1 00:00:01,067 --> 00:00:02,159 CASTLE: There are two kinds of folks 2 00:00:02,235 --> 00:00:03,896 who sit around thinking about how to kill people: 3 00:00:03,937 --> 00:00:05,768 Psychopaths and mystery writers. 4 00:00:05,872 --> 00:00:07,999 I'm the kind that pays better. Who am I? 5 00:00:08,074 --> 00:00:09,098 I'm Rick Castle. 6 00:00:09,142 --> 00:00:10,166 Castle. Castle. 7 00:00:10,210 --> 00:00:12,041 I really am ruggedly handsome, aren't I? 8 00:00:12,078 --> 00:00:14,137 Every writer needs inspiration and I found mine. 9 00:00:14,214 --> 00:00:15,977 I'm Detective Kate Beckett. Beckett. 10 00:00:16,016 --> 00:00:17,381 - (GROANS) - Beckett? 11 00:00:17,417 --> 00:00:19,408 Could you get some backup, please? 12 00:00:19,452 --> 00:00:20,942 And thanks to my friendship with the mayor, 13 00:00:20,987 --> 00:00:23,012 - I get to be on her case. - (GASPS) 14 00:00:23,089 --> 00:00:24,488 Do I look like a killer to you? 15 00:00:24,557 --> 00:00:25,683 Yes, you kill my patience. 16 00:00:25,759 --> 00:00:27,090 And together we catch killers. 17 00:00:27,894 --> 00:00:29,293 I hate this case. 18 00:00:29,329 --> 00:00:30,887 I know. Isn't it great? 19 00:01:10,970 --> 00:01:13,700 What about Ashley? I mean, shouldn't I tell him? 20 00:01:13,773 --> 00:01:16,970 Darling, in matters of the heart, it's best not to over think things. 21 00:01:17,610 --> 00:01:19,976 That's your advice, Mother? With your track record? 22 00:01:20,146 --> 00:01:24,310 What chasm of doom has she led you to by way of her tips on romance? 23 00:01:24,684 --> 00:01:28,984 As it happens, we were discussing secret admirer etiquette. 24 00:01:29,055 --> 00:01:30,386 You have a secret admirer? 25 00:01:30,523 --> 00:01:33,424 I always thought it was silly, but now I'm kind of intrigued. 26 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:36,529 And there is no need to tell Ashley. 27 00:01:36,663 --> 00:01:41,623 How exactly does a secret admirer express his admiration? 28 00:01:41,768 --> 00:01:43,463 He left a note in my locker. 29 00:01:43,870 --> 00:01:45,303 "As you walked down the hall, 30 00:01:45,438 --> 00:01:49,738 "a shard of sunlight glanced off your rope of flaxen hair and set it aglow. 31 00:01:49,943 --> 00:01:51,308 "And I was enchanted." 32 00:01:51,978 --> 00:01:53,570 Oh, that's so poetic. 33 00:01:53,947 --> 00:01:56,609 I figure the rope of flaxen hair is my French braid. 34 00:01:56,649 --> 00:01:58,082 Which I only wore after gym class. 35 00:01:58,151 --> 00:02:00,449 Which means he saw me in the hall on the first floor 36 00:02:00,487 --> 00:02:01,852 between fourth and fifth period. 37 00:02:01,888 --> 00:02:02,946 Wait a minute, what are you doing? 38 00:02:02,989 --> 00:02:05,014 - Narrowing down suspects. - You can't do that. 39 00:02:05,191 --> 00:02:07,250 No, that'll ruin the secret. 40 00:02:07,327 --> 00:02:08,555 No, it's like a mystery novel. 41 00:02:08,628 --> 00:02:10,926 You don't just go to the last page, do you? 42 00:02:11,131 --> 00:02:12,155 Yes. 43 00:02:12,198 --> 00:02:13,222 You do? 44 00:02:14,334 --> 00:02:16,325 Well, you shouldn't... That's not... You can't... 45 00:02:17,036 --> 00:02:21,097 The joy doesn't come in knowing who did it, 46 00:02:21,508 --> 00:02:23,601 the joy comes in the journey. 47 00:02:23,877 --> 00:02:25,936 In allowing the ending to blossom 48 00:02:26,079 --> 00:02:29,606 like some magnificent Himalayan blue poppy. It's... 49 00:02:29,716 --> 00:02:31,513 Okay, okay. 50 00:02:32,152 --> 00:02:33,676 I'll let him stay secret. 51 00:02:33,853 --> 00:02:35,946 Mark my words, you'll thank me. 52 00:02:35,989 --> 00:02:37,013 Mmm. 53 00:02:37,056 --> 00:02:38,614 (PHONE RINGING) 54 00:02:39,692 --> 00:02:40,784 Castle. 55 00:02:41,928 --> 00:02:43,793 BECKETT: So our victim is Linda Russo. 56 00:02:44,697 --> 00:02:47,257 She's a customer relations worker at a cable company. 57 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:49,730 Maybe someone was unsatisfied with their service. 58 00:02:49,869 --> 00:02:51,234 Yeah, that's what I was thinking. 59 00:02:51,504 --> 00:02:52,562 You were? 60 00:02:52,939 --> 00:02:54,338 Oh! 61 00:02:54,374 --> 00:02:57,070 Sanitation workers found her body under a couple of boxes. 62 00:02:57,110 --> 00:03:00,739 She lives two blocks away over at 24th and 10th. 63 00:03:00,847 --> 00:03:02,405 Looks like she was on her way home. 64 00:03:03,216 --> 00:03:05,241 - Hey, Lanie. - Hey. 65 00:03:08,588 --> 00:03:09,646 What? 66 00:03:10,323 --> 00:03:11,483 Uh... 67 00:03:11,758 --> 00:03:12,782 It's nothing. 68 00:03:12,859 --> 00:03:14,292 No, what? 69 00:03:15,228 --> 00:03:17,458 Well, she just looks so peaceful. 70 00:03:17,630 --> 00:03:19,825 There's nothing peaceful about what put her here. 71 00:03:19,899 --> 00:03:21,298 She was strangled. 72 00:03:21,534 --> 00:03:22,796 With rope? 73 00:03:22,936 --> 00:03:24,233 So it appears. 74 00:03:25,939 --> 00:03:28,669 Castle, do you have a theory that you would like to share with the class? 75 00:03:28,741 --> 00:03:29,935 It's just that... 76 00:03:30,076 --> 00:03:32,237 Pretty blonde girl, strangled, 77 00:03:32,412 --> 00:03:34,778 laid out like she was asleep. 78 00:03:36,583 --> 00:03:37,675 That was four years ago. 79 00:03:37,750 --> 00:03:39,479 Yes, but he was never caught. 80 00:03:39,552 --> 00:03:41,076 This is his MO 81 00:03:41,421 --> 00:03:42,911 and she is certainly his type. 82 00:03:43,056 --> 00:03:45,115 I researched him for When It Comes To Slaughter. 83 00:03:45,225 --> 00:03:47,420 Yeah, well, then you should know that he killed his victims 84 00:03:47,460 --> 00:03:50,088 inside their apartments, not in alleyways. 85 00:03:50,129 --> 00:03:52,120 And he posed them in a funereal pose, 86 00:03:52,165 --> 00:03:53,962 with their hands clasped in front of them. 87 00:03:54,601 --> 00:03:56,592 Maybe he's switching up his act. 88 00:03:56,903 --> 00:03:58,871 Or this just could be a crime of opportunity 89 00:03:58,938 --> 00:04:00,462 where a young woman was murdered. 90 00:04:04,143 --> 00:04:07,670 Mrs. Russo, did your daughter ever talk to you about being followed? 91 00:04:07,914 --> 00:04:09,814 No, nothing like that. 92 00:04:09,916 --> 00:04:11,781 Can you think of anyone that might have wanted to harm her? 93 00:04:11,818 --> 00:04:13,513 Any relationship problems? 94 00:04:13,653 --> 00:04:15,052 She wasn't even dating. 95 00:04:15,755 --> 00:04:17,552 Pretty much all she did was work. 96 00:04:17,757 --> 00:04:19,816 - At the cable company, right? - Mmm-hmm. 97 00:04:19,859 --> 00:04:21,326 Did she have any issues with anyone there? 98 00:04:22,962 --> 00:04:24,691 There was a man at her office. 99 00:04:24,764 --> 00:04:25,822 What was his name? 100 00:04:25,865 --> 00:04:26,991 She didn't say. 101 00:04:27,667 --> 00:04:30,465 But he stared at her a lot. Like some pervert. 102 00:04:30,503 --> 00:04:32,300 (CELL PHONE RINGING) 103 00:04:36,976 --> 00:04:39,103 - That was quick. - 9-1-1 has that effect on her. 104 00:04:39,145 --> 00:04:40,237 What did you find? 105 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:42,612 I pulled all the files on all his past murders, 106 00:04:42,649 --> 00:04:43,707 just like you asked. 107 00:04:43,783 --> 00:04:45,717 I believe that was my idea. 108 00:04:45,952 --> 00:04:48,147 Yeah, but I only listen when it comes from her. 109 00:04:48,288 --> 00:04:49,516 Anyway, you were saying? 110 00:04:49,555 --> 00:04:53,491 He choked them, using a 3-strand twisted quarter-inch rope. 111 00:04:53,660 --> 00:04:56,254 Based on the fibers found embedded in the skin, 112 00:04:56,329 --> 00:04:58,854 we know that the rope was green and white nylon. 113 00:05:00,166 --> 00:05:01,326 I don't remember that. 114 00:05:01,968 --> 00:05:04,903 Those details were never made public. Now check this out. 115 00:05:08,675 --> 00:05:10,233 The marks are identical. 116 00:05:10,510 --> 00:05:13,377 I found the exact same green and white fibers. 117 00:05:13,913 --> 00:05:15,005 It is him. 118 00:05:16,182 --> 00:05:17,740 The Triple Killer is back. 119 00:05:18,184 --> 00:05:20,744 For those of you living in a cave four years ago, 120 00:05:20,820 --> 00:05:22,617 the Triple Killer, or 3XK, 121 00:05:22,689 --> 00:05:25,089 got his nickname by strangling three women in a week, 122 00:05:25,224 --> 00:05:27,624 dropping out of sight for a month and then killing three more. 123 00:05:27,727 --> 00:05:29,058 Then he disappeared. 