- 6/4/2025
Castle Season 2 Episode 22
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00:01There are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people psychopaths and mystery writers
00:06I'm the kind that pays better. Who am I? I'm Rick Castle Castle Castle
00:10I really am ruggedly handsome, aren't I?
00:12Every writer needs inspiration and I found mine detective Kate Beckett Beckett Beckett Nikki Heath the character
00:18He's basing on you and thanks to my friendship with the mayor. I get to be on her case
00:21I'd be happy to let you spank me together. We catch killers
00:25Make a pretty good team you know like Starsky and Hutch Turner and Hooch
00:29You do remind me a little of Hoot
00:47Chef chef check his pulse
00:50What broke?
00:56Stupid glass
00:57Remind me to get smarter glasses
00:59Somehow I feel that the glass is not quite the problem
01:02I got invited to the Hamptons with Lacey's family and a couple other friends
01:05What sounds like fun
01:08So why do you look like someone who just got voted off the island?
01:11AP tests are next week so I really need to study all weekend
01:14But I really want to go to the Hamptons
01:16The eternal struggle between work and play
01:19The trick is when you grow up, find work that feels like play
01:23Speaking of work, what are you doing up in dress so early?
01:27I don't know reason just thought I'd get an early start to my day
01:29Mm-hmm
01:30Bye
01:38He's like that's nice
01:42Alright so I'll see you tomorrow night?
01:44Yeah good
01:45Okay
01:49What's Deming doing in our break room? Is there something wrong with the coffee downstairs?
01:52Well you're the one who bought us the cappuccino machine, Castle
01:55Yes, but I bought it for Homicide, not the entire precinct
01:58Oh
01:59What's tomorrow night?
02:00What?
02:02Oh Tom was wondering if I wanted to get together tomorrow night
02:06Why is that a problem?
02:07Why would I have a problem with that?
02:10Excuse me
02:12Beckett
02:15Okay, be right there
02:18Tom
02:19Right
02:22The murder is at Q3
02:23This place has only been open three months
02:25I can't even get a reservation here
02:26I've been dying to eat here
02:28Well evidently you're not the only one
02:29Where are we?
02:30In the kitchen
02:31Victim's name is Balthazar Wolf, he's a head chef here
02:35Big Bad Wolf?
02:36Window of Kitchen Wars Season 6?
02:37I know right?
02:38Aw man
02:39I never got to taste this foie gras sandwich
02:42He was found this morning by the pastry chef Spike Ridenour
02:45In one of the dishwashers one close to
02:50Castle, stop!
02:52Do you not see the little orange cones around the body?
02:55Is that actually his hand?
02:56That's the effect of LN2
02:59Commonly known as liquid nitrogen, a cryogenic refrigerant
03:04It instantly freezes anything it comes in touch with including Mr. Wolf
03:08Made him fragile as glass
03:09This is both literally and figuratively cool
03:12Wolf was a follower of molecular gastronomy
03:16It's using the science to manipulate the
03:22Then you don't care
03:23It's usually pretty safe unless someone dumps it on you
03:26Time of death?
03:28All our normal indicators are contaminated by the LN2
03:33I'll see what I can do once I get to the morgue
03:36But we're gonna have to let them thaw a bit before we can move them
03:41Looks like there was a struggle
03:43Robbery?
03:44No, no sign of forced entry, nothing's missing
03:46According to Mr. Ridenour and Mr. Costa here
03:49Our victim stayed at the restaurant long after everyone else had left
03:52And what time was that?
03:53It was around 11
03:54One of our clients had special ordered a cake
03:56And Wolf stayed behind to finish it up
03:58Aren't you the pastry chef?
03:59Yeah, but I don't do crazy stuff like Wolf does
04:01I made the cushion and he sculpted the crown, the heart, and the jewels
04:06But that's probably why he had the rotary evaporator out and the liquid nitrogen
04:09Alright, after Perlmutter gets the body out
04:10I'm gonna want CSU to come in and sweep for fibers and prints
04:13Yeah, yeah
04:14Yo, Beckett
04:15The owner's here
04:16See, there's been an accident
04:17Madison?
04:20Bex?
04:21What are you doing here?
04:22I'm a homicide detective
04:24Shut the front door
04:25I know
04:27I know, right?
04:28What a messed up way for us to reconnect
04:30Madison Keller, this is Richard Castle
04:32Hi
04:33Hi
04:34Please call me Rick
04:35How do you two know each other?
04:36High school
04:37Ninth grade French
04:38I can't believe the biggest scoff lads die became a cop
04:41Yeah
04:44So I'm gonna need contact information for all the restaurant staff
04:47Come on, Bex, you think somebody here might have done it?
