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00:00There are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people, psychopaths and mystery writers.
00:05I'm the kind that pays better. Who am I?
00:07I'm Rick Castle.
00:08Castle.
00:09Castle.
00:10I really am ruggedly handsome, aren't I?
00:12Every writer needs inspiration, and I've found mine.
00:14Detective Kate Beckett. Beckett. Beckett. Nicky Heat.
00:17The character he's basing on you.
00:18And thanks to my friendship with the mayor, I get to be on her case.
00:21I'd be happy to let you spank me.
00:23And together we catch killers.
00:25Make a pretty good team, you know, like Starsky and Hutch.
00:27Turner and Hooch.
00:28You do remind me a little of Hoot.
00:37Everybody, settle down. Quiet down, please.
00:39Come to the front. You know your assigned seats.
00:43Careful.
00:46Take your seats.
00:47Now listen.
00:48If you remember, the last time we spoke with Fletcher,
00:51he had just entered the polar ice cap from Greenland right here,
00:55headed toward the North Pole.
00:56Remember?
00:57Now he was supposed to ski about 10 miles a day,
01:00which would have put him right about here.
01:04Oh, good.
01:07Right on time.
01:08Now listen, everyone.
01:09Remember, Fletcher can't hear us.
01:11Right?
01:12So no yelling out questions.
01:14Especially you, Khalil.
01:16Hey kids.
01:17Hi, it's your pleasure.
01:18I don't know if you can tell, but a blizzard just blew in about an hour ago.
01:26And let me tell you, it wasn't easy setting up camp in 50 mile an hour winds.
01:30Good thing I was able to buy such a strong tent with all the money you raised.
01:35Must be a polar bear out there looking for a little bit of trouble, huh?
01:40Anyway, I want to tell you about this herd of caribou I saw yesterday while I was out skiing.
01:46There were 12 of them, including four calves who had just started to throw the velvet on their horns.
01:51Oh, talk about cute.
01:53So, there I am.
01:55I'm trying to pull out my camera when-
01:57Oh!
01:58Wait, what are you-
01:59No, no, no, don't-
02:01Don't do-
02:18Hi, I'm Dylan. I'm here for Alexis.
02:20I'm her new violin teacher.
02:23Dylan, hi. Thanks for coming.
02:27Dad, let him in.
02:29Yeah.
02:35What happened to Olga?
02:37She retired.
02:38So you went male model?
02:39Dylan was a Juilliard. He's a musical prodigy.
02:41I was lucky to get a lesson with him.
02:43Prodigies are supposed to be all nerdy and awkward, not that.
02:48Well, hello there. I'm Martha.
02:52Hi, Dylan.
02:53Dylan!
02:54Oh, Alexis tells me you're very talented.
02:57And very strong, I might add.
02:59Whoa, my grip.
03:02Why don't we get started? I can assess where you are and then tomorrow we can start your lessons. Does that sound good?
03:07Yeah, my room's upstairs.
03:09Lead the way.
03:10Uh, why don't you do it down here? You know how I love watching you play.
03:15Nonsense.
03:17She needs privacy, not a performance.
03:20Spoken with true artistic insight.
03:22Well, thank you. I'm an actor. So, stands to reason.
03:27Well, he's a charming young man.
03:29Good.
03:30Well, I'm off.
03:31See you later, darling.
03:34I like Dolga.
03:38Castle.
03:42Heyya, Mike.
03:43Where's the body?
03:45You didn't tell him?
03:46Tell me what?
03:47They were on the surprise.
03:48What surprise?
03:49Hey, kids! I don't know if you can tell, but a blizzard just blew in about an hour ago?
03:57Do we have jurisdiction in the North Pole?
03:59Wait for it.
04:0050 mile an hour winds. Good thing that a caribou I saw yesterday while I was out skiing.
04:05Okay, there comes the guy.
04:07Including four calves who had just started to grow the belt on the board.
04:10Whoa.
04:11We see the gun?
04:12Trying to pull out my camera when...
04:14Wait, what are you...
04:15No, no, no, don't, don't, don't!
04:17That was awesome!
04:19I mean, well, obviously it was horrible, but that's not the Arctic.
04:22That's an apartment, but where?
04:24Ryan rewinded.
04:25I thought I saw something when the camera was falling.
04:29Stop.
04:30Right there.
04:31Out the window in the background.
04:35That's classic Upper West Side architecture.
04:37Take a picture of it.
04:38Send it to the precinct.
04:39See if any of the beat cops recognize it.
04:41On it.
04:42Mr. Wheeler.
04:43I'm Detective Kate Beckett.
04:44This is Rick Castle.
04:45I just don't understand.
04:46Everything seemed to happen up.
04:47He had a Yale PhD.
04:48When was the first time that you met Mr. Fletcher?
04:49A few months ago, he came into the school and made a presentation to the school board.
04:51A month-long, one-man trip to the North Pole.