124 00:05:29,195 --> 00:05:32,358 I served on the task force that investigated those six murders. 125 00:05:32,765 --> 00:05:36,428 An FBI profile was as close as we came to ID'ing a suspect. 126 00:05:36,536 --> 00:05:39,437 The Feds say he's a white male, 25 to 45 years old... 127 00:05:39,472 --> 00:05:40,530 Could be me. 128 00:05:40,573 --> 00:05:42,040 ...with a dysfunctional relationship with his mother. 129 00:05:42,075 --> 00:05:43,099 Still me. 130 00:05:43,142 --> 00:05:44,871 He has a menial, unimportant job. 131 00:05:44,911 --> 00:05:46,208 Definitely you. 132 00:05:46,379 --> 00:05:48,370 Just for that I'll base my next book on Esposito. 133 00:05:48,481 --> 00:05:51,177 He'd learn their habits, and then gain access to their apartments 134 00:05:51,217 --> 00:05:54,846 by disguising himself as a security guard or a repairman. 135 00:05:54,887 --> 00:05:56,184 And then he strangled them 136 00:05:56,322 --> 00:05:59,018 and he posed their bodies as if they were lying in a coffin. 137 00:05:59,092 --> 00:06:01,026 What do you think that's all about? 138 00:06:01,260 --> 00:06:04,195 Probably re-enacting some terrible early trauma. 139 00:06:04,731 --> 00:06:05,789 Two final points, 140 00:06:06,366 --> 00:06:08,527 the Triple Killer seems to be back after four years, 141 00:06:08,568 --> 00:06:09,728 there must be a reason. 142 00:06:09,902 --> 00:06:11,733 Maybe he just got out of prison, or returned to town. 143 00:06:12,538 --> 00:06:13,766 He may have altered his MO. 144 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:16,304 But let's assume that he's working under the same clock. 145 00:06:16,376 --> 00:06:18,071 Three murders, one week. 146 00:06:19,245 --> 00:06:22,703 Based on Linda Russo's time of death, we're already into day three. 147 00:06:23,182 --> 00:06:25,480 Let's move on this, people. 148 00:06:27,420 --> 00:06:28,546 Hey. 149 00:06:28,588 --> 00:06:29,953 That perv the mom told us about? 150 00:06:30,223 --> 00:06:32,714 Linda's colleagues knew who he was right away. Paul McCardle. 151 00:06:32,759 --> 00:06:35,159 He works at her office as a horticultural technician. 152 00:06:35,528 --> 00:06:36,586 A what? 153 00:06:36,629 --> 00:06:39,393 You know, he's the guy who waters the plants, dusts the fake ficus. 154 00:06:39,432 --> 00:06:42,333 Or at least he was, until he quit yesterday. 155 00:06:42,468 --> 00:06:43,833 BECKETT: That's interesting timing. 156 00:06:43,936 --> 00:06:46,234 I see domestic complaints by the double digits. 157 00:06:46,272 --> 00:06:47,330 Filed by his wife. 158 00:06:47,407 --> 00:06:50,843 Ex-wife. They were divorced last month after being married for four years. 159 00:06:51,077 --> 00:06:52,977 So, in a way, he did just get out of prison. 160 00:06:53,079 --> 00:06:54,171 RYAN: Gets even better. 161 00:06:54,247 --> 00:06:56,340 Linda's neighbors said they remember seeing a red Sentra 162 00:06:56,416 --> 00:06:58,281 parked outside of her apartment a few days ago. 163 00:06:58,317 --> 00:06:59,784 Same vehicle McCardle has. 164 00:07:00,219 --> 00:07:02,187 Let's get him in here. 165 00:07:03,256 --> 00:07:04,348 So what's this about? 166 00:07:04,424 --> 00:07:07,587 Linda Russo. Where were you two nights ago between 6:00 and midnight? 167 00:07:07,827 --> 00:07:08,919 Oh. 168 00:07:09,495 --> 00:07:11,656 I was bowling with some buddies at Galaxy Lanes. 169 00:07:11,764 --> 00:07:14,631 So why did you decide to abandon your career as a horticultural technician? 170 00:07:15,001 --> 00:07:16,298 I just wanted to move on. 171 00:07:16,335 --> 00:07:19,304 Because you used that job to watch Linda, to stalk her, 172 00:07:19,338 --> 00:07:20,999 and once she was dead, why stick around? 173 00:07:21,140 --> 00:07:22,937 That is not true. I'm innocent, here. 174 00:07:22,975 --> 00:07:24,135 Well, you don't look innocent. 175 00:07:24,477 --> 00:07:25,944 As a matter of fact, 176 00:07:26,179 --> 00:07:28,613 you give new meaning to the phrase sweating a suspect. 177 00:07:28,648 --> 00:07:30,343 Okay, yeah, I perspire a lot, okay? 178 00:07:30,817 --> 00:07:32,842 I have a medical condition. 179 00:07:32,919 --> 00:07:35,387 Well, that's the least of your problems, Mr. McCardle. 180 00:07:35,488 --> 00:07:38,150 Your fixation with Linda Russo was well-known, 181 00:07:38,191 --> 00:07:40,216 as was your history of violence against women. 182 00:07:40,259 --> 00:07:42,227 Your car was seen outside of her apartment 183 00:07:42,361 --> 00:07:43,953 and now she's dead. 184 00:07:44,130 --> 00:07:45,995 I never touched her! 185 00:07:46,332 --> 00:07:47,856 I had a thing for Linda, okay? 186 00:07:48,034 --> 00:07:50,628 I had a thing for Linda and I parked out in front of her place, 187 00:07:50,803 --> 00:07:53,567 but I haven't been anywhere near there in three days, okay? 188 00:07:53,639 --> 00:07:55,300 Not since that guy threatened me. 189 00:07:55,374 --> 00:07:56,534 What guy? 190 00:07:56,609 --> 00:07:59,203 I got rousted by some security guy 191 00:07:59,278 --> 00:08:00,973 and he told me to move on. 192 00:08:01,447 --> 00:08:03,745 And it really freaked me out and I haven't been back there since. 193 00:08:03,850 --> 00:08:05,545 I swear that's the truth. 194 00:08:06,686 --> 00:08:09,917 So Sweaty-Von-Sweats-A-Lot, his alibi's holding. 195 00:08:10,056 --> 00:08:11,421 The manager at Galaxy Lanes 196 00:08:11,457 --> 00:08:13,425 has him throwing gutter balls from 5:00 until close. 197 00:08:13,493 --> 00:08:14,824 What about the security guard? 198 00:08:14,861 --> 00:08:16,089 Ryan checked into that. 199 00:08:16,195 --> 00:08:19,062 Turns out, that there's only one building on Linda's block that uses guards. 200 00:08:19,198 --> 00:08:22,167 According to the security company, no incident report was ever filed 201 00:08:22,201 --> 00:08:23,498 against McCardle or his vehicle. 202 00:08:23,569 --> 00:08:24,695 So McCardle was lying. 203 00:08:25,538 --> 00:08:26,596 Maybe not. 204 00:08:26,739 --> 00:08:29,867 You know, in the past, the Triple Killer posed as a security guard. 205 00:08:29,909 --> 00:08:32,207 Maybe our guard wasn't a guard after all. 206 00:08:32,378 --> 00:08:35,438 Maybe he was the Triple Killer, moving McCardle off of his turf. 207 00:08:35,515 --> 00:08:37,881 Well, whoever he is, he's sticking to his schedule. 208 00:08:38,918 --> 00:08:40,408 We have a second victim. 209 00:08:50,863 --> 00:08:54,196 LANIE: Her name's Kim Foster, 28, an interior designer. 210 00:08:54,534 --> 00:08:56,058 Same rope marks on her neck. 211 00:08:56,168 --> 00:08:57,465 Same everything. 212 00:08:57,537 --> 00:08:58,595 When did she die? 213 00:08:58,838 --> 00:09:01,602 LANIE: Based on liver temp, I'd say sometime last night. 214 00:09:01,674 --> 00:09:02,766 Probably early evening. 215 00:09:02,875 --> 00:09:05,139 A neighbor saw a gas repairman leave at 7:45. 216 00:09:05,511 --> 00:09:06,773 No doorman on the building, 217 00:09:06,846 --> 00:09:09,246 so the Triple Killer calls Kim Foster on the intercom, 218 00:09:09,382 --> 00:09:10,815 says he wants to check a gas leak. 219 00:09:11,384 --> 00:09:12,442 She buzzes him in. 220 00:09:12,618 --> 00:09:14,245 Let me check the incoming caller IDs. 221 00:09:14,453 --> 00:09:16,978 I don't get it. Why did he return to the old MO? 222 00:09:17,223 --> 00:09:18,281 Nostalgia. 223 00:09:18,391 --> 00:09:20,120 He killed Linda Russo in an alley. 224 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:21,720 She didn't have a doorman either, 225 00:09:21,761 --> 00:09:23,991 why didn't he just kill her in her apartment like all the others? 226 00:09:24,196 --> 00:09:26,562 Maybe she was special somehow. 227 00:09:27,199 --> 00:09:30,464 The vic's last incoming call was at 7:35 from the front door. 228 00:09:30,536 --> 00:09:32,766 She must have let him in and boom, he just overpowered her. 229 00:09:32,872 --> 00:09:35,568 Maybe it wasn't that easy, look at those throw pillows. 230 00:09:35,808 --> 00:09:36,934 ESPOSITO: What's wrong with them? 231 00:09:37,310 --> 00:09:38,743 Kim Foster's an interior designer. 232 00:09:38,778 --> 00:09:42,441 These pillows have been arranged with a barbarian-like gracelessness. 233 00:09:42,548 --> 00:09:44,880 Like a man would do it. So she put up a fight. 234 00:09:44,917 --> 00:09:46,077 They struggled right here on the couch. 