04:49You know, no forced entry usually means that the killer either knew the chef
04:52Or was someone who had keys
04:53So I'm gonna need alibis from everyone
04:55Including you
04:56Sorry
04:57No, no, I uh, I understand
05:00I was at a party until the wee hours
05:02Lots of people saw me
05:03Maddie, do you know if Wolf had any enemies?
05:04Anyone that wanted to do him harm?
05:06He was the bad boy America loved to hate
05:08I was a guest judge, that's how we met
05:11Seriously?
05:12You never heard of Kitchen Wars?
05:14Uh...
05:16No, I don't really get a lot of time to watch TV
05:19This from the girl who'd spend hours watching Saved by the Bell reruns
05:24Really?
05:25What else did she spend hours doing?
05:27Castle
05:28Real crime scene
05:29Not mystery writer research time, okay?
05:32Did you notice anything unusual about Wolf lately?
05:34Anything at all?
05:36There was one thing
05:37Wolf usually worked non-stop
05:39You couldn't tear him away from the kitchen
05:41But for the last couple of weeks
05:43He'd disappear around three and come back just in time to prep at five
05:47Did he say where he was going?
05:49No
05:50He said it was personal
05:51Hey guys
05:52Found something
05:54Juan the dishwasher was the last one here last night
05:56He swears he finished every single dish
05:57Two dirty bowls, two spoons, and a soup pot?
06:00Looks like Wolf had some late night company
06:03It's popcorn soup
06:04It's Domingo's specialty
06:05Domingo?
06:06Our line chef
06:07He must have come back after everybody left
06:08That means he's the last one to have seen Wolf alive
06:10Do you have an address?
06:11Of course
06:12Alright, track down Domingo and see why he was here so late and what he saw
06:16I'll also need the contact info for Wolf's next of kin
06:23High school friend, huh?
06:25I bet she knows where all your bodies are buried
06:27You can dig all you want, Castle
06:28My secrets are safe with her
06:29How can you be sure?
06:30Because whatever she knows about me
06:32I know worse about her
06:34We used to hang out
06:36Big group of us
06:37Had a good time
06:38And...
06:39What's a good time?
06:40Well, if you don't know by now, I'm sure it's too late to show you one
06:44Here's Wolf's emergency contact
06:46David Nicolaitis
06:47Wolf didn't have any real family
06:50He spent most of his childhood in and out of foster homes
06:53Which is why we're listed as next of kin
06:56My girlfriend Cicely and I are about as close as it gets
06:59They were like brothers
07:01How long did you know each other?
07:03Since our teens
07:04My dad gave him a job in a restaurant as a busboy
07:07And when he got out of juvie
07:09It didn't take long to tell that he had a real gift for food
07:12Been like family ever since
07:14Did he have any enemies that you know of?
07:16He had a bad boy image from the show, but he was actually sweet
07:20Winning kitchen wars must have been huge for him, how was he handling it?
07:24He loved it, the fame, the fortune, it was everything he ever dreamed of
07:29Except...
07:30Except what?
07:31I think he might have had some financial troubles
07:33What do you mean?
07:34When my dad passed away a few months back
07:37He left his restaurant to Wolf and me
07:39It was nothing fancy like Q3
07:41It was just a little diner in Queens
07:42But about two weeks ago he came to me asking if I would buy him out
07:47I tried to talk him out of it
07:49I even told him that I would loan him the money, but he refused
07:52In the end I gave in and bought out his share
07:56For how much?
07:5840,000
07:59Didn't he just win a lot of money on kitchen wars?
08:01Well he put it all into the new restaurant
08:03I tried to tell him to hold some of it back, but
08:06He was an all or nothing kind of guy
08:11Jennifer, Wolf, we've scored your dishes
08:14And although it was very close
08:16Baltasar Wolf, you're the winner of Kitchen Wars New York
08:20Look at his face
08:24See how happy he is?
08:26Hmm
08:27He had no idea in eight months he'd be dead
08:29Well the bank has a warrant, so we should have his financials in a couple of hours
08:33If he was having money troubles, we'll find out
08:35Becky
08:36Hey!
08:37How'd it go with the late night suit maker?
08:39You guys find him?
08:40We found him, alright
08:41In line at the airport with $5,000 cash in a suitcase and a one way ticket to Ecuador
08:46Hmm
08:47Nothing says I'm guilty like an attempt to flee the country
08:50The next time you decide to go all Mr. Freeze on someone, you should really clean up after yourself
09:06We found your bowls in the sink
09:08I don't understand
09:09We found you with a packed suitcase, plane tickets to Ecuador and $5,000 in cash
09:17That is not a crime
09:18I have a passport
09:20Which you were using to flee a murder
09:22Murder?
