Castle (2009–2016): Season 2, Episode 12 - A Rose for Everafter - full transcript

When Castle and Beckett are called to a wedding to investigate the death of a bridesmaid, Castle is stunned to discover that the soon-to-be bride is his old flame, Kyra, "the one that got away." Complications ensue as Kyra, caught off-guard by Castle's reappearance in her life, wonders if she's marrying the right guy. With the nuptials forestalled and the entire wedding party under suspicion, Beckett questions Castle's ability to be objective about the case. But when it looks to Beckett like Castle and Kyra might rekindle their romance, her judgment may be compromised as well.

There are two kinds of folks

who sit around thinking
about how to kill people:

Psychopaths and mystery writers.

I'm the kind that pays better.
Who am I?

I'm Rick Castle.

Castle. Castle.

I really am ruggedly handsome,
aren't I?

Every writer needs inspiration
and I found mine.

Detective Kate Beckett.

Beckett. Beckett.

- "Nikki Heat"?
- The character he's basing on you.

And thanks to my friendship
with the mayor,

I get to be on her case.

I'd be happy to let you spank me.

And together we catch killers.

We make a pretty good team,
you know.

Like Starsky and Hutch.
Turner and Hooch.

You do remind me a little of Hooch.

Sophie! Sophie, are you in there?

Sophie, the procession starts
in 15 minutes!

If that girl ruins your wedding...

I'm not worried about the wedding,
Mother. I'm worried about Sophie.

If I had as much champagne
as she did last night,

I'd probably be late for February.

Oh, hey.
Can you open this door for us?

It's an emergency, please. Thank you.

Sophie? Sophie?

The bed hasn't been slept in.

- She's not in the bathroom.
- Go and see if her dress is still here.

Make sure it's nice and tight.

Yes, sir.

What on Earth are you two doing?

Research.

Dad has Nikki Heat duct-taped
to a chair in his next chapter

and he doesn't know
how to get her out of it.

I thought,
what better way to figure it out

than to get into the mind
of my character?

I don't know, I suppose you could just
use your imagination.

I want it to be authentic. Hands.

Well, hurry taping up your father.
We don't want to be late.

Oh, God. I can't believe I just said that.

Where are you two off to?

Gram's got a dress rehearsal.
I thought I'd go watch.

Watch me? Or watch the adorable
delivery boy in the second act?

Too tight?

- Perfect.
- Are you sure about your mouth?

Like I said, authentic.

Mmm.

Nod if you're okay.

Okay, we're off.
And after, we might go shopping.

So, you don't mind, right?

Oh, come on, Dad. We both know
you'd have no respect for me if I didn't.

Have fun, and good luck.

I don't know where she gets it from.
Honestly, I don't.

Bye.

Victim is Sophie Ronson, 35.
She's in from LA for the wedding.

- Was she a guest?
- Mmm-mmm. Bridesmaid.

Bride came looking when Miss Ronson
didn't show up for her hair and makeup.

Found her stuffed in that armoire.

What do you see?

Preliminary cause is asphyxiation.

And from the way
her windpipe is crushed,

I'd say the killer
choked her from behind.

We've got contusions on her throat,
one of her earrings is missing.

It looks like
it was yanked from her lobe.

We searched the room.
The earring's not here.

Get CSU to print out a picture

so that uniforms
can start searching the hotel.

Yeah.

Time of death?

Based on temperature and lividity,

I'd say between 3:00 and 5:00 a.m.
This morning.

- Thank you.
- Mmm-hmm.

Let's talk to hotel security.
I wanna see surveillance tapes

and a list of all registered hotel guests.

And get records for her room phone
and her cell.

I'm on it.

Hotel says only one key card
was issued to the victim.

It was last used to enter the victim's
room at 3:18 a.m.

Okay, well, that coincides
with time of death.

Where are the bride and groom?

Bridal suite at the end of the hall.
Greg and Kyra.

