- 19 hours ago
Castle Season 2 Episode 1
Category
📺
TVTranscript
00:01There are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people.
00:04Psychopaths and mystery writers.
00:06I'm the kind that pays better.
00:07Who am I?
00:08I'm Rick Castle.
00:09Castle.
00:10Castle.
00:10I really am ruggedly handsome, aren't I?
00:13Every writer needs inspiration.
00:14And I've found mine.
00:15Detective Kate Beckett.
00:16Beckett.
00:16Beckett.
00:17Nicky Heat.
00:18The character he's basing on you.
00:19And thanks to my friendship with the mayor, I get to be on her case.
00:22I'd be happy to let you spank me.
00:24And together we catch killers.
00:25Make a pretty good team, you know.
00:27Like Starsky and Hutch.
00:28Turner and Hooch.
00:29You do remind me a little of Hoot.
00:43Ladies, I love it.
00:44I love it.
00:45I love it.
00:45Sexy, sexy is not a crime.
00:47What's so special about world famous mystery novelist Richard Castle?
00:51He's rich, he's handsome, and he's basing his next bestseller on you.
00:55Tell me, Detective Beckett.
00:57What's it like being the inspiration for thrill master Richard Castle's new character,
01:01Nicky Heat?
01:02On behalf of the NYPD, it has been a pleasure to offer Mr. Castle insight into the profession.
01:09Given all his bestsellers, it's obvious Mr. Castle has tremendous insight into the
01:12criminal mind.
01:13I'm told in many occasions his participation was essential to solving your toughest cases.
01:19Really?
01:19You were told that?
01:21By who?
01:22By Castle.
01:26Could you excuse me for a moment?
01:28I love it.
01:29Sir?
01:30Could I talk to you in private for a moment, please?
01:33Hey, Beckett, I have a couple...
01:34Now.
01:37We had a deal back...
01:41The deal is off.
01:42What's the problem?
01:43Not only does he have the bachelor party cop twins out there using him as a stripper pole
01:48while I make nicey-nice with the press, but do you know what he said?
01:51No.
01:51He said that he has been instrumental in helping us solve crimes.
01:55Well, hasn't he?
01:56That's not the point.
01:58Do you know how hard it is for NYPD to get good press?
02:01I mean, in a magazine that people actually read.
02:03This article is very important to the mayor.
02:06Therefore, we are going to cooperate.
02:09Do I make myself clear?
02:13Okay. Fine.
02:16It's nice to meet you.
02:19We should have photo shoots here more often.
02:21Hey, Beckett, how come you don't wear a uniform like that?
02:23Because I don't want to get paid in singles.
02:26Hey.
02:29Oh, hey, don't we have that thing?
02:31No.
02:32Yeah, you know, the thing with the guy?
02:35Oh, yeah.
02:36The thing with the guy.
02:37Excuse us.
02:39I just wanted you to know I had nothing to do with this.
02:43I mean, it was the magazine.
02:44Well, the mayor thought it would be a good press.
02:48You don't have to explain yourself.
02:49Really?
02:50Really?
02:51See?
02:52I don't care anymore.
02:53Now, if you'll excuse me, I have an interview to get back to.
02:58What did I do?
02:59That was so wrong.
03:00The one thing I asked you not to do.
03:02Okay, so you asked me not to look into your mother's murder, but look at what I found.
03:05It doesn't matter what you found.
03:06I put that all behind me a long time ago.
03:08We can get back to the interview now.
03:10Nah, we're going to have to reschedule.
03:11We just caught a body.
03:13So sorry to step out on you, Amy.
03:15Oh, are you kidding?
03:16It's perfect.
03:17A chance to see Castle in action.
03:18Our readers will love it.
03:19Well, we wouldn't want to disappoint your readers now, would we, detective?
03:34Hey, can we talk about this please?
03:36There's nothing to talk about.
03:37Well, just at least let me know what I can do to make it up to you.
03:39You could leave me alone.
03:40Yes, well, I tried that and it didn't work.
03:43Hey, I could buy you a pony.
03:46Focus, Castle.
03:47Crime scene, okay?
03:55It's raining men.
03:58Castle, what are you doing here?
04:00Don't worry, we're still mad at him.
04:02Kind of tree, mom and dad bickering.
04:03Seems like old times.
