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Castle Season 5 Episode 6
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00:00Captain, new contact on long-range sensors.
00:10Creeper battleship closing fast.
00:12Remagnified.
00:14Oracle, chances for crew survival if we engage?
00:17Our weapon systems are disabled.
00:19The alien vessel has superior firepower.
00:22Chances of survival, 0.1%.
00:25That's a rosy prediction.
00:30We will live to fight another day.
00:32Prepare for flash warp.
00:33Captain Max, Lieutenant Chloe hasn't teleported back from Ariel's moon.
00:37Hold flash warp.
00:38We're not leaving without her.
00:40But, sir, if we don't warp in time, all of humanity will be lost.
00:44If we don't wait for Lieutenant Chloe, our humanity will be lost.
00:48Captain, the Creepers have fired ion torpedoes.
00:51Shields up and battle stations.
00:53Impact in nine seconds.
00:54Status on Lieutenant Chloe.
00:56She teleported, sir.
00:57She's back on her ship.
00:58Initiate flash warp.
00:59Warping in three, two, one.
01:08Warp successful.
01:13Lieutenant Chloe, you're back.
01:15And so is my Thorian blaster.
01:20Why?
01:21I'm with the Creepers now.
01:25And this ship is under my command.
01:35That was so freaking cool.
01:38Thank you for serving under me today on the Nebula 9 fan experience.
01:43Please, return to the dressing rooms and leave your uniforms with the attendant.
01:47And may fortune guide your journey.
01:56Check out the Oracle pod.
02:00Man, the Oracle looks so real.
02:02I think she is real.
02:04And I think she's dead.
02:10No!
02:12No!
02:15No!
02:16No!
02:16No!
02:16No!
02:16No!
02:16No!
02:16No!
02:16No!
02:21And here you go.
02:23Thanks.
02:24I'm your number one fan.
02:25Thanks for coming.
02:25How far they fall.
02:29All right.
02:30Where do you want it?
02:31Could you sound my chest?
02:33Wow.
02:34That actually caught your attention.
02:36What are you doing here?
02:37You'd know if you'd answer your phone.
02:39Listen, if you want your very own signed copy of Storm Season, I'd be happy to arrange
02:43a private signing.
02:45Cap your pen, Castle.
02:46There's been a murder here.
02:47Here at SupernovaCon?
02:48Mm-hmm.
02:49Shiny.
02:50You've got to admit, this is a genius place to commit a murder.
02:53I mean, you don a costume, strike down your intended target, and then melt into the crowd
02:57on scene.
02:58You sound like you actually thought about this castle.
03:00I used to come here a lot.
03:02Alexis and I would get here every year, dress up.
03:04You should have seen her, like a little pint-sized princess Leia.
03:07And you were?
03:07Oh, Darth Vader, of course.
03:10So, who is our victim?
03:11Did Doc Ock finally catch up with Spider-Man?
03:13Think more TV starship.
03:15Oh, um, Borg attack.
03:17Mm-mm.
03:17Cylon skin job.
03:18Please say number six.
03:19Nope.
03:19Nebula 9.
03:20Really?
03:21Mm-hmm.
03:22I'm sorry.
03:23How is Nebula 9 worthy of all this?
03:25I mean, they were canceled over a decade ago.
03:27After 12 episodes, which was 12 episodes.
03:30Too many.
03:31I thought you would be a fan.
03:32I'm a fan of good sci-fi.
03:34Star Trek, Battlestar, that Joss Whedon show, but Nebula 9?
03:38No, no, I saw a phony melodrama and lifeless acting.
03:41Okay, this is a cool ship.
03:50The show is still late, but this is a cool ship.
03:53Yo.
03:53Hey, so, who's our Vic?
03:55Annabelle Collins.
03:57She's, uh, 28.
03:58Looks like she was killed and then stashed in that pond.
04:01She's the one who put together this whole Nebula 9 fan experience reenactment thing.
04:04An impressive if misguided effort.
04:07With you, bro.
04:08Give me Blade Runner.
04:09Her oblique dystopian future where sexy replicants ride.
04:12How about you, Becky?
04:13What are you?
04:14Have you gone next to Ken?
04:16Actually, I'm on my way to jail.
04:19Earl Mudder.
04:20Good to see you.
04:21Ah, if only the feeling were mutual.
04:23So, when was she killed?
04:25Oh, based on liver temp last night between 10 and 11 p.m.
04:28The bigger issue is how she was killed.
04:32Now, I believe death came by way of this rather fascinating small diameter puncture to her heart.
04:37Stab one.
04:38Castle, think.
04:39How would that explain the first degree burns on the skin around the wound?
04:43Well, that could be powder burns from a cool strange gunshot.
04:45Yeah, but the burns should have gunpowder stifling.
04:47Particulate seared into the flesh.
04:49Not only that, there would be blood spatter.
04:51So, what caused the wound?
04:55No clue.
04:56Never seen anything quite like it.
04:57I should know more once I get her on the slide.
