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Castle Season 2 Episode 13

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00:00I'm the kind that pays better. Who am I?
00:02I'm Rick Castle.
00:03Castle. Castle.
00:04I really am ruggedly handsome, aren't I?
00:06Every writer needs inspiration, and I've found mine.
00:09Detective Kate Beckett. Beckett. Beckett. Nicky Heath.
00:12The character he's basing on you.
00:13And thanks to my friendship with the mayor, I get to be on her case.
00:16I'd be happy to let you spank me.
00:18And together we catch killers.
00:19Make a pretty good team, you know, like Starsky and Hutch.
00:22Turner and Hooch.
00:23You do remind me a little of Hooch.
00:30CESTERS
00:30The St. Louis of the Week
00:31The St. Louis of the Week
00:31The St. Louis of the Week
00:35The St. Louis of the Week
00:48The St. Louis of the Week
00:54Meet the late Jack Coonan.
00:56Why is that name familiar?
00:57Because it probably crossed over all our desks a dozen times in the last few years.
01:01Aggravated assault, ADW, arson.
01:04Coonan had a heavy rep. Word is he's an enforcer for the Westies.
01:07Okay, remind me who are the Westies again.
01:10Irish Mafia out of Hell's Kitchen.
01:12They deal in cargo theft, counterfeiting, extortion.
01:15And public urination on St. Patrick's Day.
01:17Our boy Coonan also had a home security system. 12-gauge hollow point.
01:22That thing could stop a Kodiak in Kevlar. Who did he think was coming through the door?
01:26Well, whoever it was, left him leaking from about 30 holes that don't normally appear in a healthy 35-year
01:32-old male.
01:33Nine millimeter sig still in his waistband.
01:35Didn't even have time to pull it out.
01:36This guy was armed and ready. Whoever got him was very, very good.
01:41Ninja assassin.
01:42Ninja assassin? Isn't that kind of redundant?
01:45Aren't all ninjas by definition assassins?
01:47Fine. Webster and Roger are ninja. Assassination implied by definition.
01:52Scales the building, slips in through this window, and then hides himself, I don't know,
01:55I don't know about it.
01:56Hey, look at this. Our victim is a Johnny Vong fan.
02:00Someone actually bought those tapes?
02:03Who's Johnny Vong? Come on, you're kidding me.
02:05Every insomniac in New York knows who Johnny Vong is. His infomercial runs all night.
02:09Most people think you gotta have money to make money, but that's not true.
02:13Look at me. When I come to this country, I come with nothing.
02:17I come on boat. And now, I own a boat.
02:21Your friends might tell you.
02:22I'm sorry. Do you guys mind if we finish dealing with the dead guy on the carpet?
02:29Beckett. Cell phone.
02:30Looks like it took a direct hit from the knife.
02:32Have Tuck fold the SIM card. I want to know who Coonan was talking to before he died.
02:37Ryan?
02:38Yeah.
02:45Did, uh, did my brother suffer?
02:51Yes.
02:57Thank you for your honesty. I guess you could have lied to me.
03:01No, I couldn't. I've been on your side of the table, and when I was, what I needed most was
03:06the truth.
03:07I, uh, I built schools in Afghanistan.
03:12I don't give kids over there a fighting chance.
03:14I get all this recognition, and here's my big brother Jackie,
03:18the guy who taught me to fight for the little guy.
03:22What does he get?
03:24Worse than he deserved.
03:26I make no excuses for the things my brother did, but growing up, we were on our own a lot.
03:31Jackie was the toughest kid on the block.
03:33That's what first brought him to Rourke's attention.
03:36Finn Rourke?
03:37Hmm.
03:39He runs the Westies.
03:41What did he actually do for Finn?
03:43Jackie never said.
03:46But whatever it was, pretty sure I got him killed.
03:58Castle.
04:00These Westies can be pretty rough.
04:03So you sure you don't want to stay in the car?
04:05No way.
04:07Okay.
04:07Keep your mouth shut and try to butch up a little.
04:20I'm looking for Finn Rourke.
04:22Is that right?
04:25Well, as far as I'm concerned, you and your wife there can keep looking.
