1 00:00:10,756 --> 00:00:12,068 Wait. 2 00:00:12,088 --> 00:00:13,658 - We didn't approve this poster. - No. 3 00:00:13,692 --> 00:00:16,715 Sid Ross did. And what Sid wants, Sid gets. 4 00:00:16,735 --> 00:00:18,295 He doesn't care what the network thinks. 5 00:00:18,330 --> 00:00:20,097 Then what's the point 6 00:00:20,131 --> 00:00:21,799 of discussing cast changes with him? 7 00:00:21,834 --> 00:00:24,335 He's just gonna do what he wants regardless. 8 00:00:24,369 --> 00:00:26,437 As always. 9 00:00:33,345 --> 00:00:36,280 - Aah! - Aah! 10 00:00:36,314 --> 00:00:38,175 Is he dead?! 11 00:00:38,376 --> 00:00:39,892 Is he dead? 12 00:00:41,152 --> 00:00:42,919 Is he dead? 13 00:00:42,954 --> 00:00:44,754 Is he dead? 14 00:00:44,789 --> 00:00:46,523 Hey, good morning, Martha. 15 00:00:46,557 --> 00:00:49,158 - Is he dead? - Is who dead? 16 00:00:49,193 --> 00:00:51,327 No, I'm just... 17 00:00:51,362 --> 00:00:52,963 Is he dead? 18 00:00:52,997 --> 00:00:54,631 Is he dead? 19 00:00:55,075 --> 00:00:57,433 Is he dead? 20 00:00:57,468 --> 00:00:58,332 Castle, 21 00:00:58,352 --> 00:00:59,895 something's wrong with your mother. 22 00:00:59,915 --> 00:01:01,104 You're just realizing this now? 23 00:01:01,138 --> 00:01:02,271 - No, no. Shh. Listen. - Is he dead? 24 00:01:02,306 --> 00:01:04,409 Is he dead?! 25 00:01:04,429 --> 00:01:07,477 Oh! She's doing 48-hour first line. 26 00:01:07,511 --> 00:01:10,146 Oh, that's right. You haven't lived here 27 00:01:10,180 --> 00:01:12,315 while mother is preparing to open in a play. 28 00:01:12,349 --> 00:01:14,317 This, believe it or not, is her little ritual 29 00:01:14,351 --> 00:01:15,885 for getting into character. 30 00:01:15,919 --> 00:01:18,187 Is he dead? 31 00:01:18,222 --> 00:01:20,288 Okay, so, this is normal? 32 00:01:20,323 --> 00:01:22,324 She's an actor. What's normal? 33 00:01:22,358 --> 00:01:24,326 I call it "48-hour first line" 34 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:26,629 because for the two days prior to opening night, 35 00:01:26,663 --> 00:01:28,163 she will say nothing 36 00:01:28,197 --> 00:01:30,032 but her character's first line of the play. 37 00:01:30,066 --> 00:01:31,901 Okay, that's unique. 38 00:01:31,935 --> 00:01:33,402 - Mm. - Is he dead? 39 00:01:33,436 --> 00:01:35,504 But doesn't her play open next month? 40 00:01:35,538 --> 00:01:37,072 That's right. 41 00:01:37,106 --> 00:01:38,673 It's previews that are two days away. 42 00:01:38,707 --> 00:01:40,342 Oh, no, that is odd. 43 00:01:42,178 --> 00:01:44,179 Oh, Castle, there's been a homicide. 44 00:01:44,213 --> 00:01:47,077 - Is he dead? - Yes, unfortunately, Martha... 45 00:01:48,070 --> 00:01:49,884 right. Never mind. 46 00:01:49,919 --> 00:01:52,353 Be honest. When you vowed "for better or for worse," 47 00:01:52,387 --> 00:01:54,321 you really had no idea what you were getting into, did you? 48 00:01:54,356 --> 00:01:55,757 Hmm. 49 00:01:55,791 --> 00:01:57,425 - Is he dead? Is he dead? - See you, mother. 50 00:01:57,459 --> 00:01:58,593 Is he dead? 51 00:01:58,627 --> 00:01:59,661 Is he dead? 52 00:01:59,695 --> 00:02:01,996 Is... 53 00:02:02,031 --> 00:02:03,130 We can stay at a hotel. 54 00:02:03,165 --> 00:02:04,933 That way, you don't have to listen to her say that line 55 00:02:04,967 --> 00:02:06,167 - over and over again. - No, it's okay. 56 00:02:06,201 --> 00:02:09,203 I mean, we're gonna manage. It's just, your mom's kind of... 57 00:02:09,237 --> 00:02:10,404 Annoying? Yeah, I know. 58 00:02:10,439 --> 00:02:11,939 Trust me, we're getting off easy. 59 00:02:11,973 --> 00:02:14,108 One time her opening line was, 60 00:02:14,142 --> 00:02:16,444 "Come on, baby. I'll make it worth your while." 61 00:02:16,478 --> 00:02:18,212 - Ooh, I see what you mean. - Yeah. 62 00:02:18,246 --> 00:02:21,549 Most awkward parent-teacher conference ever. 63 00:02:21,583 --> 00:02:23,850 - Hey, Lanie. - Good morning, you two. 64 00:02:23,885 --> 00:02:26,787 - This is... - Sid Ross! 65 00:02:26,821 --> 00:02:28,889 The creator of "Saturday Night Tonight." 66 00:02:28,923 --> 00:02:30,591 Yeah, not to mention all the movies he produced. 67 00:02:30,625 --> 00:02:32,626 - The man's a mogul. - So, what happened? 68 00:02:32,660 --> 00:02:34,127 He was strangled with his own tie 69 00:02:34,161 --> 00:02:36,463 and then thrown down that elevator shaft 70 00:02:36,497 --> 00:02:38,632 from the "S.N.T." studios on the seventh floor. 71 00:02:38,666 --> 00:02:40,567 His body was on the roof of that elevator for hours 72 00:02:40,602 --> 00:02:43,436 before the panel gave way and Sid popped out. 73 00:02:43,471 --> 00:02:46,206 Like some Jack-in-the-box from hell. 74 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:48,241 - Time of death? - Based on lividity, 75 00:02:48,275 --> 00:02:49,642 between 11:00 P.M. and 2:00 A.M. 76 00:02:49,676 --> 00:02:51,478 Looks like Sid was burning the midnight oil. 77 00:02:51,512 --> 00:02:53,313 Let's check with security, see if they know 78 00:02:53,347 --> 00:02:55,248 if anyone else was in the building with him. 79 00:02:57,318 --> 00:02:58,784 Considering where we are, 80 00:02:58,819 --> 00:03:00,452 maybe one of Sid's employees killed him. 81 00:03:00,487 --> 00:03:03,388 Yeah, well, Ryan and Esposito are bringing his wife in now. 82 00:03:03,423 --> 00:03:05,457 Maybe she knows who would have done this to him. 83 00:03:06,485 --> 00:03:08,327 Everyone was scared of Sid, 84 00:03:08,361 --> 00:03:11,430 but they didn't know him like I did. 85 00:03:11,464 --> 00:03:15,334 They thought he was just a cold, tyrannical dictator. 86 00:03:15,368 --> 00:03:16,801 Sounds like he had enemies. 87 00:03:16,836 --> 00:03:19,004 Ohh. After 35 years 88 00:03:19,038 --> 00:03:22,307 of making and breaking careers, you... 89 00:03:22,342 --> 00:03:24,343 You're bound to piss off a few people. 90 00:03:24,377 --> 00:03:26,778 Anyone at "Saturday Night Tonight" studio? 91 00:03:26,812 --> 00:03:29,281 Yeah, was he having trouble with any of his employees there? 92 00:03:29,315 --> 00:03:30,616 I don't know. 93 00:03:30,650 --> 00:03:32,784 Maybe. Uh... 94 00:03:32,818 --> 00:03:36,021 Eh, Sid called me last night. It was odd. 95 00:03:36,055 --> 00:03:38,256 Uh, he said he was going to be working late. 96 00:03:38,290 --> 00:03:40,525 - And that's unusual? - No. 97 00:03:40,559 --> 00:03:42,360 He was a workaholic. 98 00:03:42,394 --> 00:03:45,429 The odd part was his tone. It was anxious. 99 00:03:45,464 --> 00:03:47,365 He said someone was out to get him, 100 00:03:47,399 --> 00:03:48,999 and he needed to handle it. 101 00:03:49,034 --> 00:03:50,934 Any idea who that someone might be? 102 00:03:50,969 --> 00:03:53,538 Well, I just assumed it was one of his big business deals. 103 00:03:53,572 --> 00:03:56,541 Is there anyone else who might know what Sid was involved in? 104 00:03:56,575 --> 00:03:59,943 Yes. The head of his production company, Gene Vogel. 105 00:03:59,978 --> 00:04:01,979 Mr. Vogel is right over here. 106 00:04:02,013 --> 00:04:03,147 Chad... it's Chad, right? Mmhmm. 107 00:04:03,182 --> 00:04:06,550 Are these cast photos from all 35 seasons of the show? 108 00:04:06,584 --> 00:04:09,486 Yep. Every performer who has ever been on "S.N.T." 109 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:11,655 Oh, I liked him. He played Fluffy the space puppy. 110 00:04:11,690 --> 00:04:13,190 That was my favorite. 111 00:04:13,224 --> 00:04:15,059 You know, a majority of this nation's comedy 112 00:04:15,093 --> 00:04:17,360 was born in the minds of these geniuses. 113 00:04:17,395 --> 00:04:19,163 Except for this season. Those guys sucked. 114 00:04:19,197 --> 00:04:20,730 - Yeah, they were terrible. - Oh, this guy! 115 00:04:20,764 --> 00:04:23,567 Uh, Ned what's-his-name? He played, uh, Doctor Finger. 116 00:04:23,601 --> 00:04:24,734 I'm sorry, sir. 117 00:04:24,768 --> 00:04:27,036 It's necessary I must probe you. 118 00:04:27,071 --> 00:04:28,471 How can you not like Doctor Finger? 119 00:04:28,506 --> 00:04:31,474 Because, Castle, I wasn't a 13-year-old boy. 120 00:04:32,027 --> 00:04:34,121 Probe... 121 00:04:37,270 --> 00:04:38,791 That's Mr. Vogel. 122 00:04:38,811 --> 00:04:41,317 He's the president of Mr. Ross' production company. 123 00:04:41,351 --> 00:04:43,652 Gather 'round, please. 124 00:04:43,687 --> 00:04:45,822 Thank you, everybody. 125 00:04:45,856 --> 00:04:48,725 As tragic as Sid's death is, 126 00:04:48,759 --> 00:04:51,393 the network has asked us to go on 127 00:04:51,428 --> 00:04:54,530 with tomorrow night's show... as a tribute. 128 00:04:54,564 --> 00:04:57,132 Would you care to say a few words? 129 00:05:00,537 --> 00:05:01,570 Check it out. That's Dan... 130 00:05:01,605 --> 00:05:02,938 - Danny Valentine! - Danny Valentine! 