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Castle Season 2 Episode 17

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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. Who am I?
00:07I'm Rick Castle. Castle. Castle.
00:09I really am ruggedly handsome, aren't I?
00:11Every writer needs inspiration, and I've found mine.
00:14Detective Kate Beckett. Beckett. Beckett. Nicky Heath.
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.
00:39Yeah, Paula, that sounds perfect.
00:41Yeah, cool for you.
00:42Thank you. And to you.
00:45Hey.
00:46Hey.
00:47Ask me why I'm here.
00:48You know, I ask myself that question every day.
00:50That was Paula, my agent with big news about my book, Heat Wave.
00:54Wanna guess?
00:55Guessing would imply caring.
00:57I'll give you a hint.
00:58The headlines in the trades might read,
01:00Castle bestseller to heat up big screen.
01:06Your book is being made into a movie.
01:08And you are about to be immortalized on the silver screen.
01:12Actually, Nicky Heat is going to be immortalized, not me.
01:15Yes, well, technically, but it's been widely publicized that you are the inspiration.
01:18So, who would you like to play you in the movie?
01:20Whoa.
01:21Are you kidding?
01:22They're really making a Nicky Heat movie?
01:23Dude, did I call it or what?
01:24Oh, congrats, bro.
01:26What do you think?
01:27Are we James McAvoy for Detective Rayleigh?
01:31I'm gonna go with Javier by then.
01:32Beckett.
01:34Yes, I'd like to report a murder.
01:36Do you have an address?
01:38Where's the fun in that?
01:42Okay.
01:43Who is this?
01:44Oh, a fan.
01:48Tell me more about this murder, Tracy.
01:50Well, I did it.
01:52And that's all you need to know.
01:54Got it.
01:55Hello?
01:5642nd and Lex.
01:57That's Grand Settle Station.
01:58Yeah.
01:59Let's go.
02:01According to Tech, a phone call came from the second booth on the end.
02:24Here's his wallet.
02:26You got it.
02:27His name's Alex Peterman.
02:28Lives in Dobbs Ferry.
02:29So it wasn't a robbery.
02:30He's a personal injury attorney.
02:31Taking the late train home.
02:32Anything other than GSWs?
02:33Nope.
02:34Just the five shots to the chest from a 45.
02:35Yeah, a 45 makes a pretty loud snap-crackle in pot.
02:36Yeah.
02:37Yeah.
02:38Yeah.
02:39Yeah.
02:40Yeah.
02:41Yeah.
02:42Yeah.
02:43Yeah.
02:44Yeah.
02:45Yeah.
02:46Yeah.
02:47Yeah.
02:48Yeah.
02:49Yeah.
02:50Yeah.
02:51Yeah, a 45 makes a pretty loud snap-crackle and pop.
02:54I find it hard to believe no one heard it on the main concourse.
02:57He must have used a suppressor and waited for the train to pass by.
03:00And let's face it, New Yorkers are famous for their hear-no-evil-see-no-evil attitude.
03:04I'll give you a call with an update once I get them back to the lab.
03:08Mm-hmm.
03:09Hey, quick, who do you want to play in the Nicky Heat movie?
03:10Halle Berry.
03:11See?
03:12Some people are just great at that game.
03:14You know who we could get for you?
03:16Angelina?
03:17No.
03:18Kate Beckett.
03:19Kate Beckinsale.
03:20We'll call you Kaybex.
03:21Hey, guys.
03:22Where are we on the case?
03:23We got a woman who says that she heard a loud sound around 845.
03:28Sounded like car door slamming.
03:29Didn't she say she saw a white male?
03:3130s, average height, exiting the waiting room, moving very quickly to the 42nd Street exit.
03:36Said he was wearing a black coat, black ball cap, sunglasses, and had some sort of beard,
03:41maybe a goatee.
03:42All right, let's see if anyone can corroborate her description, and let's make up a sketch,
03:45show it to Alex Peterman's family, see if they recognize the killer.
03:49What is it?
03:50He called to report his crime, and that voice, it's like he did this for fun.
04:02Hey, you're up early.
04:03Yes, I have a date with Beckett at the morgue.
04:04What nefarious plots are you two hatching?
04:05Ah.
04:06My birthday is coming up.
04:07Ah.
04:08I think you should tell him, Graham.
04:09Sometimes he gives good advice.
04:10Sometimes.
04:11Yeah, maybe you're right.
04:12But I am not in the mood for any of your cavalier quips.
04:13I'll be serious as a shark attack.
04:14Chet has asked me to move in with him.
04:19I told her that I thought it was too soon.
04:20They've only been dating a few months.
04:21You get to be our age every minute counts.
04:22To that end, I have made a list of pros and cons.
04:23So far, the pros are winning.
04:24Pro?
04:25He makes me feel young.
