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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.
07:31What a sheriff.
07:41It looks like a Direcuality.
07:53Well, I'm going to say he's the Deaf Knight.
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
08:54I 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
09:17Hi
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
09:31Sweep 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
09:43Yeah, 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
09:51Jor... Jordan Shaw?
09:52The same Jordan Shaw that broke the Hudson Valley Strangler case back in 1991?
09:56I also play a main game of Scrabble
09:59Now that we all know each other
10:00I'd like to see the body
10:01Agent Shaw, my people have already secured the area
10:05CSU is on the scene
10:06And we are canvassing the park
10:08So as happy as I am to see the cavalry
10:10There'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
10:17Okay?
10:19Now can I see the body?
10:20That is so going in the movie
10:22Can you say that again but start from marble halls?
10:24The community's pulled us from a trash bin
10:26The wall is inside
10:28Nick's name is Michelle Lewis
10:30According to her business card, she's a dog walker
10:31There's a print here
10:33And 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
10:53Can I take a look at that?
10:56A chance to check it later
11:01Set up on the inside
11:02Watch your back
11:03What'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 U
11:15She is good
11:16She is real good
11:17She cracked open that Hudson Valley Strangler case
11:20When she was just 25
11:21I thought they caught him off of a speeding ticket
11:23Well, don't ask me how
11:24But 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...
11:34Coming through
11:35Hey, no one
11:36Watch it
11:39Can we go see the war room now?
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
11:53Currently we are running 35 solid leads
11:56Based on DNA prints
11:59Trace 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
12:06In case the killer has a type
12:08Or a favorite hunting ground
12:09Or isn't killing randomly
12:11Both Alex Peterman and Michelle Lewis
12:13Belonged to the same Wessex gym
12:14But they went to different locations
12:16They were both members of MoMA
12:18Oh
12:19Both adopted their dogs from the same ASPCA
12:21Wow
12:23Sounds like it does your job for you
12:25A machine can correlate, 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
12:35Likes to kill in heavily populated areas
12:38And uses bullets as messages
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
12:51And Jaws
12:53The better I know him
12:54The easier it will be to catch him
12:56It's like when I'm writing
12:58The killer's voice doesn't sound authentic
13:00Unless 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
13:06I think that's what drew him to the Nicky Heat character
13:08In the first place
13:09Her name
13:10Speaking of Detective Heat
13:13Oh
13:14Whoa, whoa, guys
13:15Listen, not that I don't appreciate the royalties
13:17But why do you need a hundred copies of Heat Wave?
13:19If our killer is obsessed with Nicky Heat, then some of me
13:22Avery, cliff notes, please
13:26A real estate tycoon is killed
13:28Detective Nicky Heat catches the case
13:30And investigates suspects who wanted the man dead
13:34There's a trophy wife, of course
13:36Dangerous mobsters
13:37Excuse me
13:38It's a New York Times bestseller
13:41I 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 with 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
14:22Thank you
14:23And if you want me to autograph those for you
14:25You just find a single file line right here
14:29Or not
14:31We got a hit
14:31That pinky print off the second victim's purse belongs to a Donald Salt
14:35Two-time loser
14:36On parole for a manslaughter conviction in 2005
14:40They just matched it to the partial pinky print your 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
14:50Let's mount up
14:58Yeah, okay, just pulling up now
15:02Yep, got it
15:05Snot 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
15:17Night vision goggles
15:19I think I have the newer model though
15:21You 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
15:38So how long have you two been sleeping together?
15:41I'm
15:42We're, we're not sleeping together, we, he, he 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, I'm hardly ever wrong
15:56Well, this time you are
15:58Wrong
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
16:08Hm, I'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
16:27Could you at least crack the window for me?
16:34Alright, let's go, move, move, move
16:38Just make it quick and bloodless
16:43Go, go, go, go, go
16:48Hang on
16:50Stop! FBI!
16:52Hey!
17:06See, I'm helping
17:08Buy you an ice cream later
17:11Agent Shaw
17:11We 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, it doesn't matter what I was
17:34looking for, but I came across the ad
17:38Finger wanted
17:38Finger wanted, we'll pay top dollar
17:41And what's top dollar for a pinky finger?
