06x15 - Smells Like Teen Spirit

[bunniefuu]

Kris: Coffee shop's on
the south side of th and Lex.

Take the th street transverse
across the park.

Freaking tourists on th Avenue
always screw up traffic.

[ Sighs ]

[ Cellphone rings, buzzes ]

[ Beep ]

It's Madison. Probably running late.

- Hey, bitch.
- Hey, Madison.

Sure this comes as a shock
to you, but I'm running late.

Of course you are.

I'll meet you there as soon as...
[ Gasps ]

[ Sighs ]

Just my stupid Lacrosse trophy.

Anyways, I'm on my way in five.

[ Rumbling ]

Did you hear that?

Uh, hear what?

Hold on. Stay with me.

Who's there?

Hello?

Oh, my God. I think it's...
[Gasps]

Both: Madison?!

Madison: Aah!

Uh, shall I put on a little music?

Are you trying
to get me in the mood, Castle?

Yes, I am... in the mood to select

one of these amazing wedding bands.

Oh.

I've weeded out the hacks
and selected five finalists.

A band?

What's a party without a deejay?

That's rhetorical, right?

Come on, Castle, I don't want

some cheesy band leader
trying to imitate Sinatra

when we're dancing
our first dance to "Witchcraft."

I want Ol' Blue Eyes himself.

Uh, well, sadly, he's not available.

No, but his recordings are via a deejay.

Can we go back a second? Why would
we be dancing to "Witchcraft"?

- 'Cause it's our song.
- Since when?

Since we sang it at the karaoke
bar in the Hamptons last summer.

I thought our song

was Bruce Springsteen's
"Dancing in the Dark."

Since when?

Since I had the boss pull you onstage

Courtney-Cox style at the beacon.

Both: Do we not have a song?

We must have a song.

[ Cellphone rings ]

It looks like they're playing it now.

Beckett.

m*rder at Sutton Place.

Fancy address for a homicide.

Fancy family.

Our victim, Madison Beaumont...
she was a senior at, uh...

Faircroft Preparatory Academy.
I recognize the crest.

One of the many schools I attended

on my road to greatness.

Okay, so, there's signs of struggle.

Looks like Madison put up a fight.

Was she here alone?

Yeah. Parents were gone for the evening.

Mother's a designer.

Father's some
high-powered defense attorney.

- Forced entry?
- Nope.

Nothing's missing, either,

so probably
wasn't a burglary gone wrong.

Is that blood up there on the rafter?

Yes, and it's hers.

How'd it get up there?

Well, as far as we can tell,

our k*ller threw Madison up there.

Which is probably what k*lled her.

She has a major intracranial injury.

She was thrown against the ceiling?

That is a superhuman feat

bordering on physically impossible.

Okay, Castle, let's hear it.

What's your outlandish theory?

Isn't it obvious?

Madison made the Hulk angry.

Well, Hulk or no Hulk,

liver temp puts the time of death

somewhere between :
and : tonight.

Which fits with our call.

Call came in at : from a cabbie

saying that someone was
being att*cked at this address.

A cabbie? Did he witness the m*rder?

We're still not clear on that.

We're trying to track him down.

Meanwhile, Espo's talking
with Madison's family

back at the precinct.

If only we'd stayed home
instead of going to dinner.

[ Voice breaking ]
We wanted to give Madison her space.

- We've been fighting a lot.
- About what?

Her not studying,
her not talking to us...

normal teenage stuff.

I have to ask.

Do you know of anybody who might
want to hurt your daughter?

No. No, of course not.

Madison had so many friends.

Her favorite thing to do

was plan events for everyone to enjoy.

The winter ball is in two...

[ Inhales deeply ]
Two days.

Well, we think whoever did this

had to be unusually strong...
muscular, maybe.

Do you know of anybody in her life...

Oh, my God.

Charles, what about Riley?

Uh, who's Riley?

Riley Mitchum... her ex-boyfriend.

Madison broke up with him last month.

He didn't take it well.

Beckett: Riley Mitchum...

according to the Faircroft
football website,

"he's ' " and pounds."

There's your Hulk, Castle.

Well, though m*rder is at odds

with the values instilled
in a Faircroft man.

I haven't been back here
since I was a senior.

So, this is where you graduated, huh?

Well, I would have,
if it wasn't for the fact

that one night,
my buddies and I sneaked in

and pushed a cow up flights
of stairs onto the roof.

- A cow? Really?
- Yep.

So, what happened?

Did you guys get expelled?

No, just me. I wasn't connected
like my buddies were.

I was the scholarship kid,
so I got the boot.

Well, I think you turned out all right.

Me, too.

Riley: Man, this is awful.

