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There are two kinds of folks who sit
around thinking about how to kill people.
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Psycopaths and mystery writers.
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I'm the kind that pays better.
Who am I?
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I'm Rick Castle.
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Castle.
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Castle.
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I really am ruggedly handsome,
aren't I?
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Every writer needs inspiration,,,
and I found mine.
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Detective Kate Beckett.
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Beckett.
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Beckett.
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Nikki Heat?
The character he's basing on you.
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And thanks to my friendship with
the Mayor, I get to be on her case.
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I would be happy to let you spank me.
15
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And together we catch killers.
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Make a pretty good team, you know.
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Like Starsky and Hutch.
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Turner and Hooch.
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You do remind me a little of Hooch.
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Sexy, sexy.
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Ladies I love it, I love it
sexy, sexy is not a crime.
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What's so special about world famous
mystery novelist Richard Castle?
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He's rich, he's handsome and he's
basing his next best-seller on you.
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Tell me Detective Beckett, what's it like
being the inspiration for thrill-master
25
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Richard Castle's new character Nikki Heat?
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On behalf of the N.Y.P.D., it has been
a pleasure to offer Mr. Castle
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insight into the profession.
28
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Given all his best-sellers, it's obvious
Mr. Castle has tremendous insight
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into the criminal mind. I'm told on
many occassions his participation
30
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was essential to solving your
toughest cases.
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Really?
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You were told that?
33
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By who?
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By Castle.
35
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Could you excuse me for a moment?
36
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Sir?
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Could I talk to you in private
for a moment please?
38
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Beckett I have a couple...
Now.
39
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We had a deal Beckett.
40
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The deal is off.
41
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What's the problem?
42
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Not only does he have the
bachelor party cop twins out there
43
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using him as a stripper pole while
i make "nicey-nice" with the press,
44
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but do you know what he said?
No.
45
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He said that he has been instrumental
in helping us solve crimes.
46
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Well, hasn't he?
47
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That's not the point.
48
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Do you know how hard it is for N.Y.P.D.
to get good press? I mean in a magazine
49
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that people actually read.
50
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This article is very important to the Mayor.
Therefore, we are going to cooperate.
51
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Do I make myself clear?
52
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Okay. Fine.
53
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It was nice to meet you.
54
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We should have photo shoots here more often.
55
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Hey Beckett, how come you don't
wear a uniform like that?
56
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Because I don't want to get paid in singles.
57
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Hey.
58
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Oh, hey, don't we have that thing?
No. Yeah, you know, that thing with that guy?
59
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Oh, yeah. The thing with the guy.
Excuse us.
60
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I just wanted you to know I had
nothing to do with this.
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I mean, it was the magazine, well, the Mayor
thought it would be good press.
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You don't have to explain yourself.
Really? Really.
63
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See? I don't care anymore.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have
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an interview to get back to.
65
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What did I do that was so wrong?
The one thing I asked you not to do.
66
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Okay, so you asked me not to look
into your Mother's murder but
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look at what I found!
It doesn't matter what you found.
68
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I put that all behind me a long time ago.
We can get back to the interview now.
69
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No. You're going to have to reschedule.
We just caught a body.
70
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So sorry to step out on you Amy.
Ooh, are you kidding? It's perfect.
71
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A chance to see Castle in action?
Our readers will love it.
72
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Well we wouldn't want to disappoint
your readers, now would we Detective?
73
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Hey. Can we talk about this please?
There's nothing to talk about.
74
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Well just at least let me know what
i can do to make it up to you.
75
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You could leave me alone.
Yes, well, I tried that and it didn't work.
91
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Hey, I could buy you a pony.
92
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Focus, Castle.
Crime scene, okay?
93
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It's raining men.
94
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Castle, what are you doing here?
95
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Don't worry.
We're still mad at him.
96
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- Guy in a tree,Seems like old times.
- Mm-Hmm.
97
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How's it going up there?
98
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I got tree branches poking my boobs
and spotlights shining up my booty .
99
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Could be worse.
You could be wearing a skirt.
100
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When I come down,
i'm-a smack you.
110
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- I'll be looking forward to that.
- Here.
120
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Vic's a white male, late 30s.
130
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Judging from the cracked branches,
140
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I'm guessing he did a superman
off the top of that building.
150
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Vic's name is John Allen.
160
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I.D. Has him on the upper west side.
170
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- Business card has him in insurance.
- Mm.
180
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- Is it a suicide?
- It's not a suicide.
190
00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:39,800
- How do you know?
- Um, the building is too short.
200
00:04:39,900 --> 00:04:42,200
He'd want to kill himself,
not cripple himself.
210
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If you want to die, you're going
to aim for concrete. Not a tree.
220
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Judging frome angle of descent,
230
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I'd say that guy was thrown
off the building.
240
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Since it clearly wasn't
a suicide, how did he die?
250
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There are signs of strangulation.
260
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It looks like his windpipe was crushed.
270
00:04:56,100 --> 00:04:57,800
Any ligature marks?
Nope.
280
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"Ligature" refers to
anything that ties or binds,
290
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Like a rope or a belt.
300
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Lack of any marks suggests
he was strangled by hand.
310
00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,800
Wow. You really know your stuff.
No wonder they like having you around.
320
00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:09,700
You know what? He's such
an incredible resource,
330
00:05:09,700 --> 00:05:12,500
It seems like a shame to waste
his talents here in the field.
340
00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:14,700
Would you mind going back
to the morgue with Dr. Parish
350
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To see what else we can
find out about the vic?
360
00:05:17,100 --> 00:05:18,900
Don't you think I'd be of more use
here at the crime scene?
370
00:05:18,900 --> 00:05:22,800
Oh, no. We're just gonna and
see what else we can stir up.
380
00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:24,800
You know, boring police stuff.
390
00:05:24,900 --> 00:05:27,500
Fine. But I was serious about the pony.
400
00:05:27,900 --> 00:05:30,800
Come on, I'll show you
the, uh, morgue... mobile.
410
00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:34,100
Anything in the wallet?
420
00:05:34,100 --> 00:05:37,700
Nope. Dry cleaning ticket,
i.D., two credit cards.
430
00:05:37,900 --> 00:05:39,100
Cash was missing, though.
440
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That's a long way to go for a robbery.
450
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You mean we have to ride with the body?
460
00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:51,600
You can take my seat up front.
470
00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,200
- You sure?
- Mm-Hmm.
480
00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:55,000
I'm used to hanging out with stiffs.
490
00:06:06,300 --> 00:06:07,000
Hi.
500
00:06:07,100 --> 00:06:09,200
Unh-Unh. You do not
get to say hi to me.
510
00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:10,900
I'm just doing my girl a favor.
520
00:06:10,900 --> 00:06:12,000
Oh, you, too, huh?
530
00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:14,600
Well, what did you expect?
540
00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:17,200
Beckett spent the first
three years of being a cop
550
00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:18,600
Trying to solve her mother's murder.
560
00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:20,900
It took everything that
she had to put it behind her.
570
00:06:20,900 --> 00:06:22,000
You couldn't respect that?
580
00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,400
What was I supposed to do,
not tell her what i'd found?
590
00:06:24,500 --> 00:06:27,300
- What you found?
- Oh, she didn't tell you, did she?
600
00:06:29,900 --> 00:06:32,400
Three people were killed
the same way her mother was
610
00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:33,900
Right about the same time.
620
00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,700
One of 'em was a former
law student of hers.
630
00:06:36,700 --> 00:06:38,500
Another one, a documents clerk.
640
00:06:38,500 --> 00:06:41,100
The third one, a lawyer for a nonprofit.
650
00:06:41,500 --> 00:06:43,900
Wait, the M.E. At the time
didn't make the connection?
