Castle s08e21 Episode Script
Hell To Pay
[Thunder crashes.]
Mm.
No sign of it letting up.
Hayley: Just gonna have to be late.
Frankly, I'm in no rush to leave this party Thanks to your father's excellent taste in Scotch and daughters.
- Oh, the man knows his stuff.
- Mm.
[Thunder crashes.]
Ohhh.
Blackout.
Come on.
[Sighs.]
Must be from the storm.
Hold on.
I know my dad keeps a flashlight here somewhere.
[Thunder crashes, glass shatters.]
Did you hear that? Is someone trying to break in? [Both gasp.]
Finis omnium nunc est.
[Groans.]
[Thunder crashes.]
So, the power is out, the phones are down.
You know what that means? No late-night calls from work to interrupt our game of naked Twister.
What, why are you still dressed? I've got to go to the precinct.
What? Now?! T-There's nothing more romantic than a blackout.
Yeah, and nothing more deadly.
You know as well as I do that as soon as the lights go out, bad things happen.
[Alarm blaring.]
What the hell's that? The panic signal from the P.
I.
office.
I had it set up for when Alexis is there by herself.
No service.
This is Captain Beckett to Central.
Alexis? What happened? Are you all right? Yeah.
That guy broke in with an ax, yelling something in Latin.
Then he just dropped dead.
What did he say? I don't know.
It all happened so fast.
Beckett: Is that what he broke in with? Yep.
Talk about crashing a party.
Turns out it's the fire ax from the downstairs lobby.
So our intruder must've grabbed it on his way up.
But why? I mean, there's easier ways to break into this office.
Yeah, and more silent.
He certainly wasn't planning on sneaking up on anyone.
You get an ID on the guy? No.
No wallet, and your, uh, portable fingerprint thingumajiggy is down due to weather.
Lanie: He bled to death from a wound in his left side.
My guess is whatever he was stabbed with punctured his subclavian artery.
After that, he would've had about 30 minutes to an hour, tops.
Well, he came in here with this around 9:00 p.
m.
He keeled over shortly thereafter.
So he must've been stabbed between 8:00 and 8:30.
There's a There's a hospital bracelet.
Our intruder's name is G.
Shaw, and he was a patient at Peakmore Psychiatric Facility.
Yikes.
You know it? It's a psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane.
Our ax-wielding psycho is an escaped mental patient.
Back-up generator's not working so well.
Yeah, place like this you'd think would be state of the art.
We're here about an escaped inmate just tried to kill two people with an ax.
Um wait here.
[Man yelling in distance.]
Yo, I'd try to escape, too, if I lived here.
Who knows what they're doing to them back there.
Can't be anything worse than what we did historically.
Many cultures mistook mental illness for a sign of sorcery.
Treatments ranged from, well, prayer to drilling holes in the skull to release the demons.
Definitely a case of the cure being worse than the disease.
The Director's coming out now.
Thanks, man.
Detectives, I'm Dr.
Brock Martin.
Did you find Gabriel Shaw? No, he found us, but not before he was fatally stabbed.
That's terrible.
Gabriel Shaw's been here at Peakmore for the last 20 years.
What did he do? He broke into the house of a man named Warren Crowne, tried to kill him and his entire family.
Warren Crowne the philanthropist? I remember the headlines.
Didn't his attacker say he was some kind of avenging angel? The archangel Gabriel The divine messenger.
Catechism class.
Gabriel Shaw was convinced that he was on a mission from God to rid the world of evil.
It was a mission that even 20 years of antipsychotic drugs and electroshock therapy could not dissuade him from.
Any idea who might've wanted him dead? None.
Gabriel's contact with the outside world was virtually nil.
His room's down here.
Any idea how he might've escaped? Yes, he, uh, he stole a keycard from one of our orderlies.
Uh, we realized he was missing around noon today.
Noon? Why the hell didn't you call the police before? We should have.
I realize that now.
The man came to my office wielding an ax.
Which is why I sent out a group of orderlies looking for Gabriel.
They searched all day and came back empty-handed.
- Except - Except what? One of the orderlies hasn't come back yet.
Uh, Dave Holmby.
I-I-I tried calling him, but the phones are out.
Have Dave and Gabriel had any problems in the past? They've had issues, yes.
In fact, it was Dave's keycard that Gabriel stole.
But Dave's been with us a long time.
He's not the type of person to kill anyone, if that's what you're thinking.
You sent an orderly out to recapture a violent, mentally unstable man.
It's possible he was trying to subdue Gabriel and things got out of control.
So, Dave stabs Gabriel, but then loses him in the storm.
[Rattling in distance.]
Guys, are you hearing that? [Creaking.]
Something in here.
[Clattering.]
[All shout.]
Might've told me about your rodent problem.
We don't have one.
Not usually.
Must've been driven to higher ground by the storm.
That a bible? Yeah, but with drawings of demons, page after page of them.
[Walkie-talkie beeps.]
Lanie: Ryan, Javi, anyone there? Yeah, Lanie.
We're here.
Go ahead.
Well, get your ass to the morgue.
I found something disturbing.
Yeah, well, that seems to be going around.
So, what is so Whoa.
Is that blood? [Sighs.]
Well, not according to Lanie.
Then what is it? Some kind of ink.
Lanie sent samples to the lab, but one thing that we do know is, based on the writing, there's no way that Gabriel did this to himself.
So, then, someone at the hospital.
Yeah, I called, and they said that he didn't have any writing on him when he escaped this morning.
The Roman numerals are bible verses, and the words are all in Latin.
"Protect me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked.
" It's a prayer for salvation.
Sounds like he was scared, but of what? The mysteries don't stop there.
When I conducted the autopsy, I found that the wound had been inflicted by some kind of talon or claw.
Like an animal? It gets even weirder.
There was a strange substance inside the wound.
Let me guess sulfur.
Yeah, how'd you know? Guys, isn't it obvious? Latin prayers, a claw, sulfur Also known as brimstone? [Scoffs.]
Come on, Castle.
Castle, you don't think that Oh, but I do.
We all have our demons.
But Gabriel was killed by his.
S08E21 Hell To Pay What did I tell you? I mean, as soon as the lights go out, bad things happen.
You know, at least the precinct is on a backup generator, 'cause the rest of the city is gonna have intermittent power.
Today's gonna be hell.
Well, that's appropriate, since that's the likely place our killer is from.
You know, do you think we're gonna need specialized equipment to capture this demon murderer, something exorcism-esque? There's nothing supernatural about this case.
Our victim was stabbed with a brimstone-covered claw, or gored by a horn, perhaps.
Now, what but a demon could do that? Look, Ryan and Espo are bringing in Dave Holmby, our rogue orderly, and I am sure that they are going to get a very sane and grounded explanation as to why he killed Gabriel Shaw.
Seek the truth and thou shalt be enlightened.
Is that scripture? From the book of Castle.
Hot damn, that was some storm! Seriously, fit for neither man nor beast.
I can only imagine how hard it was to track down an escaped mental patient in the middle of it.
Yeah, that was some Sherlock-level detective work, Dave.
NYPD would be lucky to have someone like you.
- You know what we should do? - Hmm? - Give him an application.
- Ooh, that's a good idea.
Oh.
Ahh, there's that whole murder issue.
[Inhales sharply.]
Right.
If only you wouldn't have killed Shaw last night after you caught him.
Not that I don't sympathize.
I mean, he stole your keycard.
- Yep.
- You probably were gonna get fired.
Wait a minute.
When I left Shaw, he was still alive.
Oh, so you admit to seeing him after he escaped? Yeah.
Look, he used to talk about this church on 87th street.
So I went up there.
There he was, walking out.
I grabbed him, I tried to drag him into my car, but But what? [Sighs.]
He knew that I was liberating meds from patients and selling them on the street.
Let me guess.
He told you that if you took him back, he was gonna rat you out.