I mean, Madison was,
like, my first love.

Must've hurt when she broke up with you.

Wait, y... you guys got it all wrong.

I broke up with her.

Mm, not according to her mom.

Man, her... her parents
didn't have a clue, okay?

A couple months ago,

Madison started going out
all times of the night.

- She wouldn't tell me what she was up to.
- Was she seeing someone else?

I figured she had to be,
but I never found out who.

Where were you last night?

Was with... my new girl.
You can ask her.

Okay, well, I'm gonna need
a name to confirm that.

[ Sighs ] Excuse me.
[ Dialing, ringing ]

Ryan: - Hey, Beckett.
- Hey, Ryan.

I need you to check into

Madison's phone records
and recent activity.

Look for anyone new in her life.

You got it. Meantime,
we located that cabbie.

He says two female passengers
saw the att*ck on a video call.

They told him to call .

Then they bolted from the cab.

But he gave us the building
where he picked the girls up,

and the doorman there I.D.'d them.

- Where are they now?
- Same place you are.

[ School bell rings ]

Kris Howard? Hillary Cooper?

It's about Madison, isn't it?

We were Facetiming with her
when it happened.

It was horrifying.

Well, then, why didn't you call ?

We just panicked.

We were scared.

Of what?

That we'd be next.

Next? What, did the attacker see you?

No, but...

What?

Look, uh, two weeks ago,

this thing happened in the cafeteria...

Hey. The principal said we're
not supposed to talk about it.

About what?

[ Sighs ]

You'll have to ask him.

The principal will be with you
in just a moment.

Thank you.

[ Sighs ]
Castle, none of this adds up.

What were those girls so afraid of?

What happened in that cafeteria?

I'd offer a theory, but I'm too busy

having detention flashbacks.

You must've spent a lot of time
in this hallway.

More than I did in class.

I bet that principal hated you.

I'm wondering if "hate"
is a strong-enough word.

Principal Dunnan had to hire a crane

to get that cow off the roof.

But I'm sure that old battle-a*
has long since retired.

[ Chuckles ]
Put out to pasture, so to speak.

Is that a bovine reference, Mr. Rodgers?

Principal Dunnan,
you're, uh... still here.

And, sadly, you have returned.

I see you have managed
to extricate yourself

from a life of delinquency, Mr. Rodgers,

and become a writer... of sorts.

Well, actually,
it's, uh, Mr. Castle now.

You'll always be Rodgers to me.

Uh, we need to ask you a few questions

about Madison Beaumont.

It's a terrible business.

It's a real tragedy
for the entire Faircroft family.

Two of her friends,
Kris Howard and Hillary Cooper,

witnessed the m*rder over Facetime,

but they're not willing to talk.
We need to know why.

Apparently, it's related to something

that happened in the cafeteria recently?

Mr. Dunnan?

I'll tell you,

but you have to agree
not to make any of this public.

It will damage the school's reputation.

We are in the middle
of a m*rder investigation.

You're not exactly
in the position to bargain here.

Very well.

[ Keyboard clacking ]

I'm surprised he can use a computer.

I am old, not deaf, Mr. Rodgers,
and undaunted by technology.

Two weeks ago,

a student captured this event
on his cellphone.

- "Event"?
- Yes.

I removed the video from his phone.

I didn't want anyone to see it

until the incident was fully understood.

[ Indistinct conversations ]
[ Boy laughs ]

- Alli Billings? - Hot.
- So hot. - So hot.

- All right, all right. Rikki Gelson?
- No way!

[ Boy laughs ]
I'd still hit it!

High-school guys playing "hot-or-not"...

- that's the event?
- Just wait.

Okay, Jordan Gibbs... hot or not?

What?

[ Tray clatters ]
[ Laughter ]

Jordan is a good student,

but she's a bit of a black sheep.

What's for lunch, Jordan... linoleum?

And she's being bullied by
our victim and her friends.

Keep watching.

[ Students screaming ]

Aah!

Aah!

That... is the event.

The outcast...

The mean girls,

the rage that erupts
in a telekinetic att*ck.

This is a real-life "Carrie."

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Beckett: This has got to be a hoax.

I ran into the cafeteria as soon
as the commotion started.

The place was in shambles,
but if it was a hoax,

the perpetrator left no evidence.

Okay, well, we'll need
a copy of this for analysis.

- Now, has anything like this happened
before? - No.

Um, yes...

at the crime scene.

This explains Madison's head wound,

the blood on the rafters.

Jordan threw her up there
using the powers of her mind...

telekinesis.

Is there a history of trouble
between Jordan and Madison?

Not until recently.

I heard a rumor

that Madison and her friends
were harassing Jordan.

