Castle (TV Series)

Probable Cause (2012)

Jon Huertas: Javier Esposito

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• Kevin Ryan : Tech just finished with Castle's computer. Parts of it had been wiped, just like Tessa's.

  Kate Beckett : Were they able to re-recover anything?

  Javier Esposito : They found a file that he had deleted. It was a story concept about how to commit the perfect murder.

  Kevin Ryan : Beckett, the character gets away with it by staging a crime scene so bizarre the cops can't see he's *hiding* right under their noses.

  Javier Esposito : It was like a, a dry run on paper, all the way down to the weird symbol that we found on the victim's forehead.

  Kevin Ryan : They found something else on his drive. E-mails. Dozens of them. Between Castle and the victim.

  Javier Esposito : Beckett... they had been having an affair.

• Javier Esposito : I've spent some time in Central. I've seen the Tombs. The way they stack bodies in those cells, if there's a bounty on Castle's head, protective custody ain't gonna do jack.

  Kevin Ryan : That's assuming Tyson paid off a prisoner. It could be a guard.

  Kate Beckett : So we can't protect him, not there.

  [pausing as the Assistant DA walks by on way out of the precinct] 

  Kate Beckett : We have to stop that transfer. We need evidence that 3XK was involved.

  Javier Esposito : Yeah, but we've got nothing to go on.

  Kate Beckett : Okay, to pull this off, he needed access to Castle's loft. So get teams over there and tear that place apart. Find me a fingerprint, a hidden microphone, broken window jamb, anything that puts him there.

  Kevin Ryan : Tessa was seeing someone. If it wasn't Castle...

  Kate Beckett : Then maybe it was Tyson. Hit her office. Look for files, schedules, client lists. There's got to be something that ties back to him.

• Kate Beckett : I'm telling you, it's the Triple Killer. Strangulation, misdirects, planting evidence, it's Tyson's M.O.

  Captain Victoria Gates : 3XK targeted multiple victims. Always women, never men. So why the change?

  Kate Beckett : Revenge. That's the only thing that explains everything.

  Captain Victoria Gates : No, not everything. Not that video of Castle.

  Javier Esposito : Yeah, actually, it might.

  Kevin Ryan : Tyson did something similar in the Russo case. Used a double for the cameras to throw us off.

  Kate Beckett : Sir, the D.A.'s already filed charges. They're gonna send him to Central Booking today. We know that we can prove this, we just need more time.

• Javier Esposito : The inside of Tessa's apartment was wiped clean.

  Kate Beckett : Yeah, well, we expected that.

  Javier Esposito : But we didn't expect this. CSU were able to pull prints off the outside doorknob and from around the door frame. And they found a set that didn't match Tessa's or her roommate's. When they ran it, they found a match to someone else in the system.

  Kate Beckett : Okay. Who?

  Javier Esposito : [handing her the report]  Richard Castle.

  [Beckett looks at the report] 

  Kate Beckett : Yeah, uh, that can't be right. You know what? It was, it was probably just an accident. He... probably touched them on his way in, before putting his gloves on.

  Javier Esposito : Yeah. I mean, that would explain it. Except that CSU collected them before either of you arrived.

• Kate Beckett : The badge numbers on the paperwork don't exist. They were impostors.

  Javier Esposito : It's gotta be Tyson. He set this up.

  Kate Beckett : He isn't gonna have Castle killed. He's gonna kill him himself.

  Captain Victoria Gates : Well, the D.A.'s calling it a prisoner escape. They've issued an APB and instructed me to begin a manhunt.

  Javier Esposito : What? They think Castle did this?

  Captain Victoria Gates : Well, as far as they're concerned, he's well connected, knows our procedure and has substantial resources.

  Javier Esposito : That's ridiculous.

  Captain Victoria Gates : [seeing the ADA enter the precinct]  You two keep working the Tyson angle. I've got this.

  [as Gates leaves, something she said clicks with something Castle said earlier] 

  Kate Beckett : [to herself]  Resources...

  Javier Esposito : You believe that?

  [turns to watch Gates and ADA] 

  Javier Esposito : Branding Castle a fugitive when he's probably being held captive by a serial killer? So what's our next...

  [tuns back to find Beckett gone] 

  Javier Esposito : ... move?

• [after Castle and Beckett talk to Castle's lookalike] 

  Javier Esposito : [on phone]  All right. Well, the address for the show's producer is another dead P.O. box, and the phone number's defunct.

  Kate Beckett : Okay, what about his paycheck?

