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Castle Season 4 Episode 17 - Full
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00:00Oh
00:30She screamed as the pain
00:36Ripped through her
00:37And in between each labored breath
00:40She thought there is no way in hell
00:42I am having this baby on a subway train
00:44In the Bronx
00:45Did you get all that?
00:48So you actually gave birth to your son on the metro
00:50No, she didn't
00:52She also didn't run a marathon
00:53The week before she had me
00:55Or beat up a mugger while nine months pregnant
00:57It's called dramatic license, darling
00:59Actually, it's called wild exaggeration
01:01Dramatic license applies to writing
01:02And that's what I'm doing
01:03This is Marcus, this fabulous young playwright
01:06I told you about who's helping me put together
01:08My one-woman show
01:09Mr. Castle, I'm a huge fan
01:10Just being in this office is a dream come true
01:13For me too, for me too
01:14Only in my dreams I'm usually by myself
01:17We just felt that this room had the best creative juju
01:21Oh, it does, it does
01:22I wrote 20 bestsellers in here
01:24Oh, right
01:25I'd like to write another one
01:27Now
01:30Oh, can't it wait, dear
01:32We're just putting the final touches on act one
01:35You know, where I overcome the challenges of being a single working mother
01:40You know you're writing a work eviction, right?
01:45Castle
01:45First Alexis is interning for Lainey, thank you
01:49Now my mother is taking over my office?
01:51I feel like my whole life is being invaded
01:53You'll get used to it
01:54I did
01:55It is not the same thing
01:57It's similar, just much less invasive
02:01Hey Lainey, so what do we got here?
02:03That's a good question
02:05I can tell you this much
02:06Based on body temp and lividity
02:08Our victim died between 10 and midnight
02:10Claw marks?
02:12She was attacked by an animal?
02:14Well, she was running from something
02:16She's got dirt on her feet
02:17What animal in Central Park could maul a person to death?
02:21I'm not even sure that's what happened
02:23These lacerations look shallow, non-lethal
02:26But I won't know exactly what killed her until I get her back to the morgue
02:29Do you have an ID?
02:30No wallet or purse, so we don't know who she is
02:32Isn't it obvious?
02:39I'm not the only one seeing this
02:40What?
02:41Red cloak in the woods, animal attack
02:44She's Little Red Riding Hood
02:46Great castle, I'll call in an APB for the big bad wolf
02:50Do you have a better theory?
02:54Hey Ryan
02:55Do you think you could call dispatch
02:57See if there are any reports of a violent animal running around the park?
03:00Like a wolf?
03:01A big bad one?
03:02Really?
03:04That is exactly how I pictured her
03:06It's freaky
03:07My older sister used to read me that story
03:09Okay, when you're done reliving your childhood memories
03:12Do you also think that you could canvas the area for witnesses and anyone that might know her name?
03:16And I bet you it's not going to be Little Red Riding Hood on it
03:19All the better to each you with
03:22No sooner had the wolf said these words
03:24When he leaped up and gobbled down poor Little Red Riding Hood
03:27Well, the good news is the wolf can talk
03:29So if we can find him, we might be able to get a confession
03:31Yeah, except in the original story, the wolf doesn't kill Little Red Riding Hood
03:35The huntsman cuts her out of the wolf's stomach and then she kills the wolf
03:39Someone's a Brothers Grimm fan
03:40Oh yeah, they didn't sugarcoat it
03:42They understood that fairy tales are pretty much horror stories
03:45Exactly, which is why we all need them to grapple with the unknown
03:48Which is why they tap into our primal fears
03:50Like being alone in the woods or getting eaten by monsters
03:53They're not horror stories
03:54They're life lessons
03:56If you do the right thing, you get to live happily ever after
03:58But only in fairy tales
03:59Speaking of fairy tales, turns out that our victim really was Red Riding Hood
04:02Are you drinking Castle's Kool-Aid now?
04:04No
04:04I mean that she was actually wearing a Red Riding Hood costume
04:07It said so right in the label
04:08Oh, okay
04:09So then why was she wearing it in the middle of the woods at night?
04:12On her way to grandmother's house?
04:13Mmm, I doubt it
04:14Her grandmother lives in Tallahassee
04:16Well, great
04:16So you got an ID?
04:17Yeah
04:17Her prints popped in the DMV database
04:19Her name's Amy Morgan
04:20Sister Leslie's on her way in
04:21I don't understand
04:23Are you saying Amy was attacked by some kind of animal?
04:26Do either of you have any idea why she was in the park?
04:29Amy never went there
04:30She didn't have time
04:31She was too busy
04:32Doing what?
04:33She was an attorney for Samson Briggs
04:36In litigation
04:37They worked her like 100 hours a week
04:39Did she have a boyfriend?
04:40Anyone that she would have been with last night?
04:42Amy's single
04:43She lives alone
04:45She's very driven
04:47Was
04:50She was
04:51Do either of you know why she would be wearing this?
04:59What is it?
05:00A cape?
05:00It's a red riding hood cloak
05:02She was wearing that
05:04Mm-hmm
05:05I know Amy's closet
05:07This was not hers
05:09I mean, even her sweatpants were Prada
05:11Well, maybe she was going to a party
05:12Did she mention any parties?
05:14I'm telling you
05:15She would never wear a thing like this
05:16Leslie, did your sister ever tell you
05:19About anything unusual going on at work
05:21Or in her personal life?