131 00:05:02,972 --> 00:05:03,972 He's our guest host this week. 132 00:05:04,006 --> 00:05:07,008 I remember when Sid asked me to host the pilot 133 00:05:07,043 --> 00:05:09,778 of this... crazy show. 134 00:05:09,812 --> 00:05:12,080 Everybody said, "turn him down. Show's a dud." 135 00:05:12,115 --> 00:05:15,617 Well, 35 years later, it's still going strong. 136 00:05:15,651 --> 00:05:19,855 We honor Sid by honoring his creation. 137 00:05:19,889 --> 00:05:22,457 So... let's put on a show. 138 00:05:22,491 --> 00:05:25,460 Yeah. 139 00:05:26,372 --> 00:05:29,063 Mr. Vogel, excuse me. I'm... 140 00:05:29,097 --> 00:05:31,366 Detective Kate Beckett. And you're Richard Castle. 141 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:33,768 Hi, I'm Liz Bell. I'm the head writer for "S.N.T." 142 00:05:33,802 --> 00:05:35,570 And I absolutely adore you. 143 00:05:35,604 --> 00:05:38,273 And you. Especially you. 144 00:05:38,307 --> 00:05:40,875 - Me? Really? - Uh... oh, of course. 145 00:05:40,909 --> 00:05:42,810 I followed your career. I wanted to be a cop, 146 00:05:42,844 --> 00:05:44,245 but ended up a writer. 147 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:46,613 I know. It's pathetic. 148 00:05:46,648 --> 00:05:48,783 - Excuse me? - So I've seen footage 149 00:05:48,817 --> 00:05:50,450 of your crime scenes, and I have to ask... 150 00:05:50,485 --> 00:05:53,487 How do you fight crime and keep your hair like that? 151 00:05:53,521 --> 00:05:55,555 And do it in high heels! 152 00:05:55,590 --> 00:05:56,723 Detective, 153 00:05:56,758 --> 00:05:58,325 I assume you're here about Sid's death. 154 00:05:58,359 --> 00:06:01,161 - How can I help? - Well, uh, we checked with security, 155 00:06:01,195 --> 00:06:03,830 and I understand that most employees enter and exit 156 00:06:03,864 --> 00:06:05,999 through the front door, but apparently there's also 157 00:06:06,033 --> 00:06:07,567 - a private V.I.P entrance? - That's right. 158 00:06:07,602 --> 00:06:09,403 Sid had it installed for the actors 159 00:06:09,437 --> 00:06:11,672 so they could come and go with more privacy. 160 00:06:11,706 --> 00:06:13,674 Are there any security cameras on that private entrance? 161 00:06:13,708 --> 00:06:14,741 They're actors, 162 00:06:14,776 --> 00:06:17,334 so they also use it to do other things, like... 163 00:06:17,354 --> 00:06:19,578 Sid opted not to have surveillance. 164 00:06:19,613 --> 00:06:22,415 So there's no way of telling who came in or out 165 00:06:22,449 --> 00:06:24,317 - of the private entrance? - I'm afraid not. 166 00:06:24,351 --> 00:06:25,819 Was anyone working here last night 167 00:06:25,853 --> 00:06:27,753 between 11:00 P.M. and 2:00 A.M.? 168 00:06:27,788 --> 00:06:30,023 - Oh... - Yes. All the writers and actors. 169 00:06:30,057 --> 00:06:31,657 Thursday is rewrite night. 170 00:06:31,692 --> 00:06:34,126 So most of them were here until sunup. 171 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,962 Of those people, did anyone have a problem with Sid? 172 00:06:40,623 --> 00:06:42,000 Who? 173 00:06:43,670 --> 00:06:45,604 Sorry, sir, we're not quite open yet. 174 00:06:45,639 --> 00:06:47,540 Uh, I record all of our rehearsals. 175 00:06:47,574 --> 00:06:49,308 This took place yesterday evening. 176 00:06:49,342 --> 00:06:51,376 Dude, why are you wearing armor? 177 00:06:51,410 --> 00:06:53,979 Because the sketch sucks, and I'm trying to save it! 178 00:06:54,013 --> 00:06:56,048 Mickey Franks is hilarious. 179 00:06:56,082 --> 00:06:57,816 Yes, well, just watch. 180 00:06:57,851 --> 00:06:59,718 Mickey, you can't do this! 181 00:06:59,752 --> 00:07:01,353 Sid already approved the sketch. 182 00:07:01,387 --> 00:07:03,455 You know, screw Sid. 183 00:07:03,489 --> 00:07:05,157 Screw Sid! You want to know what I think of Sid? 184 00:07:05,191 --> 00:07:07,058 That's what I think of Sid! 185 00:07:07,092 --> 00:07:09,661 Sid's dead, that's what he is! He's dead to me! 186 00:07:09,695 --> 00:07:11,696 I'll kill him! He's dead! 187 00:07:11,731 --> 00:07:15,567 He's dead! He's dead! He's dead! He's dead! He's... 188 00:07:15,601 --> 00:07:19,136 Over this season, Mickey's become more and more unstable. 189 00:07:19,171 --> 00:07:22,706 Mood swings, outbursts, talks to himself... 190 00:07:22,741 --> 00:07:24,708 and to people who aren't there. 191 00:07:24,743 --> 00:07:26,543 But that was the first time he ever went this far. 192 00:07:26,578 --> 00:07:28,545 Well, did he have a reason to be angry with Sid? 193 00:07:28,580 --> 00:07:30,214 Aside from the lame sketch? 194 00:07:30,249 --> 00:07:33,650 Actually, yes. I talked to Sid yesterday morning. 195 00:07:33,685 --> 00:07:35,753 He said he was planning to fire Mickey. 196 00:07:35,787 --> 00:07:38,155 How can he fire his star? 197 00:07:38,190 --> 00:07:41,024 Ah... He's volatile, unpredictable. 198 00:07:41,058 --> 00:07:43,193 He's become more and more of a liability. 199 00:07:43,227 --> 00:07:46,497 Mr. Vogel, did Sid break the news to Mickey last night? 200 00:07:46,531 --> 00:07:48,399 I don't know, but he might have. 201 00:07:48,433 --> 00:07:50,315 Well, Mickey wasn't at the gathering for Sid. 202 00:07:50,335 --> 00:07:52,103 - Is he in the building? - If he is, 203 00:07:52,137 --> 00:07:53,537 he'll be in the wardrobe and props room. 204 00:07:53,572 --> 00:07:55,438 He hangs out there to develop new characters. 205 00:07:57,842 --> 00:08:00,243 Hello? Anybody there? 206 00:08:00,277 --> 00:08:02,746 I'm really hoping Mickey's not the one behind this. 207 00:08:02,780 --> 00:08:05,482 I mean, the man is just so damn funny on the show, 208 00:08:05,516 --> 00:08:06,650 even the crappy episodes. 209 00:08:06,684 --> 00:08:08,318 Guy's hysterical. 210 00:08:08,352 --> 00:08:10,420 And quite possibly suffering a psychotic break. 211 00:08:10,454 --> 00:08:14,224 Yes. The fine line between genius and madness. 212 00:08:22,466 --> 00:08:25,735 Mickey Franks, is that you? 213 00:08:26,803 --> 00:08:27,903 I'm sorry. 214 00:08:27,938 --> 00:08:30,339 You must have mistaken me for another suit of armor. 215 00:08:30,373 --> 00:08:31,974 Now if you'll excuse me. 216 00:08:32,009 --> 00:08:34,877 N.Y.P.D. We need to talk. 217 00:08:36,379 --> 00:08:39,314 You'll never take me alive, copper! 218 00:08:41,985 --> 00:08:43,686 Oh! My pancreas! 219 00:08:46,356 --> 00:08:50,159 You see what I'm saying? Even arrested, he's hilarious! 220 00:08:50,193 --> 00:08:52,528 Mr. Franks. 221 00:08:52,562 --> 00:08:55,531 You're a comedic genius. I'm a huge fan. 222 00:08:59,857 --> 00:09:02,303 S07E22 Dead From New York 223 00:09:02,323 --> 00:09:05,353 sync and corrected by ninh www.addic7ed.com 224 00:09:07,077 --> 00:09:08,359 Mr. Franks. 225 00:09:08,379 --> 00:09:11,186 Please direct all your questions to my personal attorney. 226 00:09:11,582 --> 00:09:12,682 Mickey, 227 00:09:12,716 --> 00:09:14,383 don't say another word. 228 00:09:14,417 --> 00:09:17,487 I'm lead counsel for Mr. Franks. 229 00:09:23,508 --> 00:09:26,559 Uh, Mr. Franks, you made some threats 230 00:09:26,579 --> 00:09:28,344 against Sid Ross last night. 231 00:09:28,364 --> 00:09:30,460 You're damn right I... don't answer that! 232 00:09:31,438 --> 00:09:35,336 Detective, address your questions to me, please. 233 00:09:35,371 --> 00:09:36,938 Thank you. 234 00:09:36,972 --> 00:09:38,006 Uh... 235 00:09:39,675 --> 00:09:41,667 Uh, where were... 236 00:09:42,978 --> 00:09:45,313 Where... was your client 237 00:09:45,347 --> 00:09:47,949 between 11:00 P.M. and 2:00 A.M. last night? 238 00:09:47,983 --> 00:09:50,151 He was minding his own damn business! 239 00:09:50,185 --> 00:09:52,120 My client is an upstanding citizen 240 00:09:52,154 --> 00:09:53,288 and a pillar of the community. 241 00:09:53,322 --> 00:09:56,524 Not to mention, he's also one funny mother-fudgesicle. 242 00:09:56,558 --> 00:09:59,109 Hey, watch your language. 243 00:09:59,341 --> 00:10:01,061 What happened, Mickey? 244 00:10:01,095 --> 00:10:02,630 Did Sid tell you you were fired, 245 00:10:02,664 --> 00:10:04,476 so you snapped and killed him? 246 00:10:04,708 --> 00:10:06,567 Hold on, what? 247 00:10:06,601 --> 00:10:08,889 Sid... Sid's dead? 248 00:10:10,952 --> 00:10:13,206 Whoa, hey, oh... oh, whoa, I... 249 00:10:13,620 --> 00:10:15,375 I didn't kill him. 250 00:10:15,410 --> 00:10:17,411 I noticed you're no long seeking counsel from your attorney. 251 00:10:17,445 --> 00:10:19,879 Yeah, no, that's... that's just an act. 252 00:10:19,914 --> 00:10:21,848 I mean... I'm not crazy. 253 00:10:21,882 --> 00:10:24,818 Just spent a year of my life convincing people that I was. 254 00:10:24,852 --> 00:10:26,486 Yeah, and you've done a pretty good job of it. 255 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:28,188 I'm an actor, okay? 256 00:10:28,222 --> 00:10:30,690 I am an actor that's tied to a long-term contract 257 00:10:30,724 --> 00:10:34,260 that's, uh... not exactly covering his expenses. 