04:34This is the part where I tell you that one phone call from me and the Department of Health will
04:39be down here.
04:40You'll be shut down for 30 days, I guarantee it.
04:43Do you really want to do that to your boss?
04:45It's not like I'm asking you to cough up.
04:50Come on now.
04:51Can't hear the game.
04:52Tommy, point for the pretty boy, huh?
04:55Saddle his stomach.
05:03Mr. Rourke, I'm Detective Kate Beckett.
05:05I'm here about Jack Coonan.
05:09And so you are.
05:12When did you last see Jack Coonan?
05:14I don't remember.
05:16In fact, none of us remember.
05:20And I think you'll find the Department of Health take a very liberal attitude to my establishment.
05:27And this is the part where I tell you to pound sand, detective.
05:44Step away.
05:50Are you okay?
05:52Me?
05:55Ah, no, I'm good.
06:01Mario Mendoza, also known as Trucho.
06:04You did four years upstate for distribution in Queens, and you just got off of parole.
06:09Congratulations.
06:10I've got a dead Westie on my hands, and it looked like you were about to join.
06:14So, you want to tell me what you were doing in Finn Rourke's back room?
06:18Can I be real with you?
06:20Oh, please do.
06:21I had too much to drink, and I accidentally fell.
06:24You fell?
06:25I fell.
06:26Well, then how'd you get that mouse on your eye?
06:27I ran into the wall.
06:30How'd you burn your hand?
06:32After I ran into the wall, and I fell, I put my hand out on the grill just to break
06:38my fall.
06:41Well, thanks for keeping it real.
06:43Look, I get it, the whole street code thing and all, but in my experience, Mario, guys like you end
06:49up catching another case sooner or later, and when you do, wouldn't you like to have a detective on your
06:53side?
06:56No, thanks.
06:58I'm good.
07:02Oh.
07:05He was my collar from back in the day.
07:07Guy ran dope for the Latin Kings.
07:09Latin Kings?
07:10It's a violent street gang.
07:11They mostly peddle girls and drugs.
07:13Yeah, Chucho's their blade man.
07:15Real handy with the knife.
07:16We never popped him for murder, but I met plenty of folks with fingers missing.
07:20So was there bad blood between them?
07:22Yeah, they're like the Hatfields and McCoys of Hell's Kitchen.
07:25So the Westies figure that the Latin Kings killed Kunin, and they snatch their blade guy and bring him in
07:29for a little enhanced interrogation.
07:31Which no one wants to admit to.
07:32Uh-huh.
07:33In my experience, if Finn went all get more on him, it was for a reason.
07:36You got a Westie with holes in him, Chucho's probably your guy.
07:40He's right.
07:41We found Chucho's vehicle in an alley behind a little bodega in Rico Park.
07:44It's a big dope spot.
07:45And he left his little letter opener tucked behind the driver's side sun visor.
07:54That's not it.
07:57You didn't even look.
07:58Sure I did.
07:59It's a stiletto, four-inch Damascus blade, and it's way too small to make these wounds.
08:03Well, maybe he used a different knife.
08:06Just how tall is this Chucho?
08:08He's, um, five-six.
08:11Standing on his toes.
08:12And he's not your guy.
08:14Thrust angle on these wounds indicate Kunin's killer was over six foot.
08:18Well, maybe instead of using a stiletto, he was wearing stilettos.
08:23Excuse me.
08:26Beckett.
08:29Hey.
08:30Hey.
08:31You okay?
08:32Yeah, thanks.
08:33I'm fine.
08:38Tech's got some hits off of Kunin's phone.
08:40Maybe they can shed some light.
08:41Thank you, Lainey.
08:42Mm-hmm.
08:48The last call that Kunin made was to a New York landline.
08:51Because of the damage to the sim, it's missing the last two digits of the phone number.
08:55Well, that's 99 possibilities.
08:57We better get dialing, Ryan.
08:58I'm looking at you.
08:58Well, no, the numbers are off from the same phone tree.
09:00Here's where it gets interesting.
09:02They all trace back to the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
09:06What's an Irish street thug doing talking to the FBI?
09:18My program is idiot-proof.
09:20Look at me.
09:21I never went to college.
