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Castle Season 5 Episode 9
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00:00Well, the weather outside is frightful
00:04But this fire is so delightful
00:08And since we've no place to go
00:12Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
00:16Well, it doesn't show signs of stopping
00:20And I brought some corn for popping
00:24Honey? What is that?
00:26Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
00:34Aha! Found it!
00:38Glad you should toss that, it's getting kind of gross
00:40Toss cookie, Angel?
00:42No way! You made this for me in first grade with your chubby little hedge
00:46Darling, could you pick me up an extra bottle of Aquabit for our glue?
00:50An extra bottle of 100 Proof? You're not tampering with our secret holiday recipe
00:54No, no, no, I'm just gonna make an extra large batch to take with me Christmas Eve caroling
00:58Oh, it'll be after our Christmas dinner
01:00You don't mind, do you?
01:02But it's Christmas Eve, that's when we open the gifts
01:04Maybe we can open them in the mornings
01:06Morning? Mornings are for stockings
01:08Well, I think what Alexis is trying to say is that she has other plans, too
01:13Well, just with a couple of friends, it's...
01:15What friends? What plans?
01:17What is happening to our family tradition?
01:20Dad, I think you're kind of overreacting
01:27I am not overreacting
01:29It's one night out of the year
01:31Is it too much to ask to stick to the program?
01:33Well, maybe your program should evolve a little bit
01:35It is evolving, I invited you, didn't I? You are still coming, right?
01:38Yeah, I mean, if I don't have to work
01:40But look, okay, no presents, remember? We promised
01:44It's just, it's a little too stressful this first year
01:46No presents, I'm flexible
01:48There are certain aspects to this that are time-honored
01:51The heart, the beating heart behind the Christmas holidays
01:54And now Santa is dead!
01:56When will it end?
01:58Hate to break it to you, Castle, but there is no Santa
02:00Well, not anymore
02:01You gotta admit, with that beard and that belly
02:04He looks like the real deal
02:05If by the real deal you mean an overweight man in a red suit
02:08Who is hopefully carrying ID?
02:10Yeah, along with lots of candy cane wrappers
02:14Though I don't think that ID of his is gonna do you much good
02:18Kris Krinkle, address, North Pole
02:21That's cute
02:22Maybe he's the real Santa, like in Miracle on 34th Street
02:25Yeah, but with no happy ending
02:27This Santa fell out of the sky around 9.30
02:30From an aircraft?
02:31Maybe, but it wasn't a commercial plane, I can tell you that
02:34With the fall from high altitude, we'd see severe frostbite on his eyes and his face
02:39Hey, sorry to talk with the family
02:41They didn't see or hear any planes overhead
02:43That doesn't make any sense
02:44He had to have fallen from somewhere
02:46I'm sorry, are we overlooking the obvious here?
02:49He hit some turbulence, slipped out of his sleigh, and fell to his doom
02:52Santa, lying there dead
02:54What can I ask yourself, what kind of world do we live in?
02:56A world in which there is no Santa, and people don't fall out of nowhere
02:59Can you check with air traffic control and find out what flights were in the area?
03:03Sure, bah humbug
03:06So was the fall cause of death?
03:08Looks like it, but I won't know for sure until I get him back to the morgue
03:11Well Santa or no, he sure is committed
03:14And you're saying there's nothing in his world that indicates a break in character?
03:18Nope
03:19Except for these boots, they are definitely not from the North Pole
03:23They're custom made from a leather shop in Queens
03:25Got a pair of motorcycle boots there
03:28Hopefully they'll have a record of who this man is
03:30Hey, so I heard from air traffic control, but you're not gonna like the news
03:37They have no record of anyone flying over the park during the time our guy hit the ground
03:40How is that even possible?
03:41Santa had a sleigh in stealth mode
03:43No, I mean after 9-11, how is it possible that someone can just fly over Manhattan?
03:48Sightseeing choppers do it all the time
03:50There was just one time
03:51Took a midnight loop around Statue of Liberty with this Latin
03:57Publisher
03:58No, he's right
03:59There's a Manhattan flight corridor which doesn't require you to radio in if you stay under 1,300 feet
04:05My mother-in-law is a licensed pilot
04:07As she keeps reminding me
04:08Part of a larger effort to make me feel inferior
04:13I'm sorry, did I just say that out loud?
04:16Sounds like she's staying with you, Captain
04:18One day soon your in-laws will visit too
04:21And when they do, thank hotel
04:24Lord, I hate the holidays
04:27Yet another quality she has in common with the Grinch
04:30So if we don't know where our Santa fell from, do we at least know who he is?
04:33Hopefully we will soon
04:34You need Ralph's the dealer of that boot store in Queens
04:36They're getting him to open up the shop and check his invoices
04:38Laney's got something for us, can you keep us posted on the boots?
04:41Yeah
04:46You're taking this one kinda hard, bro
04:49He's a symbol of childhood innocence
04:51Makes me wonder what this means for the future
04:54It means there's gonna be one less guy dressed up as Santa
04:56Hey, so uh, we're coming up on Christmas Eve
05:01Gonna keep the tradition going?
05:02You, me, a six pack, Madden on the big screen
05:06You know, um, I think Jenny has other plans this year
05:18Remember how you asked if that fall was what killed him?
05:21Well, it wasn't
05:22I pulled this out of his back
05:24And that is a .38
05:26Do you still think he fell off his sleigh castle?
