1 00:00:00,202 --> 00:00:01,299 There are two kinds of folks 2 00:00:01,334 --> 00:00:03,175 who sit around thinking about how to kill people: 3 00:00:03,210 --> 00:00:04,817 psychopaths and mystery writers. 4 00:00:04,852 --> 00:00:06,425 I'm the kind that pays better. 5 00:00:06,460 --> 00:00:07,385 Who am I? 6 00:00:07,474 --> 00:00:08,440 I'm Rick Castle. 7 00:00:08,475 --> 00:00:09,337 Castle. 8 00:00:09,372 --> 00:00:11,512 I really am ruggedly handsome, aren't I? 9 00:00:11,547 --> 00:00:13,996 Every writer needs inspiration. And I found mine. 10 00:00:14,031 --> 00:00:15,117 Detective Kate Beckett. 11 00:00:15,152 --> 00:00:15,774 Beckett. 12 00:00:15,809 --> 00:00:17,928 - Nikki Heat? - The character he's basing on you. 13 00:00:17,963 --> 00:00:19,513 And thanks to my friendship with the mayor, 14 00:00:19,548 --> 00:00:20,603 I get to be on her case. 15 00:00:20,637 --> 00:00:22,400 I would be happy to let you spank me. 16 00:00:22,435 --> 00:00:23,893 And together, we catch killers. 17 00:00:24,439 --> 00:00:25,427 We make a pretty good team, you know? 18 00:00:25,428 --> 00:00:26,561 Like Starsky and Hutch. 19 00:00:26,562 --> 00:00:27,349 Turner and Hooch. 20 00:00:27,384 --> 00:00:29,219 You do remind me a little of Hooch. 21 00:00:38,389 --> 00:00:40,204 Yeah, Paula, that sounds perfect. 22 00:00:40,238 --> 00:00:41,736 Yeah, close the deal. 23 00:00:41,771 --> 00:00:43,501 Thank you. And to you. 24 00:00:44,606 --> 00:00:45,335 - Hey. - Hey. 25 00:00:45,370 --> 00:00:46,571 Ask me why I'm here. 26 00:00:46,606 --> 00:00:48,617 You know, I ask myself that question every day. 27 00:00:48,652 --> 00:00:50,630 That was Paula, my agent, with big news 28 00:00:50,665 --> 00:00:52,862 - about my book "Heat Wave." - Mm-hmm. 29 00:00:52,897 --> 00:00:55,994 - Wanna guess? - Guessing would imply caring. 30 00:00:56,029 --> 00:00:57,195 I'll give you a hint. 31 00:00:57,228 --> 00:00:59,128 The headlines in the trades might read, 32 00:00:59,162 --> 00:01:04,526 "Castle best seller to 'heat' up big screen." 33 00:01:04,726 --> 00:01:06,557 Your book is being made into a movie? 34 00:01:06,591 --> 00:01:08,557 And you are about to be immortalized 35 00:01:08,591 --> 00:01:10,457 on the silver screen. 36 00:01:10,492 --> 00:01:13,888 Actually, Nikki Heat is going to be immortalized, not me. 37 00:01:13,923 --> 00:01:16,944 Yes, well, technically, but it's been widely publicized that you are the inspiration. 38 00:01:16,979 --> 00:01:18,442 So who would you like to play you in the movie? 39 00:01:18,477 --> 00:01:19,811 Whoa. Are you kidding? 40 00:01:19,846 --> 00:01:21,324 They're really making a Nikki Heat movie? 41 00:01:21,359 --> 00:01:23,429 - Dude, did I call it or what? - Ah, congrats, bro. 42 00:01:23,464 --> 00:01:25,053 - Thank you! - What do you think, 43 00:01:25,088 --> 00:01:27,440 can we get James McAvoy for Detective Raley? 44 00:01:28,822 --> 00:01:30,577 - I'm gonna go with Javier Bardem. - Beckett. 45 00:01:31,647 --> 00:01:33,515 Yes, I'd like to report a murder. 46 00:01:33,806 --> 00:01:35,900 Do you have an address? 47 00:01:35,935 --> 00:01:37,994 Where's the fun in that? 48 00:01:39,032 --> 00:01:40,061 Okay. 49 00:01:41,070 --> 00:01:42,586 Who is this? 50 00:01:42,621 --> 00:01:44,102 Oh, a fan. 51 00:01:45,188 --> 00:01:46,899 - Tell me more about this murder. - Tracing. 52 00:01:46,934 --> 00:01:48,870 Well, I did it. 53 00:01:49,352 --> 00:01:51,587 And that's all you need to know. 54 00:01:51,622 --> 00:01:52,371 Got it. 55 00:01:52,405 --> 00:01:54,705 - Hello? - 42nd and Lex. 56 00:01:54,739 --> 00:01:57,139 - That's Grand Central Station. - Yeah, let's go. 57 00:01:58,462 --> 00:01:59,273 According to tech, 58 00:01:59,308 --> 00:02:01,484 the phone call came from the second booth on the end. 59 00:02:29,644 --> 00:02:31,010 Here's his wallet. 60 00:02:32,812 --> 00:02:33,612 Thank you. 61 00:02:33,747 --> 00:02:34,601 You got it. 62 00:02:34,636 --> 00:02:37,359 His name's Alex Peterman, lives in Dobbs Ferry. 63 00:02:37,393 --> 00:02:39,460 So it wasn't a robbery. 64 00:02:39,494 --> 00:02:41,340 He's a personal injury attorney. 65 00:02:41,375 --> 00:02:42,428 Taking the late train home. 66 00:02:42,691 --> 00:02:43,963 Anything other than GSWs? 67 00:02:44,591 --> 00:02:47,365 Nope, just the 5 shots to the chest from a 45. 68 00:02:47,399 --> 00:02:50,330 A 45 makes a pretty loud snap, crackle and pop. 69 00:02:50,365 --> 00:02:52,535 I find it hard to believe no one heard it on the main concourse. 70 00:02:52,945 --> 00:02:54,084 He must have used a suppressor 71 00:02:54,119 --> 00:02:55,839 and waited for the train to pass by. 72 00:02:55,874 --> 00:02:57,739 And let's face it-- New Yorkers are famous 73 00:02:57,774 --> 00:03:00,272 for their "hear no evil, see no evil" attitude. 74 00:03:00,306 --> 00:03:01,539 I'll give you a call with an update 75 00:03:01,540 --> 00:03:03,487 - once I get him back to the lab. Thank you. 76 00:03:03,809 --> 00:03:06,943 - Hey. Quick-- who do you want to play you in the Nikki Heat movie? - Halle Berry. 77 00:03:06,977 --> 00:03:09,843 See? Some people are just great at that game. 78 00:03:09,877 --> 00:03:13,077 You know who we could get for you? Angelina. No. 79 00:03:13,567 --> 00:03:15,946 Kate Beckett, Kate Beckinsale. 80 00:03:17,048 --> 00:03:18,322 We'll call you K-Becks. 81 00:03:18,357 --> 00:03:19,983 Hey, guys, where are we on the case? 82 00:03:19,993 --> 00:03:21,813 We got a woman who says that she heard 83 00:03:21,817 --> 00:03:23,791 a loud sound around 8:45-- 84 00:03:23,826 --> 00:03:25,244 sounded like a car door slamming. 85 00:03:25,279 --> 00:03:26,627 And she said she saw a white male, 86 00:03:26,662 --> 00:03:28,927 30s, average height, exiting the waiting room, 87 00:03:28,962 --> 00:03:31,192 moving very quickly to the 42nd street exit. 88 00:03:31,202 --> 00:03:34,007 Said he was wearing a black coat, black ball cap, sunglasses 89 00:03:34,042 --> 00:03:36,801 and had some sort of beard, maybe a goatee. 90 00:03:36,836 --> 00:03:39,337 All right, let's see if anyone can corroborate her description, 91 00:03:39,372 --> 00:03:41,839 and let's make up a sketch, show it to Alex Peterman's family, 92 00:03:41,874 --> 00:03:44,099 See if they recognize the killer. 93 00:03:47,301 --> 00:03:48,601 What is it? 94 00:03:49,899 --> 00:03:52,560 He called to report his crime. 95 00:03:52,595 --> 00:03:55,039 And that voice... 96 00:03:55,395 --> 00:03:57,416 it's like he did this for fun. 97 00:04:05,514 --> 00:04:07,222 Hey. You're up early. 98 00:04:07,257 --> 00:04:09,461 Yes, I have a date with Beckett at the morgue. 99 00:04:09,496 --> 00:04:11,666 What nefarious plots are you two hatching? 100 00:04:11,701 --> 00:04:12,497 Uh-- 101 00:04:12,532 --> 00:04:13,990 My birthday is coming up. 102 00:04:14,025 --> 00:04:16,817 Uh-huh. 103 00:04:16,852 --> 00:04:18,671 I think you should tell him, gram. 104 00:04:18,706 --> 00:04:20,455 Sometimes he gives good advice. 105 00:04:20,490 --> 00:04:22,815 - Sometimes? - Yeah, maybe you're right. 106 00:04:22,850 --> 00:04:25,921 But I am not in the mood for any of your cavalier quips. 107 00:04:25,956 --> 00:04:27,677 I'll be serious as a shark attack. 108 00:04:27,712 --> 00:04:29,399 Chet has asked me to move in with him. 109 00:04:31,124 --> 00:04:33,858 I told her... that I thought it was too soon. 110 00:04:33,892 --> 00:04:35,794 They've only been dating a few months. 111 00:04:35,885 --> 00:04:38,837 When you get to be our age, every minute counts. 112 00:04:38,872 --> 00:04:41,790 To that end, I have made a list of pros and cons. 113 00:04:42,351 --> 00:04:43,525 So far the pros are winning. 