04:26Yeah.
04:27I make you feel young.
04:28Yeah.
04:29I make you feel young.
04:30Yeah.
04:31I make you feel young.
04:32Why?
04:33I am not in the mood for any of your cavalier quips.
04:34I'll be serious as a shark attack.
04:35Chet has asked me to move in with him.
04:36I told her that I thought it was too soon.
04:40I've only been dating a few months.
04:43You get to be our age every minute counts.
04:45To that end, I have made a list of pros and cons.
04:48So far, the pros are winning.
04:51Pro?
04:52He makes me feel young.
04:53Yeah.
04:54I make you feel young.
04:55Oh, darling.
04:56Cons.
04:57I don't want to live in another man's home.
05:00You are not another man.
05:02Besides, I trained you.
05:03Who knows what bad habits Chet picked up along the way, you know?
05:07Mother, whatever you decide, I will support you.
05:10The same way I have since the last man you lived with stole your life savings.
05:17Cause of death is multiple gunshot wounds.
05:19Tox indicates he had a martini about an hour before he died.
05:22Other than that, there is nothing interesting about the body.
05:26So then why the call?
05:28The body isn't interesting, excuse me.
05:31But the bullets are.
05:32Check out the marking on the end of the slugs.
05:34Aftermarket factory stamps?
05:35No.
05:36No.
05:37Those aren't stamps.
05:38They're letters.
05:39They're hand etched.
05:41Spell something.
05:42They spell.
05:43Kinky.
05:44No.
05:45Nicky.
05:46Nicky Heat.
05:47That's why he called me.
05:48That's why he said he was a fan.
05:50He dedicated this murder to me.
06:01Does he realize she's a fictional character, not a real person?
06:04Obviously, he's delusional.
06:05But given that Nicky Heat is baseless, he's a fan.
06:08Not a real person.
06:09He's a fan of the story.
06:10He's a fan of the story.
06:11He's a fan of the story.
06:12He's a fan of the story.
06:13You're a fan of the story.
06:14You're a fan of the story.
06:15I didn't know.
06:16You're a fan of the story.
06:17You're a fan of the story.
06:18but given that Nicky Heat is based on Detective Beckett,
06:20maybe he's confusing the two.
06:22And we showed Alex Peterman's family the sketch of our suspect.
06:24He did not look familiar.
06:26How are we on forensics?
06:27CSU grabbed about 200 fingerprints, 1,000 fibers,
06:31and 60-odd DNA samples, and that was just from the phone box.
06:34They're working them up now, after they cleared their backlog.
06:38Beckett, the guy on the phone's asking for Detective Heat.
06:48Beckett.
06:50Nicky, did you get the first part of my message?
06:53Yes, I did.
06:54Well, the second is at the Central Park carousel.
07:18.
07:33.
07:43.
08:16Same M.O.
08:18She was shot four times with a .45.
08:20There are contusions on the victim's left side,
08:23consistent with the muzzle of a .45 being jammed into her ribs.
08:27I'm guessing the killer is left-handed.
08:29CSU pulled the slugs from the back of the carriage?
08:32Yes, there were letters on the slugs.
08:33They spelled W-I-L-L.
08:36So he's sending a message.
08:39Nikki will...
08:40What?
08:42Nikki will what?
08:44Thank you, Lainey.
08:45Mm-hmm.
08:48I guess it's official.
08:49That guy is a serial killer.
08:51I would think that a serial killer would be like the Holy Grail for a crime novelist.
08:55I guess it would be, if it weren't for the Nikki Heat of it all.
08:58Feeling a little bit responsible.
09:00Really?
09:01Like, the Beatles are responsible for Charles Manson because of Helter Skelter,
09:05or is it more like Jodie Foster's responsible for John Hinckley shooting Reagan?
09:08If I hadn't created Nikki Heat...
09:09He would still be killing.
09:11He'd just find another reason why.
09:15What's going on, Kyle?
09:17Hi.
09:18Either a UFO just landed on the other side of the park.
09:21Or else the FBI's here to claim jurisdiction over this case.
09:25Maybe they just want to ride on the carousel before the line gets too long.
09:28Rope off a ten-foot circumference around the carousel.
09:31Sweep for prints and trace evidence.
09:34Close off the park entrance at six.
09:35Work up the entire footpath.
09:37Here goes.
09:39Nikki Heat, I presume.
09:42It's Beckett.
09:43Detective Kate Beckett.
09:44Yeah, I read all about you and Cosmo.
09:45And you must be the celebrity writer tag-along with your castle.
09:50Special Agent Jordan Shaw.
09:51Jordan-Jordan Shaw?
09:52The same Jordan Shaw that broke the Hudson Valley Strangler case back in 1991?
09:57I also play a mean game of Scrabble.
09:59Now that we all know each other, I'd like to see the body.
