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Castle Season 2 Episode 17
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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, and I've found mine.
00:14Detective Kate Beckett.
00:15Beckett.
00:16Beckett.
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.
00:25Make a pretty good team, you know, like Starsky and Hutch.
00:27Turner and Hooch.
00:28You do remind me a little of Hooch.
00:39Yeah, Paula, that sounds perfect.
00:41Yeah, close the deal.
00:43And to you.
00:45Hey.
00:46Hey.
00:46Ask me why I'm here.
00:47You know, I ask myself that question every day.
00:49That was Paula, my agent with big news about my book, Heat Wave.
00:54Want to guess?
00:55Guessing would imply caring.
00:57I'll give you a hint.
00:57But the headlines in the trades might read, Castle Best Seller to Heat Up Big Screen.
01:05Your book is being made into a movie.
01:08And you are about to be immortalized on the silver screen.
01:12Actually, Nicky Heat is going to be immortalized, not me.
01:15Yes, well, technically, but it's been widely publicized that you are the inspiration.
01:18So, who would you like to play you in the movie?
01:20Whoa, are you kidding?
01:21They're really making a Nicky Heat movie?
01:23Dude, did I call it or what?
01:24Oh, congrats, bro.
01:26What do you think?
01:27Me and James McAvoy for Detective Raley?
01:31I'm gonna go with Javier Bardana.
01:32Beckett.
01:33Yes, I'd like to report a murder.
01:35Do you have an address?
01:38Where's the fun in that?
01:40Okay.
01:43Who is this?
01:44Oh, a fan.
01:47Tell me more about this murder, Tracy.
01:49Well, I did it.
01:51And that's all you need to know.
01:54I got it.
01:55Hello?
01:5642nd and Lex.
01:57That's Grand Settle Station.
01:59Yeah, let's go.
02:01According to Tech, a phone call came from the second booth on the end.
02:07Okay.
02:33Here's his wallet.
02:37You got it.
02:38His name's Alex Peterman, lives in Dobbs Ferry.
02:41So it wasn't a robbery.
02:43He's a personal injury attorney.
02:45Taking the late train home.
02:46Anything other than GSWs?
02:48Nope, just the five shots to the chest from a 45.
02:51A 45 makes a pretty loud snap crackling.
02:54Pop.
02:54I find it hard to believe no one heard it on the main concourse.
02:57He must have used a suppressor and waited for the train to pass by.
03:00And let's face it, New Yorkers are famous for their hear-no-evil-see-no-evil attitude.
03:04I'll give you a call with an update once I get him back to the lab.
03:08Hey, quick, who do you want to play in the Nicky Heat movie?
03:10Halle Berry.
03:11See?
03:12Some people are just great at that game.
03:14You know who we could get for you?
03:16Angelina?
03:17No.
03:18Kate Beckett.
03:19Kate Beckinsale.
03:21We'll call you K-Bex.
03:22Hey, guys, where are we on the case?
03:25We got a woman who says that she heard a loud sound around 845.
03:28Sounded like car door slamming.
03:30Didn't she say she saw a white male?
03:3230s, average height, exiting the waiting room.
03:34Moving very quickly to the 42nd Street exit.
03:36Said he was wearing a black coat, black ball cap, sunglasses, and had some sort of beard.
03:41Maybe a goatee.
03:42All right, let's see if anyone can corroborate her description.
03:44Let's make up a sketch.
03:45Show it to Alex Peterman's family.
03:47See if they recognize the killer.
03:51What is it?
03:55He called to report his crime.
03:57And that voice...
04:00It's like he did this for fun.
04:11Hey, you're up early.
04:13Yes, I have a date with Beckett at the morgue.
04:15What nefarious plots are you two hatching?
04:17Ah.
04:18My birthday is coming up.
04:20Ah.
04:22I think you should tell him, Graham.
04:24Sometimes he gives good advice.
04:26Sometimes.
04:27Yeah, maybe you're right.
04:29But I am not in the mood for any of your cavalier quips.
04:32I'll be serious as a shark attack.
04:34Chet has asked me to move in with him.
04:37I told her that I thought it was too soon.
04:40They've only been dating a few months.
04:42You get to be our age.
04:43Every minute counts.
04:44To that end, I have made a list of pros and cons.
04:49So far, the pros are winning.
04:51Pro?
04:51He makes me feel young.
04:53Yeah.
04:54I make you feel young.
