Castle s04e01 Episode Script
Rise
Previously on "Castle" They killed my mother.
What do you want me to do here? Beckett, everyone associated with this case is dead.
Walk away.
Well, last time I checked, it was my life, not your personal jungle gym.
I know you crawled inside your mother's murder and didn't come out.
The same way you hide in these nowhere relationships with men you don't love.
You know what we are, Castle? We are over.
Captain Montgomery's part of the conspiracy.
He's been lying to us the whole time.
Did you kill my mother? No, but she died because of what we did that night.
Then who killed her? No, Kate.
I give you a name.
I know you.
You'll run straight at him.
I might as well shoot you where you stand.
Now they're coming.
Castle, get her outta here.
No! Please! Where is she, Roy? You can't have her.
You can't hide her from us.
So that was what, your last stand? I'm just gonna kill her anyway.
No, you're not.
And he's not.
I saw to that.
You're done, Lockwood.
We both are.
No one outside of this immediate family ever needs to know about this.
As far as the world is concerned, Roy Montgomery died a hero.
Kate! Oh! Oh, no! Kate.
Stay with me, Kate.
Find the shooter! I love you.
I love you, Kate.
She's tachying out.
Come on! Pulse ox respiration Set up for intubation.
Come on, Kate.
Don't you die on me.
Stay with me.
Stay with me.
Single GSW to left chest.
Do not die.
Come on, girl.
Come on.
Set up for a chest tube.
Trauma one.
Switch.
We got this.
This is my friend.
You understand me? She's my friend.
Then let us save her life.
GSW to the left chest.
Crashed on the way in.
Trauma room is prepped.
Trauma team's on the way.
Okay, stop compressions.
We have a rhythm.
Let's check for breathing.
We need a second line.
Kate.
Uh, her breathing is shallow.
Let's get her on the table.
One, two, three.
Page Dr.
Kovaks.
Tell him he has to take over.
Who is she? She's my girlfriend.
What do you mean, you couldn't find him? I want security checkpoints at all entrances and exits.
No, he didn't just disappear.
If there's any surveillance cameras within ten blocks of that place Damn it.
I want that footage on my desk in an hour.
I want statements from everyone.
No.
One hour! Okay.
Okay.
How is she? They just took her to surgery, but We need a chest tube.
BP's 86 over 60.
Where's that chest tube? Behind you.
Come on, Kate.
Come on.
Stay with me.
Stay with me, Kate.
I've got you.
Damn it! Bleeding in the left chest.
SATs are 88.
Tension pneumo's relieved, but she's still decreased.
Okay, we can't wait.
Set up for intubation.
You can't operate on her.
She's your girlfriend.
She's dying.
I'm not waiting.
You were at a funeral, Kate.
How the hell did you get shot? What about the shooter? Gone.
Gone? How can he be gone? We don't know, but he left his weapon behind.
It's a Mark 11 modified sniper rifle, favorite of special forces.
We're checking for prints now.
Richard.
Dad.
Oh, my god.
Shh.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Dad.
Where's Katie? Where's my daughter? BP's 80 over 60.
There's too much blood.
Where the hell are you bleeding from, Kate? Pulmonary vein.
Clamp.
Okay.
I got you, you son of a bitch.
Blood pressure's still dropping.
Got here as fast as I could.
single GSW to the chest.
It's okay, I got this.
Left tension pneumo alleviated a chest tube, which revealed significant bleeding in the chest.
I said, I got this.
The bleeder was a left inferior pulmonary vein, which Dr.
Davidson just clamped.
Josh, step aside.
Already in.
Just let me sew her up.
You did what you had to.
Now do what you're supposed to.
Dr.
Davidson.
Suction.
Here's the 3-0.
A sniper? At a funeral? We think the people who sent those guys after Montgomery targeted Beckett.
I tried to get to her.
I tried-- Hey! Oh! Who the hell do you think you-- Dad! Dad! You did this! This is your fault.
BP's still dropping.
SATs are falling as well.
She must be bleeding somewhere else.
Where? There's no blood.
You pushed her to look into her mother's murder! She was shot because of you, and Montgomery is dead because of you! Leave him alone! Stop it! Stop it, all of you.
Just stop it! I won't have you acting like 3 year olds while my daughter's fighting for her life.
Her pericardium's distended.
She's bleeding into it.
That's why there's no blood.
It's compressing her heart.
Scissors.
BP's dropping.
65/45.
Got it.
Bullet grazed the ventricle.
3-0.
She's going into V-Fib.
Paddles.
He's right, you know? This is my fault.
Richard Castle, don't you dare blame yourself.
You are not the one who shot her.
Charge to 10.
Charging.
Charged.
Clear.
No.
But I put her in the crosshairs.
Still fibrillating.
Charge to 20.
Charging.
I told her how I felt.
I told her I loved her.
Clear.
Mr.
Beckett? Yes.
Your daughter is out of surgery.
Will she be all right? Well, during the surgery, she experienced cardiac arrest.
Now we were able to get her heart beating again on its own, but we'll need to watch her very closely.
When can I see her? Well, once the nurses get her settled, we'll bring you back to her.
The rest of you should go home, get some rest.
I don't know about you, bro, but home is the last place I'm going.
Not till we catch the son of a bitch who did this.
Right behind you.
We're fine.
Go.
Are you okay? Yeah.
The shooter's rifle.
It's clean for prints.
Lab's running trace right now for DNA.
Well, what about the gun? Can we track the gun? According to the DOD, the serial number matches a weapon that was issued to one martin holst, a navy seal who was killed in action seven years ago.
His body was recovered in a subsequent mission, but the weapon was not.
Anything from the canine unit? Dogs picked up a scent.
Traced it to the west side of the cemetery, but then they lost it there.
In a sea of cops, how does this guy go unnoticed? He may not have.
Half the guys we talked to said they remember seeing a groundskeeper taking cover from the shooter behind a tree.
But according to the grounds staff, none of them were in the area.
He blended in during the chaos and then disappeared.
If this guy's some pro for hire, he could be halfway to Cuba by now.
Then we'll go to Cuba and find his ass.
It just doesn't make any sense.
It was supposed to be over.
Montgomery sacrificed himself.
Killing Lockwood and all of his guys, he said he was ending it.
He said he was doing it to keep her safe.
So if the plan was to keep her safe, then why the hell are they still coming after her? I don't know, bro.
God knows who else is involved.
Castle.
Yeah.
Are you sure? No, this bracelet looks good on you.
It's not diamonds.
Hey, Castle.
I'll see you after rounds.
Yeah.
Hey.
You're staring at me.
I must look really bad.
No.
I just never thought I'd see you again.
I heard you were opening a flower store, so I thought I'd pitch in.
They were all here when I woke up.
I think they're mostly from the precinct.
I don't think I'm gonna live this one down, Castle.
Oh probably not.
I hear that you tried to save me.