Okay, have uniforms assemble
the wedding guests in the bar

- to be interviewed.
- Where's Castle?

I don't know. Figured the death of a
bridesmaid would be right up his alley.

Heard "wedding"
and probably got cold feet.

Hmm...

Huh.

Yeah.

When was the last time
that you saw Sophie?

At the rehearsal dinner last night.
I don't even think I talked to her.

She came all this way for us,
and I don't think I even said hello.

It's not your fault, Kyra.
It was a crazy day.

Did you talk to her
after I went up to bed?

No. You know how Uncle Teddy is.

He wouldn't let me leave
without doing tequila shots.

I escaped up to my room around 1:00.

I'm not sure
if Sophie was still at the bar.

The two of you
weren't in the same room last night?

No.

It's bad luck to see the bride
before the wedding.

Is there anything else you can tell me
about Sophie?

Was she in a relationship?
Did she have any enemies?

I don't know. She lived in LA
and we were never super close.

Sophie introduced us.
She's the reason we're together.

So, when we were
planning the wedding,

we thought she should be there.

But the engagement party
was the first time we'd seen her

in a couple of years.
And now she's dead.

Who would do something like this?

That's what we're here to find out.

- Here you go.
- Thanks, Joe. It's great.

- Hotel security?
- Yeah.

They do background checks
on all their employees.

Seemed pretty sure there wasn't
a killer among them,

but he gave me the list.
He's also pulling surveillance tapes.

Good news is the elevators
are all wired.

Bad news is the stairwells
and hallways aren't.

Oh, look who it is.

We were about to send out
a search party. Where you been?

I got a little tied up with work.

- Which way to the crime scene?
- Sixth floor.

- Thank you.
- Mmm-hmm.

Hey, bro.
Is that duct tape on your pants?

Hmm. Yes. Yes, it is.

So, a bridesmaid, huh?
What happened?

Wouldn't get caught dead
in that dress?

They're actually not that bad.
A subtle mauve chiffon.

Dude, really? Mauve?

What? I have sisters. You should have
seen their dresses. Hideous.

Bridesmaid dresses
are supposed to be hideous.

Really? Why?

So that the bride looks more beautiful
in comparison.

Ah, see? Not a woman alive who
doesn't think about her wedding day,

not even Kate Beckett.

Tell me you never tore a picture
of a wedding gown out of a magazine.

I've never torn a picture
of a wedding gown out of a magazine.

- You're lying. She's lying.
- Mmm-hmm.

So, who's the unlucky bride?

Uh, her name is...

Kyra?

Rick?

Rick Castle.

You two know each other?

That would be an understatement.

I read somewhere that
you were working with the police,

but I never would've expected to...

- How long has it been?
- Too long.

You look exactly the same.

And you've improved.

You always did know
how to turn a phrase.

This is so surreal.

It's my wedding day and you show up.

Castle, Lanie's got something for us.

I'll catch up.

Hmm. Okay.

What'd you find?

Once I turned her over,

I saw these abrasions
across her upper back.

They were definitely made
before she died,

- probably during the struggle.
- Any idea what made them?

No. But there's an odd shape
to the wounds.

I'll have a better idea
once I get her back to the lab.

Okay.

So, how's everything going
in the bridal suite?

- Not the day they had planned.
- Yeah, or the surprise guest.

Apparently, Castle has a history
with the bride.

Ancient, modern or sexual?

- Seems like all of the above.
- You okay with that?

Yeah. Why wouldn't I be?
Just keep me posted on the labs.

Mmm-hmm.

So, what happened to the girl
who said that

marriage was a Jurassic institution?

- She grew up.
- Hmm.

Does that mean the groom is
a grown-up, too? All work and no play?

No. He plays just enough.

He's a lucky man.

Except today.

All the things you worry about
going wrong at your wedding...

Sorry.

Hey, honey.

Greg, this is Rick Castle.

Rick Castle, your ex?

Oh. Yes. No. Nice to meet you.

