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Castle Season 2 Episode 10
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00:00There are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people.
00:03Psychopaths and mystery writers.
00:05I'm the kind that pays better.
00:06Who am I?
00:07I'm Rick Castle.
00:08Castle.
00:09Castle.
00:09I really am ruggedly handsome, aren't I?
00:12Every writer needs inspiration.
00:13And I've found mine.
00:14Detective Kate Beckett.
00:15Beckett.
00:15Beckett.
00:16Nicky Heath.
00:17The character he's basing on you.
00:18And thanks to my friendship with the mayor, I get to be on her case.
00:21I'd be happy to let you spank me.
00:23And together we catch killers.
00:24Make a pretty good team, you know.
00:26Like Starsky and Hutch.
00:27Turner and Hooch.
00:28You do remind me a little of Hooch.
00:33You do.
00:34Burning bush.
00:35Burning rubber.
00:38Burning thighs.
00:39Ooh, I've got a crush on you.
00:42Skull and bones.
00:44Rock and roll.
00:47Magpie.
00:48Ooh, I've got a crush on you.
00:51Freedom flies.
00:53Laser eyes.
00:55Freedom flies.
00:57Ooh, I've got a crush on you.
01:09Check your six, Maverick.
01:10This is your captain up and on the mouse.
01:12Listen up, ladies and gentlemen.
01:14Our fugitive has been on the run for 90 minutes.
01:16We're in the pipe.
01:17Let's keep our feet dry this time.
01:18Jungle radio, this is One Delta Bravo.
01:22Eyes on suspect.
01:23Requesting backup.
01:24Over.
01:25Requesting permission to deploy a laser-activated radioactive immobilizer.
01:30Permission denied.
01:33Really, Richard, I have all of these new lines to learn before my play goes into rehearse.
01:37I'm going in.
01:39If that comes any closer, you're going to have Black Hawk down on your hand.
01:43Oh!
01:46What's all this?
01:48Official police tactical training.
01:50Oh, hey, Dad, did you get a chance to sign that permission slip I gave you the other day?
01:53Haven't you learned to forge my signature yet?
01:55Credit cards, yes.
01:56Permission slips, no.
01:57It's for my civics class.
01:58Every student has a three-day volunteer internship at one of the city's agencies.
02:02Law enforcement, sanitation, fire.
02:04I'll go with fire.
02:05They have the best calendars.
02:06I went with law enforcement.
02:08Detective Beckett already said it's cool if I volunteer down the station.
02:10Oh, well, as a member of the NYPD volunteer squad, I would be happy to show you the ropes.
02:16Actually, Detective Beckett is giving me my orientation course tomorrow morning.
02:19Then I would be honored to carpool with you or share a cab.
02:25Hmm.
02:26Cash?
02:28Prelim suggests victim died of a single gunshot wound to the chest at close range.
02:33Any signs of struggle?
02:34Well, contusions coming up here and here, but it's likely a result of his tumble down the trash chute.
02:45What?
02:46What are you doing?
02:48Well, I can't breathe through my nose.
02:49I happen to have a very acute sense of smell.
02:52Suck it up, Castle.
02:53Real cops deal with worse.
02:54Yeah, not to mention medical examiners.
02:57Do you know how long I have to shower before heading out on a date?
03:01No, but if you need someone to time it for you, I'd be happy to have...
03:03Found it!
03:07Must have fallen on his jacket on the way down.
03:11Yep, that's our guy.
03:12All right, the name is Sam Parker, and the driver's license has his address placed in Connecticut.
03:19Maybe he's visiting someone in the building.
03:20You being drop-picked by?
03:22Ryan here.
03:24Thanks, bro.
03:25Esposito's up on 15.
03:27Says he found out where our guy was shot.
03:28All right, let's go.
03:35When the blood's better, our guy was shot right here.
03:38Then?
03:41You shoved head first down the chute.
03:43A killer who cleans up after himself.
03:45Very American psycho.
03:46He probably wanted to get out of the building unnoticed.
03:48Figured that the dumpster wouldn't be emptied for a couple of days.
03:51He didn't count on a tenant on the seventh floor.
03:53Hotting.
03:55Seen the body drop as she threw out her pizza box.
03:58Is she distraught?
03:59Because I can be very comforting.
04:00CSU's?
04:01Team's on its way.
04:02Neighbors didn't hear the shot.
04:03Uh, poor man's silencer.
04:07Must have picked it up from this pile here and then thrown it back when he was done.
04:11Resourceful.
04:11How did a clean-cut suburban guy end up this far from home, dead and thrown out with the trash?
04:22Are you ready?
04:24Here we go.
04:31I know Alexis already talked to you.
04:32I just wanted to make sure that you're really okay with having her here.
04:35I wouldn't have said yes if I wasn't.
04:37Well, yeah, but you're busy and I just don't want her to be in the way.
04:41Big Castle is the one who likes to get in the way.
04:43I'm sure Little Castle will be a pleasure.
04:45Sam Parker, age 38, lives in Connecticut with his wife, Helen, and his two kids.
04:49Wife's en route to the morgue to ID the body.
04:51We contacted the leasing office and they don't have a Sam Parker listed as a tenant.
04:54So he probably was visiting someone.
