BeckettI’m telling you, something happened. Something changed. It’s been weird between us lately.
Lately? Kate, it’s been weird for four years.
Beckett
No, this is different. He’s different. It’s like he’s pulling away.
Well, can you blame him? He’s probably tired of waiting.
Beckett
Waiting for what?
What do you think? The guy is crazy about you, and despite your little act, you’re crazy about him. (Kate looks at her.) Oh, what, was that supposed to be some big secret?
Beckett
Yes. No. Do you think he knows?
You remember how he used to be? Girl on either arm. You really don’t see that guy too much anymore. Why do you think that is? He’s waiting for you.
Beckett
Yeah, but Lanie...
I know. You’re dealing with stuff. But you cannot ask him to wait forever. Unless, of course, you’re okay with him pulling away.
Beckett
What if it doesn’t work? What if it ends up like you and Javi?
Well, at least we gave it a shot. And so it didn’t work out, so what? Now we can move on, give or take the occasional booty call.
Beckett
I just, I don’t wanna lose what we have, you know?
Girl, please. What exactly do you have, really?
Beckett
A friendship.
No. what you and I have is a friendship. What you and Castle have is a holding pattern. How long can you circle before the fuel runs out?
Don’t think you were saved by the bell, Kate Beckett. As your friend, I’m not gonna let this drop.
Beckett
So, what? You think I should tell him how I feel?
Yes. You hunt murderers for a living, you can do this.
Beckett
Okay. Okay. I just, I have to find the right time.
No time like the present.
(Castle drives up in his Ferrari with a blonde in the passenger seat.)
What the? On second thought, maybe you should wait a bit. What’s that? Ryan’s calling, I gotta go.
Beckett
Are you thinking what I’m thinking?
Yeah, that we should throw a party and hire a bunch of models.
Beckett
No. that maybe Naomi somehow got into that party last night and that that’s where she met her killer. That’s what I was thinking.
Weird. We’re usually more in sync than that.
Ryan, you’ll be here, front door, dressed as a flower delivery boy. Esposito, you’ll be here, dressed as a hobo.
Question. Why does a brown man gotta be a hobo?
You boys will cause a distraction here, whilst I rappel down the side of the building with Nikolai.
He’s a Romanian gymnast I found on Youtube. He’s extremely flexible, and fits in the duffel bag. Using a glass cutter, I...
CColin
Excuse me, gents. Has anyone seen Detective Beckett? (He walks in wearing a suit. Kate walks in from the other side, wearing a dress.)
Wow. Are you guys going out?
CColin
I pulled some strings and got us into a party at the British consulate tonight.
Beckett
Nigel will be there, we’ll get his prints and he won’t even know it.
Yeah, sure. You want to do it the easy way.
Beckett
I feel like I just walked into a bad episode of Miami Vice.
Okay, first, there are no bad episodes of Miami Vice. Second, who died?
Beckett
You, from the looks of it. You look like you just got run over by a truck.
Yeah. A truck delivering a shipment of awesome.
Beckett
[Examining the victim’s body] Hey Lanie, how does it look?
Like you waited too long.
Beckett
[Pointedly] The vic.
She was strangled. But she went down with a fight. Prelim suggests a sign of a struggle. She took one to the face.
Beckett
Well-dressed, attractive woman in a seedy motel and a guy who flees the crime scene. This might have been a one-night stand gone wrong.
Are we talking about the victim or Castle?
Beckett
He took off for a lunch date.
In a Ferrari full of flight attendant?
Beckett
Yeah, he's probably trying to rack up his frequent flyer miles.
I'm sorry. But you know she's just a passing thing.
Beckett
Do I? I mean, the guy has been divorced twice, and he's still chasing bimbos. Maybe that's just who he is.