05:23I don't know
05:24I hadn't heard from her all week
05:26And was that out of the ordinary?
05:28Mary?
05:29Yes
05:29We usually talked every day
05:31And when she didn't call
05:32I just assumed she was busy with the case
05:34Or something
05:34But
05:35Maybe there was something else going on
05:38Okay, bye
05:40Hey, thank you
05:42So that was Ryan
05:44He just left Animal Control
05:46And there was only one recent report of an animal loose in the park
05:49A beagle
05:51Named Fred
05:52Well, neither Fred is one vicious beagle
05:54Or this mystery has just deepened
05:56How does a high-powered lawyer end up dead in a Red Riding Hood costume
06:02Amy worked long hours under high pressure, right?
06:08What if she had a secret way of letting off steam that even her sister didn't know about?
06:13Like what?
06:14There's this whole adult role-playing subculture
06:17Obsessed with fairy tales
06:19Not that kind of adult role-play
06:23Although there is that one, too
06:25And you know this how?
06:27Did a little research
06:28Oh, peep
06:30Anyway, these people get dressed in the outfits
06:33They play the characters
06:34They even reenact the stories
06:36Maybe that's what Amy was doing when everything went horribly and tragically wrong
06:40Castle, that is a surprisingly reasonable and grounded theory
06:44Yeah
06:44Frankly, I'm a little disappointed in myself
06:47We all are, bro
06:49So, I was going over Amy's financials for any unusual activity
06:53Four days ago, she took out $50,605 from her savings, all in cash
06:58$50,605?
07:01That's an odd amount for a withdrawal, especially in cash
07:04Yeah, not only that, but the $50,000, it's not in her apartment
07:07And I can't tie it to any recent purchases
07:08Contact her bank, see if they know why she made that withdrawal
07:11As you wish
07:11Oh, Lainey's got news for us
07:14Oh, I've got news, all right, but I'm not sure you're going to like it
07:17I found hairs like this one in a wound on the victim's arm
07:21It didn't come from her, so I ran DNA
07:23Did we get a match?
07:24The hair isn't human
07:25It's wolf hair
07:26Ooh
07:27Summer down, Castle
07:28I'm not done with the story
07:30Sorry
07:30What's the rest of it?
07:32Well, from the depth and the length of the gashes
07:34It looks like the marks were made by only one claw
07:37A one-legged wolf?
07:40I don't think it's a wolf at all
07:41But the hair on the claw
07:42The killer wanted us to think it was a wolf to throw us off
07:45Which would explain why there are no bite marks on the body
07:47The gashes were inflicted by a human killer using a wolf claw
07:52So then what's the real cause of death?
07:54Well, I found two fresh needle marks, both on the victim's back
07:57So she didn't put them there herself
07:59So she was drugged?
08:01Is there any signs of sexual assault?
08:02No, but tox results turned up ketamine and oxycodone
08:06I'm thinking our guy sedated her with the ketamine
08:08Then dressed her in the costume
08:09But the dose didn't quite knock her out
08:11So she tried to run away from her killer
08:13And when he caught her, he dosed her with oxy
08:16And it was lights out
08:17The drugs, the claw
08:20This is murder, planned and premeditated
08:23I mean, the killer staged the crime scene
08:25To evoke images of Little Red Riding Hood
08:28Yeah, but why would he do that?
08:29Well, I'm less concerned about why
08:30What I'm wondering is who
08:32So the killer must have lured Amy into the park
08:35Which means he's someone that she knew and trusted
08:38Yeah, like Red Riding Hood trusted her cute little granny
08:40Ryan, what did Amy's co-workers tell you?
08:42Uh, that she definitely wasn't herself lately
08:45Said she'd been acting agitated
08:47Since she missed a mandatory one o'clock staff meeting last Friday
08:50Said it was for personal reasons
08:51It's the same time that Amy stopped calling her sister
08:53Ryan, can you look into her emails and phone calls?
08:55I want to know what was going on with her
08:56Yep
08:57Yo, Beckett
08:58There's something you need to see
09:00Right over there
09:04Is that what I think it is in her hand?
09:11Poisoned apple?
09:20She's Snow White
09:21It looks like we've got a fairytale killer on our hands
09:24Yo, Beckett
09:38Her medic alert brazen got us an ID
09:42She's Christina Curtis, 25
09:44Who's on the Upper East Side
09:45Does she have next to Ken?
09:46Yeah, her husband
09:47His name's Noah Curtis
09:48Okay, I need you guys to take point on the interview
09:50Find out what he knows about this
09:51And let's see if Christina was connected to the other victim
09:53You know, if our killer's dressing as victims in these costumes
09:56I bet we can ID the manufacturer and find out where he got them
09:59That's a good idea, you run with it
10:01Ah, here it is
10:03White as snow, red as blood, black as ebony
10:06This guy is quoting directly from Grimm's original Snow White
10:09So our victims aren't reenacting the fairytales
10:11The killer is
10:13Only this woman didn't die from a poison apple
10:15She has the same injection marks as Amy Morgan
10:18Do you have time of death?
10:20Between 5 and 7 a.m. this morning
10:22So he kills Red Riding Hood
10:23Then six hours later he strikes again
10:26That's a pretty quick turnaround
10:26It's all the markings of a serial killer
10:28Yeah, but technically
10:29You have to murder three times to be a serial killer
10:31Yeah, let's make sure he never gets there
10:33When did you last see your wife, Mr. Curtis?