Rick's working with the police now.

Do they think
the murderer's still in the hotel?

Well, that depends on whether
the attack was random

or someone she knew.

So, you think
one of the guests could've killed her?

We have to consider every possibility.

You'll have to excuse us.
We have people arriving downstairs.

Of course.

Kyra Blaine. Wow.

I take it she was someone very special.

She's the one that got away.

Could you please tell me your name

and relationship
to the bride and groom?

Sheila Blaine, mother of the bride.

Keith Murphy.
I'm the brother of the groom.

Laurie Hill, maid of honor,
friend of the bride.

Ted Murphy, groom's uncle.

Ruby Osiris-Schwartzman.

I was once married to Kyra's father's
brother's uncle, twice removed.

And boy, was that a mistake.
Is the bar open yet?

Do you have any idea
who might have killed her?

Of course not.

- No.
- No.

No.

I heard that Sophie
almost didn't come to the wedding.

She called Kyra up and tried to
back out of being a bridesmaid.

But then she called and said
she'd changed her mind.

I warned Kyra that girl was too
unreliable to be put in a wedding party.

But did she listen to me? No.

Thank you very much. Next.

That's everyone, right?
I think so.

Wait, there's a groomsman
that's not checked off.

Mike Weitz?

Hmm. I didn't talk to him. You?

No.

Mr. Murphy,
have you seen Mike Weitz?

- No, actually.
- Has anybody seen Mike?

Oh, God. He was with Sophie
at the rehearsal dinner.

She's right.
I saw them together in the bar after.

You don't think something happened
to him, too, do you?

None of the guests have seen Mike
since last night.

We checked his room. The bed's made,

his tux is still hanging in the closet

and his key card shows his last entry
at 2:00 a.m.

2:00 a.m., all right.
Any signs of foul play?

No. But his toothbrush and bags
are still there.

Have hotel security
start searching the premises.

You think
we're going to find another body?

More likely, Mike's our killer,
and he ran off after strangling Sophie,

so put an APB out, get Mike's photos
to all airports and train stations.

I'll check back with the wedding guests.

See if I can get a clearer picture
of Mike and Sophie's interactions.

Okay, thank you.

Or we could watch last night's
festivities for ourselves.

On these handy-dandy
digital video cameras.

There we are,
running for our lives, right?

That's Mike
giving the speech.

And that's Sophie
looking away from us.

And that's when...
That's when Keith decides

He's gonna slow him down a little bit,
so he grabs a fire extinguisher.

- Who takes a call during a speech?
- Right? Rude.

Wonder who she's talking to.

Pause that.

Does anyone else find it odd

that Sophie would leave
in the middle of Mike's speech?

Maybe whoever called wanted to meet.

Yeah. But who? Everyone at the
rehearsal dinner is sitting in that room.

According to the time code,
that call came in at about 7:41.

Sophie's cell phone history shows
the call came from hotel lobby.

Check with the hotel,

see if they have any security cameras
covering the phones.

It's perfect, thanks.

Wait a minute, I know this guy.
Gamble, Boyd Gamble.

- So, he's a dealer?
- Mostly weed and coke back in the day.

Did a couple years for assaulting
another drug dealer

who was trying to muscle in on his turf.
Beat him up real bad, too.

Sounds like he's got a bad temper.
Maybe he's graduated to murder.

Great. Go pick him up.

- Was that about Mike?
- Uh, no. Just following up on a lead.

- Your dress is lovely, by the way.
- Oh, thank you so much.

- It's Kate, right?
- Yeah.

I feel like I know you a little.
From Nikki Heat, the dedication.

- Oh.
- I still read all of Rick's books.

Yeah, well, most of that book

is just a result of Castle's
overactive imagination.

It's funny
that you call him that, "Castle."

When I knew him, he was just "Rick,"
fresh off his first best-seller.

Well, overactive imagination or not,

I know he only dedicates his books

to people he really cares for.