258 00:10:34,294 --> 00:10:36,228 Are you saying you were trying to get fired? 259 00:10:36,263 --> 00:10:38,431 I mean, Sid controls my career. 260 00:10:38,466 --> 00:10:40,981 Because of him, I'm missing out on major movie roles. 261 00:10:41,384 --> 00:10:42,902 That's why I attacked you guys. 262 00:10:42,937 --> 00:10:46,005 I figured maybe if you 5150 me on a bellevue psych hold, 263 00:10:46,039 --> 00:10:47,674 he would finally cut me loose. 264 00:10:47,708 --> 00:10:49,241 Okay, look, crazy or not, 265 00:10:49,276 --> 00:10:51,710 you still made some pretty serious threats against Sid, 266 00:10:51,744 --> 00:10:53,179 and hours later he ended up dead. 267 00:10:53,213 --> 00:10:55,614 Okay... you're asking my whereabouts, right? 268 00:10:55,648 --> 00:10:57,916 Okay, I was upstairs at the rooftop bar 269 00:10:57,951 --> 00:10:59,551 getting wasted all night. 270 00:10:59,586 --> 00:11:02,388 And then I stumbled down to the wardrobe and props room 271 00:11:02,422 --> 00:11:04,523 at about 3:00 A.M. and passed out. 272 00:11:04,557 --> 00:11:06,892 I had just woken up when you guys came in. 273 00:11:06,926 --> 00:11:09,060 Plus, I had no idea Sid was even dead, 274 00:11:09,095 --> 00:11:10,665 so how could I have had anything to do with it? 275 00:11:10,685 --> 00:11:12,046 Okay. 276 00:11:13,499 --> 00:11:15,133 Look, I might know who did! 277 00:11:15,795 --> 00:11:17,035 Okay. 278 00:11:17,362 --> 00:11:18,937 We're listening. 279 00:11:19,564 --> 00:11:21,106 Look, at around 9:00 P.M. last night, 280 00:11:21,126 --> 00:11:23,608 I... did go to Sid's office 281 00:11:23,642 --> 00:11:25,743 to beg to be let out of my contract. 282 00:11:25,777 --> 00:11:28,946 But I never went in because I heard him on the phone. 283 00:11:28,981 --> 00:11:30,715 He was yelling at someone. 284 00:11:30,749 --> 00:11:33,051 - Who was he yelling at? - I don't know. 285 00:11:33,085 --> 00:11:33,885 But it had something to do with a deal 286 00:11:33,919 --> 00:11:35,453 that was going down around midnight. 287 00:11:35,488 --> 00:11:37,555 Midnight? Did he say what the deal was? 288 00:11:37,589 --> 00:11:39,657 No. But Sid told that person on the phone 289 00:11:39,691 --> 00:11:42,233 they better stick to the agreement, or else. 290 00:11:45,163 --> 00:11:47,131 Can I call my real attorney? 291 00:11:47,165 --> 00:11:48,966 The bartender confirmed Mickey's alibi. 292 00:11:49,001 --> 00:11:50,601 He's not our killer. 293 00:11:50,636 --> 00:11:52,236 Well, then we can assume Mickey was telling the truth 294 00:11:52,270 --> 00:11:54,304 about the phone call he overheard Sid making. 295 00:11:54,339 --> 00:11:56,840 Yeah, but what kind of deal would Sid be making at midnight? 296 00:11:56,874 --> 00:11:58,742 Whatever it was, it went down in the middle 297 00:11:58,776 --> 00:11:59,743 of his time of death window. 298 00:11:59,777 --> 00:12:01,611 So this deal could be connected to his death. 299 00:12:01,646 --> 00:12:04,148 We need to figure out who Sid was talking on the phone with. 300 00:12:04,182 --> 00:12:05,749 Well, that's easier said than done. 301 00:12:05,783 --> 00:12:07,017 I just got Sid's phone dump. 302 00:12:07,052 --> 00:12:08,652 That 9:00 P.M. phone call 303 00:12:08,686 --> 00:12:09,886 came from an untraceable burner phone. 304 00:12:09,921 --> 00:12:12,255 You know what? Why don't we get ahold of Sid's associates, 305 00:12:12,289 --> 00:12:14,157 see if any of them know what this deal was. 306 00:12:14,191 --> 00:12:15,458 I know who exactly who to start with. 307 00:12:15,492 --> 00:12:17,027 Right after that mystery call, 308 00:12:17,061 --> 00:12:19,128 Sid phoned none other than Danny Valentine. 309 00:12:19,163 --> 00:12:22,098 If anyone knows about that deal, it's Valentine. 310 00:12:22,132 --> 00:12:25,201 Detective, I have no idea what you're talking about. 311 00:12:25,235 --> 00:12:27,870 Look, buddy, I'm a cop and a model, 312 00:12:27,904 --> 00:12:29,972 so I know when someone's lying to me. 313 00:12:30,006 --> 00:12:32,341 And when their outfit is clashing. 314 00:12:32,376 --> 00:12:34,843 Now stand back! This could be dangerous! 315 00:12:34,878 --> 00:12:37,046 Don't worry. My experience writing crime novels 316 00:12:37,081 --> 00:12:39,115 has prepared me for danger. 317 00:12:39,149 --> 00:12:41,984 Plus, I have my vest. 318 00:12:44,253 --> 00:12:48,724 Look out, bad guys, here we come! 319 00:12:48,758 --> 00:12:51,126 Uhh! Oh, model cop down! 320 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:52,527 I broke a heel! 321 00:12:52,562 --> 00:12:53,796 - Ohh! - Scene! 322 00:12:53,830 --> 00:12:55,497 And scene! Great job, guys. 323 00:12:55,531 --> 00:12:57,199 Okay, well, I don't know whether we should be 324 00:12:57,233 --> 00:12:58,533 flattered or offended. 325 00:12:58,568 --> 00:13:01,136 Who cares? Danny Valentine's playing me! 326 00:13:01,170 --> 00:13:03,638 Well, what do you think? 327 00:13:03,672 --> 00:13:05,907 Um, about the sketch? It's... uh, cute. 328 00:13:05,941 --> 00:13:07,476 Danny Valentine's playing me. 329 00:13:07,510 --> 00:13:08,543 Yeah. 330 00:13:08,578 --> 00:13:10,178 Speaking of Mr. Valentine, 331 00:13:10,213 --> 00:13:11,213 we need to talk to him. 332 00:13:11,247 --> 00:13:12,814 Oh. Uh, Danny? 333 00:13:13,782 --> 00:13:16,050 Aha! The real police. 334 00:13:16,085 --> 00:13:17,986 Here to give us some pointers? 335 00:13:18,020 --> 00:13:20,822 Mr. Valentine, Richard Castle. I'm a big fan of... 336 00:13:20,856 --> 00:13:23,691 Yeah. What about you, detective? 337 00:13:23,726 --> 00:13:25,192 Are you a fan? 338 00:13:25,227 --> 00:13:27,161 Yeah... 339 00:13:27,195 --> 00:13:30,164 Uh, Mr. Valentine, we need to... talk. 340 00:13:30,198 --> 00:13:33,334 Sure. Let's go to my dressing room. 341 00:13:38,906 --> 00:13:41,375 Surely you've seen some of my work... 342 00:13:41,409 --> 00:13:43,910 "Star Fleet"? "Family Practice"? 343 00:13:43,945 --> 00:13:45,779 My, uh, my car rental commercials? 344 00:13:45,813 --> 00:13:49,250 Uh, yeah, well, I-I did catch my fair share 345 00:13:49,284 --> 00:13:51,184 - of "Hot Suspect" reruns in college. - Oh! 346 00:13:51,218 --> 00:13:53,720 I knew it! The cop watched the cop show. 347 00:13:53,755 --> 00:13:55,421 Come on, I inspired you 348 00:13:55,456 --> 00:13:58,224 to become a detective, didn't I? Huh? 349 00:13:58,259 --> 00:14:00,226 Maybe a little bit. 350 00:14:00,261 --> 00:14:04,131 We're investigating a murder, right? 351 00:14:04,165 --> 00:14:08,901 Right. Yeah. Uh, so... We checked Sid's phone records, 352 00:14:08,935 --> 00:14:11,204 and apparently he called you at 9:03 last night. 353 00:14:11,238 --> 00:14:12,539 Can you tell us why? 354 00:14:12,573 --> 00:14:14,240 Yeah, I was supposed to have drinks 355 00:14:14,275 --> 00:14:16,108 with Sid and his ex, Evelyn. 356 00:14:16,143 --> 00:14:17,910 But Sid called last minute to cancel. 357 00:14:17,944 --> 00:14:20,313 You and Sid were going out with his ex-wife? 358 00:14:20,347 --> 00:14:23,149 - Isn't that a little odd? - Not for us. 359 00:14:23,183 --> 00:14:25,151 Sid and Evelyn split 20 years ago, 360 00:14:25,185 --> 00:14:27,219 but we were all still close friends. 361 00:14:27,253 --> 00:14:29,232 Did he say why he was canceling? 362 00:14:29,252 --> 00:14:31,223 Afraid not. 363 00:14:31,848 --> 00:14:34,226 Anything about a deal at midnight? 364 00:14:34,260 --> 00:14:35,928 No, but he was going somewhere, 365 00:14:35,962 --> 00:14:37,663 because while we were on the phone, 366 00:14:37,698 --> 00:14:39,764 I literally bumped into him leaving the building 367 00:14:39,799 --> 00:14:41,633 from the private entrance. 368 00:14:41,668 --> 00:14:43,235 Wait, Sid was leaving the building 369 00:14:43,269 --> 00:14:44,969 - the night of his murder? - Mm-hmm. 370 00:14:45,004 --> 00:14:48,607 Uh, Mr. Valentine, did he mention meeting with someone? 371 00:14:48,641 --> 00:14:51,566 Please. Call me Danny. 372 00:14:51,586 --> 00:14:54,048 And, no, Sid didn't say where he was going. 373 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:58,449 But I did see something strange. 374 00:14:58,483 --> 00:15:00,585 He went into the subway on the corner. 375 00:15:00,619 --> 00:15:03,154 And why was that strange, Danny? 376 00:15:03,189 --> 00:15:05,489 Well, he had an around-the-clock driver, 377 00:15:05,524 --> 00:15:08,693 so why would he take mass transit? 378 00:15:08,728 --> 00:15:12,230 Unless it was a secret rendezvous? 379 00:15:16,368 --> 00:15:18,202 Well, wherever Sid went, 380 00:15:18,237 --> 00:15:20,921 he obviously didn't want anyone to know about it. 381 00:15:21,473 --> 00:15:23,274 Oh, come on, Castle. 382 00:15:23,309 --> 00:15:25,877 He was flirting with me. I can't control that. 383 00:15:25,911 --> 00:15:27,078 But you were flirting right back. 384 00:15:27,112 --> 00:15:28,713 Yeah, but what was I supposed to do? 385 00:15:28,747 --> 00:15:31,281 He's Danny frickin' Valentine. 