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Castle Season 5 Episode 5
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00:01Tessa, I'm home.
00:09Tess?
00:11Tess?
00:13You here?
00:30Oh, it's you.
00:42Who'd you think it was?
00:43I don't know. I heard rustling.
00:44And you were gonna fight them off with that?
00:46This could be very...
00:51What are you doing here? I thought you weren't coming till next weekend.
00:53How'd they do laundry? I ran out of clothes.
00:56Already? It's only been two weeks.
00:58Not that I'm not thrilled to see you, but don't they have washing machines on campus?
01:02They're not as nice.
01:03And by nice, you mean free.
01:05Pretty much.
01:06Right.
01:07You're going to need more orange juice, by the way.
01:11Oh, and I finished the ice cream, too.
01:16And how long have you been here?
01:18Ten minutes.
01:19Wow.
01:20Well, as long as you are here, how about a Guitar Hero tournament?
01:24I have been riding all weekend. I could use a break.
01:27Oh, actually, I gotta go. I'm meeting some friends for a study session, and I'm already late.
01:32What about your laundry?
01:35It's okay. You know, get it later.
01:37Bye, Dad.
01:38Bye.
01:39Well, I mean, she came home at least, right?
01:41Yeah, I just wish it was for more than laundry and supplies.
01:43Should we get some writing time?
01:44With Mother gone? Are you kidding? Two chapters.
01:46But I've got to rewrite the crime scene right now. Boring.
01:49Maybe this will inspire you, Castle.
01:51Pretty damn freaky.
01:53Name's Tessa Horton, 29.
01:56Rommate came home from a weekend away, found her up there.
01:59Oh, jeez. Who puts a body on a ceiling?
02:02Beats me, but I probably won't sleep for weeks.
02:04Looks like something out of one of your books, right?
02:06Cause of death?
02:07Ligature marks and petechias suggest strangulation.
02:10What about this wound on her forehead?
02:11It's non-lethal. Given the detail, looks like it was carved by some kind of razor.
02:15It's a symbol of some kind.
02:17Do you recognize that?
02:18No, but the killer went through a lot of trouble. It must mean something.
02:21It's not easy hanging a body, and she's at least a hundred pounds.
02:24I checked in with CSU. They found prints in the hallway, but the apartment is spotless.
02:29Looks like it's been wiped down. This guy cleaned up bad for himself.
02:32He didn't mind taking his time.
02:34So the killer knew that the roommate was gonna be out of town.
02:37What's the security like in this place?
02:39Buzzer on the front door. No doorman or security cameras.
02:41But there's no sign of forced entry. No sign of a struggle.
02:45She knew him.
02:48Alright, canvas neighboring apartments for anyone that saw or heard anything.
02:51And I want to know what this symbol means.
02:55You know, if Tessa knew our killer, it's possible that her roommate could shed some light on all of this.
03:00Every time I close my eyes, I see her hanging there.
03:04What did she do for a living?
03:06She was an insurance broker for commercial real estate.
03:10Kurtzman Insurance.
03:11Did she have a lot of friends?
03:13She was shy.
03:15And a workaholic.
03:16I practically had to drag her out of the house.
03:18Was it her boyfriend then?
03:20Actually, she did start seeing someone maybe six weeks ago.
03:26Do you know who?
03:27That's the thing. She never did say.
03:29She acted like it was some big secret.
03:32Like maybe he was married or something.
03:35But he bought her jewelry and took her to these fancy dinners.
03:39She said no one's ever treated her that way before.
03:44Did she tell you anything else about him?
03:46The way he looked? Where they met?
03:49No.
03:50All she said was he was every woman's fairy tale.
03:53Rich, handsome and generous.
03:55Some fairy tale.
03:58I'll tell you this much.
03:59There's a lot more to this story than an affair with a married man.
04:02Maybe, but we won't know what until we find him.
04:05Get on her phone records.
04:06See if you can ID this guy.
04:07I'll have them pull her emails too.
04:09Anything on that symbol yet?
04:10Put a call into the feds.
04:11They're running through their database right now.
04:17What?
04:18The way he left the body, the time it took.
04:22Whoever did this, he liked it.
04:28If she had a boyfriend, nothing happened that night.
04:30There are no signs of sexual assault or activity.
04:33Death was by strangulation.
04:34Looks like a rope or a scarf.
04:36Were we able to narrow down a time?
04:38Somewhere between 2 and 3 a.m. Saturday morning.
04:41Lividity and pooling indicate the body was hung from the ceiling post-mortem.
04:45Why would he hang her body after he killed her?
04:48A ritual?
04:49That's not all that's weird.
04:51Strangulation is a violent act.
04:53But there were no signs that she fought back.
