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  • 6/23/2025
Castle Season 4 Episode 12

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01:00I know what you're asking, and the answer is yes.
01:02Yes, you can take your grandmother and her entire production of King Lear to college with you.
01:07I'm going crazy.
01:08Earplugs?
01:09Not that. I need something to do.
01:11I'd planned to be at Stanford, but now I'm here just waiting.
01:14What about school?
01:15I finished all my credits. All I'm taking this semester is theoretical physics.
01:18Well, maybe this is exactly what you need.
01:22A little time off to discover yourself.
01:24Travel. Adventure. Go for a little life experience.
01:27That's a great idea.
01:29I could get an internship.
01:31Practical experience in the job market.
01:33You know, test the waters.
01:34Not exactly what I was thinking.
01:37Oh, it's under fire are my daughters.
01:45Daughters.
01:46That's why King Lear went mad.
01:51Yes, hello.
01:53The timing was perfect.
01:54My mother was teaching three acting classes today in my living room.
01:57Wait a minute. What about her studio?
01:59Flooded.
02:00They're doing the storm from King Lear, and things got out of hand.
02:04Remind me to check my insurance.
02:07Hey, Laney.
02:08What do you got?
02:09This is Laura Cambridge, 28, traffic founder in the passenger seat of the car.
02:13Cause of death?
02:14She was strangled between the hours of 8 and 10 last night.
02:17This bruising here indicates a chokehold.
02:20He probably grabbed her from behind with enough force to crush her high-oid bone.
02:24He? So there was a witness?
02:26No, but to kill her in one swift move like that,
02:29Perp had to be taller and heavier than the victim.
02:31No signs of sexual assault, though.
02:33Was she strangled in the car?
02:34CSU didn't find any signs of any struggle.
02:37Looks like her body was dumped here post-mortem.
02:39Whose car is it?
02:40Not hers.
02:41She had a non-driver ID card.
02:43Ryan's running the plates to see if we can find the owner.
02:46And what about the purse?
02:47This was tossed in the dumpster.
02:49Still has cash in it.
02:50Cell phone?
02:51Didn't find one.
02:52What girl in her 20s doesn't have a cell phone?
02:54Maybe she's Amish.
02:56Hey, so I ran those plates off the sedan and...
03:01What?
03:03It's from the motor pool at City Hall.
03:05City Hall?
03:07Who used it last?
03:09Mayor Robert Weldon.
03:10We're all still a little stunned to hear that one of our cars was mixed up in this.
03:19Trust me, we're gonna get this all sorted out.
03:22Is that the victim?
03:23Yes.
03:24Laura Cambridge.
03:26Do you recognize her, Your Honor?
03:27My staff would know better, but I don't believe she's connected with this office.
03:31Sir, I'm sorry to have to ask you this, but where were you last night between 8 and 10 p.m.?
03:36It's one of New York's finest, huh, Ricky?
03:37She's the best.
03:39So you keep telling me.
03:40I was at a small fundraiser last night with about 50 other people.
03:43I'll get you their names.
03:45Yeah, I appreciate that.
03:45And what about the car?
03:46I was one of several used by my office for the event.
03:49Apparently, one of my staffers reported it stolen later that night.
03:52Off the record, the people I was with last night were part of my inner circle.
03:58We're forming an exploratory committee for a possible run at governor.
04:02But I'm not anxious to make that public end.
04:04I'll do my best to keep the nature of your business private.
04:06Thanks.
04:07I hoped you'd be there, Rick.
04:09Found you tonight with Alexis, but I did send a check.
04:11Thank you for that.
04:12I know that you have a lot more questions, Detective.
04:15My chief of staff, Brian Shea, will answer anything else you want to know.
04:18Listen, listen, listen to me, Jack.
04:20You're swinging in the wind on this, but you get me three more votes in the council,
04:24and I'll send you a helicopter.
04:28You're the detective, right?
04:29Yes.
04:30Have a seat.
04:30Jordan, we don't need you in on this.
04:33I'll leave you guys to work through this unless, Rick, you want to take a look at our new library initiative.
04:37It wouldn't hurt us to have your endorsement on that.
04:38For the New York Public Library, my first love?
04:41Anything.
04:43I've already done your legwork, Detective.
04:45The car was checked out by Elizabeth Watson, senior director of communication here at the office.
04:51When she left last night's event around midnight, she discovered that it was missing.
04:55Here's her statement.
04:56With all due respect, Mr. Shea, police investigations are usually conducted by the police.
05:00Yeah.
05:01Well, unfortunately, the 24-hour news cycle moves a hell of a lot faster than you do.
05:06And I have to get all my ducks in a row before this thing breaks.
05:09It's my job.
05:10And my job is to find Laura's murderer.
05:13So, if you don't mind, and even if you do, I'm going to get my own statement from Ms. Watson about that car.
05:19And I'm also going to need statements from all of your staff as to whether they recognize our victim.
05:24Knock yourself out.
