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Castle Season 1 Episode 9

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00:11Morning, grande skim latte, two pumps sugar-free vanilla, and a bear claw.
00:16How did you know?
00:17I'm a novelist.
00:18It's my job to notice this.
00:21Sunday morning, shouldn't you be slinking home from a scandalous liaison?
00:25Would you be jealous if I were?
00:27In your dreams.
00:28Actually, in my dreams, you're never jealous, and in my dreams, you just joined here.
00:33Well, my company called and said, come down right away, so it must be gruesome.
00:37Try not to get so giddy every time we go to a crime scene, okay?
00:40Because somebody's dead doesn't mean you have to be grumpy.
00:43Oh, do you want to say grumpy?
00:44How about the cover art for your new novel?
00:47Nicky Heat cover art?
00:48That's only available...
00:50Oh, my God.
00:51You subscribe to my website?
00:52Wait a minute.
00:53Are you Castle Freak 1212?
00:55Castle Lover 45?
00:56You do realize that most people would be creeped out by crazy anonymous fans?
01:02Like you.
01:03It was strictly professional curiosity.
01:06So what did you think of your alter ego, Nicky?
01:08Pretty sweet, right?
01:10Sweet?
01:11She's naked.
01:12She's not naked.
01:13She's holding a gun strategically.
01:16You know, I take comfort in the fact that if they're already publishing the cover art,
01:23then your book and our little partnership is almost done.
01:30No coffee in here, sir.
01:34Sir, what's going on?
01:36Two-year-old girl, Angela Candela, reported missing by her parents about 8 o'clock this morning.
01:40Where'd they find the body?
01:41They haven't found her.
01:42She was abducted.
01:43Father was in the other room painting.
01:44Kidnapped from her home?
01:45I don't understand, sir.
01:46If this isn't a murder, why am I here?
01:48The feds requested you to be on the task force.
01:50Feds?
01:51FBI has jurisdiction over child abduction cases.
01:54Then why call me?
01:55Because I like pissing off the FBI.
01:56And because you think outside the box there's something the feds rarely do.
01:59Sir, who's the special agent in charge?
02:01Beckett, it doesn't matter.
02:02Sir, who?
02:03Sorenson.
02:05Who's Sorenson?
02:07I thought that he was in...
02:08In Boston, not anymore.
02:09He's here.
02:10Who's Sorenson?
02:11This isn't going to be a problem, Mr. Detective.
02:12I mean, we're all professionals here, right?
02:14Actually, I'm not.
02:15Who's Sorenson?
02:16No, sir.
02:16Not a problem.
02:17For what it's worth, that missing little girl
02:20doesn't care about your history,
02:22nor do her terrified parents.
02:23They just want their baby back alive.
02:26Where is he, sir?
02:27He's over there talking to the parents.
02:30Montgomery.
02:32Yeah, please.
02:34Whatever you need.
02:35Excuse me.
02:40Hello, Kate.
02:42Hello, Will.
02:43How long have you been back?
02:44A couple months.
02:47Something wrong with Boston?
02:49Fresh lobster gets old fast.
02:53You look good.
02:55Thanks.
02:56I feel good.
02:57Uh, Agent Sorenson, this is Richard Castle.
03:01The famous novelist.
03:03Writer of wrongs.
03:04So, Captain Montgomery filled me in on your little arrangement,
03:08and I have no problem with it,
03:09as long as it doesn't interfere with the investigation.
03:11Oh, don't worry about me.
03:12Quiet as a mouse.
03:18Angela Candela, two years old.
03:20Abducted this morning between 7.30 and 8 a.m.
03:22Parents were home at the time.
03:24How do you get abducted when your parents are home?
03:27Yeah.
03:29Dad got up with the kid about seven,
03:31let the mom sleep in.
03:33He planted Angela in front of the tube
03:34with a juice box and some cereal,
03:36then headed into his art studio.
03:40Obviously, he's a painter.
03:42He just left his kid?
03:44Did he hear anything, at least?
03:46He was listening to his iPod.
03:48Nothing like a little quality time with daddy.
03:57When I couldn't find her,
03:58I looked everywhere for her,
04:00and then I saw the window.
04:02The lock was jimmied from the outside.
04:05I ran outside.
04:07I looked for her.
04:09Mr. Candela,
04:10you live on a ground floor apartment
04:11with windows facing the alleyway.
04:13Most people have bars.
04:14We were going to.
04:15We just...
04:16I never got around to it.
04:17We think the dirt's from the outside.
04:19How could this happen in our own home?
04:23So our suspect climbed in through the window,
04:25grabbed Angela,
04:25and probably walked out the back door.
04:27Just like that?
04:28We have a photo on the wires
04:30and issuing an AMB alert
04:31to Port Authority in the tri-state area.
04:32How would my guys run any registered sex offenders
04:35and residential burglaries?
04:36What about the parents?
04:38Anyone they can think of?
04:39No, not that either of them
04:40can think straight right now.
04:42This thing goes south.
04:43They'll never think straight again.
04:44Agent Sorensen?
04:46The phone's over there.