04:55No skin under the fingernails.
04:57No bruising.
04:58So I did some checking.
04:59She was drugged.
05:01Lung tissue suggests exposure to chloroform.
05:04Also, your killer was careful.
05:06He was wearing gloves.
05:08How can you tell?
05:09Traces of talcum powder on the body.
05:11The same talc used in surgical gloves
05:13or the evidence gloves that you use at the crime scenes.
05:16Whoever this person is, they know exactly what they were doing.
05:20He's done this before.
05:22Ritualistic killing takes pleasure in it.
05:24Significant care exhibited at the crime scene.
05:27All the hallmarks of a serial killer.
05:29Yeah, but I've never seen this M.O.
05:31Hey, bad news.
05:32The feds struck out on the symbol.
05:34It bears some similarities to some ancient alchemy signs,
05:37but they've never seen this one before.
05:38Any luck on the phone records?
05:39No, but she spent a lot of time on the phone to a blocked number.
05:43Phone company traced it to an unlisted burner phone with a stolen SIM.
05:46So he planned ahead.
05:48What about her emails?
05:49Nothing from her mystery lover.
05:51So I had them take a look at her hard drive.
05:53Turns out portions of it have been surgically wiped,
05:55like someone covering their tracks.
05:57So we're back to square one?
05:58Not necessarily.
05:59Tessa's roommate said that he gave her some jewelry.
06:02Maybe he left a fingerprint on one of those pieces.
06:04I'll head to replace, see what I can find out.
06:07Jewelry?
06:08I never would have thought of that.
06:10I guess I'll have to remind you when my birthday's coming up.
06:13Why, Detective Beckett, was that a hint you just dropped?
06:15Why, Mr. Castle, I do believe it was.
06:18Shameless.
06:19Yo, Beckett.
06:20You got a second?
06:21I need a word.
06:25Okay, so...
06:27What's up?
06:28We got the CSU report back.
06:29Mm-hmm.
06:30The inside of Tessa's apartment was wiped clean.
06:32Yeah, well, we expected that.
06:34Maybe we didn't expect this.
06:35CSU were able to pull prints off the outside doorknob
06:38and from around the door frame.
06:40And they found a set that didn't match Tessa's or her roommates.
06:43When they ran it, they found it matched someone else in the system.
06:46Okay, who?
06:48Richard Castle.
06:56Yeah, uh...
06:57That can't be right.
06:58You know what?
06:59It was probably just an accident.
07:01He probably touched them on his way in before putting his gloves on.
07:05Yeah.
07:06That would explain it.
07:07Except that CSU collected them before either of you arrived.
07:10Are you sure about this?
07:11Look for yourself, bro.
07:12Castle, think.
07:13Is it possible that you touched the doorknob or the frame on your way in?
07:17I was open when I came in, but I guess I must have.
07:18Had you been in that building before?
07:19Not before today.
07:20What about the victim?
07:21Are you sure you didn't know her?
07:22Javi.
07:23What?
07:24You don't have to ask.
07:25No, it's simple, okay?
07:26He touched the door when he walked in.
07:27See if you got the time frame wrong.
07:28That's the only explanation.
07:29Unless I got an evil twin.
07:30Twins don't have the same fingerprints.
07:31It's a common misconception.
07:32This was you.
07:33Yeah, I know I was joking.
07:34Contaminated a crime scene is not a joke.
07:35I'll square this way with CSU.
07:36I'll square this way with CSU.
07:37I'll put it in the frame.
07:38I'll put it in the frame.
07:39I'll put it in the frame on your way in.
07:40I was open when I came in, but I guess I must have.
07:41Had you been in that building before?
07:42Not before today.
07:43What about the victim?
07:44Are you sure you didn't know her?
07:45Javi.
07:46What?
07:47You don't have to ask.
07:48No, it's simple, okay?
07:49He touched the door when he walked in.
07:50CSU got the time frame wrong.
07:51That's the only explanation.
07:52Unless I got an evil twin.
07:54Twins don't have the same fingerprints.
07:56It's a common misconception.
07:57This was you.
07:58Yeah, I know I was joking.
07:59Contaminated a crime scene is not a joke.
08:01I'll square this way with CSU.
08:03You watch your hands next time, okay?
08:05Sorry.
08:08Just be careful.
08:09Yeah, yeah, yeah.
08:12Beckett.
08:13So, I've been through all of Tessa's belongings.
08:14No sign of any high-end jewelry.
08:16But from the empty spaces in her jewel box,
08:18there might be some pieces missing.
08:20He took back the ones he gave her.
08:21It's like he knew what we were looking for.
08:23This guy really knows how to cover his tracks.
08:24No, no.