04:56Uniforms are canvassing, no hits yet.
04:58CSU's working to untangle the prints, but since it's a common room, there's probably dozens of them.
05:02However, the chute handle, doorknob, and soda bottle were all wiped clean.
05:07All right, let's go visit the wife at the morgue.
05:08Maybe she can tell us what he was doing in the city tonight.
05:10And if she doesn't know, that tells us something, too.
05:12Mm-hmm.
05:13What do you...
05:15Fresh.
05:16And hot, and hot, and hot.
05:18He doesn't make me coffee.
05:22You okay?
05:22This is never easy, no matter how much experience you have.
05:32I'm Detective Kate Beckett.
05:34I'm with the NYPD.
05:35I'm very sorry for your loss.
05:37I didn't have any idea who did this.
05:39We are doing everything we can to figure that out.
05:47Excuse me, we're in the middle of an identification.
05:50That's why she's here.
05:52And you are?
05:53I'm here to identify my husband.
05:55Oh, my God.
05:59Excuse me?
06:00Your husband?
06:03What's your relation to the victim?
06:05I'm his fiancée.
06:06I'm sorry, what did you just say?
06:09I'm his fiancée.
06:14Dude, you are so busted.
06:39I don't even know how to get the victim out of here.
06:41I'm just kidding.
06:43Is that Epic's wife?
06:46Fiancée.
06:47The wife is over there.
06:50Come again?
06:53Fiancée?
06:53Mm-hmm.
06:54Wife.
06:56Mm-hmm.
06:58Oh, boy.
06:58I know.
06:59Isn't it delicious?
07:01Okay, who do we talk to first?
07:03Mm-hmm.
07:10I know this is difficult, Miss Reed, but if we could ask you a few questions.
07:14How long did you know Mr. Parker?
07:18Parker?
07:19Sam.
07:20His name's Jake.
07:21Jake Holland.
07:22Um, according to his driver's license, it's Sam Parker.
07:29It was all a lie?
07:32Even his name?
07:35Where did the two of you meet?
07:37At work.
07:38A girlfriend of mine said that there was this great guy in her department, and did I want
07:42to meet him?
07:43And when did you two last speak?
07:45This afternoon.
07:45He called to say he was on his way back to the city.
07:48His father is in the hospital upstate.
07:50He has late-stage Alzheimer's, and Jake would drive up to see him every...
07:58I'm so stupid.
08:01He was spending the weekends with his wife.
08:06So you were intending to see him tonight?
08:10We were going to get takeout and watch a movie.
08:11A neighbor stopped me in the hallway and told me that the police had been there, but
08:16when I called, nobody could tell me anything.
08:18I guess now we know why.
08:19Because we ID'd him as Sam Parker.
08:21Somebody at the morgue confirmed that a body had been picked up at his address, so I went
08:26down there.
08:29When he proposed, I told my best friend, and she was all...
08:34We've only known him six months.
08:36But I didn't care.
08:39He was the one.
08:43How could he do this?
08:45This is insane.
08:47Who is this woman?
08:48Sam would never.
08:49He...
08:50He loved me.
08:52Our kids meant everything to him.
08:54Apparently there was more to it than just the affair, Mrs. Parker.
08:58Your husband was using a false name at his job.
09:01Well, I don't understand.
09:02Why would he do that?
09:03We're still trying to figure that out, but from what we understand, he met Miss Reed at
09:06his office.
09:08He started there about six months ago.
09:11He'd been passed over for promotion at his old firm.
09:15There are not a lot of opportunities in Green Solutions, so he took the job, even though
09:21it was in the city.
09:22Green Solutions as in environmentally conscious?
09:24He did corporate consulting, had to reduce waste, save energy.
09:30It was a passion of his.
09:32It's very commendable.
09:33Well, all that working and commuting were running him ragged, so he found a cheap sublet.
09:38It was hard, but if it all worked out, we were going to move down to the city so that
09:44we could
09:44all be together.
09:45Mrs. Parker, did you have any idea that your husband was having an affair?
09:50I know what you're thinking.
09:52Why didn't I notice the signs?
09:55We have two children together.
09:57We do not have a nanny, so every second of every minute of my day is about my kids.
10:03Then if there was an issue, I'd call Sam on his cell phone, and he would always answer.
10:10I never, never thought I'd be sitting here justifying my marriage.
10:16With the wife, it was only call my cell during the week routine.
10:20With the fiancé, you pulled out the trustee, I can't call you from the hospital act.
10:24Man, my girlfriend freaks out if I don't check in like every hour.
10:27You do check in like every hour, sometimes more.
10:31This guy had both of these women believing that they were his one and only.
10:35People believe what they want to believe.
10:37Till the dead truth said, Sam.
10:39Wait, you think one of them caught on to what Sam was doing?
10:40And didn't take too kindly when they discovered they weren't the only woman in his life.
10:44I don't know.
10:45They seem pretty shocked to me.
10:47Yeah, to me too, but we got to cover all of our bases.
10:50Both of them had soft alibis.
10:52The wife said that she was watching TV while the kids were upstairs sleeping,
10:55and the fiancé said that she was home alone, getting ready to meet him.
10:58We'll run phone and financials, see if anything pops.
11:02Could I run right?
11:05Do you think he would have gone through with it?