09:23Who do you think I killed?
09:25Your boss in the big white hat
09:27Wolf?
09:28Wolf's dead? How?
09:29Mr. Verdugo, sit down
09:32I did not kill anyone
09:34We know you came to see him last night
09:36Yes
09:37I came back to the restaurant last night
09:40My sister, she's in Ecuador, she's very sick, she needs surgery
09:44I came to ask Chef if I can go home
09:47$5,000 is a lot of money
09:49Where did you get it from?
09:50Chef Wolf gave it to me for my sister's operation
09:54Told me he was crazy, but he insisted
09:56He said, go take care of your sister
09:59Look, five years
10:01I've worked with Wolf
10:02He's my friend
10:03I didn't kill him
10:05And he just happened to have five grand on him
10:07Yes, in his backpack
10:09Look, I promised to pay him back
10:11He had that much money in a backpack
10:12Yeah, he had more, a lot more
10:15Look, I told him he shouldn't carry so much cash
10:17He could get...
10:20Killed
10:21There was no backpack at the scene
10:24Maybe that angry lady stole it
10:25Maybe she's the one who killed Wolf
10:26What angry lady?
10:27One of his girlfriends
10:29I left when she came
10:30When?
10:31After midnight, around 1245
10:33Do you know her name?
10:34No, but she came into the restaurant all the time
10:37Can you describe her?
10:41So the kitchen staff confirms that Wolf did have a backpack with him yesterday
10:45And the only reason that they noticed it is because he didn't usually carry one
10:49Hmm, so Domingo was telling the truth
10:51Well, just because the backpack exists doesn't mean that the rest of his story is credible
10:56Nobody's telling the truth about the money
10:58Wolf's financials came in
10:59There's nothing out of the ordinary over the last six months
11:02But then, bam, two weeks ago withdraws all his savings from his checking account
11:06$15,000
11:08Two weeks ago
11:09That's about the time that Wolf asked his foster brother David to buy a share
11:13Yeah, as soon as that check cleared he withdrew that $40,000 in cash
11:16On the day he was killed
11:18Why would someone need $40,000 in cash?
11:20Well, nothing legal
11:22You know, Madison said that he would disappear every day between 3 and 5 p.m.
11:26Maybe where he went had something to do with the money
11:29Why don't you guys talk to the kitchen staff again and let's look into his credit card receipts
11:33Maybe we can figure out where he was going
11:35And where are we on the phone records?
11:37Well, the SIM card was damaged from the freezing
11:39Tech's seeing what they can salvage
11:40And we subpoenaed his phone records from the provider
11:42Waiting on those
11:43Okay
11:47Looks kinda sketchy to me
11:48What?
11:50That's Sandra
11:51She and her husband are in every Saturday
11:53Husband?
11:54Yeah
11:55Domingo hinted at a romantic relationship
11:57Which has to violate several health cards
12:01Do you remember their last name?
12:02No
12:03No, but her information should be in the reservation book
12:06How are you holding up?
12:07Huh
12:08I'm still reeling
12:10And I have no time to grieve
12:12Wolf was a friend, but like it or not
12:13I have to interview replacement chefs
12:15I still haven't found that customer slip for that cake Wolf was making
12:19And I have this charity event tomorrow night at Rocco Dispirito's
12:22If I don't show up, people will think Wolf's death means the death of Q3
12:27Hey, maybe you should come with me
12:28I could use the moral support and maybe we can catch up at all times
12:32You know, I would love to
12:33It's just I have something
12:35Something?
12:40You know, I am available for moral support
12:42And I've been dying to try out Rocco's new place
12:45A charming rockin' tour
12:46That's just what the doctor ordered
12:47Thank you, Rick
12:49Unless that's a problem
12:50No, not a problem
12:53Oh, here it is
12:55Sandra Myers
12:58What was the exact nature of your relationship with Wolf?
13:03Food turns me on
13:05Not as a sex toy, but the sensual act of cooking
13:08When I saw Wolf on Kitchen Wars, how passionate he was with his ingredients
13:12I fell in lust
13:14My husband and I were the first through the doors when Q3 opened
13:17And when Wolf came by to check on our meal, I slipped in my number
13:20Did you always have sex in the restaurant?
13:23Well, Wolf did his best work in the kitchen
13:25Yeah
13:28And your husband never suspected?
13:30When he's not working nights at the ER, he's conked out on sleeping pills
13:34I could shoot porn in my living room, he'd have no idea
13:38Are you gonna tell my husband?