08:25Not all of them.
08:26The canvas of the building turned up a neighbor
08:28who claims he saw someone heading to her apartment
08:29at 745 on Friday night.
08:31Did the neighbor get a good look at him?
08:32No, he got a clear shot right through his front door peephole.
08:34Bringing in a sketch artist right now.
08:36All right, get it over as soon as it's done.
08:38The roommate might be able to ID him.
08:39You got it.
08:40Detective?
08:49The roommate identified him as Tessa's boss.
08:51Lloyd Kirschman, CEO of Kirschman Insurance Brokerage.
08:54Any priors?
08:55He's a major.
08:56He's got a couple of harassment suits,
08:57but he does have a sealed juvie file.
08:59A juvie file?
09:00Call Judge Markway.
09:01Kurtzman was torturing puppies as a kid, I want to know.
09:05Good looking and rich, huh?
09:07Just like Tessa's mystery man.
09:08And, like Tessa's mystery man, he's married.
09:11She was such a glowing presence.
09:14You couldn't help but notice her.
09:17It's hard to imagine anyone wanting to kill her.
09:19I'm sure it is.
09:21Were the two of you close?
09:22As close as I am to any of my employees.
09:24And when was the last time that you saw her?
09:26Friday morning.
09:28At her staff meeting.
09:29Friday morning?
09:30Are you sure?
09:32Yes.
09:33Not Friday evening.
09:36No.
09:37So you didn't go to Tessa's apartment at 745?
09:40Her apartment?
09:41No.
09:42No.
09:43That's funny.
09:44We have a witness that saw you there that night.
09:55Mr. Kurtzman, where were you Friday night?
09:59Uh, um...
10:06I'd like to speak to my lawyer now.
10:12He's not talking.
10:13I guess a confession was too much to hope for.
10:16Some story that might explain it all.
10:18Yeah, I've got teams at his home and his office.
10:20We'll know more after the search.
10:21But Esposito talked to his wife and she said he didn't come home that night.
10:24He was working late.
10:26I'm guessing he wasn't at work.
10:28No.
10:31I wonder if there were others.
10:32Or if she was the first.
10:34If her glowing presence awakened something inside him.
10:40What's wrong?
10:43It's just that crime scene.
10:45What about it?
10:46The person that killed Tessa was meticulous.
10:48But when we questioned Kurtzman, he got all flustered.
10:52So?
10:53So if he put that much thought into killing her,
10:55then why didn't you have an alibi prepared?
10:58Perhaps because he was so meticulous he didn't expect to get gone.
11:11Hey.
11:13Hey, what'd you find?
11:14Well, they're still processing.
11:15But so far, there's nothing in his house or office that connects Kurtzman to the murder.
11:19Did you check his emails?
11:20Yeah.
11:21There's no mysterious deletions from his hard drive.
11:23No unusual activity.
11:24Nothing in his phone records either.
11:25Okay.
11:26Well, that's not a surprise.
11:27I mean, if he's done this before, he knows how to cover his tracks.
11:29What about his juvie record?
11:30A couple of fights.
11:31Stole a neighbor's car.
11:32Nothing that explains this.
11:33Nothing that explains this.
11:34So then all we have is the neighbor's ID?
11:36That's not enough to make a case.
11:37I think I might have found something that can help.
11:39Something Kurtzman may have missed.
11:41A diamond earring?
11:42We found it in the couch.
11:43CSU couldn't pull a print off it, but you see the design?
11:46That's custom.
11:47Erica Courtney.
11:48And you know this, Sal?
11:50I recognized it from when Ginny and I went ring shopping.
11:52Anyway, I called up the showroom.
11:54They confirmed it's one of theirs.
11:55And do they have a record of who they sold it to?
11:57Yeah, I ran the name and the address.
11:58They're both fake.
11:59What about the credit card info?
12:00Buyer paid with cashier's check, 12 grand.
12:03So we have no way of tracing him or the payment?
12:05No, but the store uses digital surveillance and they just sent over the tapes.
12:14Here's the time code for our point of sale.
12:16That's our guy.
12:18Look at his height, build, hair color.
12:21That's not Kurtzman.
12:23That's Castle.
12:30There's another explanation.
12:31Like what?
12:32I don't know.
12:33Okay?
12:34It's somebody else.
12:35Someone that looks like Castle.
12:36We found his fingerprints at the crime scene.
12:38We got him on video buying jewelry for our victim.
12:41It can't be a coincidence.
12:42Javi, what are you saying?
12:43That Castle's a killer?
12:44Wait, wait, wait.
12:45None of us are saying that.
12:46All he's saying is that if it were anyone else, we'd look into it.
12:50We can start by looking at his financials.