235 00:09:46,185 --> 00:09:48,016 And then he reset the pillows to cover it up. 236 00:09:48,054 --> 00:09:49,749 He's out of practice, so he's not so neat. 237 00:09:52,325 --> 00:09:54,020 - (CASTLE EX CLAIMS) - What? 238 00:09:54,293 --> 00:09:55,385 I found a penny. 239 00:09:55,962 --> 00:09:57,623 Under the circumstances, is this still lucky? 240 00:09:58,130 --> 00:09:59,791 Wait, I think I found something, too. 241 00:10:03,102 --> 00:10:04,160 "Vince." 242 00:10:04,437 --> 00:10:05,563 Think it belonged to the killer? 243 00:10:05,605 --> 00:10:06,731 Maybe it's been here for weeks. 244 00:10:06,772 --> 00:10:09,639 I'm gonna have to get CSU to process this area. 245 00:10:12,411 --> 00:10:15,005 Sir, a Mr. Townsend wants a word. 246 00:10:16,949 --> 00:10:18,143 Bring him in. 247 00:10:19,819 --> 00:10:20,911 Cal! 248 00:10:21,287 --> 00:10:22,481 Good to see you. 249 00:10:24,423 --> 00:10:25,856 How's Marie? 250 00:10:27,259 --> 00:10:28,453 She's okay. 251 00:10:32,031 --> 00:10:33,362 We're split up now. 252 00:10:34,233 --> 00:10:35,598 I'm sorry to hear that. 253 00:10:39,138 --> 00:10:40,503 Reporters... 254 00:10:41,641 --> 00:10:46,169 They keep coming to my door and asking me how I feel about 255 00:10:46,445 --> 00:10:48,276 the man who killed my daughter 256 00:10:48,614 --> 00:10:52,050 and might be on the loose again and you know... 257 00:10:52,418 --> 00:10:54,352 After Sara died and all through the investigation, 258 00:10:54,420 --> 00:10:57,014 you were always straight with me and I just need to know, 259 00:10:57,156 --> 00:10:58,214 I mean, what they're saying... 260 00:11:00,192 --> 00:11:01,557 Is it true? I mean... 261 00:11:02,328 --> 00:11:03,556 Is he back? 262 00:11:04,096 --> 00:11:05,154 Yes. 263 00:11:06,032 --> 00:11:08,466 Cal, we got leads. We got good leads 264 00:11:08,501 --> 00:11:10,833 and we're doing all we can to chase them down. 265 00:11:11,270 --> 00:11:14,569 If we make an arrest, you'll be the first to know. 266 00:11:14,607 --> 00:11:15,972 I promise you. 267 00:11:22,281 --> 00:11:23,680 (CHUCKLES) 268 00:11:25,985 --> 00:11:28,146 Sara would've been 29 next week. 269 00:11:32,191 --> 00:11:34,523 Don't let him do this to another family. 270 00:11:54,313 --> 00:11:55,371 Hey! 271 00:11:55,481 --> 00:11:58,245 Hey, there's no news from CSU on the nametag, 272 00:11:58,651 --> 00:12:00,243 not that I was expecting any. 273 00:12:00,653 --> 00:12:02,018 Makes you wonder why he didn't pull 274 00:12:02,054 --> 00:12:04,045 that whole gas leak routine on Linda Russo. 275 00:12:04,390 --> 00:12:06,221 I know why. The answer's in here. 276 00:12:07,326 --> 00:12:08,384 A transcript? 277 00:12:08,527 --> 00:12:10,017 From four years ago. 278 00:12:10,062 --> 00:12:12,724 I took a look at calls made to the Triple Killer tip line 279 00:12:12,765 --> 00:12:13,891 and this one stood out for me. 280 00:12:13,999 --> 00:12:16,297 It's from May 21 st, 2006. 281 00:12:16,402 --> 00:12:18,529 Which was a week after the sixth murder. 282 00:12:18,571 --> 00:12:20,266 A woman called and left a message, 283 00:12:20,372 --> 00:12:21,896 but she was too afraid to leave her name. 284 00:12:21,941 --> 00:12:25,206 But she did mention that she lived at 24th and 10th. 285 00:12:25,878 --> 00:12:27,140 The same corner as Linda Russo. 286 00:12:27,213 --> 00:12:29,238 She was riding an elevator with a cable repairman, 287 00:12:29,281 --> 00:12:31,613 who so creeped her out that she got off a floor early 288 00:12:31,684 --> 00:12:32,742 just to get away from him. 289 00:12:32,785 --> 00:12:34,719 Yeah, but cable guy and creepy, that's a job requirement. 290 00:12:34,854 --> 00:12:36,913 Except he wasn't a cable guy. 291 00:12:37,223 --> 00:12:39,589 She said he wasn't carrying the right tools. 292 00:12:39,959 --> 00:12:42,621 And working for a cable company, Linda Russo would know that. 293 00:12:42,762 --> 00:12:45,595 Which is why I took a look at Linda Russo's phone records 294 00:12:45,631 --> 00:12:46,689 from four years ago. 295 00:12:46,732 --> 00:12:48,393 She's the one who made the call to that tip line. 296 00:12:48,768 --> 00:12:50,292 So Linda Russo was special. 297 00:12:50,402 --> 00:12:52,996 When she got off a floor early, he knew that she made him, 298 00:12:53,105 --> 00:12:54,436 so he dropped out of sight. 299 00:12:54,540 --> 00:12:57,566 Which also explains why he attacked her outside. 300 00:12:57,910 --> 00:13:00,538 He knew there was no way she'd let him into her apartment. 301 00:13:02,114 --> 00:13:06,141 Linda Russo saw his face and he came back four years later, 302 00:13:06,218 --> 00:13:08,618 that's a special kind of ruthlessness. 303 00:13:09,388 --> 00:13:11,253 CSU's got a partial on that nametag. 304 00:13:11,457 --> 00:13:12,856 We got a match. 305 00:13:15,060 --> 00:13:17,324 The man that we're looking for is Marcus Gates. 306 00:13:17,396 --> 00:13:21,093 Forty-two, six-foot-tall, 180 pounds, with light-brown hair. 307 00:13:21,167 --> 00:13:24,500 He also has a snake tattoo running down his left arm. 308 00:13:24,603 --> 00:13:27,697 A print match ties him to Kim Foster's murder. 309 00:13:27,807 --> 00:13:30,708 Our prison psych evaluation calls Gates a brutal, 310 00:13:30,943 --> 00:13:33,377 highly intelligent sociopath. 311 00:13:33,445 --> 00:13:36,107 He's done time for manslaughter and attempted murder. 312 00:13:36,282 --> 00:13:40,184 His last conviction was for breaking a bottle over a man's head in a bar 313 00:13:40,286 --> 00:13:41,344 almost killing him, 314 00:13:41,420 --> 00:13:45,481 for which Gates served four years in Sing Sing. 315 00:13:45,724 --> 00:13:47,692 He just got out last month. 316 00:13:47,993 --> 00:13:49,790 No known address, no family. 317 00:13:49,829 --> 00:13:52,161 His mother died when he was four years old 318 00:13:52,264 --> 00:13:54,494 and he was placed in a series of foster homes since then, 319 00:13:54,567 --> 00:13:56,535 so he will not be easy to find. 320 00:13:56,635 --> 00:14:00,093 Listen, four years ago, this guy took the lives of six women 321 00:14:00,272 --> 00:14:01,603 because we didn't stop him. 322 00:14:01,740 --> 00:14:03,799 We know who the Triple Killer is. 323 00:14:03,843 --> 00:14:06,937 We know he's out there targeting his third victim. 324 00:14:07,947 --> 00:14:11,110 Let's get him before he gets her. 325 00:14:16,822 --> 00:14:17,846 (DOOR OPENING) 326 00:14:18,090 --> 00:14:19,421 - Hi, Dad. - Hey. 327 00:14:20,192 --> 00:14:22,558 Must be quite a case if it's keeping you out this late. 328 00:14:22,695 --> 00:14:24,663 You know, someone died, someone else did it. 329 00:14:25,631 --> 00:14:26,825 Secret admirer? 330 00:14:27,666 --> 00:14:28,792 As a matter of fact, it is. 331 00:14:28,834 --> 00:14:30,267 Figure out who it was, yet? 332 00:14:30,302 --> 00:14:32,327 I took your advice and decided it's better not knowing. 333 00:14:32,371 --> 00:14:34,134 And he left another note in my locker. 334 00:14:34,206 --> 00:14:35,298 He said if I like the rose, 335 00:14:35,341 --> 00:14:37,468 I should show him by wearing it at school tomorrow. 336 00:14:37,509 --> 00:14:38,840 Isn't that sweet? 337 00:14:39,511 --> 00:14:40,569 Well... 338 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:41,972 Is that a good idea? 339 00:14:43,649 --> 00:14:45,207 What would your boyfriend Ashley think? 340 00:14:45,484 --> 00:14:48,317 I get a feeling it's not Ashley who has the problem. 341 00:14:48,354 --> 00:14:51,812 I'm just not sure it's smart to go wearing some flower 342 00:14:51,857 --> 00:14:53,586 when you don't know who it's from. 343 00:14:53,826 --> 00:14:56,727 Your school is not exactly Fort Knox, all right? 344 00:14:56,795 --> 00:14:58,592 Anyone could have put that note in your locker. 345 00:14:58,664 --> 00:15:01,064 Your secret admirer could be some 346 00:15:02,301 --> 00:15:04,861 pervert watching you from afar with high-powered binoculars. 347 00:15:05,504 --> 00:15:06,835 I'm going to bed now. 348 00:15:07,139 --> 00:15:08,333 Good night. 349 00:15:09,575 --> 00:15:10,769 Good night. 350 00:15:10,843 --> 00:15:12,504 Could you lock your windows for me, please? 351 00:15:12,578 --> 00:15:13,670 Yes. 352 00:15:13,812 --> 00:15:14,870 Please? 353 00:15:15,147 --> 00:15:16,580 I'm gonna check, make sure they're locked. 354 00:15:18,918 --> 00:15:20,749 No. I had it all set up. It was in this pile. 355 00:15:20,819 --> 00:15:21,911 I don't understand your system. 