09:23You're back.
09:23The FBI agent is here.
09:27Wasn't that DVD supposed to be booked in as possible evidence?
09:30Uh, yeah, but, you know, I thought there might be something.
09:33Put it back.
09:35Okay.
09:36I appreciate your coming down, Agent Forrest.
09:39Most of your FBI colleagues would expect the locals to come to them.
09:42Most of my colleagues worry about hair products and press conferences when they should be out catching bad men.
09:47I take it you're not from around these parts?
09:49No, sir.
09:50I'm not.
09:51But for my many sins, the Bureau has transferred me here to New York.
09:55How did you come into contact with Jack Kunin?
09:58He reached out to us about a week ago.
09:59And you signed him on as an informant?
10:01Nope.
10:03Why not?
10:03Because all there were were overtures.
10:05And I wasn't about to trade the family cow for a bunch of magic bands.
10:09You didn't trust him?
10:10When a case like Kunin reaches out to the Bureau, it's usually because he crossed his bosses.
10:14And he's hard up to trade them into the Bureau for a quick trip into the waiting arms of Witsack.
10:19Who was Kunin offering up?
10:21Never found out.
10:22Well, whoever it was must have gotten wind of it.
10:24And then killed Kunin before he had a chance to deliver them to the FBI.
10:27The Westies are a bit like the rogue state of Iran and the great state of Texas.
10:33They're not too shy in handing out the death penalty.
10:36And talking to the FBI is definitely a capital offense.
10:39We need to talk to Finn Rourke again.
10:42An angel visited Jackie's home two nights ago.
10:48Same angelus took the pharaoh's firstborn.
10:52Now I know so many think you don't know the angel of death.
10:57But trust me, Lance.
10:58He knows you.
11:02So, here's to darling Jackie.
11:04Huh?
11:05He's up in heaven now.
11:07You can be sure he broke in when he was in Vespers.
11:22Come to honor the dead, I hope.
11:25If not, I'll thank you to move my way out of this place.
11:28You're lying.
11:30You know exactly what happened to Jack Kunin.
11:34That once over that you gave Trucha was just a piece of theater to throw them all off, just like
11:39a eulogy.
11:41Now you be careful, detective.
11:42Or else what?
11:44You'll kill me just like you killed Kunin after he went to the feds about you?
11:48Enough!
11:50I'll not have you slandering like this.
11:53Not tonight.
11:54I got it straight from the FBI.
11:57Jack reached out to them just before he died.
12:02He turned on you, didn't he?
12:04You don't know what you're talking about, Boyle.
12:07Jackie Kunin was loyal to his last breath.
12:10He died in a state of grace.
12:13Even if what you say is true, you can be sure Jackie wasn't talking to the Gs about any of
12:18us.
12:18How can you be so sure?
12:25You've heard of me.
12:27You've heard I'm a gangster.
12:29And a thief.
12:31Surely.
12:33You've heard I killed men.
12:36Would you answer me this, detective?
12:38Have you ever heard Finn Rourke running drugs?
12:43Someone was bringing it in here, into my neighborhood, my backyard.
12:47I sent Jackie to find the bastards behind it, find them, and punish them according to our rules.
12:57Only they punished him instead.
12:59Only they punished him instead.
13:01Oh, yeah.
13:03That's it, it's...
13:08Now, if you've probable cause, I suggest you arrest me now.
13:13If not, I'll remind you, this is a private party.
13:17And I'll thank you to get the hell out of my place!
13:29Another.
13:41Give her a minute, Castle. She can't just follow us out. It'd be too obvious.
13:45You noticed her?
13:46I'm a homicide detective. There's one thing I know how to spot. It's a lady looking to unburden herself.
13:55She's looking for us.
13:57No, no, no. Don't honk deep throat. You'll spook her.
14:09Hi, I'm Molly.
14:10Hi Molly, I'm Kate. Can we maybe give you a lift somewhere?
14:14Anywhere but here.
14:18Of course I knew Jack's reputation. It's part of what attracted me to him.
14:27What? You telling me you never had a thing for bad boys, Kate?
14:30No comment.
14:32So Jack never mentioned going to the FBI?
