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Castle Season 2 Episode 4

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00:00There are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people.
00:03Psychopaths and mystery writers.
00:05I'm the kind that pays better.
00:06Who am I?
00:07I'm Rick Castle.
00:08Castle.
00:09Castle.
00:09I really am ruggedly handsome, aren't I?
00:11Every writer needs inspiration, and I've found mine.
00:14Detective Kate Beckett.
00:15Beckett.
00:16Beckett.
00:16Nicky Heat.
00:17The character he's basing on you.
00:18And thanks to my friendship with the mayor, I get to be on her case.
00:21I'd be happy to let you spank me.
00:23And together we catch killers.
00:25Make a pretty good team, you know, like Starsky and Hutch.
00:27Turner and Hooch.
00:28You do remind me a little of Hooch.
00:30Oh, oh.
00:37Everybody settle down.
00:38Quiet down, please.
00:39Come to the front.
00:40You know your assigned seats.
00:43Careful.
00:45Take your seats.
00:47Now listen.
00:48If you remember, the last time we spoke with Fletcher, he had just entered the polar ice cap from Greenland right here, headed toward the North Pole.
00:56Remember?
00:57Now he was supposed to ski about ten miles a day.
01:00Which would have put him right about here.
01:04Oh, good.
01:07Right on time.
01:07Now listen, everyone.
01:09Remember, Fletcher can't hear us, right?
01:12So no yelling out questions.
01:13So no yelling out questions.
01:14Especially you, Khalil.
01:17Hey, kids.
01:18Hi, I am your pleasure.
01:21I don't know if you can tell, but a blizzard just flew in about an hour ago.
01:26And let me tell you, it wasn't easy setting up camp in 50 mile an hour winds.
01:30Good thing I was able to buy such a strong tent with all the money, money you raised.
01:36Must be a polar bear out there looking for a little bit of trouble, huh?
01:40Anyway, I want to tell you about this herd of caribou I saw yesterday while I was out skiing.
01:46There were 12 of them, including four calves, who had just started to grow the velvet on their horns.
01:51Oh, talk about cute.
01:53So, there I am.
01:55I'm trying to pull out my camera when...
01:57Wait, what are you...
01:59No, no, no, don't, don't!
02:18Hi, I'm Dylan.
02:19I'm here for Alexis.
02:22I'm her new violin teacher.
02:23Dylan, hi.
02:24Thanks for coming.
02:27Dad, let him in.
02:29Yeah.
02:34What happened to Olga?
02:37She retired.
02:38So you went male model?
02:40Dylan was a Juilliard.
02:41He's a musical prodigy.
02:42I was lucky to get a lesson with him.
02:44Prodigies are supposed to be all nerdy and awkward, not that.
02:49Well, hello there.
02:51I'm Martha.
02:52Hi, Dylan.
02:53Dylan.
02:54Oh, Alexis tells me you're very talented.
02:57And very strong, I might have.
02:59Whoa, buddy, great.
03:01Yeah.
03:02Why don't we get started?
03:03I can assess where you are, and then tomorrow we can start your lessons.
03:06Does that sound good?
03:07Yeah, my room's upstairs.
03:09Lead the way.
03:09Uh, why don't you do it down here?
03:13You know how I love watching you play.
03:15Nonsense.
03:17She needs privacy, not a performance.
03:20Spoken with true artistic insight.
03:22Well, thank you.
03:22I'm an actor, so it stands to reason.
03:26Well, he's a charming young man.
03:30Well, I'm off.
03:31See you later, darling.
03:32I like Dolga.
03:38Castle.
03:42Hey, Mike.
03:43Where's the body?
03:45You didn't tell him?
03:46Tell me what?
03:47They ruined the surprise.
03:48What surprise?
03:49Hey, kids.
03:53I don't know if you can tell, but a blizzard just blew in about an hour ago.
03:57Do we have jurisdiction in the North Pole?
03:59Wait for it.
04:0050 mile an hour winds.
04:01Good thing that a caribou I saw yesterday while I was out skiing.
04:06Okay, there comes the guy.
04:07Including four calves.
04:09Whoa.
04:10We see the gun?
04:11He's trying to pull out my camera when...
04:13Wait, what are you...
04:15No, no, no, don't, don't, don't, don't!
04:17That was awesome!
04:19I mean, well, obviously it was horrible, but that's not the Arctic.
04:22That's an apartment, but where?
04:24Ryan rewinded.
04:25I thought I saw something when the camera was falling.
04:29Stop.
04:30Right there.
04:30Out the window in the background.
04:35That's classic Upper West Side architecture.
04:37Take a picture of it.
04:38Send it to the precinct.
04:39See if any of the beat cops recognize it.
04:41On it.
04:45Mr. Wheeler, I'm Detective Kate Beckett.
04:48This is Rick Castle.
04:50I just don't understand.
04:51Everything seemed to him up and up.
04:53He had a Yale PhD.
04:55When was the first time that you met Mr. Fletcher?
04:57A few months ago, he came into the school
04:59and made a presentation to the school board.
05:01A month-long, one-man trip to the North Pole.
05:03We agreed to help fund the expedition.
05:05In exchange, Fletcher said he would give
05:07a unique educational experience for the kids,
05:09including weekly video reports from the Arctic Circle.
05:12How much did you raise?
05:13Between our school and others in the area,
05:15around $50,000.
05:16Hmm.
05:16Wow.
05:17That's a lot of pemmican.
