She also reveals she slept with Harry's best friend in high school, so he throws her out. Harry meets Harmony at his hotel where she reveals she told Jenna that Harlan was her real father, to diminish the pain of their sexually abusive father. Fire arrives and kills her, then Harry kills him. Fire, steals Harmony's car and unwittingly drives an unconscious Harry to her home. Frying Pan being killed by an armed food-cart operator. Harmony and Harry follow them to Perry's latest stakeout: she goes to warn Perry, leaving Harry sleeping in the car, ending in Mr. Fire, the two men from the lake, beat Harry to cease his investigation. Harry goes to see Harmony, who accidentally cuts off his finger when she slams the door, after finding out he lied about being a private investigator.Īt a party where Harmony is working, Mr. Believing Harry is a private investigator, Harmony tells him of her sister, Jenna, who supposedly killed herself he finds the lake corpse, identified as Veronica, in his bathroom and dumps it with Perry, but soon discovers Jenna used Harmony's credit card to hire Perry. They decide against reporting it as it will appear he killed her. Noticing a female body in the trunk, Perry shoots the lock in a rescue attempt, but accidentally hits the corpse. Party host Harlan Dexter, a retired actor, has recently resolved a feud over his wife's inheritance with his estranged daughter, Veronica.ĭuring a stakeout at a Big Bear Lake cabin, Perry and Harry see a car being dumped in the lake. He is sent to Los Angeles for a screen test.Īt a party there, Harry meets his childhood crush Harmony Lane and "Gay" Perry van Shrike, a private investigator hired to give him on-the-job tutelage for his screen test. Harry Lockhart unintentionally wins a screen test in New York City by showing remorse in an audition for a botched burglary he committed, which casting director Dabney Shaw mistakes for method acting.