10:01Agent Shaw, my people have already secured the area.
10:05CSU is on the scene, and we are canvassing the park.
10:08So as happy as I am to see the cavalry, there's really not much left here for you to do.
10:12Detective, the gods in the Marble Halls have sent me here to catch a killer,
10:15which I will do with or without your help.
10:17Okay?
10:19Now can I see the body?
10:20That is so going in the movie.
10:22Can you say that again, but start from Marble Hall?
10:25Mimi's pulled us from a trash bin.
10:27Wallet's inside.
10:28Nick's name is Michelle Lewis.
10:30According to her business card, she's a dog walker.
10:32There's a print here, and it's too large to be our victims.
10:36Let's get it to the lab for...
10:37What are you doing?
10:39That print is already in the lab and being processed.
10:42No muss, no fuss, no black powder in your clothes.
10:45Wow, there's an app for that?
10:47That's why I joined the FBI, Mr. Castle.
10:49The toys.
10:51I'm really eager to see that body.
10:54Can I take a look at that?
10:56A chance to check it later.
11:01Set up on inside.
11:03Watch your back.
11:04What's going on?
11:06We're setting up the war room.
11:07War room?
11:11Tell me everything you know about Jordan Shaw.
11:13She is like the federal you.
11:15She is good.
11:16She is real good.
11:17She cracked open that Hudson Valley Strangler case when she was just 25.
11:21I thought they caught him off of a speeding ticket.
11:23Well, don't ask me how, but she profiled that he drove a Yugo.
11:26They found a girl tied up in the back.
11:28Uh-huh.
11:29Jordan Shaw saved that girl some life.
11:31I've never seen you so excited to meet anyone before.
11:33No, I just, I don't...
11:35Hey, roll the press.
11:37Watch it.
11:38I have...
11:39Can we go see the war room now?
11:43You're running partials too, right?
11:45Through all databases.
11:46The lab's getting us information as fast as we can follow up.
11:49I thought there was a backlog at the lab.
11:50I have a federal fast pass, so I get to jump the line.
11:54Currently, we are running 35 solid leads based on DNA prints, trace evidence found from both
12:00crime scenes, and we're running it through the FBI data matrix.
12:03The matrix also looks for a connection between the victims in case the killer has a type or
12:08a favorite hunting ground or isn't killing randomly.
12:11Both Alex Peterman and Michelle Lewis belong to the same Wessex gym, but they went to different
12:15locations.
12:16They were both members of MoMA.
12:18Oh.
12:19Both adopted their dogs from the same ASPCA.
12:22Wow.
12:23Sounds like it does your job for you.
12:25A machine can call later, can't think.
12:28Takes a mind to hunt a mind.
12:30Take this guy.
12:33He calls the police to report his own crime, likes to kill in heavily populated areas, and
12:38uses bullets as messages.
12:39Now, most of these stalker types can barely tie their own shoes.
12:43This one's different.
12:45Smarter.
12:46You almost sound like you admire him.
12:48I admire him the way Robert Shaw admired the shark and Jaws.
12:53The better I know him, the easier it will be to catch him.
12:56It's like when I'm writing.
12:58The killer's voice doesn't sound authentic unless I understand his motivation.
13:01Well, this guy likes to make a scene.
13:03I wouldn't be surprised if he was also an arsonist.
13:05In fact, I think that's what drew him to the Nikki Heat character in the first place,
13:09her name.
13:10Speaking of Detective Heat...
13:13Oh.
13:14Whoa, whoa.
13:15Guys, listen, not that I don't appreciate the royalties, but why do you need 100 copies
13:18of Heat Wave?
13:19If our killer is obsessed with Nikki Heat, then some of you.
13:23Avery, cliff notes, please.
13:24A real estate tycoon is killed.
13:28Detective Nikki Heat catches the case and investigates suspects who wanted the man dead.
13:34There's a trophy wife, of course.
13:36Dangerous mobsters.
13:37Sorry, excuse me.
13:38It's a New York Times bestseller.
13:41I don't think it's neat to make it sound quite so dry.
13:44Thanks.
13:45Heat's life is complicated by a reporter named Jameson Rook,
13:48who's following her around for an article he's writing.
13:51Heat and Rook verbally spar,
13:54and in Chapter 11, admit their attraction for one another and have sex.
14:00Mm-hmm.
14:04It's fiction.
14:05In the end, when the killer's revealed, it turns out it's actually...
14:11Whoa, whoa, whoa.
14:13Spoiler alert.
14:15In deference to Mr. Castle's artistic sensitivity,
14:19you can all read the book to find out the identity of the killer.
14:23And if you want me to autograph those for you,
14:25just find a single file line right here.
14:29Or not.
14:31We got a hit.
