Castle (2009–2016): Season 7, Episode 13 - I, Witness - full transcript

[ branch snaps ]

[ rustling ]

[ branch snaps ]

[ branch snaps ]

[ grunts ]

What are you doing
to my desk?

Beckett: Oh, uh, well,
gates is on vacation,

So i figured why not do
my paperwork from home

With my husband?

That is, if you want to play
hooky with me.

Is it technically playing hooky
if we're working?

Well, we could work for a bit
and then maybe take a nap.

Oh, i like naps.

[ cellphone rings ]
yeah, naps are good.

Hang on.

Oh, it's a call forwarded
from the p.I. Office.

Richard castle
investigations.

Speaking.

Yes.

Oh, great.
I will see you in 20 minutes.

All right. Bye.

[ beep ]
well, for once
in the relationship,

I'm the one
getting the call.

I have a potential client.
Castle, that's fantastic.

No, it's not. No, i was
gonna spend the day with you.

It's fine. It's not like i don't
leave at a moment's notice

When there's a homicide.

Well, then maybe
if i'm done soon,

I can swing by later for,
you know, a nap.

If you do,
you'll be napping alone.

Because if you're going to your
office, then i'm going to mine.

Oh.
Knock 'em dead, babe.

Hey.

Well, hello, there.

You must be mrs. Whitfield.
I'm richard castle.

Ooh, ouch.
What happened there?

[ laughs ]
just cut myself.

Richard. Really?

Come on, richard rodgers,
you really don't remember me?

Faircroft prep, a.P. Chem --
i used to cheat off you.

Eva! Eva hendricks!
Eva, yeah.

[ laughs ] well, i'm --
i'm eva whitfield now.

Oh, yeah.
I'm richard castle now.

I know.
I've read your books,

Followed your adventures
with the nypd.

I heard you were a p.I.

So, well, i, uh...

Uh, why don't we go inside
and talk?

So, eva, tell me,
what can i do for you?

Um, it's my husband,
cole.

What about him?

He's a stockbroker.

He's, um -- he's bright.
He's handsome, charming.

We got married,
and it was so wonderful.

Um, but then,
in the last few years,

It's gotten [sighs]
so difficult.

I'm sorry.

Rick, i think
he's cheating on me.

And what makes you
think that?

[ sniffles ]
the way he acts, um...

The hours he keeps.

I mean, i should have known
it was coming.

He insisted on a prenup.

[ breathes deeply ]
i just --

I have to find out
the truth.

Can you help me?

I'm -- i'm sorry, eva.

This is really not the kind
of work i like to take on.

Please, rick, i-i just --
i just want to know

If there's anything left
in my marriage to fight for.

Please. Please.

Yeah, sure.

Yeah?
Um, i'll just need cole's
information and a recent photo.

Thank you.

[ beep ]

[ indistinct conversations ]

Woman: That's ridiculous.
Completely...

Man: No. No, no.
I woke you up this morning.

Are you even listening?
I mean...
Yeah.

Cole: No, no, no, no.

What i'm talking about here
is knowing about --

Knowing what you have
and getting what's right.

Scott:
Oh, oh, okay, okay.

But you do realize
this could be a serious payday.

Please, it's chump change,
scott.

Cole...
Now, d-d-don't be glib,
cole.

It's a legitimate point.

Scott.
What?

Do you trust me?

Of course, i trust you.

Robert?

Yes.

[ claps ]

Then we're not selling
the company,

At least not at this time
and not at that price.

Agreed?
Agreed.
Agreed.

Thanks for coming in.
Thank you.

[ sighs ] all right.

Cole, you, uh, need a ride
back to the office?

No, i have
a doctor's appointment.

Okay,
i will see you there.

Robert.

[ dialing ]

[ ringing ]

[ click ]
hey.

So i've got this pain,

And, uh,
i could either go see a doctor,

Or i could come see you.

Yeah. Oh, i like
the sound of that.

Oh, i'm coming.
[ chuckles ]

I'll see you soon.

Beckett: So her husband
was having an affair,

And you caught him
cheating?

Caught him red-handed
and bare-bottomed.

Oh, poor eva.

Well how is she taking it?
Not well,
i spent the last half-hour

On the phone with her --
lots of crying.

