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Castle Season 3 Episode 19

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00:00Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the evidence tells us well beyond a reasonable doubt that Otis Williams is guilty.
00:07Now, he shot and killed Lila Addison. And for what? For her car. Her car.
00:14But that was not the end of Mr. Williams' savagery. He tossed her body into a trunk and went on a joyride.
00:21Now, the defense can make up any stories they want, but those stories do not negate the facts.
00:27And the facts are that Mr. Williams was caught in the victim's car, his fingerprints were all over it, and her blood was on his clothes.
00:36The true administration of justice is the firmest foundation of good government.
00:44Now, this should be a challenge to each and every one of you.
00:48You are the 12 people in this world that can bring justice to you.
00:52Absolutely.
00:57Help me. Help me. Help me.
01:02Order. Order.
01:08Call the paramedics, man.
01:13Oh, no.
01:15Are you trying to kill me? What's in this?
01:17Everything you need for a healthier and longer life.
01:20What's the sense of living longer if you have to drink that?
01:23Ah, that's the stuff.
01:24Good morning.
01:25Good morning, darling.
01:26Hey.
01:27Hey, why aren't you in school?
01:28It's faculty development day.
01:30Perfect, because do you know what's playing at the Angelica?
01:34Forbidden planet.
01:35Bless me, Nielsen, long before his comic glory.
01:37Do you remember how much you used to love this?
01:38Want to go with me?
01:40Sorry, I can't.
01:40I made plans to spend the day in the village.
01:43Yeah.
01:44Delicious.
01:44Um, bye, Gramps.
01:45Bye, Dad.
01:45Bye.
01:46Bye.
01:46Oh.
01:50Mother, did you see that Alexis line?
01:51She did not.
01:52She loves my breakfast smoothies.
01:54No, no, not about that.
01:55About where she's going today.
01:56Her nose crinkled.
01:57That's her tongue.
01:58Oh, honey, come on.
01:59This is not the world series of poker.
02:01I'm telling you, she's up to something.
02:04How about you?
02:04Do you want to go to the movies?
02:05No can do, kiddo.
02:07Got to meet with my contractor at the studio.
02:09Well, then it looks like I'm going by myself.
02:11Or maybe not at all.
02:18Well, Richard Castle, press 1.
02:23Hey.
02:23Hey.
02:24Why were there news bands up front?
02:25Because of who our victim is.
02:27Joe McKusick.
02:28Who?
02:30Juror number 7 in the Lila Addison case.
02:32The Addison case?
02:33Seriously, what happened?
02:34He dropped dead during the closing argument.
02:37Lainey thinks that he was poisoned.
02:38Heir to the Addison fortune is murdered,
02:40and during the trial, a juror is murdered as well.
02:43This is all the makings of a John Grisham novel.
02:45What are you doing?
02:46I'm texting my poker group, calling dibs on this story.
02:54It was poison, all right.
02:56Pink lividity, the smell of bitter almonds.
02:58Test strip came back positive for cyanide.
03:01Cyanide?
03:02That is fantastic.
03:04Unless you're the juror.
03:06There were no puncture marks on the body,
03:08so it was ingested.
03:10That's an odd way to kill.
03:11Not for Nazis or evil dictators.
03:14How did he ingest it?
03:15Brownish stains in his mouth indicate he recently had coffee.
03:18Maybe it was in there.
03:19After he consumed the poison, how long before he died?
03:22No more than 15 minutes.
03:23According to the court clerk,
03:24Mr. McKusick arrived this morning at 8.37
03:27and died at approximately 9.13.
03:2915 minutes.
03:30That means that he was poisoned at the courthouse.
03:32Mm-hmm.
03:33And who benefits from a dead juror?
03:35The defendant.
03:37Then we agree.
03:39The defendant.
03:40Otis Williams.
03:41This guy's a real dirtbag's dirtbag.
03:43You're in theft auto-aggravated assault, attempted murder.
03:46Dirtbag trifecta.
03:47Which means if convicted, he'd go away for a long time.
03:50Life without parole.
03:51Bet the DA would ask for the needle if New York saw the death penalty.
03:54They caught him in a stolen car with Lila Addison's body in the trunk.
03:56They got his fingerprints, traces of the victim's blood.
03:59This guy's way past guilty.
04:01So this is jury intimidation at its finest.
04:04You kill a juror, you not only guarantee a mistrial,
04:06but it also serves as a warning for any future jurors on a retrial.
04:09And who wants to serve on a jury if there's a chance of being killed?
04:12But we know Otis didn't do it.
04:14He's been incarcerated since his arrest.
04:16He might have had an accomplice.
04:17Whoever poisoned Joe McKusick somehow did it in this building 15 minutes before he died.
04:23I'll get with security.
04:24Pull the surveillance footage from all the corridors and common rooms.
04:26I'll talk to the jurors.
04:27Someone might have seen something.
04:29All right.
04:33Why don't we see what Mr. Otis Williams has to say for himself?
04:39Counselor.
04:41Detective Beckett.
04:42I'd like to speak with your client.
04:43Detective, anything you have to say about Lila Addison we've said during the trial?
04:46I'm not here about Miss Addison.
04:47I'm here about juror number seven.
04:49Okay, what about him?
04:50He was murdered.
04:52Murdered?
04:52I thought he died of a seizure or some other natural cause.
