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Castle Season 2 Episode 20

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00:00There are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people.
00:03Psychopaths and mystery writers.
00:05I'm the kind that pays better.
00:06Who am I?
00:07I'm Rick Castle.
00:08Castle.
00:09Castle.
00:09I really am ruggedly handsome, aren't I?
00:12Every writer needs inspiration, and I've found mine.
00:14Detective Kate Beckett.
00:15Beckett.
00:16Beckett.
00:16Nicky 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.
00:30And did you hear?
00:32Our favorite golfer is in the news again.
00:35Missed a charity tournament over the weekend.
00:38Really unfortunate.
00:39The world's top golfer had to pull out.
00:42In fact, it's the first time he's pulled out of anything in five years.
00:45Oh!
00:46Oh!
00:47Ow!
00:48Do you think, Hank, should I take a mulligan?
00:50No!
00:51Play through, buddy!
00:52Ah, well, my friend.
00:52We have a great show for you tonight.
00:54Ellie Monroe.
00:55Mr. Castle?
00:56Hi, I'm Caleb.
00:57Please follow me.
00:57Sure.
00:58Here you go, Mr. Castle.
01:03Dead the makeup artist will take care of you from here.
01:05Thank you, Kayla.
01:06And you're up right after Miss Monroe.
01:10Hi, it's Ellie.
01:12Rick.
01:12Can I just say, wow, like I can't believe I'm meeting you right now.
01:17Really?
01:17Well, you're like my favorite author ever.
01:20I mean, I've read Heat Wave at least three times.
01:22Can I tell you, I have seen every movie you've ever been in.
01:24Really?
01:25Oh.
01:26Not Viper Mountain, I hope.
01:27Yes, Viper Mountain.
01:28You were the best thing in that movie.
01:30As soon as that snake ate you, the whole movie fell apart.
01:33Folks, please help me in welcoming Richard Castle.
01:37Rick Castle!
01:38Oh, it looks good.
01:43Welcome.
01:45First of all, congratulations on Heat Wave, New York Times bestseller.
01:49And you know what?
01:50I really loved writing it.
01:52Well, the paperback comes out July 27th.
01:54July 27th.
01:55That's right.
01:55And it's being made into a movie.
01:58Now, you worked with actual NYPD homicide detectives to research Heat Wave.
02:03Yes.
02:03Yes, I did.
02:04And they still won't let me carry a gun.
02:07I didn't know you worked with law enforcement.
02:10That's kind of my weak spot.
02:12Hello.
02:12Waiter, check, please.
02:15Wow, you guys are single, right?
02:17Well, actually, not anymore, Bobby.
02:18Thank you very much.
02:20Wow.
02:21The camera really does add 10 pounds to his ego.
02:24Call me old-fashioned when a beautiful movie star is impressed with my fake law enforcement credentials, I'm in.
02:30Do you think he's asked her out yet?
02:32Your father, pretty girl like that, he may have proposed by now.
02:36That's our show for tonight.
02:37Stay tuned for Late Talk with Mickey Reed.
02:40I'm Bobby Mann.
02:41Remember, folks, the boys will be back on duty tomorrow night.
02:50I always wonder what they're saying when they lean in like that.
02:53Thank you for coming.
02:55They want me dead.
02:57I'm sorry, what?
02:58I'm serious.
02:59You work with cops, right?
03:00That was a great show, guys.
03:02I'm so sorry about segment three.
03:04Next time we put the emo in a diaper.
03:07Oh, the box-in-box with Justin.
03:09Yeah.
03:09You look great.
03:10I love it.
03:10Good, good.
03:11You're going orienteering, not library-ing.
03:22You sure you want to take that many books?
03:25No, we're ambitious for a five-day trip.
03:26You're going to be responsible for your own pack.
03:30I think you're supposed to be more Sacagawea than a scholarly reader.
03:34Besides, look at all those pages.
03:35The trees might want revenge.
03:37Richard?
03:37What's wrong?
03:41Bobby Mann is dead.
03:43What?
03:44What happened?
03:45They're saying he had a heart attack.
03:52I'm telling you, the guy said that somebody wanted him dead, and then he ends up dead.
03:57That can't be a coincidence.
03:58Bobby Mann had a history of heart disease, and on the autopsy reports, it states that
04:02the cause of death was a heart attack.
04:04That can't be a coincidence, either.
04:06Did Lainey do the autopsy?
04:07No, but she sent it to me.
04:10The guy was walking his dog, saw Mr. Mann collapse on the sidewalk, alone.
04:14There's no puncture wounds, no bruising, and the tox panel came back negative.
04:17There's no foul play, Castle.
04:22I talked to his producer this morning.
04:24She said that Mann left the studio at 1245 in his Bugatti Veyron.
04:29As a $2 million car, he collapsed on foot a few blocks from his house at 450.
04:34So?
04:36So where's the car?
04:37He's like a gazillionaire, Castle.
04:39He probably just parked it and expected someone else to pick it up the next morning.
04:42In my book, Gathering Storm, the former KGB official killed with an undetectable poison
04:47that stopped the heart.
04:49What if that's what happened to Mann?
04:51Need I remind you that you make up stuff for a living,
04:53and there is no such poison in real life.
04:56And if there was, there would be a whole slew of angry spouses
04:59who'd be getting away with murder.
05:01Could you just have Lainey take a closer look?