356 00:15:21,987 --> 00:15:23,386 - You're messing up my system. - Hey, guys. 357 00:15:23,589 --> 00:15:24,715 Any news on Gates? 358 00:15:26,325 --> 00:15:28,452 - My system is efficient. - And dumb. 359 00:15:28,494 --> 00:15:30,189 - I already went through this one. - It's on your stack. 360 00:15:30,229 --> 00:15:32,163 - It's part of my system. - Your system is dumb. 361 00:15:32,197 --> 00:15:34,028 So nothing? 362 00:15:34,066 --> 00:15:36,296 No, we tracked down an uncle in Jersey, 363 00:15:36,368 --> 00:15:38,632 but he hasn't seen Gates in 20 years. 364 00:15:38,704 --> 00:15:42,196 So I'm on the phone with Sing Sing to chase down prison associates. 365 00:15:42,374 --> 00:15:44,968 MAN ON PHONE: Detective Beckett, are you still there? 366 00:15:45,144 --> 00:15:46,668 Yes, I'm still here. 367 00:15:48,013 --> 00:15:50,038 Okay, and is he still doing time? 368 00:15:51,083 --> 00:15:53,415 First time drug offender. Got it. Thanks. 369 00:15:53,552 --> 00:15:54,712 "Jelly Tyson"? 370 00:15:55,888 --> 00:15:57,150 It's "Jerry," Castle. 371 00:15:57,890 --> 00:16:01,758 When Gates got released, he gave all his stuff to Jerry Tyson, a fellow inmate. 372 00:16:01,794 --> 00:16:03,091 So if the two of them were friends, 373 00:16:03,128 --> 00:16:05,426 Jerry might be able to tell us where we can find Gates. 374 00:16:09,401 --> 00:16:10,493 Now, it's Jerry. 375 00:16:10,736 --> 00:16:11,794 (DOOR UNLOCKING) 376 00:16:12,071 --> 00:16:15,006 I got three months left in this hell-hole. 377 00:16:15,207 --> 00:16:18,176 All I wanna do is do my time, get out and go see my girl 378 00:16:18,243 --> 00:16:22,407 and it's never gonna happen if Gates gets wind that I talked to cops. 379 00:16:22,881 --> 00:16:23,939 He won't. 380 00:16:23,983 --> 00:16:25,746 You don't know that. 381 00:16:26,251 --> 00:16:28,310 He's got reach in here. 382 00:16:29,154 --> 00:16:30,280 He'll have me taken out. 383 00:16:30,322 --> 00:16:32,620 Here's the deal, Jerry. Whether you talk to us or not, 384 00:16:32,725 --> 00:16:35,250 I'm willing to sit here all day. 385 00:16:35,928 --> 00:16:38,829 So, it's gonna look like you were spilling your guts to us. 386 00:16:40,966 --> 00:16:42,866 All right, but I want to be back in my cell in two minutes. 387 00:16:43,002 --> 00:16:44,299 Fair enough. Were the two of you friends? 388 00:16:44,403 --> 00:16:46,963 I guess. Whatever that means in here. 389 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:50,972 I work in the kitchen. I snuck him fruit so he could make pruno. 390 00:16:51,010 --> 00:16:52,637 And in return he agreed to protect you? 391 00:16:53,078 --> 00:16:55,103 Yeah. Now he's gone and I'm in here, going it alone. 392 00:16:55,180 --> 00:16:56,977 Every con I've ever known dreams of what he'll do 393 00:16:57,016 --> 00:16:58,643 and where he'll go once he gets out. 394 00:16:58,751 --> 00:17:00,651 Gates ever talk to you about that? 395 00:17:02,154 --> 00:17:04,452 I remember him talking about some strip clubs 396 00:17:04,690 --> 00:17:07,921 and there's a place he liked to go drinking. 397 00:17:08,594 --> 00:17:09,652 In the Meatpacking District. 398 00:17:09,695 --> 00:17:10,753 What was it called? 399 00:17:12,297 --> 00:17:13,491 Hog something. 400 00:17:14,099 --> 00:17:15,157 Something about hog. 401 00:17:30,382 --> 00:17:32,714 I just did some recon. He's at the bar, nursing a beer. 402 00:17:32,751 --> 00:17:33,809 MONTGOMERY: How many in there? 403 00:17:33,852 --> 00:17:37,379 Five total. Gates, the bartender, a waitress and two drunks. 404 00:17:37,489 --> 00:17:38,547 MONTGOMERY: He may be armed. 405 00:17:38,690 --> 00:17:41,750 We take him quick, don't give him a chance to get any hostages. 406 00:17:41,860 --> 00:17:42,884 ESPOSITO: It's him! 407 00:17:43,028 --> 00:17:44,086 Let me see your hands! 408 00:17:44,163 --> 00:17:46,927 Let me see your hands, right now! Let's see your hands, right now! 409 00:17:46,999 --> 00:17:48,796 Put your hands up! NYPD! 410 00:17:48,834 --> 00:17:50,358 - Put your hands up! - Hands in the air right now! 411 00:17:50,436 --> 00:17:51,869 You heard the man, put your hands in the air 412 00:17:51,937 --> 00:17:53,837 and get on your knees while you're at it! 413 00:17:56,108 --> 00:17:59,305 Wow! Brought out the old guy, huh? Can only mean one thing. 414 00:17:59,344 --> 00:18:01,209 You want me in a bad way, right? 415 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:02,338 MONTGOMERY: Shut up. 416 00:18:02,681 --> 00:18:04,308 Don't forget to read me my rights. 417 00:18:04,349 --> 00:18:06,340 It'd be a shame to get turned loose on a technicality. 418 00:18:06,785 --> 00:18:08,013 ESPOSITO: Let's go. 419 00:18:15,294 --> 00:18:17,319 CASTLE: Cold, implacable. 420 00:18:17,796 --> 00:18:20,060 The Triple Killer remains at ease. 421 00:18:20,699 --> 00:18:24,601 Calm in the lair of his enemy, with a resting heart rate of 50. 422 00:18:24,636 --> 00:18:27,605 Set to match wits with his interrogators. 423 00:18:28,707 --> 00:18:32,939 I just wanted to bring in literary flair to the moment, you know? 424 00:18:34,379 --> 00:18:36,347 The bartender told us where Gates lives. 425 00:18:36,381 --> 00:18:38,576 He's had to put him in a cab on more than one occasion. 426 00:18:38,650 --> 00:18:40,777 Ryan's got a warrant and he's searching his place right now. 427 00:18:40,853 --> 00:18:43,287 We can't count on circumstantial evidence to carry this case. 428 00:18:43,355 --> 00:18:45,016 We need to get this guy to run his mouth. 429 00:18:45,691 --> 00:18:48,421 The only hard evidence we have on him is Kim Foster's murder. 430 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:50,084 Pin him down on where he was when she died. 431 00:18:52,764 --> 00:18:53,958 Castle. 432 00:18:55,868 --> 00:18:57,130 Not this time. 433 00:19:01,206 --> 00:19:03,140 Mr. Gates, I'm Detective Beckett. 434 00:19:05,377 --> 00:19:06,537 Not my type, 435 00:19:07,546 --> 00:19:10,208 but I would make an exception. 436 00:19:12,518 --> 00:19:13,951 Do you know a Kim Foster? 437 00:19:18,290 --> 00:19:19,382 Doesn't ring a bell. 438 00:19:21,059 --> 00:19:23,152 BECKETT: Have you ever seen this woman before? 439 00:19:24,897 --> 00:19:27,092 Mmm. She has nice hair. 440 00:19:27,132 --> 00:19:29,293 Have you, or haven't you see her? 441 00:19:32,237 --> 00:19:34,501 New York City is a big place. 442 00:19:34,573 --> 00:19:36,063 I mean, I could've passed her on the street, I guess. 443 00:19:36,108 --> 00:19:38,474 BECKETT: I'm actually talking about a more intimate interaction. 444 00:19:38,544 --> 00:19:40,444 Have you ever been in her apartment? 445 00:19:40,612 --> 00:19:42,876 I've been to a lot of apartments. 446 00:19:44,383 --> 00:19:47,250 This building is at 35th and 8th. 447 00:19:48,053 --> 00:19:49,918 She lived in 301. 448 00:19:50,122 --> 00:19:52,147 Were you ever in that particular unit? 449 00:19:52,224 --> 00:19:53,248 No. 450 00:19:53,292 --> 00:19:56,659 Well, then perhaps you can explain to me how we found this nametag 451 00:19:56,728 --> 00:19:59,288 with your fingerprint on it lying next to her body. 452 00:20:01,833 --> 00:20:03,494 As a matter of fact, I can. 453 00:20:03,635 --> 00:20:05,000 Can't wait to hear this. 454 00:20:05,070 --> 00:20:07,595 I work at The Empire Prop House. 455 00:20:07,639 --> 00:20:08,765 And? 456 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:12,003 And they rent props for movies and TV shows. 457 00:20:12,077 --> 00:20:13,806 I know what a prop house is. 458 00:20:13,912 --> 00:20:17,211 So that's my job, I stock props. 459 00:20:17,583 --> 00:20:19,847 Tons of nametags just like this one, 460 00:20:20,018 --> 00:20:21,542 I bet I've touched a hundred of them. 461 00:20:21,653 --> 00:20:23,018 Run that down, see if he's for real. 462 00:20:23,088 --> 00:20:24,112 On it. 463 00:20:24,156 --> 00:20:26,522 There's no record of you having this job. 464 00:20:28,527 --> 00:20:29,824 They pay me under the table. 465 00:20:29,962 --> 00:20:31,054 Oh! 466 00:20:31,430 --> 00:20:33,625 Maybe you can get me for tax evasion. 467 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:36,529 This prop house where you say you work, 468 00:20:36,602 --> 00:20:38,001 do they have uniforms there? 469 00:20:38,604 --> 00:20:39,628 (SIGHS) Sure. 470 00:20:39,671 --> 00:20:41,161 Like gas company uniforms? 