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Castle Season 1 Episode 8
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00:01Bending spoons with my mind
00:04Manifesting men of all kinds
00:08In my spare time
00:13Oh, how I struggled in vain
00:17Saw this riddle with my brain
00:21When the answer's in my hand
00:24So I'm gonna move you around
00:30Got to turn you inside out
00:37Yeah, I wanna move you, move you around
00:43I wanna move you, I wanna move you around
00:47Alright everybody, last hand for the night.
00:51Oh, phooey, it's only, it's not even midnight
00:55People have jobs to go to in the morning
00:57Oh, my son, working stiff
01:02Pooey, I vote
01:04If you don't mind me saying Mrs. RU, vote a lot
01:08Just don't believe in stringing along a bad hand, why waste time?
01:11Actually, mother's game isn't really Texas Hold'em, it's strip poker
01:14Keeps things humming along, if you know what I mean
01:16Well, frankly, I prefer strip because even when you lose, you win
01:20Raise twenty
01:21Call
01:27Make it a hundred
01:29Whoa
01:30A hundred bucks
01:31Man up, bro
01:35Really?
01:37I'm out
01:38Slop
01:39What about you, Cass? You're already in for the blind
01:42Not scared of a little action, are you?
01:47Action is my middle knee
01:50Ah
01:52Don't worry, sweetheart, he's bluffing
01:53Whenever he blinks too much, he means he's got a lousy hand
01:56Mother
01:57Well
01:58Alright, here we go
02:04There it is
02:09Uh-oh
02:11What?
02:11He's not blinking, but now he's tapping, which means he might have the nuts
02:16What's the matter, you're not afraid of a little action, are you?
02:24All in
02:25Woo
02:27Whoa
02:27Whoa
02:27Take him down, Becky
02:28Yeah, make him pay
02:30Can't ride your way out of this one, huh, Castle?
02:47Oh
02:48Oh
02:48Whoa
02:50There you go, Becky
02:51Maybe someone should change their middle name to Liza
02:55Oh
02:55I see
02:56This just wasn't my neck
02:57See I told you he was bluffing as the...
03:00It's the blingy thing, yeah, you're right.
03:04Beckett.
03:07Yeah, we'll be there in 20.
03:10Homicide on Henry Street.
03:11I'll take care of this for you.
03:14Well, at least you guys are already downtown.
03:16But it's after midnight.
03:17Murder never sleeps, Mrs. R.
03:19Yeah, neither do we.
03:20Whoa, whoa, someone say murder?
03:22Hold on, I'll get my coat.
03:24Look at him, I'm all excited.
03:25Yeah, like a kid at Christmas.
03:27With a dead body under the tree.
03:45Is that motor oil?
03:47Looks like it, but I'll have to pump out the tub and rent some tests to be sure.
03:51It's motor oil, all right.
03:5310W-40.
03:54Empty is in the closet.
03:55What kind of freak drowns a woman in motor oil?
03:57Someone's trying to send a message.
04:05I already told the uniforms.
04:07Once people check in, I don't want to know what they do up there.
04:10Her purse was missing and she didn't have an ID on her.
04:13Any chance she paid for the room with a credit card?
04:17All I can tell you is whoever rented a room on Friday paid cash for a five-day stay.
04:21They were supposed to be out tonight.
04:23So at midnight, I went up to check the place was empty and found her in the tub.
04:27Gonna be a bitch to clean it.
04:29So if anybody was meeting her here...
04:30Yeah, it's not like the guests arrive and I ring them up.
04:33This ain't the Ritz.
04:34Clearly.
04:35What about tonight?
04:36Anyone strange coming in or going out?
04:38Hey, Bill.
04:40Jasmine, how's it hanging?
04:43I think you just described half the clientele.
04:48Unidentified woman, early 40s.
04:50Good health.
04:51She's wearing a wedding ring, but there's no inscription.
04:54Cause of death?
04:55Drowning.
04:55There's a nasty contusion on the back of her head.
04:58So somebody hit her hard enough to knock her out and then gave her a motor oil bath.
05:01And I found this in one of her pockets.
05:05Ticket stub for the Metro North.
05:07Our victim took the train in from Westchester yesterday morning.
05:11Westchester to lower Manhattan?
05:12That's a long way to go for a lube drop.
05:15See, when married ladies go to cheap hotels, it's always about sex.
05:19Or drugs.
05:20The sample in one of the wine glasses tested positive for Remy.
05:24The sleeping pill.
05:26This was not a crime of passion.
05:29That room was rented for five days and someone stocked the place up with motor oil.
05:32That takes planning.
05:34And nice suburban ladies don't just take the train into the city and not return without somebody noticing.
05:40Irvington PD logged a call last night from a Michael Goldman wanting to report his wife Allison missing.
05:45Clothing and description match.
05:47Said she went to the city for work and never came back.
05:49Said he knew something was wrong.