04:04How's it going up there?
04:06I got tree branches poking my boobs and spotlights shining up my booty.
04:09Could be worse.
04:11You could be wearing a skirt.
04:14When I come down, I'mma smack you.
04:16We're looking forward to that.
04:17Here.
04:20Vic's a white male, late thirties.
04:22Judging from the cracked branches, I'm guessing he did a superman off the top of that building.
04:27Vic's name is John Allen.
04:28ID has him on the Upper West Side.
04:30Business card has him in insurance.
04:33Is it a suicide?
04:34It's not a suicide.
04:36How do you know?
04:38Um, the building is too short.
04:41He'd want to kill himself, not cripple himself.
04:43If you want to die, you're going to aim for concrete, not a tree.
04:46Judging from the angle of descent, I'd say that guy was thrown off the building.
04:50Since it clearly wasn't a suicide, how did he die?
04:53There are signs of strangulation.
04:55It looks like his windpipe was crushed.
04:57Any ligature marks?
04:58Nope.
04:59Ligature refers to anything that ties or binds, like a rope or a belt.
05:02Lack of any marks suggest he was strangled by hand.
05:04Wow, you really know your stuff.
05:06No wonder they like having you around.
05:07You know what?
05:09He's such an incredible resource, it seems like a shame to waste his talents here in the field.
05:13Would you mind going back to the morgue with Dr. Parrish to see what else we can find out about
05:17Vic?
05:17Don't you think I'd be of more use here at the crime scene?
05:20Oh, no.
05:20We're just going to knock on doors and see what else we can stir up.
05:24You know, boring police stuff.
05:25Fine.
05:26But I was serious about the poem.
05:29Come on, I'll show you the, uh, morgue mobile.
05:34Anything in the wallet?
05:35Nope.
05:36Track cleaning ticket, ID, two credit cards.
05:38Cash was missing, though.
05:41It's a long way to go for a robbery.
05:48You mean we have to ride with the body?
05:50You can take my seat up front.
05:52You sure?
05:53Mm-hmm.
05:54I'm used to hanging out with stiffs.
06:07Hi.
06:08Uh-uh, you do not get to say hi to me.
06:10I'm just doing my girl a favor.
06:12Oh, you too, huh?
06:13Well, what did you expect?
06:15Beckett spent the first three years of being a cop trying to solve her mother's murder.
06:19It took everything that she had to put it behind her.
06:22You couldn't respect that?
06:23What was I supposed to do, not tell her what I found?
06:25What you found?
06:26Oh, she didn't tell you, did she?
06:30Three people were killed the same way her mother was, right about the same time.
06:35One of them was a former law student of hers.
06:37Another one, a documents clerk.
06:39The third one, a lawyer for a non-profit.
06:42Wait, the M.E. at the time didn't make the connection?
06:44If he did, he buried it.
06:46Did you talk to him?
06:48He died four years ago.
06:51So you see why I had to tell her.
06:54What did she say?
06:57That we were done, and then she just walked out.
07:06Don't move! Don't move!
07:08Whoa!
07:10Get the body!
07:15Come on!
07:16Go!
07:17Go!
07:18Don't move!
07:19Come on, move!
07:20Go!
07:27Is it just me, or is that really, really weird?
07:37Well?
07:38He'll live.
07:40What, no brain damage?
07:42He has some.
07:42It happened way before tonight, and was probably self-inflicted.
07:45Ah, good times.
07:47How's Lois Lane?
07:48Who, a reporter chick?
07:49We took her statement.
07:49We were sending her home.
07:50We had an APB on the sedan, CSUs are combing the rooftop, and we got Unis looking for surveillance footage
07:55of the crash site.
07:56You know what I don't get?
07:56Because who would steal a dead body?
07:58Oh, plenty of people.
08:00Uh, organ harvesters, cadaverless med students, Satanists, mad scientists looking to create their own monster.
08:07Or the guys who killed him might have left some evidence behind.
08:10Boring.
08:11How about a spy having swallowed a top-secret microchip that the enemy forces murder him over before the CIA
08:20can get a hold of him?
08:21As much as we all appreciate your insightful and incredibly believable theories, Ms. Cosmo is gone, so I believe you
08:27can go home now.
08:28Oh, no.
08:29No, no, no.
08:30This case just got good.