471 00:20:41,273 --> 00:20:44,868 Any kind of uniform you can think of, they got it. 472 00:20:44,943 --> 00:20:47,468 And have you ever taken any of these uniforms home? 473 00:20:47,546 --> 00:20:49,309 Do you have any in your possession? 474 00:20:51,650 --> 00:20:52,878 Are you guys searching my place? 475 00:20:52,951 --> 00:20:54,009 Yes. 476 00:20:54,286 --> 00:20:57,016 So if there are any uniforms there, you may as well tell me. 477 00:20:57,155 --> 00:21:00,647 Wow. I'm gonna want to see the search warrant. 478 00:21:02,060 --> 00:21:03,118 What for? 479 00:21:03,161 --> 00:21:04,924 It's my legal right. 480 00:21:05,130 --> 00:21:07,997 And I'm done talking till you show it to me. 481 00:21:08,033 --> 00:21:10,092 So, you better get with Affirmative Action back there 482 00:21:10,168 --> 00:21:12,762 and come up with a new game plan. 483 00:21:14,006 --> 00:21:16,907 BECKETT: He wants the search warrant to get a peek at our cards. 484 00:21:16,975 --> 00:21:18,340 How is that giving him a peek? 485 00:21:18,377 --> 00:21:21,210 The warrant lists ropes, uniforms, and other personal effects 486 00:21:21,246 --> 00:21:22,770 belonging to Kim Foster, Linda Russo 487 00:21:22,848 --> 00:21:24,611 and the other six Triple Killer victims. 488 00:21:24,650 --> 00:21:25,708 By looking at the warrant, 489 00:21:25,751 --> 00:21:27,343 he can gauge where we are in our investigation. 490 00:21:27,386 --> 00:21:30,082 That's not giving him a peek, that's showing him our whole hand! 491 00:21:30,155 --> 00:21:31,679 He'll know we think he's the Triple Killer. 492 00:21:31,757 --> 00:21:33,019 He already knows. 493 00:21:33,058 --> 00:21:34,116 (DOOR OPENING) 494 00:21:34,159 --> 00:21:37,856 Yo! Empire Prop confirmed that Gates works in their warehouse 495 00:21:37,896 --> 00:21:39,386 and had access to those tags. 496 00:21:39,498 --> 00:21:42,228 He clocked out at 7:02 the night of Kim Foster's murder. 497 00:21:42,334 --> 00:21:44,359 Now, Empire is in Lincoln Square. 498 00:21:44,403 --> 00:21:46,530 Which means he had enough of time to get to her apartment 499 00:21:46,571 --> 00:21:48,801 and push the intercom button by 7:35. 500 00:21:51,209 --> 00:21:52,267 Show him the warrant. 501 00:21:52,744 --> 00:21:55,144 Odds are, he will lawyer up. But try to stop him. 502 00:22:00,752 --> 00:22:02,049 How is she supposed to do that? 503 00:22:02,287 --> 00:22:03,345 (DOOR CLOSES) 504 00:22:03,388 --> 00:22:05,151 I don't think she can. 505 00:22:18,203 --> 00:22:21,400 Turns out, you've got a lot more on your mind than just Kim Foster. 506 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:25,103 I see the names of seven other women here. 507 00:22:26,144 --> 00:22:27,736 (CELL PHONE RINGING) 508 00:22:27,779 --> 00:22:28,905 Ryan. 509 00:22:28,947 --> 00:22:30,005 Tell me you got something. 510 00:22:30,082 --> 00:22:31,140 Not so far. 511 00:22:31,383 --> 00:22:32,680 No rope, no uniform. 512 00:22:32,751 --> 00:22:34,241 Nothing that ties him to any of the victims. 513 00:22:34,286 --> 00:22:35,344 Keep looking. 514 00:22:36,588 --> 00:22:40,922 The thing is, this nametag is the probable cause for bringing me in. 515 00:22:40,992 --> 00:22:42,584 But I've explained the fingerprint. 516 00:22:42,627 --> 00:22:45,152 And by now, I'm sure you've checked out my story. 517 00:22:45,230 --> 00:22:47,164 Actually, we're still verifying that. 518 00:22:48,133 --> 00:22:49,327 I know how this works. 519 00:22:49,368 --> 00:22:51,928 You do not have probable cause to hold me. 520 00:22:52,437 --> 00:22:53,699 Is that right? Can't we hold him? 521 00:22:53,772 --> 00:22:54,864 Only in the movies. 522 00:22:54,940 --> 00:22:56,168 So he can just walk out of here? 523 00:22:56,241 --> 00:22:58,869 Unless she can catches him in a lie, that gives her cause to keep him. 524 00:23:01,413 --> 00:23:03,108 I want to leave now. 525 00:23:04,249 --> 00:23:06,376 Okay, fine. You can do that. 526 00:23:07,419 --> 00:23:09,148 But the second that you lawyer up and leave 527 00:23:09,187 --> 00:23:11,655 you become the focus of a major investigation. 528 00:23:11,690 --> 00:23:13,954 It will disrupt your life in ways you can't even imagine. 529 00:23:13,992 --> 00:23:15,152 I'm already the focus. 530 00:23:15,260 --> 00:23:16,852 Yeah, well, you don't have to be. 531 00:23:19,331 --> 00:23:20,491 Look, the truth is, 532 00:23:20,599 --> 00:23:23,193 we don't have any evidence that connects you to those murders. 533 00:23:23,268 --> 00:23:25,498 It all boils down to Kim Foster. 534 00:23:26,438 --> 00:23:29,236 Even if your fingerprints got on this nametag by accident, 535 00:23:29,307 --> 00:23:31,537 with your record, you still look like a suspect to us. 536 00:23:31,610 --> 00:23:33,703 So Kim Foster's a problem for you. 537 00:23:33,779 --> 00:23:35,804 But you can get that problem out of your way. 538 00:23:36,148 --> 00:23:38,378 You said you've never been to her apartment. 539 00:23:38,784 --> 00:23:42,117 Where you were at 7:35 last night? 540 00:23:44,289 --> 00:23:45,517 What's in that for me? 541 00:23:45,791 --> 00:23:49,488 If your alibi checks out, then we move on. 542 00:23:49,528 --> 00:23:51,257 We go after the real killer. 543 00:23:53,298 --> 00:23:55,823 I left work at 7:00. I walked home like I always do. 544 00:23:55,867 --> 00:23:59,166 I got home maybe 7:30, and I stayed in all night. 545 00:23:59,571 --> 00:24:01,471 BECKETT: And you're sure about that? 546 00:24:01,873 --> 00:24:03,397 Absolutely. 547 00:24:05,177 --> 00:24:07,771 This is off of a traffic cam across from Gates' apartment. 548 00:24:07,846 --> 00:24:09,541 This is it. This'll prove that he was lying. 549 00:24:09,581 --> 00:24:12,379 At 7:35, he was on his way to Kim Foster's apartment. 550 00:24:13,585 --> 00:24:15,576 Wait. Whoa, whoa. Stop... Stop there. 551 00:24:17,989 --> 00:24:19,923 That's him. 7:31. 552 00:24:19,991 --> 00:24:21,185 No, that can't be. 553 00:24:21,226 --> 00:24:22,750 It is. Look. 554 00:24:22,894 --> 00:24:24,589 Same sideburns. 555 00:24:25,664 --> 00:24:27,097 And there's the snake tattoo. 556 00:24:27,165 --> 00:24:29,429 Well then, he slipped out the back and went to Kim's. 557 00:24:29,501 --> 00:24:32,470 How would he get from 101 st to Midtown, 558 00:24:32,537 --> 00:24:35,472 and change clothes in four minutes? 559 00:24:35,774 --> 00:24:37,139 I don't know. But he did it. 560 00:24:37,209 --> 00:24:38,267 Can we enhance this video? 561 00:24:38,343 --> 00:24:39,537 You can enhance it all you want. 562 00:24:39,578 --> 00:24:41,205 It doesn't change the facts. We gotta cut him loose. 563 00:24:41,246 --> 00:24:42,270 Sir, I just... 564 00:24:42,314 --> 00:24:44,248 MONTGOMERY: I don't like this any more than you, Detective. 565 00:24:44,516 --> 00:24:46,211 But he alibis out. 566 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,280 Looks like we got it all wrong. You're free to go. 567 00:24:51,857 --> 00:24:53,825 With this Triple Killer fella running around, 568 00:24:53,892 --> 00:24:57,123 you all better keep your loved ones close. 569 00:25:00,031 --> 00:25:01,931 I sure hope you catch him. 570 00:25:01,967 --> 00:25:03,332 (CHUCKLES) 571 00:25:04,069 --> 00:25:06,003 Put a surveillance detail on him. 572 00:25:06,638 --> 00:25:09,072 I don't want that son of a bitch out of our sight. 573 00:25:18,049 --> 00:25:20,244 Oh, don't you look adorable this morning. 574 00:25:20,285 --> 00:25:22,583 I meet my secret admirer today. 575 00:25:22,621 --> 00:25:24,953 I can just picture the scene. 576 00:25:25,223 --> 00:25:28,454 You and your secret admirer agree to meet in the cafeteria. 577 00:25:28,493 --> 00:25:31,621 You scan the array of pimply faces. Which one is his? 578 00:25:31,663 --> 00:25:33,961 Your secret admirer uses the prearranged signal 579 00:25:33,999 --> 00:25:36,297 of a double-helping of mashed potatoes on his plate. 580 00:25:36,668 --> 00:25:39,136 He's handsome, charming. 581 00:25:39,170 --> 00:25:41,161 In an asexual, non-threatening kind of way. 582 00:25:41,506 --> 00:25:44,771 Nice try, but it'll be so much more mysterious. 583 00:25:45,477 --> 00:25:46,603 Listen to this. 584 00:25:49,948 --> 00:25:53,042 "If you want to meet, I'll be at Strawberry Fields at 5:00. 585 00:25:53,318 --> 00:25:54,512 "I hope you'll be there, too." 586 00:25:54,586 --> 00:25:55,712 No. No, no, no. 587 00:25:55,921 --> 00:25:57,047 No, you're not going. 