17:44Five 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, I told him I had everything he wanted
17:53You gave him the finger, what more did he want?
17:55He wanted me to have a violent felony conviction, and to be recently paroled, and you also had to be
18:03willing to suffer through the indignity of a false arrest
18:06He told me Detective Nikki Heat would be coming for me
18:11And it might get physical
18:14He didn't mention anything about Captain America with the taser gun
18:18So he warned you that he would be planting your print at a murder scene?
18:22Which is why you have an alibi
18:23I was perched on my favorite barstool at McSorley's till closing every night since that man took my digit and
18:30walked away with it in his cooler
18:32Is this the man?
18:34I'm not sure, didn't really see him, he had a hat and sunglasses
18:37Who bandaged your finger?
18:39He 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
19:09You should have been with me on the recapitator case
19:12What, that guy in Phoenix who switched his victim's 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 so he could leave a print that would lead us directly to
19:30this 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
19:37Those numbers could mean anything
19:40The left hand column is less than 300, right hand column is no more than 260
19:45And the combination of the joined pair most likely yields a word
19:50Words, it's heatwave
19:52When 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, second column is a word
20:06I
20:0712680 will
20:08145204 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 whiteboards 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 and so far nothing definitive
20:52Maybe there's something about how he chooses his victims
20:55First a man, then a woman
20:57A lawyer and a dog walker?
20:59Let's face it, there's no pattern there
21:00There's no way to predict where he's gonna go next
21:03And it's already 9 o'clock and we're out of time
21:08And every murder he commits in the name of Nicky Heat
21:12A very wise woman once told me you can't blame Jodie Foster for John Hinckley
21:18But you can blame her for Nims Island
21:25What have you got?
21:31Lab results came back on that bandage, tested positive for formaldehyde, methanol and ethanol
21:35Embalming fluid
21:37Embalming 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 are ex-cons
22:01Yes, I can try
22:06Six names
22:06Mobilize the troops, I want every one of these guys in our custody before midnight
22:11I see what you mean about him being helpful
22:18Any of these undertakers look good for it?
22:21They all say the same thing, we work with dead bodies all day, we don't need to make more
22:25He baited us
22:26Just like with that fingerprint, we're wasting our time
22:29He's on the phone, he's asking for Nicky Heat
22:34Where should I see the call?
22:37Hello
22:39Nicky, you were supposed to stop me
22:42I 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
22:57I 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, get 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
23:37Lot of blood
23:39Woman's shoe, got a broken heel
23:41Strands 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
23:50Then 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, there'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 you waited, probably left his car idling
24:16Takes down his victim, popped his trunk, put her in, drove away, body on board
24:20Get the parking attendant to give us a list of all the vehicles through here and the video footage
24:24What, you think he used his own car?
24:26No, but if he stole it tonight, he might not have time to switch the plates, we put out an
24:30AP booth
24:30I'll get my guys to get a roster of all the people I have monthly's on this floor
24:34These people are already on it, I've got way more people than you do
24:36Your captain has a unit on your apartment, go home, get some rest
24:39It'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 roars like an angry, caged animal
25:01It's moving towards the underhatch area
25:02The blows don't seem to be entering his hands, there's no blood that I can see
25:08Hey!
25:09Hi!
25:09How are you still doing up?
25:11I can't sleep too much on my mind, you know, decisions to make
25:16Well, one of your old wedding videos
25:19Are you kidding? This guy's a pushover compared to my ex-husband's
25:23So the pros outweighed the cons?
25:27Darling, this 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
25:36Yeah
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, it's just...
25:53I never intended to put her in harm's way
25:55Let me tell you something about Kate Beckett
25:57That gal can take care of herself
25:59Really?
26:35No! No!
26:37Castle?
26:39What are you doing here?
26:41What?
26:43So what happened to your security detail? I didn't see anyone outside
26:46I sent them home after I got in
26:50What?