114 00:04:43,994 --> 00:04:46,943 - "Pro-- he makes me feel young." - Well... 115 00:04:46,978 --> 00:04:49,858 - I make you feel young. - Oh, darling. 116 00:04:49,893 --> 00:04:53,033 "Cons-- I don't want to live in another man's home." 117 00:04:53,068 --> 00:04:56,173 You are not another man. Besides, I trained you. 118 00:04:56,208 --> 00:04:57,920 Who knows what bad habits 119 00:04:57,955 --> 00:04:59,805 Chet picked up along the way, you know? 120 00:04:59,840 --> 00:05:03,099 Mother, whatever you decide, I will support you, 121 00:05:03,142 --> 00:05:04,931 the same way I have since the last man you lived with 122 00:05:04,966 --> 00:05:06,783 stole your life savings. 123 00:05:09,470 --> 00:05:11,438 Cause of death is multiple gunshot wounds. 124 00:05:11,473 --> 00:05:14,708 Tox indicates he had a martini about an hour before he died. 125 00:05:14,956 --> 00:05:15,703 Other than that, 126 00:05:15,738 --> 00:05:18,777 there is nothing interesting about the body. 127 00:05:18,812 --> 00:05:20,268 So then why the call? 128 00:05:20,303 --> 00:05:23,257 The body isn't interesting. Excuse me. 129 00:05:23,292 --> 00:05:24,385 But the bullets are. 130 00:05:24,420 --> 00:05:26,224 Check out the marking on the end of the slugs. 131 00:05:26,259 --> 00:05:27,990 Aftermarket factory stamps? 132 00:05:28,025 --> 00:05:29,258 No. 133 00:05:30,298 --> 00:05:32,128 Those aren't stamps. They're letters. 134 00:05:33,602 --> 00:05:36,637 And look, they're hand-etched. 135 00:05:37,791 --> 00:05:40,711 They spell something. They spell... 136 00:05:41,477 --> 00:05:42,794 "kinki." 137 00:05:45,986 --> 00:05:47,612 No. 138 00:05:53,185 --> 00:05:54,652 "Nikki." 139 00:05:55,397 --> 00:05:56,487 Nikki Heat. 140 00:05:58,590 --> 00:06:00,125 That's why he called me. 141 00:06:00,159 --> 00:06:02,094 That's why he said he was a fan. 142 00:06:02,939 --> 00:06:04,597 He dedicated this murder to me. 143 00:06:05,824 --> 00:06:08,168 Does he realize she's a fictional character not a real person? 144 00:06:08,203 --> 00:06:10,682 Obviously, he's delusional, but given that Nikki Heat 145 00:06:10,717 --> 00:06:13,470 is based on Detective Beckett, maybe he's confusing the two. 146 00:06:13,505 --> 00:06:14,683 And we showed Alex Peterman's family 147 00:06:14,718 --> 00:06:17,092 the sketch of our suspect. He did not look familiar. 148 00:06:17,405 --> 00:06:18,701 How are we on forensics? 149 00:06:18,736 --> 00:06:21,718 CSU grabbed about 200 fingerprints, 150 00:06:21,753 --> 00:06:23,466 a thousand fibers and 60 odd DNA samples, 151 00:06:23,501 --> 00:06:25,145 and that was just from the phone box. 152 00:06:25,180 --> 00:06:27,416 They're working them up now... 153 00:06:27,451 --> 00:06:29,653 after they clear their backlog. 154 00:06:29,688 --> 00:06:33,091 Beckett. Guy on the phone's asking for Detective Heat. 155 00:06:39,493 --> 00:06:40,859 Beckett. 156 00:06:40,894 --> 00:06:44,282 Nikki, did you get the first part of my message? 157 00:06:44,317 --> 00:06:45,412 Yes, I did. 158 00:06:45,447 --> 00:06:49,436 Well, the second is at the Central Park carousel. 159 00:08:01,999 --> 00:08:03,461 Same MO. 160 00:08:03,676 --> 00:08:06,252 She was shot 4 times with a 45. 161 00:08:06,287 --> 00:08:08,890 There are contusions on the victim's left side 162 00:08:08,925 --> 00:08:10,884 consistent with the muzzle of a 45 163 00:08:10,919 --> 00:08:12,382 being jammed into her ribs. 164 00:08:12,417 --> 00:08:14,875 I'm guessing the killer is left-handed. 165 00:08:14,910 --> 00:08:16,975 CSU pulled the slugs from the back of the carriage? 166 00:08:17,010 --> 00:08:19,052 Yes, there were letters on the slugs. 167 00:08:19,087 --> 00:08:21,832 They spell "w-i-l-l." 168 00:08:21,867 --> 00:08:24,053 So he's sending a message. 169 00:08:24,088 --> 00:08:26,109 "Nikki will"... 170 00:08:26,144 --> 00:08:28,991 What? Nikki will what? 171 00:08:30,151 --> 00:08:31,955 - Thank you, Lanie. - Mm-hmm. 172 00:08:33,936 --> 00:08:36,300 I guess it's official. Our guy is a serial killer. 173 00:08:36,335 --> 00:08:37,836 I would think that a serial killer 174 00:08:37,871 --> 00:08:40,463 would be like the holy grail for a crime novelist. 175 00:08:40,825 --> 00:08:43,623 I guess it would be if it weren't for the Nikki Heat of it all. 176 00:08:44,109 --> 00:08:45,785 I'm feeling a little bit responsible. 177 00:08:46,072 --> 00:08:48,273 Really? Like the Beatles are responsible 178 00:08:48,307 --> 00:08:50,042 for Charles Manson 'cause of "Helter Skelter"? 179 00:08:50,076 --> 00:08:52,412 Or is it more like Jodie Foster is responsible 180 00:08:52,447 --> 00:08:53,447 for John Hinckley shooting Reagan? 181 00:08:53,457 --> 00:08:55,035 If I hadn't created Nikki Heat-- 182 00:08:55,070 --> 00:08:56,839 He would still be killing. 183 00:08:56,874 --> 00:08:59,105 He'd just find another reason why. 184 00:08:59,115 --> 00:09:00,615 All right, folks. Make way. 185 00:09:00,639 --> 00:09:02,303 Now what's going on? 186 00:09:03,211 --> 00:09:06,218 Either a UFO just landed on the other side of the park... 187 00:09:06,570 --> 00:09:09,511 Or else the FBI is here to claim jurisdiction over this case. 188 00:09:10,336 --> 00:09:11,830 Maybe they just want to ride on the carousel 189 00:09:11,865 --> 00:09:13,653 before the line gets too long. 190 00:09:13,688 --> 00:09:16,431 Rope off a 10-foot circumference around the carousel. 191 00:09:16,466 --> 00:09:18,705 Sweep for prints and trace evidence. 192 00:09:18,740 --> 00:09:20,910 Close off the park entrance at 6th. 193 00:09:20,945 --> 00:09:23,115 - Work up the entire footpath. - Mm-hmm. 194 00:09:23,300 --> 00:09:24,881 Here it goes. 195 00:09:24,916 --> 00:09:27,043 Nikki Heat I presume. 196 00:09:27,078 --> 00:09:29,226 It's Beckett. Detective Kate Beckett. 197 00:09:29,261 --> 00:09:31,121 Yeah, I read all about you in "Cosmo." 198 00:09:31,156 --> 00:09:34,898 And you must be the celebrity writer tagalong, Richard Castle. 199 00:09:35,173 --> 00:09:38,121 Special Agent Jordan Shaw. Jor-Jordan Shaw? 200 00:09:38,430 --> 00:09:39,504 The same Jordan Shaw that broke 201 00:09:39,539 --> 00:09:42,144 the Hudson Valley Strangler Case back in 1991? 202 00:09:42,179 --> 00:09:44,565 I also play a mean game of scrabble. 203 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:47,048 Now that we all know each other, I'd like to see the body. 204 00:09:47,083 --> 00:09:50,348 Agent Shaw, my people have already secured the area. 205 00:09:50,383 --> 00:09:53,614 CSU is on the scene, and we are canvassing the park. 206 00:09:53,649 --> 00:09:55,490 So as happy as I am to see the cavalry, 207 00:09:55,525 --> 00:09:57,737 there's really not much left here for you to do. 208 00:09:57,772 --> 00:09:59,649 Detective, the gods in the Marble Halls 209 00:09:59,684 --> 00:10:01,755 have sent me here to catch a killer, which I will do 210 00:10:01,790 --> 00:10:03,730 with or without your help, okay? 211 00:10:04,789 --> 00:10:07,709 - Now could I see the body? - That is so going in the movie. 212 00:10:07,744 --> 00:10:10,166 Can you say that again, but start from "Marble Halls"? 213 00:10:10,504 --> 00:10:13,791 Unis pulled this from a trash bin. Wallet's inside. 214 00:10:13,826 --> 00:10:15,132 The vic's name is Michelle Lewis. 215 00:10:15,167 --> 00:10:17,357 According to her business card, she's a dog walker. 216 00:10:17,392 --> 00:10:21,210 There's a print here, and it's too large to be our victim's. 217 00:10:21,245 --> 00:10:23,447 Let's get it to the lab for-- 218 00:10:24,177 --> 00:10:25,090 What are you doing? 