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Castle Season 4 Episode 2
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00:00Come on, baby. Where are you going?
00:05Hey, the party's just getting started.
00:07Help! Somebody help me!
00:10Hey, come here.
00:12Get off me, son of a bitch.
00:14Oh, shh. I'll teach you to run for me.
00:17Leave the girl alone.
00:19Why don't you get lost before I take you down?
00:29Mother?
00:30Prepare to feast on the finest omelette in the land before you join the convent.
00:35No, I am making costumes for my Shakespeare class.
00:38So, what do you think?
00:40I seem to remember asking you to make me an E.T. Halloween costume,
00:43and you told me you didn't know how to sew.
00:45Details. Besides, you were 32 at the time.
00:47The point is, proper wardrobe helps an actor connect to the words.
00:52So, Lady Macbeth, I presume?
00:55Desdemona?
00:55Oh, Desdemona.
00:57Yeah, me too.
00:58No, you hang up first.
01:01No, you.
01:02It's your turn.
01:05Stanford sounds so amazing.
01:07Can't wait for January.
01:09January?
01:09When I leave.
01:10For Stanford.
01:11What?
01:12Alexis applied for spring admission.
01:14You remember.
01:15Yeah, I just thought, well, you haven't talked about it for a long time, so I thought...
01:18Because every time I did, I saw the look on your face.
01:21That look.
01:22Right there.
01:23No, honey, it's just that Stanford is a big decision.
01:26I mean, you should think it over.
01:28I did.
01:29And there's no downside.
01:30It's a great university.
01:31Ashley's there.
01:32I mean, I'll have enough credits to graduate early.
01:34Yeah, but don't you want to finish off senior year with your friends?
01:37Right?
01:37And prom?
01:39Don't you want to go to prom?
01:40Yeah, Ashley just gave me his password so I can go check out his classes online.
01:45Lady Beckett, my lord.
01:48You're cheddar.
01:49You cry.
01:50No, it's the onions.
01:51Okay, I'll admit, it wasn't just the onions.
01:53Not completely.
01:54I mean, she's going to be gone in a few months.
01:56My little girl.
01:57Yeah, but she's growing up, Cass.
01:58Well, and she's going to a great school.
02:01That's what you want, isn't it?
02:02Yes, I'm just not ready.
02:03Okay, well, she is.
02:04So you two are just not on the same page.
02:06So what do I do?
02:08Let her go.
02:09Trust me.
02:10If you hold on too tight, you'll just drive her away.
02:12Detective!
02:13Detective!
02:13Detective!
02:14What can you tell us about this homicide?
02:16Uh, no comment.
02:17Excuse me.
02:18Wow.
02:19For a murder in an alley?
02:20Really?
02:21Officer Hastings, what's this all about?
02:23You should see for yourself, detective.
02:29Oh!
02:30Yeah, tell me about it.
02:32Uh, so he was split right down the middle,
02:34from the top of his head all the way down to his...
02:36Hagan!
02:37Please.
02:38The guy was sliced in two.
02:39I'd say his unit is the least of his problems.
02:41Then you do not understand the sacred bond
02:43between a man and his unit.
02:44Okay, so what was a murder weapon?
02:45Guillotine?
02:46A sword.
02:48The tip broke off in the body.
02:50Love splatter indicates that the killer first lapped off the victim's hand,
02:53then took the big swing.
02:54Single-edged blade.
02:56Some kind of saber.
02:58Sword.
02:59That is so Game of Thrones.
03:00Esposito, this looks like it might have been a ritual killing,
03:03so let's get photos of all the bystanders in case the killer came back.
03:06On it.
03:06Meanwhile, Vic's name is Tyler Ferris.
03:09He's got a sing-sing a year ago for sexual assault.
03:11Okay, we got any witnesses?
03:12Yeah.
03:13The girl he was in the middle of assaulting, a Marie Marcato.
03:17I met him last night at Matt's bar around the corner.
03:20Seemed like a nice enough guy.
03:21Talking all big about his ship coming in.
03:23Anyway,
03:24it got late.
03:26I left with him.
03:28But that's when he started getting all super aggressive.
03:30I took off running.
03:31He caught me.
03:32I mean, God knows what he would have done if...
03:34If Conan the Barbarian hadn't showed up?
03:36What did the killer look like?
03:39It was so dark, I didn't really get to see his face.
03:42You didn't catch anything?
03:44Ethnicity?
03:45Age?
03:45Weight?
03:45Height?
03:50She's holding out on us.
03:52Well, Conan probably saved her life.
03:53She doesn't want to throw him under the bus,
03:55or under a Ben-Hurz-style chariot.
03:57Yeah, but she saw the killer.
03:58Isn't she afraid for her life?
04:00She probably knows he wasn't after her.
04:03A career felon smited in two?
04:04It's very Old Testament.
04:07This plays like a vigilante killing.
04:09Think Dirty Harry with a sword.
04:11Who just happens to be in the alley
04:12when Ferris is committing a felony.
04:14That timing is a little suspicious.
04:16The killer probably followed him from the bar.
04:18With a sword?
04:20It's a shame.
04:21Let's talk to the next of kin.
04:25Mrs. Ferris, we're very sorry for your loss.
04:29Don't sweat it.
04:32Pardon me?
04:34These things can happen.
04:36Not in this century, they don't.
04:38Don't get me wrong.
04:39I never expected my boy to end up in two hunks.
04:42But I always knew one day he'd end up there laying on a slab.