04:52We agreed to help fund the expedition in exchange.
04:53Fletcher said he would give a unique educational experience for the kids, including weekly video reports
04:57from the Arctic Circle.
04:58How much did you raise?
04:59Between our school and others in the area, around 50,000.
05:00Hmm.
05:01Wow.
05:02That's a lot of pemmican.
05:03A basic staple of the polar explorer diet, high in fat and protein.
05:06Basically, it's beef and grease kind of melted together into a jerky.
05:07Do you think it'd be disgusting?
05:08No.
05:09No.
05:10No.
05:11No.
05:12No.
05:13No.
05:14No.
05:15No.
05:16No.
05:17No.
05:18No.
05:19No.
05:20No.
05:21No.
05:22No.
05:23No.
05:24No.
05:25No.
05:26No.
05:27Interesting, but surprisingly, I'll fill you in later.
05:31When was the last time you saw Mr. Fletcher?
05:33He came by the school two weeks ago to pick up a stack of letters the kids wrote to him
05:36for his trip.
05:37He was supposed to get on the plane to Greenland the next day.
05:40We got an ID on the building.
05:4279th and Amsterdam.
05:43All right.
05:43Tell Laney that we'll meet her there.
05:45I have Mr. Forkあーd, the address 231-4.
05:48The unicorns said the door was unlocked when they got here.
05:51Either the victim left it that way, or, uh ...
05:53killer had a key.
05:54All right, talk to the neighbors.
05:55to talk to the neighbors, see if Fletcher had any regular visitors.
05:57But first, I'm thinking our Vic might have been a squirrel.
06:00Mmm, I'll take the bedroom.
06:02I'm sorry, a squirrel?
06:04Likes to hide his nuts for the winter.
06:06And by nuts, you mean...
06:08Valuables, secrets, anything a guy living a lie wouldn't want someone to find.
06:14Oh, yeah.
06:17This reminds me of that movie, Capricorn One.
06:24That was like a Winterland twist.
06:26Lainey, what do we got?
06:30Victim was shot once in the face with a large caliber bullet.
06:33Ouch.
06:34Oh, I don't think he felt much with a bullet that size.
06:37Face shots usually indicate a deep anger in the shooter,
06:40literally trying to erase what makes the victim a person.
06:43Well, con men do leave a wake of angry people.
06:46It's amazing that this is all it took to fake two weeks in the Arctic.
06:49Mm-hmm.
06:50Wonders of modern technology.
06:52A lot of criminals today don't take advantage.
06:54I blame the parents.
06:56Give this to Fletcher.
06:59He did do his homework.
07:01Oh!
07:02This is a library book.
07:04Something tells me he wasn't planning on returning it.
07:09You're right.
07:10Look what our little squirrel was hiding in the airbag.
07:16Something tells me our Stephen Fletcher wasn't actually Stephen Fletcher.
07:19Hmm.
07:20Multiple IDs usually indicates multiple cons.
07:22I'd say our killer is someone who Fletcher duped.
07:25From the height of the bullet hole in the tent,
07:27I'd say our shooter was anywhere between five, three, and six feet.
07:30Hmm.
07:31I guess that rules out the first graders.
07:32Unless one was standing on another one's shoulders.
07:34Hiding inside of a trench coat, lady.
07:36Diabolical. I like it.
07:39Lainey, I'm gonna need a rush on the fingerprints.
07:40We're gonna need to know who our victim really was.
07:42Okay.
07:43Let's bag all of this, get it back to the station.
07:45Right on.
07:46Mm-hmm.
07:47Just like camp, huh?
07:49What if I climb to the tent?
07:50That'd you know.
07:52Couple of U.S. passports.
07:54It's you.
07:55Oh, oh, oh, oh.
07:57Oh, thank you.
07:58So have you read it?
08:00Read what?
08:01The book.
08:02What book?
08:03Oh, your book.
08:06Heatwade.
08:11Well?
08:12I haven't gotten to it yet.
08:14What do you mean you haven't gotten to it yet?
08:16I'm sorry.
08:17I've just been so busy with work, I haven't had time.
08:19You were all over me to get a copy of that book.
08:21Do you have any idea how many hoops I had to jump through?
08:23Just so my editor wouldn't send an armed guard to watch over you
08:26while you read it?
08:27The least you could do was to...
08:31Oh.
08:32Oh, I see what you're doing.
08:34I'm not doing anything.
08:35Oh, yes, you are.
08:37Yes, you are.
08:38You're trying to push my buttons, but it's not gonna work.
08:40Really?
08:41Hm?
08:42Because it seems to be working just great.
08:45Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to input these IDs into VICAP
08:48to see if any of Fletcher's other identities have been flagged.
08:51What do you want all this stuff from Fletcher's apartment?
08:53Right here.
08:54How come you have to carry everything?
08:57Ryan hurt his back.
08:58Oh, we checked with all Fletcher's neighbors.
