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Castle Season 2 Episode 16

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00:00There are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people, psychopaths and mystery writers.
00:05I'm the kind that pays better. Who am I?
00:07I'm Rick Castle.
00:08Castle.
00:09Castle.
00:10I really am ruggedly handsome, aren't I?
00:12Every 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.
00:28Would you remind me a little of Hooch?
00:58Seven. Eight.
01:00One and two.
01:01Why y'all Beyoncé this morning? You got school dance coming up?
01:05No. Ashley gave me some of her cheer routine.
01:08She's been on the JV for two years and she wants me to try out for the squad.
01:11Cheerleading?
01:12Yeah. Why?
01:14Who are you and what have you done with my daughter?
01:16What's wrong with cheerleading?
01:18No, no. Nothing's... Nothing's... I'm just... I didn't know you wanted to be one.
01:23Me either. But I watched Ashley practice and it looks like fun.
01:27And my college counselor, Ms. Schaefer, said I need to consider diversifying my activities.
01:32I figure I'm a natural because I root for you all the time.
01:35Huh.
01:36Oh, I gotta go. Love you.
01:39Have fun.
01:40Five, six, seven, eight.
01:42Cheerleading.
01:44Cheerleading.
01:46So?
01:47Who?
01:48The time you wanted to play hockey because all the cool guys in school were playing it?
01:51Yeah, but I didn't join the team.
01:53Well, no, because you knocked out two teeth in the first practice.
01:57Jolly.
01:58Let Alexis figure this out on her own.
02:01This coming from the woman who just last week told me not to reserve a seat on the space shuttle.
02:06Oh.
02:07Have to rethink that.
02:09Really?
02:10Mm-hmm.
02:11Big's a female, late 20s. No ID. She was fine hanging from the monkey bars by a jogger just after dawn.
02:25Is that honey?
02:27From the smell of it, I'd say it's caramel sauce, but I'll be testing not tasting.
02:31Caramel sauce?
02:32Maybe our killer has a sweet tooth.
02:34Given her state of undress, I'd say it's more likely he had a sexual fetish.
02:37Yeah, I can do the chocolate, I'll even do the whipped cream bikini, but caramel, I prefer slipper to sticky.
02:44Does she know we can hear her?
02:46Bondage cuffs, custom made.
02:49Looks like our killer liked public play.
02:51How can you tell the difference between custom and regular?
02:54Leather is too high quality to be mass produced and it's hand stitched.
02:58No, I mean, how can you tell the difference?
03:01So, time of death?
03:05From body temperature, I'd say between 10 and 11 last night, but I'm pretty sure she was not killed here.
03:11Based on lividity, she spent several hours in the fetal position after she died and then was hung here a few hours ago.
03:18Petechial hemorrhaging suggests she was suffocated.
03:21And then there's these.
03:23Was she restrained?
03:25Looks like it.
03:26Rebecca, the crime scene's negative for any signs of a struggle.
03:30Found about a dozen partial shoe impressions, but the ground's too cold to get any imprints.
03:35But, we did find this.
03:38Wheel marks about 18 inches apart.
03:41Rolling suitcase?
03:42Judging by the depth of the tracks, I'd say it was carrying something heavy.
03:46Guessing around 105 pounds.
03:49So, he killed her elsewhere and then brought her here.
03:52Yeah, which means the crime scene could be anywhere.
03:54Psychology doesn't make any sense.
03:56The crime scene was pretty elaborately staged, which seems to suggest a significant amount of premeditation,
04:01but the murder itself, suffocation, might indicate a crime of passion.
04:05Guy covered her in caramel.
04:07You really think we're gonna find a logical explanation?
04:09Only a handful of bondage shops in the city do custom works.
04:12Let's take photos of those cuffs, send it out, see if anyone can ID where it came from.
04:16Only a handful of shops?
04:19Okay, what aren't you telling me?
04:21So much, Castle. So very, very much.
04:36It's a little creepy doing this with you breathing on my neck.
04:39Oh, sorry bro, I'll do it on mine, but IA checks browser history, so...
04:43Great, thanks.
04:45What does that thing do?
04:47Looks like a potato peeler.
04:49Oh, that is nasty.
04:51And illegal in 12 states.
04:54Yeah, you're right, that is weird.
04:56Okay, thank you.
04:57What's weird?
04:58Delaney ran a SART kit.
04:59There's no signs of sexual assault or activity.
05:02This has all the makings of a sex crime, but there's no sex involved.
05:06Well, maybe our psychopath believes in abstinence?
05:08It's more likely he has a performance problem.
05:11And there's no ID. Her fingerprints aren't in the system.
05:14Oh!
05:15No, no, no, no, no.
05:16How do you even get in that position?
05:18I don't know, but you should try that with your girlfriend, Honey Milk.
05:21As a matter of fact, I think I'm gonna buy this for you right now.
05:23Oh, jeez. How do you even get in that position?
