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Castle Season 1 Episode 3

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00:00Oh my god, this is quite possibly the worst coffee I've ever tasted.
00:11It's actually kind of fascinating. It tastes like a...
00:15It tastes like a monkey peed and battery acid. Try some?
00:20Don't you have a book coming out today or something?
00:23Yeah, so?
00:24So, you are watching me do paperwork. It's creepy.
00:28Did you have somewhere else to be?
00:30I like it here.
00:34Oh my gosh, I get it. You're hiding.
00:37Your book is coming out today and you are hiding.
00:39No, hiding would be building a fortress out of my comforter and then downing a fifth of scotch,
00:43but apparently that's considered unhealthy.
00:44I thought that you don't care what people think.
00:47I don't. Much.
00:53Beckett. Yeah, right, on my way.
00:58Did Buddy?
01:00Yes.
01:03Set it up.
01:05This the guy?
01:06You heard, huh?
01:07Oh, everyone's heard.
01:08You really base your next character on Detective Beckett?
01:10Every artist needs a muse.
01:13Call me a muse again and I will break both your legs. Okay?
01:16Okay.
01:17Detective Beckett. Jack Clifford and Hall Morrison.
01:20While moving in, they see a rolled up rug sticking out of a dumpster.
01:25They figure it's a lucky day.
01:26They bring it home only to find there's a prize inside.
01:29Dead guy in a rug.
01:30Naturally, we thought of you.
01:31Yeah.
01:3338 caliber, close range.
01:35Killed him instantly.
01:36You got an ID?
01:37Yeah, pockets were empty.
01:38No wallet, no keys, no jewelry.
01:40We figure a robbery gone wrong.
01:41This wasn't a robbery.
01:42This wasn't a robbery.
01:43This wasn't a robbery.
01:44I robbed someone.
01:45I'm not going to stick around and wrap them up and throw them away.
01:47Blood spatter indicates he was standing near the rug when he was shot.
01:51Where did they find this?
01:52East 3rd, about two blocks away.
01:54Alright, let's get CSU on the rug.
01:56Fibers, blood, identifying marks.
01:58And let's get a team down in the dumpster to see if they can dig anything else up.
02:02Laney, you do what you can about an ID.
02:03Got it.
02:04Don't bother.
02:07I know who he is.
02:15You got something?
02:16Jeff Warren, 48, two terms of city council member.
02:18Friend of yours?
02:19I recognize him from the bus side.
02:21He's running for re-election.
02:22Press is going to be all over this.
02:23Does he have a family?
02:24Yeah.
02:25Well, let's try to notify him before the jackals do.
02:30Mrs. Warren, I know this is difficult, but when was the last time you heard from your husband?
02:34I...
02:35I called him last night around 11.
02:38He was finishing up a fundraiser and heading back to the office.
02:42Did he always work that late?
02:43During elections.
02:44He believed that it was a politician's obligation to get the people's work done, even while running for office.
02:52And when he didn't come home?
02:55Well, it wasn't unusual for him to crash on his couch instead of coming home, but...
03:01When Frank called this morning...
03:04Frank?
03:06Frank Nesbitt, Jeff's campaign manager.
03:10How did your husband sound last night?
03:13What do you mean?
03:14Did he seem troubled, like there was something wrong?
03:18No, he seemed happy.
03:22It doesn't make any sense.
03:25He's a good man, and he's a good father, and every day he would go out there and try to make the city a better place.
03:30Every day!
03:31And for him to die like this...
03:34What am I supposed to tell my girls?
03:38What am I supposed to tell my girls?
03:49You okay?
03:51Yeah. Why?
03:53It can't be easy breaking that kind of news.
03:57Yeah. Well, thanks for not making it a joke.
04:01Yeah, I'm a wise ass, not a jackass.
04:02Jackass.
04:04I didn't know there was a difference.
04:06So, what's your next move?
04:09Last person to see him alive?
04:11Establish a timeline?
04:12Grab a donut?
04:13More really bad coffee?
04:15This female detective of yours, exactly how much will she be based on me?
04:19Well, she's not too bright and kind of slutty.
04:22Right, so was that wise ass or jackass?
04:23Actually, that was jackass.
04:24No, honestly, you're not going to have anything to be embarrassed about.
04:27She's going to be...
04:29She's going to be really smart.
04:31Very savvy.
04:33Haunting good looks.
04:35Really good at her job.
04:38And kind of slutty.
04:40Castle...
04:42Hello?
04:44Oh, sweetheart, I...
04:45Mother, slow down. What's wrong?
04:46I just wanted to make sure you were all right.
