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00:28Transcription by CastingWords
00:32Murder, mystery, the macabre, what is it about a hard-boiled detective, a femme fatale and
00:44the cold steel of a gun that keeps our bedside lamps burning into the wee hours of the morning?
00:51However the spell is cast, tonight we honor a master of the form and celebrate the launch
00:58of stormfall. Call me when you're ready to wash that off. The stunning conclusion to his
01:05best-selling Derek Storm mystery series, ladies and gentlemen, the master of the
01:12macabre, Rick Castle.
01:47Who are you?
01:51Allison Tisdale, 24, grad student at NYU, part of the social work program.
01:58Nice place for a social worker.
01:59Daddy's money. Neighbors called to complain about the music when she didn't answer they
02:03had a super check on.
02:05No signs of struggle. He knew her.
02:10Even bought her flowers. He says romance is dead.
02:13I do. Every Saturday night.
02:16A little lipstick wouldn't hurt. I'm just saying.
02:20So what'd he give her besides roses?
02:22Two shots to the chest. Small caliber.
02:32Does this look familiar to anyone?
02:34No. But I'm not the one with the thing for freaky ones. Just give me a jackshot jail of a
02:40bill so I can
02:40get my collar and go. Oh, but the freaky ones require more. They reveal more. Look at how he left
02:46her. Covered. Modestly. So?
02:50So despite all of the effort, all of the preparation, you won't find any evidence of sexual abuse.
02:55You really get that from just this? This. Plus, I've seen this before.
03:00You've seen it before. Where? Roses on her body. Sunflowers on her eyes.
03:09Don't you guys read?
03:12What kind of idiot kills off his best-selling main character?
03:16Are you asking as my blood-sucking publisher or as my blood-sucking ex-wife?
03:20Oh, is that what you're doing? Punishing me by killing the golden goose?
03:23Oh, come on. I may be petty and short-sighted, but I'm not that petty and short-sighted.
03:26Really? Then why?
03:28Writing Derek used to be fun. He's almost like work.
03:31Hmm. God forbid you should work. I mean, you could have retired him. You could have
03:34crippled him. You could have had him join the friggin' circus. But no, you had to put a bullet
03:39through his head. Yeah. Real messy, too. Big exit wound. Don't worry.
03:44Jack Storm is not the golden goose here. I am. I wrote half a dozen bestsellers before him. What
03:49makes you think I'm going to stop now? Oh, I don't know. The fact the new book was due nine
03:53weeks ago?
03:53You can't rush genius. Genius, Richard? Try blockage. I heard you haven't written in months.
04:00That's ridiculous. My sources are very reliable. Well, they're wrong.
04:04They better be. If I don't have a new manuscript on my desk in the next three weeks,
04:08Black Pond is prepared to demand the return of your advance.
04:10You wouldn't dare. Try me. Just try me. You know, I already returned that advance.
04:18I spent it divorcing you.
04:24Really, dollface? Who does homework at a party? I have a test next week.
04:28So do I. Live a function. Don't see me studying.
04:32All right, give me a hit of the bubbly. Make that two?
04:34Hey, kiddos. Sales must be slipping. They're only serving the soft stuff.
04:39Hey, Dad. Hey, sweetie. So, mother.
04:43Shh, shh, shh. Not so loud. I'm still hoping to get lucky.
04:46Did you tell Gina I was having trouble writing?
04:48Oh, I told her nothing of the sort. I...
04:52I may have said something about spending your days
04:56woping in your underwear, waiting for post time at Belmont, but hey, you're an artist. It's expected.
05:01We had a deal. I let you live with us, but you don't talk about my work.
05:04What's to talk about? You haven't done any since I moved in.
05:07Well, he hasn't. Whatever I have and haven't done,
05:10I would just appreciate it if you wouldn't share it with my ex-wife.
05:14Oh, what's the big deal? Hang on, sweetie. I just got a hit on my radar.
05:19Bingo. No ring. Stand back, kids. Mama's going fishing.
05:25You should have me committed. For what? Letting her move in? I think it's sweet.
05:29Won't be when I strangle her.
05:32You know I'm only 15, right? You're an old soul.
05:35Yeah, well, me and my soul can wait. When I was your age.
05:40I can't tell that story. That's wildly inappropriate, which oddly is my point.
05:44Don't you want to have wildly inappropriate stories that you can't tell your children?
05:47I think even if it was for the both of us. Life should be an adventure.
05:51You want to know why I killed Derek? There were no more surprises.
05:54I knew exactly what was going to happen every moment of every scene.