I wish he said that.
He promised he was gonna out me no matter what.
[Laughs.]
Wait a minute, that sounds like even more of a motive to stab the guy.
I swear, I let him go.
He was alive at 4:30 yesterday, and that was the last time that I saw him.
So, why didn't you go back to Peakmore? Why were you hiding out at your girlfriend's apartment? I wasn't hiding.
I figured Shaw was gonna get caught sooner or later, which meant that I was out of a job no matter what.
So I said screw it.
Might as well take the rest of the night off and, you know, spend some time with my girl.
All right, let's pretend that that's true.
Why now? After 20 years of confinement, why would Shaw decide to break out? All I know is in the past few weeks, he was really amped up.
Why? Something happen to him? Not something, someone A visitor.
Esposito: Who? I don't know.
But whoever it was really set Shaw off.
I mean, he was already disturbed, but after this guy came by, he got even worse.
So, I pulled the police file and court records for Shaw's prosecution 20 years ago, and according to this, Shaw's attack on the Crowne family was anything but random.
He was working as a consultant for a P.
I.
named Noah Kramer.
What kind of consultant? Spiritual.
Kramer had been hired to investigate the Crowne family.
Wait.
Why would a P.
I.
hire a spiritual consultant to help investigate a billionaire philanthropist? [Chuckles.]
What? What is it? I know why Shaw came to this office.
20 years ago, this was Noah Kramer's office.
Ooh, updating the murder board must mean - Holmby's alibi checked out? - That it did.
- Yes! - Really? Come on.
I'm just excited to get off the whole orderly thing and on to the trail of the true killer, which is most likely a road paved to hell, because we all know that's where demons come from.
Well, I will be sure to cross reference Shaw's visitor against the list of fallen angels, okay? Has Esposito gotten the visitor logs yet? Well, he's trying, but the power outage is slowing everything down.
Something wrong? Look at that.
Yeah, it looks just like a lens flair.
Why? - There it is again.
- Weird.
That's not [Cellphone rings.]
[Cellphone beeps.]
Hey.
Dad, Hayley and I did some digging, and 20 years ago, Gabriel Shaw worked as a consultant for a P.
I.
named Noah Kramer who worked out of your office.
It's possible that Shaw came there with the ax looking for Kramer.
Well, it's a nice theory, but Kramer's long dead.
He was killed in an accident a year and a half after Shaw was committed to Peakmore.
What kind of an accident? He was impaled by a pipe that fell at a construction site.
Okay.
That's horrible.
But still, it's possible that Shaw was delusional enough to believe that Kramer was still alive.
Maybe.
You know, Kramer's wife and kid still live in the city.
Perhaps they can shed some light on Shaw's motives.
Give me an address for them.
Write this down.
Hang on, let me get a pen.
- Gabriel Shaw is dead? - Mm-hmm.
We just saw him yesterday.
Where? Well, he came by the house.
He said he was released from Peakmore.
What did he want? He was looking for stuff he left with my dad 20 years ago.
What kind of stuff? I don't know.
I didn't ask.
We We didn't want anything to do with him.
He ruined my dad's life.
Marshall's too young to remember, but he's well aware of how Gabriel Shaw ruined our family.
After Shaw attacked the Crownes, my husband's reputation was destroyed.
Noah was shocked to think that a man he befriended could've hidden such evil.
[Scoffs.]
Noah thought the work they had done together was a mistake and thought it needed to be buried.
So, do you have anything of Shaw's? Oh, no.
No, after my husband died, I just couldn't bear going into his office, so I-I hired a company to sell off the furniture and just dump the rest.
I told Shaw all of this before he left.
What time was that? Around 5:00.
That's still 3.
5 hours before he met his murderer.
Did he mention anything about where he was going next? No, but he said something in Latin before he walked away.
Do you remember what that was? It could be very important.
Mm.
Finis omnium I don't know.
Nunc est.
Finis omnium nunc est.
Together: The end is upon us.
I know why Shaw came here wielding an ax last night.
To commit unholy murder on two unbelievably exceptional women? Close, but no.
He was trying to get in there.
The safe? This was all drywalled over when I rented the office.
The contractors found it when I was doing the renovations.
The landlord thought it had been removed, but clearly Noah Kramer walled it up before he died, intent on burying whatever he and Shaw were working on.
That's why Shaw grabbed the ax To try and break into the safe.
- So, what's inside? - I don't know.
Wait a minute.
You've never opened Why the hell not? Schrodinger's cat.
Oh, God.
Is this another one of his - Mm-hmm.
- Great! No, no.
It's look.
If I opened it, I was bound to be disappointed with whatever was inside.
If I never opened it, literally anything I imagine could be in there.
So, you chose fantasy over reality? Well, duh.
But we're going to open it now, right? Well, duh.
When an ax-wielding psychopath is killed by a demon trying to get inside, clearly, whatever's in there is worth seeing.
If only I knew someone who could crack a safe? It's a Jefferson Titanium 500 vault.
Meaning? I need 28 minutes and a chocolate milkshake.
You're kidding.
- Chocolate milkshake.
- Chocolate milkshake.
Chocolate milkshake.
- Captain.
- Yeah? According to Peakmore's visitor's logs, the person who came to see Shaw was named Dennis Wormwood.
Oh, good.
Any luck finding him? No, because it's a fake name.
Okay, well, Peakmore must have security videos, so pull the feed, see if you can ID him.
I did.
Check this out.
Oh, that's strange.
Creepy is more like it.
So, do you think Castle's right No, no, no, no.
Don't even add fuel to that fire.
Whoever gave the fake name must've sabotaged the videos in order to keep that visit a secret, which makes him look even more like our killer.
All right, I'll keep digging.
[Slurping.]
[Slurping continuing.]
[Slurping stops.]
Is this this is This is loud.
I'm gonna [Clicking.]
[Loud click.]
Got it.
Okay, it's your last chance to let your imagination run wild.
- I'm good.
- Eh, maybe we shouldn't.
Given the whole Satanic, escaped-mental-patient angle? Alexis, we can't let fear control our actions.
[Sighs.]
Care to rethink that? Here we go.
What is it all? Looks like research.
Into what? The end of days.
Which, according to this, is two days from now.
Ryan: Man, I hate walls of crazy.
What if it's not crazy? Shaw believed the apocalypse starts in two days.
Then why did Shaw want to get back inside of here? What was he after? Yeah.
It's a good question.
It's insane to think that this has all been sitting right next to us all this time.
It's twisted.
Looks like they were following this boy, Victor Crowne.
Wait, Crowne.
That was the family that Shaw tried to murder 20 years ago.
Ryan: Yeah, I looked into them.
Warren and Alice Crowne were the parents.
They had a nine-year-old boy named Victor.
What's worse, after surviving Shaw's attacks, they were killed in a freak skiing avalanche and Victor became an orphan.
Alexis: Poor kid.
Well, yes and no.
They were billionaires.
Victor stood to inherit the entire fortune.
Are you kidding me? Guys, tell me you're seeing this.
A targeted orphan standing to inherit an empire in the center of a religious Armageddon plot? Hello! It's "The Omen"! Shaw believed that Victor Crowne was the Antichrist.
The A as in As in the personification of the devil.
Yes, dear.
Yes.
It That's why Shaw went after the Crownes.
He was going after their son.
Except that was a film.
Please don't tell me you are Googling the Antichrist right now.
I'm looking into Victor Crowne.
He still lives here in New York.
If Shaw believed that Victor was some sort of devil, maybe that's why he escaped from that institution So that he could finish his mission.
According to this article, in two days, Victor Crowne turns 30 and will gain full control over his parents' empire.
That's it.
Jesus began his ministry when he was 30.
Many people believe that the Antichrist will begin his reign on Earth at the same age.
And that once his ascension has started, it cannot be stopped.
Guys, what if Victor Crowne is the Antichrist and Shaw isn't crazy? No, Rick.