04:56There's nothing natural about cyanide poisoning.
04:59Okay, look.
04:59My client doesn't know anything about that and there's no way I'm letting him talk to you.
05:02Now, if you'll excuse us, we're due in court.
05:04Let's go.
05:04In light of the shocking circumstances of juror number seven's death, it is my belief that this
05:13particular jury is no longer capable of reaching a fair verdict.
05:17Therefore, I have no choice but to declare a mistrial.
05:19Your Honor, the people intend to refile charges.
05:22Noted.
05:23Until then, Mr. Williams will be remanded.
05:26His hearing is adjourned.
05:27You call this justice, Your Honor?
05:30After what he did to my daughter?
05:35Monster.
05:35Dad!
05:36Dad!
05:37No.
05:38Let's go home.
05:39Looks like Otis' plan is working.
05:47Yeah, for now.
05:50Ryan, you find anything yet?
05:51Not yet.
05:52The building has a lot of cameras.
05:54Even though we have a very narrow time frame, it's gonna take a couple hours to get through
05:57all of it.
05:58Maybe we're wrong about the defendant.
05:59Maybe we should be looking at a juror.
06:01What do you mean?
06:02Tony Mueller.
06:03Juror number four.
06:04He's been missing since the murder.
06:06There's no show for one of our interviews.
06:08He's not answering his cell.
06:09Neighbors saw him leave his apartment with an overnight bag.
06:11All right, keep an eye out for him on the video.
06:13I already got an APBO.
06:14Oh, you do?
06:14Mm-hmm.
06:15Good.
06:16Beckett, the brother of your dead juror's here.
06:23The courtrooms are supposed to be safe.
06:25I'm so sorry, Mr. McKusick.
06:27We're doing everything we can to figure it out.
06:29I mean, who wouldn't want to hurt Joe?
06:30Well, you know, it might not have to do with your brother.
06:33It might have to do with the jury that he served on.
06:35Did you know that he was assigned the Addison trial?
06:38No.
06:40No, I just knew he had jury duty.
06:43Can you think of any reasons why your brother might have been biased either toward or against
06:47the defendant?
06:49When he was a kid, my brother had a few scrapes with the law.
06:55But he cleaned his life up.
06:57He believed in second chances.
06:59That's why he ran the halfway house.
07:03What he didn't believe in were third, fourth, fifth chances.
07:06He'd been out there long enough to know some folks can't be rehabilitated.
07:13Do you know if your brother had any problems with anyone at work?
07:16I mean, given the kinds of people that he dealt with.
07:18No.
07:20Joe had a way with folks.
07:21He'd look out for people.
07:31Do you think Joe was chosen at random, or do you think he was killed because of his background?
07:35Well, since this isn't, in fact, a Grisham novel, I thought I'd keep an open mind.
07:39Hey, Ryan, can you look into Joe McCusick's halfway house, see if he had problems with anyone
07:42there?
07:43I already spoke with his staff.
07:44They don't remember any conflicts, but they're sending over lists of residents in case.
07:47Yo, our missing juror, troopers picked him up crossing the GW Bridge.
07:51They're bringing him in now.
07:54You were leaving town in a hurry, Mr. Mueller.
07:56Any reason why?
07:57Isn't it obvious?
07:58I'm marked for death, man.
08:00Marked for death?
08:01I didn't ask for jury duty.
08:02I was summoned.
08:04It said show up at this time, at this place.
08:06It failed to mention that the defendant's homeboy was going to kill me.
08:09The defendant's homeboy?
08:11Yeah.
08:12This big, scary black guy.
08:14Exactly what happened, Mr. Mueller?
08:17Yesterday, this guy follows me into the courthouse bathroom and starts chatting me up about the
08:21trial.
08:22Did he give you his name?
08:23No.
08:23No, but he's going on and on about how Otis Williams is innocent and how he's being railroaded
08:27by the system.
08:28And then this morning, I see the same guy on the defendant's side of the gallery in the
08:33front row, eyeballing me.
08:36Have you ever seen him with Joe?
08:38Yes.
08:39Which is why when I saw Joe bite it right in front of me, I knew I was next.
08:43And why should I die?
08:44I was only trying to fulfill my civic responsibilities.
08:50Thank you for coming in, Mr. Mueller.
08:52Now, do you think you'll be able to describe him to our sketch artist?
08:55He's a big, scary black guy.
08:57It might help if you're just a little more specific.
09:00Uh, okay.
09:00Um, but like I said, he's a, he's a big, he's a scary black guy named Mordow Williams.
09:10The defendant's cousin.
09:12I didn't, I thought you didn't know who he was.
09:14I didn't, but there he is.
09:15Well, are, are you sure?
09:22Yeah.
09:23Why?
09:23While you guys were in the box with Mr. Mueller, I, I found this on courthouse surveillance.
09:29See, that's Joe the juror at the coffee machine, roughly 14 minutes before his death right in
09:33our kill zone.
09:37Cousin Mordow.
09:38And watch this.
09:44Looks like he makes a killer cup of Joe.
09:49Do so.
09:50Y'all trying to accuse me of murder with this half-assed version of a Saputa film?
10:07You and Otis were more than just cousins.
10:09Grew up in the same household.
10:11More like brothers.
10:12Yeah, me and O-Tice, so what?
