1 00:00:01,058 --> 00:00:02,037 There are two kinds of folks 2 00:00:02,064 --> 00:00:03,664 who sit around thinking about how to kill people: 3 00:00:03,998 --> 00:00:05,724 psychopaths and mystery writers. 4 00:00:06,062 --> 00:00:07,084 I'm the kind that pays better. 5 00:00:07,185 --> 00:00:07,885 Who am I? 6 00:00:07,974 --> 00:00:09,113 I'm Rick Castle. 7 00:00:09,114 --> 00:00:09,514 Castle. 8 00:00:09,548 --> 00:00:10,208 Castle. 9 00:00:10,209 --> 00:00:12,209 I really am ruggedly handsome, aren't I? 10 00:00:12,455 --> 00:00:14,645 Every writer needs inspiration. And I found mine. 11 00:00:14,755 --> 00:00:15,574 Detective Kate Beckett. 12 00:00:15,609 --> 00:00:16,629 - Beckett. - Beckett. 13 00:00:16,664 --> 00:00:18,570 - Nikki Heat? - The character he's basing on you. 14 00:00:18,616 --> 00:00:20,102 And thanks to my friendship with the mayor, 15 00:00:20,103 --> 00:00:21,103 I get to be on her case. 16 00:00:21,137 --> 00:00:23,080 I would be happy to let you spank me. 17 00:00:23,115 --> 00:00:23,991 And together, we catch killers 18 00:00:24,939 --> 00:00:25,927 We make a pretty good team, you know? 19 00:00:26,028 --> 00:00:27,028 Like Starsky and Hutch. 20 00:00:27,162 --> 00:00:27,856 Turner and Hooch. 21 00:00:27,957 --> 00:00:29,557 You do remind me a little of Hooch. 22 00:00:49,897 --> 00:00:51,472 Tell me, seer, 23 00:00:51,506 --> 00:00:55,085 What do I hold in my hand now? 24 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:56,560 shh. 25 00:00:56,594 --> 00:00:58,534 You're holding... 26 00:01:00,310 --> 00:01:01,746 A wallet. 27 00:01:01,781 --> 00:01:04,691 Yes! Incredible. Ten out of ten. 28 00:01:04,726 --> 00:01:06,231 What's going on? 29 00:01:06,266 --> 00:01:07,577 Gram's teaching me how to read minds. 30 00:01:07,978 --> 00:01:09,478 And she is a natural. 31 00:01:09,611 --> 00:01:10,954 Much better than you were at her age. 32 00:01:10,955 --> 00:01:11,955 And I'm very proud. 33 00:01:12,488 --> 00:01:14,896 Why the sudden foray into the mysterious realms? 34 00:01:14,930 --> 00:01:17,637 It's a genealogy project for school. Half of the assignment 35 00:01:17,673 --> 00:01:19,610 is to collect stories from family members. 36 00:01:19,644 --> 00:01:21,582 I had no idea that gram's folks 37 00:01:21,617 --> 00:01:23,527 had a mind-reading act on Coney Island. 38 00:01:23,528 --> 00:01:25,328 Yeah, they were very famous in their day. 39 00:01:25,761 --> 00:01:27,633 I love all their codes-- how "tell me" means wallet 40 00:01:27,667 --> 00:01:30,475 and "reveal to me" means a pair of glasses. 41 00:01:30,509 --> 00:01:32,447 Yes, you come from a long line 42 00:01:32,481 --> 00:01:34,352 of hucksters and charlatans, myself included. 43 00:01:34,386 --> 00:01:36,391 But we have high hopes for you. 44 00:01:38,430 --> 00:01:40,400 That must be Beckett. 45 00:01:40,435 --> 00:01:42,072 How did you know? 46 00:01:42,106 --> 00:01:45,012 It's after 10:00 on a weekday. 47 00:01:45,047 --> 00:01:46,950 Who else is it gonna be? 48 00:01:46,985 --> 00:01:48,424 Oh, she is good. 49 00:01:49,025 --> 00:01:50,025 Brilliant. 50 00:01:50,058 --> 00:01:51,360 Castle. 51 00:01:51,395 --> 00:01:53,165 I knew it was you. 52 00:01:53,199 --> 00:01:55,203 Victim is a hispanic male, mid-30s. 53 00:01:55,237 --> 00:01:58,243 A local spotted him when he was out walking s dog, 54 00:01:58,277 --> 00:01:59,980 around 10:30. 55 00:02:00,014 --> 00:02:01,917 His wallet's missing. If it was a robbery, 56 00:02:01,952 --> 00:02:05,057 I bet my week's salary that the killer didn't know who he was rolling. 57 00:02:05,091 --> 00:02:07,395 You I.D.'ed him without a wallet? 58 00:02:07,430 --> 00:02:09,466 Unfortunately. You know the guy? 59 00:02:09,501 --> 00:02:12,172 Everybody in New York knows the guy. 60 00:02:12,207 --> 00:02:14,743 Cano Vega, the baseball player. 61 00:02:15,078 --> 00:02:17,081 Yep. Cano Vega? Are you sure? 62 00:02:17,115 --> 00:02:18,284 He was my first-round draft pick 63 00:02:18,319 --> 00:02:19,957 in my fantasy league three years running. 64 00:02:20,391 --> 00:02:24,496 .314 batting average, 4 gold gloves, and one... 65 00:02:25,330 --> 00:02:27,200 championship ring. 66 00:02:27,234 --> 00:02:29,604 I almost caught one of his homers once. 67 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:30,942 He had just came to the states from Cuba, 68 00:02:31,076 --> 00:02:33,483 and my dad took us out to the bleachers over at Shea. 69 00:02:33,484 --> 00:02:34,784 I didn't know you were a baseball fan. 70 00:02:34,817 --> 00:02:36,953 It's genetic, on my dad's side. 71 00:02:37,488 --> 00:02:39,360 Been taking me to games since I was 3. 72 00:02:39,361 --> 00:02:40,761 Yeah, mine, too. 73 00:02:41,395 --> 00:02:43,264 What about you, Castle? 74 00:02:43,298 --> 00:02:44,301 Your dad a baseball fan? 75 00:02:44,435 --> 00:02:45,540 I really can't say. 76 00:02:45,541 --> 00:02:47,341 Castle is famously fatherless. 77 00:02:47,774 --> 00:02:48,544 What, are you adopted or something? 78 00:02:48,545 --> 00:02:49,345 No. 79 00:02:49,379 --> 00:02:51,581 Then how do you-- it's complicated. 80 00:02:51,616 --> 00:02:53,017 It's not that complicated. 81 00:02:53,052 --> 00:02:54,789 Someone used his head for batting practice. 82 00:02:55,123 --> 00:02:57,191 36-ouncer to the back of the head. 83 00:02:57,225 --> 00:02:59,429 By the look of the spatter, he was hit multiple times. 84 00:02:59,430 --> 00:03:00,430 Time of death? 85 00:03:00,564 --> 00:03:02,867 Uh, from his temperature, I'd say two, 86 00:03:02,902 --> 00:03:04,439 maybe three hour at the most. 87 00:03:04,540 --> 00:03:05,740 What's with all this bruising? 88 00:03:06,274 --> 00:03:07,747 Postmortem, from the balls. 89 00:03:07,848 --> 00:03:10,548 Pitching arm--it ran for a while after he was dead. 90 00:03:10,881 --> 00:03:12,616 So you'd think a guy like Cano Vega 91 00:03:12,651 --> 00:03:14,754 would have a batting cage in his basement. 92 00:03:15,188 --> 00:03:17,824 What would he be doing in a sketchy neighborhood 93 00:03:17,858 --> 00:03:20,495 in Spanish Harlem at this hour of the night? 94 00:03:20,830 --> 00:03:23,099 Maybe because it's Cano Vega Field. 95 00:03:23,133 --> 00:03:25,536 Local uniforms said that he built it for the community, 96 00:03:25,570 --> 00:03:27,205 wanted to give something back. 97 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:28,908 So our killer 98 00:03:28,943 --> 00:03:31,345 hit him from here. 99 00:03:31,379 --> 00:03:34,016 And he got blood on his shoe. 100 00:03:34,050 --> 00:03:35,953 Have C.S.U. run a sweep. 101 00:03:35,987 --> 00:03:36,458 See if anything tracked outside of the field. 102 00:03:36,459 --> 00:03:37,459 All right. 103 00:03:37,992 --> 00:03:42,329 So your dad, what is it, a "Mamma Mia!" thing? 104 00:03:42,364 --> 00:03:44,366 Early '70s, free love. 105 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:46,537 Yeah, I'll bet your mom was kinda wild back in the day. 106 00:03:46,572 --> 00:03:48,110 You really need to stop talking now. 107 00:03:48,211 --> 00:03:49,511 Sorry. Done. 108 00:03:54,015 --> 00:03:55,182 A big, athletic guy 109 00:03:55,217 --> 00:03:58,287 is swinging a 2-1/2-foot club. 110 00:03:58,321 --> 00:03:59,460 He couldn't have been that easy to kill. 111 00:03:59,961 --> 00:04:01,661 Unless he didn't see it coming. 112 00:04:02,294 --> 00:04:04,196 On behalf of the Vega family... 113 00:04:04,230 --> 00:04:06,267 I want to thank all of Cano's loyal fans 114 00:04:06,302 --> 00:04:08,304 for their love and support. 115 00:04:08,338 --> 00:04:10,507 In this time of great sadness, 116 00:04:10,541 --> 00:04:12,708 we ask that you please respect his family's privacy. 117 00:04:12,709 --> 00:04:13,709 Mr. Fox who else is... 118 00:04:14,743 --> 00:04:16,276 12 years of marriage-- 119 00:04:16,310 --> 00:04:17,877 All they want from me is a sound bite. 120 00:04:17,912 --> 00:04:20,313 I'm very sorry about your loss, Mrs. Vega. 121 00:04:20,347 --> 00:04:22,084 Do you know why he'd be in the park last night? 122 00:04:22,885 --> 00:04:24,685 Sometimes he'd go there to blow off steam, 123 00:04:25,218 --> 00:04:26,420 but never at night. 124 00:04:26,421 --> 00:04:28,021 Do you know where he was earlier in the evening? 125 00:04:28,255 --> 00:04:29,622 He was at my club. 126 00:04:29,623 --> 00:04:30,623 Thanks. 127 00:04:31,057 --> 00:04:32,090 Detective Beckett, Mr. Castle, 128 00:04:32,125 --> 00:04:33,859 Tommy Zane-- Cano's old teammate. 129 00:04:33,993 --> 00:04:35,127 Be hard to be a New Yorker and not know 130 00:04:35,161 --> 00:04:36,463 Freight Train Tommy Zane. 131 00:04:36,564 --> 00:04:37,964 So you guys got any leads? 132 00:04:38,097 --> 00:04:39,934 We're looking into it. Mr. Zane, you said 133 00:04:39,968 --> 00:04:42,103 that Mr. Vega was at your club last night? 134 00:04:42,104 --> 00:04:43,304 Our club, actually. 135 00:04:43,437 --> 00:04:45,172 Cano and I owned it with a couple of other players. 136 00:04:45,173 --> 00:04:46,173 Do you know about what time? 137 00:04:46,306 --> 00:04:48,874 Dropped by about 7:00. Left about 7:30. 138 00:04:48,908 --> 00:04:50,243 I didn't really see him. I was with a friend. 