05:19A basic staple of the Polar Explorer diet,
05:22high in fat and protein.
05:23Basically, it's beef and grease
05:24kind of melted together into a jerky.
05:26You think it'd be disgusting,
05:27but surprisingly, I'll fill you in later.
05:31When was the last time you saw Mr. Fletcher?
05:32He came by the school two weeks ago
05:34to pick up a stack of letters
05:35the kids wrote to him for his trip.
05:37He was supposed to get on the plane
05:38to Greenland the next day.
05:40We got an ID on the building.
05:4179th and Amsterdam.
05:42All right, tell Lainey
05:43that we'll meet her there.
05:48Unicorn said the door was unlocked
05:50when they got here.
05:50The victim left it that way, or...
05:52Or kill her how to keep.
05:54All right, talk to the neighbors.
05:55See if Fletcher had any regular visitors.
05:57But first, I'm thinking our Vic
05:59might have been a squirrel.
06:00I'll take the bedroom.
06:02I'm sorry, a squirrel?
06:04Likes to hide his nuts for the winter.
06:07And by nuts, you mean...
06:08Valuables, secrets.
06:10Anything a guy living a lie
06:12wouldn't want someone to find.
06:16Oh, yeah.
06:22This reminds me of that movie,
06:24Capricorn One.
06:25That was like a Winterland twist.
06:26Hmm.
06:27Lainey, what do we got?
06:31Victim was shot once in the face
06:32with a large caliber bullet.
06:34Ouch.
06:35Oh, I don't think he felt much
06:36with a bullet that size.
06:38Face shots usually indicate
06:39a deep anger in the shooter,
06:41literally trying to erase
06:42what makes the victim a person.
06:44Well, con men do leave
06:45a wake of angry people.
06:47It's amazing that this is all it took
06:48to fake two weeks in the Arctic.
06:50Mm-hmm.
06:50Wonders of Modern Technology.
06:53A lot of criminals today
06:53don't take advantage.
06:54I blame the parents.
06:57Give this to Fletcher.
06:59He did do his homework.
07:02Oh!
07:03This is a library book.
07:05Something tells me
07:05he wasn't planning on returning it.
07:10You're right.
07:10Look what our little squirrel
07:11was hiding in the airbag.
07:16Something tells me
07:17our Stephen Fletcher
07:18wasn't actually Stephen Fletcher.
07:19Multiple IDs usually indicates
07:21multiple cons.
07:23I'd say our killer
07:23is someone who Fletcher duped.
07:25From the height of the bullet hole
07:27in the tent,
07:27I'd say our shooter
07:28was anywhere between
07:29five, three, and six feet.
07:31Mm-hmm.
07:31I guess that rules out
07:32the first graders.
07:33Unless one was standing
07:34on another one's shoulders.
07:35Hiding inside of a trench coat, lady.
07:37Diabolical.
07:38I like it.
07:39Lady, I'm gonna need
07:40a rush on the fingerprints.
07:41We're gonna need to know
07:41who our victim really was.
07:42Okay.
07:43Let's bag all of this,
07:44get it back to the station.
07:45Right on.
07:45Mm-hmm.
07:48Just like camp, huh?
07:49If I climb the internet,
07:51let it go.
07:52A couple of U.S. passports.
07:55See you.
07:56Oh, oh, oh, oh.
07:57Oh, thank you.
07:59So have you read it?
08:00Read what?
08:01The book.
08:02What book?
08:04Oh, your book.
08:06Heatwave.
08:11Well?
08:12I haven't gotten to it yet.
08:15What do you mean
08:15you haven't gotten to it yet?
08:16I'm sorry.
08:17I've just been so busy with work
08:18I haven't had time.
08:19You were all over me
08:20to get a copy of that book.
08:22Do you have any idea
08:22how many hoops
08:23I had to jump through?
08:24Just so my editor
08:24wouldn't send an armed guard
08:25to watch over you
08:26while you read it?
08:27The least you could do
08:28was to...
08:29Oh.
08:33Oh, I see what you're doing.
08:35I'm not doing anything.
08:35Oh, yes, you are.
08:37Yes, you are.
08:38You're trying to push my buttons,
08:39but it's not going to work.
08:40Really?
08:41Hmm?
08:42Because it seems to be
08:43working just great.
08:46Now, if you'll excuse me,
08:47I have to input these IDs
08:48into VICAP
08:48to see if any of Fletcher's
08:50other identities
08:50have been flagged.
08:51What do you want
08:52all this stuff
08:52from Fletcher's apartment?
08:53Right here.
08:54How come you have
08:54to carry everything?
08:57Ryan hurt his back.
09:00Oh, yeah.
09:01We checked
09:01with all Fletcher's neighbors.
09:03None of them
09:03could remember
09:03seeing anyone but Fletcher
09:05coming and going
09:05from the apartment.
09:06And we called Yale.
09:08Turns out Stephen Fletcher
09:09does have a Ph.D.
09:10in wildlife biology,
09:11only...
09:11Only their Stephen Fletcher
09:13is a seven-foot-tall albino.
09:15No.
09:15300-pound Hawaiian,
09:16but close.
09:17You know what I don't get?
09:18Why go to so much trouble
09:19to create such an elaborate scam?
09:21Fletcher must have spent weeks
09:22going through all the prep work.
09:23I can give you
09:2450,000 reasons why.
09:26Yeah, but for con men,
09:27it's not just about the money.
09:28I mean, for them,
09:29it's about the game.