08:31And, and I'm, I'm a witness.
08:38All right, I'll let you work this one case with me if you promise to leave me alone when it's
08:43over and not to weasel your way back in.
08:47Deal.
08:48But fair warning, detective.
08:50I will make you change your mind.
08:53I won't.
08:54You will.
08:55So what's the next step? Victim's family?
08:57Oh.
08:58I don't think she should take him back.
09:04Mrs. Allen?
09:06Yes?
09:07It's about your husband.
09:09He was just right here just a couple of hours ago and now he's dead.
09:18Do you know of any reason why he'd be in that part of town?
09:21No.
09:22His office is, uh, in Midtown. It's nowhere near night.
09:26What time did he leave the apartment?
09:29Around six.
09:31He had just gotten back from his trip and, uh, he said he needed to catch up on some paperwork.
09:37He said he'd only be gone for a couple of hours.
09:39You said a trip?
09:40He was in Albuquerque on a training seminar.
09:44It was just two nights.
09:46Did you notice anything unusual recently? Any strange behavior?
09:51Well, he, he had to work late a little more often than usual.
09:55But, I mean, in this economy, who doesn't?
09:59He had to lay off half his department last year.
10:02And you're sure he was working late?
10:05What are you saying? That he was cheating?
10:11Every night he would walk through that door and the kids would just race into his arms, okay?
10:17And now he's gone.
10:19So don't ask me if he was really working late.
10:23Tell me why he was killed.
10:25He didn't mean to lie.
10:26What about phone calls? Maybe late at night?
10:28Castle?
10:30Yeah.
10:31Yeah.
10:32Um, one of the guys that John fired, Max Haverstock, he would call him up late at night and he
10:38would yell at him.
10:39All sorts of things.
10:41I guess he was hurting.
10:43He needed money.
10:44And I, I told John that he should just hang up on him.
10:47And John said no, he, he couldn't do that.
10:50Did he ever give him money?
10:51My husband didn't believe in handouts.
10:53He believed that a man should make his way.
10:59Where is he?
11:01I'd like to say goodbye.
11:07About that, um...
11:12That was awkward.
11:15It's just it doesn't make any sense.
11:17The guy's got a stable middle class life.
11:19Good job, good family.
11:21Maybe it's when Max was jealous.
11:22Yeah, maybe enough to kill him but to steal his body?
11:26Hey Esposito, I need you to look up a friend of the Vic.
11:29Max Haverstock.
11:32Yeah.
11:37Okay, find him and, uh, bring him in.
11:44Dad!
11:45Thank God you're home, are you okay?
11:47Yeah, I'm fine, why?
11:48Fine?
11:49Masked gunmen?
11:50Body snatchers?
11:50I texted you like a thousand times.
11:52Oh, I'm sorry, my phone must have been off.
11:55How, how did you know?
11:56Beckett called.
11:59Really?
11:59She just wanted to let us know you were alright.
12:01Mm-hmm.
12:03So, has she forgiven you?
12:05Uh, not exactly, Mother, but I'm working on it.
12:08She has agreed to let me help on the case.
12:10Well, that's a start, I suppose.
12:12It is more than a start.
12:14It is an opportunity.
12:16She may have built a wall between us, but I am going to build a door in that wall.
12:22Or put up a ladder, or dig a hole.
12:24You have a strategy?
12:26Be my usual charming self.
12:28Uh-huh.
12:29Well, what about plan B?
12:34So, was it awful?
12:35Were you scared?
12:36Me?
12:37Scared?
12:37No way.
12:38Come on now, excuse me while I change my shorts.
12:40Dad.
12:41No, I was scared.
12:42But all they were after was the body.
12:44Why?
12:44Why indeed.
12:47Dad, where are you?
12:48Dad, are you alright?
12:49Dad, call us right away.
12:50Dad, can I go see Fame with Owen on Friday?
12:56Your concern is touching.
12:57Okay, that one was after I knew you were alright.
12:59Yeah, but I thought we were going to go see that together.
13:01We were.
13:01And we still can, but he invited me to go see it with him next Friday.
13:06You'd rather go with your boyfriend than your dad.
13:08What is wrong with you?
13:10If you really want me to go with you, I will.
13:12No.
13:12No.
13:13You told Owen he has won this round, but I got dibs on a Christmas Carol.