Look, maybe it's the wrong time or maybe he's even the wrong guy, but if he is, how long are you gonna wait to find out? Ten years, I've been keeping them [referring to the dead bodies in the morgue] company while they spend a night or two here on their way to where we're all going. They all had plans, Kate, things they were gonna do when they got around to it Go on a cruise, lose 10 pounds, fall in love. They thought they had all the time in the world. But nobody does.
[After listening to the 911 phone recording]
Now, Charlie made this 911 call moments after the attack. Does it sound like he’s faking to you?
Beckett
It sounds like Charlie’s having a psychotic break. What if his guilt made him snap and he created a fantasy in which zombies killed David and not him?
I’m not so sure. I mean, his voice does have that authentic ring of pants-wetting terror.
Beckett
You do not believe in Charlie’s story.
I believe he believes it.
Beckett
Okay, well, whatever you believe, all evidence points to the fact that Charlie Coleman is our killer.
Maybe not all the evidence. CSU analyzed that bite mark on Charlie’s arm. Turns out that it matches the bite mark on our victim.
Beckett
Maybe Charlie bit David and then he bit himself?
Well, I was thinking the same thing, but CSU also says that the bite marks weren’t made by Charlie’s teeth.
Oh, wait, um… Sorry. Let me make sure I understand so that I might properly relish this moment. You’re saying the evidence shows that Charlie and the victim both were bitten by an as yet unknown third party?
Perhaps even a mindless, shuffling undead third party?
Beckett
Castle, just stop. There’s no such thing as a zombie.
Beckett
He won’t leave?
Charlie’s pretty convinced about this whole zombie thing.
Beckett
Yeah, but that’s just… That’s ridiculous.
Or is it? Charlie has not been wrong yet. Maybe our killer is Patient Zero, out there right now in the streets of New York, building an army of the undead.
Beckett
Castle, what we are looking for is not a zombie, but a very smart criminal who murdered David Lock and is now making our only witness look crazy. And he also dressed up in makeup and a costume to hide his identity.
Unless that’s not costume or makeup.
I mean, he does look like a real zombie.
A real zombie? I’m embarrassed for you, bro.
Beckett
Okay, then explain this. Why would a zombie go after a currency trader at 4:00 am in a garage?
This one’s easy. The more intelligent the victim, the more delicious the brains.
I’m telling you, that guy was dead.
Remind me never to choke on a chicken bone in front of you.
Hey, you checked that guy! So did the paramedics.
Beckett
Whoa, you guys! I’m sure that there’s a medical explanation for it.
Oh, there’s an explanation, alright.
Beckett
Besides that one.
Come on, you were there, you saw it. He rose from the dead.
Beckett
He didn’t rise from the dead, Castle. He wasn’t dead in the first place.
He’s not a zombie, Castle. He’s just a murderer.
Well, then, what was his motive for murder, Detective Esposito? Kyle sold insurance. He had no criminal record. There’s no evidence he even knew our victim.
Beckett
He’s a human killer, with a human motive
Or he’s a zombie killer, with a zombie motive
Beckett
You think he remembers?
When a life altering moment occurs, people remember.
(After a pause.)
Beckett
Well, maybe it’s too big to deal with. Maybe he... can’t face it just yet.
You think he ever will be?
Beckett
Hopefully. If he feels safe.
How does somebody put something like that behind them? He’s gonna need therapy.
Beckett
It helps. First he won’t even be able to deal with it. It’s gonna take everything that he’s got to just put one foot in front of the other and get through the day.
I didn’t know you were seeing a therapist.
Beckett
Yeah, well, I didn’t wanna make any excuses, I just wanted to put in the time, do the work. But I think I’m almost where I want to be now.
Beckett
In a place where I can finally accept everything that happened that day. Everything.
Beckett
And, um, that wall that I was telling you about... I think it’s coming down.
Well, I’d like to be there when it does.
Beckett
Yeah, I’d like you to be there too.
Only, without the zombie makeup.
Beckett
I don’t know. I kinda think that the zombie makeup suits you, Castle.
Beckett
Tomorrow?
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