04:55Oh, darling.
04:56Cons.
04:58I don't want to live in another man's home.
05:00You are not another man.
05:01Besides, I trained you.
05:03Who knows what bad habits Chet picked up along the way, you know?
05:07Mother, whatever you decide, I will support you.
05:10Same way I have since the last man you lived with stole your life savings.
05:16Cause of death is multiple gunshot wounds.
05:19Tox indicates he had a martini about an hour before he died.
05:22Other than that, there is nothing interesting about the body.
05:25So then why the call?
05:28The body isn't interesting, excuse me.
05:30But the bullets are.
05:32Check out the marking on the end of the slugs.
05:34Aftermarket factory stamps?
05:35No.
05:37These aren't stamps, they're letters.
05:41They're hand etched.
05:45Spell something.
05:47You spell...
05:47Kinky.
05:52Kinky.
05:54No.
06:01Nicky.
06:03Nicky Heat.
06:07That's why he called me.
06:08That's why he said he was a fan.
06:11He dedicated this murder to me.
06:14Does he realize she's a fictional character, not a real person?
06:17Obviously he's delusional.
06:18But given that Nicky Heat is based on Detective Beckett, maybe he's confusing the two.
06:22And we showed Alex Peterman's family the sketch of our suspect.
06:24He did not look familiar.
06:26How are we on forensics?
06:28CSU grabbed about 200 fingerprints, 1,000 fibers, and 60-odd DNA samples, and that was
06:33just from the phone box they're working them up now.
06:36After they cleared their backlog.
06:39Beckett.
06:40Guy on the phone's asking for Detective Heat.
06:49Beckett.
06:50Nicky.
06:51Did you get the first part of my message?
06:53Yes, I did.
06:54Well, the second is a Decentral Park carousel.
07:53Well, I'll be right back.
08:04You
08:16Same M.O.
08:18She was shot four times with the 45. There are contusions on the victim's left side
08:23Consistent with the muzzle of a 45 being jammed into her ribs. I'm guessing the killer is left-handed
08:29CSU pulled the slugs from the back of the carriage?
08:32Yes, there were letters on the slugs. They spelled W I L L
08:36So he's sending a message
08:39Nikki will...
08:40What? Nikki will what?
08:44Thank you, Laney. Mm-hmm
08:48I guess it's official. That guy is a serial killer.
08:51I would think that a serial killer would be like the holy grail for a crime novelist.
08:55I guess it would be. More for the Nikki Heat of it all.
08:58Feeling a little bit responsible.
09:00Really? Like the Beatles are responsible for Charles Manson because of Helter Skelter?
09:05Or is it more like Jodie Foster's responsible for John Hinckley shooting regularly?
09:08If I hadn't created Nikki Heat...
09:10He would still be killing. He'd just find another reason why.
09:13What?
09:17Hi.
09:18Either a UFO just landed on the other side of the park.
09:21Or else the FBI is here to claim jurisdiction over this case.
09:25Maybe they just want to ride on the carousel before the line gets too long.
09:28Rope off a ten-foot circumference around the carousel. Sweep for prints and trace evidence.
09:33Close off the park entrance at six. Work up the entire footpath.
09:37Here goes.
09:39Nikki Heat, I presume.
09:41It's Beckett. Detective Kate Beckett.
09:44Yeah, I read all about you and Cosmo.
09:45And you must be the celebrity writer tag along with your castle.
09:49Special Agent Jordan Shaw.
09:51Jordan Shaw?
09:52The same Jordan Shaw that broke the Hudson Valley Strangler case back in 1991?
09:57I also play a main game of Scrabble.
09:59Now that we all know each other, I'd like to see the body.
10:02Agent Shaw, my people have already secured the area.
10:05CSU is on the scene and we are canvassing the park.
10:08So as happy as I am to see the cavalry, there's really not much left here for you to do.
10:12Detective, the gods in the marble halls have sent me here to catch a killer,
10:15which I will do with or without your help. Okay?
10:19Now can I see the body?
10:20That is so going in the movie. Can you say that again but start from marble hall?
10:24The community's pulled us from a trash bin. The wall is inside.
10:28Nick's name is Michelle Lewis.
10:30According to her business card, she's a dog walker.
10:32There's a print here and it's too large to be our victims.
10:36Let's get it to the lab for...
10:38What are you doing?
10:39That print is already in the lab and being processed.