09:02None of them could remember seeing anyone but Fletcher
09:04coming and going from the apartment.
09:06And we called Yale.
09:07Turns out Stephen Fletcher does have a PhD in wildlife biology, only...
09:11Only their Stephen Fletcher is a seven-foot-tall albino.
09:14No.
09:15300-pound Hawaiian, but closer.
09:16You know what I don't get?
09:17Mm-hmm.
09:18Why go to so much trouble to create such an elaborate scam?
09:20Fletcher must have spent weeks going through all the prep work.
09:23I can give you 50,000 reasons why.
09:25Yeah, but for con men, it's not just about the money.
09:27I mean, for them, it's about the game.
09:30The thrill they get from pulling a con, it's like a drug high.
09:34Con men was on drugs?
09:35No, sir.
09:36Castle is just giving us psychological insight
09:38based on his extensive experience as a fraud.
09:40Well, I just fielded several phone calls from some very embarrassed private schools,
09:44and they want this solved quickly and quietly.
09:46Unfortunately, it looks like our con men was running a whole slew of cons,
09:50unraveling all of them and finding the killer is going to take some time.
09:55Or maybe not.
09:57One of Fletcher's aliases conned a woman named Patty Schultz
10:00out of her life savings about a year ago.
10:02Sounds like a motive for murder to me.
10:04Apparently, Ms. Schultz has spent several stints in Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital,
10:09and none of them voluntary.
10:13Straight jacket.
10:20Ms. Schultz, I'm Detective Beckett.
10:26Is this about Sanchez?
10:27Because, you know, I only hit him because he was drilling holes in the wall to watch me exercise.
10:32This isn't about Sanchez. This is about him.
10:35Stephen Fletcher. Also known as Stephen Miles.
10:39Are you arresting me?
10:41Why would we arrest you?
10:43Because I killed him.
10:45Um, Mrs. Schultz, you've just confessed to a crime. I'm going to read to you your...
10:50In my mind.
10:51Did you just say you killed him in your mind?
10:54I meditate an hour every day.
10:58It's doctor's orders.
11:00And all I think about are my cats.
11:04And killing this son of a bitch.
11:06And it finally worked, didn't it?
11:08Well, I'm not sure.
11:10How did you kill him in your mind?
11:12With a belt sander.
11:14Where were you at 9am this morning?
11:16At the vet.
11:17Mr. Muffins has high cholesterol.
11:20Okay, thank you, we're done.
11:21How did, how did Mr. Fletcher con you?
11:23He said he was a cryogenist and that he would freeze me and my cats so we could be resurrected
11:29when science had conquered the death barrier.
11:31And you believed him?
11:33Have you ever been duped?
11:35I've been married twice.
11:36You think I got suckered because I'm crazy?
11:39Well, you're wrong.
11:40I have paranoid personality disorder.
11:44Which makes me the most suspicious person you've ever met.
11:47And Steven just made me feel safe for the first time in years.
11:51And then he vanished with $60,000 in my money.
11:57That man could sell sand to a camel.
12:03For coming.
12:08Can I see his body?
12:12Oh.
12:14No.
12:18You know, I can't help but be a little impressed with our boy Fletcher.
12:21Please tell me you're kidding.
12:22Not on a personal level.
12:24Just more of a professional one.
12:25I mean, one storyteller to another.
12:27This guy's a master.
12:28He's a leech.
12:29He preys on innocent victims and ruins their lives.
12:32It looks like our leech has jumped up to the major leagues.
12:34What do you mean?
12:35One of Fletcher's identities was recently engaged to be married to Elyse Finnegan.
12:39Wait, Finnegan.
12:40Where do I know that name?
12:41Her family owns half of Park Avenue South.
12:43Our lovely bride-to-be is worth a cool hundred million bucks.
12:45Ooh, now I'm really impressed.
12:48He wasn't a con man.
12:50I'm afraid he was, Elyse.
12:51We've already uncovered two other scams and I'm certain we'll find more.
12:54No.
12:55No, I don't believe you.
12:57Elyse.
12:58It's okay, Sue.
12:59They were getting married next weekend.
13:01Elyse was so excited.
13:03How long did she know Fletcher?
13:05Six months.
13:06That's quite the whirlwind romance.
13:08It was love at first sight for both of them.
13:10So there were no clues that he was setting her up.
13:12Stories that didn't add up or bills he couldn't pay?
13:15He insisted on paying for the wedding, even though the cost was substantial.
13:20He seemed to live to make her happy.
13:24That's because making her happy was vital to his con.
13:27You're wrong.
13:29I've been rich my whole life, detective.
13:32So if there's one thing I've learned, it's how to spot a man who's only interested in me for my money.
13:37Steven wasn't like that.
13:40He loved me for me.
13:43I can't believe how naive she's being.
13:46Even with overwhelming evidence that her fiancΓ© was a con man, she still believes he loved her.
13:50People see what they want to see.
13:52That's what con artists prey on.