386 00:15:31,316 --> 00:15:33,250 Espo, hey. 387 00:15:33,284 --> 00:15:34,952 You find out where Sid went on that subway ride? 388 00:15:34,986 --> 00:15:37,921 Not yet, but I spoke to Gene Vogel from Sid's company. 389 00:15:37,956 --> 00:15:39,557 The only deal that he knew about was one 390 00:15:39,591 --> 00:15:40,924 that hasn't been officially announced yet. 391 00:15:40,959 --> 00:15:42,460 Apparently Sid was gonna sell 392 00:15:42,494 --> 00:15:44,261 49% of his company to an equity firm. 393 00:15:44,295 --> 00:15:45,896 Could that be the deal Sid was talking about? 394 00:15:45,930 --> 00:15:47,064 Doesn't look like it. The terms of the sale 395 00:15:47,098 --> 00:15:48,598 would have been settled weeks ago. 396 00:15:48,632 --> 00:15:50,000 There was nothing left to negotiate. 397 00:15:50,034 --> 00:15:52,601 Hey, guys, you're gonna wanna see this. 398 00:15:54,438 --> 00:15:57,474 So, Sid paid for his Metro card in cash, 399 00:15:57,508 --> 00:16:00,310 but I was able to use security cams to track him 400 00:16:00,345 --> 00:16:02,812 all the way to Grand Army Plaza subway station. 401 00:16:02,847 --> 00:16:05,147 He got off there at 11:30 P.M. 402 00:16:05,182 --> 00:16:07,016 In Brooklyn. What was he doing in Brooklyn? 403 00:16:07,050 --> 00:16:08,351 You know, I wondered the same thing, 404 00:16:08,386 --> 00:16:10,420 so I checked with the 87th precinct. 405 00:16:10,454 --> 00:16:13,189 Apparently they responded to a 9-1-1 call in that area. 406 00:16:13,223 --> 00:16:15,024 - About what? - Well, check it out. 407 00:16:15,058 --> 00:16:16,959 Officers used traffic cam footage, 408 00:16:16,994 --> 00:16:18,794 and they caught the tail end of it. 409 00:16:18,828 --> 00:16:22,198 This is about a block away from where Sid got off the subway. 410 00:16:22,232 --> 00:16:24,627 Now keep your eye on that alley right there. 411 00:16:28,471 --> 00:16:31,307 - Were those gunshots? - Fits with the 9-1-1 call. 412 00:16:31,341 --> 00:16:33,009 There was a report of shots fired. 413 00:16:33,043 --> 00:16:35,277 Now watch what happens next. 414 00:16:37,914 --> 00:16:39,848 That's Sid. 415 00:16:39,883 --> 00:16:41,650 You guys, look at the timestamp. 416 00:16:41,684 --> 00:16:43,318 It's from just after midnight. 417 00:16:43,352 --> 00:16:45,387 This must be the deal he was talking about. 418 00:16:45,422 --> 00:16:48,056 And judging by the speed his 60-year-old legs are moving, 419 00:16:48,090 --> 00:16:50,216 I would say he's in danger. 420 00:16:52,861 --> 00:16:54,062 Who's that? 421 00:16:54,096 --> 00:16:55,063 I don't know, but he's got a gun 422 00:16:55,097 --> 00:16:57,065 and he's wearing a mask. 423 00:16:57,099 --> 00:17:00,368 And hours later, Sid gets thrown down an elevator shaft. 424 00:17:00,403 --> 00:17:03,104 What the hell was Sid mixed up in? 425 00:17:05,410 --> 00:17:06,611 You guys, is it just me, 426 00:17:06,645 --> 00:17:08,045 or does none of this make sense? 427 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:09,613 I mean, Sid was a multimillionaire. 428 00:17:09,647 --> 00:17:11,115 Guys like that don't make shady deals 429 00:17:11,149 --> 00:17:12,770 in the middle of dark alleys. 430 00:17:12,790 --> 00:17:14,699 Or if you do, you have someone else do it for you. 431 00:17:14,719 --> 00:17:16,487 Yeah, and take a look at our suspect there. 432 00:17:16,521 --> 00:17:19,894 I mean, what is this, a deal gone wrong or a failed hit? 433 00:17:19,914 --> 00:17:22,426 So what are we saying here, that the masked man 434 00:17:22,460 --> 00:17:24,885 followed Sid back to the "S.N.T." building and killed him? 435 00:17:24,905 --> 00:17:26,997 Well, with a private entrance with no surveillance cameras, 436 00:17:27,031 --> 00:17:28,431 it's possible, right? 437 00:17:28,465 --> 00:17:29,966 But after an apparent attempt on his life, 438 00:17:30,001 --> 00:17:32,335 why would Sid just go back to the office? 439 00:17:32,369 --> 00:17:34,671 And if Sid really was in danger, why didn't he call security? 440 00:17:34,705 --> 00:17:36,539 Well, we may find some answers in that alley. 441 00:17:36,573 --> 00:17:37,607 Let's go check it out. 442 00:17:37,641 --> 00:17:39,542 Okay, Castle and I are gonna scrub traffic cams. 443 00:17:39,576 --> 00:17:41,707 Maybe we'll find the shooter there. 444 00:17:47,051 --> 00:17:48,284 Anything yet? 445 00:17:48,319 --> 00:17:49,852 No. 446 00:17:49,886 --> 00:17:54,023 No blood, no shell casings, no nothing. 447 00:17:54,057 --> 00:17:56,459 Hey, doesn't this remind you of, uh, that sketch 448 00:17:56,493 --> 00:17:59,728 from "Saturday Night Tonight" where, uh, Mickey Franks 449 00:17:59,762 --> 00:18:02,131 plays Sherlock Holmes' wacky cousin? 450 00:18:02,151 --> 00:18:04,722 No, I don't watch that stupid show, bro. 451 00:18:04,742 --> 00:18:07,069 - You don't? - No. 452 00:18:07,103 --> 00:18:08,737 Hell, no. The sketches never have any endings. 453 00:18:08,771 --> 00:18:09,972 It's a big waste of time, 454 00:18:10,006 --> 00:18:11,506 just like searching this alley is. 455 00:18:11,541 --> 00:18:13,475 You know, Javi, I think that you need 456 00:18:13,509 --> 00:18:14,977 to find a way to be more positive. 457 00:18:15,011 --> 00:18:16,411 No, I don't. 458 00:18:16,446 --> 00:18:18,547 And you need to stop saying "no" all the time. 459 00:18:18,581 --> 00:18:22,050 Instead, why don't you try saying "yes, and..."? 460 00:18:22,084 --> 00:18:23,752 What the hell are you talking about? 461 00:18:23,786 --> 00:18:26,755 Oh, I learned it in a "S.N.T." -sponsored 462 00:18:26,789 --> 00:18:28,890 improvisation class I took in college. 463 00:18:28,924 --> 00:18:32,093 See, by simply substituting "no" with "yes, and..." 464 00:18:32,127 --> 00:18:34,829 Partners can't deny one another's progress 465 00:18:34,864 --> 00:18:37,598 moving forward in a scene and accomplishing goals. 466 00:18:39,235 --> 00:18:43,071 Yo. That guy might have been here last night. 467 00:18:43,105 --> 00:18:45,039 Yes, and he might have seen the exchange 468 00:18:45,074 --> 00:18:46,774 between Sid and the gunman. 469 00:18:46,808 --> 00:18:49,209 See what you can accomplish by saying "yes, and..."? Hmm? 470 00:18:49,244 --> 00:18:51,579 Yes, and you need to shut the hell up. 471 00:18:51,613 --> 00:18:53,042 Hey! 472 00:18:59,454 --> 00:19:01,589 Martha, you okay? 473 00:19:01,623 --> 00:19:05,792 Oh, yeah. Yeah. Just a... little tired, that's all. 474 00:19:05,826 --> 00:19:07,227 Shall we? 475 00:19:07,883 --> 00:19:09,062 Hey... 476 00:19:09,097 --> 00:19:10,797 Something's wrong with your mom. 477 00:19:10,831 --> 00:19:12,699 I thought we already covered that. 478 00:19:12,733 --> 00:19:13,867 No, no, no. She's not repeating the lines. 479 00:19:13,902 --> 00:19:15,535 Something else is going on. 480 00:19:15,569 --> 00:19:18,305 Can't we just be happy that she stopped? 481 00:19:18,339 --> 00:19:20,374 Castle, I have to go to the precinct. 482 00:19:20,408 --> 00:19:22,776 Will you just talk to her and meet me over there? 483 00:19:22,810 --> 00:19:25,077 - Yeah. - Okay. Bye. 484 00:19:25,112 --> 00:19:27,714 - Bye, Martha. - Bye, honey. 485 00:19:30,150 --> 00:19:31,618 So... 486 00:19:31,652 --> 00:19:33,085 Previews tonight. 487 00:19:33,120 --> 00:19:34,454 Pretty exciting, huh? 488 00:19:35,109 --> 00:19:37,338 Come on. "Is he dead?" 489 00:19:37,358 --> 00:19:38,891 Wrong question. 490 00:19:38,926 --> 00:19:40,616 Am I dead? 491 00:19:42,431 --> 00:19:44,397 You know, I don't know what I'm thinking. 492 00:19:44,431 --> 00:19:45,764 Eight performances a week, 493 00:19:45,799 --> 00:19:48,734 major play on Broadway. 494 00:19:48,768 --> 00:19:50,069 You've been on Broadway before. 495 00:19:50,103 --> 00:19:51,404 Well... 496 00:19:51,438 --> 00:19:53,239 Not since the Clinton administration. 497 00:19:53,273 --> 00:19:55,774 And now it's all viral. 498 00:19:55,809 --> 00:19:57,643 Bloggers, tweeters. 499 00:19:57,677 --> 00:19:59,812 You know, people actually come to the previews, 500 00:19:59,846 --> 00:20:01,647 record the show on their phone, 501 00:20:01,681 --> 00:20:04,450 put it online, and make comments. 502 00:20:04,484 --> 00:20:07,486 And you don't feel your performance is ready? 503 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:08,520 Well, I just... I... 504 00:20:08,555 --> 00:20:10,288 I'm still honing my performance. 505 00:20:10,323 --> 00:20:12,023 That's what a... that's what previews are for, 506 00:20:12,058 --> 00:20:14,420 and I just... 507 00:20:16,895 --> 00:20:19,399 I just don't want to be humiliated. 