26:51The windows are locked, the door is locked, I'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
27:09No, no thanks
27:10No, no, no, Agent Shaw said we need to decompress
27:14Nothing decompresses like a 2,000 shot enough to pop
27:17Oh, well, Special Agent Shaw said so
27:19What is that supposed to mean?
27:21Nothing?
27:22I just see the way that you listen to her
27:24The way that you look at all of her fancy equipment
27:28Now my murder board's not enough for you, now you need a smart board
27:31Are you jealous?
27:32I'm not jealous, I'm just embarrassed the way that you act like a ten-year-old all impressed by her
27:37data matrix
27:38Oh, it collates information so quickly, Agent Shaw, tell me all about it
27:42You are ridiculous
27:43Oh, and then to top it off, you are now building theory with her
27:46So?
27:46So you're supposed to be building theory with me, you're supposed to be on my team
27:50Well, I thought we were all on the same team
27:52We are, it's just
27:54I think that if you have an insight, you should run it by me, first
27:58Fine, I will
27:59I'll drink your wine
28:01Thanks, but I am tired
28:06And I need to go to bed
28:07Oh, no, I'm not leaving
28:10I'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
28:18I am not going to leave you alone
28:22Okay, fine, I am too tired to argue
28:25But if I see that doorknob turn, I will have you know, Mr. Castle, that I sleep with a gun
28:31Understood
28:38Your side
29:00you're still here and you're making pancakes i was hoping for bacon and eggs but your eggs
29:05are expired and your bacon has something furry on it yeah well i mostly order in figured that
29:10from the styrofoam temple you've got going on in the refrigerator coffee's brewed i think your
29:13filter's broken though i'll order you a new one later wow looks like you thought of everything
29:19except the paper cas we don't have time for the paper there's a body out there that i gotta find
29:28looks like it found you
29:42so you had just gotten up right yeah castle just finished making breakfast and he went to the door
29:48what kind of breakfast uh i'm sorry what kind of breakfast was he making pancakes wasn't that
29:56domestic anyway the paper usually arrives at four and we were up at seven so that means the killer
30:03had a three-hour window where he could have left the body there unnoticed exactly what time did you
30:07mr castle go to bed last night i think we're done here dude i see beckett in her jammies
30:16wine glasses on the table there's nothing going on with beckett and me no more than there was
30:21yesterday dude you made her pancakes it's just breakfast pancakes is not just breakfast it's an
30:28edible way of saying thank you so much for last night castle come on we're your friends details
30:39there are no details i can't even look at you right now witness refuses to cooperate
30:51now we know why you took the body i know where you live this was a threat more than that
31:00saying he's disappointed in you in his mind he gave you fair warning that he was going
31:04to kill again if you've been smarter you would have been able to stop him he's saying this one is
31:09on you
31:12i'm profiling him detective not agreeing with him guy's a freaking nut bar don't let him get to you
31:19talk about irony
31:22do we have an id on ervic no not yet there's no purse no missing persons report file the corners
31:28van's downstairs we need to get the body to the morgan pull the slugs only four entry wounds if the
31:34pattern holds you should have a four-letter word for us it's funny i have a four-letter word for
31:39him
31:39too why don't you two escort the body to the morgue and let me know what you find once you're
31:45dressed of course
31:54hey heard you two were making pancakes when the body dropped nothing happened right
31:59all right so what do you got letters on the slugs b-u-r burn nikki will burn well that's
32:09chilling
32:09our victim's fingerprints aren't in the system do you have anything that can id her well i found formaldehyde
32:15on her yeah that's from the killer he left it at the other scenes as well not traces it was
32:19under her
32:19fingernails and her hair she worked with embalming fluid i also found traces of clay polyurethane and
32:26animal blood i don't know who she is but i can tell you what she does she's a taxidermist so
32:31cute
32:32the way you two do this taxidermy embalming fluid plus animal hair equals norman bates favorite pasta
32:40it 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 it seems so so there's only seven taxidermy shops in
32:54the city my guys are running them down right now but if there was a connection between them why didn't
32:58comparison matrix find it maybe 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 yo we got an id on our third vic