139 00:04:52,277 --> 00:04:54,378 Excuse me. Yeah. 140 00:04:54,413 --> 00:04:55,447 Mrs. Vega, do you know of anyone 141 00:04:55,481 --> 00:04:57,016 who would've wanted to hurt your husband? 142 00:04:57,117 --> 00:04:59,017 Used to be, everybody loved him, 143 00:04:59,750 --> 00:05:01,518 Especially in the Cuban community. 144 00:05:01,552 --> 00:05:02,587 What changed? 145 00:05:02,588 --> 00:05:03,588 The trip. 146 00:05:04,621 --> 00:05:05,955 A-a few months ago, 147 00:05:05,989 --> 00:05:08,090 the Cuban tourism department approached him. 148 00:05:08,125 --> 00:05:10,893 They wanted Cano to be the poster boy for the new Cuba. 149 00:05:10,961 --> 00:05:12,895 You risk your life to escape Castro's Cuba, 150 00:05:12,930 --> 00:05:14,364 why would you go back to visit? 151 00:05:14,398 --> 00:05:15,299 While Cano was down there, 152 00:05:15,333 --> 00:05:18,968 the locals treated him like a hero--their hero. 153 00:05:19,203 --> 00:05:21,804 At a state dinner, Castro came over and shook his hand. 154 00:05:21,939 --> 00:05:24,140 When he got home, his friends called him a traitor for going, 155 00:05:24,175 --> 00:05:25,775 said he was a lapdog for Fidel. 156 00:05:26,510 --> 00:05:28,412 The same people who cheered when he built that ballpark 157 00:05:28,446 --> 00:05:29,614 came up and told him to go to hell. 158 00:05:29,615 --> 00:05:30,615 Did he get any threats? 159 00:05:30,649 --> 00:05:33,751 You bet he got threats, hundreds of them, 160 00:05:34,585 --> 00:05:37,420 and all of them courtesy of Alfredo Quintana. 161 00:05:37,754 --> 00:05:39,557 Detective, Bobby Fox, Cano's agent. 162 00:05:39,558 --> 00:05:40,558 Nice to meet you. 163 00:05:40,591 --> 00:05:42,626 Detective, could you do something to get those jackals 164 00:05:42,660 --> 00:05:44,796 and their cameras away from Mrs. Vega's house? 165 00:05:44,797 --> 00:05:45,797 I'll see what I can do. 166 00:05:46,130 --> 00:05:48,265 Thanks. Who's Alfredo Quintana? 167 00:05:48,300 --> 00:05:50,635 He's the guy who killed Cano Vega. 168 00:05:52,770 --> 00:05:53,870 Thanks, Carlos. 169 00:05:54,404 --> 00:05:56,272 Hey. 170 00:05:56,607 --> 00:05:58,207 Alfredo Quintana-- 171 00:05:58,241 --> 00:06:01,940 J.D., Phd and editor of "Una Nueva Esperanza," 172 00:06:02,074 --> 00:06:04,175 a newspaper published by his foundation, 173 00:06:04,209 --> 00:06:05,675 primarily for the Cuban community. 174 00:06:05,809 --> 00:06:07,409 This is his column from two weeks ago. 175 00:06:07,510 --> 00:06:09,310 "Cano Vega must pay"? 176 00:06:09,344 --> 00:06:11,644 The article's about how Vega betrayed the Cuban community 177 00:06:11,678 --> 00:06:13,377 by shaking hands with the monster 178 00:06:13,412 --> 00:06:15,045 who butchered thousands of their relatives. 179 00:06:15,579 --> 00:06:17,645 Quintana says, "if Vega is going to embrace 180 00:06:17,679 --> 00:06:20,044 "the brutal regime he once escaped, 181 00:06:20,112 --> 00:06:24,146 he would do well to be reminded of its barbarous cruelty." 182 00:06:24,180 --> 00:06:26,280 Well, that sounds like a threat to me. 183 00:06:27,115 --> 00:06:28,080 I wasn't threatening him. 184 00:06:28,115 --> 00:06:31,948 You turned the local Cuban community against him. 185 00:06:31,982 --> 00:06:33,281 He turned his back on his people 186 00:06:33,315 --> 00:06:35,316 when he gave Castro his nod of approval. 187 00:06:35,350 --> 00:06:38,218 If you want me to be sorry about what I wrote because he's dead, 188 00:06:38,253 --> 00:06:39,753 I'm not. 189 00:06:39,787 --> 00:06:41,287 I wrote the truth. 190 00:06:41,322 --> 00:06:43,222 Are you sure that's all you did? 191 00:06:43,257 --> 00:06:45,257 You said it yourself in your editorial, 192 00:06:45,291 --> 00:06:46,692 Vega should pay. 193 00:06:46,726 --> 00:06:47,726 It's a free country, isn't it? 194 00:06:49,461 --> 00:06:51,127 I'm entitled to express my opinion. 195 00:06:51,162 --> 00:06:53,262 Your foundation-- Cubans First-- 196 00:06:53,296 --> 00:06:55,198 is on East 98th Street. 197 00:06:55,632 --> 00:06:57,067 That's three blocks away 198 00:06:57,101 --> 00:06:59,402 from the field where Vega's body was found. 199 00:06:59,436 --> 00:07:01,438 You think I had something to do with his murder? 200 00:07:01,472 --> 00:07:03,740 Well, the pen is mightier than the sword. 201 00:07:03,775 --> 00:07:06,042 But a baseball bat can be pretty effective, too. 202 00:07:06,077 --> 00:07:08,445 Where were you last night between 7:00 and 10:00 pm? 203 00:07:08,546 --> 00:07:10,246 I was at home with my wife. 204 00:07:10,279 --> 00:07:12,880 Mm. Wives make such convenient alibis. 205 00:07:13,115 --> 00:07:14,549 My sons were there as well... 206 00:07:15,784 --> 00:07:17,250 as well as my brother. 207 00:07:17,685 --> 00:07:18,286 Do you have anyone who isn't blood related? 208 00:07:20,020 --> 00:07:21,621 A notary, perhaps? 209 00:07:22,156 --> 00:07:25,391 Look, what Cano Vega did is inexcusable. 210 00:07:26,426 --> 00:07:28,660 But I am not a murderer. 211 00:07:28,694 --> 00:07:30,428 Are you sure about that, Mr. Quintana? 212 00:07:30,563 --> 00:07:33,131 You incited an entire community against him. 213 00:07:34,065 --> 00:07:35,565 So from where I'm standing, 214 00:07:35,599 --> 00:07:37,533 you might not have swung that bat, 215 00:07:37,567 --> 00:07:40,402 but that doesn't mean that you didn't kill him. 216 00:07:44,774 --> 00:07:46,074 Well? We'll check his alibi... 217 00:07:46,075 --> 00:07:47,644 but my gut tells me it's not him. 218 00:07:47,645 --> 00:07:49,145 We should get a warrant, run his subscribers 219 00:07:49,178 --> 00:07:51,013 against any hate mail that the Vegas might have gotten. 220 00:07:51,014 --> 00:07:53,214 You sure you got no cop in the Castle family tree? 221 00:07:53,247 --> 00:07:53,947 No, us Castles 222 00:07:53,982 --> 00:07:55,749 are mostly con artists and circus folk, sir. 223 00:07:55,784 --> 00:07:57,485 No, I think there's a little cop in there somewhere. 224 00:08:00,420 --> 00:08:01,287 Con artists 225 00:08:01,321 --> 00:08:01,955 and circus people, huh? 226 00:08:02,089 --> 00:08:03,356 Yep, and mind readers. 227 00:08:03,390 --> 00:08:06,657 Really? So tell me what I'm thinking. 228 00:08:06,692 --> 00:08:07,959 aah. 229 00:08:07,993 --> 00:08:10,693 You're... You're thinking... 230 00:08:10,727 --> 00:08:13,196 You don't care and you want me to stop talking. 231 00:08:13,530 --> 00:08:15,297 Ooh, that's uncanny. 232 00:08:15,332 --> 00:08:16,199 It's in the blood. Yo, Beckett. 233 00:08:16,234 --> 00:08:18,068 Yeah. Just got back from C.S.U. 234 00:08:19,002 --> 00:08:21,070 They managed to track the blood trail from the killer's shoe 235 00:08:21,103 --> 00:08:23,804 across the park. It dead-ended at the curb. 236 00:08:23,939 --> 00:08:25,374 So our killer was driving a car. 237 00:08:25,375 --> 00:08:26,775 Yeah. The area was a little muddy, 238 00:08:26,808 --> 00:08:28,642 so we were able to pull a partial on the tire. 239 00:08:28,643 --> 00:08:29,643 Any make and model? 240 00:08:29,877 --> 00:08:31,744 Better. The tire marks are distinctive. 241 00:08:31,778 --> 00:08:33,045 They've been patched in two spots. 242 00:08:33,179 --> 00:08:35,647 Now those same tire tracks match a car that was tagged 243 00:08:35,682 --> 00:08:37,582 in an aggravated assault last year. 244 00:08:37,616 --> 00:08:39,651 The asault was committed with a baseball bat 245 00:08:39,685 --> 00:08:41,286 By one Anton Wade. 246 00:08:41,287 --> 00:08:43,287 Loan sharking, blackmail. 247 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:46,253 Plus assault with a deadly weapon and two A&B's-- 248 00:08:46,487 --> 00:08:48,785 Assault and battery. I know. 249 00:08:48,820 --> 00:08:50,788 Right. The guy's one seriously bad dude. 250 00:08:50,822 --> 00:08:54,790 Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa. Oh, I'm sensing something here-- 251 00:08:54,825 --> 00:09:00,292 that... this guy might just be our killer. 252 00:09:00,395 --> 00:09:04,195 ? Castle 2x15 ? Suicide Squeeze Original Air Date on February 8, 2010 253 00:09:04,229 --> 00:09:07,264 -- Sync, corrected by elderman -- -- for addic7ed.com -- 254 00:09:08,752 --> 00:09:10,186 Mr. Wade, 255 00:09:10,220 --> 00:09:12,188 We have you at the baseball field. 256 00:09:12,222 --> 00:09:14,191 Your car was at the crime scene, 257 00:09:14,226 --> 00:09:16,393 not to mention your unfortunate history 258 00:09:16,428 --> 00:09:18,562 of hitting people with baseball bats. 259 00:09:18,596 --> 00:09:19,597 All of that's enough to send you away. So... 260 00:09:19,631 --> 00:09:23,235 you can play dumb or you can play ball. 261 00:09:24,136 --> 00:09:25,236 Pun intended. 262 00:09:26,569 --> 00:09:28,405 All right, I was there, but I didn't kill him. 263 00:09:28,439 --> 00:09:29,806 He was already dead. 264 00:09:29,841 --> 00:09:32,642 You were just paying the corpse a visit. 265 00:09:32,676 --> 00:09:35,645 He called and asked me to meet up with him. 266 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:38,580 And when I got there, I knew how it looked. 267 00:09:38,615 --> 00:09:40,383 So I bounced the hell up outta there. 