04:46And why's that?
04:47Because Tyler was a no-good loser.
04:49He made one dumbass mistake after the next.
04:53I see.
04:54Do you know if he was involved in anything that might have gotten him killed?
04:57Well, I certainly expect so.
04:59He told someone that his ship was coming in.
05:02What does that mean?
05:03His ship was always coming in.
05:05That was Tyler, always working an angle.
05:07Ma'am, um, I'll need the names of all the enemies your son may have had.
05:11You're gonna need a bigger pet.
05:15Larcity, assault, fraud, you name it, Tyler Ferris has done it.
05:18Still, nobody deserves in and up like that.
05:20You got what was coming to him.
05:22Dude, that's for the criminal justice system to decide.
05:24Maybe a sword is a justice system.
05:26Yeah, if you're Quentin Tarantino, maybe.
05:28He made lots of calls to an untraceable burner phone in the past six months.
05:31Behavior consistent with a criminal dirtbag.
05:33Hey, check this out.
05:35Tyler Ferris got into an altercation at a bodega three days ago.
05:38He was gone by the time the cops showed up.
05:40But the shopkeeper says that he was fighting with some other guy over money.
05:44Does the other guy have a name?
05:45Yeah.
05:46Tony Valtini.
05:47This guy's got a record, too.
05:49Damn right he does.
05:50I remember Valtini from back in narcotics.
05:52This guy's totally mobbed up.
05:55You know what else?
05:56His family owns this meatpacking plant out in Jersey.
05:59Tony's nickname, Tony the Butcher.
06:03I bet he split a few sides of beef in his den.
06:05Yeah.
06:06I had words with Ferris.
06:07He used to work for me at Tony Valtini Enterprises.
06:10Which division?
06:11Drug sales or distribution of stolen property?
06:14I am a legitimate businessman.
06:17Ferris sucked at his job, so I canned him.
06:19He thought I owed him back pay.
06:20We settled it like gentlemen.
06:24And you don't believe me, go ask him.
06:26We'd have to hold the seance.
06:29He's dead?
06:30Let's just say Tyler Ferris is half the man he used to be.
06:35A man divided.
06:37Split personality.
06:39Really, nothing.
06:40He was cleaved in two with a sword.
06:43A sword?
06:45Much like the long knives used at a meatpacking plant.
06:51Oh, hey, it wasn't me.
06:52I had nothing to do with it, but I know it did.
06:56It was that guy, that nutjob vigilante who attacked me.
07:00You never reported an attack.
07:02I don't like to be a burden on law enforcement.
07:04Bottom line is, I'm leaving my warehouse one night.
07:08Two weeks ago.
07:09All of a sudden, here comes this guy with a sword.
07:11He accuses me of criminal conduct unjustly, by the way.
07:15Then he threatens to kill me if I don't leave town.
07:18And then, you know what he does then?
07:20What does he do then?
07:23He cuts me.
07:26Look at this.
07:28See that?
07:29See that scar there?
07:30Looks like an elf.
07:31Mr. Valtini, could you please put your pants back up?
07:33He did that to me.
07:35He did that with his sword to me.
07:38Okay?
07:41What did this man look like?
07:43You won't even believe me if I told you.
07:44Okay?
07:45But, I got cameras in my warehouse.
07:48When he ran off, I caught him on video.
07:57The time code lines up with the night that Valtini said he was attacked.
08:00According to ER records, he was admitted that night.
08:03Knife wounds to the buttocks.
08:05The sword of justice.
08:10Wait a sec.
08:12No.
08:13It can't be.
08:18It is.
08:20Our killer is a superhero.
08:32Really?
08:33A superhero?
08:34Yeah.
08:34Our witness from the alley confirms that she saw this man kill Tyler Ferris.
08:38Why didn't she say that before?
08:40She didn't think that we'd believe her.
08:42And quite frankly, she's right.
08:43A mass vigilante on the loose.
08:45Hacking people up.
08:46Tell me what your plan is to apprehend this individual.
08:49We're looking for murders with the same MO.
08:51We're also checking into enemies that Tyler Ferris and Tony Valtini might have had in common.
08:55And finally, we're trying to track down where that suit and sword came from.
08:58Reach out to Bellevue.
08:59They probably admitted our suspect before.
09:01He's clearly delusional or psychotic.
09:04Yes, sir.
09:05Give me a prize, detective.
09:07Yes.
09:07Don't waste your time on Bellevue.
09:11You were eavesdropping?
09:13Can I help it if I have superhuman, daredevil-like hearing?
09:15Our killer is not crazy.
09:17He cut a man in two, and he's running around wearing a superhero suit.
09:21I know costumes.
09:22That one is not commercial.
09:24He probably designed it himself, which means he's highly functional.
09:27You know what I would love right now is if somebody would come here and give me a theory that would actually help me solve this case.
09:32I've got one.
09:33Every superhero has a persona, a mission, an origin story.
09:38Learning who he is as a hero, what drives him, that will lead us to the man behind the mask.
09:43Castle, what good is comic book mythology when our killer is not a superhero?
09:47What if he is a superhero?
09:49Like this one, who operates out of Queens.
09:52Meet the Red Maroon.
09:54Red Maroon? Isn't that redundant?
09:56Don't worry, ma'am.
09:57Red Maroon, protector of all beholden to none.
10:02Sir, this is clearly not your first.
10:06I demand that you unhand it.
10:10Ma'am, are you okay?