13:17Thanks, Dad.
13:18And I'm glad you weren't killed by body snatchers.
13:20Me too.
13:22Yeah, they remade Fame in a Christmas Carol.
13:25Has Hollywood totally run out of ideas?
13:27Well, they just optioned Asteroids the video game, so my guess is yes.
13:30But Ryan Reynolds is playing the Wii Triangle and he's good.
13:38Are you sure this is the guy?
13:40Maxwell Haverstock.
13:42And he confirmed he knew the Vic.
13:44This guy couldn't throw a wet sponge off the roof, little body.
13:54Mr. Haverstock.
13:55Yes.
13:55Do you know why you're here?
13:57No.
13:58Uh, they just told me I needed to come in.
14:00It's about John Allen.
14:01He was murdered last night.
14:04Oh, that's terrible.
14:06You and he were friends.
14:07Uh, we had adjoining cubicles.
14:09When was the last time you saw him?
14:11Oh, uh, not since D-Day.
14:13That's, uh, that's what we called it.
14:15You know, D for downsizing.
14:17You were let go?
14:19Yeah.
14:19I bet that made you pretty angry.
14:21Yeah, 15 years we worked there together.
14:23You know, you'd think that would mean something.
14:25You'd think that loyalty would be worth something.
14:27You know what it's worth?
14:28A kick in the teeth!
14:30Do you ever call and tell John that?
14:31Oh, yeah, all the time.
14:33Yeah, I told him we didn't deserve to be treated like that.
14:35But I promised him one day the worm would turn.
14:38Cause Karma's a nasty little bitch.
14:40Is that why you killed him?
14:43Who?
14:45John.
14:46Why would I want to kill John?
14:48For firing you.
14:50He didn't fire me.
14:52We were let go together on D-Day.
14:54Uh, fortunately I was able to find another job.
14:57He didn't have a job.
15:00I guess he, uh, doesn't have to look for one anymore.
15:06Hey, yo, Beckett.
15:08Story checks.
15:09John Allen was laid off eight months ago when the AIG crisis hit.
15:12What about Albuquerque?
15:13No record of a John Allen coming back from any flight in the Tri-State area.
15:17Well, it makes you wonder what else he lied to his wife about.
15:19And how he paid all of his bills.
15:21Beckett?
15:23All right.
15:24Uh, thank you.
15:26They found his body.
15:29Again.
15:34What happened?
15:38Someone operated on him.
15:41Operated?
15:42They cut him open and took all of his organs out.
15:45Ouch.
15:48Somebody hated his guts.
15:56The guys who did this weren't surgeons.
15:58The cuts are sloppy.
15:59Box cutters and kitchen knives.
16:01Any idea what they were looking for?
16:02I ran a top screen and found nothing in the bloodstream,
16:05but in the body cavity itself there were trace amounts of powder cocaine.
16:08He was their drug mule.
16:10Guess they couldn't wait for him to pass the packets the old fashioned way.
16:12I don't buy it.
16:15How does a middle aged insurance actuary with no history of substance abuse,
16:19no criminal record, become a drug mule?
16:22And this was not a bad guy.
16:24Just don't just fill out an ad on Craig's list.
16:27You gotta, you gotta know people.
16:29Bad people.
16:30As freaky as all this is, let's not forget it happened post-mortem.
16:34The actual cause of death is up here.
16:36Bruise pattern indicates the assailant strangled him with both hands.
16:41The bruising is a little lighter right there.
16:43What would account for that?
16:45Dislocated a broken finger, maybe.
16:47Maybe he's fancy.
16:49Strangled people with his pinky sticking out.
16:53Like tea.
16:55Just got off with Homeland Security.
16:57Passport records indicate that John Allen was coming back from Mexico, not New Mexico.
17:02No criminal history, healthy, white, middle class.
17:05They wouldn't have looked at him twice at customs.
17:08Bad skills.
17:09Why would he do something so stupid?
17:10Because he had to.
17:13I just went over to financials with the wife.
17:15How bad?
17:16They've been living on credit cards the last six months.
17:18She had no idea.
17:19She thought everything was fine.
17:21Well, if he wasn't going to work every day, where was he going?
17:23Applying for jobs.
17:24I found hundreds of cover letters and resumes on his computer.
17:27I don't understand.