05:27No
05:28Clearly he was shot out of it
05:30Talk about a war on Christmas
05:31Or he was just shot in an aircraft and pushed out
05:34So we have anything else?
05:35Just this
05:36Embedded in his suit
05:38A chip of paint
05:39Or some kind of enamel
05:41Cherry red
05:42From a sleigh?
05:43I don't know yet
05:44I'm sending it down to the lab for analysis
05:46Probably from a sleigh
05:47Are we any closer to figuring out who he is?
05:49We are now
05:50Name's Edmund Smith
05:51Lives in the Bronx
05:53Got his ID from that boot shop
05:55I'm sorry, you just came all the way down here to give me this
05:57Yeah, he told me to keep you posted
06:00He did play that, right?
06:02You know what?
06:03Castle and I are going to go and check out the place
06:06And see what there is to see
06:12Mmm, Javi, since when did you start wearing cologne to work?
06:16You know, well, it's the holidays
06:18And I've got places to be
06:20To be able to see
06:22How about you?
06:23Okay
06:24I see where this is going
06:26I'm going to stop you right there
06:27I already have plans for Christmas Eve
06:30I'm hanging out with my girlfriends
06:32Oh
06:33That's cool
06:35Maybe afterwards you and I can...
06:37Javi!
06:38Let's not be one of those sad, desperate holiday hookups
06:42But when all this dies down
06:43If you still want to get together
06:45Just give me a call
06:52I don't think he's home
06:58NYPD
06:59Is there a super or someone that can let us into this apartment?
07:02Yeah, we have a key
07:03Tim, can you grab Ed's key?
07:06Did something happen to Edmund?
07:11So when was the last time you saw him?
07:13Well, it must have been last night, around 5
07:16I saw him leave with his costume bag
07:17I figured he was going on a job
07:19Ed was a professional Santa
07:21Looks like he took his job pretty seriously
07:31No, he lived it really
07:32I mean, volunteering at the rec center and the shelter
07:35He was always here for Tim and the kids
07:37He even helped with our lawsuit
07:39He was a Santa and a lawyer?
07:41No, we lost our house
07:43And he was just trying to help us out
07:45He was like that
07:46Sounds like he got involved in a lot of people's lives
07:48Do you think he made any enemies along the way?
07:50I didn't think so
07:51But then last week I heard this man pounding on Ed's door shouting cuss words
07:56Did you see who it was?
07:57I did
07:58I looked out
07:59It was an older, tough looking dude
08:02When he saw me he said
08:03You tell Ed if I see him again I'll kill him
08:05So I told Ed
08:07How did he react?
08:09Well, he told us not to worry
08:10But you could tell he was pretty shaken up
08:12You think you could describe him?
08:13You know what?
08:14I don't have to
08:15That's him
08:16I don't know whoever he is, he's a pilot
08:21According to the tail number on that Cessna
08:23The plane is registered to a David Dunn
08:25Guy's got priors too
08:27Drunken disorderly, assaults
08:29Where do we find him?
08:30Well this just lists his place of employment
08:321215 Canal Street, second floor
08:37Wow
08:38Someone takes Christmas seriously
08:39Well you should say our place, our tree is a 15 foot noble fir
08:43We have our garland shipped in from some lake I can't pronounce by the Canadian border
08:47And wait till you see my train set
08:49My train set
08:50Yeah, can't wait
08:52Hi
08:53Merry Christmas
08:54We're looking for David Dunn
08:56Oh, Dave's in the big room
08:57Teaching a class
08:58Uh, what is it you do here exactly?
09:00We make magic
09:06Whoa, whoa, whoa, again
09:08Whoa, whoa, whoa, again
09:10Whoa, whoa, whoa, again
09:11Whoa, whoa, whoa, once again
09:13From the diaphragm
09:15Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
09:17I'm scared
09:18Santa's cool?
09:19And I bet you one Santa is missing
09:22Ho, ho, ho, ho
09:24This is crazy, I did not kill Edmund
09:37Trust me, you're gonna have to do a lot better than that to come in sir
09:39You can start by telling us when you last flew your plane
09:41Not for weeks, you can check
09:43We intend to, now where were you at 9.30 last night?
09:45I was at the Harlem Ute Center handing out gifts to kids
09:48I wasn't anywhere near Edmund
09:50But you did engage in some unsanta-like behavior at his apartment
09:54Is that what this is about?
09:56That was nothing
09:58He threatened to kill him and now he's dead
10:01I wouldn't call that nothing
10:03I can explain that, okay?
10:04See, Edmund took one of my best gigs
10:06It was a print ad for Cartier
10:08I was their go-to Santa
10:10You know, this year they wanted to go more warm and cuddly
10:13Well, look at me, I'm warm, I'm cuddly
10:15But no, they chose Edmund
10:17So, yeah, I drank too much peppermint schnapps
10:19I went over to his place and popped off
10:21I'm not proud of it
10:22But that was all I did
10:24Did you see him again after that?
10:25No, you have to understand
10:27When I first met Edmund five years ago
10:29He was at a low point in life
10:31I raised him up
10:32I taught him everything I knew
10:33I turned him into a world-class Santa
10:36And now I'm losing gigs to him
10:38Maybe that's it
10:39Maybe it's time to hang up the fluffy red jockstrap
10:42Is that a metaphor or do you really...