12:52See if there's any unusual activity around the time of the purchase.
13:01Fine.
13:02But we do it quietly and he never finds out about it.
13:11What are you doing?
13:12Javi, there's something you need to know.
13:15Beckett and Castle?
13:17When did they start?
13:18I'm not sure, but I know they were together that weekend in the Hamptons.
13:21Why wouldn't she tell us?
13:22I guess she was afraid Gates would find out and use NYPD rigs to give Castle a poo.
13:27I was going to keep it a secret myself, but under the circumstances.
13:31Normally, I'd be happy for them.
13:33Yeah.
13:34Hey, you don't really think that Castle had anything to do with this, do you?
13:38No.
13:39Come on, man.
13:40He's my friend, too.
13:41The best thing we can do is try to prove this evidence wrong.
13:47Hey, Javi.
13:51Wait a minute.
13:52Did I throw a party and forget again?
13:53It's not a party.
13:54Search warrant.
13:55Gloves.
13:56Okay, guys.
13:57I get it.
13:58The fingerprint thing.
13:59I'm sorry.
14:00Lesson learned.
14:01You can all go home.
14:02It's not a joke, bro.
14:03Take him to the kitchen.
14:04Kitchen?
14:05I just...
14:06Beckett.
14:07Beckett, what is this?
14:08We found a piece of jewelry in Tessa's apartment and we traced it back to the man that bought
14:15it for her.
14:16Castle was you.
14:17What are you talking about?
14:18It was purchased.
14:19It was purchased.
14:20I'm sorry.
14:21I'm sorry.
14:22Lesson learned.
14:23You can all go home.
14:24I'm sorry.
14:25Lesson learned.
14:26You can all go home.
14:27It's not a joke, bro.
14:28Take him to the kitchen.
14:29Kitchen?
14:30I just...
14:31Beggett.
14:32Beggett, what is this?
14:33Castle was you.
14:34What are you talking about?
14:37It was purchased with a cashier's check for $12,780.
14:42Earlier that day, you withdrew the same amount of money from your pocket account as a cashier's
14:48check.
14:49You looked into my finances?
14:51You're investigating me?
14:52Castle.
14:53Kate, this is not me.
14:54And I didn't buy any jewelry.
14:55I certainly didn't use a cashier's check.
14:57Then you need to explain it.
14:59This, the withdrawal, the fingerprint.
15:02You need to tell me what the hell's going on.
15:06Beggett.
15:08In here.
15:25What is it?
15:28Guys, what is it?
15:30Kate!
15:31Richard Castle.
15:32You're under arrest for the murder of Tessa Horton.
15:35Turn around.
15:36You're under arrest for the murder of Tessa Horton.
15:39Turn around.
15:40You're under arrest for the murder of Tessa Horton.
15:41You're under arrest.
15:42The police say it can't only be used against you when a court of law.
15:46I was right for that son.
15:49What do you say can't only be used against you in court of law?
15:57The bag is part of a set that he owns.
16:00The wire and hooks are identical to the ones used to bind the victim.
16:04There was also a shirt inside that had some blood spatter on it.
16:06The lab says it's a match to Tess's.
16:09What's he saying?
16:10That he's never seen any of it before in his life.
16:13Sir, he's not a killer.
16:15And how do you explain all of this?
16:17The evidence isn't the whole story.
16:20Castle's taught me that.
16:21You know, I'm not always a fan of Mr. Castle's detective,
16:24but even I'm having trouble believing he'd do something so heinous.
16:28So then what will we do?
16:29Our jobs.
16:31Check his emails, computer files, and phone records.
16:33If he was involved with this girl, there's bound to be a record.
16:36Beckett, you talk to the family.
16:38See if anyone else has access to his place.
16:41Sir.
16:44Don't thank me yet, detective.
16:45We're going to follow the evidence no matter where it leads us.
16:54You guys, when you look through Castle's phone records...
16:58It's okay.
16:59We know.
17:00We won't tell Gates unless we have to.
17:03You know?
17:06How?
17:07Well, I mean, it's us, so...
17:10We didn't say anything because we figured it was nobody's business.
17:13But we've got to ask, were you with him that night?
17:15No.
17:17He...
17:18I was supposed to be.
17:21His mom was out of town, and then he said that he needed time to write.
17:26Where's Beckett?
17:37Under the circumstances, I think it's best if I handle the interrogation.
17:42Come on, Captain.
17:43This is insane.
17:44I didn't do anything.
17:45Well, we still need to investigate, and you know that.
17:47So, let's start with your relationship to the victim.
17:50Okay.
17:50I didn't have one.
17:51Then, any idea how your fingerprints ended up at the crime scene?
17:54Well, we went over that.