09:31The thrill they get
09:33from pulling a con,
09:34it's like a drug high.
09:35Con men was on drugs?
09:36No, sir.
09:37Castle is just giving
09:38a psychological insight
09:39based on his extensive experience
09:40as a fraud.
09:42Well, I just fielded
09:42several phone calls
09:43from some very embarrassed
09:44private schools,
09:45and they want this solved
09:46quickly and quietly.
09:47Unfortunately,
09:48it looks like our con man
09:49was running a whole slew
09:50of cons.
09:51Unraveling all of them
09:52and finding the killer
09:53is going to take some time.
09:55Or maybe not.
09:58One of Fletcher's alias
09:59is conned a woman
09:59named Patty Schultz
10:00out of her life savings
10:01about a year ago.
10:02Sounds like a motive
10:03for murder to me.
10:04Apparently, Ms. Schultz
10:05has spent several stints
10:07in Greystone Park
10:08Psychiatric Hospital
10:09and none of them
10:11voluntary.
10:14Straight jacket.
10:25Ms. Schultz,
10:25I'm Detective Beckett.
10:26Is this about Sanchez?
10:28Because, you know,
10:28I only hit him
10:29because he was drilling
10:30holes in the wall
10:31to watch me exercise.
10:33This isn't about Sanchez.
10:34This is about him.
10:36Stephen Fletcher.
10:37Also known as Stephen Miles.
10:40Are you arresting me?
10:42Why would we arrest you?
10:44Because I killed him.
10:47Mrs. Schultz,
10:48you've just confessed
10:49to a crime.
10:49I'm going to read you...
10:50In my mind.
10:52Did you just say
10:53you killed him
10:54in your mind?
10:55I meditate
10:56an hour every day.
10:58It...
10:59doctor's orders.
11:00And all I think about
11:02are my cats.
11:04And killing this
11:05son of a bitch.
11:07And it finally worked,
11:08didn't it?
11:09Well, I'm not sure.
11:10How did you kill him
11:11in your mind?
11:12With a belt sander.
11:15Where were you
11:15at 9 a.m. this morning?
11:16At the vet.
11:18Mr. Muffins has
11:19high cholesterol.
11:20Okay, thank you.
11:21We're done.
11:21How did...
11:22How did Mr. Fletcher
11:23con you?
11:24He said he was a cryogenist
11:25and that he would
11:26freeze me and my cat
11:28so we could be resurrected
11:29when science had conquered
11:31the death barrier.
11:32And you believed him?
11:33Have you ever been duped?
11:35I've been married twice.
11:37You think I got suckered
11:38because I'm crazy?
11:40Well, you're wrong.
11:41I have paranoid
11:42personality disorder,
11:44which makes me
11:45the most suspicious person
11:46you've ever met.
11:48And Stephen just made me
11:49feel safe for the first
11:50time in years.
11:51And then he vanished
11:53with $60,000 in my money.
11:57That man could sell
11:59sand to a camel.
12:03For coming.
12:08Can I see his body?
12:12Um.
12:14No.
12:18You know, I can't help
12:19but be a little impressed
12:20with our boy Fletcher.
12:22Please tell me you're kidding.
12:23Not on a personal level.
12:24It's more of a professional one.
12:26I mean, one storyteller
12:27to another.
12:28This guy's a master.
12:28He's a leech.
12:29He preys on innocent victims
12:31and ruins their lives.
12:32It looks like our leech
12:33has jumped up
12:34to the major leagues.
12:35What do you mean?
12:35One of Fletcher's identities
12:36was recently engaged
12:37to be married
12:38to Elise Finnegan.
12:39Wait, Finnegan,
12:40where do I know that name?
12:41Her family owns
12:42half of Park Avenue South.
12:43Our lovely bride-to-be
12:44is worth a cool
12:45hundred million bucks.
12:46Ooh, now I'm really impressed.
12:48He wasn't a con man.
12:50I'm afraid he was, Elise.
12:52We've already uncovered
12:52two other scams
12:53and I'm certain
12:54we'll find more.
12:55No.
12:56No, I don't believe you.
12:58Elise.
12:58It's okay, Sue.
12:59They were getting married
13:00next weekend.
13:02Elise was so excited.
13:04How long did she know Fletcher?
13:06Six months.
13:07That's quite the whirlwind romance.
13:08It was love at first sight
13:09for both of them.
13:10So there were no clues
13:11that he was setting her up.
13:13Stories that didn't add up
13:14or bills he couldn't pay?
13:15He insisted on paying
13:17for the wedding,
13:18even though the cost
13:20was substantial.
13:21He seemed to live
13:23to make her happy.
13:25That's because making her happy
13:26was vital to his con.
13:28You're wrong.
13:29I've been rich
13:30my whole life, detective.
13:32So if there's one thing
13:33I've learned,
13:34it's how to spot a man
13:35who's only interested in me
13:36for my money.
13:38Steven wasn't like that.
13:40He loved me for me.
13:43I can't believe
13:44how naive she's being.
13:46Even with overwhelming evidence
13:48that her fiancé was a con man,
13:49she still believes he loved her.
13:51People see what they want to see.
13:52That's what con artists prey on.
13:54It's really kind of a psychopathy
13:56to be so cold
13:57that you can look someone in the eye,
13:59tell them that you love them,
14:00and then rob them blind
14:00without the slightest remorse.
14:02Whoa.
14:03I just flashed back
14:04to the eighth grade.
14:05Sherry Ort.
14:06Broke my heart,
14:07stole my lunch money.