05:01Hey.
05:02So, I just finished taking witness to statements.
05:04Uh, none of these folks knew the victim or were here during the time of death.
05:08Yeah, we're gonna have to find witnesses at work.
05:10Someone must have seen the killer entering or leaving the ship last night.
05:13Yeah, but how would we locate them?
05:14There's thousands of people here.
05:15You know what?
05:16You could leave a message on the Nebula 9 fan site asking for anyone that was here between 10 and 11 last night.
05:21And just let them know that you're gonna meet them at the front of the ship.
05:23Nebula 9 fan site?
05:26Yeah.
05:27I understand that they have a very loyal fan...
05:30Fan base.
05:35Is that...
05:36Gabriel Winters, a.k.a. the real Captain Max Renard.
05:40He knew the victim.
05:43And?
05:43I tried to talk to him.
05:45He said he needed a minute to muse upon the fragile nature of human life.
05:50Well, his minute is up.
05:53Hi.
05:54Um, Mr. Winters.
05:56I'm, uh, Detective Kate Beckett and...
05:57I'm devastated.
06:00Ravaged by sorrow.
06:01Reminded of the moment when First Officer Tate was sucked into that wormhole in Episode 6.
06:06Except, in this case, someone actually died.
06:09Yeah.
06:10Now, I understand that you knew Annabelle.
06:12Do you have any idea who could have done this to her?
06:14No idea.
06:16Annabelle was spectacular in every way.
06:18When Nebula 9 was cancelled, unjustly, I might add.
06:22She kept interest in the show alive.
06:24How will I go on without her?
06:27Go on living?
06:29Go on doing the fan experience.
06:32She contacted me a few months ago.
06:34Asked me to be a part of this.
06:35I was thrilled to give back to the Nebula 9 community.
06:40When was the last time you saw her?
06:42About 9 o'clock last night, after the fan experience ended.
06:45I went back to my hotel, stayed in for the night.
06:48Last time I saw Annabelle, she was alone on the bridge.
06:52And may fortune guide her journey.
06:57But the show must go on.
06:58When do you think we can get this back up and running?
07:00Soon?
07:01Ish?
07:01We'll let you know.
07:04In the meantime, did you know any of Annabelle's family members?
07:06Yeah.
07:08But her friends, Audrey and Davis, run the Nebula 9 booth down the floor.
07:14Dismissed.
07:20It's just so awful.
07:22She's been my best friend since high school.
07:26She introduced me to Davis.
07:27She's the reason we're together.
07:29Yeah, we bonded over at Nebula 9.
07:31I mean, we all love the show.
07:32So, when Annabelle started the fan club, we helped out and it just kind of took off from there.
07:37Did you notice any unusual behavior lately?
07:39I saw her yesterday morning and she seemed really upset.
07:42About what?
07:43I don't know.
07:44All she said was that someone she had trusted had betrayed her.
07:47Any idea who?
07:48Was she involved with anyone?
07:49Not that I know of.
07:50Did Annabelle have any enemies?
07:52There were those fans, the ones that sent all the threats.
07:55What threats?
07:56After the fan club took off, Annabelle bought the rights to the show for practically nothing
08:01and started making new Nebula 9 webisodes starring the three of us.
08:05You know, picking up with a show that's off, like, as a tribute.
08:07Not everyone saw it that way.
08:09Annabelle got some pretty ugly emails.
08:12How ugly?
08:13Some more death threats.
08:17Davis wasn't kidding about these emails.
08:19Listen to this.
08:20Your so-called webisodes desecrate the memory of Nebula 9 and you should pay the ultimate price.
08:25I don't know, Castle.
08:26Do you honestly believe that Annabelle was killed by an angry Nebula 9 fan?
08:29I think if you like Nebula 9, you're crazy enough to kill you.
08:32Whoa.
08:33Why are you so down on the show?
08:35Okay.
08:36Well, let's see.
08:36Because it's cheesy.
08:37It ignores the laws of physics and good storytelling.
08:40Not to mention...
08:40Okay.
08:41I got it.
08:42It's Perlmutter.
08:43He's got something for us.
08:45Kate Beckett?
08:47Kate Betts!
08:48I knew it was you!
08:51Oh, Henry Burnett.
08:52Well, it's been years.
08:55Since our first semester at Stanford.
08:56Kate Betts?
08:58Um.
09:00I, I, do you think we could catch up later?
09:03I'm actually here for work.
09:05Oh, well, that explains why you aren't wearing your Nebula 9 outfit.
09:07You, uh, you have a Nebula 9 outfit?
09:11Oh, she had a few.
09:12She was a mega fan.
09:13You should have seen her as Lieutenant Chloe.
09:16Oh, wait, you can.
09:17Remember that photo we all took?
09:19I brought it to get it signed, didn't I?
09:22It's us from back in the day.
09:23Ooh.
09:24Isn't it fracking awesome?
09:25It's fracking something.
09:26Henry, I need that photo.
09:28What?
09:29Why?