05:51Or a guy.
05:52Unless he's the killer and he's covering his tracks by calling the police before the body's discovered.
05:58How about we question him before we convict him?
06:01You got an address?
06:02Thanks.
06:03Okay.
06:07I don't understand.
06:08Where did you say that she was found?
06:11At an SRO in the city.
06:13It's a single room occupancy.
06:15It's like a transient hotel.
06:17Why would she be in a place like that?
06:19Can you think of anyone she might have been meeting?
06:21No.
06:22My wife and I were happily married, detective.
06:24We had no secrets.
06:25You told police last night that your wife went into the city for her job?
06:29She was working part-time.
06:31We'd had some financial setbacks the last few years.
06:33I'd been laid off.
06:34We had to give up the apartment.
06:35How did your wife handle the move to the suburbs?
06:39Not, uh, not too well.
06:41Allison missed the city.
06:42So a couple months ago she got a job working three days a week at a clothing boutique in Manhattan.
06:46This little place on 72nd called Lehane's.
06:50She said that being there...
06:59I'm sorry.
07:00She said that being there reminded her of the good old days.
07:09So, I'm trying to put together a time loan of Allison Goldman's last hours.
07:13The first call I make is to Lehane's, the store where she worked.
07:15I say to the owner,
07:17Good morning, sir.
07:17I'd like to talk to you about your employee, Allison Goldman.
07:20And?
07:21And he says,
07:22Who?
07:24Allison didn't work there.
07:26Not yesterday, not ever.
07:27Well, if she wasn't going into the city three times a week for her job, then what was she doing
07:31there?
07:31Then how did she come home Friday night with 400 bucks in cash for the family kitty?
07:35Maybe Kessel was right.
07:36Maybe this is about sex.
07:37The lady was a soccer mom.
07:38Come by my daughter's school about 3.30.
07:40Places like happy hour.
07:42Maybe she had a boyfriend.
07:44Yes, a boyfriend.
07:45Someone she met in line at Zabar's or, uh, one afternoon at the museum when she, uh, ducked in to
07:51escape a rainstorm.
07:52Maybe it was someone she already knew from the city.
07:54Someone reminded her of when times were good before she had to give up that cute apartment with the partial
08:00river view.
08:01Someone who was slipping a little cash while he was slipping her something else.
08:05Yeah, Allison Goldman wouldn't have some cheap affair.
08:07This person would have had to have meant something to her.
08:09Someone who cared for her.
08:11Someone who listened to her.
08:12Only now, he wanted a little more return for his investment.
08:16Something she wasn't willing to do.
08:17Like leave her husband.
08:19And when she wouldn't, then he got violent.
08:21You know, I feel so stupid.
08:23Here I am looking for evidence and all I had to do was just make something up.
08:28So, this imaginary boyfriend killer, do you think that he has an imaginary address?
08:33Detective Beckett.
08:36Mr. Goldman.
08:38What is it?
08:41My lawyer called the social security office this morning to let them know that Allison had passed away.
08:47He faxed this to me two hours ago.
08:51A death certificate?
08:53Yeah, for Allison Porter.
08:54Porter was my wife's maiden name.
08:57But it says here that Allison Porter died in 1963.
09:01When she was three months old.
09:04But this child's social security number is the same as my wife's.
09:10My wife wasn't the woman she said she was.
09:14Her whole life together was a lie.
09:31So, for 20 years,
09:33this woman was living under a false name?
09:36That's crazy.
09:37Yeah, her husband was pretty shaken up.
09:39Trust me on this one, kiddo.
09:41When a woman marries a man and doesn't bother to tell him who she is for 20 years,
09:45she's a criminal.
09:46Mata Hari.
09:47Shady lady.
09:48In other words, a very good actress.
09:50Speaking of which,
09:51you seem to have inherited a bit of my talent.
09:54Oh?
09:54How so?
09:54The poker game.
09:55You let Beckett win.
10:00I don't know what you're talking about.
10:01Oh, come on.
10:02I checked your cards.
10:06I didn't want to take her money in front of all her friends.
10:09Kate Beckett is not some bimbo who needs big strong you to look out for her.
10:13She's a real woman,
10:14and a real woman does not want to be patronized.
10:16She's right, Dad.
10:17Yeah.
10:17I was being nice.
10:22Castle.
10:24Yeah, I'm on my way.
10:26All right.
10:27I'm on my way to the precinct to find out who this Mata Hari really was.
10:32Alison Goldman's email account.
10:34Alison writes,
10:35Lee, can we meet on Tuesday instead this week?
10:38Lee writes back,
10:39sounds good, the usual place.
10:40Tuesday, the day that she was murdered.
10:42So, Alison's imaginary boyfriend has a very real email account.
10:47It goes by the screen name Lwax220.
10:50The husband said it didn't sound familiar to him.
10:52I'm cyber-tracked it down.