10:45When Edmund was killed, he was wearing his Santa suit
10:48Do you know if he had a job last night?
10:50You have to ask his agent
10:52Santa's have agents?
10:53Yeah, mostly we use the Bellson Holley agency
10:55You said Edmund was at a low point in his life
10:58What did you mean by that?
11:00I just think he became a Santa to turn his life around
11:03And it worked too
11:04Turned his life around?
11:05Is he in trouble of some sort?
11:06All I know is back when I met him, Edmund was a totally different guy
11:11David Dunn's alibi I checked out
11:13Harlem Youth Club said that he was there last night
11:16Cessna's been parked in a hangar for over a month
11:18Did you find out what Santa job Edmund was doing?
11:20His agency said he wasn't booked on any gigs last night
11:22So why was he wearing a Santa suit? How did he end up dead?
11:24Well, if this was a story, it would all come back to Edmund's character
11:27Why he became a Santa in the first place
11:29Turns out it's a mystery all by itself
11:31I've been looking into this guy and check it
11:34That is Santa five years ago
11:36Meet James Edmund Smith
11:38He was a private equity manager at some big firm
11:40That's the same guy?
11:41No
11:42What happened?
11:43Dedication to his craft
11:44Like De Niro in Raging Bull
11:46To be a Santa?
11:47It's pretty extreme, I know
11:48And I'll tell you this much
11:49He didn't go all Santa for the money
11:50Back in the day, he used to pull down a half a mil a year
11:53As Santa, he made a tenth of that
11:55Make that much as a Santa?
11:56Maybe I should switch jobs, huh?
11:57What, gain 200 pounds and have a bunch of rugrats sitting on your lap with dirty diapers?
12:00Yeah, thanks for that visual
12:02Oh, here's another thing
12:03I pulled Edmund's financials
12:05And when I was killed, he withdrew two grand from his ATM
12:08You didn't have that money on him when we found him as well, it was empty
12:11Alright, take a look at the ATM footage and see if anyone was with him
12:14He might have been robbed
12:15Uh, robbed and then launched into space?
12:18And how is that less plausible than your slang?
12:21I think you mean less plausible
12:23What about his phone records?
12:24Made a bunch of calls to some lawyer in Brooklyn
12:26But here's the interesting one
12:27Last phone call he ever made was to his ex-wife
12:29Mrs. Gloss
12:30Gwen Harwin
12:31I went back pretty far on his phone records
12:33He hasn't called her for at least three years
12:34So, he pulls out two grand, calls his ex-wife
12:36And a couple of hours later, he ends up dead
12:38Let's bring her in
12:40He called me to say that he wanted to stop by
12:42It was the strangest thing
12:44When he showed up, I didn't recognize him, you know? He's just gone
12:47Gone
12:48I'm sorry to ask you this, Mrs. Harwin
12:50But where were you last night at 9.30?
12:52It's quite alright, I understand
12:53I was hosting a benefit for the food bank
12:56Why did Edmund come to see you?
12:58To apologize
12:59Apologize for what?
13:01For the way he walked out in our life
13:04We were good together
13:06At least I thought we were
13:08Twelve years of marriage
13:10Of building a life together
13:12And then five years ago, Christmas Eve
13:14We went to a party and afterwards we stayed up to watch
13:17It's a wonderful life
13:19And the next morning he left
13:21With just the shirt on his back
13:23And no explanation
13:25But why would he visit you now?
13:27He wanted me to know how sorry he was
13:29For the way he left in case
13:31Anything happened to him
13:33What did he mean by that?
13:35I don't know what he meant
13:37I didn't even know who this man was
13:39He seemed very nervous and very on edge
13:42Did he give you any indication of what he was afraid of
13:45Or who might have been after him?
13:47After he left I went to the window to watch him get into the cab
13:51And as the cab pulled away there was a man on a motorcycle
13:54Who was following him
13:55We're going to need you to give us a description of that motorcycle along with its rider
14:02Early Christmas present from Jenny?
14:04Something like that, would you mind not touching it?
14:06Oooooh
14:08Well, well, well
14:10Now I see what you and Jenny got planned for Christmas Eve
14:16Y'all gonna be getting busy
14:18Hm?
14:20Ho
14:21Ho
14:22Ho
14:23Uh
14:26I take it this is your idea of working the Santa case?
14:29Detective Esposito, you're supposed to be digging up that ATM footage
14:33And you are-
14:34Chasing down that lawyer that our victim has been calling, sir
14:36Okay then, let's finish up this hoochie-coochie thing and get on with it
14:40Yes, sir
14:41That's a busted
14:43Oh, you cheek-a-bomb
14:44Burr
14:45How does a guy on a motorcycle connect to Edmund landing in the park?
14:49Nothing connects
14:50Why does a man watch a Christmas movie then walk out on everything and become Santa?
14:53Unless the key to Edmund's story is It's a Wonderful Life
14:57You remember in the movie George Bailey tried to commit suicide on Christmas Eve and was saved by an angel
15:01Which in our story is David Dunn
15:03We're casting choice, I know
15:05But what if Edmund was trying to jump off a metaphoric bridge, you know, to start over?
15:09As a Santa?
