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Castle Season 1 Episode 8

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00:01Bending spoons with my mind
00:05Man, domestic man of all kinds
00:09In my spare time
00:13Oh, how I struggled in vain
00:17Saw this riddle with my brain
00:21When the answer's in my hand
00:25So I'm gonna move you around
00:31Got to turn you inside out
00:37Yeah, I wanna move you, move you around
00:43I wanna move you, I wanna move you around
00:48Alright everybody, last hand for the night.
00:51Oh, phooey, it's only, it's not even midnight
00:55People have jobs to go to in the morning
00:57Oh, my son, the working stiff
01:01Pooey, I vote
01:04If you don't mind me saying, Mrs. RU, vote a lot
01:08I just don't believe in stringing along a bad hand, why waste time?
01:11Actually, mother's game isn't really Texas Hold'em, it's strip poker
01:14Keeps things humming along, if you know what I mean
01:16Well, frankly, I prefer strip, because even when you lose, you win
01:19Raise twenty
01:21Call
01:22Make it a hundred
01:28Whoa
01:29A hundred bucks
01:31Man up, bro
01:32Really?
01:33I'm out
01:34Slop
01:35What about you, Cassie?
01:36You're already in for the blind
01:38Not scared of a little action, are you?
01:41Action is my middle name
01:43Ah
01:44Don't worry, sweetheart, he's bluffing
01:46Whenever he blinks too much, he means he's got a lousy hand
01:47Mother
01:48What?
01:49Alright, here we go
01:50There it is
01:51Uh-oh
01:52What?
01:53Uh-oh
01:54What?
01:55He's not blinking, but now he's tapping, which means he might have the nuts
01:58What's the matter?
01:59You're not afraid of a little action, are you?
02:03All in
02:04Woo-hoo
02:05Take him down, Becky
02:06Yeah, make him pay
02:07Can't write your way out of this one, huh, Castle?
02:09Can't write your way out of this one, huh, Castle?
02:32Maybe someone should change their middle name to Elizabeth
02:55See, it just wasn't my night
02:58See, I told you he was bluffing
03:00It's the thing
03:01It's the blingy thing
03:02Yeah, right
03:03Beckett
03:05Yeah, we'll be there in 20
03:08Homicide on Henry Street
03:11I'll take care of this for you
03:13Thank you
03:14Well, at least you guys are already downtown
03:15But it's after midnight
03:17Murder never sleeps, Mrs. R
03:19Yeah, neither do we
03:20Whoa, whoa, did someone say murder?
03:22Hold on, I'll get my coat
03:24Look at him, I'm all excited
03:25Yeah, like a kid at Christmas
03:27With a dead body under the tree
03:29Is that motor oil?
03:47Looks like it
03:48But I'll have to pump out the tub and rent some tests to be sure
03:50It's motor oil, alright
03:5210W-40, empty as in the closet
03:54What kind of freak drowns a woman in motor oil?
03:57Someone's trying to send a message
03:59I already told the uniforms
04:07Once people check in, I don't want to know what they do up there
04:10Her purse was missing and she didn't have an ID on her
04:12Any chance she paid for the room with a credit card?
04:17All I can tell you is whoever rented a room on Friday paid cash for a five day stay
04:21They were supposed to be out tonight
04:23So at midnight I went up to check the place was empty and found her in the tub
04:27Gonna be a bitch to clean it
04:28So if anybody was meeting her here
04:30Yeah, it's not like the guests arrive and I ring them up
04:32This ain't the Ritz
04:34Clearly
04:35What about tonight?
04:36Anyone strange coming in or going out?
04:38Hey Bill
04:39Jasmine, how's it hanging?
04:41I think you just described half their clientele
04:45Unidentified woman, early forties, good health
04:51She's wearing a wedding ring but there's no inscription
04:53Cause of death?
04:54Drowning
04:55There's a nasty contusion on the back of her head
04:57So somebody hit her hard enough to knock her out and then gave her a motor oil bath
05:01And I found this in one of her pockets
05:05Ticket stub for the Metro North
05:07Our victim took the train in from Westchester yesterday morning
05:10Westchester to lower Manhattan?
05:12That's a long way to go for a lube drop
05:14See, when married ladies go to cheap hotels it's always about sex
05:19Or drugs
05:20The sample in one of the wine glasses tested positive for Remian
05:24The sleeping pill
05:26This was not a crime of passion
05:29That room was rented for five days and someone stocked the place up with motor oil
05:32That takes planning
05:34And nice suburban ladies don't just take the train into the city and not return without somebody noticing
05:39Irvington PD logged a call last night from a Michael Goldman wanting to report his wife Allison missing
05:45Clothing and description match
05:47Said she went to the city for work and never came back
05:49Said he knew something was wrong
05:51Poor guy
05:52Unless he's the killer and he's covering his tracks by calling the police before the body's discovered
05:58How about we question him before we convict him? You got an address?