04:47Get a tap on it.
04:50This one will end better.
04:52I promise.
05:05Six months.
05:07Six months what?
05:10We dated for six months.
05:13I didn't ask.
05:16Yeah, I know.
05:17You were not asking very loudly.
05:19I know I'm like a Jedi like that.
05:23So how'd you meet?
05:25Kidnapping.
05:26Six-year-old boy.
05:27How'd it end?
05:29We got the guy.
05:30What do we got on the parents?
05:32Teresa and Alfred Candela.
05:35Married ten years.
05:36One child.
05:37Angela Candela.
05:39Whoa!
05:40Sorry.
05:42Sorry, man.
05:42That tie took me a little by surprise.
05:46Okay.
05:47Get it all out.
05:49This is a gift from my girlfriend.
05:51Girlfriend.
05:51Today's our two-week anniversary.
05:53Ooh.
05:54Two weeks.
05:55Is that the paper or the silk?
05:56I believe it's the whipped.
05:58Go away.
05:59Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
05:59One child.
06:00Angela Candela.
06:02Age two.
06:02Adopted.
06:03Adopted?
06:04Yeah, two years ago.
06:05Mom, Teresa.
06:06She's a fund manager at Keller Stanton.
06:07Dad's a small-time artist.
06:09Shows at the Grayson Gallery in Chelsea once in a while.
06:12Neighbor says he stays home with a kid.
06:14All right.
06:14Here's a list of all the people who had access to the apartment.
06:17Babysitters, cleaning ladies, super.
06:19Let's cross-reference that with any registered sex offenders in the area.
06:21See if anyone had a thing for little girls.
06:23You're thinking there's some creepy crawly probably scouted from the inside.
06:27Well, the father said what he did this morning was part of a routine,
06:30so either somebody got lucky or they already knew it.
06:35Beckett.
06:37Yeah, we'll be right there.
06:40Looks like it wasn't a creepy crawler after all.
06:42Candela's just got a ransom call.
06:45Hello?
06:46We have your daughter.
06:48Please, she's just a child.
06:50Please don't hurt her.
06:51Whether we hurt her is up to you.
06:52Whether she lives is up to you.
06:54You want your daughter?
06:55We want $750,000.
06:58You have 24 hours.
06:59I want to speak to her.
07:01I want to know she's safe.
07:04I use an internet voice over IP service.
07:07Meaning it's untraceable.
07:09Can you raise the 750?
07:12It's everything we have.
07:13If it means getting Angela back, we'll pay.
07:15Then you should start getting your financial records together.
07:18Mrs. Candela, is there anyone that you know that can help you?
07:22An accountant or maybe someone at your firm?
07:24Nina could help.
07:25Nina?
07:26My sister.
07:27She's a CPA.
07:29Even if we give them the money, how can we be sure we'll get her back?
07:36You have to have hope.
07:38You have to imagine your little girl walking through that front door safe and sound.
07:42Your daughter needs you right now.
07:44She needs you to have faith.
07:46To be strong.
07:56You do this a lot?
07:58Kidnappings?
07:59You seem to know what to say.
08:01It's not about what you say.
08:03It's about controlling the situation, controlling the emotions.
08:05You requested your ex-girlfriend for the task force.
08:08That doesn't indicate to me a control of your emotions.
08:12I requested Beckett because she's the best in the city.
08:15Not because you wanted to see her again.
08:18How about you, Castle?
08:20You've written what?
08:2220 bestsellers?
08:2426, but who's counting?
08:26Why, I said need to shout out a real detective.
08:28Well, the ones on TV seem oddly fixated on their sunglasses.
08:31So with all the fat, bawling detectives in the NYPD, you just happen to end up shadowing her?
08:37Must be fate.
08:40Bless me.
08:41Candelas have pulled their financials.
08:42Their sister's on the way.
08:45Anything on the transcripts?
08:46It's clear the ransom demand has significance.
08:48Kidnappers make an issue about knowing what the Candelas have.
08:51They said it's everything they have.
08:54Whoever made the demand knows them well enough to know exactly what they're worth.
09:01How does it look?
09:03Oh, Detective Agent Sorensen, this is my sister, Nina.
09:07It's doable.
09:08We'll market the stocks tomorrow morning.
09:09We'll have to wipe out the retirement account in both pensions.
09:12And you'll have to pay penalties.
09:13Well, I don't care.
09:14Whatever it takes.
09:18He paints when he's stressed.
09:21Does he sell much?
09:23Some.
09:24That's generous.
09:27Sorry.
09:29Why do you ask?
09:31I don't know many artists with their own pension account.
09:34Teresa set up the account for him.
09:36So he'd have something for him and Angela, you know, if something...
09:40Tell me...
09:40Mrs. Candela, we think the specificity of the amount of the ransom demand suggested kidnappers
09:46had knowledge of your finances.
09:48Was there anyone who might have had a grudge against you or maybe someone close to you who
09:52needed the money now?
09:53No one who would do something like this.
09:55What about Doug Ellers?
09:58Who's Doug Ellers?
09:59Someone I used to work with, but no, I can't imagine...