660
00:06:43,900 --> 00:06:45,600
If he did, he buried it.
670
00:06:45,700 --> 00:06:47,000
Did you talk to him?
680
00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:48,600
He died four years ago.
690
00:06:50,700 --> 00:06:52,400
So you see why I had to tell her.
700
00:06:53,500 --> 00:06:54,500
What did she say?
710
00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:57,900
That we were done.
720
00:06:58,900 --> 00:07:00,000
And then she just walked--
730
00:07:05,700 --> 00:07:07,000
Come on! Go! Go! Go!
Don't move. Don't move.
740
00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:07,800
Whoa!
750
00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,200
Get the body!
760
00:07:14,900 --> 00:07:16,300
Go!
770
00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:17,700
Don't move!
780
00:07:18,700 --> 00:07:20,400
Come on, move!
Come on!
790
00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:29,400
Is it just me, or was that
really, really weird?
810
00:07:36,500 --> 00:07:38,300
- Well?
- He'll live.
820
00:07:39,300 --> 00:07:40,500
What, no brain damage?
830
00:07:40,500 --> 00:07:44,200
If he has some, it happened way before
tonight, and it was probably self-inflicted.
840
00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:45,600
Ahh. Good times.
850
00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:47,600
- How's Lois Lane?
- Who, reporter chick?
860
00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:49,200
We took her statement and we sent her home.
870
00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:52,200
We got an A.P.B. on the sedan,
c.S.U's are combing the rooftop,
880
00:07:52,300 --> 00:07:54,700
And we got uni's looking for surveillance
footage of the crash site.
890
00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:55,600
You know what I don't get
900
00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,500
- Is who would steal a dead body?
- Oh, plenty of people--
910
00:07:58,700 --> 00:08:02,100
Uh, organ harvesters,
cadaverless med students,
920
00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:05,600
Satanists, mad scientists looking
to create their own monster.
930
00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:09,000
Or the guys who killed him might
have left some evidence behind.
940
00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:10,000
Boring.
950
00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:11,800
How about a spy
960
00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:15,000
having swallowed a top-secret microchip
970
00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:19,600
that the enemy forces murder him over
before the C.I.A. Can get ahold of him?
980
00:08:20,300 --> 00:08:23,800
As much as we all appreciate your insightful
and incredibly believable theories,
990
00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:26,500
Miss "Cosmo" is gone, So I
believe you can go home now.
1000
00:08:27,300 --> 00:08:30,000
Home? No. No, no, no.
This--This case just got good.
1010
00:08:30,300 --> 00:08:33,100
And--And I'm-- I'm a witness.
1020
00:08:37,700 --> 00:08:39,900
All right, I'll let you work
this one case with me
1030
00:08:39,900 --> 00:08:42,300
If you promise to leave
me alone when it's over
1040
00:08:42,300 --> 00:08:44,600
And not to weasel your way back in.
1050
00:08:45,700 --> 00:08:46,800
Deal.
1060
00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:48,600
But fair warning, detective.
1070
00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:51,100
I will make you change your mind.
1080
00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:53,400
- I won't.
- You will.
1090
00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:55,700
So what's the next step, victim's family?
1100
00:08:56,100 --> 00:08:58,700
Huh. I didn't think she'd take him back.
1110
00:09:03,500 --> 00:09:04,500
Mrs. Allen?
1120
00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:05,700
Yes.
1130
00:09:05,700 --> 00:09:06,700
It's about your husband
1140
00:09:08,100 --> 00:09:10,000
He was just right here
1150
00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:13,600
Just a couple of hours ago,
and now he's dead. I...
1160
00:09:17,100 --> 00:09:19,300
Do you know of any reason why
he'd be in that part of town?
1170
00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:20,500
No.
1180
00:09:20,900 --> 00:09:23,800
His office is, uh, in midtown.
1190
00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:25,100
It's nowhere near ninth.
1200
00:09:25,700 --> 00:09:27,100
What time did he leave the apartment?
1210
00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:29,000
Around 6:00.
1220
00:09:29,900 --> 00:09:31,600
He had just gotten back from his trip
1230
00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:34,700
And, uh, he said he needed
to catch up on some paperwork.
1240
00:09:35,900 --> 00:09:37,900
He said he'd only be gone
for a couple of hours.
1250
00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:39,000
You said a trip?
1260
00:09:39,300 --> 00:09:42,000
He was in Albuquerque on a training seminar.
1270
00:09:43,100 --> 00:09:44,400
It was just two nights.
1280
00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,000
Did you notice anything unusual recently,
1290
00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:48,500
Any strange behavior?
1300
00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:51,600
Well, he-- He had to work late
1310
00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:53,600
A little more often than usual.
1320
00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:57,000
But I mean, in this economy, who doesn't?
1330
00:09:57,900 --> 00:10:00,600
He had to lay off half
his department last year.
1340
00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:02,400
And you're sure he was working late?
1350
00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:06,100
What are you saying, that he was cheating?
1360
00:10:09,900 --> 00:10:12,000
Every night, he would
walk through that door,
1370
00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:15,300
And the kids would just
race into his arms, okay?
1380
00:10:16,100 --> 00:10:17,700
And now he's gone.
1390
00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:21,700
So don't ask me if he was
really working late.
1400
00:10:21,700 --> 00:10:23,300
Tell me why he was killed.
1410
00:10:24,300 --> 00:10:26,000
- He didn't mean to imply--
- What about phone calls,
1420
00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:27,700
- maybe late at night?
- Castle.
1430
00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:31,000
Yeah. Yeah. Um...
1440
00:10:31,900 --> 00:10:33,300
One of the guys that John fired--
1450
00:10:33,300 --> 00:10:34,600
Max Haverstock.
1460
00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:36,400
He would call him late at night,
1470
00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:39,200
And he would yell at him,
all sorts of things.
1480
00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,400
I guess he was hurting,
he needed money.
1490
00:10:42,700 --> 00:10:45,900
And I-I told John that he
should just hang up on him.
1500
00:10:45,900 --> 00:10:48,200
And John said no, he--
He couldn't do that.
1510
00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:49,600
Did he ever give him money?
1520
00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:51,800
My husband didn't believe in handouts.
1530
00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:54,500
He believed that a man should make his way.
1540
00:10:57,900 --> 00:10:59,100
Where is he?
1550
00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:01,900
I'd like to say good-bye.
1560
00:11:06,500 --> 00:11:08,100
About that. Um...
1570
00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:12,000
That was awkward.
1580
00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:15,300
It just-- It doesn't make any sense.
1590
00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:19,500
The guy's got a stable, middle-
class life-- Good job, good family.
1600
00:11:19,700 --> 00:11:21,100
Maybe his friend Max was jealous.
1610
00:11:21,100 --> 00:11:24,100
Yeah, maybe enough to kill him,
but to steal his body?
1620
00:11:24,700 --> 00:11:27,500
Hey, Esposito. I need you
to look up a friend of the vic.
1630
00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:29,200
Max Haverstock.
1640
00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:32,200
Yeah.
1650
00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:37,400
Okay, find him and, uh, bring him in.
1660
00:11:43,300 --> 00:11:45,500
Dad. Thank god you're home. Are you okay?
1670
00:11:45,500 --> 00:11:49,300
- Yeah, I'm fine. Why?
- Fine? Masked gunmen, body snatchers?
1680
00:11:49,300 --> 00:11:50,900
I texted you like a thousand times.
1690
00:11:50,900 --> 00:11:53,300
Oh, I'm sorry.
My phone must've been off.
1700
00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:54,800
How--How did you know?
1710
00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:56,000
Beckett called.