06:02Thanks
06:04I don't understand
06:08Where did you say that she was found?
06:10At an SRO in the city
06:13It's a single room occupancy, it's like a transient hotel
06:16Oh wow
06:17Why would she be in a place like that?
06:18Can you think of anyone she might have been meeting?
06:20No
06:21My wife and I were happily married detective, we had no secrets
06:24You told police last night that your wife went into the city for her job?
06:28She was working part time
06:30We'd had some financial setbacks the last few years, I'd been laid off
06:33We had to give up the apartment
06:35How did your wife handle the move to the suburbs?
06:37Not too well
06:40Allison missed the city
06:42So a couple months ago she got a job working three days a week at a clothing boutique in Manhattan
06:46This little place on 72nd called Lehane's
06:50She said that being there
06:53I'm sorry, she said that being there reminded her of the good old days
07:08So, I'm trying to put together a time loan with Allison Goldman's last hours
07:13The first call I make is to Lehane's, the store where she worked
07:16I say to the owner
07:17Good morning sir, I'd like to talk to you about your employee, Allison Goldman
07:20And?
07:21And, he says
07:22Who?
07:25Allison didn't work there
07:26Not yesterday, not ever
07:28Well if she wasn't going into the city three times a week for her job, then what was she doing there?
07:31How did she come home Friday night with 400 bucks in cash for the family kitty?
07:35Maybe Castle was right, maybe this is about sex
07:37The lady was a soccer mom
07:39Come by my daughter's school about 3.30, places like happy hour
07:42Maybe she had a boyfriend
07:44Yes, a boyfriend
07:46Someone she met in line at Zabar's
07:48Or one afternoon at the museum
07:50When she ducked in to escape a rainstorm
07:52Maybe it was someone she already knew from the city
07:54Someone who reminded her of when times were good
07:57Before she had to give up that cute apartment with the partial river view
08:01Someone who was slipping a little cash while he was slipping her something else
08:05Yeah, Allison Goldman wouldn't have some cheap affair
08:07This person would have had to have meant something to her
08:09Someone who cared for her
08:11Someone who listened to her
08:12Only now, he wanted a little more return for his investment
08:16Something she wasn't willing to do
08:17Like leave her husband
08:19And when she wouldn't, then he got violent
08:21You know, I feel so stupid
08:23Here I am looking for evidence
08:25And all I had to do was just make something up
08:28So, this imaginary boyfriend killer
08:31Do you think that he has an imaginary address?
08:33Detective Beckett?
08:35Mr. Goldman
08:38What is it?
08:42My lawyer called the social security office this morning
08:44To let them know that Allison had passed away
08:47He faxed this to me
08:49Two hours ago
08:52A death certificate?
08:53Yeah, for Allison Porter
08:55Porter was my wife's maiden name
08:57But it says here that Allison Porter died in 1963
09:01When she was three months old
09:03But this child's social security number
09:06Is the same as my wife's
09:11My wife wasn't the woman she said she was
09:13Her whole life together
09:15Was a lie
09:17So, for 20 years
09:32This woman was living under a false name?
09:36That's crazy
09:37Yeah, her husband was pretty shaken up
09:39Trust me on this one, kiddo
09:40When a woman marries a man and doesn't bother to tell him who she is for 20 years
09:45She's a criminal
09:46Mata Hari
09:47Shady lady
09:48In other words, a very good actress
09:50Speaking of which
09:51You seem to have inherited a bit of my talent
09:53Oh? How so?
09:54The poker game
09:55You let Beckett win
10:00I don't know what you're talking about
10:01Oh, come on
10:02I checked your cards
10:03I-I didn't want to take her money in front of all her friends
10:08Kate Beckett is not some bimbo who needs big strong you to look out for her
10:12She's a real woman and a real woman does not want to be patronized
10:15She's right, dad
10:16Yeah
10:17I was being nice
10:19Castle
10:22Yeah, I'm on my way
10:25Alright
10:26I'm on my way to the precinct
10:28To find out who this Mata Hari really was
10:31Allison Goldman's email account
10:33Allison writes, Lee, can we meet on Tuesday instead this week?
