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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.
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 Hoot.
00:36I have to laugh at her jokes, she's my boss.
00:38You have to stare at her boobs too?
00:40I wasn't, she had a stain.
00:41And you were trying to memorize the shape?
00:43What?
00:44No, I swear.
00:47If I'm lying, may God strike me down.
00:58Yeah, I want to. I just, I don't know.
01:04Yes, I...
01:08I can't tell him, he'll freak.
01:10He will.
01:14I gotta go.
01:15Who'll freak?
01:16What?
01:17Who's gonna freak?
01:18Oh, um, someone from school.
01:20You don't know them.
01:22Are you sure?
01:23Mm-hmm.
01:26But I thought I knew all your friends.
01:27Hey, I'm sorry, Dad, but I have a ton of school work.
01:29Oh, no, yeah.
01:35Hey, uh, you know you can tell me anything, right?
01:38Yep.
01:39Castle.
01:48A body falls out of the sky and somehow that's my fault?
01:53Hey, Castle.
01:54I hope we didn't take you away from something important.
01:57Or someone.
01:59Do you want to keep secrets from your dad?
02:01Sure.
02:02What kind?
02:04Do you really want to know?
02:05About your secrets? Absolutely.
02:07About my daughters.
02:09You know what?
02:10I'm sure it's nothing.
02:11Alexis would never keep anything serious from me.
02:13I'm the cool dad.
02:14Uh-huh.
02:17Sir, what are you doing here?
02:18Victim's Jack Buckley.
02:20Who's Jack Buckley?
02:21An assistant district attorney.
02:22One of the good guys.
02:24Buckley hated making deals.
02:25Loved putting bad guys behind bars.
02:27He's the lawyer every cop wanted prosecuting their case.
02:32Well, looks like he didn't go down without a fight.
02:34Yeah, his jacket was torn.
02:36Found his briefcase up on the roof along with his left shoe.
02:40See if he was doing a full sweep.
02:42Well, Jack's a big boy.
02:44Whatever he did, it must be strong.
02:45Wait, I know what this is.
02:47Lawyer puts criminal in jail.
02:48Criminal feels wrong.
02:49Criminal kills lawyers.
02:50Just keep fear.
02:53Any idea what he was doing up there?
02:55No.
02:56I talked to his secretary and she said Buckley left work around 8.
02:58Heading straight home, which is on the west side.
03:00And, get this.
03:01Buckley was a subway rider.
03:03He didn't own a car.
03:04And what's he doing in a parking garage on the east side?
03:07That's a good question.
03:09Was Buckley married?
03:10Divorced.
03:11Ex-wife lives in California.
03:13Reach out to his wife.
03:14Let's start looking into his personal life and see what we can find.
03:17The mayor wants this solved quickly.
03:19Nobody kills a law enforcement officer and gets away with it.
03:25I just can't believe that he's dead.
03:27And you have no idea why he was in the garage?
03:30No.
03:31Here are the printouts of Mr. Buckley's cases he wanted.
03:34Thanks.
03:35I'm telling you this Cape Fear List is going to be a gold mine of suspects.
03:38Check out this guy.
03:39Archibald Spinks.
03:41Five counts of attempted murder.
03:42One count of indecent exposure.
03:44I don't suppose he tried to kill them, but it's...
03:47Yeah, that wouldn't work.
03:49Had Mr. Buckley ever received any threats, any prosecutions that went ugly?
03:53Well, he didn't think he was doing his job right if he wasn't being threatened, but nothing recently, no.
03:57He did seem to be upset the past few days.
04:00Any idea why?
04:01No.
04:02You know, there was that man the police brought in.
04:04What man?
04:05It was right after lunch on Monday.
04:06A cop brought in a tough looking guy in handcuffs, took him right into Mr. Buckley's office and then waited outside.
04:11Yeah, we heard them yelling through the door and then the officer took him away.
04:14That kind of thing happen a lot?
04:15Never.
04:16Do you remember the officer's name?
04:18Yeah.
04:19Frank.
04:20Frank...
04:21Frank Curtis.
04:24Curtis doesn't remember why Buckley asked him to bring the guy in, but he does remember his name.
04:28John Knox.
04:29Dozens of priors, uniforms of bringing him in.
04:31I'm guessing this guy isn't exactly an altar boy.
04:33You think?
04:34Come on, let's go.
04:36You've got quite a record, Mr. Knox.
04:39Your parents must be proud.
04:40Yeah.
04:41They hang all my mug shots on the fridge.
04:43Can we cut to the chase?
04:46Two days ago you had an argument with Buckley in his office.
04:49Last night we found him dead, so you can understand our interest.
04:52Sure, but you're wasting your time.
04:54I didn't kill the guy.
04:55Really?
04:56Because it says here that you have quite a history of trying to kill people.
04:59Three in the last two years.
05:01Or am I missing any?
05:02I was never convicted of anything.