I reached out to her,

but she said she would prefer
handling things herself.

Well, if this is how she handles things,

no wonder Kris and Hillary are scared.

We need to speak with Jordan.

I'll have her pulled from class.

Cannot wait to tell Stephen
about this case.

- Hmm?
- Stephen King.

He won't believe it...
a real-life Carrie.

Castle, uh, I can't say

what happened in the cafeteria
or in Madison's bedroom yet.

But I can say this...

the animosity between those two girls

is what makes Jordan
a person of interest

and not your telekinetic fantasy.

I'm very sorry, but I'm afraid
that Jordan is gone.

What do you mean she's gone?

It seems a student in her class
came in and told everyone

the NYPD was here asking about Madison.

Jordan got very upset
and left the campus.

Her teacher just called to inform us.

Jordan's still not answering.

It just keeps going right to voicemail.

You sure she's not at my house?

I sent my partner in to check.
[ Sighs ] She wasn't there.

Ms. Papen, did Jordan ever mention

a Madison Beaumont to you?

No, not that I can remember.

- Was she home last night?
- No.

She was out till after : .

- Out where?
- I don't know.

Look, my brother and his wife
d*ed in a car wreck,

and I took Jordan in.

That's what you do.

But I have two jobs
just to keep us afloat,

and I wasn't home till : ,
and she was gone.

How did she seem when she got home?

Quiet, as usual.

We didn't talk much,

and then she just went
straight to her room.

Ryan: Hey, Javi...

Got a second?

Yeah. Excuse me.

Detective...

I... I know what this looks like,

but... Jordan is a really good kid.

You know, she got a scholarship herself

to that fancy school, and, I mean,

she just... she wouldn't
throw that away, you know?

She... she just wouldn't do this.

Yeah. It was totally Jordan.

No doubt.

But you never actually saw her.

Well, we didn't see anyone.

It was as if some invisible force

threw Madison around the room
like a rag doll.

- The same way Jordan att*cked
us in the cafeteria. - Yeah.

After you knocked into her as
she carried a tray full of food.

Look, we know it was wrong of us
to mess with her, but...

[ Sighs ]

I mean, she's odd, you know?

She's into weird stuff.

Comic books?

Yeah, I found them
all over Jordan's room.

Big deal... she's an X-Men fan.

Maybe 'cause she's one of them.
[ Scoffs ]

Check it out.

"Telekinesis unleashed."

"Developing telekinetic powers."

"Telekinesis for beginners."

And then... there's this.

- Come on, bro. Let's be serious.
- Yeah?

Is this serious enough for you?

That's our victim.

I found it taped over Jordan's desk.

Was she always into this stuff?

Uh, no. It started a few weeks ago.

She asked for an advance
on her allowance

and then went
and bought all these books.

Why?

What about Jordan's friends?

Would they know where she is?

She doesn't have a lot of friends.

She spends most of her time
in front of her computer.

Do you mind if we take a look at it?

It might help us
find out where she went.

No, that's fine.

Well, she's a teenage girl.

There's got to be somebody
that she's hanging with.

Well, there's one boy
that comes around now and then.

He brought Jordan's homework
to the house when she was sick.

His name is Lucas.

Lucas Troy. And there he is.

Ah, "A Starry Knight"...
the winter ball.

Did I tell you principal Dunnan
expelled me just before prom?

Castle, no! You didn't get to go
to your own prom?

And my date
would've been Audra Dobson...

so unbelievably hot.

Well, if it's any consolation,
I missed my prom as well.

Really? Why?

Lucas Troy?

Hi. I'm detective Kate Beckett.

This is my colleague, Richard Castle.

- Do you have a minute?
- Yeah. Ye... s... sorry.

[ Chuckles ]

I'm just trying to get this done
for tomorrow's dance.

I've been at it all week.

At this point, the inside of my lungs

are probably cerulean blue.

I'm surprised they're
not postponing the dance.

Madison's parents are insisting
it go on in her memory.

It's amazing... even after she's dead,

everything's still all about her.

Obviously, you're not a fan.

I didn't like how she treated people.

People like Jordan Gibbs.

Yeah, but there's no way
Jordan would retaliate.

The girl wouldn't
raise her hand to anyone.

She didn't have to,

not when she has
flying chairs in her arsenal.

I heard the rumors.

I wasn't there in the cafeteria,

but I'm sure she had
nothing to do with that.

No, but you were in her
first-period class this morning.

- Do you know where she went?
- She didn't say a word to me.

She just... she just took off.

Lucas, we spoke with your teacher.

She said that you left
right after Jordan did.

You were gone for minutes.
Where'd you go?