268 00:09:40,384 --> 00:09:41,784 Why would Vega call you? 269 00:09:41,817 --> 00:09:44,185 He wanted to make a payment on his loan. 270 00:09:44,219 --> 00:09:47,187 He always paid the same way, cash in a plain envelope. 271 00:09:47,222 --> 00:09:49,255 I saw it on him. I took it. 272 00:09:49,290 --> 00:09:51,624 The guy's a multimillionaire. You're a petty loan shark. 273 00:09:51,691 --> 00:09:53,625 What's he doing borrowing money from you? 274 00:09:53,659 --> 00:09:56,160 In my business, you don't ask, you don't tell. 275 00:09:56,194 --> 00:09:58,328 How much money did he borrow? 276 00:09:58,363 --> 00:10:00,263 He came to me a couple weeks back, 277 00:10:00,298 --> 00:10:01,731 needed 200 grand. 278 00:10:01,766 --> 00:10:04,734 In my experience... if you need that kind of coin, 279 00:10:04,768 --> 00:10:08,203 he got himself into some real bad... trouble-- 280 00:10:08,237 --> 00:10:10,805 The kind of trouble that gets you killed. 281 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:12,807 Or maybe he couldn't pay your vig. 282 00:10:12,842 --> 00:10:15,276 And you pulled a little "Untouchables" De Niro 283 00:10:15,310 --> 00:10:17,945 On his head. A guy owing you money? 284 00:10:17,979 --> 00:10:21,514 Killing him ain't gonna get you paid. You take his bling, 285 00:10:21,549 --> 00:10:24,383 you jack him for his ride, you maybe even bust his kneecaps. 286 00:10:24,417 --> 00:10:26,418 But he made his last installment. 287 00:10:26,452 --> 00:10:29,687 Vega made his vig. We were good. 288 00:10:30,722 --> 00:10:33,857 Vega's wife didn't know anything about the 200 grand. 289 00:10:33,891 --> 00:10:35,258 It doesn't make sense. 290 00:10:35,292 --> 00:10:37,260 With his assets, a guy like Cano Vega 291 00:10:37,294 --> 00:10:39,862 could get a loan from any bank in New York City. 292 00:10:39,897 --> 00:10:41,931 So why go to a loan shark for $200,000? 293 00:10:41,965 --> 00:10:44,232 Because bank loans take time. 294 00:10:44,267 --> 00:10:45,100 Loan sharks give it to you right away. 295 00:10:45,135 --> 00:10:46,236 Maybe he needed the money fast. 296 00:10:46,237 --> 00:10:47,537 Maybe he needed it kept quiet. 297 00:10:47,770 --> 00:10:49,737 Loan sharks don't require paperwork, credit checks. 298 00:10:49,772 --> 00:10:51,574 Maybe he didn't want his wife to know. 299 00:10:52,075 --> 00:10:53,475 Vega didn't want his wife 300 00:10:53,508 --> 00:10:55,443 to know why he was going to Cuba either. 301 00:10:55,444 --> 00:10:57,144 So you think his trip and the money are related? 302 00:10:57,278 --> 00:10:58,411 Well, a week after he gets back, 303 00:10:58,446 --> 00:11:00,479 he suddenly needs $200,000? 304 00:11:00,514 --> 00:11:03,515 It stands to reason that the two were connected somehow. 305 00:11:03,549 --> 00:11:04,916 Yo. 306 00:11:04,951 --> 00:11:06,851 We just finished a search of Wade's apartment. 307 00:11:06,886 --> 00:11:09,120 We found a match to the partial shoe print. 308 00:11:09,154 --> 00:11:11,121 Yeah, but here's the weird thing-- 309 00:11:11,156 --> 00:11:13,123 it tested positive for blood on the sole, 310 00:11:13,157 --> 00:11:14,525 but negative for blood on the rest of the shoe 311 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:15,727 and negative for cleaning agents. 312 00:11:15,728 --> 00:11:17,028 If wade killed Vega, 313 00:11:17,061 --> 00:11:18,762 then his shoe would've been covered in blood. 314 00:11:18,963 --> 00:11:20,063 So Wade's telling the truth. 315 00:11:20,097 --> 00:11:21,997 He shows up after the murder, 316 00:11:22,032 --> 00:11:24,066 tracks some blood outside of the park. 317 00:11:24,100 --> 00:11:27,968 While the real murderer gets blood on top of his shoe 318 00:11:28,003 --> 00:11:30,470 and leaves little or no trail behind. 319 00:11:30,504 --> 00:11:32,371 Let's find out why Vega comes back from Cuba 320 00:11:32,406 --> 00:11:34,440 and suddenly needs 200 grand. Okay. 321 00:11:35,475 --> 00:11:36,243 So where do you want to start? 322 00:11:36,244 --> 00:11:37,744 You guys look into Vega's financials. 323 00:11:37,777 --> 00:11:38,944 See if we missed anything. 324 00:11:38,978 --> 00:11:40,347 Castle and I will start with Cuba. 325 00:11:40,348 --> 00:11:42,048 Cuba. Good idea. 326 00:11:42,081 --> 00:11:44,749 I'll bring the mojitos. You get the beach towels. 327 00:11:44,784 --> 00:11:46,685 Oh, I don't know, Castle. 328 00:11:46,719 --> 00:11:49,621 Me in a swimsuit under the hot, blistering sun? 329 00:11:49,688 --> 00:11:51,756 I'd be happy to rub lotion on you. 330 00:11:51,790 --> 00:11:53,557 That's okay. I was actually thinking 331 00:11:53,592 --> 00:11:55,327 of something a little bit more local... 332 00:11:55,328 --> 00:11:56,328 ...For their love and support. 333 00:11:56,661 --> 00:11:59,597 In this time of great sadness... Like the man who arranged the entire trip to Cuba. 334 00:11:59,631 --> 00:12:02,699 Bobby Fox, his agent. That's a good idea. 335 00:12:02,734 --> 00:12:05,669 But the lotion offer still stands. 336 00:12:05,703 --> 00:12:08,204 No, thank you. I have very soft hands. 337 00:12:10,774 --> 00:12:12,741 What is it with professional sports? 338 00:12:12,775 --> 00:12:16,542 I mean, even the agencies are on steroids. Well, fox's client list 339 00:12:16,577 --> 00:12:19,044 is a veritable who's who of star athletes. 340 00:12:19,078 --> 00:12:20,979 5% of their endorsements and salaries-- 341 00:12:21,013 --> 00:12:23,180 You could pay for half of lower Manhattan. 342 00:12:23,214 --> 00:12:25,915 Did you just use the word "veritable"? Yes, I did. 343 00:12:25,949 --> 00:12:27,982 Sexy. You should hear me say "fallacious." 344 00:12:28,016 --> 00:12:30,650 Bobby Fox Agency. Please hold. Can I help you? 345 00:12:30,685 --> 00:12:33,687 I need to see Mr. Fox. Do you have an appointment? 346 00:12:33,722 --> 00:12:36,693 I think he can squeeze me in. Rick? 347 00:12:36,727 --> 00:12:39,462 Rick Castle? Hey, skipper. 348 00:12:39,496 --> 00:12:41,998 I have not seen you since the big move. 349 00:12:42,032 --> 00:12:44,300 How are you, Joe? Pretty awful. 350 00:12:44,335 --> 00:12:46,835 I just can't believe this whole Vega thing. I know. 351 00:12:46,870 --> 00:12:49,937 It's sad. And you two were friends. I'm--I'm sorry. 352 00:12:49,971 --> 00:12:51,805 Yeah, he was a great kid. 353 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:54,441 Uh, he had the ability to be a Cuban Roberto Clemente. 354 00:12:54,475 --> 00:12:57,376 It's just been very sad. We're actually here to talk to Mr. Fox about it. 355 00:12:57,410 --> 00:12:59,581 This is Detective Kate Beckett. Hi. 356 00:12:59,615 --> 00:13:01,780 Beckett... Kate... Detective. 357 00:13:01,815 --> 00:13:03,148 Thank you. 358 00:13:03,182 --> 00:13:05,618 Very nice meeting you. Okay. 359 00:13:05,652 --> 00:13:07,486 Well, good luck on the case. 360 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:09,554 And, uh, I'll say a prayer for you guys. 361 00:13:09,588 --> 00:13:11,223 Thanks. 362 00:13:11,257 --> 00:13:14,960 By the way, say hi to your mom for me, okay? 363 00:13:14,994 --> 00:13:17,061 Will do, Joe. Okay. 364 00:13:17,096 --> 00:13:18,763 Smooth. 365 00:13:18,797 --> 00:13:21,432 That was Joe-freakin'-Torre. 366 00:13:21,467 --> 00:13:23,902 I gotta call my dad. 367 00:13:23,936 --> 00:13:26,403 The office is over... The off--his office is... 368 00:13:26,438 --> 00:13:28,672 He was a good guy--Cano. 369 00:13:28,706 --> 00:13:31,573 He built that field because he wanted to give back. 370 00:13:31,607 --> 00:13:33,608 I think that's why he went to Cuba. 371 00:13:33,642 --> 00:13:36,376 He wanted to see if he could do something good. 372 00:13:36,411 --> 00:13:38,411 But I guess things hadn't changed 373 00:13:38,446 --> 00:13:40,580 as much as he had hoped for. What happened? 374 00:13:40,614 --> 00:13:43,482 He had spent some time in Havana with the people. 375 00:13:43,516 --> 00:13:45,684 He came back pretty upset, and he told me 376 00:13:45,718 --> 00:13:48,519 to give the tourism guys back their signing bonus. 377 00:13:48,554 --> 00:13:51,922 First time I ever let a client give money back. 378 00:13:51,957 --> 00:13:53,857 But I figured, you know, 379 00:13:53,892 --> 00:13:56,426 Cano was reneging on a military dictatorship. 380 00:13:56,460 --> 00:13:59,529 These are not the people you want angry at you, 381 00:13:59,563 --> 00:14:02,064 Especially having defected from them 18 years ago. 382 00:14:02,098 --> 00:14:03,999 He risked his life to leave. 383 00:14:04,033 --> 00:14:07,535 Why would you want him to be the poster boy for the new Cuba? 384 00:14:07,570 --> 00:14:10,037 Oh, I didn't. I was just as surprised as anyone 385 00:14:10,072 --> 00:14:11,872 That he wanted to do it. 386 00:14:11,907 --> 00:14:14,041 After everything I did to get him out back then? 387 00:14:14,075 --> 00:14:16,810 Have you heard this story? No. 388 00:14:16,844 --> 00:14:19,979 You're gonna like this, Castle. It's like one of your books. 389 00:14:20,013 --> 00:14:21,980 It was the '92 Olympics. 390 00:14:22,015 --> 00:14:24,049 The Cubans had just won gold in Barcelona, 391 00:14:24,083 --> 00:14:25,550 Thanks mostly to Cano. 392 00:14:25,584 --> 00:14:28,419 And I wanted to get him to the states 393 00:14:28,453 --> 00:14:30,087 to play in the bigs. 394 00:14:30,121 --> 00:14:32,289 Now convincing him was the easy part. 395 00:14:32,323 --> 00:14:35,758 Getting him onto my plane, that was the hard part. 396 00:14:35,792 --> 00:14:38,994 We had to get past coaches and minders 397 00:14:39,028 --> 00:14:40,862 And finally... 