1720
00:11:57,500 --> 00:11:58,400
Really?
1730
00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:00,400
She just wanted to let us
know you were all right.
1740
00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:01,400
Mm-Hmm.
1750
00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:03,700
So has she forgiven you?
1760
00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:06,500
Uh, not exactly, mother.
But I'm working on it.
1770
00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,000
She has agreed to let me help on the case.
1780
00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,500
Well, that's a start, I suppose.
1790
00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:14,900
It is more than a start.
It is an opportunity.
1800
00:12:15,300 --> 00:12:17,100
She may have built a wall between us,
1810
00:12:17,100 --> 00:12:20,700
But I am going to...
build a door in that wall,
1820
00:12:20,700 --> 00:12:23,200
Or put up a ladder or dig a hole.
1830
00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,400
- You have a strategy?
- Be my usual, charming self.
1840
00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:30,100
Uh-Huh. What about plan "B"?
1850
00:12:33,100 --> 00:12:34,700
So was it awful? Were you scared?
1860
00:12:34,700 --> 00:12:37,300
Me, scared? No way. Come on.
1870
00:12:37,300 --> 00:12:39,700
- Now excuse me while I change my shorts.
- Dad.
1880
00:12:39,700 --> 00:12:42,600
No, I was scared. But all they
were after was the body.
1890
00:12:42,900 --> 00:12:44,500
- Why?
- Why indeed.
1900
00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:47,600
"Dad, where are you?
Dad, are you all right?
1910
00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:49,200
"Dad, call us right away.
1920
00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:52,400
Dad, can I go see 'Fame'
with Owen on Friday?"
1930
00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:55,800
Your concern is touching.
1940
00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:57,800
Okay, that one was after
i knew you were all right.
1950
00:12:58,200 --> 00:12:59,500
Yeah, but I thought we were
gonna go see that together.
1960
00:12:59,500 --> 00:13:03,000
We were, and we still can. But he invited
me to go see it with him next Friday.
1970
00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,600
You'd rather go with your boyfriend
than your Dad? What is wrong with you?
1980
00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:10,300
If you really want me
to go with you, I will.
1990
00:13:10,300 --> 00:13:13,700
No, no. You tell Owen
he has won this round.
2000
00:13:13,700 --> 00:13:16,100
But I got dibs
on "A Christmas Carol."
2010
00:13:16,100 --> 00:13:17,200
Thanks, Dad.
2020
00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:19,100
And I'm glad you weren't killed
by body snatchers.
2030
00:13:19,100 --> 00:13:19,900
Me, too.
2040
00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:23,600
Oh, they remade "Fame"
and "A Christmas Carol."
2050
00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:25,700
Has Hollywood totally run out of ideas?
2060
00:13:25,700 --> 00:13:28,000
Well, they just optioned, uh,
"Asteroids" the video game.
2070
00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:29,100
So my guess is yes.
2080
00:13:29,100 --> 00:13:31,500
But Ryan Reynolds is playing
the wee triangle, and he's good.
2090
00:13:37,500 --> 00:13:39,200
Are you sure this is the guy?
2100
00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:40,700
Maxwell Haverstock.
2110
00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:42,700
And he confirmed he knew the vic.
2120
00:13:43,100 --> 00:13:46,000
This guy couldn't throw a wet
sponge off the roof let alone a body.
2130
00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:54,300
- Mr. Haverstock.
- Yes.
2140
00:13:54,500 --> 00:13:55,800
Do you know why you're here?
2150
00:13:55,900 --> 00:13:58,700
No. Uh, they just told me
i needed to come in.
2160
00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:01,900
It's about John Allen.
He was murdered last night.
2170
00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:04,300
Oh, that's terrible.
2180
00:14:04,700 --> 00:14:07,700
- You and he were friends?
- Uh, we had adjoining cubicles.
2190
00:14:08,500 --> 00:14:09,800
When was the last time you saw him?
2200
00:14:10,100 --> 00:14:12,000
Oh, uh, not since "D" day.
2210
00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:13,800
That's, uh, that's what we called it.
2220
00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:17,000
- You know, "D" for downsizing.
- You were let go?
2230
00:14:17,700 --> 00:14:19,700
Yeah.
- I bet that made you pretty angry.
2240
00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:21,500
Yeah, 15 years, we worked there together.
2250
00:14:21,500 --> 00:14:23,600
You know, you'd think
that would mean something.
2260
00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:26,100
You'd think that loyalty
would be worth something.
2270
00:14:26,300 --> 00:14:28,500
You know what it's worth?
A kick in the teeth!
2280
00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,600
- Did you ever call and tell John that?
- Oh, yeah, all the time.
2290
00:14:31,700 --> 00:14:34,000
Yeah, I told him we didn't
deserve to be treated like that.
2300
00:14:34,300 --> 00:14:36,900
But I promised him, one day,
the worm would turn,
2310
00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,200
'Cause karma's a nasty little bitch.
2320
00:14:39,500 --> 00:14:40,700
Is that why you killed him?
2330
00:14:42,700 --> 00:14:44,700
- Who?
- John.
2340
00:14:45,500 --> 00:14:46,800
Why would I want to kill John?
2350
00:14:47,700 --> 00:14:48,900
For firing you.
2360
00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:52,500
He didn't fire me. We were
let go together on "D" day.
2370
00:14:52,900 --> 00:14:56,100
Uh, fortunately, I was able
to find another job.
2380
00:14:56,700 --> 00:14:58,200
He didn't have a job?
2390
00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,100
I guess he, uh, doesn't
have to look for one anymore.
2400
00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,600
Hey, yo, Beckett. Story checks.
2410
00:15:07,900 --> 00:15:10,800
John Allen was laid off eight months
ago when the A.I.G. crisis hit.
2420
00:15:10,900 --> 00:15:12,300
What about Albuquerque?
2430
00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:15,400
No record of a John Allen coming back
from any flight in the tri-state area.
2440
00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,000
Well, it makes you wonder what
else he lied to his wife about.
2450
00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,900
And how he paid all of his bills. Beckett.
2460
00:15:22,700 --> 00:15:24,600
All right. Uh, thank you.
2470
00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:27,100
They found his body...
2480
00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:29,100
Again.
2490
00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:34,600
What happened?
2500
00:15:36,500 --> 00:15:37,700
Someone...
2510
00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:39,500
Operated on him.
2520
00:15:40,100 --> 00:15:41,000
Operated?
2530
00:15:41,300 --> 00:15:43,700
They cut him open and took
all of his organs out.
2540
00:15:44,100 --> 00:15:45,300
- Oh! Ouch.
- Wow.
2550
00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:48,300
Somebody hated his guts.
2560
00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:56,500
The guys who did this weren't surgeons.
2570
00:15:56,500 --> 00:15:59,200
The cuts are sloppy-- Box
cutters and kitchen knives.
2580
00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:00,800
Any idea what they were looking for?
2590
00:16:01,100 --> 00:16:04,700
I ran a tox screen and found
but in the body cavity itself,
2600
00:16:04,700 --> 00:16:06,600
There were trace amounts of powder cocaine.
2610
00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:08,900
- He was their drug mule.
- Guess they couldn't wait for him
2620
00:16:08,900 --> 00:16:10,700
to pass the packets the old-fashioned way.
2630
00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:12,200
I don't buy it.
2640
00:16:13,500 --> 00:16:15,800
How does a middle-aged insurance actuary
2650
00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:17,800
With no history of substance abuse,
2660
00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:20,400
No criminal record, become a drug mule?
2670
00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:22,400
And this was not a bad guy.
2680
00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:25,600
You don't just fill out an
ad on Craigslist. You gotta--
2690
00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:28,600
You gotta know people, bad people.