14:34Jack never discussed business. But I knew he wanted out.
14:39We talked about going somewhere far away. Last week, Jack warned me he might get there first.
14:47Jack saw this coming?
14:48We spent every night together. He couldn't get to sleep without me next to him. But last week, he wouldn't
14:56even let me come over. Anybody but Jack. And I'd have thought he had something going on the side.
15:01That never crossed your mind?
15:27That never crossed your mind?
15:31TSA tore most of them out. But a few terminals still have them. And this one is the closest to
15:37Coonan's apartment.
15:38Wait, wait, no, no, no. Don't do that.
15:39What?
15:40Well, once you open it, then we'll know.
15:41Could be an alien corpse in there. Ark of the Covenant. Or Johnny Vong DVDs.
15:48You gotta be kidding me. This is what Coonan wanted to give to the feds?
15:51Hold on.
15:55No.
15:59This is.
16:09Heroine.
16:10That was so cool just now.
16:12You like that?
16:13Yeah, it was very Mammy Vice.
16:18Coonan wasn't going to the feds to rat out his Westie pals. He was looking to rat out the drug
16:22dealer Finn Rourke sent him to find.
16:25Well, the dealer flips the script, knifes Coonan before he can close the deal with the feds.
16:29So then we find the dealer, and we find the killer.
16:31These boxes say the DVDs were packaged in Hong Kong. Someone must be slipping the heroin in before they shipped.
16:36Which means someone on this end had to know which boxes contained the drugs.
16:39And which boxes contained the secret path to financial independence.
16:44What?
16:45It had to be someone in Johnny Vong's organization.
16:50Yeah!
16:52I don't care if you're a busboy.
16:54I don't care if you wear the green apron and serve fancy coffee to a jerk talking on his Bluetooth.
17:00I was like you once.
17:02Then, I discovered the one secret that changed my whole life.
17:06Who out there is ready?
17:08This place reminds me of my second wedding.
17:12Yeah!
17:15Who is ready to close escrow on a new life?
17:19Come on!
17:20Yeah!
17:22Don't even think about taking them off.
17:24If you do, I will pepper spray you.
17:25You're our winner!
17:29Mr. Vong?
17:30Thank you!
17:31Mr. Vong, I'm Detective Kate Beckett with the NYPD. I'd like to ask you a few questions.
17:36Sure, sure, sure.
17:37We believe that one of your employees was smuggling heroin into the country using your supply chain.
17:43Smuggle what?
17:43Smack.
17:45Would you mind if we looked in here?
17:47What?
17:47What?
17:49What?
17:51Ah!
17:51Ah!
17:52Oh, ooh.
17:54Heroin trafficking.
17:55That's good for a 10-year prison bid.
17:58So, I don't blame you for running.
17:59This is all a big mistake.
18:01I never do drugs.
18:04Drugs are for losers.
18:05I'm a businessman.
18:06I try to help people achieve their goals.
18:09So long as their goals are to blow 300 bucks on your bogus real estate system.
18:12No.
18:13Listen.
18:13I offer you 30-day money-back guarantee.
18:16If you don't start building wealth by then, I'll refund all your money.
18:19No questions asked.
18:20Could I make that offer if this was some kind of scam?
18:23I'm at the point.
18:24Shut up.
18:25You don't think you...
18:26No.
18:27Look.
18:27Here's the deal.
18:29I'm not a dope cop.
18:31I'm a homicide detective.
18:32So usually, I don't even bother with your sort of an operation.
18:35But my problem, and yours, is the fact that you had Jack Coonan killed in order to hide your heroin
18:41smuggling.
18:42Wait.
18:42Jack Coonan's dead?
18:44Whoa.
18:45Careful there, Johnny.
18:46Your accent's starting to fade a little.
18:48Look.
18:50I didn't come over on a boat.
18:52Okay?
18:52I've never even been to Laos.
18:53I'm from Danville, California.
18:55And this whole Johnny Vong thing?
18:57No one wants to buy a real estate system from a Harvard MBA.
19:00I'm gonna show them an idiot with a Rolls Royce and they'll knock down doors.
19:03So I played Johnny Vong.