05:26Right? It's not even possible.
05:28Oh, it's possible.
05:30Anything on the canvas?
05:32Nothing yet.
05:34Nothing back from missing persons.
05:36Given that it just happened last night,
05:38most likely they're not gonna be reported for a couple of days.
05:40What about the cuffs?
05:41We found seven shops in Manhattan that make custom bondage gear.
05:45And while we're waiting to hear back,
05:47we're gonna buy a gift for Ryan's imaginary girlfriend.
05:50Oh, yeah. When are we gonna meet that Jenny?
05:52When the time is right, I'll bring her around.
05:54I don't want you guys scaring her off.
05:56Oh, there she is now.
05:58Hello?
06:00You guys, give him a break.
06:01I wouldn't bring my boyfriend around here either.
06:03Boyfriend? Did I miss something?
06:07So, that was Barry from the Love Shackle.
06:11He says the cuff might be theirs,
06:13but he'd have to examine them close to the no for sure.
06:15Well, then have evidence pull them and tell them I'm coming.
06:18Oh, field trip to a sex store.
06:21I love this case.
06:23Look at him following her.
06:25Who's whipped, huh? Me or him?
06:27You, bro. Hands down.
06:39You know, while we're here,
06:40we should really pick up something for that new imaginary boyfriend of yours.
06:44Oh, this is Pete?
06:49No.
06:50But if you keep talking, I'll put you in one of these.
06:53Hey, guys.
06:54Looking for something special?
06:55Yes.
06:56No.
06:57Just getting started, huh?
06:58Yeah, we get a lot of first timers.
07:00We carry everything from bondage 101 all the way up to the more advanced stuff for your pleasure PhD.
07:06But if you're just looking to dip your toe in the water, these little guys are best sellers.
07:11Want to give them a try?
07:13No, thanks.
07:14I've already got a pair of my own.
07:20Double cross lap stitch on the seam.
07:23Yeah, this is definitely one of mine.
07:25Can you tell us who ordered them?
07:27Yeah, I remember this kid.
07:29Very vanilla.
07:30Then again, it's always the normal looking ones that end up being the most freaky, right?
07:34Do you have a name or a billing address?
07:36Yeah.
07:37The cuffs were purchased six months ago by a Tyler Benton.
07:40He had them specially made for his girlfriend.
07:42Cute girl, too.
07:43You remember her?
07:44Yeah.
07:45Brunette.
07:46Mid-20s.
07:47Asked a lot of questions.
07:48Does she, by any chance, look like this?
07:51Oh, God.
07:53We need to talk to Tyler Benton and find out what he was doing last night.
07:56Maggie is just killing his girlfriend.
08:00It's Jessica.
08:15Jessica Margolis, my girlfriend.
08:17Next week was our one-year anniversary.
08:19I was going to propose.
08:20Where were you last night, Mr. Benton?
08:22At the hospital.
08:23I'm her first year.
08:24I was working a 24-hour shift.
08:26You can ask my attending.
08:27Have you ever seen these before?
08:31Yeah, I bought them for Jessica a few months ago.
08:36Why?
08:37She was found hanging by them in the park.
08:40You guys like to play?
08:42What?
08:43No.
08:44We never even used them.
08:45They were just supposed to be a joke because of her research.
08:48Research?
08:49I tried to be supportive, but I should have stopped her.
08:52I should have pushed her to study something else.
08:54What was she studying?
08:58The sociology of sexual bondage and domination.
09:02She spent months meeting people in that world, trying to understand what made them tick.
09:08And they killed her for it.
09:10And where did you keep these cuffs?
09:14I don't...
09:15I don't know.
09:16At her place, I guess.
09:18Her roommate probably knows the two of them were, like, attached at the hip.
09:23Jessica and I have been roommates since freshman year.
09:26We've lived together so long, we're practically sisters.
09:29Tyler said that you might know where she kept the cuffs he gave her.
09:33She showed them to me when she got them, but I never saw them after that.
09:38When was the last time that you saw Jessica?
09:42Yesterday morning.
09:44What about her research?
09:45Did she ever talk to you about where she went, the people involved?
09:49She pretty much kept all that to herself.
09:52Detective Beckett?
09:54Excuse me.
09:55So the bed hasn't been slept in and there's no signs of a struggle?
10:05Cell phone person?
10:07No.
10:08Which means she was somewhere else where she was killed.
10:11Okay, let's put a trace on her cell phone.
10:13If she has a GPS locator, we make it lucky.
10:15Right.
10:18Did Jessica ever mention where she was going to be last night?
10:21No.
10:22I got in at around 10. It didn't look like she'd been home.
10:26Since Tyler was on call, I assumed she was up at the university working on her thesis.
10:33I wish I could help you, Detective.
10:35Sometimes she'd work late. She wasn't here last night.
10:38Are you sure about that?
10:39I was here till 11 grading papers. I would have seen her.