Look.
[ Sighs ]

I... I could see she was really upset,

so I just wanted to see if she was okay.

So I went after her...

But I lost her, uh, at the
/ / subway station on th.

Okay, so, let's start
with the cafeteria video.

There's no indication
that Jordan Gibbs or anyone else

is moving the tables and chairs.

Frankly, I can't explain
what we're seeing here.

Well, I think
I can offer an explanation.

Uh, what about the Facetime call
made to Madison's friends?

Is there any way to retrieve that?

A video call is like a phone call.

Unless someone's recording it,

once the call ends, the data is gone.

As for Jordan's laptop,
browser history suggests

she spent hours obsessing
on all things telekinesis

starting two weeks ago.

Right about the time

she telekinetically rearranged
the cafeteria.

Clearly, Jordan realized she had powers

and was trying to understand them.

This is exactly like the movie "Carrie."

Yes, exactly like the movie...
fictional.

Jordan doesn't have powers.

Hey.

Got Jordan's phone records.

Her service provider says that
her phone's been turned off,

but she made one call
right when she ditched school.

- To who?
- Number's listed to a Henderson Diagnostics,

and I can't find any info
on what they do, exactly.

But when I called, there was no answer,

no voicemail or message, either.

- Did you get an address?
- Uh, yeah... Brooklyn, off the / line.

What was Jordan doing
all the way out here?

I mean, it's miles away from
her house, the school, uh...

Just because nobody knows
who Jordan's friends are

doesn't mean she doesn't have any.

And her friends hang out
in a place like this?

Hi.

NYPD. I'd like to ask you a few que...

Y... you must be here for the doctor.

He's in session now.

Follow me.

Excuse me. NYPD.

We're looking...

for...

I think we're in the right place.

Castle: - How did you do that?
- The power of a focused mind.

Yeah, I saw that trick in Vegas.

So, who are you? What is this place?

I am Dr. Rampanel.

And this place is my lab,
and what I do is not magic.

So, then, what is it?

I teach biophysics at M.I.T.

I rent this space from Henderson

to conduct my research in telekinesis.

You study telekinesis?

I teach people
how to unlock their potential.

For a fee, I'm guessing.

If they pay you enough,

you make them believe they're special.

[ Chuckles ]
I see you're a skeptic.

Most ungifted are.

What can you tell us about Jordan Gibbs?

Ah, yes. Jordan.

She came by last week, I think,
to have herself evaluated.

How did she do? Uh, let me guess...

off the charts.

I really can't discuss my findings.

Beckett: Last week?

But she called here this morning.

In fact, she did, yes.

And... what did she say?

Uh, she was frightened.

You see, Jordan doesn't yet know
how to control her powers.

So, did she come here to see you?

Yes. But she's gone now.

You're lying.

And if you don't tell me the truth,

I will arrest you for obstruction

- and harboring a fugitive...
- Stop.

Leave him alone.

He's just trying to protect me.

She even kind of looks like Carrie.

No, she does not!

Besides, how would
that little, skinny girl

throw Madison up against the ceiling?

With powers we have yet to comprehend.

Be careful in there. Don't anger her.

We don't know what she's capable of.

You're right.

You should probably
go in there with me...

for protection.

You're a hard girl to find, Jordan.

I had to get away from Faircroft.

Everyone was whispering about

how I was the one who k*lled Madison.

And why would they say that?

Is it because Madison was your Nemesis?

She didn't used to be.

For the longest time,

I was invisible to Madison
and her bitch clique...

just like I am to most people.

And then, last month,

first morning back after winter break,

I was in the library reading,

and I ran into her
in the Russian lit section.

And she got all pissed,

saying I couldn't tell anyone
that I'd seen her there.

- What was she angry about?
- I have no idea.

Maybe she didn't want anyone to know

that she actually studies.

But then, later that day,
Madison started messing with me,

and it just got worse from there.

So you pulled that stunt
in the cafeteria

to make her scared of you.

I just wanted them to stop!

Is that why you k*lled Madison?

I guess so! I... I don't know!

[ Table clanking ]

It's a nervous habit.

Jordan, there's no guessing here.

Either you did
or you didn't k*ll Madison.

I got so angry...

And stuff just started flying
around the cafeteria.

And then I wished
for Madison to be dead,

and the next thing I knew, she was!

It had to be me, right?

Where were you between
: and : P.M. last night?

I was studying
at Lulu's Café in Astoria.

We're gonna have to kick her loose.

Waitress confirmed that Jordan was
at the café in Queens till : .

So she couldn't have k*lled Madison.

Not with her bare hands, but who knows

how far her secret
telekinetic powers might reach?

Well, it turns out our victim

might've had some secrets of her own.