05:04That's not exactly a denial.
05:06Do you work out?
05:08You know, bench press, deadlift.
05:10It must take a lot of upper body strength to throw a guy off a roof.
05:14Who is this guy?
05:16What did you and Buckley fight about?
05:18Look, he had it out for me because he put me on trial for an assault I didn't commit, and he lost.
05:23And rather than being a man about it, he decided to rattle my cage to show me who was the alpha male.
05:29So yeah, it was annoying and childish, but not something you kill a guy over.
05:34Especially a DA.
05:36Now, I may be a criminal, but I'm not stupid.
05:39Do you have an alibi for Buckley's murder?
05:42I don't know.
05:43What time was he killed?
05:449.30 PM.
05:45I was at an AA meeting.
05:47Anonymous.
05:48That's cute.
05:49You don't believe me?
05:51Hmm.
05:52Well, then maybe you'll believe my sponsor.
05:56Reverend Daniel Miller.
05:59Didn't you say Reverend?
06:03So where are we with Knox?
06:05Alibi looks solid.
06:07Castle and Beckett are interviewing the good Reverend right now.
06:09What about forensics?
06:10Looks like a bust.
06:11But I did find something interesting when I checked into Buckley's MetroCard history.
06:15His card only made two swipes a day for the whole month.
06:186 AM at the subway by his apartment, 8 PM by his office.
06:21Buckley lived for the job, especially after the divorce.
06:24Probably trying to lose himself in the work.
06:26On the day he was killed, Buckley did something unusual.
06:28He made an extra trip up to West 77th Street before he went to work.
06:31His secretary has no idea why.
06:33See if you can find out.
06:34Yo, Cap!
06:35Looks like somebody was following our boy Buckley.
06:37The doorman in his apartment said that a guy came in there two days ago demanding to talk to Buckley.
06:41Wouldn't take no for an answer.
06:43Doorman practically had to throw the guy out.
06:45Then, on the morning of Buckley's murder, the doorman swears that he saw the same guy hanging around outside the building.
06:51I snagged a photo off the video surveillance.
06:54Start looking through some mugshot books.
07:00Thank you, Reverend.
07:01Pleasure meeting you.
07:02Thanks.
07:03Is this for our case?
07:05Yeah, the guy who tried to hassle Buckley on his building.
07:08Wait a second.
07:09I know this guy.
07:11Yes.
07:12My keep your file.
07:13Ow!
07:14Right here.
07:16Right here.
07:18His name is Norman Jessup.
07:21Buckley got him four years ago in a bank robbery where a guard got shot.
07:25See, I told you this file would solve this case.
07:28It says here he got out two weeks ago when his conviction was overturned by the appellate court on technicality.
07:33That sounds like a reason for Jessup to celebrate, not to kill Buckley.
07:37Yeah, except Buckley already filed an intent to retry.
07:41Jessup was looking at another two years in jail if Buckley won.
07:44Well, that might have made Jessup a little mad.
07:46Right, and then it's off.
07:47Come out, come out, wherever you are!
07:50Really?
07:51That's your De Niro?
07:52Get a current address and a list of known associates.
07:54I'd like to hear what Jessup has to say.
07:57Wait, wait.
07:58You got it all wrong!
08:00Hey!
08:01Come on!
08:02Police!
08:03Freak it up!
08:04Get outside!
08:05Are you gonna do something?
08:06Breaking up a bar fight is a sure way to get hit.
08:08Don't worry, it'll be over in a minute.
08:10You know, I was in a bar fight once.
08:12Really?
08:13Who won?
08:14Oh, let me guess.
08:17Not you.
08:20You want to fight Mr. Jessup?
08:22You can fight a murder charge.
08:23I'm sorry, man, I didn't mean to embarrass you in front of your girlfriend there.
08:35I am not his girlfriend.
08:36I am a homicide detective.
08:38And you should be taking this a little bit more seriously.
08:41Hey, that guy in that bar, he started this whole thing, okay?
08:43He thought I was hitting on his girlfriend, and I was not hitting on his girlfriend.
08:46It was just a big misunderstanding.
08:48Right.
08:49Just like the bank robbery.
08:50Exactly.
08:51I had no idea my buddies were gonna rob that bank.
08:53No idea at all.
08:54They said the car broke down, and they needed a ride.
08:56And I gave them a ride.
08:58And that argument didn't sway Buckley?
09:00Can you believe it?
09:01He told my lawyer that the guard got shot, and therefore in the eyes of the law, I was
09:05just as responsible as the guy who shot him.
09:07That must have made you angry.
09:09How'd you feel about the fact that Buckley was gonna retry your case and try to make
09:12you serve the final two years of your sentence?
09:14Honestly, lady, I cried like a baby.
09:16Huh.
09:17Prison is not fun, okay?
09:19I did not want to go back.
09:20I figured if I could just talk to Mr. Buckley, I could let him know where I'm coming from.