10:37Lee writes back, sounds good, the usual place
10:40Tuesday, the day that she was murdered
10:42So, Allison's imaginary boyfriend has a very real email account
10:46It goes by the screen name, Elwax220
10:49The husband said it didn't sound familiar to him
10:51Cyber tracked it down
10:53Check this castle
10:54Guy's a writer
10:55A real writer or I took a course at the learning index writer
10:58His name is Lee Wax
11:00He writes true crime
11:02Bobby Socks and Blood
11:04The true story of a cheerleader, an Eagle Scout
11:07And the murder that shocked America
11:10Give me a break
11:11Well, maybe he got tired of writing about other people's murders
11:14And decided to commit one on his own
11:21What's this?
11:26Your winnings from the other night
11:28I'm not an idiot, I know you threw the last hand
11:33How did you figure it out?
11:35That's not the point
11:37Oh, my mother called you, didn't she?
11:39You owe me a rematch
11:40Fine, you wanna play? Let's play
11:45How about tomorrow night?
11:47With your mystery buddies?
11:48What, are you kidding?
11:49No, no, no
11:50Those guys would eat you alive
11:51No, I was thinking of something a little more local
11:53My, uh, Gotham City crew
11:55Guys I beat on a regular basis
11:57Your Gotham City crew?
11:59Yeah
12:00Captain, the mayor, and Judge Markaway
12:01You know, your boss
12:02Your boss's boss
12:03And the guy that signs your warrants
12:04Or would that make you nervous?
12:05I mean, I wouldn't wanna throw your game
12:07But I also don't want you to feel patronized
12:09Just set it up
12:10And prepare to get your ass kicked
12:21Hello?
12:22Hello?
12:28Hello?
12:47Look who's talking
12:50Stay here
12:52Hey, who the hell are you?
13:05Who the hell are you?
13:06Lee Wax, what are you doing in my apartment?
13:09You're a woman
13:11Either you tell me who you are right now
13:13Or I am calling the cops
13:15I am the cops
13:17My name is Detective Kate Beckett
13:18Uh, we would like to ask you some questions
13:19About Alison Goldman
13:21Alison
13:22Oh
13:25Just...
13:26Just, uh, let me get my lawyer
13:29Why do you need a lawyer?
13:30Why do you think?
13:31So you're confessing?
13:34No, I'm not confessing to anything
13:36It's just...
13:37My publisher instructed me not to talk to law enforcement
13:40Until I had a lawyer present
13:42Your publisher?
13:43You know, I would like to state for the record
13:44That I never harbored nor did I conceal a fugitive
13:49What are you talking about?
13:50Alison Goldman
13:51If that's why you're here, then obviously you found her
13:56Yes, murdered
13:58Murdered?
14:00Murdered by who?
14:01Well, given your unhealthy obsession for her
14:04I'm going to take a wild stab at you
14:07Me?
14:09No, I am a ghost writer
14:11We were working on her memoir
14:13Memoir?
14:14Why would Alison Goldman need a memoir?
14:16Wait, so you don't know who she really is?
14:19We do now
14:20Apparently, our Westchester housewife was also a fugitive
14:33That's Alison Goldman?
14:35A.K.A. Cynthia Dern
14:36In 1989, she and two friends set off a bomb on a tanker owned by a big oil company
14:41I remember this
14:42Some radical environmentalists protesting the Exxon Valdezville
14:45Yes, one was killed, one was caught, but Cynthia Dern was never found
14:49Looks like her past finally caught up with her
14:52Jared Swanstrom built the bomb
14:54Susan Mailer and Cynthia snuck on board to set it
14:56Only something went wrong
14:58You see, the ship was supposed to be empty of oil and people
15:02But the Captain Sam Pike had come back
15:05He was paralyzed from the explosion
15:07How did you track down Cynthia?
15:09I didn't
15:11She contacted me
15:13Cynthia had decided to turn herself in
15:15But before she surrendered, she wanted to get her story out to the public
15:18And express her remorse
15:20And get public opinion on her side
15:23It's a great way to influence a potential jury pool
15:25But she didn't, right?
15:26So how was she planning on influencing them?
15:28Cynthia told me that on the night of the bombing, she had tried to back out
15:33When she realized that the Captain was aboard, she argued with Susan Mailer to call it off
15:37But Susan refused
15:38Susan went to set the bomb herself and ironically died in the explosion
15:42She was vaporized
15:45So why would she come out of hiding now?
15:48Money
15:49She needed the cash
15:51You were paying her?
15:52A couple hundred a week
15:53If the book had sold well
15:56I don't have to tell you how much money was at stake
15:59When was the last time you saw Cynthia?
16:06Tuesday afternoon
16:10Did she mention that she was going to see anyone else? Maybe someone from her past?
