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  • 7/8/2025
Castle Season 5 Episode 2
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00:00Kassel, what do you think of this one?
00:10Mmm, sexy.
00:12Sexy? What do you mean by sexy?
00:15I mean, well, I mean, sexy, yeah, sexy. What's wrong with sexy?
00:19God, Kassel, this is my first day back at work. I'm supposed to look normal.
00:23No one is going to be able to tell that we're together by how you are dressed.
00:27Oh, no, I only work with a room full of detectives.
00:30It's their job.
00:33What about this one?
00:36I don't know.
00:43You just want me to take my shirt off again, don't you?
00:45What?
00:46Stop it. I told you that NYPD has a strict policy about co-workers dating.
00:52Yes, but since I'm not getting paid technically, we're not co-workers.
00:55Oh, really? And you think that Captain Gates is going to see it that way?
00:57If anyone finds out and she gets wind of it...
00:59No one is going to find out. I haven't even told my mother or Alexis.
01:03That's because they're in Europe celebrating her graduation.
01:06Yes, true, but I haven't told them long distance.
01:08Look, no one is going to find out.
01:10But just to be safe, you might want to change out of those pants.
01:14Oh, there's a murder uptown.
01:16And it looks like the pants stay on.
01:17Kassel, remember, act normal.
01:20And when we're in public, you're single and I'm single. Got it?
01:22Got it.
01:23Thanks.
01:27So that's a no to carpooling, then.
01:30Take a cab.
01:36Good morning, Detective Beckett.
01:40Kassel, where's my coffee?
01:42You already had one.
01:43You've been bringing me coffee for the past four years.
01:46I told you to act normal. This is going to look suspicious.
01:48Don't worry. Relax.
01:50You're overthinking this.
01:51Really.
01:54What, no coffee?
01:56I forgot hers.
01:58You forgot?
01:59On her first day back from Suspense.
02:01All right, I've already forgiven him.
02:03So who's our Vic?
02:04Local celeb.
02:05Groundskeeper found her tucked behind this fountain early this morning.
02:09She's actually the weather girl for WHNY, Mandy Michaels.
02:12Mandy Michaels?
02:13Yeah.
02:13Really?
02:14Yeah.
02:15Oh, man. I watched her every night.
02:17She had the best...
02:19...forecasts.
02:22What?
02:23Listen, as a single man, I appreciated her assets.
02:27You can't tell me people watched her for the weather.
02:29Welcome back.
02:31Hey, what are you, doing something different?
02:33No.
02:34Why?
02:35I don't know.
02:36Something's changed.
02:39Sir, how'd she die?
02:40Single GSW.
02:42The shot was called in by neighbors last night at 1028 p.m.
02:44Which fits lividity.
02:46There's also signs of a struggle.
02:48Vic has bruises on her upper arm and her blouse was ripped.
02:51No sign of a wallet, purse, or phone.
02:53Sounds like a mugging gone wrong.
02:55I got tech pinging her phone as we speak.
02:58Speaking of which, I'm gonna go check on that.
03:01You guys still haven't buried the hatchet?
03:03Is what it is.
03:05So, according to Mandy's producer at WHNY, she was last seen by her camera crew doing a weather
03:10spot at City of Trust Children's Hospital last night at 930 p.m.
03:14That's 20 blocks from here.
03:15Yeah, Mandy's apartment's the other direction.
03:17So what was she doing here in the park an hour later?
03:20Yo.
03:21Mandy's phone is active.
03:22Tech tracked her GPS signal to a building on the Lower East Side.
03:25Sounds like our mugger.
03:26All right, you guys check into it.
03:27Castle and I will talk to next to Ken.
03:29Yeah, I'd be...
03:30Just go, okay?
03:38Signal's coming from one of the rooms on this floor.
03:41Question is, which one?
03:43What the hell are you doing?
03:45Being a good cop, narrowing down my options.
03:47What are you doing?
03:52Here, right here.
03:57NYPD!
04:00Hands now!
04:05Don't move!
04:05I didn't do anything.
04:07I didn't do anything, I swear!
04:12That's her phone.
04:14No.
04:15It's my phone.
04:17I suppose that's your purse, too?
04:19Jonathan, good heart.
04:31Yeah.
04:33You have been a very, very bad boy, Jonathan.
04:37It's Johnny.
04:38It says here, Jonathan, that you have priors for stalking.
04:42Indecent exposure.
04:43That stalking was a misunderstanding, and...
04:46That other thing happened on a really hot day.
04:52Well, you just have an explanation for everything, don't you, Jonathan?
04:55So why don't you explain to me what you were doing with Mandy Michaels' purse?
04:59I found it.
05:01You found it?
05:02In a dumpster on Lexington and Ninth.
05:06Soft.
05:06I like things that are soft.
05:11Yeah, take care, Ms. Michaels.
05:20Hey.
05:21You okay?
05:22Well, I just got off the phone with Mandy's parents.
05:25They said that she spent most of her time at work.
05:27There was no boyfriend, and they have no idea why she was in the park.
05:31Hey, guys.
05:31Check this out.
05:32I was going through Mandy's purse, and I found this folded up in her wallet.
05:36If any of this gets out, I'll kill you?
05:38I'm gonna go ahead and say she was being threatened.