04:48Why wouldn't I be all right?
04:50No one is buying your book.
04:52What are you talking about?
04:53I am standing in the middle of the bookstore and no one is buying your book.
04:57Okay, what are you doing in a bookstore?
05:00I was hungry, I came in for a pastry.
05:03And there they were, all your books just sitting there.
05:07Well, they only just went on sale two hours ago.
05:09What did you expect, to line up the door?
05:12There was one for the last Harry Potter.
05:14Yes, well, uh, Dirk Storm is not Harry Potter.
05:17Clearly.
05:18No one's buying one.
05:22Hang on, kiddo, hang on.
05:24Uh...
05:29No.
05:33You okay?
05:34I don't care if it was free.
05:35Even if you pay me, I'm still not gonna take that run.
05:36You tell me you lived in New York your whole life and you never scored a piece of roadkill.
05:47Roadkill?
05:49It's an accepted practice, bro.
05:50You're done with your old stuff, you leave it on the street for those less fortunate.
05:54Artists, students, former hedge fund managers.
05:56It's trickle-down economics at its finest.
05:58Yeah, well, I prefer not to be trickled on.
06:01You know that red couch I have?
06:03One you like so much?
06:05Don't you say it, bro.
06:0654th and Lex.
06:08That's gross.
06:10Gross.
06:11We are never playing mad into your place again.
06:14Detective.
06:15Yeah.
06:17You just got in there.
06:18Jeffrey Horne.
06:19Nice work, Scott.
06:21Yeah.
06:22Esposito.
06:23No.
06:24Run Ludd's on his phone.
06:25See if he talked to anyone other than his wife.
06:27They found the wallet.
06:28Money and credit cards were gone.
06:29Anything from the neighbors?
06:30The usual.
06:31Wailing cats.
06:32Loud TVs.
06:33Car alarms.
06:34No shots, though.
06:35And no blood spell.
06:36They found the wallet.
06:37Money and credit cards were gone.
06:38Anything from the neighbors?
06:39The usual.
06:40Wailing cats.
06:41Loud TVs.
06:42Car alarms.
06:43No shots, though.
06:44And no blood spell.
06:45A real robber would have left the wallet where he killed the guy.
06:50Not where he moved him.
06:51It's a sloppy cover-up, but it does tell us one thing.
06:54This was premeditated.
07:01Excuse me.
07:02Detective Kate Beckett, NYPD.
07:04We're looking for Frank Nesbitt.
07:05Horn's campaign manager.
07:07Ryan, could you give us a minute?
07:09Sure.
07:10We've, uh, called in grief counselors for the kids.
07:13I know it's a cliché, but he meant a lot.
07:17To all of us.
07:18Well, it sounds like he was more than just a candidate.
07:20We were friends.
07:21We wanted to change the world.
07:23Were you with him last night?
07:24Yeah.
07:25Until about, uh, I don't know, 11.
07:27I offered to share a taxi, but he wanted to walk.
07:30Where was the fundraiser?
07:31Marconi's.
07:3283rd Off-Broadway.
07:33It's just a dozen blocks from here.
07:35Yeah.
07:36Mr. Horn's body was found all the way downtown.
07:39Did he have any enemies?
07:41Well, he was a politician.
07:43What about his opponent?
07:44It's hard to imagine Jason Bollinger doing something like this.
07:47He is eight points up in the polls.
07:49Did Horn or the campaign receive any threats recently?
07:52Uh, just your usual crackpost, nothing special.
07:55Unless you count hate mail from Calvin Creason.
07:57Creason, the hotel and club owner?
08:00Owns, uh, Axiom in the Soho Majestic.
08:03Even ran Club Tasty back in the day.
08:04There was this one time.
08:06Some story for another time.
08:08What did Horn do? Crack down on the ecstasy dealers?
08:10Uh, Creason bought that old meat packing warehouse on the Lower East Side.
08:13He wanted to turn it into his next hip hotspot.
08:15300 rooms, Saki bar, nightclub.
08:18Neighbors didn't want a bunch of drunken B&Ters running through the streets,
08:21so Horn killed it in committee.
08:23Leaving Creason with millions of dollars of now worthless real estate.
08:27Creason had a beef with Horn.
08:29It doesn't mean he killed him.
08:30It doesn't mean he didn't.
08:32Excuse me.
08:33You want to know what I did when I found out that he was dead?
08:42I ordered myself an ice cold bottle of Chris and toasted the sweetness of the universe, okay?
08:47That's pretty callous, Mr. Creason.
08:49Listen, what do I care?
08:51What do I care?
08:52This guy was such a putz acting like another hotel going up.
