Castle

- God. Her face - What happened to her?

I got a pulse. She's still alive.

Get a gurney. Now!

Where'd it go?

Where'd what go, darling?

My leftovers from Le Cirque. They were right here.

Right where this hole in the fridge is.

I was gonna use that Chateaubriand

for my morning scramble.

Well, I certainly didn't eat them.

I wouldn't look this good if I was...

pigging out on leftovers.

Yes, well, this isn't the first time this has happened.

Food has been going missing for the past month.

It's not just leftovers, either.

It was the peanut butter, uh, artichokes,

A whole quart of mulligatawny soup--gone.

Well, maybe you've been sleep eating again.

Again? I've never sleep ated-- sleep ate--

Eaten-- have I?

Hey. I'm off to class.

How did you like that, uh, Chateaubriand?

Wasn't that a wonderful white wine reduction?

What Chateaubriand?

All right. It's the housekeeper.

I knew it. She has been putting on weight.

Sorry, darling. She hasn't been here for three days.

Maybe there are tiny borrowers living under the floorboards

who come out at night to steal your food.

It's not realistic.

They'd be too small to get the fridge door open.

No, but something is going on here, though.

And I'm gonna find out what.

So some food disappeared, Castle.

What's the big deal?

It wasn't you, was it?

I know you hate to go grocery shopping.

Seriously, castle?

I haven't been to your place since Tuesday.

Right.

Maybe my apartment's being invaded by some kind of super rat.

Whatever's going on, I've taken bold steps

to ensure it never happens again.

These two nurses saw some guy

do a dump and drive around 4:00 A.M.

The trauma unit tried to save our vic,

But she didn't make it.

If he's our killer, why would he take her to the E.R.?

Maybe he had a guilty conscience.

Did the nurses get a good look at the driver?

No, but they did see his car.

It was a blue sedan.

Hospital security's trying to get me some footage

to get the license plate.

Okay, set up a canvass around the hospital.

We need to find someone that got a good look at the driver.

And where's our vic?

Her body's still in the trauma bay.

Word is, she was pretty messed up.

Uh, let me caution you.

This is not for the faint of heart.

For once, I agree with you.

What did this to her?

Could be anything from a crowbar to a box cutter.

But they look like claw marks.

I just can't tell what kind.

If it was an animal, wouldn't there be bite marks?

I might not find them until I do a complete exam

to determine the exact cause of death.

Given the fact that we don't have a crime scene,

is there any indication of where she was attacked?

No, but, uh, I can tell you when.

Based on the inflammation, I'd say the victim

sustained her injuries five to six hours before she died.

Well, we figure out who she is,

We'll find out how she wound up this way.

Her name is Anne Cardinal, 27 years old.

She was native american.

Grew up on the onondaga reservation in central new york.

Any next of kin?

No. She had no siblings,

And both of her parents are gone.

She lived in off-campus housing for Hudson University,

Where she was working toward a PhD in Evolutionary Biology.

All right. Send C.S.U. to her apartment.

Talk to friends and neighbors to see if they know of

anyone in her life who drove a blue sedan.

And who wanted to mangle her face.

I may have an explanation for those facial wounds.

Turns out our victim worked at a retirement home called haven house.

Vicious, blood-thirsty old folks,

is that your theory?

This home is not for people, Castle.

It's a primate sanctuary.

Mostly for apes and chimpanzees and monkeys

who have retired from the movie business.

Ah, I always wanted a pet monkey when I was a kid.

Big "Curious George" Fan.

Yeah. Wait till George grows up.

An adult chimpanzee can reach 200 pounds,

Tear off a man's face, hands, and naughty bits.

All right, we're gonna go to the primate sanctuary.

If Anne was attacked there,

maybe someone dumped her body to cover it up.

And call me if you get anything on that sedan.

George would never do that.

This is a terrible loss.

Uh, I mean, Anne was a-a brilliant student

and a lovely person.

Given her wounds, I need to ask,

how much interaction did Anne have with the primates here?

Well, very little in terms of direct contact.

Uh, but we have very strict training guidelines

for all of our employees.

Still, I'll need the crime scene unit

to do a thorough investigation of this facility.

Of course. Anything I can do to help.

I can't imagine she was harmed by any of our animals.

They've never shown any aggressive behavior

towards her or anyone else.

Now, Dr. Devlin, how well did you know Anne Cardinal?

I was her faculty advisor at Hudson University.

And when I found out

she was taking time off a couple of months ago,

I offered her a job here.

And what sort of work did she do?

Oh, I have a grant

to study the social behaviors of primates.

And I hire Hudson students...

Like her and Franco here

to help manage the animals' care.

Uh, and none of them have homicidal impulses,

not even Moonshine here?

Especially not moonshine.

He's been around people his whole life,

And he's very social.

Uh, when was the last time either of you saw Anne?

We worked together yesterday. She seemed totally fine.

She did leave early. That wasn't like her.

Said she had something important to do.

Did she say what it was?

It might have had something to do with that argument she had.

What argument?

Uh, I saw her in the parking garage around lunchtime,

talking to a man.

I'd never seen him before,

But he seemed very angry with her.

Do you think you could describe him to a sketch artist?

Yeah, I most definitely could.

Well, I know who the killer is.

Did you see how that gorilla looked at me?

Yeah, I think it was lust, actually, Castle.

You are... ruggedly handsome.

Bloodlust, maybe.

No, don't let Moonshine fool you.

I'm betting he and his fellow "Retirees"

Are actually super-intelligent apes,

Plotting to take over New York city.

They're gonna round up all the people,

Put us in a sanctuary.

Most likely, Anne got on to them...

They took her out.

Now if this monkey cabal

really wanted to get Anne out of the picture,

Why did they drop her off at the hospital?

Well, obviously... they were conflicted.

It's very complicated, the relationship between man and primate.

Didn't you see "Rise of the planet of the apes"?

Cautionary tale.

Sorry to burst your bubble, Castle,

But C.S.U. hasn't found a crime scene at haven house.

Anne wasn't attacked there.

Well, then where was the attack, and by what?

Hey, so, uh,

a witness saw a blue sedan take out a side mirror

about a block away from our hospital

in our time window.

They got a plate.

Owner of the car was Eddie Maslon.

- How is he connected to Anne? - Well, I'm not really sure,

but Eddie knows how to put the hurt on people.

He just did eight years in Sing Sing for murder two.

And he had a way to mess up Anne's face.

City records shows he had a pit bull named Badass.

A convicted killer with an attack dog?

All right. Pick him up.

Right on.

Damn it.

I really liked Moonshine for this.

I've never seen her before.

You dumped her outside of the E.R. last night,

except she looked more like...

this.

Your dog do that to her?

Eddie, you've been out of prison for three months.

You better start talking unless you want to go back.

Okay, look, I didn't touch her.

And neither did Badass.

Whatever did that to her,

that wasn't no dog.