09:23Which is what you were doing at Buckley's building.
09:26Whoa, whoa.
09:27I followed the man around for a few days, okay?
09:29Just so I could get my courage up to talk to him.
09:31You were stalking Buckley?
09:33Stalking is a pretty damn ugly word.
09:35That's not you stalking, okay?
09:36I was just trying to feel the guy out, you know what I mean?
09:38Trying to convince him, you know?
09:39In case you guys haven't noticed, I'm somewhat of a wordsmith, you know?
09:42A real master of a, you know, of a...
09:45Words.
09:47Where were you between 9 and 10 last night?
09:50I was sitting in the bar you guys just dragged me out of.
09:52Okay.
09:53Well, we're going to check into your alibi.
09:55In the meantime, you're going back into holding until we can process you for assault.
09:58Oh, oh, come on!
10:00I said I was sorry!
10:01Wait, Buckley's mystery trip.
10:03Were you following Buckley uptown yesterday morning?
10:06Yeah, yeah, I was.
10:07Where did he go?
10:08He met some Asian dude outside this real fancy apartment building.
10:11Then they started to argue with each other.
10:13You think maybe that's the guy who killed him?
10:17Would you recognize the building if you saw it again?
10:19Oh yeah, I'd get around.
10:21Road trip.
10:27Hey, you guys mind if I take these things off?
10:30I'm starting to feel like a stereotype riding around in the back of a police car wearing them.
10:33Sure, do you want my key?
10:35Uh, I got it.
10:38Thanks.
10:43How did you do that?
10:45I've always been good with locks.
10:46When I was in the joint, I was thinking, how can I take this and make it more productive?
10:51You know?
10:52So I've been applying to locksmith schools.
10:54But, you know, they won't let me in on account that I'm a felon.
10:57Do you believe that?
10:58A felon who wants to be a locksmith?
11:00What could possibly go wrong there?
11:01You don't have to be mean about it.
11:03Yeah, wow.
11:10If you don't get locksmith, you gotta listen.
11:12Left over right, right over left.
11:14I think I made it tighter.
11:16Jessup, do you see the building?
11:18Uh, that's a negative.
11:20Now bring it around.
11:21Beckett.
11:23Oh hey, Alexis.
11:24Uh, are you looking for your dad?
11:28To me.
11:29Okay, what's up?
11:30Yeah.
11:31Yeah, we can meet at Sutton's around 7.30.
11:33Is that okay?
11:34Yeah.
11:35Alright, I'll see you then.
11:37Was that Alexis calling you?
11:38Why?
11:39She needed my advice.
11:40About what?
11:42I don't know.
11:43It's probably no big deal.
11:47When you kept secrets from your father, was it not a big deal?
11:52You know, I'm not even gonna ask.
11:55That's the building on the right-hand side, right there.
11:57Okay.
11:58Let's go get him!
11:59Not you.
12:00Us.
12:02Apartment 801?
12:03Okay, thanks.
12:05So it turns out that the building's only Asian tenant is Paul Cho, who just happens to be Buckley's ex-brother-in-law.
12:11Oh!
12:12Well, maybe it's not Cape Fear then.
12:14Maybe it's family feud.
12:15Maybe Buckley's bitter divorce caused enough hard feelings that things turned violent.
12:19Rylan?
12:25I don't understand.
12:26I haven't seen Jack in months.
12:28Not since he divorced my sister.
12:30Really?
12:31Because I have an eyewitness who saw the two of you arguing yesterday morning.
12:36So that means you're lying to me.
12:38She hates being lied to.
12:40I don't know what you're talking about.
12:42Great!
12:43Let's go down to the precinct.
12:44I'll arrange a perp walk and you can put on a show for the cameras.
12:47Love a good perp walk.
12:48Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait.
12:55The night before last, I was attacked by a man in a ski mask.
12:58He warned me to tell Buckley to back off Danton or he would ruin me.
13:03Who's Danton?
13:04I don't know.
13:05But Jack definitely knew him.
13:06Said he wasn't gonna let him get away with this.
13:09That's why we were fighting.
13:10I told Jack to listen for once in his life.
13:13He had to protect me.
13:15From what?
13:16That's none of your business.
13:18Purplock it is.
13:19All right, all right.
13:23I have a slight fondness for girls.
13:32Young girls?
13:35Fat girls?
13:36School girls?
13:39School girls?
13:43Call girls.
13:46Who else knows about this fondness?
13:48Just the girls.
13:49Actually, the girls and their pimp.
13:54Whose name is probably Danton.
13:56Okay, fine.
13:57But I wasn't really lying.
13:59I've actually never met Danton.
14:01I got the phone number for the agency from a friend.
14:04I call it and they send over a girl.
14:08So, Buckley is investigating Danton's call girl ring.
14:13When Danton discovers that Buckley's brother-in-law is a client, he sends a message.