16:14No, no, Cynthia was really paranoid about being discovered before the book came out
16:19She didn't want me to get in touch with anyone from her old life
16:22But you did anyway
16:24Any true crime writer worth their salt is going to check her story with other sources
16:31Okay, so I made a few calls
16:33The sources that you were talking to, did any of them want her dead?
16:37Maybe, but remember nobody knew how to find her
16:40I mean I didn't even know where she lived
16:43I'm going to need to see your interview notes and your manuscript
16:50You can have whatever you want
16:51But in return I'd like to be kept in the loop as the investigation proceeds
16:55What for?
16:56My book
16:58Well, you're going to go through with it?
17:00But Cynthia's dead
17:01Corrections, Cynthia was murdered
17:03Which means her memoir just became a true crime story
17:06Which is kind of my forte
17:07You'd be doing me a huge favor
17:10You know, I would love to
17:12But I have a whole list of writers who are hanging around
17:16Looking for favors
17:18So thank you very much though for cooperating
17:20And I'll catch you on the dark side
17:22That's a pretty sweet gig you've scored for yourself, Mr. Castle
17:34Is this your secret to writing bestsellers?
17:37Follow the pretty cop lady around and take copious notes?
17:41I like to think talent played a small part
17:43Still, this is the kind of all-access past most writers would kill for
17:47Let's get to the part where you tell me what you want
17:49Well, maybe you can give me a call sometime
17:53One professional to another
17:56Or do you need to check with your boss lady?
17:59Why don't you give me your number?
18:02And I'll see what I can do
18:13A domestic terrorist who clips coupons
18:16I just might buy the movie rights myself
18:17Well, the bombing obviously wasn't a very sophisticated operation
18:21Susan Mailer was killed in the blast
18:23And Jared Swanstrom was caught by the FBI and served 15 years
18:27Alison Goldman, aka Cynthia Dern, managed to stay a fugitive for nearly two decades
18:32And then she poked her head out of hiding and a couple months later, she's dead
18:36Who would hold a grudge for 20 years?
18:41How about the people whose lives she's ruined?
18:43You say she was living in Irvington?
18:45Mm-hmm
18:47That's just a couple of miles away from here
18:49In the months leading up to her death, Cynthia was working with a journalist
18:53We spoke with Lee Wax several times
18:56She never told us Cynthia was involved
18:57She should have
18:59Excuse me, will you excuse me, please?
19:01This is hard for him
19:03He's still angry about what happened, we all are
19:05Who's your son?
19:07Adam
19:09A sailor just like his dad?
19:10The settlement wasn't enough to cover all of Sam's medical costs
19:13Adam's been working and helping out since he was a teenager
19:16Adam?
19:18I'm Detective Kate Beckett
19:19Is this about her?
19:21Cynthia or Allison or whatever she called herself?
19:22Did you have any idea that she lived so close?
19:23Didn't know, didn't care
19:24I'm Detective Kate Beckett
19:26This is about her
19:28Cynthia or Allison or whatever she called herself
19:30Did you have any idea that she lived so close?
19:33Didn't know, didn't care
19:35I'm Detective Kate Beckett
19:38You didn't care about the woman who almost killed your father, I find that hard to believe
19:55You know, my family waited 20 years for the cops to find Cynthia Dern
19:59So my dad could get just a little bit of justice
20:02Well, it's too late for that now
20:04So what do you want from us?
20:05Well, I thought you might want to know how Cynthia died
20:09She was drowned
20:11In motor oil
20:13Motor oil?
20:14It's almost as if whoever did it had a personal connection to the bombing
20:18Adam, if I looked in your garage right now, would I find motor oil?
20:24I own a boat and a car, Detective
20:27And where were you last Tuesday?
20:30I bartend at the Foxtail Grill on Manchester every Tuesday
20:33Are we done?
20:36Yes
20:38For now
20:40Thank you
20:42You know what?
20:44Hope his alibi checks out, I hope he didn't do it
20:47And here I thought you would be saying what a great story it would make if Adam Pike did it
20:51A son taking revenge for his father
20:52It is a good story, it's a great story
20:55Personally, I would just write a happy ending for that family
20:57Beckett, FBI files on the tanker bombing in 89
21:01I've been going through them
21:02And?
21:03Three days after the bombing, they captured Jared Swansham at a motel where he'd been hiding out
21:07Feds had a tip line, some helpful citizen calls and said they'd seen Swansham at the motel
21:12Feds go in, grab him up, easy peasy
21:14It's pretty standard stuff
21:16Yeah, until you get to the part where the tipster never collects on the reward
21:19Who's the tipster?
21:21That's just it, FBI never knew
21:23Cause she didn't leave a name
21:25She?
21:27Records describe the voice as young and female
21:30Could be Cynthia Dern
21:32Do you think she would give up her friends to the cops?