10:03What about those messages he left you at work?
10:05Remember you filed those complaints with HR?
10:07I know what happened, Alfred.
10:09Mrs. Candela, I know.
10:12How hard this is, it's understandable.
10:14I'll get frustrated, but please.
10:16We need to know everything.
10:18Ellers ran an asset management group.
10:21They weren't performing, so I let him go.
10:24Did he ever threaten you?
10:26Well, he blamed me for his divorce.
10:29He said his wife left him because I fired him and...
10:34And what?
10:36And she took his two kids.
10:42Where'd you find him?
10:43In line at Off Track Bedding.
10:44ESU just hit his apartment.
10:46No trace of the kid.
10:47That's not good.
10:48Pressure interview?
10:49I'll take the lead.
10:50Yeah.
10:51No.
10:52You'll be fine, Will.
10:53Kate, I don't care how big a fan it has you are.
10:56He doesn't come in the room.
10:59Fine.
11:00It's fine.
11:02Just for the record, though,
11:04how big a fan is she?
11:07Come on, Castle.
11:08Come watch from the bleachers with us.
11:10See how the Phoebes do it.
11:12Mr. Ellers, Detective Kate Beckett, NYPD.
11:16Special Agent Sorensen, FBI.
11:19When was your last contact with Teresa Candela?
11:23Teresa Candela?
11:24What's going on?
11:25Just answer the question.
11:27What did she say about me?
11:29Let's talk about what you said to her.
11:34I gave you six years of my life.
11:36Six years.
11:37My profits built your whole damn division.
11:39And now you want to bend me over?
11:41You want to cut me out?
11:43Well, karma's a bitch, Teresa.
11:45You burned down my house, I'm going to burn yours down.
11:50You left that three months ago.
11:53Just after your wife left.
11:55Yeah.
11:56So?
11:57Every word of it's true.
11:59It's harassment.
12:00What, are you going to press charges now?
12:02Yeah, kidnapping, assault, breaking and entering.
12:04What the hell are you talking about?
12:05Somebody kidnapped Angela Candela this morning.
12:09Kidnapped?
12:09Hurting someone else's child isn't the way to get back your own.
12:12No, no, no.
12:13This is not me.
12:14Teresa may not be my favorite person,
12:16but I would never harm a child.
12:18Your ex-wife wasn't so sure.
12:20According to your divorce papers,
12:21there were allegations of violence.
12:22My ex-wife was looking for a payday.
12:25That's all.
12:25You're not looking for a payday, are you, Mr. Ellis?
12:28You have the wrong guy.
12:35Run him down where he was all morning.
12:37Who can vouch?
12:38Pretty clear it wasn't him.
12:40You a mind reader, too?
12:41Come on, if he was your guy,
12:43he'd be downplaying his feelings for Teresa,
12:44not wearing him on his sleeve.
12:45A couple dozen bestsellers doesn't make you a criminologist.
12:48I also don't need a weatherman to tell me that the sky is blue.
12:51Oh, for God's sakes.
12:52Why don't you both just drop your pants and get it over with?
12:55I'm gay.
12:56The fact is you're both right.
12:58He probably didn't do it,
12:59but when a child's life is at stake,
13:01we have to be sure.
13:02We have to question everything we think we know.
13:04You guys keep Ellers on ice
13:06until we can trace every second of his morning.
13:08Will, you and I are going back to the Candelas.
13:10We're going to profile all of their associates.
13:13What should I do?
13:20I need you to go home.
13:25Okay.
13:26But if you need me,
13:28call.
13:30Even if it's just a talk.
13:45Todd, honey,
13:47I really, really need you to focus
13:49on calibrating your creative energy.
13:52Now, by creative energy,
13:54what do I mean?
13:54I mean the source of your power.
13:56The source of your power, Todd,
13:58is you.
14:01Howdy, Mother.
14:02Hello.
14:03Bill, you're here.
14:06I'm just finishing up a session
14:08in my office.
14:11I'm so flattered you have
14:12my framed book covers
14:13in your office.
14:15Well, a coach
14:16can never be too proud.
14:20Mr. Castle,
14:21I just wanted to thank you
14:22for being so honest
14:24about your struggle
14:25with persistent
14:26and chronic writer's block.
14:28Excuse me?
14:28Well, Todd is
14:30an aspiring novelist,
14:32so I shared with him
14:33your inspiring tale
14:35of triumph over adversity.
14:37Well, how courageous of me.
14:40Good luck, Todd.
14:41Thanks.
14:42I'll take the year-long package.
14:44Way to be decisive, kiddo.
14:46Good for you.
14:47I'll see you next week.
14:48And remember,
14:49you is who you is.
14:50And if you ain't who you is,
14:52who is you?
14:54Well,
14:56nice to see all those years
14:57as an actress
14:57as an actress
14:58have really paid off.
14:59Focus on calibrating
15:00your creative energies.
15:02I'll have you know,
15:03Todd is a very bright spirit
15:06in need of direction.
15:07Mother, it's bad enough
15:08that you're slandering me.
15:09Do you have to come to my office
15:10to do your new-age coddle session?