10:14So it makes sense you'd do anything for him, including kill a juror on his murder trial?
10:18Man, y'all reaching.
10:20Are we?
10:22You talk to jurors, that's jury tampering.
10:25So accusing one black man of a murder he didn't commit isn't good enough for you.
10:28Y'all trying for the daily double?
10:30And I talked to a gang of folks in that courthouse.
10:33How am I supposed to know which one of them is a juror?
10:35Well, the juror badges on their shirts might have been a hint.
10:37Using video surveillance footage, CSU managed to pull Joe's coffee cup out of the garbage.
10:43They're testing it for cyanide.
10:46Why don't you just come clean while we still got a deal to make?
10:48Man, I told you I ain't do nothing.
10:50Word out, sit down before I make you sit down.
10:57So obviously you must be the bad cop.
11:00Guess that makes you the good cop.
11:02Actually, I'm not a cop.
11:03Oh, you're not a cop?
11:05Mr. Castle is a writer.
11:07He consults with the department on occasion.
11:09Oh.
11:10So that's how you two do it.
11:12You tell the lies, you print the lies.
11:15Man, y'all framing me just like they did my cousin.
11:17And this whole damn thing's a conspiracy.
11:19Word, I'll be serious.
11:20She don't think I'm serious?
11:22And tell me, why all the lawyers in the city, the district attorney, is trying Otis' case?
11:28You don't think it's because he's running for mayor and he wants to lock my cousin up so all his rich, powerful white friends can feel safe?
11:33Look, you're not doing yourself any favors right now.
11:36You just got it all worked out, huh?
11:38And you got my cousin O pulling a bigger Thomas, and you got me poisoning this man to get him off.
11:45Looks that way.
11:47Well, looks don't make it so.
11:50Looks like I'm poisoning this man's coffee.
11:54And really, all I did was hand it to him.
11:59Hey, Esposito.
11:59Hmm?
12:00Can you get a warrant for Wardell's place, see if there's any traces of cyanide?
12:03You got it.
12:04And as they say in legalese, asked and answered.
12:07It's too bad.
12:08I was hoping there would be a little more to the story than that.
12:12Hmm.
12:13Hmm, what?
12:14Alexis said she'd be in the village today, but she's over in Williamsburg.
12:17How do you know she's in Williamsburg?
12:19GPS tracked her phone.
12:21You tracked her phone?
12:23Yeah, super cool app I just downloaded.
12:25I can see where she is at any time.
12:28Does she know that you're doing this?
12:31What, are you kidding?
12:32No, she'd kill me.
12:33And be justified?
12:35I'm her father.
12:37If something's going on, I need to know.
12:38A lot of parents will go through their kids' drawers or computers.
12:42Far less intrusive.
12:47Beckett.
12:49Joe's cyanide-laced coffee cup.
12:51CSU found both Joe and Wardell's prints on it, but there was something very important missing.
12:57Cyanide.
12:58Really?
12:58Really.
12:59Well, how was he poisoned?
13:01During the autopsy, I discovered cyanide residue in a prescription time-release capsule.
13:06So Joe had a prescription for cyanide?
13:08No.
13:09He had a prescription for corticosteroids.
13:12According to his physician, he took one every morning for symptoms from lupus.
13:16It looks like the killer switched out the contents of Joe's capsule and replaced it with the cyanide.
13:20Okay, so then when Joe was taking his medications, he unknowingly poisoned himself.
13:25But here's the rub.
13:26Since the cyanide was in a time-release capsule designed not to dissolve in stomach acid, but in the intestines...
13:32Our timeline is all screwed up.
13:34Yep.
13:34Turns out Joe was poisoned almost one hour before his death at 8.13 this morning.
13:39That's before he even got to the courthouse.
13:40Which means the killer probably wasn't there either.
13:42So then Joe's death might not have anything to do with the trial.
13:44Well, we learned three very important things.
13:46Firstly, our killer is diabolical.
13:49You let someone unwittingly kill themselves?
13:51Pure evil.
13:52Second, our killer knew Joe, or at least knew his habits.
13:55Third, our killer was a woman.
13:56Hmm?
13:57Statistically speaking, poisonings are almost always carried out by the fairest sex.
14:01Ah, but you are missing one very important detail, Castle.
14:04Enlighten me.
14:05Our killer had access to Joe's medications.
14:07Medications that he did not keep on him, so therefore our killer had access to...
14:11His apartment.
14:12Bingo.
14:14NYPD!
14:14You know, the murder of Joe, the juror, is a real tragedy.
14:20Isn't every murder a tragedy?
14:22Yes, every murder is a tragedy, but Joe is special.
14:25He was a juvenile delinquent who reformed himself.
14:28Born-again citizen.
14:30He believed in a system and helped out ex-countants.
14:34And what did he get for his trouble?
14:37Hmm.
14:38A pill full of poison.
14:39Mm-hmm.
14:41Cowards die many times before their death.
14:43The valiance never taste of death but once.
14:47Bro, you're not Castle.
14:48Yeah, I know I'm not Castle.
14:49Then stop trying to talk like him.
14:52What?
14:52I'm not allowed to reference the bard?
14:58I'm a renaissance man.
14:59Memorizing one quote does not make you a renaissance man.
15:02What if I memorized two?
15:04Have you memorized two?
15:06No, but what if I did?
15:09Depends on the quote.