19:04I hope people want all that Horatio Alger crap, so that's what I give him.
19:08All that and heroin.
19:09How exactly did you know Jack Coonan?
19:11Look.
19:12Whatever you think you know, I promise you, I didn't kill Coonan.
19:17You have to believe me.
19:18Do I?
19:19Nothing about you is real.
19:21No.
19:26I needed money to take the program national.
19:29He needed a way to get product into the country.
19:32Stupid, but once you make a deal with the devil, you belong to him.
19:37Who do you belong to?
19:38Who are you working for?
19:39He'll kill me.
19:40I can protect you.
19:41You can't.
19:43Nobody can.
19:44You don't know what he's capable of.
19:46You don't believe me?
19:46Ask Jack Coonan.
19:47Look, Mr. Vong, I...
19:49I'll take my chances in prison.
19:53I'd rather lose ten years of my life than all of it.
19:57Whoever he's working for scares him a lot more than prison.
20:00There has to be a way to get it out of him.
20:03We could force him to watch Paris Hilton videos.
20:05You want me brought up on charges?
20:06Jacket.
20:07Hey, Lainey.
20:08What are you doing here?
20:09Uh, it's about the Coonan case.
20:12This is Dr. Clark Murray.
20:14He's a forensic pathologist.
20:16I asked him to consult.
20:17I'm, uh, Detective Kate Beckett.
20:19This is Richard Castle, the novelist.
20:21We've met.
20:26Note the rectangular bruising around these wounds.
20:30Here and here.
20:32Caused by the hilt of the knife striking with force enough to compress the skin.
20:36And as a result, the injuries penetrate deeper than the actual length of the blade.
20:40He's also honed the blade so fine.
20:42It's brittle enough for bits to break when it strikes bone.
20:46Which is why slivers of blade were found inside both of his victims.
20:50We now know those slivers come from the same murder weapon.
20:54Wait.
20:55Two victims?
20:56How many people has he killed?
20:57Five.
20:58That we know of.
20:59So we're looking at a serial.
21:01Yes and no.
21:02We believe we're dealing with a professional.
21:04Someone with extensive military training.
21:06A contract killer.
21:08I used tomographic reconstruction of Coonan's wounds to generate a 3D model of the blade used.
21:15It's a special operations group knife.
21:17The kind favored by special forces in Gulf War I.
21:21He kills with a single blow.
21:24Using these other wounds to camouflage the skill with which the initial stroke was delivered.
21:31The very same method and the very same weapon that the killer employed ten years ago.
21:43Lainey, I'm so sorry.
21:46Detective Beckett, there is no doubt in my mind that Jack Coonan was killed by the same man who murdered
21:55your mother.
22:05I am the investigator of record on this case.
22:09You had no right to withhold evidence from me.
22:11Well, what did you expect?
22:12The last time Castle tried to talk to you about your mother's murder, you bit his head off.
22:17Please, Lainey.
22:18I noticed the wound similarity.
22:22I reached out to Dr. Murray.
22:23I held off from telling you until I knew the evidence was rock solid.
22:28Beckett, we came to you the moment we were sure.
22:31Beckett, can I have a word with you?
22:44Poor man's painkiller.
22:51I know your mother's murder was the reason you became a cop.
22:55And I know how you almost lost yourself trying to solve her case the first time you tried.
22:59I figured sooner or later, when you were ready, you would want to take another run at it.
23:04I just never expected a killer to come around and sucker punch you like this.
23:09Kate, listen to me.
23:11You're the finest homicide I've ever trained, bar none.
23:15And I want you to stay on this one if you can.
23:17If you're up to it.
23:20But I wouldn't be doing my job as your captain if I didn't ask.
23:24Can you handle this?
23:30I'm sorry, sir.
23:33I can't.
23:39Becky.
23:42Kate.
24:01Kate.
24:04Hey, Dad.
24:20So, what have you found?
24:26I don't know yet.
24:28But enough to scare you?
24:30Yeah.
24:33I didn't sleep well that whole first year after you got out of the academy.
24:37I'd hear sirens in the night and imagine you off in the darkness someplace.
24:42I had nightmares where it swallowed you whole.
24:50Dad, I don't want to lose this one.