398 00:14:40,896 --> 00:14:42,897 El pulpo, 399 00:14:42,932 --> 00:14:45,232 Head of State Security, 400 00:14:45,267 --> 00:14:48,669 Because he had his tentacles around everybody. 401 00:14:48,703 --> 00:14:51,471 And just as we thought we were home free--boom! 402 00:14:51,505 --> 00:14:53,339 El pulpo. 403 00:14:53,374 --> 00:14:55,407 We were caught, sunk. 404 00:14:55,442 --> 00:14:57,409 A firing squad, I kid you not, 405 00:14:57,444 --> 00:15:00,245 was waiting for that kid back in Havana. 406 00:15:00,279 --> 00:15:02,880 You know how I got us past el pulpo? 407 00:15:02,915 --> 00:15:05,516 Rolex. 408 00:15:05,550 --> 00:15:08,385 I gave him my shiny new rolex, 409 00:15:08,419 --> 00:15:11,054 And he just looked the other way. 410 00:15:11,088 --> 00:15:13,189 Just goes to show you, 411 00:15:13,223 --> 00:15:15,825 every socialist is a capitalist when backs are turned. 412 00:15:15,859 --> 00:15:18,327 Is it possible that he took the Cuba job 413 00:15:18,362 --> 00:15:20,663 because he needed the money? Well, it's possible, yes. 414 00:15:20,697 --> 00:15:23,799 God knows those guys know how to blow through money. 415 00:15:23,833 --> 00:15:26,267 and plus, he has that club with Tommy 416 00:15:26,302 --> 00:15:29,971 That's just a money pit. So in regards to the Cuba job, 417 00:15:30,005 --> 00:15:33,440 who else went on this trip? Well, a couple of low-level Cuban diplomats. 418 00:15:33,475 --> 00:15:35,975 I'll have, uh, Cynthia get you a list. 419 00:15:36,009 --> 00:15:38,009 So what made him go to Cuba 420 00:15:38,044 --> 00:15:40,277 and then what made him change his mind? 421 00:15:40,312 --> 00:15:42,812 Well, maybe Vega worked for the state department. 422 00:15:42,847 --> 00:15:45,347 Maybe he was sent to shake hands with Fidel 423 00:15:45,382 --> 00:15:46,815 in a secret attempt 424 00:15:46,849 --> 00:15:48,783 to release a biotoxin into his system. 425 00:15:48,817 --> 00:15:50,851 Well, the Russians sprayed sushi 426 00:15:50,886 --> 00:15:52,486 with radioactive polonium. 427 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:54,587 What-- what's more farfetched? 428 00:15:54,621 --> 00:15:56,455 Well, I just met Joe Torre, 429 00:15:56,489 --> 00:15:58,456 so I guess anything's possible. 430 00:15:58,490 --> 00:16:01,258 Beckett. 431 00:16:01,292 --> 00:16:04,361 Cause of death was cerebral hemorrhaging, as expected. 432 00:16:04,395 --> 00:16:06,329 Any way to estimate the height of the attacker 433 00:16:06,363 --> 00:16:09,598 based on the angle of the blows? Normally, yes, 434 00:16:09,632 --> 00:16:11,533 But I-in this case, your attacker's first swing 435 00:16:11,567 --> 00:16:14,704 landed a little south of his head. How far south? 436 00:16:14,771 --> 00:16:16,806 E-enough to make him a soprano. 437 00:16:16,841 --> 00:16:19,542 Ow. Shoulda worn a cup. 438 00:16:19,576 --> 00:16:21,577 Lacerations around the patella 439 00:16:21,612 --> 00:16:23,847 suggest Mr. Vega was on his knees 440 00:16:23,881 --> 00:16:25,849 when he was hit on the head. 441 00:16:25,884 --> 00:16:29,188 So our attacker could've been anyone? Man, woman or child. 442 00:16:29,222 --> 00:16:31,124 But that's not why I called. 443 00:16:31,158 --> 00:16:33,693 Among all the fresh bruising, 444 00:16:33,728 --> 00:16:36,662 we also found significant subdermal bruises 445 00:16:36,696 --> 00:16:39,731 that weren't quite as fresh. 446 00:16:39,765 --> 00:16:42,600 The contusions were all fist sized. 447 00:16:42,634 --> 00:16:44,768 He was in a fight. 448 00:16:44,802 --> 00:16:46,204 Couple days ago. 449 00:16:46,239 --> 00:16:49,307 What's this shape right here? He was wearing a ring. 450 00:16:49,341 --> 00:16:52,109 Not just any ring. 451 00:16:52,143 --> 00:16:53,810 A championship ring. 452 00:16:53,845 --> 00:16:55,778 Left-hand ring finger, 453 00:16:55,813 --> 00:16:57,047 just like his old teammate. 454 00:16:57,048 --> 00:16:59,048 Freight Train Tommy Zane. 455 00:17:02,812 --> 00:17:04,047 You know, mom's family goes all the way back 456 00:17:04,082 --> 00:17:04,983 to the "Mayflower." 457 00:17:04,984 --> 00:17:06,584 What, her persecution complex is genetic? 458 00:17:06,918 --> 00:17:08,918 Hey, those are my genes you're talking about, too. 459 00:17:08,919 --> 00:17:10,719 Well, look on the bright side. 460 00:17:10,753 --> 00:17:12,853 Now that you know you're genetically predisposed, 461 00:17:12,888 --> 00:17:16,822 you can seek early treatment, prevent future outbreaks. 462 00:17:17,656 --> 00:17:18,190 Doesn't it bother you 463 00:17:19,424 --> 00:17:20,826 that you don't know who your dad is? 464 00:17:21,827 --> 00:17:22,827 No. 465 00:17:23,060 --> 00:17:24,027 Why, does it bother you? 466 00:17:24,261 --> 00:17:26,229 It's like... I have this family tree, 467 00:17:26,263 --> 00:17:28,364 and there's a whole chunk of it missing. 468 00:17:28,398 --> 00:17:29,499 There's a whole part of my history 469 00:17:29,534 --> 00:17:31,634 that doesn't even exist. 470 00:17:31,668 --> 00:17:33,670 I mean, really, how could gram not know? 471 00:17:33,704 --> 00:17:36,705 My first year of college, I, uh, went to a party, 472 00:17:36,740 --> 00:17:38,306 met this girl--Allison. 473 00:17:38,341 --> 00:17:41,676 In the space of six hours, we met, we talked, we danced, 474 00:17:41,710 --> 00:17:43,043 we fell in love. 475 00:17:43,078 --> 00:17:45,112 The next morning, she was gone. 476 00:17:45,146 --> 00:17:47,114 I spent a year trying to find her, 477 00:17:47,148 --> 00:17:50,150 but I never learned her last name. 478 00:17:50,184 --> 00:17:52,854 There's not a week that goes by I don't think about her. 479 00:17:52,889 --> 00:17:55,124 Your gram told me that she loved a lifetime 480 00:17:55,159 --> 00:17:56,494 the night she met him. 481 00:17:56,895 --> 00:17:58,895 Don't you feel like you're missing out, not knowing? 482 00:17:59,329 --> 00:18:01,529 No. Oh, no. That's the beauty of the mystery. 483 00:18:01,564 --> 00:18:04,532 Right now, my father could be an astronaut, 484 00:18:04,566 --> 00:18:06,500 a pirate, a humanitarian, 485 00:18:06,568 --> 00:18:08,203 winner of the Nobel prize. 486 00:18:08,237 --> 00:18:10,840 I mean, what one man could live up to all that? 487 00:18:10,841 --> 00:18:12,441 You think he ate whipped cream out of a can? 488 00:18:12,574 --> 00:18:15,541 Yes, and he invented whipped cream. 489 00:18:15,575 --> 00:18:17,142 Dad! 490 00:18:17,176 --> 00:18:20,045 You're gonna spoil your dner. 491 00:18:20,079 --> 00:18:22,815 This is my dinner. No. 492 00:18:22,849 --> 00:18:24,816 ? seconds to your elevator ? 493 00:18:24,851 --> 00:18:26,651 ? from the station ? 494 00:18:26,686 --> 00:18:29,086 ? how can I resist that kind of invitation? ? 495 00:18:29,120 --> 00:18:31,287 Mr. Zane. 496 00:18:31,322 --> 00:18:33,989 Detective Beckett. Mr. Castle. 497 00:18:34,024 --> 00:18:36,024 You're in a festive mood tonight, Mr. Zane. 498 00:18:36,059 --> 00:18:38,292 Honoring the dead? Celebrating a life... 499 00:18:38,327 --> 00:18:40,127 The way Cano would've wanted it. 500 00:18:40,161 --> 00:18:43,430 Yes, nothing says "I'm grieving" like an appletini. 501 00:18:43,464 --> 00:18:46,399 You must be the "forgive and forget" type, Mr. Zane, 502 00:18:46,434 --> 00:18:48,001 especially after that beating 503 00:18:48,035 --> 00:18:49,803 that you gave Cano a couple of nights ago. 504 00:18:49,804 --> 00:18:50,804 What are you talking about? 505 00:18:51,138 --> 00:18:52,706 We found the bruises left on Vega's body 506 00:18:52,740 --> 00:18:53,975 from where you hit him, 507 00:18:54,009 --> 00:18:55,912 Including the imprints left by your championship ring. 508 00:18:56,513 --> 00:18:58,113 25 guys have this ring. 509 00:18:58,246 --> 00:18:59,948 Do they all wear it on their left-hand ring finger? 510 00:18:59,949 --> 00:19:00,849 Some of 'em, yeah. 511 00:19:00,882 --> 00:19:03,050 Do they all have abrasions on that finger 512 00:19:03,084 --> 00:19:05,185 that are consistent with assault? 513 00:19:05,219 --> 00:19:06,386 What happened, Mr. Zane? 514 00:19:06,420 --> 00:19:08,488 Was Cano tired of dumping money into this club? 515 00:19:08,522 --> 00:19:11,523 He didn't care about the money. Then what was it? 516 00:19:13,526 --> 00:19:15,326 His wife. 517 00:19:15,361 --> 00:19:17,328 His wife? You and she were-- 518 00:19:17,362 --> 00:19:18,729 No. 519 00:19:18,763 --> 00:19:21,864 But he thought w-- 520 00:19:21,931 --> 00:19:24,232 Maggie was upset, said she thought Cano 521 00:19:24,266 --> 00:19:26,300 was having an affair and wanted to know 522 00:19:26,334 --> 00:19:27,335 if I'd seen him down here at the club with anybody. 523 00:19:27,336 --> 00:19:28,336 What'd you tell her? 524 00:19:28,470 --> 00:19:29,538 I told her no, of course. 525 00:19:29,539 --> 00:19:30,539 Was that the truth? 526 00:19:30,573 --> 00:19:32,409 Look, I've been through this before. 527 00:19:32,443 --> 00:19:34,244 Cano was having some kind of crisis. 