was a senior.
25:13You were off at Harvard.
25:15You'd send me pages you were working on for your novel.
25:17And they were good, Damien.
25:19And you had talent.
25:21Why'd you throw it away?
25:23You were the writer, Ricky.
25:25Not me. I didn't have anything to say.
25:27After I inherited all that money, I just didn't even want to try anymore.
25:30But when I look back on my life, I hope you won't mind if I list you as one of my few accomplishments.
25:36You should have told me about Callie.
25:42I swear to you.
25:44I didn't kill my wife.
25:49All right.
25:50Can you think of anything we might have overlooked?
25:52Anything that might speak to your innocence?
25:54I slept in. I went to the gym.
25:57I had lunch in a cafe on the west side.
25:59When I got home, Vicky was already there.
26:01She had been to see Callie.
26:03We fought. God, for hours.
26:05She said she wanted a divorce.
26:07Yeah, she showed me an envelope.
26:09Said there were papers inside that her lawyer had drawn up for her to sign.
26:12She was gonna end the marriage.
26:15I begged her to reconsider.
26:17And she asked me to leave.
26:19She needed to think.
26:20You said Vicky gave you an envelope?
26:22What'd it look like?
26:25I gotta get back to my route.
26:27Just five minutes, I promise.
26:29Hi. Hello. Hello.
26:31Castle.
26:32Everyone, this is Blanca.
26:41Yeah, I don't know what...
26:43So, first of all, you were right.
26:46Damien and Vicky did have a fight the night she died.
26:49And she did tell him she wanted a divorce.
26:52As a matter of fact, she showed him a large manila envelope
26:55full of papers from her lawyer that she was going to sign.
26:58An envelope with legal papers.
27:00There wasn't anything about this in the CSU report.
27:02Exactly. Blanca, please tell them what happened to it.
27:05Then I can go back to my route?
27:07Yes, of course.
27:08I was delivering the mail on Wednesday afternoon.
27:10As I made my way up 69 Torts Park,
27:12I passed Mr. Westlake and Mr. Utley.
27:14I said hello, they said hello back.
27:16A couple of minutes later, I get to the Westlake's residence,
27:18the door opens, and Mrs. Westlake comes running out
27:20and hands me a large manila envelope.
27:22She said she wanted to make sure it went out in that day's mail.
27:25Wait a minute, so you're positive that you saw Mrs. Westlake after you saw Damien?
27:28Lady, I couldn't be more sure.
27:30Anything else?
27:31No, that's it. Thank you.
27:33Then I'm leaving now.
27:34Of course.
27:35Thank you, Blanca.
27:39So, Vicky was alive after Damien left the house.
27:43He was with Charles Utley until they came back and found her dead.
27:46Which means...
27:47Damien couldn't have killed her.
27:50Got it.
27:52DA's office just kicked Damien Westlake loose,
27:54and they weren't too happy about it either.
27:56Sir, if Westlake didn't kill his wife, then he hired someone else to do it for him,
27:59just like he did the last time.
28:01Wasn't it you that said that bad guys always bring their own weapons?
28:03Not when they're trying to make it look like a push and robbery gone wrong.
28:06What about the dog that didn't bark?
28:07He got the dog used to the guy.
28:08Come on.
28:09You just can't get over the fact that Damien was a person of interest in his father's murder.
28:12I won't ignore the fact that there is a pattern here.
28:15People close to this guy seem to die violently.
28:18Or maybe someone is using Damien's tragic past to frame him for Vicky's murder now.
28:22There's another suspect right in front of you that you're not even looking at.
28:25Someone who had motive, means, and opportunity.
28:28And that would be whom, exactly?
28:31Simon Campbell.
28:33Vicky's ex-husband.
28:34Think about it.
28:35Abandoned, cuckolded Simon.
28:37Do we really know this guy? Do we have any idea what he's capable of?
28:40Well, do we?
28:41All the evidence points to Damien.
28:43Yes, but wouldn't that evidence be less conclusive
28:45if Damien didn't have his old murder hanging over his head?