14:31That pinky print off the second victim's purse
14:34belongs to a Donald Salt,
14:36two-time loser,
14:37on parole for a manslaughter conviction in 2005.
14:41They just matched it to the partial pinky print
14:44your team recovered from Grand Central.
14:45Two pinky prints.
14:47So he was at the station and the carousel.
14:49And the purse puts him with our victim.
14:51Let's mount up.
14:58Yeah, okay.
14:59Just pulling up now.
15:01Yep, got it.
15:05Salt lives in that brick building.
15:08Supervisor says he left work an hour ago,
15:10so he should be home by now.
15:11When the others get here, we'll take him.
15:13What is he doing?
15:15He, um, touches things.
15:18Night vision goggles.
15:19I think I have the newer model, though.
15:22Maybe in my third book,
15:23Nikki Heat will cross swords with a good-looking,
15:26yet cold-hearted FBI profiler.
15:28Call it Federal Heat.
15:30Or maybe not.
15:38So how long have you two been sleeping together?
15:41I'm...
15:41We're...
15:43We're not sleeping together.
15:44We...
15:44He just observes me.
15:46Yeah, I've seen how he observes you.
15:48No, she's right.
15:50Aside from my second wife,
15:51this is the most sexless relationship I've ever been in.
15:53I've been profiling people for a long time.
15:55I'm hardly ever wrong.
15:57Well, this time you are wrong.
16:00So if you're not sleeping together,
16:02why do you keep him around?
16:03You know I can hear you.
16:05He's actually proven to be surprisingly helpful.
16:09Huh.
16:10I'll take your word on that.
16:13Put the taser down.
16:16Okay, the team's here.
16:23You stay in the car.
16:26You heard her, Castle.
16:27Stay.
16:28Could you at least crack the window for me?
16:34All right, let's go.
16:35Move, move, move.
16:38Let's make it quick and bloodless.
16:40Hang on.
16:50Stop!
16:51FBI!
16:52Hey!
17:07See, I'm helping.
17:08Yeah.
17:08Buy you an ice cream later.
17:11Agent Shaw, we got a problem.
17:13His pinky finger's missing.
17:17Which one of you is Nikki Heat?
17:28So I was on one of those internet barter sites,
17:31and I was looking.
17:33It doesn't matter what I was looking for,
17:35but I came across the ad.
17:37Finger Wanted will pay top dollar.
17:41And what's top dollar for a pinky finger?
17:435,000 bucks.
17:46Sounds like a real deal.
17:47Hey, you get less than that for a kidney.
17:50So anyway, I emailed him back.
17:51I told him I had everything he wanted.
17:53You gave him the finger.
17:54What more did he want?
17:56He wanted me to have a violent felony conviction
17:59and to be recently paroled.
18:02And you also had to be willing to suffer through the indignity of a false arrest.
18:06He told me Detective Nikki Heat will be coming for me.
18:10And it might get physical.
18:12He didn't mention anything about Captain America with the taser gun.
18:18So he warned you that he would be planting your print at a murder scene.
18:22Which is why you have an alibi.
18:23I was perched on my favorite barstool at McSorley's
18:26till closing every night
18:28since that man took my digit and walked away with it in his cooler.
18:32Is this the man?
18:34I'm not sure.
18:35Didn't really see him.
18:36He had a hat and sunglasses.
18:37Who bandaged your finger?
18:39He did.
18:41He said you'd notice.
18:45Oh, be gentle with me, Nikki.
18:47There's numbers here.
19:03This looks like a code.
19:06Severed digits?
19:07A secret code?
19:08This is like one of my books.
19:10You should have been with me on the recapitator case.
19:12What, the guy in Phoenix who switched his victim's heads?
19:15That was your case?
19:16Our techs have run the numbers through all conventional cryptology.
19:20Can't crack it.
19:21Which means what?
19:22There's either a reference key that we don't have,
19:24or the code itself is just a random string of numbers.
19:26It's not random.
19:27He bought another man's finger so he could leave a print
19:29that would lead us directly to this code.
19:31It's how he taunts Nikki,
19:32are you clever enough to solve my riddle?
19:34So whatever this reference key is,
19:36he thinks you can find it.
19:38Those numbers could mean anything.
19:40The left-hand column is less than 300.
19:42Right-hand column is no more than 260.
19:45And the combination of the joined pair
19:47most likely yields a word.
19:49Words.
19:50It's heatwave.
19:52When we typeset a manuscript,
19:54it's usually 300 words a page.
19:56And heatwave is less than 300 pages.
19:59First column is a page number.
20:0279.
20:03Second column is a word.
20:06I.
20:07126.
20:0880.
20:08Will.
20:08145.
20:09204.
20:10Kill.
20:11I will kill.
20:12Hang on.
20:12I'm uploading the text right now.
20:16I.
20:17Will kill.
20:19Someone else.
20:20Before.