2700
00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:30,000
As freaky as all this is,
2710
00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,000
Let's not forget it happened postmortem.
2720
00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,100
The actual cause of death is up here.
2730
00:16:34,900 --> 00:16:38,200
Bruise pattern indicates the assailant
strangled him with both hands.
2740
00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:41,400
The bruising is a little
lighter right there.
2750
00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,000
What would account for that?
2760
00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,100
Dislocated or broken finger maybe.
2770
00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:46,500
Maybe he's fancy.
2780
00:16:47,300 --> 00:16:49,600
Strangled people with
his pinkie sticking out.
2790
00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:52,900
Like tea.
2800
00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:55,600
I just got off with Homeland Security.
2810
00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:57,300
Passport records indicate that
2820
00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:00,200
John Allen was coming back
from Mexico, not New Mexico.
2830
00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:03,600
No criminal history, healthy,
white, middle-class--
2840
00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:05,800
They wouldn't have looked
at him twice at customs.
2850
00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:08,900
The guy had skills. Why would
he do something so stupid?
2860
00:17:08,900 --> 00:17:10,500
Because he had to.
2870
00:17:11,700 --> 00:17:13,500
I just went over financials with the wife.
2880
00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:14,100
How bad?
2890
00:17:14,100 --> 00:17:16,400
They've been living on credit
cards the last six months.
2900
00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:18,500
She had no idea. She thought
everything was fine.
2910
00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:21,200
Well, if he wasn't going to work
every day, where was he going?
2920
00:17:21,300 --> 00:17:22,400
He was applying for jobs.
2930
00:17:22,500 --> 00:17:25,600
I found hundreds of cover letters
and resumes on his computer.
2940
00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:28,200
I don't understand. Why didn't
they just sell the apartment?
2950
00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:30,600
Wasn't worth the mortgage.
Man, that's harsh.
2960
00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:31,700
Life insurance?
2970
00:17:31,700 --> 00:17:33,800
Mm. Stopped making payments
four months ago.
2980
00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:36,100
Guy was basically worthless,
alive or dead.
2990
00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:37,400
Yeah, Ryan here.
3000
00:17:38,500 --> 00:17:40,200
You know, I get desperation,
3010
00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:42,900
I get needing the money,
i even get being a drug mule.
3020
00:17:42,900 --> 00:17:45,800
What I don't get is,
where did he get the job?
3030
00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:47,900
Yeah, thanks, Bill.
3040
00:17:48,300 --> 00:17:49,200
That was C.S.U.
3050
00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:50,600
Because our perps were wearing gloves,
3060
00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:52,500
The only prints they could
grab off the car belong to
3070
00:17:52,500 --> 00:17:54,700
The owner, who reported it
stolen last night.
3080
00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:56,800
Looks like we're not gonna
grab a break on this one.
3090
00:17:57,100 --> 00:17:58,600
What about the glove
we found at the scene?
3100
00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:00,600
Dusted it, too. Nothing.
3110
00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:02,300
Did you dust inside?
3120
00:18:02,900 --> 00:18:04,000
Inside?
3130
00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:05,400
Yeah, inside the glove.
3140
00:18:14,500 --> 00:18:16,200
You want me to put on some music?
3150
00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:19,400
Whenever they do this sort
of thing on "CSI,"
3160
00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:23,500
They always do it to music
in poorly lit rooms.
3170
00:18:24,700 --> 00:18:26,500
Kinda reminds me of porn.
3180
00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:29,000
Zip it, Castle.
3190
00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:34,700
Ever consider becoming a mohel?
3200
00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:37,800
Keep talking, and I'll practice on you.
3210
00:18:48,900 --> 00:18:50,900
Got you, you son of a bitch.
3220
00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:58,500
Boom. Got a hit.
3230
00:19:00,100 --> 00:19:01,600
Ooh, Luther Whitehead.
3240
00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:03,900
Bust twice for possession
with intent.
3250
00:19:03,900 --> 00:19:07,100
Once on conspiracy.
Pled out on all three.
3260
00:19:07,100 --> 00:19:09,400
Did a nickel upstate
for a gun charge,
3270
00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,300
And is currently on parole
for conspiracy to distribute.
3280
00:19:12,500 --> 00:19:14,900
Something tells me his parole's
about to be revoked.
3290
00:19:14,900 --> 00:19:16,600
- You got an address?
- Yeah.
3310
00:19:40,900 --> 00:19:42,800
On the ground! Get on the
ground! Hold it right there!
3320
00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:44,600
Nobody move! Hands behind
your back! Hands!
3350
00:19:58,113 --> 00:20:02,458
I have them Dead to rights on weapons
possession, assault, desecration of a body
3360
00:20:02,458 --> 00:20:06,141
And about a dozen other things
i haven't even begun to think about yet.
3370
00:20:06,718 --> 00:20:08,960
What is my incentive to cut a deal?
3380
00:20:09,219 --> 00:20:10,564
You don't have them
on the murder.
3390
00:20:10,564 --> 00:20:11,770
Give me time.
3400
00:20:12,076 --> 00:20:14,303
You don't need time
because they didn't do it.
3410
00:20:14,476 --> 00:20:16,608
Ten years concurrent
on all charges,
3420
00:20:16,608 --> 00:20:18,059
eligible in five,
3430
00:20:18,059 --> 00:20:19,651
and they'll tell you
everything they know.
3440
00:20:21,462 --> 00:20:22,793
He was coming to see you.
3450
00:20:23,516 --> 00:20:25,419
At a flophouse on ninth.
3460
00:20:25,419 --> 00:20:27,242
He was supposed to be
there by 7:00.
3470
00:20:27,242 --> 00:20:31,108
But this guy, he got three-quarters of
a mil worth Of our coke in his stomach,
3480
00:20:31,108 --> 00:20:32,116
and he don't show.
3490
00:20:32,116 --> 00:20:33,167
So what'd you do?
3500
00:20:33,572 --> 00:20:34,456
We were gonna find him.
3510
00:20:35,106 --> 00:20:37,042
That's when we heard
the sirens. Lots of 'em.
3520
00:20:37,042 --> 00:20:40,134
We go downstairs, Walk up the block,
and guess what we see.
3530
00:20:40,399 --> 00:20:42,388
A bunch of cops was staring at a tree.
3540
00:20:42,388 --> 00:20:44,867
A friggin' tree.
The dude was in a tree.
3550
00:20:45,054 --> 00:20:46,618
So you waited?
3560
00:20:46,618 --> 00:20:48,005
The only way
to get the body back.
3570
00:20:48,005 --> 00:20:51,154
We couldn't get the packets
via the usual method.
3580
00:20:51,154 --> 00:20:53,090
So you improvised?
3590
00:20:53,392 --> 00:20:55,368
Doesn't matter.
He was already dead.
3600
00:20:55,962 --> 00:20:57,283
So why'd he start muling?
3610
00:20:57,565 --> 00:20:59,679
Same as anyone.
Desperation.
3620
00:21:00,346 --> 00:21:01,180
That's just...
3630
00:21:02,090 --> 00:21:03,122
He doesn't seem the type.
3640
00:21:03,122 --> 00:21:05,088
Anybody's the type
you push 'em hard enough.
3650
00:21:05,088 --> 00:21:06,636
I mean, the guy owed.
3660
00:21:06,636 --> 00:21:09,811
He was, uh, fourth and long
with the clock running out.
3670
00:21:10,282 --> 00:21:11,370
Who was he into?
3680
00:21:11,566 --> 00:21:13,464
Didn't say,
but he was scared.
3690
00:21:13,464 --> 00:21:16,735
You want to know who killed him,
you find out who he owed.