10:42No muss, no fuss, no black powder in your clothes.
10:45Wow, there's an app for that?
10:47That's why I joined the FBI, Mr. Castle.
10:49For the toys.
10:51I'm really eager to see that body.
10:54Can I take a look at that?
10:56A chance to check it later.
11:01Set up on the inside.
11:03Watch your back.
11:04What's going on?
11:06They're setting up the war room.
11:09War room?
11:11Tell me everything you know about Jordan Shaw.
11:13She is like the federal you.
11:15She is good.
11:16She is real good.
11:17She cracked open that Hudson Valley Strangler case when she was just 25.
11:21I thought they caught him off of a speeding ticket.
11:23Well, don't ask me how, but she profiled that he drove a Yugo.
11:26They found a girl tied up in the back.
11:28Uh-huh.
11:29Jordan Shaw saved that girl's life.
11:31I've never seen you so excited to meet anyone before.
11:33No, I just, I don't-
11:34Coming through.
11:35Hey, no.
11:36That's-
11:37Watch it.
11:38I have-
11:39Can we go see the war room now?
11:41Right there.
11:43You're running partial's too, right?
11:45Through all databases.
11:46The lab's getting us information as fast as we can follow up.
11:49I thought there was a backlog at the lab.
11:50I have a federal fast pass so I get to jump the line.
11:54Currently we are running 35 solid leads based on DNA prints, trace evidence found from both crime scenes.
12:01And we're running it through the FBI data matrix.
12:03The matrix also looks for a connection between the victims in case the killer has a type or a favorite
12:09hunting ground or isn't killing randomly.
12:11Both Alex Peterman and Michelle Lewis belong to the same Wessex gym but they went to different locations.
12:16They were both members of MoMA.
12:19Oh.
12:19Both adopted their dogs from the same ASPCA.
12:22Wow.
12:23Sounds like it does your job for you.
12:25A machine can collate, I can't think.
12:28Takes a mind to hunt a mind.
12:30Take this guy.
12:33He calls the police to report his own crime, likes to kill in heavily populated areas, and uses bullets as
12:39messages.
12:39Now, most of these stalker types can barely tie their own shoes.
12:43This one's different.
12:45Smarter.
12:46You almost sound like you admire him.
12:48I admire him the way Robert Shaw admired the shark in Jaws.
12:53The better I know him, the easier it will be to catch him.
12:56It's like when I'm writing.
12:58The killer's voice doesn't sound authentic unless I understand his motivation.
13:01Well, this guy likes to make a scene.
13:03I wouldn't be surprised if he was also an arsonist.
13:05In fact, I think that's what drew him to the Nikki Heat character in the first place, her name.
13:10Speaking of Detective Heat...
13:13Oh.
13:14Whoa, whoa, guys.
13:15Listen, not that I don't appreciate the royalties, but why do you need a hundred copies of Heat Wave?
13:19If our killer is obsessed with Nikki Heat, then similarly.
13:23Avery, cliff notes, please.
13:26A real estate tycoon is killed.
13:28Detective Nikki Heat catches the case and investigates suspects who wanted the man dead.
13:34There's a trophy wife, of course.
13:36Dangerous mobsters.
13:37Sorry, excuse me.
13:38It's a New York Times bestseller that I don't just need to make it sound quite so dry.
13:44Thanks.
13:45Heat's life is complicated by a reporter named Jameson Rook,
13:48who's following her around for an article he's writing.
13:51Heat and Rook verbally spar,
13:54and in Chapter 11 admit their attraction for one another and have sex.
14:00Mm-hmm.
14:04It's fiction.
14:08In the end, when the killer's revealed, it turns out it's actually...
14:11Whoa, whoa, whoa.
14:13Spoiler alert.
14:15In deference to Mr. Castle's artistic sensitivity,
14:19you can all read the book to find out the identity of the killer.
14:23And if you want me to autograph those for you, just find a single file line right here.
14:29Or not.
14:30We got a hit.
14:32That pinky print off the second victim's purse belongs to a Donald Salt.
14:35Two-time loser.
14:37On parole for a manslaughter conviction in 2005.
14:41They just matched it to the partial pinky print.
14:44Your team recovered from Grand Central.
14:45Two pinky prints.
14:47So he was at the station and the carousel.
14:49And the purse puts him with our victim.
14:51Let's mount up.
14:58Yeah, okay.
14:59Just pulling up now.