05:57It's just like these parties that become so predictable.
06:01I'm your biggest fan. Where do you get your ideas?
06:04In the ever popular, will you sign my chest?
06:06That one I don't mind so much.
06:08Yeah, well, FYI, I do.
06:10Just once, I'd like someone to come up to me and say something new.
06:13Mr. Castle?
06:15Where would you like it?
06:16Detective Kate Beckett, NYPD.
06:18We need to ask you a few questions about a murder that took place earlier tonight.
06:22That's noon.
06:35Mr. Castle, you've got quite a rap sheet for a best-selling author.
06:40Disorderly conduct, resisting arrest.
06:43Boys will be boys.
06:46It says here that you stole a police force.
06:48Borrowed.
06:49Ah, and you were nude at the time.
06:52It was spring.
06:53And every time the charges were dropped.
06:56What can I say?
06:57The mayor is a fan, but if it makes you feel any better, I'd be happy to let you spank
07:02me.
07:04Mr. Castle, this whole bad boy charm thing that you've got going might work for bimbets and celebutantes.
07:10Me? I work for a living. So that makes you one of two things in my world.
07:14Either the guy who makes my life easier, or the guy who makes my life harder.
07:18And trust me, you do not want to be the guy who makes my life harder.
07:21Okay.
07:24Allison Tisdale, daughter of real estate mogul Jonathan Tisdale.
07:27She's cute.
07:27She's dead. Did you ever meet her? Book signing? Charity event?
07:31It's possible. She's not in my little black book, if that's what you're asking.
07:35What about this guy?
07:37Marvin Fisk, small claims lawyer.
07:39Most of my claims tend to be on the, um, large side.
07:44So what's this got to do with me?
07:45Fisk was found murdered in his office two weeks ago.
07:48I didn't put it together until we saw the Tisdale crime scene tonight.
07:53Flowers for your grave.
07:55And this is how we found Marvin Fisk, right out of Hell Hath No Fury.
08:00Looks like I have a fan.
08:01Yeah, a really deranged fan.
08:03Oh, you don't look deranged to me.
08:05What?
08:07Hell Hath No Fury.
08:08Angry Wiccans out for blood.
08:10Come on.
08:11Only hardcore castle groupies read that one.
08:14Do any of these groupies ever write you letters?
08:18Disturbing letters?
08:19Oh, all my fan mail is disturbing.
08:20It's an occupational hazard.
08:21Because sometimes in cases like this we find that the killer attempts to-
08:25Killer attempts to contact the subject of his obsession?
08:27I'm also pretty well versed in psychopathic methodologies.
08:30Another occupational hazard.
08:33And do you know you have gorgeous eyes?
08:36So I take it that you won't have any objection to us going through your mail.
08:40Knock yourself out.
08:41Can I get copies of those?
08:44Copies?
08:44I have this poker game.
08:46It's mostly other writers.
08:47Patterson, Candle.
08:48You know, best sellers.
08:49You have no idea how jealous those would make them.
08:51Jealous?
08:52That I have a copycat?
08:53Oh my gosh, in my world that's the red badge of honor.
08:56That's the criminal Cooperstown.
08:58People are dead, Mr. Castle.
09:01I'm not asking for the bodies, just the pictures.
09:06I think we're done here.
09:19I'm just a gal who can't say no.
09:23I'm in a terrible fix.
09:26I always say, come on, let's go.
09:30Just when I order...
09:31Hey, kiddo!
09:33I'm just showing Bert here how we did it at the palace.
09:38Does he know it's your theme song?
09:41Ready to bring it home, ducky?
09:43Hey, yes!
09:44Five, six, seven, eight.
09:46I'm just a fool when lights are low.
09:50You're missing the late show.
09:52I saw it in previews.
09:53Looks like we got a new lead.
09:55His name is Bert.
09:56He does magic.
09:57Wow.
09:57Yeah.
09:58So he disappears by morning.
10:00Say, I play me and me down at the school night.
10:01Don't you turn into a pumpkin or something?
10:03Not when your dad's been squirted away by cops.
10:05That was a slammer.
10:06Anyone make it their bitch?
10:08Sorry, Switchblade.
10:09Still belong to you.
10:10Baby Bird?
10:11I already brushed.
10:12Your loss.
10:15So are you going to tell me about it or do I have to look it up on the fan
10:18sites?
10:19Nope.
10:19We had a deal.
10:20It's all the internet you want.
10:21Stay off the fan sites.
10:23Seriously, Dad, are you some type of trouble?
10:25Despite my best efforts, no.