219 00:10:25,125 --> 00:10:27,802 That print is already in the lab and being processed. 220 00:10:27,837 --> 00:10:30,479 No muss, no fuss, no black powder on your clothes. 221 00:10:30,596 --> 00:10:32,799 Wow. There's an app for that? 222 00:10:32,809 --> 00:10:36,109 That's why I joined the FBI, Mr. Castle, for the toys. 223 00:10:37,137 --> 00:10:39,571 I'm really eager to see that body. 224 00:10:39,606 --> 00:10:41,031 Can I take a look at that-- 225 00:10:42,143 --> 00:10:44,034 Be a chance to check it later. 226 00:10:49,638 --> 00:10:51,450 What is going on? 227 00:10:51,485 --> 00:10:53,311 They're setting up the war room. 228 00:10:54,291 --> 00:10:56,024 War room? 229 00:10:57,168 --> 00:10:59,011 Tell me everything you know about Jordan Shaw. 230 00:10:59,021 --> 00:11:01,055 She is like the federal you. 231 00:11:01,090 --> 00:11:03,089 She is good. She is real good. 232 00:11:03,124 --> 00:11:05,116 She cracked open that Hudson valley Strangler Case 233 00:11:05,151 --> 00:11:06,928 when she was just 25. 234 00:11:06,963 --> 00:11:08,640 I thought they caught him off of a speeding ticket. 235 00:11:08,675 --> 00:11:12,004 Well, don't ask me how, but she profiled that he drove a Yugo. 236 00:11:12,039 --> 00:11:13,737 They found a girl tied up in the back. 237 00:11:13,747 --> 00:11:16,765 Uh-huh. Jordan Shaw saved that girl's life. 238 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:18,886 I've never seen you so excited to meet anyone before. 239 00:11:18,921 --> 00:11:22,091 - No, I just-- I'm-- oh, I'm impressed with-- - Excuse us. 240 00:11:22,457 --> 00:11:24,190 - Watch it. - I... 241 00:11:24,660 --> 00:11:26,901 Can we go see the war room now? 242 00:11:28,428 --> 00:11:31,218 - You're running partials, too, right? - Through all databases. 243 00:11:31,253 --> 00:11:33,889 The lab's getting us information as fast as we can follow up. 244 00:11:33,924 --> 00:11:35,690 I thought there was a backlog at the lab. 245 00:11:35,725 --> 00:11:38,951 I have a federal fast pass, so I get to jump the line. 246 00:11:39,128 --> 00:11:41,427 Currently we a running 35 solid leads 247 00:11:41,462 --> 00:11:43,715 based on DNA, prints, 248 00:11:43,750 --> 00:11:45,793 trace evidence found from both crime scenes, 249 00:11:45,828 --> 00:11:48,001 and we're running it through the FBI data matrix. 250 00:11:48,035 --> 00:11:49,929 The matrix also looks for a connection 251 00:11:49,964 --> 00:11:52,504 between the victims in case the killer has a type 252 00:11:52,538 --> 00:11:55,606 or a favorite hunting ground or isn't killing randomly. 253 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:57,807 Both Alex Peterman and Michelle Lewis belonged to 254 00:11:57,841 --> 00:12:00,676 the same Wessex gym, but they went to different locations. 255 00:12:01,105 --> 00:12:02,995 They were both members of MoMa. 256 00:12:03,030 --> 00:12:04,885 Hmm. They both adopted their dogs 257 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:06,285 from the same ASPCA. 258 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:08,910 Wow! Sounds like it does your job for you. 259 00:12:08,945 --> 00:12:11,500 A machine can collate. It can't think. 260 00:12:12,334 --> 00:12:14,274 It takes a mind to hunt a mind. 261 00:12:14,309 --> 00:12:15,756 Take this guy. 262 00:12:17,060 --> 00:12:19,494 He calls the police to report his own crime, 263 00:12:19,529 --> 00:12:21,929 likes to kill in heavily populated areas 264 00:12:21,963 --> 00:12:23,786 and uses bullets as messages. 265 00:12:23,821 --> 00:12:27,234 Now most of these stalker types can barely tie their own shoes. 266 00:12:27,268 --> 00:12:29,603 This one's different, smarter. 267 00:12:30,329 --> 00:12:32,280 You almost sound like you admire him. 268 00:12:32,315 --> 00:12:36,276 I admire him the way Robert Shaw admired the shark in "Jaws." 269 00:12:37,121 --> 00:12:39,538 The better I know him, the easier it'll be to catch him. 270 00:12:39,573 --> 00:12:41,163 That's like when I'm writing. 271 00:12:41,514 --> 00:12:43,426 The killer's voice doesn't sound authentic 272 00:12:43,461 --> 00:12:44,853 unless I understand his motivation. 273 00:12:44,863 --> 00:12:46,390 Well, this guy likes to make a scene. 274 00:12:46,425 --> 00:12:48,770 I wouldn't be surprised if he was also an arsonist. 275 00:12:48,805 --> 00:12:50,363 In fact, I think that's what drew him 276 00:12:50,398 --> 00:12:53,760 to the Nikki Heat character in the first place-- her name. 277 00:12:53,794 --> 00:12:56,118 Speaking of Detective Heat... 278 00:12:56,153 --> 00:12:58,408 Oh. Whoa. Whoa. Guys. Listen. 279 00:12:58,443 --> 00:13:00,361 Not that I don't appreciate the royalties, but, uh, 280 00:13:00,396 --> 00:13:02,244 why do you need a hundred copies of "Heat Wave"? 281 00:13:02,279 --> 00:13:05,448 If our killer is obsessed with Nikki Heat, then so are we. 282 00:13:05,482 --> 00:13:07,434 Avery, Cliff notes, please. 283 00:13:08,982 --> 00:13:10,916 A real estate tycoon is killed. 284 00:13:10,950 --> 00:13:13,054 Detective Nikki Heat catches the case 285 00:13:13,089 --> 00:13:16,227 and investigates suspects who wanted the man dead. 286 00:13:16,262 --> 00:13:18,620 There's a trophy wife, of course, 287 00:13:18,655 --> 00:13:20,858 - dangerous mobsters--- - Uh, uh, excuse me. 288 00:13:20,893 --> 00:13:23,149 It's-- it's a-- it's a "New York Times" best-seller. 289 00:13:23,184 --> 00:13:26,364 I don't think there's a need to make it sound quite so dry. 290 00:13:26,398 --> 00:13:27,765 Thanks. 291 00:13:27,799 --> 00:13:30,934 Heat's life is complicated by a reporter named Jameson Rook, 292 00:13:30,968 --> 00:13:33,937 who's following her around for an article he's writing. 293 00:13:34,004 --> 00:13:37,506 Heat and Rook verbally spar, and in chapter 11, 294 00:13:37,541 --> 00:13:40,678 admit their attraction for one another and have sex. 295 00:13:42,670 --> 00:13:44,729 Mm-hmm. 296 00:13:46,523 --> 00:13:48,224 It's fiction. 297 00:13:50,815 --> 00:13:53,020 In the end, when the killer's revealed, it turns out it's actually-- 298 00:13:53,055 --> 00:13:57,160 Oh, oh, oh. Spoiler alert. 299 00:13:57,195 --> 00:14:00,744 In deference to Mr. Castle's artistic sensitivity, 300 00:14:00,779 --> 00:14:03,940 you can all read the book to find out the identity of the killer. 301 00:14:03,975 --> 00:14:04,802 Thank you. 302 00:14:04,837 --> 00:14:06,477 And if you want me to autograph those for you, 303 00:14:06,512 --> 00:14:10,170 just form a single file line right here. 304 00:14:10,205 --> 00:14:12,534 Or not. 305 00:14:12,569 --> 00:14:15,494 We got a hit. That pinkie print off the second victim's purse 306 00:14:15,529 --> 00:14:18,341 belongs to a Donald Salt, 2-time loser, 307 00:14:18,376 --> 00:14:21,738 on parole for a manslaughter conviction in 2005. 308 00:14:21,773 --> 00:14:25,065 They just matched it to the partial pinkie print 309 00:14:25,100 --> 00:14:27,864 - your team recovered from Grand Central. - Two pinkie prints? 310 00:14:27,899 --> 00:14:30,209 So he was at the station and the carousel. 311 00:14:30,244 --> 00:14:32,519 And the purse puts him with our victim. 312 00:14:32,554 --> 00:14:33,977 Let's mount up. 313 00:14:39,639 --> 00:14:42,186 Yeah. Okay. Just pulling up now. 314 00:14:43,608 --> 00:14:44,964 Yep, got it. 315 00:14:46,346 --> 00:14:48,441 Salt lives in that brick building. 316 00:14:48,581 --> 00:14:50,815 His supervisor says he left work an hour ago. 317 00:14:50,850 --> 00:14:51,983 So he should be home by now. 318 00:14:52,018 --> 00:14:54,261 When the others get here, we'll take him. 319 00:14:54,295 --> 00:14:57,696 - What is he doing? - He, um, touches things. 