She's packing up now
to leave him.

She just wants me to drop

These pictures by first.
Wait, tonight?

Yeah, she wants to see firsthand
that her marriage is over.

What am i gonna tell her?
No?

Just don't let her cry
on your shoulder too long.

Beckett, remind me never to take
this kind of case again.

Look,
you're the one who said

That you're gonna have to
pay your dues as a p.I.

Yeah, that before i knew
what it meant.

Would it help at all
if i cooked you dinner tonight?

Immeasurably.

Okay, what time
can you make it home?

Uh,
westchester and back?

Factoring in time
for shoulder-crying,

8:30, 9:00?

I'll see you then. I love you.
[ groans ]

It's like
you're not even trying.
Would you just pl-- hey.

Hey.
What's going on
with castle's case?

Now, don't try to change
the subject.
I'm not talking
about this anymore, bro.

What are you
not talking about?

Ryan is all up on my back
'cause i'm not dating anyone

Right now.
Tell her why.

Okay, so --
look, a while ago,

We buy this couples weekend
ski trip, and it's next month.

Oh, except lanie and espo
are broken up yet again.

Yeah.

What, you guys have.
Come on.

Yeah, but that's no reason
for him and jenny

To think i can't find
anyone else to take.

I mean, come on.
I have no problem getting girls.

But that's the thing.
You don't have to get one.

Jenny and i already have.
We -- we have a friend --

Wait, are you talking
about a blind date?

Oh, hell no!

Espo, just hear him out.

Her name is stacy.
She's fantastic.

She runs a music store.
She's into sports.

And we told her all about you.
She wants to meet.

Hmm.
Take a look at her picture.

[ sighs ]
come on, man.

She's all right.

She's all right?
Espo, she's stunning,

And you won't even meet
with her.

Okay, maybe i will.

But only because
she's so excited to meet me,

And you know i don't like
to disappoint the ladies.

Nice. Good job.

[ woman screaming ]

Castle: Oh, my god.

[ car alarm chirps ]

Hey! Hey, stop!

[ tires squeal ]

[ ringing ]

Beckett: Hey,
are you on your way home?

Beckett, he killed her.

[ static ]
he -- he killed her. He --

[ static, clicking ]

Beckett,
can you hear me?

[ beep ]

Damn it.

[ engine shuts off ]

[ door beeping ]

[ beeping stops ]

[ rustling ]

[ insects chirping ]

[ groaning ]

He took my car.

Damn it.

[ cellphone chimes ]

[ beep ]

[ ringing ]

[ cellphone rings ]

[ beep ]

Castle, where are you?

Beckett, she's dead.
She's dead.
Wait, slow down.

What's -- what's going on?
Eva was murdered
by her husband.

He killed her,
and i couldn't...

I couldn't stop it.
I couldn't.

Castle: Detective neely,
as i already told you,

I followed
cole whitfield up here.

He must have
knocked me out

Because when i came to,
he gone and so was my car.

And why did you go to his house
in the first place?

To give the photos
to eva.

That's when i heard
the screaming,

And i saw him dragging her body
through the kitchen.

Before i could do anything,
he drove off with her.

Mr. Castle,
it says here

You only got your p.I. License
a month ago.

Yes, so?

So, are you sure
about what you saw?

Of course, i'm sure.
I --

Detective, i know castle.
If he says it happened, it did.

Part of his story
checks out.

We found his car
parked on an access road

About a hundred yards
from here.

Whitfield must have hid

In castle's car
in order to make his getaway.

Castle: Detective,
i am not making this up.

The whitfield house
is a crime scene.

If we go to that kitchen,
we will find blood --

Eva's blood.

[ knock on door ]

I'm detective neely.

Do you have
a few minutes to talk?

Yeah, come on in.

So, what is this
all about?

What can i do
for you folks?

Mr. Whitfield,
is your wife, eva, home?

No. Why?

Do you know
where she is?

No, i don't.
I got home about 20 minutes ago.

Found this lovely note
from eva.

She figured out i'm having
an affair, and she left me.

[ scoffs ] she left him?

I can't believe this guy.
He forged that note.

I can't even get in touch
with her.