He was very crazy.
Remember He tried to kill a child.
Esposito: You know, we still haven't accounted for all of Shaw's time after he escaped.
If he's still obsessed with killing Victor, there's a chance he took a run at him last night.
Except Victor is a full-grown man now, able to defend himself.
And if Victor stabbed Shaw in self-defense, he might be too afraid to come forward.
We need to talk to this guy.
Come on.
Half the city is blacked out, but this place is lit up like a Christmas tree? The lights probably run on generators.
Sure.
Thermoelectric generator fueled by the flames of Hell.
Check this out, you guys.
Look at this.
Billionaire entrepreneur hell-bent on "saving the world" with his water reclamation project? I'm sure.
Ryan: Castle, by all accounts, Victor Crowne has helped millions of impoverished people by providing them with clean drinking water.
Or is he infecting us with it? Ow! Gentlemen, follow me this way, please.
You stole this from the safe to protect yourself?! Castle! What?! You guys have guns.
The NYPD.
And Richard Castle in the flesh.
[Chuckles.]
I'm fans of you all.
Yikes! [Chuckles.]
You got a shock.
Don't you hate when that happens? So, how can I help you fine gentlemen? Mr.
Crowne, we just have some questions about this man.
I take it you recognize him.
Gabriel Shaw.
Hard face to forget.
Have you seen him recently? Okay, what's this all about? Shaw is dead.
He escaped from Peakmore yesterday afternoon and was killed later that evening.
You seem pleased.
The man attacked my family, Mr.
Castle.
Don't expect me to shed a tear over his demise.
20 years, this face has haunted me.
How's that? Days after his attack, my parents and I left the city.
My parents perished in a freak accident on that trip.
You blame Shaw for their deaths.
He set those events in motion.
That man forever cursed my life.
But I've turned my pain into a blessing.
Channeled all that negative energy into a plan for something good a better world.
My clean-water initiative.
We're launching a global network of offices in just a couple of days.
On your 30th birthday.
As it so happens, yes.
Well, I hate to have to ask you this, Mr.
Crowne, but where were you last night? Here.
Working.
Rollins can provide you with surveillance tapes if you'd like to verify that.
We're done here.
Gentlemen.
What is that Something smells like Sulfur.
We had an accident during a demonstration yesterday.
I'm still working out the kinks.
[Beep, ringing.]
[Door opens.]
Rollins: Detectives.
I burned those copies of our surveillance tapes.
Thank you.
Thanks, Rollins.
Every floor for the last 48 hours.
Thanks, Rollins.
Really appreciate it.
You're welcome.
- Castle? - Geez! What's with you? I-I'm I'm marked for death.
What? [Clears throat.]
I'm marked for death.
[Siren chirping.]
Bro, you have to stop watching these horror films.
That same slash of light appeared in the crime-scene photos, okay? In the exact same place Right across my neck.
Now it's showing up again in the video feed? That's live feed! That cannot be manipulated! Castle, all this stuff about omens and the Antichrist You being marked for death Together: It's all in your head.
Guys Look out! You were saying?! It was a frayed cable.
Yes.
Yes, I agree.
If by frayed cable, you mean Satan.
Look, Castle, don't take this the wrong way, but you're starting to sound crazy.
And not your usual crazy, I mean, next-level nutter.
Beckett, listen to me.
I looked into the cold, soulless eyes of Victor Crowne, and let me tell you what I saw Evil.
Well, I looked into the surveillance tapes from Victor Crowne's building, and let me tell you what I saw Victor Crowne working all night.
He never left the building, Castle.
[Scoffs.]
He's not our killer.
He's not gonna be bound by earthly laws, Beckett.
That's Demon 101.
Yo, Cap.
We're still not having any luck figuring out where Shaw was during that time-of-death window.
Well, someone must've seen him, so why don't we get unis to re-canvass? - All right.
- Yo, I just got a call from Lanie.
Uh, do you remember the biblical verses painted all over our Vic's body? Well, the lab ran an analysis, and the results are odd.
It's a paste made from a mixture of olive oil, cassia, cinnamon, cymbopogon, and myrrh.
Cymbopogon and myrrh? I've seen this somewhere before.
I swear it.
- Go.
- All right.
Castle: Hey, guys.
Hey, Dad.
You wouldn't believe some of the stuff we're finding in here.
Did you find a recipe? For what? Antichrist cookies? [Laughter.]
No, of course not.
But, actually, I don't even know.
All I know is I saw a letter in here that had a recipe on it with olive oil, cassia, cinnamon, cymbopogon, and myrrh.
Wait, wait, wait a minute.
Why does that sound so familiar? Hold on, hold on, hold on.
Uh Yeah, here it is.
Uh-huh.
It's addressed to Gabriel Shaw from a Karl Von Eckland.
Now the letter goes on and on and on about anointing oil.
It was used in ancient times to prepare the righteous for battle against demons, and the ingredients include cymbopogon and myrrh.
Okay, now listen to this part.
"Find me when it's your turn to answer the call.
I will prepare you for your battle against evil.
" Esposito: And who's the guy who wrote that? Karl Von Eckland.
We really need to talk to this guy.
Well, um, he's dead.
So, unless you have a Ouija board somewhere around here, it might be a bit of a challenge.
How did he die? Looks like he had a fatal heart attack on December 13, 1996.
Ooh.
That is just one month after this letter was written.
And a week after Gabriel Shaw was sent to Peakmore.
Wait a minute.
If Shaw was institutionalized, it's possible he didn't know Karl Von Eckland was dead.
Alexis: Which means after he broke out, he probably went to Von Eckland's apartment to get prepared for his supposed demonic battle.
Ryan, who lives in Von Eckland's apartment now? His son, Oscar.
Looks like he moved in after his father died.
Nice place.
It's very, uh eclectic.
Yeah, it's creepy as all hell, but it's my dad's old stuff.
Never had the heart to get rid of any of it.
So, you didn't follow in your father's religious footsteps? [Chuckles.]
Hell, no.
It's all mumbo jumbo.
20 bucks? Hey, a man's got to eat, right? So, I make a little money on the side.
You know, selling blessed crap to suckers.
Yeah, blessed candles, blessed crosses.
Can I interest you in a blessed bracelet? No, but, uh, we are interested in this man.
Was he here last night? Yeah.
Around 6:00.
Gabriel something? Was looking for my old man.
He wanted your father to anoint him with the oil for spiritual battle.
How do you know that? Did you anoint him, Oscar? For 50 bucks, hell yeah, I did.
What? He was desperate, so I grabbed one of Pop's old books, and I whipped up a batch of the anointing oil, and I, uh, wrote some bible verses on him.
It gave him great peace.
Well, that peace didn't last.
The man's dead.
Really? What happened to him? He was murdered by the spawn of Satan.
- Is he serious? - Very.
So, Oscar, did Gabriel Shaw tell you whether he was meeting anyone? Did he say where he was going? No, just thanked me and left.
- What time did he leave? - A little after 7:30.
Castle: That's 30 minutes before Shaw was stabbed.
Guys, we're getting close.
Okay, so good and bad news.
The good news is we found surveillance footage of Shaw in Oscar's neighborhood and we were able to track him back to the location where he was stabbed.
You have video of Gabriel Shaw's murder? Well, yeah.
Uh, sort of.
Oh.
This is where the bad news comes in.
It appears that due to the thunderstorm, none of the cameras are functioning properly.
What does that mean? It Uh It's just gonna be sort of odd.
Like odd odd? Or work of the Devil odd? No, just odd odd, Castle, all right? - Go ahead.
- Okay.
That is a demon.
You guys, you did it.
You have video of Gabriel Shaw killed by something not of this world.
All right, Castle.
Easy.
Look, guys, I-I know it's late, but I need you to go down to that loading dock and see what you can find, please.
Both: Yeah.
Thank you.
I'm gonna go pack up.