08:55That was going to be the end of the world.
08:56Do you have any idea what one of my properties does for the local economy?
08:59This city should be paying me, not stopping me.
09:02So I guess we could say you had motive.
09:04Who the hell is it?
09:05You a cop?
09:06I say we arrested.
09:07Castle.
09:08Please.
09:09You got nothing here.
09:10If I was going to go around killing everybody that ever got in my way,
09:12there would be body stacked higher than the Chrysler building.
09:14I don't need to kill anyone to bury them.
09:17Where were you last night?
09:19I was at my club and saw them.
09:20Anybody see you?
09:21Detective, when I go out, everybody sees me.
09:24Thank you very much, Mr. Creason.
09:29Sure.
09:30I want to take a shower.
09:34Where to next?
09:35To check his alibi.
09:37Actually, that may not be necessary.
09:40Why not?
09:42Castle, what are you doing?
09:46Promise not to hate me.
09:47I already hate you.
09:48Fair enough.
09:49This morning, with the body, I took a couple of pictures.
09:52You took photos of my crime scene?
09:54When you get mad, I emailed a couple of them to a friend of mine.
09:57You emailed them to a friend?
09:58Well, not exactly a friend.
09:59She's my interior decorator, but then we slept together,
10:02so I don't really know what she is now.
10:03What the hell were you thinking?
10:04I know, right?
10:05You work together, you think it'll be fun,
10:07but then it always makes things weird.
10:09It's a real cautionary tale.
10:10I'm talking about the photographs of the body.
10:14What?
10:15No!
10:16I didn't send her pictures of the body.
10:17I sent her pictures of the rug.
10:19I thought maybe she might be able to tell me where it came from.
10:22And guess what?
10:23She did.
10:24She did.
10:29That's the rug.
10:33That's the same rug.
10:37Don't gloat, okay?
10:38Because it's really unattractive.
10:42Now can we arrest him?
10:43I feel you, man.
10:44Yeah, okay.
10:45He didn't ride with the club until after midnight.
10:46So what do we do now?
10:47Wait for his lawyer to show up?
10:48Actually, if we follow other leads, it's something that we call working.
10:49Other leads?
10:50Good.
10:51Since we both know he didn't do it.
10:52Creason?
10:53What makes you think he didn't do it?
10:54Isn't it obvious?
10:55All the evidence points to him.
10:56And that somehow makes him not guilty.
10:57He's totally the red herring.
10:58The red herring?
10:59An innocent character who appears guilty.
11:00I know what a red herring does, Cassel.
11:01It's a literary device used in literature.
11:03In real life, we don't dismiss a suspect just because he appears too guilty.
11:05Besides, I thought you wanted to arrest him?
11:06Yeah, because he's a tool, not because he's guilty.
11:09Yeah, because he's a tool, not because he's guilty.
11:12Well, I guess what's going on with the gossip?
11:14No.
11:15Well, OK, I know almost a five years ago.
11:17Right?
11:17You left us so much...
11:18Mr. Shannon's gonna see him Billy, too, didn't that.
11:19indashurder is a blood Оsterfall?
11:22That's severe.
11:23How do you prefer?
11:25What about you to conquer?
11:27Not because he's guilty.
11:28That guy's a multimillionaire.
11:29He's not going to be dumb enough to wrap a dead body up in his own rug.
11:32It doesn't matter.
11:33Those rugs were custom designed for Creason's Hotel, so we know he's connected.
11:37Hey, Esposito.
11:37Yeah.
11:38See what you can find on that rug.
11:40If one went missing, what room it's from, and maybe who had access.
11:43Yeah.
11:44Thanks.
11:45Road trip.
11:50You're very good at bossing men around.
11:53I've noticed.
11:55You're telling me that it's just a coincidence that a man whose murder you celebrated by drinking champagne was found wrapped in a rug from your hotel?
12:02There are identical rugs in every room of the Axiom.
12:04You can't expect my client to be responsible for their whereabouts.
12:07Sure I can.
12:08Until a jury tells me otherwise.
12:11You are wasting my time.
12:13Did I go over?
12:14I told you exactly what I was doing last night.
12:15Right.
12:16You were at the club.
12:17They said that you made quite the entrance a supermodel on each arm.
12:20Uh, yeah, you know, last time I checked, um, it's not a crime, is it?
12:25No.
12:26But you know what it is?
12:28Memorable.
12:30Witnesses don't place you at the club until one in the morning.
12:33And Horn was murdered somewhere between 11 and 12.
12:36Here it comes, eh?
12:38So where were you between 11 and 12, Mr. Creason?
12:41Booyah.
