Plot summary
A headless torso is found at the bottom of a storm drain which is later identified as the body of Kevin Denaburg ( Reginald Veneziano ) who worked for tabloid mogul Eli Gold ( Arian Moayed ). Detectives Nichols and Stevens discover that Denaburg's girlfriend, Amber Donelli ( Bree Williamson ), works as a "party girl" at high class escort for corporate events and she had given him embarrassing information about a wealthy and powerful CEO Nathan Grayson. Evidence points to one of Grayson's employees and former military service comrade in Iraq, David Novak ( Jim True-Frost ) who may have dismembered the body. However, further investigation leads to Grayson being the murderer who exploited Novak's loyalty to cover up the murder, and they use his hubris to trick him into a confession.
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