10:41As her advisor, how much would you know about the people that she was researching?
10:45She was spending a lot of time with a dominatrix named Mistress Venom.
10:48Ah, Mistress Venom?
10:49Sounds more like Penthouse Forum than PhD.
10:52Mr. Castle, people who study sex-related fields are often derided within academia.
10:56Jessica was determined not to be held hostage by their little minds.
11:00Venom was Jessica's guide to that world.
11:02If you want to know more about the people Jessica was studying, you'll have to ask Venom.
11:06Kelly, this is Detective Beckett and Richard Castle.
11:10They need to see Jessica's research.
11:12She kept her notes locked up?
11:14She was a finalist for the Kellerman Fellowship.
11:17When you're competing against other people in the department, the last thing you want to do is leave your notes lying around.
11:22Well, it looks like a lot of late nights.
11:24When Tyler was on shift, she'd just pull an all-nighter and go visit him on his breaks.
11:28Kelly, did you hear they found her?
11:29Matt.
11:30Tied to the monkey bars on a playground in her underwear.
11:33Matt, this is Detective Beckett. She's here investigating Jessica's death.
11:37Matt, Jess, and I all started the PhD program at the same time.
11:39I can tell you were close.
11:42I'm sorry, it's just...
11:43Kelly, did Jessica have any enemies in the department?
11:46Anyone in school that she didn't get along with?
11:48Just because we were competing for the same fellowship doesn't mean that we weren't civil.
11:51Not everyone was civil.
11:53In the last few weeks, Jessica was getting these phone calls on her office line.
11:56What kind of calls?
11:58Heavy breathing, moaning, made you want to take a hand sanitizer shower.
12:02Seems a little immature for grad students.
12:04Look, I'm studying the impact of AIDS treatments in inner-city clinics.
12:07Kelly's is about overcoming the glass ceiling.
12:10And Jessica was watching a dominatrix dig her stiletto into some loser's chest.
12:16She was bound to get some grief for it.
12:18Ah.
12:25Jessica's notes on Venom's sessions are pretty detailed.
12:27She studied these guys like lab rats.
12:29But she only identifies them by nickname, Ladyboy, Pincushion, and Scared Bunny.
12:35You know, if they didn't know what Jessica was doing and one of them found out...
12:39Fear of exposure would be a strong motive to kill.
12:42I wonder what attracted her to all this.
12:44Well, according to her thesis proposal, she became interested in S&M after witnessing a dysfunctional relationship up close.
12:49Apparently, her dissertation compares the overt expressions of dominance in the dungeon to more subtle expressions in real-world relationships.
12:58Like who drives.
13:00Hey, I would drive if you would let me.
13:03That actually didn't prove my point like I thought it would.
13:05You know, it says here that Mistress Venom works in a bondage club somewhere in Dungeon Alley, but it doesn't say which one.
13:13Dungeon Alley.
13:15It's an area between Chelsea and Midtown. There's a whole slew of fetish clubs there.
13:20Yes, I know where Dungeon Alley is. I want to know. How do you know?
13:24Vice raided a few of them, looking for a reason to shut them down, but since there's no sexual contact and the acts are all consensual, it was all perfectly legal.
13:36Hmm.
13:38You know, you should moonlight.
13:40Seriously, you would make a fortune.
13:43Come on, haven't you ever wanted to do something with your handcuffs other than arrest criminals?
13:50No.
13:52But there is one hot, wild, kinky thing that I do like doing.
14:00Putting killers behind bars.
14:05See? You're already a tease. You're halfway there.
14:09Hey, we tried to trace the creepy calls that Jessica was getting at her office, but since they were routed through the main switchboard at the college, there's no way to determine their source.
14:17What about the cell phone?
14:18The day she died, she placed a call to her boyfriend at the hospital, she placed a call to her voicemail at the office, and she placed two calls to Lady Irina's house of pain.
14:26Lady Irina's house of pain. That must be where Mistress Venom works. Did you get an address?
14:30Yeah, an office building on 38th.
14:32Conveniently located for all your lunchtime spanking needs.
14:35Alright, you guys look through her notes, see if there's anything that's there that might implicate one of her clients.
14:41Meanwhile, Castle and I will go and meet this Mistress Venom.
14:44Whips, women, and murder. Sounds like my lucky day.
14:47I'm so glad you're excited by this.
14:50Hi, my name is Kate, and my boyfriend has been a very bad boy.
14:56Yes, that's right. His name's Ricky.
15:00What are you doing?
15:01Actually, a friend of mine recommended a Mistress Venom.
15:03Wait.
15:04Is she available tonight?
15:05Wait.
15:064pm?
15:07Sure, that's perfect. Thank you.
15:09Okay, that's very funny. Now call her back.
15:11Uh-uh, Castle. This is the perfect way to get Venom without tipping our hand.
15:14What's the matter, Castle? You're afraid of a little role play?