10:27They want my help on a case.
10:29A case.
10:30Apparently, someone's been killing people the way I killed them in my books.
10:34That's horrible.
10:35Yeah.
10:36How many?
10:37Two so far.
10:39Are you okay?
10:41Yeah.
10:42It's just so senseless.
10:44Murder usually is.
10:45Murder usually makes a great deal of sense.
10:49Passion, greed, politics.
10:51What's senseless here is the books that the killer chose.
10:55Hell hath no fury.
10:57Flowers for your grave, my truly lesser works.
11:01Why would a psychotic fan pick those?
11:03Maybe because he's psychotic.
11:05Come on.
11:06It's about time.
11:08You can figure it out in the morning.
11:13What are those?
11:14Castle's greatest hits.
11:16You're going to familiarize yourselves with all of his murder scenes so we don't miss any.
11:20Got any on tape?
11:22First victim, male lawyer.
11:25Second victim, female social worker.
11:28Somewhere in these books, those two are connected.
11:31From the library of Katherine Beckett.
11:35Do you have a problem with reading, Ryan?
11:37Yo, check it, girl.
11:37You're totally a fan.
11:38Right?
11:39Of the genre?
11:40Right.
11:40The genre.
11:41That's why you're blushing.
11:43What are you, 12?
11:45Profiling indicates a perp with low intelligence.
11:47Someone who has or thinks he has a personal relationship with our author.
11:51So that's where we start.
12:01What?
12:02I work dead bodies all day.
12:05The last thing I want to do when I go home is read murder books.
12:10Aren't you curious?
12:13Curious?
12:14About how people can do these kinds of things to one another.
12:21Whoever did this read Castle's books and somewhere in those pages is the answer to where he'll strike next.
12:37Is all that Castle's mouth?
12:40His fans love him almost as much as he loves himself.
12:44Can you take that back to briefing, please?
12:48Did we hear back from the lab?
12:49Yeah.
12:50Scene was negative for DNA and prints, just like Fisk.
12:52Guys, careful.
12:53What about Tisdale and Fisk?
12:55Any connection?
12:56Other than your boy there?
12:57No.
12:59What's he doing here?
13:01Maybe he likes you.
13:02Detective Beckett.
13:04Captain?
13:06Yes, sir?
13:07Mr. Castle has offered to assist with the investigation.
13:10Really?
13:11It's the least I can do for the city I love.
13:13Considering the nature of the crime scenes, I think it's a good idea.
13:17Sir, can I talk to you for a minute in private?
13:21Nope.
13:44What?
13:45Nothing.
13:46No, it's just the way your brow furrows when you're thinking.
13:51It's cute.
13:52I mean, not if you're playing poker.
13:54Then it'd be deadly, but otherwise.
13:55Can I ask you a question?
13:56Shoot.
13:57Why are you here?
13:59You don't care about the victim, so you aren't here for justice.
14:02You don't care that the guy's aping your book, so you aren't here because you're outraged.
14:06So what is it, Rick?
14:08Are you here to annoy me?
14:09I'm here for the story.
14:11The story?
14:12Why those people?
14:13Why those murders?
14:15Sometimes there is no story.
14:18Sometimes the guy is just a psychopath.
14:20There's always a story.
14:21Always a chain of events that makes everything make sense.
14:24Take you, for example.
14:25Under normal circumstances, you should not be here.
14:28Most smart, good-looking women become lawyers, not cops.
14:32And yet, here you are.
14:34Why?
14:36I don't know, Rick.
14:38You're the novelist.
14:39You tell me.
14:42Well, you're not bridge and tunnel.
14:44No trace of the boroughs when you talk.
14:45So that means Manhattan.
14:46That means money.
14:47You went to college.
14:48Probably a pretty good one.
14:49You had options.
14:51Yeah, you had lots of options.
14:53Better options.
14:54More socially acceptable options.
14:56And you still chose this.
14:58But that tells me something happened.
15:03Not to you.
15:05You're wounded, but you're not that wounded.
15:08It was somebody you cared about.
15:12It was someone you loved.
15:17And you probably couldn't live with that,
15:18but the person responsible was never caught.
15:27And that, Detective Beckett, is why you're here.
15:38Cute trick.
15:41Don't think you know me.
15:45The point is, there's always a story.
15:46You just have to find.
15:54I think I just did.
16:07Lab's got lifts off the letter.
16:08Who's?
16:09The system's backlogged.
16:10It'll take a week to run a match.
16:12A week?
16:13Welcome to reality, superstar.
16:14Well, I never did much like reality.
