Castle (TV Series)

Cops & Robbers (2011)

Seamus Dever: Kevin Ryan

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• Kate Beckett : Esposito, there's a 10-30, New Amsterdam Bank and Trust on Lex. Call Dispatch!

  Kevin Ryan : 10-30? Since when are we handling bank robbery calls?

  Kate Beckett : Castle's there.

• Javier Esposito : I don't get it. This is a little, old, retired librarian. What could possibly be in her safe-deposit box that would be worth doing all this?

  Kevin Ryan : Nazi gold, cold fusion, map to Atlantis.

  Javier Esposito : Hey, Castle Jr., could you maybe start thinking like a cop, please?

• Richard Castle : Okay, so he uses his military connections to hire that team of mercenaries in the bank. And then to avoid loose ends, Ron rigged the C-4 to blow early.

  Javier Esposito : Talk about cold-blooded.

  Kate Beckett : And he did all of this just for the contents of Agnes' safety-deposit box? Castle, you said that there were photos and letters in there, right?

  Richard Castle : Yeah. Trapper John must have given them to Ron when he was being escorted back from the restroom. Because right after *that*, he faked a seizure and was let go.

  Kate Beckett : But why? I mean, what was so special about his former mother-in-law's safety-deposit box?

  Richard Castle : Former mother-in-law?

  Javier Esposito : Yeah, Ron was married to Agnes' daughter, Tanya. Both her and her son, Connor, were killed in a boating accident about a year ago.

  Richard Castle : No, no, Ron spoke about Connor, and he did not speak about him like he was dead. Connor is still alive.

  Javier Esposito : Well, I don't know what to tell you, Castle, it says right here Connor's dead.

  Kevin Ryan : I'm not so sure about that. Turns out that neither his wife, Tanya, nor Connor's body was ever recovered.

  Richard Castle : Why would the wife fake their deaths?

  Kevin Ryan : Domestic abuse. However, Ron had the connections and the wealth to avoid prosecution.

  Richard Castle : So the system failed her. She and Connor couldn't escape Ron's abuse, so she faked their deaths and disappeared.

  Kate Beckett : Yeah, but to disappear, she had to walk away from her former life.

  Richard Castle : Sever ties with everything and everyone she ever knew.

  Kate Beckett : Except she couldn't, especially with her mom, Agnes.

  Richard Castle : Which is what the safety-deposit box was for. It's a means of communication. It's like a Cold War drop box in some John le Carré novel. Only... Tanya wouldn't be able to risk making the drops. So who would make the drops for her?

  Kevin Ryan : Our mystery man, who was posing as Agnes' dead husband. He was Tanya's middleman.

  Kate Beckett : Okay, so Tanya sends the photos and the letters to the middleman. The middleman puts them in the safety-deposit box for Agnes. The box serves as a mailbox.

  Richard Castle : Only it's better than a mailbox 'cause it's locked up inside a bank.

  Kevin Ryan : Ron must have suspected that they fake their deaths, and that's when he bugged Agnes' home.

  Javier Esposito : And when Ron found out about the box, he killed Agnes for the key.

  Richard Castle : Right, and with the clock ticking, he hired that crew to stage the bank robbery to get to the box with that key.

  Kate Beckett : You know, those photos and letters will say exactly where his wife and son are hiding. He's on his way there now, and we know what he's gonna do once he gets there.

  Richard Castle : He's gonna kidnap his son and kill his wife.