Did you track down whoever
Madison was seeing?

As far as I can tell,
she wasn't seeing anybody.

But these are her financials.

- What kind of high-school kid has
financials? - Madison does.

She had a dozen credit cards,

and she was wearing them out...
Hermès handbags, Jimmy Choos.

I'm talking
tens of thousands of dollars.

So what? Her parents were loaded.

Yeah, but mommy and daddy

weren't springing for any of this stuff.

The cards were in Madison's name,

paid off every month through
her own secret bank account.

So where was this money coming from?

That's what we're trying to figure out.

Plus, there's more...
a slew of credit-card charges

for late-night cab rides
and convenience-store purchases.

Well, and that fits with what
Madison's ex-boyfriend said

about her staying out to all hours.

Okay, maybe she was going out,
hitting the clubs.

Yeah, but on weeknights?

And there are
no bar or club charges here.

And look at this.

Remember how Jordan said
her troubles with Madison began

when school started back up
with that run-in at the library?

According to this taxi charge,

Madison was out and about
that same morning at : A.M.

Okay, so, she was going straight
to school from wherever she was.

But why would she stay out all night

and then go to the school library?

What was she doing she didn't
want Jordan to know about?

Students use their I.D.s to
swipe in and out of the library.

These are all the times Madison Beaumont

entered and exited
during this entire school year.

Thank you.

Okay, so, each one of Madison's
early-morning visits

to the library happened
after one of her all-nighters.

She swiped in and out within minutes.

I'm guessing she wasn't hanging
out in Russian lit to study.

Castle, Russian literature...
it's right here.

Thank God for the Kindle,

or I'd be out of a job
in a couple of years.

Kids just don't read
actual books anymore.

Unless it's "Voyna I Mir"...

"w*r And Peace,"
in its original Russian.

And look... there's no dust here.

It's like someone
pulled this out recently.

And it's lighter
than I remember Tolstoy being.

Are these bank notes?

These are bonds.

These are bearer bonds,
issued by the German government.

These are payable to the bearer,
no questions asked.

German bearer bonds?

I thought that only existed
in "Die Hard."

How did Madison get her hands on these?

I don't know, but there's over
a million dollars' worth here.

Mr. Beaumont:
No, there must be some mistake.

She may have applied
for some credit cards,

but there's no way
Madison had a bank account

with this much cash in it.

There's no mistake, Mr. Beaumont.

A... and this money is just
the tip of the iceberg.

Well, aside from the shopping sprees,

we found some odd charges
on your daughter's credit cards

over the past few months.

For cab rides taken
during the middle of the night.

Do you have any idea

what she was doing
or where she was going?

These charges are for weeknights.

School nights.

So you weren't aware of this.

No, Madison was in bed
by : every night, or...

we thought she was.

Do you think
she got mixed up in something,

and... that's the reason she d*ed?

Ryan: We don't know.

But we did find something else
in the school library.

Inside of a hollowed-out book

with your daughter's
fingerprints all over it.

What did you find?

$ . million in German bearer bonds.

Bearer bonds?

Are these your bearer bonds,
Mr. Beaumont?

Uh, no. No.

Do you know where your daughter
could've gotten them?

Charles?

No. Um, I'm sorry.

We can't help you.

Come on, Diane. We're done here.

There's no question

Madison's dad knew about
those bearer bonds.

Okay, if they have something
to do with his daughter's death,

then why wouldn't he want
to tell us about them?

We're not gonna know until
we know where they came from.

We're tracking the serial
numbers on the bonds

to see if we can locate
the original owners,

but it's gonna take some time.

What the hell was this girl mixed up in?

And what does it have to do
with Jordan's telekinesis?

[ Chuckles ]

Nothing, because Jordan
is not telekinetic.

Well, explain that cafeteria video.

I can't, Castle.

But I assure you, I will.

And what about Madison's death...

being thrown around like
a rag doll by an unseen force?

Yeah, well, unseen doesn't mean
that nobody was there.

And the real question
that we should be asking

is what is a -year-old doing

with $ . million in bearer bonds?

That probably got her k*lled,
not some psychic assassin.

Well, perhaps we'll have to
agree to disagree on that,

and agree to agree on this.

"The Billboard's top most
romantic songs of all time."

I figure our song has got to be
on that list somewhere.

No, Castle, I'm not choosing
our song off of a list

that includes Def Leppard's
"Pour Some Sugar On Me."

Uh, that song, I am sure,

ignited many
a strip-club romance in .

[ Sighs ]
...

A year when The Bangles

taught us how to walk like an Egyptian,

Bon Jovi taught us how to live
on nothing but a prayer,

and Rick Astley taught us how to laugh.