10:53Check this, Castle.
10:54The guy's a writer.
10:56A real writer,
10:57or I took a course at the Learning Index writer?
10:59His name is Lee Wax.
11:01He writes true crime.
11:03Bobby Socks and Blood,
11:04the true story of a cheerleader,
11:07an Eagle Scout,
11:08and the murder that shocked America.
11:10Give me a break.
11:11Well, maybe he got tired of writing about other people's murders
11:14and decided to commit one on his own.
11:25What's this?
11:26Your winnings from the other night.
11:28I'm not an idiot.
11:29I know you threw the last hand.
11:33How did you figure it out?
11:36That's not the point.
11:37Oh, my mother called you, didn't she?
11:39You owe me a rematch.
11:43Fine.
11:43You want to play?
11:44Let's play.
11:45How about tomorrow night?
11:47With your mystery buddies?
11:49What, are you kidding?
11:49No, no, no.
11:50Those guys would eat you alive.
11:51No, I was thinking of something a little more local.
11:54My, uh, Gotham City crew.
11:56Guys I beat on a regular basis.
11:57Your Gotham City crew?
11:59Yeah.
12:00Captain, the mayor, and Judge Markaway.
12:01You know, your boss, your boss's boss,
12:03and the guy that signs your warrants.
12:04Or would that make you nervous?
12:05I mean, I wouldn't want to throw your game,
12:07but I also don't want you to feel patronized.
12:09Just set it up.
12:10And prepare to get your ass kicked.
12:21Hello?
12:28Hello?
12:46Look who's talking.
12:49Stay here.
13:02Hey, who the hell are you?
13:04Who the hell are you?
13:05Lee Wax.
13:06What are you doing in my apartment?
13:09You're a woman.
13:11Either you tell me who you are right now,
13:13or I am calling the cops.
13:14I am the cops.
13:16My name is Detective Kate Beckett.
13:18Uh, we would like to ask you some questions
13:19about Allison Goldman.
13:21Allison.
13:23Oh.
13:26Just, just, uh, let me get my lawyer.
13:29Why do you need a lawyer?
13:30Why do you think?
13:32So you're confessing?
13:34No, I'm not confessing to anything.
13:36It's just, my publisher instructed me
13:39not to talk to law enforcement
13:40until I had a lawyer present.
13:42Your publisher?
13:43You know, I would like to state for the record
13:44that I never harbored,
13:46nor did I conceal a fugitive.
13:49What are you talking about?
13:50Allison Goldman.
13:51If that's why you're here,
13:52then obviously you found her.
13:55Yes.
13:56Murdered.
13:58Murdered.
13:59Murdered by who?
14:01Well, given your unhealthy obsession for her,
14:04I'm going to take a wild stab at you.
14:07Me?
14:09No, I am a ghost writer.
14:11We were working on her memoir.
14:12Memoir?
14:13Why would Allison Goldman need a memoir?
14:16Wait, so you don't know who she really is?
14:19We do now.
14:21Apparently, our Westchester housewife
14:23was also a fugitive.
14:33That's Allison Goldman?
14:35A.K.A.
14:35Cynthia Dern.
14:36In 1989, she and two friends set off a bomb on a tanker
14:40owned by a big oil company.
14:41I remember this.
14:43Some radical environmentalists protesting the exit on Valdiesville.
14:45Yes.
14:46One was killed, one was caught,
14:47but Cynthia Dern was never found.
14:49Looks like her past finally caught up with her.
14:52Jared Swanstrom built the bomb.
14:54Susan Mailer and Cynthia snuck on board to set it.
14:56Only something went wrong.
14:59You see, the ship was supposed to be empty of oil and people,
15:02but the captain, Sam Pike, had come back.
15:05He was paralyzed in the explosion.
15:07How did you track down Cynthia?
15:09I didn't.
15:11She contacted me.
15:13Cynthia had decided to turn herself in,
15:15but before she surrendered,
15:17she wanted to get her story out to the public
15:19and express her remorse.
15:20And get public opinion on her side.
15:23It's a great way to influence a potential jury pool.
15:25But she didn't, right?
15:26So how was she planning on influencing them?
15:28Cynthia told me that on the night of the bombing,
15:31she had tried to back out.
15:33When she realized that the captain was aboard,
15:35she argued with Susan Mailer to call it off,
15:37but Susan refused.
15:38Susan went to set the bomb herself
15:40and ironically died in the explosion.
15:43She was vaporized.
15:45So why would she come out of hiding now?
15:48Money.
15:49She needed the cash.
15:51You were paying her?
15:52A couple hundred a week,
15:53if the book had sold well.
15:56I don't have to tell you how much money was at stake.
16:04When was the last time you saw Cynthia?
16:06Tuesday afternoon.
16:10Did she mention that she was going to see anyone else?
16:12Maybe someone from her past?
16:14No.
16:15No.