And, um Castle? It's just a glitch.
"And the beast shall rise and appear as astute and miraculous The leader who comes into power on a platform of prosperity and peace.
" Or, in a nutshell, Victor Crowne.
[Rattling in distance.]
[Gasping.]
Geez! [Laughs.]
Gotcha.
Not funny, Beckett! I am being targeted by dark forces.
I'm serious.
I can feel it.
Okay, fine.
Can you just feel it in the morning? 'Cause it's late.
Let's go to bed.
Yeah, just give me a few minutes.
All right.
- Boo! - Geez! [Laughs.]
You're so easy! The Angel Dagger.
Where have I seen [Cellphone ringing.]
[Cellphone beeps.]
Hey, Beckett.
Hey, where are you? I'm at the office.
I figured out why Shaw broke in here.
- Really? - Yeah.
He was looking for a weapon.
It's the only thing that can kill the Antichrist.
It's called the Angel Dagger.
[Sighs.]
Castle, would you please just Beckett, I am serious.
I-I found references to it on the Internet, and it was here.
It's been in the safe the whole time.
I-It's a blade that was hidden in a [Electricity crackles.]
- Who's there? - Who's where? Hello? Castle [Door slams.]
[Whispering.]
He's here.
Who? Castle? Hello? I saw his eyes.
It was a demon.
Or someone with night-vision goggles.
Beckett, how much proof do you need before you finally accept the fact that your husband has been marked for death! Okay, if you were marked for death, then the demon would've killed you.
Instead, you were knocked out by a very human attacker who managed to run off with your w-whatever dagger.
- Angel Dagger! - Angel Angel Dagger.
Angel Dagger.
It's something only a demon would want.
Look, if that's true, then why did the demon ransack your safe? Hello? To look for other items with supernatural abilities.
Is it - What? - Hey, Castle.
How you doing, buddy? Well, boys, I looked into the eyes of the devil, so there's that.
Did they check him for a concussion? Uh, no.
He's fine.
He's just a little shaken.
You guys got anything on the canvass? Yeah, a bouncer who was working at a club across the alley from where Shaw's stabbing took place saw a gray Explorer tear ass out of there.
All right, did you get the plates? Nope, and we don't need them.
Turns out there's only one person in this case who has a gray Explorer.
Oh, yeah? Well, a lot of people have that kind of SUV.
Yes, but not a lot of people have the murder weapon in their garage.
See, we got a search warrant for your place, and, uh, we found your garden claw.
Oh.
So, that explains the claw-shaped wound on Shaw's body.
See, Castle? No demon.
Yeah, then, uh, why was there sulfur, i.
e.
brimstone, found in Shaw's body.
Our labs did an analysis of the murder weapon, and not only did they find traces of Shaw's blood on it, but they also found particles of sulfuric gardening fertilizer, which matches the sulfur we found in the wound.
Anything else? Sondra: I was just trying to talk some sense into him, but Shaw just started rambling about his mission to vanquish evil.
He was the true evil.
If all you wanted to do was talk, then why did you bring the murder weapon? I keep tools for my flower shop in my SUV.
And, I don't know, he just started going on and on, [voice breaking.]
and I grabbed the claw.
20 years ago, that man ruined my family, and I couldn't let him do it all over again to us.
[Crying.]
Mrs.
Kramer, why did you break into your husband's old office last night? [Crying.]
What are you talking about? There's no reason to lie now.
We know you took the Angel Dagger.
I was home all night with my son.
If she wasn't the one who attacked me, who the hell did? Yo, any evidence to help identify Castle's demonic assailant? No, but, Rick, whoever attacked you also took all of the files on the Crowne family.
That sneaky little devil.
It's Victor Crowne.
He did this.
How do you figure? Well, clearly he's trying to take possession of any weapon that could be used against him and erase any and all evidence of his true identity as the spawn of Satan.
We already looked into Victor Crowne.
He was out celebrating all night at a club for his 30th birthday.
Okay, who else is gonna go to such lengths? Well, we don't know, but they left a souvenir.
This was not in the original inventory of the safe's contents.
[Cellphone chimes.]
Yo, that's Oscar Von Eckland's bracelet.
Why would he want the Angel Dagger? Because he was in on it the whole time.
Do you remember the distorted image of Shaw's mystery visitor at the psychiatric facility? Well, Vikram was able to clean it up.
He said he didn't believe in all this religious stuff.
He lied, and you all know what that means.
That he's insane.
No, unlike Shaw, he has all his faculties, but Oscar, like his father before him, is a true believer.
He's gonna pick up where his old man left off - Complete the mission.
- Kill the Antichrist.
Oscar's gonna assassinate Victor Crowne.
Hey, Rollins, lock down the building - and secure Victor Crowne.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What's going on? - Your boss is in danger.
- Have you seen this man? That's the notary who just showed up with legal documents for Mr.
Crowne to sign.
Did you give him access to Mr.
Crowne? Yes, but not without an escort.
Varella, come in.
Varella, what's your 20? - Where did they go? - Basement.
We're about to start a major renovation.
Mr.
Crowne's down there alone walking the site.
All right, let's split up.
You two go that way, we'll go this way.
Got it.
- Somebody's down.
- Yeah.
He's still alive.
All right, Castle, drag him upstairs to safety, all right? - Yeah.
Wait me? - Yeah.
- By myself? - Yes! Okay.
[Grunts.]
[Rustling.]
Guys? [Click.]
Sorry.
[Yelling in distance.]
Te expello, daemon vilis, in abyssum profundissimum Tartari! Oscar! Oscar.
Castle! Do something.
Don't do it.
He is the beast.
The lawless one.
The son of perdition.
All bad things.
But thou shalt not kill, remember? He isn't human, so it's not murder.
Good luck selling that in a court of law.
Enough! I have to stop the end of days.
I promised my father.
No! Don't! No! What have you done?! If I have to kill you first, I will! Oscar, look out! - Esposito: Castle! - Ryan: Castle, where are you?! Over here! - You okay? - Yeah, you? - Yeah.
- Good.
- You okay? - Yeah, I'm still good.
You? Yeah, I'm okay.
Now that we know you're all okay, can someone untie me? Right.
Sorry.
We're lucky those pipes fell when they did, huh? Yeah.
Lucky.
Thank you for saving me.
Just to be clear, you really aren't the Antichrist, right? [Laughs.]
Ahh, I love your sense of humor.
You saved my life.
That means I owe you.
So, whatever you want, just ask.
It's yours.
Okay? Okay.
[Clicks tongue.]
Did I just literally make a deal with the Devil? So, Oscar's on his way to Peakmore for a full psych evaluation.
Okay, well, let's hope they can help him.
I wouldn't hold my breath.
They didn't do so great with Shaw.
Hey, boss.
What's your husband doing? [Shutter clicking.]
Castle, this is getting out of hand.
I'm still marked for death.
Oh, well, you'd think that saving the Antichrist would actually give you a pass.
You know, you mock, but you're gonna miss me when I'm gone.
You're not going anywhere.
How can you be so sure? Take off your jacket.
I really don't think this is the time Take off your jacket.
Okay, now take another selfie.
[Sighs.]
[Shutter clicks.]
How The zipper on your chest pocket.
It was catching the light, causing a flare.
I'm not marked for death.
You sound disappointed there.
Are you kidding? I'm thrilled.
Let's celebrate.
Naked Twister.
Actually, I had something else in mind.
We really could've done movie night at my place.
No, no.
We need to get rid of some of the bad vibes in here.
So, what are we watching Rom-com? Action-comedy? Horror! - You're kidding.
- No.
Oh, come on.
We just survived the ax man.
A little Freddy-Jason action will be cathartic.
All right, but if I can't sleep tonight, I'm kicking your ass in the morning.
In your dreams.
[Sighs.]
[Creaking.]
- Hayley? - Hmm? Run.
Yep.