15:10Yes
15:11Yeah, that's where it falls apart
15:13Actually, it looks like Edmund was way more than just a Santa
15:17I finally got a hold of that lawyer that he'd been calling
15:19She'd actually filed a suit on behalf of his neighbors, the Cabots, who'd lost their home to a predatory lender
15:24Sun Cove Funding, something about illegal practices and forged documents
15:28Anyway, it's a class action suit representing 43 families with millions of dollars at stake
15:32But why was Edmund calling the lawyer?
15:34She had been working on contingency
15:36She's already lost tons of money pressing the case, so she wanted to drop the suit
15:39But Edmund begged her not to
15:41In fact, he asked her to hold off just a few days
15:43Maybe he could turn things around
15:45How?
15:46Well, he didn't say it
15:47But she told him the only thing that would turn things around was a check for 25 grand
15:50What do we know about this company that Edmund was up against?
15:52Sun Cove, it's a fly-by-night, they made their money, then they folded
15:56Gates actually has a friend at the SEC trying to dig up some information on them
15:59Can you check with the fraud division, see what they know about Sun Cove?
16:02Yeah, you got it
16:03Thanks
16:04Speaking of It's a Wonderful Life, I was thinking tomorrow night, perhaps we should have a Christmas movie marathon
16:10Or some other kind of marathon that makes life wonderful
16:17Um
16:18What?
16:19Castle, look, I know how much the holidays mean to you
16:22And I know that you love Christmas, but I can't make it tomorrow
16:25What?
16:27The precinct is short-staffed, so I'm gonna have to work
16:30How...
16:31What?
16:32Don't...
16:33Don't you have seniority?
16:34Don't...
16:35How can this happen?
16:36Yeah
16:37Look, I...
16:38I couldn't tell Gates
16:40She doesn't know about us, okay?
16:42So...
16:43Look, I'm sorry, I know that you're disappointed
16:45No, uh...
16:46No, it's not your fault, I know
16:48It's...
16:49It's okay
16:50I'm...
16:51I gotta get out of here anyway
16:53I gotta deal with Alexis, gonna do some Christmas shopping
16:55Okay, have fun
16:56Okay
16:57And don't get me anything
16:58Right
17:04Hey
17:05So, uh...
17:06I pulled this from the ATM footage
17:08Edmund was alone and took out the cash
17:10But he did get into a cab
17:11Any idea where he was going?
17:13Yeah, I traced the taxi using the medallion
17:15The cabbie said that he took Edmund to Hohokas Field
17:17It's a small airfield out in Jersey
17:19Is that where he got on the plane?
17:20You'd think, but no
17:21The cabbie said that Edmund had him wait so he could go meet somebody
17:23Then he got back in the cab, they left the airfield
17:25And the cabbie dropped him off in Long Island City
17:27That doesn't make any sense
17:28How'd he end up in the air if he went to Long Island City?
17:30I have no idea, but
17:32The person he met with at the airfield might
17:34So
17:35You, uh...
17:37Pulled the Christmas shift
17:38Again
17:39You know, you shouldn't be an eavesdropping buddy
17:41Esper, does that look cherry red to you?
17:46It does
17:47Just like the paint chip we found on Edmund
17:53This lock's been tampered with
17:55Looks like it was forced open
17:58There's fresh blood here
18:01And lots of it
18:02Looks like we just found our privacy
18:03Yeah
18:04Looks like the blood is a match to Edmund
18:05But so far there are no prints
18:06Looks like the cockpit's been wiped
18:07If Edmund came down here and then he went back to Long Island City
18:08Then how the hell did he end up in this chopper?
18:09Well, whoever was with them has got to have the answer to that
18:10Let's start with who owns this thing
18:11Well, according to the airfield manager, Mr. Mudge belongs to a Chuck Ames
18:15But he's on vacation at White
18:16Hi, Mr. Mudge
18:17I'm Detective Kate Beckett
18:18I'm Detective Kate Beckett
18:19Now, what's that?
18:20Look at the car?
18:21What's that?
18:22Yeah
18:23Are you kidding?
18:24I'm seeing you?
18:25Well, I'm seeing you, I'm seeing you
18:26Yeah
18:27And I'm seeing you
18:28Yeah
18:29Well, I'm seeing you
18:30Well, I'm seeing you
18:31Well, I'm seeing you
18:32How's that?
18:33I'm seeing you
18:34Yeah
18:35Mr. Mudge, I'm Detective Kate Beckett.
18:37Now, is anyone else authorized to fly that bird?
18:40Not that I'm aware of.
18:41Looks like just about anybody can have access to this airfield.
18:43There's no checkpoints, no cameras.
18:45Never needed any until now.
18:46The point is, if someone did get onto this property,
18:48how hard would it be for them to fly that chopper out of here?
18:50Anybody with a helicopter rating could take it up.
18:52R-44 is easy. You don't even need a key to start it.
18:55So then we're looking for someone that knew the ins and outs of this airport,
18:58along with the fact that that chopper was going to be here.
19:00Maybe even someone who knew that Chuck Ames was going to be in Hawaii.
19:02We're going to need Mr. Ames' contact info,
19:05along with the names of all of your employees
19:06and everyone who's flown through here in the past year.
19:09Hey, I got Christmas lights to hang.
19:11Yeah, and we have a murder to solve.
19:13Now, is there any way to know where the chopper flew last night?
19:16Is there a flight recorder, GPS system?
19:18Again, she's a low-tech bird.