Yeah, I, uh You heard? You don't remember me tackling you? No, I don't remember much of anything.
I, um, remember that I was on the podium.
And then I remember everything just going black.
You don't remember the gunshot? No.
They say that there are some things that are better not being remembered.
Yeah.
I keep seeing his face, Castle.
Every time I close my eyes, I see Montgomery lying on the hangar floor.
You shoulda let me go in there.
They would've killed you.
Oh, you don't know that.
Kate-- Castle I'm really tired Right now.
Of course.
Of course.
We'll talk tomorrow.
Do you mind if we don't? I just need a little bit of time.
Sure.
Sure.
How much time? I'll call you, okay? Sure.
United States Capitol.
How may I direct your call? Congressional offices, please.
Hold, please.
Hey, Beckett.
What are you doing here? I didn't think you were back till next week.
Yeah, well, two months of listening to crickets in my dad's cabin was driving me nuts.
It's okay.
You don't have to make excuses.
We know you missed us.
That's why you couldn't stay away.
Shut up.
So? Anything? Still nowhere.
Well, what about the groundskeeper? The guy's a ghost.
We ran face hits on surveillance, license plates.
Nothing panned out.
We did get DNA Off the weapon, but there were no matches in the system.
We flagged it, though.
Uh, didn't Castle tell you about all this? No.
That's weird.
Why wouldn't he--why would he hide that from you? He's not hiding anything.
I just haven't see him in a while.
How long is a while? Pretty much since the shooting.
Why? What happened? Nothing happened.
I just needed some time.
What, he left you alone for three months? You guys, it wasn't his fault.
I told him that I would call.
Well, why didn't you? He was here with us every day, working the case, for months.
He'd still be here if the new captain hadn't kicked him to the curb.
She kicked him out? Why? Apparently, uh, her precinct's got no room for a dilettante writer playing cop.
Captain Victoria Gates, a.
k.
a.
Iron Gates.
As by-the-book as they come.
She cut her teeth as a detective with Internal Affairs.
Wow.
That's not gonna win her any popularity points.
Yeah.
It's like she brought her distrust of cops along with her.
Well, one thing's for sure, she's no Montgomery.
Hey, she hasn't talked to Castle.
She doesn't know about the bank yet.
What bank? Uh, well, we weren't getting any traction with the shooter, so Castle suggested we check out Montgomery, McCallister and Raglan.
See who they might have been in business with back in the day.
We know those guys were getting fat ransoming wise guys.
Maybe they used that stash to pay off the guy that ordered your mother's murder.
Yeah, so Castle thinks he found the bank they used.
So there's a money trail.
The only problem is, the bank closed down.
No one knows where those old records ended up.
We were working to locate them when Iron Gates shut down the investigation.
W--she shut the case down? Why? No new leads on the shooter.
And we couldn't tell her the rest of it without implicating captain Montgomery.
Ma'am.
If my mother drops by, you can call her ma'am.
Call me sir or captain.
Detective Beckett.
Back on active as of today.
Detective Beckett.
Your reputation precedes you.
Youngest woman in the NYPD to make detective.
You beat me by six weeks.
I didn't realize that people kept score.
Everybody keeps score, detective, especially those downtown.
Looks like you passed your psych eval, so, uh, welcome back.
Thank you.
Uh, I-I'll also need my gun.
Not until you requalify.
I'm sorry? You were on disability for three months.
Regs says you don't get your piece back until you requalify.
And what about my case? What do regs say about that? Three months and no leads, and every day, more homicides coming through that door? How long did you expect me to let those folks tread water? There were good people on this case.
There just isn't anything out there-- I'm sorry, sir, but with all due respect, those people aren't me.
Excuse me? The people that you had working this case, they're not me.
Look, I don't know what kind of shop Montgomery was running here, but it'll be a cold day in hell if I let a cop--any cop-- investigate their own shooting.
My precinct is no place for vendettas.
Do we understand each other? I want my gun.
So you gotta requalify.
It's no big deal.
It is a little insulting, but-- Where are the files on the money trail? Castle's got 'em.
What were we supposed to do, leave 'em here so Gates could find 'em? First thing she would do Is open an investigation of Montgomery.
Mm-hmm.
You want to see the files, you're gonna have to talk to him.
Whatever you do, don't get caught.
Oh, come on.
What's she gonna do, bust me down to traffic? Worse.
It's not like it was before.
We go against her orders on this, we could all lose our badges.
Yeah, Ryan.
Yeah, what do you got? He is paranoid but right.
Well, then I guess I better not get caught.
Hey.
We got a fresh one.
18th and Lex.
You coming? No.
I think I'm gonna sit this one out.
If she keeps looking into this, we could all lose our jobs.
What about her life? The shooter's still out there.
How's she supposed to live like that? Hmm.
Someone had a party.
Victim is Sonya Gilbert, 27.
This is her place.
Sonya Gilbert? As in paparazzi-favorite party girl? Multiple GSWs to the chest.
The killer used the pillow as a poor-man's suppressor.
Gunshots to the chest, huh? Good thing Beckett sat this one out.
Beckett's back? Yeah.
She hasn't called you either? Not for weeks.
Victim's sister found her an hour ago.
They were supposed to go shopping today.
Alarm system was activated around 10:00 last night, right after the victim and her boyfriend were seen returning home.
It wasn't deactivated till Boyfriend was spotted leaving the apartment right after that.
Time of death? Between 3:00 and 4:00 am.
This boyfriend have a name? Vic's sister identified him as a Dale Landers.
Mm.
Drummer from particle equation.
They've been dating for six months.
"People" magazine.
What? Get a unit to his last known and get an APB Out.
Dead celebutante, heavy-metal drummer-- Castle would've loved this one.
Hey, you think maybe Beckett can talk the new captain into bringing him back? She left him hanging for three months.
What makes you think he's gonna want to come back? Well, that makes you my favorite fan.
Thanks.
Thanks.
I can't believe I'm meeting you right now.
You're my favorite author.
Thank you for coming out.
How are you? Hi there.
Who should I make it out to? And your name is? And your name is? Sure can.
How you doing? How are you? Thanks for coming.
And your name is? And who should I make it out to? Kate.
You can make it out to Kate.
Thank you very much.
Thank you very much for the hard work.
Next time I write a book, I'll be sure to come by.
Thanks very much.
Castle, wait.
I did, three months.
You never called.
Look, I know you're angry-- Oh, you're damn right I'm angry.
I watched you die in that ambulance.
Did you know that? You know what that's like, watching the life drain out of someone you someone you care about? I told you, I needed some time.
You said a few days.
Well, I needed more.
Well, you shoulda said that.
Castle, look, I couldn't call you.
Okay? Not without dragging myself into everything that I was just trying to get some space from.
I needed some time to just work through everything.
Josh help you with that? We broke up.
I like the dedication.
It seemed right.