05:40That doesn't mean this is why she was killed.
05:42All the evidence points to the fact that she was mugged.
05:44It wasn't a mugging.
05:46How can you tell?
05:47Blood spatter on her blouse indicates the shirt was ripped after the gunshot.
05:51Well, what about the bruising?
05:52Post-mortem.
05:53To make it look like a mugging.
05:55Someone's trying to cover their tracks.
05:56Speaking of which, I figured out what's different.
06:01You're having sex.
06:03Excuse me?
06:04Oh, don't try to deny it.
06:06There's a glow.
06:07I know that glow.
06:09So, who's the guy?
06:13Yeah, Beckett, who's the guy?
06:15Nobody that you would know, okay?
06:17Are you sure?
06:17I know a lot of guys.
06:18I'm sure.
06:20Anything else?
06:20As a matter of fact, I found makeup on Mandy's blouse that's much lighter than the shade that she wears.
06:26The position indicates close contact, like she fought with someone.
06:31Rounding up all the women in the city who wear lighter makeup is a pretty wide net.
06:34It isn't just any makeup.
06:36It's formulated for high-definition cameras.
06:38Like the ones they use at TV stations.
06:40In the meantime, authorities are still in the hunt for suspects in the Mandy Michaels slaying.
06:46Though a few details have been released, we can't confirm that she was shot to death late last night in Paley Park.
06:53Speaking on behalf of the entire broadcast community, the five-day forecast just won't be the same.
07:00Chuck?
07:00Thank you, Miles.
07:02We'll bring you more on this difficult story as events unfold.
07:06But coming up next, your morning coffee could be killing you.
07:09We'll have that story when we come back.
07:11And we're out to commercial.
07:12Everyone here is devastated.
07:14We're like a family.
07:16What kind of family?
07:17Happy or dysfunctional?
07:19What do you mean?
07:20Meaning, as the station manager, you would know your personnel?
07:24Did you have any conflicts with anyone?
07:25Sure, but I can't imagine that has anything to do with what happened.
07:28Who was it?
07:29The other weather girl, Rebecca Fogg.
07:31Is Fogg her real name?
07:33And what was the conflict?
07:35Rebecca was the new meteorologist.
07:37She was ambitious and nipping at Mandy's heels.
07:39Had anything happened recently?
07:41As a matter of fact, they did just get into a bit of a scuffle.
07:45Really?
07:45When was this?
07:46Last night.
07:48I'll show you.
07:50Sorry, Chip.
07:53We need the bay.
07:53Yeah, sure, Harvey.
07:55What's up?
07:56Bob, I need the uned footage for Mandy's segment last night at City of Trust.
07:59The police need to see some tape on Mandy.
08:02That was a terrible thing.
08:04Whoa, talk about New York's finest.
08:06Is she really a cop?
08:08Yes, she's really a cop.
08:10Chip Chambers, I do sports, and you can arrest me anytime.
08:13Yeah, well, maybe I will.
08:16That's it.
08:17Well, that's your weather, folks.
08:19Straight from my lips to your living room.
08:21This is Mandy Michaels reporting live from the toy drive at the City of Trust Children's Hospital.
08:26And we're clear.
08:29Rebecca?
08:29What the hell are you doing here?
08:31You know exactly what I'm doing.
08:33Bitch!
08:33You have no idea what you're dealing with!
08:36What happened?
08:37The cameraman turned off his camera and broke up the fight.
08:40Did he see Rebecca leave?
08:41No.
08:41Once they settled down, he left them there talking.
08:44Well, it must have been a hell of a talk.
08:46An hour later, Mandy was dead.
08:47Look, Mandy Michaels was a lazy, entitled big-boob bimbo.
09:00I've been picking up her slack since the minute I got here.
09:03Harvey, I can't go in the helicopter for traffic live because of my asthma.
09:06Make Rebecca do it.
09:08I mean, did I hate her?
09:09Yes.
09:09But I would never kill her.
09:10Except now that she's dead, you get to trade in the 4 a.m. shift for the coveted and lucrative evening news spot, right?
09:17Please.
09:18I didn't need to kill her for that.
09:19I just needed to wait.
09:21She was already past her cell-by date.
09:22Well, according to Harvey, she still had a very loyal audience.
09:25Sure.
09:26Yeah, people who cared about how many buttons on her blouse were open.
09:29But at her age and high def, she was running out of buttons fast.
09:32Then what was the fight about, Ms. Fogg?
09:35Like, I'm a certified meteorologist, okay?
09:37I have a brain.
09:38I mean, Mandy was just set dressing with cleavage.
09:41My forecasts were way more accurate than hers, and people were starting to notice.
09:45So, last week, to get back at me, she breaks into my office, she steals a bunch of my equipment.
09:50I mean, that's why I went to confront her.
09:52But, that's it.
09:54That's all.
09:55Where were you at 1028 last night?
09:58Home, sleeping.
09:59I have the 4 a.m. shift, remember.
10:01And besides, she left the children's hospital before I did.
10:04You want to find out who killed Mandy, ask the person in the silver G-wagon who picked her up.
10:07What person?
10:08I don't know, it beats me.
10:09The car had tinted windows, but it sure seemed like she knew them.