09:30It's official NYPD business.
09:34Don't make me ask again.
09:37So, I was a Nebula 9 fan.
09:47Big deal.
09:47Oh, you were beyond a fan.
09:48You dressed up in costume.
09:50You.
09:51Okay, yes.
09:52I was a sci-fi loving costume wearing geek.
09:54And you know what?
09:55I'm not ashamed of it or of Nebula 9.
09:58Despite what you think, it was an awesome show.
10:00Hmm.
10:01I'll tell you what.
10:03I'll forgive you your terrible taste if you try on that Nebula 9 costume for me.
10:09In your dreams.
10:11Look at my life.
10:12My dreams come true.
10:13Ugh.
10:16Perlmutter?
10:16Detective Beckett.
10:18Perlmutter?
10:19And non-detective Castle.
10:21So, do you have a cause of death?
10:22It was a burn.
10:24A burn that penetrated tissue, muscle, and bone, leaving this perfectly cylindrical hole.
10:30Well, what kind of burn does that?
10:32Well, one created by high levels of infrared radiation.
10:36The blood vessels were cauterized from the intensity.
10:38Are you saying?
10:39She was killed by a phaser?
10:40Well, as much as it pains me, Mr. Castle is largely correct.
10:47She was killed by a high-intensity laser beam.
10:51A real sci-fi murder at a sci-fi convention.
10:56This gig's getting better.
11:07How is it possible that she's killed by a laser?
11:10Easy.
11:11Someone shot up with a laser gun.
11:12Real ones don't exist, Castle.
11:14Actually, they do.
11:15There is an advanced tactical laser that can melt a hole in a tank from five miles away.
11:21Read about it.
11:22It's as big as a truck.
11:23Yes, well, obviously someone has constructed a portable handheld version.
11:27Like who?
11:28Well, let's go back to the emails of the crazed Nebula 9 fans.
11:31And when I say crazed fans, I'm not referring to you.
11:34You are a mega fan.
11:36Nice one.
11:37Coming from the guy with a life-size Boba Fett in his bathroom.
11:40Wait, Degan.
11:40Anyway, perhaps one of these fans, enraged by Annabelle's blasphemous webisodes, somehow
11:48fashioned a functioning Thorian blaster and an act of divine retribution.
11:53Said killer shot Annabelle with the very weapon featured on Nebula 9.
11:57Interesting theory, but we have interviewed all of those crazed fans, and they all have
12:03all of us.
12:04Okay, well, then maybe it wasn't a crazed fan, but the fact is, someone did zap Annabelle
12:12with some kind of laser blaster.
12:15I will talk to ATF and see if they've heard of anyone possessing a...
12:20Laser blaster.
12:22A functional laser weapon.
12:25In the meantime, hopefully, Ryan and Escozito have found some witnesses by posting on the
12:30fan site.
12:33Her name is Annabelle Collins.
12:34Did you see her in this area between 10 and 11 p.m. last night?
12:41Um, let me repeat the question.
12:44First of all, ma'am, let's ask you, uh, how are you keeping those leaves on there like
12:49that?
12:50Why don't you pull on one and find out?
12:54Did you see her or not?
12:57He only speaks Mercetonian.
12:59Well, maybe you could translate for me.
13:02I'm not really that fluent.
13:04Next.
13:05Did you see her here last night between 10 and 11?
13:08No.
13:10But, if there's anything else I can do for you, here's my number.
13:18Call me.
13:20You took my pen.
13:22Let me begin by asking if you speak English or not.
13:28Obvi.
13:30Okay.
13:31Did you see this woman between 10 and 11 p.m. last night?
13:34Yeah.
13:35You did?
13:36Yeah.
13:36My friends and I were totes pissed at her because she told us that the fan experience was closed,
13:40and then two seconds later she brought someone inside here.
13:43Could you describe who she was with?
13:44I can do lots better.
13:46I can tell you her name.
13:47Stephanie Fry?
13:49The actress who played your personal hero, Lieutenant Chloe, in the original Nebula 9 series.
13:55A witness saw Annabelle and Stephanie walk onto the spaceship set around 945.
14:01Well, did she see either one of them after that?
14:03No.
14:05Stephanie's a big movie star now.
14:07She's not even involved with Nebula 9.
14:09What possible motive could she have?
14:10All I know is that she was one of the last people to see Annabelle alive, so I have to talk to her.
14:18I'm sad to hear about Annabelle.
14:20I've met her a few times at conventions like this.
14:22She seemed lovely.
14:24We have a witness that saw you and Annabelle go into the shit just before she died.
14:28You don't think...
14:29We're just trying to figure out what happened.
14:32Nothing happened.
14:33We talked.
14:34It was a quick conversation.
14:35I had to be on the red carpet at 10.
14:38What did you talk about?
14:39She asked if I'd be part of this weekend's Nebula 9 fan experience.
14:44Yeah, but you distanced yourself from the show.
14:47Didn't you?
14:48I heard that you did.
14:49I mean, don't get me wrong.
