All is forgiven there (probably because no one has any details of his fall from grace), he finds a job covering the social beat with the local paper, and starts stalking the woman who broke up with him long distance. Yes, all in a day's work for a lonely alcoholic journalist, but in the notes of his predecessor, he finds a few allusions to a recent missing persons case that was never solved. This is a chance for him to get back into the big time, and with the help of the spunky office secretary, he gets down to investigating.