33:11named sandra keller she works at a taxidermy shop downtown any 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 a customer
33:20whose
33:20bijon frise had been killed in the park by another dog a rottweiler customer was heartbroken he paid
33:25half up front to have his mr bumpkins preserved for eternity when he came back to pick up his dog
33:29didn't have the fee when sandra refused to give up stuff bumpkins the guy went ballistic stormed out
33:35of the store two nights later they had a break-in among the things that went missing are this guy's
33:40stuff bijon frise and a bunch of embalming fluid that explains why we found traces of it at the
33:44murder scenes he also trashed the store's computer there's no client data no name my agents interviewed
33:50all of michelle lewis's dog walking clients one couple had to put their rottweiler down because
33:56michelle lost control of it and it killed another dog mr bumpkins so grief-stricken our killer blames
34:02michelle and sandra for the loss of his best friend and decides to get revenge all this about a dog
34:07what does this have to do with nikki heat the dog's a trigger maybe he was reading the book when
34:12it was
34:13killed when he snapped you somehow blame nikki for it it seems a little absurd you must be a
34:18cat lover detective he's looking for a reason to kill this is it what about our first vic how does
34:24peterman fit into all this well he was a personal injury lawyer maybe our murderer wanted to file a
34:29wrongful doggy death suit according to peterman's notes back in january he had a meeting with a ben
34:34conrad over a lawsuit about a dead dog peterman declined to take the case though that's the last
34:40piece of our puzzle what do you have on conrad just a photo from the dmv
34:56catch you son of a bitch
35:11yeah okay okay sweetie mommy's gotta go arrest somebody okay i'll be home for dinner
35:17all right i love you bye you're a mom yeah and you can host to your gun you're both staying
35:25here
35:25what no come on this is the final takedown you can't let her do this to us now agent shaw's
35:30right
35:31i'm his target i can't compromise your team by walking in the line of fire we'll take him down
35:36we'll still be your caller
35:41wow she's a mom i never would have pegged her for that i figured she was a career-driven woman
35:45with no
35:46time for a family well then everybody makes that choice beckett he's calling for you put him on
35:54hello oh you think you're so smart don't you nikki you think what just because you found me that you
36:02won
36:05he knows we're here it's over ben time to give up
36:12no he is not over
36:17ben listen to me you're surrounded i 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
36:30that's not our game one of us has to die no one has to die somebody always has to die
36:42and since it can't be you
36:47then
36:50go
36:52go go go go
36:55i'm just clear
36:57i'm just clear
37:04We're sending the gun to ballistics, but given it's a .45, it's probably the same one he used on other
37:09victims.
37:09And probably the same one he was going to use on you.
37:12Actually, no. He was planning something a little more spectacular.
37:17Cell phones?
37:19He was making a detonator.
37:25Goodbye, Nikki. Goodbye, Nikki.
37:29He was extracting formaldehyde from the embalming fluid he stole to create cyclonite, a near-military-grade explosive.
37:37Well, when you profiled him, you said he was probably an arsonist.
37:39They also said he'd like to make a big scene. Schematics of the precinct.
37:43He was planning on killing you and taking the whole station with you.
37:47Nikki will burn. I can see the poetry in that. The 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. Wrapped up all nice and neat.
38:43It's a good thing, right?
38:45In a book, that's a good thing. In 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. You'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?
39:38A hand.
39:40What?
39:44The bruising pattern on the second victim, the killer used his left hand.
39:49And, see his handwriting?
39:52Look at the slope on the four and the loop on the six.
39:54Yeah, so he was left-handed.
39:55Ben Conrad shot himself with his right hand.
39:59If the man in the window was Ben Conrad, he would have shot himself on the left side.
40:03Ben Conrad didn't kill himself.
40:05Ben Conrad was murdered by the man in the window.
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.
40:57It's an emergency.
41:01It's an emergency.
41:02It's an emergency.
41:13Come on, Beckett.
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 is still alive.
41:35The killer is still alive.
41:37Goodbye, Nicky.
41:38Goodbye, Nicky.
41:39Goodbye, Nicky.
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