13:54It's really kind of a psychopathy to be so cold that you can look someone in the eye, tell them that you love them, and then rob them blind without the slightest remorse.
14:02Whoa.
14:03I just flashed back to the eighth grade.
14:05Sherry Ort.
14:06Broke my heart.
14:07Stole my lunch money.
14:08Beckett?
14:09She laughed about it with her friends.
14:11All right.
14:12Thanks.
14:13Well?
14:14Fletcher's fingerprints.
14:15We still don't know his real identity.
14:18What you got?
14:19Trying to find a clue to the con that killed Fletcher, but it looks like our guy was a criminal overachiever.
14:26What?
14:27Oh, you know those Nigerian email scams?
14:29Oh, Fletcher didn't pull one of those.
14:30No.
14:31It looks like someone tried to pull one on him.
14:33Fletcher conned the guy out of 10 grand.
14:35Man, our boy was good.
14:36Damn good.
14:37Don't be so impressed.
14:38The guy was a criminal.
14:39Oh, no.
14:40There's something about a well-played con that just makes you want to tick your head.
14:43And they have such great names, the Spanish Prister.
14:47Pig and the Pope.
14:48The Pigeon Drop.
14:49Oh, I love a good con movie.
14:50House of Games.
14:51Catch Me If You Can.
14:52Ocean's Eleven, baby.
14:53Dirty, rotten, scoundrels.
14:56Mother?
14:57Not leather.
15:00For my money, it starts and it ends with the sting.
15:04How about you Beckett?
15:05What's your favorite?
15:06I hate con movies.
15:07What?
15:08Really?
15:09How can you hate the sting?
15:10It's like, what, to have 20 Oscars?
15:12Nothing like that.
15:13Because the only people that get conned in a con movie are the audience members.
15:17You can't invest in anything because nothing is real.
15:20That's what makes it fun?
15:21Well, it wasn't fun to these kids.
15:23The ones from Wheeler's class who wrote to Fletcher.
15:26Dear Mr. Fletcher, when do polar bears sleep?
15:29Dear Mr. Fletcher, do penguins really wear tuxedos?
15:32Penguins are South Pole.
15:33Hey, these are six-year-old kids.
15:35These are six-year-old kids.
15:36And he scammed them.
15:37You guys still impressed by this dirtbag?
15:39If you were just scamming these kids, why would you write them back?
15:44Because it's all part of the con.
15:45Yeah.
15:46I'm not sure.
15:47I mean, if you were just a greedy monster, would you really bother writing back to all of
15:52them?
15:53He's got a point.
15:54Oh, now he was a sucker.
15:57Sir?
15:58Sucker or no sucker, clearly there's more to this guy than meets the eye.
16:04Busted.
16:07Shut up, Esposito.
16:09Alright, I'm gonna leave you guys to it.
16:11Where you going?
16:12It's early.
16:13I got plans.
16:15Oh, you have a date, don't you?
16:16No.
16:17You liar.
16:18Who's the unlucky guy?
16:19Yeah, right.
16:20See you guys in the morning.
16:21Alright, see you tomorrow.
16:22Careful.
16:24In case who is it?
16:25I don't know.
16:26Got me.
16:27So, she hasn't mentioned anyone?
16:29In case you haven't noticed, Beckett isn't exactly what you call a sharer.
16:33Why do you care?
16:34Anyway, Castle, do you have some unresolved feelings?
16:38For Beckett?
16:39Yeah.
16:40The woman hates con movies.
16:41Speak to me.
16:42Read my mind.
16:43Fill your mouth with flesh and mind.
16:56And I'll be yours.
16:57Just give me time.
16:59Give me time.
17:01Give me time.
17:03And I'll be yours.
17:04Just give me time.
17:08Give me time.
17:09Just give me time
17:14Give me time
17:20And I just can't stop
17:27Lord, I can't stop myself
17:31I can't stop
17:34Lord, I can't stop myself
17:39I thought she said her lesson was tomorrow
17:55Oh, Dylan had a cancellation. Alexis begged him to let her take the slot
17:59What are you doing?
18:04Nothing
18:10Why did you just get so quiet?
18:12Maybe he's teaching her something
18:14Maybe he's filling her head full of lies
18:16What are you talking about?
18:18Alright, that's it. I'm going up
18:20Oh
18:22So when I start the piece, should it be up well?
18:25Uh, yeah, I would
18:27Okay
18:28Well, hey you guys, no idea you were even here
18:29Well, she's a very talented girl and a real hard worker
18:33So, um, practice your saltier
18:35And we'll take another stab at Brahms next week
18:37Okay, great
18:38Have a good night
18:39You too
18:39Night, Dylan
18:40Bye
18:41You be safe
18:45I don't trust him
18:49What? Why?
18:51What do we really know about this guy?
18:53I know that he's an amazing violinist and a really great teacher
18:56Olga was a great teacher
18:57Olga kept a tissue up her sleeve and smelled like hard candy
19:01What's this about, Dad?