16:15Cynthia was really paranoid about being discovered
16:18before the book came out.
16:19She didn't want me to get in touch with anyone
16:21from her old life.
16:22But you did anyway.
16:24Any true crime writer worth their salt
16:26is gonna check her story with other sources.
16:31Okay, so I made a few calls.
16:33These sources that you were talking to,
16:35did any of them want her dead?
16:37Maybe, but remember, nobody knew how to find her.
16:41I mean, I didn't even know where she lived.
16:43I'm gonna need to see your interview notes
16:45and your manuscript.
16:49You can have whatever you want,
16:51but in return, I'd like to be kept in the loop
16:53as the investigation proceeds.
16:55What for?
16:56My book.
16:58Well, you're gonna go through with it?
17:00But Cynthia's dead?
17:01Correction, Cynthia was murdered,
17:03which means her memoir just became a true crime story,
17:06which is kind of my forte.
17:07You'd be doing me a huge favor.
17:09You know, I would love to.
17:12But I have a whole list of writers
17:14who are hanging around, looking for favors.
17:17So thank you very much, though, for cooperating,
17:20and I'll catch you on the dark side.
17:30That's a pretty sweet gig you've scored for yourself, Mr. Castle.
17:33Is this your secret to writing bestsellers?
17:36Follow the pretty cop lady around and take copious notes?
17:40I like to think talent played a small part.
17:43Still, this is the kind of all-access past
17:45most writers would kill for.
17:46Let's get to the part where you tell me what you want.
17:50Well, maybe you can give me a call sometime,
17:53one professional to another.
17:56Or do you need to check with your boss lady?
17:59Why don't you give me your number,
18:01and I'll see what I can do.
18:12A domestic terrorist who clips coupons.
18:15I just might buy the movie rights myself.
18:17Well, the bombing obviously
18:19wasn't a very sophisticated operation.
18:21Susan Mailer was killed in the blast,
18:23and Jared Swanstrom was caught by the FBI
18:25and served 15 years.
18:27Alison Goldman, a.k.a. Cynthia Dern,
18:29managed to stay a fugitive for nearly two decades.
18:32And then she poked her head out of hiding,
18:33and a couple months later, she's dead.
18:36Who would hold a grudge for 20 years?
18:38Who would hold a grudge for 20 years?
18:42How about the people whose lives she's ruined?
18:47You say she was living in Irvington?
18:49Mm-hmm.
18:51That's just a couple of miles away from here.
18:53In the months leading up to her death,
18:55Cynthia was working with a journalist.
18:57We spoke with Lee Wax several times.
19:00She never told us Cynthia was involved.
19:03She should have.
19:06Excuse me, will you?
19:07Excuse me, please.
19:12This is hard for him.
19:14He's still angry about what happened.
19:16We all are.
19:18Who's your son?
19:20Adam.
19:21A sailor just like his dad?
19:22The settlement wasn't enough
19:24to cover all of Sam's medical costs.
19:27Adam's been working and helping out
19:29since he was a teenager.
19:35Adam?
19:37I'm Detective Kate Beckett.
19:39Is this about her?
19:40Cynthia or Allison
19:42or whatever she called herself?
19:44Did you have any idea
19:45that she lived so close?
19:46Didn't know, didn't care.
19:49You didn't care about the woman
19:51who almost killed your father.
19:53I find that hard to believe.
19:55You know, my family waited 20 years
19:57for the cops to find Cynthia Dern
19:59so my dad could get
20:00just a little bit of justice.
20:02Well, it's too late for that now.
20:04So what do you want from us?
20:06Well, I thought you might want to know
20:07how Cynthia died.
20:09She was drowned in motor oil.
20:13Motor oil?
20:14It's almost as if whoever did it
20:15had a personal connection to the bombing.
20:18Adam, if I looked in your garage right now,
20:20would I find motor oil?
20:24I own a boat and a car, Detective.
20:27And where were you last Tuesday?
20:29I bartend at the Foxtail Grill
20:31on Manchester every Tuesday.
20:35Are we done?
20:37Yes.
20:38For now.
20:42You know what?
20:44Hope his alibi checks out.
20:45I hope he didn't do it.
20:46And here I thought you would be saying
20:48what a great story it would make
20:49if Adam Pike did it.
20:51A son taking revenge for his father.
20:53It is a good story.
20:54It's a great story.
20:55Personally, I would just write
20:56a happy ending for that family.
20:57Becca, FBI files on the tanker bombing in 89.
21:01I've been going through them.
21:02And?
21:03Three days after the bombing,
21:04they captured Jared Swansham
21:05at a motel where he'd been hiding out.
21:07Feds had a tip line.
21:08Some helpful citizen calls
21:10and said they'd seen Swansham
21:11at the motel.
21:11Feds go in, grab them up,
21:14easy peasy.
21:14It's pretty standard stuff.