13:40You're the primary suspect in a murder investigation
13:43Your husband is the least of your worries
13:44So what happened that night, Sandra? The sex turned deadly?
13:48No, there was no sex
13:50Two weeks ago, Wolf called me out of the blue to tell me we were through
13:53Two weeks?
13:55I tried calling him, but he wouldn't call me back
13:57So I went to the restaurant last night to find out why
13:59And?
14:01He said he was done screwing around
14:03That it was time to grow up, turn over a new damn leaf
14:06And that clearly made you angry?
14:08Sure, but I didn't kill him
14:10Mrs. Meyers, you cheat on your husband on a regular basis, why should we believe you?
14:15Ask the doorman at my building
14:17I was back before 1.30
14:19When I left the restaurant at 1.15, Wolf was alive
14:23Yo, doorman confirms Mrs. Meyers' story in the hospital has Dr. Meyers logged his work in the graveyard shift
14:28Well, lying, cheating wife was telling the truth
14:31Yeah, but until we figure out Wolf's time of death, she's still our best suspect
14:35Hey, so I ran down Wolf's daily disappearance
14:38His credit card records show a charge at Café Rex every day the last couple of weeks around 3.45
14:45Café Rex? That's on second in the 70s, what was Wolf doing there?
14:50Why don't you guys head up and see if he was meeting with anyone
14:53Beckett
14:54Okay, we'll be right there
14:57Come on, Perlmutter found something
15:00How's our corpuscle?
15:02Thawing nicely
15:04In spite of the obvious challenges, I found enough unaffected tissue to narrow time of death to between 2 and 4 a.m.
15:12Well, that knocks out both Domingo and Mrs. Meyers
15:15Once we got him under the heat lamp, some bruising began to present
15:19First, there were significant contusions along his back and legs
15:25Wow, this looks like a pretty bad beating
15:29Did this happen the night of the murder?
15:31These bruises are at least 2 weeks old
15:33Bruising on the body, $40,000 in cash, sold his shares in the diner to his foster brother
15:38All within the same 2 week time span
15:41I also found a fresh bruise from a blow he suffered just before he was frozen
15:46I went through the crime scene photos from CSU and the bruise pattern matches one of the objects from the kitchen
15:53Rotary evaporator
15:54It's a tool that chefs use to distill and extract flavors from
15:59And again, you don't care
16:02We didn't find any prints on the body of the appliance
16:05But there were some partials on its shattered glass too
16:08The guys in the lab were able to humpty-dumpty together a usable print
16:11Didn't match any of the restaurant employees
16:14But when they ran it through APHIS, they got a hit
16:17Jennifer Wong
16:19No
16:20Who's Jennifer Wong?
16:21You knew I was using the veal, so you ran straight to the butcher and bought everything he had
16:26You think I care about sabotaging you?
16:29I can cook you off the show with one hand tied behind my back
16:32You lost because you cook with your head, I cook with my soul
16:41He's a liar, he stole that recipe from me
16:44I swear to God if Wolf is I'm gonna kill that son of a bitch
16:50Sounds like you and Mr. Wolf had quite the rivalry
16:52What about it?
16:54Oh, come on
16:56Had to be difficult watching him walk away with that $100,000 prize?
16:58Not to mention the publicity and fame that catapulted his career
17:00And it's not hard to believe that the resentment was building up over the past couple of months
17:03Until the pressure finally put you over the edge
17:05Wait, you think I'm gonna kill you?
17:07I'm gonna kill you, I'm gonna kill you
17:09I'm gonna kill you, I'm gonna kill you
17:11I'm gonna kill you, I'm gonna kill you
17:12It's hard to believe that the resentment was building up over the past couple of months
17:15Until the pressure finally put you over the edge
17:18Wait, you think I killed him?
17:21That rivalry between Wolf and me?
17:24It was just an act
17:26An act?
17:28I thought that Kitchen Wars was a reality show
17:30Emphasis on show
17:32And win or lose, you want people to remember your name when it's over
17:35That's how you build your brand
17:37And who doesn't remember a great villain?
17:38Exactly
17:40Hey, we made for great TV
17:42Why do you think they kept us on until the final two?
17:44But then he won!
17:45Personally, I was shocked that your oven-roasted pork belly glaze didn't take top prize
17:49That was... just...
17:51Look, we both won
17:53Yes, Wolf got his own restaurant
17:55But I secured financing for a catering company, and I'm doing great
17:59Well, then if you didn't kill him, maybe you can explain why we found your prints at the scene
18:03They were all over the appliance used to bludgeon Mr. Wolf to death
18:06Are you talking about the rotary evaporator?