05:04Please.
05:08You know how many strings I had to pull for this castle?
05:11If I'm wrong, I'll reimburse the city.
05:13To hell with the city.
05:14It's me you're gonna owe.
05:15I take spa certificates, jewelry, and cash.
05:17Julie noted.
05:18What's that?
05:19The contents of Bobby Mann's pockets when he was brought in.
05:21I'm gonna go check on the laps.
05:24Okay.
05:26What are you doing?
05:28It's called investigating.
05:29You should try it.
05:31I usually wait until there's a crime.
05:33Cell phone, money clip.
05:36He stuck a piece of gum to a paper before he put it in his pocket.
05:39One of his last acts was not littering.
05:41Yes, but there's a word on this paper.
05:43Tori could be a mystery woman.
05:45Wow, Castle.
05:46Crack in this case.
05:47Wide open.
05:48Hey, it's his idea notepad.
05:50This is a joke from last night.
05:51Charity golf.
05:52First time he's pulled out in years.
05:53Do you realize that you are now investigating a heart attack?
05:58Hmm.
05:58What?
05:59His signature line of 20 years.
06:01The boys will be back on duty tomorrow night.
06:03Looks like he was thinking of changing it.
06:07The crew will be back on duty tomorrow night.
06:10Maybe he's trying to make it hipper.
06:11Hmm.
06:12We should have a signature line.
06:15She's armed.
06:16He's dangerous.
06:19No.
06:19No.
06:20How about a whole new chapter in crime solving?
06:23Oh.
06:24Chapter.
06:25Get it?
06:25No.
06:27Okay.
06:27I ran every extra tox screen outside of standard protocol.
06:32All negative.
06:33No trace of any known poisonous substance.
06:35Okay, Castle.
06:36Don't forget to tip your Emmy on the way out.
06:37Oh, not so fast.
06:39Secondary tox panel detected traces of tyramine, which is harmless, but its presence raised a
06:45red flag for me, so I ran some more tests.
06:47Bobby Mann was taking phenolzine.
06:50Phenolzine.
06:51A prescription drug for depression.
06:53So...
06:53So, phenolzine is in a class of drugs called MAO inhibitors that have powerful chondra
06:58indicators.
06:59You mean drug interactions?
07:00In this case, interactions that can kill.
07:03MAO inhibitors chondra indicate with anything fermented, wine, beer, certain kind of cheeses,
07:09even the smallest amount can trigger a hypertensive crisis.
07:13Oh, almost like an undetectable poison that's supposed to hurt.
07:15Which doesn't mean that he was murdered.
07:17He could have accidentally eaten or drank something he shouldn't have.
07:19That's what I thought.
07:20So, I ran the contents of his intestines.
07:23In the hours prior to his death, he ingested three substances.
07:26Something sugary like hard candy.
07:28Or chewing gum.
07:29There you go.
07:30Also, cranberry juice and balsamic vinegar.
07:33Which is fermented.
07:35And there was no trace of anything that you would find balsamic on.
07:38No chicken, no fish, no pasta.
07:41Just the cranberry juice.
07:42Which could have easily masked the color and the taste of the balsamic vinegar.
07:45So, you're saying that somebody knew about Bobby Mann's condition, slipped balsamic vinegar into his cranberry juice, knowing that it would kill him.
07:51This was no accident.
07:53Bobby Mann was murdered.
07:56Well, Bobby, you were right.
07:57No crime scene.
08:11No clear place to begin the investigations.
08:14Don't you just love poisoning?
08:16Especially a poisoning without poison.
08:18Whoever did this was very smart.
08:20Chose a murder weapon that's probably in half the kitchens in the city.
08:24Good thing we're smart, too.
08:25Thanks.
08:25That was Lainey.
08:27Based on possible rates of fatal MAOI interactions, she was able to narrow the window of poisoning down between 1.30 and 4.30 in the morning.
08:34That makes this our kill zone.
08:411.30 to 4.30.
08:44What else?
08:44The lab said that there was no traces of cranberry juice or balsamic vinegar in the gum we found in Mann's pocket, so he must have chewed that before he was poisoned.
08:51Well, we know he left the studio at 12.45.
08:53Which means he wasn't poisoned there.
08:55And we know that his home security records show that he never made it there.
08:5812.45 to 4.50 in the morning.
09:00Leaves in his car.
09:01He's found on foot.
09:03So what was he doing that whole time?
09:04So, the vehicle locator at Mann's Bugatti is not sending a signal.
09:08Probably an underground parking garage.
09:10Which means it could be anywhere.
09:12All right, check his cell phone, see if he made any calls last night, and then go to his brownstone castle.
09:15Russell and I will head to the studio and see what we can dig up there.
09:18No guys?
09:19Yeah.
09:20No talk of murder.
09:21The longer we can keep this away from the press, the better off we'll be.
09:24I'm sorry, I don't know where he went after the show last night.
09:28What is this about, anyway?
09:30I thought Bobby died of a heart attack, right?
09:33We're just tying up loose ends for the coroner.
09:35How was Mr. Mann acting recently?
09:37Did you notice anything unusual?
09:39Oh, he was great.
09:43Except yesterday.
09:44What happened yesterday?
09:45I don't know.
09:46I mean, he spent the morning locked up in his office alone, and then the rest of the day, he was agitated.
09:52He was acting weird.
09:52Weird?