It must have been hard, writing that ending.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Given the circumstances, yeah.
So why'd you guys break up? I really, really liked him.
But that wasn't enough.
After my mother was killed, something inside me changed.
It's like I built up this wall inside.
I don't know.
I guess I just didn't want to hurt like that again.
I know I'm not gonna be able to be the kind of person that I want to be, I know I'm not gonna I'm not gonna be able to have the kind of relationship that I want Until that wall comes down.
And it's not gonna happen till I put this thing to rest.
Well, then I suppose we're just gonna have to find these guys and take 'em down.
That doesn't mean I'm not still mad.
The boys told me about what you did, following the money trail, trying to track down who the cops paid off.
I just wish it led somewhere.
I mean, I found their files.
When the bank closed, they took all the dead account paperwork and stored it in a warehouse in union city, but a couple years after the move, a fire broke out, and the files were destroyed.
It's just another dead end.
How'd it happen? It was an accident.
It was old wiring.
Are you sure? Yeah, there was an investigation.
Well, did you see the report from the fire investigator? No, but really, a warehouse fire? Seems an awful lot of trouble just for a couple of files.
That's no more trouble than they've already gone through.
I mean, we have to read that report.
It's just, there's this one problem.
What? How are you gonna help if gates kicked you out? I only let her kick me out Because there was no reason to stay.
Oh.
She'll take me back.
And I want Castle back at the precinct.
Y-yes, Mr.
Mayor.
Yes, sir.
I understand.
Today.
No more discussion.
Okay.
I-- You think you're clever, Mr.
Castle, going around my back like that? Well, let me tell you the score.
I don't care how powerful your friends are, you screw up at all on my watch, and I'll prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.
You understand me? Yes, ma'am.
Sir.
Sir.
Now get out of my office.
Detective.
Yes.
You or that pal there embarrass me like that again, I will bury you.
Yes, sir.
Now, um, if you don't mind I'd like my gun back.
Showing her up with the mayor? You might as well have beaten a beehive with a bat.
Well, it worked, didn't it? Besides, it sure was great seeing her face twitch like that.
Sonya Gilbert? Yep.
Guns, drugs, and love gone wrong.
Where are you with the boyfriend? APB's out, but he hasn't been home and none of his bandmates know where he is.
What was his motive? The usual.
He and the vic had been fighting.
He was in love, she wanted out.
Psst.
Beckett.
I pulled the report on the fire from records.
Check the date.
That warehouse burned down three weeks after my mom's murder.
That can't be a coincidence.
Someone was destroying evidence.
Evidence that could lead to your mom's killers.
But the investigator ruled it an accident.
And there's nothing in there to suggest arson.
Maybe someone altered it.
There's an easy way to find out.
Just ask the man who wrote the report--Rod Halstead.
Unless they got to him, too.
No.
He's alive and on the job.
Now get your ass over there and find something we can use to reopen the investigation.
Ryan! Esposito! Yeah, we were just yeah, we were just getting a drink of water.
Yeah, is that thing broken? I just-- Saddle up.
We just got a hit on the APB.
A beat cop IDed Sonya Gilbert's boyfriend heading into the band's rehearsal garage on the lower east side.
You, too, Beckett! Hide this.
Hey, you ready for this? You're kidding, right? Okay.
But we got point.
Let's go.
What the hell were you thinking, coming here, Dale, huh? Please, bro! I just need some money to get outta town.
NYPD! NYPD! Let me see your hands right now! Let me see 'em! Down! Let me see 'em! Show me-- Landers, don't do it! Stop! Put 'em in the air.
Come on! Get on the ground.
No.
Drop it or I'll drop you! Drop it now! Okay, okay, okay! Drop it right now! On the ground! Get on the ground! Down! Don't move.
The same caliber that killed Sonya Gilbert.
Hey, it's not my gun, man.
I swear.
It's not my gun.
Sit your ass down in that chair.
Why don't we start with why you ran? Or maybe why you were pointing a gun at a police officer.
Or maybe you want to talk about it? About what? Kate, I saw you.
So what happened that night? When you saw that gun, you froze.
It's nothing.
Your hand was shaking.
That's not nothing.
Castle, it's my second day back.
That's all.
It's no big deal.
And if it happens again? It won't.
Where are you going? Find out who burned down that warehouse.
Find out who killed my mom.
Come on, Dale.
We know you killed her.
Just tell us why, and we'll tell the DA that you cooperated.
The gun's a match, Dale.
I told you, it's not mine.
Then why were you holding it? We have witnesses who saw you enter her apartment and then leave.
Yeah, that's right.
I-I was there, okay? And then Look, man, I-I don't know.
I-I-I crashed.
And when I woke up, there was all this blood and--and this was in my hand.
So what are you saying, Dale, you sleep shot her? Is that your defense? No.
Look, I--I'm saying, it wasn't me.
So you went to bed and you slept through your girlfriend's murder? Six shots? You must be a heavy sleeper.
Motive, opportunity, possession of the weapon.
Looks like a murder-one trifecta.
His bandmate, Mitch Yancey there, said he was looking for some money to get out of town.
I don't know All right, contact the DA's office.
Have them file charges, and let the family know.
Yes, sir.
Where did Castle and Beckett go off to? They, uh they had another lead they were looking into.
Another lead? You caught the guy.
Yeah, they were double-checking eyewitness accounts.
Since it's a high-profile case, Beckett wants to make sure that we don't make any mistakes.
Well, that's good to hear, 'cause we wouldn't want her making any mistakes, now would we? Warehouse in Union City? Yeah, yeah, I remember this fire.
The report said it was an accident.
Yeah, that's right.
And you're sure? Yeah, I'm sure.
And this report hasn't been altered in any way since you filed it? No.
Why? Mr.
Halstead, this is very important.
Was there anything that you didn't put in that report? What do you mean? Anything that might indicate suspicious activity.
Well, if there was anything suspicious, detective, it'd be in the report.
Power surge to the junction box-- one-in-a-million event.
Thanks.
So at no point did anyone pressure you into keeping some information out of that report? You are way outta line here.
I'm out of line? I'm not the one who falsified that report.
Beckett-- get out of my station.
Who set that fire? Who had you cover it up? Get out! Okay.
You tell them that I'm coming after them! And you tell them that I'll find them! What the hell are you doing? He's lying.
You don't know that.
Yes, I do.
Esposito.
I need you to get me everything you can on Rod Halstead.
Yeah, and send it to my apartment.
I don't need Gates looking over my shoulder.
You got it.
That was Beckett.
How'd it go with Halstead? She wants to pull some files.
He cut a deal yet? Nope.
You know what I don't get? What's that? Our time of death is around 3:00 am.
Now if Dale's our shooter, why'd he hang around for another six hours after he shot Sonya? Likes to cuddle.
I don't know.
It's not like blowing away your girlfriend is a rational act to begin with.
Why? If I'm asking the question, the jury's gonna be, too.