15:12Richard, you can't expect me
15:14to pay Manhattan rates
15:15for office space.
15:16Well, how about this?
15:17You cannot beat this location,
15:19proximity to beverages
15:20and sharp utensils.
15:22Sweetheart,
15:23as your life coach,
15:24I have to urge you
15:26to say nay
15:26to your inner naysayer.
15:29I call that a Martha-ism.
15:31How is it that you don't know
15:32who my father is?
15:33You don't know how your ex-husband
15:34stole all your money,
15:35yet you are giving
15:36life coaching advice?
15:37Mistakes are the building blocks
15:39of wisdom.
15:41A Martha-ism.
15:42Besides, Freud was an addict.
15:44Didn't stop him
15:45from helping people.
15:46Sadly,
15:47faced with his mother's
15:48twisted yet unimpeachable logic,
15:51Richard Castle's head exploded.
15:52Ah.
15:53Well.
15:55So, why are you home so early?
15:57Well, thought I'd take
15:58a little breather
15:58working on a kidnapping case.
16:01A little girl.
16:03No wonder you're so surly.
16:04Those poor parents
16:06having a child
16:07ripped away,
16:08I can't imagine
16:08how they must feel.
16:09Is Alexis home?
16:11She's upstairs.
16:12Feeling a deep-seated
16:13need for a hug?
16:14Perfectly understandable.
16:16After all,
16:17we are pod mates.
16:18Another Martha-ism.
16:20I call it the Peapod Bond.
16:21You know,
16:22the bond that exists
16:23between parent and child,
16:24you and me,
16:25you and Alexis.
16:26We're all peas in a pod.
16:27And whether we like it or not,
16:29everyone who's ever had a child
16:30is in the pod forever.
16:32The Peapod Bond.
16:35Alexis!
16:35Thank you, Mother.
16:37I'll deduct my session fee
16:38from your rent.
16:39Whoa, whoa, whoa.
16:40You might want to consider
16:40the year-long package.
16:41It's a bargain.
16:43Oh!
16:47What was that for?
16:48Just a Peapod thing.
16:50Graham will explain.
16:59Hey.
17:00Hey, yourself.
17:02Want some?
17:03Yeah, thanks.
17:05So, I just got word
17:06from my guys
17:07and Ellers is a dead end.
17:10The owner over at Paradise Diner
17:12on East 62nd vouched
17:13that he was having
17:13his usual poached eggs
17:15this morning.
17:15Hmm.
17:17Would've been too easy, right?
17:18Hmm.
17:20Or over easy.
17:22Hmm.
17:26It's like something
17:27Castle would say.
17:29You like him.
17:35No, I just, um,
17:39I don't know.
17:40I think he's interesting.
17:42So, you're not...
17:44Together?
17:46No.
17:51I meant to call.
17:54Must've picked up the phone
17:55a dozen times.
17:59Yeah, I know.
18:00You meant to do
18:00a lot of things.
18:01That's why
18:02you left, remember?
18:06Boston
18:06was a great opportunity.
18:08I'm not saying
18:08that it wasn't.
18:09I'm just saying
18:10it was a choice
18:13that didn't include me.
18:15You could've come.
18:17And then done what?
18:19Join the Boston PD
18:20and then you have to
18:20move to Phoenix
18:21and then Cleveland
18:22and then you're back here.
18:23I mean, we both know
18:24what that life is all about.
18:28Didn't stop me
18:29from missing you.
18:31Missing us.
18:33Sundays in the park.
18:36Those ridiculous
18:37neon ice skates
18:38at Rockefeller Center.
18:41I will have you know
18:42that those ice skates
18:44are awesome.
18:47I wasn't the skates.
18:54Well, I...
18:55I...
18:57I'm...
19:02Oh, I thought
19:03cops and feds
19:03hated each other.
19:04They say
19:05justice never sleeps.
19:06I think I know why.
19:07We were just...
19:08Being consenting adults.
19:09I'm not judging.
19:10I thought I told you
19:11to go home.
19:12I did go home.
19:13But then my mother
19:14told me something
19:14that couldn't wait.
19:15You live with your mother.
19:16Yeah, apparently
19:17we're peas in a pod.
19:17But the important point is
19:18Angela is adopted.
19:20So?
19:20So, prior to giving up
19:22her baby
19:22the birth mother
19:23would've been given
19:24background on the Kintella.
19:25Specifically
19:26their ability
19:27to support the child.
19:28Knowledge of their finances.
19:30Really?
19:31Kate?
19:32We're gonna waste time
19:33on the insights
19:34of Nancy Drew here.
19:35Is that supposed
19:36to be an insult?
19:36Because Nancy Drew
19:37solved every case.
19:38Look, okay.
19:40And I'm quoting here.
19:41When a child's life
19:42is at stake
19:42we have to be sure.
19:44Which means
19:44we have to question
19:45everything we think
19:46we know.
19:47I was a junior
19:47in high school.
19:48What was I gonna do
19:49with the baby?
19:51It's been two years
19:52Miss Gomez.
