04x13 - An Embarrassment of b*tches

[bunniefuu]

Ladies and gentlemen,
the moment is almost upon us.

As world-renowned trainer,
Francisco Pilar,

takes one Iast Iook at the finalists,

only one question remains.

Who will be this year's Best in Show?

(REPORTERS CLAMORING)

I'm here in the audience
with reality TV star Kay Cappuccio

and her manager and boyfriend,
Reggie Starr.

Kay, when are you and Reggie
getting married?

- Oh!
- Um...

Will it happen on the show?

I just want to say hi to all my fans
out there and remind them

that next month my new scent
hits stores.

Kay Cappuccio's Guilty PIeasure.

Make sure he's guilty of wanting you.

Francisco is ready to
reveal his decision.

- One. Two. Three.
- (AUDIENCE EXCLAIMING IN AWE)

ANNOUNCER:
And there you have it, folks.

This year's
Sunfare Kennel Best in Show

- is the one, the only...
- (BARKS)

"Buttons"?

You have a friend named
"Buttons"? A human friend?

Her mom called her that when
she was Iittle and it stuck.

(CHUCKLES) Now so is she.

Buttons and I bonded over
being rejected from Stanford.

In fact, we applied to a Iot
of the same schools,

so we were planning to visit
a few campuses together this weekend.

Make a road trip out of it.

Whoa! Okay, whoa.

Where are you staying,
who's driving and who's chaperoning?

We were going to take your Ferrari

and hook up with some boys
we met on Craigslist.

Not cool.

Honey, don't be such a killjoy.

I'm sure Buttons' mother is going along.

She is, and she's very responsible.

Yeah, except when it comes
to picking nicknames.

Look, if you want,

I could have Mrs. Dutton stop by
to meet you when she picks me up.

Yeah, I think that'd be...

Her Iast name is Dutton?

Your friend's name is "Buttons Dutton"?

That is unfortunate.

- (CELL PHONE RINGS)
- What's so wrong with that?

Come on, it'd be Iike calling me
"Rassle" or "Tassle"

or "No Hassle Castle".

Hey. No, I was just making a point.

PIease, don't call me that.

ESPOSITO: Victim is Francisco Pilar,
judge of the dog show.

We found him here
in his dressing room.

He still had cash on him,
plus his wallet, phone

and a key card of some kind.

Is the cause of death what it Iooks Iike?

Yep. Someone put a Ieash around
his neck and pulled.

Do you guys have
an estimated time of death?

I put together a window...

Excuse me. You're doing my job now?

I didn't know
you went to medical school.

But go ahead, "Doctor" Esposito.

Okay. Last guy to see Francisco alive

Ieft this room at 5:15
to go get him some dinner.

And Mr. Greene found him Iike this
20 minutes Iater.

Okay. Thanks.

- Hi.
- Hi.

Adam Greene.
I'm the Sunfare Show organizer.

Mr. Greene, how well did you know
our victim, Francisco?

Francisco's been our judge for
almost two decades.

No one cared about dogs
more than he did.

Did he have any family that
we could talk to?

Royal was his family.

That's a handsome pooch.

Francisco Ioved him very much.

The truth is he got along with dogs
a Iot better than their owners.

So, dog whisperer, check.
People whisperer, not so much.

Did he have any problems
with any of the owners?

What are you suggesting?

Just that he was k*lled about half an
hour after he gave out Best in Show.

I'II admit, show dog owners
can be passionate people,

but not to this extent.

CASTLE: Somebody wrapped that Ieash
around his neck.

BECKETT: We'II need a Iist of
the names of all of the contestants

along with anyone that might have had
access to this room.

Of course.

(SNARLING)

Isn't this Francisco Pilar's dog?

Yes, that's Royal.

We thought it best to
keep him out of the room.

Why is he doing that?

He was doing the same thing
by the body when we found him.

May be some sort of grieving process.

I'II get you that Iist of names.

So the dog was at the crime scene
at the time of the m*rder.

What do you want us to do?
Bring him in for questioning?

I'm just saying,
would man's best friend stand idly by

while his master was attacked?

And if he did intervene,

maybe he got DNA or trace evidence
on him that could Iead to our k*ller.

I may have a Iead of my own.

One of the Iosing contestants just
filed this appeal of Francisco's decision,

guy named David Hernand.

They said he was so angry that
the vein in his forehead

was visibly throbbing.

Apparently, dog shows
are this guy's whole Iife.

Was I upset about Francisco's death?
Sure.

But I was more upset about his choice
for Best in Show.

And that ribbon belonged to my Max.

Mr. Hernand, can you account
for your whereabouts

between 5:15 and 5:35?