21:35Doesn't matter what I think
21:37Only it matters with Swansham thought
21:39The guy did 15 years in prison
21:40It's a long time to think about who put you there
21:57Jared Swanstrom?
21:59Yeah?
22:01NYPD, we'd like to ask you some questions about Cynthia Dern
22:05I'm not sure what I can tell you
22:07I hadn't seen her in 20 years
22:08But you knew she was writing a book, right?
22:10You spoke to Lee Wax
22:12I spoke with her
22:14I told her to give Cynthia my regards
22:16So you weren't bearing any old grudges?
22:18Against Cynthia?
22:20What for?
22:21For turning you in
22:23It was Cynthia who called the cops tonight you were arrested
22:27That's true, she was just trying to save herself
22:29Right after the bombing, Cynthia wanted to run
22:31I tried to make it to Canada
22:33But I, uh, I fell apart
22:36Why?
22:37Guilt
22:38I'm the one who built the bomb
22:40I'm the one who messed it up
22:42Messed it up how?
22:43The girls were supposed to have three minutes to get off that shit before it went off
22:46Three minutes
22:47When Cynthia got back in the car that night, she said that something had gone wrong
22:50That the bomb had, had blown early
22:53I'm the reason that Susan Mailer is dead
22:57At least one of them took responsibility for what happened that night
23:09Yeah, maybe even a little too much responsibility
23:11You don't believe Jared Swanstrom's story?
23:15Well that's the thing, it's not his story, it's Cynthia's
23:18You wanna break it down for those of us who've already had a glass of wine?
23:21Cynthia told Lee Wax that she and Susan Mailer had an argument as to whether or not to set off the bomb once they knew the captain was on board
23:28Cynthia backed out, Susan went on to set off the bomb by herself and boom
23:34Huh
23:36But today, Jared Swanstrom said that Cynthia told him there was something wrong with the timer
23:40She never said anything about an argument
23:42Oh, well that is a rather glaring omission
23:45You know what I'm writing, I find it's all about choices
23:48What to put in, what to leave out, when to reveal some information, when to hold something back
23:52But as someone else's ghostwriter, you only know what they want you to know
23:57But Lee Wax isn't Cynthia's ghostwriter anymore, right?
24:00Now that she's dead, it's no longer a memoir
24:03It's a true crime story
24:05And it sounds like the true story is a whole lot juicier than Cynthia's lies
24:18Good morning
24:20Oh, hey, sorry, just been going over Lee Wax's interview notes
24:26As she spoke to Jared Swanstrom, he told her the same thing he told us
24:29Cynthia said the bomb blew early, but she left that version out of her book
24:33That's because it contradicted Cynthia's latest story
24:36The girls argued when they discovered that Captain Pike was still on board and that Susan set the bomb alone
24:41According to the publisher, Cynthia has full approval over everything Lee Wax wrote
24:46It was her way or the highway
24:48You talked to the publisher?
24:49I am somewhat known in those circles
24:53Anyway, they didn't like it
24:55They were looking for a true crime tell-all and what they were getting was some sanitized bunch of remorseful boohooing
25:01They were getting ready to pull the plug
25:02And now?
25:03With Cynthia's murders all over the media, they're back on board
25:06So long as the book takes a more sensationalized angle
25:08Kaboom!
25:10The true story of a domestic terrorist turned suburban housewife
25:13And the crime that shocked America
25:15Catchy
25:17So with Cynthia out of the way, Lee Wax is sitting on a potential bestseller
25:21People have killed for a lot less
25:27Beckett
25:28All right, bring him in
25:34What?
25:35Adam Pike's alibi fell apart
25:37He was lying about being at work on Tuesday night
25:41I didn't kill her
25:43I didn't even know where she was
25:45We're not gonna get anywhere if you keep lying to me
25:48I know you went to Westchester
25:50I spoke to Cynthia's husband
25:52He remembers seeing a guy just like you outside their house a couple weeks before she was murdered
25:59Don't make me put you in a lineup
26:01I just...
26:04Wanted to talk to her
26:05How'd you find her?
26:07That writer
26:08The way she kept talking about what happened to my dad
26:11She knew things that only someone on that ship could know
26:15So I started following her around
26:18Eventually she led me to Cynthia Dern
26:20And why didn't you call the police?
26:22Because I wanted to look her in the eye
26:24I wanted to tell her none of it mattered
26:25Her blood money wouldn't buy our forgiveness
26:29What money?
26:30What do you mean by blood money?