20:21Midnight tonight.
20:22Unless you stop me.
20:27Midnight.
20:28That's eight hours away.
20:29He's putting us on the clock.
20:30He's daring us.
20:31To stop him.
20:32Kicking it old school?
20:41The whiteboards always worked for me.
20:44I've been going over subway routes.
20:46Trying to see if I can trace a pattern
20:48from Grand Central to the carousel
20:50to the next location.
20:51So far, nothing definitive.
20:52Maybe there's something about how he chooses his victims.
20:55First a man, then a woman.
20:57A lawyer and a dog walker?
20:59Let's face it.
20:59There's no pattern there.
21:00There's no way to predict where he's going to go next.
21:03And it's already 9 o'clock, and we're out of time.
21:08And every murder he commits in the name of Nicky Heat.
21:13A very wise woman once told me
21:15you can't blame Jodie Foster for John Hinckley.
21:19But you can blame her for Nims Island.
21:23The lead just came in now.
21:25Get it to the bridge.
21:29What have you got?
21:31Lab results came back on that bandage.
21:33Tested positive for formaldehyde, methanol, and ethanol.
21:36Embalming fluid.
21:38The lab found traces of formaldehyde at Grand Central
21:41and ethanol at the carousel.
21:43Our killer works at a mortuary.
21:46Or he could be a hospital employee or a janitor at a morgue.
21:48No.
21:49Castle's theory is more likely.
21:50Bring up all the mortuaries in the city.
21:52We've got over 1,000 in New York City area alone.
21:55We can't hit all these before midnight.
21:56Can you cross-reference mortuary experience with criminal records?
22:00Or job finder groups or ex-cons.
22:01Yes.
22:02I can try.
22:06Six names.
22:07Mobilize the troops.
22:07I want every one of these guys in our custody before midnight.
22:11I see what you mean about him being helpful.
22:18Any of these undertakers look good for it?
22:21They all say the same thing.
22:22We work with dead bodies all day.
22:24We don't need to make more.
22:25He baited us.
22:26Just like with that fingerprint.
22:28We're wasting our time.
22:30He's on the phone.
22:31He's asking for Nikki Heat.
22:35We're tracing the call.
22:38Hello.
22:39Nikki.
22:39You were supposed to stop me.
22:43I wanted you to stop me.
22:45Tell me where you are.
22:47Will you come along?
22:48Yes, just you and me.
22:52We can figure this out.
22:57I can help you.
22:58You just need to trust me.
23:00Tell me something.
23:04How does it feel to know that you have failed?
23:08Check the stairs.
23:30Get a unit on the roof.
23:31I want eyes on every inch of the structure.
23:33He was just here.
23:34That body can't be too far.
23:36Over here.
23:37A lot of blood.
23:39Woman's shoe.
23:41Got a broken heel.
23:42Strands of hair.
23:43Looks like she put up a fight.
23:45There's poor shell casings.
23:47There's no way she would have survived without medical attention.
23:50Well, then where's the body?
23:52He always leaves the body where he kills.
23:53And he always kills in famous places with lots of foot traffic.
23:57He's changing his M.O.
23:59Which makes him more unpredictable, which makes him more dangerous.
24:01The structure's clear.
24:03There's no body.
24:05Where the hell did he put her?
24:07He put her in his trunk.
24:09That blood trail ends right here.
24:13So you waited, probably left his car idling, takes down his victim,
24:17popped his trunk, put her in, drove away, body on board.
24:20Get the parking attendant to give us a list of all the vehicles through here and the video footage.
24:24What, you think he used his own car?
24:25No, but if he stole it tonight, he might not have time to switch the plates.
24:30We put out an AP booth.
24:31I'll get my guys to get a roster of all the people I have monthly's on this floor.
24:34My people are already on it.
24:35I got way more people than you do.
24:37Your captain has a unit on your apartment.
24:38Go home, get some rest.
24:40It's not necessary.
24:40No argument.
24:41You're no good to me if you're burned out.
24:55He roars like an angry caged animal.
25:00God, no, it's moving towards the outer hatch area.
25:03The blows don't seem to be entering his hands.
25:05There's no blood that I can see.
25:08Hey.
25:09Hi.
25:10How are you still doing it?
25:10Oh, I can't sleep too much on my mind, you know, decisions to make.
25:16I got one of your old wedding videos.
25:19Oh, are you kidding?
25:21This guy's a pushover compared to my ex-husband's.
25:23So the pros outweighed the cons?
25:27Darling, this was always supposed to be a temporary situation.
25:30And until I got back on my feet, you know.
25:33Well, the Rogers women always follow their hearts.
25:36Yeah.
25:39You okay?
25:41This case, just, if it wasn't for my book.
25:46What are you going to do, darling?
25:47Stop writing because some idiot has got a screw loose?