14:08Beckett?
14:09Yeah, she laughed about it
14:10with her friends.
14:11All right, thanks.
14:12Well?
14:13No match on Fletcher's fingerprints.
14:15We still don't know
14:16his real identity.
14:18What you got?
14:19Trying to find a clue
14:20to the con that killed Fletcher,
14:22but it looks like our guy
14:23was a criminal overachiever.
14:27What?
14:27Oh, you know those
14:28Nigerian email scams?
14:29Oh, Fletcher didn't pull
14:30one of those.
14:31No.
14:32It looks like someone
14:32tried to pull one on him.
14:33Fletcher conned the guy
14:34out of 10 grand.
14:35Man, our boy was good.
14:37Damn good.
14:37Don't be so impressed.
14:39The guy was a criminal.
14:40Oh, no.
14:41There's something about
14:41a well-played con
14:43that just makes you
14:43want to tip your hat, though.
14:45And they have such great names,
14:46the Spanish Prister,
14:47Big in the Poop,
14:48the Pigeon Drop.
14:49Oh, I love a good con movie.
14:51House of Games,
14:52Catch Me If You Can.
14:53Ocean's Eleven, baby.
14:54Dirty, rotten scoundrels.
14:56Mother?
14:57Not mother?
14:59Mother?
14:59For my money,
15:01it starts and it ends
15:02with The Sting.
15:03Oh.
15:04How many of you, Beckett,
15:05what's your favorite?
15:06I hate con movies.
15:07What?
15:07Really?
15:08How can you hate The Sting?
15:10It's like, what,
15:1120 Oscars?
15:12Something like that.
15:13Because the only people
15:14that get conned
15:15in a con movie
15:16are the audience members.
15:17You can't invest in anything
15:19because nothing is real.
15:21That's what makes it fun?
15:22Well, it wasn't fun
15:23to these kids,
15:24the ones from Wheeler's class
15:25who wrote to Fletcher.
15:26Dear Mr. Fletcher,
15:28when do polar bears sleep?
15:30Dear Mr. Fletcher,
15:31do penguins really wear tuxedos?
15:33Penguins are South Pole.
15:34Hey, he's a six-year-old kid.
15:36And he scammed them.
15:38You guys still impressed
15:39by this dirtbag?
15:40If you were just
15:40scamming these kids,
15:43why would you write them back?
15:44Because it's all part of the con.
15:46Yeah, I'm not sure.
15:47I mean, if you were
15:49just a greedy monster,
15:50would you really bother
15:51writing back to all of them?
15:53He's got a point.
15:53Yeah.
15:54Well, now he was a sucker.
15:56Sir?
15:59Sucker or no sucker,
16:01clearly there's more
16:01to this guy than meets the eye.
16:05Busted.
16:07Shut up, Esposito.
16:09All right,
16:10I'm going to leave you guys to it.
16:12Where are you going?
16:13It's early.
16:13I got plans.
16:15Oh, you have a date,
16:16don't you?
16:17No.
16:18You liar.
16:18Who's the unlucky guy?
16:19Yeah, right.
16:20See you guys in the morning.
16:21All right, see you tomorrow.
16:22Careful.
16:22Okay, so who is it?
16:26I don't know.
16:26Got me.
16:27So, she hasn't mentioned anyone?
16:29In case you haven't noticed,
16:31Beckett isn't exactly
16:32what you call a sharer.
16:34Why do you care?
16:35Anyway, Castle,
16:36do you have some
16:36unresolved feelings?
16:38For Beckett?
16:40The woman hates con movies.
16:41Speak to me.
16:54Read my mind.
17:00Fill your mouth
17:02with flesh and wine.
17:07And I'll be yours
17:10Just give me time
17:14Give me time
17:20And I just can't stop
17:26Lord, I can't stop myself
17:31I can't stop
17:34Lord, I can't stop
17:38myself
17:39I thought she said
17:54her lesson was tomorrow.
17:56Oh, Dylan had a cancellation.
17:57Alexis begged him
17:58to let her take the slot.
17:59What are you doing?
18:05Nothing.
18:11Why did it just get so quiet?
18:13Maybe he's teaching her something.
18:15Maybe he's filling her head full of lies.
18:17What are you talking about?
18:19All right, that's it. I'm going up.
18:21Oh.
18:23So when I start the piece, should it be up well?
18:26Uh, yeah, I would.
18:27Okay.
18:28Well, hey, you guys. I had no idea you were even here.
18:30Well, she's a very talented girl and a real hard worker.
18:34So, um, practice your style D.A.,
18:35and we'll take another stab at Brahms next week.
18:38Okay, great.
18:39Have a good night.
18:40You too.
18:40Night, Dylan.
18:41Bye.
18:44You be safe.
18:49I don't trust him.
18:51What? Why?
18:52What do we really know about this guy?
18:54I know that he's an amazing violinist and a really great teacher.
18:57Olga was a great teacher.
18:59Olga kept a tissue up her sleeve and smelled like hard candy.
19:03What's this about, Dad?
19:04I just don't think that you realize that what you see is not always what you get.
19:08I mean, how do you know that Dylan really goes to Juilliard?
19:11Did you call the school?
19:12No.
19:12Check his transcripts?
19:13No, but Dad, I...
19:14Okay, I don't think we should take any more lessons from this guy until he's been properly vetted.
19:17I want credit check, school reports, maybe even a polygraph.
19:20Okay, you're officially out of control.