Yeah, I was right here at my grooming
station, filing my appeal...

I didn't k*ll him, okay?

Given everything he was into,
I'd say he brought it on himself.

And what exactly was he into?

Well, rumor has it, he was on the take.

Are you saying he was taking bribes
to fix dog shows?

Betting on dog shows,
it's a big business.

And he was seen with some
pretty shady characters.

People with ties to Vegas.

That's a serious allegation.
Do you have any proof to back it up?

You want proof?

That's who Francisco selected
Best in Show.

Just Iook at that mutt.

Now back to my Max, now the mutt.

That's all the proof I need.

BECKETT: Really? There's big money
riding on dog shows?

It's actually kind of ingenious.

You know, everyone's got football,

basketball, horse-racing
under a microscope,

Iooking for the slightest hint
of impropriety.

Who's Iooking at dog shows?

I'm gonna have Ryan Iook into it,
along with Hernand's alibi.

Whatever you're talking about,
it can wait.

Ma'am, please tell Detective Beckett
what you told me.

I was backstage after the show,

when I saw a woman Ieave
Francisco's dressing room.

Can you describe her?

Even better.
I took a video with my phone.

She was wearing
a hood and sunglasses,

but I recognized her instantly.

It was Kay Cappuccio.

The reality television star?

ESPOSITO: Check the time stamp,

right in the middle
of our time of death window.

CASTLE: Here's what I don't get.

Why would Kay Cappuccio
want to k*ll Francisco Pilar?

BECKETT: Here's what I don't get.

How does this woman have
her own perfume Iine,

an army of paparazzi outside
her apartment,

millions of Twitter followers,
dozens of magazine covers,

all with no discernible talent
to account for it?

Even more perplexing. Why in almost
every photo is she posed Iike this?

Oh, guys, sorry, no time for photos.

Okay, maybe just one.

Hey, that's not Jason Bateman.

(PHOTOGRAPHERS GROAN
IN DISAPPOINTMENT)

That's getting old.

(INAUDIBLE)

You two must be
the soft drink people, right?

Actually, no. We are NYPD. We're here
to speak with Kay Cappuccio.

Oh, my bad. Why don't you just
grab a squat right over there?

Excuse me?

Phoebe will bring you a goji-berry juice.

You know what?
I think I have a better idea.

Everybody, take five.

REGGIE: Whoa! Hold on a second.

Kay Cappuccio
doesn't have five to spare.

How about fifteen to twenty?

And that goji-berry juice
sounds delightful.

Sure, I knew Francisco.

I hired him to do two weeks
of behavior training with my dog.

Our show is gonna start sh**ting
again soon

and Lolita has some minor aggression
issues I wanted taken care of.

This Iittle charmer?
I find it hard to believe.

(BARKING)

I assume you asked for
your money back.

I never paid him.

He brought her back yesterday morning
after just a few days.

Said he didn't want to work with me.

So, are we done here?

'Cause I have fittings,
a couple endorsement meetings,

Iike, three red carpets
I have to show up at.

And I've got a witness that places
you at the m*rder scene. So sit down.

Sure.

Now why did you go to see Francisco
after the dog show Iast night?

I wanted an explanation
as to why he wouldn't train Lolita.

And what did he tell you?

I would so much rather not go into it.

BECKETT: We've got a video of you
Ieaving Francisco's dressing room

right around the time of the m*rder.

So "not going into it" is not an option.

Fine. We didn't talk about anything
because he was already dead.

You found the body?

Yeah.

And you didn't call 911?

No, I did. As soon as I got into the Iimo.

No harm, no foul, right?

You fled a crime scene!

AII right, have you heard the phrase,
"There's no such thing as bad press"?

Having your picture taken with
a dead guy is the exception.

I have to be so careful with my
image. My image is all that I have.

Yeah, no,
we were just talking about that.

Ms. Cappuccio, when Francisco
brought your dog back,

was he acting unusual, at all?

Oh, I didn't see him. He showed up in
the middle of my 10:00 a.m. workout.

I was here, so I took Lolita.

But you're right,
the guy was acting weird.

He kept saying,
"Who is she working for?

"I know she's working for somebody."

He seemed really paranoid.

Do you have any idea
what he was talking about?

No clue. That's why
I went to go talk with him.

Okay. Well, I guess then we are done.
For now.

Just stay available for questioning.

Oh, my God,
Iike I'm gonna go anywhere?

I can't take one step without
a million people taking my picture.

Well, it's no mystery why someone

wouldn't want to be in business
with Kay,

but why did Francisco think that
she was working for someone?

CASTLE: Especially since
her whole Iife is about not working.

And what made him
so paranoid about her?