I tried calling her.
I tried calling her.

The phone just goes
straight to voicemail.

Do you drive
a black model "s"?

No, that's...
No, that's, uh, eva's car.

Has something happened to eva?
We're not quite sure,

But you're saying you only
got home 20 minutes ago?

Yeah, right.
Uh, around 9:30.

And where were you
at 7:45 tonight?

I was, um...
I was still in the city.

I was at work.

You know what?
I-i think i need a refill.

Excuse me.

He's lying.
He's lying about everything.

If you're right,
there should be blood evidence

In the kitchen.

It was here.

It happened right here.
He must have cleaned it up.

Why else would he invite us
so freely into his house?

If he did, he did
a hell of a good job of it.

U.V. Shows
no sign of residue.

Castle --

Kate, i know what i saw.
T-there! There!

See? I knew it.

Cole: Knew what?
What is going on?

Sir, there's
blood residue here.

Mr. Whitfield, do you know
where this came from?

Yes.

My wife is a klutz.

She broke a jar
and cut her hand cleaning it up.

Bled everywhere
until she finally bandaged it.

Why -- why are you looking
for blood residue?

Are you suggesting
that i did something to my wife?

No, we're not suggesting,
mr. Whitfield.

Get out.

Get out of my house.

Get out now.

Hey.

How long
have you been up?

He probably came home,

Saw that eva
was about to leave him,

And killed her
in a fit of rage.

I told her everything
was gonna be all right.

I promised her.

I'm sorry, babe.

Have you heard
from detective neely?

She said
that search teams

Didn't find anything
in the woods.

Yeah.

That's because cole knew
he couldn't leave her out there,

Not once i was onto him,
so he put her back in the car

And dumped it and the body
someplace else.

Westchester has got a bolo out
on eva's car,

And they've flagged
her credit cards.

Have they pinged
her cellphone?

They tried,
but it's either off or dead.

Yeah, i want to go with dead.
What about his alibi?

Well, he wasn't at work
like he said.

His business partners
said

That he left at 6:00 p.M.,
not at 8:00.

Plenty of time to get back
to westchester by 7:45.

But when detective neely
confronted him about it,
he revised his story.

He said that he was
with his mistress,

Taylor mckinley,
that woman

That you took pictures of,
until 8:00 p.M.

We need to talk to her.

Castle, i don't have
any jurisdiction.

This isn't my case.

Yes, but it's my case.
Eva hired me.

She was my friend,

And he killed her
right in front of me.

[ sighs ]

Okay.
I'll talk to the mistress.

But just me, not you.
You're too close to this.

So? We had an affair,
and his wife left.

What's the big deal?
That stuff happens every day.

Except wives don't go missing
every day.

It's a little soon
to say she's missing, isn't it?

I'm sure
she'll be back.

Um, ms. Mckinley, how long
have you known mr. Whitfield?

Since he started my yoga class
a year ago.

And when did
the affair begin?

About a week later.

What?

He's hot, and rich.

What time did he come
to your apartment last night?

Like i told
the other detective,

He showed up right around 6:00
and he left just after 8:00.

So, the two of you were
in the apartment the whole time?

Yep.

Ryan:
Well, what did you think?

She was confrontational

And a little too ready
with her answers.

You think she's lying?

Go down to her building,

See if anyone else saw
cole whitfield there last night.

And let's look
into mr. Whitfield,

Find out what else
he's hiding from us.

All right.
[ elevator bell dings ]

What's in the bags, cole,
and where are you taking them?

What the hell
are you doing?
I-i was --

You accuse me of murder,

Then you come stalking
around my home?

What the hell
is your damage, man?

What? My damage?
Yeah.

I'm not the one
who killed my wife.

You're insane, you know that?
Eva's alive.

She just called me
20 minutes ago.

You're a liar.

Yeah, i wish.

Because she told me
to go screw myself

And that she cleaned out
our joint bank accounts.

Yeah, you don't believe me,
you can check with my bank.

While you guys
were searching my house,

The bitch stole
$7.4 million from me.

[ siren chirps ]

Mr. Whitfield,
is there a problem?

Yes.
This man is harassing me.

Hey, you'll never
prove a thing.

He...

Are you crazy?
What were you thinking?