17:56CSU made a mistake.
17:57They say they didn't.
17:59Castle, if you knew her...
18:00I didn't know her.
18:02She was seeing someone.
18:03Someone her roommate described as handsome and rich.
18:06I'm flattered, but it wasn't me.
18:08Detective, his family's here.
18:12Oh.
18:13Where's Richard?
18:14What's going on?
18:18Of course, it has my fingerprints on it.
18:20It's my bag, but I didn't put that stuff in there.
18:22Then, who did?
18:23What about Kurtzman?
18:25We know he was at her apartment that night, and he lied about it.
18:28Kurtzman alibied out.
18:29What?
18:31When?
18:32An hour ago.
18:33His lawyer got him to cooperate.
18:35Turns out, he was lured there.
18:36Lured?
18:37By a text message.
18:38Tessa sent.
18:39Only, it wasn't from Tessa.
18:40It was from a burner phone.
18:42When Kurtzman showed up at Tessa, she told him that she didn't send it,
18:45so she sent him on his way.
18:46Then, why did he lie about it?
18:48Because he spent the rest of the evening with a paid companion,
18:51and didn't want his wife to know.
18:57So, what about you, Mr. Castle?
19:02Where were you the night of the murder?
19:04I was at home, writing.
19:10And did anyone see you there?
19:11No, I was...
19:13alone.
19:15So, for the record,
19:17you're saying you have no alibi?
19:23I think I'd like my lawyer now.
19:25Well, this is madness.
19:27This is just madness.
19:28It's temporary.
19:29We just need to find out the truth.
19:31Now, can anyone else access your apartment?
19:33Does anyone have keys?
19:34Well, Elisa, the housekeeper.
19:35Yeah, but she's been with us for 15 years.
19:37And there's a security system.
19:39Even if someone had a key, the alarm would go off.
19:41Have you noticed anyone out of the ordinary in the building lately?
19:43A maintenance worker, delivery man?
19:45Anyone that could have been casing the place?
19:47No, no, no, no.
19:48Nothing.
19:51Thanks.
19:52I'll be here.
19:59Hey.
20:00Hey.
20:01Hey.
20:04Castle, whoever is behind this, whatever is going on, I will figure this out.
20:08I promise.
20:10I know.
20:14In the meantime, you have some visitors.
20:17Dad?
20:17Oh.
20:19Oh, Richard.
20:22Oh, darling.
20:27What?
20:31Tech just finished with Castle's computer.
20:33Parts of it have been wiped.
20:35Just like Tessa's.
20:36Were they able to recover anything?
20:41They found a file that he deleted.
20:44It was a story concept about how to commit the perfect murder.
20:47Beckett, the character gets away with it by staging a crime scene so bizarre the cops can't see.
20:54He's hiding right under their noses.
20:55It was like a dry run on paper.
20:59All the way down to the weird symbol that we found on the victim's forehead.
21:03We found something else on his drive.
21:05Emails.
21:06Dozens of them.
21:08Between Castle and the victim.
21:13Beckett.
21:16They'd been having an affair.
21:17They started up about eight weeks ago, according to those emails.
21:31He met her after one of his book signings, and he asked her out for coffee, and that was...
21:37It was just a couple of weeks after we started seeing each other.
21:41Oh, sweetie.
21:42He told her that he needed to keep it a secret because he was with someone else.
21:49And then when he tried to break it off about a week ago, she threatened to go and tell his girlfriend.
21:55He offered to come over to her apartment to talk things through.
22:00And that was the night of the murder.
22:03He had motive.
22:05What did Castle say when you talked to him?
22:08He said that the emails were faked.
22:10He said he never wrote that story, and that he was being framed.
22:17You should have seen him, Lainey.
22:19He looked like a little boy.
22:20He was so scared.
22:24I know him, Lainey.
22:28He is an immature, egotistical, self-centered jackass sometimes, but he's not this.
22:38Are you sure?
22:58They say dogs can smell fear.
23:01Did you know that some humans can as well?
23:06You reek of it.
23:06Tell you something.
23:10I prefer 3XK.
23:13How long has it been since I left you and Detective Ryan in that motel room?
23:19Somebody!
23:20Help!
23:20Somebody!
23:20I need some help in here!
23:22I can't hear you.
23:23Or see you.
23:24I'm afraid I'm much more thorough than that.
23:27You did this.
23:28You killed Tessa.
23:31She's not my type.
23:33I prefer blondes, remember?
23:36Here's a much more believable story.
23:38You killed Tessa.
23:40It practically writes itself.
23:42After all, you commit murder every day in your mind for your books.
23:45It's not hard to imagine that you'd eventually cross the line.
23:51Why are you doing this, Tyson?