Maybe he had something to hide.

Looks Iike there might be some truth
to those rumors that the fix was in.

ESPOSITO: Yeah. I've been
going through Francisco's financials.

He made a bunch of cash deposits
over the Iast year, 10 grand a pop.

So we went back and Iooked at
the Iast few shows he judged.

Our boy had a thing for Iong shots.

The Iine at Vegas on yesterday's
Sunfare winner was fifty to one,

a real underdog.

CASTLE: Well,
what doesn't make any sense is,

if he was taking the bribes,
why would they k*ll him?

ESPOSITO: Maybe he wanted out.

Or more money.

His calendar said he had
weekly appointments

with a therapist, a Dr. Patty Barker.

They had a session the day he died.
Maybe she can fill in some gaps.

Okay, Iet's bring her in.

LANIE: Brought you guys a Iittle visitor!

Oh! Look who it is.

Hello! Look at you. You're adorable.

Okay, adorable.

We swabbed his mouth for human
DNA, but I don't have high hopes.

Even if there were some, all that
slobbering, it's probably Iong gone.

Hey, what are we gonna do with Royal?

I mean,
Francisco didn't have any family.

LANIE: I didn't have the heart
to call Animal Control.

Jenny's friend runs a rescue.

Or we could keep him here
at the precinct.

I mean, we could use a mascot.

I thought that's what you were.

That... What's that?
What's that, buddy?

Esposito's sense of humor fell down
a well and can't get out?

PIease?

Okay, fine. But only until we find
him a suitable home.

Then you better find out
what kind of food he eats,

because he's not touching
the stuff I put out.

Well, there's gotta be some food
for him at Francisco's place.

Who wants to make a run for it?

To go get dog food?

- Castle.
- Ryan.

Esposito.

Well, shall we settle this Iike men?
(CLEARS THROAT)

AII right.

Mmm.

Two out of three?

Snip.

He's been my patient for years.

I see him whenever
his travel allows for it.

Dr. Barker, what kind of issues
was he dealing with?

Did he ever exhibit signs of paranoia?

No. The occasional bout of depression,

which then Ied to Iow self-esteem,
which Ied to binge eating.

An eating problem?
You wouldn't know it to Iook at him.

His diet was horrible.

Oh! Scraps from the garbage,
dead birds, even his own feces.

We're not talking about
Francisco here, are we?

Oh!

You thought I was
Francisco's therapist?

(LAUGHING) Heavens no, no.
My patient is Royal.

Well, I am a canine therapist.

Yeah.

It'd be pretty crazy
for me to treat people.

(LAUGHING) People.
That would be crazy!

Dr. Bark... Mrs. Barker,

how did Francisco seem to you
at Royal's Iast appointment?

Actually, he canceled it.

Did he say why?

Just that something had come up,
and he had to be somewhere in a hurry.

Okay, that's actually helpful.

Well.

BECKETT: Well, thank you.

We'II contact you
if we need anything further.

How is Royal doing?

Is it true that he was at the crime
scene, that he witnessed the m*rder?

We think so, yes.

There may be things he saw.

Things he's trying to communicate
about the crime.

If you Iet me see him,
I can try to find out what he knows.

You know,
Francisco had a Iot of faith in her.

- It might be worth a few minutes.
- (CELL PHONE RINGING)

Of your time? Sure.

I'II get him.

Beckett.

RYAN: Found enough dog food to keep
Royal fat and happy for a while.

Found something else tasty, too.
EIectronic bug sweeper. Looks new.

To detect eavesdropping devices?

Uh-huh. Paranoia or not, Francisco
thought he was under surveillance.

Okay, so Francisco was worried
that he was being bugged.

And then yesterday, somewhere around
11:00 a.m., he runs off,

right around the time that
Kay's assistant

said that he started acting paranoid.

Then a few hours Iater, he's m*rder*d.

So then where the hell did he go?

You know, we've got Francisco's
cell phone in Evidence.

If the GPS was turned on, it might
tell us exactly where he went.

DR. PATTY: Yes, that's right.
I know. I know you are.

The poor thing is just traumatized.
How was he when you found him?

They said that he was pawing
at the ground.

The man from Sunfare said
that was a sign of bereavement.

Royal. Royal, Iook at what I'm doing.

(MOANS SOFTLY)

That's right. I know it is.

He was trying to tell you something.
Something important.

Really? You can tell all that from...

Royal, Iook at me.

I know. I know you're hurt.
You're confused.

You're dealing with
abandonment issues.

There's a Iot to break through here.
This could take some time.

Tell me, did Francisco ever observe
you during your sessions?

No, he waited outside. Why?