14:16Back off or your family gets hurt.
14:18And then when Buckley doesn't back down, Danton kills him.
14:22So, how do we find Danton?
14:24We talk to one of the call girls.
14:29Call that number and tell him to bring one of his girls over.
14:32And tell her to wear something sexy.
14:36No reason we can't enjoy this interview.
14:37Hey Paul, couldn't wait to see me, huh?
14:51Actually, I'm the one who asked for the date.
14:54Isn't that the girl from Buckley's office?
14:58Did she look like that before?
15:07So, how exactly does a call girl end up working for Jack Buckley? Super DA?
15:12Am I under arrest?
15:13You will be if you don't answer the question.
15:17Jack was a client.
15:20I'm sorry Scarlett, I don't believe that.
15:23I started seeing him about a year ago.
15:26He hadn't been with anyone since his divorce.
15:29He's just lonely, you know?
15:32We'd spend most of his dates talking.
15:34He'd take me to fancy restaurants.
15:38Even though I told him he didn't have to.
15:41But I think he wanted to make it feel as normal as possible.
15:45Then one night, he saw a law book in my bag.
15:50I told him I was only working as an escort to pay my way through law school.
15:56A few months later, he said he had an internship opening up in his office.
16:01Would I be interested?
16:05He wanted to help you escape the life.
16:09Who's Denton?
16:11I don't know.
16:13Don't lie to us, Scarlett.
16:14I'm not.
16:16I know he runs the business, but I've never met him.
16:20It's not like I'm a street walker and he's in a fedora and a long fur coat.
16:25He's organized the entire operation to protect his identity.
16:30The girls are independent contractors.
16:33The clients are all given numbers, so we don't know their last names.
16:37They pay the business by credit card.
16:40And our fees get deposited directly into our bank accounts.
16:45Creating the perfect firewall between the girls and the management.
16:47So then when we arrest you, you can't give up Denton.
16:51Because I don't know who he is.
16:56Can't believe Jack Buckley was seeing prostitutes.
17:01Yeah, well, he worked 14 hours a day, didn't have a social life.
17:06Maybe he just wanted a little easy company.
17:08Well, the math just doesn't add up, though.
17:11Buckley was warned to back off Denton.
17:14Why would Buckley be investigating a call girl service he was using?
17:17Maybe Denton tried to blackmail Buckley and it backfired.
17:20So then Denton tried to scare Buckley by threatening his brother-in-law.
17:26And then when that didn't work, Denton killed Buckley.
17:28All right, let's find out everything we can about this Denton character.
17:30Have Ryan and Esposito reach out to Vice in the morning.
17:32Yes, sir.
17:34Castle, I need you to sign these charges against Jessup so I can send them downtown.
17:38What?
17:41No, don't tell me you've got a soft spot for this guy.
17:47He's a wordsmith.
17:49Okay, fine.
17:52Hi, it's Beckett.
17:55Charges are being dropped against Jessup. Process them out.
17:58All right, thank you.
18:00I hope the two of you are very happy together.
18:06Are you okay?
18:08No, I broke a heel.
18:11Let me guess. They were your favorite pair.
18:14Passed through your family for generations.
18:17My great-great-grandmother wore them over on the Mayflower.
18:20I knew it.
18:21So, what's a nice girl like you?
18:26Really?
18:28That's your line?
18:29I'm old-fashioned.
18:30I came to New York in this ancient blue beetle.
18:36The floor was so rusted it literally sagged in the middle.
18:40But I can still remember coming over the bridge and seeing the city right there in front of me.
18:47I thought everything was gonna be perfect.
18:49Something tells me this story takes a turn for the worse.
18:53The first night, somebody broke into my car and stole all my stuff.
18:59Then, the college friend I was gonna stay with told me her boyfriend was moving in.
19:04I had to find another place.
19:06Who?
19:08Somehow, I survived.
19:10Spent a year barely eating.
19:12Living in a closet.
19:14When a friend mentioned doing this, I thought...
19:17Couldn't be worse.
19:20And is it?
19:23Mostly no.
19:28Thanks for listening.
19:36Night, Castle.
19:38You going to meet Alexis?
19:39Yeah.
19:40Can I come?
19:42No.
19:43But I want to.
19:45Why are you so worried, Castle? I thought you were the cool dad.
19:50I am.
19:58What's the secret?
20:00All in the breathing, dear.
20:02No, what's Alexis' secret that she'll tell Beckett about but not me?
20:05I don't know.
20:06There's some things a woman wants to talk to another woman about.
20:10The New York Times praised the depth of my female characters.
20:13I know.
20:14And I couldn't be prouder.
20:16But this is real life.
20:17And obviously Alexis looks up to Beckett and Beckett's smart and strong and independent.
20:22So are you.
20:23That's sweet.
20:25I'm on the wrong side of 40 for what Alexis is going through right now.