24:55Your mother always said that life never delivers anything that we can't handle.
25:00I mean, she lived by that.
25:03Called it Johanna's immutable law of the universe.
25:07And for years, I thought she was wrong.
25:11Because I couldn't handle losing her.
25:14Now, I can almost hear her whisper,
25:17I told you so.
25:19One of Mom's favorite words.
25:23Look, she was a devout believer in the truth.
25:26And if she were here right now, she'd tell you the truth can never hurt you.
25:30You know, this may be your mother's way of reaching out to you, Katie.
25:36And reminding you that the truth is still your weapon to wield.
25:42Not theirs.
25:51Hey.
25:52Hey.
25:53Come in.
26:00Hang in there, kiddo.
26:02Thank you, Martha.
26:04Leftovers in the fridge.
26:06Upstairs if you need us.
26:09Please.
26:13Look, I will do anything that you need.
26:15Including nothing, if that's what you want.
26:20What I want is to find my mother's killer.
26:23Well, then we need to break Johnny Vaughn.
26:26So let's break him.
26:30I owe you an apology, Mr. Vaughn.
26:33Apparently in my haste I forgot to read you your Miranda rights.
26:37You're free to go.
26:38No, I remember distinctly.
26:40You read them to me.
26:41And I waved them all.
26:42You did.
26:43She did.
26:43You remember, right?
26:44Sorry, man.
26:45It's a rookie mistake.
26:46No, wait.
26:47You can't.
26:48You can't do this.
26:49If I walk out of here now, he'll think I'm cooperating with the cops.
26:52I'll be dead by morning.
26:56Yes, you will.
26:58Or you can tell me who you're working for.
27:01And I will protect you.
27:08Dick Coonan.
27:11I work for Dick.
27:13You're telling me Jack Coonan's brother is a drug trafficker.
27:17He comes off like Jimmy Carter, but it was all a scam to funnel money to the warlords with the
27:21poppy fields.
27:22Sure, he'd build a few schools so he had pictures for his donors, but most of their money funded his
27:28cartel.
27:28So he had access to all the dope he wanted.
27:31He just needed a way of getting it into the country.
27:33You couldn't get an aspirin from Cobbled New York without somebody knowing about it.
27:36Not since 9-11.
27:37All I had to do was let him package your drugs at my factory in Hong Kong.
27:42He'd pick up the dirty shipments once they cleared customs.
27:44And he had the Latin kings put it on the street.
27:46Perfect system.
27:48Perfect until Trucho caught a case of stupid and started selling in the West-East territory.
27:52And then that's what brought Jack Sniffin around.
27:54Jack threatened to give him to the feds unless he quit.
27:56So Dick killed his own brother?
27:58Oh, no.
28:00Jack had been with the West-East a long time.
28:02I had grown eyes in the back of his head.
28:04Dick hired a professional.
28:07What's his name?
28:09He called him Rathborn.
28:11How do I find him?
28:15How's Dick Coonan?
28:22So, any progress on the son of a bitch who killed my brother?
28:26We're close.
28:27We think that Jack was killed after Rourke asked him to hunt down a drug dealer.
28:31Turns out the Westies have done a pretty good job with the war on drugs these past few years.
28:35Talk about zero tolerance.
28:37The punishment for dealing drugs in their neighborhood is death.
28:39But when he tracked down this dealer for some reason, Jack didn't have the heart to kill him.
28:47That is so Jacky.
28:49He always led with his chin.
28:50Went through life like he was expecting to win the Good Sportsman Award on trophy night.
28:54Cut the crap, Coonan.
28:57We know all about your heroin triangle.
29:02Afghanistan, Hong Kong, New York.
29:06And we also know that you hired an assassin named Rathborn to kill your brother before he went to the
29:11feds about you.
29:12We know all about you.
29:21Prove it.
29:39Are you okay?
29:45Ten years since we came home and found that detective waiting for us.
29:53Ten years since we crossed that yellow tape and went into that alley and every time I crossed the tape
29:58at a crime scene I think of that night.
30:02That's what makes you such a good cop.
30:08What if I let her down?
30:18Do you know why I chose you as my inspiration for Nikki Heat?