No reason.

According to his phone,

this is the place Francisco went
yesterday before the dog show.

Maybe it was to meet his
gambling contacts.

Couldn't he just do this over the phone?

Not if he was being bugged.

Hey.

Remember what else Francisco
had in his pocket?

- (BEEPS)
- (DOOR UNLOCKS)

ESPOSITO: What is this place?

BECKETT: Looks Iike
some kind of a kennel.

Yeah, I see the cages.
But where are the...

(DOGS GROWLING)

Shepherds.

Okay, Iisten, a friend of mine
had one of these.

They smell fear.

So don't flinch.
Whatever you do, don't...

- (BARKING)
- Run!

(BECKETT SCREAMS)

ESPOSITO: Go!

Move! Move!

(BOTH EXCLAIMING FEARFULLY)

Okay, okay.

(DOGS PANTING)

What the hell are you doing
in my warehouse?

Detectives Beckett
and Esposito. NYPD.

You got a warrant?

Who are you?

Jack Patterson. I work for
Francisco Pilar. Did, anyway.

What do you want?

We're investigating his m*rder.
What the hell is this place?

Francisco was breeding a new type
of designer dog, the Pilar Retriever.

I managed the operation when he
was traveling. It was a real tragedy.

Guy spends his whole Iife
developing a dog.

He was almost ready to unveil it, too.

How well did you know Francisco?

ESPOSITO: Yeah,
did he have a gambling hobby?

Possibly took some bribes
from the wrong people?

Francisco didn't have hobbies.
His whole Iife was his work.

And it was honest work.

Yeah, well, the thing is,

Francisco made a bunch of
major cash deposits into an account.

Let me guess, 10 grand each, right?

Word was Ieaking out about
the Pilar Retriever.

People were stopping Francisco
at dog shows,

giving him cash just to reserve
a pup from the first Iitter.

Any idea why he rushed
over here yesterday?

Actually, yeah.
He showed up with a bug detector,

started sweeping the place.

Why would anyone wanna
put a kennel under surveillance?

I don't know.

Well, his breeding and training
methods were closely guarded secrets.

And the Pilar Retriever was making
his competitors very nervous.

Anyone specific?

It sounded crazy at the time,

but he thought one of his
dog-training clients

was in business with someone who was
trying to infiltrate our operation.

And did he tell you which client?

Kay Cappuccio? Why would she steal
Francisco's secrets?

Well, we don't know
for sure that she did.

In fact, we don't know that he was
actually bugged by anyone.

Well, we do now.
Francisco's sweeper has a memory,

and it tripped to a Iistening device
yesterday morning.

The same time he confronted
Kay's people

and asked who she was working for.

This can't be a coincidence

it all happened on the same day
he was k*lled.

You know, I got a feeling
that Kay Cappuccio

knows a Iot more than she's Ietting on.

We're gonna have to talk to her again.

And this time, she's coming to us.

(ELEVATOR DINGS)

Right this way, Ms. Cappuccio.

Just her.

(WHIMPERING)

(DEVICE BEEPING)

BECKETT: I don't really watch
reality television, Ms. Cappuccio.

- Would you Iike to know why?
- (DOG SNARLING)

KAY: Doggy kisses. Kisses!

Because I usually find that
it's not all that real.

And I don't Iike things or people
who present fiction as truth.

In fact, I find it to be a waste of time.

Okay, is this why you brought me
down here? To insult my show?

This isn't about your show.

I want to know what really happened
with Francisco.

This time, the truth.

I told you the truth.

Well, according to your assistant,

Francisco asked you who you were
working for. What does that mean?

I told you, I have no idea.

Really. No idea that he was
starting a breeding venture

that his competitors were just
dying to know about?

Tell me, does the phrase "corporate
espionage" mean anything to you?

No.

No, seriously,
I have no idea what it means.

(DOOR OPENS)

Could I see you guys for a second?

She set off the sweeper.

What?

The bug sweeper was on my desk.
When she walked by, it went off.

You think she's wearing a wire?

Dude, Iook at that outfit.
Where's she gonna put a wire?

Well, if I had to be creative,
I guess... That's rhetorical.

We went into the tech room
to isolate the frequency

that the bug was transmitting on

and we found, well...

Show them.

AII right.

KAY: Sweet baby. Mommy's gonna
get you home so soon.

Boobs?

Not just any boobs. Her boobs.

It's on the collar!

There's a camera in one of the
jewels in the dog's collar.

You said she takes that dog with
her wherever she goes?

Mmm-hmm.

Which means that Francisco probably

wasn't the intended target
of the surveillance.

Kay Cappuccio is!

I cannot believe that someone
has been watching me.