320 00:14:58,619 --> 00:15:02,283 Night vision goggles. I think I have the newer model, though. 321 00:15:02,318 --> 00:15:03,924 You know, maybe in my third book, 322 00:15:03,959 --> 00:15:05,495 Nikki Heat will cross swords with a 323 00:15:05,530 --> 00:15:09,172 good-looking, yet coldhearted FBI profiler. 324 00:15:09,207 --> 00:15:11,195 Call it "Federal Heat." 325 00:15:12,725 --> 00:15:14,429 Or maybe not. 326 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:21,122 So howi'm... We're-- two been we're not sleeping together. 327 00:15:21,310 --> 00:15:22,711 Um... 328 00:15:22,721 --> 00:15:24,494 We're- we're not sleeping together 329 00:15:24,529 --> 00:15:26,233 We-- he-- he just observes me. 330 00:15:26,268 --> 00:15:28,772 Yeah. I've seen how he observes you. 331 00:15:28,807 --> 00:15:30,856 No, she's right. Aside from my second wife, 332 00:15:30,891 --> 00:15:33,462 this is the most sexless relationship I've ever been in. 333 00:15:33,463 --> 00:15:35,562 I've been profiling people for a long time. 334 00:15:35,597 --> 00:15:36,873 I'm hardly ever wrong. 335 00:15:36,908 --> 00:15:39,172 Well, this time you are... Wrong. 336 00:15:40,982 --> 00:15:42,082 So if you're not sleeping together, 337 00:15:42,126 --> 00:15:44,120 Why do you keep him around? 338 00:15:44,155 --> 00:15:46,114 You know I can hear you? 339 00:15:46,115 --> 00:15:48,686 He's actually proven to be surprisingly helpful. 340 00:15:48,721 --> 00:15:51,549 Hmm. Have to take your word on that. 341 00:15:53,052 --> 00:15:56,571 Put the taser down. 342 00:16:01,008 --> 00:16:02,610 Okay, the team's here. 343 00:16:03,459 --> 00:16:04,943 You stay in the car. 344 00:16:05,647 --> 00:16:07,631 You heard her, Castle. Stay. 345 00:16:07,666 --> 00:16:10,590 Could you at least crack the window for me? 346 00:16:14,254 --> 00:16:15,532 Come on. Let's go. Move, move. 347 00:16:18,078 --> 00:16:20,075 Let's make it quick and bloodless. 348 00:16:23,827 --> 00:16:25,998 Go, go, go, go. 349 00:16:28,235 --> 00:16:29,530 Hang on. 350 00:16:29,565 --> 00:16:33,038 Stop! FBI! Hey! 351 00:16:37,910 --> 00:16:39,111 Aah! 352 00:16:39,145 --> 00:16:41,779 Aah! Oh! 353 00:16:41,814 --> 00:16:42,814 Oh! 354 00:16:42,848 --> 00:16:45,323 Ohh! Oh! 355 00:16:45,417 --> 00:16:46,373 Oh! 356 00:16:46,408 --> 00:16:47,521 See, I'm helping. 357 00:16:47,556 --> 00:16:50,156 Yeah. I'll buy you an ice cream later. 358 00:16:50,378 --> 00:16:52,678 Agent Shaw, we got a problem. 359 00:16:52,713 --> 00:16:54,979 His pinkie finger's missing. 360 00:16:56,284 --> 00:16:58,964 Which one of you is Nikki Heat? 361 00:17:03,438 --> 00:17:05,712 So I was on one of those internet barter sites, 362 00:17:05,747 --> 00:17:07,240 and I was looking-- 363 00:17:07,275 --> 00:17:09,453 It, uh, doesn't matter what I was looking for. 364 00:17:09,488 --> 00:17:12,324 But I came across the ad. 365 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:15,094 "Finger wanted. Will pay top dollar." 366 00:17:15,129 --> 00:17:17,382 And what's top dollar for a pinkie finger? 367 00:17:17,562 --> 00:17:19,863 5,000 bucks. 368 00:17:20,168 --> 00:17:21,499 Sounds like a real deal. 369 00:17:21,534 --> 00:17:23,334 Hey, you get less than that for a kidney. 370 00:17:23,748 --> 00:17:25,096 So anyway, I e-mailed him back. 371 00:17:25,131 --> 00:17:26,909 I told him I had everything he wanted. 372 00:17:26,944 --> 00:17:30,478 You gave him the finger. What more did he want? 373 00:17:30,513 --> 00:17:34,013 He wanted me to have a violent felony conviction 374 00:17:34,014 --> 00:17:35,688 and to be recently paroled. 375 00:17:35,723 --> 00:17:37,694 And you also had to be willing to suffer through 376 00:17:37,729 --> 00:17:40,335 the indignity of a false arrest. 377 00:17:40,370 --> 00:17:44,840 He told me Detective Nikki Heat would be coming for me... 378 00:17:45,321 --> 00:17:47,764 and it might get physical. 379 00:17:47,910 --> 00:17:49,814 He didn't mention anything about Captain America 380 00:17:49,849 --> 00:17:51,016 with the taser gun. 381 00:17:51,051 --> 00:17:52,148 So he warned you 382 00:17:52,183 --> 00:17:55,131 that he would be planting your print at a murder scene. 383 00:17:55,166 --> 00:17:56,890 Which is why you have an alibi. 384 00:17:56,925 --> 00:17:59,183 Was perched on my favorite bar stool 385 00:17:59,218 --> 00:18:01,407 at McSorley's until closing every night 386 00:18:01,442 --> 00:18:04,798 since that man took my digit and walked away with it in his cooler. 387 00:18:04,833 --> 00:18:06,796 Is this the man? 388 00:18:06,831 --> 00:18:08,492 I'm not sure. I didn't really see him. 389 00:18:08,527 --> 00:18:10,254 He had a hat and sunglasses. 390 00:18:10,289 --> 00:18:11,981 Who bandaged your finger? 391 00:18:12,016 --> 00:18:13,512 He did. 392 00:18:13,776 --> 00:18:15,985 He said you'd notice. 393 00:18:18,713 --> 00:18:20,732 Ooh, be gentle with me, Nikki. 394 00:18:29,917 --> 00:18:31,666 There's numbers here. 395 00:18:35,388 --> 00:18:37,122 This looks like a code. 396 00:18:38,263 --> 00:18:39,419 Severed digits, 397 00:18:39,454 --> 00:18:41,763 a secret code-- this is like one of my books. 398 00:18:41,798 --> 00:18:44,477 You should've been with me on the recapitator case. 399 00:18:44,478 --> 00:18:46,952 What, that guy in Phoenix who switched his victims' heads? 400 00:18:46,953 --> 00:18:47,989 That was your case? 401 00:18:48,799 --> 00:18:49,857 Our techs have run the numbers 402 00:18:49,892 --> 00:18:52,856 through all conventional cryptology. We can't crack it. 403 00:18:52,890 --> 00:18:53,909 Which means what? 404 00:18:53,944 --> 00:18:55,956 There's either a reference key that we don't have 405 00:18:55,991 --> 00:18:58,055 or the code itself is just a random string of numbers. 406 00:18:58,090 --> 00:19:01,053 It's not random. He bought another man's finger so he could leave a print 407 00:19:01,088 --> 00:19:02,608 that would lead us directly to this code. 408 00:19:02,643 --> 00:19:03,858 It's how he taunts Nikki. 409 00:19:03,893 --> 00:19:05,755 "Are you clever enough to solve my riddle?" 410 00:19:05,790 --> 00:19:07,882 So whatever this reference key is, 411 00:19:07,916 --> 00:19:09,252 he thinks you can find it. 412 00:19:09,262 --> 00:19:10,999 Those numbers could mean anything. 413 00:19:11,034 --> 00:19:13,760 Well, the left-hand column is less than 300. 414 00:19:13,795 --> 00:19:16,219 Right-hand column is no more than 260. 415 00:19:16,254 --> 00:19:20,539 And the combination of the joined pair most likely yields a word. 416 00:19:20,574 --> 00:19:21,697 Words. 417 00:19:21,732 --> 00:19:23,088 It's "Heat Wave." 418 00:19:23,123 --> 00:19:27,150 When we typeset a manuscript, it's usually 300 words a page. 419 00:19:27,185 --> 00:19:30,336 And "Heat Wave" is less than 300 pages. 420 00:19:30,371 --> 00:19:32,090 First column is a page number... 421 00:19:32,125 --> 00:19:33,809 Counting backwards from the bottom. 422 00:19:33,865 --> 00:19:37,190 79. Second column is a word. 423 00:19:37,225 --> 00:19:39,480 - 32, 33. "I." - 126--80, "will." 424 00:19:39,515 --> 00:19:41,473 145--204, "kill." 425 00:19:41,507 --> 00:19:42,707 "I will kill"... 426 00:19:42,742 --> 00:19:45,709 Hang on. I'm uploading the text right now. 427 00:19:47,713 --> 00:19:49,280 "I will kill 428 00:19:49,314 --> 00:19:51,416 "someone else before 429 00:19:51,451 --> 00:19:54,887 "midnight tonight unless you stop me." 430 00:19:57,491 --> 00:19:59,890 Midnight. That's eight hours away. 431 00:19:59,924 --> 00:20:03,091 He's putting us on the clock. He's daring us to stop him. 432 00:20:10,292 --> 00:20:11,652 Kickin' it old-school? 