30:22No.
30:23Why?
30:25Because you're tall.
30:31Now go in there and do your job.
30:34I have forensic accountants digging through your organization, Mr. Coonan.
30:39If there's evidence of heroin trafficking, they will find it.
30:43But that's not your biggest problem right now.
30:47Hiring an assassin like Rathborn shows premeditation and that makes this a special circumstance case which qualifies you for the
30:54needle.
30:57Now, I am willing to take the special circumstance allegations off the table if you give me Rathborn.
31:05The only special circumstance here, Detective, is your complete lack of evidence against me.
31:13I have Johnny Vong.
31:18The guy with the phony accent and the real estate scam?
31:23Is that the best you can do?
31:27Are you really willing to bet your life that Vong can't hold his mud, Mr. Coonan?
31:32Give me the killer and I will put the DA in the mood for a second degree plea.
31:38When we first met, you told me you'd been on the other side of this.
31:44Remember?
31:48Now, could that be why you seem so eager to get your hands on this mysterious assassin?
31:54Because if I had to guess, I'd say that someone close to you was murdered and you think Rathborn had
32:01something to do with it.
32:03But I don't have to guess, do I?
32:07Because it's all over your face.
32:11That still doesn't change the fact that you're guilty of murder.
32:15Maybe not.
32:17But for the low, low price of transactional immunity, I can give you the closure you've been seeking.
32:26You get Rathborn, and I walk.
32:30And that detective is my final offer.
32:35Transactional immunity, Paul, and I'm inclined to give it to him.
32:39Rathborn has killed five that we know of, including the mother of one of my people.
32:45It's one of our own, Paul.
32:47I remember that used to mean something in this town.
32:56Well, he went for it.
32:59The district attorney is going to offer Coon an immunity if he gives us Rathborn.
33:02I hope you know what the hell you're doing.
33:06Describe him.
33:07About my height.
33:09Just so average, he's almost invisible.
33:12How did you meet?
33:14We're in the service together.
33:15They said he'd been killed back in a training exercise in 95, but about a year ago, I'm sitting at
33:22a bar, and I glance across, and I'm looking at a ghost.
33:26Turns out he'd actually been recruited back then, not killed, to do the bad stuff that governments like to deny.
33:33How'd you hire him?
33:35He'd given me the number to his answering service in the Caymans.
33:37Then they provided me with a single-use email address, number to count, emailed him the name of his target,
33:43wired him the money, and waited.
33:45Okay. Here's the deal.
33:48You're gonna contact Rathborn with a contract on Vong.
33:52You're gonna tell him that the police are taking him to the DA's office for a deposition, that he can't
33:56make it there alive.
33:57It doesn't work like that.
33:59He wants his money up front. It's a hundred grand, non-negotiable.
34:03A hundred grand. The city is never gonna agree to that.
34:06Look, you wanna catch your killer? The price is a hundred grand.
34:09I can't just shoot that kind of money out into space without any hope of getting it back.
34:13You can't. I can't. This one's on me.
34:15Castle.
34:16Do we have a deal?
34:17We do.
34:19But my client's immunity kicks in the moment Rathborn accepts the contract, once the wire transfer is complete.
34:31As soon as Rathborn takes the job, your part is done.
34:35And I walk.
34:36And you walk.
34:41Rathborn has taken the bait.
34:43Now for today's performance, the role of Johnny Vong will be played by Officer Clayton Lee.
34:48We are about to die. Salute you.
34:50Ryan and Esposito will escort Lee to the DA's office via a pre-arranged route.
34:55We'll have plane clothes in place on every corner and mid-block, and there'll also be air support, for what
35:01it's worth.
35:02Not a whole lot. No one even knows what Rathborn looks like.
35:04Well, you shouldn't be too hard to spot.
35:06Yeah, he'll be the one who's trying to kill you.
35:08Alright, let's go everybody.
35:11Be advised, we are southbound Lafayette, approaching Wirth.
35:15Roger on Wirth. Let me know when you clear the intersection.
35:18We're through the intersection, continuing eastbound Wirth.
35:21It's a solid plan.
35:24We're entering the parking garage.