10:13So, Rebecca was telling the truth about where she was.
10:15She paid for the cab with a credit card, and the cabbie dropped her off her apartment before Mandy was killed.
10:20Okay, yeah.
10:21So, check traffic cams and surveillance in the area for the silver G-wagon.
10:25Yeah, I mean, if we're lucky, we'll, um, we might actually get a plate.
10:35Mm-hmm.
10:35So, uh, were you able to track down the phone records to see if she made any calls that night?
10:43Mm-hmm.
10:44Okay.
10:45Uh-huh.
10:45Richard.
10:51Richard Castle.
10:52Christina!
10:53Oh, I have not seen you since...
10:56Since I interviewed you on the red carpet, and you promised to do my show.
10:59Um...
11:00Oh, that's right, I did.
11:01Fred Willard canceled on me tonight.
11:03I don't have a guest.
11:03I feel like it's fate.
11:04Okay, I gotta go.
11:05I spoke by.
11:06Tonight?
11:06Wow.
11:07Nine o'clock.
11:08I'm not taking no for an answer.
11:10Well, then I won't say no.
11:11Good.
11:12Let's see you soon, Ricky.
11:13All right.
11:16Ow!
11:17That's just their entertainment reporter.
11:19She's...
11:20My agent has been haranguing me to promote frozen heat, so...
11:23Isn't she the reporter that shows up to cover stories in her bikini?
11:28Yeah, I don't...
11:29I didn't notice that.
11:31You want to try it again?
11:32Make it sound a little more convincing?
11:33No, I'm good.
11:34Okay.
11:35So, the boys are running down our mystery car.
11:38In the meantime, they found something on Mandy's phone records.
11:41She was getting calls from an anonymous burner cell.
11:43In fact, the last call she got before her murder was from that number.
11:46But there's no way to trace it.
11:47Yeah, there might be.
11:48There's a pattern on the calls, and most of them came in on weekdays between two and four.
11:52That's right before her broadcast.
11:53Which means she was here.
11:55Yeah, Mandy was here between two and four.
11:57She needed all the time in that chair she could get.
11:59When a woman hits mid-30s, those HD cameras can turn on you fast.
12:03Faster than my ex-husband in the sack fast.
12:05You know, we were wondering about a series of phone calls that she might have gotten while she was here.
12:10Ah, our secret man.
12:12Secret man?
12:13Mandy was always open about a love life.
12:14But when this guy would call, she'd leave the room.
12:18She was keeping it on the down low.
12:20Yeah, you always think you're being so discreet, but trust me.
12:22People know.
12:23Mm-hmm.
12:24Mm-hmm.
12:26So, do you guys have any idea who he is?
12:28Yeah. A few weeks ago, I went outside to get a nutterbutter from the vending machine, and I overheard them talking about his big game.
12:35He's an athlete. More like an MVP of a very well-known local basketball team.
12:40Does the number 17 ring a bell?
12:42Richie Blake?
12:44She was dating Richie Blake.
12:46Castle, isn't he married?
12:47Shh.
12:47Yeah, not only is he married, but rumor has it he has a very strict no-cheating clause in their prenup.
12:54Based on his income, it'd be very costly if he got a divorce.
12:57And guess what he drives?
12:58A silver G-Wagon?
12:59Yep.
12:59All right, pick him up.
13:00All right, pick him up.
13:30Oh, good seat, man.
13:31Let me take the lead.
13:34Whatever.
13:34What?
13:35I got more experience.
13:36Yo, Javi, do you mind if we call timeout while we call this guy?
13:40Huh?
13:42All right.
13:44Reggie.
13:44Reggie.
13:45Whoa, whoa, whoa, fellas.
13:46No autographs today.
13:48What, YPD?
13:49I don't give a hobos crap if you see, all right?
13:51No autographs.
13:52We're not here for autographs.
13:53We're here for Reggie.
13:54And you're obstructing our investigation.
13:57So move.
14:00That's what I thought.
14:05Oh, hell.
14:06You're not taking Reggie anywhere.
14:09Get out of the way, man.
14:15Shouldn't they be back by now?
14:17Well, maybe they hit traffic.
14:19Or each other.
14:19Either way, Reggie is going down.
14:22Uni's canvas, Mandy's building, a neighbor said that they heard her in a yelling match with a guy the day that she was killed.
14:27They said it sounded like a lover's quarrel.
14:29Relationship goes bad.
14:31His marriage is threatened.
14:32So Reggie threatens her with the note.
14:33If this gets out, I'll kill you.
14:35She refuses to play ball, so Reggie does what he does best.
14:38Start shooting.
14:39Don't ask.
14:58Look, man, I'm sorry.
15:01My security guys are protective.
15:03We get a lot of nut bars hanging around the block.
15:05Apology not accepted.
15:07Now sit down.
15:07Look, I told you, I didn't have anything to do with her murder.
15:15And yet, we have witnesses that saw Mandy get into your car shortly before she was killed.
15:20We know about the affair, Reggie.
15:22Can't imagine your wife would be too happy if she found out, so you made sure she didn't.
15:26What are you talking about affair?
15:27Yeah, I knew Mandy.
15:29So did my wife.
15:30We were friends.
15:31That's all.
15:32You really expect us to believe that, Reggie?