20:2940?
20:30Deflect all you want, kiddo, but I recognize the fear in your eyes.
20:33You're afraid Alexis has more Rick Castle in her than you thought.
20:37Hey, sweetie!
20:39How did you talk with Beckett?
20:41Fine. She's really nice.
20:43Yeah, she is.
20:45You know, sweetheart, if you don't want to tell me what you talked about with Beckett, you don't have to.
20:49Okay. Thanks, Dad.
20:50What is the matter with you? Why didn't you just ask her?
20:56Because that would be prying. And cool dads don't do that.
21:00They go behind their daughter's back and they beg Beckett to tell them.
21:02You ever have any cases with Buckley?
21:03A few.
21:04Guy was winding a little tight if you ask me.
21:05Saw himself as a crusader for justice.
21:07Yo, what's Pizzito?
21:08Gail Mazzaro.
21:09What's up, man?
21:10How you doing?
21:11I saw you still looking at dirty pictures up in Vice.
21:12Yeah.
21:13Tell your mama to send over some new ones, the ones I got are getting old.
21:14You know my partner, Ryan?
21:15Hey.
21:16Yeah. Honey Milk.
21:17Nice to see you.
21:18So, uh, I hear you're looking to talk about Dan Tun.
21:19Yeah. You know him?
21:20Yeah, I arrested him five years ago.
21:21Real name is Dan Tonelli.
21:22Dan Tun.
21:23Yeah.
21:24He's currently serving a seven-year stretch in Greenhaven Correctional.
21:27Wait a minute. He's still in prison?
21:28And your boy Buckley put him there.
21:29Buckley put him there.
21:31He's still in prison?
21:32I don't know where he's going in.
21:33I don't know where I'm going in.
21:34I don't know where I'm going in.
21:35I don't know where I'm going in.
21:36I don't know where I am.
21:37I don't know where I'm going in.
21:38I'm going in.
21:39Wait a minute, he's still in prison?
21:41And your boy Buckley put him there.
21:43Buckley prosecuted Danton?
21:45Yeah, and he was all over us to make a rock-solid case.
21:48We gave Buckley enough to put the guy away for 20 years.
21:51Could Tinelli still be running the operation out of prison?
21:53Nah. These call-go-rings are like franchises.
21:56The business changes hands, but the name stays the same.
21:59So who's the new Danton?
22:01I wish I knew. Guy's like a ghost.
22:04Every time we think we're getting close, he disappears.
22:06Five warrants in the last year, and every time we show up,
22:09the place has been cleared out like you knew he would come.
22:11You call the prison, get in and bring Tinelli away now.
22:22Hey, you guys seem back at...
22:24She went with the captain to update the city hall on the case.
22:27She'll be here in a minute.
22:28Something wrong?
22:29No. Yes.
22:31I think my daughter might be keeping something from me.
22:34Maybe she got kicked out of school.
22:36What?
22:37She's doing drugs.
22:38Mm-hmm. Teen pregnancy is on the rise.
22:40Whoa.
22:41All right, you've met my daughter.
22:43You know that she is the closest thing to perfect as humanly possible.
22:46Castle, come on.
22:48You've been with us long enough to know that people are never who you think they are.
22:51Isn't it possible your perfect daughter isn't as perfect as you think?
22:54Is Danton here yet?
22:56Yep. Interrogation room one.
22:58Wait, Danton?
22:59Come on, Castle. Keep up.
23:03We brought you in here to talk about Danton.
23:06Ancient history.
23:07It says here Buckley made a plea deal with you seven years instead of 20, but I heard Buckley doesn't make deals.
23:14What could I say? I got lucky.
23:16The only reason that Buckley would agree to a deal is because you brought him something big in return. So what was it?
23:22Why don't you ask him?
23:24Because he's dead.
23:25What? How?
23:27He was murdered two nights ago. We believe that the same person who took over your operations killed him.
23:35What's so funny?
23:37What? You see, that would make it a suicide.
23:39Suicide?
23:40Wait a minute. You're saying that Jack Buckley was the new Danton?
23:45Buckley made me a deal. I provide him with my client list, my girls. He knocks 13 years off my sentence. It was a no-brainer.
23:55Our DA was a pimp.
23:59Jack Buckley was damned. That's why all Vice's warrants failed. They had to go through the DA's office and Buckley saw them coming. He was in the perfect position to protect his operation.
24:08But why would a respected prosecutor become a pimp?
24:12The outfits?
24:13It was the money. Buckley's ex-wife took him to the cleaners. Between alimony and his own bills, Buckley was beyond broke.
24:20You know, I'm betting it was more than just the money. Everybody's talking about how great Jack Buckley was, how he was the law. You start thinking like that, sometimes you can start thinking maybe you are above the law. But you can get away with anything.
24:33Sir, how did the mayor handle the news?
24:36You don't want to know.