588 00:25:57,622 --> 00:26:00,318 Before, you were practically forcing me to find out who he is. 589 00:26:00,358 --> 00:26:02,189 CASTLE: Not in the park, not by yourself. 590 00:26:02,227 --> 00:26:03,285 But I've been there a million times. 591 00:26:03,328 --> 00:26:05,319 Whoa. Wait, wait, wait. 592 00:26:05,363 --> 00:26:07,228 The first note you got, 593 00:26:07,799 --> 00:26:11,701 "Rope of flaxen hair." Rope! Flaxen! Flaxen is blonde! 594 00:26:11,770 --> 00:26:13,704 Dad, I'm a redhead. You are totally overreacting. 595 00:26:13,772 --> 00:26:16,741 I'm meeting my secret admirer and that's all there is to it. 596 00:26:20,145 --> 00:26:22,579 Richard, darling, she's right. You are being utterly irrational. 597 00:26:22,614 --> 00:26:23,638 (SIGHS) 598 00:26:23,682 --> 00:26:26,344 It's like when I was doing Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 599 00:26:26,384 --> 00:26:28,511 And I thought my understudy was trying to poison me. 600 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:31,086 Oh, yeah. The daily blood tests I paid for. 601 00:26:31,356 --> 00:26:32,880 Wait, she did poison you! 602 00:26:33,024 --> 00:26:35,584 The Swiss chocolate she gave you was a laxative. 603 00:26:35,794 --> 00:26:37,921 It added a certain urgency to my performance. 604 00:26:37,963 --> 00:26:40,761 But, the point is, you indulged my paranoia. 605 00:26:41,032 --> 00:26:43,227 So therefore, I am going to be in the park, 5:00, 606 00:26:43,301 --> 00:26:44,825 at a discreet distance to make sure 607 00:26:44,869 --> 00:26:48,202 that Alexis's secret admirer is not an ax murderer. 608 00:26:48,473 --> 00:26:49,531 Thank you. 609 00:26:49,574 --> 00:26:50,802 You're welcome. 610 00:26:50,842 --> 00:26:52,639 (CELL PHONE RINGING) 611 00:26:54,045 --> 00:26:55,171 Tell me you've arrested Gates. 612 00:26:55,213 --> 00:26:56,407 BECKETT: Not even close. 613 00:26:56,514 --> 00:26:59,108 I mean, I don't know how, Castle, but he killed Kim Foster. 614 00:26:59,184 --> 00:27:00,617 And he's going to do it again. 615 00:27:00,819 --> 00:27:03,754 There's been no developments? Usually, you call me with news. 616 00:27:07,158 --> 00:27:09,126 You called to seek my counsel. 617 00:27:09,194 --> 00:27:11,685 I wouldn't say it exactly like that... 618 00:27:11,730 --> 00:27:13,027 No, no, no. 619 00:27:13,064 --> 00:27:16,056 You were hoping I had some wild theory, 620 00:27:16,101 --> 00:27:19,798 some sort of penetrating insight that would lead us to a breakthrough. 621 00:27:20,372 --> 00:27:22,932 Well, do you? 622 00:27:24,943 --> 00:27:26,433 I got nothing. 623 00:27:26,745 --> 00:27:28,007 I just need some piece of evidence. 624 00:27:28,046 --> 00:27:30,276 I mean, someone that he talked to. Anything. 625 00:27:31,950 --> 00:27:34,714 What if Gates confided in Jerry about the previous murders? 626 00:27:34,753 --> 00:27:36,084 Yeah, well, Jerry's not gonna talk to us. 627 00:27:36,121 --> 00:27:38,055 He got beaten up in the prison yard this morning. 628 00:27:38,089 --> 00:27:40,057 And he thinks that Gates had something to do with it. 629 00:27:40,425 --> 00:27:44,088 Sounds like Gates is afraid of what Jerry Tyson knows. 630 00:27:44,362 --> 00:27:46,762 Get the hell away from me. 631 00:27:46,798 --> 00:27:49,926 Listen, Jerry. We just need a little more information on Marcus Gates. 632 00:27:50,035 --> 00:27:51,434 Don't you guys get it? 633 00:27:51,603 --> 00:27:53,468 I'm a dead man, thanks to you! 634 00:27:53,538 --> 00:27:54,596 Not if we get you out. 635 00:27:54,773 --> 00:27:58,573 The DA has agreed to get you an early release and police protection. 636 00:27:58,610 --> 00:28:00,134 Gates knows about my girlfriend. 637 00:28:00,245 --> 00:28:01,678 Donna Gallagher. He could get to her, too. 638 00:28:01,746 --> 00:28:03,611 Well, then, we'll make sure he doesn't. 639 00:28:04,883 --> 00:28:06,316 We got to move on this, Jerry. 640 00:28:07,452 --> 00:28:08,510 Last chance. 641 00:28:11,790 --> 00:28:14,987 Okay. I'll do it. I'll take the deal. 642 00:28:15,493 --> 00:28:17,256 We need to know. 643 00:28:17,295 --> 00:28:19,661 Did Gates ever talk to you about attacking women? 644 00:28:20,598 --> 00:28:23,795 There was this one time he told me about this chick, Sara, 645 00:28:23,902 --> 00:28:25,335 down in SoHo. 646 00:28:25,570 --> 00:28:27,162 CASTLE: That could be Sara Townsend. 647 00:28:27,238 --> 00:28:28,762 He told me about how he busted into her place 648 00:28:28,807 --> 00:28:29,933 and things got out of control. 649 00:28:29,974 --> 00:28:31,464 But it must've been pretty bad 650 00:28:31,509 --> 00:28:33,602 because Gates said he was worried that the cops were after him. 651 00:28:33,745 --> 00:28:37,772 So he busted a bottle over this guy's head to get himself locked up. 652 00:28:37,816 --> 00:28:39,044 That way he'd be under the radar for a while. 653 00:28:40,118 --> 00:28:41,551 That's a good start. 654 00:28:42,554 --> 00:28:45,216 My name is Detective Ryan, I'm your new best friend. 655 00:28:47,192 --> 00:28:48,659 The hotel's under surveillance. 656 00:28:48,693 --> 00:28:51,423 For your own safety, you cannot leave or use the phone. 657 00:28:51,496 --> 00:28:55,364 Right now, you and I need to go over everything Gates ever said to you, 658 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:57,732 even if it seems stupid or unimportant. 659 00:28:57,836 --> 00:28:59,269 Jerry's story squares with the facts. 660 00:28:59,337 --> 00:29:01,931 Sara Townsend was Gates' sixth victim and she lives in SoHo. 661 00:29:02,006 --> 00:29:03,530 What about assault-with-a-deadly-bottle? 662 00:29:03,575 --> 00:29:05,509 It fits, too. It came a week after Sara's death. 663 00:29:05,543 --> 00:29:07,568 Looks like Gates sent himself up the river on purpose. 664 00:29:07,645 --> 00:29:09,340 That's still not enough to arrest him, is it? 665 00:29:09,380 --> 00:29:12,611 No, but if Jerry has more tidbits like that, it may help us get there. 666 00:29:12,984 --> 00:29:15,384 We can't locate Donna Gallagher, and she's not picking up her cell. 667 00:29:15,653 --> 00:29:16,779 Sir, where is Gates now? 668 00:29:16,821 --> 00:29:18,846 At his apartment. Surveillance says he hasn't left the building. 669 00:29:18,890 --> 00:29:21,051 Contact Donna's friends and family, find out where she is. 670 00:29:21,092 --> 00:29:22,457 I told Jerry we'd keep her safe. 671 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:23,686 Right. 672 00:29:25,497 --> 00:29:28,796 Can't you just arrest this guy? I mean, you know he did these things. 673 00:29:29,067 --> 00:29:31,695 He has an alibi. We can't put him at the murder scene. 674 00:29:33,505 --> 00:29:36,372 He used partners sometimes. You know that, right? 675 00:29:36,574 --> 00:29:37,598 Partner? 676 00:29:38,910 --> 00:29:40,639 We never ran across anything about a partner. 677 00:29:40,712 --> 00:29:44,079 Oh, yeah. He said a partner helps him get away with things. 678 00:29:44,449 --> 00:29:47,441 Though I get the idea he never uses the same partner twice. 679 00:29:48,286 --> 00:29:50,413 Jerry said that Gates used a partner. 680 00:29:51,956 --> 00:29:54,720 A partner? That's why he has an alibi. 681 00:29:54,759 --> 00:29:57,489 Tell your guys to arrest Gates. I know how he killed Kim Foster. 682 00:30:00,398 --> 00:30:04,232 Gates said he walks home every night at the same time, right? 683 00:30:04,435 --> 00:30:06,460 So this traffic cam footage from the day before... 684 00:30:06,538 --> 00:30:07,800 Wait, there he is. There he is. 685 00:30:07,872 --> 00:30:09,897 Okay. That's Gates on the right, 686 00:30:09,941 --> 00:30:11,067 the night of Kim Foster's murder. 687 00:30:11,109 --> 00:30:13,475 On the left, Gates from a night earlier. 688 00:30:14,045 --> 00:30:15,137 What's wrong with this picture? 689 00:30:16,047 --> 00:30:17,412 - He's too short. - He's too short. 690 00:30:17,482 --> 00:30:19,279 So, either Gates shrank... 691 00:30:19,317 --> 00:30:20,807 Or this is his partner. 692 00:30:20,885 --> 00:30:22,011 CASTLE: He wore Gates' clothing. 693 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:25,317 Gates would've had access to wigs and disguises from the prop house. 694 00:30:25,390 --> 00:30:27,415 That's how Gates can be at two places at once. 695 00:30:27,458 --> 00:30:28,584 Wait. 696 00:30:28,993 --> 00:30:30,426 What's that? 697 00:30:30,662 --> 00:30:33,358 Uh... It's a reflection. From... 698 00:30:33,665 --> 00:30:35,963 From sweat. Sweaty-Von-Sweats-A-Lot. 699 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:39,265 That's Paul McCardle. That's why he was watching Linda Russo. 