05:26But trust me, you're wasting your time.
05:28It's my time to waste.
05:30Now, I got a job to do.
05:31So do I.
05:32Let me be clear.
05:33Mayor Weldon is my priority.
05:36And I'm not about to let this thing embolden his opponents and ruin everything that we've built.
05:43He's right, you know.
05:44This thing gets out and they're ready with a response.
05:46That's front-page material for weeks.
05:47It's front-page news either way.
05:49If his staff wants to minimize damage, they'll step back and let me do my job.
05:53Well, to step back, these are politicians.
05:56They can't order at a restaurant without two compromises and an ultimatum.
05:59Beckett, my office.
06:01What did you find out at City Hall?
06:07Staffer that reported the car stolen is accounted for all last night.
06:11And no one in the mayor's office seems to recognize our victim.
06:14So her ties to that vehicle could be purely coincidental.
06:17That's entirely possible.
06:19Castle and the mayor are friends, right?
06:23Sir?
06:23These investigations are like juggling wet dynamite.
06:26One misstep and it'll all blow up in your face.
06:29I can handle myself.
06:30Well, that's good, detective.
06:32Because I won't be the only one watching.
06:39What was that about?
06:41Politics?
06:42And your connection to the mayor?
06:44Well, what does it matter?
06:45We know he's not involved.
06:48What?
06:48She's right.
06:52You are biased.
06:53I'm biased?
06:55Do you know who Gates voted for in the last election?
06:57Because I'm betting I wasn't welding.
07:00Espo, where are we on that motor pool?
07:02Verification.
07:03Vehicle was checked out at five, reported missing shortly after midnight.
07:06So it was stolen off the street.
07:07Looks like.
07:08Which means any connection to the city hall is entirely coincidental.
07:12Hey, Ryan, what do our victim's phone records show?
07:15Any phone calls to city hall?
07:16No phone calls at all.
07:18Because Laura Cambridge didn't own a cell phone.
07:21Credit cards haven't been used in six months.
07:23No cell phone and no credit cards?
07:25It's like she's from another century.
07:27Amish theory's looking pretty good, bro.
07:28Nice of her that easy.
07:30But I think something else was going on with her.
07:31What do you mean?
07:32Laura was a professor of literature at Hudson University.
07:34She was a rising star in her department until six months ago.
07:37What happened six months ago?
07:39She quit.
07:40For no apparent reason.
07:41According to her colleagues, she also completely cut ties with them.
07:44Canceled her cell phone, cut off her credit cards.
07:46Why?
07:46No one knows.
07:47It's like something happened to her.
07:49After that, all I could find were pay stubs for fast food restaurants,
07:51a laundry service and an office cleaning company.
07:54It's like she couldn't keep a job.
07:56She went from professor to janitor?
07:59That's goodwill hunting, but in reverse.
08:01Maybe her family can shed some light.
08:03Watch right down her next of kin.
08:05She has a sister.
08:05She's on her way in now.
08:06All right, you guys dig into her life.
08:08See if we can find out where she was the night she died.
08:09Castle and I will go over to her apartment to see if we can find out who she was with.
08:13No, honestly, she pretty much kept to herself.
08:16She paid on time.
08:18That's what matters.
08:19My stuff!
08:20My stuff!
08:21Unlike those two chuckleheads.
08:24Excuse me, please, officer.
08:26And gentlemen.
08:28Pipe down for crying out loud.
08:30Officer and a gentleman.
08:32That could be the name of our crime blog.
08:34Crime blog?
08:35The way that you help me write police reports?
08:37Got a feeling I'll be writing that one on my own.
08:41Doesn't really seem to be any signs of struggle.
08:43Yeah, no sign of a TV or computer either.
08:45That's weird, right?
08:46Bunch of deadbeat tenants in here.
08:48You ever get bored?
08:49I'm sure I could fill up a couple of holding cells for you.
08:52Mr. Harvey, when was the last time you saw Laura?
08:54Did you see her yesterday?
08:55During the day.
08:56She worked nights.
08:57I saw her head to work around 5.
08:59Do you know where she worked?
09:00Someplace at paid.
09:01That's all I know.
09:02Did you ever see Laura with any friends, boyfriends?
09:04No.
09:05Oh.
09:06But I did see a guy leaving here last night.
09:08When was that?
09:09Around 9.30.
09:11Well, that's inside our 8 to 10 p.m. murder window.
09:13Do you remember what he looked like?
09:14Uh, six feet tall.
09:17Caucasian.
09:17Dark hair.
09:18She never mentioned anyone like that.
09:21She wasn't dating anyone.
09:23I tried to set her up with a few guys, but she wasn't interested.
09:27Did your sister have any connection to City Hall or local politics?
09:30No, I don't think so.
09:32Were you and your sister close?
09:33We used to be.
09:34She used to tell me everything, and then six months ago, she stopped calling.
09:40She just dropped out of her life.
09:43She gave up her teaching position.