15:23Yeah, you better run.
15:27This place looks like a law firm.
15:37What'd you think it was gonna be? Torture wheels and women in corsets?
15:40Well, yeah.
15:41That's in the back.
15:42Welcome to Lady Irina's House of Pain. How can I serve you?
15:48Well, answer her!
15:51You see what I have to deal with?
15:53My boyfriend Ricky has an appointment at 4pm with Mistress Venom.
15:56Will you be joining him?
15:58Oh, yes. I've been dying to watch him squirm.
16:02Mistress Venom would be delighted to have an audience.
16:04Follow me, please.
16:05Hey!
16:13Do you think we could gag him?
16:17Remember, my safe word is apples.
16:19Hey!
16:36You should bring your new boyfriend here.
16:41Mistress Venom?
16:43Mistress Venom is unavailable.
16:45But I'm Lady Irina. I own this dungeon.
16:48I'm sure we can find another dominatrix to suit your needs.
16:52I'm afraid we can't. I'm Detective Beckett.
16:54I need to speak with her right now concerning a murder investigation.
16:58Who was murdered?
17:00Jessica Margolis, the PhD student who is observing her sessions.
17:05There was no one observing her sessions.
17:07Are you sure?
17:08Positive.
17:09Privacy is paramount in my dungeon.
17:13You've never seen this girl?
17:19Of course I've seen that girl.
17:21She wasn't observing Mistress Venom.
17:24She was Mistress Venom.
17:36While this explains the marks on her body, Jessica must have been wearing this before she died.
17:41Like cool shoes, these outfits can leave marks for hours after you wear them.
17:45She had three sessions yesterday. She slept around 7.30.
17:49You really had no idea that Jessica was conducting a sociological experiment out of your dungeon?
17:54No. She came to me about six months ago.
17:57Quickly became one of my most requested doms.
17:58Did Jessica have any clients who were unusually obsessed with her?
18:03Of course. I mean, they all were.
18:05But her clients were submissive.
18:08Killing is an act of dominance.
18:10You and I both know that people aren't that simple.
18:13Men might come here for humiliation and torture, but it's easy to imagine that one of them might have been pushed too far and lashed out.
18:18If she was concerned for her safety, she would have told me.
18:22Do you have a list of Jessica's clients?
18:24Detective, all of the services that we provide here are perfectly legal.
18:29Now, part of that service is protecting the privacy of our client.
18:34I'm not about to betray the trust that they've paid for, because you have a hunch.
18:39Oh, I think it's more than just a hunch.
18:41Well, gee, I'm sorry. Unless you have a court order, my hands are tied, so to speak.
18:45You're pretty well versed in law for a dominatrix.
18:47Don't let the leather fool you. I used to be a partner in a law firm.
18:50Wow.
18:52When you dominate and manipulate men in every boardroom and courtroom that you're in, this just seemed like the natural progression.
19:03It's called Mistress Red.
19:05Excuse me.
19:07My lipstick. I noticed you couldn't stop staring.
19:10Sorry. It's just hypnotic.
19:14It's not you. It's her.
19:16Well, if you're so upset, we could find someone for you to go medieval on.
19:21Like, uh, him, perhaps.
19:24She wants to protect her clients. What about her girls?
19:28Hey. You the cop?
19:30I'm Detective Beckett.
19:31I'm Mr. Sapphire. So it's true. She's dead.
19:35Yes. I'm sorry.
19:37This weird thing happened last week. I think you should know about.
19:39With one of her clients?
19:40Sort of.
19:41My first-time client came in for a session, but he left just after a few minutes. I found her in the locker room crying.
19:49Did she tell you why?
19:50No.
19:51This client, do you remember anything about him?
19:53It was a week ago, and I only saw him from behind, but he was wearing one of those medical shirts.
19:58Scrubs?
19:59Yes.
20:00You thinking what I'm thinking?
20:01Jessica's boyfriend discovered her secret identity.
20:03And instead of proposing to her, he kills her.
20:06Jessica was the love of my life. Why would I want to hurt her?
20:11Because she hurt you.
20:13What the hell are you talking about?
20:15You said so yourself. You wanted her to stop. You were gonna make her study something else. It must have been a real shocker when you realized she wasn't just studying that world. She was living it.
20:18What the hell is this? This is crazy. You're telling me this is real? You're telling me Jessica was one of them?
20:39Why did you go to the dungeon last week? Was it to confront her?
20:42The dungeon?
20:43We have a witness who saw you there.
20:44It's completely understandable.
20:46The woman that you loved lied to you. I could see how you could lose control and go into a jealous rage.
20:52And then, in a panic, decide to stage the body in a manner so unusual we'd naturally assume it was someone in the bondage world.
20:59I never went to a dungeon. There was no jealous rage because I didn't know!
21:04I was going to marry her.
21:08We just signed a lease to move in together three days ago.
21:12If I was so angry with her, why would I do that?