700 00:30:39,304 --> 00:30:42,000 He's the partner. He was working with Gates. 701 00:30:42,073 --> 00:30:43,472 I'm gonna put an APB on McCardle. 702 00:30:43,508 --> 00:30:45,533 You'd better add Marcus Gates to that list. 703 00:30:45,610 --> 00:30:47,510 - Sir? - When officers busted into his place, 704 00:30:47,612 --> 00:30:48,772 all they found was a rope ladder 705 00:30:48,813 --> 00:30:50,804 going down to the rooftop of the building next door. 706 00:30:50,915 --> 00:30:52,473 Gates is gone. 707 00:30:55,119 --> 00:30:57,815 I got uniforms searching the area. No sign of Gates. 708 00:30:57,856 --> 00:31:00,950 Maybe he's going after Donna. That way, he could punish Jerry, too. 709 00:31:01,092 --> 00:31:02,218 We got any leads on her whereabouts? 710 00:31:02,427 --> 00:31:04,156 Esposito's talking to her friends right now 711 00:31:04,195 --> 00:31:05,526 but she's still in the wind. 712 00:31:05,597 --> 00:31:07,030 So is Paul McCardle. 713 00:31:07,098 --> 00:31:08,326 His car's gone and he is, too. 714 00:31:08,366 --> 00:31:10,300 Ex-wife has no idea where he is, either. 715 00:31:10,368 --> 00:31:13,030 But I did find out how he and Gates are connected. 716 00:31:13,104 --> 00:31:14,731 They were in a foster home together. 717 00:31:14,806 --> 00:31:16,501 So McCardle could be with Gates. 718 00:31:16,541 --> 00:31:19,704 Get photos of Gates and McCardle to airport, bus and train stations. 719 00:31:20,578 --> 00:31:22,170 (PHONE RINGING) 720 00:31:22,547 --> 00:31:24,037 - Beckett. - One of Donna's neighbors 721 00:31:24,115 --> 00:31:25,582 just told me she's house sitting at her cousin's. 722 00:31:25,683 --> 00:31:26,741 Do you have an address? 723 00:31:26,885 --> 00:31:28,182 Yeah, but so does Gates. 724 00:31:28,219 --> 00:31:31,313 Some guy dressed as a messenger said he had a delivery for Donna. 725 00:31:31,789 --> 00:31:33,086 Get there now. 726 00:31:34,058 --> 00:31:35,184 NYPD! 727 00:31:35,226 --> 00:31:36,591 - (GRUNTING) - (DONNA CRYING) 728 00:31:37,495 --> 00:31:38,928 Get off her. 729 00:31:40,965 --> 00:31:42,762 I'd like to see you talk your way out of this one. 730 00:31:44,535 --> 00:31:46,560 I'll try not to disappoint you. 731 00:31:46,638 --> 00:31:48,663 We found the same kind of rope in your pocket 732 00:31:48,706 --> 00:31:51,004 as was used by the Triple Killer. 733 00:31:53,811 --> 00:31:57,611 Last I checked, a man's allowed to carry rope. 734 00:31:58,917 --> 00:32:02,318 I think you wanted to get caught, Marcus. 735 00:32:02,887 --> 00:32:04,718 There's nothing left for you out here. 736 00:32:04,856 --> 00:32:07,848 But in prison, people fear you. 737 00:32:08,693 --> 00:32:13,392 You're a shot-caller. And you wanted to be king again. 738 00:32:14,198 --> 00:32:17,929 All that's left for you to do is to clear the air of all these murders 739 00:32:18,002 --> 00:32:20,493 and be done with it all. 740 00:32:28,446 --> 00:32:29,640 Nice try. 741 00:32:32,784 --> 00:32:34,308 This guy's never gonna give it up. 742 00:32:34,385 --> 00:32:36,182 Sir, I need leverage and I don't have any. 743 00:32:36,287 --> 00:32:37,311 There's no witnesses, 744 00:32:37,388 --> 00:32:39,049 there's no proof that connects him to any of the murders. 745 00:32:39,090 --> 00:32:41,490 The only thing that I've got him on is an assault charge. 746 00:32:41,526 --> 00:32:42,584 Hey. 747 00:32:42,627 --> 00:32:45,061 We just got a hit on McCardle's APB. He's at St. Benjamin's Hospital. 748 00:32:45,263 --> 00:32:46,389 Maybe Gates got to him. 749 00:32:46,464 --> 00:32:47,795 Sir, if I can get McCardle to roll... 750 00:32:47,932 --> 00:32:49,126 - Go. - Yeah. 751 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:50,292 I... Yeah... 752 00:32:50,401 --> 00:32:51,800 Okay, fine, Castle. Go. 753 00:32:51,869 --> 00:32:53,166 Just stay out of his way. 754 00:32:53,471 --> 00:32:56,770 And, Ryan, get me something I can break him with. 755 00:32:59,877 --> 00:33:02,072 Excuse me. I'm Detective Ryan. 756 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:03,947 We'd like a word with Mr. McCardle. 757 00:33:03,982 --> 00:33:06,644 You can't have one. He just got out of heart surgery. 758 00:33:06,684 --> 00:33:07,742 RYAN: What for? 759 00:33:07,785 --> 00:33:09,514 DOCTOR: Congenital valve defect. 760 00:33:09,754 --> 00:33:11,984 Would that cause excessive sweating, by any chance? 761 00:33:12,156 --> 00:33:13,987 Among other more serious symptoms. 762 00:33:14,158 --> 00:33:16,149 He's been in dire need of surgery for over a year. 763 00:33:16,294 --> 00:33:17,352 So why get it now? 764 00:33:17,562 --> 00:33:18,688 He finally came up with the money. 765 00:33:18,763 --> 00:33:20,424 It's kind of a costly procedure. 766 00:33:20,465 --> 00:33:21,523 How costly? 767 00:33:21,599 --> 00:33:22,827 About $ 100,000. 768 00:33:24,068 --> 00:33:25,194 Who footed the bill? 769 00:33:25,636 --> 00:33:27,263 That's confidential information. 770 00:33:27,338 --> 00:33:30,102 You spoke to his ex-wife. She didn't even know he was here. 771 00:33:30,441 --> 00:33:31,635 She hated the guy. 772 00:33:32,076 --> 00:33:33,543 So who sent the flowers? 773 00:33:33,778 --> 00:33:34,870 (ON PHONE) Beckett. 774 00:33:34,912 --> 00:33:36,937 McCardle's surgery had nothing to do with Gates. 775 00:33:36,981 --> 00:33:40,041 In fact, Gates sent him get-well flowers. 776 00:33:40,151 --> 00:33:42,051 Which means he cares about his foster brother. 777 00:33:42,153 --> 00:33:43,211 That's your leverage. 778 00:33:44,188 --> 00:33:46,520 You still need us to wait and talk to McCardle? 779 00:33:46,991 --> 00:33:48,117 No. 780 00:33:48,459 --> 00:33:49,892 Tell Jerry his girlfriend's fine 781 00:33:49,961 --> 00:33:51,895 and he doesn't have to worry about Gates anymore. 782 00:33:53,431 --> 00:33:55,023 GATES: You keep coming back for more. 783 00:33:55,867 --> 00:33:57,459 I look for that in a woman. 784 00:33:58,770 --> 00:34:00,237 We found Paul. 785 00:34:00,471 --> 00:34:01,597 He's at St. Benjamin's. 786 00:34:01,639 --> 00:34:04,073 We know that he pretended to be you the night of Kim Foster's murder. 787 00:34:04,142 --> 00:34:06,235 And I'm gonna get him to testify against you. 788 00:34:07,979 --> 00:34:09,037 You don't know Paul. 789 00:34:09,147 --> 00:34:11,513 Well, then we'll go another way. 790 00:34:11,549 --> 00:34:13,517 I'll charge him with accessory to murder. 791 00:34:13,551 --> 00:34:16,179 - (LAUGHS) You can't do that. - Actually, we can. 792 00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:17,947 Sing Sing might have been a picnic for you. 793 00:34:17,989 --> 00:34:20,753 But how long do you think Paul is gonna survive in there? 794 00:34:28,499 --> 00:34:31,468 Paul didn't know what was going on. 795 00:34:31,502 --> 00:34:32,594 He only did what I told him. 796 00:34:33,237 --> 00:34:37,571 The only way to prove that is by telling me the whole story. 797 00:34:38,843 --> 00:34:42,006 Only if Paul gets immunity. 798 00:34:43,081 --> 00:34:44,946 And I want that in writing. 799 00:34:57,495 --> 00:34:58,962 Is that him? 800 00:35:00,098 --> 00:35:01,588 That's him. 801 00:35:03,901 --> 00:35:06,461 BECKETT: Mr. Gates, did you kill Kim Foster? 802 00:35:09,240 --> 00:35:11,401 Yes. I killed all of them. 803 00:35:12,610 --> 00:35:13,907 BECKETT: I want their names. 804 00:35:13,945 --> 00:35:15,003 GATES: Linda Russo. 805 00:35:15,213 --> 00:35:17,977 Before that it was Sara Townsend. 806 00:35:18,015 --> 00:35:20,779 Five other women. 807 00:35:25,189 --> 00:35:26,622 RYAN: Gates confessed to everything. 808 00:35:27,725 --> 00:35:30,421 We get to chalk one up for the good guys. Why the long face? 809 00:35:30,795 --> 00:35:33,992 Because if this were a book, I still wouldn't understand the operation. 810 00:35:34,132 --> 00:35:36,464 A valve replacement. It's no big deal. My dad had one. 811 00:35:36,534 --> 00:35:38,832 Yeah. It is if you don't have money. Who paid for it? 812 00:35:38,903 --> 00:35:40,200 I'm guessing Gates did. 813 00:35:40,304 --> 00:35:42,431 Maybe he stashed away some money from before prison. 814 00:35:42,473 --> 00:35:44,100 Yeah. But he was out of prison for a month. 815 00:35:44,208 --> 00:35:46,733 Why wait till now to do McCardle's operation? 