15:33It's the truth.
15:34If you don't believe me, ask my wife.
15:36Oh, we will.
15:37So I imagine it was just a coincidence that you happened to be driving by the hospital right
15:41after Mandy's segment ended.
15:42No.
15:43We're both on the hospital charity board, and I was stopping by the toy drive.
15:47I'm telling you, we were just friends.
15:49There sure are a lot of phone calls to Mandy, considering you aren't just friends.
15:55Mandy and I, we both had a ticking clock on our careers.
16:00Her looks, my knees.
16:03It was nice to chat with somebody who understood.
16:05Okay.
16:06Say you were just friends.
16:08Why didn't she want her co-workers to find out about you?
16:11Because that's how rumors get started.
16:13I know what you're thinking.
16:14I'm a professional athlete.
16:16She's a blonde weather girl.
16:17But it wasn't like that.
16:18She wasn't like that.
16:20Those kids at City of Trust, to other celebs, that was just a photo op.
16:24Not to her.
16:25She cared.
16:25We should have seen her last week, asking them questions, listening to their stories.
16:32People think she's some kind of bimbo.
16:35But she wasn't.
16:37Anyway, I saw her hailing the cab off for a ride.
16:40She asked to be dropped off at the park.
16:42That happened around 10.
16:43Where were you at 1028?
16:45It was across town at X-Bar.
16:47Promoted my new shoe line.
16:49Check it.
16:50Mandy mentioned why she wanted to get dropped off at the park.
16:53No.
16:54She seemed nervous.
16:56Maybe it had something to do with what happened a couple days ago.
16:58What happened a couple days ago?
16:59She called me for a ride from the emergency room.
17:03I asked her what happened, but she wouldn't say.
17:04Wait, she was there as a patient?
17:06Yeah.
17:07She didn't look hurt, but she seemed pretty upset.
17:13Do you actually buy this whole just friends thing?
17:17It's possible.
17:18Yeah, it's possible, but it's not probable.
17:20I don't know.
17:21You and I were just friends for four years.
17:22Except you were trying to sleep with me that whole time.
17:25What?
17:25Mm-hmm.
17:27Excuse me, it was you that was trying to sleep with me.
17:30What?
17:30Don't tell me you dress like that for Esposito.
17:33What's for me?
17:34Don't worry about it.
17:35Nothing.
17:36Reggie's alibi is solid.
17:37He was already at the X-Bar buying shots for everyone when Mandy was killed.
17:41His wife confirms that they were all just friends.
17:43In fact, she's the one who bought him that prepaid cell phone because his was hacked or something.
17:46Okay, then touch base with the ER doctor that treated Mandy a couple of days ago.
17:50Whatever landed her in emergency might have caught up with her last night.
17:53Hey, guys.
17:54I found out who Mandy...
17:55Yo.
17:56Are you wearing makeup?
18:00No.
18:01Really?
18:02Because an hour ago, you and I both had black eyes, and now you don't.
18:07No, this is not makeup.
18:08This is tinted moisturizer.
18:10Oh.
18:11Jenny just stopped by.
18:12She happened to have some in her purse, and I figured since, you know, fine, just judge
18:16all you want.
18:18So, I found out who Mandy was fighting with at her apartment the day she died.
18:21The store across the street from her building uses surveillance.
18:24There was no sign of Reggie, but I did see another familiar face.
18:28WHNY reporter, Miles Haxton.
18:32Yeah, that's me.
18:33So, what were you doing at her place?
18:37Mandy's neighbors overheard the two of you fighting.
18:40What was it about?
18:43Our relationship.
18:45You were dating?
18:46Mm-hmm.
18:47Why didn't you tell us this before?
18:49Because I couldn't take the chance that it would get out.
18:50And the reporter and the weather girl, no.
18:53This station has a very strict policy about inter-office dating.
18:57And even with what happened to Mandy, Harvey still would have suspended me.
19:00How long had the two of you been seeing each other?
19:04A couple months.
19:06What went wrong?
19:07Well, here's the thing about a secret workplace romance, okay?
19:10In the beginning, you're on a high.
19:13Every stolen moment feels like a shot of adrenaline straight to the heart.
19:18You get butterflies on your way into work.
19:21It's exciting and dangerous, and the sex is amazing.
19:26And then what?
19:31And then it imploded.
19:35You're never going to keep up the secret.
19:36We're already drowning in all the lies we had to tell.
19:40Did your coworkers ever find out?
19:43Not yet.
19:44But I had to stay out in front of it to keep it from destroying both of our careers.
19:48I mean, I still have a shot at a national desk.
19:54And Mandy didn't want it to end.
19:55She could have threatened to tell Harvey.
19:57No, no.
19:58Are you kidding?
19:58No, Mandy didn't want this to get out any more than I did.
20:01I mean, you're not going to tell, are you?
20:02Where were you last night at 1028?
20:04At a press party at the Ritz-Carlton for the launch of the Vega smartphone.
20:09Did Mandy say anything to you about going to the ER a couple days ago?
20:13No, she didn't mention it.
20:14But then again, she was acting pretty strange last week.
20:17What do you mean?
20:18Well, she wouldn't tell me, but I got the feeling it was more than just us she was upset about.