508 00:20:19,865 --> 00:20:22,800 When I got this part, I thought, well, hey, 509 00:20:22,835 --> 00:20:24,669 there's a chance, you know? 510 00:20:24,703 --> 00:20:26,838 This could be my second act. 511 00:20:26,872 --> 00:20:29,371 - It is. - No, it isn't. 512 00:20:29,898 --> 00:20:32,097 It isn't. I'm not gonna have a second act. 513 00:20:32,117 --> 00:20:33,931 I... 514 00:20:34,195 --> 00:20:36,714 I think what I need to do is just drop out, 515 00:20:36,748 --> 00:20:38,875 let my understudy take over. 516 00:20:38,895 --> 00:20:41,533 - She's very... - Oh, absolutely not. 517 00:20:41,553 --> 00:20:44,355 You will not, and do you know why? 518 00:20:44,389 --> 00:20:47,191 Because you're a fighter. What have you always told me? 519 00:20:47,225 --> 00:20:50,627 No one will give you anything in this life. 520 00:20:50,661 --> 00:20:52,496 You must earn it. 521 00:20:52,530 --> 00:20:54,198 And look at you. Almost 20 years later, 522 00:20:54,232 --> 00:20:56,166 and you're back on Broadway? 523 00:20:56,201 --> 00:20:58,394 You have earned this. 524 00:21:00,538 --> 00:21:02,906 I have, haven't I? 525 00:21:02,940 --> 00:21:04,307 You have. 526 00:21:04,341 --> 00:21:06,676 Please don't let some idiot with a cell phone 527 00:21:06,711 --> 00:21:09,412 take that away from you. 528 00:21:09,446 --> 00:21:10,881 Do you want me to come to tonight's show, 529 00:21:10,915 --> 00:21:13,181 just for moral support? 530 00:21:13,879 --> 00:21:16,352 I want you to come to the opening, kiddo, 531 00:21:16,387 --> 00:21:18,687 just like you always do. 532 00:21:18,722 --> 00:21:19,655 All right. 533 00:21:19,689 --> 00:21:21,824 But if I have to wait, at least let me hear 534 00:21:21,858 --> 00:21:23,260 that sweet first line one more time. 535 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:25,761 Okay, um... 536 00:21:26,584 --> 00:21:27,763 Is he dead? 537 00:21:27,797 --> 00:21:30,033 But with feeling! 538 00:21:30,067 --> 00:21:31,667 Is he dead? 539 00:21:31,701 --> 00:21:33,602 One more for the cheap seats! 540 00:21:33,637 --> 00:21:35,103 Is he dead?! 541 00:21:35,138 --> 00:21:37,205 He's so dead! 542 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:38,841 Ahh... 543 00:21:38,875 --> 00:21:41,043 And bow... 544 00:21:42,579 --> 00:21:44,547 Hey. So what'd you guys get from the homeless man? 545 00:21:44,581 --> 00:21:46,114 Well, he didn't witness the exchange between Sid 546 00:21:46,149 --> 00:21:47,516 and our masked gunman. 547 00:21:47,551 --> 00:21:49,184 However, he did hear the gunshots 548 00:21:49,218 --> 00:21:51,853 and a few minutes later he saw a black Explorer speeding away. 549 00:21:51,887 --> 00:21:54,388 - Did he get a plate? - Yeah, the last four numbers, 550 00:21:54,423 --> 00:21:55,957 which got us a match to an S.U.V. 551 00:21:55,991 --> 00:21:58,893 rented by this guy... 552 00:21:58,928 --> 00:22:00,562 Kurt van Zant. 553 00:22:00,596 --> 00:22:03,064 Just did a 35-year stretch in folsom for drug trafficking, 554 00:22:03,098 --> 00:22:04,933 but he was just released. 555 00:22:04,967 --> 00:22:07,035 Is there a connection between Sid and this ex-con? 556 00:22:07,069 --> 00:22:08,903 Oh, yeah. Uh, while he was in prison, 557 00:22:08,938 --> 00:22:11,472 Van Zant filed a lawsuit claiming that he financed 558 00:22:11,506 --> 00:22:12,906 the pilot for "Saturday Night Tonight" 559 00:22:12,941 --> 00:22:14,775 and that Sid screwed him out of all the profits. 560 00:22:14,809 --> 00:22:16,743 Wait a minute. You're telling me 561 00:22:16,778 --> 00:22:19,780 that a drug kingpin bankrolled that comedy show? 562 00:22:19,814 --> 00:22:20,647 Yeah, I know. It sounds like 563 00:22:20,682 --> 00:22:21,782 one of their comedy sketches, right? 564 00:22:21,816 --> 00:22:24,385 So a show that brought joy, laughter, and "judge booty" 565 00:22:24,419 --> 00:22:27,454 to people everywhere may have been built on drug money. 566 00:22:27,488 --> 00:22:28,755 Yeah, but the lawsuit was thrown out, 567 00:22:28,790 --> 00:22:31,391 so while Sid was getting rich, van Zant was rotting in prison. 568 00:22:31,425 --> 00:22:33,627 You know, maybe van Zant was who Sid was talking about 569 00:22:33,661 --> 00:22:34,995 when he told his wife someone was after him. 570 00:22:35,029 --> 00:22:36,930 Makes sense, right? 571 00:22:36,965 --> 00:22:38,966 If van Zant felt that Sid owed him a share 572 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:40,467 of the profits from the show, maybe he came to collect. 573 00:22:40,501 --> 00:22:42,135 And when Sid didn't want to go along, 574 00:22:42,169 --> 00:22:44,837 van Zant opted for revenge instead. 575 00:22:44,871 --> 00:22:46,439 Where is van Zant now? 576 00:22:46,474 --> 00:22:48,007 He's registered at a hotel up in Queens. 577 00:22:48,041 --> 00:22:51,111 Yo. I sent van Zant's photo to security 578 00:22:51,145 --> 00:22:53,246 at "S.N.T.," asked if anybody saw him last night. 579 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:55,515 No one did. However, 30 minutes ago, 580 00:22:55,549 --> 00:22:56,583 van Zant entered the building 581 00:22:56,617 --> 00:22:59,090 on a day pass called in from someone at the show. 582 00:23:00,346 --> 00:23:02,955 Kurt van Zant? You got to be kidding me. 583 00:23:02,990 --> 00:23:04,356 Yeah. Do you know him? 584 00:23:04,390 --> 00:23:06,525 No, but Sid told me all about him. 585 00:23:06,559 --> 00:23:07,927 He's dangerous. 586 00:23:07,961 --> 00:23:09,829 You're telling me he's here in the studio? 587 00:23:09,863 --> 00:23:12,031 Do you know who called in his pass? 588 00:23:12,065 --> 00:23:14,500 No, but I can find out. 589 00:23:14,534 --> 00:23:16,137 Follow me. 590 00:23:22,908 --> 00:23:25,377 Um, um, can I help you? 591 00:23:25,411 --> 00:23:26,845 Oh, no, it's fine. 592 00:23:26,879 --> 00:23:29,681 You just have a very bizarre gait. 593 00:23:29,715 --> 00:23:30,982 I'm... I'm sorry, what? 594 00:23:31,017 --> 00:23:32,317 I'm sorry, what? 595 00:23:32,352 --> 00:23:33,852 Nailed it. 596 00:23:37,690 --> 00:23:39,457 Castle, please tell me I don't move like that. 597 00:23:39,491 --> 00:23:41,826 I mean... do I? 598 00:23:45,031 --> 00:23:46,264 Is this a trick question? 599 00:23:46,298 --> 00:23:49,467 What answer is not gonna have me sleeping on the couch tonight? 600 00:23:52,571 --> 00:23:57,041 Chad, find out who called in a day pass for a Kurt van Zant. 601 00:23:57,075 --> 00:23:58,976 You're looking at him, sir. 602 00:23:59,010 --> 00:24:01,546 Wait a minute. You called in the pass? Why? 603 00:24:01,580 --> 00:24:04,014 I was told to by Mr. Valentine. 604 00:24:04,049 --> 00:24:05,849 - Danny Valentine? - Danny Valentine! 605 00:24:08,086 --> 00:24:11,354 Oh, I knew it. That smug, no-talent playboy... 606 00:24:11,389 --> 00:24:13,390 he's up to his neck in this! 607 00:24:13,424 --> 00:24:16,093 Hey, hey! Hey! Help! Help! 608 00:24:16,127 --> 00:24:18,095 Help! He's gonna kill me! 609 00:24:18,129 --> 00:24:20,764 Wait, no! Help! N.Y.P.D.! 610 00:24:20,799 --> 00:24:22,666 Help! Aah! 611 00:24:22,700 --> 00:24:23,866 Let him go! 612 00:24:23,901 --> 00:24:25,068 What?! No! 613 00:24:27,348 --> 00:24:28,814 Pull him in, van Zant, now! 614 00:24:28,849 --> 00:24:31,217 Hey, lady, relax! 615 00:24:33,179 --> 00:24:35,333 Come on, let me see your hands. 616 00:24:39,851 --> 00:24:41,140 Thanks. 617 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:42,493 Guy's a psychopath. 618 00:24:42,528 --> 00:24:44,429 Then why did you give him a pass to get on? 619 00:24:44,463 --> 00:24:45,931 He left a note at my hotel. 620 00:24:45,965 --> 00:24:47,766 He said he had information about Sid's murder. 621 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:49,167 Are you saying you don't know this man? 622 00:24:49,201 --> 00:24:50,618 I never him before today. 623 00:24:50,638 --> 00:24:53,071 Listen, this whole thing is a big misunderstanding. 624 00:24:53,105 --> 00:24:55,411 I'm sure it is. Come on. 625 00:24:57,142 --> 00:24:59,110 So what information did he have about Sid's murder? 626 00:24:59,144 --> 00:25:01,011 Nothing. I mean, this was a shakedown. 627 00:25:01,046 --> 00:25:03,814 He claimed Sid owed him money for "Saturday Night Tonight," 628 00:25:03,848 --> 00:25:05,283 but since Sid didn't pay, he wanted me 629 00:25:05,317 --> 00:25:07,117 to sign over my shares of the show. 630 00:25:07,151 --> 00:25:10,399 - You own a piece of the show? - Mm, 5%. 631 00:25:10,911 --> 00:25:13,323 Sid needed a... a celebrity get for the pilot, 632 00:25:13,357 --> 00:25:15,125 so he gave me a piece of the back end. 633 00:25:15,159 --> 00:25:17,529 It was the deal of my life. 634 00:25:17,549 --> 00:25:19,529 So van Zant wanted his cut, but with Sid dead, 635 00:25:19,564 --> 00:25:21,364 his only option was to come after yours. 636 00:25:21,399 --> 00:25:23,866 I refused. I-I said, "hey, that's show business, baby," 637 00:25:23,901 --> 00:25:27,604 but that's when he started shoving me out the window. 638 00:25:27,638 --> 00:25:29,806 35 years in Folsom. 