09:53How?
09:54Paranoid.
09:55At one point he asked me if I had heard anything, and I said, about what?
09:58And he just shrugged it off.
10:00Were you aware that he was on powerful antidepressants?
10:04I mean, he tried to be very private about it, but when he went on them, he had to quit drinking, and people wondered why.
10:10So what got around?
10:11You don't think that's what killed him, do you?
10:13Well, something he ate or drank.
10:15He was very careful.
10:17Like I said, we're just following up.
10:20I keep looking over that curtain, you know, waiting for him to walk through.
10:26Like this was all one big publicity stunt.
10:30The two of you were close, right?
10:31Since before all this, since we were just kids together back in NAMM.
10:35So he would have told you if there was anything wrong?
10:39Like what?
10:40Like if he was concerned for his well-being.
10:42What's this all about?
10:43I thought he died of a heart attack.
10:45Just routine questioning, Mr. McPhee.
10:47You know, some of the people said that he seemed a little agitated recently.
10:51Come to think of it, he was a little preoccupied.
10:54I asked him about it after the show last night, but he insisted he was fine.
10:59Hank.
10:59And I am so sorry.
11:04Nightmares really happened, huh?
11:05Yeah.
11:06You know, Mickey, host a late talk right after our show.
11:09Yes, of course.
11:10I'm a big fan.
11:11I love your whole booty roulette gag.
11:12That's great.
11:13I'm Rick.
11:13Castle.
11:14Yeah.
11:14Saw you on the show last night.
11:16I'm Detective Kate Beckett.
11:17Nice to meet you.
11:17So do either of you know where Bobby went after the show last night?
11:20We're trying to track his last hours for the coroner's report.
11:24No clue.
11:25I think he said something about going to see his ex-wife.
11:29Did he say which one?
11:29How many ex-wives did he have?
11:32Six.
11:33Ranging in ages from 25 to 50.
11:38Seems every five years he traded in for the latest model.
11:40So he didn't so much marry them as lease them.
11:43So he ran all their names to the system and guess what popped up?
11:46Seems wife number five here was arrested over an altercation with Bobby at a restaurant uptown.
11:52She's got crazy eyes.
11:54There's more.
11:54According to the doorman in her building, Bobby Mann was there last night after the show.
11:58Mrs. Mann, when was the last time you saw your ex-husband?
12:02About a year ago.
12:04In court.
12:06He took out a restraining order against me.
12:09Well, according to the complaint, you did threaten to kill him.
12:13Well, I don't really remember what was said.
12:15I wish you were dead.
12:17You little we saw.
12:18He was dating a younger woman and she looked just like me.
12:21Tell that to his previous wife.
12:23Were you aware of his dietary restrictions?
12:25Sure.
12:25Nothing fermented or it could give him a heart attack.
12:28Why?
12:30You think I had something to do with it?
12:31You tell me, Mrs. Mann.
12:33According to your doorman, Bobby showed up at your building last night.
12:36He did?
12:37Cindy, we know you saw him.
12:39How do you know he wasn't there to see Barbara?
12:42Barbara?
12:42His first wife.
12:44She's got an apartment in the building, too.
12:47We both got him in the divorce settlement.
12:50Bobby co-owned the building.
12:51Yeah, I saw Bobby last night.
12:54He came by around one in the morning.
12:56Woke me up, as usual.
12:58Did he often surprise you in the middle of the night?
13:00I was the one woman who fell in love with him before all the fame and the money.
13:06Whenever he felt insecure, he came around.
13:09Mostly it was the same old stuff.
13:11His ratings were down.
13:13He was getting old.
13:14But last night...
13:18What?
13:20It was different.
13:21He looked haunted.
13:24He said something was going on, something awful.
13:27What was going on?
13:29He wouldn't tell me.
13:30He asked me if I thought he was a good person.
13:34I held his hand and I said,
13:35Bobby, you're a lousy husband.
13:39But you're a hell of a man.
13:40And then he left.
13:45At what time?
13:47About a quarter after one.
13:50Did he say where he was going?
13:53No.
13:56I thought he was going home.
13:59Something awful was going on.
14:00He knew someone was after him.
14:03But he doesn't tell his ex-wife or his best friend.
14:05Instead, he tells me.
14:06Maybe it's because he knew you were working with the cops.
14:09Tell me I'm a good person.
14:11Like he was doing something he was ashamed of.
14:15Okay.
14:16Neighbors confirmed Barbara Mann's story.
14:18One of them saw Bobby leave her apartment at 1.15 a.m.
14:21That's outside of our kill zone,
14:23which means we need to figure out where he went to next.
14:26Let's canvas all the garages in the area,
14:28see if we can find Mann's car.
14:29And let's also look into his financials for the usual secrets.
14:32Drug, scambling, prostitution.
14:34Yeah.
14:34Okay.
14:35Okay.
14:39Hello.
14:41Ellie.
14:41Hi.
14:42Ellie Monroe from the show.
14:45Yeah.
14:45No, I know.
14:47I understand.
14:49No, I think that's a great idea.
14:51Yeah.
14:53Okay.
14:53I'll meet you there.
14:55Bye.
14:57Ellie Monroe, huh?
14:58Yeah.
14:59She's pretty upset about this whole Bobby Mann thing
15:02that we were his last guests.
15:03She thinks it would be comforting if we were to be together.
15:07Comforting?