21:16Yeah, until you get to the part
21:17where the tipster never collects
21:18on the reward.
21:19Who is the tipster?
21:20That's just it.
21:21FBI never knew.
21:22Because she didn't leave a name.
21:25She?
21:26Mm-hmm.
21:27Records describe the voice
21:28as young and female.
21:30Could be Cynthia Dern.
21:32Do you think she would give up
21:33her friends to the cops?
21:35Doesn't matter what I think.
21:36Only it matters with Swansham thought.
21:38The guy did 15 years in prison.
21:40That's a long time to think
21:41about who put you there.
21:57Jared Swanstrom?
21:59Yeah?
22:00NYPD, we'd like to ask you
22:02some questions about Cynthia Dern.
22:05I'm not sure what I can tell you.
22:06I hadn't seen her in 20 years.
22:08But you knew she was writing a book, right?
22:10You spoke to Lee Wax?
22:11I spoke with her.
22:13I told her to give Cynthia my regards.
22:15So you weren't bearing any old grudges?
22:17Against Cynthia?
22:19What for?
22:20We're turning you in.
22:22It was Cynthia who called the cops
22:23and thought you were arrested.
22:26That's true.
22:27She was just trying to save herself.
22:29Right after the bomb,
22:30Cynthia wanted to run.
22:31I tried to make it to Canada,
22:32but I, uh,
22:34I fell apart.
22:35Why?
22:37Guilt.
22:37I'm the one who built the bomb.
22:40I'm the one who messed it up.
22:41Messed it up how?
22:42The girls were supposed to have
22:43three minutes to get off that ship
22:44before it went off.
22:45Three minutes.
22:47When Cynthia got back in the car that night,
22:48she said that something had gone wrong.
22:50That the bomb had
22:52blown early.
22:56I'm the reason that Susan Mailer is dead.
23:05At least one of them
23:06took responsibility
23:07for what happened that night.
23:09Yeah.
23:10Maybe even a little
23:10too much responsibility.
23:13You don't believe
23:14Jared Swanstrom's story?
23:15Well, that's the thing.
23:16It's not his story.
23:17It's Cynthia's.
23:18You want to break it down
23:19for those of us
23:19who've already had a glass of wine?
23:21Cynthia told Lee Wax
23:23that she and Susan Mailer
23:24had an argument
23:25as to whether or not
23:25to set off the bomb
23:26once they knew the captain
23:27was on board.
23:28Cynthia backed out.
23:30Susan went on
23:30to set off the bomb by herself.
23:32And boom.
23:34Huh.
23:35But today,
23:36Jared Swanstrom said
23:37that Cynthia told him
23:38there was something wrong
23:38with the timer.
23:39She never said anything
23:40about an argument.
23:41Oh, well,
23:42that is a rather glaring omission.
23:44You know,
23:45when I'm writing,
23:45I find it's all about choices.
23:47What to put in,
23:48what to leave out,
23:49when to reveal some information,
23:50when to hold something back.
23:52But as someone else's ghostwriter,
23:54you only know
23:55what they want you to know.
23:56But Lee Wax
23:57isn't Cynthia's ghostwriter
23:58anymore, right?
23:59Now that she's dead,
24:01it's no longer a memoir.
24:02It's a true crime story.
24:04And it sounds like
24:05the true story
24:06is a whole lot juicier
24:07than Cynthia's lies.
24:17Good morning.
24:19Oh, hey.
24:21Sorry.
24:21Just been going over
24:23Lee Wax's interview notes.
24:26When she spoke to Jared Swanstrom,
24:27he told her the same thing
24:28he told us.
24:29Cynthia said the bomb blew early.
24:31She left that version
24:32out of her book.
24:33That's because it contradicted
24:34Cynthia's latest story.
24:35The girls argued
24:36when they discovered
24:37that Captain Pike
24:37was still on board
24:38and that Susan
24:39set the bomb alone.
24:41According to the publisher,
24:42Cynthia has full approval
24:44over everything
24:45Lee Wax wrote.
24:46It was her way
24:46or the highway.
24:47You talked to the publisher?
24:49I am somewhat
24:50known in those circles.
24:52Anyway,
24:53they didn't like it.
24:54They were looking
24:55for a true crime tell-all
24:56and what they were getting
24:57was some sanitized
24:59bunch of remorseful boo-hooing.
25:00They were getting ready
25:01to pull the plug.
25:02And now?
25:02Well, now that Cynthia's murder
25:03is all over the media.
25:04They're back on board.
25:05So long as the book
25:06takes a more sensationalized angle.
25:08Kaboom!
25:09The true story
25:10of a domestic terrorist
25:11turned suburban housewife
25:12and the crime
25:12that shocked America.
25:14Catchy.
25:15Thanks.
25:16So with Cynthia out of the way,
25:18Lee Wax is sitting
25:19on a potential bestseller.
25:20People have killed
25:21for a lot less.