20:22I mean, there was something else that was bothering her.
20:27Now, it looks like most makeup ladies were right about Mandy's affair.
20:30They just had the wrong guy.
20:31Castle, what about the other stuff that they said about how secret romances are impossible to keep hidden?
20:37I mean, you heard, Miles.
20:38I don't want to drown in a sea of lies.
20:40Well, if Cindy comfort to you, I do no mouth-to-mouth.
20:44Hey, Espo.
20:45Yo, found something weird.
20:47The ER doctor treated Mandy.
20:49Turns out it was for a severe asthma attack.
20:51Yeah, that's not weird.
20:52We know that Mandy had asthma.
20:54That's why she couldn't go up in the station helicopter.
20:56Which brings me to the weird part.
20:59She arrived at the ER on the WHNY news chopper.
21:02She landed on the helipad and the pilot walked her inside.
21:05Okay, thank you.
21:07With her asthma?
21:09What was she doing up there and why did no one know about it?
21:11There's one person that knew about it.
21:13A helicopter pilot.
21:15Whoa, whoa, whoa.
21:16Where you going, pretty boy?
21:17It's 8.30.
21:18It's time for your segment with Christina.
21:20Gotta get you into makeup.
21:22Um.
21:22It's okay.
21:23I'll take care of it.
21:24Don't solve the case without me.
21:25Look, I wasn't supposed to, okay?
21:30But a few days ago, she showed up with an envelope stuffed with a thousand bucks.
21:35Said she needed the chopper only for 20 minutes and nobody could know.
21:38Did she tell you why she needed it?
21:39No, but it must have been important.
21:42Look, I liked Mandy.
21:44Bubbly, easy on the eyes.
21:46I wanted to help her out.
21:47But then we get up there, she's got all this equipment, and she wants to fly over Jersey.
21:52Why New Jersey?
21:53Beats me.
21:53All I know is it's more fuel, and my boss might notice.
21:56Okay, so did you do it?
21:57Yeah.
21:58We were over Jersey for a few minutes.
22:00Then she started breathing heavy.
22:02She didn't have her inhaler, so I flew straight to the hospital.
22:04Do you have any idea what she was up to?
22:06No.
22:07When I told her I didn't want to leave New York, she said it's a matter of life or death.
22:13I guess maybe she was right.
22:19That was the last time I took my laptop into a coffee shop.
22:23So, as a handsome, best-selling author, I'm sure you must have women throwing themselves
22:29at you all the time.
22:30Well, we all have our crosses together.
22:34Yes, you're such a martyr.
22:36So, no one special in your life right now?
22:38Um, I, uh, no.
22:44Uh, actually, no.
22:45No one special.
22:46I'm single right now.
22:47That's good.
22:48Because there's a question I've been wanting to ask you.
22:52Will you have dinner with me tomorrow night?
22:54Oh.
22:55Um.
22:57Well, wow.
22:58I'm flattered.
22:59But I have to decline.
23:01Come on, Castle.
23:01There's only three seconds until commercial.
23:03So, I, uh...
23:04Exactly.
23:05What are you waiting for?
23:06Hello?
23:06We're going to need an answer.
23:10No.
23:12Uh, actually, I would love to.
23:14It's a date.
23:15Great.
23:17Frozen Heat.
23:18It's on bookshelves now.
23:19We'll have more with Richard Castle after the break.
23:22I'm telling you, it's the perfect cover.
23:29No one's going to suspect us if they know I'm going out with Christina.
23:32Yo.
23:33Castle.
23:33Nice work with the hotel, bro.
23:36See?
23:37Perfect.
23:38Yeah, it's perfect.
23:40So, how far do you plan on taking this date with her?
23:43I'll take her out to a fancy dinner, someplace romantic, where everyone will see us.
23:46Maybe even end up on page six.
23:49How great would that be?
23:50So, that'd be really great.
23:52You are okay with this, right?
23:54Yeah.
23:55Yeah, why?
23:56Just asking.
23:58So, what did we learn about Mandy's helicopter ride?
24:02Well, we found the equipment that she used in her apartment.
24:05It turns out it's all the stuff she stole from Rebecca Fogg.
24:09Rebecca Fogg.
24:10You mean, it wasn't a prank?
24:12I mean, she actually used this stuff?
24:14Mm-hmm.
24:15Why?
24:15Well, we were hoping you could tell us.
24:18Uh, well, she's up in the chopper.
24:19She must have been using the direct talks monitor.
24:20The direct talks monitor, of course.
24:22You have no idea what that is.
24:23No, not a clue.
24:24Mm-hmm.
24:25It's an instrument to test air quality, but she was a glorified spokesmodel.
24:30What the hell was she up to?
24:31Is there any way to find out?
24:33Yeah, the monitor stores measure data.
24:38Whoa, wait.
24:39What?
24:39This can't be right.
24:40What?
24:41It's indicating high levels of styrene.
24:43And is that unusual?
24:45Styrene's a dangerous chemical.
24:46Prolonged exposure can lead to severe respiratory problems.
24:49Like asthma.
24:50Mandy had an asthma attack right after she did that test.
24:53And remember Reggie's statement?
24:54He said Mandy was hanging out at the hospital with those sick kids.
24:57Maybe there's a connection.