10:12Help.
10:13Wow, impressive crime-fighting skills.
10:15What do you think?
10:16Mutant powers or years of training?
10:18Yes, well, sometimes the runner stumbles.
10:19The point is, there is a subculture of real-life superheroes that actually exists out there.
10:24People crusading for the public good.
10:27Yes, and usually they get their asses kicked, just like this guy.
10:29I think our vigilante is one of them.
10:31Castle, if he's a crusader for the public good, then why did he partition Tyler Farris?
10:34Well, because, tragically, his pursuit of justice has led him down the path of the dark side.
10:39That is a fate that has befallen many a hero.
10:43Cheers, you.
10:44Trust me.
10:45I'm on to something with this superhero angle.
10:48My spidey senses are tingling.
10:51What's with him?
10:52Something about spidey senses and tingling.
10:55Photos from the alley?
10:56We may have a suspect.
10:57A text says that that guy matches the height and build of the guy in the suit.
11:00Not only that, when he saw the cops taking his pictures, he ran.
11:03All right, have uniforms circulate his photo.
11:05I want to know his name.
11:06All right.
11:08You know, Castle might be right about this guy being a superhero.
11:11I talked to a buddy of mine in narcotics.
11:13He said he heard rumors about a guy on the streets rousting drug dealers and dumping their stashes.
11:18A masked man with a sword.
11:20Yes, it is a samurai sword.
11:22So we're checking specialty stores and martial arts suppliers.
11:25And what about the costume?
11:26Not available in any stores.
11:29Just like Castle said.
11:30Speaking of costumes, I know who the killer is.
11:34Behold, a photo of our masked vigilante just opposed with issues from my own Marvel collection.
11:41You have Avengers number one?
11:42And there's more where that came from.
11:43You're welcome to peruse my issues anytime.
11:45Please note how the killer has drawn inspiration from costumes of other superheroes.
11:51For example, the color scheme evokes Spider-Man.
11:55The horned helmet, obviously an homage to Daredevil.
11:58The sword and scabbard.
12:00Deadpool, a high collar, just like Black Panther.
12:03Now, what do these characters all have in common?
12:06They're make-believe.
12:07They're driven by the death of a father, figure, or loved one.
12:10Exactly.
12:11I believe that our killer shares a similar backstory, which is why he's been inspired by these characters' costumes.
12:19Furthermore, out of costume, these heroes tend to be unassuming.
12:23So let's add mild-mannered to our profile.
12:26Mr. Castle, so this is you working a homicide.
12:29A superhero who's mild-mannered and someone killed his parents.
12:33Isn't that all of them?
12:34How can any of this produce even one useful conclusion?
12:38Let me direct your attention to the golden belt worn by our masked vigilante.
12:44Based on the golden belt worn by Iron Man in only 11 original issues in 1963.
12:51Which proves what, exactly?
12:52Our killer collected comic books.
12:54Which means there is one place in this city he would definitely go.
12:59You know, Castle, you might want to tone down the theories until Gates warms up to you.
13:04Oh, I plan to melt Captain Permafrost by solving this case.
13:07Yeah, well, good luck with that one.
13:10Whoa.
13:12You smell that?
13:14Wafting scent of printed pages?
13:16Comic-adia.
13:17Beckin.
13:18This place is the premier comic book shop.
13:21It's the Vatican to a Catholic.
13:22It's Mecca to a Pilgrim.
13:24Upstream to a Spongebob.
13:25I know, Castle.
13:26I bought my first comic here when I was 14.
13:28Sin City.
13:29Damed to kill for it.
13:30Hardcore!
13:31Okay, wait, wait, okay.
13:32If you could be any comic book character in the world, who would you be?
13:36Electra.
13:36Oh, a ruthless assassin who hides from her emotions.
13:40No, maybe it's because she's got badass ninja skills.
13:43What about you?
13:45Iron Man?
13:46Spider-Man?
13:46No, wait, I know.
13:47Annoying man.
13:48What?
13:49Try billionaire industrialist Bruce Wayne, a.k.a.
13:51The Dark Knight.
13:52He's broody, he's handsome, and he has all the cruelest toys.
13:56Wow, digging deep on that one.
13:57And did I mention what discerning tastes they have here at Comic-Cadia?
14:05Uh, Mr. Castle?
14:06And you're Kate Beckett, right?
14:08Mm-hmm.
14:09Mike Hoover.
14:09Sir, I am a huge fan.
14:11It is such an honor to meet you.
14:12Oh, the honor is mine.
14:13We just got your Derek Storm graphic novel.
14:15I mean, the art, the writing.
14:16It is, in a word, awesome.
14:18Tell me, what's your favorite part?
14:20You don't have to answer that question.
14:21His ego does not need any more feeding.
14:23Definitely, where Derek Storm escapes from the two bad guys by crashing the taxi cab.
14:27Oh, I'm sorry, Detective Beckett.
14:29I should have said spoiler alert.
14:30Oh, no, that's okay.
14:31I won't be reading it.
14:32Really?
14:33I saw your name on our list.
14:34You pre-ordered a copy.
14:36Did she know?
14:37I was just being supportive.
14:39Anyway, we're not here about that.
14:40We need to ask you a few questions.
14:41Yes, we do.
14:42I don't suppose you know of any collectors of early Iron Man.
14:45I'm sorry, Mr. Castle.
14:46I can't share customer information.
14:48Mike, do you recognize this man?