433 00:20:11,687 --> 00:20:13,232 The white board's always worked for me. 434 00:20:14,686 --> 00:20:16,326 I've been going over subway routes, 435 00:20:16,361 --> 00:20:18,181 trying to see if I can trace a pattern 436 00:20:18,216 --> 00:20:19,967 from Grand Central to the carousel 437 00:20:20,002 --> 00:20:22,779 to the next location, and so far, nothing definitive. 438 00:20:22,813 --> 00:20:25,422 Well, maybe there's something about how he chooses his victims. 439 00:20:25,457 --> 00:20:28,695 - First a man, then a woman. - A lawyer and a dog walker? 440 00:20:28,730 --> 00:20:30,425 Let's face it. There's no pattern there. 441 00:20:30,460 --> 00:20:32,662 There's no way to predict where he's gonna go next, 442 00:20:32,697 --> 00:20:36,840 and it's already 9:00, and we're out of time. 443 00:20:37,833 --> 00:20:41,665 And every murder he commits in the name of Nikki Heat... 444 00:20:42,722 --> 00:20:44,363 A very wise woman once told me, 445 00:20:44,398 --> 00:20:47,087 you can't blame Jodie Foster for John Hinckley. 446 00:20:48,637 --> 00:20:51,575 But you can blame her for "Nim's Island." 447 00:20:53,378 --> 00:20:56,446 Llead just came in now. Let's get it to Avery. 448 00:20:59,250 --> 00:21:00,350 What have you got? 449 00:21:00,460 --> 00:21:02,060 Lab results came back on that bandage. 450 00:21:02,085 --> 00:21:03,598 Tested positive for formaldehyde, 451 00:21:03,633 --> 00:21:05,018 methanol and ethanol. 452 00:21:05,053 --> 00:21:06,658 - Embalming fluid. - Embalming fluid. 453 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:10,367 The lab found traces of formaldehyde at Grand Central 454 00:21:10,402 --> 00:21:12,433 and ethanol at the carousel. 455 00:21:12,443 --> 00:21:14,243 Our killer works at a mortuary. 456 00:21:15,008 --> 00:21:16,532 Or he could be a hospital employee 457 00:21:16,567 --> 00:21:17,591 or a janitor at a morgue. 458 00:21:17,626 --> 00:21:19,463 No. Castle's theory is more likely. 459 00:21:19,498 --> 00:21:21,639 Bring up all the mortuaries in the city. 460 00:21:21,673 --> 00:21:23,992 We've got over a thousand in the New York City area alone. 461 00:21:24,027 --> 00:21:25,375 We can't hit all these before midnight. 462 00:21:25,385 --> 00:21:27,483 Can you cross-reference mortuary experience 463 00:21:27,518 --> 00:21:30,109 - with criminal records? - Or job finder groups for ex-cons. 464 00:21:30,143 --> 00:21:32,611 - Yes! - I can try. 465 00:21:34,559 --> 00:21:35,327 Six names. 466 00:21:35,362 --> 00:21:37,182 Mobilize the troops. I want every one of these guys 467 00:21:37,217 --> 00:21:39,536 in our custody before midnight. 468 00:21:39,794 --> 00:21:42,025 I see what you mean about him being helpful. 469 00:21:47,257 --> 00:21:49,411 Any of these undertakers look good for it? 470 00:21:49,730 --> 00:21:52,191 They all say the same thing, "we work with dead bodies 471 00:21:52,226 --> 00:21:53,793 all day, we don't need to make more." 472 00:21:53,828 --> 00:21:56,483 He baited us, just like with that fingerprint. 473 00:21:56,517 --> 00:21:58,451 We're wasting our time. 474 00:21:58,486 --> 00:22:01,119 He's on the phone. He's asking for Nikki Heat. 475 00:22:03,328 --> 00:22:04,654 We're tracing the call. 476 00:22:06,051 --> 00:22:07,060 Hello. 477 00:22:07,095 --> 00:22:08,035 Nikki? 478 00:22:08,070 --> 00:22:10,962 You were supposed to stop me. 479 00:22:11,330 --> 00:22:13,315 I wanted you to stop me. 480 00:22:13,350 --> 00:22:15,300 Tell me where you are. 481 00:22:15,949 --> 00:22:17,794 Will you come alone? 482 00:22:19,718 --> 00:22:20,674 Yes, just you and me. 483 00:22:20,709 --> 00:22:24,322 We can figure this out. 484 00:22:25,011 --> 00:22:27,644 I can help you. You just need to trust me. 485 00:22:28,786 --> 00:22:30,839 Tell me something... 486 00:22:32,679 --> 00:22:37,028 how does it feel to know that you have failed? 487 00:22:51,752 --> 00:22:53,861 Check the stairs. Get a unit on the roof. 488 00:22:53,896 --> 00:22:56,246 I want eyes on every inch of this structure. 489 00:22:56,281 --> 00:22:58,596 He was just here. That body can't be too far. 490 00:22:58,631 --> 00:23:00,932 Over here! A lot of blood. 491 00:23:01,694 --> 00:23:03,001 A woman's shoe. 492 00:23:03,035 --> 00:23:04,435 Got a broken heel. 493 00:23:04,468 --> 00:23:06,914 - Strands of hair. - Looks like she put up a fight. 494 00:23:06,949 --> 00:23:08,836 There's four shell casings. 495 00:23:08,870 --> 00:23:11,858 There's no way she would've survived without medical attention. 496 00:23:11,893 --> 00:23:13,740 Then where's the body? 497 00:23:13,774 --> 00:23:15,709 He always leaves the body where he kills. 498 00:23:15,743 --> 00:23:17,486 And he always kills in famous places 499 00:23:17,521 --> 00:23:18,880 with lots of foot traffic. 500 00:23:19,913 --> 00:23:20,710 He's changing his MO. 501 00:23:20,745 --> 00:23:22,135 Which makes him more unpredictable, 502 00:23:22,170 --> 00:23:23,526 which makes him more dangerous. 503 00:23:23,527 --> 00:23:26,066 Structure's clear. There's no body. 504 00:23:27,096 --> 00:23:28,930 Where the hell did he put her? 505 00:23:28,965 --> 00:23:30,852 He put her in his trunk. 506 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:32,602 That blood trail ends right here. 507 00:23:34,336 --> 00:23:37,378 So he waited, probably left his car idling, 508 00:23:37,379 --> 00:23:39,908 takes down his victim, popped his trunk, put her in, 509 00:23:39,943 --> 00:23:41,538 drove away, body on board. 510 00:23:41,573 --> 00:23:43,171 Get the parking attendant to give us a list 511 00:23:43,206 --> 00:23:45,464 of all the vehicles through here and the video footage. 512 00:23:45,499 --> 00:23:47,254 You think he used his own car? 513 00:23:47,264 --> 00:23:49,203 No, but if he stole it tonight, 514 00:23:49,238 --> 00:23:50,676 he might not have had time to switch the plates. 515 00:23:50,711 --> 00:23:51,597 We put out an APB. 516 00:23:51,632 --> 00:23:54,514 I'll get my guys to get a roster of all the people who had monthlies on this floor. 517 00:23:54,524 --> 00:23:55,625 My people are already on it. 518 00:23:55,660 --> 00:23:57,380 I got way more people than you do. 519 00:23:57,667 --> 00:23:59,302 Your captain has a unit on your apartment. 520 00:23:59,336 --> 00:24:00,847 - Go home. Get some rest. - It's not necess-- 521 00:24:00,882 --> 00:24:04,622 No argument. You're no good to me if you're burned out. 522 00:24:17,962 --> 00:24:20,830 He roars like an angry, caged animal. 523 00:24:20,898 --> 00:24:23,466 He's heading towards the outer hatch area. 524 00:24:23,500 --> 00:24:25,802 The blows don't seem to be injuring his hands. 525 00:24:25,836 --> 00:24:27,837 There's no-- there's no blood that I can see. 526 00:24:27,872 --> 00:24:29,060 Hey. 527 00:24:29,095 --> 00:24:31,303 - Hi. - What are you still doing up? 528 00:24:31,338 --> 00:24:33,794 Oh, can't sleep. Too much on my mind. 529 00:24:33,829 --> 00:24:36,454 You know, decisions to make and... 530 00:24:36,489 --> 00:24:39,080 Wow. One of your old wedding videos. 531 00:24:39,114 --> 00:24:40,553 Oh-ho-ho. Are you kidding? 532 00:24:40,588 --> 00:24:43,113 This guy's a pushover compared to my ex-husbands. 533 00:24:43,148 --> 00:24:46,620 So the pros outweighed the cons? 534 00:24:46,654 --> 00:24:48,520 Darling, this was always supposed to be 535 00:24:48,555 --> 00:24:52,860 a temporary situation-- un-until I got back on my feet, you know. 536 00:24:52,894 --> 00:24:55,330 Well, the Rodgers women always follow their hearts. 