19:23No, I'm not.
19:24And back me up here.
19:25You want her violin teacher to take a lie detector test?
19:27You're off the reservation, kiddo.
19:28Okay, you know what?
19:29You're cut off.
19:30Dad.
19:30No, you know what?
19:31I am the grown-up here.
19:33Oh, this is scary.
19:34And I say no more lessons from this guy until we've got him checked out.
19:38What?
19:40I finally find a teacher that I connect with who's as excited about music as I am.
19:45Why are you trying to ruin it?
19:46I'm not.
19:47I'm just...
19:49Hey!
19:52What's going on with her?
19:53Besides your unreasonableness, hormones.
19:57What's your excuse?
20:09Okay, Castle.
20:11What was so important that you had to cut my sparring session short?
20:14Just that I cracked this case wide open.
20:17You know the thought of you fighting in a ring with another woman?
20:20Strangely arousing.
20:21Who says I was sparring with a woman?
20:23Oh, your mystery date.
20:25Oh, do I detect some jealousy?
20:27Me jealous?
20:28Ha!
20:29Double...
20:30What if I told you that my date was with your book?
20:36Really?
20:38No.
20:39God, you're easy.
20:41Give me your case-breaking information so I can get a cup of coffee.
20:44Well, I went a little daddy dearest on Alexis, and it got me thinking.
20:48If I can go this crazy over a violin teacher,
20:50how crazy would I go if my daughter was about to marry a scam artist?
20:54Crazy enough to kill, maybe?
20:56That is...
20:57Inspired.
20:58No.
20:58Brilliant.
20:58Genius.
20:59Uh-uh.
20:59What?
21:00Finn.
21:00Oh.
21:01We don't have the slightest indication that Elise's father knew that Fletcher was a con artist.
21:04Maybe not.
21:05But, Castle here suggested that we check gun registration records for Jerry Finnegan.
21:10And guess who happens to own the same caliber handgun as our murder weapon?
21:13Who?
21:14Jerry Finnegan.
21:14Shut the front door.
21:15No time for dirty talk.
21:17Go get changed.
21:19I keep it locked in the safe.
21:21Hasn't been fired in years.
21:23Did anyone else have the combination?
21:25No one.
21:29Hasn't been fired recently?
21:30Or cleaned?
21:33I'd like you to take it to the lab if you don't mind.
21:35Certainly.
21:36Mr. Finnegan.
21:37Hmm?
21:37One father to another.
21:40I just can't believe that you never had the urge to check out your future son-in-law.
21:45You never thought for a moment that maybe Fletcher wasn't what he was making himself out to be?
21:49I didn't think.
21:51I knew.
21:53Two weeks ago, I hired a private investigator to look into Stephen.
21:56Not that I was suspicious.
21:58I wasn't.
21:58I just thought, better safe than sorry.
22:01I was shocked when he called to tell me that Stephen was a fraud.
22:05Then I got angry.
22:07Please.
22:10Well, I confronted Stephen.
22:12I told him I was going to expose him and have the wedding called off.
22:17Well, he begged me not to.
22:20He said he was head over heels in love for the least.
22:24Wanted to spend the rest of his life with her.
22:28I told him I wasn't buying it.
22:31But he promised that he was done with cons.
22:34That the only reason that he was still pretending to be a polar explorer was for the kids.
22:39He didn't want to let them down.
22:41He was a professional liar, Mr. Finnegan.
22:43Yes, I know that.
22:45But what ultimately convinced me was the prenup.
22:49He said I could draw up any document, cut him out of our fortune entirely if I wanted, and he would sign it.
22:56After a lifetime of greed, he said, he'd finally found something more important than money.
23:03Love.
23:04And you believed him.
23:05Yes, I did.
23:06So I never said a word about it to anybody.
23:11And then when you showed up here yesterday, I, I just couldn't tell Elise.
23:16The private investigator that you hired, did he take any photographs?
23:21Yes.
23:22He followed Stephen for a week.
23:24He offered me the photos, but I said I didn't want them in the house where Elise might see them.
23:29What are you thinking?
23:31That Fletcher's killer might be in one of those photographs.
23:35You think it's possible that Fletcher was telling Jerry the truth?
23:38That he's suddenly a con man with a heart of gold?
23:40No, that's just another con.
23:41Wait, wait, wait.
23:42You don't think people can change?
23:45No.
23:47I've seen too many repeat offenders to believe for one second that a guy who promises never to beat his wife again actually won't.
23:54That's a pretty bleak attitude.
23:55Not bleak.
23:56Realistic.
24:00After Mr. Finnegan hired me, I followed your boy night and day.
24:04It became clear pretty fast.
24:05He was a grifter.
24:07Hello?
24:08What?
24:11Isn't that...
24:12Jim Wheeler.
24:13First great teacher extraordinaire.
24:15When was this taken?
24:17Ten days ago.
24:18When Fletcher was supposed to be in the Arctic.
24:20Looks like Mr. Wheeler was in on the scam.
24:22Okay, I'm not going to lie to you.
24:33Really?
24:34Because clearly you're pretty good at it.
24:36Listen, I realized that Fletcher was faking it when I discovered that the pictures in his promotional booklet were photoshopped.
24:42So you figured you'd make a few bucks rather than, I don't know, protect your students?
24:47No.
24:48I know this sounds crazy, but the kids were learning.
24:52Fletcher loved those kids, and they loved him.
24:54Sure, he was faking the trip technically, but he went out of his way to provide a dynamic, fact-filled presentation.