26:32After I found out where Cynthia lived
26:33I went and told my mom
26:35I didn't know if we should call the feds or what
26:38She started crying
26:39She told me we've been getting money every month since the bombing
26:42Different amounts, sometimes more, sometimes less
26:44But every month
26:46And she thought that the money was coming from Cynthia Dern?
26:49In the first envelope there was a note
26:51Please forgive me
26:53Susan Mailer was dead
26:54Swanstrom was in prison
26:55There wasn't anybody else
26:57You know what?
26:58This kind of evidence Cynthia could have been caught years ago
27:01Mom said without that money we wouldn't have made it
27:04She figured as long as Cynthia was free the money would keep coming
27:08So why did you lie to me about where you were last Tuesday?
27:12Because I was there
27:18At the hotel
27:20I followed her
27:22I was just gonna talk to her
27:24I spent an hour walking up and down that hallway
27:26Trying to get up the courage to go and knock on that door
27:28You know, I was gonna do it
27:31But then someone got off the elevator and knocked on her door instead
27:35You saw her kill her?
27:36I didn't get a good look
27:38But I did hear them talking
27:41And I can tell you one thing
27:43What?
27:45It was a woman
27:48Lee Wax
27:50Beckett!
27:52It was Lee Wax
27:55Beckett?
27:57Lee Wax
27:59Lee...
28:06Lee Wax
28:11Murder
28:13Are you people crazy?
28:14I have an eyewitness who can place you at the SRO where Cynthia's body was found
28:17You had motive, means, and opportunity
28:20Please, only a novelist could come up with a twist this absurd
28:24As absurd as killing a woman to salvage your story
28:27Drowning her in motor oil will give you just the ending you needed
28:30I'm a true crime writer, so I don't have your talent for fiction
28:34We know your publisher wanted to dump your contract
28:38Because I told them that I thought Cynthia was lying
28:42So you didn't believe her remorse was genuine?
28:44When Cynthia cried, it was for herself
28:47She wanted to cash in and keep herself out of jail, that's it
28:50Well, she must have felt some responsibility for what happened
28:52After all, she sent the Pikes money year after year
28:56What money?
28:57Every month since the bombing, the Pikes have been receiving money, courtesy of Cynthia Dern
29:03Only there's nothing about that in your notes
29:05Because she never told me, are you sure?
29:07We're sure
29:09Look, the Tuesday that Cynthia was killed, I was out to dinner with my publisher until after midnight
29:14So I couldn't have killed her
29:18Remind me, if I ever decide to write a memoir, to never write a memoir
29:23Okay
29:27Why not?
29:32Because memoirs are about truth
29:34And I'm not a very truthful person
29:36It'd be too easy to make myself look good
29:38It might be harder than you think
29:40Maybe, but I would sure start with the most generous thing I ever did
29:47You mean like how you anonymously sent money to your victims because you felt so guilty about what you'd done?
29:53The object of Cynthia's memoir was to gain sympathy
29:57What could be more sympathetic than sending the Pikes guilt money for 20 years?
30:00It doesn't make sense that Cynthia didn't tell Lee Wax
30:03Unless the money didn't come from Cynthia
30:06It had to be from Cynthia, Swanstrom was in prison and Susan Mailer was dead
30:10Call, and you're sure no one else was involved?
30:12Just the three of them, assuming you believe the FBI
30:15Call
30:16You know, we don't really have to talk about this
30:18Anything to stop his honor here from talking about budget initiatives
30:22Okay, Judge
30:24Who was it that appointed you again?
30:26Now, the FBI, I believe
30:28But why take Cynthia Dern's word for anything that happened the night of the bombing?
30:32When her own ghostwriter didn't even trust her
30:33You know, the judge is right
30:36What do we actually know about what happened?
30:45Not much
30:47According to Lee Wax's notes, Captain Pike heard two women arguing just before the explosion
30:52Cynthia claims that she was trying to change Susan's mind
30:55Fold
30:56But if we assume Cynthia was lying
30:58Then maybe it was Susan that wanted to save Pike
31:01And Cynthia that wanted to run
31:03Raise 20
31:05Right, but the bomb was already set
31:07So the three minute timer is already ticking
31:09The girls argue, wasting precious seconds
31:12Susan runs towards the ticking bomb to try to shut it down
31:15While Cynthia runs for cover
31:17Right, Susan gets to the bomb, but too late
31:19Boom
31:21Which means Susan Mailer didn't die trying to set the bomb
31:22She died trying to save an innocent man's life
31:26Fold
31:27It still doesn't explain where the money came from
31:29Fold
31:31Well, what about it, Castle?
31:32You're good with twists
31:34Where'd the money come from?
31:35Thinking
31:37Yeah, well, you might want to think up some chips for the pot
31:39Because it looks like it's just you and me
31:41Whoa!