537 00:24:55,365 --> 00:24:56,665 Yeah. 538 00:24:58,199 --> 00:24:59,799 You okay? 539 00:25:01,049 --> 00:25:02,651 This case, it just... 540 00:25:03,949 --> 00:25:04,802 If it wasn't for my book-- 541 00:25:04,837 --> 00:25:05,842 What are you gonna do, darling, 542 00:25:05,877 --> 00:25:09,009 stop writing because some idiot has got a screw loose? 543 00:25:09,043 --> 00:25:10,844 No, it's just... 544 00:25:12,352 --> 00:25:14,453 I never intended to put her in harm's way. 545 00:25:14,488 --> 00:25:16,555 Let me tell you something about Kate Beckett. 546 00:25:16,590 --> 00:25:19,104 That gal can take care of herself. 547 00:25:19,293 --> 00:25:21,127 Really. 548 00:25:53,995 --> 00:25:54,929 Whoo! Wow! 549 00:25:55,076 --> 00:25:58,801 Castle? What are you doing here? 550 00:25:59,484 --> 00:26:00,684 Wine? 551 00:26:01,672 --> 00:26:03,466 So what happened to your security detail? 552 00:26:03,501 --> 00:26:04,786 I didn't see anyone outside. 553 00:26:04,820 --> 00:26:06,758 I sent them home after I got in. 554 00:26:07,917 --> 00:26:09,202 What? 555 00:26:09,237 --> 00:26:11,165 The windows are locked, the door is locked, 556 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:13,887 I'm armed. 557 00:26:13,921 --> 00:26:16,659 So our guy killed the others where they were found. 558 00:26:18,183 --> 00:26:19,414 Why not this girl? 559 00:26:19,449 --> 00:26:20,920 Why didn't he just leave her in the garage 560 00:26:20,955 --> 00:26:22,347 where we'd find her? 561 00:26:22,382 --> 00:26:23,739 He's changing it up. 562 00:26:24,060 --> 00:26:26,009 Or this victim is special. 563 00:26:27,063 --> 00:26:27,701 Oh, no, thanks. 564 00:26:27,736 --> 00:26:30,287 No, no, Agent Shaw said we need to decompress. 565 00:26:30,322 --> 00:26:34,251 Nothing decompresses like a 2000 Chąteauneuf-du-Pape. 566 00:26:34,286 --> 00:26:37,068 Oh, well, if special agent Shaw said so... 567 00:26:37,103 --> 00:26:38,366 What is that supposed to mean? 568 00:26:38,376 --> 00:26:41,521 Nothing. I just see the way that you listen to her, 569 00:26:41,556 --> 00:26:44,667 the way that you look at all of her fancy equipment. 570 00:26:45,409 --> 00:26:46,736 Now my murder board's not enough for you? 571 00:26:46,770 --> 00:26:48,254 Now you need a smart board? 572 00:26:48,289 --> 00:26:51,210 - Are you jealous? - I'm not jealous. I'm just embarrassed... 573 00:26:51,245 --> 00:26:52,790 the way that you act like a 10 year old, 574 00:26:52,825 --> 00:26:54,744 all impressed by her data matrix. 575 00:26:54,779 --> 00:26:57,459 "oh, it collates information so quickly, Agent Shaw. 576 00:26:57,494 --> 00:26:59,676 - Tell me all about it." - You are ridiculous. 577 00:26:59,711 --> 00:27:02,538 And then to top it off, you are now building theory with her. 578 00:27:02,573 --> 00:27:03,382 So? 579 00:27:03,417 --> 00:27:05,563 So you're supposed to be building theory with me. 580 00:27:05,598 --> 00:27:07,253 You're supposed to be on my team. 581 00:27:07,288 --> 00:27:08,768 Well, I thought we were all on the same team? 582 00:27:08,803 --> 00:27:12,471 We are. It's just... I think that if you have an insight, 583 00:27:12,506 --> 00:27:14,872 you should run it by me first. 584 00:27:14,907 --> 00:27:17,239 Fine. I will. Now drink your wine. 585 00:27:17,274 --> 00:27:18,476 Thanks. 586 00:27:18,511 --> 00:27:20,804 But I am tired. 587 00:27:20,839 --> 00:27:23,402 And... I need to go to bed. 588 00:27:23,437 --> 00:27:25,787 Oh, no. I'm not leaving. 589 00:27:25,822 --> 00:27:28,103 I'm here to protect you. 590 00:27:28,138 --> 00:27:31,106 What, with your vast arsenal of rapier wit? 591 00:27:31,996 --> 00:27:34,490 There is a madman gunning for you because of me. 592 00:27:34,525 --> 00:27:37,330 I am not going to leave you alone. 593 00:27:37,365 --> 00:27:40,533 Okay, fine. I am too tired to argue. 594 00:27:41,458 --> 00:27:42,868 But if I see that doorknob turn, 595 00:27:42,902 --> 00:27:44,729 I will have you know, Mr. Castle, 596 00:27:44,764 --> 00:27:48,543 that I sleep with a gun. 597 00:27:48,578 --> 00:27:48,709 Understood. 598 00:28:15,420 --> 00:28:18,335 You're still here... and you're making pancakes? 599 00:28:18,370 --> 00:28:20,728 I was hoping for bacon and eggs, but your eggs are expired 600 00:28:20,763 --> 00:28:23,361 and your bacon has something furry on it. 601 00:28:23,396 --> 00:28:24,549 Yeah, well, I mostly order in. 602 00:28:24,584 --> 00:28:26,050 I figured that from the styrofoam temple 603 00:28:26,085 --> 00:28:27,516 you've got going on in that refrigerator. 604 00:28:27,585 --> 00:28:29,586 Coffee's brewed. I think your filter's broken though. 605 00:28:30,251 --> 00:28:31,309 I'll order you a new one later. 606 00:28:31,344 --> 00:28:33,699 Wow. Looks like you thought of everything. 607 00:28:34,204 --> 00:28:35,435 Except the paper. 608 00:28:35,874 --> 00:28:37,680 Castle, we don't have time for the paper. 609 00:28:37,715 --> 00:28:40,778 - There's a body out there that I gotta find. - Woah! 610 00:28:44,002 --> 00:28:45,683 Looks like it found you. 611 00:28:53,167 --> 00:28:55,278 So you had just gotten up, right? 612 00:28:55,313 --> 00:28:57,663 Yeah. Castle just finished making breakfast, 613 00:28:57,698 --> 00:28:59,907 - and he went to the door-- - What kind of breakfast? 614 00:28:59,941 --> 00:29:01,240 Uh, I'm sorry? 615 00:29:01,275 --> 00:29:04,209 What kind of breakfast was he making? 616 00:29:04,665 --> 00:29:06,044 Pancakes. 617 00:29:06,078 --> 00:29:07,978 Well, isn't that domestic? 618 00:29:08,013 --> 00:29:09,313 Anyway, 619 00:29:09,347 --> 00:29:12,382 the paper usually arrives at 4:00, and we were up at 7:00. 620 00:29:12,536 --> 00:29:14,052 So that means the killer had a 3-hour window 621 00:29:14,087 --> 00:29:15,568 where he could've left the body there unnoticed. 622 00:29:15,578 --> 00:29:16,579 And exactly what time 623 00:29:16,614 --> 00:29:18,562 did you and Mr. Castle go to bed last night? 624 00:29:20,201 --> 00:29:21,445 I think we're done here. 625 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:24,515 Dude, I see Beckett in her jammies... 626 00:29:25,539 --> 00:29:27,599 Wine glasses on the table. 627 00:29:27,634 --> 00:29:30,027 There's nothing going on with Beckett and me. 628 00:29:30,062 --> 00:29:31,354 No more than there was yesterday. 629 00:29:31,389 --> 00:29:33,266 Dude, you made her pancakes? 630 00:29:33,301 --> 00:29:34,786 It's just breakfast. 631 00:29:34,821 --> 00:29:36,659 Pancakes is not just breakfast. 632 00:29:36,694 --> 00:29:38,462 It's an edible way of saying, 633 00:29:38,497 --> 00:29:40,763 "thank you so much for last night." 634 00:29:40,798 --> 00:29:44,107 Castle, come on. We're your friends. Details. 635 00:29:45,462 --> 00:29:47,068 All right. Come here. 636 00:29:49,138 --> 00:29:51,673 There are no details. 637 00:29:52,221 --> 00:29:53,831 I can't even look at you right now. 638 00:29:53,866 --> 00:29:57,010 Witness refuses to cooperate. 639 00:29:59,999 --> 00:30:01,368 Now we know why he took the body. 640 00:30:01,403 --> 00:30:04,971 "I know where you live." This was a threat. 641 00:30:05,306 --> 00:30:07,373 More than that. 642 00:30:08,493 --> 00:30:10,371 He's saying he's disappointed in you. 643 00:30:10,406 --> 00:30:12,077 In his mind, he gave you fair warning 644 00:30:12,112 --> 00:30:13,713 that he was going to kill again. 645 00:30:13,748 --> 00:30:16,285 If you had been smarter, you would've been able to stop him. 646 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:18,778 He's saying, "this one is on you." 647 00:30:20,356 --> 00:30:23,643 I'm profiling him, Detective, not agreeing with him. 648 00:30:23,677 --> 00:30:25,532 The guy is a friggin' nut bar. 649 00:30:25,567 --> 00:30:27,143 Don't let him get to you. 650 00:30:27,178 --> 00:30:29,356 Talk about irony. 