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14. Sex Club

When the "little black book" of an infamous hedonistic playboy is purchased at auction, the new owner is found murdered and the book stolen -- prompting Detectives Goren and Eames to consider a U.S. Senatorial candidate whose marital indiscretions are documented in the tome and could provide embarrassing fodder for his rivals. The detectives must tweak their theory when the extortionist responsible for the original crimes turns up with two bullet holes in his back.

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Playboy George Merritt ( Peter Bogdanovich ), publisher of "Honey" magazine, auctions off some memorabilia including a "little black book" which is bought by a former "Honey" Lila Parsons ( Catherine Hickland ). A former bouncer Rob McKenna ( Frank Shattuck ) at Merritt's sex club, Bacchus and Venus, kills her for the book to blackmail Senate Candidate Jim Radcliff ( Matt Servitto ) whose details appear in it. When McKenna is shot dead, Goran and Eames' attention turn to Radcliff's former wife, Kay Connelly ( Rosanna Arquette ) who divorced him after he took her to the club. However, the detectives discover that she then became a regular at the club, often neglecting her daughter.

She killed McKenna to prevent Radcliff from seeing the book and her appearance in it as "Monique" and confesses to the murder to prevent her daughter from learning the truth about her past. This episode references (draws on) the personal lives of Jeri Ryan and Hugh Hefner publisher of Playboy magazine.

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