You saw him last night.
He's cocky.

And what do
all cocky men do?

Make mistakes.

Exactly.

Wait, you're talking
about me now, aren't you?

You're the only witness,
and you are ruining

Your credibility
when i'm trying to help you.

What if this gets back
to gates?

I'm just trying to find
some proof.

Right now,
the proof lies with cole.

Eva's phone records
confirm a call to him
at 9:35 this morning,

And there's also
that $7.4 million transfer

To a swiss bank account
last night.

Yes, he's creating
reasonable doubt,

Building a narrative
that she stole from him,

That she's on the run.

That's why we can't find
the body. That's his plan.

Yo, i just got back from the
mistress' apartment building.

No one remembers seeing
whitfield at all last night.

Proving
he wasn't there.

Proving
that no one saw him.

Without a body,

We're gonna need something
more solid than that.

Ryan:
Hey, guess what.

Turns out whitfield
was married before,

In los angeles.

Mallory whitfield --

She had an inheritance
worth several million dollars.

Had?
Yeah, she died
in a hiking accident

In angeles national forest --
fell into a ravine.

Guess who
the only witness was.
Her husband, cole.

Bingo. The cops tried to make
a murder case against him,
but he had all the answers.

They could never make
any of the charges stick.

Her entire estate
went to cole,

Which he used to start his
business and build his fortune.

So, he got away
with it before,

And now he's trying
to do it again.

This was no crime of passion.
He planned the whole thing.

So, cole's first wife
dies suspiciously,

And then the second one
disappears.

No way
that's a coincidence.

This guy's a black widow --
or, rather, black widower.

Only this time,
there's no body.

He's trying to create the
illusion that eva's still alive.

Yeah, and he's going to
some major trouble to make
that illusion seem real.

Castle, you said
that cole whitfield

Was at home in westchester
this morning, right?

That's right.
He never left.

Well, i just got the data back
from eva's phone.

The call to cole pinged
off a tower in manhattan.

He must have had someone use
eva's phone to make that call.

He's got an accomplice.

And whoever that is

Made that call
somewhere near 31st and 4th.

That's where i took
those photos.

His mistress, taylor,
lives on that block.
If taylor lied about his alibi,

She might
have made that phone call.

Why don't you guys
go and pick her up?

Oh, damn, that means i'm gonna
have to cancel that lunch date

With stacy, bro.
No, no, no, no, no,
you can't.

Uh, you have to make
a good first impression.

Oh, for heaven's sake.
You know what?

Go enjoy your date.
Ryan and i will go and get her.

I already answered
all your questions.

And now we have more

Because new information
has come to light.

What new information?

Before we get to that,
i'd like to revisit

Something that you said
at our last meeting.

You said that cole
was at your apartment

Between 6:00 and 8:00
last night.

Are you still
saying that now?

Yep.

None of your neighbors
saw him.

Well,
he's very discreet.

Did he tell you to say
that he was at your apartment?

No.

Did he ask you to call him
from someone else's cellphone?

[ door opens ]

Taylor,
don't say another word.

[ door closes ]

Aubrey haskins,
attorney for ms. Mckinley.

Wait, who are you?
It's okay. Cole sent me.

I'm general counsel
for his company.

Just let me do the talking.
Taylor, listen to me.

If you provided a false alibi,
that makes you an accomplice.

That means jail.

Accomplice to what,
exactly?

The murder of eva whitfield.
Eva's not dead.

Cole spoke with her
this morning.

Or he spoke to someone
using her cellphone.

That call
pinged off of a tower

Right next to your
apartment building at 9:35 a.M.

Detective,
unless you have proof --
wait.

Are you accusing me
of making that call?

I was at work at 9:35
at the yoga studio.

Taylor, i've got your schedule.
You don't work in the mornings.

No, but i got called in
to cover

For another instructor
who was sick.

I was there
from 9:30 a.M. To 11:00.

You can check that.

We're done here,
detective.

That was a crafty move.

Cole sent his in-house lawyer
to silence his girlfriend.

He's keeping this thing
contained, in the family.

Yeah, but now that taylor's
lawyered up,

How are we
gonna break her?

By digging
into her story.