31:45All right, Detective Beckett
31:47I'm all in
31:49Oh, what's the matter? You afraid of a little action?
31:50Oh, do us a favor, Detective, beat his pants off
31:54Yes, please, beat my pants off if you dare
31:56Beckett
31:57Do me proud
31:59To hell with proud, make him cry like a little girl
32:05All right
32:20Sorry, fellas
32:23It's just not my night
32:25Oh, who's a good little boy? Who's a good little boy?
32:30You are, and you are, and you are
32:33Don't you ever get tired of winning, Castle?
32:35You think so, right, but no
32:37Well, I think that's it for me
32:39Detective, it was a pleasure
32:42Mr. Mayor
32:43Sorry we couldn't solve your case
32:44And I'm sorry I couldn't make him cry like a little girl
32:47Hmm
32:48Well, it's not your fault, Detective
32:50No matter how down he gets
32:51He always manages to rise from the dead
32:54Oh, now that'd be a twist
32:56What?
32:58The money had to come from Cynthia
32:59Because Swanstrom was in jail
33:01And Susan Mailer was dead, right?
33:03Right
33:05But what if Susan Mailer didn't die in that explosion?
33:08What if she's still alive?
33:10Susan Mailer, alive?
33:11Her body was never found
33:12Yeah, because she was vaporized in the explosion
33:14Well, maybe she was thrown clear
33:16Well, then she would have been badly burned
33:17And would have needed care
33:18And no one matched her description
33:19Ever checked in area hospitals
33:21Mere details, my good man
33:23Um, around here we call them facts
33:25Well, then let's go get us some facts
33:27Please don't think less of me
33:28I did what I had to do to survive
33:31These are from all over the place
33:33Not the recent ones, the recent ones are all the same
33:36Littets, Pennsylvania
33:38And I'm sure she was thrown clear
33:39Well, then she would have been badly burned
33:40And would have needed care
33:41And no one matched her description
33:42Ever checked in area hospitals
33:43Mere details, my good man
33:44Um, around here we call them facts
33:46Well, then let's go get us some facts
33:48Please don't think less of me
33:49I did what I had to do to survive
33:51These are from all over the place
33:52They're all the same
33:56Littets, Pennsylvania
33:59If we're gonna road trip
34:00I'm gonna have to pee first
34:04I've never seen her before
34:05Are you positive?
34:06Didn't he sound positive?
34:07Castle
34:08Okay
34:10How about her?
34:13She'd be older now
34:15How much older?
34:1620 years
34:20I don't think so
34:21That's what I get for listening to a mystery writer
34:24She might have scars
34:25Or walk with a limp
34:27Like she's been in an accident?
34:30Could be Mary Wright
34:33Mary Wright?
34:35She comes in once a month or so
34:36Buys a money order to send to her relatives in New York
34:41Do you have her address?
34:45It sounds naive now, but
34:47Everything I did back then I did because I thought it would help
34:53We're not here because of the bombing, Susan
34:56We're here because of what you did to Cynthia Dern
34:59Her body was found in a tub of motor oil
35:02But you already know that
35:04Forensics is going through that room as we speak
35:06And believe me, they will find something
35:08Something that connects you to Cynthia's death
35:10She should have just left it all alone
35:13She had a husband a good life
35:15Well, it wasn't Cynthia
35:17Once she decided on something well
35:18You just better not be in her way
35:20Like that night on the tanker
35:22I saw the captain go below
35:24I don't know how he got back on board without us seeing
35:27I tried
35:31I was too late when the bomb exploded
35:33I was thrown overboard
35:37I can still feel the heat on my skin
35:40Even today
35:42How did you survive without medical attention?
35:45A friend took me in a med student and nursed me back to health
35:56I got a new identity
35:59Then Mary Wright was born
36:01It's not hard to live like a ghost
36:03When everyone you love thinks you're dead
36:05I never contacted anyone from my former life
36:09Not even my parents
36:11But you still sent money to the Pikes?
36:15They had a son
36:17Medical bills
36:19I was responsible
36:22Everything could have stayed
36:24Just the way it was, except
36:26Except Cynthia decided to write a book
36:28A reporter put a post on an environmental board asking for info on Cynthia
36:33I emailed, pretending to be an old friend of the group
36:36Didn't take long for me to figure out that she had found Cynthia
36:38And Cynthia was lying about what happened on the ship
36:41You tracked her down
36:43You confronted her
36:45I threatened to turn myself in if she went through with the book
36:48Give myself up, tell the authorities
36:50Everything
36:52She begged to meet with me first
36:54Somewhere we could talk
36:56That's when you rented the room?