19:20Do you have a record of the fuel that was in the tank?
19:24Fuel log says it was full.
19:26Which means we can figure out how far the chopper flew by how much fuel was used.
19:30It was down about a fifth of a tank.
19:31The R-44 burns about four or five miles per gallon,
19:36so flew about 45 miles.
19:37That's almost exactly how far it is to Long Island City and back.
19:41Edmund took the cab there and must have gotten in that chopper.
19:43Okay, let's check all the heliports in Long Island City and find out where.
19:49I mean, it's bad enough Santa has been murdered.
19:54This will be the first Christmas Eve in 18 years we haven't spent together.
19:58I mean, it sets a grim precedent.
19:59Dad, you're being dramatic.
20:00Wow, you can see your friends any time.
20:03Well, what if it's just one person and he's not really a friend?
20:09Oh.
20:11Oh, a new guy.
20:12Okay.
20:13Well, does this non-plural non-friend have a name?
20:16It's Max.
20:17Max.
20:17I met him at the annual bad poetry contest right before Thanksgiving.
20:22I see.
20:23Well, bring him along.
20:24I would love to meet this bad poet.
20:26Meet my dad on Christmas Eve?
20:28Yeah.
20:28That's way too much pressure.
20:30Pressure to what?
20:31Eat, drink, and be merry?
20:32It'll be...
20:32Max is going to London with his family on Christmas Day.
20:35I won't get to see him till after break.
20:37We just want to go ice skating in the park.
20:39Yeah, of course.
20:40Of course.
20:40Go.
20:41Have a great time.
20:43Besides, he'll be with Beckett.
20:46Right.
20:46Oh, and...
20:48Don't worry.
20:48I'll be home in bed before Santa comes.
20:55Right.
21:02Oh, Captain Gates.
21:04Yes?
21:05What is it?
21:05I just wanted to make sure that you got this before you took off for the holidays.
21:09Oh.
21:10Well, thank you, Mr. Castle.
21:12Oh, I'm sorry.
21:13I don't have anything for you.
21:14Please, just being here each day is a gift.
21:17I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate all that you do.
21:20You and Detective Beckett.
21:22Mr. Castle, I am on my way uptown to meet my mother-in-law to have tea and eat those tiny freaking sandwiches.
21:28So why don't you just say what's on your mind?
21:30I'm just so worried about Detective Beckett.
21:33I mean, she works so hard.
21:34Don't you think she deserves a little holiday?
21:36Isn't there someone else who could take that Christmas Eve shift?
21:38First of all, how I schedule my people is not your concern.
21:42And having said that, Detective Beckett volunteered to take the shift.
21:48When did she do that?
21:49Earlier today, she came to me and asked to take Detective Elton's shift.
21:54He has a family, and she doesn't.
21:55Okay, then.
21:58Problem solved.
22:03Okay, so that narrows it down to five heliports in Long Island City.
22:06One is a police station.
22:08One is a hospital.
22:09They'd both be monitored.
22:10So that leaves telepads at Bancorp Building, One West Hotel, and Case Commerce Building.
22:16Case Commerce.
22:20The Candy Canes.
22:22Case Commerce CC.
22:23That's where Edmund was.
22:25Let's find out why.
22:28Hey, Castle, you coming?
22:31Yeah, sure.
22:33You can't escape it.
22:35Christmas is everywhere.
22:37So much pressure to have a good time.
22:38Are you okay?
22:40Why wouldn't I be?
22:40Case Commerce, there it is.
22:43Hi.
22:44Wait, what's going on here?
22:45Looks like a heist occurred at the office Christmas party last night.
22:48A heist?
22:49Well, I didn't notice anything was missing until this morning, and that's when I called you people.
22:53You didn't happen to have a Santa working your party, did you?
22:56Yes, we did.
22:57Did he look like this?
22:59Yes, he was our Santa.
23:01Why?
23:02Looks like our Santa was a little more naughty than us.
23:08No, I never saw him before last night, and I wasn't aware he'd stolen anything.
23:13But given what we do here, I suppose it could have been a lot worse.
23:16And what is it that your company does, Mr. Case?
23:19Investment services, asset management mostly.
23:21Given the amount of client and account information, we'd be a goldmine for identity thieves.
23:26None of those systems were touched.
23:28So what do they steal?
23:29A clock from his office and back.
23:31I'm sorry, did you just say clock?
23:33Not just any clock detective, an early Thomas Tillich.
23:35Oh.
23:37Legendary clockmaker from the restoration period.
23:39That must have been worth a great deal.
23:40I had it appraised at $30,000.
23:42Wow.
23:42How big was it?
23:43It's about this size.
23:45Small enough to fit in a sack.
23:46You know, it's hard enough imagining one of my guests being a thief, but Santa?
23:50Are you sure that nothing else is missing?
23:52Positive.
23:52Why?
23:52Well, because our evidence suggests that your Santa left by helicopter, which was waiting on your helipad.
23:58Why would he take a helicopter?
23:59You didn't hear anything from the party.
24:01No, but the music was loud and the back wall is soundproofed.
24:04Was there anything else that was special about this clock?
24:06Not that I'm aware of.
24:08Okay, I'm going to get one of my detectives to come down and interview your staff.
24:11In the meantime, could I have a list of all of the party attendees?
24:14Sure.
24:14Of course.