639 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,442 That's a long time to hold a grudge, Mr. van Zant. 640 00:25:32,477 --> 00:25:35,178 Lady, I didn't kill Sid. 641 00:25:35,213 --> 00:25:37,380 And yet you were seen fleeing the alley 642 00:25:37,415 --> 00:25:39,015 where those shots were fired. 643 00:25:39,049 --> 00:25:42,051 It's not hard to imagine that you would follow Sid 644 00:25:42,086 --> 00:25:43,712 and finish off the job. 645 00:25:43,732 --> 00:25:47,223 Look. You got this all wrong! 646 00:25:47,257 --> 00:25:49,525 When I got paroled, I went straight to Sid. 647 00:25:49,559 --> 00:25:51,560 We had it out, and he apologized. 648 00:25:51,595 --> 00:25:53,129 Except now he's dead. 649 00:25:53,163 --> 00:25:54,497 Why would I move on him? 650 00:25:54,531 --> 00:25:57,133 He agreed to give me a major chunk of change 651 00:25:57,167 --> 00:26:00,402 of an upcoming sale of shares to some equity group. 652 00:26:00,437 --> 00:26:01,604 So we were good. 653 00:26:01,638 --> 00:26:04,006 That doesn't square with you shooting at him in the alley. 654 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:05,674 That wasn't me. I swear! 655 00:26:05,708 --> 00:26:08,910 If it wasn't you, then who was it? 656 00:26:08,945 --> 00:26:10,712 I don't know. 657 00:26:10,747 --> 00:26:12,848 Sid called me and told me 658 00:26:12,882 --> 00:26:15,216 the paperwork for my stake in the show was ready. 659 00:26:15,251 --> 00:26:17,552 But he wouldn't sign off 660 00:26:17,586 --> 00:26:19,855 unless I brought him something. 661 00:26:20,271 --> 00:26:21,857 Okay, fine. 662 00:26:21,891 --> 00:26:24,259 I'll play along. 663 00:26:24,599 --> 00:26:26,594 What did Sid want you to bring? 664 00:26:26,629 --> 00:26:29,164 An unregistered gun. 665 00:26:29,198 --> 00:26:31,166 Why would Sid want a gun? 666 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,368 Wait, no. Let me guess. He didn't tell you. 667 00:26:33,843 --> 00:26:35,270 It's true! 668 00:26:35,304 --> 00:26:37,071 He just told me to meet him near that alley 669 00:26:37,105 --> 00:26:39,006 at 11:30, so I did. 670 00:26:39,041 --> 00:26:40,741 I gave him a .38 special, 671 00:26:40,776 --> 00:26:42,277 and he told me I could pick up 672 00:26:42,311 --> 00:26:44,379 the signed papers in the morning. 673 00:26:44,413 --> 00:26:45,913 And then he told me I should take a hike. 674 00:26:45,947 --> 00:26:47,081 But you didn't. 675 00:26:47,115 --> 00:26:49,416 Well... a man asks for a gun, 676 00:26:49,450 --> 00:26:51,451 he's looking to dance with danger. 677 00:26:51,486 --> 00:26:54,188 I thought it wise to protect my investment. 678 00:26:54,222 --> 00:26:56,023 So you're saying that you stuck around 679 00:26:56,058 --> 00:26:58,625 - just to see what would happen. - Yep. 680 00:26:58,660 --> 00:27:01,562 Saw Sid go down the alley and hide in a doorway. 681 00:27:01,596 --> 00:27:03,063 20 minutes go by, 682 00:27:03,097 --> 00:27:05,232 and some dude in a mask shows up. 683 00:27:05,266 --> 00:27:08,302 Opens the dumpster, pulls out a green duffel bag. 684 00:27:08,336 --> 00:27:10,136 And what was in the duffel bag? 685 00:27:10,171 --> 00:27:11,305 Hell if I know. 686 00:27:11,339 --> 00:27:14,241 But that's when Sid jumps out with the gun, screaming, 687 00:27:14,275 --> 00:27:17,244 "you got what you wanted! Now where is she?" 688 00:27:17,278 --> 00:27:18,778 Who is "she"? 689 00:27:18,813 --> 00:27:20,246 I have no idea. 690 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:22,381 But the masked man got the drop on Sid. 691 00:27:22,416 --> 00:27:25,151 They wrestled for the gun, and then, pop, pop, pop! 692 00:27:25,186 --> 00:27:27,120 Shots go off in the air! 693 00:27:27,154 --> 00:27:29,222 You know what? If you were protecting your investment, 694 00:27:29,256 --> 00:27:31,290 then why didn't you help him out? 695 00:27:31,325 --> 00:27:32,726 Well, Sid ran off. 696 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:34,560 And the guy in the mask wasn't giving chase, 697 00:27:34,595 --> 00:27:36,596 so I figured, well, I'm on parole. 698 00:27:36,630 --> 00:27:39,298 I need to bug out before the cops show up. 699 00:27:40,210 --> 00:27:41,499 And that's all you did? 700 00:27:41,534 --> 00:27:43,801 I drove to Sid's building to see if I could catch him 701 00:27:43,836 --> 00:27:46,137 and ask him what the hell he got me into. 702 00:27:46,171 --> 00:27:48,005 But he never showed up. 703 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:50,408 Next thing I know, he's dead. 704 00:27:50,443 --> 00:27:52,244 I think he's telling the truth. 705 00:27:52,278 --> 00:27:53,778 Security video outside of Sid's apartment 706 00:27:53,812 --> 00:27:55,614 shows van Zant waiting out front 707 00:27:55,648 --> 00:27:58,149 in his car from 12:30 A.M. to 3:30 in the morning. 708 00:27:58,183 --> 00:28:00,184 That's on the other side of town from the studio. 709 00:28:00,219 --> 00:28:01,619 Yeah, van Zant couldn't have done it. 710 00:28:01,653 --> 00:28:03,354 Okay, that dumpster that you searched... 711 00:28:03,388 --> 00:28:04,756 there was no duffel bag? 712 00:28:04,790 --> 00:28:06,357 The guy in the mask must have taken it, 713 00:28:06,391 --> 00:28:07,792 which means that Sid must have been the guy 714 00:28:07,826 --> 00:28:08,893 who dropped it off. 715 00:28:08,927 --> 00:28:10,594 This has to be the deal that Sid was talking about, 716 00:28:10,629 --> 00:28:12,363 and that duffel bag was the payoff. 717 00:28:12,397 --> 00:28:13,830 Yeah, it sure was. 718 00:28:13,865 --> 00:28:15,499 I spoke with the business manager. 719 00:28:15,533 --> 00:28:17,934 He just discovered that on the day he was murdered, 720 00:28:17,969 --> 00:28:20,604 - Sid made a huge bank withdrawal. - How huge? 721 00:28:20,639 --> 00:28:22,205 $4 million in nonsequential bills. 722 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:23,106 Nonsequential bills? 723 00:28:23,141 --> 00:28:25,309 You guys, this was a ransom gone wrong. 724 00:28:25,343 --> 00:28:27,478 That's why Sid asked, "where is she?" 725 00:28:27,512 --> 00:28:30,213 - Some woman is his life was kidnapped. - Yeah, but who? 726 00:28:30,248 --> 00:28:31,614 That's what we got to find out. 727 00:28:31,649 --> 00:28:33,825 'Cause whoever took her might be our killer. 728 00:28:35,991 --> 00:28:38,006 The cast and the crew of "Saturday night tonight" 729 00:28:38,026 --> 00:28:39,226 are all at the studio. 730 00:28:39,260 --> 00:28:40,528 No one is missing. 731 00:28:40,562 --> 00:28:44,322 So we've covered Sid's wife, his family, his friends, and now his job. 732 00:28:44,342 --> 00:28:45,618 Everyone's accounted for. 733 00:28:45,638 --> 00:28:47,727 Uh, actually, not everyone. 734 00:28:47,747 --> 00:28:49,951 Evelyn Ross, Sid's first wife. 735 00:28:49,971 --> 00:28:51,175 She's missing? 736 00:28:51,195 --> 00:28:52,672 Well, I followed up with Sid's son, 737 00:28:52,706 --> 00:28:54,289 and he said that she hadn't returned 738 00:28:54,309 --> 00:28:56,819 any of his phone calls, so I spoke with her doorman. 739 00:28:56,839 --> 00:28:59,026 He said that Evelyn went on her usual 6:00 A.M. run 740 00:28:59,046 --> 00:29:00,880 two days ago, and he hasn't seen her since. 741 00:29:00,914 --> 00:29:02,448 She's got to be our kidnap Vic. 742 00:29:02,482 --> 00:29:04,050 Yes, and I was able to ping her cell phone. 743 00:29:04,084 --> 00:29:05,217 - "Yes, and..." - I wasn't doing that. 744 00:29:05,252 --> 00:29:07,486 - No, you did it just now. - Anyway, uniforms found the phone 745 00:29:07,521 --> 00:29:10,222 dumped in a trash can near a bodega in the Bronx, 746 00:29:10,257 --> 00:29:12,024 probably tossed there by her kidnapper. 747 00:29:12,058 --> 00:29:13,559 Something's not right here. 748 00:29:13,593 --> 00:29:15,394 Starting with our victim's behavior. 749 00:29:15,428 --> 00:29:16,895 You're Sid. Your ex-wife gets kidnapped. 750 00:29:16,929 --> 00:29:19,331 The deal in the alley to get her back goes south. 751 00:29:19,366 --> 00:29:21,200 At that point, why wouldn't you go to the police? 752 00:29:21,234 --> 00:29:22,901 Why do you go back to your office? 753 00:29:22,935 --> 00:29:24,870 I'll circle back with Sid's office, see what I can find out. 754 00:29:24,904 --> 00:29:27,505 Yo, unis just arrived with Evelyn's phone. 755 00:29:27,540 --> 00:29:29,374 This is Evelyn's cloud account. 756 00:29:29,408 --> 00:29:31,209 It's synched to her cell phone. 757 00:29:31,243 --> 00:29:33,178 Map my jog. That's a fitness app. 758 00:29:33,212 --> 00:29:34,345 - Can you click on it? - Mm-hmm. 759 00:29:34,380 --> 00:29:36,581 Looks like it's been running this whole time. 760 00:29:36,615 --> 00:29:38,150 I've seen this app before. 761 00:29:38,184 --> 00:29:40,085 They use G.P.S. to calculate 762 00:29:40,119 --> 00:29:42,054 a jogger's distance and pace 763 00:29:42,088 --> 00:29:43,488 and most importantly, their route. 