25:27Beckett.
25:30All right, bring him in.
25:34What?
25:35Adam Pike's alibi fell apart.
25:37He was lying about being
25:38at work on Tuesday night.
25:41I didn't kill her.
25:42I didn't even know
25:43where she was.
25:45We're not going to get anywhere
25:46if you keep lying to me.
25:48I know you went
25:48to Westchester.
25:50I spoke to Cynthia's husband.
25:51He remembers seeing a guy
25:53just like you
25:53outside their house
25:54a couple weeks
25:55before she was murdered.
25:59Don't make me put you
26:00in the lineup.
26:00I just...
26:03wanted to talk to her.
26:05How'd you find her?
26:06That writer.
26:07The way she kept talking
26:09about what happened
26:09to my dad.
26:10She knew things
26:11that only someone
26:12on that ship could know.
26:14So I started
26:16following her around.
26:17Eventually, she led me
26:18to Cynthia Dern.
26:19And why didn't you
26:20call the police?
26:21Because I wanted
26:22to look her in the eye.
26:23I wanted to tell her
26:24none of it mattered.
26:25Her blood money
26:26wouldn't buy
26:27our forgiveness.
26:29What money?
26:29What do you mean
26:30by blood money?
26:32After I found out
26:32where Cynthia lived,
26:33I went and told my mom.
26:35I didn't know
26:35if we should call
26:36the feds or what.
26:38She started crying.
26:39She told me
26:39we've been getting money
26:40every month since the bombing.
26:42Different amounts.
26:42Sometimes more.
26:43Sometimes less.
26:44But every month.
26:46And she thought
26:46that the money
26:47was coming from Cynthia Dern?
26:48The first envelope,
26:49there was a note.
26:51Please forgive me.
26:53Susan Mailer was dead.
26:54Swanstrom was in prison.
26:55There wasn't anybody else.
26:57You know,
26:57with this kind of evidence,
26:58Cynthia could have been
26:59caught years ago.
27:01Mom said without that money,
27:02we wouldn't have made it.
27:04She figured as long
27:05as Cynthia was free,
27:06the money would keep coming.
27:08So why did you lie to me
27:09about where you were
27:10last Tuesday?
27:17Because I was there.
27:18At the hotel.
27:20I followed her.
27:21I was just gonna talk to her.
27:23I spent an hour walking
27:25up and down that hallway
27:26trying to get up the courage
27:27to go and knock on that door.
27:28You know,
27:29I was gonna do it.
27:31But then someone
27:32got off the elevator
27:33and knocked on her door instead.
27:35You saw her kill her?
27:36I didn't get a good look.
27:39But I did hear them talking.
27:41And I can tell you one thing.
27:42What?
27:44It was a woman.
27:47Lee Wax.
27:49Beckett!
27:51It was Lee Wax!
27:54Beckett!
27:56Lee Wax!
27:58Lee?
28:00Lee?
28:00Lee?
28:00Lee?
28:01Lee?
28:02Lee?
28:03Lee?
28:03Lee?
28:04Lee?
28:05Lee?
28:05Lee?
28:08Lee?
28:11Lee?
28:12Lee?
28:12Lee?
28:12Mr.
28:12I have an eyewitness
28:14who can place you at the S.R.O.
28:16where Cynthia's body was found.
28:17Mr. You had motive, means,
28:18and opportunity.
28:20Please, only a novelist
28:21could come up with the twist
28:22this absurd.
28:24Mr. As absurd as killing a woman
28:25to salvage her story,
28:27drowning her in motor oil
28:28give you just the ending
28:29you needed. I'm a true crime writer, so I don't have your talent for fiction. We know your publisher
28:36wanted to dump your contract. Because I told them that I thought Cynthia was lying. So you didn't
28:42believe her remorse was genuine? When Cynthia cried, it was for herself. She wanted to cash in
28:47and keep herself out of jail. That's it. Well, she must have felt some responsibility for what
28:51happened. After all, she sent the Pikes money year after year. What money? Every month since the
28:59bombing, the Pikes have been receiving money, courtesy of Cynthia Dern. Only there's nothing
29:04about that in your notes. Because she never told me. Are you sure? We're sure. Look, the Tuesday that
29:10Cynthia was killed, I was out to dinner with my publisher until after midnight. So I couldn't
29:14have killed her. Remind me if I ever decide to write a memoir to never write a memoir. Okay.
29:30Why not? Because memoirs are about truth. And I'm not a very truthful person. It'd be too easy to
29:36make myself look good. Might be harder than you think. Maybe. But I would sure start with the most
29:43generous thing I ever did. You mean like how you anonymously sent money to your victims because you
29:51felt so guilty about what you'd done? The object of Cynthia's memoir was to gain sympathy. What could
29:57be more sympathetic than sending the Pikes guilt money for 20 years? It doesn't make sense that
30:01Cynthia didn't tell Lee Wax. Unless the money didn't come from Cynthia. It had to be from Cynthia.