24:15We'll also pull elevator footage to make sure that there weren't any uninvited guests.
24:20$30,000.
24:22That's a little more than the Cabot's needed for their lawsuit.
24:25Maybe our Santa's Robin Hood, stealing from the rich to give to the poor.
24:28Yeah, but why would he use a helicopter to steal this?
24:31I mean, he could have just stuffed it in his sack and ho-ho-ho'd out of there.
24:36It has to be about more than just the clock.
24:38Well, if there were a couple more clocks on his workbench, maybe this one's significant somehow.
24:42Okay.
24:43What's your theory?
24:44Uh, treasure map inside.
24:47No.
24:48No.
24:49The clock was commissioned by a secret society to count down the end of days.
24:52A secret society of Santas.
24:55We're the guardians of time.
24:57Oh.
24:57Oh, that's good.
24:59Okay, putting aside the mystery of the helicopter, let's say it is about the clock.
25:03How did Edmund know about it?
25:05Nobody from the office recognized him.
25:06Well, maybe he worked the party before.
25:08Sorry, bro.
25:09I checked.
25:09He hasn't.
25:10But he sure was determined to work it this year.
25:13The agency had booked another Santa to work that party.
25:15But someone from Case Commerce called about a week ago to cancel.
25:18Let me guess.
25:19No one actually called from Case.
25:20Ding, ding.
25:21And when he arrived, they assumed he was the Santa they'd hired.
25:24Kind of a brilliant scam, really.
25:26You have access to high-end homes and businesses.
25:28And who's going to distrust Santa?
25:30Uh, his partners, apparently.
25:32No one are among thieves.
25:33Even Santa thieves.
25:35All right, have Robbery send that photo to pawn shops and auction houses.
25:38If his partners try to cash in, I want to know.
25:40Absolutely.
25:44A man leaves his life in a high-paid job to become the neighborhood saint,
25:47only to get shot dead after stealing a clock that's worth less than your average car.
25:52And then he gets thrown out of a helicopter that he didn't even need to be in in the first place.
25:56It makes no sense.
25:57Given everything that we know about this guy, this is completely out of character.
26:02Sometimes people do inexplicable things.
26:04There's an explanation for everything.
26:11Is there?
26:13You volunteered to take Eldon's shift.
26:16Don't pretend.
26:18If you aren't ready, why not just tell me?
26:20I'm sorry, Castle.
26:23I didn't mean to...
26:23You didn't mean to what?
26:26Christmas means something different to me than it does to you.
26:28It's Christmas.
26:29I mean, how can it be different?
26:32Castle, every winter, as soon as that chill rolls in, I'm right back there in that alley.
26:37January 9th, we still haven't taken our Christmas decorations down.
26:42And by the time my dad and I did, it was like we were putting Christmas away forever.
26:49We haven't opened those boxes since.
26:52I didn't know.
26:53That's why every year my dad goes up to his cabin,
26:57and ever since I became a rookie, I have taken the Christmas shift.
27:01Because I know that there are families out there that are celebrating together in their homes,
27:05and I am keeping watch, and that is my tradition.
27:07And that is important to me.
27:10It's as important as your tradition is to you.
27:13And I'm sorry, Castle.
27:15I thought I could let that go, but I...
27:18I understand.
27:29Beckett?
27:30Yeah, so I got a custodian who was up on the roof last night for a smoke.
27:33Did he see anything?
27:35It's not what he saw.
27:35It's what he found.
27:37The place was cleaned earlier in the day, but when he got up there,
27:39there was trash blown all over the helipad,
27:41probably from the rotor wash when it took off.
27:43What kind of trash?
27:44It kind of looked like someone had been waiting for someone.
27:46Soda can, candy wrappers, and an empty pouch of pipe tobacco.
27:52Pipe tobacco?
27:53Now, who do we know that smokes a pipe and flies?
27:57And remember, when you go out there,
28:01Santa does not enter through the chimney.
28:05He enters through the heart.
28:08What about through a helicopter?
28:09Merry Christmas to all.
28:22Merry Christmas to all.
28:36I already told you where I was, and it wasn't in a helicopter.
28:51Yeah, about that.
28:52We checked the photos from the Harlem Youth Club.
28:55The Santa that was there was not you.
28:57Where were you that night, really?
28:59Let me help you.
29:00I just got off of the phone with Chuck Ames,
29:02the guy that owns that helicopter,
29:04and he said that you've rented it from him before.
29:06So I know the guy.
29:07So what?
29:08You got no proof that I was in that helicopter that night.
29:11That's because you wiped it down when you brought it back,
29:13but you took something with you, didn't you?
29:17We found this in your apartment.
29:22Care to revise your statement?
29:24Let me help you again.
29:26Edmund figured out a way to make a quick score for you both.
29:29He worked the party, and you were the getaway flyer.
29:32And then when he got back into the chopper,
29:35you decided you wanted it all for yourself.
29:37All what?
29:37All he had was a damn clock.
29:40Not just any clock.
29:42A Thomas Tillage worth $30,000.
29:45That crap is worth 30 grand?
29:48You didn't know that?
29:49No.
29:50And I didn't kill him.
29:51Come on, Dave.
29:52You just admitted to being there.
29:55All right.
29:56I was there.
29:56Ed said he'd pay me $2,000 to fly the chopper to that building,
30:01wait while he loaded something on and take off.