You're feeling nostalgic

after getting pulled back in time

to your days at Faircroft Prep.

Yeah, it was strange going back.

Everything seems smaller, yet unchanged.

I mean, the hallways are the same.

The principal is the same.

Same banners for school dances.

A... and why didn't you go to your prom?

I'm sure a -year-old Katherine Beckett

had many a young suitor.

Yeah, except rebel Becks
was a little too cool

to go to a silly dance, so...

We went to a poetry slam
in the East Village instead.

It was one of those seminal moments

that I kind of wish
I didn't skip out on.

To the things we missed.

And to those we didn't.

All right, get back to me
as soon as you can.

Hey! So, still no word
on the bearer bonds,

but it's looking more and more

like Madison's extracurriculars
were of a criminal nature.

- What'd you find?
- It's what CSU found...

an antique ring.

It was at the back of the shelf
at the library.

Must've slipped out of the book.

But we were able to I.D. it

as having been stolen
in a burglary a few weeks ago.

Who did this ring belong to?

Uh, to the mom of a kid
who attends Faircroft.

Turns out that a dozen
Faircroft families

have been burglarized
over the past months,

mainly watches and jewelry.

Let me guess...
the dates of the burglaries

match the dates
that Madison was out all night.

Bingo.

She must've fenced what she stole,

which explains why she was able
to pay off her credit cards.

It also explains

the early-morning visits to the library.

She'd stash her haul in Tolstoy
after each burglary,

and if anyone caught on to her,

they'd never be able to find the loot.

And if they did find the loot,

they wouldn't be able
to connect it to her.

Well, I checked with all
of Madison's friends at school.

None of them seem to know
what she was up to.

Hey, hey. Got a hit
on those bearer bonds.

Turns out, they were stolen months ago

in an armed robbery
of a bank in Floral Park.

The crew cleaned out
the safety deposit boxes.

Hold up, are you saying

that a -year-old
prep-school girl robbed a bank?

No, but she might've robbed
the guy who robbed the bank.

According to the police report,

the prime suspect in the bank robbery

was one Xiangzu Chen,

a former triad enforcer who went
into business for himself.

Now, the D.A. had enough
evidence to indict him,

but his defense attorney
got him off on a technicality.

The bonds were never recovered.

And how does any of this
connect with Madison?

Look who his defense attorney is.

Charles Beaumont, Madison's father?

Madison must've heard about
the bonds from her dad,

where Chen was hiding them,
and how much they were worth.

That's a huge score for a budding thief.

And if Chen found out
that his lawyer's little girl

stole $ . million from him...

It'd be motive to bash her skull
against the ceiling.

Yo, Beckett, we got a problem.

- Chen's gone.
- He went into hiding?

He put his house on the market,
and he moved out yesterday.

That doesn't sound like
the actions of an innocent man.

Where did he go?

We're trying to track him down,

but no one in his family's talking.

Ryan's bringing in his realtor right now

to see if she knows where he went.

No. No, I have no idea where he is.

All I know is he was willing

to take a huge loss
to close immediately.

He just wanted the house out of his name

and the cash in his account.

Where were you
supposed to send the money?

He gave me a routing number
to a bank in China.

Did he give you any reason

why he was looking to unload so quickly?

Well, he said he needed
the money for business reasons,

but I could tell
he was hiding something.

It's my job to know everything
about every home I sell,

so I asked around.

[ Quietly ]
Apparently, Mr. Chen is very superstitious,

- and according to the neighbors, something
happened. - What?

Well, I don't know

what they're putting
in the water out there,

but according to the next-door neighbor,

something chased Mr. Chen and his men

out of the house a few nights ago.

- What do you mean, "something"?
- Some thing, as in...

[ Chuckles ]
A ghost?

This neighbor said
that he looked out his window,

and all of the patio furniture
was flying around the yard.

It scared the hell out of Mr. Chen.

He and his men left the house,
and he never returned.

Obviously, that detail
was left out of the listing.

So, Chen didn't just leave his house.

He left the country.

TSA confirms that he was
on a flight to Shanghai

when Madison was m*rder*d.

- He's not our k*ller.
- Tell me again why he left the country.

[ Clears throat ]

What?

Well, you're not gonna want
to hear this,

but I followed up with Chen's neighbors.

Now, several confirmed seeing

what can only be described
as a telekinetic event

at Chen's property three nights ago.

And remind me
how stolen German bearer bonds

have nothing to do with telekinesis.

You know, there's a logical
explanation, okay?

I'd love to hear it.

Okay, fine.

Uh, Madison knew that those
bonds are in Chen's house.

Her father is, after all, his lawyer.