28:48Or better yet, if there was proof that Phillip Westlake was killed by a random intruder?
28:52Castle, there isn't any proof.
28:54Not yet, there isn't.
28:57Since you can't see through the cloud of suspicion surrounding Damien, I'm going to clear the air.
29:01I'm going to solve Phillip Westlake's murder.
29:04Prove my friend didn't do it.
29:05Meanwhile, you can check out Simon Campbell.
29:09I need to go to the DA with something solid.
29:11Can you prove Westlake hired somebody to off his wife?
29:13I just need a couple of days.
29:19So, what's our next move?
29:22If Damien hired someone to kill Vicky, then there's a money trail. I'll find it.
29:26Meanwhile, you guys look into Simon Campbell.
29:32Darling, your daughter's a genius.
29:35I knew that already.
29:36For Valentine's Day, she bought Ashley a frame, had it engraved,
29:40true love, and put in a picture of his pet rat, Theodore.
29:44Heartfelt yet humorous. Genius.
29:48What's in the box?
29:49This is Phillip Westlake's murder file.
29:52I told Beckett I'm going to solve the case.
29:55Oh, Richard.
29:57You're the one who told me to follow my heart.
29:58Yes, but you know...
29:59Dad, that case is older than me.
30:01This doesn't sound like encouragement.
30:03Then, would you like some help?
30:08Yes, I would.
30:12To hire a gunman, you need cash.
30:14And according to everything that we've been through here, Damien didn't have any.
30:18Yeah, well, it's somewhere. We just haven't found it yet.
30:20All the expensive knick-knacks in the house, maybe a Ponda figurine.
30:23Vicky was a designer. She was meticulous.
30:25She would have noticed if something went missing, like the engagement ring.
30:30Get something?
30:31Omar Lincoln overheard Vicky call Damien a thief.
30:34And when Vicky apologized to Morris Hasberg for accusing him of stealing her engagement ring, she cried.
30:40Maybe she wasn't crying because of Morris.
30:42Maybe she was crying because she realized that her husband was stealing from her.
30:46CSU said the ring was accounted for.
30:48Vicky's credit card, wasn't there an appraiser on it?
30:50Yeah. Why?
30:52I think I know how Damien got his money.
30:55It was terrible what happened to Mrs. Westlake.
30:58She came to see you Tuesday afternoon.
31:00What for?
31:01Well, she wanted her jewelry appraised.
31:03I'm afraid I had some bad news for her. The stones were imitation.
31:07Yeah, I see that quite a bit.
31:09People need cash in a hurry, but they don't want to give up their jewelry,
31:12so they sell the diamonds and they replace them with high quality silicone carbide.
31:15Was one of the pieces an 11 carat engagement ring?
31:18Yes. The entire basket setting had been replaced.
31:20She said that's how she knew something was wrong.
31:24This whole case file is just one long loop leading back to Damien.
31:28Apparently neighbors saw someone loitering outside the Westlake home the night of the murder.
31:35Here's a sketch.
31:40What?
31:41Alexis, I know this guy.
31:54Detective Beckett.
31:56Can we talk for a moment?
31:58Sure.
32:01Have you come to apologize?
32:03No.
32:04At least you're honest.
32:06What can I do for you, detective?
32:08You could show me the diamonds that you stole from Vicki.
32:12I spoke to Wallace Benner, the jeweler on the west side.
32:16He said that he replaced your wife's diamonds with imitation ones.
32:19He said that he replaced your wife's diamonds with imitation ones.
32:22Over a period of several weeks, he exchanged 26 diamonds worth over $8 million and gave you the real ones.
32:30But doesn't this argue against your theory that I killed my wife?
32:34If I have $8 million, why wouldn't I just leave, be with Callie?
32:39Greed. You used the first diamond as a down payment for the contract killer.
32:43Once Vicki was dead, you'd inherit and double your take.
32:47You really think I'm that cold?
32:49Personally, I have no doubt.
32:54But Richard Castle believes in you and I believe in him.
