A drive-by shooting is filmed on a set, but the actor Myles Brent is found to be dead. They look at the film, but at the moment of the shooting the film catches on fire. A cigarette with Marcia's rouge on it is found in the projector.
Someone also destroys the negative in acid.
Franklin finds a gun in a light and is knocked out. The guard lets Franklin into Brent's room, where he finds a letter from Agnes and a motel key. Sheehan questions Marcia in a studio office. Franklin promises to prove her innocent, but Sheehan arrests her. Franklin learns that Agnes Steiner sent flowers for Brent's funeral but tore up her check.