25:00I just figured if he was making money on it, why shouldn't I?
25:03Nobody was getting hurt.
25:04He was scamming little kids, and you were his accomplice.
25:07Any jury in the world would convict you of that.
25:10Jury?
25:11I didn't kill him.
25:12I was standing right here when he was murdered.
25:14Doesn't mean I won't prosecute you for criminal fraud.
25:16Now, you want to stay out of jail, you better point us towards Fletcher's killer.
25:20Listen, I swear, I don't know who killed him.
25:24Have you spoken to his partner?
25:26Partner?
25:27I guess that's who she was.
25:28She was with him at the cafe when I met him.
25:30She's in the picture.
25:33Where?
25:37Hard to see.
25:38Do you have a magnifying glass?
25:40Better.
25:51That's Elise Finnegan, Fletcher's fiancée.
25:54Who's conning whom here?
25:58Help me out here, Elise.
26:00First, you tell me that you have no idea that Fletcher is a con man.
26:04And then I find a picture of you witnessing him make a payoff
26:06during one of his scams.
26:07That's not what it was.
26:09Then what was it?
26:10I can't...
26:11Elise, the man that you loved is dead.
26:17I am trying to find his killer.
26:20Help me.
26:25Stephen wasn't a con man.
26:27Elise, we...
26:28He wasn't.
26:29He was in the CIA.
26:31This is the best case ever.
26:33What makes you think he was in the CIA?
26:34A month after we started dating,
26:37he told me that he couldn't bear lying to me anymore.
26:40He wasn't really a corporate lawyer.
26:43He was a CIA agent on a top secret case.
26:46And what part of this case involves conning first graders?
26:49Well, that was part of his mission.
26:52Next, you're going to tell me that Wheeler was also a secret agent.
26:56Oh, come on.
26:57Think about it.
26:58Wheeler works at the international school.
27:00Half of those students are the children of U.N. diplomats.
27:04Syria, China, the Middle East.
27:07Getting close to their kids allowed Stephen unique access
27:10to some of our country's worst enemies.
27:13That is pretty smart.
27:17Stephen wasn't killed for being a con man.
27:20He was killed for his intelligence work.
27:22No.
27:25I'm just saying that...
27:26No.
27:27You can't deny there's a possibility.
27:28He is not in the CIA.
27:33I'll bet you a dollar.
27:35All right, you're on.
27:39Who are you calling?
27:40My guy in the CIA.
27:42You have a guy in the CIA?
27:44When are you going to learn?
27:45I've got a guy everywhere.
27:47Thai food is pleasing to the tongue.
27:49Secret code.
27:53He'll call me back.
27:56I met Agent Gray when I was researching storm warning
27:59that this guy was invaluable for the really hardcore secret agent stuff.
28:04This guy is a machine.
28:06I've interviewed serial killers, hitmen.
28:10Agent Gray, by far the deadliest man I've ever met.
28:14He once killed a North Korean agent with a melon baller.
28:18It was an ice cream scoop, Castle.
28:20And that information was supposed to remain private.
28:23Sorry.
28:24Agent Gray, not quite what I pictured based on Castle's description.
28:28I live in a world where nothing is as it seems, Detective.
28:31For good reason.
28:33Transparency gets you killed.
28:35Didn't you use that line in Storm Warning?
28:37Yeah.
28:38I used some of your lines in Heat Wave, too,
28:39which you'd know if you'd read it.
28:41I read it.
28:42I thought it was terrific.
28:44Especially that sex scene.
28:45Talk about racy.
28:46Wait, there's a sex scene in the book?
28:49Between us?
28:50There's a sex scene in the book between Nikki Heat
28:52and the robishly handsome reporter who's helping her.
28:54Oh, good.
28:54So he's nothing like you.
28:56Funny.
28:57Wait, how did you get a copy of the book?
29:02Look, can you just tell us that Fletcher wasn't a spook
29:04so we can get on with the case?
29:07Not here.
29:07Get out.
29:23Officially, I am not at liberty to confirm or deny
29:25whether anyone is an agent.
29:27But, unofficially,
29:29we've never heard of your boy.
29:33So cool.
29:43I can't believe Fletcher conned me.
29:45We need to take another run at Elise.
29:47See if there's anything else she's holding out on us.
29:49Dad!
29:51We need to talk.
29:56Sweetie.
29:56Sit.
29:57Dylan called.
30:01Did you call Juilliard and check on him?
30:04Maybe.
30:05I can't believe you.
30:06After I told you how much taking lessons from him means to me.
30:09Sweetie.
30:09No, no, quiet.
30:10Am I a troublemaker, Dad?
30:12Do I get drunk?
30:13Disobey authority?
30:14Steal police horses?
30:15That...
30:16Naked?
30:16No.
30:17That'd be you.
30:18I seem to be the only person in this family
30:20blessed with good judgment,
30:21and yet you don't trust me.
30:23I trust you.
30:24It's just, it's a dangerous world out there,
30:26and people lie.
30:27You don't think I know that?
30:29I'm in high school.
30:30It's like the wild, wild west with hormones,
30:32and I think I'm doing a pretty good job navigating it.
30:33You are, and I'm proud.
30:34Well, then why don't you trust me
30:35to pick the person who's going to inspire me as an artist?
30:40I love you, Daddy,
30:41but I'm not a little girl anymore.
30:43You can't protect me from everything.
30:53She's good.
30:54She took you apart like a pro.
30:57You saw that?
