Murder, Take One - Recap

Gossip columnist Ray Gilette gets into an argument with former star Veronica Everly outside a Hollywood hotspot. She threatens him and he returns home to be murdered. Next day, Gilette's assistant Sheila Dunham reveals the threat her boss received to Jack, who questions Veronica. Meanwhile, Automan has discovered Gillette’s notes showing producer Michael Hagedorn financing a movie with drug profits, providing a motive for murder. Automan is a big fan of Veronica’s, and receives an invitation to visit her at the studio when he asks for an autograph.
Hagedorn meets with lawyer Philip Eames and bodyguard Oscar Selby, who murdered Gilette. He must complete his film in a short time or forfeit $20 million, which he needs to complete a heroin deal. Automan arrives at the studio to visit Veronica and happens onto the set of Hagedorn's movie, where he wins a major role when Hagedorn's girlfriend/star Kitty Hopkins fires her leading man. Walter's surveillance of Hagedorn's house is interrupted when Selby rousts him out and they fight. Walter narrowly escapes.
Walter fetches Automan from the set to run a computer check on Hagedorn. He finds evidence of money laundering by Eames. Automan keeps the movie role. Jack questions Hagedorn, who reveals nothing. He is rewarded by being lured to an alley that night where his car is smashed by a two truck and he is taken prisoner by Selby, who works him over on Hagedorn's orders.
Cursor rezzes up a phone truck and Automan bugs Hagedorn's phone to track down Jack's whereabouts, also overhearing details of the drug deal being planned. He gives Walter four digits of the number. Automan returns to the movie with orders to stall shooting as much as possible, a task he performs admirably. While on the set, he observes Kitty and Eames are lovers, plotting to double cross Hagedorn. Jack attempts to escape, but is knocked out in a fight.
Walter and Boyd rescue Jack when Walter deduces his location. Selby implicates Hagedorn when cornered, and Jack reveals the address of the drug deal, and he and Boyd make the bust. On the set, Cursor rezzes up a thunderstorm, creating havoc. As Kitty and Eames demand Hagedorn's money, Walter breaks in. Hagedorn runs, and when he falls from a catwalk, Cursor rezzes up a haystack and saves his life.


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