15:08Is that what the cool kids call it these days?
15:11Wow.
15:12You are so cynical.
15:15You know, sometimes after a tragedy,
15:16two human beings just need to be with each other
15:20just for no other reason than to show each other
15:22some understanding and support.
15:24I'm just glad I can be comforting.
15:32I'm glad I can be comforting.
15:36Good morning, detective.
15:45Really?
15:46What?
15:47Lose the I just got laid voice, all right?
15:49What are you talking about?
15:50I am a trained detective, so don't bother denying it.
15:54Okay, fine.
15:56Oh, so now you're not denying it.
15:58You just told me not to.
16:02Hey, guys.
16:03Any news on the car?
16:05Nothing in any of the garages near Barbara Mann's building.
16:07So we checked restaurant valets in the area.
16:09Bobby paid the guy at Mozart's 100 bucks
16:12to keep it close while he ran up to his ex.
16:14Witness says he left a little before 1.30.
16:1661st and Central Park West.
16:23Where did he go after that?
16:25Maybe check traffic cams in the area.
16:27A guy in a sports car like that
16:28might have blasted through some red lights.
16:30That's a bit of a Hail Mary, but it's worth a try.
16:32Maybe we don't need traffic cams.
16:33Why not just the man on the street?
16:35I mean, a celebrity and a Bugatti Varon.
16:36Come on.
16:37People aren't just going to notice that.
16:38They are going to talk about it.
16:40Or more specifically, tweet.
16:43And booyah.
16:441.37 a.m., Bobby Mann, FTW.
16:47Just saw him driving some spaceship car
16:49into a garage at Broadway and 57.
16:52Ooh, got it.
16:55FTW?
16:56For the win.
16:57Means, uh, my tweet kicks your tweet's butt.
17:00Come on, Becca.
17:00You've got to keep up.
17:01Hang on with the cool kids.
17:05I believe this is for you.
17:06I'm, I'll just, I'll just, I'll just, I'm just going to take that by me a second.
17:16Hey, Ellie.
17:19Yes, yes, last night was great, wasn't it?
17:23Yeah, I'd love to.
17:25Tonight, sure.
17:26All right, I'll see you then.
17:30More comforting?
17:32Uh.
17:33Parking garage at 1525 Broadway confirms Bobby Mann pulled in at 1.37 a.m. and he never came
17:38back for his car.
17:39And what's at 1525 Broadway?
17:41The Parkview penthouse of Mickey Reed, the gregarious and affable host of Late Talk.
17:46Oh, Mickey.
17:47Not so fine.
17:48Doorman let Bobby up to his place at 1.45 a.m.
17:50Neighbors complained of a loud argument.
17:52Bobby left a little after, too.
17:53So Mickey lied to us.
17:55He saw Bobby somewhere right in the middle of our kill zone.
18:00You think he was a good host?
18:01I'll put Bobby a drink.
18:14This set looks like an old age home.
18:17Everything needs to be updated.
18:19No purple, no suede, no faux finish.
18:22And get rid of this stupid thing.
18:24Measuring drapes already, Mr. Reed?
18:26Like it or not, detective.
18:28The network wants me to take over Bobby's time slot next week, right after the tribute.
18:32I know it seems callous, but it's what Bobby would have wanted.
18:36Even over his dead body.
18:38Excuse me?
18:38Why did you lie to us about seeing man the other night?
18:44Okay.
18:46Look, I'm sorry, but I lied because I didn't want it getting out.
18:50That you two were fighting.
18:51It's hard enough filling a man's shoes around here.
18:54I don't need the tabloids writing about us getting into it on the night he died.
18:58So I lied.
18:59So what?
18:59So you lied to a cop.
19:02Let's be realistic.
19:04The guy died from a heart attack, right?
19:07What?
19:08It was a heart attack that was a result of toxins in his system.
19:11Toxins that he ingested somewhere around the time that you saw him.
19:14So you guys are saying I killed Bobby?
19:18Why?
19:19Well, it's no secret you were supposed to get his 1130 slot, but Bobby extended his contract.
19:24Maybe you couldn't wait.
19:25You sound as demented as Bobby.
19:27What do you mean?
19:28Last time I saw him, we're best of pals, right?
19:31The other night he comes over, he's ranting and raving, talking about what a disloyal punk I've been.
19:35Why?
19:36Man, I don't know.
19:37All he kept saying was he knew things.
19:39And I'm like, Bobby, what are you talking about?
19:41He storms out saying, I knew what I'd done.
19:47CSU's at Mickey's apartment running a sweep for our toxin.
19:50Killing the king of late night to take his throne.
19:52It's very Richard III.
19:53Appeals to the writer in me.
19:54Did you want a bite at this?
19:55Speed dial.
19:56Hell, I'll say God on you.
19:59And you.
20:00I don't ever want to see you on my network again.
20:02You're banned.
20:04And you?
20:05I don't know you.
20:07You're all a bunch of nobodies.
20:09I can buy this precinct!
20:11Howard Weisberg, president of the network.
20:15He just found out about the search warrant for Mickey Reed.
20:18He also found out that we think Bobby Mann was murdered.
20:20How?
20:21Breaking news.
20:22On a different network, the guy got scooped on his own star's murder.
20:26So much for keeping the press out.
20:28You two better be right about all this.
20:33Text giggling?
20:34Really?
20:36It's Alexis.