09:45She moved out of her apartment on the Upper West Side into that flop house.
09:49Do you have any idea why?
09:51When was the last time you spoke to her?
09:53Three days ago.
09:54She called for my birthday.
09:56From where?
09:57She didn't have a phone.
09:59I don't know.
09:59But she was upset.
10:01She said she was in trouble.
10:03Because of something that happened at work.
10:05Did she tell you what?
10:06No.
10:07She said it was too dangerous for me to know.
10:09So, Laura Cambridge left a tenure-track position at a respected university for some flophouse
10:16and a mysterious night job that got her into so much trouble, she ended up murdered?
10:20The hell was she mixed up in?
10:21The man who left her apartment?
10:23If he's our killer, he was looking for her.
10:25He probably went to her work to find her.
10:27Which means wherever that is, it's probably the last place she was seen alive.
10:29I got it.
10:30I found where she works.
10:31Her bank statement says she received recent direct deposits from a DAG corp.
10:35Now, I had to dig deep within the city's business registries, but I found one listing for a DAG corp between second and third in the Bowery.
10:42Let's go.
10:42There it is, suite 250.
10:47What kind of business do you think this is?
10:48Shadowy import-export, money laundering, sweatshop?
10:52Shh.
10:53No.
10:54Please.
10:55You hear that?
10:57You're hurting me.
11:01Bobby.
11:01Bobby.
11:04Don't.
11:06Bob.
11:08Oh!
11:09Oh!
11:10NYPD, no!
11:11It's just an office.
11:20Where only women work?
11:22Oh, yeah, baby.
11:23I'm still here.
11:24What is this place?
11:28I'd say it's about $4.99 a minute.
11:32It's not a sweatshop.
11:35It's a sex shop.
11:40Oh, Murray.
11:41Yeah.
11:42Yeah.
11:42Yeah.
11:43Yeah, I do.
11:50You hear the clicking of stilettos coming toward you, Jane?
11:54Mom.
11:54No men for miles.
11:56Could you stay?
11:57I had a will.
11:58Shot a peak for to hold you down while I suck you.
12:02Laura was one of my favorites.
12:03Just a sweet, intelligent, funny girl.
12:08She'd only been here a few months, and already she was one of our most popular goddesses.
12:12I can't believe that she's dead.
12:14Was she taking calls last night?
12:16No.
12:17No.
12:17She took last night off, said she had something to take care of.
12:20Laura told her sister that she was in trouble at work, that something had happened.
12:24Nothing happened that I know of.
12:26I mean, she did seem distracted the past few days, but that's about all.
12:29Well, being the chief sex-ecutive officer, did you notice any conflicts with her and her colleagues?
12:37Well, she kept to herself, but she got along well with the other girls.
12:40There were no complaints about Laura.
12:41Did she ever tell you why she was working here?
12:43What do you mean?
12:44I just find it odd.
12:45She's a professor with a promising career ahead of her, and then all of a sudden she decides to become a phone sex operator.
12:51Maybe she liked it.
12:53We get all types here, detective.
12:54Students, actresses, moms.
12:57I knew an accountant who did it because she liked the challenge.
13:00And it turned her on.
13:01It's a powerful thing to make a client lust for you.
13:07Any chance that one of her clients became obsessed with her?
13:10Oh, honey, Obsession pays our bills.
13:12Could they have found out her real identity, maybe contacted her?
13:15Absolutely not.
13:16No, we keep all of our girls anonymous.
13:19Clients can't be contacted directly.
13:20They call one central line, and all our calls are routed to each girl by our dispatcher.
13:25Yeah, it's my job to take the client's name and credit card information and then route the calls to the girls.
13:32It's three o'clock in the afternoon.
13:33Is it always this busy?
13:34Sure.
13:35Some guys need a morning jolt.
13:36Some guys need an afternoon pick-me-up.
13:38Someone should have told them coffee's cheaper.
13:40It's not just about the sex.
13:42That's the part of this business most people don't understand.
13:46Guys call, girls call.
13:48They're looking for release.
13:49Sometimes that release is sexual, but sometimes...
13:52It's therapy.
13:54Or so I've been told.
13:57It's true.
13:58Laura was a successful goddess not just because of her sexy talk, but because she was a really good listener.
14:03Well, that might have gotten her killed.
14:05Sarah, was there any clients that she asked to have blocked?
14:09No.
14:10What about problems here at work?
14:11Was there anything she couldn't tell her boss about?
14:15No.
14:15She, um...
14:17She what?
14:21Sarah?
14:22I'm sorry.
14:23Oh, God, I'm so sorry.
14:26It's my fault she's dead.
14:28How?
14:29Did a client find out who she was?
14:31No.
14:33It was the other way around.
14:35Laura came to me about a week ago.
14:37She, um...
14:39She wanted a client's contact information.
14:42I told her it was completely against policy.
14:46But she was desperate.
14:48She said it was a matter of life and death.
14:51Okay, we're gonna need that client's name.