32:57So show me those diamonds, show me that none of them are missing or I will haul your ass back to jail.
33:17I only changed the diamonds I'd given her.
33:19Those pieces cost me millions of dollars and I knew she'd have no particular attachment to them once we were over.
33:26I've led a careless and wasteful life, detective.
33:33But I'm no killer.
33:3526 diamonds, they're all there.
33:37Detective Salazar, I'm Richard Castle.
33:40Thank you very much for meeting me.
33:42I'm retired now, sir. You can call me Ray.
33:44All right. So, Ray, what kind of man leaves beautiful Puerto Rico to retire in freezing cold New York?
33:51The kind of man whose beautiful wife is from Long Island.
33:55Understood.
33:56So you said on the phone this was about the Filippo case.
33:59Yes, sir.
34:00The kind of man whose beautiful wife is from Long Island.
34:03Understood.
34:04So you said on the phone this was about the Phillip Westlake case.
34:07That's right.
34:08I really hated leaving the job with that one still unsolved.
34:11Maybe I can help with that.
34:14Did you ever manage to identify the man that neighbors saw outside the Westlake home the night of the murder?
34:19Thought we did. He looked a lot like a local tough named Enrique Molina.
34:23But when we brought Molina in, the neighbors couldn't pick him out of a lineup.
34:26It's because he wasn't Molina.
34:31I'm listening.
34:32Michael Rutherford was a scholarship kid at Edgewick Academy where Damien Westlake and I went to school.
34:37He was smart, but a sociopath. A thief. Kid barely graduated.
34:43Were Rutherford and Westlake friends?
34:45No. As a matter of fact, it was Damien who turned him into the headmaster for stealing.
34:49But they did run in some of the same circles. Sometimes went to the same parties.
34:54What if Michael Rutherford heard about the Westlake vacation home in Puerto Rico?
34:59It was nearly always vacant. Full of treasure.
35:02He could have made a small fortune and gotten revenge on Damien at the same time.
35:09Hey, how'd it go?
35:11Damien Westlake is a thief and a cheater, but he might not be our killer.
35:16You guys, I hate admitting it, but Castle might be right.
35:19We've also been thinking that Castle might be right.
35:22Info's back on Simon Campbell. Vicky's ex-husband is what they like to call overextended.
35:28Campbell's real estate firm took a big hit two years ago and he borrowed heavily to cover costs.
35:33Man needs a cash transfusion stat.
35:35Is Simon in Vicky's will?
35:36He gets the deed to the Brownstone, which is worth over five million.
35:39He's also the executor of their children's estate.
35:41Now, he was at home with the kids at the time of the murder.
35:44So he could have snuck out and been back before anyone noticed.
35:46Which brings us to the Campbell Brownstone and its very sophisticated security system.
35:51It records every door opening, every window.
35:53A friendly ADA got us a warrant and we talked to the alarm company.
35:56At 4.37 p.m. on Wednesday, the front door opens.
36:005.42, it opened again.
36:02Which means someone left before the murder and then returned after.
36:05You know, I'd like to talk to you.
36:07I'd like to talk to you, too.
36:09It opened again.
36:10Which means someone left before the murder and then returned after.
36:13You know, I'd like to talk to our Mr. Simon Campbell.
36:16Well, we called his place.
36:17He's out all evening on personal business and he's not picking up his cell phone.
36:21Okay, sit on his house.
36:22When he gets back home, bring him in.
36:26So, what did you decide about Laney and Valentine's Day?
36:30Oh, I'm going to play it safe and show up with a gift.
36:35I found this little jewelry store that sells stuff, you know, that girlfriends like.
36:39Necklaces, charm bracelets.
36:41What about you? What are you going to do?
36:42Oh, Jenny loves chocolate.
36:44Jenny's planning her wedding.
36:47Your girl's on a diet.
36:48Are you going to give her chocolate?
36:49Hey, hey, hey.
36:50It's Simon.
36:53Oh, he's got a little Valentine of his own, doesn't he?
36:58Is that Amber Patinelli, Vicki Westlake's employee?