14:51Uh, no.
14:52He doesn't look familiar.
14:54What about this one?
14:57Yeah, him, I know.
14:59You do?
14:59Yeah.
15:00Really?
15:01Yeah.
15:07The sword, the suit, that's our vigilante.
15:10Lone Vengeance.
15:11That explains the L he carved into Tony Valtini's backside, but sort of Lone Vengeance.
15:15How come I've never seen this?
15:16Oh, it's online only.
15:17It's kind of fringe, but it has a following.
15:19A guy named Sean Elp writes it.
15:21Looks like you put more thought into the killer's costume than he did, Castle.
15:24It's a direct copy out of the comic book.
15:27I've seen that before.
15:28The knuckle plates?
15:29Where?
15:29On the ground, at the crime scene.
15:31I thought it was a button.
15:32But this is it.
15:32That's what it was.
15:33It fell off of his suit.
15:35If we can find that, if it's still there, it could lead us to the killer.
15:39The uniform is wide in our canvas.
15:41We still can't find anyone who knows our mystery, man.
15:43Yeah, whoever he is, I can't connect with any swords either.
15:45I pray we nail this dude before I have to call every store on that list.
15:49I thought you were kind of rooting for this guy.
15:50That's when he was Joe Citizen taking it to the bad guys.
15:52Now he's just some nimrod in a suit.
15:54You've got to give him props for spirit, though, right?
15:56I mean, haven't you ever wanted to be a superhero?
15:58Going out there, prowling the city, knocking some heads?
16:02I'd do that now.
16:03Yeah, I'm still here.
16:03You did?
16:07When?
16:08I'll be right there.
16:10Jake's pawn shop sold a samurai sword to some guy two hours ago, and they say he matches our photo with our mystery man.
16:15Maybe he's replacing the one he broke off in Tyler Ferris.
16:17It was here.
16:23I know it was here.
16:24Well, maybe somebody picked it up, or maybe it was a button.
16:27No, it's a...
16:28Ah!
16:29Aha!
16:30There it is.
16:32That is no button.
16:35That is a piece of his costume.
16:38You're right.
16:39Castle, I think there's a partial print on it.
16:41Ah!
16:43Whoa!
16:54Police!
16:55Stop!
17:00How cool was that?
17:01Which part?
17:03That that was our murderer, or that he just got away?
17:06I'm calling an APB.
17:08Espo, I gotta call you back.
17:12Whoa, whoa, wait.
17:13You're gonna want to hear this.
17:14Yeah, we just saw our suspect.
17:15He fled the crime scene.
17:16Yeah, and I know where to find him, because I know who he is.
17:19What?
17:20How?
17:21Well, he bought a samurai sword at a pawn shop today.
17:24And now get this.
17:25He paid for it with a check.
17:26His name is, uh, Chad Hockney.
17:29This photo matches the mystery man from the crime scene.
17:31What's his address?
17:31T-shirt!
17:37NYPD, do not move a muscle.
17:39Unless you can move faster than a speedy bullet.
17:49This man, he's our killer.
17:52Well, to be fair, he was a lot more imposing in a dark alley with a sword.
17:57Uh-huh.
17:58Yeah, he lives four blocks away from the crime scene.
18:02NCSU's going through his apartment right now to find evidence to link him to the murder.
18:08Tie this up in a bow, detective.
18:10Get me a confession.
18:11Sure.
18:16Take a seat, Mr. Hockney.
18:19Uh, look, this is just a big misunderstanding.
18:22I mean, I'm on your guys' side here.
18:23Our side doesn't execute criminals.
18:25See, yeah, neither do I.
18:29Except for last night's episode of Two Half Men.
18:31We have a witness, Chad.
18:32She saw you kill Tyler Ferris.
18:34And then, like a moth to a flame, you were inexorably drawn back to the scene of the crime.
18:38Which is when you realized you lost part of your suit, so you came back to get it.
18:41Or, rather, take it from us.
18:43This is all about your father, isn't it?
18:46You're driven by his death.
18:49My father's in Miami.
18:51I don't know what you people are talking about.
18:52So you're saying you weren't in the alley slapping my hand with your sword, and you didn't kill Tyler Ferris?
18:57No.
18:58I would never kill anyone.
19:00Neither would Lone Vengeance.
19:03Aren't you Lone Vengeance?
19:04Not the real one.
19:05The real one being the comic book character?
19:09Comic book characters aren't real, okay?
19:11I mean the guy who assumed the persona of the comic book character.
19:17And who is that?
19:18No one knows.
19:18But he is a legend in the superhero community.
19:21I dreamed of being him when I was Red Maroon.
19:24Protector of all beholden to none?
19:26You've heard of me.
19:27We saw the purse snatching video.
19:29Yeah.
19:31That.
19:32Ugh.
19:33That hit the web and pretty much turned Red Maroon into a joke.
19:37Those were dark days.
19:38I was about ready to hang up my tights for good.
19:41Then I decided to seek out Lone Vengeance's counsel.
19:45What did he say?
19:47To stay the hell away from him.
19:49But that only steeled my resolve.
19:52I mean, I made this costume.
19:53I got a sword.
19:55I was about to go out on patrol when you guys busted in.
19:57How did you find him?
19:59I heard the Lone Vengeance frequented Lower Manhattan.
20:02I roamed the streets night after night looking for him.
20:04I finally ran into him near Beekman and Theater Alley.
20:09I want to be his disciple.
20:11Maybe his partner.