Um, so, she's looking
for the next big score.

She decides to scope out the house,

except Chen's guards
are around all the time.

So, knowing that Chen is superstitious,

she stages a supernatural event

to scare everyone out of the house.

That's actually really... logical.

Thank you.

But what about the other
events... the cafeteria?

Dry run, to see
if she could pull it off.

And her own death...
did she stage that, too?

- Ah.
- Okay, fine. All right. You're right.

Um, Madison couldn't have
done this alone.

So someone else was involved.

You know what? Madison
had to have had a partner.

You're right... a partner
with telekinetic abilities.

Or someone with the ability to fake it.

And when Madison wouldn't share,
the partner went after her.

So we find Madison's partner,
we'll find the k*ller.

Hey. Just heard back from CSU.

They recovered a number
of prints in Chen's house.

Matched a set to Madison.

And to Jordan?

Not yet, but they're still in process.

They also examined the patio

where Chen's furniture
earned its frequent-flyer miles.

Found shoe prints with traces

of blue, iridescent spray paint on them.

Let me guess... cerulean blue.

Ooh! Can you freeze that?
Look there, on the left.

Let me see if I can zoom in.

It's him! It's Lucas.
He was at the cafeteria.

And apparently at Chen's place,
based on that paint.

So, Lucas was the one
with the power and not Jordan.

Yeah, the power to stage these events.

But why would he be
Madison's accomplice?

- He said that he hated her.
- Maybe he came to hate her.

That's why he k*lled her.

And with everyone assuming

that Jordan was the one
with the telekinetic abilities,

what better way
to throw people off his scent?

[ g*n cocks ]
This is it.

That g*n's not gonna be much help

when Lucas rips it
from your hand with his mind.

[ Sighs ]
Castle, for the last time,

telekinesis is not r...

You were saying?

Come on.

We're gonna finally figure out
what's going on here.

Don't move.

It's not what you think.

Lucas: Don't hurt her.

[ Objects crash ]

She had nothing to do with this.

It's all my fault.

I never meant for any of this to happen.

I never meant for anyone to get hurt.

So, what we saw at your house,

that event at the cafeteria...
that was you?

Yeah. You must think I'm a freak, huh?

Uh... [Sighs]
how did you do it?

You wouldn't understand.
Most people don't.

That's why I've learned
to hide what I am.

Telekinetic.

[ Scoffs ]
[ Chuckling ] What?

No... smart.

You know, people don't like it
when you're smart,

when you do things
that people don't understand.

I mean, all that stuff
you saw, I rigged.

Rigged? But you made
the chairs move, the tables!

Right. Special effects
are kind of my hobby.

It's pretty amazing, actually,

what you can do with, like,
some fishing wire and magnets.

And people are pretty gullible.

Now, when I saw those girls
being so mean to Jordan,

I just... I just wanted
to make them stop.

And I figured
if I make them afraid of her,

they'll leave her alone, you know?

So, then, you faked the whole

telekinetic event at the cafeteria.

Yeah.

What's going to happen to him?

That all depends on what he did.

He was just trying to protect me.

I've never had anyone

do anything like that for me before.

And it worked.

I convinced everybody... except Madison.

She, uh, figured out what I'd done,

and then she threatened to... to...

to turn me in to the administration

if I didn't help her.

And you know... you know...
[ Sighs ]

you know what they would do
to a scholarship kid

who terrorized a room full of students?

- What did she ask you to do?
- Well...

there was a house in,
uh... in Westchester,

and she said she needed to get inside.

And I was supposed to create a diversion

to scare the owner out.

Do you know what she was after
in the house?

No. No idea. I just wanted
to do whatever she said

so I could get on with my life.

Which is why you k*lled her...
because she wouldn't let you.

No, I... I didn't... I didn't k*ll anybody!

Lucas, Madison was on a Facetime call

when she was k*lled.

Witnesses reported an invisible force

tossing her around the room.

They described it
as a telekinetic event.

Now, you just admitted to motive.

And out of all of our suspects,

you're the only one capable
of pulling that off.

Yeah.

Yeah, you're right.
I did pull that off...

with Madison.

It was the first thing
Madison forced me to do.

See, I made it look and sound
like a Facetime call,

but it's... it's just a video.

Apparently, one of her friends

was pretty disturbed
by the cafeteria stunt,

so she did this to really freak her out.

[ Gasps ]
Aah!

Exactly how her friends describe it.

Now, here's just the end,
with no effects.

Madison: - How was that?
Lucas: - That looked good.

Let's play it back.
[ Chuckles ]

She is so gonna freak
when she sees this.

She'll think your psycho sweetheart

is coming for her next.