15:10Hank Ponzel, former resident of Joe McKusick's halfway house.
15:22Until you were kicked out when Joe denied your extension.
15:25I had to make you mad, huh, Hank?
15:27You don't understand.
15:28No, no.
15:29I think we do.
15:30Joe kicked you to the curb and you poisoned him.
15:32My report shows that every one of these capsules tested positive for cyanide.
15:36If I poisoned him, why would I still be in his apartment?
15:38To take the rest of the poison pills away so we couldn't find them, so you could hide your tracks.
15:43I was out of the apartment all day.
15:44Anyone could have gotten in there.
15:46And I would never hurt Joe.
15:49He was my friend.
15:50Friends like him, huh?
15:51Right.
15:51I didn't poison him.
15:53Joe was letting me stay there, okay?
15:55I maxed out my time at the halfway house and didn't have a place to go.
15:58Joe broke the rules and let me crash with him.
16:01Then why were you playing hide-and-go-seek in his closet?
16:03I am a felon on parole.
16:05I hear cops and my ex-con instincts kick in.
16:08Okay.
16:09If you were there on the up and up, tell us, was Joe in any kind of trouble?
16:17Look, buddy.
16:19I don't think you appreciate the situation you're in.
16:21You are on parole and you're up to your neck in a homicide investigation.
16:25Now, you better start talking or we're going to have you back in Sing Sing before the evening roll call.
16:30All right.
16:31Joe had me run errands for him, okay?
16:34Pick up laundry, go to the bodega, stuff like that.
16:36A few weeks ago, he gave me an envelope and told me to take it to this lady.
16:39What was in the envelope?
16:40Cash.
16:41Like, two grand.
16:41But I don't know what it was for, I swear.
16:44Joe always talked about how he got out of the criminal life, but maybe he still had a foot in.
16:49Who was this lady that you delivered the envelope to?
16:53Miss Jenkins?
16:56Yes?
16:56Do you live at 3751 West End Ave?
17:02Yes.
17:02We need to chat.
17:04I did it.
17:05I did it.
17:06I did it.
17:06You killed him?
17:07Oh, my God, no.
17:08Of course not.
17:09Why would you think that?
17:11Because you just said, I did it.
17:12Oh, no, no, not murder.
17:13Oh, God.
17:14I did something else.
17:16Something.
17:17Miss Jenkins, you're the court clerk.
17:19Why did Joe McKenzie give you that much money?
17:22He paid me to put him on that jury.
17:24Joe McKenzie came to me and said he wanted to serve his jury duty.
17:32I didn't see the harm.
17:34Sure.
17:35I mean, especially if you're going to make a profit.
17:37My roommate moved out two months ago.
17:39I needed the extra cash for rent, and I figured, who's going to know?
17:42I mean, it's jury duty.
17:45Please, please, don't send me to prison.
17:48All day long, I see the women who get sent there, and I can't hack it.
17:53I'll be some lifer's bitch before breakfast.
17:55Okay.
17:56Joe specifically asked to be on Otis Williams' trial.
18:00Yes.
18:01He was insistent about getting on that jury pool.
18:04Did he tell you why?
18:05No, but it was the Lila Addison case, so I figured maybe he wanted to write a tell-all book about it or something.
18:11I swear.
18:12All I did was put him in the pool.
18:15He got through jury selection on his own.
18:17Ryan and Esposito looked at Joe's computer.
18:19There's no evidence that he was writing a book or even taking notes on the trial.
18:22So a murdered juror just bought himself onto the jury, and we still have no idea why.
18:26A murder?
18:26A mystery?
18:27Wrapped up inside a courtroom thriller?
18:29I can't believe John Grisham hasn't written this book.
18:31Wish he had.
18:32Maybe then we'd know what was so special about that trial to Joe.
18:35Well, maybe Joe had a personal connection to the trial, to the victim, Lila Addison, or to the defendant, Otis Williams.
18:41Doesn't Joe have a juvie record?
18:42Mm-hmm.
18:42What if he knew Otis from back in the day?
18:44They could have gotten arrested together or maybe spent some time in the same juvenile hall.
18:47That's a good idea.
18:48I'll look into it.
18:49Meanwhile, I'll have Lila Addison's case file sent over from the 7-4, and you should check in with the family.
18:53Could be a connection there.
18:54Okay.
18:54Good night, Castle.
18:55Night.
18:55Good night.
19:04Hey, Dad.
19:09Writing?
19:10Yeah.
19:11How was your day?
19:12Did you have a good time in the village?
19:14Yeah.
19:15Go anywhere else?
19:17Uh, no.
19:17Just stay in the village.
19:21Really?
19:21I mean, New York is a big city.
19:26Lots of boroughs.
19:27Yeah, but I just stayed in Manhattan.
19:30So you didn't go to, uh, Brooklyn?
19:34Williamsburg is beautiful this time of year.
19:38How did you know?
19:39A friend of mine told me.
19:40He went there.
19:41He saw you.
19:42What friend?
19:43Close friend.
19:44JJ.
19:46Adams.
19:47No switch.
19:47That's your tell.
19:48You're lying.
19:49No, I'm not.
19:49Then who's JJ Adams?
19:51He's a friend of mine.
19:53Wait.
19:53JJ Adams was Leslie Nielsen's character name in Forbidden Planet.
19:57You're totally lying.