20:15It's my destiny.
20:18He doesn't want a partner.
20:20How do you know?
20:22Lone Vengeance.
20:25Lone.
20:27What do you mean you can't make a case against him?
20:31He's wearing the same suit.
20:33Yeah, well, apparently he's not the only one.
20:35Chad Hockney was in his apartment making that suit the night of the murder.
20:38In fact, neighbors were complaining about the noise from the sewing machine.
20:41I told the mayor we had our man.
20:43Yeah, well, you shouldn't have done that.
20:44Perhaps what I shouldn't have done was place my faith in you, detective.
20:53Guys, where are we on the motorcycle?
20:55Checking registrations on Silver Calvazakis.
20:57We're also canvassing around Beekman for other sightings of Lone Vengeance.
21:00Okay, let's put in a court order for the names of all of the people who downloaded the Lone Vengeance comics.
21:05One of them might be our murderer.
21:16To the untrained eye, this might look like a grown man reading comic books, but...
21:21I've been thinking about this, Dad.
21:22I think you should be happy for me.
21:25I am.
21:27I am.
21:28I'm just gonna miss you, that's all.
21:30Me too.
21:31But this is what I want.
21:34Come, tell me about your classes.
21:36What will you be taking in January?
21:38Intro to statistics, microeconomic theory, the economic theory of the Islamic Middle East.
21:45Isn't Ashley an economics major?
21:47Are you just taking his classes?
21:49That way we can spend more time together.
21:51What's wrong with that?
21:51To quote Spider-Man, with great power comes great responsibility.
21:57Not a lot of people get a chance to go to a school like this.
22:00You need to think about your dreams and what you want.
22:04This is what I want.
22:06This is what Ashley wants.
22:07This wasn't even his idea, it was mine.
22:09Well, this can't be all about Ashley, Alexis.
22:11I mean, what if you guys break up?
22:12What then?
22:12We're not gonna break up.
22:14Why are you trying to talk me out of this?
22:15I'm not, I'm...
22:16I'm just trying to stop you from making irrational choices.
22:19Why does everything I do have to make sense?
22:21Why can't I just do what I want every once in a while?
22:23That's all you ever do.
22:24I should have, I should have called.
22:41Yoga.
22:42Castle I was doing yoga.
22:44Come on in.
22:44Gotcha.
22:44I found something that will shock and amaze you.
22:48I downloaded all of these sort of Lone Vengeance's.
22:50Is that shocking or amazing?
22:52You didn't let me finish.
22:53I was looking for clues as to the killer's identity in the comic books.
22:56I didn't find any.
22:57But check out what I did find.
22:59Take a look at these panels.
23:00The hoodlum leaves his warehouse.
23:02Lone Vengeance swoops in and then carves the letter L in his right cheek.
23:07Who does that remind you of?
23:08Tony the Butcher.
23:09I checked the dates on the issue.
23:11It came out after Lone Vengeance attacked him.
23:14These panels emulate that event.
23:17The only other person who was there was our vigilante.
23:19So then you're saying that...
23:20It has to be.
23:21Our killer is the writer of this comic book.
23:24Sean Elt.
23:25Sean Elt doesn't exist.
23:34His name is an alias.
23:36Or nom de plume, as we writers say.
23:39Though why anyone would choose Sean Elt.
23:42Wait a minute.
23:44It's an anagram.
23:46Change the letters around and you get...
23:48Stan Lee.
23:49Comic book genius.
23:51Trust me.
23:52He is no Stan Lee.
23:53He's not even Sean Elt.
23:55Yeah.
23:56Alright.
23:56Thanks, Bill.
23:57Maybe next time.
23:58So, with no help from tech on the real name,
24:00the Lone Vengeance website is registered solely to Sean Elt.
24:03Well, whoever he is, he put more than Tony the Butcher in his comics.
24:07I found two more real-life incidents that wound up his storylines.
24:10Lone Vengeance shook down a drug dealer,
24:12and here he set a truck full of flat screens on fire.
24:16Okay, pull up the two police reports.
24:17Let's see if they have anything in common.
24:19I want it.
24:19Thanks.
24:22Something doesn't add up.
24:23Lone Vengeance stamps out crime, both in the comics and in real life.
24:28He's into this vigilante-style ass-kicking, or in Tony's case, ass-carving, but never murder.
24:34So why would he suddenly kill Tyler Ferris?
24:37And why in such a brutal way?
24:39Sword of Lone Vengeance.
24:40This time it's personal.
24:42That has to be it.
24:43Tyler Ferris must have known Sean Elt.
24:45He didn't, as best as I recall.
24:48I never heard of no Sean Elt.
24:50Did your son ever hang out with the comic book crowd?
24:52Was he into comics?
24:54Just those slutty schoolgirl ones.
24:56Oh, but lately he had gotten all into, oh, what was it?
24:59Uh, uh, Sword of Lone Vengeance.
25:03Did he ever mention the writer of that comic?
25:05Is he hanging out with anyone out of the ordinary lately?
25:07Somebody mild-mannered, perhaps.
25:09Actually, I saw him talking on a stoop to a guy a few days back.
25:14He was different.
25:15Wore a suit.
25:16As in mask and cape?
25:18Jacket and tie.
25:19I overheard Tyler saying, I know the truth.
25:21I know who you really are.
25:24Do you think you could describe him?
25:26Uh, fair-haired, youngish, with a beard.
25:29Oh, and he wore one of them plastic ID cards.