10:37Just before 5 a.m. when she left for her jog
10:40She gave me a kiss goodbye
10:42That was the last time I saw her
10:43I can't believe she's gone
10:47Mr. Curtis, this run she took
10:49Who else knew she was going?
10:51Other joggers in the park, I guess
10:52She went every morning, even in the snow
10:56She never missed a day
10:57Does she have problems with any of the other joggers?
11:00No, not that she told me
11:01Did she ever mention being followed or watched?
11:04You saying someone was stalking her?
11:06Under the circumstances, this doesn't look like a random attack
11:09What did your wife do for a living?
11:12She owned an art gallery on 5th Avenue
11:13It was family owned
11:15She took it over from her dad
11:16You ever see this woman before?
11:19Or heard the name Amy Morgan?
11:21No, I don't think so
11:21Why? Who is she?
11:23She's another victim, Mr. Curtis
11:24Could she be an acquaintance of Christina's?
11:31I don't recognize her
11:32I'm sorry
11:33Did you notice anything unusual
11:35About Christina lately?
11:37Her state of mind
11:38Maybe something she said or did
11:39There was something strange last week
11:42We were supposed to have lunch on Friday
11:45But she didn't show
11:46She called later to say
11:48She went to the art gallery
11:49For a last minute emergency
11:50Last Friday?
11:52Was your lunch at 1pm?
11:54Yeah, yeah it was
11:55Why?
12:00Christina lied to her husband
12:02About why she missed their lunch
12:03She wasn't at the art gallery last Friday
12:05They don't know where she was
12:06Okay, so both of our victims
12:08Were unaccounted for
12:09At exactly the same time
12:11Shortly before they got killed
12:12So where did they go?
12:14He's still working on it
12:15Excuse me
12:15Yeah, Ryan here
12:16Maybe they knew each other
12:17No, their family said
12:19They didn't know each other
12:19They had completely different careers
12:21And they lived in different parts of town
12:23It seems like their lives
12:24Never really intersected
12:26Until they both died
12:27At the hand of the same killer
12:28So why these two women
12:30And why fairy tales?
12:31Did the killer have
12:32Some kind of a random obsession
12:33Or was there
12:34A deeper meaning behind all of it?
12:36Well, I think he's trying to tell a story
12:37With these bodies
12:38I just don't know what it is yet
12:39Maybe it's about money
12:40Turns out Christina raided her trust account
12:43Guess how much she took out
12:44$50,605
12:46So both victims go AWOL on Friday
12:50And both pull out the exact same amount of cash
12:52That's not a coincidence
12:52That is a connection
12:53Can you get a hold of Christina's family?
12:55See if they know why she might have needed that money?
12:57Yeah, I reached out to the husband
12:57Thanks
12:58Ryan, what'd you find out?
12:59I think I might have found out a pathway
13:00To our killer
13:01Those Snow White and Red Riding Hood outfits
13:03They were made by the same manufacturer
13:05Do you know where they were sold?
13:06I'm still waiting for a list of stores
13:08That carry the costumes
13:09Both online and brick and mortar
13:10Should have some answers by the morning
13:11This just doesn't feel right, Marcus
13:15Move that chair over there
13:17Oh, Richard, your timing is perfect
13:19We could use your help
13:20Moving my furniture where I don't want it to go?
13:22It's just temporary
13:22We're having a stage reading
13:24Of my one-woman show
13:25Here tomorrow night
13:26Ah, it's too bad
13:27You don't have an acting studio
13:28To do this kind of thing
13:29Oh, wait
13:30You do?
13:31The little black box theater
13:32Is not right for this, dear
13:33It needs something much more intimate
13:34It'll be very avant-garde
13:36Exactly
13:37Now, I think this chair
13:40Should be here
13:40So not to create a...
13:42Sweetie, couldn't you have done something
13:43To discourage this?
13:45I tried, Dad
13:45But she made me stage manager
13:47Look, it's not as bad as you think
13:49Just 20 or 30 people
13:51And we'll put everything back
13:52This play means a lot to Graham
13:53And it's actually really good
13:55Now I understand things about her
13:57I never did before
13:58About you, too
14:00About me?
14:04No, no, no, no
14:05This space needs to be bigger
14:06An actor needs space
14:08Richard always had a dark imagination
14:09He was destined either to become
14:11A serial killer or a mystery writer
14:13Mother, really?
14:13Oh, it's just a slight exaggeration
14:15And according to this
14:17You're responsible for launching
14:18My writing career by...
14:20You slept with my first publisher?
14:22Mr. Castle, I'm sure your talent
14:23Would have gotten you there eventually
14:25My talent did get me there
14:27I didn't get published because of her
14:29Technically, I slept with him
14:31After your book was out
14:32This is just to be more salacious
14:34Wasn't he practically my age?
14:37Honey, you know I've always loved younger men
14:39They have so much energy
14:40Enough to keep up with me
14:41Most of the time
14:43I'm gonna erase that image
14:46From my mind
14:47With a bottle of scotch
14:48Oh, darling
14:49I invited Beckett to the reading
14:51Tomorrow night
14:52So you two might want to
14:53Make a date of it
14:54What was I supposed to do?
14:57Say no?
14:58Yes
14:58Why are you so against your mom's play?