20:37She just saw a loon feeding.
20:39Funny, so did I.
20:40Hey, so, man's Bugatti is still in the garage.
20:44They won't let us touch it without a search warrant.
20:46Two million dollar car.
20:47Apparently it's worth more than their insurance policy.
20:49You sure they had a joyriding?
20:50All right, check with the judge.
20:52Mm-hmm.
20:52Yeah.
20:54But his car's still in the garage.
20:56Where'd he go after Mickey's place?
20:59Couldn't have been very far.
21:00Hey, Ryan, did Mickey's doorman mention what direction Mann was headed when he left?
21:06Uh, south.
21:08South.
21:10South on Broadway from 57th.
21:12That's the theater district.
21:13At two in the morning?
21:14There's nothing playing then.
21:15Oh, there's diners, there's clubs, there's restaurants.
21:17Well, other than the poison and the gum, we know he didn't eat or drink anything.
21:20Maybe Tori is a place he went.
21:27Uh, conservatory, inventory, purgatory.
21:30Factory.
21:31The comic factory.
21:32Mann was a comedian.
21:33He went to a comedy club.
21:34Comic factory is on 55th and Broadway.
21:36That's two blocks south.
21:37He put his gum in a piece of paper from a comic factory flyer.
21:40You're right.
21:40And then from the forensics, we know he didn't have the cranberry or the balsamic before he spit it out.
21:44So he was poisoned either at or after the club.
21:48Then Mickey Reed didn't kill Bobby.
21:51He's not our guy.
21:53Hey, guys.
21:54How do you feel about going to see a little comedy?
21:57The guy's got the most recognizable face in comedy.
22:00Yeah, I know.
22:01Look, I got a call on the club phone.
22:03Caller ID's from Bobby's show.
22:05Guy asked about one of my comedians.
22:06Couple hours later, guy shows up to see that comedian.
22:09But he's got a funny-looking mustache and he's wearing a baseball cap.
22:13He looked like Bobby.
22:14Did he talk to anyone?
22:15Did he have a drink?
22:16No.
22:16He sat in the back, left his drink ticket, and bolted out the sight after watching the comedian he came to see.
22:22Anything special about this particular comedian?
22:24Angel Santana?
22:26The proverbial rising star?
22:29I'm assuming you know about the incident that night.
22:32What incident?
22:32I'm Angel Santana.
22:35Good night, y'all.
22:40Miss Santana.
22:42I'm Detective Esposito.
22:43This is Detective Ryan.
22:44Oh, hey.
22:44Thanks for coming.
22:45The officer I talked to did not instill a lot of confidence.
22:48You want to tell us about it?
22:49Not much to tell.
22:50During my set that night, someone smashed my bike's taillight, banged up the fenders, and scratched late-night bitch into the tank.
22:56I mean, what does that even mean?
22:58Actually, when I hear about your bike, Miss Santana, did you know Bobby Man?
23:02You mean personally?
23:03No.
23:04Why?
23:05Well, because he came to see your act on the night he was killed.
23:08Any idea why?
23:09Wow.
23:10He probably trashed my bike.
23:11I've heard stories about him.
23:13I know guys he's blackballed just because they did his competitor's show.
23:16Is there any reason why he might have wanted to come after you?
23:18His producer tried to book me on his show last month, but Mickey Reed wanted me, too.
23:23I had to pick.
23:24Mickey felt more like my vibe.
23:27Club owner said Bobby left at 2.30, and the bartender confirms he didn't drink anything.
23:31Which leaves us two hours left to account for, and a whole lot of strange behavior.
23:38Why would Bobby go see a comedian who didn't want to do his show and then bust up her bike?
23:42Aren't famous people crazy and narcissistic?
23:45I don't know.
23:45Got to ask Castle.
23:47Where is Castle, anyway?
23:54Gotta need some new shirts.
23:55No, sir.
23:59Good morning.
24:04It's okay, Castle.
24:05You don't have to pretend to not be in a good mood for my sake.
24:09Why should I be in a good mood?
24:11I mean, I'm a writer.
24:13He famously brewed.
24:16I should brewed more.
24:18You want to brewed?
24:21Forensics on Angel Santana's motorcycle are a bust.
24:25There's no fingerprints, nothing.
24:26We have no idea where man was after 2.30.
24:30What about his car?
24:31Brian and Esposito got a warrant this morning, but seeing that he was poisoned after he parked
24:36it, chances are we won't find anything, and his financials were clear.
24:39He pays more in alimony in a day than I make in an entire year.
24:44There's no red flags on his phone records, and I re-interviewed all of his colleagues.
24:47No one has any idea why he was acting so paranoid.
24:50You're not paranoid if someone's actually trying to kill you.
24:53Hey, Tony, how's my favorite movie mogul?
24:58Yes, right?
25:00She'd be perfect for Nikki.
25:02Yes, perfect.
25:05Thanks.
25:05That's a Heat Wave producer.
25:11That wasn't about Ellie Monroe, was it?
25:13Yeah, why?
25:14Oh.
25:16What?
25:17That's why she was throwing herself at you.
25:19She wanted you to recommend her for the part.
25:22What?
25:23For the record, she's nothing like Nikki Heat.
25:25Oh, you just can't stand it that a beautiful actress is actually interested in me.
25:29Why would I care?
25:30Exactly.
25:31That's a good question.