16:17Mayor's office.
16:18Hi, Denise.
16:19It's Rick Castle.
16:20Hi.
16:21Yeah, is he in?
16:21Hold on.
16:22Thanks.
16:23Like I said, mayor's a fan.
16:26Rick!
16:26Yo, big cheese.
16:27It's Ricky.
16:28You want okay?
16:28Yeah, of course.
16:29Well, I don't know where you went.
16:31We took, we looked all over for you.
16:32Who took off with that girl?
16:33Man's got the mayor on speed dial.
16:36Rich really are different.
16:37You want him, he's yours.
16:38A control freak like you is something you can't control.
16:40No, no, that's going to be more fun than shark week.
16:42Okay, you will have your prints in an hour.
16:45Mr. Castle?
16:49Half of the guys here are waiting for prints.
16:52You don't just jump the line.
16:53Oh, I think somebody feels threatened.
16:56I am not threatened.
16:56No, no, I get it.
16:57I can call the mayor and you can.
16:58We have procedure, protocol.
17:00Yeah, and you always come to a complete stop at a red light and you never fund your taxes.
17:05Tell me something, you ever have any fun?
17:07You know, let your hair down.
17:09Drop your top.
17:10Little cop's gone wild.
17:11You do know I'm wearing a gun.
17:14Back at Midtown.
17:15I just found another one.
17:28Death of a prom queen.
17:31Maintenance found her an hour ago.
17:34Kendra Pitney, she lives in the building.
17:37All right, let's get her out of the water.
17:39Um, why don't you just stay here and don't touch anything?
17:54Pimp him.
17:55Hi, I'm Richard Castle.
17:57I'm consulting.
17:57Richard Castle, the author?
17:59On my better days.
18:00Laney Parrish, medical examiner.
18:02I love your books.
18:04You know, you have a real gift with the details of death.
18:06I thought I told you to stay over there.
18:08I got lonely.
18:10You got a COD?
18:11Not until the full exam, but this wasn't a stabbing.
18:14Lack of blood around the wound suggests she was dead before it was inserted.
18:17No foam around the mouth, so we know she didn't drown.
18:20Oh, you're good.
18:21Yeah, yeah.
18:21She was killed first and then posed, just like the others.
18:24Yeah, I know.
18:26Can I have a word?
18:30Something wrong.
18:31This is a homicide investigation, not a day at Disneyland.
18:33If I give you an order, I expect you to obey it.
18:36Then you don't know me very well.
18:37You know, in my book, the dress was blue.
18:40Don't try to change the subject.
18:41Does Tisdale and Fisk know each other?
18:42We haven't found a connection.
18:44Why?
18:44What about motive?
18:46He's a serial killer.
18:47He doesn't need motive.
18:49Beckett.
18:50Okay.
18:51They got a match of the print.
18:53Kyle Cabot.
18:54He's in Brooklyn.
18:55We got him.
19:04Stay here.
19:05Scout's on her.
19:26Kyle Cabot, NYPD, open up.
19:32Kyle Cabot, NYPD.
19:35All clear, room clear.
19:37All clear.
19:40Yes, this is 4-0, Frank.
20:00You should invite him to join your book club.
20:08Beckett, you gotta see this.
20:21Oh, that's creepy.
20:24I was never a scout.
20:27Hey, Beckett.
20:31Allison's blouse.
20:33I'm guessing he kept trophies.
20:3722 caliber.
20:49Get out of my house.
20:50Show me your hands.
20:51Get out of your hands.
21:00He's still not speaking.
21:03State medical records indicate he's got pervasive developmental disorder.
21:06Well, that explains his fixation with me.
21:09PDD sometimes manifests an obsession with a single subject.
21:11Yeah.
21:12Well, your superfan also has a history of delusions.
21:15Guess who his caseworker was?
21:16Allison Tisdale.
21:18Yeah.
21:19Her files indicate that he was on pretty heavy antipsychotics.
21:22Limited intelligence.
21:23Thinks he has a personal relationship with his hero.
21:25Looks like your profile was right, Detective Beckett.
21:27So, what, that's it?
21:29What more do you want?
21:30Evidence is in his apartment.
21:32We can connect him with the three victims.
21:33Two from the banner where he worked, and Tisdale was a social worker.
21:36Call the D.A.
21:37Get him a legal aid.
21:38I, I'm, I'm, that's, uh, it's too easy.
21:41The reader would never buy it.
21:42This isn't one of your books, Castle.
21:44Out here we find a guy standing over a body with a gun.