12:41I was asleep.
12:44Asleep?
12:45You were lame!
12:46You were so lame!
12:47You were lame, you were lame, you were lame, you were so lame.
12:50Lame!
12:53It's a well-known fact that Mr. Creason sleeps from 6 p.m. to midnight in order to maintain a late-night presence at his club.
12:58Did anyone witness you sleeping between the hours of 11 and 12 last night, Mr. Creason?
13:03Creason.
13:04Hold on one second.
13:06No.
13:08So you had motive and opportunity.
13:10Wait, wait, wait, wait, hold on one second, hold on!
13:13I didn't kill him, I had no reason to.
13:15He was in your way.
13:16Yeah, but not for long.
13:21I knew he was going to lose the election, okay?
13:23So I didn't have to kill him.
13:24All I had to do was wait.
13:26You couldn't be sure that he was going to lose the election?
13:29Yes, actually, I could.
13:34What do you know about Jason Bollinger Horn's opponent in the race?
13:36is the statement ready mike's still working on it well tell mike that the ledger website updates
13:44in 20 minutes and i want my quote of outrage and sympathy in a damn article sorry it's been all
13:49hands on deck since we found out if you don't handle these things right you get crucified
13:51mr bollinger mr bollinger is my father call me jason okay jason how well do you know calvin
13:58creason he threw me a couple fundraisers we met a few times why well he seems to think that you
14:03have some information on horn something that would guarantee you the election castle sorry
14:08come on opposition research conducted by a licensed private investigator listen i want to stress that
14:18everything we did was completely vetted by our lawyers none of it was illegal we're just trying
14:22to determine if the councilman had any significant vulnerabilities and you found some oh yes look
14:29politics is politics but i'm not a bad guy i figured as long as i was ahead in the polls there was no
14:34reason to use it that's councilman horn
14:39and that is not his wife
14:45i gotta hand it to councilman horny he is incredibly flexible for a guy his age
15:00look at that you ever do that would you put those away i'm just saying he's gonna do yoga or pilates or
15:07something why is it always the family value guys that get caught with their pants down
15:11because the universe loves irony and because most people are hypocrites and what was that girl
15:16thinking that he would leave his wife and kids for her that is so sexist how is that so sexist you
15:23assume that just because she's a woman that she was after a relationship do you ever think maybe
15:26she was in it for the sex yes i did and then i saw him what was it that turned you off that he was
15:34wearing a rug too soon i just hope that the p.i can help us
15:42beckett yo so the rug is a dead end according to housekeeping they dumped a couple dozen of them
15:48last week half of them went into the dumpsters half of them were donated to thrift shops
15:52i already have a boyfriend creeson's clientele is known for being hard on rooms
15:56right here do it it's fine what dude dude not cool not cool
16:02so you have my car
16:05are you sure i can't tempt you
16:13no thanks mr kirby i'm on duty
16:17never stopped me you were on the job
16:21twenty years out of the 134
16:23of course back then we had other cops as partners
16:26not second rate novelist
16:28yeah don't get me started
16:30uh excuse me
16:31second rate
16:33hot lead poured out of cold steel come on
16:35it's not exactly shakespeare will you put that down
16:38how long were you working for the bollinger campaign mr kirby
16:42oh a couple weeks but it was a fun one
16:44mr family values tells his wife he's gonna work late probably crash at the office
16:50twenty minutes later he is
16:52polling his constituency
16:56what about the girl
16:58oh i could see she was worth every cent
17:01she was a pro
17:02you don't think with a body like that she's gonna swoon over his stump speeches do you
17:06makes you wonder what else he had a taste for
17:07and what it led to
17:08do you have an address
17:09strictly alcohol
17:11you know whores used to have street corners
17:15and now they have websites
17:19damn
17:22those are some seriously fine five-star class b misdemeanors
17:26dude between you and me you ever pay for it
17:28are you counting my marriages
17:29wait stop
17:31that's the girl in the photos
17:32ah look at her
17:33i had your money
17:34this isn't phone sex ryan
17:36you don't just pay for the two minutes that you used
17:38the 800 number is registered to a po box from out of state we're gonna have to get cyber to track down the ipc where it's hosted
17:45well what if the ip's out of state too we just coordinate with local pd's if they want to cooperate
17:49sites like these are designed to evade authorities we'll get there just take us some time
17:53or you could just do it the easy one
17:56the ip liaisons