24:38Okay, this doesn't make any sense. If Buckley was the new Danton, then why would the masked man tell Buckley to back off of Danton? Buckley wouldn't threaten himself.
24:50Unless Buckley wasn't the boss anymore.
24:52A hostile takeover.
24:53Of course. We know Danton was just a business name, so back off of Danton was the new boss telling the old boss, don't resist the takeover or I'll start ruining reputations.
25:03Makes sense in theory, but how do you prove it?
25:05We talked to the call girl.
25:09There is no way that Scarlett didn't know that Buckley was in charge.
25:16No, seriously. What did Alexis tell you last night?
25:19I promised I wouldn't say.
25:21Well, at least tell me if it was bad.
25:23And put you out of your misery?
25:25We're looking for Scarlett.
25:29She's packing her things. We can't have call girls working here.
25:33No, only pimps.
25:35Detective.
25:38Could you give us a moment, please?
25:44Scarlett, you lied to us. Buckley was running the call girl ring and there's no way that you didn't know.
25:49Please, I had to lie. He'd kill me if he thought I told you anything.
25:54Who'd kill you? A new Danton?
25:56Someone took over Buckley's business. Who was it?
25:59Answer me.
26:01He used to work for Buckley. He made sure no one hurt the girls and everyone paid.
26:05What was his name?
26:06I can't tell you that.
26:07Scarlett, I'm done playing. You've done nothing but lie to us.
26:10Don't think that I'm not going to send you away for obstruction of justice and anything else that I can think of.
26:15He'll kill me.
26:16We won't let that happen.
26:18Detective Becca can help you, but you have to help us first.
26:21And then what happens to me?
26:23You think I'm going to be a lawyer now?
26:25Jack was going to write me a letter of recommendation.
26:27Pull some strings to get me a job. Who's going to help me now?
26:30Honestly?
26:32Know what?
26:34You're going to have to do it by yourself, Scarlett, and I got a feeling you can.
26:37Tell us who the new boss is.
26:41And Detective Becca will make sure no one knows it was you who talked to us.
26:48You promise?
26:53Yes.
26:56His name is John Knox.
26:58Knox? But that's...
27:00The guy that Buckley dragged in here in handcuffs.
27:05How does a prosecutor get into business with a criminal?
27:08Well, it's hard out there for a pimp.
27:10There's also a DA.
27:11Who would that be a good character for a novel?
27:13A star prosecutor who's always excelled at anything he's ever done.
27:17He couldn't possibly imagine that being a pimp would be a bigger job than he could handle by himself.
27:21But one day he gets a call.
27:23One of his girls has been knocked around by a client.
27:25He realizes there's nothing he can do about it.
27:27He's a very public figure.
27:29Mm-hmm.
27:30So, a white-collar prosecutor decides to hire a blue-collared enforcer.
27:34Can't exactly take out an adult Craigslist for that, but fortunately enough, he has a big stack of qualified candidates sitting right on his desk.
27:42Which is where he found John Knox.
27:44A criminal who mostly managed to stay out of prison.
27:46Which makes him a smart criminal.
27:48Yeah.
27:49Buckley offers him a deal.
27:50Come work for me, I'll throw your case.
27:52And Knox does.
27:53Mm-hmm.
27:54For a while, everyone's happy.
27:55But then Knox decides he's not happy being number two anymore.
27:58He takes Buckley's client list, tells Buckley to take a hike.
28:01Knowing that Buckley can't do anything about it without risking exposure.
28:04Mm-hmm.
28:05But Buckley's never backed down from a fight in his life.
28:07He gets the cops to drag Knox down to his office to remind him who's boss.
28:10But Knox took it up a notch, sending a warning shot across Buckley's bow by threatening his brother-in-law.
28:15And when Buckley wouldn't back down, Knox threw him off the roof of a parking garage.
28:18Geez, if only we had some proof.
28:20Who needs proof?
28:21What a great story.
28:23Of course, Knox has an alibi.
28:27You know, maybe you're right.
28:29Maybe Knox is smart.
28:31Maybe he sent someone else.
28:32Oh, I like the twist.
28:34The enforcer has an enforcer.
28:36But who?
28:43I'll talk to you guys later, okay?
28:46Hi.
28:47Remember us?
28:48I definitely remember you.
28:50We need to ask you a few questions.
28:52I've already answered your questions.
28:54Maybe you didn't see the badge.
28:56Oh, I saw it.
28:59You ladies ready?
29:00Excellent.
29:01You two have a nice evening.
29:03I'm hungry.
29:05Aren't you gonna stop him?
29:08I can't.
29:10Unless we arrest him, the law says that he doesn't have to talk to us.
29:14And he knows that.
29:15So arrest him.
29:16On what grounds?
29:18We promised Scarlett that we'd keep her out of it.
29:21So unless we get some evidence, he's getting away with this.
29:38Scarlett?
29:40You hurt?
29:41I didn't know where else to go.