25:32Why would you care?
25:33I don't.
25:33Fine.
25:34I'm going to go get some coffee.
25:35Fine.
25:36I've got work to do.
25:40Great room's that way.
25:41Desk.
25:42Becky.
25:43Castle.
25:44Check this out.
25:46We just finished the sweep of Bobby's car.
25:48First off, the Bugatti.
25:49Holy shift.
25:50When you start this thing, you can feel it, right?
25:52But as exciting as the car is, I think we figured out why Bobby Mann was so tweaked.
25:57Found this in his glove compartment.
26:00That's Kayla.
26:01She's an intern at Bobby's show.
26:02Looks like she was doing more than interning.
26:05You should check out the back.
26:07If they find out, you're dead.
26:09Blackmail, death threats, and scandal.
26:11That explains why his behavior was so erratic.
26:13And probably why he was killed.
26:15It was last week.
26:24I stayed late to help Bobby with some bits.
26:27Do you have any idea who took that, Kayla?
26:29It must be someone who works on the show.
26:31Who just happened to have a camera and managed to catch the two of you in the act?
26:35Or were they tipped off, maybe?
26:36Were you blackmailing Bobby?
26:40Oh my god, no.
26:41He's three times your age, and you are an intern on the show.
26:45That adds up to embarrassment and scandal, which I'm sure he'd pay a lot to avoid.
26:49No, I would never do that.
26:52We were in love.
26:54In love, really?
26:55Okay, and how long were the two of you together?
26:58Three weeks this past Monday.
27:02Um, who else knew?
27:05No one.
27:06Bobby and I kept it a secret.
27:09We didn't want my mom to find out.
27:11Your mom?
27:13Who's your mom?
27:14He was banging my daughter right under my nose.
27:16I will kill him.
27:18He's already dead.
27:18Well, I will kill him again.
27:20I don't care.
27:21Where's the corpse?
27:21Miss Marks, we just...
27:22Kayla!
27:23My office!
27:24Now!
27:24Move it!
27:26Mom, you don't...
27:27Move it!
27:27You realize if this gets out, it'll destroy Bobby's reputation.
27:31We're not trying to add to an already difficult situation.
27:33We're just trying to find the killer.
27:35Bobby wasn't an angel, but you look at the man in his entirety.
27:38He deserves to be remembered with grace.
27:40This business gets clouded by money, fame, ambition.
27:44The only thing that Bobby really cared about was making people laugh.
27:48Well, whoever took this either works for this show or had access to this building.
27:52And maybe it was someone in a financial jam who was looking to score a quick buck.
27:56Or maybe it's someone with a grudge against Bobby.
27:58I can't imagine anyone doing that.
28:00He was a great boss.
28:01Everyone loved him.
28:02Yeah.
28:03And apparently he loved them back.
28:05Okay.
28:07Uh, Janine can get you a list of everyone on the crew once she's done yelling at Kayla.
28:11Poor kid.
28:12Who knows?
28:12She might have ended up being number seven.
28:14Let's get him.
28:17Beckett.
28:17What have we got?
28:21Well, once we suspected blackmail, I ran through his financials again.
28:25I thought they were clean.
28:26Well, they were.
28:27But going back, we found this.
28:31He spent a hundred grand on a kitchen run-o.
28:34Totally legitimate.
28:35But we searched his brownstone.
28:36And he wasn't renovating his kitchen.
28:38So who was on the receiving end of the hundred grand?
28:41Zach Robinson.
28:43Ooh, good bad guy name.
28:46Snakey Z, Hard K, even has Rob in it.
28:49Good bad guy rap sheet, too.
28:50Former low-life private investigator.
28:52I remember this guy.
28:53He had some celebrity clients back in the day.
28:56He was known for digging up dirt on folks and turning it into a personal payday.
28:59Did a nickel on multiple counts of extortion, wiretapping, racketeering, and blackmail.
29:04Well, Robinson must have gotten the picture from somebody on the inside.
29:07Sure, figured it was worth a fast buck.
29:10But if Bobby paid, why would he kill him?
29:11Bobby figured out that Robinson was a blackmailer, and then he threatened to take him to the cops.
29:15Bobby pushes, Robinson pushes back harder.
29:17Let's go pick him up.
29:18Easier said than done.
29:20Esposito already ran down his last known address.
29:22Robinson's in the wind.
29:23Well, let's keep looking.
29:26You are a bad man, Zach Robinson.
29:30A dirty, naughty, no-good blackmailer.
29:34Do you do all your interrogations in bed, Detective Heat?
29:37You think this is funny, Robinson?
29:38Okay, okay, no, I'll do whatever you want, Nikki.
29:42Okay, that's why I like it.
29:45You are so sweet.
29:57And brilliant.
29:59Guilty.
30:01What are you thinking?
30:04Nothing.
30:06It's ridiculous.
30:07What?
30:07Come on, tell me.
30:08I want to know what goes on inside that incredible mind of yours.
30:11Well, since you put it that way, I have this friend at work who thinks that the only reason you're with me is, you know, for the part in the movie.
30:26Wow.
30:29Really?
30:32What does this friend of yours base that on?
30:34You know what, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have repeated that.
30:38Does this friend know me?
30:40No.
30:40Has he read anything about me that would make him think that I would prostitute myself for a role?
30:45No, of course not.
30:47You know, I, he's an idiot.