17:57castle what are you doing
17:58hi my name is richard i'm a very generous man looking to arrange a very special date with tiffany
18:04please give me a call on my phone which is 347-555-0179 thank you
18:10castle you can't just call and arrange a date with a prostitute
18:13why not
18:14because we're the police
18:15no no no no you're the police
18:17i'm just a lonely upscale gentleman looking for a date
18:20i bet i find her first
18:22hey there are rick castle here
18:24right here
18:25where you want it boss
18:26ah straight through there
18:28castle
18:28you are gonna love this
18:31no i'm pretty sure i won't
18:33guys guys guys
18:34just put it right over there
18:36perfect
18:37lift your knees man
18:38stay here for one second would you
18:40because you guys have been so wonderfully hospitable to me i just want to return the favor
18:46and because your coffee is basically crap i got you an espresso machine how cool is that
18:55i think my phone's ringing
18:59i don't know how to put this together that's part of the delivery right excellent
19:04i don't get it
19:10if creason didn't do it then how does the rug fit in
19:13killer probably heard about the feud between the two of them and tried to shift suspicion
19:16which is stupid
19:17because without the rug it would just look like a mugging gone wrong
19:20so by trying to look smart they were actually being stupid
19:22i think you just described the human condition
19:24speaking of the human condition
19:27how's it going with detective beckett
19:29what do you mean
19:31oh come on dad you are basing a character off her
19:33and you always say you have to love your characters
19:36well she is a character
19:37but uh just research nothing more
19:41yeah i'm sure
19:42well found out why your books aren't selling
19:46listen to this review
19:47his work has become so hackneyed
19:50so cliche that we wonder if mr castle has anything new to say
19:54it appears the magic if there ever was any is long gone
19:59oh darling i know it's awful it's awful i'm sorry daggers to the heart
20:04the syracuse times reader
20:06but don't you worry
20:07i am going to write them a piece of my mind
20:10and who cares if they say the magic is gone
20:13hopperley only wrote one book
20:15you've written dozens
20:16of course hers was literature
20:18but still i
20:19how long do you think i took her to find that review
20:26probably all afternoon
20:27oh yeah
20:27oh come on you know she does it out of love right
20:31i mean she thinks it's her job to keep you grounded
20:33well i certainly feel ground
20:35you have the bridge number one
20:40hello
20:43is this richard
20:44yes it is who's this
20:45it's tiffany
20:46you called me for a date
20:48yes i did tiffany and i am so glad you called
20:53just out of curiosity what are you wearing right now
20:56hey
21:00damn girl you scared me
21:03laney
21:04you're surrounded by corpses
21:06yeah i don't expect the living after seven o'clock
21:09funny
21:10neither do i
21:11i'm an emmy
21:13what's your excuse
21:13oh don't be mean
21:14you deserve it
21:15getting a drink with me after work
21:17instead of getting your freak on with writer boy
21:19yeah well he is annoying
21:21self-centered
21:22egotistical
21:23and completely
21:24fun
21:25and take it from me girlfriend
21:28you need some fun
21:29i mean how bad can he be
21:32beckett
21:36beckett
21:37guess who's got a date with a prostitute
21:40thank you
21:47thank you
21:49richard
21:59i'm tiffany
22:00it's a pleasure to meet you tiffany please
22:02hello
22:04a gentleman
22:05we're a dying breed
22:06hey woman it's lucky i found you
22:08actually it's lucky we found you
22:09detective kate beckett
22:12we need to ask you some questions
22:13regarding your relationship
22:14with councilman jeff horn
22:15sorry
22:20he was one of my regulars
22:22but i swear i had nothing to do with his death
22:25how often did you see councilman horn
22:26once
22:27maybe twice a week
22:28at first he just wanted to talk
22:30right he paid you just to talk
22:32detective
22:33most men come to me because they're lonely
22:36because the people in their lives don't listen anymore
22:38the sex is just a way for them to feel connected again
22:41okay when was the last time that you and councilman horn connected
22:44a couple of weeks ago
22:46he came to me hysterical
22:48he said that he couldn't see me anymore
22:49what happened his wife found out
22:51i know
22:53someone else
22:54he said that he was being blackmailed
22:56someone had photos of us
22:57who
22:58he didn't know
23:00at first he thought it was me
23:01he got upset
23:02and then he panicked
23:04he thought that i had told my friends
23:05and did you
23:06i may surprise you detective
23:09but i have dreams of my own
23:10look this just pays the bills
23:12if our relationship ever went public
23:14he's not the only one that would be ruined
23:16you said
23:18he panicked