528 00:19:34,278 --> 00:19:36,547 He wasn't gonna leave her. So why tell her the truth? 529 00:19:36,548 --> 00:19:38,448 So Vega was having an affair? 530 00:19:38,481 --> 00:19:40,683 I'd seen him with a girl-- young, Cuban. 531 00:19:40,717 --> 00:19:43,218 You know, I figured after his visit, he was missing home. 532 00:19:43,252 --> 00:19:45,120 Anyway, he saw me leaving his house that night, 533 00:19:45,154 --> 00:19:48,221 and when he asked Maggie why I was there, she got evasive. 534 00:19:48,255 --> 00:19:50,856 So naturally, he thought she was having an affair of her own. 535 00:19:50,891 --> 00:19:52,190 Came after me swinging. 536 00:19:52,225 --> 00:19:54,192 Took a couple of shots to his ribs 537 00:19:54,226 --> 00:19:56,860 to calm him down enough before I could tell him the truth. 538 00:19:56,895 --> 00:19:58,329 This girl that he was dating, do you remember her name? 539 00:19:58,330 --> 00:19:59,830 No, he never told me her name. 540 00:20:00,064 --> 00:20:03,900 But I might have a picture on my phone. 541 00:20:03,934 --> 00:20:06,134 What is it with professional athletes and politicians 542 00:20:06,168 --> 00:20:08,468 that they just can't keep it in their pants? 543 00:20:08,502 --> 00:20:11,636 They're just overgrown teenagers with delicate little egos. 544 00:20:11,671 --> 00:20:13,772 It's not that deep. It's just simple math. 545 00:20:13,806 --> 00:20:15,506 They just have more opportunity. 546 00:20:15,541 --> 00:20:17,709 Well, what are you saying, men are dogs? 547 00:20:17,743 --> 00:20:20,344 No. The greater the opportunity, the greater the likelihood. 548 00:20:20,378 --> 00:20:22,845 Which means the two of you have nothing to worry about. 549 00:20:22,846 --> 00:20:23,846 Ryan has nothing to worry about. 550 00:20:24,079 --> 00:20:26,180 Hey. Cano Vega, on the other hand... 551 00:20:26,214 --> 00:20:29,483 His wife said that he changed when he got back from Cuba. 552 00:20:29,518 --> 00:20:31,052 Maybe it wasn't Cuba. Maybe it was the girl. 553 00:20:31,053 --> 00:20:32,253 That could explain the 200 grand. 554 00:20:32,387 --> 00:20:33,388 Maybe he needed it for the girl. 555 00:20:33,389 --> 00:20:35,289 And why he needed to borrow money from a loan shark 556 00:20:35,322 --> 00:20:36,490 without her finding out. 557 00:20:36,491 --> 00:20:38,091 But Maggie Vega did find out. 558 00:20:39,225 --> 00:20:41,592 So she decides she's not gonna take it anymore. 559 00:20:41,627 --> 00:20:42,427 She considers divorce, 560 00:20:42,495 --> 00:20:44,828 but thought about the endless hours of scrutiny, 561 00:20:44,862 --> 00:20:46,663 The public humiliation in the media. 562 00:20:46,664 --> 00:20:47,864 Not to mention that she'd only get half. 563 00:20:47,898 --> 00:20:49,831 Uh, assuming there's no prenup. 564 00:20:49,866 --> 00:20:52,135 But if she kills him, she gets everything. 565 00:20:52,169 --> 00:20:54,205 Mm-hmm. She knows where he's gonna be, 566 00:20:54,239 --> 00:20:56,006 alone, at night. 567 00:20:56,041 --> 00:20:57,675 She goes there. 568 00:20:57,709 --> 00:21:00,242 He trusts her, lets his guard down. 569 00:21:00,277 --> 00:21:01,743 She moves in close. 570 00:21:01,778 --> 00:21:03,678 She smiles, picks up a bat, 571 00:21:03,713 --> 00:21:05,713 thinks of everything that he's done to her, 572 00:21:05,748 --> 00:21:08,215 starts with the family jewels 573 00:21:08,283 --> 00:21:10,851 and ends with the family fortune. 574 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:17,156 This is crazy. Why would I kill my husband? 575 00:21:17,190 --> 00:21:19,758 Because you thought he was having an affair. 576 00:21:19,792 --> 00:21:21,092 You know? 577 00:21:21,127 --> 00:21:23,128 How? It doesn't matter how we know. 578 00:21:23,162 --> 00:21:24,730 What matters is that you didn't tell us. 579 00:21:24,831 --> 00:21:26,331 It was a private matter 580 00:21:26,464 --> 00:21:28,399 between Cano and me. It's also motive. 581 00:21:28,433 --> 00:21:30,201 Mrs. Vega, where were you on the night 582 00:21:30,235 --> 00:21:32,636 of your husband's murder? At home alone. 583 00:21:32,771 --> 00:21:34,672 You can check the security tapes if you want. 584 00:21:36,106 --> 00:21:39,041 So... it's true then? 585 00:21:39,075 --> 00:21:41,009 He was seeing someone else? 586 00:21:41,043 --> 00:21:42,445 We don't know that for sure. 587 00:21:44,446 --> 00:21:45,446 I do. 588 00:21:48,882 --> 00:21:50,517 He was in love with her. 589 00:21:52,051 --> 00:21:53,252 Her name is Lara. 590 00:21:52,787 --> 00:21:56,689 Mi cari 591 00:21:56,723 --> 00:21:58,691 Who is she? I don't know. 592 00:21:58,725 --> 00:22:01,527 I've torn this house upside down looking for a clue. 593 00:22:01,562 --> 00:22:03,729 That note is the only thing I've found. 594 00:22:03,764 --> 00:22:06,965 "2/16"--that's the day before the murder. Yeah. 595 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,901 He went into the city that day, didn't get home until 10:30. 596 00:22:09,935 --> 00:22:11,169 That's why I knew. 597 00:22:11,203 --> 00:22:13,671 Mrs. Vega, this woman is possibly involved 598 00:22:13,705 --> 00:22:15,339 in your husband's murder. 599 00:22:15,374 --> 00:22:17,341 Why didn't you tell us this before? 600 00:22:17,375 --> 00:22:19,342 Because I... 601 00:22:19,376 --> 00:22:22,110 I just didn't want it to be true. 602 00:22:22,144 --> 00:22:25,280 Home security videos confirm Mrs. Vega's story, 603 00:22:25,314 --> 00:22:28,282 And C.S.U. tested negative for blood at Tommy Zane's place. 604 00:22:28,317 --> 00:22:30,750 Where are we on the girl? 605 00:22:30,751 --> 00:22:32,551 Just finished combing through Vega's internet records. 606 00:22:32,584 --> 00:22:35,686 There are no I.M's, e-mails or internet browser searches 607 00:22:35,754 --> 00:22:37,456 connecting him in any way, shape or form to a Lara. 608 00:22:37,490 --> 00:22:39,424 Phones are a dead end, too. 609 00:22:39,459 --> 00:22:42,360 No one who called or was called by Vega in the last two months 610 00:22:42,394 --> 00:22:43,561 remembers him mentioning anyone named Lara. 611 00:22:43,595 --> 00:22:45,596 Well, for a guy who's supposedly in love, 612 00:22:45,630 --> 00:22:47,799 he doesn't do a very good job keeping in touch with his girl. 613 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:49,400 Some guys are just hopeless. 614 00:22:50,401 --> 00:22:51,401 Hey, honey. 615 00:22:51,534 --> 00:22:53,335 Yeah, I was just thinking about you, thought I'd call you. 616 00:22:53,370 --> 00:22:55,737 Well, I just wanted to call to say I miss you. 617 00:22:55,738 --> 00:22:58,138 Yeah. Some guys are just pathetic. 618 00:22:58,171 --> 00:22:59,372 I don't know. About 7:00. 619 00:22:59,373 --> 00:23:00,973 Don't be jealous. He still loves you. 620 00:23:01,006 --> 00:23:02,573 Vega met with her the day before he died, 621 00:23:02,607 --> 00:23:04,641 so let's put photos out to all precincts 622 00:23:04,676 --> 00:23:06,743 and have uniforms canvass the area around the field. 623 00:23:06,777 --> 00:23:09,145 Maybe somebody saw her the night that he was killed. 624 00:23:09,146 --> 00:23:10,146 - Beckett. - Yes, sir. 625 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:12,248 How we doing on the Cuba angle? 626 00:23:12,282 --> 00:23:13,751 Nothing yet. Why? 627 00:23:13,752 --> 00:23:15,752 Just got a call from the lieu over in Union City, New Jersey. 628 00:23:15,786 --> 00:23:17,853 Vega was involved in a shouting match 629 00:23:17,888 --> 00:23:20,323 at a restaurant in little Havana with one of their regulars. 630 00:23:20,357 --> 00:23:21,525 Apparently the cops were called in to break it up. 631 00:23:21,526 --> 00:23:23,026 Why wasn't there an incident report? 632 00:23:23,059 --> 00:23:24,460 Cops kept it quiet at the time 633 00:23:24,494 --> 00:23:25,895 At the request of the Cuba consulate. 634 00:23:25,896 --> 00:23:26,896 Because of Vega? 635 00:23:26,930 --> 00:23:28,597 No, because of who Vega was fighting with. 636 00:23:29,031 --> 00:23:31,833 Mario s 637 00:23:31,834 --> 00:23:34,134 He was one of the diplomats that took Vega to Cuba. 638 00:23:34,167 --> 00:23:35,168 What did they fight about? 639 00:23:35,169 --> 00:23:36,669 I don't know, but seeing that they were in Cuba together, 640 00:23:37,003 --> 00:23:39,203 I suggest you find out. 641 00:23:48,211 --> 00:23:49,311 On the night of the 17th, 642 00:23:49,346 --> 00:23:51,779 I was here at the consulate. 643 00:23:52,314 --> 00:23:53,950 You don't really think I killed Cano Vega, do you? 644 00:23:53,951 --> 00:23:56,651 Given his change of heart in Cuba, I can't imagine 645 00:23:56,884 --> 00:23:58,186 That the two of you were the best of friends. 646 00:23:58,187 --> 00:23:59,587 You could say the same thing 647 00:23:59,621 --> 00:24:00,956 about most of the Cuban community here. 648 00:24:00,957 --> 00:24:02,857 Yes, but how many of them ended up dead 649 00:24:02,990 --> 00:24:04,591 after fighting with you in a restaurant? 650 00:24:04,625 --> 00:24:06,726 I was minding my own business. 