30:03And it wasn't no clock.
30:05He wanted to know how much extra weight the chopper could handle.
30:08What was he planning on taking?
30:09For $2,000, I didn't ask.
30:11I just flew to the helipad and waited.
30:13Then all of a sudden, here comes Edmund,
30:14running out on the roof with the clock yelling,
30:16go, go, go.
30:17Next thing I know, we're taking fire.
30:19Someone was shooting at you?
30:20Hell, yeah.
30:21They nailed Edmund just as he boarded the chopper.
30:23Did you see who it was?
30:24No, it was dark.
30:25I just cowboyed the hell out of there.
30:28But poor Ed, I kept yelling to him to close the damn door.
30:31But when I turned back, he was already dead.
30:35Chopper banked hard before I knew it.
30:38He was gone.
30:41Dave was telling the truth.
30:42The shooter was in that building.
30:44Not just in the building.
30:45The only access to the helipad is through case commerce,
30:48which means our killer was at the party.
30:50Okay, but what was Edmund doing?
30:52Was he planning on stealing that weight so much?
30:54And why would he take that stupid clock?
30:56Makes no sense.
30:57Makes even less sense now.
30:58We were running through elevator security footage.
31:00We found one person who went up to the party who wasn't on the guest list.
31:04The neighbor kid, Tim Cabot?
31:06And look what he's holding.
31:08A motorcycle helmet.
31:09So he was the one that followed Edmund on the motorcycle that night.
31:12Kid's got a record, too.
31:13B&E, assault, possession.
31:15Hey, but what the hell was he doing there?
31:17I think I may have an answer.
31:19Remember that class action suit against Sunco funding?
31:21Yeah.
31:22My contact at the SEC dug these up.
31:25Sunco's original articles of incorporation showing the name of the account signatory.
31:29Look familiar?
31:30James Edmund Smith.
31:32The victim.
31:32Santa is the shark who built those people out of their homes?
31:37He has more blood on his hands than that.
31:39Tim Cabot's father died in a car crash, fell asleep at the wheel working three jobs to pay his inflated mortgage, courtesy of Edmund Smith.
31:47That was Christmas Eve five years ago.
31:48The Christmas that Edmund walked out on his life.
31:51So, so it's a tale of redemption.
31:55Edmund moves next door to the family whose lives he destroyed, dedicating his life to repairing theirs, never telling them who he really is.
32:03But what if Tim found out?
32:06Then it's a very different tale.
32:10I'm sorry, Mrs. Cabot, but we need to speak to your son.
32:15Your mom doesn't know, does she?
32:17But you do.
32:18You knew who he was and how he ruined your lives.
32:23Yeah.
32:24Yeah, I knew.
32:25Tim, what?
32:26It was Ed, Mom.
32:27He was Sunco.
32:28He's the one who bled us dry.
32:29Ed?
32:30Our Ed?
32:30You must have been pretty angry when you found out.
32:32Hell yeah, I was angry.
32:34When he told me I wanted to kill him.
32:37But I didn't.
32:38Wait.
32:39He told you?
32:40Yeah.
32:41Last week.
32:42He asked for my forgiveness and said he wanted to make things right.
32:45The lawyer was going to drop the lawsuit, but Ed said he couldn't sit by anymore.
32:48He knew where there was evidence that could win our case.
32:50But he needed my help.
32:51What kind of help?
32:56I'm good with locks.
32:57Right.
32:58He needed me to slip into the party with the waitstaff and Jimmy opened the storage room door and back.
33:02And why didn't you tell us this before?
33:03Because I couldn't get in trouble again.
33:05I need to be here for my mom.
33:06What was in the storage room?
33:08Files.
33:09The boxes of them.
33:11Edmund said that they were the original unaltered loan docs from Suncove.
33:15They were the evidence he needed to set things right.
33:18One of his old partners must be at Case Commerce.
33:20He recognized Edmund and realized he was going after those files.
33:23And that's why he needed the helicopter.
33:25He couldn't exactly cart them at the front door.
33:27And with the cops all over the building, it would have been risky for the killer to destroy them.
33:31Which means they're still there.
33:32Along with our killer.
33:33I tried to stop them, but they had a warrant.
33:42What the hell is this all about?
33:44We were about to ask you the same thing.
33:49I'm telling you I've never seen those files in my life.
33:52So then what were they doing in your office storage space, Mr. Case?
33:55I don't have the slightest idea.
33:57Are we really going to play this game where you deny things that you and I both know are true?
34:03Like you're telling me that you didn't know Edmund.
34:07We ran a background check.
34:08You and Edmund were business associates.
34:11So why would you claim that you didn't know him unless you were hiding something?
34:15Like your involvement with Sunco funding?
34:17Did the two of you talk about how much money you could make if you could just bend the rules?
34:21How easy it would be to forge documents to put people into mortgages that they couldn't afford and how you could make a quick buck by selling them off to investors?
34:30There's nothing in those files that can implicate me and nothing to tie me to Sunco funding or to that man's death.
34:38That clock that was stolen, where did it come from?
34:41I'm not sure.
34:42I'll have to ask my decorator.
34:43Don't bother.
34:43We already have documents that prove it belonged to the Cabots.
34:47Who are the Cabots?
34:48One of the families whose house you stole.
34:50They put that clock up as collateral against a loan.