14:51Playing Lieutenant Chloe was my big break, but...
14:55Nebula 9?
14:58Not exactly a career launcher.
15:00I know.
15:01Now that I'm finally being taken seriously as an actress, I couldn't go back.
15:07It would harm my image.
15:09So, I told Annabelle no.
15:11She understood.
15:12Well, I'm not sure I do.
15:13Why would she even ask if she knew you'd refuse?
15:16She was desperate.
15:18She said she'd have to shut it down if she didn't have an original cast member.
15:21Yeah, but what about Captain Max?
15:23Gabriel Winters, she had him, didn't she?
15:26Gabriel is a complicated guy.
15:30I mean, she didn't go into detail, but she was having problems with him.
15:33She's having problems with him, all right.
15:37Word is, Gabriel was showing up late to the fan experience and drunk.
15:42Captain Max was drunk?
15:44Among other transgressions.
15:45He was actually a no-show to the Nebula 9 yesterday,
15:48and Annabelle had to rouse him from his hotel room,
15:50where he was passed out naked with two Lieutenant Chloes.
15:54I'd say fortune was definitely guiding his journey.
15:57Just because he exhibited some bad behavior doesn't mean that that was motive for murder.
16:01Well, except that I just spoke to Gabriel's agent.
16:04Annabelle called her yesterday threatening to fire him.
16:06And so he killed her?
16:08Well, here's the thing.
16:08The guy's a washed-up actor.
16:10He's barely worked since the show was canceled.
16:12He does what?
16:1220 fan experiences a day at 500 bucks a shot.
16:16If Annabelle took that away from him, he'd have nothing.
16:19Okay, guys, thanks.
16:21Annabelle said she was betrayed by someone she trusted.
16:24Maybe that was Captain Max.
16:25Oh, my God!
16:27Alexis!
16:28Dad?
16:29What are you doing here?
16:30What are you?
16:31What are you doing here?
16:32Dressed like that?
16:34We're Havakura.
16:35It's a tribe of female assassins who...
16:36Don't wear clothes?
16:38You're overreacting.
16:39And you're embarrassing me.
16:40Oh, I'm embarrassing you.
16:41I'm the one who's dressed.
16:42I'm Castle.
16:43Come on.
16:44Let's go.
16:44Are you kidding me?
16:46Do you see what she's wearing?
16:47Yeah, it's not that bad.
16:48Not that bad?
16:49How am I going to unsee that?
16:52Chances of crew survival if we engage?
16:55Our weapon systems are disabled.
16:57The alien vessel has superior firepower.
16:59Chances of survival, 0.1%.
17:03That's a rosy prediction.
17:09We will live to fight...
17:11Ah, we have visitors.
17:14Wearing 21st century garb.
17:17You come in peace?
17:18Or is this more creeper, trickery?
17:22NYPD.
17:23Sorry, folks.
17:24We're going to have to cut this short.
17:26Everyone out.
17:27This is outrageous.
17:29I included you in the Never the Nine fan experience.
17:33And you ruined it.
17:34Mr. Richards, where were you last night between 10 and 11?
17:36And don't say your hotel room.
17:38You can't be insinuating I had something to do with Annabelle's death.
17:44I told you everything I know.
17:46Then you wouldn't mind relinquishing your weapon.
17:51This thorium blaster was given to me by the vice chancellor of Loron when I helped save the queen.
17:56Oh, for the love of Pete.
17:57Zapp, said the lady.
18:07You are so busted.
18:14Hey.
18:16So our ballistics guys got together with...
18:19Perlmutter and tested the blaster.
18:21It's definitely our murder weapon.
18:23I want to build an ironclad case against this guy.
18:25Have Tech look at the gun.
18:27Find out where it came from.
18:28As you wish.
18:31Well, see how Annabelle felt betrayed.
18:34Some guys have no business commanding a spaceship.
18:36Just goes to show you, sometimes people aren't what they appear to be.
18:40For Alexis' sake, I hope you're right, given what she was wearing.
18:44Kessel, she is a full-grown woman.
18:46Who, as we speak, is being ogled by thousands of sweaty, lecherous fanboys.
18:52It's just so wrong.
18:53Can I just point out the fact that the costume that she was wearing is not so different from
18:57the one that you are asking me to wear?
18:59Don't say that!
19:00That is so confusing and disturbing.
19:05Look, I have no idea where that blaster came from.
19:07That's funny, since it was on your hip.
19:09I grabbed it off the props table when I suited up, just like I always do.
19:12I didn't know it was real.
19:14Wait, you guys think I killed her and then kept the murder weapon on me?
19:18What kind of idiot does that?
19:20Why didn't you tell us that you were having problems with Annabelle?
19:26I played a lawyer in a well-regarded film that didn't come out.
19:29I know about the legal system.
19:31That would have just made me look guilty.
19:33As opposed to how you look now.
19:35Look, here's what I think.
19:36Annabelle got tired of your drunken carousing and threatened to fire you from the only job
19:40that you had, so you killed her.