651 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:09,262 Vega was the one who decided to pick a fight with me. 652 00:24:09,263 --> 00:24:10,263 Why? 653 00:24:11,097 --> 00:24:12,798 I was in charge of his schedule in Cuba. 654 00:24:12,932 --> 00:24:15,700 I guess he didn't like to be told what to do or where to go. 655 00:24:15,734 --> 00:24:17,703 Sounds like you kept him on a pretty tight leash. 656 00:24:17,737 --> 00:24:20,170 We did a counterrevolutionary the courtesy 657 00:24:20,205 --> 00:24:21,905 of allowing him back on our soil. 658 00:24:22,239 --> 00:24:24,174 We weren't about to just let him wander around. 659 00:24:24,608 --> 00:24:26,010 So you would know better than anyone else 660 00:24:26,045 --> 00:24:27,579 what Vega did on his trip? 661 00:24:27,580 --> 00:24:28,580 That's my job. 662 00:24:28,914 --> 00:24:30,748 Everyone we've spoke to about Vega 663 00:24:30,782 --> 00:24:32,416 says he came back from Cuba a different man. 664 00:24:33,650 --> 00:24:35,151 What happened to him down there? 665 00:24:35,185 --> 00:24:37,886 He was very emotional 666 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:39,220 the whole time he was there-- 667 00:24:39,255 --> 00:24:42,855 Uh, talking to the locals, feeling sorry for them 668 00:24:42,990 --> 00:24:44,991 Because they were poor and he was rich. 669 00:24:45,025 --> 00:24:46,826 Truth is, he felt guilty. 670 00:24:46,860 --> 00:24:50,061 When Vega returned, he borrowed $200,000 in cash. 671 00:24:50,097 --> 00:24:52,831 Is it possiblet hat he was trying to funnel money to the island, 672 00:24:52,866 --> 00:24:54,100 Help some of the locals out, maybe? 673 00:24:54,101 --> 00:24:55,101 Not on my watch. 674 00:24:55,135 --> 00:24:56,502 Yeah, you can't have that. 675 00:24:56,936 --> 00:24:59,270 Rich people sharing their wealth? That's like socialism. 676 00:24:59,305 --> 00:25:00,671 Please. 677 00:25:00,706 --> 00:25:04,541 The truth is that Cano Vega, like all americans, was spoiled. 678 00:25:04,576 --> 00:25:06,444 When the poverty was before his eyes-- 679 00:25:06,578 --> 00:25:08,080 It's an unspeakable tragedy. 680 00:25:08,115 --> 00:25:11,850 And then, out of sight, out of mind. 681 00:25:12,484 --> 00:25:13,818 He didn't know that I was aware, 682 00:25:14,653 --> 00:25:15,386 but do you want to know 683 00:25:15,421 --> 00:25:17,955 the thing that interested Vega most about Cuba? 684 00:25:19,489 --> 00:25:21,258 A girl. 685 00:25:21,292 --> 00:25:23,727 What girl? 686 00:25:23,761 --> 00:25:26,563 He met a lot of locals, kissed a lot of babies. 687 00:25:26,597 --> 00:25:29,065 I can only assume it was a pretty young thing 688 00:25:29,099 --> 00:25:31,133 he met while he was touring the island. 689 00:25:31,167 --> 00:25:33,135 Do you know her name? 690 00:25:33,169 --> 00:25:34,736 Lara. 691 00:25:34,770 --> 00:25:36,072 Her name was Lara. 692 00:25:37,407 --> 00:25:39,875 So Vega fell in love with a girl in Cuba. 693 00:25:40,109 --> 00:25:41,478 If you take S 694 00:25:41,479 --> 00:25:43,779 Well, he couldn't have just pulled the name Lara 695 00:25:43,812 --> 00:25:44,947 out of thin air. 696 00:25:44,948 --> 00:25:47,348 According to the note that the wife found, Vega and Lara 697 00:25:47,382 --> 00:25:49,616 were supposed to meet the night before he was murdered. 698 00:25:49,651 --> 00:25:52,286 Now how are they supposed to do that if she's stuck in Cuba? 699 00:25:52,287 --> 00:25:53,687 If she's stuck on the island, 700 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:56,354 how did she end up in that photo with Vega at his club? 701 00:25:56,388 --> 00:25:58,991 There has to be an explanation that makes this all make sense. 702 00:25:58,992 --> 00:25:59,992 There is. 703 00:26:00,625 --> 00:26:03,559 The woman standing next to Vega in the picture is not Lara. 704 00:26:03,693 --> 00:26:05,594 A resident near the ballpark where Vega was killed 705 00:26:05,629 --> 00:26:08,296 I.D.'ed her. Her names Ana, Ana Rivera. 706 00:26:08,331 --> 00:26:09,599 She's a waitress in the neighborhood. 707 00:26:09,633 --> 00:26:10,768 Uniforms are bringing her in now. 708 00:26:10,769 --> 00:26:12,469 What's her connection to Vega? 709 00:26:13,203 --> 00:26:15,404 Cuba. She escaped six months ago. 710 00:26:18,106 --> 00:26:20,775 We met at a bar where I work, near his field. 711 00:26:21,309 --> 00:26:24,177 He heard I'd just come over from Cuba last year, 712 00:26:24,211 --> 00:26:25,812 and he invited me out for drinks. 713 00:26:25,946 --> 00:26:27,046 Did you know he was married? 714 00:26:27,047 --> 00:26:28,047 It wasn't like that. 715 00:26:29,181 --> 00:26:32,715 He just wanted to talk... about home. 716 00:26:32,750 --> 00:26:34,453 He missed it. I think that's why he wanted to go. 717 00:26:34,487 --> 00:26:37,022 You were photographed with him after the trip. 718 00:26:37,056 --> 00:26:39,557 Did he still want to... just talk? 719 00:26:39,591 --> 00:26:42,927 Yes. He wanted to talk about my trip here from Cuba. 720 00:26:43,061 --> 00:26:46,429 It was like he was obsessed. He wanted to know how I got out. 721 00:26:46,663 --> 00:26:47,631 And what did you tell him? 722 00:26:50,666 --> 00:26:53,801 Ana, what did you tell Mr. Vega? 723 00:26:53,835 --> 00:26:56,603 I said my family knew a man. 724 00:26:56,637 --> 00:26:59,104 If--if you pay him lots of money, 725 00:26:59,139 --> 00:27:01,940 Mi cari 726 00:27:01,975 --> 00:27:03,742 Mi cari 727 00:27:03,776 --> 00:27:05,277 His boat. 728 00:27:05,311 --> 00:27:07,212 It takes you to Jamaica, 729 00:27:07,246 --> 00:27:09,747 and then you fly to America. 730 00:27:09,815 --> 00:27:11,818 It's important that you fly, because if you come by boat, 731 00:27:11,852 --> 00:27:13,787 then they can send you back. 732 00:27:14,822 --> 00:27:16,491 That's the wet-foot, dry-foot policy. 733 00:27:16,892 --> 00:27:17,792 Vega was looking for a way 734 00:27:17,825 --> 00:27:19,627 to get his new girlfriend out of Cuba. 735 00:27:19,661 --> 00:27:23,663 "mi cari 736 00:27:23,698 --> 00:27:25,532 "mi cari 737 00:27:25,566 --> 00:27:28,433 which means she arrived on the 17th. 738 00:27:28,467 --> 00:27:31,002 That's the same day Vega died. That can't be a coincidence. 739 00:27:31,036 --> 00:27:34,137 Ana, you told Mr. Vega how to get in touch 740 00:27:34,172 --> 00:27:35,806 with the man who got you out of Cuba. 741 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:38,375 Yes. He runs a newspaper. 742 00:27:39,209 --> 00:27:40,977 "Una Nueva Esperanza," 743 00:27:41,011 --> 00:27:42,279 on East 98th. 744 00:27:42,413 --> 00:27:44,481 Alfredo Quintana, the editor? 745 00:27:48,517 --> 00:27:52,054 He lied to us. 746 00:27:52,655 --> 00:27:55,390 All right, first you accuse me of killing Vega. 747 00:27:55,424 --> 00:27:57,425 Then you're saying that I'm helping him. 748 00:27:57,459 --> 00:27:59,493 So maybe you guys should make up your mind. 749 00:27:59,528 --> 00:28:01,462 Well, actually,we made up our minds, 750 00:28:01,496 --> 00:28:03,798 once we saw the $200,000 in your bank account. 751 00:28:03,799 --> 00:28:04,799 That's the exact amount 752 00:28:04,832 --> 00:28:06,532 Cano Vega borrowed from a loan shark. 753 00:28:06,633 --> 00:28:08,533 Since what you were doing was illegal, 754 00:28:08,666 --> 00:28:09,997 he didn't want there to be any record of it. 755 00:28:10,031 --> 00:28:12,030 You know, I don't know what you're talking about. 756 00:28:18,334 --> 00:28:20,901 These aren't my accounts. All right? 757 00:28:21,135 --> 00:28:22,102 This is the foundation's account. 758 00:28:22,137 --> 00:28:23,537 My name isn't even on them. 759 00:28:23,572 --> 00:28:25,273 Which is why you hid the money there, 760 00:28:25,308 --> 00:28:26,443 to make it harder for us to find. 761 00:28:26,444 --> 00:28:28,644 These were charitable contributions. 762 00:28:28,777 --> 00:28:30,581 Where's the girl? 763 00:28:30,615 --> 00:28:32,550 What girl? 764 00:28:32,684 --> 00:28:35,853 Mr. Quintana, you and your foundation 765 00:28:35,888 --> 00:28:38,055 are facing human smuggling charges. 766 00:28:38,089 --> 00:28:41,224 Do you really want me to add obstruction of justice 767 00:28:41,258 --> 00:28:44,892 and aiding and abetting a murderer to that? 768 00:28:44,927 --> 00:28:47,494 You like the press, don't you? 769 00:28:47,529 --> 00:28:48,129 How are you gonna like 770 00:28:48,163 --> 00:28:50,729 being linked to Cano Vega's murder? 771 00:28:50,764 --> 00:28:52,997 You know what they'll see? 772 00:28:53,032 --> 00:28:56,265 That I saved a girl from under Castro's regime. 773 00:28:56,300 --> 00:28:58,101 For a price. Yeah, I would've done it for free. 774 00:28:58,135 --> 00:28:59,202 Yeah, but you didn't. 775 00:29:00,237 --> 00:29:01,804 Are you really ready to stake your entire future 776 00:29:01,939 --> 00:29:03,572 on some girl you don't even know? 777 00:29:08,608 --> 00:29:12,109 Vega had an apartment for her. 778 00:29:12,144 --> 00:29:14,116 I took her there when I got her to the mainland. 779 00:29:14,117 --> 00:29:15,117 Where? 780 00:29:15,451 --> 00:29:17,022 Union City, Summit Avenue. 781 00:29:17,756 --> 00:29:19,291 NYPD! NYPD! 782 00:29:19,326 --> 00:29:20,962 NYPD! Police! Police! 783 00:29:21,196 --> 00:29:22,699 Police! Police! NYPD! NYPD! 784 00:29:25,802 --> 00:29:27,102 Clear. Clear. 785 00:29:27,137 --> 00:29:28,937 Clear. 