11:07Through with what?
11:08Marrying Sarah if he hadn't gotten killed.
11:11Well, it was a pretty big rock he put on her finger with the fake identity he had set up
11:16at the county clerk's office,
11:17and the vote of flagged him for someone who was already married.
11:19Yeah, but Sam was pretending to be Jake before he met Sarah.
11:22I don't understand the fake identity.
11:24Maybe to land the job.
11:25I understand fibbing on your resume, but changing your identity, the math doesn't quite add up for me.
11:29You know what math doesn't add up for me?
11:31Hmm?
11:31Two wives.
11:32One wife too many for you?
11:33Two wives too many.
11:35Seems like the common denominator in that equation is you.
11:44You went into the kitchen cupboard, got yourself another hour and game.
11:50Good news!
11:52News, I'm finally embracing the lecture you gave me on the importance of organic food.
11:57You made my lunch.
11:59You think I'm going to let you risk your life on the vending machines and stale donuts of the breaking
12:03food?
12:06Wow.
12:08You look so...grown up.
12:12Really?
12:13Really.
12:14Well, Graham said presentation is vital.
12:18Well...
12:19Oh, I forgot my phone.
12:24That ever happen to you with me?
12:26One day you look and you see your boy is all grown up?
12:29I was still waiting for that moment, actually.
12:32I set you up with that, didn't I?
12:36Okay, so this is the property room.
12:38It's where we keep all the items that we find at a crime scene that aren't classified as evidence.
12:44Sort of like a lost and found?
12:46Um, sort of.
12:48Why don't the victim's families claim this stuff?
12:50Well, loved ones are aware of the big ticket items, like rings and watches,
12:54but things like sunglasses and lighters, those usually go unclaimed.
12:57Are these case numbers?
13:00Exactly.
13:00So, the idea is to get rid of all of this stuff and stick it into storage,
13:04but before we do that, we have to catalog it just in case someone comes in with a claim.
13:07Okay, so you need a description of every item, along with its corresponding case number,
13:11downloaded into the database.
13:12Mm-hmm.
13:13And I know that this isn't exactly what you were thinking of when you asked to volunteer,
13:16but we're low on manpower, and this would be very helpful.
13:19Don't worry about it.
13:19This place is going to be so organized when I'm done, you won't even recognize it.
13:22I bet I won't.
13:25Detective Beckett?
13:26Huh?
13:26I know my dad can sometimes be a handful, and by sometimes, I mean all the time,
13:31but I won't let you know you don't have to worry about me.
13:33I'm about getting the job done.
13:43Beckett?
13:43Sir.
13:45Paul?
13:46Alexis?
13:47She's fine.
13:49You know, our first day of preschool, I hid outside in the bushes all day just to make sure she
13:53was all right.
13:53First time my son went to summer camp, I followed the bus all the way to the Adirondacks.
13:58You two are both either very sweet or very creepy.
14:02Super led us into Sam Parker's apartment.
14:04Jake Holland's apartment.
14:05Same guy.
14:06Yeah, just trying to keep it straight forever.
14:08Anyway, there was no signs of a struggle when Sam's bag was...
14:11Jake's bag.
14:12...was still sitting by the door from when he came home from visiting his family in Connecticut.
14:16Which explains why we found the Sam Parker wallet on when he was killed,
14:19as opposed to this one we found in his dresser.
14:22Jake Holland's wallet.
14:24It's got his driver's license with his New York address, work ID, the whole shebang.
14:29Oh, please tell me that's the whole double-sided picture frame gig.
14:32A lovely fiancé, which can easily be swapped out for the wife and kids,
14:37should they ever visit daddy in the big city.
14:39Big news is, we found this sitting on the kitchen counter.
14:42There's a voicemail you're going to want to hear.
14:44I'm not going to let you get away with this, you worthless piece of trash.
14:47If you don't call me back tonight, then my next call is to Helen.
14:50Someone caught on to Sam's double life.
14:52Ran the number.
14:53Belongs to one Charles DiPetro.
14:55DiPetro?
14:56That's his wife's maiden name.
14:57It's hyphenated on her driver's license.
14:58Mm-hmm.
14:59Charlie is Helen's brother.
15:01He found out what Sam was up to.
15:03And decided to take out the trash.
15:12Mr. DiPetro, I can understand the instinct of protection.
15:15If I had a sister and her husband was cheating on her, I'd want to set him straight, too.
15:19That's not why I left the message.
15:21Did you know that Sam was cheating on Helen?
15:23Not until she called me last night and told me he'd been killed.
15:25And what did you mean when you said, I won't let you get away with this?
15:29He owed me money.
15:32So, Sam borrowed money from you?
15:3320 Gs.
15:34He needed it to cover the mortgage.
15:36They'd already borrowed against the equity in the house.
15:38And what was the arrangement?
15:40He said he needed a couple months.
15:42When he started the new job in the city, I figured he'd be making more dough.
15:45Helen didn't know about this.
15:46He didn't want her to worry.
15:48And as long as he paid me back, I said it'd be our secret.
15:51And did he pay any of it back?
15:53Not a cent.
15:54He kept saying he was pulling in less money.
15:56I thought he was lying.
15:57And why take the job that far from home and force Helen to deal with the kids on her own?