18:11My prints are on it because it's mine
18:13I loaned it to him the day before yesterday
18:15He said he needed it to make something really special
18:18Wait, you saw him the day he died?
18:20He called me early in the morning and asked to meet
18:22Was he carrying a backpack?
18:25Yeah, he seemed in a rush
18:29Like he had a lot of things to do and not a lot of time to do it
18:31I gave him the evaporator and then he said he had a meeting in Midtown
18:35He asked me to drop him off on my way home
18:37And where was that?
18:38The northeast corner of 47th and Lex
18:41One of those big office buildings
18:44Jennifer's employees confirmed that she had a catering job in the Hamptons
18:49And that she stayed the night
18:51Well, just as well, her culinary talents would have been wasted in a prison kitchen
18:55Hey you guys, I need you to check on the tenants at this address
18:59423 East 47
19:01Apparently Wolf visited someone there the day that he died
19:03And he had the backpack with him
19:05Hey, how'd things go uptown?
19:07Well, we talked to every waiter, busboy and manager at Cafe Rex
19:10They remember Wolf coming in and said he sat at the same table out front
19:13But he was always alone
19:15What was he doing?
19:16Sipping tea, staring, sometimes he ordered the brioche
19:18That's right
19:19That's it, every day for the last two weeks
19:21Why would he go all the way to the Upper East Side just to sit there alone?
19:25Maybe he had a rendezvous with Destiny and it stood him up
19:28Which reminds me, what color shirt do you think Madison would like on me?
19:34Going out with Beckett's old friend?
19:38That's a mistake
19:40Well, Beckett didn't seem to mind
19:42Oh, honey, do you want me an apple?
19:44No
19:45Stop frowning, Alexis, or your father will freeze your face like that
19:50I didn't have to
19:51I just found out I have to study slides with a microscope for my AP Chem exam
19:55I can't take a microscope to the Hamptons
19:57Well, so you're canceling your trip?
20:00Well, when I'm studying I want to be on the beach with the girls
20:03And when I'm on the beach I feel guilty for not studying
20:05Well, don't look at me, I'm from the Have Your Cake and Eat It 2 School of Decision Making
20:10I say, do both
20:11Or, maybe by this weekend I'll figure out a way to take this tank of liquid nitrogen and build it into a weather machine
20:21I'll make it rain, your friends will have to cancel their trip, you won't have to choose, and then we can take over the world!
20:27Not helpful
20:32But evil
20:34Shouldn't you be getting ready for your date?
20:37Shouldn't you be back home with Chet?
20:39Oh, you're right
20:41Hey!
20:43I froze time
20:44Maddie?
20:49Oh, hey!
20:51You look amazing
20:53Thanks!
20:55Hey, I, um, I wanted to drop this off
20:57It's my way of saying thank you for everything you guys are doing
21:01Oh, yeah
21:03You know, it's what we do, but we are always very grateful for cookies
21:06I love oatmeal cookies, well, I'm glad
21:11Hey, Bex, do you remember when we used to like the same guy in English class?
21:17Yes, Brent Edwards
21:19Yes, he was very hot
21:21Yes
21:23Do you also remember what happened senior year?
21:26Uh, yeah, why?
21:27This date
21:29With Rick
21:31If you guys are at all
21:32Castle?
21:34No, no
21:36Are you sure?
21:37Because I really wouldn't want Brent Edwards to happen all over again
21:42Trust me, it's not
21:44Okay
21:46Great
21:47So have fun tonight
21:49Thanks
21:50You too
21:55Hey
21:56Hey!
21:57Uh, so you ready?
21:58No, my lieutenant just brought down the hammer
22:01Fives have to be written up before shift end tonight, I'm sorry
22:04Uh, no, uh, you know, I have, I have, I have some paperwork to do as well, so maybe another time
22:10Well, thing is, I kinda had my heart set on tonight
22:14You like Chinese?
22:16It's my favorite
22:18Great, wait here
22:28Madison, I'm so sorry, it's a tragic loss, and Wolf was a good friend
22:33Yeah, he really admired you
22:35Thanks for coming tonight, it means a lot to me
22:37Rocco, this is Richard Castle
22:39I oughta punch you in the face, Castle
22:41For killing Derek Storm like that, and he was my favorite character, but I'll admit, he waves fun too
22:50Based on my friend Kate Beckett, I should introduce you, you guys might hit it off
22:55I'd like that, if she's half as interesting in person as she is on the page, I think I like her already
23:00Well, you guys have fun, enjoy your dinner
23:01Thanks
23:03Fabulous chef
23:06You, you really think he's Beckett's type?
23:09Well, Beck's never had a type
23:11She dated a guitarist in a grunge band, a med student, and this French guy that I'm pretty sure he was some kind of royalty
23:18Who is she seeing now?