23:534 years, Castle.
23:54I gave up 4 years of my life, planning the perfect vanishing act so that the cops would stop looking for me so that I could begin again.
24:06Could begin killing again.
24:07So that I could taste that fear.
24:09Again.
24:124 years.
24:14You ruined it.
24:16One of its revenge you wanted, why not just kill me?
24:19Where's the fun in that?
24:20No, no, no.
24:21It's more fun to destroy you.
24:24Why do you think I let you live that night in the motel?
24:26People think it's killing that I like, but murder's just an act.
24:31It's all about the anticipation, the planning.
24:36Watching you and your daughter taking a walk.
24:42You and Beckett making love.
24:46Standing in your living room.
24:49Being inside your life.
24:52Knowing that I'm going to take it all away from you.
24:56That's what I like.
25:00You won't get away with this.
25:01Please.
25:03What are you going to do?
25:04Are you going to tell them that I came here?
25:06You think that they're going to believe the lies of a desperate man?
25:12Beckett will.
25:14Even if she does, she can't save you.
25:18There's no time.
25:19When the DA files charges tomorrow, they're going to send you to Central Booking, the tombs.
25:24I have people waiting for you.
25:28You will not last the night.
25:33And that'll be her punishment.
25:35Believing that you were innocent and not being able to stop it.
25:39It'll haunt her for the rest of her life.
25:44Lucky for you, you'll be dead.
25:46We went through the surveillance footage from last night.
26:08There's no evidence that Jerry Tyson was in the station, and there is no evidence that the system had been tampered with.
26:15Beckett, I swear to you, he was here.
26:17Castle.
26:17No, I know.
26:18I sound crazy.
26:19A desperate story from a desperate man.
26:21Just like you want it.
26:23You're right.
26:24It does sound desperate.
26:25But it's the first time that this story has made sense.
26:35You believe me?
26:37I never stopped.
26:51He's going to kill me, Kate.
26:53I can't run.
26:55I can't hide.
26:57What am I supposed to do?
27:01I'm telling you, it's the triple killer.
27:03Strangulation, Mr. X planting evidence.
27:06It's Tyson's M.O.
27:073XK targeted multiple victims.
27:09Always women, never men.
27:10So why the change?
27:11Revenge.
27:12That's the only thing that explains everything.
27:14No, not everything.
27:15Not that video of Castle.
27:17Yeah, actually it might.
27:18Tyson did something similar in the Russo case.
27:20Used a double feather cameras to throw us off.
27:22Sir, the D.A. has already filed charges.
27:24They're going to send him to Central Booking today.
27:26We know that we can prove this.
27:27We just need more time.
27:29You want the D.A.'s office to do what?
27:31All we're asking for is a delay until we can sort all this out.
27:34No.
27:35What you're asking for is preferential treatment for a murder suspect.
27:38You want to sort this out, you sort it out after he's arraigned.
27:41No, I don't think you understand.
27:42There's not going to be an after.
27:43If it's his safety you're concerned about, we're prepared to put him in protective custody.
27:46Do you have any idea who you're dealing with?
27:49Do you even know what Jerry Tyson has proven himself capable of?
27:54Who do you think met with the families of his victims and held their hands when he slipped through your fingers, detective?
28:00I'm very aware of what 3XK is capable of.
28:03Then you should know that your protective custody isn't worth a damn...
28:06If he wants to kill Castle, he's going to find a way to do it.
28:10Captain Gates, aside from your unsubstantiated claim from a murder suspect,
28:15can you offer the D.A.'s office one shred of evidence of 3XK's involvement?
28:18Not at this time.
28:23Then we're done here.
28:25I've spent some time in Central.
28:27I've seen the tombs.
28:28The way they stack bodies in those cells.
28:30If there's a bounty on Castle's head, protective custody ain't going to do jack.
28:33That's assuming Tyson paid off a prisoner.
28:35It could be a guard.
28:36So we can't protect him.
28:37Not there.
28:43We have to stop that transfer.
28:45We need evidence that 3XK was involved.
28:49Yeah, but we got nothing to go on.
28:50Okay, to pull this off, he needed access to Castle's loft.
28:53So get teams over there and tear that place apart.
28:56Find me a fingerprint, a hidden microphone, broken window jam, anything that puts him there.
29:00Tessa was seeing someone.
29:01If it wasn't Castle.
29:03Then maybe it was Tyson.
29:05Hit her office.
29:06Look for files, schedules, client lists.
29:07There's got to be something that ties back to him.
29:15Hey, I just heard from the team at Castle's loft.
29:21Nothing yet.
29:23So it's going to happen just like Tyson said, huh?
29:26Not going to be able to save him in time.
