Francisco Pilar was a renowned judge and trainer of dogs who was sent on his way into the next world before "An Embarrassment of Bitches". His death was originally attributed by Beckett and Castle to the high-strung world of "walkies", especially since, as a judge, he had a tendency to award ribbons to longs-hots, which is not generally a popular trait with bookmakers and their underworld connections, but then a supernova bomb burst onto the scene in the bombshell form of Kay Cappuccio, a reality TV star whose line in perfume seemed to be the only one that wasn't written for her.