23:20Oh, just some guy, I don't see it going anywhere
23:30This food's amazing
23:32Where did you get it from?
23:33Hung's China Sea
23:35Oh, get out, Hung's doesn't deliver
23:38Well, he delivers to me
23:40Mr. Hung had this medal, a 15th century Chinese medal, Ming Dynasty, was passed down through the generations, right?
23:47Well, last year it was stolen, along with some cash and some kitchen appliances and whatnot
23:52The only thing that mattered to Mr. Hung was a medal
23:54So I got it back for him, and because I delivered, now so does he
24:00Really?
24:02Hmm
24:04Well, then maybe I should get you to figure out why our victim was carrying a backpack full of cash
24:08Well, maybe you should
24:10You know, I got some guys on the street, if you want I can put out the feelers, see if anybody knows anything
24:15Yeah, sure
24:16Excuse me, detectives
24:17Hey guys
24:19Wow, nice candle
24:20Come on in, what'd you find?
24:21Well, we checked the sign-in log at that building where Jennifer Wong dropped off Wolf
24:26Turns out he was seeing a guy named Simon Haim, Esquire
24:30He was delivering a backpack full of cash to a lawyer?
24:32Well, according to Mr. Haim, Wolf had the backpack in his possession, but he never opened it, he never mentioned the cash
24:37But he did mention your high school friend, Madison
24:40Apparently, Wolf wanted out of his contract, he wanted to leave the restaurant, and he wanted his investment back
24:46But the restaurant just opened, why would he want to leave?
24:47Creative differences, but Ms. Keller refused to release him, Wolf was planning to sue
24:53She built the restaurant on his reputation, if he left she would have lost everything
24:58So, what happens to Q3 now that Wolf is dead?
25:01She had business insurance on him, so with the payout, Madison gets the restaurant, free and clear
25:07Wolf's death protects her from potentially losing two million dollars in real estate, appliances and fixtures
25:11Sounds like motive to me
25:13Sounds like motive to me
25:16Mmm...
25:23Mmm...
25:26This...
25:28Mmm...
25:29Right?
25:30Um... oh my god!
25:31This is...
25:32This caviar parfait is delicious
25:35Trade you...
25:36of my black truffle risotto with crispy shrimp oh well how could i resist oh yes oh that is
25:48i'm sorry to interrupt hey okay what are you doing here i i need to ask madison
25:55a few questions now we'll pull up a chair not here downtown
26:00you realize madison and i weren't halfway through our tasting menus when you stomped in there like
26:08the fun police what part of her being a suspect in a murder investigation do you not get the
26:13waiter was about to come out with the duck confit on crew rocco dispirito's pumpkin gnocchi not to
26:18mention the langoustine the lavender creme brulee that was coming up and don't even get me started
26:23on the wine periods i won't i'm just saying you could have been more civilized and allowed us to
26:28finish our meal uh-uh you can watch from the observation room and now and now you're pinching
26:34me you were just giggling over the risotto with our suspect which was to die for by the way
26:44okay next time i'm hitting on a guy you like come clean with me before i go out with him so you don't
26:49have to arrest me to break up the date madison that's not no no no no i get it you're hot for castle
26:56you want to make little castle babies why couldn't you just be honest what he can hear us oh really
27:03yes we're spying the mirror yeah oh i got tv
27:11hey there sorry we missed the pumpkin gnocchi they're really good
27:15i have to tweet about this
27:23madison put the phone down sit
27:26you lied to me you knew that wolf wanted out of q3 and you knew that he was going to sue you
27:41you know about that yeah i know about that okay but i didn't lie i just neglected to say anything about
27:46it okay you know how hard it is to open a restaurant in manhattan if word got out that wolf was trying to
27:52leave it would have ruined me but if he dies with your insurance policy you make out just fine
27:58so what happened maddie did you guys get into a fight did you throw something at him because i
28:02remember you throwing things at people when you got angry oh come on don't you people have rules
28:06about using personal knowledge against us maddie you better start being straight with me fax i didn't kill
28:11him two weeks ago wolf tells me he wants out of the restaurant biz completely out of nowhere says
28:21he's trying to change his life now i'm thinking he's being poached so i start offering better equipment
28:26a bigger piece in the business whatever he wants he insists he's really getting out and that i can't
28:31change his mind it was like something changed in his life no i was gonna let him out of his contract
28:39i just needed time to find a new chef but i swear bex i didn't kill him
28:50you don't really think she did it do you well until i can rule her out it doesn't matter what i
28:53think she has motive yes she also has an alibi which you're conveniently ignoring i'm not ignoring
28:59i'm just rechecking i asked her to stay in town in any case yes i know i heard everything
29:09uh so uh selling his steaks in the restaurant a backpack full of cash that sounds like wolf was
29:18getting ready to run yes but from what hey guys hey i'm so sorry to cut out on you earlier no worries