37:01You sure it's her?
37:03So much for Simon saying that he wanted to reconcile with Vicki.
37:06What do you want us to do?
37:09Thought so.
37:10Let's bring them both in.
37:17I was hoping you'd still be here.
37:19I was just about to call you.
37:23I think I know who the killer is.
37:24I think I know who the killer is.
37:32I appreciate you coming in.
37:33Detective, it's very late.
37:34This will be quick.
37:36I didn't realize that the two of you were a couple.
37:38Well, it's very casual.
37:39Well, for a long time we were just friends.
37:41I was a shoulder to cry on after the divorce.
37:44It's only been recently that...
37:48Any plans for Valentine's Day?
37:50Nothing special, no.
37:51You were hoping to spend it with Vicki, right?
37:56What does that mean?
37:58Simon?
37:59Simon?
38:00Vicki and I have been talking, that's all.
38:02How is this relevant to anything, Detective?
38:04Did Vicki know about you and Amber?
38:06No.
38:07I didn't want her to know.
38:08So it's possible that Vicki innocently confided in her friend Amber,
38:12telling her she was leaving Damon, going back to Simon,
38:14not knowing that he was your Simon now.
38:16Amber, you called for a company car at 4.15 on Wednesday afternoon.
38:20We just talked to the dispatcher.
38:22He says you ordered a sedan and kept it for an hour.
38:25A round trip to the Westlakes and back.
38:30We found a nail gun with fingerprints that we couldn't identify.
38:34If we compared them to yours, do you think we'd find a match?
38:41You didn't go there intending to kill her, did you?
38:43No.
38:46I just wanted to talk.
38:48She could have any man she wanted.
38:51And I begged her to let me have you.
38:57She said no.
39:00I love you so much.
39:02She could never love you the way that I do.
39:12So you're saying that Amber didn't even know about my past?
39:15Wasn't a frame? Just a strange coincidence?
39:19Or a kismet?
39:22Where are you off to?
39:24Barcelona.
39:25I gotta get away.
39:28Thank Detective Beckett for me, will you?
39:30Congratulate her on solving the case.
39:33Actually, we solved two cases.
39:37What's this?
39:39That's a sketch of Michael Rutherford.
39:41I found it in your father's murder file.
39:43Michael Rutherford? From school?
39:47I don't understand.
39:49He broke into your house.
39:51He shot your father.
39:54Oh my God.
39:55They found him, Damien. He's been arrested.
39:59After all this time?
40:02Can they even prove that he did it?
40:04There was a cigarette button left at the scene.
40:06Detective Salazar made sure it was preserved. The DNA is a match.
40:12Michael made a deal, Damien.
40:15He confessed.
40:20Wow, this is...
40:22This is pretty overwhelming.
40:26I got a plane to catch, so maybe we should just talk about this later.
40:29Michael told the cops you got in touch with him.
40:32Asked him if he wanted to make a lot of money for one night's work.
40:36You gave him your Rolex and your car as a down payment.
40:39When your inheritance came through, he got half a million dollars.
40:42And a one-way ticket to Los Angeles.
40:45He still has your Rolex.
40:48And a map that you drew.
40:51Of your father's house.
40:54With a path leading straight to his bedroom.
40:56Rick, he's lying. He's lying.
40:58Tell me you didn't do it.
41:00Ricky, I...
41:01Tell me I haven't been believing in you all this time, for nothing.
41:10That's them.
41:13Detective Salazar and some New York detectives.
41:16They're here to take you in.
41:23I told them you'd be a gentleman.
41:36Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy.
41:39F. Scott Fitzgerald said that.
41:41It must have been Ernest Hemingway who said,
41:44I sure could use a drink right about now.
41:47Lead the way. I'm buying.
41:50It's Valentine's Day.
41:52Shouldn't you be in a nice candlelit restaurant,
41:54wearing a new dress, ordering serpentine?
41:57I've got a couple of hours.
41:59You okay?
42:00Yeah, I'm fine.
42:04Liar.
42:43You're a liar.