19:42None of that is true.
19:44Except maybe the carousing part.
19:45So she didn't threaten to fire you?
19:47Yes, sure, all the time.
19:49But she'd never go through with it.
19:51I'm the face of Nebula 9.
19:54I'm the reason all those lunatics line up for days outside the convention.
19:57Yes, well, perhaps now they'll line up outside Sing Sing.
20:00Annabelle and I clashed on certain lifestyle choices.
20:05But we had an understanding.
20:06I even got her and her boyfriend into the opening night party on Wednesday.
20:12Nice try.
20:12She didn't have a boyfriend.
20:14Told me she did.
20:15Look, the fact is you had means, motive, and opportunity.
20:19And we checked with your hotel.
20:20You left at 9.45 p.m. and returned at 11.
20:23That's the exact time window of Annabelle's murder.
20:26I was busy handling a personal issue that I would rather not discuss.
20:30You were facing a murder charge.
20:32Okay, look, we already know about the threesome with the Lieutenant Chloe's.
20:38How bad can it be?
20:41Well, let's just say it might have a weakness for fleeting romance.
20:47Left me with a burning desire to see my doctor last night.
20:51And it just got worse.
20:54So, doctor confirmed his alibi.
20:57He was dosing Gabriel with antibiotics during our time of death window.
21:01Gabriel said that Annabelle went to the party with her boyfriend, but there's no evidence that she was in a relationship.
21:08There's nothing in her emails, phone calls, or texts.
21:11The very next day, she said someone had betrayed her trust.
21:14Maybe she meant the secret boyfriend.
21:15Whoever he is, he never came forward, and that is suspicious.
21:18Yo, our tech guys caught a break.
21:21They took apart the gun.
21:22They traced the seal number on one of the components.
21:24The manufacturer shipped it to an address in the Bronx.
21:26All right, Castle and I will go check this out.
21:29You guys go to the convention center bar where the party was being held and see if you can ID who Annabelle was with.
21:33Yeah.
21:34All right.
21:34This is like the Halloween from hell.
21:45Oh, yeah, this is probably too lowbrow for you, huh?
21:47You're probably into that boring-ass intellectual kind of sci-fi, like Gattaca or 2001.
21:55The monolith?
21:55What the hell was that?
21:56Don't ask me.
21:58I don't know.
21:58Swords and sorcery.
21:59That's more my thing.
22:00Like, uh, Lord of the Rings.
22:02Yeah.
22:03I could probably see you as an elf.
22:05Or a hobbit.
22:10Yeah.
22:11Served her and her date in a private room.
22:14Looked pretty cozy, but, uh, later she was alone at the bar crying her eyes out.
22:18This date of hers, can you describe it?
22:19Sure can.
22:21Look like that.
22:22A creeper?
22:24A who?
22:25The evil alien race from Nebula 9.
22:27Nasty creatures.
22:28They'll eat your face off when you're still alive, and then serve your organs to their young.
22:33Good to know.
22:33Is that all?
22:36I have one of these purple VIP badges.
22:38Pretty exclusive.
22:39Can't be more than a few hundred of them.
22:42Danger, do not enter.
22:44That is just the sort of sign you'd expect to see in the lair of an evil laser gun-making genius.
22:49It's pitch black inside, but the door is partially open.
22:59I would say that's an invitation, wouldn't it?
23:02Just in case it isn't.
23:09NYPD, anyone here?
23:11Perhaps we should have heeded that very wise sign.
23:29Raise your hands!
23:31Prepare to die!
23:33NYPD, put down your weapons.
23:58Did you see that?
24:00If worked perfectly, it's modeled on the targeting system of a Mach-Barian star destroyer.
24:07So I take it we're not gonna die?
24:09From remote-controlled laser pointers?
24:12No.
24:12But it's perfect to scare away intruders.
24:15You should have seen the UPS guy.
24:17He almost wet himself.
24:18Excuse me, Mr...
24:19Donnelly.
24:20Benjamin Donnelly.
24:21Purveyor of sci-fi hardware for the discriminating enthusiast.
24:26So, what can I interest you in?
24:29A Klingon Bat-Lift, perhaps?
24:31A Cylon laser pistol?
24:33A double-bladed lightsaber?
24:35You have a double-bladed lightsaber?
24:36Actually, we're looking for a Thorian blaster.
24:41Oh.
24:42A woman has taste.
24:48Plasma pistol with a triskellium core.
24:51Accurate down to the last detail.
24:54Including its ability to kill?
24:56Excuse me?
24:56We're investigating a murder, and we trace the weapon back to you.
25:00I created this for entertainment use only.
25:03I never intended for it to hurt anybody.
25:06Thorian blasters don't kill.
25:08People do.
25:09I can't be responsible once they leave my shop.
25:12Yes, well, that is an amazing piece of weaponry.
25:15That I'd never want to fire again.
25:18Wait, you fired him?
25:19Oh, yeah.
25:19Were you wearing proper protection?
