  shock to the system is a 2006 gay-themed mystery film. it is the second film adaptation of a richard stevenson novel featuring fictional detective donald strachey. the film premiered at the 2006 outfest film festival before going into rotation on the here! television network. == cast == {| class="wikitable" cellpadding="2" |- ! style="background-color:silver;" | actor ! style="background-color:silver;" | role |- | chad allen || donald strachey |- | sebastian spence || timmy callahan |- | michael woods || dr. trevor cornell |- | daryl shuttleworth || detective "bub" bailey |- | morgan fairchild || phyllis hale |- | anne marie deluise || lynn cornell |- | rikki gagne || katey simmons |- | stephen huszar || grey |- | nelson wong || kenny kwon |- | ryan kennedy || walter |- | jeffrey bowyer-chapman || levon |- | shawn roberts || larry phelps |- | gerry morton || jefferson lewis |- | morgan brayton || hannah |- | leanne adachi || dr. sung |- | jared keeso || paul hale |- | shawn reis || detective stenski |- | robert kaiser || tobias |- | giles panton || bartender |- | levi james || clark |- | dany papineau || kyle |- | darrin maharaj || reporter |- | sibel thrasher || lounge singer |- | joshua dave tynchuh || naked jock 1 |- | jon johnson || naked jock 2 |} ==plot==  late one night, donald strachey is meeting a new client in a dark alleyâone paul hale. hale is very nervous, and before strachey can calm what seems like paranoia, an incoming van approaches. hale hands the private eye a $5,000 check for a retainer just before the speeding van separates the two. the next night, however, paul hale turns up dead. both the coroner and detective bailey rule his death a suicide due to apparent evidence of alcohol and drugs nearby his body and in his bloodstream, b
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