764 00:29:43,522 --> 00:29:46,090 Can you replay Evelyn's last path? 765 00:29:47,092 --> 00:29:49,093 That's her leaving her building. 766 00:29:49,127 --> 00:29:51,696 Okay, so she jogged to the park. 767 00:29:51,730 --> 00:29:54,399 Wait. Is this when she got kidnapped? 768 00:29:54,433 --> 00:29:56,701 It's got to be. She's moving at 30 miles an hour. 769 00:29:56,735 --> 00:29:57,935 - She had to have been in a vehicle. - Yeah. 770 00:29:57,969 --> 00:30:01,072 Can you fast-forward so that we can see where she ended up? 771 00:30:01,106 --> 00:30:04,108 So she was taken up to the Bronx. 772 00:30:07,378 --> 00:30:09,791 Okay, looks like she stopped at this building. 773 00:30:09,811 --> 00:30:11,716 Evelyn might still be in that building. 774 00:30:11,750 --> 00:30:13,150 What do we know about that place? 775 00:30:13,184 --> 00:30:14,585 - I don't know. We'll find out. - Okay. 776 00:30:15,621 --> 00:30:18,088 Hey, Ryan, you find anything in Sid's office? 777 00:30:18,123 --> 00:30:20,157 No, just paperwork and spreadsheets. 778 00:30:20,191 --> 00:30:22,759 So nothing that speaks to a possible kidnapping? 779 00:30:22,794 --> 00:30:24,828 Pretty straightforward stuff, but I'll bring it in 780 00:30:24,862 --> 00:30:26,630 so we can go through it with a fine-tooth comb. 781 00:30:26,664 --> 00:30:28,732 Beckett, we got something. 782 00:30:28,766 --> 00:30:30,467 Okay, Ryan, I got to go. 783 00:30:30,501 --> 00:30:31,668 That building where Evelyn was taken 784 00:30:31,702 --> 00:30:33,002 is an abandoned warehouse. 785 00:30:33,037 --> 00:30:35,305 It's the ideal location to hold someone hostage. 786 00:30:36,441 --> 00:30:39,175 N.Y.P.D.! 787 00:30:39,209 --> 00:30:41,144 Go, go, go! 788 00:30:43,448 --> 00:30:44,781 There. Over there. 789 00:30:44,816 --> 00:30:46,817 Over here! Kick it. 790 00:30:51,101 --> 00:30:52,588 Evelyn? 791 00:30:52,622 --> 00:30:54,324 We're the police. You're safe now. 792 00:30:56,764 --> 00:30:58,761 Oh, God... 793 00:31:00,425 --> 00:31:02,966 I just had stopped to stretch, 794 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,534 and the next thing I knew, there was a rag 795 00:31:05,569 --> 00:31:08,036 over my mouth, and... 796 00:31:08,071 --> 00:31:12,942 Uh, when I came to, I was in that warehouse. 797 00:31:13,661 --> 00:31:15,277 At any point in time, did you get a look 798 00:31:15,311 --> 00:31:17,312 at your kidnapper's face? 799 00:31:17,347 --> 00:31:18,981 He always wore a mask. 800 00:31:19,015 --> 00:31:21,951 It was like a ski mask, but shiny, 801 00:31:21,985 --> 00:31:25,020 with a silver zigzag up the middle 802 00:31:25,054 --> 00:31:28,245 and... a gold headband. 803 00:31:28,695 --> 00:31:30,392 A gold headband? Are you sure about that? 804 00:31:30,426 --> 00:31:32,327 I'm pretty sure that's what it was. 805 00:31:32,362 --> 00:31:34,696 And, uh, how about his clothes? 806 00:31:34,730 --> 00:31:37,065 Do you remember anything distinctive about them? 807 00:31:38,113 --> 00:31:39,804 No. 808 00:31:40,316 --> 00:31:43,204 But... he wore a ring. 809 00:31:43,238 --> 00:31:47,509 A red and silver signet ring on his right hand. 810 00:31:47,543 --> 00:31:48,710 I remember that. 811 00:31:48,744 --> 00:31:50,244 Evelyn, back to the mask... 812 00:31:50,278 --> 00:31:53,180 did it look anything like this? 813 00:31:53,863 --> 00:31:57,151 Yes, exactly like that. 814 00:31:57,185 --> 00:31:58,920 Is that from "Saturday Night Tonight"? 815 00:31:58,940 --> 00:32:01,255 It's from an obscure sketch they did two years ago 816 00:32:01,289 --> 00:32:03,310 called "lucha libre brunch buffet." 817 00:32:03,330 --> 00:32:05,092 So our kidnapper had access 818 00:32:05,127 --> 00:32:07,194 to the props and wardrobe room at the studio. 819 00:32:07,229 --> 00:32:08,862 This was an inside job. 820 00:32:08,897 --> 00:32:10,998 What do you mean, a banana sandwich? 821 00:32:11,033 --> 00:32:13,667 Carly! Carly Rae... 822 00:32:13,701 --> 00:32:15,669 Carly Rae Jepsen! I'm Rick. I'm Rick. 823 00:32:15,703 --> 00:32:17,237 I'm... uh, this is Kate. We're huge fans. 824 00:32:17,271 --> 00:32:19,205 Oh, thanks. That means a lot to me. 825 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,274 So nice to meet you. Um, Castle, we really need to... 826 00:32:21,308 --> 00:32:23,343 yeah, Carly, quick question... that one song, 827 00:32:23,377 --> 00:32:25,679 um, "Call Me Maybe," what did you mean by the lyric... 828 00:32:25,713 --> 00:32:27,213 - it's in the first... - Carly, two minutes. 829 00:32:27,248 --> 00:32:29,715 Oh, I'm so sorry. I have to go perform this song. 830 00:32:29,750 --> 00:32:30,850 Oh, that... that's cool. 831 00:32:30,884 --> 00:32:32,118 We gotta go solve a murder, so... 832 00:32:32,153 --> 00:32:34,921 Okay. Okay... nice to meet you. Bye. 833 00:32:36,823 --> 00:32:38,525 Excuse me. 834 00:32:38,559 --> 00:32:40,893 Someone recently checked out one of these masks, 835 00:32:40,928 --> 00:32:43,263 - and we need to know who. - Now? 836 00:32:43,297 --> 00:32:44,730 We're in the middle of a live show. 837 00:32:44,765 --> 00:32:47,132 It was from the "lucha libre brunch buffet" sketch. 838 00:32:47,167 --> 00:32:49,068 Yeah, that sketch sucked. 839 00:32:49,102 --> 00:32:50,469 We haven't used those masks in years. 840 00:32:50,503 --> 00:32:51,871 Well, is there a record of someone signing it out? 841 00:32:51,905 --> 00:32:53,873 Probably not, but I can check. 842 00:32:53,907 --> 00:32:55,975 - Can you give me like five minutes? - Okay. We'll be back. 843 00:32:56,677 --> 00:33:00,245 We are so close. 844 00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:01,980 Yeah, but who would be so brazen... 845 00:33:02,014 --> 00:33:05,917 or so naive... as to use a mask from the show 846 00:33:05,952 --> 00:33:07,919 to perpetrate a kidnapping? 847 00:33:07,954 --> 00:33:08,954 Ladies and gentlemen, 848 00:33:08,988 --> 00:33:09,821 performing her hit single, 849 00:33:09,855 --> 00:33:12,958 "I Really Like You," Carly Rae Jepsen. 850 00:33:16,929 --> 00:33:18,463 This is for you, Sid. 851 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:26,074 852 00:34:22,492 --> 00:34:24,726 Nice moves. 853 00:34:24,761 --> 00:34:25,894 Hey, you guys want a better seat? 854 00:34:25,928 --> 00:34:27,963 There's nothing like watching the show from house seats. 855 00:34:27,997 --> 00:34:29,831 Hey, it's cool. 856 00:34:29,866 --> 00:34:31,633 You can stay here if you like. 857 00:34:31,668 --> 00:34:33,535 Beckett, check out his ring. 858 00:34:35,104 --> 00:34:37,572 Just like Evelyn described. 859 00:34:37,606 --> 00:34:39,741 Hey, Chad, we've got a house seat for you... 860 00:34:39,776 --> 00:34:42,126 down at the 12th precinct. Let's go. 861 00:34:45,386 --> 00:34:46,682 So, Chad, tell us, 862 00:34:46,702 --> 00:34:48,667 how long have you been a page with "S.N.T."? 863 00:34:48,687 --> 00:34:51,351 Uh, five incredible years. Why? 864 00:34:51,371 --> 00:34:53,573 Don't most pages quit if they don't get promoted 865 00:34:53,593 --> 00:34:54,827 after a year or two? 866 00:34:54,861 --> 00:34:57,196 Uh, for me, it's worth the wait. 867 00:34:57,230 --> 00:34:58,405 Any day now. 868 00:34:58,425 --> 00:35:00,499 Yeah, sorry. I don't buy it. 869 00:35:00,872 --> 00:35:03,001 I think you got tired of waiting, 870 00:35:03,036 --> 00:35:05,670 and after so many years, you wanted payback. 871 00:35:05,705 --> 00:35:07,515 Payback? What do you mean, payback? 872 00:35:07,535 --> 00:35:10,322 I'm talking about the $4 million kind. 873 00:35:10,342 --> 00:35:13,011 You kidnapped Sid's ex-wife. 874 00:35:13,657 --> 00:35:14,805 Wait, what? 875 00:35:14,825 --> 00:35:16,782 It was a pretty clever plan. 876 00:35:16,816 --> 00:35:18,384 All except for that one tiny detail 877 00:35:18,404 --> 00:35:20,218 that you could not have foreseen... 878 00:35:20,253 --> 00:35:23,576 Sid confronting you at the money drop. 879 00:35:23,596 --> 00:35:26,691 He recognized your ring, didn't he? 880 00:35:26,725 --> 00:35:29,461 That was when you realized your only way out 881 00:35:29,495 --> 00:35:31,570 was to kill him. 882 00:35:32,231 --> 00:35:34,465 You think I killed Mr. Ross? 883 00:35:34,499 --> 00:35:36,701 You can drop the act. We know what you did. 884 00:35:36,735 --> 00:35:38,335 Even Evelyn saw your ring. 885 00:35:38,370 --> 00:35:41,973 I-I bought this ring at the "S.N.T." gift shop. 886 00:35:42,007 --> 00:35:43,641 Lots of people have it. 887 00:35:43,676 --> 00:35:45,710 Yeah, except lots of people don't have evidence 888 00:35:45,744 --> 00:35:47,530 in their apartments. 889 00:35:47,550 --> 00:35:49,380 What are you talking about? 890 00:35:49,414 --> 00:35:50,914 I didn't do anything! 