23:19yeah he was desperate to find out who was behind it
23:21he wanted to cut a deal
23:23he said that he couldn't keep making payoffs
23:25without the campaign finding out
23:27politics
23:29escorts
23:30and blackmail
23:30this just keeps getting better
23:32councilman was looking for his blackmailer
23:33what if you found him
23:34he gets violent
23:36blackmailer responds
23:37and then tries covering what he's done by implicating creason
23:40so all you need to do is find your blackmailer
23:42that's impossible
23:44i kept those photos under lock and key
23:45no offense jason
23:46but your desk isn't exactly fort knox
23:48if somebody knew about them
23:49they wouldn't be difficult to get
23:50do you know how many people are in and out of this office
23:52no
23:52but i would like a list
23:53now wait a minute
23:54you intend on opening up an investigation on my campaign
23:57with two weeks left in the election
23:58what are you trying to do cost me the race
24:00what are you worried about
24:00you're running unopposed
24:01not anymore
24:03lori horn announced that she's running for her husband's seat
24:06yesterday i had an eight point lead
24:08with the sympathy bump by tonight we'll be tied
24:11that we cannot let our personal tragedy
24:16stand in the way of my husband's vision for the future of new york
24:20irony is that if i release those photos now
24:24the people will love her even more
24:25at least three hundred people have access to those photos
24:30are you planning on questioning all of them
24:31no they're just for reference
24:32horn was worried he couldn't keep paying without the campaign finding out
24:37so
24:37so if the money was coming from the campaign
24:39then there is bound to be a trail
24:40black man
24:51we believe he may have been making payoffs through the campaign
24:54i've known jefford years
24:57he's a good man
24:59a family man
25:00you had no idea
25:02none
25:03this gets out
25:04mr nesbitt
25:05if he used campaign funds to make payments
25:07then we should be able to trace him back to the blackmailer
25:09but we need access to your campaign ledgers
25:11yeah of course
25:12i'll get you a disc
25:13detective
25:17what he did was wrong
25:24i'm not
25:24excusing it
25:26but if you release those photos
25:28you'll be doing irreparable harm to all the good he did in this city
25:30not to mention causing immeasurable pain to his family
25:34these photos are evidence in a murder investigation
25:40we have no intention of releasing them
25:41well thank god for that
25:43but you should be aware that one way or another
25:47these sorts of things inevitably see the light of day
25:50you got something against foamy richness
26:05yeah
26:07it annoys me
26:10tech with beckett
26:11you cross-reference horn's campaign payouts
26:15to the volunteers and employees of bilinger's office
26:17and
26:17the worst series of off-book payments totaling 30 grand
26:20running bank to bank with no payee just an account number
26:22were you able to track down the account?
26:27oh yeah
26:27there's uh bruce kirby
26:29that pi that took the pictures
26:30he is your blackmail
26:32did you run him up?
26:33of course
26:33real peach
26:34lost his badge for excessive force
26:36on probation for criminal intimidation
26:38and he has registration for a 38
26:40same caliber that killed councilman horn
26:42oh it's good
26:48that's the stuff
26:49yeah
26:49it's good man
26:52flavor of country
26:53what i figure i got the photos
26:59the gutless punk isn't gonna use them
27:01what the hell shouldn't i?
27:02because it's illegal?
27:04hey i'm not the one that was dipping my churro
27:07and sugar nearly half my age
27:08the guy had it coming
27:09except he found you out
27:10he came after you
27:11yeah
27:12so what happened kirby
27:13he loses cool
27:14he get violent
27:15what no
27:15he put a round in his head
27:17and tried to pin it on crecent
27:19whoa whoa whoa
27:21sherlock
27:21i didn't kill him
27:23he was coming to meet with me
27:25yes
27:25with a proposition
27:26he wanted to know
27:27what it would take
27:28to make it all go away forever
27:31what did you tell him?
27:32i thought what the hell
27:33250,000
27:34i never thought he'd say yes
27:35he did
27:36he got the money
27:37the night he was killed
27:39he was coming to meet me with it
27:40he never showed
27:44what do you think?
28:04waiting to receive a blackmail payoff from the vic
28:06my three-year-old son could come up with a better story than that
28:09so bad it might be true
28:10yeah well we got a team tossing his place for the weapon
28:13book him on the blackmail
28:14till we see what the search turns up
28:15in the meantime follow the money
28:16if this bozo is telling the truth
28:18then horn had a quarter million dollars on him when he was killed
28:20yeah so where's the money?
28:21and where does the underpaid public servant get it from in the first place?