21:16He was telling the truth about the lease. Not only did he and Jessica sign the lease, but it was also notarized.
21:26It doesn't mean he didn't do it. He could have had a sign to help his alibi.
21:29Maybe she was afraid of him.
21:31I've been thinking the dysfunctional relationship she refers to in her research.
21:35There's a passage where she describes subject A as being afraid to tell subject B that she's leaving because he'd become dangerously codependent.
21:43What if she was describing Tyler?
21:45Maybe that's why she became a dominatrix, to give her the courage to stand up for herself.
21:48We have uniforms combing through hospital security footage. If Tyler left at any point that night, there should be some trace.
21:52In the meantime, let's just keep digging through those notebooks. We're going to need more than speculation if we want to file charges.
21:57Great.
22:19Dad!
22:20Do we need to talk about this?
22:24This is research for a case.
22:26Oh.
22:27And we need to get you some noisier shoes.
22:29Seriously, you made the team.
22:31No, tryouts aren't for another month, but Ashley let me take her uniform home to see how it fits.
22:35And what do you think?
22:37I think it's totally not me.
22:40Which is why I kind of like it.
22:44It's not you so you like it?
22:46Yeah.
22:48You know how in Stormfall, you killed off Derek Storm because you were bored with him?
22:52Yeah.
22:53Sometimes I feel that way about me.
22:55Like I'm hiding inside my comfort zone and maybe it's time to venture out a little.
22:58Well, does that venture have to include pom-poms?
23:02I don't want to look back on high school and feel like I missed out on something.
23:06So promise you'll be supportive.
23:11Yeah.
23:12I, uh, I promise.
23:16Go dead!
23:19Woo!
23:21Move, move, move.
23:22Get out of the way, because they're their coat of gray.
23:24What's your face?
23:29You ever want to be a cheerleader?
23:31No.
23:32Did you?
23:33Not me.
23:35Alexis.
23:36She wants to try out for the team.
23:38So?
23:39So.
23:40You see what they wear?
23:41She wants to join a team?
23:42Why not join mathletes?
23:43Why can't she do both?
23:45Besides, kids try on personalities the way they try on clothes.
23:49It's a way that they figure out who they are.
23:52What are you looking for?
23:55According to the security footage, the boyfriend never left the hospital during his shift.
24:02It wasn't him.
24:03Maybe he faked the footage?
24:05He's an intern, not Jason Bourne.
24:07Oh.
24:08There was my Subject B theory.
24:10So Jessica left the dungeon at 7.30 and she was killed sometime between 10 and 11.
24:16If she didn't go home or to the university, then where did she go?
24:21Beckett.
24:23Something in here you gotta see.
24:26It's one of Jessica's subjects.
24:27She calls him Sam I Am.
24:29Because he has a Dr. Seuss fetish?
24:31Because he's a Sam, a smart-ass masochist.
24:35According to her notes, a Sam pretends he wants to be submissive,
24:38but what he actually wants to do is dominate his mistress, usually with passive aggression.
24:41Instead of asking for what he wants, he makes a game out of making the other people upset so they can be punished.
24:46Really? There's people like that.
24:48Only these Sams can be dangerous, sometimes resorting to threats to provoke their response.
24:53Listen to this.
24:54He said Mistress Venom was the one who needed to be punished.
24:57He said he was going to find her, tie her up, and drown her, but in something sweet, like caramel.
25:05Sexual obsession and a description of the crime scene. Sounds like a guy to me.
25:09Yeah, but we only got a nickname.
25:10And we have more than a nickname. We have enough to force Lady Irina to turn over a client, Liz.
25:14Judge Markaway, please.
25:16Oh, sounds like someone's gonna get punished.
25:27William Caraway, a.k.a. Sam Iam. Senior Vice President at Stuart Cabot and Sagansky.
25:33The global consulting firm? No wonder Lady Irina was protecting his identity.
25:38Castle, why don't you sit this one out? I think Mr. Caraway will respond better to a strong female hand.
25:44Sam Iam. In a box. With a fox. We're gonna need some popcorn.
25:54Sit.
25:55First, why don't you tell me why the hell I'm here? I gotta board you.
25:58I said sit. Down. Now.
26:06Good boy. Your mistress would be very proud of you.
26:10Excuse me?
26:11Mistress Venom.
26:13Lady Irina's house of pain.
26:16You like to be tied up, you like to be spanked, but more than anything, you like to make threats.
26:21I don't know what you're talking about.
26:23There is no dominatrix client privilege in New York.
26:28And your mistress was very thorough in documenting your deepest, darkest desires.
26:34The thing with the matches? How you liked it messy?
26:37She wrote that down.
26:38She also wrote how you wanted to turn the tables on her.
26:41How you threatened to tie her up and drown her in caramel?
26:45It's fantasy.
26:46But the fantasies weren't enough.
26:48And so you had to make your dreams come true.