19:58How did you know where I was?
20:00Are you having me followed?
20:01Monitoring my MetroCard?
20:02Checking my credit?
20:04My phone.
20:06Dad, tell me you're not tracking my phone.
20:08Okay, look.
20:08This is not about what I did.
20:09It's about what you did.
20:10You lied to me.
20:11Says somebody who violated his daughter's civil rights.
20:13Okay, technically, I would have to be the government to violate it.
20:15You're just tracking my every move.
20:16Not your every move.
20:18Welcome to George Orwell's.
20:191984 with my father as big brother.
20:21This isn't about-
20:21What's next?
20:22A chip in my brain?
20:24Whatever it takes when you're keeping secrets from me.
20:26You know what?
20:27If you're so interested in what I'm doing, why don't you ask your phone?
20:30I'm sure there's an app for that.
20:36You had it coming, Castle.
20:38I mean, you have the best kid in the world, and you treated her like a common criminal.
20:42Maybe she is, though.
20:43I still don't know why she lied about going to Williamsburg.
20:45You probably never will.
20:47Unless you plan on waterboarding her.
20:48Honestly, is what I did so wrong?
20:50I don't really think that it matters to Alexis.
20:53I mean, you broke her trust.
20:55Yeah, I know.
20:58So what do I do now?
20:59Win it back.
21:01Come on.
21:02Lila's family's waiting.
21:02I've never seen him outside the jury box.
21:08I think any of us have.
21:10A juror bribing his way onto a trial?
21:13I've never in my 25 years as a prosecutor seen anything like it.
21:17Mr. Addison, is it at all possible that your daughter knew this man?
21:21No.
21:21Steven?
21:24Steven?
21:26I know most of my sister's friends.
21:28He's not one of them.
21:30And if he was, why would he have done this?
21:32Why would he put my sister's shot at justice in jeopardy?
21:34Roy, I don't think I need to tell you how catastrophic this could be to the city's legal system.
21:44Now, I need Joe McHusick's murder solved.
21:46How bad are things, Lou?
21:48It's pretty bad.
21:49Just this morning at Wadir, I had potential jurors expressing fears for their own personal safety.
21:55Now, the people of New York need to be assured that they are protected.
21:58Keep me in the loop.
22:05All the years I've been in command of the 12th precinct, you know how many times the district attorney has shown up?
22:11Once.
22:13Today.
22:15You heard it, man. Let's get to work.
22:17Yes, sir.
22:22There is no Joe connection to Lila Addison.
22:25There's nothing in her financials, her murder file, her emails, her texts.
22:28Not even her yearbook.
22:29Joe and Lila have absolutely nothing in common.
22:33It's like the two of them didn't even live on the same planet.
22:35Same goes with Joe and Otis.
22:37There's no Joe connection in the Juvie files?
22:38No, not even close.
22:40Joe and Otis were sent to different Juvie halls at different times and they ran in opposite neighborhoods.
22:44So why the hell did he want to get on that jury so bad?
22:46I think I got something.
22:48You have a connection?
22:49According to his credit card, Joe purchased a pay-as-you-go cell phone from an electronic store a couple months back.
22:56So?
22:56So he already had a cell phone. What's he need a burner phone for?
22:59Especially an anonymous one.
23:01And if he is using it, where is it?
23:02All right, take a crew to his apartment and see what you can find.
23:06That might be the break that we need.
23:07Yeah.
23:09Castle?
23:11Castle, can you stop playing around?
23:13Actually, I'm not playing around. I'm a little busy blowing this case wide open.
23:16This is a photograph of the Lucky Lewis hit Lila's crime scene.
23:20This is a little magnification app.
23:23Recognize anyone?
23:23It's Joe.
23:32He was at Lila Addison's crime scene.
23:36How will he be there?
23:37Only three reasons for a civilian to be at a murder scene.
23:40One, they're dead.
23:41Two, they just happen to be in the immediate area.
23:44Three, it's our killer and he couldn't resist the compulsion to return to the scene of the crime.
23:49And which number do you think Joe is?
23:50I'm going to go with three.
23:52He's our victim and our killer.
23:53Nice.
23:54Ah.
23:55Sorry.
23:55Joe McCusick, victim and killer?
24:02This is the best twist yet.
24:04Joe served on the jury of a murder he committed.
24:07Yeah, but if Joe literally got away with murder, why would he risk it all and bribe his way onto the jury?
24:12Maybe he felt compelled to save an innocent man.
24:14Maybe he wanted to create reasonable doubt in the deliberation room to get Otis off, just like Henry Fonda in 12 Angry Men.
24:22Or maybe he got onto the jury because he wanted to make sure that an innocent Otis got convicted of his crime.
24:28No, I like my killer with a conscience theory better.
24:30Yeah, well, like your theory all you want, mine is less convoluted and contrived.
24:34I hate to burst bubbles, but you're both wrong.
24:38Joe didn't kill Lila.
24:39He had an alibi.
24:40I did background on the halfway house.
24:42On the night Lila was killed, Joe was at a fundraiser.
24:46He was there until midnight.
24:47And Lila was killed between 9.30 and 11.30 p.m.
24:50So if he didn't kill her, why did he want to be on the jury so bad?
24:53And why was he at the crime scene?
24:55Okay, so we know that Joe was a juror with a hidden agenda.