Ms. Cappuccio, when you say that
your dog goes with you everywhere...

Oh, my God. He could've seen me
in the shower,

he could've seen me and Reggie
in bed together.

He could've seen me
without my makeup!

I feel so violated.

Look, the paparazzi are aggressive,
but wiring a dog collar?

That's a Iot of effort to go through
just to get some celebrity video.

I mean, it's not just any celebrity video.

I mean, TMZ's offered, Iike, a million
bucks for the first naked picture of me.

If you ask me,
that number's on the Iow side.

You are too sweet.

Thank you.

A million dollars,
it's a pretty powerful incentive.

Yeah.

When did you get that collar?

A few weeks ago.

The camera would've had to be
installed since then,

which would mean they would need
access to your dog.

Lolita is barely ever out of my sight.

Only when she goes on her walk.
Or to the groomers.

Okay, we're gonna need the names
of all of those people,

along with your house staff.

We're gonna want to run
background checks on all of them.

In the meantime, we should keep
the collar-cam active.

We don't want whoever's behind this
to know we're onto them.

Right, which means just go about
your regular routine.

Just try to keep your private
moments, well, private.

BECKETT: Look, if Kay was the
actual target of the surveillance,

what does any of this have to do
with Francisco's m*rder?

What if Francisco discovers
the collar is rigged?

He returns the dog to Kay,

but doesn't get a chance to confront
her about it at the time.

But whoever's monitoring the feed,
hoping to see her naked,

hears Kay say that she intends to
talk to Francisco after the show.

So then they k*lled him
to keep him quiet?

This is paparazzi we're talking about.

I can see one of those scum
k*lling for a fat paycheck.

So if we find
whoever bugged that collar,

then we might be able to find our k*ller?

Well, we could go through
recent photos of Kay, you know,

from tabloids, gossip websites, and
see if she can identify any of them

as being from the collar-cam.

And then there might be a trail that
Ieads back to the guilty party.

So we're gonna have to find somebody
to pull all those photos.

I'II do it.

Got a Iittle case of
puppy Iove there, Esposito?

(SCOFFS)

You do realize that
she's got a serious boyfriend, right?

Who? Reggie? (SCOFFS)

He was a backup dancer
in her fitness video.

I mean, I don't even know what
she's doing with that knucklehead.

(ESPOSITO MUTTERING
INDISTINCTLY)

Oh!

Looks Iike Esposito isn't the
only frustrated dog in the precinct.

Who closed him up in there?

Oh, he needed to take a nap.
But he can't stay there overnight.

I could take him home with me.

AIexis is gone for the weekend,
and I could use the company.

Or I could take him home.

I mean, I've been thinking about
getting a dog,

this might be a great chance
at a trial run.

Oh!

Yeah, all right then.
I guess you could take him.

I mean, I don't want you to feel Ionely.

Well, I could flip you for it.

No Roshambo?

Well, I mean, that would put you
at an unfair disadvantage.

I'm pretty good at that game.

Come on, Castle. Let's go.

AII right. Just so you know, there's
strategies in this game that...

- Two out of three?
- Mmm-hmm.

Three out of five?

Sure.

You know, there is another way
that we can go about this.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

(LAUGHING)

Castle, you were supposed to be here
over an hour ago.

It's called "Shared custody," not
"Show-up-when-you-want custody."

Yeah. I thought I had
everything together,

but at the Iast minute,
I could not find Mr. Squeaky.

(TOY SQUEAKING)

So don't worry about feeding him.
I had a rib eye I couldn't finish.

You fed him a steak?

Yeah, don't worry, we worked it off.

He played fetch in the hall

and then we watched
some Beverly Hills Chihuahua.

And, boy, this guy,
this guy is a snuggler.

And I bet you Iet him sit
on your couch, didn't you?

Um...

No, it's okay. You can be the fun
one, and I'II just be the bad guy,

because there is no way that you are
shedding all over my couch.

Oh, no, he's perfectly happy right there.

Oh! And he Ioves it when you rub him
right between the eyes,

just Iittle circles with your thumb,
just Iike this, not too hard, just...

Castle.

Yeah, there's... You get it.

Yeah. AII right! You guys have fun.

Don't miss me too much.
The dog, not you.

(CHUCKLES)

(DOOR SHUTS)

- Okay. Come on, right here.
- (TOY SQUEAKING)

Come on, right here. Come on.

You're so cute!

KAY: I never thought I would say this,

but I am so sick
of Iooking at myself right now.

I can't even imagine how you must feel.

Don't worry about me.
What about that one?

Um... That is what I wore on Thursday.

So that means Lolita was off at
the groomers, so no.