29:42I didn't know where else to go.
29:49Come, sit down.
29:54You should go to a hospital.
29:56Just a few bruises.
29:57I'll be fine.
29:59How did you find me?
30:00A client in the publishing business gave me your address.
30:06Dinner for one?
30:08Yeah, my family is at the theater.
30:10Good.
30:12I wouldn't want anyone else to see me like this.
30:18Did Knox do this to you?
30:20It doesn't matter.
30:22Of course it does.
30:23You think that by protecting him you're saving yourself somehow?
30:26Because you're not.
30:28And if you don't get out from under his thumb now, you never will.
30:34Why are you so nice to me?
30:36How do you know I'm not this nice to all the beautiful women I find on my doorstep?
30:41You really think I'm beautiful?
30:44Look, maybe we should...
30:51I'm sorry.
30:52No.
30:53I shouldn't have done that.
30:54It's okay.
30:56It's...
30:57You're hurt and you're scared.
31:00But you don't have to be that person with me.
31:05You're safe here.
31:11Knox killed Buckley.
31:13No.
31:15No, he has an alibi.
31:24A reverend.
31:26Knox made me take it.
31:28Reverend Daniel is a client.
31:31Knox is blackmailing him into saying they were together when Buckley was killed.
31:38I'm taking you to a hospital.
31:40No arguments.
31:42Okay.
31:46Hey.
31:47I'm thinking Knox killed Buckley.
31:50Knox has an alibi.
31:51Hmm.
31:52Does he?
31:53Reverend alibi in the flesh.
31:55Lots of flesh.
31:58Too much flesh.
32:00Where'd you get this?
32:01Scarlet Price.
32:02You saw her without me?
32:04Oh, well, yes.
32:05She's a person of interest in our investigation.
32:07Our murder investigation.
32:08No.
32:09I know.
32:10Where'd you see her?
32:11Uh...
32:12My apartment.
32:13What?
32:14When I came home last night, she was in my hall and somebody had beaten her up.
32:16And you didn't think to call me?
32:17Well, I took her to the hospital and then I kind of got her away from me and then I came here.
32:21You know how to surprise you?
32:22Like...
32:23Like I do.
32:25You're not done talking about this.
32:28Esposito?
32:29Yeah?
32:30Have surveillance pulling Knox.
32:31On it.
32:32You had Knox under surveillance?
32:33You didn't tell me?
32:34At least I didn't go out on a date with him.
32:36It wasn't a date.
32:37Really?
32:38Trouble.
32:39Knox's apartment is empty.
32:41It must have slipped out during the night.
32:43Scarlet.
32:44I left her at St. Vincent's Hospital.
32:47Yes, hello.
32:48I dropped a young woman off there last night.
32:50Her name is Scarlet Price.
32:51She'd been beaten up.
32:52I need to speak to her right away, please.
32:54What?
32:55When?
32:57A man checked her out right after I left.
32:59Knox.
33:00Get a unit out to Scarlet's apartment and get an APB out on both of them.
33:06Hello?
33:07He's got me.
33:08Scarlet.
33:09Hang on.
33:10Hang on.
33:11I think he's gonna kill me.
33:12Where are you?
33:13I don't know what...
33:14Hey!
33:15What are you doing in there?
33:16Scarlet?
33:18What do we do?
33:19We have to do something.
33:20Ryan.
33:21Get the carrier on the phone.
33:22Let him know that I'm about a minute away from getting a trace warrant on the following number.
33:25212-555-0179.
33:28Got it.
33:30This is Detective Kate Beckett.
33:32Badge number 41319.
33:34I need to talk to Judge Beale right away.
33:36Scarlet's phone traced to the east side of the building.
33:39Hotel manager said that a guy matching Knox's description checked into room 4F this morning.
33:43Castle, you're staying here.
33:45No, I'm not.
33:46Okay, but stay behind me.
34:00Stop!
34:01No!
34:06Wait!
34:07Over there.
34:08It's Knox.
34:09Scarlet.
34:10Hey.
34:11Hey.
34:12Hey, it's okay.
34:13I killed him.
34:14It's okay.
34:15You're okay.
34:16I killed Knox.
34:17He heard a noise outside, and when he turned to look, I grabbed his gun.
34:22He told him to give it back.
34:23It came after me.
34:25I told him to stop, but he wouldn't.
34:28Why wouldn't he stop?
34:29Why wouldn't he stop?
34:30Why wouldn't he stop?
34:34Why wouldn't he stop?
34:36Why wouldn't he stop?
34:39He came after me.
34:41I told him to stop, but he wouldn't.
34:45Why wouldn't he stop?
34:49Why wouldn't he stop?
35:01You think she'll be okay?
35:03Well, given the circumstances,
35:05I don't think the DA will press charges.
35:07No, I mean, do you think she'll be okay?
35:11I don't know.