26:51No, that's not possible.
26:56The more she said no, the more you became obsessed.
27:00You didn't want to be the submissive.
27:02You wanted to dominate her, and the ultimate domination is murder.
27:06No, I swear, I didn't even know she was dead.
27:08You were very specific in your threats, and that's exactly how we found her.
27:11Do you really expect me to believe that that wasn't you?
27:13Well, someone must have found out. Someone could have read her notes.
27:16Where were you two nights ago?
27:18Mr. Carraway, where were you?
27:23I was with my wife.
27:28It was her anniversary.
27:31His wife confirms it. He was with her at the anniversary party all night.
27:35This staging was way too specific to be just a coincidence. Somebody knew.
27:40Maybe she told someone.
27:41Maybe someone had access to the research.
27:43The filing cabinet's not Fort Knox.
27:45Anyone with access would have read exactly what we read and could use it to throw us off their trail.
27:50Okay. You and Ryan go back to the dungeon, see if any of the girls swap stories after work.
27:55Meanwhile, Castle and I will go to the university and see who had access to her research.
28:01Okay.
28:08No, Mistress Venom never mentioned him to me or any of her other clients.
28:12Really? Come on. You girls don't share, shop top.
28:19You work here long enough and the kinkiest things you could ever imagine.
28:25Or just another day at the office.
28:27The only time we trade info is if we share clients, but Mistress Venom didn't share.
28:32Do you mind unstrapping my boot?
28:34Uh, thank you, Mistress Amber?
28:39Yes.
28:40Mistress Scorpion.
28:41Okay.
28:42Get him confused, I'm sorry.
28:45Okay.
28:46Does she have any clients that would have been suspicious?
28:48Faster.
28:50Is, uh, is there a possibility that she may have mentioned one client's fetishes to another client?
28:56Absolutely not.
28:57Lady Irina beats confidentiality rules into our heads.
29:00Mistress Venom wasn't stupid.
29:02Is there a problem?
29:05It's just this knot, it's like an octagonal knot, it's got like eight sides, I've never seen a knot.
29:09Detective Esposito bringing crime to its knees.
29:12Stay.
29:13So, none of the girls claim that they remember Jessica talking about any of her clients,
29:17but I think we might have an explanation as to where she was between the time she left work and when she was killed.
29:23Mistress Scorpion thinks that Jessica might have been working off the books.
29:27Well, if she was, then she was asking for trouble.
29:30Nothing upsets Lady Irina more than some girl trying to screw her out of her 40%.
29:37Hey Irish, you want to help out your little buddy here?
29:39He seems to be all thumbs.
29:41You were her office mate, Kelly. It would have been very easy for you to access her files.
29:54No, it wouldn't. I told you. She was very private about her work.
29:58You mean to tell me she didn't once slip out to the bathroom and just leave her notes sitting on the desk?
30:02If she did, I wouldn't be interested. And the night she was killed, I was in Westchester with my folks.
30:08Does anyone else have access to this office?
30:10The only other person with the key to the office is maintenance.
30:13What about your keys? Did you ever lose them or lend them to a friend?
30:15No. I mean, I gave them to Matt last week because he said he had some papers here.
30:20What, do you think he broke into her filing cabinet and took her research?
30:25That is exactly what I'm thinking. You said it yourself, it's a very competitive program.
30:30And they were both finalists for the same fellowship.
30:33This is, uh, Matt's proposal for studying the effect of AIDS on inner city clinics.
30:37Look at the picture.
30:39He's in scrubs.
30:40It wasn't Tyler who confronted Jessica at the dungeon.
30:42It was Matt.
30:44I borrowed Kelly's keys. That doesn't prove anything.
30:47Which is why we took a look at the whole picture.
30:51This is a list of phone calls made from your cell phone to the university switchboard.
30:56Each one coincides with a harassing call to Jessica.
30:59You made those calls.
31:00Look, it was a joke.
31:02How about your little visit to Jessica at the dungeon last week? Was that a joke as well?
31:06She didn't tell anybody where the dungeon was, so how'd you find it?
31:09Did you follow her or the clues in her research?
31:11You were her rival for a fellowship.
31:13You needed her out of the way.
31:15And when you read her research, you saw your chance.
31:18Look, I needed that funding, okay?
31:20My work is important.
31:21I mean, come on. Seriously, I couldn't let her get that fellowship.
31:24And when I saw her research, I mean, it read like fiction.
31:27So I went to the dungeon to find out.
31:29So you broke into her filing cabinet.
31:31You copied her research.
31:33And then you followed her to the dungeon.
31:35You're not putting a whole lot of checks in the innocent column here, Matt.
31:38The innocent column.
31:40Listen.
31:41Hmm.
31:42I threatened her, alright?
31:43But I did not kill her.
31:45When I found out that she was Mistress Venom, I told her that if she didn't withdraw her fellowship application, I was gonna tell her boyfriend.