The collar couldn't have
taken this picture.

I can't believe you can identify
what day of the year it is

just from what you're wearing.

And people say I'm talentless.

Don't Iisten to those haters.

How many of them can say they've got
their own cosmetics Iine, huh?

How about this one?

No. God, I remember that day.

There was this creep photographer
hidden down between two cars.

(SIGHING)

This is depressing.

Don't worry, we'II catch the guy.

No, I mean my Iife.

It's shopping and partying
and more shopping.

And it is bad enough that people

fight to take pictures of me
doing all this dumb stuff.

But do you really think that
Francisco was m*rder*d because of it?

Well, if he was,
doesn't make it your fault.

Did he have a family?

No. It was just him and his dog.

Oh! I guess we weren't so different, then.

What are you talking about?
You have Reggie,

Phoebe, all your friends.

Look at all these pictures.

You're never alone.

Pictures can be really deceiving.

Wait. This one.

This one? This is from a high angle.

No, no. This is from Iast week.

This is the day that Lolita got off
her Ieash and she climbed up this hill

and this would've been
her exact vantage point.

ESPOSITO: Now all I gotta do is call
Celebrity Report

and they ought to Iead me right to...

Marcus Hiatt.

AII the pictures ID'd from the collar-cam
can be traced back to him.

He was outside Kay's place
with the rest of the paparazzi.

The guy's a full-on stalkerazzi.

Harassment, trespassing, even B&E.

Seems Iike there's nothing this guy
won't do to get that big money shot.

And we know he had opportunity for
the m*rder

because he was issued
credentials to that dog show.

Wonder where he might be now?

(KNOCK ON WINDOW)

Who is your cable service provider?
Because I do not get this channel.

BECKETT:
You recognize your work, Marcus?

Kay Cappuccio did. And so did
that scandal rag you sold it to.

How did you get access to the dog?
Did you pay someone off?

You guys are way off base here,
all right? Look, it's not what you think.

No? 'Cause I think you knew that if
Francisco told Kay about the collar,

she'd go straight to the FBI,

and you saw your whole world
crashing down around you.

I did not k*ll that Francisco guy.

I didn't even wire the dog collar, either.

Who's a good boy, huh?

Who's a good boy?
Is Marcus a good boy?

No. He's not a good boy.
He's a bad boy.

Maybe if I could hack into her
cell phone,

maybe I'd find some nude pictures
of her or something.

But then out of nowhere,
I picked up that video feed.

Kay Cappuccio dropping her bathrobe
and jumping into the shower.

Look, I know they say she's got
no talent,

but Iet me tell you something, brother,

that girl's got more talent than...

Hey! Watch your mouth.

Do you actually expect us to believe

that you accidently came across
that feed?

Look, I don't know where it was
coming from and, really, I didn't care.

I was sitting on a gold mine.

Only I didn't have the equipment to
record it at first,

so I scrambled to get it set up.

But, Iater that day, they shipped
the dog off to that damn trainer.

Well, that's a great story, Marcus.

Look, if you wanna find who k*lled him,

find who he was doing business with.

And I'm not talking about his
dog-training business, either.

Then what are you talking about?

I drove back there to check
on the signal, all right?

Thought maybe I could find out when
the dog was going back to Kay.

The things I heard that Francisco guy
talking about?

Yeah, he was into some sketchy stuff.

Really, bro? You're gonna sit here
and call someone else sketchy?

Listen to what I'm saying, all right?

The guy was talking about
shipments from Argentina.

Getting past Customs. Street values?

CASTLE: Drugs?

And it seems to fit his travel.
In addition to his international trips,

made a Iot of flights to Boston, New
Orleans, Seattle, Long Beach, Miami.

- AII port cities.
- Exactly.

The international travel to judge
dog shows. That's a perfect cover.

So our dog trainer was a drug courier.

No wonder he was so paranoid
about being bugged.

Then that warehouse that we saw?

Breeding facility, my a*s.

BECKETT: The "Pilar Retriever"?

It's a pretty good story, right?

Hey, I had to get you
out of there somehow.

Mr. Patterson, I don't think
you understand how serious this is.

We're in the process of obtaining
a warrant.

We're going to search that warehouse
from top to bottom.

And we've got a pretty good idea of
what we're gonna find in there.

Well, I'II tell you exactly what you'II find.

Suitcases with false bottoms for
smuggling drugs through Customs.

About two kilos of
pure Argentinean heroin.

And the best drug-sniffing dogs
we've ever had.

My name's not Jack Patterson.

Kenny Weizer, U.S. Customs agent.

You got any coffee?

Um...

So Francisco was training
drug-sniffing dogs?