17:28Why didn't they just sell the apartment?
17:30It wasn't worth the mortgage.
17:31Yeah, that's harsh.
17:32Life insurance?
17:33Stopped making payments four months ago.
17:36Guy was basically worthless, alive or dead.
17:38Yeah, Ryan here.
17:40You know, I get desperation.
17:42I get needing the money.
17:43I even get being a drug mule.
17:45What I don't get is where did he get the job?
17:48Yeah, thanks, Bill.
17:50I was CSU.
17:51Is that perp for wearing gloves?
17:52The only prints they grab off to the car belong to the owner,
17:55who reported it stolen last night.
17:57Looks like we're not going to grab a break on this one.
17:59What about the glove we found at the scene?
18:01We dusted it, too.
18:02Nothing.
18:03Well, did you dust inside?
18:05Inside.
18:06Yeah, inside the glove.
18:16You want me to put on some music?
18:19Whenever they do this sort of thing on CSI,
18:21I always do it to music in poorly lit rooms.
18:26Kinda reminds me of porn.
18:29Zip it, Castle.
18:34Ever consider becoming a mule?
18:37Keep talking and I'll practice on you.
18:50Got you, you son of a bitch.
18:58Boom.
18:59Got a hit.
19:02Luther Whitehead busted twice for possession with intent.
19:06Once on conspiracy.
19:08Played out on all three.
19:09Did a nickel upstate for a gun charge
19:11and is currently on parole for conspiracy distribute.
19:14Something tells me his parole's about to be revoked.
19:17You got an address?
19:18Yeah.
19:18No?
19:18One, two, three, four!
19:26You say, the future fits that level for heart or toll.
19:30This guy's the best I got a little move!
19:38No!
19:39Call her to quit.
19:41God!
19:41No!
19:43Hold her right there!
19:45Nobody move!
19:46No!
19:46No, no!
19:47No, no, no!
19:47Do you have to be hundred?
20:01I'm not!
20:02Counselor, I have them dead to rights on weapons, possession, assault, desecration of a body, and about a dozen other
20:07things I haven't even begun to think about yet.
20:10What is my incentive to cut a deal?
20:13You don't have them on the murder.
20:14Give me time.
20:15You don't need time, because they didn't do it.
20:18Ten years concurrent on all charges, eligible in five, and they'll tell you everything they know.
20:25He was coming to see you.
20:27At a flop house on 9th.
20:29He was supposed to be there by 7.
20:31But this guy, he got three quarters of a meal worth of our coke in his stomach, and he don't
20:36show.
20:36So what'd you do?
20:37We went to find him.
20:39That's when he heard the sirens.
20:40Lots.
20:41We go downstairs, walk up the block, and guess what we see?
20:44A bunch of cops staring at a tree.
20:46Friggin' tree.
20:47The dude was in a tree.
20:49So, you waited?
20:51The only way to get the body back.
20:52I mean, we couldn't get the packets via the usual method.
20:55So you improvised.
20:57Doesn't matter.
20:58He was already dead.
21:00So why do you start Mueller?
21:01Same as anyone.
21:03Desperation.
21:04It's just...
21:06He doesn't seem the type.
21:07Anybody's the type, you push him hard enough.
21:09I mean, the guy owed.
21:10He was, uh, fourth and long with the clock running out.
21:14Who was he into?
21:15Didn't say, but he was scared.
21:17You want to know who killed him?
21:19You find out who he owed.
21:21No, no, no, no.
21:22I'm going to need more.
21:23I'm going to need to know who vouched.
21:24Vouched?
21:25For John Allen.
21:26Our Vic, your mule.
21:28Somebody brought him to you.
21:29Somebody you trusted.
21:31Or do you just do business with every desperate white boy with no history of criminal activity?
21:35Hell, man.
21:36How'd you know he wasn't a cop?
21:41At the front out, Ron Bigby.
21:43He's a floor trader at Goldman.
21:44Vic's wife never heard the name.
21:46For a guy who sets his risk for a living, he sure does seem to take a lot of it.
21:49Yeah, well, look where it got him.
21:51Pick him up.
21:51Got him.
21:55Castle.
21:59Dead?
22:00Yeah.
22:01Wait, dead?
22:02Mr. Bigby.
22:03You can ask as often as you like.