25:50No.
25:51It's just, I never intended to put her in harm's way.
25:55Let me tell you something about Kate Beggitt.
25:58That gal can take care of herself.
26:01Really.
26:02That gal can take care of herself.
26:32Castle?
26:39What are you doing here?
26:42What?
26:43So what happened to your security detail?
26:45I didn't see you anywhere outside.
26:47I sent them home after I got in.
26:50What?
26:50The windows are locked.
26:52The door is locked.
26:54I'm armed.
26:56So our guy killed the others where they were found.
27:00Why not this girl?
27:02Why didn't he just leave her in the garage where we'd find her?
27:04He's changing it up.
27:05Or this victim is special.
27:09Oh, no, thanks.
27:10No, no, no.
27:11Agent Shaw said we need to decompress.
27:13Nothing decompresses like a 2,000 shot enough to pop.
27:17Oh, well, special agent Shaw said so.
27:20What is that supposed to mean?
27:21Nothing.
27:22I just see the way that you listen to her.
27:25The way that you look at all of her fancy equipment.
27:28Now my murder board's not enough for you.
27:30Now you need a smart board.
27:31Are you jealous?
27:32I'm not jealous.
27:33I'm just embarrassed the way that you act like a 10-year-old all impressed by her data matrix.
27:38Oh, it collates information so quickly, Agent Shaw.
27:41Tell me all about it.
27:42You are ridiculous.
27:43Oh, and then to top it off, you are now building theory with her.
27:46So?
27:47So you're supposed to be building theory with me.
27:49You're supposed to be on my team.
27:51Well, I thought we were all on the same team.
27:52We are.
27:53It's just, I think that if you have an insight, you should run it by me first.
27:58Fine, I will.
27:59Now drink your wine.
28:01Thanks.
28:02But I am tired, and I need to go to bed.
28:07Oh, no, I'm not leaving.
28:09I'm here to protect you.
28:12What, with your vast arsenal of rapier wit?
28:15There is a madman gunning for you because of me.
28:19I am not going to leave you alone.
28:22Okay, fine.
28:22I am too tired to argue.
28:25But if I see that doorknob turn, I will have you know, Mr. Castle, that I sleep with a gun.
28:31Understood.
28:32You're still here.
29:01And you're making pancakes.
29:03I was hoping for bacon and eggs, but your eggs are expired.
29:05And your bacon has something furry on it.
29:08Yeah, well, I mostly order in.
29:09Figured that from the styrofoam temple you've got going on in the refrigerator.
29:12Coffee's brewed.
29:13I think your filter's broken, though.
29:15I'll order you a new one later.
29:16Wow.
29:16It looks like you thought of everything.
29:19Except the paper.
29:19Castle, we don't have time for the paper.
29:22There's a body out there that I gotta find.
29:24Looks like it found you.
29:30So, you had just gotten up, right?
29:45Yeah.
29:46Castle just finished making breakfast and he went to the door and...
29:48What kind of breakfast?
29:50Uh, I'm sorry?
29:51What kind of breakfast was he making?
29:54Pancakes.
29:56Wasn't that domestic?
29:58Anyway, the paper usually arrives at four and we were up at seven.
30:02So, that means the killer had a three-hour window where he could have left the body there unnoticed.
30:06And exactly what time did you and Mr. Castle go to bed last night?
30:10I think we're done here.
30:12Dude, I see Beckett in her jammies.
30:16Wine glasses on the table?
30:18There's nothing going on with Beckett and me.
30:20No more than there was yesterday.
30:22Dude, you made her pancakes?
30:24It's just breakfast.
30:25Pancakes is not just breakfast.
30:28It's an edible way of saying thank you so much for last night.
30:31Castle, come on.
30:33Where are your friends?
30:34Details.
30:36Come on, come on.
30:40There are no details.
30:43I can't even look at you right now.
30:45Witness refuses to cooperate.
30:51Now we know why you took the body.
30:53I know where you live.
30:55This was a threat.
30:56More than that.
30:59He's saying he's disappointed in you.
31:01In his mind, he gave you fair warning that he was going to kill again.
31:05If you'd been smarter, you would have been able to stop him.
31:08He's saying this one is on you.
31:12I'm profiling him, detective, not agreeing with him.
31:15The guy's a friggin' nut bar.
31:17Don't let him get to you.
31:19Talk about irony.
31:20Do we have an ID on her, Vic?
31:24No, not yet.
31:25There's no purse, no missing persons report file.
31:27The coroner's van's downstairs.
31:29We need to get the body to the morgue and pull the slugs.
31:31Only four entry woes.
31:33If the pattern holds, he should have a four-letter word for us.
31:37It's funny.
31:38I have a four-letter word for him, too.
31:40Why don't you two escort the body to the morgue and let me know what you find?
31:43Once you're dressed, of course.