19:03I just don't think that you realize that what you see is not always what you get
19:07I mean, how do you know that Dylan really goes to Juilliard?
19:09Did you call the school?
19:10No
19:11Check his transcripts?
19:12No, but Dad, I
19:13Okay, I don't think we should take any more lessons from this guy until he's been properly vetted
19:16I want credit check, school reports, maybe even a polygraph
19:19Okay, you're officially out of control
19:21No, I'm not, and back me up here
19:23You want her violin teacher to take a lie detector test? You're off the reservation, kiddo
19:27Okay, you know what? You're cut off
19:29Dad
19:30No, you know what? I am the grown-up here
19:32Oh, this is scary
19:33And I say no more lessons from this guy until we've got him checked out
19:38What?
19:39I finally find a teacher that I connect with who's as excited about music as I am
19:44Why are you trying to ruin it?
19:46I'm not, I'm just...
19:48Hey!
19:52What's going on with her?
19:53Besides your unreasonableness, hormones
19:57What's your excuse?
20:08Okay, Castle
20:10What was so important that you had to cut my sparring session short?
20:13Just that I cracked this case wide open
20:16You know the thought of you fighting in a ring with another woman?
20:19Strangely arousing
20:20Who says I was sparring with a woman?
20:22Oh, your mystery date
20:24Oh, do I detect some jealousy?
20:26Me jealous?
20:27Ha!
20:28Double...
20:29What if I told you that my date was with your book?
20:35Really?
20:36No
20:38God, you're easy
20:39Give me your case breaking information so I can get a cup of coffee
20:43Well, I went a little daddy dearest on Alexis and it got me thinking
20:47If I can go this crazy over a violin teacher, how crazy would I go if my daughter was about to marry a scam artist?
20:53Crazy enough to kill, maybe?
20:55That is...
20:56Inspired
20:57No...
20:58Genius
20:59Uh-uh
21:00What?
21:01Finn
21:02Oh
21:03We don't have the slightest indication that Elise's father knew that Fletcher was a con artist
21:04Maybe not
21:05But, Castle here suggested that we check gun registration records for Jerry Finnegan
21:09And guess who happens to own the same caliber handgun as our murder weapon?
21:12Who?
21:13Jerry Finnegan
21:14Shut the front door
21:15No time for dirty talk
21:16Go get changed
21:17I keep it locked in the safe
21:21Hasn't been fired in years
21:23Did anyone else have the combination?
21:24No one
21:28Hasn't been fired recently?
21:30Or cleaned?
21:33I'd like to take it to the lab if you don't mind
21:35Certainly
21:36Mr. Finnegan
21:37One father to another
21:40I just can't believe that you never had the urge to check out your future son-in-law
21:44You never thought for a moment that maybe Fletcher wasn't what he was making himself out to be?
21:49I didn't think
21:50I knew
21:52Two weeks ago I hired a private investigator to look into Steven
21:55Not that I was suspicious, I wasn't
21:58I just thought better safe than sorry
22:00I was shocked when he called to tell me that Steven was a fraud
22:04Then I got angry
22:06Please
22:09Well I confronted Steven
22:11I told him I was going to expose him
22:13And have the wedding called off
22:16Well he begged me not to
22:19He said he was head over heels in love for the least
22:23Wanted to spend the rest of his life with her
22:27I told him I wasn't buying it
22:30But he promised that he was done with cons
22:33That the only reason that he was still pretending to be a polar explorer was for the kids
22:38He didn't want to let them down
22:40He was a professional liar, Mr. Finnegan
22:43Yes, I know that
22:45But what ultimately convinced me was the prenup
22:48He said I could draw up any document
22:51Cut him out of our fortune entirely if I wanted
22:54And he would sign it
22:55After a lifetime of greed, he said
22:58He'd finally found something more important than money
23:01Love
23:02Love
23:03And you believed him
23:04Yes, I did
23:05So I never said a word about it to anybody
23:10And then when you showed up here yesterday, I...
23:13I just couldn't tell Elise
23:15The private investigator that you hired, did he take any photographs?
23:19Yes
23:20He followed Steven for a week
23:22He offered me the photos, but I said I didn't want them in the house where Elise might see them
23:27What are you thinking?
23:30That Fletcher's killer might be in one of those photographs
23:33You think it's possible that Fletcher was telling Jerry the truth?
23:36That he's suddenly a con man with a heart of gold? No, that's just another con
23:40Wait, wait, wait, wait
23:41You don't think people can change?
23:43No
23:44I've seen too many repeat offenders to believe for one second that a guy who promises never to beat his wife again actually won't
23:52That's a pretty bleak attitude
23:54Not bleak, realistic
23:59After Mr. Finnegan hired me, I followed your boy night and day
24:02It became clear pretty fast, he was a grifter
24:05Hello?
24:07What?
24:10Isn't that...