22:04The answer's not going to change.
22:06Oh, that's a damn shame.
22:08That is a damn, damn shame.
22:10I mean, do you know who John Allen is?
22:12Huh?
22:12He's a new Willie Loman.
22:14Okay?
22:14Every man victim of an apathetic world.
22:17God, I swear someone should write a play.
22:19Hey, do you write plays?
22:21Unproduced.
22:22Mr. Bigby, it's come to our attention that you recently obtained employment for Mr. Allen as
22:26a drug mule.
22:30You know about that?
22:31Yeah.
22:32And bad news, Ron.
22:34You're going to have to find a new dealer.
22:36What'd they tell you?
22:37That you got him an introduction.
22:38And that you vouched for Mr. Allen.
22:40Okay.
22:40Look, he came to me desperate.
22:43All right?
22:43He remembered a story I told one night at the table.
22:46The table?
22:47Yeah, poker table.
22:48We're in one of the floating games around town.
22:50You know, small stakes, right?
22:51But good way to blow off steam.
22:53But then when he got laid off, it stopped being a game.
22:56He started betting to make up his paycheck.
22:59The stakes were too low.
22:59So he went to Chinatown.
23:03The mob run games?
23:04Yeah, triads.
23:05He did fine for a bit, you know, but luck's a fickle bitch.
23:09He lost more than he had to the wrong guy.
23:11He couldn't make enough to cover his losses.
23:13Yeah, that's when he remembered the night I told the story about my own fiscal emergency.
23:16About how I went to Mexico, made 50 grand in one day.
23:20That's when I figured, hey, what the hell?
23:23Just pay it forward.
23:24All right, this guy that he owed, did he give you a description?
23:27Name?
23:28No name.
23:29John thought he was Russian mafia because of all his tattoos.
23:33Some tatted up Russian mobster was after me.
23:35I could see taking a job as a drug mill.
23:37A tattooed Russian in New York City.
23:39Well, that narrows it down.
23:40We conduct an investigation based on the information we have, not the evidence we need.
23:45Well, Bigby says that the Russian hangs out at the club at Chinatown.
23:48Why don't we just go there?
23:50The games are word of mouth, bro.
23:52They don't just share with cops.
23:54Well, luckily I'm not a cop.
23:55Castle.
23:56What?
23:56It's perfect.
23:57I go in, scope the place out until I ID the Russian.
24:00And you know what?
24:00That's not a bad plan.
24:03We still have to find the game.
24:05Leave that to me.
24:06That's a pretty good story, Ricky.
24:08Has it got a big opening?
24:09Major twist?
24:11Though I gotta say, I saw that whole drug mule thing coming.
24:14Nice try, Connell.
24:15You're not gonna goad me into raising.
24:17Steven, you once wrote about an underground poker game in King Con.
24:21Yeah.
24:22And you once had Harry Bosch investigate the murder of a poker player.
24:25Yeah, a $1 jackpot.
24:27Why?
24:27Well, Michael, this guy that we're looking for, he's a regular in the triad run games
24:31in Chinatown.
24:33I thought maybe one of you knew someone who could get me in.
24:36What are you nuts?
24:37Those are crooks and killers down there.
24:39Look, Ricky, doing the research is one thing.
24:42But the Russian mafia, the triad, you tangle with those people, and all the bestsellers in
24:46the world are not gonna protect you.
24:47I don't plan on tangling.
24:49I'm just gonna be another rich, bored thrill seeker looking to try my luck down there.
24:54You must really like her.
24:56Who?
24:57That police detective of yours, what, Ricky?
25:00There's only one reason that you'd be dumb enough to go down there, and that's to impress
25:05a girl.
25:06Why don't you cut yourself a little slack and just buy her some flowers?
25:10Do you know the place or not?
25:14Well?
25:25You sure this is the place?
25:27The candle has never steered me wrong.
25:30Okay.
25:31Button cam's in place, right?
25:33It's right.
25:34It's a picture and...
25:36Ah!
25:36Sound.
25:37All right.
25:38So remember, we can hear you, but you can't hear us.
25:41So once you leave this van, you're on your own, okay?
25:45All right, tell me the plan again.
25:47I go in, I find the tattooed Russian, I get a clear picture of him, and I get the hell
25:51out
25:51of there.