All right, loser.
Help me get this harness off.

When did you make this?

Uh, last week.

I edited that last part out
and e-mailed it to Madison.

Our k*ller must've gotten
their hands on this.

They used the video to cover their crime

by making witnesses believe

they were watching the m*rder live.

Who else knew about this video?

Uh, as far as I know, just me, Madison,

and whichever bitch friend
Madison pranked with this.

So, then, that friend is our k*ller.

♪

Mind if I cut in?

[ Sighs ]
Principal Dunnan, what's going on?

I should ask you two that.

We found these inside your lockers,

hidden under a false bottom inside.

Care to explain?

Let me help you.

It's all stolen property

from thefts
connected to Madison Beaumont.

The two of you were partners
in her little bling ring.

At least Madison was smart enough

not to hide her stolen stash
in her locker.

I don't know what you're talking about.

I've never seen that stuff before.

I think you have.

We've matched each one of those items

to property that was stolen

from families that have
students enrolled here.

And we matched your movements

to the times when the burglaries
were committed.

Dunnan: It's bad enough you stole,

but from the Faircroft community?

Don't say a word. My dad's a lawyer.

He can get us out of anything.

- Even m*rder?
- m*rder?

Castle: You must've felt betrayed

when Madison went after
those bearer bonds alone.

Score of a lifetime,
and she shut you out.

- Is that why you k*lled her?
- Hello?

We were halfway across town
when that happened.

There are witnesses.

We saw her being k*lled
on that Facetime call.

You mean this call?

[ Chuckles ]

She is so gonna freak
when she sees this.

She'll think your psycho sweetheart

is coming for her next.

- Oh, my God.
- All right, loser.

Help me get this harness off.

What you saw
was a pre-recorded joke video

that Madison made.

By the time you watched it,
she was already dead.

Our k*ller used it as an alibi

to make it look like she was
halfway across town

when the m*rder happened.

She also witnessed it
alongside a friend.

So what you thought was a Facetime call

was actually a video...

played on the k*ller's phone.

Isn't that right, Kris?

No.

- Please tell me you didn't.
- Didn't what?

Didn't want to play
her psycho games anymore?

I just wanted out.

But when I told her,
she wouldn't let me quit.

She said that she would destroy me!

That she would destroy us!

So I thought,
why should we take the blame

when she'd already given me
the perfect alibi?

And all you had to do was match
the crime scene to the video,

which is why you transferred
Madison's blood to the ceiling.

[ Sighs softly ]

She is captain of the cheer squad.

She knows her way
to the top of the pyramid.

[ Inhales sharply ]

So, what's gonna happen to Lucas?

Well, I mean, his only crime was a B&E

in which stolen goods
were stolen and since recovered,

so he'll keep his freedom.

And his scholarship,
although he will be on probation

for the remainder of the term.

Leniency, huh?

Well, nice to see
that the administration

has more compassion now
than they did in my day.

Hmm.

There's one thing
I need to know, Mr. Castle.

It's haunted me for years.

Where did you get the cow?

Put it this way, sir...

if you ever need one, I know a guy.

[ Andrew Belle's "In My Veins"
playing in distance ]

All right, where do you think
you're going?

They look like they're having fun.

Yeah.
♪ Will leave you in the morning ♪

Listen, I know you're a rebel
and you hate convention

and blah, blah, blah, but...

Kate, would you, uh...
♪ But find you in the day ♪

will you go to the dance with me?

♪ Oh, you're in my veins
and I cannot get you out ♪

♪ Oh, you're all I taste
at night inside of my mouth ♪

Do you regret it... that prank,
missing your prom,

not being here with Audra Dobson?

Not even a little bit.

Everything I've ever done,
every choice I've ever made,

every... terrible and wonderful thing

that's ever happened to me...

it's all led me to right here,
this moment, with you.

♪ Nothing stays the same ♪

Both: I've always loved this song.

Could it be we just found our song?
♪ Nobody here's perfect ♪

Castle.

♪ Oh, but everyone's to blame ♪

♪ Hey-ey ♪

♪ Oh, all that you rely on ♪

♪ O-o-on ♪

♪ And all that you can save ♪

- Talk about magnetism.
- Mm.

♪ Will leave you in the morning ♪

Oh, that reminds me...
♪ And find you in the day ♪

I had UNIs sweep Lucas' house,

and you know what they didn't find?

Wires, magnets,
anything that would explain

that stuff that we saw flying around.

♪ Oh, you're in my veins
and I cannot get you out ♪

- You don't think...
- No.

Now shut up and kiss me.

♪ No, I cannot get you out ♪

♪ Oh, you're in my veins ♪

♪ No, I cannot get you out ♪