Jerry takes the deal and tells them how Gates once told him about breaking into Sarah Townsend’s place, and how he was afraid that the cops were onto him, so he busted a guy over the head with a bottle to purposely get himself locked up. Directed by Bill Roe. Montgomery quiets him with a look. Beckett sagt ihm, dass sie dieses Gefühl gut kennt. Beckett wird in dem Gespräch unterbrochen, weil Laine ihr eine 911-Nachricht schickt. He then mocks her saying maybe she can get him for tax evasion. He’d been in need of the surgery for some time, but didn’t have the money to pay for it. Sie müssen ihn laufen lassen, auch wenn Beckett ihn beschatten lässt. She died suddenly when he was young, and he was placed in poor foster care homes. Castle verbietet Alexis ihren heimlichen Verehrer alleine im Park zu treffen. Jedoch hatten sie schlussendlich lediglich ein FBI-Profil des Täters, der ein weißer Mann ist, 25 bis 45 Jahre alt. Aber Castle hält sie davon ab, denn man liest ja auch nicht das letzte Kapitel eines Mysteryromans und dann erst den Anfang, denn nicht die Lösung sondern der Weg dahin ist interessant. Outside the tavern, Esposito waits as Beckett, Castle, Ryan, and Montgomery, all wearing bulletproof vests and thigh holsters, and a group of heavily armed SWAT officers approach the bar. Seine starke Transpiration kommt von einem medizinischen Defekt. Er teilt ihnen mit, dass Gates von seiner Lieblingsbar geredet hat. Beckett realizes that Gates used a stand-in to double as himself while he killed Kim Foster.
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und bedroht Castle mit einer Waffe. Bei dem Verhör bleibt Gates allerdings weiterhin ruhig. At the hospital, Ryan interviews Gates’ doctor who tells them that McCardle had surgery for a heart defect that was the cause of his profuse sweating. Beckett findet zwischen den Polstern ein Namensschild mit "Vince". Castle wonders why the killer didn’t use the gas man ruse on Linda Russo and Beckett hands him a transcript of a call made to the original 3XK tipline. The series was produced jointly by Beacon Pictures and ABC Studios.
She asks if he ever took a uniform home, leading Gates to ask if the police are searching his apartment. Castle points out a rose sitting in front of Alexis and asks if it is from her secret admirer. He invites Beckett to join him for one, she agrees, and they head leave the precinct Beckett enters and says that Ryan got Gates’ address from the bartender and that he and a team are searching his apartment as she speaks. Die Nachbarn haben einen Gasmann während der Tatzeit die Wohnung des Opfers verlassen sehen. We see his face, but do not know his name.
Alexis figures out that he is concerned and he tells her that he just doesn’t think it’s a good idea for her to wear a rose to school when she doesn’t know who gave it to her and since he school isn’t terribly secure. Da klingelt Castles Handy. Beckett enters interrogation and tells Gates that she found McCardle and plans to get him to testify against Gates. Castle vermutet, dass er hinter Donna her ist, um sich an Jerry zu rächen. Beckett tells Esposito to put a tail on him, not wanting him to get out of her sight. He just got out last month. Castle returns to his loft that night and Alexis comments that his latest case must be keeping him busy since he is returning home so late. Die Situation bei Castle wird immer bedrohlicher, Castle konfrontiert Jerry mit seiner Tat und wie er seine Plan mit Gates umgesetzt hat, indem er ihn mit Paul erpresst und dessen OP bezahlt hat.
The profile strikes a nerve with Jerry, who then begins profiling Castle, telling him that he is drawn to death because it thrills him and that his fascination stems from his own suppressed desires. Jerry admits this and takes Ryan’s phone, noting that he called the precinct before getting to the motel, so nobody will miss him for a while. Montgomery teilt dem Team mit, dass ein zweites Opfer gefunden wurde.
At Sing Sing prison, Jerry tells Beckett and Castle that he only wants to serve out the last three months of his term and get out to see his girlfriend, which will never happen if Gates finds out he talked to the police. With Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Ruben Santiago-Hudson. When Castle asks him about setting up Gates, Jerry says that McCardle was the only person Gates cared about and that once he figured that out, planning the rest was easy. Esposito arrives and says that CSU got a partial fingerprint match off the nametag. Er konfrontiert ihn mit seiner Vergangenheit, mit der Mutter, die ihn nie wollte. Sie hat im Kundenservice eines Kabeldienstes gearbeitet und war wohl auf dem Heimweg.