35:13Girls in the sex industry
35:15usually come from a history of childhood dysfunction.
35:17It's hard to escape that.
35:19But it's possible, right?
35:23Yeah.
35:24Come on, come on. Hold it right there!
35:26Cassie! A little help?
35:28Oh, yeah, Julian, it's fine. He's with me.
35:30You are out of control, man.
35:32I got good news.
35:34I finally found a locksmith school that's willing to admit me.
35:36Really?
35:37Yeah.
35:38All I need is a letter of recommendation from the police and I am in.
35:40Are you writing for me?
35:42No!
35:43What?
35:44Come on, have a heart.
35:45He's a criminal.
35:46If I write him a letter, I'll be responsible for him.
35:48I cannot watch you 24 hours a day.
35:50Wait a minute, what'd you say?
35:51I would be responsible for him.
35:53No, no, no, you can't watch him.
35:55When did you put the surveillance car on Knox?
35:57Right after we left the bar.
35:58And they followed him all night?
35:59Yeah.
36:00He got home around 2 a.m.
36:01Then how could he have beaten up Scarlett?
36:03You guys do know that the deadbolt wasn't set on this lock when you guys kicked it in, right?
36:07What?
36:08See?
36:09If it would have been, this whole frame would have been destroyed.
36:13Locking the door?
36:14That's hostage taking 101.
36:17Unless Scarlett wasn't a hostage.
36:20She was in on it from the start.
36:22Buckley didn't set her up in his office out of the goodness of his heart.
36:25He needed somebody working there to man the call girl business.
36:28Not realizing that he was giving Scarlett full access to every facet of his organization.
36:33Knox didn't steal the client list.
36:34Scarlett gave it to him so that the two of them could go into business together.
36:37And when Buckley wouldn't walk away, Knox killed him.
36:39Never thinking we'd find out about the call girl ring.
36:41And then when we did, Scarlett realized that the only way to save herself was by giving up Knox by playing the ultimate victim.
36:46Making you believe that Knox beat her up so that we'd think that she killed him out of self-defense.
36:49And I fell for it.
36:50We all did.
36:51I did.
36:55Hi, how can I make you happy today?
36:57Is Candy working?
36:58Yes, Candy is absolutely available.
37:01How would you like her to look?
37:03Candy.
37:04Girl next door sounds perfect.
37:07Can you confirm your client code?
37:0951.
37:10And your card information is the same?
37:12Yes.
37:14Great.
37:15Candy will see you at 7.
37:25Hi, how can I make you happy today?
37:27Yes, I'm looking for a girl.
37:29Well, you've certainly come to the right place.
37:32Can you describe her?
37:33She came to New York in an ancient blue beetle.
37:36The floor so rusted it literally sagged in the middle.
37:39Castle, how did you get this number?
37:42I have a friend in the publishing business.
37:46I'm sorry if I disappointed you.
37:48I just needed to take a few more jobs to set myself up.
37:51You never stop manipulating, do you, Scarlet?
37:54I should be impressed, really.
37:56How easily he played me.
37:58But all I can think about is how sad it is.
38:04All that brains and beauty wasted on a hard gun rock.
38:07So busy building up walls to keep people out,
38:10you don't even realize that you're the one trapped inside.
38:13All alone.
38:14Can you stand up, please?
38:28You have a right to remain silent.
38:29In the sake of killing, we used to answer you.
38:34Thanks.
38:35For what?
38:36For not saying I told you so.
38:40Well, that starts tomorrow.
38:41What was that for?
38:55For being the best dad ever.
38:56It's true, you know.
38:57I have the novelty mug to prove it.
38:59Thanks for trusting me.
39:02For not pushing when you knew I was working something out.
39:05Well, I knew when you were ready you would tell me.
39:09So here it is.
39:15My school is starting a foreign exchange program.
39:17To France.
39:18France?
39:19Yeah.
39:20You weren't kicked out of school?
39:22No.
39:24No, the program lasts three weeks and so I'd miss your birthday.
39:26And I knew that Beckett had spent a semester abroad in college
39:29and I wanted to ask her if the experience was worth it.
39:32And what'd she say?
39:33She said that I'd be going off to college in a couple of years
39:36and that everything was going to change and maybe it'd be good
39:39if we got a taste of that change now.
39:43Well, she's a smart woman.
39:47Yeah, she is.
39:49But I decided not to go anyway.
39:52Because two years will be here soon enough and I already got you your present
39:56and I want to watch you open it.
39:59Oh.
40:01I say we celebrate with ice cream.
40:02We'd be fools not to.
40:04Serve me.
40:06Chocolate or vanilla?
40:07Duh, chocolate.
40:09Oh, and while we're eating we can talk about colleges.
40:11I picked up a couple brochures at the guidance office and you know what looks really cool?
40:16What?
40:17Oxford.
40:19Oxford?
40:21You know that's in England, right?
40:23Yeah.