15:02Because she's rewriting history
15:03My history
15:04Trust me
15:05I lived through it
15:06She's making it sound like
15:08It's her own personal fairy tale
15:09Oh, so you don't like it
15:11When someone writes their own version
15:12Of your life
15:13Interesting
15:15Okay, are you referring to
15:16The Nikki hate books?
15:16Because this is completely different
15:18How is it different?
15:19Well, for one thing
15:20I'm not claiming that what I write
15:22Is actually true
15:23Well, I don't think she is either
15:24Come on, Kessel
15:25You said so yourself
15:26Everyone needs a fairy tale
15:28What's the harm in letting your mom
15:30Have one of her own?
15:31Okay, let's change the subject
15:33To something less likely
15:34To give me an ulcer
15:34How about that mysterious $50,605
15:38Okay
15:39Well, we talked to pretty much everyone
15:42Close to Amy and Christina
15:43And no one seems to know
15:45Why they pulled out that money
15:46What about where they were
15:47At 1 p.m. on Friday?
15:48Nothing popped on Amy's email
15:50Or phone calls
15:51And the texts are still going
15:53Through Christina's computer
15:54Hey, guys
15:55I think we might have caught a break
15:56We tracked down that website
15:57That sold the costumes
15:58The red riding hood cloak
15:59And the snow white dress
16:00Worn by victims
16:01Were shipped out eight days ago
16:02To whom?
16:03Do you have a name?
16:03Yeah, Jamie Isakson
16:04Lives at 11th Street and 7th Avenue
16:06And he didn't just order two costumes
16:07There was a third in the shipment as well
16:09For Sleeping Beauty
16:10Sleeping Beauty?
16:12He's gonna kill again
16:13Not if we get to him first
16:15Jamie Isakson
16:25NYPD
16:26Open up
16:27Okay
16:29Go, go, go, go
16:32Room clear
16:38Room clear
16:39Room clear
16:39All these freaky dolls
16:46Just how I picture this guy's lair
16:48Ever since Chuckie
16:51I haven't been able to look at a doll
16:52Detectives
16:54Did you have to knock down my door?
17:06Ma'am, we announced ourselves
17:08I was coming
17:09I don't move as fast as I used to
17:12Ma'am, do you know a Jamie Isakson?
17:15Of course I know a Jamie Isakson
17:18I'm Jamie Isakson
17:21Candy?
17:26It's very good
17:28Oh, thanks
17:28Mrs. Isakson
17:30Does anyone else live here?
17:31No, dearie
17:32Nobody else lives here
17:34Just me and my friends
17:36Do you have any family who checks on you?
17:40Healthcare workers?
17:41Are there more, um, human friends?
17:44Well, mostly it's just us
17:46Why?
17:47Did you receive a package in the mail last week, Mrs. Isakson?
17:50Well, I receive packages all the time
17:52Molly and Abigail are new arrivals
17:55Aren't they gorgeous?
17:57Yes, they are
17:58What about a delivery of fairytale costumes?
18:01Fairytale costumes?
18:03According to our records
18:04You ordered three from a website last week
18:06Well, that's just ridiculous
18:08What would I do with fairytale costumes?
18:11Can't imagine
18:11So you didn't order any costumes from the internet?
18:14Do I look like someone who has a habit of wasting money?
18:18I'm on a fixed income
18:19Well, I happen to notice that you don't have a doorman for this building
18:23So where are your packages left?
18:25By the mailbox in the lobby
18:27Mrs. Isakson, did you notice any, uh, unusual charges on your credit card?
18:34Anyone have access to it?
18:35Well, not unless they're digging for gold
18:38Can't be too safe these days
18:41Yeah
18:43So UPS confirms that a package of costumes was dropped off at Mrs. Isakson's lobby
18:48But nobody signed for it, per buyer's instructions
18:51There's some more bad news
18:52No security cameras inside the lobby or outside
18:55And from what we can tell, the building's not terribly secure
18:57The killer probably knew that
18:59That's why he uses a delivery drop
19:00Well, if he knew the old lady's credit card number, maybe he knew her
19:03Could be
19:03Could be he just found her credit card statements in the trash
19:06It's old school, but it's in fact
19:07You guys, for all we know, he's targeting Sleeping Beauty as we speak
19:11Yo
19:11I got something
19:13That missing hour of Christina's at lunchtime last Friday
19:16Tech found a map search on her tablet that day at 12.50pm
19:19Walking directions to Glassman's Cafe on the Upper West Side
19:22Okay, great, you guys go to the cafe, see if you can figure out who she was meeting with
19:25On it
19:26In the meantime, I'm going to get a hold of uniforms and ask them to double foot patrols in parks
19:30Only he's not going to strike at a park this time
19:32In the Grimm stories, red riding and snowmite were found in the woods, but Sleeping Beauty
19:37Was found in her bedroom
19:39Right
19:39Great, so that narrows it down to several million apartments and that is just in Manhattan
19:44That doesn't make sense
19:45What doesn't make any sense?
19:49His motive
19:49All serial killers are expressing some psychological impulse
19:53Somewhere deep down, there's a twisted logic to their insanity
19:57Okay, keep going
19:58In the original Grimm's tales, red riding hood, snow white, Sleeping Beauty, they all end up near death
20:04But were saved at the last minute
20:05It's like he's trying to take away our victims' happy endings
20:09Right, not only that, but he could have ordered any costume
20:12But he picked these
20:13He took great care in the details
20:15The wolf's claw, the apple
20:16He chose these characters for a reason
20:19He chose these women for a reason
20:22I just haven't figured it out yet
20:24Whatever it is, it has to be connected to the cash that they withdrew
20:28Maybe he's choosing women with healthy bank accounts
20:30Bank?