16:02It comes out now.
16:03He wasn't doing it for his family.
16:06He wanted the freedom to cheat on my sister.
16:10Well, there's alibi checked out.
16:11He was working late when Sam Jake was shot.
16:14Any word on Parker's financials?
16:16Yeah, they were a paycheck away from defaulting on their mortgage.
16:18You know, the brother said that Sam was pulling in less money at his new job.
16:21If Sam was strapped for cash, why would he quit the job he had to take one that paid less?
16:25Didn't his wife say he was passed over for a promotion?
16:28Maybe it was a pride thing.
16:29Yeah, but you factor in the sublet, not to mention gas, that's a high price to pay for pride.
16:34Yeah, we'll never underestimate the fragility of the male ego.
16:37Oh, see, that's just a stereotype.
16:39No, that's...
16:40She's baiting us, all right?
16:42Just ignore her and she'll lose her witchy powers.
16:44You wish.
16:45All right, let's go off to Parker's office.
16:51Lose something?
16:52Um, where, where, uh, where's my broom?
16:58I was looking.
16:59Yeah.
17:01For the record, I did not.
17:04I don't know, maybe I should have seen it.
17:06His resume was almost too good to be true.
17:09Top of his class at Berkeley, Stanford Business School.
17:12He must have really needed this job to lie so bad.
17:15So there's no other reason you can think of as to why he lied?
17:18No.
17:19When you hired him, did you look into any of his references?
17:21Of course I did, Detective.
17:22I called him on myself, and I got nothing but glowing recommendations.
17:26For a guy who didn't exist.
17:27I'd like to take a look at a copy of his resume if you still have it.
17:30I'll have Human Resources email it over to you.
17:33Uh, before we go, did you know that Mr. Parker was romantically involved with one of your employees?
17:38Sarah.
17:39Yeah, she's one of my best engineers.
17:42Ever notice any drama there?
17:44Drunken fighting at an office party, that sort of thing?
17:46No, never.
17:47They actually seem like a pretty solid couple.
17:49And she must be going through hell right now.
17:54We're sorry.
17:55The number you have reached is not in service.
17:58Please check the number or try your calling.
18:00That's the last one.
18:02Every single reference he gave is suddenly out of service?
18:04When according to his boss, they're all up and running six months ago?
18:06So who's answering the dummy lines?
18:09Let's get a warrant for all these numbers.
18:10I'd like to know who they were registered to.
18:12Okay.
18:16This guy went to some pretty serious lengths to get this job.
18:19He must have amazing dental.
18:22Yo.
18:23I don't know where you got this work ethic, but it certainly was not for me.
18:28How's it going?
18:29Pretty good.
18:30The computer was a little glitchy at first, but that's because you wanted to run a software update in like
18:33two years.
18:34Plus it picked up some viruses I had to zap.
18:36I am realizing that you are way overqualified for this job.
18:40Told you she was this smarty.
18:41But I do have one question.
18:43Like you said before, most of the items here are pretty junky and meaningless.
18:46I did find this though.
18:51Well, it's a brag book.
18:52You didn't brag about your kids.
18:54I used to have one in my wallet.
18:54Now it's on my phone.
18:56Some of the pictures are really old.
18:57Like they're one of a kind.
18:59Seems like something worth returning, only it wasn't tagged or anything.
19:02Yeah, but the problem is, is without a case number, it's difficult to find out who the victim was and
19:06how to get this back to the family.
19:09Okay.
19:10So then it just goes in the storage box, right?
19:13I'll tell you what.
19:14I'll give you a list of all the detectives who possibly worked this case.
19:18Show them the pictures.
19:19Maybe it'll strike up a memory.
19:21Only don't bother them if they seem busy.
19:22You're one to talk.
19:24Thanks so much.
19:25Mm-hmm.
19:25Excuse me.
19:27Beckett.
19:28Hmm.
19:29What's this?
19:30Dad.
19:31Okay.
19:31I'll be right there.
19:34The fiance's here.
19:35She wants to talk.
19:36Have fun.
19:43I knew she looked familiar at the morgue, but I couldn't place it at first.
19:46So you're saying that last night wasn't the first time you had seen Helen Parker?
19:50Well, there was something about her face.
19:52And then it hit me.
19:53I had seen her in front of Jake's apartment a couple weeks ago.
19:55Was she leaving the building?
19:57No, she was sitting in her car across the street.
20:00And you're sure it was Helen Parker?
20:01I'm sure of it now.
20:03Positive identification from all the way across the street in a car?
20:06I made a note of it because the way she was staring at me was creepy.
20:10Like she was sizing me up.
20:13Miss Reed, the past 24 hours have been overwhelming, to say the least.
20:18It's not uncommon for witnesses' memories to be confused after a traumatic event.
20:23We just need to be absolutely sure.
20:24Look, I know what I saw.
20:27She was sitting in a silver hybrid, staring at the front of the building.
20:31And did you tell your fiancé about this?
20:33No, at the time I just dismissed it.
20:35But now, it makes me wonder if I'm the only person in the whole situation who didn't know what was
20:41really going on.
20:50Silver hybrid.
20:51I guess Helen didn't know about her husband's affair.
20:54That would be a pretty strong motive.