30:58Mm-hmm.
30:58Through the glass.
31:01It was actually kind of difficult to watch.
31:03Even harder to experience.
31:07So do you need a minute,
31:08or can we get back to work?
31:10I'll give you a minute.
31:15You're the one who's been pushing her
31:17to break the rules,
31:17and when she suddenly steps outside
31:19of your comfort zone,
31:20you freak out.
31:21I didn't freak out.
31:22I was...
31:23I freaked out a little, didn't I?
31:26Welcome to parenting a teenage girl.
31:28As someone who used to be one,
31:30you have my sympathy.
31:33Detective!
31:33Can we come in?
31:38Sure.
31:46Is everything okay?
31:48It's fine.
31:49We did some checking, Elise.
31:51Fletcher wasn't in the CIA.
31:52Okay.
31:54Is that all?
31:55I don't understand.
31:56You fight me tooth and nail
31:58that he wasn't a con man
31:59and now you just give in?
32:00I just...
32:01I just want this whole thing behind me.
32:03There's something you aren't telling us.
32:05I don't know what you're talking about.
32:07Elise, tell them the good news.
32:09What good news?
32:09Nothing.
32:10Fletcher's alive.
32:11Best case ever.
32:18I'm sorry.
32:19I tried to fool you.
32:21It's just...
32:22Steven left me a voicemail
32:23a half an hour ago.
32:25And you're sure it was him?
32:27Elise,
32:28they're after me.
32:29I'll contact you when I can.
32:31Trust no one.
32:33Okay.
32:34I just gotta chill.
32:38That's not possible.
32:39And yet.
32:42But if Fletcher's alive,
32:44then who's the dead guy in our morgue?
32:50It's Fletcher, right?
32:52Honestly, I'm not 100% sure.
32:55His prints match the ones found at the apartment,
32:58but we never got a fingerprint match
32:59on his real identity,
33:00so I have nothing else to compare it to.
33:02Plus, Fletcher has seven known identities,
33:05and so far, I haven't found a single one
33:07that went to the dentist,
33:08so I have no dental records
33:09to compare.
33:10Okay, bottom line,
33:11this body could or could not be
33:13a man whose alias is Stephen Fletcher.
33:16But we saw him die.
33:17Or did we?
33:20I hate this case.
33:22I know.
33:22Isn't it great?
33:25Wait, what are you...
33:26No, no, no.
33:27Don't, don't, don't.
33:29We don't actually see his murder.
33:31The camera's already fallen
33:32when the shot went off.
33:33Well, the body we have
33:33doesn't even have a face.
33:35But why?
33:36Fletcher was about to marry
33:37into an obscene amount of money,
33:39and the only other scam
33:40he had going was at the school.
33:41Why would he just jump ship
33:42and fake his death?
33:44It's possible Agent Gray
33:45was lying to us about Fletcher
33:46to protect the mission.
33:47No, he wasn't in the CIA.
33:49The paper trail for the cons
33:50is way too extensive.
33:51There's something else
33:52that we're not seeing here.
33:53Yeah.
33:54Yeah, one of Fletcher's credit cards
33:55was just used to buy a plane ticket.
33:57JFK to Jakarta, Indonesia.
33:58He's making a run for it.
33:59Why Indonesia?
34:00It's a non-extradition country.
34:01What time does the plane leave?
34:02Five o'clock.
34:05Alert DHS and TSA
34:07will coordinate a plan of attack
34:08on the way.
34:08Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
34:10We also got hits
34:10on five other identities.
34:12Credit card reservations
34:12for flights out of Newark
34:13and Luardia,
34:14car rental reservations
34:15out of New York and Philadelphia,
34:16and an Amtrak out of D.C.
34:17He's trying to confuse his trail,
34:18spread us thin.
34:19Well, it's gonna work.
34:20We don't have resources
34:21to cover that territory.
34:22These are just the IDs
34:23that we know about.
34:23I guarantee you
34:24he's got at least one identity
34:25we've never heard of.
34:26So he's gonna get away
34:27with this murder?
34:28No.
34:29What do you mean, no?
34:30By the time we figure out
34:30his real escape route,
34:31he'll be on a beach somewhere
34:32laughing at us.
34:33We don't need to figure out
34:34his escape route
34:35because all roads
34:36lead to a lease.
34:38Why would he risk everything
34:40by calling a lease?
34:42Sir, I believe he really
34:43does love her
34:44and he was planning
34:44on running away with her.
34:46If we get to a lease,
34:47we'll find Fletcher.
34:48Go.
34:50You just missed her.
34:52She left about ten minutes ago
34:53after she got another call.
34:55From Fletcher?
34:56She wouldn't say.
34:57She just ran out the door.
34:58But I think she might have
35:00written something down
35:00by the phone.
35:04What's going on?
35:05Try the old pencil trick
35:06where you love it with...
35:06I know.
35:11Damn.
35:13I'm gonna call in an APB
35:15on a lease.
35:15See if we can get lucky
35:16at one of the airports.
35:20Or...
35:20What?
35:25Mrs. Finnegan,
35:28what is this?
35:28Oh, well,
35:29that's their engagement album.
35:32It just came.
35:33Sue made it for the wedding.
35:35Every guest was going to get one.
35:37This looks just like the...
35:38The Arctic brochure
35:39Fletcher handed out.
35:40You said Sue made this?
35:41Yes, she's a graphic artist.
35:43How long has Sue known, Elise?
35:45Oh, I don't know.