816 00:35:47,245 --> 00:35:51,341 He needed McCardle to help him with Linda Russo and Kim Foster. 817 00:35:51,415 --> 00:35:52,848 I guess. 818 00:35:54,886 --> 00:35:55,944 RYAN: Packing up? 819 00:35:55,987 --> 00:35:58,285 Just getting my stuff together. 820 00:35:58,456 --> 00:35:59,582 All that stuff from prison? 821 00:36:00,291 --> 00:36:03,317 You accumulate a lot of stuff, you know, even in the slammer. 822 00:36:03,494 --> 00:36:04,586 You were right about Gates. 823 00:36:04,629 --> 00:36:06,062 He did try to go after Donna. 824 00:36:06,164 --> 00:36:07,597 But she's okay. 825 00:36:07,765 --> 00:36:08,823 And Gates? 826 00:36:08,933 --> 00:36:10,491 He confessed. It's all over. 827 00:36:11,602 --> 00:36:12,660 Thank God. 828 00:36:13,938 --> 00:36:15,371 Aren't you going to ask what happened? 829 00:36:17,475 --> 00:36:18,965 To your girlfriend, Donna. 830 00:36:19,010 --> 00:36:21,035 You didn't ask about her. You just asked about Gates. 831 00:36:21,312 --> 00:36:23,542 That doesn't make any sense unless... 832 00:36:24,448 --> 00:36:25,847 She was supposed to die. 833 00:36:28,152 --> 00:36:29,312 I don't know what... 834 00:36:29,353 --> 00:36:31,150 And McCardle didn't get the money for the surgery 835 00:36:31,189 --> 00:36:33,180 until after you got out of prison. 836 00:36:33,658 --> 00:36:35,683 He's removing all evidence he was even there. 837 00:36:35,826 --> 00:36:37,623 It was him all along. He's the real Triple Killer. 838 00:36:39,564 --> 00:36:40,861 (GROANS) 839 00:36:44,101 --> 00:36:45,568 Guilty as charged. 840 00:36:50,875 --> 00:36:52,001 Excellent work, Detective. 841 00:36:52,043 --> 00:36:54,136 Thank you, sir. I hope you say the same to Castle. 842 00:36:54,278 --> 00:36:56,576 Where is he, by the way? I thought that they would be back by now. 843 00:36:56,647 --> 00:36:58,342 Maybe he and Ryan went out for a cold one. 844 00:36:58,382 --> 00:37:00,646 After a day like today, that's what I'm doing. 845 00:37:00,685 --> 00:37:01,743 You care to join me? 846 00:37:01,819 --> 00:37:03,081 Yeah, I'd love to. 847 00:37:03,187 --> 00:37:04,245 Let's hit it. 848 00:37:08,726 --> 00:37:10,387 CASTLE: That story about Gates getting arrested. 849 00:37:10,461 --> 00:37:12,361 That was your story, wasn't it? 850 00:37:12,396 --> 00:37:15,058 You were afraid you were gonna get caught, so you hid in prison. 851 00:37:15,233 --> 00:37:16,825 Too bad you didn't figure that out sooner. 852 00:37:16,867 --> 00:37:19,233 Too bad you didn't leave sooner. The cops will be here any minute. 853 00:37:19,270 --> 00:37:21,670 Looks like Detective Ryan called the precinct just before you got here. 854 00:37:21,706 --> 00:37:23,003 There won't be anybody missing me for a while. 855 00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:25,270 By the time they do, I'll be long gone. 856 00:37:25,343 --> 00:37:26,708 You won't get far. 857 00:37:27,178 --> 00:37:29,078 They already have your name, know your face. 858 00:37:29,180 --> 00:37:31,114 I'll change those. I've done that before. 859 00:37:31,182 --> 00:37:32,547 That's part of the fun of it. 860 00:37:32,583 --> 00:37:34,107 Fun, like setting up Gates? 861 00:37:34,185 --> 00:37:37,382 Paul McCardle was the only person in the world that he cared about. 862 00:37:37,421 --> 00:37:39,685 Once I learned that, the rest was easy. 863 00:37:39,724 --> 00:37:41,692 You never know when you need one of these. 864 00:37:41,993 --> 00:37:43,620 Besides, Gates liked prison. 865 00:37:43,728 --> 00:37:46,219 You taught Gates everything he needed to know to take the fall 866 00:37:46,264 --> 00:37:47,891 for the Triple Killer murders. 867 00:37:47,932 --> 00:37:50,025 After that, all you had to do was pay for Paul's surgery 868 00:37:50,067 --> 00:37:53,059 and you could walk away scot-free. That's a beautiful plan. 869 00:37:54,038 --> 00:37:55,528 Undone by a duffel bag. 870 00:37:55,606 --> 00:37:59,474 I'm not undone. I'm right here. I'll relocate. I'll start over. 871 00:37:59,610 --> 00:38:01,601 It must eat you alive 872 00:38:01,712 --> 00:38:03,907 knowing that you came so close to catching me. 873 00:38:03,948 --> 00:38:06,712 But this is a winner-take-all type of game. 874 00:38:07,084 --> 00:38:08,608 Oh! Jerry. 875 00:38:09,453 --> 00:38:10,545 Shooting? 876 00:38:11,188 --> 00:38:12,883 It's not your style. 877 00:38:14,625 --> 00:38:16,149 You really don't know me at all, do you? 878 00:38:16,394 --> 00:38:18,157 It's not complicated. 879 00:38:19,930 --> 00:38:22,490 You were raised by a single mother. 880 00:38:22,533 --> 00:38:25,229 She was blonde. She was beautiful. 881 00:38:26,304 --> 00:38:27,931 But she never wanted you. 882 00:38:28,873 --> 00:38:33,276 When you were, what, 12, I'm guessing, she died suddenly. 883 00:38:33,411 --> 00:38:36,039 Let's say drug overdose. 884 00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:38,674 You go into foster care, the bad kind. 885 00:38:39,950 --> 00:38:41,781 You have so much hate. 886 00:38:42,787 --> 00:38:45,585 So much hate towards your mother for abandoning you 887 00:38:46,223 --> 00:38:48,885 that you kill these women to get back at her. 888 00:38:48,926 --> 00:38:50,154 But you leave them looking peaceful 889 00:38:50,227 --> 00:38:51,956 because, as much as you hated your mother, 890 00:38:53,397 --> 00:38:55,024 you loved your mother. 891 00:38:55,066 --> 00:38:57,557 Am I getting warm? 892 00:38:58,636 --> 00:39:01,434 You're drawn to death. 893 00:39:02,673 --> 00:39:05,608 You like to be around it 'cause it thrills you. 894 00:39:05,643 --> 00:39:07,668 Now where does that come from? 895 00:39:08,312 --> 00:39:11,145 Your own suppressed impulses? 896 00:39:15,686 --> 00:39:19,213 How close to death 897 00:39:20,424 --> 00:39:23,086 do you want to get, huh? 898 00:39:25,663 --> 00:39:27,563 (CELL PHONE VIBRATING) 899 00:39:35,206 --> 00:39:37,071 Don't say anything you shouldn't. 900 00:39:38,843 --> 00:39:39,935 Hello. 901 00:39:39,977 --> 00:39:41,740 Darling, I just wanted you to know, 902 00:39:41,979 --> 00:39:45,005 your conspiracy theories are completely unfounded. 903 00:39:46,050 --> 00:39:47,176 My conspiracy theories? 904 00:39:47,284 --> 00:39:48,342 Uh-huh! 905 00:39:48,386 --> 00:39:52,254 Alexis's secret admirer is Ashley, her boyfriend! 906 00:39:52,523 --> 00:39:53,888 Oh, that's great. Thanks. 907 00:39:53,924 --> 00:39:55,915 And he's a very charming young man. 908 00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:59,157 So, anyway, no need to worry, all's well that ends well. 909 00:40:00,898 --> 00:40:01,990 Richard? 910 00:40:03,901 --> 00:40:05,425 I love you. 911 00:40:09,140 --> 00:40:10,732 I don't think there's anything more to say. 912 00:40:11,242 --> 00:40:12,266 (GUN COCKS) 913 00:40:30,127 --> 00:40:31,856 (TIRES SCREECHING) 914 00:40:50,781 --> 00:40:52,749 - Castle? - It's clear. He's gone. 915 00:40:53,050 --> 00:40:54,950 I'm fine. Ryan needs an ambulance. 916 00:40:55,019 --> 00:40:56,213 RYAN: No, I don't. 917 00:40:56,454 --> 00:40:58,217 ESPOSITO: Hey. What happened here? 918 00:40:58,622 --> 00:41:00,055 I'm so glad that you're okay. 919 00:41:00,224 --> 00:41:03,057 He's the Triple Killer. He set Gates up to be a copycat. 920 00:41:03,461 --> 00:41:04,928 I know. I did the math 921 00:41:04,962 --> 00:41:07,226 when you and Ryan didn't come back from talking to Jerry. 922 00:41:07,798 --> 00:41:08,992 How did you know to come here? 923 00:41:10,201 --> 00:41:12,795 Your mom called. She said that you told her that you loved her. 924 00:41:12,870 --> 00:41:15,100 And she figured something must be terribly wrong. 925 00:41:15,940 --> 00:41:17,771 I figured she might. 926 00:41:19,076 --> 00:41:21,169 Good girl. 927 00:41:21,479 --> 00:41:23,447 (INDISTINCT CHATTERING) 928 00:41:32,156 --> 00:41:33,453 Here you go. 929 00:41:35,659 --> 00:41:36,683 Thanks. 930 00:41:36,727 --> 00:41:37,989 Mmm-hmm. 931 00:41:41,298 --> 00:41:45,029 Tell me something, Castle. Why did he let you live? 932 00:41:47,004 --> 00:41:48,665 To punish me. 933 00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:51,967 To make me pay for ruining his plan. 934 00:41:55,012 --> 00:41:58,209 Now, he's going to kill again, all because I couldn't stop him. 935 00:41:59,917 --> 00:42:01,544 And I feel so... 936 00:42:10,294 --> 00:42:12,057 I know the feeling. 937 00:42:14,131 --> 00:42:15,723 I know you do.