20:31Sorry
20:32Christina and Amy both withdrew the same amount of money
20:34Maybe our Sleeping Beauty did as well
20:36The IRS requires banks to report any transactions over $10,000
20:41So they would have a record of it
20:42Exactly
20:43Yeah, she was here
20:44It was last Friday during the lunch rush
20:47Right after I spilled ketchup on my new jeans
20:49They were 70% off
20:50Amazing sale
20:51Was she by herself?
20:53No, it was a party of three
20:54Three?
20:55Do you remember who else she was with?
20:57Two other women
20:58I've never been questioned by cops before
21:00You mind if I tweet about this?
21:02Um, yeah, yes, we do mine
21:04This one of the women?
21:08Yeah
21:08Are they criminals or something?
21:10Because I was getting more of an Upper East Side vibe
21:12No, this third woman may be in danger
21:15So we need to identify her as soon as possible
21:17Do you remember if she may be paid with a credit card?
21:19Maybe you called her name?
21:20Nope, they paid cash
21:21Was anyone else with them a man?
21:24No
21:24Did you notice anyone watching them?
21:27Some of the other customers, but only because they were arguing
21:29About what?
21:29I don't know
21:30I kind of tried to eavesdrop
21:31But every time I went over there
21:33They gave me the death stare
21:34Whatever they were talking about
21:35They didn't want me to hear
21:37Okay, so the IRS search reveals
21:39Ten different cash transactions
21:41Between $50,000 and $60,000 that day
21:44Two belong to our Red Riding Hood and Snow White
21:47That leaves us eight
21:48Five of them were made by males
21:51Leaving three women
21:53Jessica Harper, Charlotte Boyd, and Dana Wilson
21:57Well, Harper and Wilson are in their 50s
21:59They don't fit the profile
22:00Which leaves us Charlotte Boyd
22:03Beckett?
22:05Hey, we were able to confirm that Christina was here with Amy Morgan
22:08And a third woman last Friday
22:10We think she might be our killer's third target
22:12We didn't get an ID, but we did get a pretty good description
22:14Let me guess
22:15In her 20s, brown hair, brown eyes
22:17Exotic looking
22:18Yeah, how'd you know?
22:20Charlotte isn't answering
22:20Her name's Charlotte Boyd
22:22Ryan, I'm gonna text you her address
22:23Just meet us over there
22:24Let's go
22:34Die
22:38os
22:40Spell
22:43OT
22:46Hotel
22:49OT
22:50Respond
23:08Castle?
23:16Call an ambulance.
23:17She's still alive.
23:21Okay, yeah, just keep me posted on her status.
23:29Thanks.
23:30So that was the ER.
23:31Charlotte is stable, but still unconscious.
23:33Ketamine and oxycodone?
23:34Yeah, and without treatment, her heart could have stopped.
23:36The doctor said we got there just in time.
23:38Just like in the fairy tale.
23:39So what, you're Prince Charming now?
23:41Well, the shoe fits.
23:43Now, I'm just glad we had a happy ending.
23:45Well, it won't be a happy ending until evil is vanquished and locked in the dungeon.
23:49We're closing in on him.
23:50Yeah, but he's still a step ahead.
23:52I'm hoping that he left some kind of evidence behind.
23:55Yo, we've got a full sweep.
23:57No sign of the $50,605.
23:59A luxury condo and that much money?
24:01What does this girl do for a living?
24:02She worked for a real estate firm as a high-end broker.
24:04If you didn't have 10 mil to plunk down on an apartment, she wasn't your girl.
24:08Okay, so we got three women, all in their 20s, all successful, all have a secret meeting last Friday,
24:14and then pulled the exact same amount of cash out of the bank?
24:17Maybe they were going in on something, pulling the money.
24:19I think we can safely rule out lotto tickets.
24:21No, there's got to be something that we're missing.
24:22There's something that links the three of them together.
24:25Hey, guys, look at this.
24:26I found it at the bottom of one of Charlotte's drawers.
24:28We got our connection.
24:29Amy, Charlotte, and Christina are three victims.
24:34All dressed as fairytale characters.
24:36They're dressed as the same characters that a killer dress them as.
24:39Check out the date.
24:42050605.
24:43That's seven years ago.
24:45Yeah, it's also the amount of money they withdrew.
24:47Yeah, $50,605.
24:49Yeah, and check out the back.
24:51Who's the guiltiest of them all?
24:53If you pay, you'll live to see another day.
24:56They were being blackmailed?
24:57Okay, so something happened on that date that connects them all.
25:01Something that led to their murders.
25:03So it was the guy taking the photo.
25:05Maybe he can tell us what happened.
25:07CSU only found one set of prints on the photo, Charlotte's,
25:10but they were able to determine that it was developed within the last two weeks.
25:13How can they do that?
25:13Well, it's machine processed, like, you know, from a drugstore,
25:16and there's a control code auto-printed on the back.
25:19Can we use the code to figure out where it was processed?
25:21Yeah, already on it.
25:22Hopefully that'll get us who ordered the prints.
25:25This photo was taken seven years ago.
25:26So why is it surfacing now?
25:28Yo, you were right about the date.
25:30Something did happen that night.