35:45A year, maybe?
35:47Sue is Fletcher's partner.
35:48It's the undercover lover, con.
35:50Sue is the scout.
35:51She gets close to Elise first,
35:53learns everything there is to know,
35:54paving the way for Fletcher.
35:55Who comes in with a playbook
35:56of all of Elise's hopes
35:58and dreams,
35:58and voila,
36:00it's love at first sight.
36:01No, no, no.
36:02Something doesn't quite track.
36:04Why would they fake Fletcher's death
36:05in such a public way?
36:06They had to know
36:07the police were gonna get involved,
36:08exposing their con
36:09to a lot of dangerous scrutiny.
36:10Unless Fletcher really is dead.
36:12If her dad is right
36:14and Fletcher really fell in love
36:15with Elise...
36:16And was going to give up
36:17his conman ways...
36:17Then Sue stood to lose a fortune
36:19by not finishing the con.
36:20And if Fletcher married Elise,
36:21then Sue had no chance
36:22of pulling off the con on her own.
36:23So Sue takes matters
36:24into her own hands.
36:25She kills Fletcher,
36:26shooting him in the face,
36:27making sure a positive ID
36:28is impossible.
36:28Bingo.
36:29But what about the phone call
36:30from Stephen?
36:33Well, she must have faked it somehow.
36:34Why?
36:36Because the con is still on.
36:39If Elise needed money,
36:40where would she go?
36:41National Bank and Trust.
36:4284th in Lexington.
36:43Thank you, Mrs. Finnegan.
36:44Save these, their evidence.
36:45Sue!
36:49Is Stephen okay?
36:51Yeah, yeah.
36:52He would have called himself,
36:53but it wasn't safe.
36:53And he's sure that a million
36:55is going to be enough?
36:56It's enough to get you
36:56out of the country.
36:57He's got money stashed overseas.
36:59Oh, thanks, Sue.
37:00We need to hurry.
37:01Okay.
37:01Any problems?
37:14No, no.
37:15Miss Finnegan!
37:19You forgot your phone?
37:20Oh, thank you.
37:22You're welcome.
37:24Stephen just called.
37:26He wants me to drop the money
37:27at the safe house
37:28while you go pack.
37:29He said to meet him
37:29at Grand Central at 9
37:31after he does one last thing.
37:32And then you two
37:33can be together.
37:34Here.
37:36Good luck.
37:37Thanks.
37:37Newspapers?
37:56I didn't think people
37:57read those anymore.
37:58out of the car, you.
38:08Come on, let me see your hands.
38:10Turn around.
38:12You know, Detective Beckett
38:13here didn't think we could
38:13con a con artist,
38:15but I told her you just
38:16weren't that smart.
38:17You did, after all,
38:18fall for the oldest
38:18count on the book.
38:20The Lazy Susan?
38:21Come on, okay?
38:24The Lazy Susan?
38:26It's either that
38:26or the grumpy beaver.
38:27I always get them mixed up.
38:28Detective.
38:32Thank you so much
38:33for your help.
38:34Absolutely.
38:35It's my job
38:36to protect our clients.
38:38Hey.
38:39Well, well,
38:40hang on a second.
38:41I thought you said
38:42you hated con movies.
38:44Oh, Castle.
38:45You are such an easy mark,
38:46aren't you?
38:47Hey, I got something.
38:48Come on.
38:48Elise,
38:53they're after me.
38:55I'll contact you
38:56when I can.
38:57Trust no one.
38:58When you see how it's done,
38:59it really takes
39:00the magic out of it.
39:01Detective?
39:06Is Stephen really dead?
39:09I'm afraid so.
39:11then it was all
39:14a lie.
39:16No, Elise,
39:17you need to know
39:17that Stephen
39:18loved you very much.
39:20He changed his ways
39:22because you made him
39:23want to be a better man.
39:28No hard day tonight?
39:40No,
39:41just the paperwork.
39:42One of the many reasons
39:43I'm glad I'm not
39:44actually a cop.
39:45Uh-huh.
39:46Have a good one.
39:47Yeah, you too.
39:58Yes, what are you doing here?
40:20I knew you were reading it.
40:21I was...
40:22It's on page 105,
40:23by the way.
40:25What?
40:25That sex scene
40:26you're looking for.
40:27And Agent Gray
40:28was right.
40:29It's steamy.
40:31I wasn't.
40:31See you tomorrow.
40:32Oh.
40:38Oh.
40:40Oh.
40:57I'm sorry for how I acted.
41:25There's no one in the world
41:28I trust more than
41:28I trust you.
41:30And I'm gonna try
41:31to be more respectful.
41:33Just promise me one thing.
41:38Be patient with me.
41:40I've never had
41:41a teenage daughter before.
41:45Deal.
41:45Thanks.
41:46Aren't you worried about
41:56Dylan's intentions
41:57towards Graham?
41:58I'm hoping they involve
41:59running away together,
42:00but I'm not that lucky.
42:02It's getting better.
42:02It's getting better.
42:02Much better.
42:03Speaking of running away,
42:05how about we have dinner out?
42:07Yes.
42:07Please.
42:08Really keep that wrist
42:09relaxed.
42:10Come on.
42:40For you.
42:53This is a�.
42:59This is the first time
43:00I'll go.
43:00I'll go.
43:00This is the first time
43:01I'll see you guys
43:02in a minute.
43:02But if you'd expect
43:03to get ready
43:03to get ready
43:04to get ready
43:05because it's
43:06actually