35:30Eyes out. This guy's supposed to let close up work.
35:53Be advised, we are now on foot.
36:04Rathborn's making his move.
36:11Oh!
36:12Oh my god!
36:13Drop it! Drop it!
36:14What the hell's wrong with you?
36:17It's a phone.
36:19Disregard! Disregard!
36:20It's not him!
36:22We must've spooked him.
36:24Rathborn didn't show.
36:39I let her down.
36:41No, you didn't.
36:42Rathborn's in the wind.
36:44Dick Coonan's about to walk.
36:48I missed something.
36:50Could have been me.
36:52Rathborn could have checked the routing number,
36:54realized the money was coming from my account,
36:57not Dick's.
36:57I was arrogant.
36:58I didn't think you were arrogant, Castle.
37:00I thought what you did was sweet.
37:02And I will pay you back.
37:03Negative, Ghost Rider.
37:05Small price to pay for a shot at your mother's killer.
37:11Her killer?
37:13What?
37:15Coonan said it was $100,000 to catch her killer.
37:18And you never told them it was your mother that was murdered.
37:22There was no Rathborn.
37:24That was just a cover.
37:25It was you.
37:30Clever girl.
37:34All right.
37:37Now here's what's going to happen.
37:38You're just going to stroll on over to the elevator together.
37:43Nice and easy.
37:46That'll never happen.
37:47You make a sound and you attempt to signal you so much as clear your throat.
37:52And I'll put a round in this man's liver.
37:55And he will die slowly.
37:57An inconsiderable pain.
38:02Let's go.
38:10What?
38:10No pithy remarks from the peanut gallery?
38:13Not so funny facing your own death, is it?
38:16You know, Dick?
38:17You tell me.
38:18Asked him I checked this was a police station.
38:21You knew before I arrested you, didn't you?
38:23You knew my mom was your victim.
38:25It wasn't personal, okay?
38:27She was just another job.
38:28She was my mother.
38:31Who hired you to kill her?
38:33Forget it.
38:34You'll never touch him.
38:35He'll bury you.
38:36Tell me who.
38:37No, no, no!
38:38Sir!
38:39I need him alive.
38:40That's right.
38:41You do need me.
38:41Now back him off or Castle dies.
38:44Sir, back off, please.
38:47You know I can't do that.
38:49Hey!
38:50You want to learn who ordered the head on your mommy?
38:51You better make sure I make it out of here.
39:00Roy, please.
39:08That's right, Roy.
39:10Nice and easy.
39:11Nice and easy.
39:23Nice and easy.
39:28Come on!
39:30Come on!
39:34Stay with me.
39:36Come on.
39:38Stay with me.
39:39No!
39:40Come on!
39:41Stay with me!
39:42One, two, three, five, six, seven, eight, eight.
39:48tying it.
39:48More than friends I always pledge
39:53Cause friends they can't go
39:57People change as does everything
40:01I want it to grow
40:05I just want to grow
40:12Slide on next to me
40:15I'm just a human being
40:20I will take the blame
40:23But just not say
40:25This is not me
40:27You see
40:31Montgomery's post-incident evaluation
40:33You come off like Steven Seagal
40:35Should I be flattered or insulted?
40:38Both
40:39I didn't know what you felt like, so
40:44I got sushi
40:47Got some Italian
40:49Got some Thai
40:51Maybe grab some hot dogs
40:53It wasn't your fault, you know
41:03I overstepped
41:06I came down here to say that I was sorry
41:09And that I'm through
41:13I can't shadow you anymore
41:14If it wasn't for me
41:15If it wasn't for you
41:16I would have never found my mom's killer
41:20And someday soon
41:21I'm gonna find the sons of bitches
41:23Who had Coonan kill her
41:25And I'd like you around when I do
41:29And if you tell anyone
41:30What I'm about to say
41:31There's gonna be another shooting
41:33But
41:34I've gotten used to you
41:36Pulling my pigtails
41:39I have a hard job, Castle
41:41And having you around
41:42Makes it
41:43A little more fun
41:50Your secret's safe with me
41:53Give me something to echo in my unknown future
42:00See you, my dear
42:03The air comes near
42:07I'm here
42:09But now
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