15:02Yep, got it.
15:05Salt lives in that brick building.
15:08Supervisor says he left work an hour ago, so he should be home by now.
15:11When the others get here, we'll take him.
15:13What is he doing?
15:15He, um, touches things.
15:18Night vision goggles.
15:19I think I have the newer model, though.
15:22You know, maybe in my third book, Nikki Heat will cross swords with a good-looking, yet cold-hearted FBI
15:27profiler.
15:28Call it Federal Heat.
15:32Or maybe not.
15:38Yeah.
15:39So how long have you two been sleeping together?
15:41I'm...
15:42We're...
15:43We're not sleeping together.
15:44We...
15:44He...
15:45He just observes me.
15:46Yeah, I've seen how he observes you.
15:48No, she's right.
15:49Aside from my second wife, this is the most sexless relationship I've ever been in.
15:53I've been profiling people for a long time.
15:55I'm hardly ever wrong.
15:57Well, this time you are wrong.
16:00So if you're not sleeping together, why do you keep them around?
16:03You know I can hear you.
16:06He's actually proven to be surprisingly helpful.
16:09Hm.
16:10I'll take your word on that.
16:13Put the taser down.
16:21Okay, the team's here.
16:23You stay in the car.
16:26You heard her, Castle.
16:27Stay.
16:28Could you at least crack the window for me?
16:34All right, let's go.
16:35Move, move, move.
16:38Let's make it quick and bloodless.
16:48Hang on.
16:50Stop!
16:51FBI!
16:52Hey!
17:07See, I'm helping.
17:08Yeah.
17:09Buy you an ice cream later.
17:11Agent Shaw?
17:12We got a problem.
17:13His pinky finger's missing.
17:16Which one of you is Nikki Heat?
17:28So I was on one of those internet barter sites, and I was looking...
17:33It doesn't matter what I was looking for, but I came across the ad.
17:38Finger Wanted will pay top dollar.
17:41And what's top dollar for a pinky finger?
17:43Five thousand bucks.
17:46Sounds like a real deal.
17:47Hey, you get less than that for a kidney.
17:49So anyway, I emailed him back.
17:51I told him I had everything he wanted.
17:53You gave him the finger.
17:54What more did he want?
17:55He wanted me to have a violent felony conviction, and to be recently paroled.
18:02And you also had to be willing to suffer through the indignity of a false arrest.
18:07He told me Detective Nikki Heat will be coming for me.
18:11And it might get physical.
18:14He didn't mention anything about Captain America with the taser gun.
18:17So he warned you that he would be planting your print at a murder scene?
18:22Which is why you have an alibi.
18:24I was perched on my favorite bar stool at McSorley's till closing every night,
18:28since that man took my digit and walked away with it in his cooler.
18:32Is this the man?
18:34I'm not sure. I didn't really see him. He had a hat and sunglasses.
18:37Who bandaged your finger?
18:38He did.
18:41He said you'd notice.
18:46Oh, be gentle with me, Nikki.
18:57There's numbers here.
19:03This looks like a code.
19:06Separate digits? Secret codes?
19:08This is like one of my books.
19:10You should have been with me on the recapitator case.
19:12What, that guy in Phoenix who switched his victims' heads?
19:15That was your case?
19:17Our techs have run the numbers through all conventional cryptology.
19:20Can't crack it.
19:21Which means what?
19:22There's either a reference key that we don't have,
19:24or the code itself is just a random string of numbers.
19:26It's not random. He bought another man's finger
19:28so he could leave a print that would lead us directly to this code.
19:31It's how he taunts Nikki, are you clever enough to solve my riddle?
19:34So whatever this reference key is, he thinks you can find it.
19:38Those numbers could mean anything.
19:40The left-hand column is less than 300.
19:42Right-hand column is no more than 260.
19:45And the combination of the joined pair most likely yields a word.
19:49Words. It's heatwave.
19:51When we typeset a manuscript, it's usually 300 words a page.
19:56And heatwave is less than 300 pages.
19:59First column is a page number.
20:0279.
20:03Second column is a word.
20:06I...
20:0812680 will.
20:09145204 kill.
20:11I will kill...
20:12Hang on. I'm uploading the text right now.
20:16I will kill someone else before midnight tonight unless you stop me.
20:27Midnight. That's eight hours away.
20:29He's putting us on the clock. He's daring us to stop him.
20:40Kicking it old school?