19:54Two years
19:55is still a long time
19:57to think about
19:57a decision you made
19:58when you were 16.
19:59What am I doing here?
20:00What is this about?
20:01We're talking about
20:02the baby
20:02and you're regretting
20:04your decision.
20:04My decision?
20:06I don't regret
20:07my decision.
20:09Then why did you
20:09try to find her?
20:11What are you
20:12talking about?
20:14This is a petition
20:15that you filed
20:16with the adoption agency
20:17a couple of months ago.
20:19It's a form
20:20requesting the identity
20:21of the adoptive parents
20:22of Angela.
20:24A signed form.
20:26No.
20:27That's not my signature.
20:29You see it?
20:29No, really.
20:30Look, you can see
20:31for yourself.
20:33It's not my signature.
20:35Why?
20:37What's going on?
20:38What happened to her?
20:40Is she okay?
20:41Did anyone in your family
20:42object to you
20:43giving up your baby?
20:44No.
20:45No one.
20:45My mom even
20:46helped me with it.
20:47And the father?
20:49Juan?
20:52He was in Iraq
20:53when I had her.
20:54But we talked about it.
20:57He was cool.
20:58Are you sure about that?
21:02Are you still in Iraq?
21:04No, he got back
21:04a couple months ago.
21:12Want Restrepo?
21:15NYPD, we'd like to ask...
21:17Go, go, go, go!
21:19Hey!
21:20Freeze!
21:21Hands up!
21:27Freeze!
21:27Keep your hands up.
21:31Hit the ground.
21:32On the ground!
21:33Hit the ground!
21:39Why'd you run?
21:40Look, in my neighborhood,
21:41when you see a cop,
21:42that's what you do.
21:43Look, man,
21:43all I'm saying
21:44is going to need
21:45to change your life.
21:46What?
21:46No, uh,
21:47good cop,
21:48bad fit?
21:50The guy did two tours
21:51in the Gulf.
21:52I go over there,
21:53turn it into a piss-a-match.
21:55But Kate,
21:57she's got a way
21:57of sneaking up on people.
21:59You mean like last night?
22:03I can't believe this.
22:04He details cars for a living.
22:06He could have a little more
22:06pride in his ride.
22:08Tax.
22:10I'm just saying,
22:12it looked like quite a kiss.
22:15You jealous, Castle?
22:16Me?
22:17No.
22:18No, you have to admit.
22:19I was right.
22:20You are jealous.
22:22And I hooked her.
22:24What's there to be jealous of?
22:26You couldn't reel her in.
22:28We'll see about that.
22:31I was 18
22:32when Lucia got pregnant.
22:35Six months in,
22:36I got deployed.
22:38I never even had
22:38the chance to see her.
22:40But you signed
22:41the adoption papers.
22:43You know,
22:43when you're over there,
22:44you see so many kids.
22:46I just...
22:48I needed to know
22:49she was okay.
22:49I...
22:51I filled out the form
22:51and I put Lucia's name instead.
22:54You got an address.
22:56The dude felt bad for me.
22:58He was over there too
22:58in Gulf One
22:59and he only lost an arm.
23:00And what'd you lose?
23:03An IED hit my MV.
23:06Shrapnel toll to the floor.
23:08Doc says I'm
23:09never gonna have kids in my own,
23:12so...
23:12I got an address
23:13and I went to go see my daughter.
23:15So you kidnap her
23:16and you ask her
23:16adoptive parents for money?
23:19I kidnap her?
23:19She was kidnapped?
23:20And you think I did that?
23:22All I ever wanted to know
23:23is that she was okay.
23:24Is she?
23:29Yo,
23:29birth dad?
23:30Story checks out.
23:31Limo company had him
23:32doing their fleet yesterday.
23:34I don't care.
23:35He had motive and opportunity.
23:36His motive was
23:37the instinct of fatherhood.
23:38If he took her,
23:39he'd have been with her,
23:40not at some $12 an hour
23:41detailing job.
23:42Doesn't matter.
23:42I want ESU on his place.
23:44It's not him, Will.
23:45We're at square freaking one
23:46and we've got nothing.
23:48You can send ESU
23:49wherever you want,
23:50but I'm not losing this one.
23:54What did she mean
23:54not losing this one?
23:58The case we worked.
24:01I thought you got the guy.
24:04We did, but
24:06the kid was already dead.
24:13Sorenson.
24:15I'm away.
24:17Another call about the ransom.
24:20They asked for 75 packs
24:21of hundreds,
24:22randomized serial numbers,
24:24and warned against
24:25bait money,
24:25dye packs,
24:26and trackers.
24:27Sounds like they know
24:28your playbook.
24:28They were detailed
24:29down to the make,
24:30model,
24:30and color of the backpack.
24:32Drop instructions?
24:33We wait for their call.
24:35All right,
24:35let's get the money set
24:36and be ready to make the drop.
24:37But why didn't they tell us
24:39where to bring the money?
24:40They're testing you.
24:41It's not unusual.
24:42Which means
24:43before we make the drop,
24:44we'll need to test them.