Murder? What are you, nuts?

We know
you met Sophie at the hotel, Boyd.

Couple hours later, she turns up dead.

You wanna tell us how that happened?

She met me in the park.

We had a mutual acquaintance
who recommended my services.

She knew
I could get her what she needed.

Why didn't you just sell her the drugs
and be done with it?

- Why did you show up at the hotel?
- Because she needed a specialty item.

I didn't have any on me,
so I told her I'd call her when I did.

What specialty item?

Flunitrazepam.

Roofies?

Why would a bridesmaid need roofies?

You wanna take advantage of a guy,

knocking him unconscious
kind of defeats the purpose.

Best way? Just ask.

Hello, Sheila.

Richard.

Figures you'd be
at the heart of this mess.

Detective Beckett, this is Sheila Blaine,
mother of the bride.

So, I guess I didn't end up homeless

or teaching at a third-rate college
in New Hampshire after all.

There's still time.

I've missed our special talks.

Sheila didn't approve
of struggling artists.

You must like Greg, though.
He's from money, right?

It was never about the money, Richard.
It was about character.

And you would know that,
if you had any.

Wow!

Just imagine, if things had worked out,
you'd be spending

Thanksgivings with her.

Beckett. Okay, great.

They think they found Mike. Come on.

Help! Anybody! Help!

Mr. Weitz? Mike.

Where's that bitch, Sophie? I'll kill her!

Timing very poor.

- What happened?
- That little freak drugged me.

All right, Mike.

Walk me through what happened
with you and Sophie last night.

She came on to me is what happened.
Acted all flirty, brought me a drink.

- A drink spiked with roofies.
- Yeah. Nuts, right?

I mean, who roofies a guy?
All a girl has to do is ask.

Hmm.

- Did the two of you have history?
- No.

I mean, I saw her last year
at Greg and Kyra's engagement party.

She was definitely
the kind of girl you noticed.

But, no, I, I don't think
we so much as even talked.

Any idea
why she would want to drug you?

No clue.

Did she seem angry,
nervous or scared?

No, she seemed determined.

Guess I should've known
it was too good to be true, huh?

If you can think of anything else,
let us know.

Okay.

What was Sophie up to last night?

She went out of her way to get those
drugs, she definitely had a plan.

To roofie Mike and lock him in a closet?
What kind of a bizarre plan is that?

Maybe...

No. I got nothing.

Oh, dude. Catering! Grab it.

Mmm-hmm.

- What are you guys doing?
- I haven't eaten all day.

These potato pancakes are incredible.

You know what else is incredible?

How much information we're gonna find

once we start investigating
our victim's life.

I want to know everything
about Sophie Ronson

from the moment that her plane landed
in New York

till the moment she was found dead.

Who she called,
what she did and where she ate.

This is Detective Kate Beckett.

I need a warrant on financials
for a Sophie Ronson.

Yeah.

In about an hour.

Couldn't let it go to waste.

How did you find me?

I just figured, what was the one place

where no one would think
to look for you?

- At a wedding?
- At your wedding.

Where's...

- Greg.
- Right.

He's taking care of things.
He's good at that.

So, if you don't get married,
is it just a regular old cake?

It's still wedding cake.
It's tiered, got flowers, it's in a ballroom.

If things had gone as planned today,

I would be twirling around on the dance
floor with my husband right about now.

Do you remember
the last time we danced?

Under the clock
at Grand Central Station.

You were on your way to JFK
to catch a flight to London.

You were supposed to follow me.

You said you needed space.

I didn't mean forever.

So, you've done all of this before?

Twice.

And each time, did you think that
she was the one?

It seemed like the right thing to do
at the time.

But it wasn't, was it?

Some girls would think
what happened today is a sign.

The murder?

And you.

Castle?

We're on our way.
I thought you might need a ride.

I should go upstairs.
They'll be looking for me.

Cake?

No, thank you.

We met in college.
We were together nearly three years.