25:00She was really nice.
25:01She says she had asthma, too, and that it didn't help follow me back.
25:04When the doctors come in, they don't want to talk to my mom.
25:07The weather lady, she actually wanted to talk to me.
25:10And what kinds of things did she ask you about?
25:12Lots of things, like school and friends.
25:15Last time she asked me where I played baseball.
25:18And what'd you tell her?
25:19Conway Field.
25:19Did she tell you why she wanted to know?
25:22She thought it had something to do with my asthma.
25:27Excuse me.
25:31Hey.
25:32So I just talked with the mothers of all the other patients that Mandy visited with at the hospital.
25:36And they all said the same thing.
25:37Mandy asked them about their practices at Conway Field.
25:39Let me guess.
25:40Conway Field's in New Jersey?
25:41Union County, to be exact.
25:43So I spoke with admissions at the hospital.
25:45And they said the numbers for severe asthma patients are up for that neighborhood.
25:49Well, as a weather girl and someone with asthma, Mandy would have understood the impact of air quality on someone with respiratory illness.
25:57The note said, if any of this gets out, I'll kill you.
26:00What if Mandy found out what or who was responsible for the styrene in the air?
26:04It's possible they had her killed.
26:07So based on the direction that Lenny traveled while Mandy took air samples, they flew over eight factories all near Conway Field.
26:13And of the eight factories, only one produces styrene.
26:17Kizuli Carpeting, it's a chemical byproduct for their manufacturing.
26:20And check out the bottom of one of their bills.
26:23Look familiar?
26:26Their logo has the same design that's on the death threat Mandy got.
26:30Yeah, and the owner of Kizuli Carpeting, George Kizuli, is no stranger to carrying out threats.
26:34Assault in battery, spousal abuse, and the attempted arson of one of his competitors' factories.
26:39Well, then it all makes perfect sense. A hot-headed factory owner is confronted by an idealistic weather girl who accuses him of pumping poison into the air.
26:46And if her allegations went public, he'd face criminal charges. His factory would be shut down.
26:50Only Kizuli shuts her down instead.
26:54Mr. Kizuli, have a seat.
26:56I've seen enough episodes of Lauren order to know how this works.
27:00You think you're going to trick me into saying something that ain't true?
27:03I'll tell you what, I ain't saying another word till my lawyer gets here.
27:06Not a problem. Mr. Kizuli and I will just use that time to go through your file before your lawyer gets here.
27:15Oh, yeah, that'll be helpful.
27:18Big file, huh?
27:19Okay, let's see.
27:22Six months ago, Kizuli modified their carpet backing to create a longer-lasting product.
27:27Who doesn't want longer-lasting carpet?
27:29Yes, but unfortunately, this process released a harmful chemical called styrene.
27:35Now, that's normal in small doses, but in the case of Kizuli's factory, they were way over the legal limit.
27:40That's terrible.
27:41Did Mr. Kizuli know?
27:42You know, it's hard to imagine that he didn't, right?
27:45Anyway, according to this, local weather girl, Mandy Michaels, made a connection between elevated levels of styrene and an increase in asthma cases.
27:52This is not sounding good for Kizuli.
27:54You know, I wonder if he was aware she was looking into this.
27:56Matter of fact, a receptionist at Kizuli Carpeting went on record saying that Mandy showed up at the factory a few days ago, and I bet you she went there to confront Kizuli.
28:05Kizuli had to know that the cost of shutting down production to address the problem would have been sky high.
28:10You know, that explains the threatening note that Mandy got.
28:12If any of this gets out, I will kill you.
28:15I mismatches exactly the Kizuli Carpeting station.
28:18That's why she was at the park.
28:19The Environmental Protection Agency is right around the corner.
28:21You know what, you might be right about that.
28:22When I called them, they confirmed that Mandy was on her way there to drop something in the after-hours box.
28:28I think Kizuli killed her to keep her from turning it in.
28:30All right, enough!
28:32This broad was sticking her nose into something that was none of her business.
28:35She shows up, she's all high, she's almighty with her stupid-ass file of evidence, and I told her, I told her to scram, get out of here, beat it!
28:42And if I ever see your face around here, you're gonna regret it.
28:44I told her, she says to me, if I don't close everything down, she's gonna expose us.
28:48The friggin' note!
28:50The note was to scare away a little bit.
28:52Seemed to work, right, because I never heard from her again.
28:54Come on, give me a break.
28:55I thought this mess was over with.
28:56Thank you, Mr. Kizuli.
28:58Oh, yeah, for what?
28:59For admitting to motive and to threatening Mandy.
29:02What?
29:04He's all yours, Counselor.
29:07Where you been?
29:10Kizuli's lawyer's looking for a plea on the styrene violation.
29:14What about the murder rat?
29:15Claims he's innocent.
29:16Yeah, but unfortunately, we got nothing to place his Kizuli there the night of the murder.
29:19Look, if we can't physically tie him to it, then all we have is speculation.
29:23Without evidence, he's gonna walk.
29:24Hey, something you want to take a look at.
29:26Search warrant came through on Kizuli's office.
29:29We found the file that Mandy left with him.
29:31Now, in her research is this picture of their smokestack.
29:35Looks like it was taken at street level.