This guy's got multiple citations for valor, commendations from the mayor, He's literally saved dozens of people from burning buildings.
It's hard to believe this guy's dirty.
Yeah.
Well, we've been surprised before.
Okay.
Um Does he intersect with anyone else in the case-- uh, Montgomery, Raglan, McCallister? No, there's nothing in the files.
Might have known them socially.
But we've been over their lives with a fine-tooth comb.
He's never come up once.
Okay, so maybe he was a target of opportunity.
He might have needed the money.
Nothing in his financial records to indicate any problems, and given his record, he's Given his record, what? I'm just saying, what if he's not our guy? What if the fire was an accident? It wasn't an accident.
I know it wasn't an accident.
You can't know that.
I can, because if this was an accident, Then I've got nowhere to start.
If this was an accident, then I've got nothing.
The guy who shot me is gone.
Dick Coonan--gone.
Hal Lockwood--gone.
Montgomery--gone.
My mom-- everybody is gone, Castle.
Missed you for dinner tonight.
Yeah, I know.
I'm sorry.
I was working.
You were with Beckett.
Yeah.
I thought you said you weren't going back.
I'm not.
Look, I'm not.
It's just this one case.
Yeah, well, there's leftovers in the fridge.
Hello.
Mr.
Castle.
Yeah.
I'm a friend of roy Montgomery's.
I'm calling about detective Beckett.
We need to talk.
Do you have any idea who he was? Just that he's a friend of Montgomery's, that he owed Montgomery his life.
He said Montgomery sent him some files-- files that, if they ever got out, could hurt some very powerful people.
They were using those files as a threat to keep Montgomery's family from every being harmed.
Beckett's safety was also part of the deal.
But they went after her anyway.
He didn't get the files until after she was shot.
Oh.
He says she's safe now on one condition.
She can't go near the case.
If she does, he can't guarantee her safety.
If she digs, they will kill her.
And this man, you believe him? I do.
Then you have to tell her.
If I do that, she'll put on blinders and run out into the line of fire.
I can't let that happen.
You are not going to change her, Richard.
She's gonna keep going out there and she's gonna keep digging.
Not if stop her.
She'll listen to me.
I can steer her away.
For how long? I'm not gonna lose her again.
So I guess it's not just for this case, is it? How much did you hear? Enough.
Look, it's really important you don't say anything.
All right? Especially to Beckett.
You act like this is all about her, but you were standing right next to her.
You could've been shot.
Hell, I could've been shot.
That's why I have to do this, to make sure they stay away.
Yeah? You need to grow up, dad.
You're a writer, not a cop.
Stop pretending.
Thanks.
Do you remember what you told me the first time I brought up your mother's case? That if you got started again, you wouldn't stop.
You said it would probably destroy you.
Yeah, well, I didn't have any leads then.
We don't have any now.
Look, Castle, I got a little emotional last night.
I'm I'm fine.
No, you're not.
And you know you're not.
You've been back here three days.
You're already in a freefall.
I'm not telling you to walk away.
I'm just saying give it time.
You know, just until you get your bearings again.
How am I supposed to get my bearings when someone out there wants me dead? By not letting them rob you of your life.
I promise you, we will figure this out.
We're gonna find them and we're gonna make them pay.
Just not today.
Castle, if I don't do this, I don't know who I am.
You're who you always were.
You're the one who honors the victims.
You're the one who can bring Sonya's family some peace.
Hey.
Anything? According to the DA, we just turned a slam-dunk case into a hail mary.
Yeah, super cop over here had to keep digging so, you know And? CSU found trace residual of, uh, barbiturates in the vodka glasses, which means Dale and Sonya were both roofied when they got back to the apartment.
Well, it still could have been the boyfriend, right? I mean, he could've meant to roofie her, but roofied them both instead, not that that makes any sense.
But what other explanation is there? There was no one else in the apartment, and according to the security system, no one else entered or left the apartment between 10:00 pm and 9:00 am.
Which means the boyfriend has to be the shooter.
Unless Unless what? The killer was in the apartment the whole time.
When they came home, they thought they were alone.
Meanwhile, while they're out of the room, the killer slips out, spikes their drinks, and then slips back into his hiding place, where he Or she waits for them to pass out.
Literally lying in wait.
That's creepy.
And then a couple of hours later, he slips out again, grabs the pillow, and bam, and then he Or she wipes the gun clean and puts it into Dale's hand.
He wakes up, he panics, he runs.
All the while, our killer bides his time, waiting until the body is discovered before he makes his Or her escape.
Gentlemen, would you? One, two, three.
The bloodstain on the bottom of the mattress dripped down onto the carpet.
There's no drip marks in the middle.
Your light? Uh-oh.
Fingerprints.
Someone was here.
Looks like they found a killer hiding place.
Hiding under a bed for hours while the girl you just shot bleeds out? You gotta be one sick bastard to do something like that.
It's actually pretty clever.
You commit a murder and frame an innocent man all at the same time.
And then you get away with it because the police already think they have their killer and no one's looking for you.
Mitch Yancey.
That's Dale's bandmate.
Let's go.
Ryan.
Let's go.
You okay? Yeah.
I don't even think-- Put your gun down! Kate! I said put it down! Just let me walk outta here, okay? That's all I want.
Don't don't don't move, Mitch! I'll shoot you.
I swear.
Take it easy, Kate.
I just need you to let me go.
Take it easy.
You've got this.
You've got this.
Put it down and stay back.
Stay back.
You don't want to do this, Mitch because I will have to put you down.
Do you understand? Put that gun down, now.
Turn around.
Hands behind your head.
Mitch Yancey, you're under arrest.
Turns out Mitch had been seeing Sonya secretly for a year, all the time she was with Dale.
Mitch insisted that she leave Dale, but instead, she broke it off with him.
So this was Mitch's plan to take care of them both.
He knew Sonya's security code, but to frame Dale, he knew that the system couldn't record anyone else entering or exiting the apartment around the time of the murder.
So he used a key that he'd stolen to slip in hours earlier in the day.
All right.
Cut the boyfriend loose.
I'll brief the press and let them know we have a confession.
So how's it feel? It's not enough.
But it's enough for now.
Thank you for having my back in there.
That's what partners are for.
Oh, and hey we'll figure it out.
That wall inside won't be there forever.
You're right.
I do need to grow up.
And that's why I'm doing what I'm doing.
Everything that's happened happened because of me.
And I need to be there for her.
I owe her that.
Does she make you happy? Yeah, she does.
Is it enough? It's enough for now.
Okay.
Okay.
Dad.
Don't grow up too much, okay? Hey.
It's me we're talking about.
You're probably surprised to see me back here.
I bet most cops never come back after they pass their psych eval.
Everyone's different.
Yeah.
What's on your mind? I don't even know where to start.
Well, why don't we start with the shooting? Is any of it coming back to you? I lied.
before.