29:28We're not done yet.
29:32How?
29:35How secure is holding?
29:37Well, you're not even thinking about that.
29:39We're talking about his life.
29:40We can't let them take it.
29:41Are you crazy?
29:41It would never work.
29:42You'll never even get out of holding.
29:43Tyson did it.
29:44Because nobody was looking for him.
29:46He had weeks to plan it.
29:46Maybe even long.
29:48I know how you feel about the guy.
29:50I love him too.
29:52There's nothing we can do.
29:54Becky?
29:56They're here.
29:56This is so much less fun than the other night at your place.
30:15Do you remember the first time you handcuffed me?
30:18We were at the New York Public Library.
30:21Remember how angry you were that I wouldn't stop investigating that case?
30:24Yeah, I remember.
30:28What I wouldn't give to be there now.
30:34Castle, this isn't over.
30:37I promise you I will get you out.
30:40It's okay.
30:42Whatever happens, it's okay.
30:45Okay.
30:45I don't know.
31:15I'm sorry.
31:28Don't be sorry.
31:29I don't need sorry.
31:31I need to find this son of a bitch and put him in the ground.
31:35Detective Beckett?
31:37What?
31:37We're here to transport one of yours, a central.
31:40A, uh, Richard Castle?
31:48Yes.
31:49I'm looking at the transport order right here.
31:50No, the paperwork says that the badge number was 871324.
31:53Are you sure?
31:55Sandra Wilkins says he never arrived.
31:57They don't know where in the hell he is.
31:59Right.
32:00Okay.
32:01The badge numbers on the paperwork don't exist.
32:03They were imposters.
32:04It's gotta be Tyson.
32:05He set this up.
32:06He isn't gonna have Castle killed.
32:08He's gonna kill him himself.
32:09Well, the DA's calling it a prisoner escape.
32:11They've issued an APB and instructed me to begin a manhunt.
32:14What?
32:15They think Castle did this?
32:16Well, as far as they're concerned, he's well-connected, knows our procedure, and has substantial resources.
32:20That's ridiculous.
32:21You two keep working to Tyson Angle.
32:25I've got this.
32:27These sources.
32:32You believe that?
32:34Brandon Castle, a fugitive, when he's probably being held captive by a serial killer?
32:38So what's our next one?
32:42Move.
32:51Oh, thank God you're okay.
33:07Thank God you understood my message.
33:10The first time that I cuffed you what you wouldn't give to be back there now.
33:15Come on.
33:16Yeah.
33:19I knew I couldn't call once I left.
33:21Castle, how did you do it?
33:22How did you escape?
33:23I'm a great lawyer.
33:24Come on.
33:25Someone would be a favor.
33:26The less you know, the better.
33:27But the good news is, I'm still alive.
33:29The DA has branded you a fugitive.
33:32Every cop in New York is looking for you.
33:34Yes, well, they won't be the only ones after the five o'clock news.
33:37And by now, they've tagged my phone, my house, my accounts.
33:39I'm not gonna last long out here.
33:41We have to act quickly.
33:42I've got teens at your place looking for any trace of Tyson.
33:44Ryan is wading through paperwork at Tessa's office to see if there's a connection.
33:48Well, that could take weeks.
33:49I think I got something better sitting and holding.
33:51I kept thinking, how could he possibly pull this off?
33:54How could he get video of me buying those earrings?
33:57And then it hit me.
34:00Broadway casting.
34:01You want someone to play a role?
34:03You cast it.
34:04But this notice from four months ago by a celebrity lookalike for...
34:08Private book club party.
34:10Look who they're looking for.
34:11James Patterson, Stephen King, J.K. Roth.
34:13And me.
34:17Yeah, we placed that ad.
34:19Sent a couple of headshots over to the client's P.O. box, but never heard back.
34:23Shoot.
34:25Uh, could I get the address?
34:27Sure.
34:28And did you send over an Aint Richard Castles?
34:30Let me check.
34:34Just one.
34:35Great.
34:35We'll need his information as well.
34:37Okay.
34:38Thanks.
34:39So the P.O. box the agency sent the headshots to is paid for in cash and rented for a month.
34:45The owners gave no forwarding address.
34:47It's a dead end.
34:48Tyson might be a dead end, but Richard Castles isn't.
34:51Look, it's me.
34:52Yeah, people come up sometimes, ask me to sign your books.
34:59So I figured I'd submit.
35:01I never heard back.
35:03You know, uh, now that I'm up close, I really don't see it.
35:07So, uh, is this you?
35:10Yeah.
35:11That was for a reality show and store security.
35:14It was an odd gig.
35:15They sent me in to buy earrings.
35:17And was this man involved somehow?