29:37Exactly.
29:38Now, take a look at the timestamp.
29:39This picture was taken last Tuesday at 5.47 p.m.
29:42Based on the position of the sun, Tech confirmed that the time was correct.
29:46Meaning what?
29:47Meaning unless Mandy could be at two places at once, she couldn't have taken that photo.
29:50She was on air at 5.47 p.m.
29:52So who took the picture?
29:54She had a partner.
29:55Which is why Mandy told Kizuli they'd expose him.
29:58Well, if she had a partner, then why haven't they come forward?
30:00Maybe they're afraid of Kizuli.
30:02If we can find them, they might have some info on Kizuli.
30:04They'll nail them.
30:05You know what?
30:05Why don't we order dinner and work through?
30:09Hey, man.
30:09Kaz, don't you have a date with Christina Cotera tonight?
30:12Yes, I do.
30:15Hey.
30:16Oh, crap.
30:16I'm late.
30:17Yeah, well, don't let us keep you.
30:20Uh, are you sure you're okay?
30:22Are you okay with this?
30:23Okay?
30:23Are you kidding?
30:24It's Christina Cotera.
30:25Yeah.
30:26Besides, it's just one of you letting cop work get in the way of your busy social life.
30:30There you go.
30:31Enjoy your date.
30:32Right.
30:34Okay.
30:35I'll call you later.
30:38To check on the case.
30:41Okay, guys.
30:41Let's just get back to work.
30:59Surprise.
31:00What are you...
31:01How...
31:01I thought we were meeting at the restaurant.
31:03I know, but this is so much more romantic.
31:05You, me, some oysters.
31:08Oh, wow.
31:09You got oysters in there?
31:10To get us in the mood.
31:12Also, some chocolate-covered strawberries.
31:19Bye.
31:24Well, I spoke with everyone at the station, including her boyfriend.
31:26No one admits to being the partner or even knowing what she was working on.
31:30There's nothing in her phone records, either.
31:36Yeah, well, there's got to be something that we're missing.
31:39Speaking of missing something, Castle should be way more excited about his date tonight.
31:45Why?
31:45According to Celebrity Examiner, Christina is notorious for seducing famous men with her extensive bikini collection.
31:51Huh.
31:55What?
31:56And Jenny buys it and just happened to be opening that page on the coffee table.
31:58What's your point?
31:59Isn't it obvious?
32:00She's totally going to put the moves on her.
32:02No way.
32:03Not going to happen.
32:04Thank you for actually showing some maturity.
32:06He's totally going to put the moves on her.
32:09Don't you guys think that he's actually evolved beyond that by now?
32:13He's a man.
32:14He has a pulse, so...
32:16No.
32:16You know, ever since I saw you on that red carpet, that face of yours, I've been waiting to do this.
32:35Well, I think you've been waiting.
32:37That long, why not wait a few minutes more?
32:40Where are you going?
32:41To the fridge.
32:42Don't put away these strawberries.
32:43Wouldn't want the chocolate to melt.
32:44I can think of a better use for that chocolate.
32:49Ah!
32:50Oh, okay.
32:51See, let's talk about this for a second.
32:56Oh, you want to talk?
32:58Well, I just...
32:59What are we...
33:00What are we doing here?
33:06Hey, Castle, how's your day?
33:08What have you done?
33:10Oh!
33:11Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
33:11Get back, get back.
33:12Whoa, whoa!
33:13Castle?
33:13Oh!
33:14Sorry.
33:18Don't worry.
33:20I got it.
33:24Okay, I'll help, I'll help.
33:29Hi, you've reached Richard Castle.
33:31Lucky you.
33:32Now that that's out of the way, where were we?
33:49Um, um, oysters.
33:52Oh, let's skip the oysters.
33:54Really?
33:54Why are you playing so hard to kiss?
33:55Why are you playing so hard to kiss?
33:57I'm not, I just...
33:59You are.
34:00No.
34:00You know, no man has ever said no to me.
34:03Well, there was one.
34:05Really?
34:05That sounds like an interesting story.
34:07Tell me about him.
34:08How did he get away?
34:09I assure you, it had nothing to do with me.
34:13Oh.
34:14Okay.
34:15Whoa.
34:16Whoa.
34:16Uh-oh.
34:23Where are we?
34:28Castle?
34:31I, I, uh, I...
34:34I know who the killer is.
34:42Look, I tried everything to get away.
34:44I hid under the counter.
34:46I was hiding in the bathroom.
34:47At one point, I tried to pull a gate fear up under the piano.
34:49Yet when I walked in, she was straddling you on the couch.
34:52Right?
34:53She's like the Terminator of sex puns.
34:54What is that even supposed to mean?
34:56She just keeps on coming?
34:57Well, that's...
34:59The only reason I went on the date in the first place
35:04was because you made a big deal about being single in public.
35:07Castle, I have 12 missed phone calls from Chip the sportscaster
35:11because he thinks that I'm single.
35:12But that doesn't mean that I'm going to let him mount me
35:14in his Speedos just to prove it.
35:17You didn't tell me he called.
35:19Really? You're going to play the jealousy card now.
35:21Okay, look, I'll make it up to you, all right?
35:23Whatever you want.