What do you remember? I remember everything.
What do you want me to do here? Beckett, everyone associated with this case is dead.
Walk away.
Well, last time I checked, it was my life, not your personal jungle gym.
I know you crawled inside your mother's murder and didn't come out.
The same way you hide in these nowhere relationships with men you don't love.
You know what we are, Castle? We are over.
Captain Montgomery's part of the conspiracy.
He's been lying to us the whole time.
Did you kill my mother? No, but she died because of what we did that night.
Then who killed her? No, Kate.
I give you a name.
I know you.
You'll run straight at him.
I might as well shoot you where you stand.
Now they're coming.
Castle, get her outta here.
No! Please! Where is she, Roy? You can't have her.
You can't hide her from us.
So that was what, your last stand? I'm just gonna kill her anyway.
No, you're not.
And he's not.
I saw to that.
You're done, Lockwood.
We both are.
No one outside of this immediate family ever needs to know about this.
As far as the world is concerned, Roy Montgomery died a hero.
Kate! Oh! Oh, no! Kate.
Stay with me, Kate.
Find the shooter! I love you.
I love you, Kate.
She's tachying out.
Come on! Pulse ox respiration Set up for intubation.
Come on, Kate.
Don't you die on me.
Stay with me.
Stay with me.
Single GSW to left chest.
Do not die.
Come on, girl.
Come on.
Set up for a chest tube.
Trauma one.
Switch.
We got this.
This is my friend.
You understand me? She's my friend.
Then let us save her life.
GSW to the left chest.
Crashed on the way in.
Trauma room is prepped.
Trauma team's on the way.
Okay, stop compressions.
We have a rhythm.
Let's check for breathing.
We need a second line.
Kate.
Uh, her breathing is shallow.
Let's get her on the table.
One, two, three.
Page Dr.
Kovaks.
Tell him he has to take over.
Who is she? She's my girlfriend.
What do you mean, you couldn't find him? I want security checkpoints at all entrances and exits.
No, he didn't just disappear.
If there's any surveillance cameras within ten blocks of that place Damn it.
I want that footage on my desk in an hour.
I want statements from everyone.
No.
One hour! Okay.
Okay.
How is she? They just took her to surgery, but We need a chest tube.
BP's 86 over 60.
Where's that chest tube? Behind you.
Come on, Kate.
Come on.
Stay with me.
Stay with me, Kate.
I've got you.
Damn it! Bleeding in the left chest.
SATs are 88.
Tension pneumo's relieved, but she's still decreased.
Okay, we can't wait.
Set up for intubation.
You can't operate on her.
She's your girlfriend.
She's dying.
I'm not waiting.
You were at a funeral, Kate.
How the hell did you get shot? What about the shooter? Gone.
Gone? How can he be gone? We don't know, but he left his weapon behind.
It's a Mark 11 modified sniper rifle, favorite of special forces.
We're checking for prints now.
Richard.
Dad.
Oh, my god.
Shh.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Dad.
Where's Katie? Where's my daughter? BP's 80 over 60.
There's too much blood.
Where the hell are you bleeding from, Kate? Pulmonary vein.
Clamp.
Okay.
I got you, you son of a bitch.
Blood pressure's still dropping.
Got here as fast as I could.
single GSW to the chest.
It's okay, I got this.
Left tension pneumo alleviated a chest tube, which revealed significant bleeding in the chest.
I said, I got this.
The bleeder was a left inferior pulmonary vein, which Dr.
Davidson just clamped.
Josh, step aside.
Already in.
Just let me sew her up.
You did what you had to.
Now do what you're supposed to.
Dr.
Davidson.
Suction.
Here's the 3-0.
A sniper? At a funeral? We think the people who sent those guys after Montgomery targeted Beckett.
I tried to get to her.
I tried-- Hey! Oh! Who the hell do you think you-- Dad! Dad! You did this! This is your fault.
BP's still dropping.
SATs are falling as well.
She must be bleeding somewhere else.
Where? There's no blood.
You pushed her to look into her mother's murder! She was shot because of you, and Montgomery is dead because of you! Leave him alone! Stop it! Stop it, all of you.
Just stop it! I won't have you acting like 3 year olds while my daughter's fighting for her life.
Her pericardium's distended.
She's bleeding into it.
That's why there's no blood.
It's compressing her heart.
Scissors.
BP's dropping.
65/45.
Got it.
Bullet grazed the ventricle.
3-0.
She's going into V-Fib.
Paddles.
He's right, you know? This is my fault.
Richard Castle, don't you dare blame yourself.
You are not the one who shot her.
Charge to 10.
Charging.
Charged.
Clear.
No.
But I put her in the crosshairs.
Still fibrillating.
Charge to 20.
Charging.
I told her how I felt.
I told her I loved her.
Clear.
Mr.
Beckett? Yes.
Your daughter is out of surgery.
Will she be all right? Well, during the surgery, she experienced cardiac arrest.
Now we were able to get her heart beating again on its own, but we'll need to watch her very closely.
When can I see her? Well, once the nurses get her settled, we'll bring you back to her.
The rest of you should go home, get some rest.
I don't know about you, bro, but home is the last place I'm going.
Not till we catch the son of a bitch who did this.
Right behind you.
We're fine.
Go.
Are you okay? Yeah.
The shooter's rifle.
It's clean for prints.
Lab's running trace right now for DNA.
Well, what about the gun? Can we track the gun? According to the DOD, the serial number matches a weapon that was issued to one martin holst, a navy seal who was killed in action seven years ago.
His body was recovered in a subsequent mission, but the weapon was not.
Anything from the canine unit? Dogs picked up a scent.
Traced it to the west side of the cemetery, but then they lost it there.
In a sea of cops, how does this guy go unnoticed? He may not have.
Half the guys we talked to said they remember seeing a groundskeeper taking cover from the shooter behind a tree.
But according to the grounds staff, none of them were in the area.
He blended in during the chaos and then disappeared.
If this guy's some pro for hire, he could be halfway to Cuba by now.
Then we'll go to Cuba and find his ass.
It just doesn't make any sense.
It was supposed to be over.
Montgomery sacrificed himself.
Killing Lockwood and all of his guys, he said he was ending it.
He said he was doing it to keep her safe.
So if the plan was to keep her safe, then why the hell are they still coming after her? I don't know, bro.
God knows who else is involved.
Castle.
Yeah.
Are you sure? No, this bracelet looks good on you.
It's not diamonds.
Hey, Castle.
I'll see you after rounds.
Yeah.
Hey.
You're staring at me.
I must look really bad.
No.
I just never thought I'd see you again.
I heard you were opening a flower store, so I thought I'd pitch in.
They were all here when I woke up.
I think they're mostly from the precinct.
I don't think I'm gonna live this one down, Castle.
Oh probably not.
I hear that you tried to save me.
Yeah, I, uh You heard? You don't remember me tackling you? No, I don't remember much of anything.