21:46He's usually the guy who did it.
21:59You know, this kid was in and out of the system for years.
22:02Doesn't seem like he ever got the proper treatment until Allison Tisdale took over his case file.
22:07She's the one who got him a job at the diner, and her notes seem to say he was doing
22:10okay.
22:12Well, we can let the D.A. worry about all that now.
22:14Our job is done.
22:16Yeah.
22:17Hey, um, can you leave the box?
22:18I'll take care of it tomorrow.
22:26Castle, I'm kind of glad that you killed off Storm.
22:29Less competition.
22:31Huh.
22:3120 to you, cattle.
22:33You're bluffing Patterson.
22:35Cough up some of that TV money and you'll find out.
22:41Ah, bets to you, Ricky.
22:45Castle.
22:47Castle.
22:47Hmm?
22:48Bets to you.
22:48Oh, sorry.
22:49I know that look.
22:51Story trouble.
22:52You know, you never should have killed off Storm.
22:54That was a big mistake.
22:55I would have retired him.
22:57Or crippled him.
22:58I mean, the man was money.
22:59You don't see me putting a bullet through Alex Cross's head.
23:02And my boy Shane Scully is going to be fueling my private jet long after people have all forgotten
23:07about Storm.
23:07Oh, you know what?
23:08Just for that, I am going to call.
23:11So what's the problem, Ricky?
23:13Maybe we can help.
23:14I'm working on this thing.
23:16It starts with a famous author.
23:17Some psycho starts staging murders like the way he does in his books.
23:22That's pretty self-aggrandizing, isn't it?
23:24This is Castle we're talking about.
23:26So, crime scenes are clean.
23:28Doesn't leave any fingerprints.
23:30Doesn't leave any DNA.
23:31But the psycho writes the author a fan letter with his prints all over it.
23:34Well, that leads the cops to his apartment where they find enough evidence to convict him.
23:42And then?
23:43That's it.
23:44That's it?
23:45Yeah, they arrest him.
23:47That's terrible.
23:48No wonder you're blocked.
23:49And here's another thing.
23:50The guy doesn't leave his prints at the scene of the crime.
23:53But he sends a letter with his prints on it.
23:55Oh, you lost me there.
23:56And what about a twist?
23:57Where's a twist?
23:58Yeah.
23:58Yeah, right?
23:59Like, uh, like maybe somebody set this kid up.
24:01That's what your story needs.
24:02The character who thinks the kid's innocent keeps digging until he finds the truth.
24:08Oh, I have just the guy.
24:19What are you doing?
24:20It's a novelist's habit.
24:22Poking through other people's mail, checking their medicine cabinets.
24:24Why are you still here?
24:26I just came by to give you this.
24:28It's a little something to memorialize our brief partnership.
24:34Don't look so suspicious.
24:35Go on, open it.
24:43I got you an advance copy.
24:45I even signed it to you.
24:49Not that you're a fan.
24:52Thanks.
24:53That's actually kind of sweet.
25:03Well?
25:03Well?
25:04It was nice to have met you, Detective Beckett.
25:07Well?
25:09Well, let's see who locked you in.
25:11What was that?
25:20Well?
25:21Not that I had to ask.
25:24If I wasn't in a fall of pain in my house.
25:26You had to be a bedroom and my mother used to be nice.
25:26There was a bump in my Father's chocolates in this...
25:27You had to eat her in my family.
25:28The Oldoc tusk and my mother and my father used to dress more Philip pinks.
25:38He didn't.
25:42Oh, he did!
25:46Richard Castle, you are under arrest for felony theft and obstruction of justice.
25:53You forgot making you look bad.
25:55You know, for a minute there, you actually made me believe that you were human.
25:59Cuff him.
26:00Ooh, bondage. My safe word is apples.
26:04Oh, there's no need to be gentle.
26:05How'd you find me, anyway?
26:07I'm a detective. That's what I do.
26:09My mother told you, didn't she?
26:11By the way, the rose petals in the Tisdale murder, they're grandiflora, not hybrid teas.
26:16I'll make a note of it.
26:17Yeah, you probably should, since it means Kyle Cabot is innocent.
26:25Thank you, officer.
26:29Hello, father.
26:30Hello, daughter.
26:30I wish I could say I was surprised.
26:33It's my fault, really.
26:34He never had a father figure.
26:36Oh, that's not true, mother.
26:37I had lots of father figures.
26:38I see you've met Captain Montgomery and Detective Beckett.
26:41And they have agreed to drop the charges if you agree to behave.
26:44No more interference with this case, Mr. Castle.