20:58You came all this way because she told you some crazy story about me being parked outside the apartment.
21:03Miss Parker, we have to take every lead seriously.
21:06Did you ever think that maybe she made this up to take the attention off of herself?
21:11She was specific about your car.
21:13Silver hybrid, that's like saying somebody was wearing black shoes.
21:17That still doesn't answer the question.
21:21No.
21:24In the six months Sam had the apartment, I never went there.
21:28You never popped down just once for a date night?
21:30I mean, Connecticut's not that far a drive.
21:33Well, when you have two children under the age of 10,
21:36hopping down for date night midweek is nearly impossible.
21:41See, he only came home every weekend, and I would see him then.
21:46Okay, well, we just needed to check.
21:48It's possible that Miss Reed was mistaken.
21:50Did it ever occur to you that maybe she was the one that knew he was lying?
21:55We're considering every scenario.
21:57We got a lot of hang-ups last month.
21:59Do you think that's a coincidence?
22:00Did you tell Sam about it?
22:02I did.
22:02He said it was telemarketers, but it was her.
22:06How can you be sure?
22:07I know she has our phone number.
22:09She's called since Sam was killed.
22:11Sarah called you?
22:12She called about the funeral details.
22:14Can you believe that?
22:15If she thinks she's going to show her face her, she's sadly mistaken.
22:18Was that the only time you heard from Sarah?
22:20No, she called this morning and left some ridiculous message
22:23about getting things back from Sam that she had given him,
22:26and then on and on about some pen that had been her grandfather's.
22:28Listen, we were married for ten years and eight months.
22:34If she thinks that her six-month affair can hold a candle to that,
22:39I'm not giving her anything.
22:42That was a long drive.
22:44I can see why you got the apartment in the city.
22:47So, I did some background on Parker's job situation.
22:51Turns out that his old employer, Connecticut Solutions,
22:53has been circling the drain.
22:55Over the last couple of years,
22:56they've lost half their market share to his new employer, New York Recycle.
23:00Sounds like Sam was abandoning a sinking ship.
23:02To join the winning team.
23:04Supposedly, New York Recycle came up with some new technology
23:06that turned out to be a game-changer.
23:08Apparently, these two CEOs have been major rivals from day one.
23:11Like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.
23:13Kobe and LeBron.
23:15Jolie and Aniston.
23:16We get the picture.
23:17Rivals.
23:18Yes.
23:18My point was, maybe that's why Sam faked his resume.
23:21He didn't think that New York Recycle would hire him
23:23if they knew he was from Connecticut Solutions.
23:25Well, that makes sense.
23:28You're kidding me.
23:31You've been very helpful.
23:33Hey, the warrants just came through on the numbers on Sam's resume.
23:36His reference is phone numbers.
23:37They're all billed and registered to Connecticut Solutions, his old firm.
23:41Okay, why would they set up dummy phone lines
23:43and give phony recommendations?
23:45They wanted Sam to get hired.
23:47He wasn't passed over for promotion.
23:49He was planted at New York Recycle as a corporate spy.
24:02I'm sorry.
24:03I'm just trying to get my head around this idea.
24:06I mean, this is the guy who organized the potato sack race at the Labor Day picnic.
24:10Well, there's considerable circumstantial evidence
24:12that he was planted here by his former employer.
24:15We just don't have the proof yet.
24:16Well, obviously, no one wants to get to the bottom of this more than I do.
24:20So you'll have our complete cooperation.
24:21Well, what do you think Connecticut Solutions was after?
24:24Well, it's our battery recycling technology.
24:26I'm sure you both know you're not supposed to dump your batteries in with your trash.
24:29Now, batteries need to be disposed of properly,
24:31or else the acids and the heavy metals will leach out into...
24:34And get into the water table.
24:35Exactly, yes.
24:37The problem is storing battery sludge can be quite expensive.
24:40But we figured out a way to actually recycle this stuff.
24:42So when you bid on a contract to haul away old batteries, you can do it cheaper.
24:46Which is why Connecticut Solutions lost half of its market share to you.
24:50Bottom line is they can't compete.
24:51Was Sarah Reed on the team of engineers that developed that technology?
24:55Yeah, that's right.
24:56That's probably why Sam Parker went out of his way to Romancer for access.
24:59It's pretty smart.
25:00Pardon me, but don't you mean despicable?
25:02The two aren't mutually exclusive.
25:04Would you mind if our forensic IT team took a look at Sarah's computer and Sam's, Jake's, as well?
25:09They should be able to tell us whether your security was compromised
25:11and whether he got a hold of anything proprietary.
25:13Anything we can do to help.
25:15Okay, thanks.
25:16Forensic IT has taken possession of Sarah and Sam's computers.
25:19You know, there's a lot of corporate secrets I can see sending us by to steal,
25:22but all the skulking around for some battery sludge?
25:24Well, like the man said, it's a business, like any other.
25:28But whoever runs Connecticut Solutions is going to have a hell of a lot of explaining to do.
25:34Is it true?
25:37Ms. Reed?
25:38What they're saying, is it true?
25:41Look, I can't go into details, but there's evidence that Jake was trying to steal information.
25:47And it was all an act?
25:50No, that doesn't mean he didn't care about you.