28:28well he'd go where all politicians go
28:30to people who like him
28:31people who gave him money before
28:32hey
28:38what happened to jeff horn was a tragedy
28:44not just for his family but for all of us he served
28:47and even though violence stole his life
28:50his wife is here with us today
28:52refusing to let violence steal his dream of a better new york
28:56ladies and gentlemen
28:58lori horn
29:00thank you
29:06thank you so much
29:08we all know
29:09it should be my husband
29:10speaking with you today
29:12it should be his calming voice
29:15not mine that you hear
29:17this is a city council race
29:18not the u.s senate
29:19we rely on thousands of small donations
29:22not a few big ones
29:23well some of them must have deep pockets
29:24well the depth of those pockets is limited by the law
29:27and if it wasn't limited by law
29:28did horn have any supporters
29:29that would be willing to go the extra mile?
29:33detective
29:33with all due respect
29:36there's no way in hell
29:38I'm helping you start a witch hunt
29:39against our top supporters
29:40and you want to go through our campaign contributors?
29:43fine
29:43that's a matter of public record
29:44but anything else and you're on your own
29:46over this way
29:52thank you
29:52yes
29:53hey
30:01hey
30:02finished your homework?
30:04yeah
30:05do you want to finish mine?
30:06well that depends
30:07how much you're offering to pay me?
30:09oh i thought you would
30:11jeannie called
30:12she wanted me to remind you about the reading and book signing in broadway books tomorrow night
30:16oh that was nice of her
30:17yeah
30:17and if you don't show
30:19she will
30:19drip honey on your eyeballs
30:21and let loose a hundred fire ants
30:23okay
30:24what's worse
30:25a hundred fire ants on your eyeballs
30:27or
30:27reading to a crowd
30:29prose so bad
30:31it sent me screaming out into the snow
30:33you know if you really want to feel sorry for yourself
30:35you should read the review in the legend
30:37really?
30:38what's that damn liberal elite media saying about me now?
30:40Richard Castle's stirring finale reminds us what good pulp fiction is all about
30:46it makes us desire a world of startling imperfection so we can rise above and become the heroes we always imagined ourselves to be
30:53it used to be such a good paper to see it falling so far it's sad really
30:58shut up
30:59i'm proud of you
31:01no you remember that next time i sing the peanut butter song in front of your friends
31:04have you caught the killer yet?
31:07no
31:07hey
31:08if you were in a lot of trouble
31:10and you needed a quarter of a million dollars
31:12where would you get it?
31:14i just ask you
31:15night
31:18good night
31:20i just ask you
31:50hi
32:12hi
32:14something i need to show you
32:15i found this in the archives from his first run for office
32:21see horn wasn't wealthy but his wife came from money
32:24she tapped into her family trust to finance his first campaign
32:27all this time we thought that horn was hiding his affair from his wife
32:31yeah but what if she knew about the affair
32:33what if he got the blackmail money from her
32:36yes ma'am
32:42account number 737-88103
32:44according to the administrator of the family trust
32:46mrs horn marketed about $300,000 worth of stocks last week
32:50she knew
32:51bank records indicate the funds will have drawn two days before the exchange
32:55her husband's killed
32:57$250,000 goes missing
32:59she doesn't say a word
32:59of course i didn't say a word
33:01it's none of your damn business
33:03despite the fact that it could have had significant bearing on your husband's murder
33:07i have a family detective beckett
33:09their father is dead
33:10what use is dragging their names through the mud providing fodder for late night comedians
33:14when did you know
33:16the trust called to confirm the stock sale
33:19my wonderful husband forged my signature on the papers thinking i would be too stupid to notice
33:23and when i confronted him
33:25he claimed he needed the money for tax reasons
33:28reasons that i wouldn't understand
33:31but i understood all right
33:33everything that i wanted
33:34everything that i wanted us to be
33:37and he can't keep his fly zipped
33:40so what did you decide to do?
33:43between public humiliation and blackmail i chose blackmail and i told him to make it go away
33:50so what do you think happened that night?
33:53i don't know
33:55okay
33:56so that night when he called
33:58what did he actually say?
33:59that he had the money
34:00that he was going to meet the guy
34:02and that was the last thing he said to me
34:05and god knows what happened after that
34:07and you're sure that he had the money?
34:08yes!
34:09why?
34:12because we found it at your house
34:16my house
34:17the search warrant was served this morning
34:19your housekeeper was very cooperative
34:22if your husband had the money when he was killed
34:24how did he get back to your house?
34:30you were more than angry weren't you?
34:31you were outraged
34:34he didn't just betray you
34:36he humiliated you
34:37and everyone was going to know
34:38and so you just decided to
34:41make it go away
34:49you see those wives
34:51in the inevitable press conference
34:53standing stone faced
34:54next to their men
34:55and you think
34:56how do they do that?
34:58how do they just stand there?