26:47Do we understand each other?
26:48Yeah.
26:50But you still got the wrong guy.
27:03No.
27:05No.
27:05No, no, no.
27:06Don't tell me he got to you.
27:07Please.
27:08He didn't get to me.
27:09She did.
27:11Oh, Allison?
27:12Marvin Fisk first murdered.
27:14Kyle knew him from the diner.
27:16And then he kills Allison, his social worker.
27:19And then he kills Kendra Pitney, also from the diner.
27:23So?
27:24So he starts with the murder of convenience, and then escalates to a murder of somebody he knows very well,
27:30and then goes back to a murder of convenience?
27:32It doesn't make any sense.
27:34Somebody set up Kyle to take the fall.
27:36Somebody who knew enough about his fixation with me to use it to get away with murder.
27:41That means we're not looking for a serial killer.
27:43We're looking for a good old fashioned murderer.
27:45Someone with motive.
27:47You think the victims were somehow related?
27:49At least would have found it by now.
27:51Now, if I were writing the story, the killer would have only wanted one of the victims dead.
27:55He would have killed the other ones just to corrupt the crime.
27:58How do you get away with one murder by committing two more?
28:00At one death, you look for motive.
28:02At two, you look for a connection.
28:04At three, you look for someone like Kyle.
28:06At three, you don't need motive because mentally unstable serial killers, you don't usually have one.
28:11That makes about as much sense as Mousetrap.
28:14I did that play eight times a week for a year.
28:17I still have no idea what it's about.
28:22Castle was right.
28:24If he was trying to follow his books, then the roses on Alison's body were wrong.
28:28And Fisk should have been suffocated by a plastic bag, not strangled with a necktie.
28:33And Kendra's dress should have been blue, not yellow.
28:35For an obsessive, it would have been impossible not to get the details right.
28:37Well, if it wasn't him, then who was it?
28:39The killer had to have known both his intended victim and Kyle fairly well.
28:44The only victim that had any real knowledge of Kyle's obsessive condition would have been Alison Tisdale.
28:51If Alison's the key, she's the one that the killer is trying to hide.
28:54Well, as far as we know, she wasn't seeing anyone and none of her other case files fit the profile.
28:58Well, somebody had to know something about her.
29:00So if the killer found out about Kyle through Alison, then Alison must have been the intended target.
29:06Somebody wanted Alison dead. Just have to figure out why.
29:10If I have to keep bailing you out, you're going to need to raise my allowance.
29:14My lot.
29:16Mine too.
29:27Hi, I'm Rick Castle. I have an appointment to see Mr. Tisdale.
29:31Yes, Mr. Castle. He's expecting you.
29:34Is he now?
29:37This is not what it looks like. This, I...
29:40Okay, this is exactly what it looks like, but I can explain.
29:43You coming?
29:48Did Alison ever mention having enemies or being threatened?
29:53People loved her. All she wanted was to make the world a better place.
29:56I told all this to the other detective.
29:58I know, sir. We're just following up.
29:59Did Alison know anybody who could have profited from her debt?
30:03Mr. Castle, I may be rich, but my daughter was not.
30:06She abhorred money.
30:08The little she had, she gave to charity.
30:11Thank you, sir.
30:13Mr. Tisdale, Fortune Magazine estimated your net worth at nearly $100 million.
30:19Is that true?
30:21I don't check day to day.
30:22But it's in the ballpark.
30:25I've been lucky, yes.
30:27Appreciate your time.
30:31What happens to all that money if something happens to you?
30:34Castle?
30:35Half of my estate goes to my charitable foundation and the rest of my children.
30:40I mean, my son.
30:56What was that all about?
30:58He's dying.
31:00Who's dying?
31:01Tisdale?
31:02You want a hot dog?
31:03I want a hot dog.
31:05What do you take on your dog?
31:06Apples, apples, apples.
31:07What makes you think he's dying?
31:11You see those pictures in his office?
31:12Yeah.
31:13He's much thinner now.
31:14Like, sick thin.
31:15Not workout thin.
31:16His daughter was just murdered.
31:17And the way he kept touching his hair like he's self-conscious?
31:19I think it was a piece.
31:20It's a good one.
31:21But it's new to him.
31:22Chemo's relatively recent.
31:23And he was wearing makeup.
31:25He's trying to look healthier than he is.
31:26Doesn't want his shareholders to know.
31:28So he's got cancer.
31:29That doesn't mean that he's terminal.
31:30But it's a much better story if he is.
31:33You interview the brother?
31:35There's never a reason to.