That was genius.
Now can we play naked Twister?
Mm.
No sign of it letting up.
Hayley: Just gonna have to be late.
Frankly, I'm in no rush to leave this party Thanks to your father's excellent taste in Scotch and daughters.
- Oh, the man knows his stuff.
- Mm.
[Thunder crashes.]
Ohhh.
Blackout.
Come on.
[Sighs.]
Must be from the storm.
Hold on.
I know my dad keeps a flashlight here somewhere.
[Thunder crashes, glass shatters.]
Did you hear that? Is someone trying to break in? [Both gasp.]
Finis omnium nunc est.
[Groans.]
[Thunder crashes.]
So, the power is out, the phones are down.
You know what that means? No late-night calls from work to interrupt our game of naked Twister.
What, why are you still dressed? I've got to go to the precinct.
What? Now?! T-There's nothing more romantic than a blackout.
Yeah, and nothing more deadly.
You know as well as I do that as soon as the lights go out, bad things happen.
[Alarm blaring.]
What the hell's that? The panic signal from the P.
I.
office.
I had it set up for when Alexis is there by herself.
No service.
This is Captain Beckett to Central.
Alexis? What happened? Are you all right? Yeah.
That guy broke in with an ax, yelling something in Latin.
Then he just dropped dead.
What did he say? I don't know.
It all happened so fast.
Beckett: Is that what he broke in with? Yep.
Talk about crashing a party.
Turns out it's the fire ax from the downstairs lobby.
So our intruder must've grabbed it on his way up.
But why? I mean, there's easier ways to break into this office.
Yeah, and more silent.
He certainly wasn't planning on sneaking up on anyone.
You get an ID on the guy? No.
No wallet, and your, uh, portable fingerprint thingumajiggy is down due to weather.
Lanie: He bled to death from a wound in his left side.
My guess is whatever he was stabbed with punctured his subclavian artery.
After that, he would've had about 30 minutes to an hour, tops.
Well, he came in here with this around 9:00 p.
m.
He keeled over shortly thereafter.
So he must've been stabbed between 8:00 and 8:30.
There's a There's a hospital bracelet.
Our intruder's name is G.
Shaw, and he was a patient at Peakmore Psychiatric Facility.
Yikes.
You know it? It's a psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane.
Our ax-wielding psycho is an escaped mental patient.
Back-up generator's not working so well.
Yeah, place like this you'd think would be state of the art.
We're here about an escaped inmate just tried to kill two people with an ax.
Um wait here.
[Man yelling in distance.]
Yo, I'd try to escape, too, if I lived here.
Who knows what they're doing to them back there.
Can't be anything worse than what we did historically.
Many cultures mistook mental illness for a sign of sorcery.
Treatments ranged from, well, prayer to drilling holes in the skull to release the demons.
Definitely a case of the cure being worse than the disease.
The Director's coming out now.
Thanks, man.
Detectives, I'm Dr.
Brock Martin.
Did you find Gabriel Shaw? No, he found us, but not before he was fatally stabbed.
That's terrible.
Gabriel Shaw's been here at Peakmore for the last 20 years.
What did he do? He broke into the house of a man named Warren Crowne, tried to kill him and his entire family.
Warren Crowne the philanthropist? I remember the headlines.
Didn't his attacker say he was some kind of avenging angel? The archangel Gabriel The divine messenger.
Catechism class.
Gabriel Shaw was convinced that he was on a mission from God to rid the world of evil.
It was a mission that even 20 years of antipsychotic drugs and electroshock therapy could not dissuade him from.
Any idea who might've wanted him dead? None.
Gabriel's contact with the outside world was virtually nil.
His room's down here.
Any idea how he might've escaped? Yes, he, uh, he stole a keycard from one of our orderlies.
Uh, we realized he was missing around noon today.
Noon? Why the hell didn't you call the police before? We should have.
I realize that now.
The man came to my office wielding an ax.
Which is why I sent out a group of orderlies looking for Gabriel.
They searched all day and came back empty-handed.
- Except - Except what? One of the orderlies hasn't come back yet.
Uh, Dave Holmby.
I-I-I tried calling him, but the phones are out.
Have Dave and Gabriel had any problems in the past? They've had issues, yes.
In fact, it was Dave's keycard that Gabriel stole.
But Dave's been with us a long time.
He's not the type of person to kill anyone, if that's what you're thinking.
You sent an orderly out to recapture a violent, mentally unstable man.
It's possible he was trying to subdue Gabriel and things got out of control.
So, Dave stabs Gabriel, but then loses him in the storm.
[Rattling in distance.]
Guys, are you hearing that? [Creaking.]
Something in here.
[Clattering.]
[All shout.]
Might've told me about your rodent problem.
We don't have one.
Not usually.
Must've been driven to higher ground by the storm.
That a bible? Yeah, but with drawings of demons, page after page of them.
[Walkie-talkie beeps.]
Lanie: Ryan, Javi, anyone there? Yeah, Lanie.
We're here.
Go ahead.
Well, get your ass to the morgue.
I found something disturbing.
Yeah, well, that seems to be going around.
So, what is so Whoa.
Is that blood? [Sighs.]
Well, not according to Lanie.
Then what is it? Some kind of ink.
Lanie sent samples to the lab, but one thing that we do know is, based on the writing, there's no way that Gabriel did this to himself.
So, then, someone at the hospital.
Yeah, I called, and they said that he didn't have any writing on him when he escaped this morning.
The Roman numerals are bible verses, and the words are all in Latin.
"Protect me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked.
" It's a prayer for salvation.
Sounds like he was scared, but of what? The mysteries don't stop there.
When I conducted the autopsy, I found that the wound had been inflicted by some kind of talon or claw.
Like an animal? It gets even weirder.
There was a strange substance inside the wound.
Let me guess sulfur.
Yeah, how'd you know? Guys, isn't it obvious? Latin prayers, a claw, sulfur Also known as brimstone? [Scoffs.]
Come on, Castle.
Castle, you don't think that Oh, but I do.
We all have our demons.
But Gabriel was killed by his.
S08E21 Hell To Pay What did I tell you? I mean, as soon as the lights go out, bad things happen.
You know, at least the precinct is on a backup generator, 'cause the rest of the city is gonna have intermittent power.
Today's gonna be hell.
Well, that's appropriate, since that's the likely place our killer is from.
You know, do you think we're gonna need specialized equipment to capture this demon murderer, something exorcism-esque? There's nothing supernatural about this case.
Our victim was stabbed with a brimstone-covered claw, or gored by a horn, perhaps.
Now, what but a demon could do that? Look, Ryan and Espo are bringing in Dave Holmby, our rogue orderly, and I am sure that they are going to get a very sane and grounded explanation as to why he killed Gabriel Shaw.
Seek the truth and thou shalt be enlightened.
Is that scripture? From the book of Castle.
Hot damn, that was some storm! Seriously, fit for neither man nor beast.
I can only imagine how hard it was to track down an escaped mental patient in the middle of it.
Yeah, that was some Sherlock-level detective work, Dave.
NYPD would be lucky to have someone like you.
- You know what we should do? - Hmm? - Give him an application.
- Ooh, that's a good idea.
Oh.
Ahh, there's that whole murder issue.
[Inhales sharply.]
Right.
If only you wouldn't have killed Shaw last night after you caught him.
Not that I don't sympathize.
I mean, he stole your keycard.
- Yep.
- You probably were gonna get fired.
Wait a minute.
When I left Shaw, he was still alive.
Oh, so you admit to seeing him after he escaped? Yeah.
Look, he used to talk about this church on 87th street.
So I went up there.
There he was, walking out.
I grabbed him, I tried to drag him into my car, but But what? [Sighs.]
He knew that I was liberating meds from patients and selling them on the street.
Let me guess.
He told you that if you took him back, he was gonna rat you out.
I wish he said that.
He promised he was gonna out me no matter what.