29:24give me time to put the word out on your vic and well a guy i know runs paper for a local bookmaking
29:30ring turns out he's a bit of a foodie he clocked wolf doing business with the bookie at two bridges
29:35barred apparently your boy likes to bet big he was in deep with the bookie that explains the beating
29:40in the cash does this bookie have a name wesley slade detective beckett nypd we're investigating
29:48the murder of balthazar wolf never heard of him really well given the marks on his body after the
29:54beating your boys gave him i think you have what happened he getting too deep with you so you had to
29:59take him out you really think i'm gonna tell my business to a cop it's either that or you face
30:03murder charges that can't be good for business all right let's say hypothetically that i made book
30:13for him and let's say let's take a volume that he owed a lot how much hypothetically 25 thou which maybe
30:22he couldn't pay so maybe he needed some encouragement maybe the encouragement went too far well maybe it was
30:28the right amount so he paid what he owed and went his merry way when the day he died he comes with
30:34a backpack full of cash puts 25 thou on the table and asks for his ring back his ring what kind of ring
30:42diamond engagement ring why'd you have it hypothetically a couple of weeks back he sent my guys to collect
30:50didn't have the money gave some sob story about a woman how he spent everything he had on a diamond ring
30:55so when my guys go to give him some encouragement oh what do they find a nice diamond ring nice must
31:03have set him back 10 15 grand for my money so you guys took it for collateral no as incentive and it
31:11worked i got my money he got his ring and he goes home alive hypothetically
31:17an engagement ring makes perfect sense that's why he broke things off with mrs meyers that's why he
31:26took 15 000 out of his account two weeks ago well then where is it he went to the restaurant right
31:31after we didn't find it at the crime scene unless we did find it and we just didn't know it just
31:37straight back thank you you remember what spike was saying about why wolf was staying late yeah he was
31:42finishing off that cake a cake a cake with a heart-shaped mold on it
32:02he wasn't running away he was going to propose but to who and why hasn't she come forward yet maybe she's
32:09scared maybe she's in danger or maybe she killed him
32:21who puts an engagement ring inside a cake it's romantic oh it's a choking hazard i swear men act as
32:29though there's some cosmic reward for crazy proposals what a woman really wants is a man down on one knee
32:36tears in his eyes ring in his hand my proposal to gina was very romantic a balloon ride is lovely but
32:43not in february her hand was shaking so much from the cold it was difficult getting that ring on it was a sign
32:53so have you decided no
32:55again david i am so sorry for your loss
33:05hey
33:07shed a new light so david said that he wouldn't have believed it unless i had shown him the ring
33:12he had no idea who wolf was proposing to neither did anyone else in his life
33:17the guy was in love with the ghost
33:19oh that'd be cool if it was actually a ghost we're back to the phone logs from the restaurant
33:24and wolf's cell every call is a comment for what about the cafe uptown the wait staff all checked
33:29out they're adamant the wolf never met anybody there how do you have a relationship with somebody
33:33without leaving any evidence maybe the ring wasn't his maybe he was holding it for a friend no it had
33:38to be his look at his behavior he stopped sleeping around he was paying off his debts he sold the one
33:43thing in life he actually cared about just to get that ring back there's only one reason a man cleans
33:47up his act yeah but murder isn't the usual response to a proposal unless you got something to lose
33:54he did like married women all right have csu re-sweep his apartment this girl spent any time there
33:59she must have left some evidence behind hey maddie thanks for coming i thought you said i was off the
34:05hook yeah witnesses have you at the party until after the time of death then why am i here
34:10anyone ever offered you one of these no you not yet i had no idea wolf was even serious with anyone
34:20can you think of any girl that he was close to every time i saw him he was with someone different
34:26it's hard to believe he'd ever commit the guy lived his job 24 7 it had to be somebody at the
34:30restaurant not necessarily i fell in love with random women on the subway well if you could think
34:35if anyone call me yeah and bex i'm sorry about lying to you and i might have come down a little
34:43harder than i needed to i fall in love with operators on the phone even asked one out a couple years ago
34:48but she was in bangladesh yeah i guess i wasn't seeing you as a cop but as my friend you know the
34:56girl who stole her mom's makeup to give me a makeover the first who told me that kissing boys might involve
35:02some tongue oh yeah i bought a falafel from the stand every day for two months just so i could talk
35:08with a falafel girl yeah you mean like deming showing up every morning for coffee just to run into beckett
35:21what the one who dragged me to stand outside brent edwards brownstone for hours on end just to catch
35:29a glimpse of him through the window through the window wolf wasn't going to cafe rex to meet his