20:41The whiteboard's always worked for me.
20:44I've been going over subway routes, trying to see if I can trace a pattern from Grand Central to the
20:49carousel to the next location, so far nothing definitive.
20:52Maybe there's something about how he chooses his victims. First a man, then a woman.
20:57A lawyer and a dog walker? Let's face it, there's no pattern there. There's no way to predict where he's
21:02gonna go next. And it's already nine o'clock and we're out of time.
21:08And every murder he commits in the name of Nicky Heat.
21:13A very wise woman once told me you can't blame Jodie Foster for John Hinckley.
21:19But you can blame her for Nims Island.
21:23The lead just came in now.
21:25Get it to the bridge.
21:29What have you got?
21:31Lab results came back on that bandage. Tested positive for formaldehyde, methanol and ethanol.
21:36Embalming fluid.
21:38The lab found traces of formaldehyde at Grand Central and ethanol at the carousel.
21:43Our killer works at a mortuary.
21:45Or he could be a hospital employee or a janitor at a morgue.
21:48No. Castle's theory is more likely. Bring up all the mortuaries in the city.
21:52We've got over a thousand in New York City area alone. We can't hit all these before midnight.
21:56Can you cross-reference mortuary experience with criminal records?
21:59Or job finder groups or ex-cons.
22:01Yes.
22:02I can try.
22:06Six names.
22:07Mobilize the troops. I want every one of these guys in our custody before midnight.
22:11I see what you mean about him being helpful.
22:13Come on.
22:18Any of these undertakers look good for it?
22:21They all say the same thing.
22:22We work with dead bodies all day. We don't need to make more.
22:25He baited us. Just like with that fingerprint. We're wasting our time.
22:30He's on the phone. He's asking for Nicky Heat.
22:34Where should I send a call?
22:38Hello.
22:39Nicky, you were supposed to stop me.
22:43I wanted you to stop me.
22:45Tell me where you are.
22:47Will you come alone?
22:51Yes, just you and me. We can figure this out.
22:56I can help you. You just need to trust me.
23:00Tell me something.
23:04How does it feel to know that you have failed?
23:29Check the stairs.
23:30Get a unit on the roof. I want eyes on every inch of the structure.
23:33He was just here. That body can't be too far.
23:36Over here.
23:37A lot of blood.
23:39Woman's shoe. Got a broken heel.
23:42Strands of hair. Looks like she put up a fight.
23:45There's poor shell casings.
23:47There's no way she would have survived without medical attention.
23:49Well, then where's the body?
23:51He always leaves the body where he kills.
23:53And he always kills in famous places with lots of foot traffic.
23:57He's changing his M.O.
23:59Which makes him more unpredictable, which makes him more dangerous.
24:01The structure's clear.
24:03There's no body.
24:05Where the hell did he put her?
24:07He put her in his trunk.
24:09That blood trail ends right here.
24:13So he waited, probably left his car idling,
24:16takes down his victim, popped his trunk, put her in,
24:18drove away, body on board.
24:20Get the parking attendant to give us a list of all the vehicles through here
24:23and the video footage.
24:24What, you think he used his own car?
24:26No, but if he stole it tonight,
24:28he might not have time to switch the plates.
24:30We put out an AP booth.
24:31I'll get my guys to get a roster of all the people.
24:32I have monthly's on this floor.
24:34My people are already on it.
24:35I got way more people than you do.
24:36Your captain has a unit on your apartment.
24:38Go home, get some rest.
24:40It's not necessary.
24:40No argument.
24:41You're no good to me if you're burned out.
24:57It roars like an angry caged animal.
25:00It's moving towards the outer hatch area.
25:03The blows don't seem to be entering his hands.
25:05There's no blood that I can see.
25:08Hey.
25:09Hi.
25:10How are you still doing up?
25:10I can't sleep too much on my mind.
25:14You know, decisions to make.
25:16I got one of your old wedding videos.
25:20Are you kidding?
25:21This guy's a pushover compared to my ex-husband.
25:23So the pros outweighed the cons?
25:27Darling.
25:28This was always supposed to be a temporary situation.
25:30And until I got back on my feet, you know.
25:33Well, the Rogers women always follow their hearts.
25:39You okay?
25:41This case, just...
25:44If it wasn't for my book...
25:46What are you gonna do, darling?
25:47Stop writing because some idiot has got a screw loose?
25:50No.
25:51It's just...