31:54Hey.
31:55Heard you two were making pancakes when the body dropped.
31:57Nothing happened.
31:59Right.
32:00So what do you got?
32:02Letters on the slugs.
32:04B-U-R-Burn.
32:07Nicky will burn.
32:08Well, that's chilling.
32:09Our victim's fingerprints aren't in the system.
32:11Do you have anything that can ID her?
32:13Well, I found formaldehyde on her.
32:15Yeah, that's from the killer.
32:16He left it at the other scenes as well.
32:18Not traces.
32:19It was under her fingernails and her hair.
32:21She worked with embalming fluid.
32:23I also found traces of clay, polyurethane, and animal blood.
32:27I don't know who she is, but I can tell you what she does.
32:29She's a taxidermist.
32:31So cute the way you two do that.
32:36Taxidermy?
32:37Embalming fluid plus animal hair equals Norman Bates' favorite pasta.
32:40It can't be just a coincidence that we found embalming fluid at our first two crime scenes as well.
32:47So the killer and this victim were connected?
32:51It seems so.
32:52So there's only seven taxidermy shops in the city.
32:55My guys are running them down right now.
32:56But if there was a connection between them, why didn't Comparison Matrix find it?
32:59Maybe it's not as simple as a work relationship or going to the same gym.
33:03Like you said, it takes a mind to hunt a mind.
33:08Yo, we got an ID on our third Vic.
33:11And it's Sandra Keller.
33:12She works at a taxidermy shop downtown.
33:14Any connection between her and our killer?
33:16A colleague of hers says she had a run-in with a guy who maybe matched our sketch.
33:19A customer whose Bichon Frise had been killed in the park by another dog, a Brotweiler.
33:24The customer was heartbroken.
33:25He paid half up front to have his Mr. Bumpkins preserved for eternity.
33:28When he came back to pick up his dog, he didn't have the fee.
33:31When Sandra refused to give up stuffed Bumpkins, the guy went ballistic and stormed out of the store.
33:36Two nights later, they had a break-in.
33:38Among the things that went missing are this guy's stuffed Bichon Frise and a bunch of embalming fluid.
33:42That explains why we found traces of it at the murder scenes.
33:45He also trashed the store's computer.
33:47There was no client data, no name.
33:49My agents interviewed all of Michelle Lewis' dog-walking clients.
33:53One couple had to put their Rottweiler down because Michelle lost control of it and it killed another dog.
33:58Mr. Bumpkins, so grief-stricken, our killer blames Michelle and Sandra for the loss of his best friend and decides to get revenge.
34:06All this about a dog?
34:08What does this have to do with Nicky Heat?
34:10The dog's a trigger.
34:11Maybe he was reading the book when it was killed.
34:13When he snapped, he somehow blamed Nicky for it.
34:16It seems a little absurd.
34:18You must be a cat lover.
34:19Detective.
34:20He's looking for a reason to kill.
34:21This is it.
34:22What about our first Vic?
34:24How does Peterman fit into all this?
34:25Well, he was a personal injury lawyer.
34:27Maybe our murderer wanted to file a wrongful doggy death suit.
34:31According to Peterman's notes, back in January, he had a meeting with a Ben Conrad over a lawsuit about a dead dog.
34:38Peterman declined to take the case, though.
34:40That's the last piece of our puzzle.
34:41What do you have on Conrad?
34:44Just a photo from the DMV.
34:46All right.
34:47All right.
34:55Catch you, son of a bitch.
35:09Yeah?
35:12Okay.
35:13Okay, sweetie.
35:14Mommy's got to go arrest somebody, okay?
35:16I'll be home for dinner.
35:17All right.
35:18I love you.
35:19Bye.
35:21You're a mom?
35:22Yeah.
35:23And you can host to your gun.
35:24You're both staying here.
35:25What?
35:26No, come on.
35:26This is the final takedown.
35:28You can't let her do this to us.
35:29No, Agent Shaw's right.
35:31I'm his target.
35:33I can't compromise your team by walking in the line of fire.
35:35We'll take him down.
35:36We'll still be your caller.
35:38Mm-hmm.
35:41Wow.
35:42She's a mom.
35:42I never would have pegged her for that.
35:43I figured she was a career-driven woman with no time for a family.
35:47Well, not everybody makes that choice.
35:49Beckett.
35:49He's calling for you.
35:51Put him on.
35:54Hello?
35:55Oh, you think you're so smart, don't you, Nikki?
35:59You think what?
36:00Just because you found me that you won.
36:05He knows we're here.
36:07It's over, Ben.
36:09Time to give up.
36:11No, he is not over.
36:16Ben, listen to me.
36:18You're surrounded.
36:18I need you to put the gun down.
36:20No, I can't do that, Nikki.
36:26Ben, I need you to step outside of your apartment with your hands raised.