786 00:29:31,873 --> 00:29:33,306 Looks like nobody's home. 787 00:29:33,341 --> 00:29:36,109 This girl's in dire need of a trip to Ikea. 788 00:29:36,143 --> 00:29:37,378 This bed hasn't even been made. 789 00:29:37,412 --> 00:29:38,613 I don't think she was sleeping here. 790 00:29:40,348 --> 00:29:41,381 Beckett. 791 00:29:41,415 --> 00:29:42,449 Yeah. 792 00:29:42,584 --> 00:29:43,918 Looks like dirt. 793 00:29:44,452 --> 00:29:45,620 Get C.S.U. down here. 794 00:29:48,289 --> 00:29:50,790 You guys. 795 00:29:54,261 --> 00:29:56,562 There's blood. 796 00:29:56,596 --> 00:29:58,296 It's definitely Vega's. 797 00:29:58,331 --> 00:29:59,566 And the footprint? 798 00:29:59,667 --> 00:30:02,767 That's harder to nail down. The composition of the dirt 799 00:30:02,801 --> 00:30:04,669 is pretty similar to dirt anywhere in the city. 800 00:30:04,703 --> 00:30:06,705 So we can't actually prove that she was at the scene? 801 00:30:06,706 --> 00:30:07,706 I just said it's harder. 802 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,774 But there were traces of titanium dioxide in the dirt. 803 00:30:10,808 --> 00:30:14,110 Chalk. Like what they use to trace lines on baseball fields. 804 00:30:14,177 --> 00:30:15,746 So she heads to the field, 805 00:30:15,780 --> 00:30:17,714 takes a little batting practice on Vega's head, 806 00:30:17,748 --> 00:30:20,250 heads home, packs her things, hits the road. 807 00:30:20,284 --> 00:30:22,985 Giving a whole new meaning to the term "hit-and-run." 808 00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:25,320 Beckett. B-e-c-k-e double-t. 809 00:30:25,355 --> 00:30:27,455 Badge 4-1-3-1-9. 810 00:30:27,989 --> 00:30:31,057 I need a T.S.A. hold on a potential fugitive. 811 00:30:31,091 --> 00:30:32,559 Yes, I'll hold. 812 00:30:32,593 --> 00:30:34,862 Uniforms are circulating that picture of Lara 813 00:30:34,896 --> 00:30:35,696 we got from Quintana. 814 00:30:35,731 --> 00:30:37,031 They're plastering it on every storefront 815 00:30:37,065 --> 00:30:39,066 within a mile of her place. So it was the girl? 816 00:30:39,100 --> 00:30:41,701 Evidence looks that way. We figure she honey trapped Vega 817 00:30:41,736 --> 00:30:43,036 into giving her tickets out of Cuba, 818 00:30:43,071 --> 00:30:44,472 and when she got here, he wanted a little more 819 00:30:44,506 --> 00:30:45,340 than she was willing to give, 820 00:30:45,374 --> 00:30:46,575 and things went south from there. 821 00:30:46,576 --> 00:30:48,376 Maybe it was the Cuban government all along. 822 00:30:48,710 --> 00:30:50,143 They hated Vega for defecting. 823 00:30:50,178 --> 00:30:53,078 So they send a beautiful spy for him to fall in love with. 824 00:30:53,113 --> 00:30:58,179 It works. He smuggles her back home, and bam! 825 00:30:58,113 --> 00:30:59,313 He's dead. 826 00:31:00,048 --> 00:31:01,948 Sounds like a Castle story. 827 00:31:01,982 --> 00:31:03,549 I'll call it "Coraz 828 00:31:03,550 --> 00:31:05,350 Yes. I need a detain and contain. 829 00:31:05,484 --> 00:31:07,851 All no-fly protocols. Thank you. 830 00:31:07,886 --> 00:31:10,754 Though we really should stake out the consulate. Way ahead of you. 831 00:31:10,788 --> 00:31:12,855 Surveillance has been there for about an hour. 832 00:31:12,890 --> 00:31:15,191 If she killed him out of self-defense, 833 00:31:15,225 --> 00:31:16,462 then she'd go back to the devil she knows. 834 00:31:16,463 --> 00:31:19,063 And yet I'm sensing skepticism on my theory. 835 00:31:19,097 --> 00:31:20,597 Yeah, thanks. Mind reader. 836 00:31:20,631 --> 00:31:23,666 Well, you're both geniuses. That was our guys at the consulate. 837 00:31:23,700 --> 00:31:25,601 They just spotted Lara walking right through the door. 838 00:31:25,635 --> 00:31:27,070 I don't know what to tell you. 839 00:31:27,104 --> 00:31:28,639 I've never seen that girl before. 840 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:30,940 Well, then you should invest in some corrective lenses. 841 00:31:31,574 --> 00:31:33,542 Our surveillance team saw her coming in here 842 00:31:33,576 --> 00:31:34,410 not half an hour ago. 843 00:31:34,477 --> 00:31:37,246 Surveillance team? You're watching us now? 844 00:31:37,347 --> 00:31:38,647 Only within the scope of the law. 845 00:31:38,780 --> 00:31:41,082 The watcher becomes the watched. 846 00:31:41,716 --> 00:31:43,817 I'm a big fan of irony. Ask her. 847 00:31:43,851 --> 00:31:47,086 She's a Cuban citizen requesting asylum. 848 00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:49,155 She's a suspect in a murder investigation. 849 00:31:49,189 --> 00:31:51,223 And you expect me just to hand her over 850 00:31:51,257 --> 00:31:52,492 to the American authorities? 851 00:31:52,493 --> 00:31:54,893 Mr. S 852 00:31:54,927 --> 00:31:57,128 a country's consulate and its embassy 853 00:31:57,163 --> 00:31:59,663 have a different set of rights and privileges. 854 00:32:00,197 --> 00:32:02,098 This is only a consulate. 855 00:32:02,132 --> 00:32:04,202 You do not have diplomatic immunity. 856 00:32:07,237 --> 00:32:08,573 Produce the girl now 857 00:32:08,608 --> 00:32:11,147 or I will get a search warrant and make a public spectacle 858 00:32:11,181 --> 00:32:15,552 of your government harboring a criminal on American soil. 859 00:32:15,586 --> 00:32:17,553 Ouch. 860 00:32:24,626 --> 00:32:27,092 s 861 00:32:35,961 --> 00:32:38,029 No, I-I-I did not kill him. 862 00:32:38,063 --> 00:32:40,031 please. You have to believe then why did you run? 863 00:32:40,099 --> 00:32:41,501 Why did you try to go back to Cuba? 864 00:32:41,702 --> 00:32:45,002 I was afraid the man will kill me, too. 865 00:32:45,036 --> 00:32:47,638 What man? The one who come the night he died. 866 00:32:47,673 --> 00:32:51,674 He come to... El piso. 867 00:32:51,709 --> 00:32:53,010 The apartment. He came to the apartment. 868 00:32:53,011 --> 00:32:54,711 There was a man who came to the apartment 869 00:32:54,744 --> 00:32:57,045 the night that Vega died, and that's why you were running? 870 00:32:57,780 --> 00:32:59,580 He kill my father. 871 00:33:00,514 --> 00:33:01,414 Your father? 872 00:33:01,549 --> 00:33:02,282 Vega. 873 00:33:02,316 --> 00:33:03,883 Cano Vega is your father? 874 00:33:04,918 --> 00:33:06,853 O-okay, Lara, take us from the beginning. 875 00:33:06,887 --> 00:33:08,355 Desde del principio. 876 00:33:08,389 --> 00:33:10,458 Vega and my mother... 877 00:33:21,503 --> 00:33:23,804 Vega and her mother were engaged when he defected. 878 00:33:23,838 --> 00:33:27,073 She's supposed to come, but she didn't. 879 00:33:27,108 --> 00:33:30,042 As punishment for what Vega did, they threw her mother in pson. 880 00:33:30,077 --> 00:33:33,979 She was pregnant with her at the time. 881 00:33:34,013 --> 00:33:35,313 Did Vega know about this? 882 00:33:38,516 --> 00:33:39,816 not until a couple of months ago 883 00:33:39,850 --> 00:33:41,517 When he heard a rumor that he had a daughter. 884 00:33:41,518 --> 00:33:43,318 Well, that's why Vega went to Cuba. 885 00:33:43,452 --> 00:33:44,986 To see if he really did have a daughter. 886 00:33:49,422 --> 00:33:50,623 They didn't actually meet 887 00:33:50,657 --> 00:33:52,224 because the government was watching him. 888 00:33:52,258 --> 00:33:55,493 but he got her a message 889 00:33:55,528 --> 00:33:57,929 saying that he would get her out as soon as he could. 890 00:33:57,963 --> 00:34:01,465 The first time I meet my father was... 891 00:34:02,399 --> 00:34:03,500 Three nights ago, 892 00:34:03,934 --> 00:34:05,568 And I want to tell him 893 00:34:05,603 --> 00:34:08,638 how much suffering he caused. 894 00:34:13,875 --> 00:34:14,509 She grew up believing 895 00:34:14,543 --> 00:34:16,811 that her father had abandoned her mother to get rich. 896 00:34:16,845 --> 00:34:18,746 But he told her that that wasn't true... 897 00:34:18,780 --> 00:34:21,148 that he only defected 898 00:34:21,182 --> 00:34:24,016 because her mother said that she was going to as well. 899 00:34:24,051 --> 00:34:27,385 but that she had changed her mind at the last minute. 900 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:29,420 All these years, 901 00:34:29,454 --> 00:34:32,189 he had thought that she had turned her back on him. 902 00:34:32,224 --> 00:34:34,492 He never knew that they-- 903 00:34:34,727 --> 00:34:36,896 that the government had made an example of him 904 00:34:36,930 --> 00:34:38,499 to all the other players. 905 00:34:40,335 --> 00:34:42,470 He never knew that she had died in prison. 906 00:34:42,505 --> 00:34:44,408 My father... 907 00:34:44,442 --> 00:34:47,177 is very upset when I tell him this. 908 00:34:47,212 --> 00:34:49,613 He said he need to talk to someone. 909 00:34:49,648 --> 00:34:52,351 He, uh, uh, give me money for food. 910 00:34:52,385 --> 00:34:54,355 I never see him again. 911 00:34:54,389 --> 00:34:57,394 You said earlier that there was a man at the apartment. 912 00:34:57,428 --> 00:34:59,297 When I go to... 913 00:34:59,332 --> 00:35:01,334 the market to go buy food, 914 00:35:02,369 --> 00:35:03,638 When I come back... 915 00:35:03,872 --> 00:35:07,543 I see a man at the, um, um, apartment, 916 00:35:07,578 --> 00:35:09,913 Not my father. 917 00:35:09,948 --> 00:35:12,649 I was so scared, so I leave. 