I, um, remember that I was on the podium.
And then I remember everything just going black.
You don't remember the gunshot? No.
They say that there are some things that are better not being remembered.
Yeah.
I keep seeing his face, Castle.
Every time I close my eyes, I see Montgomery lying on the hangar floor.
You shoulda let me go in there.
They would've killed you.
Oh, you don't know that.
Kate-- Castle I'm really tired Right now.
Of course.
Of course.
We'll talk tomorrow.
Do you mind if we don't? I just need a little bit of time.
Sure.
Sure.
How much time? I'll call you, okay? Sure.
United States Capitol.
How may I direct your call? Congressional offices, please.
Hold, please.
Hey, Beckett.
What are you doing here? I didn't think you were back till next week.
Yeah, well, two months of listening to crickets in my dad's cabin was driving me nuts.
It's okay.
You don't have to make excuses.
We know you missed us.
That's why you couldn't stay away.
Shut up.
So? Anything? Still nowhere.
Well, what about the groundskeeper? The guy's a ghost.
We ran face hits on surveillance, license plates.
Nothing panned out.
We did get DNA Off the weapon, but there were no matches in the system.
We flagged it, though.
Uh, didn't Castle tell you about all this? No.
That's weird.
Why wouldn't he--why would he hide that from you? He's not hiding anything.
I just haven't see him in a while.
How long is a while? Pretty much since the shooting.
Why? What happened? Nothing happened.
I just needed some time.
What, he left you alone for three months? You guys, it wasn't his fault.
I told him that I would call.
Well, why didn't you? He was here with us every day, working the case, for months.
He'd still be here if the new captain hadn't kicked him to the curb.
She kicked him out? Why? Apparently, uh, her precinct's got no room for a dilettante writer playing cop.
Captain Victoria Gates, a.
k.
a.
Iron Gates.
As by-the-book as they come.
She cut her teeth as a detective with Internal Affairs.
Wow.
That's not gonna win her any popularity points.
Yeah.
It's like she brought her distrust of cops along with her.
Well, one thing's for sure, she's no Montgomery.
Hey, she hasn't talked to Castle.
She doesn't know about the bank yet.
What bank? Uh, well, we weren't getting any traction with the shooter, so Castle suggested we check out Montgomery, McCallister and Raglan.
See who they might have been in business with back in the day.
We know those guys were getting fat ransoming wise guys.
Maybe they used that stash to pay off the guy that ordered your mother's murder.
Yeah, so Castle thinks he found the bank they used.
So there's a money trail.
The only problem is, the bank closed down.
No one knows where those old records ended up.
We were working to locate them when Iron Gates shut down the investigation.
W--she shut the case down? Why? No new leads on the shooter.
And we couldn't tell her the rest of it without implicating captain Montgomery.
Ma'am.
If my mother drops by, you can call her ma'am.
Call me sir or captain.
Detective Beckett.
Back on active as of today.
Detective Beckett.
Your reputation precedes you.
Youngest woman in the NYPD to make detective.
You beat me by six weeks.
I didn't realize that people kept score.
Everybody keeps score, detective, especially those downtown.
Looks like you passed your psych eval, so, uh, welcome back.
Thank you.
Uh, I-I'll also need my gun.
Not until you requalify.
I'm sorry? You were on disability for three months.
Regs says you don't get your piece back until you requalify.
And what about my case? What do regs say about that? Three months and no leads, and every day, more homicides coming through that door? How long did you expect me to let those folks tread water? There were good people on this case.
There just isn't anything out there-- I'm sorry, sir, but with all due respect, those people aren't me.
Excuse me? The people that you had working this case, they're not me.
Look, I don't know what kind of shop Montgomery was running here, but it'll be a cold day in hell if I let a cop--any cop-- investigate their own shooting.
My precinct is no place for vendettas.
Do we understand each other? I want my gun.
So you gotta requalify.
It's no big deal.
It is a little insulting, but-- Where are the files on the money trail? Castle's got 'em.
What were we supposed to do, leave 'em here so Gates could find 'em? First thing she would do Is open an investigation of Montgomery.
Mm-hmm.
You want to see the files, you're gonna have to talk to him.
Whatever you do, don't get caught.
Oh, come on.
What's she gonna do, bust me down to traffic? Worse.
It's not like it was before.
We go against her orders on this, we could all lose our badges.
Yeah, Ryan.
Yeah, what do you got? He is paranoid but right.
Well, then I guess I better not get caught.
Hey.
We got a fresh one.
18th and Lex.
You coming? No.
I think I'm gonna sit this one out.
If she keeps looking into this, we could all lose our jobs.
What about her life? The shooter's still out there.
How's she supposed to live like that? Hmm.
Someone had a party.
Victim is Sonya Gilbert, 27.
This is her place.
Sonya Gilbert? As in paparazzi-favorite party girl? Multiple GSWs to the chest.
The killer used the pillow as a poor-man's suppressor.
Gunshots to the chest, huh? Good thing Beckett sat this one out.
Beckett's back? Yeah.
She hasn't called you either? Not for weeks.
Victim's sister found her an hour ago.
They were supposed to go shopping today.
Alarm system was activated around 10:00 last night, right after the victim and her boyfriend were seen returning home.
It wasn't deactivated till Boyfriend was spotted leaving the apartment right after that.
Time of death? Between 3:00 and 4:00 am.
This boyfriend have a name? Vic's sister identified him as a Dale Landers.
Mm.
Drummer from particle equation.
They've been dating for six months.
"People" magazine.
What? Get a unit to his last known and get an APB Out.
Dead celebutante, heavy-metal drummer-- Castle would've loved this one.
Hey, you think maybe Beckett can talk the new captain into bringing him back? She left him hanging for three months.
What makes you think he's gonna want to come back? Well, that makes you my favorite fan.
Thanks.
Thanks.
I can't believe I'm meeting you right now.
You're my favorite author.
Thank you for coming out.
How are you? Hi there.
Who should I make it out to? And your name is? And your name is? Sure can.
How you doing? How are you? Thanks for coming.
And your name is? And who should I make it out to? Kate.
You can make it out to Kate.
Thank you very much.
Thank you very much for the hard work.
Next time I write a book, I'll be sure to come by.
Thanks very much.
Castle, wait.
I did, three months.
You never called.
Look, I know you're angry-- Oh, you're damn right I'm angry.
I watched you die in that ambulance.
Did you know that? You know what that's like, watching the life drain out of someone you someone you care about? I told you, I needed some time.
You said a few days.
Well, I needed more.
Well, you shoulda said that.
Castle, look, I couldn't call you.
Okay? Not without dragging myself into everything that I was just trying to get some space from.
I needed some time to just work through everything.
Josh help you with that? We broke up.
I like the dedication.
It seemed right.
It must have been hard, writing that ending.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Given the circumstances, yeah.