24:59He was embroiled in a high-profile case, being tried by the DA himself.
25:04But before he could accomplish what he set out to do, he was struck down by powerful, shadowy forces.
25:11What?
25:13There's got to be something that we're missing.
25:15There has to be a tangible connection between Joe and our defendant or Joe and our victim.
25:22Or between Joe and somebody else entirely.
25:25I found the phone.
25:27I was hiding behind some books in the bookcase.
25:28Joe made 14 calls with it, all to the same number.
25:33District Attorney Luke Karnacki's office.
25:36Looks like the DA was out of order.
25:39Mrs. Craig.
25:40Oh, please.
25:41Call me Dawn.
25:43Dawn, you are District Attorney's administrative assistant?
25:46Yes, ever since he came into office.
25:48Do you remember ever receiving any phone calls from a Joe McKusick?
25:52Oh, we get hundreds of calls every day.
25:56That name doesn't sound familiar.
25:58We have reason to believe he called numerous times.
26:00He may have said it was regarding the Otis Williams case.
26:04Oh, yeah.
26:05I did get a series of bizarre anonymous calls from a man claiming that Otis Williams was innocent.
26:12That would be a joke.
26:13Did he ever speak to the DA?
26:14No.
26:15I never put him through.
26:16I figured he was a wacko.
26:18You know, we get a lot of these calls, and half my job is to filter out the legitimate calls from the crackpots.
26:24Did he ever mention anything else?
26:26Yeah.
26:26He said he had evidence that would exonerate Otis Williams and how he was going to mail it to the district attorney's office.
26:33Did you ever get that package?
26:34Not that I know of.
26:35Uh, Dawn, most of these phone calls are under two minutes long, but then there's this one at 10.14 p.m.
26:42It's over 10 minutes long.
26:43Is there any chance that you took that phone call?
26:45Oh.
26:45No.
26:46I never stay past seven.
26:49How late does the DA work?
26:54This conversation is over.
27:05Is this the way you keep me in the loop, Roy?
27:07It's a fast-moving case, Lou.
27:08My team just followed the evidence where it led them.
27:10Don't give me that.
27:11We've known each other too long.
27:12Mr. Karnacki, Joe McCusick made several phone calls to your office.
27:16One of them lasted over 10 minutes.
27:18Did you speak to him, sir?
27:20The dead juror?
27:21Yes.
27:21No, of course not.
27:23Did he send you any evidence that was relevant to the Otis Williams case?
27:26Excuse me, I don't think we've been introduced.
27:28I'm the guy that can get you banned from this precinct.
27:30And I can have you transferred to the harbor unit.
27:33Lou, you said you wanted this murder squared away.
27:35That's all we're doing.
27:36No, what you're doing is sneaking around behind my back.
27:38Now, the next time you want an interview, you call.
27:41And don't you ever, ever drag one of my staff down here without my knowledge again.
27:50You called in the DA's personal assistant without informing him?
27:53Sir, I'm sorry.
27:54I was, I...
27:55It's a smart move.
27:57Don't you see what just happened?
27:59He could have called and asked why his assistant was here.
28:01But he came in person.
28:03He wanted to stop the interview.
28:05He's hiding something.
28:06Wardell Williams was right.
28:13It's a conspiracy.
28:15I agree.
28:17I know.
28:18Weird.
28:19Yeah, weird.
28:20But good, because that's just the tip of the iceberg.
28:22Are you ready for the Titanic?
28:24Yes.
28:25I did a little digging on the internet.
28:27Guess who the DA's largest campaign contributors were on his last election?
28:33Who?
28:33Randolph and Andrea Addison.
28:36Lila's parents.
28:37Here's what I'm thinking.
28:39Devastated parents demand justice, insist that the DA try the case personally.
28:44Maybe even suggest to Karnacki that he needs to put Lila's killer away in order to secure
28:49their political support.
28:50Of course, and Karnacki agreed because it was going to be an easy case.
28:54I mean, they already had Otis Williams.
28:56It was open and shut.
28:57Until Joe starts calling, insisting that Otis is innocent, which is bad for Karnacki.
29:01Actually, in the end, bad for Joe.
29:04You know, but it still doesn't explain why Joe bought into the jury pool.
29:09Or why he thought that Otis Williams was innocent.
29:12I mean, if he had exonerating evidence, where is it?
29:15We've looked everywhere.
29:16We've talked to everyone.
29:17Not everyone.
29:18As I said before, we're not here to discuss the Lila Addison case.
29:22Neither are we.
29:23We're here to talk about Joe McCusick's murder, juror number seven.
29:26You're not still suggesting that my client had something to do with this?
29:29We are open to the idea that Mr. Williams may not be guilty of either murder.
29:33Look, we think that you might be able to help yourself by helping us find the real killer.
29:43This is Joe McCusick.
29:45Had you ever seen him before the trial?
29:47Mm-mm.
29:49He claimed to have evidence proving your innocence.
29:51Do you have any idea what that evidence might be?
29:53How am I supposed to know?
29:54He bought his way onto the jury in order to get you acquitted, and then he got murdered for it.
30:01Well, look, I'm sorry he's dead.
30:03I appreciate my man putting himself out like that for me, but I don't know how to help y'all.
30:07Mr. Williams, if you didn't kill Lila, then we need to figure out who did.
30:10You were first on the scene.