24:11Jim Wheeler, first great teacher extraordinaire
24:14When was this taken?
24:16Ten days ago
24:17When Fletcher was supposed to be in the Arctic
24:19Looks like Mr. Wheeler was in on the scam
24:21Um...
24:28Okay, I'm not gonna lie to you
24:32Really?
24:33Because clearly you're pretty good at it
24:35Listen, I realized that Fletcher was faking it when I discovered that the pictures in his promotional booklet were photoshopped
24:41So you figured you'd make a few bucks rather than, I don't know, protect your students?
24:46No
24:47I-I know this sounds crazy, but the kids were learning
24:51Fletcher loved those kids and they loved him
24:53Sure, he was faking the trip technically, but he went out of his way to provide a dynamic, fact-filled presentation
24:59I just figured if he was making money on it, why shouldn't I?
25:02Nobody was getting hurt
25:04He was scamming little kids and you were his accomplice
25:06Any jury in the world would convict you of that
25:09Jury?
25:11I didn't kill him, I was standing right here when he was murdered
25:13Doesn't mean I won't prosecute you for criminal fraud
25:15Now you wanna stay out of jail, you better point us towards Fletcher's killer
25:19Listen, I swear, I don't know who killed him
25:23Have you spoken to his partner?
25:25Partner?
25:26I guess that's who she was, she was with him at the cafe when I met him
25:29She's in the picture
25:32Where?
25:36Hard to see
25:37Do you have a magnifying glass?
25:39Better
25:49That's Elise Finnegan, Fletcher's fiance
25:53Who's conning whom here?
25:57Help me out here, Elise
25:59First you tell me that you have no idea that Fletcher is a con man
26:03And then I find a picture of you witnessing him make a payoff during one of his scams
26:06That's not what it was
26:08Then what was it?
26:09I can't
26:13Elise, the man that you loved is dead
26:16I am trying to find his killer
26:19Help me
26:25Steven wasn't a con man
26:27Elise, we...
26:28He wasn't
26:29He was in the CIA
26:31This is the best case ever
26:32Shut up
26:33What makes you think he was in the CIA?
26:35A month after we started dating, he told me that he couldn't bear lying to me anymore
26:40He wasn't really a corporate lawyer
26:42He was a CIA agent on a top secret case
26:45And what part of this case involves conning first graders?
26:48Well, that was part of his mission
26:51Next you're gonna tell me that Wheeler was also a secret agent
26:55Oh, come on
26:56Think about it
26:57Wheeler works at the international school
27:00Half of those students are the children of UN diplomats
27:03Syria, China, the Middle East
27:06Getting close to their kids allowed Steven unique access to some of our country's worst enemies
27:12That is pretty smart
27:16Steven wasn't killed for being a con man
27:19He was killed for his intelligence work
27:23No
27:25I'm just saying
27:26No
27:27You can't deny there's a possibility
27:28He is not in the CIA
27:33I'll bet you a dollar
27:35Alright, you're on
27:36Who are you calling?
27:39My guy in the CIA
27:41You have a guy in the CIA
27:43When are you gonna learn? I've got a guy everywhere
27:46Thai food is pleasing to the tongue
27:50Secret code
27:52He'll call me back
27:53I met Agent Gray when I was researching storm warning that this guy was invaluable for the really hardcore secret agent stuff
28:03This guy is a machine
28:06I've interviewed serial killers, hitmen
28:09Agent Gray, by far the deadliest man I've ever met
28:14He once killed a North Korean agent with a melon baller
28:17It was an ice cream scoop, Castle
28:20And that information was supposed to remain private
28:22Sorry?
28:23Agent Gray, not quite what I pictured based on Castle's description
28:27I live in a world where nothing is as it seems, Detective
28:30For good reason
28:32Transparency gets you killed
28:34Didn't you use that line in storm warning?
28:36Yeah, I used some of your lines in heatwave too, which you'd know if you'd read it
28:40I read it, I thought it was terrific
28:43Especially that sex scene, talk about racing
28:45Wait, there's a sex scene in the book? Between us?
28:49There's a sex scene in the book between Nikki Heat and the robishly handsome reporter who's helping her
28:53Oh good, so he's nothing like you
28:55Funny
28:57Wait, how did you get a copy of the book?
29:01Look, can you just tell us that Fletcher wasn't a spook so we can get on with the case?
29:06Not here
29:15Get out
29:22Officially I am not at liberty to confirm or deny whether anyone is an agent
29:26But, unofficially?
29:31We've never heard of your boy
29:32So cool
29:42I can't believe Fletcher conned me
29:45We need to take another run at Elise
29:47See if there's anything else she's holding out on us
29:49Dad!
29:51We need to talk
29:55Sweetie
29:56Sit
29:59Dylan called
30:01Did you call Juilliard and check on him?
30:03Maybe
30:05I can't believe you
30:06After I told you how much taking lessons from him means to me
30:08Sweetie
30:09No, no, quiet
30:10Am I a troublemaker, Dad?