14:54Edgar Navarro?
14:55I didn't do nothing.
14:56He had no right to drag me out in front of my mom's.
14:58No?
14:59Where were you last night between 8 and 10?
15:02What's this about?
15:04Do you recognize this woman?
15:07Hey, look, I don't know what she told you,
15:09but all we did was talk.
15:11I didn't do nothing illegal.
15:12Then how come she's dead?
15:15What?
15:15We know that she called you, Edgar.
15:18And that the two of you met up.
15:19It's not what you think.
15:21She just needed my help.
15:22What kind of help could you have given her?
15:24I learned how to fix computers in prison.
15:27And that's why Laura called me.
15:28She needed me to copy some digital recordings for her
15:31from their hard drive.
15:32But she didn't know how to rip them.
15:33Told her I needed the file extensions.
15:35She said she'd get them and called me from her cell
15:37to walk through her.
15:38Only she didn't even own a cell, Edgar.
15:40She did.
15:43It's her number right there.
15:46Did she tell you why she needed those files copied?
15:48She said she'd heard something on a call.
15:50Something she wasn't supposed to hear.
15:54Something bad.
15:55She said she needed a copy of it for evidence.
15:59So Laura never mentioned a call that upset or concerned her?
16:02She never said a word.
16:04And she never asked for copies of recordings?
16:05No, and I'm the one to ask.
16:07This computer room is locked up tight,
16:08and I'm the only one with a key.
16:13The lock's broken.
16:26Okay.
16:26The hard drive's gone.
16:30All of our calls for the last two months were on that drive.
16:33When was the last time you were in here?
16:34This morning.
16:35Everything was fine.
16:36This must have just happened.
16:37Has anyone visited the office today?
16:40Yes.
16:42A man from the gas company.
16:44He said there was a leak in the building because of the construction.
16:47Can you describe it?
16:48Um, about six feet tall, white, dark hair.
16:51Same guy who was at Laura's apartment the night you died?
16:53What the hell was on that recording?
16:57Whatever it is, it's worth killing for.
17:01So how is the case of the phone sex gal who knew too much going?
17:07It's more of a conspiracy thriller, like, uh, The Conversation or Blowout.
17:12Huh.
17:13Everyone wants this recording and the secrets on it.
17:15Well, very mysterious.
17:16Yeah, and that's not the only mystery.
17:19Why would a woman like Laura Cambridge, a highly educated professor, suddenly quite everything
17:24and just drop out of her life for a series of menial jobs culminating in the wonderful
17:29world of phone sex?
17:32None of the pieces fit.
17:33Huh.
17:33Who called her?
17:35I mean, you must be able to trace the call even though you don't have the recording, right?
17:38Well, we have subpoenaed a list of all the incoming calls on Laura's shifts, but that's
17:41going to be like looking for a needle in a needle stack.
17:47Hello?
17:49Mr. Castle, do you remember me?
17:53I called you before about Detective Beckett's safety.
17:58I remember.
17:59Once again, Mr. Castle, it seems that we need to talk.
18:07Are you sure it's the same man who called you about Beckett?
18:10It's definitely him.
18:11Then the death of this young woman is somehow connected to Beckett's mother?
18:15It has to be.
18:15Otherwise, why would he call?
18:16What did he say?
18:18He said that there were greater forces at play, that more was at stake than we realized.
18:23Clearly, this is not just about phone sex.
18:25Whatever Laura Cambridge overheard that night, it got someone's attention.
18:29Someone big.
18:29What I don't get is, what are you supposed to do about it?
18:32I don't know.
18:33He gave me a number to contact him if I needed help.
18:36He said I would know when it was time.
18:39Mm-hmm.
18:40You plan to tell Beckett?
18:42Tell her what?
18:43Hey, Kate, I've been taking calls from a shadowy figure who wants to keep you off your
18:46mother's murder case so they don't kill you too.
18:51Yeah.
18:53Okay.
18:54Come on, wait.
18:55What did you say?
18:57No, I'm not eating.
19:01Thanks.
19:05Hey, you're just in time.
19:09What's wrong?
19:11Nothing.
19:14So what do we got?
19:15Lainey just called.
19:17She said that she found fibers in Laura's mouth and esophagus.
19:20The lab ID'd it as light brown cashmere, which was most likely from our killer's coat sleeve.
19:25Brown cashmere so we can narrow our suspects down to rich men with impeccable taste.
19:30Are you saying you're a suspect?
19:31Alexis is my alibi.
19:33What about our gas company worker?
19:34Well, surprise.
19:35He doesn't work for the gas company.
19:37And the uniform said that there was no forensic evidence at the Dial Agatis office.
19:43But what we did get from Dial Agatis were their copious call logs, about 200 pages worth.
19:49These ladies are busy.
19:50I've been going through them all morning trying to sort Laura's calls from the other girl's
19:53lines.
19:54Are there any calls in there from the mayor's office?
19:55I thought you said you're confident that he wasn't involved.