25:54That's exactly what it means.
25:56He never loved me.
25:58He was just using me the whole time.
26:06This guy was good.
26:07He was running a secret email client from inside a hidden partition in his hard drive.
26:11English from my partner here.
26:14He set things up so that he could send emails outside the company network
26:17in case anyone ever came snooping.
26:19What kind of emails?
26:20I speak computer.
26:22This, however, looks like chemistry.
26:26Was he communicating with anyone in particular?
26:28Yeah.
26:29All these emails were to the same guy.
26:32aberman at con-soul.net.
26:37Andy Berman.
26:38He's the CEO of Connecticut Solutions.
26:40He must have been who Sam was reporting to.
26:42They exchanged a bunch of emails a couple months ago.
26:44Then nothing to the night Sam was killed.
26:46And what'd that one say?
26:47Call me.
26:48We need to talk.
26:51Okay, yes, it's true.
26:52Sam emailed me the other night and I called him.
26:54From a pay phone?
26:55At a gas station near my house.
26:57Very cloak and dagger of you.
26:59He said he needed to meet me in the city.
27:00He said he finally figured out how New York Recycle was pulling it off.
27:04So you admit that you planted him there to steal their battery technology?
27:07They've been underbidding us left and right.
27:09Stealing our business.
27:11Getting our hands on their recycling method was a way to level the playing field.
27:14They weren't going to share it.
27:15So I offered Sam a million dollar payday if he could get a hold of it.
27:20And when he called and said he completed his mission, you rushed right over?
27:24The thing about Sam is he and I had been down this road before.
27:28What do you mean?
27:29He told you he'd found it before?
27:31I wasted hundreds of thousands on research and development with the stuff he brought me.
27:35The chemical formulas were never complete.
27:38So when my engineers tried to fill in the blanks and test them, we failed every time.
27:41Finally, we ran out of money.
27:43So a couple of months ago, I had to cut Sam loose.
27:46If Sam wasn't working for you, what was he calling about?
27:49He said he needed to show me something.
27:51What?
27:51I don't know.
27:52I drove into the city to meet him at his apartment.
27:55But as I pulled up, there were cops all over the entrance.
27:58I got a bad feeling about it.
27:59So I turned around and I drove home.
28:03That's a very interesting story, Mr. Berman.
28:05But I have a different ending.
28:08One where you went upstairs to Sam's apartment and he told you that he finally found the real thing.
28:14You said so yourself.
28:16Your company didn't have the million dollars to pay him.
28:19So you did the one thing that you could.
28:24You killed him and you stole it in a desperate attempt to save your sinking company.
28:32I would like to call my lawyer now, please.
28:36It was pretty cool, the way you filled in the story there.
28:38I think I must be rubbing off on you.
28:41That sounded dirtier than I meant it.
28:42Yo, Beckett.
28:44Dispatch just got a call out of Connecticut.
28:46New Haven PD have two women involved in an altercation.
28:49Speaking of dirty.
28:50And the ladies in question are asking for you before they're taken in for booking.
28:54For me?
28:54Why?
28:57Oh, no.
28:58Oh, yes.
28:59They're holding Helen Parker for assault and Sarah Reed for trespassing.
29:02A wife and fiancée cat fight.
29:04Please tell me we can stop for popcorn on the way.
29:07Yes.
29:16Miss Reed was trespassing in the detached office.
29:19When Mrs. Parker confronted her, an altercation ensued.
29:22She tried to rip my purse off my arm.
29:24Almost dislocated my shoulder.
29:25Miss Reed, what were you doing in the Parker's office?
29:28She wouldn't give me back my pen.
29:30Your pen?
29:30My grandfather's fountain pen.
29:33I gave it to Jake.
29:33Sam!
29:34His name was Sam!
29:35I gave it to him before I knew he was a lying sack.
29:38And she wouldn't give it back to me.
29:39I looked for it in the office.
29:41There was nothing there.
29:42I have no idea what she's talking about.
29:43Oh, really?
29:44Oh.
29:45Well, then what do you call this?
29:48That was in the office.
29:49Yes.
29:49It was right there in the drawer.
29:51How she could have missed it.
29:52I don't know.
29:52Unless, of course, she was lying and never bothered to look.
29:54Miss Reed, I understand how you're feeling.
29:55But breaking into someone's home is...
29:57No, this is my grandfather's pen.
29:59I never would have given it to Jake if I had known.
30:01Ladies, I'm wondering if maybe we can put this whole nasty episode behind us.
30:06She broke into my house.
30:07God knows what else she stole.
30:09Do you mind if I take a look at the purse?
30:11Not at all.
30:22Happy now?
30:23Is everyone okay?
30:24Can we all just walk away?
30:29If I ever catch your face around me...
30:30For crying out loud, give it a rest.
30:31No wonder the guy had an ulcer.
30:32I would, too, if I was married to you.
30:34An ulcer?
30:34What are you talking about, you crazy loser?
30:36Look!
30:37Look!
30:37Hello?
30:37It broke into my house.
30:38Look!
30:39Look!
30:41I understand that you're both angry and feeling betrayed, but taking it out on each other
30:46isn't going to help.
30:47So you can both press charges and make a bad thing worse, or you can calm down and walk away.