25:53I never intended to put her in harm's way.
25:55Let me tell you something about Kate Beckett.
25:58That gal can take care of herself.
26:01Really.
26:35No!
26:36No!
26:36No!
26:37No!
26:37Castle?
26:39What are you doing here?
26:41What?
26:43So what happened to your security detail?
26:45I didn't see anyone outside.
26:47I sent them home after I got in.
26:50What?
26:51The windows are locked.
26:52The door is locked.
26:54I'm armed.
26:56So our guy killed the others where they were found.
27:00Why not this girl?
27:02Why didn't he just leave her in the garage where we'd find her?
27:04He's changing it up.
27:07Or this victim is special.
27:09Oh, no thanks.
27:10No, no.
27:11Agent Shaw said we need to decompress.
27:14Nothing decompresses like a 2000 Chateauneuf-de-Pup.
27:17Oh, well.
27:18Special Agent Shaw said so.
27:20What is that supposed to mean?
27:21Nothing.
27:22I just see the way that you listen to her.
27:25The way that you look at all of her fancy equipment.
27:28Now my murder board's not enough for you.
27:30Now you need a smart board.
27:31Are you jealous?
27:32I'm not jealous.
27:33I'm just embarrassed the way that you act like a ten-year-old
27:36all impressed by her data matrix.
27:38Oh, it collates information so quickly, Agent Shaw.
27:41Tell me all about it.
27:42You are ridiculous.
27:43Oh, and then to top it off,
27:44you are now building theory with her.
27:46So?
27:47So you're supposed to be building theory with me.
27:49You're supposed to be on my team.
27:51Well, I thought we were all on the same team.
27:52We are.
27:53It's just...
27:54I think that if you have an insight,
27:56you should run it by me first.
27:58Fine, I will.
27:59I'll drink your wine.
28:01Thanks.
28:02But I am tired.
28:05And...
28:06I need to go to bed.
28:07Oh, no.
28:08I'm not leaving.
28:09I'm here to protect you.
28:12What, with your vast arsenal of rapier wit?
28:16There is a madman gunning for you because of me.
28:19I am not going to leave you alone.
28:22Okay, fine.
28:22I am too tired to argue.
28:25But if I see that doorknob turn,
28:27I will have you know, Mr. Castle,
28:29that I sleep with a gun.
28:31Understood.
28:56Quite good.
29:00You're still here, and you're making pancakes.
29:03I was hoping for bacon and eggs, but your eggs are expired.
29:05And your bacon has something furry on it.
29:08Yeah, well, I mostly order in.
29:09Figured that from the styrofoam temple you've got going on in the refrigerator.
29:12Coffee's brewed. I think your filter's broken, though.
29:15I'll order you a new one later.
29:16Wow, looks like you thought of everything.
29:19Except the paper.
29:20Cass, we don't have time for the paper.
29:22There's a body out there that I gotta find.
29:29Looks like it found you.
29:42So, you had just gotten up, right?
29:45Yeah.
29:46Castle just finished making breakfast, and he went to the door, and...
29:48What kind of breakfast?
29:49Uh, I'm sorry?
29:51What kind of breakfast was he making?
29:54Pancakes.
29:56Wasn't that domestic.
29:59Anyway, the paper usually arrives at four, and we were up at seven,
30:02so that means the killer had a three-hour window where he could have left the body there unnoticed.
30:06And exactly what time did you and Mr. Castle go to bed last night?
30:10I think we're done here.
30:12Dude, I see Beckett in her jammies.
30:16Wine glasses on the table?
30:18There's nothing going on with Beckett and me.
30:20No more than there was yesterday.
30:22Dude, you made her pancakes?
30:24It's just breakfast.
30:25Pancakes is not just breakfast.
30:28It's an edible way of saying thank you so much for last night.
30:31Castle, come on.
30:33Where are your friends?
30:34Details.
30:36All right, come here.
30:40There are no details.
30:43I can't even look at you right now.
30:45Witness refuses to cooperate.
30:51Now we know why he took the body.
30:53I know where you live.
30:55This was a threat.
30:56More than that.
30:59He's saying he's disappointed in you.
31:01In his mind, he gave you fair warning that he was going to kill again.
31:05If you'd been smarter, you would have been able to stop him.
31:08He's saying this one is on you.
31:12I'm profiling him, detective.
31:14Not agreeing with him.
31:15Guy's a friggin' nut bar.