19:57I'm just trying to be thorough and impartial.
20:00Not yet.
20:01But the private sector is well represented.
20:03I got calls from the Met, banks, several high profile brokerage houses.
20:07No wonder the economy collapsed, huh?
20:09Well, Beckett.
20:11Excuse me.
20:14What do you got?
20:15Hey, if anything shows up in here and it's tied to either Beckett's shooting or Joanna Beckett's
20:23murder, would you tell me right away?
20:25Wait, you guys think this is connected?
20:27No, not you guys.
20:30Beckett doesn't know and I don't want her to know.
20:32Why do you think it's connected?
20:33I just, I just want to cover all my bases.
20:37Okay.
20:38Okay.
20:38Thanks.
20:39Hey, guys.
20:40So uniforms canvassing around Laura's apartment found a cab that recognized her pick.
20:44He said that two days ago, he dropped her off at the Gotham 11 TV station downtown.
20:49A television station?
20:51Why would she go to a television station?
20:53Why would she go into the phone sex business?
20:54Why would she do any of these things she did?
20:56Well, hopefully I'll get some answers.
20:57But first, I ran down that cell number we got from Edgar Navarro.
21:00It's a pay-as-you-go phone.
21:02Laura just activated it six days ago.
21:04She's hardly used it.
21:05She made one call to Edgar and another on the day she died to an agent.
21:09A federal agent?
21:10No, a book agent.
21:11Trevor Haynes.
21:12It's just absurdly tragic.
21:15Laura was an incredibly talented writer.
21:19You were her agent.
21:20Yeah, we signed her as a client about six months ago.
21:22On the back of an astonishing book proposal.
21:24What's the book about?
21:25It's a scathing indictment of societal inequity.
21:27As seen through the lens of the working poor.
21:30A sort of contemporary take on how the other half lives.
21:32A privileged young woman gives up every comfort to experience life below the poverty line.
21:36That's why she took all those jobs.
21:37First-hand research.
21:39I think pictures itself, really.
21:40So, we'll need to see a copy of that manuscript.
21:43Her investigations might have led to her death.
21:45Well, there isn't one.
21:46At least, not that I've seen anyway.
21:49Besides, I don't think she was killed because of her anti-capitalist polemic.
21:54What do you mean?
21:54Well, earlier this week, she called my office.
21:57Said she stumbled upon a much more explosive story.
22:00A scandal involving a very prominent, very powerful New Yorker.
22:03She said it would rock the city to its very foundations.
22:07What prominent New Yorker?
22:10She wouldn't say.
22:11I just assumed it was a pitch for her next book.
22:14We're going to discuss it this week.
22:15Sorry.
22:16Excuse me.
22:19Hey, Espo.
22:20What's up?
22:20I'm at the Gotham 11 office.
22:22There's something you need to see.
22:23This is Pat McConnell.
22:25Laura's college buddy.
22:26Tell him what you told me.
22:27I hadn't seen Laura in years.
22:29Just a few days ago, she calls me out of the blue.
22:31Says she needs to see some raw footage we shot for this research project she's working on.
22:35So, I set her up at this edit bay.
22:37She was here for over eight hours.
22:39I mean, at one point, she even fell asleep.
22:40I came by to check on her.
22:41She had her eyes closed.
22:42Rough footage of what?
22:43It's all B-roll of Mayor Weldon.
22:46City council meetings, playground openings, backstage at a press conference.
22:50A scandal about a prominent, powerful New Yorker.
22:53Now, check out this last tape she was watching.
22:59That's the Reading Train Foundation.
23:01I went to their gala last year.
23:02Now, look at the girl on the side of the screen.
23:05That's Laura.
23:09That's impossible.
23:10He said he didn't know her.
23:11Castle, look what the mayor's wearing.
23:13It's a light brown coat.
23:14It looks like cashmere.
23:15That's just the coat that our killer was wearing.
23:22Beckett, I know this man.
23:24I've known him 12 years.
23:26He's not a killer.
23:27You don't know that.
23:28Yes, I do.
23:29Castle, he lied about knowing our victim.
23:32He was standing next to her.
23:33That doesn't mean he knew her.
23:35Do you know how many people he meets in a day?
23:37Expecting him to remember them all?
23:38Well, that's like expecting me to remember everyone who comes to my book signing.
23:41You're biased.
23:42You're damn right I'm biased.
23:44Robert Weldon is a good man.
23:45Even good men make mistakes.
23:47He had access to that car.
23:49His aide said that he left the event at 9 p.m.
23:51That's right inside of her kill zone.
23:52Fine.
23:53What's his motive?
23:54I don't know.
23:55At least not yet.
23:56Then give him a chance.
23:57Because the minute you move on him, his career is over.
24:06So, what's the latest?
24:10We got a couple of promising leads.
24:12I'm hoping to find something concrete soon.
24:14Oh, anything more on the victim?
24:15Anything connecting her back to City Hall?