31:52And when that didn't work, you killed her?
31:54It did work.
31:55Jessica withdrew her application the day before she was killed.
31:58How do you know?
31:59Because she blind copied me on an email that she sent to the head of the committee.
32:03We were cool.
32:04What she was most concerned about was getting back this research that I copied.
32:08So, as soon as she was out of the running, I brought it all back to her apartment.
32:13You know you are morally challenged if your murder alibi is a blackmailing scheme.
32:17Yeah, but if he's telling the truth, then we have no motive.
32:20Well, hello, gentlemen. How was your trip to the dungeon?
32:23Well, we learned that Esposito is not very good with laces.
32:26There were a lot of laces. I loosened them for you.
32:29Yeah.
32:30Sure.
32:31None of the girls admit to Jessica sharing any of her client's secrets with them.
32:35Oh, one of them thought that she might have been seeing clients outside of the dungeon, which might explain the hole in our timeline.
32:40But we ran through her phones and financials again. We can't find any record of it.
32:44How about you? You have a suspect.
32:46Had.
32:47Matt was telling the truth. Jessica pulled out of the fellowship.
32:50But if he was telling the truth, then where's all the research she brought back to her apartment?
32:56Given her concerns for privacy, she wouldn't just throw it away.
33:00And we know she didn't take it back to the university.
33:02Well, maybe we missed something. Maybe she hid it somewhere.
33:07Or maybe Matt is lying about the research.
33:12So you didn't see a stack of paperwork?
33:14No, I would have noticed that. Maybe she took them up to school?
33:18No, I wasn't there either.
33:20Are you sure Matt's telling the truth?
33:22Most people lie to avoid suspicion. Not a lot of people lie to incriminate themselves.
33:26That night that you came home, did you notice anything different or out of place?
33:32Now that you mention it, I did find something odd.
33:34Earlier today, I was emptying the dishwasher and I found a wine glass with lipstick on it.
33:40Didn't seem like Jessica's shade and it wasn't one of mine.
33:43I put it aside to hand wash it later.
33:46Recognize this shade?
33:50If I'm not mistaken, and I rarely am, that's Mistress Red.
33:58Did you know that lip prints are a lot like fingerprints?
34:10No two are exactly alike.
34:12We found this on a wine glass in Jessica's apartment.
34:20What do you think we'll find when we compare it to your lips?
34:26That stain could have been there for months.
34:28But it wasn't.
34:29We checked with your car service.
34:32They said they dropped you off at 9pm in front of Jessica's place the night she was killed.
34:37You were the last one to see her alive.
34:39What happened that night?
34:40Did you find out who she really was?
34:43That she was studying her clients without their permission?
34:45I mean, if word of that caught out, it would have destroyed your business.
34:49That can't have made you happy.
34:51And you're grasping at straws.
34:53And that can't make you happy.
34:56Detective, at this time I'm exercising my right to legal counsel.
34:59I won't be answering any further questions.
35:21Yo!
35:22How'd it go with Lady Irina?
35:23She's lawyering up.
35:25What did you guys find at Jessica's apartment?
35:27Well, it looks like we found the crime scene.
35:29Irina was pretty good at cleaning up after herself.
35:31There was no trace or blood evidence.
35:33But the area around Jessica's bedside table lit up like a Christmas tree.
35:37It'd been scrubbed down with bleach.
35:38That's why we didn't find Jessica's research.
35:40Irina got rid of it all.
35:41Yeah, but she didn't quite clean everything.
35:43Once CSU stripped the bed, a swab test revealed dried saliva in one of her pillows from her screams as she was smothered.
35:49Looks like she'd do anything to protect her business, even kill.
35:52Alright, lawyer or not, let's book her.
35:54Let's do it.
36:01Hmm.
36:02Are you straining those noodles or just my patience?
36:07Hmm?
36:08Oh, I'm sorry.
36:10Just...
36:11What's the case?
36:12I keep thinking that I'm missing something.
36:14Yeah, me too.
36:15Salt.
36:16Whoa.
36:17What?
36:18Whoa.
36:19Hey, don't.
36:20Can you die from sodium poisoning?
36:21Ooh.
36:22You have a point.
36:23Hey, that smells good.
36:27But I already ate.
36:30Oh, no.
36:32So, did you and Ashley do cheerleading practice?
36:34Uh, no.
36:36Turns out cheerleading conflicts with my fencing schedule, my violin lessons, and French club.
36:42Cheerleading's more of a lifestyle.
36:44And as much as I'd like to visit, it's not really a place I'd like to live.
36:48I told you she'd figure it out.
36:50Well, we both learned a valuable lesson today.
36:53You learned that you can expand your horizons and grow.
36:56I learned that if that involves short skirts and boys, I'm not gonna like it.
37:00Fair enough.
37:01Fine.
37:02Now that you both learned your lessons, how about starting on the dishes?