36:58No, Cynthia rented the room, not me
37:00It was all part of her plan
37:02Her plan?
37:03Her plan to murder me
37:04When I got there, she poured me a drink
37:09Let's toast to old friends, she said
37:12Only, you see, I don't drink
37:15I tried to leave
37:18She wouldn't let me
37:20I hid in the bathroom
37:22That's when I saw it
37:24A tub full of oil
37:27Then I understood
37:30She didn't plan to talk to you, she planned to kill you and make it look like suicide
37:36That wine was laced with a sleeping pill
37:39You were supposed to drink it and then drown in the oil
37:42Then the world would think that you were wracked with guilt over the pikes all these years
37:46And that you finally decided to commit suicide
37:48Once your body was discovered, the public would clamor for the true story, Cynthia's true story
37:54With you, now cast as the villain
38:04We struggled
38:06She lost her balance and fell against the sink and hit her head
38:15I should have called for help
38:18But I just wanted it to be over
38:19So I...
38:24I dragged her to the tub and...
38:31I...
38:33I pushed her in
38:37You see, I was already dead, I just wanted to keep it that way
38:40I heard you made an arrest
38:59You can hear all about it in the morning news
39:01Oh come on, after all the help I gave you on this case, you can't give me any more information than that?
39:03Well I could, but I just keep thinking that if it wasn't for you, there wouldn't be a case in the first place
39:17What does that mean?
39:19All the people from Cynthia's past that you interviewed
39:22How did you manage to let every one of them know that you were in contact with her?
39:27What are you implying?
39:30You wanted someone to put two and two together and call the cops
39:33You wanted Cynthia in prison
39:35That way you could tear up the contract you had with her
39:37And write the story you wanted to write
39:39With an ending that would sell more books
39:42I mean, you couldn't call the authorities yourself
39:44What kind of story would that be?
39:45That's a lovely theory
39:50But even if it's true, I didn't kill Cynthia Dern
39:54I didn't even do anything illegal
39:56Oh, no, no, no, it's not illegal
40:00It's just slimy
40:02So your, uh, all-access pass
40:05Has been revoked
40:06Oh, and one more thing
40:14One day, and one day not far from now
40:18I'm gonna use this in a book
40:20Susan Mailer is in booking
40:37Hmm
40:39All these years
40:41Trying to do the right thing, trying to make amends
40:43Because of Cynthia's greed
40:45She's gonna end up in jail
40:46If you're looking for a happy ending, you've come to the wrong place
40:50Next time I guess I'll just try that massage parlor on 2nd Avenue
40:53Just kidding
40:55Actually, who needs a happy ending when you have a story with
40:57People pretending to be dead
40:59Living under assumed names
41:01Plotting fake suicides and murder for revenge
41:04You know, I'm glad to see that you're entertained
41:06I, however, have to call Michael Goldman
41:08And let him know that his wife was a sociopath
41:10But you also get to call Jared Swanstrom
41:12And tell him that he's no longer responsible for Susan Mailer's death
41:15As a matter of fact, Susan Mailer's still alive
41:17Which is why Cynthia is now dead
41:19Wow, you are all about the cloud, aren't you?
41:22Never the silver lining
41:24Okay, maybe this might cheer you up a little bit
41:28Your winnings
41:30My winnings?
41:31Oh, don't play coy with me, you threw your hand
41:34Alright, I was trying to be nice
41:35I didn't want to embarrass you in front of your friends
41:38Now we're even
41:40So what do you say to a little showdown?
41:43Head to head
41:45Toe to toe
41:47Winner take all
41:49Mano, hey mujer
41:52Hand to woman?
41:54Whatever it takes
41:56You're on
41:58No mercy
42:00I'm gonna make you hurt
42:01I'm gonna get hurt
42:02What are we playing for?
42:03Pride
42:04Or clothing
42:05I think I got a bag of gummy bears
42:08Shuffle
42:09Deal
42:14Comfy with Texas Hold'em?
42:15I'm comfy so long as my cards come from the top of the deck
42:18What'd you get up your sleeves?
42:20Aside from my muscular ponds
42:22You're so stuck up
42:23You're so stuck up
42:52I could make you feel like I can ask you
42:53You're so stuck up
42:55There's a lot of people in the house
42:58My mind is like
42:59I shouldn't be offended
43:00I'm pissed
43:02You are so stuck up
43:04The more powerful people in my body
43:06In the моest position
43:08You want to make me feel like...
43:10I don't know
43:12You're so stuck up
43:14You're so stuck up
43:16You're so stuck up
43:18You're so stuck up
43:20You're so stuck up