34:53And when they couldn't make the payments, Sunco funding kept it.
34:57And that connects you to Sunco.
35:05When you saw Edmund that night, you realized that he was going after the files because he was going to blow the whistle on Sunco.
35:12You knew that Edmund could implicate you, so you killed him.
35:15No, you're wrong.
35:16The U.S. Attorney's Office would freeze your assets.
35:19They would seize all of your money.
35:21You were going to lose everything.
35:24Now, that is motive.
35:25That is opportunity.
35:26And that is enough for any jury to convict you.
35:29I did not kill Edmund.
35:33But I know who did.
35:37She was here.
35:39She stopped by the party.
35:41You must be kidding me.
35:42Why would I kill him?
35:43Because he couldn't live with himself any longer with what he had done.
35:47Which meant that he was going to take away the one thing that he left you after the divorce.
35:51Your lifestyle.
35:52Paid for by Sunco profits.
35:54He didn't come to you to apologize that night, did he?
35:58He came to warn you.
35:59Because he knew that if he blew the whistle on Sunco, he used to lose everything.
36:03This is absurd.
36:03You knew where he was going.
36:04And you knew why.
36:05So you followed him to the rooftop.
36:07And then you shot him.
36:08I was at the benefit.
36:09We know you were at Case Commerce.
36:11We have a witness.
36:12You killed Edmund.
36:13When he left me, he told me he never wanted to hurt me.
36:29That's what people always say right before they hurt you.
36:32Yes, he left me my lifestyle.
36:38Five years later, he shows up on my doorstep, telling me again how he doesn't want to hurt me.
36:47You know what the worst part is?
36:49Just for a moment, when he stood there that night, I was happy to see him.
36:52You've got to admire the guy.
36:57Sacrificed everything to redeem himself.
36:59It's too bad a pass caught up with him.
37:01Still, those files are on their way to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
37:04Now the Cabot's have a real shot at getting back what they lost.
37:07Along with the 42 other families, all because of Edmund.
37:12Oh, speaking of people having the home stolen.
37:16Is that your mother-in-law again, sir?
37:18Detective, if you happen to receive a report of a homicide tonight at my address,
37:22do me a favor.
37:23Ignore it.
37:24Yes, sir.
37:26Well, Castle, looks like you might have been right.
37:28Maybe there is a Santa Claus after all.
37:30Whether there's a Santa Claus or not, that's not why I love Christmas.
37:34When I was a kid, no matter how bad things got,
37:37my mother always managed to make Christmas Eve magical.
37:40Every year, she would put on the Nutcracker Suite.
37:44And I thought, if she can do that in our tiny apartment when money was tight and we were alone,
37:48give me hope that things could get better.
37:50I love that feeling, that sense of hope.
37:54It's crazy, you know.
37:56On the shortest, darkest days of the year, people of all faiths celebrate the light.
38:01Plus, who doesn't love presents?
38:02Yes.
38:11Merry Christmas.
38:15You too.
38:16Oh, what are you still doing here?
38:34Shouldn't you be at home?
38:35Stuff in your wife's stocking?
38:36I think I'm ready, Javi.
38:40For what?
38:41Sex?
38:41No, for what sex leads to.
38:44We were putting up the tree the other day.
38:46Jenny says to me,
38:48it just doesn't feel like Christmas without kids.
38:52She wants to try.
38:54But I come to work.
38:56I watch the news every day.
38:58It seems like the world's falling apart.
38:59How am I supposed to bring a kid into that?
39:03The world's always falling apart, bro.
39:05It's just the beginning of time.
39:07But having kids, making a family, that's what keeps it together.
39:13So go home.
39:15Make a baby.
39:17You ready?
39:19Yeah.
39:21Thanks, bro.
39:24Merry Christmas.
39:25Yeah.
39:25Merry Christmas.
39:26Merry Christmas.
39:26Merry Christmas.
39:29Merry Christmas.
39:39Mother, the glug is excellent.
39:41And everything looks excellent.
39:46Just like always.
39:50Oh, Richard.
39:51Richard, darling.
39:52You don't have to look so miserable.
39:53She's right, Dad.
39:54We know how much this tradition means to you.
39:56So we both decided to cancel our plans.
40:00We're here all night.
40:02Like always.
40:06I love you both so much that you would do that for me.
40:11But I was wrong about tonight.
40:16There's some place I need to be.
40:20Dad, I'd...
40:20Go.
40:21Go, go, go.
40:22I was just coming to see you.
40:35I was coming to see you.
40:37What about your shift?
40:38I got Karpowski to cover.
40:40What about your family tradition?
40:42Um...
40:43I was just thinking it's time for a new tradition.
40:46Me too.
40:47Oh, for God's sakes, Richard.
40:50Invite the girl in.
40:52Right.
40:52Would you?
40:53Yeah.
41:00It's beautiful.
41:01Merry Christmas.
41:19I didn't get you anything.
41:20What?
41:21Miss Cabot.
41:28I'm Detective Esposito.
41:30I have something that I think belongs to you.
41:37We found out that your husband put that up for collateral against the mortgage on your house.
41:43I haven't seen this for so long.
41:46It was handed down through his family for generations.
41:49I think that's why Edmund took it.
41:50He wanted you to have it back.
41:59Oh, wait.
42:01Why don't you come inside?
42:02We're just having dinner.
42:09Okay.
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