25:22What?
25:24No.
25:24What kind of protection?
25:28You'll be fine.
25:29How many of those have you sold?
25:31I only made two that were fully functional.
25:33One in the case here.
25:35The other I sold to a collector Wednesday night.
25:37Do you have a name?
25:38Sam, Seth, Simon, something, Essie.
25:41You think you can describe him?
25:42No, he was in costume.
25:44Let me guess.
25:45Creaver?
25:46Yeah.
25:47He drove away in a white SUV, if that helps.
25:49I didn't get the numbers, but they were North Carolina plates.
25:53First in flight.
25:55What kind of protection?
25:59So Ryan and Essasito are running down everyone that was issued a purple pass to see if they
26:04can ID our creaver.
26:05They should have something by tomorrow morning.
26:07I mean, it's just like you said, Castle.
26:10That costume allowed our killer to strike unseen.
26:14And of course he's going to be a creaver.
26:16I mean, they're the sworn enemies of the Nebula 9 crew.
26:20Castle?
26:22I'm talking different to you.
26:24No.
26:25Why?
26:25Just I feel so tingly.
26:27Something's wrong.
26:29I'm beginning to mutate like the Hulk or the Thing.
26:32Or worse, the leader.
26:33What happened to my hair?
26:34I prefer Dr. Manhattan.
26:35The blue skin brings out your blue eyes.
26:40This isn't funny.
26:41What if firing that blaster made me infertile?
26:44You want more kids?
26:45I'd like the option.
26:46No, I think you're going to be fine, Castle.
26:48I'll be saying I should decontaminate.
26:50Take a soak with a shower.
27:00Alexis.
27:01What are you doing here?
27:02I thought maybe after what happened that you'd want to talk about it.
27:06No.
27:07Me, no.
27:08You?
27:08No.
27:08Yo.
27:12Hey, so we found out that valet parking comes with those purple passes, and there was only
27:31one attendee that had a white SUV with North Carolina plates.
27:35Simon Westport.
27:35He was on 295 heading south when State Troopers pulled him over.
27:39He had a Creaver outfit in his trunk.
27:41Do you recognize this, Simon?
27:44It's a thorium blaster.
27:45You know what else it is?
27:47It's the gun that killed Annabelle Collins.
27:49Bought by a guy dressed as a Creaver who was seen with the victim before she died.
27:53This is not what it looks like.
27:54I bought that for her as a gift.
27:56You bought her a live fire collectible laser gun as a gift?
27:58I did not kill her.
28:00I didn't even know she was dead until the police told me.
28:02What was your relationship to the victim?
28:04Uh, I met Annabelle at Supernova Con like five years ago.
28:10We just clicked.
28:14Look, at the con you can be anyone you want to be for a few days, so we'd hook up.
28:20It was the same time next year kind of thing.
28:22So how does that square with you leave her at the bar crying?
28:25Okay, something did happen at the party that night, but not with me.
28:27I gave her the blaster.
28:29She was thrilled.
28:30I left to take a phone call.
28:32I come back, and there's a guy hassling her.
28:34About what?
28:34I don't know, but he tried to kiss her.
28:36She slapped him in the face.
28:38By the time I got to her, he had already taken off, but she's all upset about it.
28:41She tells me she needs space.
28:42So she takes the blaster and leaves.
28:45So I track her down the next day to see if she's okay,
28:47and out of nowhere, she says that she's done with Supernova Con, and she's done with me.
28:50So I checked out of my hotel, and I left.
28:52Can you describe this guy?
28:54Yeah.
28:55It's the guy she did those webisodes with.
28:57Davis.
29:00So, sounds like whatever happened between Davis and Annabelle really did a number on her.
29:04All of a sudden, she was ready to ditch Simon and the convention.
29:06We talked to Davis.
29:07He never mentioned any incident.
29:09Which means he's hiding something.
29:10Either that or he killed her.
29:11Hey, tell me.
29:13You guys, do you think my hair is thinning?
29:16You're not losing your hair, Castle.
29:17Okay, so if I wake up Baltimore, you'll still be attracted to me.
29:21Oh my God, you wouldn't.
29:22I didn't say that.
29:23No, but you were thinking it.
29:24I can see it in your...
29:26With that pumpkin head?
29:28Dead.
29:28Davis, what was your relationship with Annabelle Collins?
29:40I told you before, we were friends.
29:42Was friendship enough, or did you want more?
29:46When she saw you with Annabelle at the opening night party, it sounds like she didn't respond too well to your advances.
29:51Why would she?
29:52I mean, you were already in a relationship with her best friend.
29:55Why would you risk it all by making a pass at her?
29:57Well, for what reason?
29:59Love.
30:00But you were with Audrey.
30:02I was.
30:03I am.
30:05But it was always Annabelle.
30:07Why don't you tell us what happened?
30:10That night, I'd had a few drinks, and I saw her with that creeper at the party.
30:16They were all over each other.
30:17And it killed me.
30:19I couldn't take it anymore.