I'll call her work
and check into her alibi.

Hey.

Hey, partner.
How did the date go?

Can we talk about it
out here?

Oh. What did you think
of stacy?

Oh, man, she was great.

Mm-hmm.
Until i started getting
a stalker vibe from her.

What?
Yeah, we were right
in the middle of appetizers,

And that's when she told me
that the blue shorts

I was wearing
during the triathlon

Made my legs look sexy,
which is true,

But how did she even know
i competed,

Never mind what color shorts
i was wearing?

And that's when she told me
that she saw the photo

On my profile.

[ laughs ]

Oh,
this is funny to you?

Well, technically,
jenny did.

I've -- i've only been
managing your profile.

Did you think
i wouldn't find out?

I almost arrested
that girl.

Well, we were hoping
that you'd be so into her

That you'd
just let it go.

What the hell is wrong with you?
I can find my own dates.

I know,
but you haven't.

And the ski weekend
is coming up, so...

Look, look,
look, look.

We were just
trying to help.

I don't need your help.

This isn't over.

Nah.

The manager
at the yoga studio

Verified that taylor
was at work from 9:30

Till 11:00 a.M.
Then the manager's lying.

Castle, she had a classroom
full of 30 people.

She didn't
make that call,

But whoever did
made sure to do it

Right by
taylor's building.

Which means someone wants us
to believe it was taylor.

And we would have if she
didn't get called into work.

Called into work.

Of course.

Taylor getting
called into work

Is the one thing
the person behind this

Couldn't have foreseen.

That person being cole.
No.

No?
No.

Beckett,
the murder was staged.

This whole thing,
i-it's a work of fiction.

I-it's a hitchcock movie
with me cast as the witness.

I'm jimmy stewart
in "vertigo."

The reason
we haven't found a body

Is because
there is no body.

Eva's still alive.

Eva's alive?

Castle, that's not what
you believed a moment ago.

It didn't hit me
until just now.

Eva is the one person
who would want cole

To look like a murderer
and his mistress an accomplice.

Wait --
you saw cole kill eva.

I mean, y-you did,
didn't you?

I saw what she
wanted me to see.

That's why she wanted me to
drop off the photos that night.

Eva's been behind this
from the start,

And i'm the gullible p.I.
That fell for it.

Why would she go
to that length?

Because eva wanted more
than just out of the marriage.

She wanted cole
to suffer.

She set him up.

He swore that she called him
because she did call him.

She also transferred

The $7.4 million
to the swiss bank account.

[ telephone ringing ]
it's her walking-away money.

I'm telling you, beckett,
i am right about this.

Beckett.

When?

Okay. Thanks.

Castle,
i'm sorry but --

No, beckett,
i know it sounds crazy,

But eva is still alive.

No, she's not.

They found her body
in the hudson.

Eva's dead.

There is no way
eva is really dead.

In a classic hitchcockian twist,
it won't be her body.

Mark my words.

Then who did we pull
out of the river?

Someone who can pass for eva.
Okay, we'll run her prints.

That should clear up
whether it's eva or not.

Except her prints
will be altered,

Her face, unrecognizable,

All part of eva's plan
to commit the perfect crime.

You'll see.

Whoa.
She looks just like eva.

That's because
it is eva.

Her prints match.
This is your girl.

No, it can't be.

I checked her dental records,
too, castle. It's her.

I wish i could tell you
it wasn't.

I take it
that the cause of death

Is blunt-force trauma.

It looks like
a massive skull fracture

In the parietal region,
but she just came in,

So i've only done
a preliminary exam.

Once i've finished my autopsy,
i'll give you a call.

Okay.

Castle,
i'm sorry about your friend.

Yeah, me too.

Now that we have a body, maybe
that will give us some leverage.

[ elevator bell dings ]

Taylor,
we need to talk.

My lawyer said
not to speak with you.

Fine.
Then just listen.

I don't know what cole told you,
but his wife is dead.

Her body was found
less than two hours ago.

Oh, my god.

Listen, taylor,

If you want to stay
out of prison,

Now's the time
to tell us the truth.

Beckett:
Ms. Haskins, welcome back.

You seem to be representing
everyone in this matter.

