TEXT: Foster: Hello? What the hell? Beckworth Mansion, Eagle Creek, California Fisher: I appreciate your people coming in on this, agent Lisbon. Haven't handled many homicides- none, in fact frankly, I'm looking to learn from you. Lisbon: Not a problem, deputy Fisher. Fisher: Small town. We don't get much trouble. Jane: Well, that's a shame. Trouble's your business. Fisher: You could say. Victim's Alan Foster- 43 years old, married, no children. Architect. He bought the house a few months back, said he was gonna rehab it. Cho: Was the wife with him last night? Fisher: No, she was in the city. They have a house in San Francisco. I sent a man to break the news. Lisbon: Was anybody else in the house with him? Fisher: Nobody as far as we can tell. I don't know what to say. The house was locked up tighter than a drum when I got here. Took me half an hour just to shut off the alarm. Lisbon: Cho, check the alarm system. Either the victim let somebody in, or they broke in someplace. Fisher: It's a shame. Foster seemed like a nice guy. Jane: Whoa, that's a lie. You didn't like him one bit. Fisher: W-i-I didn't say that. Jane: Yes, you did. You thought he was rich, arrogant, pretentious, an interloper. He wore those trendy architect's glasses. Did you kill him? Fisher: Did i... No. No. What kind of question is that? Jane: He's got something in his hand. Lisbon: Jane! Gloves. Jane: Right. Lisbon: A brass button with the letter "b"? Jane: That mean something to you, deputy? Fisher: No. What's this guy's problem? Lisbon: That would take way too long to answer. Let's take a look inside. Fisher: Okay. It's this way. Fisher: Clear signs of struggle rules out suicide. Lisbon: That, and suicides usually open the window before they jump. Jane: What's troubling you, Fisher? Fisher: What? Nothing
SUMMARY:
The CBI team is called to investigate the death of the wealthy new owner of the old Beckworth Mansion, which is the site where his murdered body was found. The victim and his wife bought the Mansion with the hope of fixing it up, and the sentimental former owner developed a grudge. The local deputy sheriff, and other witnesses, believe that Walter Beckworth's ghost haunts the mansion and killed the new owner, so the investigation is accompanied by a discussion about the existence of ghosts. Jane discovers that the ghost was actually an illusion created by a system Beckworth built into the house to entertain his guests and also points out that the house is full of secret passages that the killer could have used. The CBI team and others, headed by Jane, then try to find a treasure supposedly hidden in the house, and come upon a riddle instead. The killer (the former owner's jealous nephew) is tricked into sneaking undetected into the mansion again in an attempt to locate the treasure, whereupon he is apprehended by the CBI upon arrival. Jane then reveals that he wrote the riddle himself. Van Pelt and Rigsby become closer during this episode, and finally express their feelings for one another.