24:19No, not yet.
24:20All right, detective.
24:22Anything pops?
24:23You let me know.
24:23Great.
24:29Now I'm a liar.
24:30You know what I think?
24:31I think she's hoping it's him.
24:33Because if he's gone, I'm gone.
24:35Castle, you can't make this one about you.
24:39Where are you going?
24:40You're right.
24:40We have to figure out Weldon's motive.
24:42There's no way that Gates is going to let me subpoena that coat without it.
24:45Really?
24:46That's your takeaway?
24:48What do you want me to do, Castle?
24:49I know that he's your friend, but I'm sorry, if he killed that girl...
24:52He didn't.
24:53Then let me prove it.
24:56Ryan?
24:57All right, thanks for your help.
24:59Anything else on that video?
25:00Actually, yeah.
25:01When we first saw Laura, she was wearing a volunteer badge for the Reading Train Foundation.
25:07She was on staff at the Mayor's charity.
25:09That doesn't mean he knew her.
25:13Ryan, you're with me.
25:15Castle, I'm sorry, but you can't be objective on this one, so I'm going to have to pursue it on my own.
25:29No.
25:30I don't know if Mayor Weldon and Laura Cambridge were acquainted.
25:33I don't know much about her at all.
25:35She wasn't here very long.
25:36What do you mean?
25:37Well, we hired Laura as a volunteer about a week ago.
25:41A few days later, we had to fire her.
25:43Why?
25:44She was caught copying confidential files.
25:47What kind of files?
25:48Accounting files.
25:49Any idea why she would be interested in those files?
25:55Ms. Park...
25:56It's sensitive.
25:57I'm not supposed to talk about it.
25:59Ms. Park, a woman was murdered, and we are trying to figure out why.
26:02You can talk to us here, or we can go downtown.
26:07We recently discovered some discrepancies in our accounts.
26:14We found there was some money missing.
26:15How much money?
26:16$2.3 million.
26:18There's an internal investigation going on.
26:20This investigation, does it have anything to do with Mayor Weldon?
26:28Attorney General's office confirms that Mayor Weldon is the subject of the investigation.
26:32We're looking for a motive, and here it is.
26:34$2.3 million worth.
26:36Weldon embezzled from his own charity.
26:38Someone must have told Laura about it during one of her sessions, and she decided to investigate.
26:42When she found enough evidence to expose the mayor, he killed her to shut her up.
26:45You're going to tell her?
26:52I have to.
26:55This will destroy Weldon, you know.
26:56Yeah, I know.
26:57When he's gone, the first thing she'll do is get rid of Cass.
27:02I know.
27:03I know.
27:03Are you sure about this?
27:22Yes, sir.
27:23But the moment I file a warrant request for that coat, it becomes public record.
27:28So?
27:28So then everyone will know that Mayor Weldon is a person of interest.
27:32Isn't he?
27:33Yes, but...
27:36What if I'm wrong?
27:38It could ruin his career.
27:41We are tasked by the city of New York to protect its people.
27:47Sometimes that task comes with a cost.
27:50I know what they call me, Detective.
27:53Iron Gates.
27:54I hear the whispers.
27:56She's from IA.
27:57She must hate cops.
27:58Well, the truth is, I love cops.
28:04My daddy was a cop.
28:06My uncles were cops.
28:09But the sergeant who assaulted my patrol partner under the color of authority?
28:14Who holds him accountable?
28:17We do.
28:18Go to the mayor.
28:22Get him to voluntarily surrender his code for fiber testing without a warrant.
28:26Tell him it's the only way to keep it out of the media.
28:29But if he refuses,
28:32you get that warrant and you do your job.
28:36Whatever the cost.
28:37You going to see Weldon?
28:57Yes.
29:00I'd like to come with you.
29:01I think I can help.
29:03I don't think you can.
29:04I heard what you said.
29:06I did.
29:06And I think I can be a valuable asset.
29:10I play poker with the guy.
29:12I can tell when he's bluffing.
29:14And what about if I have to force his hand?
29:15Can you be an asset then?
29:19Look, I don't think he did it.
29:20But if he did, I want to know.
29:23That makes me objective.
29:30Sir, you don't have to talk to them.
29:32It's my job.
29:33It's okay, Brian.
29:34I don't need you to protect me.
29:35Sir.
29:36I haven't done anything wrong.
29:38Please.
29:46Your Honor, I appreciate you speaking with us.
29:48Well, it sounded like I didn't have a choice.
29:51Well, the last time we spoke,
29:52you said that you didn't know Laura Cambridge.
29:54That's right.
29:55And yet, here you are standing next to Laura, a volunteer at Reading Train.
30:00I didn't recognize her, but in context, I remember her.
30:06This event was a few nights ago.
30:08She was trying to talk to me, but...
30:09Did she talk to you?
30:10No, I got pulled away.
30:11I had donors I had to speak with.
30:13I remember her saying that she wanted to talk to me, but circumstances prevented it.