30:49Do you have any idea how hard it is to be a woman in Hollywood?
30:57Ellie.
30:58Ellie.
30:59How?
31:01No.
31:01Beckett.
31:16Oh, yeah.
31:18He looks like a Zach Robinson.
31:20Where'd you find him?
31:21The boys caught up with him at a craps table at Mohegan Sun.
31:25Already gambling away his hard-earned blackmail money?
31:28So how was your date with your little starlet?
31:30How could you tell this time?
31:31Like I said, Castle.
31:34Trained detective.
31:35Well, it went lovely.
31:38No thanks to you.
31:40What did I have to do with it?
31:41Pulled you a Jedi mind trick on me.
31:43Made me doubt Ellie's honesty.
31:44Foolishly, I told her what you said.
31:46Made her cry.
31:48Castle.
31:49She's an actress.
31:50A professional liar.
31:52She's paid to cry on cue.
31:54No.
31:55I've never seen this picture before.
32:03Really?
32:04You sure you didn't use it to blackmail Bobby Mann?
32:07Blackmail.
32:09Fishing in the wrong pond, detective.
32:11What about the hundred grand from Bobby Mann in your bank account?
32:15Am I in the right pond now?
32:16That was for services rendered.
32:22I don't think Webster's defines blackmailing as a service.
32:26More like a coercive threat, Mr. Robb and Sun.
32:29No, no.
32:30No, no.
32:31I never threatened Bobby.
32:32He hired me.
32:34To do what?
32:39My guys say that you don't have an alibi for the night that man was murdered.
32:44You can't be serious.
32:45I guess it'll come out when we go to the murder trial.
32:48Have a nice life.
32:50Sentence?
32:50What?
32:51No, no.
32:51No, no.
32:52No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
32:53Look, he reached out to me.
32:55Said he needed some work done.
32:57What kind of work?
32:59The kind that you get paid a lot extra to do.
33:02Something illegal.
33:04Well.
33:07Okay, look.
33:07He thought that somebody was out to get him.
33:09He said he needed to know, and so he paid me to bug a guy's office.
33:14Who?
33:16Howard Weisberg.
33:17The president of the network?
33:18Easy gig, too.
33:20Bobby got me into the building.
33:22When was this?
33:23A week ago.
33:24What did you do with the recordings?
33:26I delivered the CDs to Bobby.
33:27When?
33:28You know.
33:32Morning before he died.
33:34Bobby's producer said he locked himself in his office that morning.
33:38He was listening to the recording.
33:39And then they said he started acting paranoid after that.
33:41So what did he hear?
33:44Am I good to go?
33:52Found the recordings in Mann's office, mixed in with his DVD collection.
33:55Heard anything yet that would explain why Mann was listening in on his boss?
33:58Nah, just a bunch of talk about setting up breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and drinks with writers, actors, and directors.
34:03Where are we in the blackmail?
34:04Oh, we got uniforms running down all show employees who could have had access to the studio to take that photo.
34:08Yo.
34:10You guys are going to want to hear this.
34:12You know what the hell with Bobby, man?
34:14We're losing money on him every damn night.
34:16I want him out.
34:17Our hands are tied.
34:18You can't fire him.
34:19He's got five years left on his contract.
34:21What if he drops dead, huh?
34:23Seriously, the guy's got a bad heart?
34:25How hard would it be to make him go away?
34:27I mean, hell, I got Mickey Reed telling me every day he's ready to step in if we could just get Bobby Mann out the damn door.
34:34Well, no wonder Bobby thought Mickey was disloyal.
34:36And no wonder he thought someone wanted him dead.
34:38Someone did.
34:39What if he drops dead, huh?
34:43Seriously, the guy's got a bad heart?
34:45How hard would it be to make him go away?
34:48Looks like you got your wish, Mr. Weisberg.
34:50Detective, none of the recordings are admissible in court.
34:53Now, relax, Bernard.
34:53I didn't kill anyone, okay?
34:55Save it for when I actually do.
34:56Detective, I wasn't serious.
34:58Bobby thought you were.
34:59Well, then maybe you shouldn't have been bugging my office.
35:01Hell, in private, I issue a dozen death sentences a day on underperforming, overpaid jackasses at my network.
35:07Now, what I wanted was Mickey Reed pulled to 1130, but Bobby had an $80 million penalty on his contract.
35:13Which still had another five years left on it.
35:16Yeah.
35:17Now, what I did was lean on Bobby for a few months to appeal to a younger audience, but the worst thing that I did was threaten to fire him and pay him the 80 mil.
35:25Mr. Weisberg, where were you between 1.30 and 4.30 a.m. the night of the murder?
35:31You don't have to answer that.
35:32It's fine. Bert, chill out.
35:34Was it the Essex House Hotel?
35:35Were you with anyone?
35:36As a matter of fact, I was.
35:38This actress I was screwing wanted a part on one of my sitcoms.
35:42I met her after Bobby's show.
35:44I'm going to need a name.
35:46Sure.
35:47Ellie Monroe.
36:00Thank you for coming by, Ms. Monroe.
36:02Of course.
36:03Weisberg's alibi is good.
36:16No, go on.
36:17You can say it.
36:18I told you so.
36:20No, thanks.
36:20I'm actually not in the gloating mood.
36:22His alibi sets us back to square one.