So why'd you guys break up? I really, really liked him.
But that wasn't enough.
After my mother was killed, something inside me changed.
It's like I built up this wall inside.
I don't know.
I guess I just didn't want to hurt like that again.
I know I'm not gonna be able to be the kind of person that I want to be, I know I'm not gonna I'm not gonna be able to have the kind of relationship that I want Until that wall comes down.
And it's not gonna happen till I put this thing to rest.
Well, then I suppose we're just gonna have to find these guys and take 'em down.
That doesn't mean I'm not still mad.
The boys told me about what you did, following the money trail, trying to track down who the cops paid off.
I just wish it led somewhere.
I mean, I found their files.
When the bank closed, they took all the dead account paperwork and stored it in a warehouse in union city, but a couple years after the move, a fire broke out, and the files were destroyed.
It's just another dead end.
How'd it happen? It was an accident.
It was old wiring.
Are you sure? Yeah, there was an investigation.
Well, did you see the report from the fire investigator? No, but really, a warehouse fire? Seems an awful lot of trouble just for a couple of files.
That's no more trouble than they've already gone through.
I mean, we have to read that report.
It's just, there's this one problem.
What? How are you gonna help if gates kicked you out? I only let her kick me out Because there was no reason to stay.
Oh.
She'll take me back.
And I want Castle back at the precinct.
Y-yes, Mr.
Mayor.
Yes, sir.
I understand.
Today.
No more discussion.
Okay.
I-- You think you're clever, Mr.
Castle, going around my back like that? Well, let me tell you the score.
I don't care how powerful your friends are, you screw up at all on my watch, and I'll prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.
You understand me? Yes, ma'am.
Sir.
Sir.
Now get out of my office.
Detective.
Yes.
You or that pal there embarrass me like that again, I will bury you.
Yes, sir.
Now, um, if you don't mind I'd like my gun back.
Showing her up with the mayor? You might as well have beaten a beehive with a bat.
Well, it worked, didn't it? Besides, it sure was great seeing her face twitch like that.
Sonya Gilbert? Yep.
Guns, drugs, and love gone wrong.
Where are you with the boyfriend? APB's out, but he hasn't been home and none of his bandmates know where he is.
What was his motive? The usual.
He and the vic had been fighting.
He was in love, she wanted out.
Psst.
Beckett.
I pulled the report on the fire from records.
Check the date.
That warehouse burned down three weeks after my mom's murder.
That can't be a coincidence.
Someone was destroying evidence.
Evidence that could lead to your mom's killers.
But the investigator ruled it an accident.
And there's nothing in there to suggest arson.
Maybe someone altered it.
There's an easy way to find out.
Just ask the man who wrote the report--Rod Halstead.
Unless they got to him, too.
No.
He's alive and on the job.
Now get your ass over there and find something we can use to reopen the investigation.
Ryan! Esposito! Yeah, we were just yeah, we were just getting a drink of water.
Yeah, is that thing broken? I just-- Saddle up.
We just got a hit on the APB.
A beat cop IDed Sonya Gilbert's boyfriend heading into the band's rehearsal garage on the lower east side.
You, too, Beckett! Hide this.
Hey, you ready for this? You're kidding, right? Okay.
But we got point.
Let's go.
What the hell were you thinking, coming here, Dale, huh? Please, bro! I just need some money to get outta town.
NYPD! NYPD! Let me see your hands right now! Let me see 'em! Down! Let me see 'em! Show me-- Landers, don't do it! Stop! Put 'em in the air.
Come on! Get on the ground.
No.
Drop it or I'll drop you! Drop it now! Okay, okay, okay! Drop it right now! On the ground! Get on the ground! Down! Don't move.
The same caliber that killed Sonya Gilbert.
Hey, it's not my gun, man.
I swear.
It's not my gun.
Sit your ass down in that chair.
Why don't we start with why you ran? Or maybe why you were pointing a gun at a police officer.
Or maybe you want to talk about it? About what? Kate, I saw you.
So what happened that night? When you saw that gun, you froze.
It's nothing.
Your hand was shaking.
That's not nothing.
Castle, it's my second day back.
That's all.
It's no big deal.
And if it happens again? It won't.
Where are you going? Find out who burned down that warehouse.
Find out who killed my mom.
Come on, Dale.
We know you killed her.
Just tell us why, and we'll tell the DA that you cooperated.
The gun's a match, Dale.
I told you, it's not mine.
Then why were you holding it? We have witnesses who saw you enter her apartment and then leave.
Yeah, that's right.
I-I was there, okay? And then Look, man, I-I don't know.
I-I-I crashed.
And when I woke up, there was all this blood and--and this was in my hand.
So what are you saying, Dale, you sleep shot her? Is that your defense? No.
Look, I--I'm saying, it wasn't me.
So you went to bed and you slept through your girlfriend's murder? Six shots? You must be a heavy sleeper.
Motive, opportunity, possession of the weapon.
Looks like a murder-one trifecta.
His bandmate, Mitch Yancey there, said he was looking for some money to get out of town.
I don't know All right, contact the DA's office.
Have them file charges, and let the family know.
Yes, sir.
Where did Castle and Beckett go off to? They, uh they had another lead they were looking into.
Another lead? You caught the guy.
Yeah, they were double-checking eyewitness accounts.
Since it's a high-profile case, Beckett wants to make sure that we don't make any mistakes.
Well, that's good to hear, 'cause we wouldn't want her making any mistakes, now would we? Warehouse in Union City? Yeah, yeah, I remember this fire.
The report said it was an accident.
Yeah, that's right.
And you're sure? Yeah, I'm sure.
And this report hasn't been altered in any way since you filed it? No.
Why? Mr.
Halstead, this is very important.
Was there anything that you didn't put in that report? What do you mean? Anything that might indicate suspicious activity.
Well, if there was anything suspicious, detective, it'd be in the report.
Power surge to the junction box-- one-in-a-million event.
Thanks.
So at no point did anyone pressure you into keeping some information out of that report? You are way outta line here.
I'm out of line? I'm not the one who falsified that report.
Beckett-- get out of my station.
Who set that fire? Who had you cover it up? Get out! Okay.
You tell them that I'm coming after them! And you tell them that I'll find them! What the hell are you doing? He's lying.
You don't know that.
Yes, I do.
Esposito.
I need you to get me everything you can on Rod Halstead.
Yeah, and send it to my apartment.
I don't need Gates looking over my shoulder.
You got it.
That was Beckett.
How'd it go with Halstead? She wants to pull some files.
He cut a deal yet? Nope.
You know what I don't get? What's that? Our time of death is around 3:00 am.
Now if Dale's our shooter, why'd he hang around for another six hours after he shot Sonya? Likes to cuddle.
I don't know.
It's not like blowing away your girlfriend is a rational act to begin with.
Why? If I'm asking the question, the jury's gonna be, too.