25:31There's even a police report.
25:32I don't suppose the report IDs are prints charming.
25:35Sure does.
25:36His name's Owen Thomas, but he can't be our suspect.
25:39He's dead.
25:40He was killed seven years ago, May 6, 2005.
25:435-0-6-0-5.
25:44The night that the photo was taken.
25:45It's also the same night that Owen attended an underground rave,
25:48fairytale-themed.
25:49He was last seen alive at 10.45.
25:51But this picture was taken at 11.23.
25:54How did he die?
25:55Internal bleeding complicated with high doses of ketamine and oxycodone.
25:59That explains our killer's MO.
26:00Okay, so he's high on club drugs, but what caused the internal bleeding?
26:04A car.
26:05His body was found on the side of the road.
26:06Emmy rode it up as a hit and run.
26:08There were no witnesses, so the trail went cold.
26:10They never solved the case.
26:12It's I know what you did last summer.
26:13Who's the guiltiest of them all?
26:14The killer thinks that one of these women is responsible for his death.
26:17Maybe they are.
26:18This photo proves that they were the last ones to see him alive,
26:21yet none of them gave statements to the cops.
26:22Why are the murders happening now, seven years later?
26:25Maybe after all these years, someone found this photo.
26:27Esposito, can you look into Owen's family and friends?
26:30Someone might be trying to get payback for his death.
26:32You got it.
26:33Beckett.
26:34Yeah, we'll be right there.
26:36Sleeping Beauty just woke up.
26:39Charlotte.
26:41I'm Detective Beckett.
26:42This is Mr. Castle.
26:44Do you feel well enough to answer a few questions?
26:50Yeah.
26:52What can you tell us about the attack?
26:54I was at my computer just listening to music,
26:59and the next thing you know, I'm being pushed to the floor.
27:03Did you see who did it?
27:06No.
27:06They're saying I was drugged.
27:09Why would someone do this to me?
27:12Charlotte, I think you know why.
27:14All three of you received a copy of this photo.
27:20Amy and Christina weren't as lucky as you.
27:23They didn't make it.
27:26Oh, my God.
27:28But we did what he asked.
27:30We paid him.
27:31What does he have on you?
27:33What happened to Owen that night?
27:41Charlotte.
27:41Charlotte.
27:42It was just some stupid fairy tale rave.
27:50We were just looking to dance and have fun.
27:53And Owen had scored some special K.
27:56That hit us pretty hard, but Christine had some from Mom's oxy
27:59and said it would even us out.
28:02Somehow we ended up in Amy's car,
28:04and that's where this picture was taken.
28:06How did Owen end up on the side of the road?
28:10He was having some seriously bad hallucinations,
28:14just screaming and grabbing us.
28:17So we pulled the car over and we made him get out.
28:20We just figured he'd walk back to the rave.
28:24But it was all over the news the next morning that there'd been a hit and run and that he'd been killed.
28:29And why didn't you come forward?
28:31Oh, we were just kids then.
28:35We were scared out of our minds.
28:37Lizzie, you have to understand, we had a lot to lose.
28:42We came from good families.
28:43We'd been accepted into college.
28:45We made a pact, and we said we wouldn't tell anyone what happened that night
28:50and that we'd never see each other again.
28:56I'm not excusing how we handled it.
28:59We were stupid, but we didn't do anything.
29:04Well, someone thinks you did.
29:07What did you do with the money?
29:09The note said to put it in a dumpster at Bleecker and Thompson.
29:16We didn't want some scandal messing up our lives, so we did.
29:20We paid.
29:23So why did he come after us?
29:28Okay, the corner of Bleecker and Thompson.
29:31There are no security cameras at the drop site, and so far, no witnesses.
29:35He covered his bases.
29:37I know, it's really starting to piss me off.
29:39Yeah, when you get cute, when you get angry.
29:41But not when you get angry with me.
29:43Yo, so I took a look at Owen's family.
29:46I think I found someone with motive.
29:48Turns out he has an older brother, and apparently, they were close.
29:50Any connection to our victims?
29:52Oh, yeah.
29:53See for yourself.
29:55Wait, that's Leslie's husband, Darren.
29:58So Owen's brother is married to our first victim's sister?
30:01What are the odds, right?
30:02Maybe Darren somehow found out that his wife's sister was responsible for his brother Owen's death.
30:06Well, maybe the families just knew each other socially.
30:08It doesn't mean that Darren's our killer.
30:10Oh, no, that doesn't, but this might.
30:11CSU tracked down where the photo was processed.
30:14It's from a roll of film, and the guy who dropped it off had three copies made.
30:17And does the guy's description match Darren's?
30:19Even better.
30:20It's security cameras.
30:21I got here as fast as I could.
30:31So, is there any news?
30:32Did you find out who did this to my sister?
30:34Uh, first, let me ask, what was Amy's relationship with your husband's brother, Owen?
30:42They were high school friends.
30:44We all were.
30:46What does this have to do with Amy?
30:48Owen died years ago.
30:50You ever see this before?
30:51No.
30:54No.
30:58That's Amy, and that's Owen.
31:02These two, I don't know.
31:04It's from the night that he was killed.
31:07Okay.
31:07Your husband, Darren, had it printed up two weeks ago.
31:12Do you have any idea how he got it?
31:14Last month, we were cleaning out my dad's attic and found a camera with a roll of film inside.
31:23Darren thought it'd be fun to see what was on it.