36:25Which means we have no idea who the blackmailer is, and we don't know why man went to the comedy club and trashed Angel Santana's bike.
36:33We have no idea who the killer is.
36:35Well, the good news is I can work all night.
36:38No plans.
36:39You know, it's late, and I'm kind of tired.
36:43How about we pick this up in the morning?
36:45Alrighty then.
36:46And the boys will be back on duty tomorrow, going to phrase, which would be inaccurate, because you are not a boy.
36:57Is this some kind of a weird come on?
37:00I think I know what Bobby Mann was doing at that comedy club.
37:02I think I know why he thought he was an awful person, and I think I know who killed him.
37:08Mr. McPhee?
37:10Oh, I was just going over my notes for the tribute.
37:1535 years of friendship.
37:17It's kind of hard to find just the right story to tell.
37:20What can I do for you?
37:21I just came by to give you this, Bobby's idea book.
37:24We thought you might like it.
37:26Thanks.
37:26We did have a question about what he wrote on the last page.
37:30The boys will be back on duty tomorrow night.
37:33Actually, he crossed out boys and wrote gang, posse, and crew.
37:38Any idea why?
37:41I guess we'll never know.
37:43I wouldn't be too sure about that.
37:44The network was pressuring Bobby to make a change.
37:47They threatened to cancel him, unless he did.
37:48And the night that he was murdered, he told Barbara that something awful was going on.
37:54He asked her if he was a good person.
37:55Why would he say that?
37:57Because of Kayla.
38:01Not Kayla, Hank.
38:02Because of you.
38:04He knew that he had to fire you.
38:05He knew he needed to find someone younger and hipper if he was going to survive.
38:09Someone like Angel Santana.
38:11Wiseberg confirmed that she was on the network's short list.
38:14That's why it wasn't boys anymore, Hank.
38:16Because Angel's a girl.
38:17This is ridiculous.
38:19Bobby would never fire me.
38:21And why did you kill him?
38:22I didn't.
38:23We ran your credit cards, Hank.
38:25The night that he was murdered, you went to a 24-hour grocery store and bought two things.
38:30Cranberry juice and balsamic vinegar.
38:32It's time stamped.
38:331.56 a.m.
38:35And I'm betting if we test your keys, we'll find metal from Angel Santana's motorcycle where you scratched in.
38:40Late night, bitch.
38:41He told me that night just before he left the studio.
38:51Oh, we'd heard Weisberg say they were going to bury him unless he made a change.
39:0135 years I had his back, he was going to toss me aside like one of his ex-wives.
39:06Humiliate me in front of the whole country.
39:07I knew it was coming.
39:10I saw the little signs, the awkward moments in the hall.
39:14I sent him that picture of him and Kayla to remind him of all the secrets I kept.
39:20You know what he said?
39:21The scandal would only help his ratings.
39:24You bought your poison and you followed him to the club.
39:28I confronted him when he came out.
39:31I told him not to throw away everything we'd built.
39:33He told me he couldn't save me.
39:35Weisberg was going younger with or without him.
39:38Well, if you knew he didn't have a choice, why did you kill him?
39:41Because he did have another choice.
39:43Go down with the ship.
39:45We both go out gracefully and Bobby gets 80 million bucks.
39:50Instead of him continuing the show with some kid.
39:55I gave him over 4,000 shows laughing at every lousy joke he cracked, whether they were funny or not.
40:04Jeez.
40:06So how did you manage it?
40:11When I knew I couldn't change his mind, I told him I understood.
40:16We walked over to the West Side Highway.
40:18I sat on a bench, looked out at the water, talked about what a great run we'd had.
40:28Then I offered him a drink.
40:31He was my best friend.
40:33You don't do that to your friend.
40:41Yet another example of why you shouldn't mix business with pleasure.
40:45Even show business.
40:46Are you talking about the case or yourself?
40:50Yeah, touche, detective.
40:51So you want to go for a victory lap and grab a burger?
40:55Oh, can't.
40:56Gotta go.
40:56Big date.
40:57You're kidding, right?
40:58You're going out with Ellie Monroe even though you know the only reason that she was interested
41:02in you was for a part?
41:03Have you lost all sense of human decency and self-resp...
41:08What?
41:10My big date is with Alexis.
41:13She's getting back from her trip.
41:15Oh.
41:35Right on time, Alexis.
41:37Oh, Sacagawea has returned.
41:43And you are not Sacagawea, but come in.
41:47Thanks.
41:50I'm headed back to L.A.
41:51And I just wanted to say sorry.
41:56Thanks.
41:57But the truth is, I've never had so much fun being used.
42:00You feel free to have at me any time.
42:02Well, I guess you'll resend your recommendation of me to your producers and that it's the least
42:06I deserve.
42:07No.
42:07Tony thinks you are great for it and so do I.
42:09You are a better actress than I thought when I recommended you.
42:13Well, you should know I wasn't acting the whole time.
42:15Me neither.
42:18Thanks, Rick.
42:20Take care.
42:22You too.
42:22Bye.
42:25Hi.
42:26Dad, was that...
42:27My Sacagawea has returned.
42:29Oh, my God.
42:29My best girl.
42:30I miss you so much.
42:31Oh, my God, I'm so glad you're home.
42:33I missed you too, Dad.
42:36You're not just saying that, right?
42:38That's right.
42:38Don't you.
42:39Tell me you're hungry.
42:40I'm stuck.