25:52And you don't stay any longer than you need to?
25:54I'll be fine.
25:55Besides, it's Chinatown.
25:56How many Russian poker players can there be?
25:59Come on, come on, come on.
26:03Bye.
26:11Anybody else have a bad feeling about this?
26:14Yeah?
26:14Yeah, it's right there.
26:38Let's go.
26:57Oh, my God.
27:17Go ahead and do it.
27:22One on the rock.
27:32I'm in.
27:38Tattoo Russian.
27:42Ah, this is another tattoo Russian.
27:49There's a whole table of tattooed Russians.
27:55Apparently, there are a lot more Russians in Chinatown than I thought.
28:08So, the Russians are regulars here, but only a handful have played the no-limit table,
28:13which is where John Allen would have gone.
28:16The guy said they're card bullies, pushing up pots, forcing their opponents to bear mortgage
28:20to stay in the game.
28:22You think he has any idea he's recapping a conversation that we just heard in its entirety?
28:26Give a guy a gadget he thinks he's bond.
28:28Let's just hope he remembers he's wearing a camera before he goes and takes a leak.
28:31Why would you even know what kind of trouble I can stir up?
28:35I'm gonna go sit at the table.
28:36See if I can find anything out.
28:41What did he say?
28:42He just said he's taking a seat at...
28:44That's not the plan.
28:44That's not the plan, Castle.
28:48How's it going?
28:50This is no-limit table.
28:52Which is perfect, because I am a no-limit kind of guy.
28:56Change for 40,000 keys.
29:01No, no, no, no, no, no, no, what's he doing?
29:04Dropping half my yearly salary like a pocket change.
29:07Perfect.
29:09Nice tats.
29:15No, tattoos, the tattoos.
29:18What do they say?
29:20It says mind your own business.
29:22You play cards.
29:23All right, don't mean to pry.
29:25I'm just, uh, I'm actually just a writer.
29:28Just do a little bit of research.
29:30Writer, huh?
29:32Anything we might have heard of?
29:36Uh, Stormfall, Storm's Last Stand.
29:38Did he stop?
29:39Yeah.
29:39I love this guy.
29:41Why did you kill him?
29:43It's a long story, but I'm working on a new one about, uh, underground poker.
29:47Very hush-hush.
29:48Just kind of get down and feel for the world, you know.
29:51And you're wanting for it to be authentic.
29:53Exactly.
29:55No problem.
29:57This is a hashtag.
29:59You know how to get rid of me?
30:02Let's see.
30:03How much is he going to have to teach you?
30:08Yeah.
30:08Seems like he's making friends.
30:10They just said they're going to take him for everything he's got.
30:13What, you speak Russian?
30:14Semester in Kyiv, between junior and senior year.
30:18Sometimes when I'm bored, I go to Gleci Café in Little Odessa
30:21and pretend to be Muscovite.
30:23Now that's kind of hot.
30:27Chris.
30:30Oh.
30:33Michael.
30:45Check the player's hand, see if there's anything that'll explain the bruise patterns on our Vix neck.
30:53Call.
30:56Mr. Castle, tell me a little bit more about this book.
31:00Well, it's about a Russian mobster with a taste for cards.
31:05He, uh, preys off of desperation, luring people in to pet him more than they have.
31:17And why would he do this?
31:20Because he's also a loan shark.
31:24See, he fronts his victims and makes bank on the Vix.
31:27What the hell's he doing?
31:27He's playing poker.
31:29He's trying to provoke one of these guys into giving up their hand.
31:31Or he's trying to tip off our killer.
31:33But there's one guy.
31:34Family guy.
31:35He gets in a little too deep.
31:37Can't be the loan back.
31:40So the mobster...
31:42Got no choice.
31:43Has to kill him.
31:45Send a message to anyone else who owes him.
31:48So one night...
31:50He lures him into an abandoned building.
31:53Strangles him to death and throws him off the roof.
31:59Send a lot of work.
32:00Why not just put bullet in his head?
32:02Much more simple.
32:04Bang!
32:10Hey, Ryan, check this out.
32:11What does he do with his finger?
32:13Punch in on that.
32:17It's a prosthetic.
32:18That's why I didn't leave a mark on our Vic.
32:21That's our guy.
32:22Hey, if he thinks Cass is a threat, he's gonna...