36:31That's not our game.
36:33One of us has to die.
36:34No one has to die.
36:36Somebody always has to die.
36:38And since it can't be you.
36:47All right.
36:48Go!
36:52Go!
36:53Go, go, go!
36:55We're sending the gun to ballistics, but given it's a .45, it's probably the same one he used.
36:58We're sending the gun to ballistics, but given it's a .45, it's probably the same one he used on other victims.
37:09And probably the same one he was going to use on you?
37:11Actually, no. He was planning something a little more spectacular.
37:17Cell phones?
37:19He was making a detonator.
37:25Goodbye, Nikki. Goodbye, Nikki.
37:29He was extracting formaldehyde from the embalming fluid he stole to create cyclonite, a near-military-grade explosive.
37:37Well, when you profiled him, you said he was probably an arsonist.
37:39They also said he'd like to make a big scene. Schematics of the precinct.
37:44He was planning on killing you and taking the whole station with you.
37:47Nikki will burn. I can see the poetry in that. The terrible homicidal poetry.
37:54I just wouldn't have profiled this guy as suicidal.
37:59I guess once we found him, it was the only way he could control the situation.
38:04Well, at least Conrad saved us the trouble of a trial.
38:07And the best news is, I'm out of your hair.
38:11The best news is that it's over.
38:14Hey, I thought you went to bed an hour ago.
38:35I couldn't sleep.
38:36I thought the case was over.
38:40It is. Wrapped up all nice and neat.
38:43It's a good thing, right?
38:45In a book, that's a good thing. In real life, nothing is that neat.
38:49What's got you still up?
38:55Grant.
38:56I can't believe she's leaving tomorrow.
38:59I mean, yeah, when she first moved in, I couldn't imagine having her around all the time.
39:03But now I can't imagine her being gone.
39:06Listen, it's a fact of life.
39:13People we love leave us.
39:16Unless you chain them to a radiator, which for some reason is illegal.
39:21But, uh, knowing her, she'll be back in six months.
39:29Oh, good. You're both up.
39:31Darling, I need you to help me decide on what to take.
39:33Oh, and I need to get my bags down.
39:35Richard, could you give us a hand?
39:38A hand.
39:40What?
39:44The bruising pattern on the second victim, the killer used his left hand.
39:49And see his handwriting?
39:52Look at the slope on the four and the loop on the six.
39:54Yeah, so he was left-handed.
39:55Well, Ben Conrad shot himself with his right hand.
39:59If the man in the window was Ben Conrad, he would have shot himself on the left side.
40:03Ben Conrad didn't kill himself.
40:05Ben Conrad was murdered by the man in the window.
40:07Ben's not our killer.
40:08The real killer was just playing with us.
40:10But the evidence...
40:11No, it was planted there to lead us to Ben.
40:15He wants us to think it's over.
40:18He wants us to drop our guard.
40:20He wants to make a big scene.
40:23Nikki will burn.
40:26Beckett.
40:26Oh, God.
40:31Montgomery took the detail off her place.
40:32She's alone.
40:44She's not picking up.
40:45Call the precinct.
40:45Tell them to get over there right away.
40:47Tell them we were wrong.
40:48Tell them the killer is still alive.
40:49You lock this door behind me.
40:51Don't let anyone in.
40:52Captain Montgomery, please.
40:54Yes, tell them it's an emergency.
40:55Come on, Becky.
41:13Pick up the phone.
41:15Pick it up.
41:15What castle?
41:32It wasn't Ben Conrad.
41:33He's not the killer.
41:34The killer's still alive.
41:35The killer's still alive.
41:37Goodbye, Nikki.
41:38Goodbye.
41:39Goodbye, Nikki.
41:39Goodbye, Nikki.
41:40Goodbye, Nikki.
41:41Goodbye, Nikki.
41:42Goodbye, Nikki.
41:43Goodbye, Nikki.
41:44Goodbye, Nikki.
41:45Goodbye, Nikki.
41:46Goodbye, Nikki.
41:47Goodbye, Nikki.
41:48Goodbye, Nikki.
41:49Goodbye, Nikki.
41:50Goodbye, Nikki.
41:51Goodbye, Nikki.
41:52Goodbye, Nikki.
41:53Goodbye, Nikki.
41:54Goodbye, Nikki.
41:55Goodbye, Nikki.
41:56Goodbye, Nikki.
41:57Goodbye, Nikki.
41:58Goodbye, Nikki.
41:59Goodbye, Nikki.
42:00Goodbye, Nikki.
42:01Goodbye, Nikki.
42:02Goodbye, Nikki.
42:03Goodbye, Nikki.
42:04Goodbye, Nikki.
42:05Goodbye, Nikki.
42:06Goodbye, Nikki.
42:07Goodbye, Nikki.