3700
00:21:16,735 --> 00:21:18,455
No, no, no, no, no.
I'm gonna need more.
3710
00:21:18,455 --> 00:21:20,287
I'm gonna need to know
who vouched.
3720
00:21:20,287 --> 00:21:21,166
Vouched?
3730
00:21:21,166 --> 00:21:24,004
For John Allen--
our vic, your mule.
3740
00:21:24,004 --> 00:21:26,669
Somebody brought him to you,
somebody you trusted.
3750
00:21:26,669 --> 00:21:28,789
Or do you just do business
with every desperate white boy
3760
00:21:28,789 --> 00:21:30,462
With no history
of criminal activity?
3770
00:21:30,891 --> 00:21:33,923
Hell, man. How'd you know
he wasn't a cop?
3780
00:21:37,014 --> 00:21:38,586
got the printout.
Ron Bigby.
3790
00:21:38,586 --> 00:21:40,028
He's a floor trader At Goldman.
3800
00:21:40,331 --> 00:21:41,679
Vic's wife never heard
the name.
3810
00:21:41,954 --> 00:21:43,530
For a guy who assesses risk
for a living,
3820
00:21:43,530 --> 00:21:44,898
He sure does seem
to take a lot of 'em.
3830
00:21:44,898 --> 00:21:46,541
Yeah, well, look where
it got him.
3840
00:21:46,745 --> 00:21:47,897
- Pick him up.
- You got it.
3850
00:21:50,803 --> 00:21:51,611
Castle.
3860
00:21:55,301 --> 00:21:56,693
- Dead?
- Yeah.
3870
00:21:57,395 --> 00:21:58,183
Wait. Dead?
3880
00:21:58,183 --> 00:22:00,188
Mr. Bigby, you can ask
as often as you like.
3890
00:22:00,188 --> 00:22:01,606
The answer is not
gonna change.
3900
00:22:01,606 --> 00:22:06,014
Oh. That is a damn shame.
That is a damn, damn shame.
3910
00:22:06,014 --> 00:22:08,594
I mean, do you know
who John Allen is? Huh?
3920
00:22:08,594 --> 00:22:10,224
He's the new Willy Loman.
Okay?
3930
00:22:10,224 --> 00:22:12,551
Everyman victim
of an apathetic world.
3940
00:22:12,694 --> 00:22:14,675
God, I swear. Someone should
write a play.
3950
00:22:14,917 --> 00:22:17,295
- Hey, do you write plays?
- Unproduced.
3960
00:22:18,211 --> 00:22:19,676
Mr. Bigby, it's come
to our attention
3970
00:22:19,676 --> 00:22:23,291
That you recently obtained
employment for Mr. Allen as a drug mule.
3980
00:22:26,011 --> 00:22:26,953
You know about that?
3990
00:22:27,215 --> 00:22:27,837
Yeah.
4000
00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:29,907
And bad news, Ron.
4010
00:22:29,907 --> 00:22:31,422
You're gonna have to find
a new dealer.
4020
00:22:31,959 --> 00:22:32,766
What'd they tell you?
4030
00:22:32,766 --> 00:22:36,098
That you got him an introduction
and that you vouched for Mr. Allen.
4040
00:22:36,098 --> 00:22:36,835
Okay, look.
4050
00:22:36,835 --> 00:22:38,801
He--he came to me desperate,
all right?
4060
00:22:38,801 --> 00:22:41,279
He--he remembered a story I told
one night at the table.
4070
00:22:42,163 --> 00:22:43,035
The table?
4080
00:22:43,035 --> 00:22:43,903
Yeah, poker table.
4090
00:22:43,903 --> 00:22:45,757
We're in one of
the floating games around town.
4100
00:22:45,757 --> 00:22:48,557
You know, small stakes, right?
But good way to blow off steam.
4110
00:22:48,557 --> 00:22:52,229
But then when he got laid off,
it stopped being a game.
4120
00:22:52,229 --> 00:22:54,453
He started betting
to make up his paycheck,
4130
00:22:54,453 --> 00:22:55,530
But the stakes were too low.
4140
00:22:55,530 --> 00:22:58,231
So he went to Chinatown.
4150
00:22:59,243 --> 00:23:00,413
The mob-run games.
4160
00:23:00,413 --> 00:23:02,937
Yeah, Triads. He did fine
for a bit, you know?
4170
00:23:02,937 --> 00:23:05,254
But... (scoffs)
Luck's a fickle bitch.
4180
00:23:05,254 --> 00:23:07,026
He lost more than he had
to the wrong guy.
4190
00:23:07,230 --> 00:23:09,299
He couldn't make enough
to cover his losses.
4200
00:23:09,299 --> 00:23:10,890
Yeah, that's when he remembered
the night I told the story
4210
00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:13,674
About my own fiscal emergency,
about how I went to Mexico,
4220
00:23:13,674 --> 00:23:15,455
Made 50 grand in one day.
4230
00:23:16,185 --> 00:23:18,742
That's when I figured,
hey, what the hell?
4240
00:23:18,742 --> 00:23:20,227
Just pay it forward.
4250
00:23:20,227 --> 00:23:21,852
All right,
this guy that he owed--
4260
00:23:21,852 --> 00:23:23,782
Did he give you
a description, name?
4270
00:23:23,782 --> 00:23:24,450
No name.
4280
00:23:24,858 --> 00:23:28,082
John thought He was Russian Mafia
because of all his tattoos.
4290
00:23:29,351 --> 00:23:31,423
if some tatted-up
Russian mobster was after me,
4300
00:23:31,423 --> 00:23:33,143
I could see taking a job
as a drug mule.
4310
00:23:33,143 --> 00:23:35,080
a tattooed Russian
in New York City?
4320
00:23:35,395 --> 00:23:36,548
Well, that narrows it down.
4330
00:23:36,767 --> 00:23:39,521
We conduct an investigation
based on the information we have,
4340
00:23:39,521 --> 00:23:40,612
Not the evidence we need.
4350
00:23:41,043 --> 00:23:43,626
Well, Bigby says that the Russian
hangs out at the club at Chinatown.
4360
00:23:43,958 --> 00:23:45,058
Why don't we just go there?
4370
00:23:45,895 --> 00:23:47,869
The games are
word of mouth, bro.
4380
00:23:48,158 --> 00:23:49,539
They don't just share with cops.
4390
00:23:49,539 --> 00:23:51,092
Well, luckily, I'm not a cop.
4400
00:23:51,092 --> 00:23:52,664
- Castle.
- What? It's perfect.
4410
00:23:53,127 --> 00:23:55,651
I go in, scope the place out
until I I.D. the Russian.
4420
00:23:55,831 --> 00:23:57,212
Hey, you know, that's not a bad plan.
4430
00:23:58,684 --> 00:24:00,338
We still have to find
the game.
4440
00:24:00,989 --> 00:24:01,986
Leave that to me.
4450
00:24:02,728 --> 00:24:04,059
that's a pretty good story, Ricky.
4460
00:24:04,247 --> 00:24:06,649
It's got a big opening,
major twist.
4470
00:24:06,897 --> 00:24:09,577
Though I gotta say, I saw that
whole drug mule thing coming.
4480
00:24:10,297 --> 00:24:12,728
Nice try, Connelly. You're not
gonna goad me into raising.
4490
00:24:13,331 --> 00:24:16,620
Stephen, you once wrote about
an underground poker game in, uh, "King Con."
4500
00:24:17,413 --> 00:24:18,188
Yeah?
4510
00:24:18,188 --> 00:24:21,291
And you once had Harry Bosch
investigate the murder of a poker player.
4520
00:24:21,291 --> 00:24:23,151
Yeah, "One Dollar Jackpot." Why?