[Laughs.]
Wait a minute, that sounds like even more of a motive to stab the guy.
I swear, I let him go.
He was alive at 4:30 yesterday, and that was the last time that I saw him.
So, why didn't you go back to Peakmore? Why were you hiding out at your girlfriend's apartment? I wasn't hiding.
I figured Shaw was gonna get caught sooner or later, which meant that I was out of a job no matter what.
So I said screw it.
Might as well take the rest of the night off and, you know, spend some time with my girl.
All right, let's pretend that that's true.
Why now? After 20 years of confinement, why would Shaw decide to break out? All I know is in the past few weeks, he was really amped up.
Why? Something happen to him? Not something, someone A visitor.
Esposito: Who? I don't know.
But whoever it was really set Shaw off.
I mean, he was already disturbed, but after this guy came by, he got even worse.
So, I pulled the police file and court records for Shaw's prosecution 20 years ago, and according to this, Shaw's attack on the Crowne family was anything but random.
He was working as a consultant for a P.
I.
named Noah Kramer.
What kind of consultant? Spiritual.
Kramer had been hired to investigate the Crowne family.
Wait.
Why would a P.
I.
hire a spiritual consultant to help investigate a billionaire philanthropist? [Chuckles.]
What? What is it? I know why Shaw came to this office.
20 years ago, this was Noah Kramer's office.
Ooh, updating the murder board must mean - Holmby's alibi checked out? - That it did.
- Yes! - Really? Come on.
I'm just excited to get off the whole orderly thing and on to the trail of the true killer, which is most likely a road paved to hell, because we all know that's where demons come from.
Well, I will be sure to cross reference Shaw's visitor against the list of fallen angels, okay? Has Esposito gotten the visitor logs yet? Well, he's trying, but the power outage is slowing everything down.
Something wrong? Look at that.
Yeah, it looks just like a lens flair.
Why? - There it is again.
- Weird.
That's not [Cellphone rings.]
[Cellphone beeps.]
Hey.
Dad, Hayley and I did some digging, and 20 years ago, Gabriel Shaw worked as a consultant for a P.
I.
named Noah Kramer who worked out of your office.
It's possible that Shaw came there with the ax looking for Kramer.
Well, it's a nice theory, but Kramer's long dead.
He was killed in an accident a year and a half after Shaw was committed to Peakmore.
What kind of an accident? He was impaled by a pipe that fell at a construction site.
Okay.
That's horrible.
But still, it's possible that Shaw was delusional enough to believe that Kramer was still alive.
Maybe.
You know, Kramer's wife and kid still live in the city.
Perhaps they can shed some light on Shaw's motives.
Give me an address for them.
Write this down.
Hang on, let me get a pen.
- Gabriel Shaw is dead? - Mm-hmm.
We just saw him yesterday.
Where? Well, he came by the house.
He said he was released from Peakmore.
What did he want? He was looking for stuff he left with my dad 20 years ago.
What kind of stuff? I don't know.
I didn't ask.
We We didn't want anything to do with him.
He ruined my dad's life.
Marshall's too young to remember, but he's well aware of how Gabriel Shaw ruined our family.
After Shaw attacked the Crownes, my husband's reputation was destroyed.
Noah was shocked to think that a man he befriended could've hidden such evil.
[Scoffs.]
Noah thought the work they had done together was a mistake and thought it needed to be buried.
So, do you have anything of Shaw's? Oh, no.
No, after my husband died, I just couldn't bear going into his office, so I-I hired a company to sell off the furniture and just dump the rest.
I told Shaw all of this before he left.
What time was that? Around 5:00.
That's still 3.
5 hours before he met his murderer.
Did he mention anything about where he was going next? No, but he said something in Latin before he walked away.
Do you remember what that was? It could be very important.
Mm.
Finis omnium I don't know.
Nunc est.
Finis omnium nunc est.
Together: The end is upon us.
I know why Shaw came here wielding an ax last night.
To commit unholy murder on two unbelievably exceptional women? Close, but no.
He was trying to get in there.
The safe? This was all drywalled over when I rented the office.
The contractors found it when I was doing the renovations.
The landlord thought it had been removed, but clearly Noah Kramer walled it up before he died, intent on burying whatever he and Shaw were working on.
That's why Shaw grabbed the ax To try and break into the safe.
- So, what's inside? - I don't know.
Wait a minute.
You've never opened Why the hell not? Schrodinger's cat.
Oh, God.
Is this another one of his - Mm-hmm.
- Great! No, no.
It's look.
If I opened it, I was bound to be disappointed with whatever was inside.
If I never opened it, literally anything I imagine could be in there.
So, you chose fantasy over reality? Well, duh.
But we're going to open it now, right? Well, duh.
When an ax-wielding psychopath is killed by a demon trying to get inside, clearly, whatever's in there is worth seeing.
If only I knew someone who could crack a safe? It's a Jefferson Titanium 500 vault.
Meaning? I need 28 minutes and a chocolate milkshake.
You're kidding.
- Chocolate milkshake.
- Chocolate milkshake.
Chocolate milkshake.
- Captain.
- Yeah? According to Peakmore's visitor's logs, the person who came to see Shaw was named Dennis Wormwood.
Oh, good.
Any luck finding him? No, because it's a fake name.
Okay, well, Peakmore must have security videos, so pull the feed, see if you can ID him.
I did.
Check this out.
Oh, that's strange.
Creepy is more like it.
So, do you think Castle's right No, no, no, no.
Don't even add fuel to that fire.
Whoever gave the fake name must've sabotaged the videos in order to keep that visit a secret, which makes him look even more like our killer.
All right, I'll keep digging.
[Slurping.]
[Slurping continuing.]
[Slurping stops.]
Is this this is This is loud.
I'm gonna [Clicking.]
[Loud click.]
Got it.
Okay, it's your last chance to let your imagination run wild.
- I'm good.
- Eh, maybe we shouldn't.
Given the whole Satanic, escaped-mental-patient angle? Alexis, we can't let fear control our actions.
[Sighs.]
Care to rethink that? Here we go.
What is it all? Looks like research.
Into what? The end of days.
Which, according to this, is two days from now.
Ryan: Man, I hate walls of crazy.
What if it's not crazy? Shaw believed the apocalypse starts in two days.
Then why did Shaw want to get back inside of here? What was he after? Yeah.
It's a good question.
It's insane to think that this has all been sitting right next to us all this time.
It's twisted.
Looks like they were following this boy, Victor Crowne.
Wait, Crowne.
That was the family that Shaw tried to murder 20 years ago.
Ryan: Yeah, I looked into them.
Warren and Alice Crowne were the parents.
They had a nine-year-old boy named Victor.
What's worse, after surviving Shaw's attacks, they were killed in a freak skiing avalanche and Victor became an orphan.
Alexis: Poor kid.
Well, yes and no.
They were billionaires.
Victor stood to inherit the entire fortune.
Are you kidding me? Guys, tell me you're seeing this.
A targeted orphan standing to inherit an empire in the center of a religious Armageddon plot? Hello! It's "The Omen"! Shaw believed that Victor Crowne was the Antichrist.
The A as in As in the personification of the devil.
Yes, dear.
Yes.
It That's why Shaw went after the Crownes.
He was going after their son.
Except that was a film.
Please don't tell me you are Googling the Antichrist right now.
I'm looking into Victor Crowne.
He still lives here in New York.
If Shaw believed that Victor was some sort of devil, maybe that's why he escaped from that institution So that he could finish his mission.
According to this article, in two days, Victor Crowne turns 30 and will gain full control over his parents' empire.
That's it.
Jesus began his ministry when he was 30.
Many people believe that the Antichrist will begin his reign on Earth at the same age.
And that once his ascension has started, it cannot be stopped.
Guys, what if Victor Crowne is the Antichrist and Shaw isn't crazy? No, Rick.
He was very crazy.