Before we begin,

Mr. Whitfield is here
only because you said

You have information
on his wife's whereabouts.

Cole, you said that you spoke
with eva this morning.

What did she say?

She said it was over
and that she was leaving town.

Detective, did you find
mrs. Whitfield or not?

Oh, we found her...
In the hudson...

Murdered by you.

That's a lie.

Taylor gave you up.

She said that you
weren't with her last night.

You spoke to my client
without me?

She waived her right.

Mr. Whitfield, if you
weren't with taylor last night,

Then where were you?
Don't answer that.

Are you pressing charges?

Inevitably, yeah.

Cole, let's go.

Hey.

Hey!

I know you did it.

Do not speak to my client.
You killed her.

I saw you.

Castle, castle, hey.

Detective, what the hell
kind of precinct is this?

Just take your client
and go home.

We'll be coming back for you
soon enough.
Let's go.

Castle,
what was that?

I know. I know.
I'm sorry.

Castle, you're stressed.
Go home and try to relax.

I'll be fine.

I know you will. But right now,
you just need to walk away.

Yeah.

Yeah, you're right.

Okay.

[ cellphone rings ]

[ beep ]

Lanie, what do you got?

During the autopsy,
i discovered

That eva's fingernail
on her left index

Had been split
down the middle.

Wedged in that crack
were these three hairs.

These hairs must have gotten
transferred during the struggle.

Most likely.

Lanie, how fast
can you test these?

Cole's dna
is still on file

From when he was suspected
of murdering his first wife.

I already ran them,
and they're a match.

Cole whitfield
is your man.

[ knock on door ]

Kemp: Mr. Whitfield!

Mr. Whitfield, we have a warrant
for your arrest.

No answer,
not a the front or the back.

His s.U.V.'s
in the driveway.

Should we take the door?
There's no need.

Mr. Whitfield?
[ gun cocks ]

Show yourself.

Let's not make this harder
than it has to be.

Are you doing okay?

I just never thought
the story would end like this.

Yeah, i bet cole
didn't either.

Yeah, but suicide?
What did the m.E. Say?

That it looks like he wrapped
the cord around his neck

And stepped off
the balcony.

Look, i'm sorry.

I know that this isn't
how you wanted it to end.

Beckett?

Beckett,
are you still awake?

No.

Good.
Something's bothering me.

Yeah? Something's
bothering me, too.

Why would a guy like cole
commit suicide?

Because
a guy like cole

Didn't think he could face
going to prison.

As wealthy and connected
as he was?

W-would he have even gone
to prison?

The case against him
was circumstantial.

He could have beaten it
in court.

Well, evidently,
he didn't think so.

It's too clean.

Castle, stop chasing
the mice in your head.

But what if they're leading me
to the truth?

Then we'll deal with it
in the morning.

Castle?

Hey, i brought you some coffee
on my way to --

Wow.

You definitely don't need
any more coffee.

[ chuckling ]
what is this?

Uh, timeline.

Eva is red, cole is green,
and taylor is blue.

A timeline
for a case that's closed?

Not yet.
Cole didn't kill himself.

Based on what?

Based on
his personality.

Cole is cocky.
He's entitled.

He's far too much of
a narcissist to commit suicide.

So if he didn't kill himself,
that means he was murdered.

Castle,
that's a pretty big "if."

It changes everything.

Because if cole
didn't kill himself,

It follows
that he didn't murder eva.

Someone else did.

That's why he was staged
to look like a suicide,

So the police would conclude
that he was the guilty party.

Then whoever killed cole
also killed eva.

And who would that be?

The man i saw "attacking" her.
Whoever hit me in the woods.

Who you said was cole.

He wanted me
to believe he was cole.

It was
just all theater.

Okay, castle,
let's say for a second,

That someone snuck into
the house disguised as cole,

And attacked eva.
How could they possibly know

That you were gonna be there
to witness it?

Well, he had to have been
in on it with eva.

If eva is a part of the setup,
then why is she in the morgue?

Because, in classic
hitchcock fashion,

Her co-conspirator
double-crossed her.

"the articles of incorporation
for whitfield & galloway."

Cole's company?

It took me
two boxes of cronuts

To get that out
of the county clerk's office.