KENNY: His methods were amazing.

Personally handled deployment

wherever we thought the shipment
was coming in.

Which explains all that travel
to those port cities

and the payments and the secrecy.

Yeah, sorry about giving you
the runaround at the warehouse,

but when you're dealing with
the cartels, you can't be too careful.

So that's why you gave us
Kay Cappuccio's name.

Because you thought
she bugged Francisco.

Yeah, we couldn't really Iaunch
an investigation

without tipping our hand in
the Vasquez operation,

so I figured I'd tell you what I know,
see where you could get.

Vasquez?
That's out of Argentina, right?

It's a huge heroin smuggling family.

Agent Weizer,
what are Francisco's dogs trained to do

when they smell drugs?

They paw at the ground. Why?

Because that's what Royal was doing.

So I guess that dog therapist was right,
he was trying to tell us something.

He smelled drugs on our k*ller!

KENNY: Well, that makes sense.

The Vasquez cartel had a hell of
a Iot to gain from Francisco's death.

His program was costing them
a fortune in intercepted shipments.

Which is why they wanted eyes
and ears on Francisco.

They wanted to figure out how
the Customs operation worked.

But once Francisco realized
he was under surveillance,

they knew he was onto them.

So they got someone to finish him off.

Probably the same person who wired
Kay Cappuccio's dog collar.

CASTLE: Whoever wired up that
dog collar had to have three things.

One, access to the dog.

Two, knowledge that Francisco would
be training that dog.

Three, some connection
to the Vasquez cartel.

(SNIFFING)

The intersection of these three circles
holds the identity of our k*ller.

He's doing that thing again.

Yeah, but I don't have any heroin
on me, Castle.

Why would he react Iike that? Unless...

Beckett, are you wearing perfume?

And just for future reference,
I am partial to Fracas.

Listen, don't flatter yourself, okay?

I just spritzed some of this stuff
that Kay sent over in the gift basket.

Why would he react to that?

Because the main ingredient
is essence of poppy flower.

And heroin is made from morphine,
which comes from the opium poppy.

Guys, what if at the crime scene,

he was pawing not at drugs,
but at the scent of that perfume?

Yeah, but this perfume
hasn't even come out yet.

I mean, who would be wearing it?

Only one person.

Not Kay!

Well, she was at the crime scene.

Castle, we're not talking about
paparazzi and celebrities,

we're dealing with a drug cartel.

Okay, well, Iet's remember
what we're Iooking for.

One, access to the dog. Check.

Two, knowledge that Francisco
was training the dog. Check.

Only thing we're missing
is a connection to the cartel.

(SIGHS) Guys, I think
I might have our Iink.

Kay Cappuccio shot a commercial
in Argentina six months ago.

So? Argentina's a big country.

It doesn't mean that she's connected
to the Vasquez family.

RYAN: But this does.

She stayed at the compound of Junior
Vasquez, first Iieutenant of the cartel.

She's the one.

KAY: I just want to say hi to all my fans
out there. Say hi, Lolita.

And I want to remind you guys that
my new scent hits stores next month.

Kay Cappuccio's Guilty Pleasure.

Make sure he's guilty of wanting you.

Guilty pleasure? Or just guilty?

What does this video
have to do with anything?

This was about 15 minutes
before you went backstage

to Francisco Pilar's dressing room.

So?

So we have reason to suspect that
our k*ller was wearing your perfume.

Well, that's impossible.
It wasn't even out yet.

I'm the only person that had it.

Does she realize
she just incriminated herself?

I said she was nice.
I didn't say anything about smart.

Customs Agent Weizer's on the phone
for Detective Esposito.

Thanks.

What was that about?

I asked him to call me if he found any
definitive Kay Cappuccio connection

to the Vasquez family.

Hey. Do you know when they're
gonna be done in there?

We got a reporter from Vanity Fair
coming by the house Iater.

They're giving her the cover.

I don't know, bro.
But good Iuck with that.

Esposito.

What's your relationship
with Junior Vasquez?

Junior? He is such a sweetheart.

They have Keeping Up with Cappuccio
in Argentina, so he's kind of a big fan.

Do you realize that the Vasquez family

is the number one heroin exporter
in South America?

What? Oh, my God, you guys,
I did not know that.

(WHISPERING)

BECKETT: Excuse me.

Give me a minute, Castle.

KAY: This is a nightmare.
Heroin, m*rder.

I just wish I had never even heard
of Francisco.

Kay, how did you hear about him?

Reggie. He read about him in,
Iike, a magazine or something.

He said he was the best.
So he insisted I use him.

So it was Reggie's idea that
Lolita go to Francisco for training?

Yeah.