Remember He tried to kill a child.
Esposito: You know, we still haven't accounted for all of Shaw's time after he escaped.
If he's still obsessed with killing Victor, there's a chance he took a run at him last night.
Except Victor is a full-grown man now, able to defend himself.
And if Victor stabbed Shaw in self-defense, he might be too afraid to come forward.
We need to talk to this guy.
Come on.
Half the city is blacked out, but this place is lit up like a Christmas tree? The lights probably run on generators.
Sure.
Thermoelectric generator fueled by the flames of Hell.
Check this out, you guys.
Look at this.
Billionaire entrepreneur hell-bent on "saving the world" with his water reclamation project? I'm sure.
Ryan: Castle, by all accounts, Victor Crowne has helped millions of impoverished people by providing them with clean drinking water.
Or is he infecting us with it? Ow! Gentlemen, follow me this way, please.
You stole this from the safe to protect yourself?! Castle! What?! You guys have guns.
The NYPD.
And Richard Castle in the flesh.
[Chuckles.]
I'm fans of you all.
Yikes! [Chuckles.]
You got a shock.
Don't you hate when that happens? So, how can I help you fine gentlemen? Mr.
Crowne, we just have some questions about this man.
I take it you recognize him.
Gabriel Shaw.
Hard face to forget.
Have you seen him recently? Okay, what's this all about? Shaw is dead.
He escaped from Peakmore yesterday afternoon and was killed later that evening.
You seem pleased.
The man attacked my family, Mr.
Castle.
Don't expect me to shed a tear over his demise.
20 years, this face has haunted me.
How's that? Days after his attack, my parents and I left the city.
My parents perished in a freak accident on that trip.
You blame Shaw for their deaths.
He set those events in motion.
That man forever cursed my life.
But I've turned my pain into a blessing.
Channeled all that negative energy into a plan for something good a better world.
My clean-water initiative.
We're launching a global network of offices in just a couple of days.
On your 30th birthday.
As it so happens, yes.
Well, I hate to have to ask you this, Mr.
Crowne, but where were you last night? Here.
Working.
Rollins can provide you with surveillance tapes if you'd like to verify that.
We're done here.
Gentlemen.
What is that Something smells like Sulfur.
We had an accident during a demonstration yesterday.
I'm still working out the kinks.
[Beep, ringing.]
[Door opens.]
Rollins: Detectives.
I burned those copies of our surveillance tapes.
Thank you.
Thanks, Rollins.
Every floor for the last 48 hours.
Thanks, Rollins.
Really appreciate it.
You're welcome.
- Castle? - Geez! What's with you? I-I'm I'm marked for death.
What? [Clears throat.]
I'm marked for death.
[Siren chirping.]
Bro, you have to stop watching these horror films.
That same slash of light appeared in the crime-scene photos, okay? In the exact same place Right across my neck.
Now it's showing up again in the video feed? That's live feed! That cannot be manipulated! Castle, all this stuff about omens and the Antichrist You being marked for death Together: It's all in your head.
Guys Look out! You were saying?! It was a frayed cable.
Yes.
Yes, I agree.
If by frayed cable, you mean Satan.
Look, Castle, don't take this the wrong way, but you're starting to sound crazy.
And not your usual crazy, I mean, next-level nutter.
Beckett, listen to me.
I looked into the cold, soulless eyes of Victor Crowne, and let me tell you what I saw Evil.
Well, I looked into the surveillance tapes from Victor Crowne's building, and let me tell you what I saw Victor Crowne working all night.
He never left the building, Castle.
[Scoffs.]
He's not our killer.
He's not gonna be bound by earthly laws, Beckett.
That's Demon 101.
Yo, Cap.
We're still not having any luck figuring out where Shaw was during that time-of-death window.
Well, someone must've seen him, so why don't we get unis to re-canvass? - All right.
- Yo, I just got a call from Lanie.
Uh, do you remember the biblical verses painted all over our Vic's body? Well, the lab ran an analysis, and the results are odd.
It's a paste made from a mixture of olive oil, cassia, cinnamon, cymbopogon, and myrrh.
Cymbopogon and myrrh? I've seen this somewhere before.
I swear it.
- Go.
- All right.
Castle: Hey, guys.
Hey, Dad.
You wouldn't believe some of the stuff we're finding in here.
Did you find a recipe? For what? Antichrist cookies? [Laughter.]
No, of course not.
But, actually, I don't even know.
All I know is I saw a letter in here that had a recipe on it with olive oil, cassia, cinnamon, cymbopogon, and myrrh.
Wait, wait, wait a minute.
Why does that sound so familiar? Hold on, hold on, hold on.
Uh Yeah, here it is.
Uh-huh.
It's addressed to Gabriel Shaw from a Karl Von Eckland.
Now the letter goes on and on and on about anointing oil.
It was used in ancient times to prepare the righteous for battle against demons, and the ingredients include cymbopogon and myrrh.
Okay, now listen to this part.
"Find me when it's your turn to answer the call.
I will prepare you for your battle against evil.
" Esposito: And who's the guy who wrote that? Karl Von Eckland.
We really need to talk to this guy.
Well, um, he's dead.
So, unless you have a Ouija board somewhere around here, it might be a bit of a challenge.
How did he die? Looks like he had a fatal heart attack on December 13, 1996.
Ooh.
That is just one month after this letter was written.
And a week after Gabriel Shaw was sent to Peakmore.
Wait a minute.
If Shaw was institutionalized, it's possible he didn't know Karl Von Eckland was dead.
Alexis: Which means after he broke out, he probably went to Von Eckland's apartment to get prepared for his supposed demonic battle.
Ryan, who lives in Von Eckland's apartment now? His son, Oscar.
Looks like he moved in after his father died.
Nice place.
It's very, uh eclectic.
Yeah, it's creepy as all hell, but it's my dad's old stuff.
Never had the heart to get rid of any of it.
So, you didn't follow in your father's religious footsteps? [Chuckles.]
Hell, no.
It's all mumbo jumbo.
20 bucks? Hey, a man's got to eat, right? So, I make a little money on the side.
You know, selling blessed crap to suckers.
Yeah, blessed candles, blessed crosses.
Can I interest you in a blessed bracelet? No, but, uh, we are interested in this man.
Was he here last night? Yeah.
Around 6:00.
Gabriel something? Was looking for my old man.
He wanted your father to anoint him with the oil for spiritual battle.
How do you know that? Did you anoint him, Oscar? For 50 bucks, hell yeah, I did.
What? He was desperate, so I grabbed one of Pop's old books, and I whipped up a batch of the anointing oil, and I, uh, wrote some bible verses on him.
It gave him great peace.
Well, that peace didn't last.
The man's dead.
Really? What happened to him? He was murdered by the spawn of Satan.
- Is he serious? - Very.
So, Oscar, did Gabriel Shaw tell you whether he was meeting anyone? Did he say where he was going? No, just thanked me and left.
- What time did he leave? - A little after 7:30.
Castle: That's 30 minutes before Shaw was stabbed.
Guys, we're getting close.
Okay, so good and bad news.
The good news is we found surveillance footage of Shaw in Oscar's neighborhood and we were able to track him back to the location where he was stabbed.
You have video of Gabriel Shaw's murder? Well, yeah.
Uh, sort of.
Oh.
This is where the bad news comes in.
It appears that due to the thunderstorm, none of the cameras are functioning properly.
What does that mean? It Uh It's just gonna be sort of odd.
Like odd odd? Or work of the Devil odd? No, just odd odd, Castle, all right? - Go ahead.
- Okay.
That is a demon.
You guys, you did it.
You have video of Gabriel Shaw killed by something not of this world.
All right, Castle.
Easy.
Look, guys, I-I know it's late, but I need you to go down to that loading dock and see what you can find, please.
Both: Yeah.
Thank you.
I'm gonna go pack up.
And, um Castle? It's just a glitch.