24:46We'll need proof
24:46that they have Angela,
24:47and then she's okay.
24:49What if they don't give any?
24:51What if they refuse?
24:52How can you think that?
24:53I'm just saying.
24:54Wait, what,
24:54do you think she's dead?
24:55No, of course not.
24:57I should have gotten up.
24:58I shouldn't have let you watch her.
24:59Don't tell me what to say.
25:01Tell me, Alfred.
25:02Was it worth it?
25:03Was it worth
25:04our little girl?
25:07Oh, my God.
25:10Oh, my God.
25:11Oh, my God.
25:12Oh, my God.
25:13Oh, my God.
25:13Oh, my God.
25:14Oh, my God.
25:16Oh, my God.
25:18Mrs. Candela.
25:21Teresa,
25:22you can't give in to your fear.
25:25Neither you nor your husband
25:26is responsible for what happened.
25:37Remember, no proof,
25:38no money.
25:39We need to be firm on that.
25:41Okay.
25:42Here we go.
25:45Hello.
25:46Hello.
25:46Listen, careful.
25:47Any deviation
25:48and your daughter dies.
25:50I understand.
25:52A civilian,
25:53not a cop.
25:54Let's make the drop
25:55or we will kill the girl.
25:56We see police or FBI
25:58and she dies.
25:59You have the money?
26:00Yes.
26:01750, like you said.
26:03Put it in the backpack
26:04and bring it to the northeast corner
26:06of First Avenue and 47.
26:08There's a mailbox there
26:09with a cell phone taped underneath.
26:11We'll text further instructions
26:13once you're there.
26:14When we have the money,
26:15then we'll call
26:16with the girl's location.
26:18Ask for proof that Angela's okay.
26:20You won't get any money
26:22until I know my little girl is okay.
26:26Mama?
26:28Hi, sweetheart.
26:31What now?
26:38Once they get paid,
26:39there's no incentive
26:40to keep her alive,
26:41so I'll make the drop.
26:43Figure we'll place our people
26:44at a one block radius
26:45from the mailbox.
26:46No.
26:47They said no cops.
26:49It's okay.
26:50I've done this before.
26:51They won't know I'm an FBI agent.
26:53And if they do?
26:54Mr. Candela,
26:55we need this to go
26:56as smoothly as possible.
26:57She's my daughter
26:59and we're going to follow
27:00their instructions to the letter.
27:01They said no cops.
27:05Look,
27:07I'm her father
27:09and I can do this.
27:14Do I make myself clear?
27:24No way we can send the father.
27:26Too many things could go wrong.
27:27He's too emotional.
27:28What choice do we have?
27:30Me.
27:31What?
27:32I'm not a cop.
27:34I'm certainly not emotional.
27:36No,
27:36absolutely not.
27:38The NYPD already
27:38has a signed waiver from me
27:40and
27:41I don't like saying this,
27:43but you're running out of time.
27:44Castle's right.
27:46You can't be serious.
27:47He's been with me on cases before.
27:49He's good under pressure.
27:51And
27:52he's our best shot.
28:06Are you getting this?
28:08I got it.
28:08I got it.
28:09Look at her go.
28:22Okay,
28:23so this is usually the part
28:24where I ask
28:25if you've thought this through
28:26and then I remembered
28:27you don't think things through.
28:28Cold hands.
28:29Cold hands.
28:32These people are dangerous, Castle.
28:34You need to stay alert
28:35and focused.
28:36Alert and focused.
28:38God,
28:38maybe if you,
28:39maybe if you should rub them together
28:40for a second.
28:40Wait, wait,
28:41alert and what?
28:43I'm just kidding.
28:44You're good to go.
28:45Thanks.
28:46Hey,
28:47it's gonna be okay.
28:51Look,
28:52about
28:53last night
28:54what happened in the kitchen,
28:55I,
28:55I just...
28:55listen,
28:56you don't need to explain that.
28:57I don't?
28:58Unless you want to.
29:00Uh,
29:01no,
29:01you know,
29:02I just figured
29:02for the character
29:03for Nikki Heat.
29:05Yeah,
29:05I think I,
29:05I think I understand
29:06Nikki Heat better
29:07than you think I do.
29:13Be careful,
29:14okay?
29:17Do I detect actual concern
29:19for my well-being?
29:20Screw this up
29:20and I'll kill you.
29:22It's more like it.
29:28Okay.
29:29I have eyes on the target.
29:31Over.
29:32Are you reading me?
29:33We don't have to read you.
29:34We can see you.
29:35Now shut up and focus.
29:37Roger that.
29:38Bye, bye, bye.
29:40He's quite a guy.
29:41You looking at how big a fan
29:42you really are?
29:43Yeah,
29:43well,
29:43he's not going to know.
29:47You never told him
29:48how you stood lying for an hour
29:49just to get your book signed?
29:53Now his novels
29:54got you through
29:55your mother's death.
29:56Is there anything
29:57you don't remember?
29:59I'm not going to come to you.
30:12I feel like
30:13Michael finding the gun
30:15taped behind the toilet.
30:20You might want to tell Ryan
30:21and Esposito
30:22to hang back.