30:07Swanstrom was in prison and Susan Mayer was dead. Call. And you're sure no one else was involved?
30:12Well, just the three of them. Assuming you believe the FBI. Call. You know, we don't really have to talk
30:17about this. Anything to stop his honor here from talking about budget initiatives. Okay, judge. Who was it
30:24that appointed you again? Okay. Now, the FBI, I believe. But why take Cynthia Dern's word for anything
30:30that happened the night of the bombing when her own ghostwriter didn't even trust her? You know,
30:34the judge is right. What do we actually know about what happened?
30:45Not much. According to Lee Wax's notes, Captain Pike heard two women arguing just before the explosion.
30:52Cynthia claims that she was trying to change Susan's mind. Fold. But if we assume Cynthia was lying,
30:57then maybe it was Susan that wanted to save Pike and Cynthia that wanted to run. Raise 20.
31:04Right. But the bomb was already set, so the three-minute timer is already ticking.
31:08The girls argue, wasting precious seconds. Susan runs towards the ticking bomb to try to shut it
31:14down. Well, Cynthia runs for cover. Right. Susan gets to the bomb, but too late. Boom.
31:20Which means Susan Mayer didn't die trying to set the bomb. She died trying to save an innocent man's
31:25life. Fold. It still doesn't explain where the money came from. Fold. Well, what about it,
31:32Castle? You're good with twists. Where'd the money come from? Thinking. Yeah, well, you might want to
31:37think up some chips for the pot, because it looks like it's just you and me. Whoa. All right,
31:45Detective Beckett. I'm all in. Oh, what's the matter? You afraid of a little action? Oh, do us a favor,
31:52detective. Be just pants off. Yes, please. Beep my pants off if you dare. Beckett, do me proud. To hell
31:58with proud. Make him cry like a little girl. All right.
32:22Sorry, fellas. It's just not my night. Oh, who's a good little boy? Who's a good little boy? You are,
32:31and you are, and you are. Don't you ever get tired of winning, Castle? You think so, right? But no.
32:36Well, I think that's it for me. Detective, it was a pleasure. Mr. Mayor. Sorry we couldn't solve
32:43your case. And I'm sorry I couldn't make him cry like a little girl. Well, it's not your fault,
32:49Detective. No matter how down he gets, he always manages to rise from the dead. Oh, now that'd be a
32:55twist. What? The money had to come from Cynthia, because Swanstrom was in jail, and Susan Maylor was
33:02dead, right? Right. But what if Susan Maylor didn't die in that explosion? What if she's still alive?
33:20Susan Maylor, alive? Her body was never found. Yeah, because she was vaporized in the explosion.
33:26Well, maybe she was thrown clear. Well, then she would have been badly burned and would have
33:30needed care. No one matched her description ever checked in the area hospitals. Mere details,
33:34my good man. Um, around here, we call them facts. Well, then let's go get us some facts.
33:41Please don't think less of me. I did what I had to do to survive.
33:48These are from all over the place. Not the recent ones. The recent ones are all the same.
33:56Littitz, Pennsylvania. If we're going to road trip, I'm going to have to pee first.
34:04I've never seen her before. Are you positive?
34:06Didn't he sound positive? Castle. Okay. How about her? She'd be older now.
34:14How much older? 20 years.
34:19I don't think so. That's what I get for listening to a mystery writer.
34:24She might have scars or walk with a limp.
34:26Like she's been in an accident? Could be Mary Wright.
34:32Mary Wright?
34:34She comes in once a month or so. Buys a money order to send to her relatives in New York.
34:40Do you have her address?
34:44It sounds naive now, but, um, everything I did back then I did because I thought it would help.
34:53We're not here because of the bombing, Susan. We're here because of what you did to Cynthia Dern.
34:59Her body was found in a tub of motor oil, but you already know that.
35:03Forensics is going through that room as we speak.
35:05And believe me, they will find something. Something that connects you to Cynthia's death.
35:11She should have just left it all alone.
35:14She had a husband and a good life.
35:15Well, it wasn't Cynthia. Once she decided on something well, you just better not be in her way.
35:20Like that night on the tanker.
35:22I saw the captain go below.
35:24I don't know how he got back on board without us seeing you.
35:28I tried...
35:30I was too late when the bomb exploded. I was thrown overboard.
35:36I can still feel the heat on my skin.
35:41Even today.
35:43How did you survive without medical attention?
35:52Um, a friend took me in.
35:54A med student nursed me back to health.
35:57I got a new identity.
35:58Then Mary Wright was born.
36:00It's not hard to live like a ghost when everyone you love thinks you're dead.
36:06I never contacted anyone from my former life.
36:10Not even my parents.
36:12But you still sent money to the Pikes?
36:16They had a son.
36:18Medical bills. I was responsible.