31:36Well, now there is.
31:39Get hot mustard.
31:47Hey, Mitch.
31:48Let's get these pallets on the truck.
31:49Detective Kay Beckett, Rick Castle.
31:51We'd like to ask you some questions about your sister.
31:54Yeah, anything I can do.
31:55Let's head inside.
31:56Last time I saw her?
31:57About a month ago at Dad's.
32:00You know, I still can't believe she's gone.
32:04Were you close?
32:05Everybody loved her.
32:07I mean, my sister, she just wanted to see the best in people.
32:10Even that kid who killed her.
32:13You know, she did everything she could to help that guy.
32:16Even brought him around here once to see if I could get him a job.
32:19But you didn't.
32:20Look, I can't afford to.
32:22All right?
32:22My employees mess up.
32:23I lose my bond.
32:25I don't know.
32:27Maybe if I'd helped him, things would be different.
32:31How'd your sister react when your dad told you he was dying?
32:36She was upset.
32:37We both were.
32:39Now that she's dead, your inheritance stands to double.
32:43What are you suggesting?
32:44He already caught the killer.
32:45Yeah, we did.
32:46But the first thing his lawyers will do is shift suspicion to someone else.
32:50Someone with motive.
32:51And then they'll stick me on the stand and ask me why I didn't investigate.
32:54And then the jury will have doubts.
32:55And we don't want them to have doubts, do we?
32:57No.
32:58So you'll have to excuse me for asking, but where were you the night of your sister's murder?
33:01I was traveling.
33:03On business.
33:05No.
33:05Actually, I was out of the country for all three murders.
33:09Oh.
33:10Here.
33:11Check the stamps on that if it's useful.
33:18A U.S. passport.
33:20Absolutely unassailable.
33:21I was sure it was him.
33:23Oh, don't take it so hard.
33:25After all, you're just a writer.
33:28What?
33:29Nothing.
33:30What?
33:31Oh, come on.
33:33He's lying.
33:35I mean, I get him knowing where he was the night of his sister's murder.
33:38But the other two victims, he didn't pause.
33:40He didn't ask for dates.
33:42He didn't even check his calendar.
33:44But he was ready with an alibi.
33:45In my experience, innocent people do not prepare alibis.
33:50So I was right.
33:53Okay, give me the dates and flights.
33:55Why can't you just admit I was right?
33:57Because he totally fooled you.
33:59He totally bought the alibi.
34:00Yeah.
34:01I had a fleeting moment of self-doubt.
34:03So?
34:04His credit card company confirms he paid for three round-trip tickets.
34:07Dates coincide with the three murders.
34:08So according to his credit card, Tisdale was out of the country.
34:11Wait a minute.
34:11So now I'm not right?
34:12Which means the passport stamps were forged.
34:14I'm gonna call passport control and have him check the logs.
34:17That's, uh, not how he would've done it.
34:21You got a better idea, Ricky?
34:23Second passport.
34:24And how would he get one of those?
34:25Oh, with his money?
34:26Trust me, in the black market it'd be a piece of cake.
34:28So he leaves the country on his own,
34:30comes back with the other passport, commits murder, flies out,
34:33and then comes back in on his own.
34:36Perfect alibi, perfect murder.
34:38But almost impossible to prove.
34:40Unless you find the second passport.
34:41Gotta be freaked after your little meet and greet.
34:43Keep eyeballs on him.
34:44If he moves, I wanna know.
34:47The things that people will do for money.
34:49This guy killed his own sister in cold blood
34:51and two more people to cover it up.
34:53He's either a world-class sociopath,
34:55or there's a lot more to this story than just money.
34:57Judge Markway, please.
34:59Oh, Markway, tell him I say hello.
35:06No, seriously, they're redoing the entire back nine.
35:09Oh, man, I love that course.
35:10When are they gonna reopen it?
35:11Judge, I hate to break up Golf Digest,
35:13but I have an exigent situation here.
35:15Very well, detective.
35:16Play through.
35:17We need a search warrant.
35:19She needs a search warrant.
35:20For the home and office of Harrison Tisdale.
35:22Harrison Tisdale as in Jonathan Tisdale's son?
35:26Yes.
35:26He murdered his sister, killed two more people to cover up the crime.
35:29Murder the Tisdales?
35:30You better be long and straight on this one, detective.
35:33Harrison's father is terminally ill, sir.
35:35What?
35:36I just saw him out of benefit.
35:37Hope you took a picture.
35:38With the sister out of the way, the son will inherit all of it.
35:42Excuse me.