I didn't ask.

Yes. You were not-asking very loudly.

She's different from your ex-wives.

What do you mean?

She's real.

I didn't think you went for real.

Tough breakup?

It was a long time ago.

- Hey.
- Hey.

- You called?
- Yes.

I found traces of metal in the abrasions
on Sophie's back.

- What kind of metal?
- I have no idea.

But I sent a sample over to the FBI lab

to see if they can narrow down
the chemical signature.

We should have the results tomorrow.

If I find the object that made the
wounds, you'll be able to match it?

- Absolutely.
- Great. Anything else?

You tell me.

- What?
- Don't "what" me. Castle's lost love.

- Yeah, what about it?
- Girl, I'm gonna smack you.

You work side by side every day.

He writes a sex scene in his book about
you that had me reaching for ice water.

Now Little Miss Bride shows up. Don't
tell me you're not the least bit jealous.

Oh, please. You've been inhaling
too many autopsy fluids.

Honey, just because you can't see
what's going on,

doesn't mean everyone else
doesn't see what's going on!

- Shut up!
- Mmm-hmm.

'Cause I see it. You may not, but I do.

There's a lot of detail

- in this love scene.
- Mmm-hmm.

Aren't you guys supposed to be
running background checks?

- We are.
- On the bride.

All day yesterday, I kept feeling like
I'd heard the name Kyra Blaine before.

And then it hits me.

The dedication of Castle's
second book, A Rose For Everafter.

"For Kyra Blaine,
you make the stars shine."

When I'm not here,
do you guys braid each other's hair

and debate
who's the coolest Jonas brother?

- No. But it's totally Nick.
- Absolutely Nick.

- Yeah. Kevin's the talented one.
- Yeah, Nick's the cute one. Joe?

- The key card.
- Mike's key card!

Hotel records indicate that Mike's
key card last accessed his hotel room

at 2:00 a.m. Yesterday morning.

Only he was busy passed out in the
supply closet with a belly full of roofies.

So, who swiped into Mike's room?

Mike said his key card was missing
when he woke up.

- Sophie must have stolen it. But why?
- Thank you.

Didn't uniforms already search
this room when he went missing?

Yeah. Mike said he didn't notice
anything out of place.

So, what could be
so important in this room

it'd be worth the trouble
of drugging a man?

Maybe it wasn't this room
she was trying to get into.

The only reason to unlock the door
adjacent to yours is if...

You knew who your neighbor was.

Maybe Sophie only wanted to get into
Mike's room

so she could get into this one.

So, whose room is this?

Castle.

Sophie's missing earring.
This could be where she was killed.

Hey, what are you doing in my room?

This is crazy.
I did not kill Sophie Ronson.

Then how did her earring
end up in your room?

You have a chance to come clean here,
Greg. If I were you, I would take it.

I got back to the room around 1:00.

I was pretty drunk.

Next thing I know,
it was 2:00 in the morning

and somebody was in bed with me

and they had their hands
down my pants.

I thought it was Kyra.

I figured she'd changed her mind
about spending the night apart.

But it wasn't. It was Sophie.

And you figured, "What the hell,
love the one you're with."

- No!
- Oh, come on, Greg!

Sophie's a beautiful girl

and you were hours away from
strapping on the ball and chain for life.

No. I love Kyra.

I would never cheat on her,
especially with Sophie.

Why especially with Sophie?

Had you slept with her before?

Why is he here?
He's a writer, not a cop.

Answer the question, Greg.
Did you ever sleep with Sophie?

Once or twice.

But it was before Kyra and I even met,
and we both knew that it was a mistake.

A mistake that Sophie tried to repeat.
Or maybe she succeeded.

No. When I saw her, I freaked.
I shoved her away, she fell on the floor.

That must've been
when her earring came off.

Before I could do anything else,
she ran out the door.

I mean, it all happened so fast,
it didn't even seem like it was real.

Why didn't you say anything when you
found out that Sophie was murdered?