See, cole and his partner
scott galloway

Were in business together,
but in that document,

It says
if anything happens

To one of them, the other one
gains control of the company.

You're suggesting
that scott galloway

Was eva's co-conspirator.

I listened to the recording
i made of their lunch.

This could be
a serious payday.

Please, it's chump change,
scott.

Now, d-d-don't be glib,
cole.

They were getting a major offer
to buyout their firm,

An offer
that cole was against,

So i did a credit check
on scott galloway.

He was in massive debt.

A buyout
would have fixed all that.

But in order
for that to happen,

He needed control
of the company.

Eva wanted out of her marriage,
and she wanted cole punished.

So they teamed up
to take cole out of the picture.

Castle, there's no evidence
that supports this.

It was scott galloway.
It has to be.

Beckett, will you please
just check scott's alibi?

Would you do that
for me?

I will. But listen to me.
Eva was your friend.

She came here to this very
office and asked for your help,

And now she's dead,
and you feel responsible,

And that can make you
see ghosts.

Wait, we're looking into
scott galloway now? Why?

I thought everything pointed to
cole whitfield being the killer.

It does.

Oh, you believe
this theory of castle's?

I believe that he's been
right too many times

Not to consider it.

[ dialing ]

[ cellphone rings ]

[ beep ]
hey, i was just
about to call you.

Castle: Listen, i've been
thinking about it,

And with the benefit
of hindsight, y-you're right.

I can see how i might have
tumbled down the rabbit hole.

Scott galloway probably has
nothing to do with this.

No, he doesn't.

His alibi checks out,
but you were right, castle.

We found proof that cole
didn't kill eva.

And i know who did.

Scott galloway
is in the clear.

At 7:45, when eva was
supposedly attacked,

He was at his son's
basketball game.

But you said you had proof
that cole didn't kill eva.

What is it?

Your theory about scott
didn't pan out,

But we did
due diligence

And looked at other people
in cole's life,

And that's when
we found this.

Is that cole's s.U.V.?

It is. Street cams show
that cole was in this house,

Which is in scarsdale,
from 6:00 and 8:00 p.M.

Therefore, cole whitfield
could not have been the man

That you saw attack eva.

Esposito: And here's
another fun fact.

Cole visited that house
on a regular basis

Between 6:00
and 8:00 p.M.

Whose house is that?

Robert james,

One of the other executives
at whitfield & galloway.

He was at the lunch,
but what was cole doing
at robert james' house?

Oh, he wasn't there
to see robert james.

Turns out, he always worked late
at the office,

But mrs. James was there.

Are you kidding?

Cole was having a second affair
with his colleague's wife?

Which is probably why he lied
about where he was that night.

Esposito: The wife
confirmed the affair,

But she thought that
nobody knew about it.

Can we put robert james near
the whitfield house that night?

Damn right we can.

[ door opens ]

Mr. James, uh, thank you
so much for coming in.

Of course, though i'm not quite
sure how i can help you.

Well, you can start by
telling me where you were

Two nights ago
at 8:00 p.M.

Well, i work late.
I was at the office.

No, you weren't.

In fact, this is you
at a tollbooth at 7:04 p.M.

Heading to cole's house
in westchester.

There is no need
for lying here.

When eva found out that cole
was sleeping with your wife,

She came to you
with a plan.

Yes.

He had betrayed
the both of you.

You wanted revenge.

[ scoffs ]

The man looked me
in the eye every day,

And then he went to
my home, to my wife.

He deserved
what he got.

So, you staged the attack
on eva in her house?

Yes, so that p.I.
Would see it

And the trail would
lead straight to cole.

It was all for show,
of course.

Cole gets arrested,

Eva gets his money
and disappears.

So, how did eva
end up dead?

I-i don't know.

I-i spoke to her
the next morning.

Eva was stressed-out,
regretful.

Said the plan was never
her idea in the first place.

Whose plan was it?

I don't know.

But -- but she was having
second thoughts

About seeing cole convicted
for her murder.

And she was thinking
about coming forward.

And that would have ruined you,
which is why you killed her?

No, no, no, no.
All i did was help eva.

I-i had nothing to do
with her murder.

Yeah, mr. James,

When was the last time
that you actually saw eva?