31:27You don't think he had anything to do with Amy?
31:33Do you?
31:34I don't know what you guys are talking about.
31:35I didn't blackmail anybody.
31:37All right, so then you don't recognize this photo?
31:42Absolutely not.
31:43And then this isn't you, is it, Darren?
31:49I can only imagine how you must have felt.
31:51After all these years, realizing your own sister-in-law might be involved in your brother's death.
31:56We found the cash in your storage locker in Queens, $151,815.
32:02Which, by wild coincidence, is exactly $50,605 times three.
32:08Owen was high.
32:13He was messed up.
32:15They knew that, and what'd they do?
32:16They left him there.
32:19They left him, and he died like roadkill.
32:21You could have gone to the police.
32:23Because they did such a bang-up job the first time around?
32:25I just wanted them to pay something for what they did.
32:30I was even going to use the money to set up a scholarship fund in no one's name.
32:33Really?
32:34A scholarship fund?
32:36And what's your spin on murder?
32:38The money wasn't enough.
32:39You wanted revenge.
32:40You wanted them to die like your brother, dressed in fairytale costumes, ODing on the same drugs he did.
32:48What?
32:49No.
32:51I don't know who killed them, but it wasn't me.
32:53That's going to be tough to believe, Darren.
32:55You had motive, you blamed them for Owen's death, and you just admitted to blackmailing them.
33:03I want a lawyer.
33:08Of course you do.
33:10Darren doesn't need a lawyer.
33:14He needs a miracle.
33:16His wife told Ryan that he wasn't at the house when the murders were committed.
33:22So that's it, then?
33:24Yeah, for this case.
33:25We did everything, but tie a bow on it for the DA.
33:29Right this way, Ms. Morgan.
33:37Is it true, Darren?
33:39Is it true?
33:41Look me in the eyes and tell me it's not true.
33:43I didn't hurt anyone.
33:44You blackmailed my sister.
33:46You blacked me.
33:47Listen, I'm telling you the truth, okay?
33:49I didn't kill anyone.
33:50I just wanted them to play.
33:51Who would do it then?
33:52You had the picture.
33:53No, no.
33:54God, it wasn't you.
33:55I swear, I swear, I swear.
33:55You know what I mean?
33:56You need to get away from me right now.
33:58Listen!
33:59Let's go.
33:59Stay away.
34:01Stay away.
34:01Oh.
34:01Oh.
34:01Oh.
34:02Oh.
34:02That murder does more damage to the living than to the dead.
34:09Yeah.
34:10All because of a terrible secret.
34:12Well, secrets are like time bombs.
34:13Eventually, they explode.
34:15You know, Castle, I'm not saying that I condone what Darren did, but I do understand it.
34:22Yeah, I understand wanting revenge.
34:26The way he went about it doesn't add up, though.
34:28What do you mean?
34:29Well, blackmail is revenge from a distance.
34:32Murder is up close and personal.
34:34It doesn't make sense he would do both.
34:35Don't underestimate him.
34:36I mean, the only reason that he copped to blackmail was to avoid murder charges.
34:41And like any psychopath, he's a great actor.
34:43Oh, speaking of.
34:45Psychopaths or actors?
34:45I was thinking about your mom.
34:47Oh, so a little of both.
34:48I think we can make the play.
34:49Really?
34:50So you want to venture into the dark, scary woods?
34:53Don't worry, Castle.
34:54I got a gun.
34:55I'll protect you from the big, bad wolf.
34:57You'd use your gun on my mother?
35:00I'm touched.
35:08Oh, thank you.
35:09Oh, wow, Castle.
35:10This is quite the soiree.
35:12Yeah, it's a family trait.
35:13We tend to go big.
35:15Cheers.
35:15Cheers.
35:15Would you excuse me a moment?
35:21Yeah.
35:23Hey.
35:25You came.
35:26Oh, it means so much to me, darling.
35:29She was worried you wouldn't make it.
35:30Break a leg, brother.
35:31We have a schedule to keep curtain in two minutes.
35:33I can't get this bow straight.
35:36Allow me.
35:36Allow me.
35:39Well, maybe I should have Alexis do it.
35:40I mean, how many bows have you tied in your lifetime?
35:43Well, I only tie my shoes every day, if you remember.
35:45You taught me.
35:46Mm-hmm.
35:46True.
35:48The bow.
35:50The bow was tied incorrectly.
35:52Well, I told you we should have had Alexis, too.
35:54Not your bow.
35:55The other bow.
35:56The one on her costume.
35:57We arrested the wrong man.
35:58What?
36:03I don't understand.
36:04So you're saying Darren didn't do it?
36:06Well, he's guilty of blackmail, but that's as far as it goes.
36:09So what if the killer's still out there?
36:10What if he comes after me?
36:11He won't.
36:13We have officers outside 24-7.
36:16We'll find him, Charlotte.
36:17We just, um, we need a bit of your help.
36:20Of course.
36:20Whatever I can do.
36:21Well, we think that the key to finding the real killer
36:26is through understanding exactly what happened
36:29the night of Owen's death.
36:31Can you answer a few questions?
36:33Yeah, I mean, I guess so,
36:34though I'm pretty sure I told you everything I know.
36:37Well, last time we spoke,
36:37you said that everyone was in Amy's car?
36:40Right.
36:40And who was driving?
36:42She was.
36:43Why?
36:44Well, we did a little checking.