Because I knew how it would sound.

Pretty much like it sounds right now.
Like a lie.

Okay, that's it. I want him gone.

He's clearly got it out for me

'cause he wants to get back
in my fianc?e's pants.

I'm not the murder suspect here.

I am done answering questions
until he is gone.

- You don't make demands here, Greg.
- Castle.

Go and see if Ryan and Esposito
have come back with the forensics

from Greg's hotel room.

Now walk me through
what happened again.

Hey, don't you worry

about this, Greg.
I got your back covered.

Thanks, Uncle Teddy.

Can't believe
you're letting him just walk out of here.

Yeah, well, I don't have enough
evidence to convict him.

Don't tell me you believe that story.
It's like a porn movie gone wrong.

Exactly. And if you were
going to make up a story,

would you make up
something like that?

So? The guy is a suit, not a storyteller.
It doesn't make him any less guilty.

Look, don't get me wrong,
he's still our best suspect.

I'm just not as ready to convict him
of murder as you seem to be.

Is that why
you kicked me out of the interrogation?

It was clear that I was going to get
more out of Greg alone.

You're just too close to this case
to see that.

- You mean I'm too close to her.
- Yes. And you know how I know that?

If you weren't,
you'd be all over the possibility

- that Kyra could have killed Sophie.
- That's impossible.

See, that's not what
Richard Castle would say.

He would paint a picture about
the night before the wedding.

About how Kyra couldn't fall asleep
and so she went down to see Greg,

only to find Sophie
emerging from his room.

And the thought
that her fianc? could cheat on her

the night before their wedding
was too much.

And so she follows Sophie to her room
and confronts her.

And when things get violent,
Sophie ends up dead.

You have to stay away from her,
Castle, until this case is closed.

Richard Castle,
what the hell are you doing?

Nothing.

- She's getting married to another man.
- It's just a picture.

No. It's a loaded gun.

Castle.

Is everybody's wedding like this?

- Kyra...
- So, my bridesmaid's dead,

my fianc? might be a murderer,
and then there's you.

You've just been through a bad shock.
That's all.

Will you come meet me somewhere?

- I don't think that'd be a good idea.
- Please?

I just need to get out of the hotel
for a little while.

If I have to listen to my mother
judge me anymore,

- I might start taking hostages.
- I understand completely.

How about the roof?

Our secret roof. That's perfect.

Thank you.

Oh, brother. I hope you know
what you're doing, kiddo.

Yeah. Me, too.

How did you know the door would still
be unlocked after all these years?

Some things never change.

We spent so much time up here
that summer.

You would come over
after I got out of class,

bag of food in one hand
and that notebook in the other.

And then I would write
and you would pretend to study.

- I wasn't pretending.
- Oh?

Okay, well, I just had a hard time
keeping my hands off of you.

Does Greg know you're here?

He told me about Sophie in his room.

And about him and Sophie before.

He said he was sorry he didn't tell me.

Do you believe him?

- I just don't want to see you get hurt.
- Hmm.

Too late.

I missed you, Rick.

And I didn't realize how much
until I saw you yesterday.

I missed you, too.

What did I tell you?

- What?
- Did I or did I not make myself clear?

Yes.

Do you know how much it annoys me
knowing what you're doing?

Touching things
that shouldn't be touched.

Yanking on things
that shouldn't be yanked.

No, no.
Nobody yanked on anything.

Really? Then how do you explain this?

- Huh?
- Oh, don't give me that look.

I've told you a million times
not to mess with my chair.

Right. No, I'm sorry.
And it won't happen again.

I saw her last night.

I know.

What?

- You had me under surveillance?
- Not you, Kyra.

Why would you have
Kyra under surveillance?

She's a murder suspect.

Oh, no, no. See, Sophie's murder
was an isolated crime of passion.

Watching Kyra after the fact would be
a waste of police resources,

which we both know you would not do.