"And the beast shall rise and appear as astute and miraculous The leader who comes into power on a platform of prosperity and peace.
" Or, in a nutshell, Victor Crowne.
[Rattling in distance.]
[Gasping.]
Geez! [Laughs.]
Gotcha.
Not funny, Beckett! I am being targeted by dark forces.
I'm serious.
I can feel it.
Okay, fine.
Can you just feel it in the morning? 'Cause it's late.
Let's go to bed.
Yeah, just give me a few minutes.
All right.
- Boo! - Geez! [Laughs.]
You're so easy! The Angel Dagger.
Where have I seen [Cellphone ringing.]
[Cellphone beeps.]
Hey, Beckett.
Hey, where are you? I'm at the office.
I figured out why Shaw broke in here.
- Really? - Yeah.
He was looking for a weapon.
It's the only thing that can kill the Antichrist.
It's called the Angel Dagger.
[Sighs.]
Castle, would you please just Beckett, I am serious.
I-I found references to it on the Internet, and it was here.
It's been in the safe the whole time.
I-It's a blade that was hidden in a [Electricity crackles.]
- Who's there? - Who's where? Hello? Castle [Door slams.]
[Whispering.]
He's here.
Who? Castle? Hello? I saw his eyes.
It was a demon.
Or someone with night-vision goggles.
Beckett, how much proof do you need before you finally accept the fact that your husband has been marked for death! Okay, if you were marked for death, then the demon would've killed you.
Instead, you were knocked out by a very human attacker who managed to run off with your w-whatever dagger.
- Angel Dagger! - Angel Angel Dagger.
Angel Dagger.
It's something only a demon would want.
Look, if that's true, then why did the demon ransack your safe? Hello? To look for other items with supernatural abilities.
Is it - What? - Hey, Castle.
How you doing, buddy? Well, boys, I looked into the eyes of the devil, so there's that.
Did they check him for a concussion? Uh, no.
He's fine.
He's just a little shaken.
You guys got anything on the canvass? Yeah, a bouncer who was working at a club across the alley from where Shaw's stabbing took place saw a gray Explorer tear ass out of there.
All right, did you get the plates? Nope, and we don't need them.
Turns out there's only one person in this case who has a gray Explorer.
Oh, yeah? Well, a lot of people have that kind of SUV.
Yes, but not a lot of people have the murder weapon in their garage.
See, we got a search warrant for your place, and, uh, we found your garden claw.
Oh.
So, that explains the claw-shaped wound on Shaw's body.
See, Castle? No demon.
Yeah, then, uh, why was there sulfur, i.
e.
brimstone, found in Shaw's body.
Our labs did an analysis of the murder weapon, and not only did they find traces of Shaw's blood on it, but they also found particles of sulfuric gardening fertilizer, which matches the sulfur we found in the wound.
Anything else? Sondra: I was just trying to talk some sense into him, but Shaw just started rambling about his mission to vanquish evil.
He was the true evil.
If all you wanted to do was talk, then why did you bring the murder weapon? I keep tools for my flower shop in my SUV.
And, I don't know, he just started going on and on, [voice breaking.]
and I grabbed the claw.
20 years ago, that man ruined my family, and I couldn't let him do it all over again to us.
[Crying.]
Mrs.
Kramer, why did you break into your husband's old office last night? [Crying.]
What are you talking about? There's no reason to lie now.
We know you took the Angel Dagger.
I was home all night with my son.
If she wasn't the one who attacked me, who the hell did? Yo, any evidence to help identify Castle's demonic assailant? No, but, Rick, whoever attacked you also took all of the files on the Crowne family.
That sneaky little devil.
It's Victor Crowne.
He did this.
How do you figure? Well, clearly he's trying to take possession of any weapon that could be used against him and erase any and all evidence of his true identity as the spawn of Satan.
We already looked into Victor Crowne.
He was out celebrating all night at a club for his 30th birthday.
Okay, who else is gonna go to such lengths? Well, we don't know, but they left a souvenir.
This was not in the original inventory of the safe's contents.
[Cellphone chimes.]
Yo, that's Oscar Von Eckland's bracelet.
Why would he want the Angel Dagger? Because he was in on it the whole time.
Do you remember the distorted image of Shaw's mystery visitor at the psychiatric facility? Well, Vikram was able to clean it up.
He said he didn't believe in all this religious stuff.
He lied, and you all know what that means.
That he's insane.
No, unlike Shaw, he has all his faculties, but Oscar, like his father before him, is a true believer.
He's gonna pick up where his old man left off - Complete the mission.
- Kill the Antichrist.
Oscar's gonna assassinate Victor Crowne.
Hey, Rollins, lock down the building - and secure Victor Crowne.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What's going on? - Your boss is in danger.
- Have you seen this man? That's the notary who just showed up with legal documents for Mr.
Crowne to sign.
Did you give him access to Mr.
Crowne? Yes, but not without an escort.
Varella, come in.
Varella, what's your 20? - Where did they go? - Basement.
We're about to start a major renovation.
Mr.
Crowne's down there alone walking the site.
All right, let's split up.
You two go that way, we'll go this way.
Got it.
- Somebody's down.
- Yeah.
He's still alive.
All right, Castle, drag him upstairs to safety, all right? - Yeah.
Wait me? - Yeah.
- By myself? - Yes! Okay.
[Grunts.]
[Rustling.]
Guys? [Click.]
Sorry.
[Yelling in distance.]
Te expello, daemon vilis, in abyssum profundissimum Tartari! Oscar! Oscar.
Castle! Do something.
Don't do it.
He is the beast.
The lawless one.
The son of perdition.
All bad things.
But thou shalt not kill, remember? He isn't human, so it's not murder.
Good luck selling that in a court of law.
Enough! I have to stop the end of days.
I promised my father.
No! Don't! No! What have you done?! If I have to kill you first, I will! Oscar, look out! - Esposito: Castle! - Ryan: Castle, where are you?! Over here! - You okay? - Yeah, you? - Yeah.
- Good.
- You okay? - Yeah, I'm still good.
You? Yeah, I'm okay.
Now that we know you're all okay, can someone untie me? Right.
Sorry.
We're lucky those pipes fell when they did, huh? Yeah.
Lucky.
Thank you for saving me.
Just to be clear, you really aren't the Antichrist, right? [Laughs.]
Ahh, I love your sense of humor.
You saved my life.
That means I owe you.
So, whatever you want, just ask.
It's yours.
Okay? Okay.
[Clicks tongue.]
Did I just literally make a deal with the Devil? So, Oscar's on his way to Peakmore for a full psych evaluation.
Okay, well, let's hope they can help him.
I wouldn't hold my breath.
They didn't do so great with Shaw.
Hey, boss.
What's your husband doing? [Shutter clicking.]
Castle, this is getting out of hand.
I'm still marked for death.
Oh, well, you'd think that saving the Antichrist would actually give you a pass.
You know, you mock, but you're gonna miss me when I'm gone.
You're not going anywhere.
How can you be so sure? Take off your jacket.
I really don't think this is the time Take off your jacket.
Okay, now take another selfie.
[Sighs.]
[Shutter clicks.]
How The zipper on your chest pocket.
It was catching the light, causing a flare.
I'm not marked for death.
You sound disappointed there.
Are you kidding? I'm thrilled.
Let's celebrate.
Naked Twister.
Actually, I had something else in mind.
We really could've done movie night at my place.
No, no.
We need to get rid of some of the bad vibes in here.
So, what are we watching Rom-com? Action-comedy? Horror! - You're kidding.
- No.
Oh, come on.
We just survived the ax man.
A little Freddy-Jason action will be cathartic.
All right, but if I can't sleep tonight, I'm kicking your ass in the morning.
In your dreams.
[Sighs.]
[Creaking.]
- Hayley? - Hmm? Run.
Yep.
That was genius.
Now can we play naked Twister?