36:22Everything could have stayed just the way it was, except...
36:26Except Cynthia decided to write a book.
36:27That reporter put a post on an environmental board asking for info on Cynthia.
36:33I emailed, pretending to be an old friend of the group.
36:35Didn't take long for me to figure out that she had found Cynthia and Cynthia was lying about what happened
36:40on the ship.
36:41You tracked her down.
36:42You confronted her.
36:44I threatened to turn myself in if she went through with the book.
36:47Give myself up.
36:48Tell the authorities.
36:50Everything.
36:51She begged to meet with me first.
36:54Something where we could talk.
36:56That's when you rented the room?
36:57No, Cynthia rented the room, not me.
37:00It was all part of her plan.
37:01Her plan?
37:02Her plan to murder me.
37:05When I got there, she poured me a drink.
37:08Let's toast to old friends, she said.
37:12Only you see, I don't drink.
37:16I tried to leave.
37:18She wouldn't let me.
37:20I hid in the bathroom.
37:22That's when I saw it.
37:24A tub full of oil.
37:28Then I understood.
37:31She didn't plan to talk to you.
37:33She planned to kill you and make it look like suicide.
37:36That wine was laced with a sleeping pill.
37:39You were supposed to drink it and then drown in the oil.
37:42Then the world would think that you were wracked with guilt over the pikes all these years
37:46and that you finally decided to commit suicide.
37:48Once your body was discovered, the public would clamor for the true story, Cynthia's true story,
37:54with you now cast as the villain.
38:04We struggled.
38:06She lost her balance and fell against the sink and hit her head.
38:16I should have called for help, but I just wanted it to be over.
38:22So I dragged her to the tub and...
38:32I...
38:33I pushed her in.
38:37You see, I was already dead.
38:39I just wanted to keep it that way.
39:01I heard you made an arrest.
39:03You can hear all about it in the morning news.
39:06Oh, come on. After all the help I gave you on this case, you can't give me any more information
39:11than that.
39:11Well, I could, but I just keep thinking that if it wasn't for you, there wouldn't be a case in
39:16the first place.
39:17What does that mean?
39:19All the people from Cynthia's past that you interviewed, how did you manage to let every one of them know
39:25that you were in contact with her?
39:28What are you implying?
39:29You wanted someone to put two and two together and call the cops.
39:32You wanted Cynthia in prison.
39:34That way you could tear up the contract you had with her and write the story you wanted to write.
39:39With an ending that would sell more books.
39:42I mean, you couldn't call the authorities yourself. What kind of story would that be?
39:46That's a lovely theory.
39:50But even if it's true, I didn't kill Cynthia Dern.
39:53I didn't even do anything illegal.
39:56Oh, no, no, no. It's not illegal.
40:00It's just slimy.
40:02So your all-access pass has been revoked.
40:13Oh, and one more thing.
40:15One day, and one day not far from now, I'm going to use this in a book.
40:34Susan Mailer is in booking.
40:37Hmm.
40:39All these years, trying to do the right thing, trying to make amends, because of Cynthia's greed, she's going to
40:46end up in jail.
40:47If you're looking for a happy ending, you've come to the wrong place.
40:50Next time, I guess I'll just try that massage parlor on Second Avenue.
40:53Just kidding.
40:54Actually, who needs a happy ending when you have a story with people pretending to be dead, living under assumed
41:00names, plotting fake suicides, and murder for revenge?
41:04You know, I'm glad to see that you're entertained.
41:06I, however, have to call Michael Goldman and let him know that his wife was a sociopath.
41:10But you also get to call Jared Swanstrom and tell him that he's no longer responsible for Susan Mailer's death.
41:15As a matter of fact, Susan Mailer's still alive.
41:17Which is why Cynthia is now dead.
41:19Wow. You are all about the cloud, aren't you?
41:21Never the silver lining.
41:22Okay. Maybe this might cheer you up a little bit.
41:28Your winnings.
41:29My winnings?
41:30Oh, don't play coy with me. You threw your hand.
41:34All right. I was trying to be nice. I didn't want to embarrass you in front of your friends.
41:38Now we're even.
41:39So what do you say to a little showdown?
41:44Head to head.
41:45Toe to toe.
41:47Winner take all.
41:49Mano.
41:49Hey, mujer.
41:52Hand to woman?
41:52Whatever it takes.
41:57You're on.
41:58No mercy.
41:59I'm gonna make you hurt.
42:00Oh, you're gonna get hurt.
42:01What are we playing for?
42:02Pride.
42:03Or clothing.
42:04I think I got a bag of gummy bears.
42:07Shuffle.
42:08Deal.
42:13Copy with Texas Hold'em.
42:15I'm comfy so long as my cards come from the top of the deck.
42:18What'd you get up your sleeves?
42:20Aside from my muscular ponds.
42:21You're so stuck.
42:24You're so stuck up.
42:38Yeah.
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