After we got back
from the woods,

We cleaned up her house,
and then i gave her a key

To one of the company's
corporate apartments,

And i left.

Corporate apartment?

She needed
a place to stay

Until she could get
out of the country.

So, robert james
was nowhere near westchester

At the time
of cole's death.

That pretty much rules him out
for both murders.

Could also mean
he was telling the truth,

That it was someone other than
eva that planned the set up.

And i think i know
who that is.

Csu checked on
that corporate apartment.

They found eva's fingerprints,
but that's not all they found.

I'm just putting
cole's affairs in order.

I'm busy.
Do you need something?

Ms. Haskins,

You should know that
cole whitfield's blood work

Came in, showing
high levels of sedatives.

So high, in fact, he wouldn't
have been able to hang himself.

We re-checked
his phone records

And noticed that you called
his house on numerous occasions.

Of course i did.

I'm general counsel
for cole's company.

Yeah, but most of these
phone calls came in

After cole
was already at work.

Eva consulted with me,
as well.

That's how you found out
her marriage was falling apart

And about her prenup.

So you whispered in her ear,

Told her how she could
punish cole

And make a little walking-away
money in the process.

Really?
And why would i do that?

You know,
we were surprised to learn

That cole's first wife,
mallory,

Was a sorority sister of yours
in college,

And you were devastated
by her death.

We all were.

Yeah, but you were the one
that told friends

That he got away
with murder.

So, why,
after all of these years,

Would you leave
a top-level law firm

To join cole's company?

Here's a theory.

You took the job

To insinuate yourself
into cole's life,

Searching
for the right way,

The right moment
to get revenge for mallory,

And you found it
with eva.

That's absurd.

Is it?
Eva called your cellphone

From the the corporate-apartment
landline

After she was already
supposedly dead.

Eva got cold feet.

She wanted to come forward,
but you couldn't have that,

Not after all those years,
after all that planning.

So you decided
eva's fake murder

Would have to become
a real one.

And killing cole was just a way
of tying up loose ends.

Wow.

That's an exciting story,
mr. Castle.

Maybe it will make
a great book,

But it doesn't make
for much of a case.

We got a warrant.

We found eva's blood and dna
in the trunk of your car.

It's over, ms. Haskins.

I doubt it.

Well,
we'll take it from here.

Again,
thanks for everything.

[ siren wails in distance ]

[ car door opens ]

She wanted justice
for one murder

And ended up committing
two of her own.

Well, she was right
about one thing.

This does have all the makings
for one of my novels.

I just don't want to
be the one to write it.

Come on. Let's go home.

[ engine turns over ]

Ryan:
Hey. Listen, javi,

I'm really sorry.

I-i know you are, bro.

In fact, you're so sorry
that you're gonna handle

All the paperwork
for this case.

Yeah,
that's only fair.

Cool,
'cause i got a date.

Wait, whoa, whoa, whoa.
With stacy?

No, no.
I wasn't feeling her.

But i logged on
to my account,

I and found that there was
this lovely girl named trixie

Who wanted to meet me.
Trixie --

Uh, the spoken-word
poet/exotic dancer?

Yeah.
Best of both worlds.

Um, javi, see, uh,
jenny and i --

We purposefully rejected
her profile.

We didn't want
the possibility of her going

On a weekend
couples' ski retreat with us.

Yeah, well,
sucks for you...

'cause she'll be there.

[ police radio chatter ]

Okay.
To closing the case.

[ glasses clink ]

You doing okay?

[ inhales deeply ]

I got played [sighs]
and now two people are dead.

That wasn't your fault.

And because of you,
two victims have justice.

No, still...

Maybe being
a private investigator,

There's too much --
i don't know --

Ambiguity.

Look.

Y-you let the case
get under your skin, you know?

That happens.

Or maybe i'm just not
cut out for this.

You know, you put a lot
into becoming a p.I.

Don't make
any hasty decisions.

Maybe you should
just sleep on it.

You're probably right.
I should sleep on it.

Or perhaps
i should nap on it.

[ gasps ]
naps are good.

I highly advocate naps.

Mm. Ooh. Ooh.

What's, uh, going --
mm.

Mm.

[ chuckles ]