651 00:30:30,710 --> 00:30:32,749 - Do we have an ID on our vic? - No, not yet. 652 00:30:32,784 --> 00:30:35,578 There's no purse, no missing person's report filed. 653 00:30:35,613 --> 00:30:36,840 The coroner's van's downstairs. 654 00:30:36,875 --> 00:30:39,111 We need to get the body to the morgue and pull the slugs. 655 00:30:39,146 --> 00:30:40,989 Only four entry wounds. 656 00:30:41,024 --> 00:30:42,816 If the pattern holds, 657 00:30:42,851 --> 00:30:44,644 he should have a 4-letter word cross. 658 00:30:44,679 --> 00:30:47,318 That's sunny. I have a 4-letter word for him, too. 659 00:30:47,353 --> 00:30:49,957 Why don't you two escort the body to the morgue 660 00:30:49,992 --> 00:30:51,287 and let me know what you find? 661 00:30:51,322 --> 00:30:51,945 Okay. 662 00:30:52,173 --> 00:30:54,836 Once you're dressed, of course. 663 00:31:01,377 --> 00:31:03,906 Hey. Heard you two were making pancakes 664 00:31:03,941 --> 00:31:04,928 when the body dropped. 665 00:31:04,963 --> 00:31:07,543 - Nothing happened. - Right. 666 00:31:08,044 --> 00:31:09,839 So what do you got? 667 00:31:09,874 --> 00:31:11,634 Letters on the slugs. 668 00:31:11,668 --> 00:31:13,449 "b-u-r-- " 669 00:31:13,484 --> 00:31:16,438 - "Burn." Nikki will burn. - Well, that's chilling. 670 00:31:16,660 --> 00:31:18,533 Our victim's fingerprints aren't in the system. 671 00:31:18,568 --> 00:31:20,368 Do you have anything that can ID her? 672 00:31:20,403 --> 00:31:22,169 Well, I found formaldehyde on her. 673 00:31:22,204 --> 00:31:23,015 Yeah, that's from the killer. 674 00:31:23,050 --> 00:31:24,570 He left it at the other scenes as well. 675 00:31:24,605 --> 00:31:27,862 Not traces. It was under her fingernails, in her hair. 676 00:31:27,897 --> 00:31:29,769 She worked with embalming fluid. 677 00:31:29,804 --> 00:31:32,764 I also found traces of clay, polyurethane and animal blood. 678 00:31:32,799 --> 00:31:35,725 I don't know who she is, but I can tell you what she does. 679 00:31:35,759 --> 00:31:37,329 She's a taxidermist. 680 00:31:37,339 --> 00:31:40,139 It's so cute, the way you two do that. 681 00:31:42,893 --> 00:31:45,141 - Taxidermy? - Embalming fluid plus animal hair 682 00:31:45,176 --> 00:31:47,041 equals Norman Bates' favorite pastime. 683 00:31:47,076 --> 00:31:50,667 It can't be just a coincidence that we found embalming fluid 684 00:31:50,702 --> 00:31:53,502 at our first two crime scenes as well. 685 00:31:53,537 --> 00:31:57,296 So the killer and this victim were connected. 686 00:31:57,331 --> 00:31:58,352 It seems so. 687 00:31:58,387 --> 00:32:01,038 So there's only seven taxidermy shops in the city. 688 00:32:01,073 --> 00:32:02,591 My guys are running them down right now. 689 00:32:02,626 --> 00:32:04,109 But if there was a connection between them, 690 00:32:04,144 --> 00:32:05,608 why didn't comparison matrix find it? 691 00:32:05,618 --> 00:32:07,949 Maybe it's not as simple as a work relationship 692 00:32:07,984 --> 00:32:10,010 or going to the same gym. 693 00:32:10,465 --> 00:32:13,846 Like you said, it takes a mind to hunt a mind. 694 00:32:13,881 --> 00:32:16,453 Yo. We got an ID on our third vic. 695 00:32:16,488 --> 00:32:18,029 Her name is Sandra Keller. 696 00:32:18,064 --> 00:32:19,957 She works at a taxidermy shop downtown. 697 00:32:19,992 --> 00:32:21,816 Any connection between her and our killer? 698 00:32:21,851 --> 00:32:23,509 A colleague of hers said she had a run-in with a guy 699 00:32:23,544 --> 00:32:26,488 who maybe matched our sketch-- a customer whose Bichon Frise 700 00:32:26,523 --> 00:32:29,432 had been killed in the park by another dog-- a Rottweiler. 701 00:32:29,442 --> 00:32:30,750 Customer was heartbroken. 702 00:32:30,785 --> 00:32:32,609 He paid half up front to have his Mr. Bumpkins 703 00:32:32,644 --> 00:32:33,716 preserved for eternity. 704 00:32:33,751 --> 00:32:36,384 When he came back to pick up his dog, didn't have the fee. 705 00:32:36,419 --> 00:32:38,938 When Sandra refused to give up stuffed Bumpkins, 706 00:32:38,973 --> 00:32:41,457 the guy went ballistic and stormed out of the store. 707 00:32:41,491 --> 00:32:43,438 Two nights later, they had a break-in. 708 00:32:43,473 --> 00:32:45,732 Among the things that went missing are this guy's 709 00:32:45,767 --> 00:32:47,992 stuffed Bichon Frise and a bunch of embalming fluid. 710 00:32:48,002 --> 00:32:50,259 That explains why we found traces of it at the murder scenes. 711 00:32:50,294 --> 00:32:52,177 He also trashed the store's computer. 712 00:32:52,212 --> 00:32:54,026 There's no client data, no name. 713 00:32:54,061 --> 00:32:58,420 My agents interviewed all of Michelle Lewis' dog walking clients. 714 00:32:58,455 --> 00:33:01,132 One couple had to put their Rottweiler down because 715 00:33:01,167 --> 00:33:03,686 Michelle lost control of it, and it killed another dog. 716 00:33:03,721 --> 00:33:05,067 Mr. Bumpkins. 717 00:33:05,068 --> 00:33:08,237 So grief-stricken, our killer blames Michelle and Sandra 718 00:33:08,272 --> 00:33:11,407 for the loss of his best friend and decides to get revenge. 719 00:33:11,442 --> 00:33:12,891 All of this about a dog? 720 00:33:12,926 --> 00:33:14,765 What does this have to do with Nikki Heat? 721 00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:16,053 The dog's the trigger. 722 00:33:16,088 --> 00:33:18,115 Maybe he was reading the book when it was killed. 723 00:33:18,150 --> 00:33:20,143 When he snapped, he somehow blamed Nikki for it. 724 00:33:20,971 --> 00:33:22,363 It seems a little absurd. 725 00:33:22,398 --> 00:33:23,721 You must be a cat lover. 726 00:33:23,756 --> 00:33:27,032 Detective, he's looking for a reason to kill. This is it. 727 00:33:27,258 --> 00:33:28,451 What about our first vic? 728 00:33:28,486 --> 00:33:30,086 How does Peterman fit in to all this? 729 00:33:30,096 --> 00:33:31,982 Well, he was a personal injury lawyer. 730 00:33:32,017 --> 00:33:33,296 Maybe our murderer wanted to file 731 00:33:33,331 --> 00:33:35,830 a wrongful doggy death suit. 732 00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:37,167 According to Peterman's notes, 733 00:33:37,202 --> 00:33:40,200 back in January, he had a meeting with a Ben Conrad 734 00:33:40,235 --> 00:33:42,653 over a lawsuit about a dead dog. 735 00:33:42,688 --> 00:33:44,492 Peterman declined to take the case though. 736 00:33:44,502 --> 00:33:46,083 That's the last piece of our puzzle. 737 00:33:46,118 --> 00:33:47,472 What do you have on Conrad? 738 00:33:49,352 --> 00:33:52,346 Just a photo from the DMV. 739 00:34:00,896 --> 00:34:03,813 Got you, you son of a bitch. 740 00:34:09,556 --> 00:34:10,853 Yeah. 741 00:34:12,192 --> 00:34:13,426 Okay. 742 00:34:13,460 --> 00:34:14,440 Okay, sweetie. 743 00:34:14,475 --> 00:34:16,281 Mommy's gotta go arrest somebody, okay? 744 00:34:16,316 --> 00:34:19,625 I'll be home for dinner. All right. I love you. 745 00:34:19,659 --> 00:34:20,522 Bye. 746 00:34:20,794 --> 00:34:23,229 - You're a mom? - Yeah. 747 00:34:23,263 --> 00:34:25,309 And you can holster your gun. You're both staying here. 748 00:34:25,344 --> 00:34:28,136 What? No, come no. This is the final takedown. 749 00:34:28,171 --> 00:34:29,102 You can't let her do this to us. 750 00:34:29,137 --> 00:34:32,335 No, Agent Shaw is right. I'm his target. 751 00:34:32,847 --> 00:34:33,917 I can't compromise your team 752 00:34:33,952 --> 00:34:35,104 by walking into the line of fire. 753 00:34:35,139 --> 00:34:38,009 We'll take him down. It'll still be your collar. 