30:16So you and Laura never actually spoke?
30:18No.
30:18Not even on the phone?
30:19No.
30:20Honestly, after that night, I never gave her a second thought.
30:24You know, in this photo, you're wearing a light brown cashmere coat.
30:29We'd like you to turn it over to CSU for testing.
30:44Respectfully, I'm going to have to decline.
30:47Why?
30:48Robert, give her the coat.
30:50It can only be good for you.
30:51I'm afraid I can't do that.
30:53Why?
30:54I had nothing to do with Laura Cambridge's murder
30:57or the theft of money from my charity
30:59or anything else I've been accused of in the last 48 hours.
31:03Do you think that any of this is a coincidence?
31:04Robert...
31:05No, me here talking to you.
31:06This is exactly what they wanted to have happen.
31:08So no, I will not give you my coat.
31:11There's a conspiracy against me, and I will not voluntarily feed it.
31:14What conspiracy?
31:16Don't you think it's funny
31:17that all this is happening the moment I considered running for governor?
31:20Rick, I'm used to having enemies,
31:23but this is an organized effort to destroy me.
31:25So right now, I don't trust anyone.
31:31Well, he has good reasons to not turn over his coat.
31:34Yes, guilt.
31:35A conspiracy.
31:37Is it so far-fetched?
31:38Maybe Laura found out about it and tried to warn him.
31:40Or maybe she and Weldon did talk.
31:42She confronted him with what she knew, and he killed her.
31:45Hmm.
31:46I believe the conspiracy.
31:47I mean, I know Weldon.
31:48And Weldon knows you.
31:51Conspiracies, intrigues, that's your bread and butter.
31:54That's exactly the kind of story that you would respond to.
31:57I'm sorry, are you suggesting he's playing me?
31:59I am suggesting that you consider the possibility.
32:03I have a procedure to follow.
32:04He didn't provide his coat willingly,
32:06so I'm going to have to get a court order.
32:08Whoa.
32:09Look, once word gets out that the NYPD subpoenaed his clothing
32:12in connection with embezzlement and murder,
32:15that man's career will be over.
32:16What if he's innocent?
32:17Are you kidding me?
32:18Kate, this is politics.
32:20Perception is reality.
32:21The truth won't matter.
32:22What am I supposed to do, Rick?
32:24I can't just stop being a cop just because it's inconvenient.
32:27No, no, no, no.
32:28Just, you can wait.
32:30All right?
32:30For something else, for another lead.
32:32For the coat to disappear?
32:33You don't think I don't know what's at stake here?
32:35Do you think I actually want to do this?
32:37Then don't do it.
32:37I don't have a choice.
32:39My office is cooperating fully with both investigations,
32:51and I stand here with 100% confidence
32:53that a full and thorough investigation
32:55will reveal that I am completely innocent
32:57of any wrongdoing.
33:00You still believe him?
33:01I do.
33:03You've been down this road before with a friend.
33:06You believe Damien Westlake he's rotting in prison for murder?
33:09Damien and I were kids together.
33:11Believing in him was sentiment.
33:13My experience tells me Weldon is innocent.
33:15My experience tells me there's something very wrong
33:17with this whole situation.
33:18In that case, maybe it's time to phone a friend.
33:21Right there, Mr. Castle.
33:35That'll be fine.
33:39You know Weldon's not behind this.
33:42That's why you offered your help.
33:45He's right about the conspiracy, isn't he?
33:48He isn't wrong.
33:49So what do I do?
33:53How do I help him?
33:55Listen to the evidence.
33:56That's what Laura did.
33:58I watched the video of Laura and the Mayor a hundred times.
34:00There's nothing there.
34:01That's not what I said, Mr. Castle.
34:02I met Weldon a few times before this.
34:29I liked him.
34:29You didn't set his house on fire?
34:34No.
34:36I just threw gasoline on it.
34:44Beckett.
34:44Thanks for coming.
34:55I wasn't sure that you would, given the way we left things.
35:02I can't apologize for doing my job, Castle.
35:04And I would never ask you to.
35:05So, why did you call me here?
35:09Because I had an epiphany.
35:11All this time we've been looking for evidence, when we should have been listening instead.
35:15This all started when Laura told Edgar Navarro she heard something on a call, something she wasn't supposed to hear.
35:22We writers call this the inciting incident.
35:24Whomever she spoke to, whatever she heard, is what led to her murder.
35:28Well, what does it matter?
35:29I mean, the hard drive is stolen, the recording is gone, and we'll never know what she heard on that call.
35:33No, but we might know who she heard it from.
35:36You remember how Laura fell asleep watching those B-roll tapes at Gotham 11?
35:42Mm-hmm.
35:42She was closing her eyes.
35:44She wasn't watching the tapes, she was listening to them.
35:46So you're saying she was trying to ID our caller's voice?
35:49I had Sarah, our goddess dispatcher, listen to those B-roll tapes.
35:53It's him, I'm sure of it.