30:12Do I get drunk?
30:13Disobey authority?
30:14Steal police horses?
30:15That-
30:16Naked?
30:17No, that'd be you
30:18I seem to be the only person in this family blessed with good judgment and yet
30:21You don't trust me
30:22I trust you
30:23It's just- it's a dangerous world out there and people lie
30:27You don't think I know that?
30:28I'm in high school
30:29It's like the wild wild west with hormones and I think I'm doing a pretty good job navigating it
30:33You are and I'm proud
30:34Well then why don't you trust me to pick the person who's gonna inspire me as an artist?
30:40I love you daddy but I'm not a little girl anymore
30:43You can't protect me from everything
30:52She's good
30:55She took you apart like a pro
30:56You saw that?
30:57Mhm, through the glass
31:01It was actually kinda difficult to watch
31:03Even harder to experience
31:06So do you need a minute or can we get back to work?
31:10I'll give you a minute
31:15You're the one who's been pushing her to break the rules and when she suddenly steps outside of your comfort zone you freak out
31:20I didn't freak out, I was-
31:23I freaked out a little didn't I?
31:25Welcome to parenting a teenage girl
31:28As someone who used to be one, you have my sympathy
31:32Detective
31:34Can we come in?
31:37Sure
31:38Is everything okay?
31:47It's fine
31:49We did some checking Elise, Fletcher wasn't in the CIA
31:52Okay, is that all?
31:55I don't understand you fight me tooth and nail that he wasn't a con man and now you just give in
32:00I just, I just want this whole thing behind me
32:03There's something you aren't telling us
32:04I don't know what you're talking about
32:06Elise, tell them the good news
32:08What good news?
32:09Nothing
32:10Fletcher's alive
32:12Best case ever
32:18I'm sorry, I tried to fool you, it's just
32:21Steven left me a voicemail a half an hour ago
32:24And you're sure it was him?
32:26Elise, they're after me
32:28I'll contact you when I can
32:30Trust no one
32:32Okay, I just gotta chill
32:37That's not possible
32:39And yet
32:41Just relax
32:43But if Fletcher's alive, then who's the dead guy in our morgue?
32:49It's Fletcher, right?
32:51Honestly, I'm not a hundred percent sure
32:54His prints match the ones found at the apartment
32:56But we never got a fingerprint match on his real identity so I have nothing else to compare it to
33:02Plus Fletcher has seven known identities and so far I haven't found a single one that went to the dentist
33:07So I have no dental records to compare
33:09Okay, bottom line?
33:11This body could or could not be a man whose alias is Steven Fletcher
33:15But we saw him die
33:17Or did we?
33:19I hate this case
33:21I know, isn't it great?
33:23Wait, what are you...
33:25No, no, no, don't, don't, don't
33:28We don't actually see his murder
33:30The camera's already fallen when the shot went off
33:32Well the body we have doesn't even have a face
33:34But why?
33:36Fletcher was about to marry into an obscene amount of money
33:38And the only other scam he had going was at the school
33:41Why would he just jump ship and fake his death?
33:43It's possible Agent Gray was lying to us about Fletcher to protect the mission
33:47No, he wasn't in the CIA
33:48The paper trail for the cons is way too extensive
33:51There's something else that we're not seeing here
33:53Yeah, one of Fletcher's credit cards was just used to buy a plane ticket
33:56JFK to Jakarta, Indonesia
33:58He's making a run for it
33:59Why Indonesia?
34:00It's a non-extradition country
34:01What time does the plane leave?
34:025 o'clock
34:04Alert DHS and TSA will coordinate a plan of attack on the way
34:08Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait
34:10We also got hits on 5 other identities
34:12Credit card reservations for flights out of Newark and Luardia
34:14Car rental reservations out of New York and Philadelphia
34:16And an Amtrak out of DC
34:17He's trying to confuse his trail, spread us thin
34:19Well it's gonna work, we don't have resources to cover that territory
34:22These are just the IDs that we know about
34:23I guarantee you he's got at least one identity we've never heard of
34:26So he's gonna get away with this murder?
34:28No
34:29What do you mean no? By the time we figure out his real escape route
34:31He'll be on a beach somewhere laughing at us
34:33We don't need to figure out his escape route
34:34Because all roads lead to Elise
34:37Why would he risk everything by calling Elise?
34:41Sir, I believe he really does love her and he was planning on running away with her
34:45If we get to Elise, we'll find Fletcher
34:48Go!
34:50You just missed her
34:52She left about 10 minutes ago after she got another call
34:55From Fletcher?
34:56She wouldn't say, she just ran out the door
34:58But I think she might have written something down by the phone
35:03What's going on?
35:05Try the old pencil trick where you...
35:06I know
35:11Damn
35:13I'm gonna call in an APB on Elise
35:15See if we can get lucky at one of the airports
35:16Or...
35:24What?