30:11Any detail you can remember, no matter how obscure, might help us.
30:15All right.
30:19It was late.
30:21Just got off my job, you know.
30:23Walking home when I saw that sweet 760i just sitting there, keys in the ignition.
30:30I knew I should have passed it by, but I always wanted to drive a 760, so I jumped in.
30:37I'm sorry, we need details.
30:39So did you see anyone?
30:41No.
30:41Was there anything around the car?
30:43Anything that might suggest someone else had been there?
30:45Cigarette butts?
30:46Uh, chewing gum?
30:47Shoe prints, heel prints.
30:48Nah, nothing like that.
30:49Okay, um, what happened next?
30:52I slid in the ride, pulled the seat up, hit the ignition.
30:54Wait, wait.
30:56Did you say that you pulled the seat up?
30:57Yeah.
30:58Are you sure?
30:59Yeah, I'm sure.
31:00That bad boy was all the way back, so I hit the button on the side to move it up.
31:04Lila was all of 5'0.
31:05There's no reason for that seat to have been all the way back.
31:07Somebody else was driving that car.
31:09Most likely our killer.
31:10And our killer would have to press the seat back button in order to move it.
31:13Did CSU check for prints?
31:14The steering wheel and the dash, the only prints they found were my clients,
31:20so when they caught him behind the wheel, I don't think they put much effort into it.
31:28Lila's car is still at the impound pending the trial.
31:30We can still have CSU print the seat controls.
31:34A seat back button?
31:36What a great detail for a murder mystery.
31:39Only if we get a print.
31:40Yes, otherwise we'll just be looking for tall people.
31:42Yeah.
31:44Dad?
31:48Hey.
31:51Everything all right?
31:53I'm sorry for yelling at you, Chris.
31:54No, no.
31:55I violated your trust.
31:58I shouldn't have spied on you.
31:59I was wrong.
32:00And I want you to see this.
32:03I am deleting that app now and forever.
32:08Okay?
32:09Gone.
32:09So, I'm sorry.
32:13Forgive me?
32:16But will you forgive me?
32:18Of course.
32:20So, tell me what happened in Williamsburg.
32:24Two days ago, a bunch of us went to Kina's of Brooklyn.
32:32It's a boutique.
32:33And my friends thought it'd be cool if we all took a couple things.
32:36You shop?
32:38You mean shoplifting?
32:40I couldn't, but my friends did, and they said I was chicken.
32:43So, you went back to finish the job to impress your friends?
32:45No.
32:45I went back to pay for what they stole.
32:47I couldn't just let someone get cheated like that.
32:49Took money out of my savings and went back to the store.
32:51When I got there, I put cash on the counter with a note and ran out as fast as I could.
32:59I don't know whether to be angry or proud.
33:04What friends were you with?
33:05Doesn't matter.
33:06Of course it matters.
33:07What I was with is off the table.
33:09I'm not going to narc on them.
33:13Again?
33:15Angry and proud.
33:17One question, though.
33:18If you didn't take anything, why did you feel responsible?
33:23Because of my friends.
33:25Because somebody had to.
33:28It was the right thing to do.
33:31Don't you think they should be the ones paying?
33:35Why are you even friends with these girls in the first place?
33:37It's not that simple.
33:44No, you're right.
33:45It never is, is it?
33:48Uh, no.
33:50Detective Beckett.
33:51Stay.
33:52I was just leaving.
33:55It won't happen again, Dad.
33:58Promise.
34:06You okay?
34:09Sometimes ignorance is bliss.
34:11Tell me about it.
34:13Is that the CSU report?
34:14Two sets of prints on the seat controls.
34:17Otis's are on the seat up button.
34:20And on the seat back?
34:21Go look for yourself.
34:25You gotta be kidding me.
34:29This is the fingerprint that we pulled off of Lila Addison's car seat controls.
34:33And this is your fingerprint that we have on file.
34:36They are a match.
34:37There must be some mistake.
34:38There is no mistake.
34:39You were in Lila Addison's car the night that she was killed.
34:42I didn't even know Lila.
34:43Yeah, you did.
34:45Let me show you your picture around.
34:47You're a bartender at the Kiwi 7 Lounge.
34:50They pay you under the table cash.
34:51Lila's a silent partner.
34:53You still want to go with the story that you don't know her?
34:58I think that you killed her, and then you dumped her body in her trunk.
35:01What you didn't count on was the guilt.
35:05You had to get it off your chest, so you told Joe.
35:06But your brother, he was an honorable man.
35:09He wasn't going to rant you out, but he wasn't going to let an innocent man go to jail for life.
35:13So he called the DA, and that didn't work.
35:16He got on the jury.
35:17But you, you found out, and you realized you wouldn't be safe as long as he was alive.
35:25And then you slipped into his apartment, and you dosed his meds with cyanide.
35:30Dosed his meds?
35:31Making you the worst brother since Cain.
35:35That isn't what happened.
35:36Then what happened?
35:42Okay.
35:46Well, wait.
35:48Wait!
35:51I was there, but I didn't kill her.
35:54And I didn't kill my brother.
35:56But it doesn't really matter what I say.
35:58You won't believe me anyway.
35:59Well, considering your other choice is murder one, I would roll the dice.
36:07Steven killed Lila.
36:09Steven Addison.
36:11Her brother.