This guy's got multiple citations for valor, commendations from the mayor, He's literally saved dozens of people from burning buildings.
It's hard to believe this guy's dirty.
Yeah.
Well, we've been surprised before.
Okay.
Um Does he intersect with anyone else in the case-- uh, Montgomery, Raglan, McCallister? No, there's nothing in the files.
Might have known them socially.
But we've been over their lives with a fine-tooth comb.
He's never come up once.
Okay, so maybe he was a target of opportunity.
He might have needed the money.
Nothing in his financial records to indicate any problems, and given his record, he's Given his record, what? I'm just saying, what if he's not our guy? What if the fire was an accident? It wasn't an accident.
I know it wasn't an accident.
You can't know that.
I can, because if this was an accident, Then I've got nowhere to start.
If this was an accident, then I've got nothing.
The guy who shot me is gone.
Dick Coonan--gone.
Hal Lockwood--gone.
Montgomery--gone.
My mom-- everybody is gone, Castle.
Missed you for dinner tonight.
Yeah, I know.
I'm sorry.
I was working.
You were with Beckett.
Yeah.
I thought you said you weren't going back.
I'm not.
Look, I'm not.
It's just this one case.
Yeah, well, there's leftovers in the fridge.
Hello.
Mr.
Castle.
Yeah.
I'm a friend of roy Montgomery's.
I'm calling about detective Beckett.
We need to talk.
Do you have any idea who he was? Just that he's a friend of Montgomery's, that he owed Montgomery his life.
He said Montgomery sent him some files-- files that, if they ever got out, could hurt some very powerful people.
They were using those files as a threat to keep Montgomery's family from every being harmed.
Beckett's safety was also part of the deal.
But they went after her anyway.
He didn't get the files until after she was shot.
Oh.
He says she's safe now on one condition.
She can't go near the case.
If she does, he can't guarantee her safety.
If she digs, they will kill her.
And this man, you believe him? I do.
Then you have to tell her.
If I do that, she'll put on blinders and run out into the line of fire.
I can't let that happen.
You are not going to change her, Richard.
She's gonna keep going out there and she's gonna keep digging.
Not if stop her.
She'll listen to me.
I can steer her away.
For how long? I'm not gonna lose her again.
So I guess it's not just for this case, is it? How much did you hear? Enough.
Look, it's really important you don't say anything.
All right? Especially to Beckett.
You act like this is all about her, but you were standing right next to her.
You could've been shot.
Hell, I could've been shot.
That's why I have to do this, to make sure they stay away.
Yeah? You need to grow up, dad.
You're a writer, not a cop.
Stop pretending.
Thanks.
Do you remember what you told me the first time I brought up your mother's case? That if you got started again, you wouldn't stop.
You said it would probably destroy you.
Yeah, well, I didn't have any leads then.
We don't have any now.
Look, Castle, I got a little emotional last night.
I'm I'm fine.
No, you're not.
And you know you're not.
You've been back here three days.
You're already in a freefall.
I'm not telling you to walk away.
I'm just saying give it time.
You know, just until you get your bearings again.
How am I supposed to get my bearings when someone out there wants me dead? By not letting them rob you of your life.
I promise you, we will figure this out.
We're gonna find them and we're gonna make them pay.
Just not today.
Castle, if I don't do this, I don't know who I am.
You're who you always were.
You're the one who honors the victims.
You're the one who can bring Sonya's family some peace.
Hey.
Anything? According to the DA, we just turned a slam-dunk case into a hail mary.
Yeah, super cop over here had to keep digging so, you know And? CSU found trace residual of, uh, barbiturates in the vodka glasses, which means Dale and Sonya were both roofied when they got back to the apartment.
Well, it still could have been the boyfriend, right? I mean, he could've meant to roofie her, but roofied them both instead, not that that makes any sense.
But what other explanation is there? There was no one else in the apartment, and according to the security system, no one else entered or left the apartment between 10:00 pm and 9:00 am.
Which means the boyfriend has to be the shooter.
Unless Unless what? The killer was in the apartment the whole time.
When they came home, they thought they were alone.
Meanwhile, while they're out of the room, the killer slips out, spikes their drinks, and then slips back into his hiding place, where he Or she waits for them to pass out.
Literally lying in wait.
That's creepy.
And then a couple of hours later, he slips out again, grabs the pillow, and bam, and then he Or she wipes the gun clean and puts it into Dale's hand.
He wakes up, he panics, he runs.
All the while, our killer bides his time, waiting until the body is discovered before he makes his Or her escape.
Gentlemen, would you? One, two, three.
The bloodstain on the bottom of the mattress dripped down onto the carpet.
There's no drip marks in the middle.
Your light? Uh-oh.
Fingerprints.
Someone was here.
Looks like they found a killer hiding place.
Hiding under a bed for hours while the girl you just shot bleeds out? You gotta be one sick bastard to do something like that.
It's actually pretty clever.
You commit a murder and frame an innocent man all at the same time.
And then you get away with it because the police already think they have their killer and no one's looking for you.
Mitch Yancey.
That's Dale's bandmate.
Let's go.
Ryan.
Let's go.
You okay? Yeah.
I don't even think-- Put your gun down! Kate! I said put it down! Just let me walk outta here, okay? That's all I want.
Don't don't don't move, Mitch! I'll shoot you.
I swear.
Take it easy, Kate.
I just need you to let me go.
Take it easy.
You've got this.
You've got this.
Put it down and stay back.
Stay back.
You don't want to do this, Mitch because I will have to put you down.
Do you understand? Put that gun down, now.
Turn around.
Hands behind your head.
Mitch Yancey, you're under arrest.
Turns out Mitch had been seeing Sonya secretly for a year, all the time she was with Dale.
Mitch insisted that she leave Dale, but instead, she broke it off with him.
So this was Mitch's plan to take care of them both.
He knew Sonya's security code, but to frame Dale, he knew that the system couldn't record anyone else entering or exiting the apartment around the time of the murder.
So he used a key that he'd stolen to slip in hours earlier in the day.
All right.
Cut the boyfriend loose.
I'll brief the press and let them know we have a confession.
So how's it feel? It's not enough.
But it's enough for now.
Thank you for having my back in there.
That's what partners are for.
Oh, and hey we'll figure it out.
That wall inside won't be there forever.
You're right.
I do need to grow up.
And that's why I'm doing what I'm doing.
Everything that's happened happened because of me.
And I need to be there for her.
I owe her that.
Does she make you happy? Yeah, she does.
Is it enough? It's enough for now.
Okay.
Okay.
Dad.
Don't grow up too much, okay? Hey.
It's me we're talking about.
You're probably surprised to see me back here.
I bet most cops never come back after they pass their psych eval.
Everyone's different.
Yeah.
What's on your mind? I don't even know where to start.
Well, why don't we start with the shooting? Is any of it coming back to you? I lied.
before.
What do you remember? I remember everything.