25:31Uh, a green one.
25:33Fair hair with a beard.
25:34A green press badge.
25:36The reporter from the crime scene.
25:38Our suspect is one Paul Whittaker.
25:40Former graphic artist who works the crime beat for the New York Ledger.
25:43He's also a no-show at work, and he's not at home either.
25:46We put out an APB and we flagged his credit cards.
25:49Actually, it makes perfect sense.
25:50As a crime reporter, Paul would see firsthand how lawlessness would ravage a community.
25:56Compelled to do more than just write about it,
25:58he would don a mask and form-fitting tights to become Lone Vengeance.
26:01But his plan to purge the streets hit a snag
26:03when Tyler Ferris threatened to reveal his secret identity,
26:06causing Lone Vengeance to cut him down in a single fearsome blow.
26:14What?
26:15The student has become the master.
26:17Or at least, he tried.
26:19Actually, for a truly Castle-esque theory, it has to be fully thought through.
26:24Since when?
26:25I did think it through.
26:26Really?
26:27Then how did Tyler Ferris know that Paul Whittaker was Lone Vengeance?
26:31I've got that one.
26:32Just got off at the ledger.
26:33Turns out that our reporter, Paul Whittaker,
26:36has a burner cell phone that he uses to talk to confidential sources.
26:40It's the same number that Tyler Ferris made calls to.
26:42So Ferris was a source or a paid informant, so that's how they knew each other.
26:46And so maybe Ferris was tipping off Paul about crimes going down in the neighborhood,
26:51but Lone Vengeance kept showing up instead.
26:53And that is how Ferris found out that Lone Vengeance was actually Paul.
26:58He confronted Paul, threatened to expose him.
27:00So Paul Whittaker killed him to hide his identity as a half-assed superhero?
27:04Becquette.
27:09Actually, it's perfect superhero psychology.
27:12It's symbiosis.
27:14See, Lone Vengeance is a part of Paul Whittaker.
27:17Yin and yang, one can't exist without the other.
27:19Okay, seal off the area.
27:22Paul Whittaker just maxed out his ATM at 71st and 7th.
27:25That is one block away from Comicadia.
27:32Two grand for all this?
27:33Man, you got a Hulk 181 here.
27:36That alone is worth, like...
27:37I just need the money.
27:40In cash.
27:42Look, uh, I'm in a bit of a hurry here, so, uh...
27:45Really?
27:46Where are you off to, Mr. Whittaker?
27:49Or should we say Lone Vengeance?
27:54Really?
27:55Our killer is a writer.
27:57Well, writers can be men of action.
27:59I've yet to see that, Mr. Castle.
28:01So, he's a journalist like Peter Parker.
28:04Actually, Peter Parker was a news photographer.
28:06Yeah, our guy's a little more like, uh, Clark Kent.
28:09And he's mild-mannered, just like I predicted.
28:12Detective?
28:13I'd like to call the mayor.
28:14Let him know that we caught our killer.
28:16Try to get a confession this time.
28:18Yes, sir.
28:22I think she's warming up to you.
28:24We're searching your apartment now, Paul.
28:27We found this artwork there.
28:29We know you were behind Sword of Lone Vengeance.
28:32Well, there's no law against that, is there?
28:34Except you took it a lot farther than just making a comic book.
28:37I mean, it's only a matter of time before we find the suit and the murder weapon.
28:41Lone Vengeance stands for all that is good and virtuous.
28:44An army of one at war against crime.
28:46A defender of the innocent.
28:50That's just a character I create.
28:52It's not someone real.
28:53According to this, you were mugged last year outside an abandoned tenement building?
28:58Well, it's New York.
28:59People get mugged.
29:01Only the mugger got the worst of it.
29:03You ended up with a few stitches.
29:05The mugger ended up in the hospital.
29:06And cops say that you were non-compliant.
29:09There's a critical moment in the arc of every superhero.
29:13An awakening that transforms him and that drives him to embrace his destiny.
29:18For you, the mugging was that moment.
29:20That's when Lone Vengeance was born.
29:21And then you use the Sword of Lone Vengeance as your comic book diary.
29:26We know you killed Tyler Ferris, Paul.
29:29Your life is over.
29:30Both of your lives.
29:30You're going to prison.
29:31What do you think those cons are going to do when they find out that you ran around in tights?
29:36If you help us, if you confess, I will keep you safe.
29:42I will get you placed in segregated housing.
29:46Now, that is a good deal, Paul.
29:47I would take it if I were you.
29:52Okay.
29:53Okay, okay.
29:56It's me.
29:57I'm Lone Vengeance.
30:01And Tyler Ferris found out.
30:03Yeah, he threatened to expose me, so I killed him.
30:10I'm going to need you to write that down, Paul.
30:12You said Lone Vengeance stands for all that is good.
30:20So he has a code.
30:22So killing someone, even someone like Tyler Ferris, violated that code.
30:28In a typical superhero, that would trigger a crisis of faith.
30:32He must have been conflicted.
30:33How did you feel when you killed Tyler Ferris?
30:38Well, I felt bad.
30:39I felt really bad.
30:45Paul, why did you chop off Tyler's hand after you killed him?
30:48I don't know.
30:50I just, I just did.
30:52Can I, can I write my confession now?
30:54Is that okay?
30:56Are you sure he didn't do it?
30:57Yeah, Ferris's hand was chopped off before he was killed.
31:00Paul didn't know that.