35:00how do they watch
35:02as their whole world
35:04melts into a spotlight of shame?
35:06and so you killed him?
35:07no
35:08no
35:09no
35:10no
35:11I was home
35:11you called your husband at 11 pm
35:12what did you say?
35:13I was with my daughter
35:14conspiracy to commit murder is the same as murder
35:17whether you were there or not
35:18are you ready to deal?
35:20it was my job to make the call
35:33I was supposed to tell him that the blackmailer changed the meat
35:38I was supposed to tell him where to go
35:42down by the underpass where no one would see
35:46he had it all arranged
35:52even that rug for his body
35:55all I had to do was make a call
36:16he said he would make everything like it was
36:19he said he would make it look like someone else did it
36:22he said no one would ever know
36:26Mrs. Horne
36:28Lori
36:29I need to know who
36:31it's not supposed to be like this
36:33we were friends
36:36and we were going to change the world
36:39Frank Nesbitt you are under arrest for the murder of Jeff Horne
36:47what?
36:48that's ridiculous
36:49Mrs. Horne doesn't think so
36:51cuff him
36:52Mr. Nesbitt you have the right to remain silent
36:55hey
36:55stop running bro
37:03campaign's over
37:04yes
37:06wasn't quite finished back there Mr. Nesbitt
37:08you have the right to remain silent
37:10anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law
37:13after we found the weapon in Nesbitt's office he made a full confession
37:16he got Horne to call her husband and get him down to the overpass
37:20and then he took care of the rest
37:21politics was Nesbitt's life
37:23he figured if the scandal broke his career would be over and he'd be damaged goods
37:27sad thing is he was probably right
37:29so what happens to the girls?
37:31Horne had a sister upstate
37:32she's coming down tomorrow to pick him up from social services
37:35good in the rug?
37:36I read herring
37:37Nesbitt heard they were dumping a bunch of them
37:38figured it would keep us off his trail
37:40nice work
37:41very impressive
37:43oh and you too Beckett
37:46sir?
37:49just shaking your chain detective
37:50just shaking your chain
37:51hello
37:55hey dad
37:56where are you?
37:57where am I supposed to be?
37:58fire ants
37:59eyeballs
37:59right
38:00uh
38:01stall for me
38:02I'm on my way
38:02oh
38:05sorry
38:05sorry
38:06she stood there in stunned disbelief
38:11as the light in his eyes dimmed
38:13he reached out for her
38:15and she took his hand
38:17squeezing it
38:18for the very last time
38:20she felt her heart
38:22stop a beat
38:23and in that moment
38:25she knew he was gone
38:27darkness
38:30fell across the face of the city
38:32and across her face as well
38:33good
38:35she thought
38:36as the wind
38:38gathered up her hair
38:39no one
38:41will see my tears
38:53thank you
38:58thank you
39:00thank you
39:05thank you
39:05I don't know
39:09if I would say it
39:10that last
39:10detective Beckett
39:12to what do I owe
39:14this very unexpected pleasure?
39:16uh
39:16excuse me
39:17thank you
39:18I just figured
39:20if you're gonna bother me
39:21at my work
39:21I should bother you
39:22at yours
39:23that was um
39:24quite a reading
39:25very uh
39:26moving
39:26are you making fun of me?
39:29good
39:30she thought
39:31as the wind
39:32gathered up her hair
39:34no one
39:35will see my
39:36tears
39:37how does wind
39:38gather up hair?
39:39I'm just curious
39:40oh you're telling me
39:41how to do my job
39:42irritating isn't it?
39:43oh oh oh
39:44oh
39:45look at you
39:46Denise
39:48from the ledger
39:49says you're going to be
39:50number one this week
39:50and look
39:51everyone is buying
39:52your book
39:53now don't you feel
39:54silly for believing
39:55all those reviews
39:56yes
39:57yes I do
39:58well let's just hope
39:59Nicky Heat
40:00does as well
40:01Nicky Heat?
40:02the character he's
40:03basing on you
40:04Nicky Heat
40:06uh oh
40:07can I talk to you
40:08for a second?
40:09of course
40:09uh
40:11yes
40:12I want to hear
40:13what kind of a name
40:17is Nicky Heat?
40:19a cop name
40:20it's a stripper name
40:21well I told you
40:21she was kind of slutty
40:22change at the castle
40:23well hang on
40:24think of the titles
40:25summer heat
40:27heat wave
40:28in heat
40:30change the name
40:32no
40:32yes
40:33no
40:33change it
40:34no
40:34cancel
40:35sorry
40:36I have artistic
40:37integrity
40:38artistic integrity
40:38I can't
40:38I can't