30:20I had to tell her how I really felt.
30:22And she...
30:23She said terrible things.
30:25She said that I'd ruined everything, that she was going to have to tell Audrey, and...
30:30I didn't know what else to do.
30:32Davis, did you kill Annabelle?
30:34No.
30:35No, I was halfway across the building when it happened, at the masquerade ball.
30:38You can check.
30:39Look, I tried to make things right with her.
30:45And I told her I was drunk and we should just forget about it, but she couldn't.
30:50She said it was one thing to live a fantasy, but she wasn't going to live a lie.
30:55And that this was going to be our last con.
30:57She was going to end the fan experience?
30:59Not just the fan experience.
31:01Everything.
31:02She said it was time to move on.
31:05She decided to cash out and sell the rights to Nebula 9.
31:08And they were worthless when she first got them, but she...
31:10She made the show popular again.
31:13And they were talking about rebooting the series, maybe even doing a movie.
31:16That would mean some real money.
31:18Davis, who gets the rights now that Annabelle's dead?
31:21They go to Audrey.
31:22Why?
31:27So Davis' alibi checks out, sort of.
31:30Sort of?
31:31Yeah, organizers confirmed that he arrived at the party at 9.30, but everyone was masked,
31:35so he could have slipped out at any time.
31:37Hey, so Annabelle was serious about cashing out.
31:40She had an offer on the table from Epic Scope Productions.
31:43She'd been refusing to sell for months, but the day she died, she put in a call saying she was ready to make that deal.
31:47For how much?
31:48Two and a half million dollars.
31:50That's motive.
31:51That's madness.
31:522.5 mil for that god-awful show?
31:55But, now that she's dead, they're gonna have to pay Audrey.
31:58And she didn't even wait for the body to get cold.
31:59The morning after Annabelle was killed, Audrey put in a call to Epic Scope.
32:03They closed the deal today.
32:06Yeah, I sold the rights.
32:08So what, all this?
32:09This is all Annabelle.
32:11What's the point in doing it without her?
32:12Except you weren't going to be doing it with her much longer, were you?
32:16I don't know what you mean.
32:17You worked for years helping Annabelle bring Nebula 9 back to life.
32:21If she sold the rights, all this would go away, leaving you with nothing.
32:25And you couldn't let her do that, could you?
32:27That is a disgusting thing to say.
32:31She was my best friend.
32:32Where were you the night that she was killed?
32:33I'm not going to answer any more of your questions.
32:45Let's make sure that history never forgets the name Enterprise.
32:51Yeah, okay.
32:53Thanks, Ryan.
32:55So Audrey's hotel key card was used at 9.48 p.m., and then it wasn't used again the rest of the night.
33:01Well, she could have slipped out, left her door ajar.
33:03That would have given her enough time to get down here.
33:05Yeah, because all we have is circumstantial evidence and soft alibis.
33:09Got to get something more concrete.
33:11Wait, I can't tell you how many times I have had dreams about being in this very ship.
33:20Sexy dreams?
33:22You know, it's never too late to live out your fantasy.
33:26You do realize that this is still a crime scene?
33:28Oh, right.
33:29Ew.
33:30Yeah.
33:30You're right, okay?
33:39It was a stupid show.
33:41It was cheesy and melodramatic.
33:46I mean, a handful of Academy cadets on a training mission, and suddenly the Earth is destroyed,
33:51and they're all that's left of humanity.
33:52I completely understand why you hated it.
33:55But, Castle, I also understand why people loved it.
33:58And why Annabelle loved it.
34:01It was about leaving home for the first time.
34:03About searching for your identity and making a difference.
34:07I loved dressing up like Lieutenant Chloe.
34:11She didn't care what anybody thought about her.
34:13And I kind of did at that time.
34:16I mean, she was a scientist and a warrior,
34:18and that was all in spite of the way that she looked.
34:22It was like I could be anything, and I didn't have to choose.
34:28So don't make fun, okay?
34:33Okay.
34:34Besides, it didn't hurt that my legs looked great in her outfit.
34:37Of that, I have no doubt.
34:40What's wrong?
34:41My hand.
34:45I mean, what does that mean?
34:49That means you just solved our case.
34:51Thank you, everyone, for coming in today.
35:03I was under the impression I didn't have a choice.
35:05You didn't.
35:08I don't understand.
35:08What are we doing here?
35:09Everyone in this room had a relationship with the victim.
35:13Each of you had either motive or opportunity to kill her.
35:17Uh, Miss Fry, would you do me the honor of a little improvisation?
35:22Trust me, that woman needs a script.
35:24I'm happy to help.
35:26Miss Fry will be playing Annabelle Collins.
35:29I will be the killer.
35:31Annabelle had the murder weapon on her the night she died.
35:33Don't worry, this was just a toy.
35:35Now, the killer confronts Annabelle.
35:37Annabelle, presumably to protect herself, drew her blaster.
35:41They struggled for the gun.
35:43Killer over...
35:44I need you to resist her some little less.