31:01Then why did he confess?
31:03Because Paul is protecting the real killer.
31:05Paul is the writer.
31:06Lone Vengeance is the subject.
31:08That's their relationship.
31:09It's you and me.
31:10All over again.
31:10But I'm Paul and you're Lone Vengeance.
31:12Really, Castle?
31:12Is that how you see me?
31:13Like a sword-wielding killer?
31:15Depends.
31:16We'll be scantily clad.
31:16In your dreams.
31:17Not to rain on your comic book fantasy,
31:20but if Paul is not Lone Vengeance,
31:22it puts a whole new spin on his mugging.
31:24That's right.
31:25It does.
31:25I bet Paul didn't beat up that mugger.
31:27I bet that was Lone Vengeance.
31:28That's probably how they met.
31:29Wait a minute.
31:29That abandoned tenement building where Paul was mugged,
31:31where is that?
31:32Near Beekman in Theater Alley.
31:34That's the same place where Chad Hockney found Lone Vengeance.
31:36So either that's a coincidence
31:37or that's where he hangs out.
31:40Abandoned tenement building.
31:41Perfect place for a superhero lair.
31:43You sure this is the place?
31:48Yeah.
31:48The power company said that Unit 209's the only one with electricity.
31:53Somebody tied it up to a pole.
31:55Okay, if this is a lair,
32:06can I just say disappointing?
32:09I mean, where's the mood lighting?
32:12Glass case with 50 samurai swords.
32:14Castle.
32:15All right.
32:22It's a modest lair built on a budget.
32:25I wonder what else he's got hidden around here.
32:28Beckett, got a guy on the fire escape heading your way.
32:30I think it's him.
32:31Okay.
32:31NYPD, do not move.
32:48I wouldn't do that if I were you.
32:50There are cops everywhere downstairs.
32:51Now very slowly take off that mask.
32:59Officer Hastings?
33:00I did not see that, Captain.
33:07Can you believe it?
33:08Lone vengeance.
33:09Sword-wielding killer ends up being one of our own.
33:12I don't know.
33:13Maybe she had her reasons.
33:14Whoa.
33:15Maybe she had her reasons?
33:16What happened to Nimrod in a suit?
33:18That's before I knew she was a cop.
33:20See, as he's going over your suit,
33:21Ann, they're looking for Tyler Ferris' blood.
33:24They won't find any.
33:25Yeah, well, you would know how to clean it up.
33:27I always admired you, detective.
33:31The kind of cop that you are.
33:33It made me want to get to know you.
33:35Well, you could have been that kind of a cop.
33:38Awards, first-rate evaluation.
33:41Why'd you let it go?
33:42My father owned a dry cleaners in the neighborhood.
33:47He got held up by some junkie, probably.
33:51Shot dead over 80 bucks.
33:54The day after I buried him, I applied to the academy.
33:57So then you decided to take the law into your own hands.
34:00Being a cop wasn't enough?
34:02Someone killed my dad.
34:03Nothing will ever be enough.
34:05But doing what I do makes me feel better.
34:10We arrested Ann.
34:12I just thought you should know.
34:16You're probably wondering why I confess, then.
34:23You're in love with her.
34:26You crossed the line, Ann.
34:28Don't pretend like we're so different.
34:30Let's talk about Tyler Farris.
34:32Didn't you lose your mom?
34:33We're not here to discuss that.
34:34Didn't you shoot the guy who killed her right here in this precinct?
34:38The bullet that you took, isn't that connected to her murder, too?
34:41Because that's the rumor.
34:42I am not like you.
34:44I didn't chop a man in half.
34:46Neither did I.
34:47Yes, you did.
34:48And you've got Paul Whitaker so turned around over it
34:50that he tried to confess to your murder.
34:53Paul?
34:54Why would he do that?
34:55Dammit, I told him to leave town until I got this sorted out.
34:59Well, you got it sorted out now.
35:00I did not kill Tyler Farris.
35:03I threw out my breakfast when I saw that body.
35:05You were in the alley with me, Ann.
35:07You took that piece from your suit.
35:09It wasn't from my suit.
35:10And the only reason I wanted it was to figure out who's behind this.
35:13Do you actually expect me to believe you?
35:15It's true.
35:16I saw that disc at the crime scene.
35:18I knew it wasn't mine.
35:20But before I could get it, I got sent off to campus.
35:22So I came back for it.
35:23And yes, I took it from you.
35:25And what did you do with it?
35:26I had a friend in the crime lab run it for prints.
35:29It came back with a partial, but it wasn't in the criminal database.
35:32Look, if you don't believe me, ask him.
35:34He still has it.
35:35So somebody else dressed up as Lone Vengeance and killed our victim.
35:39It's the only thing that makes sense.
35:41How does that make sense?
35:43Because it wasn't me.
35:44I came across something when I canvassed Matt's bar where Tyler Ferris came from.
35:50He was a creature of habit.
35:52He drank there every night.
35:53He'd always leave between one and two and take the back door to the alley.
35:57Usually with a girl.
36:00So you're saying that the killer knew Ferris was going to show up in that alley?
36:05Well, she didn't kill Tyler Ferris.
36:09How do you know?
36:10I just...
36:12I know.
36:14Well, if she didn't do it and Shed Hockney didn't do it, then we're looking at a third Lone Vengeance, a clever imposter.
36:20Okay.
36:20So let's suppose that our killer is an imposter.