35:55He was one of Laura's regulars.
35:57Sure of it.
35:57How much more time can I spend here?
36:02The mayor?
36:02Another 20 minutes, sir, then we have to get back to your office for your meeting with the head of the chief.
36:05That guy.
36:07Jordan Norris, deputy assistant to the mayor's chief of staff.
36:12Mr. Norris, you told us that you didn't know Laura Cambridge.
36:17That's right.
36:17And yet your 89-year-old grandmother, Greta Markinson, did.
36:22According to the phone sex records, Laura received numerous phone calls from her.
36:26Which made poor Greta look pretty frisky.
36:29Until we realized you'd been house-sitting at her apartment.
36:33I may have called that service from time to time, but I never knew who I was talking to.
36:39I mean, how would I?
36:40We'll get to that in a minute.
36:41In the meantime, we checked your phone records, and you sent this text to a burner cell about a month ago.
36:48Now, to most people, that would look like a series of random numbers, so we looked into it.
36:53Those are actually numbers to a bank account for Mayor Weldon and his charity.
36:59Numbers that someone could have used to make it look like the mayor was embezzling money.
37:05The man who trusted you, and you sold them out.
37:09So what did they give you, Jordan?
37:11What did they promise you?
37:12I thought this was just about the money.
37:15I didn't know.
37:17I didn't know they tried to destroy him.
37:18And when you found out, you betrayed the man you worked for.
37:21It ate you up, didn't it?
37:23So much so that one night after too many shots of tequila, you called Laura and you let it all spill out.
37:29Well, you didn't mean to.
37:31But she was such a good listener.
37:33It was anonymous.
37:35I was supposed to be safe.
37:36But you weren't, because she was a writer and you gave her the story of her life.
37:40So she tracked you down.
37:41She confronted you.
37:42She was going to blow the whistle on you, on your friends.
37:46She had to be stopped.
37:48We talked to your doorman, Jordan.
37:49We know that she visited you that night.
37:51Okay.
37:55She was there, but she left after 20 minutes.
37:59I didn't kill her.
38:02And you didn't have to.
38:03All you had to do was call that same burner phone.
38:07And whoever answered sent a man.
38:09A man without a face who choked the life out of Laura Cambridge.
38:14And then he broke into her home and her work.
38:18And he destroyed all of the evidence of everything she knew.
38:22Whose phone was it, Jordan?
38:25You don't understand.
38:27These people, they're more dangerous than you know.
38:32You were looking at 20 years in prison.
38:36I am offering you a way out.
38:38Now, who did you call?
38:40I want a name.
38:42Who did you call?
38:44I, uh...
38:46A name, Jordan.
38:49Say it.
38:52Okay.
38:57The person that I called...
38:59It's all the same to you.
39:00I prefer my client not be asked any more questions.
39:04Your client?
39:05Mr. Norris, I'm Bill Moss.
39:07From now on, please don't speak to anybody outside of my presence.
39:11I've been retained to represent you.
39:12By whom?
39:14We're done here.
39:15We're done here.
39:15It seems our mayor will live to fight another day, just as has prevailed.
39:42Not for Lord Hambridge.
39:44We charged Mr. Norris with criminal facilitation.
39:48That's something.
39:48Jordan Norris is a pawn.
39:51I want the people controlling him.
39:54Oh, it's a long game, Kate.
39:58Play it piece by piece.
39:59Well, why would you abandon all your plans?
40:17You've been cleared of all charges.
40:18You know, for someone who kills off all his characters, you have a strange, stubborn streak of optimism in you.
40:23But no, I can't run for governor in two years.
40:26I can't run for president in six.
40:29That dream is done.
40:33There's got to be something we can do.
40:34You're innocent.
40:35I'm a little too innocent.
40:37There are people out there.
40:38I realize it now.
40:39People who control what goes on in the city and beyond.
40:42I wouldn't play ball, so they took me out the game.
40:46It's been decided.
40:47This is as far as I get.
40:53So what are you going to do now?
40:55I am going to continue being an outstanding mayor for the greatest city on Earth.
41:01Why did you contact me, Mr. Kessler?
41:21Case is resolved.
41:23Resolved?
41:24How is it resolved?
41:27Someone tried to destroy the city's mayor, and I want to know who.
41:30Trust me when I say it's not your concern.
41:33It is if it involves Beckett or her mother's murder.
41:37You're a writer.
41:38Finish this sentence.
41:40If Weldon had been run out of office...
41:42I'd be gone from the 12th precinct.
41:44And then who'd keep Beckett from looking into things she shouldn't?
41:47Who'd keep her out of harm's way?
41:50So you did this to protect her?
41:53Why?
41:55You play chess, Mr. Kessler.
41:56There are times when a well-placed pawn is more powerful than a king.
42:07I have your number if I need to reach you.
42:09You don't reach me, Mr. Kessler.
42:11I reach you.
42:12I have your number if I need to go.
42:27I'll be right back at the end.