30:23They just sent a text
30:24that says
30:25we're watching you.
30:26Could be just a ruse.
30:28Nope.
30:30They just sent another one
30:31that says
30:32you're wearing
30:32a black raincoat.
30:34Okay, so they can see you.
30:35That doesn't change anything.
30:46Tell them to stop
30:46fooling around.
30:47I like that'll help.
30:50Okay.
30:51It says
30:53across the street
30:55and then west
30:56or east 47th.
30:58That's left, right?
31:00Right.
31:00Right, right
31:01or right, left?
31:03Left.
31:0712-1 first.
31:08That's just ahead.
31:10Got it.
31:11We see him.
31:19They want me to leave
31:20the bag of the shoeshine
31:22stand
31:22and exit out this side.
31:34All right.
31:35I'm at the stand.
31:37Have him make the drop.
31:38Castle, leave the bag.
31:40Make the drop
31:41and walk away.
31:45Coming in.
31:46Don't have him yet.
31:48I just left it.
31:50I'm headed out.
31:51Esposito, Ryan,
31:52you got eyes?
31:53Let's see the shoeshine stand.
31:55Wait, I got the backpack.
31:57Asian male, long hair.
31:58I got him.
31:58I got him.
32:01What's the girl?
32:03Where's Angela?
32:03What girl?
32:04I don't know
32:05what you're talking about.
32:11Ryan, Ryan!
32:13Ryan!
32:25The kidnappers posted an ad
32:27on Craigslist
32:28and said that this was
32:29a performance art piece
32:30for YouTube.
32:31They sent out nearly
32:32two dozen of the backpacks.
32:34The poster used an IP anonymizer
32:36making it impossible to trace.
32:38So we just do nothing?
32:40Well, I managed to slip the phone
32:42that the kidnappers gave me
32:43inside the backpack.
32:45I don't understand.
32:46Well, before I did that,
32:47I sent a text message
32:48to Detective Beckett.
32:49The phone's under a bulk account,
32:51so we can't trace its owner,
32:52but we can trace its ID.
32:53So far, we've pinged the phone
32:55to a 20-block radius
32:56on the Lower East Side.
32:57We'll need another few hours
32:59to narrow it down.
32:59In the meantime,
33:00I moved a team into the area.
33:02They'll work the streets,
33:03be ready to move
33:03when we have more information.
33:12Thanks.
33:13Mm-hmm.
33:17You okay?
33:24I keep thinking,
33:25if only I saw who took that bag.
33:27Well, that wasn't your job.
33:33I mean, I can't imagine
33:34anything like this
33:35ever happening to Alexis.
33:41We'll get her back soon.
33:43Not as soon as we hoped.
33:45They must have found it
33:46taking the batteries out.
33:47We just lost the signal
33:48from the phone.
34:13Hey.
34:14Hey.
34:16What are you doing up?
34:17Stressed about vinyls?
34:19American lits today.
34:21I was having nightmares
34:22about Hester Prynne.
34:24Ah.
34:25The irony for you
34:26is not getting enabled
34:27to cause you shame.
34:29So why are you up?
34:30Looking for a white rabbit.
34:32Lewis Carroll or the Matrix?
34:34I'm not sure yet.
34:36What did Beckett tell you
34:37about taking phone photos
34:38of the crime scene?
34:40I don't know.
34:41I wasn't listening.
34:43See all the stuffed animals
34:45on the bed?
34:46Mm-hmm.
34:47It looks just like mine
34:48used to.
34:49Remember when I had
34:50all those animals?
34:51If by remember when
34:52you mean Monkey Bunky
34:53who's been washed
34:54so many times
34:54he looks like roadkill now,
34:55then yes.
34:56I have no idea
34:57what you're talking about.
34:57Oh, then you won't mind
34:58next time I see him
34:59if I throw him out.
35:00Don't you dare.
35:01I won't.
35:02Don't.
35:02I won't.
35:03I won't.
35:03I won't.
35:04Okay.
35:04Okay.
35:08So you think the bunny
35:09has something to do
35:10with the case?
35:11I'll let you know
35:12when I go down
35:13the rabbit hole.
35:23Castle?
35:25Go back to sleep.
35:26What are you doing?
35:28When Alexis was little
35:29she had a stuffed monkey
35:31that she could not
35:32live without.
35:33One time we went
35:34on vacation
35:34she forgot to pack her.
35:36I bought her another one
35:37but she knew
35:37it was not Monkey Bunky.
35:39So?
35:40So.
35:42There's two more pictures
35:43of her clutching
35:43this bunny out there.
35:45So where's the bunny?
35:47You think whoever
35:47took Angela
35:48knew her well enough
35:49to take the bunny to?
35:51Well, we already
35:51checked the Candelas list.
35:53A couple of teenage
35:54babysitters,
35:55a cleaning lady,
35:56they're all been cleared.
35:57Only,
35:57not all babysitters
35:59are teenagers.
36:00Sometimes they're
36:00people close to us.
36:02Sometimes they're family.
36:05When did we lose
36:06the signal on the phone?