4530
00:24:23,151 --> 00:24:25,711
Well, Michael, this guy
that we're looking for,
4540
00:24:25,849 --> 00:24:28,294
He's a regular in the Triad-run
games in Chinatown.
4550
00:24:29,112 --> 00:24:31,847
I thought maybe one of you knew
someone who could get me in.
4560
00:24:31,847 --> 00:24:33,201
What, are you nuts?
4570
00:24:33,201 --> 00:24:35,449
Those are crooks
and killers down there.
4580
00:24:35,449 --> 00:24:37,603
Look, Ricky, doing
the research is one thing,
4590
00:24:37,603 --> 00:24:39,566
But the Russian Mafia,
the Triad?
4600
00:24:39,566 --> 00:24:41,158
You tangle with those people,
4610
00:24:41,158 --> 00:24:43,436
And all the best sellers In the world
are not gonna protect you.
4620
00:24:43,436 --> 00:24:44,773
Oh, no. I don't plan
on tangling.
4630
00:24:44,773 --> 00:24:47,503
I'm just gonna be another
rich, bored thrill seeker
4640
00:24:47,503 --> 00:24:48,959
Looking to try my luck
down there.
4650
00:24:50,156 --> 00:24:51,685
You must really like her.
4660
00:24:52,217 --> 00:24:52,876
Who?
4670
00:24:53,237 --> 00:24:55,416
That police detective of yours.
Look, Ricky,
4680
00:24:56,066 --> 00:24:59,856
There's only one reason that you'd be
dumb enough to go down there,
4690
00:24:59,856 --> 00:25:01,265
And that's to impress a girl.
4700
00:25:01,975 --> 00:25:03,882
Now why don't you
cut yourself a little slack
4710
00:25:03,882 --> 00:25:05,582
And just buy her
some flowers?
4720
00:25:05,582 --> 00:25:07,156
Do you know the place or not?
4730
00:25:10,086 --> 00:25:11,038
Well?
4740
00:25:20,992 --> 00:25:22,325
Are you sure
this is the place?
4750
00:25:23,096 --> 00:25:24,748
Cannell has never
steered me wrong.
4760
00:25:26,113 --> 00:25:26,793
Okay.
4770
00:25:27,599 --> 00:25:28,975
button cam's
in place, Ryan.
4780
00:25:29,629 --> 00:25:31,839
Good for picture and...
4790
00:25:32,213 --> 00:25:33,159
Ah, sound.
4800
00:25:33,524 --> 00:25:35,004
All right, so remember,
4810
00:25:35,004 --> 00:25:37,381
We can hear you,
but you can't hear us.
4820
00:25:37,381 --> 00:25:40,393
So once you leave this van,
you're on your own, okay?
4830
00:25:40,924 --> 00:25:42,156
All right, tell me
the plan again.
4840
00:25:43,249 --> 00:25:45,628
I go in, I find
the tattooed Russian,
4850
00:25:45,628 --> 00:25:47,646
I get a clear picture of him,
and I get the hell out of there.
4860
00:25:47,646 --> 00:25:50,163
And you don't stay
any longer than you need to.
4870
00:25:50,163 --> 00:25:52,130
I'll be fine.
Besides, it's Chinatown.
4880
00:25:52,130 --> 00:25:53,803
How many Russian poker players
can there be?
4890
00:26:07,243 --> 00:26:09,307
Anybody else have
a bad feeling about this?
4900
00:26:09,631 --> 00:26:10,537
- Yeah.
- Yeah,
4910
00:26:10,537 --> 00:26:11,725
That's what I thought.
4920
00:27:13,671 --> 00:27:14,585
Go ahead and deal.
4930
00:27:28,572 --> 00:27:29,655
I'm in.
4940
00:27:34,105 --> 00:27:35,566
tattooed Russian.
4950
00:27:38,646 --> 00:27:40,622
Uh, there's
another tattooed Russian.
4960
00:27:45,079 --> 00:27:48,642
There's a whole table
of tattooed Russians.
4970
00:27:51,364 --> 00:27:56,852
Apparently there are a lot more Russians
in Chinatown than I thought.
4980
00:28:03,859 --> 00:28:06,691
So... the Russians
are regulars here,
4990
00:28:06,691 --> 00:28:09,100
But only a handful play
at the no-limit table,
5000
00:28:09,100 --> 00:28:11,290
Which is where John Allen
would've gone.
5010
00:28:11,423 --> 00:28:14,188
The guy said they'
card bullies, pushing up pots,
5020
00:28:14,188 --> 00:28:16,799
forcing their opponents to bet
more just to stay in the game.
5030
00:28:17,432 --> 00:28:20,031
You think he has any idea
he's recapping a conversation
5040
00:28:20,031 --> 00:28:21,757
That we just heard
in its entirety?
5050
00:28:21,757 --> 00:28:23,664
Give the guy a gadget,
he thinks he's Bond.
5060
00:28:23,729 --> 00:28:25,415
Let's just hope he remembers
he's wearing a camera
5070
00:28:25,415 --> 00:28:26,806
Before he goes
and takes a leak.
5080
00:28:26,806 --> 00:28:28,169
- Why would you even...
- Trust me.
5090
00:28:28,169 --> 00:28:29,954
...coming rough,
but I gotta stir it up.
5100
00:28:30,507 --> 00:28:32,058
I'm gonna go sit at the table,
5110
00:28:32,489 --> 00:28:34,396
See if I can find
anything out.
5120
00:28:36,752 --> 00:28:37,532
What did he say?
5130
00:28:37,532 --> 00:28:39,700
- He just said he's taking a seat...
- That's not the plan.
5140
00:28:39,700 --> 00:28:41,986
That's not the plan, Castle!
5150
00:28:44,223 --> 00:28:45,117
How's it going?
5160
00:28:46,106 --> 00:28:47,598
This is no-limit table.
5170
00:28:47,598 --> 00:28:50,682
Which is perfect, because I am
a no-limit kinda guy.
5180
00:28:51,881 --> 00:28:53,330
Change for $20,000, please.
5190
00:28:56,671 --> 00:28:58,926
no, no, no, no,
no, no. What's he doing?
5200
00:28:59,510 --> 00:29:01,922
Dropping half my yearly salary
like it was pocket change.
5210
00:29:04,904 --> 00:29:05,810
Nice tats.
5220
00:29:11,044 --> 00:29:13,792
Ta--no, tattoos.
The tat--it's nice.
5230
00:29:13,987 --> 00:29:14,783
What do they say?
5240
00:29:15,753 --> 00:29:17,330
It says
mind your own business
5250
00:29:17,330 --> 00:29:18,332
And play cards.
5260
00:29:18,332 --> 00:29:20,040
Sorry. Don't mean to pry.
5270
00:29:20,755 --> 00:29:23,062
I'm just, uh, I'm actually
just a writer.
5280
00:29:23,062 --> 00:29:24,546
I'm just doing
a little bit of research.
5290
00:29:25,857 --> 00:29:26,805
writer, huh?
5300
00:29:27,721 --> 00:29:29,782
Anything, uh,
we might have heard of?
5310
00:29:30,583 --> 00:29:33,316
Uh, "Storm Fall,"
"Storm's Last Stand."
5320
00:29:33,429 --> 00:29:34,900
- Derrick Storm.
- Yeah.
5330
00:29:35,048 --> 00:29:35,937
I love this guy.
5340
00:29:36,505 --> 00:29:37,642
Why did you kill him?
5350
00:29:38,539 --> 00:29:39,287
It's a long story,
5360
00:29:39,287 --> 00:29:42,088
But I'm working on a new one
about, uh, underground poker.
5370
00:29:42,415 --> 00:29:43,209
very hush-hush.