36:46The day after Owen died,
36:47Amy brought her car to a body shop.
36:48She had a broken grill and a dented bumper.
36:50Any idea how she got those dents?
36:54Charlotte, what really happened that night?
36:56Did Owen try to get back into the car?
36:59Maybe Amy panicked?
37:01Accidentally hitting him as she drove away?
37:08Charlotte.
37:10I begged Amy to go back.
37:13Christina and I both did.
37:14We begged her, but she just kept driving.
37:16She didn't mean to hurt him.
37:18It was just an accident.
37:21That's the truth.
37:22That's what really happened.
37:24Is it?
37:25Take a look
37:28at how the bows
37:30are tied
37:31on the victim's costumes.
37:36What about them?
37:38Well, the killer
37:38tied these bows
37:39after the victims were drugged.
37:42See how they look?
37:43How the loops are
37:44pleasingly horizontal.
37:47Now,
37:48look at the bow
37:49on your sleeping beauty outfit.
37:53See how the loops are vertical?
37:55It's a little weird.
37:57I mean,
37:57if the killer tied all three bows,
37:59why would yours be different?
38:01It's because
38:02you tied
38:03all three bows.
38:05This one is different
38:06because you tied it on yourself
38:08behind your back.
38:09No.
38:11I was attacked.
38:12I am a victim.
38:13Yet,
38:14your doctor said
38:14you received
38:15half the dose of Oxy
38:16that the other girls got.
38:18A non-lethal dose.
38:19How soon after
38:19we pulled up
38:20outside of your building
38:21did you give yourself
38:22that shot?
38:23This is crazy.
38:24Why would I fake
38:25an attack on myself?
38:26So no one would suspect
38:27you of silencing
38:27the only two witnesses
38:28to your crime.
38:29What are you talking about?
38:31At the time,
38:32Christina and Amy
38:33were willing
38:34to bury your secret,
38:35but then
38:36this photo showed up.
38:39I mean,
38:39how long could you expect
38:40them to keep the secret,
38:41especially since
38:42you were at fault?
38:43All you could think about
38:44was the scandal.
38:46Jail.
38:47How it would ruin
38:48your life.
38:49All because
38:50Christina and Amy
38:51knew the truth.
38:52Charlotte,
38:53you were behind
38:55the wheel
38:55in Amy's car.
38:56It was you
38:58that hit
38:59and killed
39:00Owen.
39:01No,
39:02Amy was driving.
39:03I told you.
39:04Then why did you pay
39:05for the car repairs?
39:07We have the receipt.
39:21You don't know
39:22what happened
39:23that night.
39:24You can't prove
39:25that I hit Owen
39:26and you can't prove
39:28that I killed
39:29Amy or Christina.
39:32Yes, I can.
39:33Your firm handled
39:35the reverse mortgage
39:36of an old woman
39:37named Jamie Isaacson.
39:39She paid closing costs
39:41with her credit card.
39:42That's the same
39:43credit card
39:44that you used
39:45to pay for
39:45all three costumes.
39:49Charlotte Boyd,
39:50you are under arrest
39:51for the murders
39:52of Amy Morgan,
39:54Christina Curtis,
39:54and the wrongful death
39:56of Owen Thomas.
39:57The bows?
40:02The bows?
40:04Seriously?
40:10She's actually
40:10the perfect
40:11fairytale villain.
40:12Like the big bad wolf,
40:13she disguised herself
40:14as an innocent,
40:14but like Snow White's
40:15evil stepmother,
40:17she was willing
40:17to do anything,
40:18even kill,
40:18to protect her image.
40:20After all these years,
40:21maybe Owen's family
40:22can have some closure
40:22about his death.
40:23Yeah, but at what cost?
40:24Two women are dead,
40:25Darren's still being charged
40:26with blackmail,
40:27and I'm sure
40:27his marriage is over.
40:28Well, and that's why
40:29we need fairytales
40:30in the face of
40:31too much reality
40:32to remind us
40:33that happy endings
40:34are still possible.
40:35See them more?
40:36Later.
40:37Molly.
40:38Speaking of fairytales,
40:39my mother is ready
40:40to give her
40:40encore performance.
40:42Time to go back
40:43into the woods.
40:44Still getting a gun?
40:45It was the opportunity
40:47of a lifetime.
40:50The chance to originate
40:51the role of the
40:51Wicked Witch
40:52on Broadway.
40:54But it would mean
40:55being away from home,
40:56six nights a week,
40:57two matinees.
40:58Ha!
40:58What was I to do?
41:00Realize that none
41:01of it ever happened.
41:02Francis Bacon
41:03once wrote,
41:05He that hath children
41:07hath given hostages
41:09to fortune.
41:11Well, if I was a hostage,
41:13then my son Richard
41:14was my captor,
41:16my enslaver.
41:18Hey, I'm right here.
41:19I turned down the role,
41:21turned my back
41:22on fortune.
41:23And it was the best
41:26career move
41:26I ever made.
41:27For an even greater role
41:29came my way.
41:31Apart.
41:32Perhaps the greatest role
41:34that I have ever played.
41:36That of mother.
41:41That's sweet.
41:43You're right.
41:43That is sweet.
41:44Shh.
41:46Sorry.
41:46Now,
41:48if Richard
41:48had only been able
41:50to embrace
41:51the role of son
41:52with the same
41:54level of commitment.
41:55And into the woods
41:57we go.