35:26Mrs. Finnegan, what is this?
35:28Oh, that's their engagement album
35:31It just came
35:33Sue made it for the wedding
35:35Every guest was going to get one
35:37This looks just like the...
35:38The Arctic brochure Fletcher handed out
35:40You said Sue made this?
35:41Yes, she's a graphic artist
35:42How long has Sue known Elise?
35:44Oh, I don't know
35:45A year maybe?
35:46Sue is Fletcher's partner
35:48It's the undercover lover con
35:50Sue is the scout
35:51She gets close to Elise first
35:52Learns everything there is to know
35:53Paving the way for Fletcher
35:55Who comes in with a playbook of all of Elise's hopes and dreams
35:58And voila!
35:59It's love at first sight
36:01No, no, no, something doesn't quite track
36:03Why would they fake Fletcher's death in such a public way?
36:05They had to know the police were going to get involved
36:08Exposing their con to a lot of dangerous scrutiny
36:10Unless Fletcher really is dead
36:12If her dad is right and Fletcher really fell in love with Elise
36:15And was going to give up his con man ways
36:17Then Sue stood to lose a fortune by not finishing the con
36:19And if Fletcher married Elise then Sue had no chance of pulling off the con on her own
36:23So Sue takes matters into her own hands
36:25She kills Fletcher, shooting him in the face, making sure positive ID is impossible
36:28Bingo!
36:29But what about the phone call from Steven?
36:31Well, she must have faked it somehow
36:33Why?
36:35Because the con is still on!
36:38If Elise needed money, where would she go?
36:40National Bank and Trust, 84th in Lexington
36:43Thank you, Mrs. Finnegan
36:44Save these, their evidence
36:47Sue!
36:49Is Steven okay?
36:50Yeah, yeah, he would have called himself but it wasn't safe
36:53And he's sure that a million is going to be enough?
36:55It's enough to get you out of the country, he's got money stashed overseas
36:58Oh, thanks Sue
36:59We need to hurry
37:00Okay
37:03Any problems?
37:04No, no
37:05Ms. Finnegan!
37:06You forgot your phone?
37:07Oh, thank you
37:08You're welcome
37:10Steven just called, he wants me to drop the money at the safe house while you go pack
37:13He said to meet him at Grand Central at 9 after he does one last thing, and then you two can be together
37:16Here
37:18Good luck
37:19Thanks
37:20Thanks
37:21Thanks
37:22Thanks
37:23Thanks
37:24Thanks
37:54Newspapers?
37:55Newspapers?
37:56I didn't think people read those anymore
38:06Out of the car, you!
38:07Come on, let me see your hands
38:09Turn around
38:11You know, Detective Beckett here didn't think we could con a con artist, but I told her you just weren't that smart
38:16You did, after all, fall for the oldest count in the book, the lazy Susan
38:23The lazy Susan?
38:25It's either that or the grumpy beaver, I always get them mixed up
38:28Detective
38:32Thank you so much for your help
38:33Absolutely
38:34It's my job to protect our clients
38:39Well, well, well, hang on a second, I thought you said you hated con movies
38:43Oh, Castle, you are such an easy mark, aren't you?
38:46Hey, I got something
38:52Police, they're after me, I'll contact you when I can, trust no one
38:57When you see how it's done, it really takes the magic out of it
39:01Detective?
39:04Is Steven really dead?
39:09I'm afraid so
39:12Then it was all a lie?
39:15No, Elise, you need to know that Steven loved you very much
39:20He changed his ways because you made him want to be a better man
39:26Thank you
39:33No hard day tonight?
39:40No, just the paperwork
39:42One of the many reasons I'm glad I'm not actually a cop
39:45Have a good one
39:46Yeah, you too
39:47Wait, how's my daughter here?
39:48Not sure, I don't know since we didn't want to be a better man
39:49But I'm a little unconscious
39:51I don't know
39:53I can't believe I was a father
39:55or a mother
39:57Do you know that Steven?
39:58He's a father
39:59I can't believe he was a father
40:00I can see his daughter
40:01And she's a father
40:02What are you doing here?
40:20I knew you were reading it.
40:21I was...
40:22It's on page 105, by the way.
40:25What?
40:25That sex scene you're looking for.
40:28And Agent Gray was right.
40:29It's steamy.
40:31I wasn't.
40:31See you tomorrow.
40:32See you tomorrow.
41:02I'm going to try to be more respectful.
41:33Just promise me one thing.
41:38Be patient with me.
41:40I've never had a teenage daughter before.
41:45Deal.
41:46Thanks.
41:47Aren't you worried about Dylan's intentions towards Graham?
41:58I'm hoping they involve running away together, but I'm not that lucky.
42:01It's getting better.
42:02It's getting better.
42:02Much better.
42:03Speaking of running away, how about we have dinner out?
42:06Yes.
42:07Please.
42:08Really keep that wrist flex.
42:10Oh, okay.
42:11Come on.
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