754 00:34:40,472 --> 00:34:42,867 Wow. She's a mom. I never would've pegged her for that. 755 00:34:42,902 --> 00:34:44,970 I figured she was a career-driven woman 756 00:34:45,005 --> 00:34:45,996 with no time for a family. 757 00:34:46,031 --> 00:34:48,636 Well, not everybody makes that choice. 758 00:34:48,671 --> 00:34:51,242 - Beckett. - He's calling for you. 759 00:34:51,277 --> 00:34:52,411 Put him on. 760 00:34:53,847 --> 00:34:54,620 Hello. 761 00:34:54,655 --> 00:34:58,560 Oh, you think you're so smart, don't you, Nikki? 762 00:34:58,594 --> 00:35:02,550 You think, what, just because you found me that you won? 763 00:35:04,625 --> 00:35:06,103 He knows we're here. 764 00:35:06,566 --> 00:35:09,238 It's over, Ben. Time to give up. 765 00:35:10,636 --> 00:35:14,541 No, it is not over! 766 00:35:15,958 --> 00:35:17,187 Ben, listen to me. You're surrounded. 767 00:35:17,222 --> 00:35:18,792 I need you to put the gun down. 768 00:35:19,727 --> 00:35:22,132 You know I can't do that, Nikki. 769 00:35:24,524 --> 00:35:26,914 Ben, I need you to step outside of your apartment 770 00:35:26,949 --> 00:35:29,139 with your hands raised. 771 00:35:29,303 --> 00:35:32,445 That's not our game. One of us has to die. 772 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:34,169 No one has to die. 773 00:35:34,204 --> 00:35:37,134 Somebody always has to die! 774 00:35:41,327 --> 00:35:44,347 And since it can't be you... 775 00:35:45,308 --> 00:35:47,042 Ben. 776 00:35:48,470 --> 00:35:49,604 Go! 777 00:35:49,953 --> 00:35:51,951 Go! Go! Go! 778 00:35:53,133 --> 00:35:54,459 Kitchen's clear! 779 00:35:55,673 --> 00:35:57,029 Bathroom's clear! 780 00:36:02,069 --> 00:36:03,481 We're sending the gun to ballistics, 781 00:36:03,516 --> 00:36:05,770 but given it's a 45, it's probably the same one 782 00:36:05,805 --> 00:36:06,972 he used on our other victims. 783 00:36:06,982 --> 00:36:08,926 And probably the same one he was gonna use on you. 784 00:36:08,961 --> 00:36:10,256 Uh, actually, no. 785 00:36:10,291 --> 00:36:13,389 He was planning something a little bit more spectacular. 786 00:36:14,699 --> 00:36:16,733 Cell phones? 787 00:36:17,206 --> 00:36:19,413 He was making a detonator. 788 00:36:22,778 --> 00:36:26,127 Good-bye, Nikki. Good-bye, Nikki. 789 00:36:26,377 --> 00:36:28,508 He was extracting formaldehyde 790 00:36:28,543 --> 00:36:31,864 from the embalming fluid he stole to create cyclonite-- 791 00:36:31,899 --> 00:36:33,983 A near military-grade explosive. 792 00:36:34,018 --> 00:36:36,592 When you profiled him, you said he was probably an arsonist. 793 00:36:36,627 --> 00:36:39,037 I also said he liked to make a big scene. 794 00:36:39,072 --> 00:36:40,718 Schematics of the precinct. 795 00:36:40,753 --> 00:36:42,330 He was planning on killing you 796 00:36:42,365 --> 00:36:44,049 and taking the whole station with you. 797 00:36:44,084 --> 00:36:48,174 "Nikki will burn." I can see the poetry in that. 798 00:36:48,209 --> 00:36:51,056 The terrible, homicidal poetry. 799 00:36:52,247 --> 00:36:56,112 I just wouldn't have profiled this guy as suicidal. 800 00:36:56,147 --> 00:36:57,567 I guess once we found him, 801 00:36:57,602 --> 00:37:00,152 it was the only way he could control the situation. 802 00:37:00,958 --> 00:37:03,726 Well, at least Conrad saved us the trouble of a trial. 803 00:37:04,164 --> 00:37:07,230 And the best news is, I'm out of your hair. 804 00:37:08,295 --> 00:37:10,157 The best news... 805 00:37:10,192 --> 00:37:12,019 is that it's over. 806 00:37:27,681 --> 00:37:28,948 Hey. 807 00:37:28,982 --> 00:37:30,826 I thought you went to bed an hour ago. 808 00:37:30,861 --> 00:37:33,485 I couldn't sleep. 809 00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:35,880 I thought the case was over. 810 00:37:35,915 --> 00:37:39,324 Oh, it is. Wrapped up all nice and neat. 811 00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:41,274 That's a good thing, right? 812 00:37:41,309 --> 00:37:43,670 In a book, that's a good thing. 813 00:37:43,705 --> 00:37:46,031 In real life, nothing is that neat. 814 00:37:48,209 --> 00:37:49,868 What's got you still up? 815 00:37:50,836 --> 00:37:52,203 Gram. 816 00:37:52,238 --> 00:37:54,239 I can't believe she's leaving tomorrow. 817 00:37:54,273 --> 00:37:55,799 I mean, yeah, when she first moved in, 818 00:37:55,834 --> 00:37:59,210 I couldn't imagine having her around all the time. 819 00:37:59,245 --> 00:38:02,967 But now I... can't imagine her being gone. 820 00:38:05,219 --> 00:38:06,106 Listen... 821 00:38:06,976 --> 00:38:07,943 It's a fact of life. 822 00:38:08,919 --> 00:38:11,801 People we love leave us. 823 00:38:11,836 --> 00:38:13,946 Unless you chain 'em to a radiator, 824 00:38:13,981 --> 00:38:16,057 which for some reason is illegal. 825 00:38:16,815 --> 00:38:21,475 But, uh... knowing her... 826 00:38:21,510 --> 00:38:24,345 She'll be back in six months. 827 00:38:24,379 --> 00:38:26,304 Oh, good. You're both up. 828 00:38:26,339 --> 00:38:28,431 Darling, I need you to help me decide on what to take. 829 00:38:28,466 --> 00:38:30,095 Oh, and I need to get my bags down. 830 00:38:30,130 --> 00:38:31,725 Richard, could you give us a hand? 831 00:38:33,035 --> 00:38:33,955 A hand. 832 00:38:34,802 --> 00:38:36,103 What? 833 00:38:38,983 --> 00:38:40,653 The bruising pattern on the second victim-- 834 00:38:40,801 --> 00:38:43,636 The killer used his left hand. 835 00:38:43,670 --> 00:38:46,272 And... you see his handwriting? 836 00:38:46,306 --> 00:38:48,678 Look at the slope on the "4" and the loop on the "6." 837 00:38:48,713 --> 00:38:49,713 Yeah. So he was left-handed. 838 00:38:49,748 --> 00:38:53,090 Well, Ben Conrad shot himself with his right hand. 839 00:38:53,124 --> 00:38:55,642 If the man in the window was Ben Conrad, 840 00:38:55,677 --> 00:38:58,160 he would've shot himself on the left side. 841 00:38:58,194 --> 00:38:59,205 Ben Conrad didn't kill himself. 842 00:38:59,240 --> 00:39:00,895 Ben Conrad was murdered by the man in the window. 843 00:39:00,930 --> 00:39:02,000 Ben-- Ben's not our killer. 844 00:39:02,035 --> 00:39:05,212 - The real killer was just playing with us. - But the evidence-- 845 00:39:05,247 --> 00:39:09,106 No, it was-- it was planted there to lead us to Ben. 846 00:39:09,140 --> 00:39:11,374 He wants us to think it's over. 847 00:39:12,361 --> 00:39:14,296 He wants us to drop our guard. 848 00:39:14,331 --> 00:39:16,232 He wants to make a big scene. 849 00:39:17,245 --> 00:39:18,580 "Nikki will burn." 850 00:39:19,714 --> 00:39:20,820 Beckett. 851 00:39:20,855 --> 00:39:21,927 Oh, God. 852 00:39:24,806 --> 00:39:26,980 Montgomery took the detail off her place. She's alone. 853 00:39:37,459 --> 00:39:39,142 She's not picking up. Call the precinct. 854 00:39:39,177 --> 00:39:40,791 Tell them to get over there right away. 855 00:39:40,826 --> 00:39:43,044 Tell them we were wrong. Tell them the killer's still alive. 856 00:39:43,439 --> 00:39:45,742 You lock this door behind me. Don't let anyone in. 857 00:39:45,752 --> 00:39:48,852 Captain Montgomery, please. Yes, tell him it's an emergency. 858 00:40:06,380 --> 00:40:09,916 Come on, Beckett. Pick up. Pick up the phone. Pick it up! 859 00:40:24,338 --> 00:40:25,162 What, Castle? 860 00:40:25,197 --> 00:40:27,355 It wasn't Ben Conrad. He's not the killer! 861 00:40:27,356 --> 00:40:30,558 The killer's still alive! The killer's still alive! 862 00:40:30,593 --> 00:40:32,712 Good-bye, Nikki. Good-bye. 863 00:40:32,747 --> 00:40:33,973 Kate! 864 00:40:52,910 --> 00:40:55,097 Subtitles by Brainquake 9999 00:00:0,500 --> 00:00:2,00