30:54Option number two is a limited-time offer.
31:05Oh, love you.
31:07See ya.
31:16Please tell me you did not sleep in the break room again.
31:19I went home.
31:20Just couldn't stop thinking about that cat fight last night.
31:22Oh, would you think less of me if I said me too?
31:26I kept thinking that that was a long way for Sarah to go, just to pick up that pen.
31:30And that whole thing with the ulcers was...
31:32Oh, I know.
31:32That was a great desperate housewives moment, the way Sarah just rubbed Helen's face in
31:36it.
31:37The thing is, there's nothing about an ulcer in Lainey's autopsy report.
31:41Sam had a clean bill of health.
31:43And what was Sarah talking about?
31:44The boys are looking into it right now.
31:46But, according to Sam's date book, he had doctor's appointments every Tuesday for the
31:51last three weeks.
31:52Well, if he was being a hypochondriac about it, they would have told him right away he
31:55didn't have an ulcer.
31:56So what was he doing every Tuesday at 1 p.m.?
31:58Another woman?
31:59So, the doctor's office has no patient records for Sam, Parker, or Jake Howard.
32:04Car service Sam was using confirmed that he gave the doctor's office as his destination
32:08when he was scheduling the cars.
32:10Oh, thanks, Elise.
32:10But I talked to the drivers.
32:13Sam changed the destination once they picked him up.
32:16First week, he headed out to this residential address out in Long Island.
32:20Then next week, he drove out to New York Recycles Processing Plant up in Paramus.
32:24And then last week, he hit the port out in Newark.
32:27Sam wouldn't have wanted Sarah to get on to his 007 routine.
32:30So maybe he was slipping away to do his spying.
32:32That's some house in Long Island.
32:34So, another woman.
32:35She and Sam were taking long romantic walks at Port Newark.
32:39Why you gotta ruin the dream?
32:41Listen, Sam was changing his destination last minute with the car service
32:44because he was trying to hide something.
32:45So, let's look in the addresses and see why he felt the need to give Sarah a cover story.
33:04State law requires a 10-minute break every five hours.
33:08Thanks, Dad.
33:09I needed this.
33:10So, how goes your property room sleuthing?
33:12Not amazing.
33:13Oh, no.
33:14What happened to that list of detectives Becky gave you?
33:17I had to set my last dead end.
33:19Well, what's important is that you tried.
33:22I know.
33:23I just really wanted to get those pictures back to the victim's family.
33:28I mean, I'd want them if they were pictures that you'd carry it around.
33:33If you are imagining a scenario where I am no longer here and watching over your every
33:38move and protecting you from every danger, I can assure you that will never happen.
33:44I'm just saying I think it's important.
33:47No, you're right.
33:48But remember, there's a reason why a lot of this stuff goes unclaimed.
33:51I guess I just need to focus on cataloging for the rest of my time here.
33:55And before you know it, you'll be retired from law enforcement and back in the 11th grade.
34:01Thanks, Dad.
34:03For what?
34:04You're welcome.
34:04You just gave me a new leap.
34:08So I'll finish your cocoa.
34:12Two relationships.
34:13Can you imagine the stress of trying to pull that off?
34:18Yes.
34:21From a literary point of view.
34:24Hey, what'd you guys find?
34:25Well, we canvassed using a picture.
34:27We came up with a longshoreman in Port Newark who remembered Sam.
34:30Apparently he'd been asking about shipping manifests.
34:32Sounds random.
34:33The longshoreman couldn't help him, so Sam moved on.
34:35What about the address from the first Tuesday?
34:37Oh, here's where it gets good.
34:38The Long Island address is the residence of a single mother, Laura Branston, and her six-year-old daughter.
34:43I told you, it was another woman.
34:45Our love triangle just became a love square.
34:47Nope, still a triangle.
34:49Different name, but that's...
34:51A fiancée.
34:53Sarah Reed.
34:55Well, it looks like Sam wasn't the only one hiding his identity.
35:07The engagement, the relationship, we know they were all fake.
35:12Love is a hard thing to disprove, Detective Beckett.
35:14This is a copy of your real driver's license, and this is your social security card.
35:21And this is the employment record from New York Recycle, under an assumed identity.
35:28Nothing like a fresh start.
35:29We did a little digging.
35:31Turns out New York Recycle isn't the first company you've worked for under a new identity.
35:35Our girl's got to make a living.
35:38Here's what I'm thinking.
35:40Lance Carlberg figured out that Sam was a spy.
35:43He contacted you, an expert in corporate espionage, and asked you to intercept him.
35:48I was just doing my job.
35:50Leading a man on isn't a crime, is it, Detective?
35:53Should be.
35:54I'm not looking into the leading on part.
35:55I'm looking into a murder, and you had access to Sam's apartment, and you were hired to take care of
36:00him.
36:00I was hired to get in his way.
36:02It was supposed to look like I had access to classified information, so when I struck up a flirtation,
36:06he thought the relationship would give him the access he needed.
36:09Once you had the relationship, what was the plan?
36:12I just had to leave my laptop lying around his apartment once or twice.
36:15My key card ended up in his laundry one weekend.
36:18Men think they're smart.
36:19The trick is to keep letting them think it.
36:24Um, so what was on the computer?