  Javier Esposito : Well, I talked to the bank and the corporate account that cut the check is closed, and the corporate contact, Joseph Vacher, well, doesn't seem to exist.

  Richard Castle : Yeah, he exists all right. Or at least he used to. Joseph Vacher was a famous French serial killer from the late 1800s.

  Javier Esposito : So he's got a sense of humor.

• Javier Esposito : Wh-uh, Beckett and Castle? Wh-ah-wh, when did they start?

  Kevin Ryan : I'm not sure. But I know they were together that weekend in the Hamptons.

  Javier Esposito : Why wouldn't she tell us?

  Kevin Ryan : I guess she was afraid Gates would find out and use NYPD regs to give Castle the boot. I was gonna keep it a secret myself, but, uh, under the circumstances...

  Javier Esposito : Normally, I'd be happy for them.

  Kevin Ryan : Yeah... Hey... you don't really think that Castle had anything to do with this, do you?

  Javier Esposito : No, come on, man. He's my friend, too... The best thing we can do is try to prove this evidence wrong.

• [Castle is the prime suspect in a murder] 

  Kate Beckett : You guys, when you look through Castle's phone records...

  Javier Esposito : It's okay... We know.

  Kevin Ryan : We won't tell Gates unless we have to.

  Kate Beckett : You know?... How?

  Javier Esposito : [scoffs]  I mean, it's us. So...

  Kevin Ryan : We didn't say anything because we figured it was nobody's business. But we gotta ask... were you with him that night?

  Kate Beckett : No. uh... He, uh... I-I was supposed to be. His, uh, mom was out of town, and then he said that he, needed, time, to write.

• Javier Esposito : Just heard from the team at Castle's loft. Nothing yet.

  Kate Beckett : So it's gonna happen just like Tyson said, huh? I'm not gonna be able to save him in time.

  Javier Esposito : We're not done yet.

  Kate Beckett : Jav... how secure is Holding?

  Javier Esposito : Whoa, you're not even thinking about that.

  Kate Beckett : We're talking about his life. We can't let them take him.

  Javier Esposito : Are you crazy? It would never work. You'll never even get out of Holding.

  Kate Beckett : Tyson did it.

  Javier Esposito : Because nobody was looking for him. He had weeks to plan it, maybe even longer. I know how you feel about the guy... I love him, too. But there's nothing we can do.

• Javier Esposito : Name's Tessa Horton, 29. Roommate came home from the weekend away. found her up there.

  [pan up to see barbed wire on the ceiling] 

  Richard Castle : Oh, jeez! Who puts a body on a ceiling?

  Lanie Parish : Beats me, but I probably won't sleep for weeks.

  Javier Esposito : It's like something out of one of your books, right?

• Kate Beckett : Cause of death?

  Lanie Parish : Ligature marks and petechiae suggest strangulation.

  Kate Beckett : What about this wound on her forehead?

  Javier Esposito : It's non-lethal. Given the detail, looks like it was carved by some kind of razor.

  Richard Castle : It's a symbol of some kind.

  Kate Beckett : Do you recognize it?

  Richard Castle : No, but the killer went through a lot of trouble. Must mean something.

• Kate Beckett : It's not easy hanging a body, and she's at least a hundred pounds.

  Kevin Ryan : I checked in with CSU. They found prints in the hallway, but the apartment is spotless. Looks like it's been wiped down.

  Javier Esposito : This guy cleaned up after himself.

  Richard Castle : He didn't mind taking his time.

  Kate Beckett : So the killer knew that the roommate was gonna be out of town. What's the security like in this place?

  Kevin Ryan : Buzzer on the front door, no doorman or security cameras. But there's no sign of forced entry, no sign of a struggle.

  Kate Beckett : She knew him.

• Kate Beckett : There's another explanation.

  Javier Esposito : Like what?

  Kate Beckett : I don't know, okay? It's somebody else. Someone that looks like Castle.

  Javier Esposito : We found his fingerprints at the crime scene. We got him on video buying jewelry for our victim. It can't be a coincidence.

  Kate Beckett : Javi, what are you saying? That Castle's a killer?

  Kevin Ryan : Whoa, whoa, whoa. No, no, no. None of us are saying that. All he's saying is that if it were anyone else, we'd look into it.

  Javier Esposito : We could start by looking at his financials. See if there's any unusual activity around the time of the purchase.

  Kate Beckett : [afte a long pause, reluctantly]  Fine. But we do it quietly, and he never finds out about it.