36:23That would mean that he targeted Tyler Ferris and wore a costume either to make sure that nobody could identify him.
36:30Or to make sure he would be identified and frame Lone Vengeance for the murder.
36:33And Tyler Ferris was the perfect victim.
36:35Yeah, he shows up in a dark alley like clockwork, even brings his own witness.
36:39Okay, so then maybe our killer was a criminal who wanted Lone Vengeance off the streets.
36:43Criminal who wanted vengeance against Lone Vengeance and Tyler Ferris.
36:46Someone who knew Tyler and his habits.
36:49Someone who had experience wielding a blade.
36:51Someone who pointed us to Lone Vengeance in the first place.
36:54You think I killed Tyler Ferris?
36:56Come on.
36:57You're dreaming.
36:58We know you wanted Lone Vengeance off the streets.
37:01He was costing you money.
37:02We read the comics.
37:03Lone Vengeance was shaking down your dealers, burning your trucks.
37:07So when Ferris thought that he figured out Lone Vengeance's true identity, he knew you'd pay top dollar for it.
37:13All right, even if this were true, which is not, I ain't got no motive for murder.
37:17You had to be asking yourself, all these times Lone Vengeance was harassing your people, how did he know where to go?
37:24Who was tipping him off?
37:26I mean, it had to have been someone from the inside.
37:28Someone with an axe to grind.
37:30Someone just like Tyler Ferris.
37:32So, you figured why not kill two birds with one stone?
37:35Get rid of Ferris and hang the murder on Lone Vengeance.
37:38And that's it.
37:41I mean, that's all you got.
37:45You guys call yourselves cops.
37:47You ought to be embarrassed.
37:49Here's the problem.
37:51You got no proof.
37:53Actually, we do.
38:03It's from your outfit.
38:05We match the partial print to your cousin Ernesto.
38:08The tailor.
38:09I've heard great things about his custom made shirts.
38:11But he also confessed to making a Lone Vengeance outfit for you.
38:15I want a lawyer.
38:23And you will need one.
38:32Those are your personal facts.
38:33You probably want to make sure everything is there.
38:37Thanks, Detective Beckett.
38:40And you're a good cop.
38:42And you've got somebody who cares about you.
38:45Don't be so driven by the past that you throw away your future.
38:53Take care.
39:06Well, a murder solved and a notorious hoodlum off the streets for good.
39:10I call that a solid win.
39:12I agree.
39:12All because of the hard work and dedication of this team.
39:17Thank you, Captain.
39:18That means a lot.
39:19Of police officers.
39:21Team of police officers, Mr. Castle.
39:24Detective.
39:26About Officer Hastings.
39:28She, uh, fled the alley when you ordered her to stop.
39:31Some reason you're not pressing any charges?
39:32I, uh, think that given the number of folks wearing that costume, we can't prove that it was her in the alley.
39:38Or anywhere else, for that matter.
39:41Exactly, sir.
39:42She's a promising officer.
39:44That said, it'd be bad for all of us if Lone Vengeance were to show up ever again.
39:48I don't think that that will be a problem, sir.
39:51Well, let's make sure it isn't.
39:57Either she just grew a heart.
39:59Or she's worried about how it would look if the press found out that Lone Vengeance was one of our own.
40:04A writer and his muse fighting crime.
40:12Just like this.
40:13Mm-hmm.
40:24So tomorrow?
40:26Mm-hmm.
40:27Okay.
40:27Okay.
40:27Okay.
40:27Okay.
40:27Okay.
40:28Okay.
40:28Okay.
40:28Okay.
40:28Okay.
40:28Okay.
40:28Okay.
40:28Okay.
40:29Okay.
40:30Okay.
40:30Okay.
40:31Okay.
40:32Okay.
40:32Okay.
40:32Okay.
40:33Okay.
40:34Okay.
40:34Okay.
40:35Okay.
40:36Okay.
40:37Okay.
40:38Okay.
40:39Okay.
40:40Oh, hello, mother.
40:41Ah, Falstaff.
40:44Really?
40:46It's King Lear.
40:47Wow.
40:48I have work to do.
40:51Hey, what's up?
40:55Uh, Skyping with Ashley, but we just finished.
40:59You know, even...
41:04Even when you were a little girl, you were a serious person.
41:08I think I just gotten used to you being sensible and mature, even more than me sometimes.
41:16Sometimes?
41:17Point taken.
41:18Thing is, Alexis, I know there are other sides to you.
41:20I know there are other sides to you.
41:22Impulsive sides.
41:23Romantic sides.
41:25And I don't want you to deny them.
41:29You were right.
41:31With great power does come great responsibility.
41:35I've always been good at doing what I'm supposed to.
41:36But college is about doing what you want.
41:37Following your passion.
41:38I'm picking my own classes.
41:39I don't know which ones yet.
41:40But, um, no economics.
41:41And you know what?
41:42Even if you're not in classes with Ashley, you still will see each other plenty.
41:43I know.
41:44Especially if we move in together.
41:45I know.
41:46I know.
41:47I know.
41:48I know.
41:49I know.
41:50I know.
41:51But, um, no economics.
41:52And you know what?
41:53Even if you're not in classes with Ashley, you still will see each other plenty.
41:56I know.
41:57Especially if we move in together.
42:16And.
42:17As you can.
42:18I know.
42:20Bye.
42:21Bye.
42:23Bye.
42:24Bye.
42:25Bye.
42:26Bye.
42:28Bye.
42:34.