I had to make sure that you didn't do
anything stupid, which you did.

We just kissed.
That's all that happened.

That's all that happened for now.

Hey, the...

Everything okay?

- Yeah.
- No.

Okay. Financials came in on our groom.
No red flags.

He actually lives pretty modest
for someone with a trust fund.

- Anything back from the lab?
- Nothing useful.

Greg's hair and fiber samples
came back negative.

Other than the earring,

there's no physical evidence
tying him to the murder.

So I retraced Sophie's steps
leading up to the wedding.

She checked into the Beaumont
on Friday,

but she flew into the city
on Thursday morning.

What was she doing all day Thursday?

I don't know. I didn't even see her
until the rehearsal dinner

and we didn't even talk.

I'm afraid I can't help you.
I barely knew the girl.

No, the first time I saw Sophie

was at the wedding breakfast
on Friday morning.

I have no idea what Sophie was doing,
but I'm sure it was nothing good.

Did you know that she called me
after the engagement party

to ask me to pay for her flight?

- And did you?
- Of course not.

I told her,
"People have to make their own way."

So you have no idea
what Sophie did on Thursday?

No, but guess what she was doing on
Friday when I first saw her.

- What's that?
- Shopping at the hotel store.

Here she is telling everybody

how broke she is, and somehow,

oh, suddenly she has money to burn.

Between the shoes, the dress,
the hotel and the flight,

Sophie must have dropped three grand
on this weekend, easy.

I don't know how.
Her bank balance is $ 18

and her credit cards are maxed out.

How much did the drug dealer say
she paid for the roofies?

Two hundred bucks. Cash.

Problem is, Sophie withdrew
her last $ 100 to fly to New York.

As far as I can tell,
she didn't have the 200 bucks to give.

So, who paid for the drugs?

Forget the drugs.
I've been a bridesmaid six times.

How did she pay for the dress?

Okay, thank you.

So, not only did
Sophie pay for her flight in cash,

but she also made her last three rent
payments in cash, as well.

- Any idea where it all came from?
- Not yet.

So, six times a bridesmaid, huh?

You wouldn't happen to have
any pictures, would you?

Who feels like watching a little
bridal shop surveillance video?

Is it good? Will I be shocked?

Oh, you definitely
did not see this one coming.

Okay, there's Sophie.

- Greg's Uncle Teddy.
- He said he barely knew her.

Oh, he definitely knew her.
According to the bridal shop owner,

when Teddy was paying for the dress,

Sophie told him she wasn't sure
if she could go through with it.

But Teddy said, after all he'd done for
her, she couldn't back out now.

Now, I've heard of brides getting
cold feet, but bridesmaids?

- Did he pay for the dress in cash?
- Yeah. How'd you know?

All that cash
means that Uncle Sugar Daddy

didn't want a paper trail tying him to
whatever Sophie was doing for him.

Yeah, but what could it be?

And why was it so important
for Sophie to go to Greg's wedding?

This is ridiculous.

You don't have enough
to build a case against me,

so you go after someone else
in my family?

- We're trying to get to the truth.
- By hauling in my uncle?

For God's sakes,
he barely knew Sophie.

And yet he paid for her $ 700 dress
and her plane ticket out here.

He bought her dress?

If he barely knew her,
why would he do that?

We heard through the grapevine that
Sophie might have some trouble

making the money
to come out here to the wedding.

Maybe Teddy was trying
to help her out, for us.

That doesn't explain the $ 1,500
that he paid her the last three months.

- He was... He was paying her?
- Mmm-hmm.

- For what?
- Some kind of deal they got going on.

We think it could have something to do

with the way she was behaving
the night before your wedding.

Yeah, sure, he paid Sophie
to roofie a groomsman

and then to climb into bed with me.

Look, we know how this sounds.

Yeah, it sounds like something
out of one of Rick's little books.

Little books?

What would even be the point of that,
except to mess up the wedding?

Why the hell would Teddy want that?