35:20He looks a little like the show's producer.
35:23You wouldn't happen to have his contact information, would you?
35:27What do you mean he's with you?
35:28How did he escape?
35:29S. Fung, not now.
35:30I need an address.
35:32All right.
35:33Well, the address for the show's producer is another dead P.O. box, and the phone number's defunct.
35:37Okay, what about his paycheck?
35:39Well, I talked to the bank.
35:40And the corporate account that cut the check is closed.
35:42And the corporate contact, Joseph Facher, well, doesn't seem to exist.
35:47Yeah, he exists, all right.
35:48Or at least he used to.
35:49Joseph Facher is a famous French serial killer from the late 1800s.
35:53So he's got a sense of humor.
35:55Have any other checks been written from that corporate account?
35:58Yeah, cut to a Kurtzman insurance.
36:03Tessa worked for them.
36:05So there's no mention of Facher in her policy files.
36:07But there was an entry in her calendar.
36:12Yeah, here it is.
36:12Six weeks ago.
36:13Site visit with a JV.
36:16Well, that's him.
36:16Has to be.
36:17Did she write anything else with it?
36:18A phone number?
36:19Emails?
36:20An address?
36:21No phone number, but there is an address.
36:23Maybe where they went for the site visit.
36:24Looks like it's in northern Manhattan.
36:26Near the bridge.
36:26Castle, he was posing as a building owner looking for insurance.
36:29He probably found an empty property.
36:31Could be worth a look.
36:33Kev, hook up with S.
36:34Phil and meet us there.
36:35You got it.
36:36Someone saw the news.
36:37We gotta go.
36:49Owner says it's unoccupied.
36:50Hasn't been a tenant for nearly a year.
36:52And who's up there?
36:54Could be someone or it could be just a light.
36:57Did you just see that?
36:58All right, guys, let's move.
36:58Come on.
37:02There's nothing.
37:23Just a sheet.
37:28You guys, over here.
37:30Once he'd obtained Castle's print from his loft,
37:47he used a binding agent and some rubber cement
37:49to build a latex model of his fingerprint.
37:51Surveillance photos, architectural plans from Castle's loft.
37:55A precinct map, including the locations of all of our video cameras.
37:58He orchestrated everything right down to the last detail.
38:01He even implicated Kurtzman to make it look like Castle was covering his tracks.
38:05I don't get it.
38:06Why go through all this just to set you up?
38:08Because death only takes a moment.
38:10The preparation and pageantry, that's what he loves.
38:14Well, Mr. Castle, it looks like you're off the hook.
38:17I've spoken to the D.A. and they'll be dropping all charges.
38:21Thank you, sir.
38:22For this, at least, there's still the matter of your escape from custody.
38:27However, under the circumstances,
38:29I'm pretty sure you can negotiate down to a time served.
38:33Uh, detective, why don't you take him down to the station and start the paperwork?
38:36Yo.
38:37So the tactical team has searched the whole building.
38:40No sign of it.
38:41When CSU finishes, fall back and put the building under surveillance.
38:45Well, what if he's already seen us and he doesn't come back?
38:47Every cop in this city is looking for him.
38:50He won't get far.
39:13You okay?
39:15Yeah.
39:17Just finding that stuff of Tyson's seems lucky.
39:23Yeah, well, sometimes luck is all you need.
39:26He can't hide now.
39:27We'll find him.
39:31For what?
39:33Believing in me.
39:34I mean, given my reputation, my history,
39:37when you saw those emails, it would have been real easy not to.
39:41Yeah, well, things have never been easy between you and me.
39:43Maybe that's what makes it all worth it.
39:48No!
40:00It's Tyson Castle!
40:02Get down!
40:02Come on!
40:11Come on!
40:11Come on!
40:24Come on!
40:24Castle! I got your girl!
40:28Are you watching? I want you to see this!
40:32Think that I'd let you live after everything you've done?
40:37Castle! Come on! I want you to watch!
40:40I want you to watch as I take her life!
40:49Over here!
40:54Come on!
41:24they still haven't found the body
41:30they won't it's not dead
41:35castle what do you say this was never about me
41:38this was about him those initials in her date book he's not that careless
41:43he wanted us to find that place he wanted us on this bridge
41:49tess's murder the frame of all of it was to get us here so we could help
41:54do what he couldn't do for himself disappear so he could start killing
41:59again you think he planned this how does a wanted man
42:03stop being wanted has to be public and it has to be final
42:10do you know how crazy that sounds no one's gonna be looking for him anymore
42:16you shot him he's dead it's over
42:24for now
42:30for now
42:38so
42:44so
42:50so
42:56so
42:58so
43:04so
43:06so
43:08so
43:12so
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43:24so