36:07Right after we told
36:07the Candelas
36:08we were tracking it.
36:12Teresa's sister Nina,
36:13you got an address?
36:24Nina Medoza,
36:25you're under arrest
36:26for the kidnapping
36:27of Angela Candela.
36:28Taking your own niece.
36:30Put your hands
36:30behind your back.
36:32You have a right
36:32to remain silent.
36:33Hello, Angela.
36:35I'm so happy
36:36to see you.
36:37You want to go
36:38and see Mom?
36:39Come on, baby.
36:41Look at you.
36:42Hello.
36:44Hi, beautiful.
36:46You want to grab it?
36:47And grab it?
36:48No, look at the house.
36:51Hello.
36:52Yeah.
37:05Oh, my God.
37:12Oh, my God.
37:13Oh, my God.
37:15Oh, my God.
37:15You look perfect.
37:16Just perfect.
37:18Is she okay?
37:19She's fine.
37:20Yeah.
37:21What are you doing?
37:24She's here.
37:25She's home.
37:29What is it?
37:29What's wrong?
37:41What's going on?
37:43Crawford,
37:45can you take Angela?
37:51Come here, sweetie.
37:54Here you go, Crawford.
37:56Here we go.
38:02What did you do?
38:05I worked 14-hour days,
38:07year after year,
38:08killing myself
38:08so that we can have a life.
38:10And what did you do?
38:13Oh, you painted.
38:16All you did was paint.
38:17That's not true.
38:19Really?
38:19What about that job you said
38:21that you were going to get
38:21so that I can cut my hours?
38:23I was taking care of Angela.
38:24Taking care?
38:26You left her there
38:27in front of the TV
38:28every day.
38:31Do you know how many times
38:32I woke up to her screams
38:34because he was in that room
38:35blasting the music in his ears?
38:37It doesn't give you the right
38:38to kidnap your own child.
38:39How is it kidnapping?
38:40She's my daughter.
38:42Mrs. Candela,
38:43you had your sister
38:44climb through that window
38:45and take her.
38:46I gave her permission.
38:48It doesn't matter.
38:49You violated
38:50your husband's custodial rights.
38:54Custodial rights?
38:55He didn't even notice
38:56that she was gone.
38:58What kind of a father
39:00does that to his
39:01two-year-old child?
39:02Why would you do this?
39:04Why would you put us
39:05through that?
39:06And for God's sake,
39:07why not just divorce me?
39:09So that you can sue me
39:10for alimony?
39:12So that you can get
39:13half of everything?
39:14So that you can get
39:16custody of Angela?
39:18Because I'm at work all day
39:20and you can be there for her.
39:22No.
39:24I've seen what happens
39:25to the guys at work,
39:26what happened to Doug Ellers.
39:27No way was that
39:29going to happen to me.
39:30You were paying
39:31the ransom to yourself.
39:37Once Angela returned,
39:39I would file for the papers.
39:42There would be nothing
39:43left for him to take.
39:45And if Angela was kidnapped
39:46when Alfred was taking
39:47care of her,
39:48then the lawyer said
39:49that if I could prove
39:50him negligent,
39:51I would get custody.
39:52I wouldn't have to move
39:54out of the apartment
39:55that I paid for
39:56so that he could live here
39:57with my daughter.
40:00Do you know how hard
40:01it was to adopt her?
40:04How much it cost?
40:05Ten years!
40:08How many paintings
40:10have you sold, Alfred?
40:12Huh?
40:13How many?
40:18How could you hate me
40:20so much?
40:23You made it easy.
40:37So what do you think
40:38she'll do?
40:39Well, it depends on
40:40how many mothers
40:41are on the jury.
40:43So,
40:45now that it's
40:46over,
40:48now that I'm back,
40:49I was
40:51thinking maybe
40:52we could give it
40:53another shot.
40:55And when you leave
40:56again?
40:58You come with me.
41:07Think about it.
41:23nice guy.
41:25I can see how
41:26it wouldn't work,
41:27though.
41:28Really?
41:29Sure.
41:30Huh.
41:31Handsome,
41:32square-jawed,
41:33by the book.
41:34And that's a bad thing?
41:36Yeah,
41:36he's like the male you.
41:38Ying needs yang,
41:39not another ying.
41:40Ying yang
41:41is harmony.
41:43Ying ying is
41:44a name for a panda.
41:47Any more wisdom,
41:48Obi-Wan?
41:48Nope.
41:49That's it for today.
41:50What say we celebrate
41:51by going out for a drink?
41:52I can't.
41:53I got a date.
41:55A date?
41:56You date?
41:57Who?
41:58That's why it's called
41:59private life.
42:00Because it's private.
42:02Unlike you,
42:03I don't live my life
42:04on page six.
42:06Well,
42:07you're a mysterious woman,
42:08Detective Beckett.
42:09Maybe there's a little
42:10more Nikki Heat
42:11in me than you think.
42:12Open door
42:13While I let myself in
42:19I'm tired, boy
42:21Need a drink
42:23Need a man
42:27I'm not
42:58I'm not
42:58in the window
43:02You
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