5380
00:29:43,209 --> 00:29:45,381
just kinda came down to get
a feel for the world, you know?
5390
00:29:46,252 --> 00:29:48,738
And you're--you want to try
to be authentic?
5400
00:29:48,738 --> 00:29:49,756
Exactly.
5410
00:29:50,383 --> 00:29:51,554
No problem.
5420
00:30:03,424 --> 00:30:04,074
yeah.
5430
00:30:04,074 --> 00:30:05,633
seems like
he's making friends.
5440
00:30:05,633 --> 00:30:07,919
They just said they're gonna take him
for everything he's got.
5450
00:30:08,279 --> 00:30:09,185
What, you speak Russian?
5460
00:30:09,904 --> 00:30:12,243
Semester in Kiev
between junior and senior year.
5470
00:30:13,442 --> 00:30:14,592
Sometimes when I am bored,
5480
00:30:14,592 --> 00:30:18,301
I got to Glechik cafe In Little Odessa
and pretend to be Muscovite.
5490
00:30:18,993 --> 00:30:20,443
Now that's kinda hot.
5500
00:30:22,888 --> 00:30:23,802
Raise.
5510
00:30:26,250 --> 00:30:26,942
Call.
5520
00:30:28,468 --> 00:30:29,207
I call.
5530
00:30:40,936 --> 00:30:41,840
Check the players' hands.
5540
00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,769
See if there's anything that'll explain
the bruise patterns on our vic's neck.
5550
00:30:48,865 --> 00:30:49,568
Call.
5560
00:30:51,457 --> 00:30:52,388
Say, Mr. Castle,
5570
00:30:53,358 --> 00:30:55,389
Tell me little bit more
about this book.
5580
00:30:55,908 --> 00:30:58,047
Well, it's about
a, uh, Russian mobster
5590
00:30:58,511 --> 00:30:59,955
With a taste for cards.
5600
00:31:01,156 --> 00:31:01,731
He, uh,
5610
00:31:02,911 --> 00:31:04,402
preys
off of desperation,
5620
00:31:04,402 --> 00:31:07,644
Luring people in to bet him
more than they have.
5630
00:31:13,076 --> 00:31:14,422
And why would he do this?
5640
00:31:15,825 --> 00:31:17,671
Because he's also
a loan shark.
5650
00:31:20,197 --> 00:31:22,244
see, he fronts his victims,
and makes bank on...
5660
00:31:22,244 --> 00:31:23,009
What the hell is he doing?
5670
00:31:23,009 --> 00:31:25,267
He's playing poker.
He's trying to provoke
5680
00:31:25,267 --> 00:31:26,724
One of these guys
into giving up their hand.
5690
00:31:26,724 --> 00:31:29,240
- Or he's trying to tip off our killer.
- but there's one guy,
5700
00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:32,620
A family guy, he gets in
a little too deep,
5710
00:31:33,167 --> 00:31:34,417
Can't pay the loan back.
5720
00:31:35,412 --> 00:31:38,858
So the mobster...
Got no choice.
5730
00:31:38,858 --> 00:31:39,976
Has to kill him,
5740
00:31:40,749 --> 00:31:42,964
Send a message
to anyone else who owes him.
5750
00:31:43,766 --> 00:31:44,774
So one night...
5760
00:31:45,911 --> 00:31:47,817
He lures him
into an abandoned building,
5770
00:31:48,992 --> 00:31:51,316
Strales him to death
and throws him off the roof.
5780
00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:55,648
Sounds like lot of work.
5790
00:31:55,924 --> 00:31:58,087
Why not just put bullet In his head?
5800
00:31:58,087 --> 00:31:59,246
it's much more simple.
5810
00:31:59,939 --> 00:32:01,299
- Bang.
- Oh, my...
5820
00:32:05,224 --> 00:32:06,624
Hey, Ryan,
check this out.
5830
00:32:07,081 --> 00:32:08,167
What is he doing
with his finger?
5840
00:32:08,167 --> 00:32:09,166
punch in on that.
5850
00:32:12,397 --> 00:32:13,622
It's a prosthetic.
5860
00:32:13,870 --> 00:32:15,751
That's why it didn't leave
a mark on our Vic.
5870
00:32:16,402 --> 00:32:17,151
That's our guy.
5880
00:32:17,187 --> 00:32:18,690
Hey, if he thinks Castle's
a threat, he's--
5890
00:32:18,690 --> 00:32:19,880
We gotta get him
outta there, now.
5900
00:32:20,213 --> 00:32:21,380
Their security's
pretty well armed.
5910
00:32:21,380 --> 00:32:22,869
We go in there as cops,
it might get messy.
5920
00:32:22,869 --> 00:32:23,643
Oh, what are you doing?
5930
00:32:23,643 --> 00:32:25,036
Uh, I'm gonna go in there,
5940
00:32:25,036 --> 00:32:26,315
And if I'm not out
in ten minutes,
5950
00:32:26,315 --> 00:32:28,395
You guys call for backup.
Can I have my purse, please?
5960
00:32:30,092 --> 00:32:31,551
What are you gonna do,
lip gloss 'em to death?
5970
00:32:31,773 --> 00:32:32,790
Something like that.
5980
00:33:27,610 --> 00:33:29,389
Oh, come on, boys.
5990
00:33:30,424 --> 00:33:32,655
My boyfriend is waiting.
He is player.
6000
00:33:32,655 --> 00:33:34,844
If I don't go inside,
he will lose.
6010
00:33:35,276 --> 00:33:37,063
I'm his lucky charm, you know?
6020
00:33:38,349 --> 00:33:39,422
No?
6030
00:33:40,712 --> 00:33:44,293
Well, maybe I can be
a lucky charm for you.
6040
00:33:45,043 --> 00:33:47,862
We win, and when I am in there,
we always win,
6050
00:33:48,401 --> 00:33:52,932
And then maybe I can share
some of my boyfriend's luck With you.
6060
00:33:53,632 --> 00:33:54,468
Hmm.
6070
00:33:58,572 --> 00:33:59,628
All in.
6080
00:34:02,801 --> 00:34:04,495
It's a big pot,
Mr. Writer Man...
6090
00:34:04,769 --> 00:34:05,953
All that money.
6100
00:34:07,253 --> 00:34:09,637
But then, what is money
to millionaire, huh?
6110
00:34:09,637 --> 00:34:11,607
You just can write it off
on your taxes
6120
00:34:11,607 --> 00:34:13,592
Uh, as, uh, doing research.
6130
00:34:16,016 --> 00:34:16,860
All in.
6140
00:34:20,898 --> 00:34:22,756
You are like character
in your book...
6150
00:34:23,641 --> 00:34:24,949
In too deep.
6160
00:34:26,976 --> 00:34:28,279
Three queens.
6170
00:34:31,275 --> 00:34:32,399
That's very impressive.
6180
00:34:35,364 --> 00:34:37,131
Not a lot
can beat three queens.
6190
00:34:38,815 --> 00:34:40,245
Except an inside straight,
maybe.
6200
00:34:40,683 --> 00:34:41,716
Sweetheart, this is for you.
6210
00:34:41,716 --> 00:34:44,639
Would you change this into something
a little smaller that I can carry?
6220
00:34:44,968 --> 00:34:46,845
Now that is a big pile of money.
6230
00:34:46,845 --> 00:34:49,144
But what's money
to a mobster, right?
6240
00:34:56,345 --> 00:34:57,263
Walk.
6250
00:35:00,067 --> 00:35:00,792
Who are you?
6260
00:35:00,792 --> 00:35:01,970
I told you,
I'm--I'm a novelist.
6270
00:35:01,970 --> 00:35:04,321
The story--the dead man,
the roof, who told you? Who knows?