35:24What I want is not to have this image of a bikini-clad woman
35:26stuffing her boobs in your face.
35:28So, good luck with that.
35:29Don't I even get credit for figuring out who the killer is?
35:31No!
35:32Later in the week, we'll be seeing a warming trend.
35:44Mr. Haxton, can we have a word?
35:47I'm about to go live with a story.
35:49So are we.
35:53I just had a very interesting conversation with Christina Cotera.
35:56She told me that you are the one man
35:59who's rejected her advances in the past.
36:01Yep.
36:02The one man.
36:05Well, I don't see how that's relevant.
36:07Well, her pride was hurt, so she did a little digging.
36:10Turns out, you did have a secret relationship,
36:13just not with Mandy.
36:15She discovered you have a boyfriend
36:17that no one here knows about.
36:18Oh, my personal life's none of your business.
36:27Normally, yes, but it became our business
36:28when we found out that you lied to us
36:30about why you were at Mandy's apartment
36:32and about what you were fighting over.
36:35Now, did you take this photo?
36:36No.
36:37Wow, that's funny,
36:38because a search of your apartment
36:39turned up a camera
36:40with this and other photos on it.
36:42She was your partner.
36:43She was helping you with the story,
36:44so why didn't you come forward?
36:46Well, there's only one conceivable reason,
36:48because you killed her.
36:52She was a colleague and a friend.
36:54Why would I kill her?
36:56Because she uncovered the expose of a lifetime.
36:59A story that big has to be vetted by legal.
37:01That can take weeks, even months.
37:03But Mandy couldn't wait that long,
37:05not while kids were getting sick.
37:06So she decided to turn the findings over to the EPA.
37:09At which point, you lose your big exclusive.
37:12Now, when was the last time you had a big exclusive?
37:15This is crazy.
37:17This is crazy.
37:18You think I killed someone for a story.
37:21We know it was you, Miles.
37:23We found gunshot residue on the clothes in your hamper.
37:26On the ski mask.
37:28The shirt.
37:32S-
37:33You have to understand.
37:46It was an accident.
37:50I only meant to scare her.
37:53I thought if I could just get those files back,
37:55I could stop her.
37:56I'd be able to break the story like she promised.
38:00But she fought me.
38:04She fought me and went and grabbed for the gun.
38:08Why would she fight me?
38:09I mean, I didn't even know the gun was loaded.
38:15Well, the station manager confirmed Miles was on thin ice.
38:18The only way he could save his career was to break a splashy story.
38:21So he made a deal with Mandy to help her in exchange for the exclusive.
38:24Right, and then when she betrayed him, he snuck out of the press party to confront her,
38:29and then things just got bad from there.
38:31Gotta say, I'm pretty brave of Mandy to take up that cause.
38:34Not what you'd expect from what people said about her.
38:36Funny how her co-workers thought they knew her so well.
38:38She had this whole secret life she was hiding from them.
38:42Yeah.
38:43Hey, it's late.
38:44I'm gonna get out of here.
38:45Yeah, me too.
38:47Walk you up?
38:48Uh, no, thanks.
38:50I'm good.
38:52Good night, guys.
38:53Good night.
39:01Ow.
39:02Good night.
39:03Good night.
39:07Look, it's Reggie.
39:10And finally, here is number one on this week's top ten sports moments of the week.
39:15This one's sent in from a Reggie Blake fan.
39:17This is what happens when you try to barge through to see the blip.
39:28Yeah, I'm guessing those eager fans did not get an autograph.
39:32Yo, you took that punch from me.
39:35Yeah.
39:36You didn't have to do that.
39:38Well, it's what partners do, right?
39:41Come on.
39:46Let's go get a beer.
39:48I'm buying.
39:50Cool.
39:51Uh, anywhere but a sports bar.
39:53Definitely not a sports bar.
39:55I'm sorry.
40:10I'm sorry.
40:11I should not have gone on that date.
40:13I should have said no.
40:15Then why didn't you?
40:16Well, I'm no good at this.
40:17Pretending to be single.
40:18Kelly Castle, neither am I.
40:20And the last thing I want to do is have to worry about you with other women.
40:24Well, for the record, I wasn't going to sleep with her.
40:28I know.
40:30Look, that's not even the point.
40:32The point is, is...
40:33I don't even know how to do this.
40:37Do you remember when Miles said that it's inevitable that this will fall apart?
40:41That it's destined to implode?
40:43Just a reminder, Miles is a lying killer.
40:48But, okay, maybe people find out.
40:51And maybe we won't get to work together.
40:53And maybe we'll implode.
40:55Or maybe we'll continue to be amazing.
40:59Or just, we don't have the answers.
41:01We just have to live with the questions.
41:03And find our way.
41:09Okay, can...
41:10Well, can we just start here, then?
41:13Can we say that we will talk about dating other people,
41:16but we won't actually date other people?
41:19Yeah, I can...
41:19No, I can do that.
41:20Okay, good.
41:21Because I have a gun, and you don't really have a choice.
41:23Clearly, I don't have a choice.
41:24No.
41:31I'm sorry.
41:32I can't.
41:34It's too soon.
41:35I keep seeing her boobs in your face.
41:37I keep seeing her boobs in your face.
42:07I keep seeing her boobs in your face.