- That's what we're trying to find out.
- Oh, my God. For God's sakes.

Next you're gonna tell me
that he's in love with Kyra, too.

- What is that supposed to mean?
- You guys.

You know damn well
what it's supposed to mean.

No, Greg, I don't.

If you've got something to say to me,
why don't you just say it?

I love Kyra, Rick.
She means the world to me.

Maybe you can't see it,
maybe you don't care,

but Teddy has been nothing but
supportive of us the whole way.

He filed our wedding license.
He helped us write our prenup.

He always looks after...

What?

I got to make a call.

Do you know how long
I've been sitting in here?

I'm sorry for the wait.
I hadn't had anything to eat.

- We couldn't decide on a restaurant.
- What, do you think this is funny?

Do you recognize these files,
Mr. Murphy?

- You went to my office?
- We got a warrant first. Don't worry.

Look, a layman like you
couldn't possibly understand

the financial and the legal
complications of an estate like Greg's.

I think he just called you stupid.

Greg's grandparents established a trust
fund that he was going to receive

on his wedding day
and named you executor.

How am I doing so far?

And for the past five years you've been
stealing from that fund

to fuel your expensive lifestyle.

A house in the Hamptons, a Ferrari.

A pair of top-of-the-line
breast implants.

I'm assuming
those aren't for you, though.

My personal life
is none of your business.

It is when it leads to a murder.

- You lost a ton of money in the market.
- Everybody did.

But not everybody
had access to Greg's trust fund.

When you ran out of your own money,
you started using his.

Burned through almost
the entire two million,

and then when he called you to tell you
he was getting engaged,

you panicked because you didn't have
enough equity to put it back.

You realized
the only way to avoid detection

was to put a stop to the wedding.
But how?

Greg was clearly in love with Kyra,
Kyra was in love with him.

And then you met Sophie
at the engagement party

and you realized
that she was the perfect instrument

to sabotage Greg's wedding because
she was so desperate for money.

That's ridiculous.

The fact that she still carried a torch
for Greg made it that much easier

to convince her to sneak into
Greg's room in the middle of the night.

With this. Sophie's video camera.

We found this
in your luggage in the hotel.

It still has
Sophie's fingerprints all over it.

Only she didn't quite get the footage
you were hoping for, did she?

When Greg refused Sophie's advances
she had a change of heart.

She ran back to her room
where you were there waiting for her.

What happened, Mr. Murphy?
Did she threaten to expose you?

To tell everybody
what you asked her to do?

You couldn't let that happen.
And then you realized

there was another way
to sabotage Greg's wedding.

- Kill a bridesmaid.
- Wow. What a story.

And very well told, I might add.
But that's all it is. A story.

Really?

Do you remember how I told you that
we went through your luggage?

We found this tie tack. Platinum, right?

Did you know that we found
trace evidence of platinum

in the wounds in Sophie's back?

You probably didn't even realize
you were making them

when you were choking her
from behind.

Which is why
it never occurred to you to get rid

of the one piece of physical evidence
that tied you to the crime.

We're sorry we kept you waiting.

Sophie, what are you doing?

Come on, Greg.
You and me, one last time.

We were good together.

No. Stop it.
- Come on. It'll be fun!

No! What's the matter with you?

I just thought...

I'm getting married tomorrow,
okay? To the woman that I love.

Teddy's plan would've worked, too,

if it weren't for the one thing
he didn't count on.

Greg.

He's a good man, Kyra.

He's an honorable man.

And he loves you.

I know.

And I love him, too.

But that does not mean that I'm not
gonna think about you

from time to time.

You better.

Of all the murders, in all the cities,
at all the weddings,

and you walk into mine.

I'm glad I did.

Thank you, Rick.

He's all yours.

If any person can show just cause

as to why these two
may not be joined together,

let them speak now
or forever hold their peace.

By the power vested in me
by the state of New York,

I now pronounce you husband and wife.
You may kiss the bride.