891 00:35:50,948 --> 00:35:52,849 So then why don't you explain how detectives found 892 00:35:52,884 --> 00:35:55,486 a .38 revolver and a lucha libre mask 893 00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:56,853 under your bed? 894 00:35:56,888 --> 00:36:00,047 Um... 895 00:36:00,067 --> 00:36:02,893 Must have been an evil tooth fairy who put it there, 896 00:36:02,927 --> 00:36:05,762 'cause it wasn't me. 897 00:36:05,797 --> 00:36:08,284 Please, I-I-I didn't do this. 898 00:36:08,304 --> 00:36:11,003 All right, then where were you the night that Sid was murdered? 899 00:36:11,023 --> 00:36:13,870 - At home. - Can anyone verify that? 900 00:36:16,138 --> 00:36:18,154 No. 901 00:36:21,045 --> 00:36:24,377 Sid was a tough S.O.B., but he loved his job, 902 00:36:24,397 --> 00:36:27,050 and his job was to get us to make America laugh. 903 00:36:27,084 --> 00:36:29,819 And tonight we honor him by doing just that. 904 00:36:29,853 --> 00:36:31,554 Chad can't be the killer, can he? 905 00:36:31,588 --> 00:36:33,281 Well, it doesn't feel right, 906 00:36:33,301 --> 00:36:34,724 but there is an abundance of evidence. 907 00:36:34,758 --> 00:36:37,627 Yeah, it's too abundant... the mask, the gun, the ring? 908 00:36:37,661 --> 00:36:39,595 It's just too... perfect. 909 00:36:39,630 --> 00:36:41,659 So, what, you think he was framed? 910 00:36:41,861 --> 00:36:43,702 I think there's more to this story. 911 00:36:43,722 --> 00:36:45,635 You know, it's possible that the killer wanted 912 00:36:45,669 --> 00:36:47,336 Evelyn to see the mask and the ring. 913 00:36:47,370 --> 00:36:49,004 Chad is the perfect fall guy. 914 00:36:49,039 --> 00:36:51,841 Okay, but if Chad didn't do it, then who did? 915 00:36:51,875 --> 00:36:54,109 I...may have a line on that. 916 00:36:54,144 --> 00:36:56,312 I figured out what Sid was doing in his office 917 00:36:56,346 --> 00:36:57,813 with those spreadsheets. 918 00:36:57,847 --> 00:36:59,949 He was going over his corporate bank accounts. 919 00:36:59,983 --> 00:37:02,484 Sid went from paying a kidnapper at gunpoint 920 00:37:02,518 --> 00:37:04,420 to checking his corporate financials? 921 00:37:04,454 --> 00:37:05,988 That's... weird. 922 00:37:06,022 --> 00:37:08,623 That's not the only thing that's weird. 923 00:37:08,658 --> 00:37:11,593 Check out those expenses he highlighted. 924 00:37:12,595 --> 00:37:15,296 Oh, these are weird, because... 925 00:37:15,331 --> 00:37:17,699 Because I called the bank in the Cayman Islands. 926 00:37:17,733 --> 00:37:19,468 All of those expenses are bogus. 927 00:37:19,502 --> 00:37:21,636 So someone with access at Sid's company 928 00:37:21,671 --> 00:37:23,304 was embezzling money. 929 00:37:23,339 --> 00:37:25,273 Almost $4 million, 930 00:37:25,307 --> 00:37:26,641 the exact amount of the ransom. 931 00:37:26,676 --> 00:37:28,276 Wait, that's it. 932 00:37:28,310 --> 00:37:30,311 The embezzler was trying to replace the money 933 00:37:30,346 --> 00:37:31,412 he had stolen from Sid. 934 00:37:31,447 --> 00:37:33,814 - I know who the killer is. - I know who the killer is. 935 00:37:33,849 --> 00:37:36,784 Nice. In fairness, though, I walked you right through that. 936 00:37:39,588 --> 00:37:41,689 Places for the final sketch! 937 00:37:41,723 --> 00:37:44,425 Places for the final sketch. 938 00:37:56,070 --> 00:37:58,706 Oh. Hi. I-is everything all right? 939 00:37:58,740 --> 00:38:01,308 Yes. In fact, we have some good news. 940 00:38:01,342 --> 00:38:03,310 Great. Let's talk after the show. 941 00:38:03,344 --> 00:38:06,546 Actually, show is already over... at least for you. 942 00:38:06,580 --> 00:38:08,748 - Excuse me? - Drop the act, Mr. Vogel. 943 00:38:08,782 --> 00:38:11,385 We know that you killed Sid. 944 00:38:11,419 --> 00:38:13,653 - That's insane. - Not really. 945 00:38:13,687 --> 00:38:15,922 Not considering the partial sale of Sid's company 946 00:38:15,956 --> 00:38:18,058 was on the horizon, a sale that would mean 947 00:38:18,092 --> 00:38:19,659 a review of the company's books. 948 00:38:19,693 --> 00:38:21,327 Which would expose the $4 million 949 00:38:21,361 --> 00:38:22,595 that you embezzled. 950 00:38:22,630 --> 00:38:24,731 What?! Are you out of your mind? 951 00:38:24,765 --> 00:38:26,599 No, but you must have been. 952 00:38:26,634 --> 00:38:28,835 Faced with the inevitability of being caught, 953 00:38:28,869 --> 00:38:30,737 you had to do something, 954 00:38:30,771 --> 00:38:32,872 so you kidnapped and ransomed Evelyn 955 00:38:32,907 --> 00:38:35,607 in order to "reimburse" the money you'd stolen. 956 00:38:35,642 --> 00:38:37,876 A duffel bag full of cash would be easy to deposit 957 00:38:37,911 --> 00:38:40,279 in the company's Cayman Island bank, 958 00:38:40,313 --> 00:38:42,415 where no questions are asked. 959 00:38:42,449 --> 00:38:43,782 And after that, all you'd have to do 960 00:38:43,816 --> 00:38:45,584 is falsify a few bank statements, 961 00:38:45,618 --> 00:38:47,253 and you'd be in the clear. 962 00:38:47,287 --> 00:38:49,522 How dare you. This is absurd! 963 00:38:49,556 --> 00:38:51,590 We followed the money, Gene. 964 00:38:51,624 --> 00:38:54,937 You siphoned the $4 million to invest in a startup company. 965 00:38:54,957 --> 00:38:56,795 And when that company went belly-up, 966 00:38:56,829 --> 00:38:58,430 you could not get your money back. 967 00:38:58,464 --> 00:39:00,432 Sid must have recognized you at the drop, 968 00:39:00,466 --> 00:39:02,968 but he didn't confront you until after he discovered 969 00:39:03,002 --> 00:39:04,135 the faked expenses. 970 00:39:04,170 --> 00:39:06,371 So you killed him? 971 00:39:06,405 --> 00:39:07,439 Gene, how could you? 972 00:39:07,473 --> 00:39:10,708 No! These are... these are baseless accusations. 973 00:39:10,742 --> 00:39:12,910 - They can't prove anything. - Actually, we can. 974 00:39:12,945 --> 00:39:14,612 We went through your financials and found 975 00:39:14,646 --> 00:39:17,215 millions in undeclared deposits from Sid's company. 976 00:39:17,249 --> 00:39:18,983 Oh, by the way, nice touch 977 00:39:19,017 --> 00:39:22,420 wearing the mask and "S.N.T." ring that Chad has. 978 00:39:22,455 --> 00:39:24,322 Only problem with your frame job... 979 00:39:24,356 --> 00:39:25,656 you were witnessed hanging around 980 00:39:25,691 --> 00:39:27,458 outside his apartment this afternoon 981 00:39:27,492 --> 00:39:28,759 when you planted them. 982 00:39:28,794 --> 00:39:30,227 Oops. 983 00:39:30,261 --> 00:39:31,796 Gene Vogel, you're under arrest for... 984 00:39:31,830 --> 00:39:35,766 model cop down! I broke a heel! 985 00:39:38,770 --> 00:39:40,671 Gene Vogel, you're under arrest for kidnapping 986 00:39:40,706 --> 00:39:42,106 and murder! 987 00:40:02,627 --> 00:40:05,361 Beckett, that was a badass takedown tonight on that show. 988 00:40:05,395 --> 00:40:07,831 It was strong, yet... sexy. 989 00:40:07,865 --> 00:40:09,766 Yeah, Beckett, the camera really loves you. 990 00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:11,801 You guys, shut up, both of you. 991 00:40:11,836 --> 00:40:13,692 What about me, guys? How did I look? 992 00:40:13,712 --> 00:40:15,704 Like you should stick to writing. 993 00:40:15,739 --> 00:40:17,840 Yeah, I think so. 994 00:40:17,874 --> 00:40:20,643 There's only one star in this family, kiddo. 995 00:40:20,663 --> 00:40:23,025 Mother, how was your preview performance? 996 00:40:23,045 --> 00:40:24,880 Well, check out, the, uh, 997 00:40:24,914 --> 00:40:27,082 - the twittervese, as they say. - All righty. 998 00:40:28,945 --> 00:40:30,886 "Martha Rodgers is a revelation." 999 00:40:31,784 --> 00:40:34,911 "Martha Rodgers gives a masterful performance." 1000 00:40:34,931 --> 00:40:38,827 "A display of why theater is still a relevant art form." 1001 00:40:38,862 --> 00:40:41,463 "Martha Rodgers is amaze-balls." 1002 00:40:41,497 --> 00:40:42,865 Yeah, that... about that... 1003 00:40:42,899 --> 00:40:44,232 is that "amaze-balls" a good thing, because... 1004 00:40:44,267 --> 00:40:46,135 It sure is. Congratulations. 1005 00:40:46,169 --> 00:40:48,303 - Congratulations. Okay, oh, great. - Then we can celebrate. 1006 00:40:48,337 --> 00:40:51,573 I brought some champagne for everybody! 1007 00:40:51,607 --> 00:40:53,475 If you'll open it. Do we have some glasses? 1008 00:40:53,509 --> 00:40:55,710 Well, we don't do a lot of entertaining here, Martha, 1009 00:40:55,744 --> 00:40:58,413 - but ta-da! - Aha! 1010 00:40:58,447 --> 00:41:00,282 - Here you go. - That'll work. Thank you. 1011 00:41:00,316 --> 00:41:03,451 - Thank you. - May I? 1012 00:41:03,486 --> 00:41:07,889 Perfect. Thank you, Detective Ryan. 1013 00:41:07,923 --> 00:41:10,724 Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, to my amaze-balls mother. 1014 00:41:12,026 --> 00:41:14,895 The best second act on Broadway. 1015 00:41:15,666 --> 00:41:16,496 Cheers. 1016 00:41:16,530 --> 00:41:18,631 - Cheers. - Cheers. 1017 00:41:25,924 --> 00:41:29,138 sync and corrected by ninh www.addic7ed.com 1018 00:41:30,305 --> 00:41:36,207