918 00:35:12,683 --> 00:35:14,951 Then I hear Cano Vega is dead. 919 00:35:14,985 --> 00:35:19,055 So I run, and I hide. 920 00:35:19,089 --> 00:35:21,691 I just wanted to go home. 921 00:35:21,725 --> 00:35:24,059 He killed my father. 922 00:35:24,094 --> 00:35:27,996 This man who came to your apartment... 923 00:35:28,030 --> 00:35:30,465 can you describe him for me? 924 00:35:30,499 --> 00:35:32,967 Yes. 925 00:35:33,002 --> 00:35:35,436 Let--let me get this straight. 926 00:35:35,471 --> 00:35:38,271 An illegal claiming to be Cano Vega's daughter, 927 00:35:38,306 --> 00:35:41,239 after being in this country for less than 24 hours, 928 00:35:41,273 --> 00:35:43,836 identifies someone who kind of looks like me 929 00:35:43,870 --> 00:35:45,934 from a distance at night? 930 00:35:45,968 --> 00:35:47,400 Well, gee, guys. 931 00:35:47,434 --> 00:35:50,300 What, do I--what, do I sign my confession right now 932 00:35:50,334 --> 00:35:52,533 or after the big, uh, press conference? 933 00:35:52,567 --> 00:35:54,365 Well, now's good. 934 00:35:54,433 --> 00:35:56,365 Come on, kids. 935 00:35:56,399 --> 00:35:57,899 Come on. 936 00:35:57,933 --> 00:35:59,734 You know he was my friend. 937 00:35:59,768 --> 00:36:01,337 Not to mention, a hefty commission. 938 00:36:01,371 --> 00:36:03,007 What's my motive? 939 00:36:03,108 --> 00:36:04,908 The thing about people who have a lot, Mr. Fox, 940 00:36:05,041 --> 00:36:06,908 is that they have the most to lose. 941 00:36:07,042 --> 00:36:09,576 I'm sure Vega felt betrayed when he learned the truth. 942 00:36:09,611 --> 00:36:12,444 The truth? About what? 943 00:36:12,478 --> 00:36:15,712 Your favorite story-- Barcelona, 1992. 944 00:36:15,846 --> 00:36:18,881 Only you left out the part where you lied to Cano Vega 945 00:36:18,915 --> 00:36:20,385 about helping his fianc 946 00:36:20,419 --> 00:36:22,456 It's not my fault that she changed her mind, 947 00:36:22,490 --> 00:36:25,692 All right? Truth is, you couldn't get her off the island. 948 00:36:25,726 --> 00:36:28,160 But you did know that he'd rather be there with her 949 00:36:28,195 --> 00:36:30,629 than here making big bucks for you in the majors. 950 00:36:30,664 --> 00:36:33,131 So you let him believe that she had changed her mind. 951 00:36:33,165 --> 00:36:35,334 And to keep him from ever finding out the truth, 952 00:36:35,368 --> 00:36:36,302 you had her put away. 953 00:36:36,336 --> 00:36:40,637 Put away? In Cuba? oh, come on. 954 00:36:41,672 --> 00:36:43,006 I-I have a lot of pull, 955 00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:45,174 but, uh, influencing a military dictatorship 956 00:36:45,208 --> 00:36:46,709 isn't as easy 957 00:36:46,743 --> 00:36:48,610 as getting a dinner reservation at Le Cirque. 958 00:36:48,644 --> 00:36:50,645 You'd influenced their people before. 959 00:36:50,679 --> 00:36:53,347 Manuel Gutierrez, A.K.A. El pulpo-- 960 00:36:53,382 --> 00:36:54,848 The octopus. 961 00:36:54,883 --> 00:36:56,817 You walked away with the star player 962 00:36:56,884 --> 00:36:58,885 of the Cuban national team for a rolex. 963 00:36:58,919 --> 00:37:00,486 We did a little research. 964 00:37:00,521 --> 00:37:04,023 He was the chief witness at her trial. 965 00:37:04,057 --> 00:37:05,724 Was denouncing Vega's fianc 966 00:37:05,759 --> 00:37:07,793 always a part of your plan with el pulpo 967 00:37:07,827 --> 00:37:09,761 or did you have to pay extra for that? 968 00:37:09,796 --> 00:37:11,896 I've heard you're a killer negotiator. 969 00:37:11,931 --> 00:37:14,099 You can't possibly be serious. 970 00:37:14,100 --> 00:37:15,100 When Vega figured out what you had done, 971 00:37:15,133 --> 00:37:18,201 he called you from his club and told you to meet him. 972 00:37:18,235 --> 00:37:20,703 I think he came after you and threatened to destroy you 973 00:37:20,737 --> 00:37:24,205 And that's why you killed him. It's a hell of a story, kids. 974 00:37:24,240 --> 00:37:27,341 I paid el pulpo to take care of my player's girl 975 00:37:27,375 --> 00:37:29,843 when the Cuban government is sending away people every day? 976 00:37:29,877 --> 00:37:32,512 That's a hell of a tale. 977 00:37:32,546 --> 00:37:34,146 It's pure conjecture. 978 00:37:34,181 --> 00:37:35,915 You know what's not conjecture? 979 00:37:35,949 --> 00:37:37,383 The blood that we found 980 00:37:37,417 --> 00:37:40,485 on the driver's side floor mat in your car. 981 00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:43,156 That was Vega's blood. As much as you tried to clean 982 00:37:43,190 --> 00:37:45,457 those $5,000 pair of shoes you were wearing 983 00:37:45,492 --> 00:37:46,926 while you smashed Vega's skull in, 984 00:37:47,060 --> 00:37:48,428 you didn't quite get all of it. 985 00:37:54,497 --> 00:37:56,397 Hello, Cynthia. Call my lawyer. 986 00:37:56,432 --> 00:37:58,366 You tell him he's about to earn 987 00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:01,134 the outrageous, obscene amounts of money I pay him. 988 00:38:04,271 --> 00:38:06,271 Turn around. 989 00:38:06,305 --> 00:38:07,739 Turn around. 990 00:38:07,773 --> 00:38:12,076 Robert Fox, you're under arrest for the murder of Cano Vega. 991 00:38:13,612 --> 00:38:15,946 What's gonna happen to Lara? 992 00:38:15,980 --> 00:38:17,581 She can stay in the states for a year, and then decide 993 00:38:17,615 --> 00:38:19,649 whether she wants to apply for citizenship or not. 994 00:38:19,650 --> 00:38:21,450 Oh, I can't imagine her staying. 995 00:38:21,984 --> 00:38:23,617 Her last bit of family is gone. 996 00:38:23,652 --> 00:38:26,653 I mean, the only person that she knew here is dead. 997 00:38:28,288 --> 00:38:29,321 Well, there is one more person 998 00:38:29,355 --> 00:38:31,789 that she should meet. 999 00:38:36,593 --> 00:38:38,627 So you're Lara? 1000 00:38:38,662 --> 00:38:42,962 She was born in Cuba right after Mr. Vega defected. 1001 00:38:42,997 --> 00:38:45,264 She's not his girlfriend. 1002 00:38:45,299 --> 00:38:48,034 She's his daughter. Cano had a daughter? 1003 00:38:48,068 --> 00:38:50,469 My father... 1004 00:38:50,503 --> 00:38:53,271 didn't know how you would like to have me here. 1005 00:38:53,305 --> 00:38:55,973 He, uh... he had fear 1006 00:38:56,007 --> 00:38:58,208 to tell you about me. 1007 00:39:01,077 --> 00:39:02,011 It's okay. 1008 00:39:02,046 --> 00:39:06,614 Yo s 1009 00:39:06,648 --> 00:39:08,648 Y nunca quiso herirla. 1010 00:39:08,683 --> 00:39:11,517 She says she knows her father loved you very much, 1011 00:39:11,552 --> 00:39:14,019 and he didn't want to hurt you. 1012 00:39:14,053 --> 00:39:16,021 Pero yo espero... 1013 00:39:16,055 --> 00:39:18,689 Uh... Al igual que mi pap 1014 00:39:18,723 --> 00:39:20,791 Que juntos podriamos formar una familia. 1015 00:39:20,825 --> 00:39:23,626 And that she hoped and he hoped that, 1016 00:39:23,661 --> 00:39:26,428 together, you could be a family. 1017 00:39:31,266 --> 00:39:33,000 yo soy Maggie. 1018 00:39:34,702 --> 00:39:37,705 Mi casa es su casa. 1019 00:39:40,142 --> 00:39:41,746 Thank you. 1020 00:39:55,542 --> 00:39:57,743 Hey, dad. 1021 00:39:57,778 --> 00:40:00,312 Hey, daughter. What are you doing up so late? 1022 00:40:00,347 --> 00:40:03,215 Waiting for you. Did I do something wrong? 1023 00:40:03,249 --> 00:40:05,850 No. 1024 00:40:05,885 --> 00:40:08,419 I was just thinking about what you said about your dad, 1025 00:40:08,453 --> 00:40:11,755 how he could be anything you imagine him to be-- 1026 00:40:11,789 --> 00:40:13,323 An astronaut or a pirate. 1027 00:40:13,357 --> 00:40:15,625 Whipped cream inventor. Or whipped cream inventor. 1028 00:40:15,659 --> 00:40:17,793 But there's one thing he can't be. 1029 00:40:17,828 --> 00:40:20,295 What's that? A dad. 1030 00:40:20,330 --> 00:40:23,932 Just a regular dad, teaching his son how to ride a bike 1031 00:40:23,966 --> 00:40:27,234 or helping him with homework or having a catch. 1032 00:40:27,269 --> 00:40:30,170 It makes me sad you didn't get to have those things. 1033 00:40:30,205 --> 00:40:32,772 Well... I can't miss what I didn't have. 1034 00:40:32,807 --> 00:40:34,974 ? 1035 00:40:35,009 --> 00:40:37,710 What if you could have it? 1036 00:40:37,744 --> 00:40:40,979 You have a time machine behind the kitchen counter? 1037 00:40:45,651 --> 00:40:48,319 ? well, it's the morning I love best ? 1038 00:40:48,353 --> 00:40:50,587 What do you say, son? 1039 00:40:50,622 --> 00:40:53,256 How about a game of catch with your old man? 1040 00:40:53,291 --> 00:40:56,359 ? ...Than I'll allow ? 1041 00:40:56,393 --> 00:40:58,727 Yeah, I'd like that. 1042 00:40:58,762 --> 00:41:00,496 Good. 1043 00:41:00,530 --> 00:41:04,232 ? I don't want to be reminded ? 1044 00:41:04,266 --> 00:41:06,267 Ooh! 1045 00:41:06,301 --> 00:41:08,168 ? at all ? 1046 00:41:08,236 --> 00:41:12,105 ? that I no longer have the time ? 1047 00:41:12,139 --> 00:41:14,740 You ready? 1048 00:41:14,775 --> 00:41:15,941 Ready. 1049 00:41:15,976 --> 00:41:19,011 ? ...Rising around me ? 1050 00:41:20,980 --> 00:41:23,515 Oh. 1051 00:41:23,616 --> 00:41:25,616 -- Sync, corrected by elderman -- -- for addic7ed.com -- 9999 00:00:0,500 --> 00:00:2,00 www.tvsubtitles.net