35:48Told ya.
35:50Annabelle, free the weapon.
35:53Annabelle was slain by her own Thorian blaster.
35:56Zap.
36:03Overacting much?
36:04Shut up, Gabriel.
36:05At that point, the killer stashed Annabelle's body in the Oracle pod,
36:09not knowing that by firing the Thorian blaster,
36:13they were leaving behind crucial evidence.
36:14The energy emission from the gun left a superficial burn on the killer's skin,
36:19which is visible under UV light.
36:21Branding our murderer with the mark of Cain.
36:24Or, for you Nebula 9 fans, the mark of Kladrash.
36:29Simon, could you step forward, please?
36:34Could you hold out your hands?
36:40Davis.
36:48Your left hand, as well.
36:57Audrey.
36:57Audrey.
37:05Mr. Winters?
37:24Look, I am.
37:27I can explain.
37:28It was you.
37:29No.
37:30I have an alibi.
37:32Alibis can be bought.
37:33I didn't kill Annabelle.
37:35Then why is your hand glowing?
37:38Because.
37:40When I found out some nerd was making real Thorian blasters,
37:43I figured if anybody should have one, it should be me.
37:46I'm Captain Max.
37:48So I tracked him down, I bought the last one.
37:51This?
37:52It's from this morning.
37:54I shot it in my hotel room.
37:56There's a hole in the wall.
37:58You can check.
37:58Stephanie, where are you going?
38:05I was just gonna...
38:06Hold it right there.
38:13You heard the man.
38:15This one's deadly.
38:16Nobody moves or I put a hole in his head.
38:20Am I the only one that finds this situation yearly familiar?
38:23Stephanie, why?
38:25Do you know how long I have worked to get away from Lieutenant Chloe?
38:30To get away from the stench of this show?
38:33The fan experience was bad enough.
38:36But she was gonna sell the rights.
38:38And it was gonna start all over again.
38:40The movies, the product lines.
38:43Lieutenant Chloe, bobbleheads!
38:44Do you know how hard I worked to make something of myself?
38:50To become a real actress.
38:55Oh, come on, Steph.
38:56You can't act your way out of a paper bag.
39:00The only solace I have is this time when I kill you,
39:04there is not an Endorian empath to bring you back from the dead.
39:10I don't think so.
39:12Why?
39:17I've been waiting ten years to do that, bitch.
39:20Nobody takes over my ship.
39:25Oh, it's a lot easier when the stunt guys do it.
39:27Do you realize how lucky you are?
39:29You could have gotten your skill.
39:32Not even.
39:33Had it on stun.
39:38Stephanie Fry, you're under arrest for the murder of Annabelle Collins.
39:42May I?
39:45And may fortune guide your journey.
39:58Doctor says my hand's gonna stop blowing in a few days.
40:00So no mutant powers?
40:01No, not this time, but at least my hair's not falling out.
40:09What about you?
40:10How are you doing?
40:11I'm fine.
40:12Why?
40:13Well, it's hard to see your idols fall.
40:15Oh, Castle.
40:16Stephanie Fry was never my idol.
40:18Lieutenant Chloe was.
40:19As far as I'm concerned, she's still out there fighting evil and saving humanity.
40:23And no self-centered actor's ever gonna take that from me.
40:27And you know what?
40:29If they do make a movie, I'm gonna be first in line to see it.
40:33Such is the power of fantasy.
40:35And speaking of fantasies, how about we live out one of yours?
40:39What do you say to a little Nebula 9 cosplay?
40:42Come on, it'll be fun.
40:44I'll serve you breakfast in bed for a week.
40:46And I'll do your laundry.
40:49Okay, fine.
40:50Do you really want to see me in one of my old costumes?
40:52Yes, please.
40:54Then you have to promise that you're gonna watch a Nebula 9 marathon with me.
41:03And no making fun.
41:08You drive a hard bargain, but okay.
41:14I'll see you at your place.
41:16Okay, promise not to laugh.
41:30I promise.
41:31Come on, quit stalling.
41:32Come out already.
41:33Ready?
41:35Ready.
41:40Don't change.
41:42Because you think I might like you to be different.
41:44I fell in love with you.
41:49I don't want you blonde.
41:51I don't want you not to swear.
41:53But I want you to be you.
41:56Do you like it?
41:58Huh?
41:59That's not what you...
42:00That's not.
42:00You want to make out a castle?
42:02Rock.
42:03No.
42:04Come on, just a quick snob.
42:05Right here.
42:06On the lips.
42:07Isn't this what your dreams are made of?
42:09Rock.
42:09But I want you to be you.
42:12Castle.
42:14Are we gonna make out?
42:15Maybe you...
42:16We should start with the Nebula 9 marathon.
42:19It's you I thought I loved you.
42:21Your turn of phrase, your sensitivity, your irrational moves.
42:25Well, maybe that could go.
42:27But everything else, I want you to be you.
42:30I want you to be you.
42:47I want you to be you.
42:50I want you to be you.