36:13And we had talked about Joe's condition.
36:16Steven must have seen Joe on that jury and killed him, too.
36:20Steven and Lila were a pair of rich, spoiled coke fiends who needed to make a drug run.
36:25So they had me drive.
36:27Steven screwing around with his gun.
36:29This little trust fund gangster thinks he's so badass till we hit a pothole and bang!
36:34The gun went off and hit Lila.
36:37She died instantly.
36:40I freaked.
36:41But Steven threatened to point the finger at me if I told the truth.
36:45I'm so scared.
36:48I'm just a nobody.
36:50He's got million dollar lawyers.
36:51He's got million dollar lawyers.
36:55We put her body in the trunk.
36:56And you dumped the car?
36:58Steven said if we left it in the ghetto, the cops would think it was a carjacking gone wrong.
37:02And then what happened?
37:03We tossed the bloody clothes in a dumpster.
37:06And I went to see Joe at his fundraiser.
37:11And I told him what happened.
37:17He said we couldn't leave Lila in a trunk like that.
37:21But by the time Joe got there, the cops had already pulled over that black guy.
37:25So Joe went to that dumpster and got Steven's bloody clothes, his insurance.
37:29That must be what Joe sent to the D.A.
37:32It's all my fault.
37:35My brother's dead and it's all my fault.
37:39We could play Steven at Lila's bar that night, but without physical evidence, all we have is Eddie's word.
37:45What do you think we should do, sir?
37:47I'm sorry, detective.
37:48Looks like there's nothing you can do.
37:51What are you saying?
37:52Just let him get away with it?
37:53Did I say that?
37:55Sir, where are you going?
37:56To see an old friend.
38:07Hey, how'd you get in here?
38:10Use my key to the city.
38:12You, uh, you want a drink?
38:14I just got my hands on this brilliant bottle of 1875 St. Miriam.
38:19I need that package, Lou.
38:21The one Joe McKusick sent you.
38:24I know you didn't get rid of it.
38:25It's not your style, not the Louis Karnacki I know.
38:30Word of advice, Roy.
38:32Just let this one pass you by.
38:35Did you know Lila Addison was murdered by her brother?
38:40First rule of being a lawyer is never ask a question you don't want an answer to.
38:43I guess it's good I'm not a lawyer.
38:45Yeah, well, that's the problem with you cops.
38:47You live on the corner of black and white.
38:49But over here, on this side of the street, it's just gray.
38:53You just put an innocent man up for murder.
38:54What's gray about that, Lou?
38:55Aw, come on.
38:55You're gonna sing kumbaya for Otis Williams?
39:00Otis Williams?
39:00What?
39:01Theft.
39:01Uh, aggravated assault.
39:03Attempted murder.
39:03That's just the stuff we got him on.
39:05But he didn't kill Lila, Lou.
39:06He didn't kill her.
39:07It's for the greater good, Roy.
39:13What?
39:14Your run for the mayor's office.
39:18Think of what I can do for this city when I'm elected.
39:22No.
39:23Takes money to get there.
39:25And the Addisons are keeping a war chest well-stocked.
39:31It's just how it's played.
39:33You know that.
39:37Listen to me, Roy.
39:42Listen to me.
39:45Roy Montgomery Police Commissioner.
39:48Now, when I am elected, I will appoint you.
39:52I promise.
39:54Have my word on that.
39:56Think of what we could do for this city.
39:59You gotta let this go.
40:03Please.
40:07Give me the package Joe MacCusick sent you, and I'll put in a good word for you.
40:12Preliminary lab results indicate that Stephen's clothes had Lila's blood on it.
40:24Eddie was telling the truth.
40:25And CSU found traces of cyanide in Stephen's apartment.
40:28Young Mr. Addison has gone down for both murders.
40:30Negligent homicide for his sister, and murder one for poisoning Joe MacCusick.
40:33What happens to Eddie?
40:34We'll charge him with accessory after the fact, but I'll push for probation.
40:37I'll call the D.A.
40:40Well, whoever the mayor appoints is acting D.A.
40:44Sir, I'm sorry about your friend.
40:47Yeah.
40:49I mean, Lou screwed up.
40:51He did, but that doesn't take away from the good he's done.
40:53It's unfortunate that despite all that good, he's only going to be remembered for this one bad thing.
41:00Nice work, you two.
41:01Good night.
41:02So, plans with Josh tonight?
41:09No, he's on shift.
41:11Just thinking of sneaking off to the Angelica.
41:13Forbidden Planet's playing.
41:16Forbidden Planet?
41:17Is, uh, is that the one with the robot?
41:21You've never seen Forbidden Planet?
41:23More of a Star Wars Matrix guy myself.
41:25Oh my gosh, Castle, this is the movie that inspired those two.
41:30That's it.
41:31I'm taking you.
41:32My treat.
41:32Oh, no, no.
41:33I, uh, I plan to.
41:35Nope, not anymore.
41:38All right, well, can I have, uh, candy and popcorn?
41:41Sure.
41:43Oh, Castle, you're going to love this.
41:44This is Leslie Nielsen before he became a comic genius.
41:48Really?
41:49Yeah.
41:50Can we stop at Randy's for burgers after?
41:52No, you're pushing it.
41:53Oh.
41:53Just kidding.
41:54So, it's very hot.
41:56I think it's a good one.
41:59Rock.