31:17Don't let him get to you.
31:19Talk about irony.
31:22Do we have an ID on, Ervick?
31:24No, not yet.
31:24There's no purse, no missing persons report file.
31:28The coroner's van's downstairs.
31:29We need to get the body to the Morgan Pull the Slugs.
31:31Only four entry wounds.
31:33If the pattern holds, he should have a four-letter word for us.
31:37It's funny, I have a four-letter word for him, too.
31:40Why don't you two escort the body to the morgue and let me know what you find?
31:44Once you're dressed, of course.
31:54Hey, heard you two were making pancakes when the body dropped.
31:57Nothing happened.
31:59Right.
32:01So what do you got?
32:02Letters on the slugs.
32:04B-U-R...
32:06Burn.
32:07Nikki will burn.
32:08Well, that's chilling.
32:09Our victim's fingerprints aren't in the system.
32:11Do you have anything that can ID her?
32:13Well, I found formaldehyde on her.
32:15Yeah, that's from the killer.
32:16He left it at the other scenes as well.
32:18Not traces.
32:19It was under her fingernails and her hair.
32:21She worked with embalming fluid.
32:23I also found traces of clay, polyurethane, and animal blood.
32:27I don't know who she is, but I can tell you what she does.
32:29She's a taxidermist.
32:30It's so cute the way you two do this.
32:36Taxidermy?
32:37Embalming fluid plus animal hair equals Norman Bates' favorite pasta.
32:41It can't be just a coincidence that we found embalming fluid at our first two crime scenes as well.
32:47So the killer and this victim were connected?
32:51It seems so.
32:52So there's only seven taxidermy shops in the city.
32:55My guys are running them down right now.
32:56But if there was a connection between them, why didn't Comparison Matrix find it?
32:59Maybe it's not as simple as a work relationship or going to the same gym.
33:04Like you said, it takes a mind to hunt a mind.
33:08Yo, we got an ID on our third Vic.
33:11My name is Sandra Keller.
33:12She works at a taxidermy shop in downtown.
33:14Any connection between her and our killer?
33:16A colleague of hers says she had a run-in with a guy who maybe matched our sketch.
33:19A customer whose Bichon Frise had been killed in the park by another dog, a Rottweiler.
33:24The customer was heartbroken.
33:25He paid half up front to have his Mr. Bumpkins preserved for eternity.
33:28When he came back to pick up his dog, he didn't have the fee.
33:31When Sandra refused to give up stuffed Bumpkins, the guy went ballistic and stormed out of the store.
33:36Two nights later, they had a break-in.
33:38Among the things that went missing are this guy's stuffed Bichon Frise and a bunch of embalming fluid.
33:42That explains why we found traces of it at the murder scenes.
33:45He also trashed the store's computer.
33:47There's no client data, no name.
33:48My agents interviewed all of Michelle Lewis's dog-walking clients.
33:53One couple had to put their Rottweiler down because Michelle lost control of it and it killed another dog.
33:58Mr. Bumpkins, so grief-stricken, our killer blames Michelle and Sandra for the loss of his best friend and decides
34:05to get revenge.
34:06All this about a dog?
34:08What does this have to do with Nicky Heat?
34:10The dog's a trigger.
34:11Maybe he was reading the book when it was killed.
34:13When he snapped, he somehow blamed Nicky for it.
34:16It seems a little absurd.
34:17You must be a cat lover.
34:19Detective.
34:20He's looking for a reason to kill.
34:21This is it.
34:22What about our first Vic?
34:23How does Peterman fit into all this?
34:25Well, he was a personal injury lawyer.
34:27Maybe our murderer wanted to file a wrongful doggy death suit.
34:31According to Peterman's notes, back in January, he had a meeting with a Ben Conrad over a lawsuit about a
34:36dead dog.
34:38Peterman declined to take the case, though.
34:40That's the last piece of our puzzle.
34:41What do you have on Conrad?
34:44Just a photo from the DMV.
34:56Catchy son of a bitch.
35:09Yeah?
35:11Okay.
35:13Okay, sweetie.
35:14Mommy's got to go arrest somebody, okay?
35:16I'll be home for dinner.
35:17All right.
35:18I love you.
35:19Bye.
35:21You're a mom?
35:22Yeah.
35:23And you can holster your gun.
35:24You're both staying here.
35:25What?
35:26No, come on.
35:26This is the final takedown.