36:26Lance was feeding Sam these partial chemical formulas.
36:29He thought it would keep Connecticut solutions going in circles.
36:32Why not just fire him?
36:33Why not kill two birds with one stone, keep the enemy close, and run Connecticut into the ground?
36:38And what makes you think that Sam was falling for your routine?
36:42Well, I wondered at first, because he wouldn't sleep with me, and then I realized that he was being faithful
36:46to his wife,
36:47so I pretended to buy his whole I'm old-fashioned thing.
36:52He thought he was playing me.
36:54He was.
36:56This is Sam's autopsy report.
36:58Hmm.
37:00Sam didn't have an ulcer.
37:02He was seeing a doctor for it.
37:03No, that was just a story.
37:05He made you.
37:06No way.
37:07I would have been able to tell.
37:09Oh, I hate to burst this little alias bubble you got going on, but Sam found your house in Long
37:14Island.
37:15He knew you were more than just a flirty engineer.
37:18He played along not to arouse suspicion, but I think you already knew that.
37:22You knew that he made you and that he found the secret method, and that's why you killed him.
37:30I think that sounds like a great spy versus spy story, but there is one problem.
37:37The night Sam was killed, I was at my daughter's recital, and there's about 20 other parents that can vouch
37:40for that.
37:44I like her for the murder.
37:47See that crazy look in her eye?
37:48That's crazy killer look.
37:50Yo, Sarah's alibi checks out.
37:53Dance teacher puts her in the front row at the time of the murder.
37:55She's still got crazy eyes.
37:57He never loved her, she never loved him, and they both thought that they were playing each other.
38:00Which still doesn't explain he killed him.
38:02We're missing something.
38:03The pen.
38:05If Sarah's relationship with Sam was a fake...
38:07Then why did she give him her grandfather's special pen?
38:10And what was Sarah really looking for in Sam's office last night?
38:16Nothing.
38:17This doesn't make any sense.
38:19We went through Sarah's purse.
38:20If there was something in it, we would have found it.
38:28Castle, what are you doing?
38:29I'm writing the scene.
38:32Let's say Sarah found what it was she was looking for.
38:35She had it in her hand.
38:38That's when she would have heard Helen coming out of the house.
38:40She would have had to have gotten rid of whatever it was that she found.
38:44Great.
38:46You want to write the part where we find it?
38:48So Helen would never know.
38:54Ah!
38:55What do you know?
39:02Power mode is still on.
39:09We're going to need some tape.
39:12These are the pics that our Vic took while we were supposedly at the doctor.
39:15According to New York Recycle, they shipped their battery sludge up to the recycling plant in Paramus.
39:20You don't need a boat to get to Paramus.
39:21Secret method, my ass.
39:23They weren't processing it.
39:24They were switching labels and dumping it.
39:31That Sam was quite the Aaron Brockovich, wasn't he?
39:34There was no secret method to battery recycling.
39:37You shipped the sludge out on cargo barges and dumped it in the ocean.
39:40The money you saved on storage and processing, you just put in your own pocket instead.
39:44Listen, I know my rights.
39:46And I don't have to say anything.
39:50You sold a bill of goods to your customers.
39:52You promised them that they were going to help save the world.
39:56Instead, you poisoned it for money.
39:58What happened, Kornberg?
40:00Sam confront you?
40:02Threaten to ruin you?
40:03I didn't kill anyone.
40:05And you?
40:07You have no proof.
40:09Actually, I do.
40:19We ran ballistics.
40:21It's a match.
40:23We found it in the dumpster outside your apartment building.
40:25Had you recycled, you might have gotten away with it.
40:33The night that your husband was murdered, he went back to his office to grab the last
40:36few pieces of evidence he had collected.
40:38And by then, Kornberg had already become suspicious.
40:42When he realized that your husband was contacting his old boss for help in exposing his company,
40:46Kornberg attempted to buy his silence.
40:49But Sam wouldn't accept the bribe.
40:51Of course not.
40:53Not Sam.
40:54You said that the environment was the most important thing to your husband.
40:57Well, he died trying to save it, and we thought that you should know that.
41:10Hey.
41:10Hey.
41:11Check it out.
41:14The EPA is shutting down New York Recycle.
41:21Beckett.
41:24Anna Knowles?
41:25No, I don't know any Anna Knowles.
41:26I do.
41:28Uh, yeah.
41:29Send her up.
41:30So who's Anna Knowles?
41:32The pictures I found belong to her mother.
41:34Really?
41:35How'd you track them down?
41:37It was something you said, Dad.
41:38About me retiring from law enforcement.
41:39It got me thinking, what if the officer who had originally worked the case had since retired?
41:46Nice work.
41:47I'm very impressed you were able to close this case.
41:51I mean, I know it's not like the important stuff you do, but I...
41:54You know when a person loses someone?
41:57This is important.
42:03I bet that's her.
42:08You know, maybe you should talk to her.
42:19Strangers together, your hand in mine.
42:29She's a chip off the old block, isn't she?
42:32Let's just say that you never found out
42:36Who it was she never found in me
42:41She's a chip off the old block, isn't she?
42:42Yeah.
42:42Yeah.
42:44Yeah.
42:44Yeah.
42:44Yeah.
42:44To be continued...
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