35:42There's also a twisted, emotional angle in there.
35:45I don't want to bore you with the details,
35:46but family and vengeance.
35:48It's Shakespearean.
35:48Harrison just left work.
35:50He's probably headed home to destroy the evidence.
35:53Are you sure you can tie him to the other victims?
35:56Through a patient of his sister's that he was trying to free.
35:59It stays like this.
36:00I wish I was back in civil division.
36:04Thank you, sir.
36:06Thanks so much.
36:10You're home early, Mr. Tisdale.
36:37What do we got, guys?
36:39Get this.
36:39Junior's business is going under.
36:41He's tens of millions in debt.
36:42What with his sister's share of the Tisdale fortune,
36:44he stands to pay off his debt and then sign.
36:46Castle, if you're going in, you should be armed.
36:49My backup's in the glove compartment.
36:55I can't find it.
36:56It's...
36:57It's...
36:57It's...
36:57It's...
36:58It's...
36:58This time you're staying put.
37:00Oh.
37:01Okay.
37:01Second.
37:02Very funny.
37:03Joke's over!
37:04Come on!
37:13Cuff me once, shame on you.
37:16Cuff me twice, shame on me.
37:21Hmm.
37:28Harrison Tisdale, NYPD.
37:30We have a warrant.
37:31Just a minute!
37:45Open the door, Harrison.
37:48Open the door.
37:49It's NYPD.
37:50We have a warrant.
38:10Hey!
38:13Hey!
38:14Hey!
38:17He's coming to the fire escape.
38:18He's out back.
38:19Cover the front.
38:27Stop!
38:28Police!
38:28Don't move!
38:32Castle!
38:33No!
38:34Ugh!
38:35I got him!
38:36I got him!
38:37I got him!
38:38Castle!
38:39Ah!
38:55Ugh!
38:55Stay back!
38:56Stay back!
38:56Don't come anywhere close!
38:57Stay back!
38:58Stay back!
38:59Easy, easy!
38:59Don't move!
39:00Let him go, Harrison.
39:01Come on. Easy, easy. Okay.
39:04Castle, you okay?
39:05Yeah. Psycho here needs a breath, Mitch.
39:08Shut up, okay?
39:09Hey, Harrison, you know what's bugging me?
39:11If you were that deep in debt,
39:13why didn't you just ask your father for your money?
39:15Castle, you are not helping.
39:18You know what I think?
39:19I think you did ask.
39:21I think you asked him. He said no.
39:23I think he always said no.
39:26A self-made man like that, I bet he thought you were weak for asking.
39:28He's the one who was weak.
39:29I was trying to make something with my life,
39:31and all he cared about was her.
39:34That's why you killed him.
39:36It wasn't just for the money.
39:37You wanted to punish him before he died.
39:39Take away the old thing he loved.
39:41That's a pretty good story.
39:43Who are you?
39:45Harrison, let him go. It's over.
39:46It's not over. It's not over.
39:48Drop the gun or I swear to God I'm...
39:52Tell me you saw that.
39:56You're going to put that in your report, right?
39:59Can I see the cuffs, please?
40:00Yeah.
40:04What the hell were you thinking?
40:05You could have gotten yourself killed.
40:07Well, the safety was on the whole time.
40:10You know, you could have told me.
40:12Where's the fun in that?
40:24Well, I guess this is it.
40:26Well, it doesn't have to be.
40:27We could, uh, go to dinner.
40:29Debrief each other.
40:31Why, Castle?
40:31So I can be another one of your punk quests?
40:33Or I could be one of yours.
40:37It was nice to meet you, Castle.
40:41It's too bad.
40:43It would have been great.
40:48You have no idea.
40:58Time to make one last appear
41:03For the life I live
41:27You wanted to see me, sir?
41:29Yeah.
41:30I just got a call from the mayor's office.
41:33Apparently you have a fan.
41:35A fan, sir?
41:36Rick Castle.
41:38Seems he's found the main character
41:39For his next set of novels.
41:40A tough but savvy female detective.
41:45I'm flattered?
41:46Don't be.
41:47He says he has to do research.
41:49Oh, no.
41:50Oh, yes.
41:50No way.
41:50Becky, listen.
41:51Sir, he is like a nine-year-old
41:52On a sugar rush.
41:53Totally incapable of taking anything seriously.
41:55But he did help solve this case.
41:57Oh.
41:57And when the mayor's happy,
41:58The commissioner's happy.
41:59And when the commissioner's happy,
42:00I'm happy.
42:02How long, sir?
42:05Well, it's up to him.
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