35:28You can't let her do this to us.
35:29No, Agent Shaw's right.
35:31I'm his target.
35:33I can't compromise your team by walking in the line of fire.
35:35We'll take him down.
35:36We'll still be your caller.
35:38Mm-hmm.
35:41Wow.
35:42She's a mom.
35:42I never would have pegged her for that.
35:43I figured she was a career-driven woman with no time for a family.
35:47Well, then everybody makes that choice.
35:49Beckett.
35:49He's calling for you.
35:51Put him on.
35:54Hello?
35:55Oh, you think you're so smart, don't you, Nikki?
35:59You think what?
36:00Just because you found me that you won?
36:05He knows we're here.
36:07It's over, Ben.
36:09Time to give up.
36:11No, he is not over.
36:17Ben, listen to me.
36:18You're surrounded.
36:18I need you to put the gun down.
36:21No, I can't do that, Nikki.
36:26Ben, I need you to step outside of your apartment with your hands raised.
36:31That's not our game.
36:32One of us has to die.
36:34No one has to die.
36:36Somebody always has to die.
36:43And since it can't be you.
36:47Ben!
36:50Go!
37:04We're sending the gun to ballistics, but given it's a .45, it's probably the same one he used
37:08in other victims.
37:09And probably the same one he was going to use on you.
37:11Uh, actually, no.
37:13He was planning something a little more spectacular.
37:17Cell phones?
37:19He was making a detonator.
37:25Goodbye, Nikki.
37:26Goodbye, Nikki.
37:29He was extracting formaldehyde from the embalming fluid he stole to create cyclonite, a near-military-grade
37:36explosive.
37:37Well, when you profiled him, you said he was probably an arsonist.
37:39I also said he liked to make a big scene.
37:42Schematics of the precinct.
37:43He was planning on killing you and taking the whole station with you.
37:47Nikki will burn.
37:49I can see the poetry in that.
37:51The terrible homicidal poetry.
37:55I just wouldn't have profiled this guy as suicidal.
37:59I guess once we found him, it was the only way he could control the situation.
38:04Well, at least Conrad saved us the trouble of a trial.
38:07And the best news is, I'm out of your hair.
38:11The best news is that it's over.
38:31Hey, I thought you went to bed an hour ago.
38:34I couldn't sleep.
38:37I thought the case was over.
38:40It is.
38:41Wrapped up all nice and neat.
38:43It's a good thing, right?
38:45In a book, that's a good thing.
38:47In real life, nothing is that neat.
38:52What's got you still up?
38:55Grant.
38:56I can't believe she's leaving tomorrow.
38:58I mean, yeah, when she first moved in, I couldn't imagine having her around all the time.
39:03But now I can't imagine her being gone.
39:09Listen.
39:11It's a fact of life.
39:13People we love leave us.
39:16Unless you chain them to a radiator, which for some reason is illegal.
39:21But, uh, knowing her, she'll be back in six months.
39:29Oh, good.
39:30You're both up.
39:31Darling, I need you to help me decide on what to take.
39:34Oh, and I need to get my bags down.
39:35Richard, could you give us a hand?
39:37A hand.
39:40A hand.
40:07What?
40:07Ben's not our killer.
40:08The real killer was just playing with us.
40:10But the evidence...
40:11No, it was planted there to lead us to Ben.
40:15He wants us to think it's over.
40:18He wants us to drop our guard.
40:19He wants to make a big scene.
40:23Nicky will burn.
40:26Beckett.
40:27Oh, God.
40:31Montgomery took the detail off her place.
40:32She's alone.
40:44She's not big enough.
40:45Call the police state.
40:46Tell them to get over there right away.
40:47Tell them we were wrong.
40:48Tell them the killer is still alive.
40:49You locked this door behind me.
40:51Don't let anyone in.
40:52Captain Montgomery, please.
40:53Yes, tell them it's an emergency.
41:13Come on, Becky.
41:13Pick it up.
41:14Pick up the phone.
41:15Pick it up.
41:30What castle?
41:32It wasn't Ben Conrad.
41:33He's not the killer.
41:34The killer's still alive.
41:35The killer's still alive.
41:37Goodbye, Nicky.
41:38Goodbye.
41:39Nicky.
41:44Nicky.
41:53Nicky.
41:55Nicky.
41:56Nicky.
41:56Nicky.
41:57Nicky.
41:58Nicky.
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