32:23We gotta get him out of there now.
32:25The security's pretty well armed.
32:26We go in there as cops.
32:27It might get messy.
32:27What are you doing?
32:28Uh, I'm gonna go in there.
32:29And if I'm not out in ten minutes, you guys call for backup.
32:32Can I have my purse, please?
32:34What are you gonna do?
32:35Lip glossing to death?
32:36Something like that.
32:54What do you want to do?
32:55Oh, my god!
32:56Oh, my god!
32:58Nah, I'm gonna lose your scared.
33:09I need to drink all the cars.
33:14What did you want to do?
33:17What, my little jump was it?
33:32oh come on boys my boyfriend is waiting he's player if i don't go inside he will lose
33:40i'm his lucky charm you know no well maybe i can be a lucky charm for you
33:50we win and when i'm in there we always win and then maybe i can share some of my boyfriend's
33:56luck
33:57with you
34:04all in
34:08it's a big pot mr writer man all that money but then what is money to millionaire huh
34:14you just can write it off on your taxes it's doing research
34:21all in
34:26you're like character in your book in too deep
34:32three queens
34:36it's very impressive
34:40not a lock and beat three queens
34:44except inside straight maybe sweetheart this is for you would you change this into something
34:48a little smaller than i can carry now that is a big pile of money but it's money to a
34:53mobster right
35:05who are you i told you i'm a novelist the story the dead man the roof who told you who
35:09knows
35:10his family knows his children know if he paid what he owed he'd be home with them now but he
35:14crossed me
35:14and now you have crossed me no no no i'm just a writer do not lie
35:19you're a cop
35:22don't make me laugh he's barely even a man
35:25beckett but you are a man aren't you
35:29very handsome man
35:31richard
35:32are you bothering this handsome man
35:34go away
35:37okay okay boys and their guns am i supposed to be impressed
35:40it doesn't concern you
35:42actually
35:44it does
35:47is it just my imagination or did you change
35:50asshole could you get some backup please
35:52yeah
35:53shh shh shh
35:54yeah
35:54thank you
35:55thank you
36:13how was she
36:17it's hard when everything you thought you knew turns out to be a lie
36:22well not everything was a lie not her husband's love i mean sometimes
36:27we do the wrong things for the right reasons
36:32so case is closed i guess your cosmos story gets a happy ending speaking of happy endings
36:39thanks for saving my life i was just trying to avoid paperwork yeah
36:44make a pretty good team you know like starsky and hutch tango and cash
36:50turner and hooch you know now that you mention it you do remind me a little of hooch
36:59it's because you're afraid isn't it you're afraid that if you look into your mother's death
37:05that you will go back down that rabbit hole and lose yourself again but it's different this time
37:13we have good leads we have strong leads and you won't have to do it alone
37:21we can do it together
37:24what if i don't want to know did you ever think of that
37:31what if i'm not ready what if the idea of catching my mom's murderer and then having to sit there
37:35and watch as he cuts some deal that puts him back out on the street in 10 years makes me
37:40nauseous
37:41you dredged up my past for you castle not for me and you're too selfish to even see it
37:50the case is closed castle we made a deal and i expect you to honor it
37:56you
38:08you
38:10you
38:33You're writing.
38:35It's time.
38:40And Beckett?
38:46I'm sorry, Dad.
38:48So how was the movie?
38:50We didn't go.
38:52Why not?
38:53Owen.
38:56What happened?
38:57He was playing video games and lost track of time.
38:59By the time he showed up, it was too late.
39:05I'm sorry, sweetie.
39:07And then when he did show up, he tried to act like it's no big deal, like I'm overreacting.
39:11I mean, he didn't even call.
39:15Why do boys do that?
39:18Why do they always have to justify everything?
39:22Why can't they just say they're sorry?
39:23Why do they always have to say they're sorry?
39:37For what?
39:39For just being you.
39:58You gave me good steps to follow, and I wish I...
40:04I'm sorry.
40:07What I did was wrong.
40:10I violated your trust.
40:11I opened old wounds, and I did not respect your wishes.
40:17And if we're not going to see each other again, then you deserve to know.
40:23I'm very, very sorry.
40:25But your little girl
40:29Is gonna change the world
40:35You'll see
40:37Castle?
40:39Thank you very much.
Comments