Make sure he's guilty of wanting you.

- (CHUCKLES)
- (REGGIE COUGHS)

KAY: Hi, baby!

(MUFFLED COUGH)

BECKETT: Are you sure about this?

Positive. Customs connected Kay
to the Vasquez family, all right.

Through Reggie.

Turns out, he went to school
with one of the Vasquez kids.

He's the connection, not Kay.

(INDISTINCT)

(WOMEN SCREAM)

(BARKING)

Get him, Royal.

(GROANS)

(SNARLING AND BARKING)

So he confessed to the whole thing.

The Vasquez cartel suspected that

Francisco was training dogs
for Customs.

And then when Kay needed
Lolita trained,

Reggie steered her towards Francisco
and then wired the dog collar.

But Francisco caught on,
and Reggie panicked.

He felt he had to protect the cartel.

Yeah, and Reggie wanted to get in
good with the cartel.

He knew that his days of mooching
off of Kay were almost over,

in spite of all the reports that
the two of them were getting married.

Whoa, whoa,
you mean the tabloids were wrong?

Yeah, and, you know, I was wrong
about something, too.

Turns out, having a mascot in
the precinct can be pretty useful.

So I was thinking for tonight,
maybe you take him home

and I'II swing by to pick him up,
maybe 9:30?

Oh, I don't know, Castle.

I don't know if this whole splitting time
thing is a good Iong-term solution.

Or what then, alternating nights?
Weekends, weekdays?

I think it'II just confuse the poor guy.

God knows he's had enough therapy.

I think he deserves one home.

Oh! I see where this is going.

(BLOWING)

No. No, no Roshambo.

You got a better idea?

I think we should Iet Royal decide.

We go to opposite ends of the room.
And wherever he goes, that's home.

Let's do it.

Let's do it. Sit down. Sit down.
Good boy. Stay there. Stay there.

AII right.

Ready?

Ready.

Come here, boy.

- Come over here, Royal.
- Come here, Royal.

Come on, come over here, boy.
Come right here.

It's a big decision,

- but I know you'II make the right one.
- Royal, who Ioves you?

Come on!
My couch is super comfortable.

- Come on, buddy.
- Come right over here, baby.

- You know in your heart.
- Come on, Royal. Who's beautiful?

Man's best friend. Man's!

Looks Iike he's made his choice
and it's me!

(BARKING)

You have such good taste, Royal!

Hi, buddy. You have very good taste.
Hi, buddy.

BECKETT: Are you sure
you want to take him?

Yeah, maybe we should do
two out of three.

KAY: Yes! Lolita and I need a big,
strong man around the house.

Especially one as Ioyal as this.
Right, bud?

Royal, you are officially
a Cappuccio now.

And you have been so sweet.

(LAUGHS) Oh!

You know, I know that the paparazzi
can be very vicious sometimes.

So if you ever need anything,
and I mean anything at all,

you know where to find me.

I just might take you up on that one day.

BECKETT: Well, you know what?
I mean, I'm sure it's for the best.

He would have been Ionely at my place.
There's nobody to play with.

Yeah, mine, too.

(SIGHS)

- They do Iook Iike they enjoy each other.
- Hmm.

(SNIFFING)

Hey, sweetheart. How was your trip?

We had fun. Miss me?

Terribly. But I did manage to have
a good time without you

with my new friend Royal, the dog.

You got a dog?

No, but I was Iooking after him
for a while. But it made me think,

all those times when you were Iittle,

how you begged me for a dog,
and I refused because...

You said you'd be the one
who'd wind up having to feed it.

And it was hard enough remembering
to feed me every day.

Yeah, I don't remember that Iast part.

It was subtext. Barely.

Anyway, I want to make it up to you.

I want to get you a dog.

Only question is,
what kind of dog do we get?

What are we gonna name it?
Whose room is it gonna sleep in?

Whoa, Dad, slow down.
I'm Ieaving for college soon, remember?

You can't have a dog
in your dorm room.

Right.

I know, I'II just take care of him here,

you can come visit him
whenever you can.

So this dog you want to get,
you know, for me?

This wouldn't be an enticement to come
home from college more often, would it?

Don't pretend Iike you're smarter than
me. I taught you subtext, young Iady.

Don't worry. I'II come back
and visit so much you'II be sick of me.

Promise?

Yeah. Someone has to Ieave food
out for you once in a while.

Speaking of,
I'm kind of hungry right now.

Kibbles 'n Bits?

CASTLE: Peanut butter on a spoon?

ALEXIS: (LAUGHS) Chinese.

CASTLE: I'd Iike a sandwich.

Welcome home.

ALEXIS: Yeah.