37:04You're gonna need a fire hose to clean this up.
37:07No.
37:08I cooked.
37:09Someone else cleans up.
37:10Clean up?
37:11Who washed the pillowcase?
37:13What?
37:14Espeza said CSU didn't find anything until they stripped the bed.
37:17That means there was saliva on the pillow, but not on the pillowcase.
37:19You're right.
37:20Someone washed the pillowcase.
37:21But the washer-dryer cycle would have taken at least an hour.
37:22At which point, the roommate would have been home.
37:23Irina couldn't have gotten out in time.
37:24Only one person could have cleaned the apartment.
37:25I don't understand.
37:26I thought you'd caught the killer.
37:27We thought so, too.
37:28If it wasn't her, then who?
37:29It was you, Danielle.
37:30Me.
37:31Why would I kill my best friend?
37:32In her research, Jessica describes being in a dysfunctional relationship.
37:33One, she was scared to leave because the other person had become a bad friend.
37:34She was scared to leave.
37:35And the other person would have gotten out in time.
37:36That's why she was scared to leave.
37:37She was scared to leave.
37:38Because the other person had become so dangerously codependent.
37:39At first, we thought it was her boyfriend, Tyler.
37:41But it wasn't.
37:42What happened?
37:43I don't understand.
37:44I thought you'd caught the killer.
37:45We thought so, too.
37:46If it wasn't her, then who?
37:47It was you, Danielle.
37:48Me.
37:49Me.
37:50Why would I kill my best friend?
37:54In her research, Jessica describes being in a dysfunctional relationship.
38:00One, she was scared to leave because the other person had become so dangerously codependent.
38:04At first, we thought it was her boyfriend, Tyler.
38:07But it wasn't, was it?
38:09I don't know what you're talking about.
38:11The research that Matt dropped off?
38:13Her research.
38:14Must have been very hurtful to read all the things that she wrote about you.
38:17Jessica loved me.
38:19She would never hurt me.
38:21Subject B shows all the signs of being a masochist.
38:24Completely dependent for a sense of self.
38:26We know you read the files, Danielle.
38:28That's why you staged her body that way.
38:30No, I didn't read anything.
38:31There was nothing here.
38:33Because you got rid of it all.
38:34You're wrong.
38:35It had to have been you, Danielle.
38:37You were the only one who had time to clean up after yourself.
38:40Judging from her office space, Jessica wasn't the kind of girl to scrub her floor clean with bleach.
38:44Jessica told you she had to get away from you.
38:49She told you she was gonna leave.
38:53She, she was everything to me.
39:01I thought we were family.
39:03But then she wrote those awful things she had no right.
39:10What happened that night?
39:13She said she was gonna move out.
39:17That she was done with me.
39:20I pushed her.
39:24She fell her head at the table.
39:30She started to scream.
39:32She said, she said she hated me.
39:34I told her to shut up.
39:36I just wanted her to shut up.
39:38And then you put a pillow over her head and you suffocated her.
39:45I didn't mean to kill her.
39:48I just didn't want her to go.
40:03In the end, Castle was right.
40:04The murder was a crime of passion.
40:06The cuffs, the caramel were all just theater to throw us off.
40:10I can't help but think that if Matt hadn't copied Jessica's research, Danielle never would have read it.
40:15None of this would have happened.
40:16Now he won't get his precious little fellowship or his degree.
40:18What about Lady Irina?
40:19What was she doing at the apartment?
40:20Some of the girls thought that Jessica was working off the book.
40:23So Irina came by to tell her to knock it off.
40:25They had a glass of wine and she left.
40:27She just did it on the wrong night.
40:29But why'd she give you such a hard time then?
40:30Because she's a lawyer.
40:32And a dominatrix.
40:33Hey!
40:34You made it!
40:35Guys, I want you to meet.
40:49Jenny.
40:50Hi.
40:51Welcome.
40:52We've heard wonderful things about you.
40:54The same goes for all of you.
40:56I feel like I know you guys already.
40:58You are so much prettier than your picture in Cosmo.
41:01Kevin gave me his copy of Heat Wave.
41:04I could not put it down.
41:06And thanks for being such a great partner.
41:08You know, make sure you keep him safe out there.
41:11You got it.
41:15We have a movie to catch.
41:17I'll see you guys tomorrow.
41:18You guys have a great time.
41:23Damn.
41:24If I had a girl like that, I might be whipped by her too.
41:26Now we know why he didn't bring her around sooner.
41:29So the two of you don't act like idiots around her.
41:31No.
41:32So we wouldn't try to steal her from her.
41:34So what about this imaginary boyfriend of yours?
41:36We gonna see him around here or is he at home tied to a baby?
41:40What's the matter, Ricky?
41:41You jealous?
41:42No.
41:43You only get to punish him at night.
41:44You punish me all day.
41:45Well, you deserve it.
41:46What did I do to you?
41:47Let's just start with the first...