35:37girl he was watching her out the cafe window that's why there were no phone calls he was trying to
35:41gather up the courage to propose to her so that's the story with the clearest view from the cafe
35:50either our mystery girl works here or wolf is really into women's clothes maybe it's him maybe
35:59that's wolf's big secret that's not his secret she is that's his foster brother's girlfriend yep
36:09i don't understand why am i here how well did you know wolf cecily he was like family so you knew him
36:28for a long time well ten years ever since david's father hired me at his restaurant did the two of you
36:33ever why are you asking me this every day for the last two weeks wolf went to cafe rex which is
36:41right across the street from where you work you just sit there and look out the window looking at you
36:46now why would he do that i don't know i think you do in the last two weeks wolf made a lot of changes
36:52he'd stop sleeping around paid off all his debts and he bought this for you what makes a man
37:00a self-professed bad boy suddenly declared himself after 10 years unless something changed cecily these
37:07are your phone records four months ago you started calling your ob-gyn regularly you're pregnant it's
37:16wolf's isn't it no one was supposed to know it was supposed to be my secret but when david told wolf
37:22we were pregnant somehow he knew he knew god he must think i'm awful it's not my job to judge i'm just
37:32here to get the truth david's father had just died so david went out of the country to bury his father in
37:37his hometown wolf came by he held my hand and i remembered how much i loved him that i'd always loved
37:46him if you loved him so much why stay with david because david doesn't leave david doesn't sleep with
37:52every girl who walks by we have no idea how hard it is to love someone knowing they're going to break
37:57your heart if i couldn't trust him as a man how could he be a father i had to make a choice oh god
38:07please don't tell david are you sure he doesn't already know where was he the night that wolf was
38:11murdered at home with me in bed all night oh god what i had been having trouble sleeping so david gave
38:24me a pill the kind the doctor said was okay it was the only time he's ever given me a pill
38:30hey man take him to the whole place yeah lock him up come on let's go he's not talking yeah we
38:43didn't have to we found wolf's backpack in their apartment along with the extra cash we also found
38:48a pair of his shoes of cracked soles from the liquid nitrogen can't imagine the betrayal he must have
38:52felt still not an excuse to kill you ask me she should have followed her heart
39:00left david gone with wolf you know i can see the virtue in staying i mean guys like wolf they
39:05come in they upset the apple cart of course he makes you feel alive but eventually you know he's
39:11just gonna let you down so why risk it because the heart wants what the heart wants
39:19speaking of i gotta get out of here madison no actually with everything going on she said
39:26you didn't have time to date she didn't tell you that so i gotta get home alexis has a little head
39:32heart problem of her own and i want to be there for the decision case closed yes thank you so much
39:45for all of your help any time but you know we never really finished our dinner no more fives
39:51you want to grab a beer and a burger at ramy's you know i would love to it's just um
39:57can i take a rain check somewhere else you need to be yeah how about tomorrow yeah you're on okay
40:16oh you decided to go away for the weekend with your friends they're picking me up in an hour
40:22you don't sound thrilled with your decision not feel awful about it but either way it's the same
40:27is there anything i can do to make it easier on you
40:32yes you can order me to stay home you serious
40:36all right
40:42alexis your ap exams are far too important for you to go gallivanting around the weekend with
40:47your friends at the beach you have to stay home and study i insist
40:55i'm gonna call lacy
41:00lacy yeah i'm so sorry but my dad just told me i can't go
41:05i have to stay home and study for exams this weekend
41:09yeah i know i know can you believe it yeah so much for having a cool dad dude well i'm sorry
41:14and just take lots of pictures and text him to me okay bye thank you
41:23you won't be thanking me when you see what i have planned for this weekend
41:27one thousand and one ways to distract someone who's studying we start by freezing ping pong balls
41:32okay guys let's remember to be sharp respectful and attentive okay have a good night
41:38hey hey you're reopening yes i found a hot new chef to step into wolf's shoe
41:43oh that's so great hello detective you're not here to question me again
41:47no i'm just here as a friend congratulations thank you
41:52so david killed wolf yeah it turns out that he intercepted a text that wolf sent cecily asking
41:58about the baby and at first he was going to approach cecily about it until he realized that
42:02eventually she would leave him as long as wolf was alive wow very cain and abel yeah so i take
42:08it that you're swamped always why i thought that we could get a drink and catch up that'd be great
42:13apparently we have a lot of catching up to do
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