6280
00:35:04,321 --> 00:35:06,033
His family knows,
his children know.
6290
00:35:06,033 --> 00:35:07,990
If he paid what he owed,
he'd be home with them now.
6300
00:35:07,990 --> 00:35:10,837
But he crossed me.
And now you have crossed me.
6310
00:35:10,837 --> 00:35:12,122
No, no, no,
I'm just a writer.
6320
00:35:12,122 --> 00:35:16,458
- Do not lie. You're a cop.
- Him, a cop?
6330
00:35:17,276 --> 00:35:20,487
Don't make me laugh.
He's barely even a man.
6340
00:35:20,874 --> 00:35:21,678
Beckett?
6350
00:35:21,678 --> 00:35:23,877
But you are a man,
aren't you?
6360
00:35:23,877 --> 00:35:26,097
A very handsome man.
6370
00:35:26,097 --> 00:35:29,357
Richard, are you bothering
this handsome man?
6380
00:35:29,357 --> 00:35:30,175
Go away.
6390
00:35:32,113 --> 00:35:35,257
Okay, boys and their guns.
Am I supposed to be impressed?
6400
00:35:35,257 --> 00:35:37,640
- It doesn't concern you.
- Actually...
6410
00:35:39,526 --> 00:35:40,485
it does.
6420
00:35:42,446 --> 00:35:44,689
is it just my imagination,
or did you change?
6430
00:35:44,689 --> 00:35:46,994
Castle, could you get
some backup, please?
6440
00:35:46,994 --> 00:35:49,091
- Yeah.
- Shh, shh, shh. Quiet.
6450
00:36:08,191 --> 00:36:09,019
So how is she?
6460
00:36:11,916 --> 00:36:15,747
It's hard when everything you thought
you knew turns out to be a lie.
6470
00:36:16,728 --> 00:36:18,152
Well, not everything
was a lie.
6480
00:36:19,010 --> 00:36:20,268
Not her husband's love.
6490
00:36:20,268 --> 00:36:21,350
I mean, sometimes
6500
00:36:22,345 --> 00:36:24,386
We do the wrong things
for the right reasons.
6510
00:36:27,067 --> 00:36:28,357
So case is closed.
6520
00:36:28,357 --> 00:36:30,947
I guess your "Cosmo" story
gets a happy ending.
6530
00:36:30,947 --> 00:36:32,808
Speaking of happy endings...
6540
00:36:34,353 --> 00:36:35,787
Thanks for saving my life.
6550
00:36:36,002 --> 00:36:37,827
I was just trying
to avoid paperwork.
6560
00:36:37,827 --> 00:36:40,435
Ah. We make
a pretty good team, you know?
6570
00:36:40,959 --> 00:36:42,234
Like Starsky and Hutch,
6580
00:36:42,234 --> 00:36:43,733
Tango and Cash,
6590
00:36:44,296 --> 00:36:45,514
Turner and Hooch.
6600
00:36:46,449 --> 00:36:47,469
You know,
now that you mention it,
6610
00:36:47,469 --> 00:36:49,679
you do remind me
a little of Hooch.
6620
00:36:54,230 --> 00:36:55,859
It's because you're afraid,
isn't it?
6630
00:36:57,380 --> 00:36:59,917
You're afraid that if you look
in to your mother's death,
6640
00:36:59,941 --> 00:37:01,859
That you will go back down
that rabbit hole
6650
00:37:01,859 --> 00:37:03,114
And lose yourself again.
6660
00:37:03,924 --> 00:37:05,670
But it's different this time.
6670
00:37:07,471 --> 00:37:08,652
We have good leads.
6680
00:37:08,652 --> 00:37:11,044
We have strong leads.
6690
00:37:11,897 --> 00:37:14,012
And you won't
have to do it alone.
6700
00:37:15,692 --> 00:37:16,905
We can do it together.
6710
00:37:18,756 --> 00:37:20,383
What if I don't want to know?
6720
00:37:20,996 --> 00:37:22,825
Did you ever think of that?
6730
00:37:26,138 --> 00:37:27,137
What if I'm not ready?
6740
00:37:27,137 --> 00:37:29,013
What if the idea of catching
my mom's murderer
6750
00:37:29,013 --> 00:37:32,065
And then having to sit there
and watch as he cuts some deal
6760
00:37:32,065 --> 00:37:34,372
That puts him back out
on the street in ten years
6770
00:37:34,372 --> 00:37:35,840
Makes me nauseous?
6780
00:37:36,445 --> 00:37:39,842
You dredged up my past
for you, Castle, not for me.
6790
00:37:39,842 --> 00:37:42,131
And you're too selfish
to even see it.
6800
00:37:44,756 --> 00:37:47,337
The case is closed, Castle.
6810
00:37:47,718 --> 00:37:50,640
We made a deal,
and I expect you to honor it.
6820
00:38:28,616 --> 00:38:29,319
You're writing.
6830
00:38:30,139 --> 00:38:31,028
It's time.
6840
00:38:35,114 --> 00:38:36,372
And Beckett?
6850
00:38:40,602 --> 00:38:41,763
I'm sorry, Dad.
6860
00:38:42,946 --> 00:38:43,986
So how was the movie?
6870
00:38:45,416 --> 00:38:46,282
We didn't go.
6880
00:38:46,802 --> 00:38:48,722
- Why not?
- Owen.
6890
00:38:50,870 --> 00:38:51,905
What happened?
6900
00:38:52,076 --> 00:38:54,011
He was playing video games
and lost track of time.
6910
00:38:54,011 --> 00:38:55,769
By the time he showed up,
it was too late.
6920
00:39:00,323 --> 00:39:01,474
sorry, sweetie.
6930
00:39:01,496 --> 00:39:02,682
And then
when he did show up,
6940
00:39:02,682 --> 00:39:04,412
He tried to act like
it's no big deal,
6950
00:39:04,412 --> 00:39:06,009
Like I'm overreacting.
6960
00:39:06,370 --> 00:39:07,719
I mean, he didn't even call.
6970
00:39:09,849 --> 00:39:11,115
Why do boys do that?
6980
00:39:12,513 --> 00:39:15,039
Why do they always have to
justify everything?
6990
00:39:16,892 --> 00:39:18,532
Why can't they just say
they're sorry?
7010
00:39:32,129 --> 00:39:32,947
For what?
7020
00:39:33,423 --> 00:39:36,328
For just... Being you.
7030
00:39:53,781 --> 00:39:56,899
you gave me good steps to follow
7040
00:39:56,899 --> 00:39:58,589
and I wish I...
7050
00:39:59,516 --> 00:40:00,467
I'm sorry.
7060
00:40:02,112 --> 00:40:03,824
What I did was wrong.
7070
00:40:04,838 --> 00:40:07,961
I violated your trust,
I opened old wounds,
7080
00:40:07,961 --> 00:40:10,241
And I did not respect
your wishes.
7090
00:40:12,484 --> 00:40:13,972
And if we're not gonna see
each other again,
7100
00:40:13,972 --> 00:40:15,276
Then you deserve to know...
7110
00:40:15,926 --> 00:40:18,043
and I'm sorry that i...
7120
00:40:18,059 --> 00:40:20,194
I'm very, very sorry.
7130
00:40:20,194 --> 00:40:23,497
but your little girl
7140
00:40:25,259 --> 00:40:30,082
is gonna change the world
7150
00:40:30,677 --> 00:40:32,686
you'll see
7160
00:40:33,856 --> 00:40:34,845
Castle.
7170
00:40:39,065 --> 00:40:40,139
I'll see you tomorrow.
9999
00:00:0,500 --> 00:00:2,00